If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast...

MikeFriedman · 09-26-2011, 05:37 AM

I get a lot of spam comments on my sites, as I am sure many of you do too. However, I probably treat them differently than most webmasters. I do not just delete them right away. I look through them. All of them.

Some I use to identify new niches that will be easy to break into. I don't have to waste my time trying to brainstorm new niches. Other IM'ers have already done the work for me. If it is something I think might be worthwhile, I can dig into the niche and keywords a little more to confirm that. In many cases, I do not even need to track down an affiliate product to promote. That's already done too.

Here's the idea that is really making me some money though. I track down any comments that lead to a brick and mortar offline business. In most cases, this company is not doing their own SEO work. They hired someone to do it.

A great example would be one comment I found on Friday that led me to a real estate agent. I called him to ask him to stop leaving spammy, and in this case obviously inflammatory, comments on my site. He, as I suspected, knew nothing about it. He had hired someone to handle his online marketing. Exactly what I was looking for.

We had a nice long conversation about how these kind of spammy tactics can actually hurt his business and its reputation rather than help it. Long story short, I faxed over a contract to him that afternoon and had it back before the end of the day. Even though I charge four times as much as his other "online guy", he was more than happy to dump him and sign on with me.

This is now the third client in the last 4 months I have picked up this way.

If you are doing SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice before doing that next Scrapebox blast. You might be hitting one of my sites.

GetKane · 09-26-2011, 05:54 AM

Are you looking for a pat on the back?

Augie Johnston · 09-26-2011, 05:57 AM

What a rude reply Kaneinsurance. I thought it was an interesting idea. Most marketers never even look offline.

MikeFriedman · 09-26-2011, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaneinsurance

Are you looking for a pat on the back?

I'm sorry. I guess I wasn't direct enough for you.

Maybe I should change the title to

"If you are an SEO, here is another way to find clients that you may not have thought of..."

outwest · 09-26-2011, 06:17 AM

Perhaps this is valuable for SEO businesses, as you say, but it might be helpful to others , if you just twist it a little

MikeFriedman · 09-26-2011, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outwest

Perhaps this is valuable for SEO businesses, as you say, but it might be helpful to others , if you just twist it a little

What do you mean? Twist it how?

Andyhenry · 09-26-2011, 06:27 AM

Hey Mike,

Nice post.

I don't go looking for new clients but I what you've said is something that a lot of newbies to offline marketing would benefit from.

It's also a decent way to get new niche ideas that I've been using for many years, so that side of it definitely has value.

The main thing to remember is that just because some spammer is doing it - doesn't mean it works. There are a LOT of people using blasting tools that are just desperately blasting out stuff and not actually making money doing it, but watching them and using your brain can bridge that gap nicely.

Thanks for caring - and sharing.
Andy

Mike Anthony · 09-26-2011, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outwest

Perhaps this is valuable for SEO businesses, as you say, but it might be helpful to others , if you just twist it a little

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

What do you mean? Twist it how?

I think he is STILL under the impression that this forum is only for those doing MFAs and Affiliate landing pages. so you should twist everything so it is spoon feedable to those who just do that.

Mike Anthony · 09-26-2011, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andyhenry

The main thing to remember is that just because some spammer is doing it - doesn't mean it works. There are a LOT of people using blasting tools that are just desperately blasting out stuff and not actually making money doing it,

Too true Andy but there are some making money doing it. Its just their customers who are making none.

xxxJamesxxx · 09-26-2011, 09:39 AM

Talk about turning a negative into a positive!

James Scholes

eljeffe77 · 09-26-2011, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaneinsurance

Are you looking for a pat on the back?

How about if i back hand you as I'm moving my hand over to pat him on the back?

Thats a great trick, and something I'm going to start trying myself going forward,

Great idea OP, thanks - don't mind the newbie hater here with 4 posts

ichl13 · 09-26-2011, 10:27 AM

Great method as always Mike, I really should keep a closer eye on the spam comments I get. Spam comments are too over rated and more people need to realise that they don't work half as well as quality backlinks

options · 09-26-2011, 12:26 PM

That is fantastic, looking outside the box. im turning my comments back on!

Austin357 · 09-26-2011, 12:58 PM

Nice job in finding an opportunity in areas most wouldn't.

xxxJamesxxx · 09-27-2011, 12:14 AM

I guess this can be applied to profile backlinks if you own a forum too.

James Scholes

Mike Grant · 09-27-2011, 12:31 AM

I do the exact same thing.

Anyone that's doing scrapebox blasts to a client's sites needs to GTFO of the service-side of SEO because you're the ****heads giving us a terrible rep.

michael scott · 09-27-2011, 12:39 AM

how would this tactic benefit you if I used blog spam commenting as a form of suppressing bad review sites for my name? HA HA jokes on you!

bateati · 09-27-2011, 01:40 AM

haha, this made me laugh.

Good work!

Don't listen to the haters

markowe · 09-27-2011, 01:49 AM

Nice idea - I have on occasion contacted offline companies to let them know what their "SEO contractor" is doing to their reputation. As you say, they usually have no clue!

Another thing you can do is look the backlinks of companies that are on Google page TWO and find ones where they have a really shoddy backlink profile - spam comments, profile links etc. Then you can contact them and explain WHY they are still on page two, and how you can help them

09-26-2011, 05:37 AM	#1
MikeFriedman Don't Drink and SEO War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: York, PA Posts: 2,009 Thanks: 207 Thanked 551 Times in 393 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... I get a lot of spam comments on my sites, as I am sure many of you do too. However, I probably treat them differently than most webmasters. I do not just delete them right away. I look through them. All of them. Some I use to identify new niches that will be easy to break into. I don't have to waste my time trying to brainstorm new niches. Other IM'ers have already done the work for me. If it is something I think might be worthwhile, I can dig into the niche and keywords a little more to confirm that. In many cases, I do not even need to track down an affiliate product to promote. That's already done too. Here's the idea that is really making me some money though. I track down any comments that lead to a brick and mortar offline business. In most cases, this company is not doing their own SEO work. They hired someone to do it. A great example would be one comment I found on Friday that led me to a real estate agent. I called him to ask him to stop leaving spammy, and in this case obviously inflammatory, comments on my site. He, as I suspected, knew nothing about it. He had hired someone to handle his online marketing. Exactly what I was looking for. We had a nice long conversation about how these kind of spammy tactics can actually hurt his business and its reputation rather than help it. Long story short, I faxed over a contract to him that afternoon and had it back before the end of the day. Even though I charge four times as much as his other "online guy", he was more than happy to dump him and sign on with me. This is now the third client in the last 4 months I have picked up this way. If you are doing SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice before doing that next Scrapebox blast. You might be hitting one of my sites.
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09-26-2011, 05:54 AM	#2
GetKane Chief Money Maker War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Florida Posts: 115 Thanks: 9 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... Are you looking for a pat on the back?

09-26-2011, 05:57 AM	#3
Augie Johnston HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 141 Thanks: 36 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Re: If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... What a rude reply Kaneinsurance. I thought it was an interesting idea. Most marketers never even look offline.

09-26-2011, 06:17 AM	#5
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09-26-2011, 06:27 AM	#7
Andyhenry Beware - Straight Talker War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 9,501 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 1,225 Thanked 4,702 Times in 1,582 Posts Social Networking	Re: If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... Hey Mike, Nice post. I don't go looking for new clients but I what you've said is something that a lot of newbies to offline marketing would benefit from. It's also a decent way to get new niche ideas that I've been using for many years, so that side of it definitely has value. The main thing to remember is that just because some spammer is doing it - doesn't mean it works. There are a LOT of people using blasting tools that are just desperately blasting out stuff and not actually making money doing it, but watching them and using your brain can bridge that gap nicely. Thanks for caring - and sharing. Andy
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09-26-2011, 09:39 AM	#10
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09-26-2011, 10:27 AM	#12
ichl13 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 422 Thanks: 2 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	Re: If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... Great method as always Mike, I really should keep a closer eye on the spam comments I get. Spam comments are too over rated and more people need to realise that they don't work half as well as quality backlinks
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09-26-2011, 12:26 PM	#13
options HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London uk Posts: 489 Thanks: 29 Thanked 62 Times in 49 Posts	Re: If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... That is fantastic, looking outside the box. im turning my comments back on!
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Austin357 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 298 Thanks: 28 Thanked 29 Times in 28 Posts	Re: If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... Nice job in finding an opportunity in areas most wouldn't.

09-27-2011, 12:14 AM	#15
xxxJamesxxx Lurking since 2006 War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,619 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 23 Thanked 329 Times in 199 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... I guess this can be applied to profile backlinks if you own a forum too. James Scholes
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09-27-2011, 12:31 AM	#16
Mike Grant Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,935 Thanks: 106 Thanked 269 Times in 201 Posts Contact Info	Re: If you do SEO work for clients, you might want to think twice about that next Scrapebox blast... I do the exact same thing. Anyone that's doing scrapebox blasts to a client's sites needs to GTFO of the service-side of SEO because you're the ****heads giving us a terrible rep.
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09-27-2011, 12:39 AM	#17
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09-27-2011, 01:40 AM	#18
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09-27-2011, 01:49 AM	#19
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