Bro if you have nothing useful to say then dont say it. You havent been around the IM block enough to realize this shit is all a numbers game. I ve known people that one day they are making dollars and pennies, a few months later they are making hundreds a day.What you are saying that people are prevalently making a thousand dollars a day or more? Thats 365K a year....not many people do that, hate to bust your bubble. I've been around the block with real life experience and that is not the norm buddy
what address do you use for you business mr gray hat? I'll come visit.
btw gray hat is black hat... u can't mix them together like a coloring book. It's one or the other.
At the OP - Don't let them get you down. A lot of people will trash on something until they have experienced it themselves.
I personally have been involved in Local SEO from the day I saw the opportunity and I agree with the OP 100%.
Local SEO is one of the most lucrative ways to make a lot of money extremely quickly.
It's also very easy to make money because there is almost no competition for anything out there, and the opportunities are endless. In fact, a lot of the times, just buying a domain for your KW will get you ranked.
Add in some basic promotion and backlinking like the OP pointed out and you are ready to go.
There are also endless ways to monetize your sites. If done things from selling targeted leads, re-directing to affiliate offers, and even selling the sites and my SEO services to local business for premium pricing.
The opportunities are only limited by your creativity really.
Here's a tip: only contact the businesses that are buying Adwords or are on G page 2 - 5 for your kw. They obviously want traffic (most businesses could care less about IM), and are not getting great results from PPC and their page 2+ rankings.
I'd have to guess the OP has targeted cosmetic surgeons or attorneys. $50 a lead is extremely high.
Thanks for the post. I'm also in the local SEO area but definitely got me thinking that I have some of my focus in the wrong place
I don't know if this guy earns that much money and I do not care. What I do know is that I am a millionaire.... yeh yeh I know there is no reason to believe me blah blah blah but that is not the point.
The point is that even though I have a few million in the bank I would NEVER say $1k per day is nothing!
$1k per day is a lot of money to a millionaire just as it is a lot of money to a poor person. An extra $364k per year for a few years buys you a holiday house in the Bahamas. This guy sounds like he is all talk.
I agree with the local search engine concept. I have dabbled in something similar before and it does work! I just do not believe it is as easy as this guy makes it out to be and I believe he is talking himself up a little.