Yelp for Business is the absolute worst, joke, waste of time app I have ever encountered. Apps are supposed to make your life easier and provide a valuable service. Yelp tries to strong arm you into advertising with them, refuses to let you prioritize photos, discourages phone calls directly to potential clients, deletes reviews, and sends fake inquiries in a pathetic attempt to remain relevant by forcing you to dust off the proverbial cobwebs and open the app.
After finally getting fed up with the fake inquiries and deleting the app, I had a client reach out to me with via a number I didn’t recognize. She said “my old number stopped working”.
🚨That means not only does Yelp not give you the actual contact number for your clients, THEY DO NOT GIVE CLIENTS YOUR ACTUAL PHONE NUMBER.🚨
In our late-stage capitalist race to the bottom, small businesses are hanging on by a thread as it is. Heaven forbid we ask clients to leave feedback AS BUSINESS OWNERS. They give some bullshit spiel like “nOt aLL bUsiNeSsEs have time to ask for reviews.” It’s none of your business what businesses have time for. Your job is to make mine as visible as possible to attract the most clients. You should literally be gamifying reviews for users. Like I’m going to take anything akin to business advice from a business that obviously has to use disingenuous tactics to stay afloat. I’ve even read stories of other Yelp for Business users being retaliated against by yelp through the app. No thanks.
If this app was a person, it would be the toxic frenemy you should have cut out of your life from the jump. Pretends to have your best interests in mind while undermining you every step of the way. Hard pass. Google encourages asking clients for reviews because they understand how valuable they are and helping businesses grow. Yelp’s aim is obviously to do the opposite. Like seriously, I can only conclude that this company is operated by actual demons.
Try deleting this review, Yelp! 😘
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