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Our Mayor's Muslim. Our Host's Jewish. Our new episode with Mayor Zohran Mamdani is out tomorrow. Knicks in five! @ZohranKMamdani @NYCMayor #theweeklyshow #jonstewart #politics

@RickyDPR Yelp categories and listings don't have SEO functions. I checked it using Ahrefs. My business listing is outranking Yelp.

You look on Google and see Yelp ranking and you panic. Oh no I don't have a chance of beating them... WRONGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! While Yelp is a massive company, when I see directories on the first page of Google like Yelp, I know that a well optimised website with good backlinks is going to outrank them every single time. If Yelp is on the first page, it's usually a good sign.

@OneLegchris Yelp has no SEO features. They only rank categories, not individual listings. My business page is #1, and they are at #5.

Most people see Yelp ranking above them and panic. I see lower competition. That deep Yelp directory page has almost none of the site's real authority. One good press release gets you around three hundred referring domains. The listing that scares everyone is the easiest one to pass.

@16vchq How about a backlink from your website instead? That's real traffic and authority.

drop your startup link get some traffic

@omarvvvr I have. 🙋🏾‍♂️

Why aren't more people building SaaS products for marketing? Feels like that's where the demand is.

@ThrillaRilla369 You had helmets?

We weren’t raised. We were released into the neighborhood with a bike, a questionable helmet, and a “be home before dark. Tell me I’m wrong 😂

@irentdumpsters It's a no on Yelp.

Here are my top three non-negotiable business directories that your business needs to be listed on FOR FREE: -GOOGLE BUSINESS PROFILE -APPLE BUSINESS CONNECT -YELP Get listed on these platforms if you are just starting out in business. Super simple and helps your SEO long-term.

@Farming_Area It's not that serious. 😂

Builder never threw away bent nails again⚒️

@hridoyreh Link building. You have control over everything else.

In SEO, what is the hardest part? • On-Page SEO • Content Optimization • Technical SEO • Link Building Which one..?

@sourcemamdani New York had these programs when I was younger. It’s great to see them coming back.

🚨BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani launches a massive summer jobs initiative, opening up 100,000 employment and paid training opportunities for NYC youth.

@irentdumpsters I've worked with owners for two different franchises in my industry that had these problems.

Went through a franchise owner's marketing account yesterday. Bathroom remodeling company spending $60,000 a month across SEO, PPC, lead aggregators, and events. Can't tell you where a single quality lead is coming from. I pulled up Google Maps for his market and none of his locations were showing up for the searches his customers are typing in. The problem isn't his budget. His franchise controls the website. He can't add location pages. He can't optimize title tags for his city. He can't build out service pages the way Google needs to see them. Meanwhile an independent competitor spending $2,000 a month sits in the top three on Maps because he OWNS his site and profile outright. That's the franchise trap nobody talks about. You pay 30x the marketing budget but you control zero percent of the digital. The independent guy built 15 location pages you aren't even allowed to create. $60,000 a month and you're handcuffed with ONE marketing company

@billgnofficial Here’s my attempt seenearme.com/support/busine…

Why is nobody building a SaaS that truly solves marketing? There are thousands of tools for content, analytics, and automation, but very few that actually help founders consistently acquire customers. What do you think is missing?

@MartinGTobias A head start is all I need. Everyone else will play catch-up.

@UnderdogDex Speed bump

name your moat in 5 words. i'll tell you if it's a wall... or a speed bump.

@irentdumpsters My Facebook page is on page one. All I did was add my location to my business name.

Most home service business owners have no idea their Facebook posts can rank on Google. Not their website BUT their Facebook page. Someone tested posting the same content across every major platform and tracked which ones showed up in search results. Facebook came in first. X came in second. Instagram third. LinkedIn fourth. So if you own a plumbing company in Boca Raton and you write a detailed Facebook post about tankless water heater installation with your city name in it, Google can pick that up and rank it. You didn't build a single backlink. You didn't write a 2,000 word blog. You just posted on a platform with massive domain authority and Google treated it like content worth showing........ This is how you do PARASITE SEO 🪱as a home service business 👀👀

@big_business_ It's not a new trend. See Pete and Bass.

Big Daddy Kane got a new trend called Barz Open Challenge on instagram and he called out Jadakiss to be the first to do the challenge Jadakiss responded to Big Daddy Kane’s challenge in 20 minutes 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

@SurfCity_Mayor @hxxntrr It's not always about the money.

Dumbest take today, thanks. The reason people partner with those guys is because they have the knowledge and connections to grow brands. People come up with brilliant product ideas all the time, but most don’t ever make it to market because they don’t have the connections to make them work.

Scrub Daddy gave up 20% of their company on Shark Tank for $200,000 That 20% is now worth over $50,000,000 The founder handed eight figures to a billionaire on national television because nobody told him he could get $200K from Chase at 0% interest with zero equity in 15 minutes Every season of Shark Tank is a masterclass in how to destroy generational wealth on camera Bombas gave up 17.5% for $200K. The company did $100M+ in revenue. That 17.5% became worth north of $50M. For $200K. That they could have put on business cards Zipz Wine gave up 10% for $400K. Meanwhile the Ring doorbell guy walked into the same room, Kevin O'Leary tried to take his equity, and he said no. Turned the Sharks down on national television. Kept 100% of his company. Then sold Ring to Amazon for over $1 billion. He's the only founder in Shark Tank history who understood what his equity was actually worth The rest of them walked into a room full of billionaires and traded permanent ownership of their life's work for an amount of money that Chase, Amex, and Capital One hand out every single day to anyone with a 700 score and an LLC The math is so violent it's almost funny $200K from a Shark: you lose 20% of every dollar your company ever makes. Forever. If the company hits $10M in revenue the Shark's cut is $2M a year. If it hits $100M that's $20M a year. Flowing out of your pocket into a billionaire's pocket because you needed $200K in 2012 $200K from 0% business cards: you owe $200K. You pay it back in 12 to 15 months. Interest: $0. Equity given up: 0%. You keep 100% of your company forever. The bank gets their $200K back and never sees another dollar from your business One path costs you $200K. The other path costs you $50M+ The exact stack to replace any Shark Tank deal: Chase Ink Business Unlimited: $30K to $50K at 0% for 12 months Chase Ink Business Cash: $25K to $45K at 0% for 12 months Amex Blue Business Plus: $25K to $50K at 0% for 12 months Capital One Spark Cash: $20K to $40K at 0% for 15 months US Bank Triple Cash: $20K to $35K at 0% for 15 months Bank of America Business Advantage: $20K to $40K at 0% for 15 months Conservative total on a 720 score: $140K to $260K That covers every single Shark Tank deal in the first 8 seasons. Not most of them. All of them. The average Shark Tank investment was $250K for 25% equity. You can match the dollar amount on credit cards and keep the 25% "But Sharks bring connections, mentorship, distribution" Mark Cuban invested in 85+ Shark Tank companies. Ask yourself how many of those founders have his personal cell phone. The answer is almost none of them. They got a 10-minute segment, a handshake, and a wire transfer. The "mentorship" is a production assistant emailing quarterly. The "connections" are an intro to someone on the Shark's team who manages 40 other portfolio companies. You're not getting mentored. You're getting managed The distribution they offer (Lori's QVC placement, Daymond's retail network, Mark's digital channels) can be replaced by spending the $200K on paid ads, Amazon PPC, and TikTok Shop. You'll reach more customers through a $200K ad budget than through a 3-minute QVC segment that airs at 2am on a Tuesday The real reason founders go on Shark Tank: They don't know that 0% business credit exists. That's it. That's the entire reason They think capital comes from either: (a) a bank loan at 10% with collateral, or (b) an investor who takes equity. Nobody ever showed them option (c): unsecured business credit cards at 0% interest, no collateral, no equity, approved in 12 minutes online The $200K they begged for on national television while getting insulted by Kevin O'Leary was sitting at Chase the entire time. They just didn't know to look And the Sharks know this. Every Shark on that panel has business credit cards. Every one of them uses 0% promotional capital in their own businesses. Cuban didn't build his wealth by giving equity to other billionaires. He used leverage. He used bank capital. He used other people's money at the lowest possible cost. Then he sits on a TV set and offers entrepreneurs the most expensive capital on earth (equity) and acts like he's doing them a favor "I'll give you $200K for 25% of your company" is the most predatory sentence in business. At a 24% annual interest rate, $200K costs you $48K a year and you stop paying when the debt is cleared. At 25% equity on a $10M company, $200K costs you $2.5M a year and you never stop paying An interest rate has an end date. Equity has no end date. You pay the Shark forever The companies that should have used 0% cards instead of Sharks: Any product company: use the $200K to buy initial inventory, run ads, and build sales velocity on Amazon or DTC. Pay the cards back from revenue in 6 to 10 months Any service company: use the $200K on hiring and client acquisition. Service companies cash flow almost immediately. Pay the cards back from the first 3 months of client revenue Any tech company pre-revenue: this is the one case where equity capital makes sense because there's no revenue to service the debt. But even here, $200K in 0% cards buys 12 to 15 months of runway without giving up a single share Scrub Daddy could have put $200K on 4 business cards, bought inventory, landed the same retail placements (retailers don't care who your investor is, they care about your sell-through rate), and kept 100% of a company now worth half a billion dollars Instead Aaron Krause shook Lori Greiner's hand on national television and gave her fifty million dollars for the price of a small house Every founder who watches Shark Tank sees a dream. Every funding consultant who watches Shark Tank sees a crime scene lmfaooo dm me "funding" and i'll show you how you can qualify for up to 250k in 0% APR funding (if you have a 700+)

@JackLinFLL More business for my tint shop.

Leave Florida now. You cannot survive this

@theseoguy_ Thank you. I just emailed my agency to discontinue link building until further notice.

most local business owners have no idea what their backlink profile actually looks like they pay an agency $2k to $5k a month and just trust that links are being built half the time they aren't the other half the time the links being built are actively hurting the site here is how to audit your own backlink profile in 20 minutes go to ahrefs, semrush, or even the free version of ubersuggest type in your domain look at three numbers total referring domains new referring domains in the last 90 days your dr or domain authority score now click into the referring domains list and sort by date look at the last 50 links your agency has built ask yourself these questions on each one does the linking site have a dr above 15 to 20 does the linking site have real organic traffic according to ahrefs is the linking site indexed in google is the linking site ranking for legitimate keywords related to a real business or topic is the linking site in english if you are a us based business is the link do follow or no follow if you see 30 of the last 50 links coming from sites with a dr of 0, no organic traffic, no indexed pages, and broken english content your agency is sending you spam if you see linking sites that are ranking for porn, casino, replica handbags, online pharmacy, or crypto scam keywords your agency is not just sending you spam, they are actively damaging your site a real backlink, regardless of whether it's local or not, generally has a dr above 15 to 20 real organic traffic indexed pages a clear topic or theme that makes sense content written by humans for humans outbound links to other reputable sites no association with adult, gambling, or other toxic verticals if your last 90 days of backlinks don't meet those criteria, you are paying for activity that is not going to move rankings and may actually be hurting you now look at your anchor text distribution if more than 30% of your anchors are exact match keywords like "personal injury lawyer dallas" you are one google update away from a manual penalty natural anchor distribution looks like 40 to 60% branded (your business name) 20 to 30% naked urls (yoursite.com) 10 to 20% generic (click here, learn more, this page) 5 to 10% exact or partial match keywords

@fba I built a platform that delivered the following results for my small business: • $110,389 In Gross Sales • 290 Bookings • 102 Google 5-Star Reviews • #1 Google Sponsored (PPC) • #1 Google Organic Search • #1 Google Local Pack seenearme.com/support/busine…

Who is building SEO tools? I want to partner with a serious SaaS builder and get to 1MM ARR in 12 months