Matchmaker Marketing...who are they? help!

[BPM-UK]

Just had a call from an annoying sales person who wouldnt get off the phone...suppose I was too polite to hang up.

He was going on about guarenteeing me top position on google for printers in the Worcestershire area.

Told me to try it for 30 days and then was pressing for my details so he could charge me £140 for the month! and then £20 per keyword phrase after that

Anyone know who they are and what they do?



Thanks

James

[Steve2507]

I love it when you see companies give guaranteed seo placements, I just think it's hilarious.

To the op, no idea who they are, but you do need to learn how to hang up.

[matt.chatterley]

Originally Posted by Steve2507

I love it when you see companies give guaranteed seo placements, I just think it's hilarious.

To the op, no idea who they are, but you do need to learn how to hang up.

Agree (on all counts)!

Especially iffy on a cold call - I'm curious as to where they got your details from!

[BPM-UK]

They are matchmakermarketing.co.uk

I should have hung up really, but as I used to sell media a few years back I tend to listen too much...

The chap said he found my details on Yell.com but he couldnt tell me what my company name was or my address...strange that as he found me!!!

Always dubious on cold calls...rarely buy anything unless I know what its about.

Amazed how he told me they are only allowed to target one sector per region and I could be the printer....number 1 in google !

mmm smell something fishy about it all

[maxine]

This sounds a lot like a company that were pestering me a few weeks (and I am not too polite to hang up! ) They were called Googlefirst.

Did you get the number they were calling from?

[BPM-UK]

Hi had a call from Dave Bracey today, who is owner of matchmakermarketing.co.uk. He saw my thread on UKBF about his company (Hi Dave if you are seeing this)

Dave apologised for the sales person who annoyed me a lot and assured me they only use adwords only in attempts to improve rankings and never promise number 1 positions via optimisation etc. The guy who promised me the number 1 spot in Worcestershire obviously needs his hands slapped...just cant remember what his name is. Would have been annoyed if I had signed up.

Cheers

James

[garethparkin]

These con artists sorry to say but that is what they are focus on people with little knowledge of google who probably think an adword is a natural link. They pick long tail keywords such as 'printers berkshire' because they are cheap and then charge per month for them knowing full well that although £120 don't sound much it is in effect a rip off for what they will be paying for the clicks. I hate these people with a passion and I don't believe the response you got was genuine because I believe the tactic is to not mention 'adwords' and to dupe the customer. These people give reputabale seo people a bad name - I say more of naming and shaming them!

[coastalkirsty]

My site saw a fall in over 25% in hits after taking matchmaker marketing advice.

They in my opinion do not offer good value for money. invest some money in good SEO of your site rather than their google offer. No good being number one for something, if nobody is looking for your keyword.

Really I should have known better.

[top-click]

Take a look at this http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01619417944

Seem to be annoying quite a few people!

R

[WorkingfromHome]

I was wondering, with so many "scams" giving cold calling a bad name how can businesses effectively market?

If Matchmaker were genuine for example and we all now have a standard defensive response how would they get that fantastic product out there? I mean to be fair, being Page 1 on Google as a the only plasterer in Worcester Naturally listed through genuine SEO would be pretty good wouldn't it?

So how would a company market themselves?

Search engines are only good if somebody already knows they need it
Nobody reads papers anymore
Mails shots cost a fortune and convert poorly meaning you need to charge more for your service
Leaflet drops are equally ineffective on a national scale

It just seems that if you have got a genuinely fantastic product that cold calling is the only way to get in touch with the businesses who might need it and keep your costs down, but because you're cold calling nobody of worth will speak with you. Probably not the right topic for this thread it seems that these kind of "scams" are ruining it for honest companies who want to offer budget solutions for people