RE: FN-FORUM: BNI

date posted 30th June 2003 16:46

Yeah, any tips would be appreciated as I am going as a visitor this
Friday.

Regards

Mark

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Sent: 30 June 2003 16:48
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: BNI

Norman,

Any tips for a non-people person? I'm going to our local chapter as a
visitor next week.

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From: "Norman Beresford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:57 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: BNI


> We've been members for about 3 years. Our membership is worth about
?20k
> pa. Takes a while to get 'accepted' but it's a gold mine if you're
willing
> to put the time/effort into it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Behalf Of Mark Hutchinson
> Sent: 30 June 2003 12:42
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM: BNI
>
>
> I have only just come across BNI, how long have you used them ? have
you
> found attending to be of any use ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On
> Behalf Of Andy
> Sent: 30 June 2003 12:11
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: PropellerNET
>
> There was a visitor at our BNI chapter from another company that also
> guarentees first page placements on google - surely they can't all
> guarentee
> it - if there are multiple companies with the same profile ?!
>
> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> From: "Jo Billington" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:49 AM
> Subject: FN-FORUM: PropellerNET
>
>
> > Morning all!
> >
> > Do any of you have any experience of a web marketing/positioning
> company
> > called PropellerNET? One of my clients has been approached by them
> and
> are
> > quite keen to take on their services. However, they claim they can
> > guarantee first page listings in Google. In the past, I've been
lead
> to
> > believe that this is a rather wild claim and this has made me quite
> > suspicious of their methods.
> >
> > My client has asked me to get more information about their practices
> and
> so
> > I have contacted them asking them tell me more about their methods.
> Their
> > response is pretty unsatisfactory and I've copied it below for
anyone
> who
> > has the time to take a look at it.
> >
> > I need to advise my client to either go with this service or avoid
> them.
> > Either way, I have to explain my verdict. I am keen to hear what
> anyone
> > else thinks.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jo
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> --
> --
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > Hi Jo,
> >
> > I have had a number of conversations with Andy and he told me to
> expect
> your
> > email. To answer your question properly I'll give you a run down on
> who
> we
> > are and why we offer the guarantee you mentioned.
> >
> > Propellernet are a small and relatively new Agency. We have been
> trading
> > for a little over 6 months. My own background has been in
Marketing,
> PR
> and
> > Sales for some of the larger agencies in the field. You may have
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the
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> things
> > went very well. However, I was let down by my technical team who
> failed
> to
> > deliver results to an acceptable level. The problem was that these
> > companies hired technical staff with no experience and taught them
to
> employ
> > a standard procedure rather than a bespoke program for each client.
> The
> > other large agencies were equally poor. I moved on from NetBooster
> after
> 18
> > months and after a term as Portal Development Director with
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> launch
> my
> > own agency.
> >
> > Nick Wilsdon, has been writing programs since he was 8 years old.
He
> single
> > handedly developed and marketed an html editor program which
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> online
> > with the likes of Microsoft with no budget whatsoever. Nick has
> developed
> > back end solution for some of the biggest telcos in the business and
> is a
> > renowned Google SEO expert. Ammon Johns has been involved in SEO
for
> 6
> > years, and was the headline speaker at the SES industry conference
> this
> > year. Ammon is a rounded internet marketer bringing together the
> marketing
> > aspects with all things technical. James Jensen is our client
> services
> > manager and makes sure that all of our clients are getting an
> excellent
> > service and are informed at all times. I work on marketing
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> sales
> > and the financial side.
> >
> > Being new to market but targeting high profile clients we are
> competing
> > against established companies with huge client lists and referrals.
I
> do
> > not think we will offer a guaranteed first page listing on Google
for
> very
> > long but right now we feel it gives us the competitive edge required
> to
> take
> > on a good portfolio of new business clients.
> >
> > We are the market leader in terms of the results we can deliver but
> why
> > should clients take our word for that. This is why we substantiate
> our
> > claims of being the best by offering the best guarantee available.
> >
> > We understand the Google algorithm, and work with our clients web
> teams to
> > help replicate that algorithm on their own websites for targeted and
> popular
> > keywords.
> >
> > All of the methods we employ are ethical and within best practice
> guidelines
> > which we have established with the help of the search engines. Our
> methods
> > are based around navigation, page structure, keywords and content.
We
> > identify areas that are causing problems and recommend solutions for
> > correcting these problems. Very much a diagnostic approach.
> >
> >
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