This internet marking firm's prices are ridiculous, lmao

by nest28
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Forget Adsense and Amazon, just open up a offline consulting firm and charge over inflated prices. This company is charging 5,000 dollars just to create social profiles, do article marketing and set up your website which is probably going to be a basic wordpress blog.


Edit: I was actually thinking of doing some consultant work in my area, I found this site while checking out the competition. For the most part the other consultant sites I came across were a joke except for a few.
#firm #internet #lmao #marking #prices #ridiculous
  • Profile picture of the author dreamtoreality
    A fool and his money...
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      I know nothing about the company in question. There service might be great. their service might be awful.

      To YOU the price might seem inflated. I'm sure their target market is not IM'ers with little Amazon and AdSense websites. Real businesses pay far more than that for quality social media marketing and web design.

      If you actually know what you are doing when it comes to running and marketing a business though, clients will pay gladly pay $5000 for consulting work if they are getting a return on their investment.

      I just sent a proposal to a prospect. I work with a web designer that I outsource most of my web design work to. Just to redesign their website he is charging $7000, and not that will not be on a Wordpress site. It will be a custom CMS. For me to run their social media presence and build their online recruiting funnel is going to be another $8500/month with a $4500 startup fee.

      You know what their response was when they saw the proposal?

      "Hmmm... We thought it was going to cost more." (Of course now I am kicking myself for not quoting more.)

      Now like I said, this particular company you are pointing out might do lousy work. There are no examples that I see on their website, so who knows? Just because you think the price is high doesn't mean their target market feels that way.
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
        Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

        . It will be a custom CMS. For me to run their social media presence and build their online recruiting funnel is going to be another $8500/month with a $4500 startup fee.

        You know what their response was when they saw the proposal?

        "Hmmm... We thought it was going to cost more." (Of course now I am kicking myself for not quoting more.)
        Close that deal and you will NOT be kicking yourself for very long but yeah you really don't know what goes into that price. Its not likely that anyone is going to signup for that kind of cash without knowing anything about what you do. So very often its a reference and reputation that gets people to pay that not just the advertising on a page with purchase price

        We might look at a page like that and think what the? but without knowing how many businesses have actually worked with the company and who they cater to it and therefore what they do for them it can be difficult to assess.

        Then again they may even never have gotten a sale. Don't know.
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        • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
          Bleh.... After reading them including Goarticle and Squidoo page creations in their list I doubt they know what they are doing or have had many people bite. Thats the thing with pricing. Just because people ask for it doesn't mean they are getting it. People doing adsense or amazon might be making more.
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          • Profile picture of the author nest28
            Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

            Bleh.... After reading them including Goarticle and Squidoo page creations in their list I doubt they know what they are doing or have had many people bite. Thats the thing with pricing. Just because people ask for it doesn't mean they are getting it. People doing adsense or amazon might be making more.
            Exactly, when I saw the Goarticles and Squidoo that's when my BS meter went through he roof. I understand that those prices may be fair for a consulting firm to charge, just not that one.

            As far as I could tell they were only offering social profile creation, so we talking setting up a FB fan page, Google plus, Twitter, Youtube etc and they charging 3,000 just for that alone.

            Now there's a firm here in philly that when I checked them out I knew right away they were the real deal. SEER Interactive | Industry Leading SEO, SEM, Analytics Consultants been featured in few good site plus they have a impressive portfolio.
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            • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
              Originally Posted by nest28 View Post

              As far as I could tell they were only offering social profile creation, so we talking setting up a FB fan page, Google plus, Twitter, Youtube etc and they charging 3,000 just for that alone.
              This firm might be junk, but charging that much just for creating a Facebook Fan Page, Google+ account, Twitter, YouTube, etc. is not out of the question either.

              Especially if the work involves having custom graphics done. Good graphic artists are not cheap. Really depends on the scope of the project. If all they are doing is creating an account and passing along the login details, yeah, not worth $3000 at all.
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            • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
              Originally Posted by nest28 View Post


              Now there's a firm here in philly that when I checked them out I knew right away they were the real deal. SEER Interactive | Industry Leading SEO, SEM, Analytics Consultants been featured in few good site plus they have a impressive portfolio.
              They look Kinda young to be professionals and why does the black kid in the Santa suit have to look like he's big eyed scared like someone is coming for him?



              Interesting choice of company employee pictures though.
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