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Tired of Review Sites Not Delivering on Promises?
Tired of combing through review sites and still not knowing who to Trust? We were too! Wyngspan brings word of mouth recommendations online, one "Trust" at a time!
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Billion Dollar Bully – a new documentary about Yelp
I've been waiting for so long to talk to you about this project! Finally, I can show you. The filmmakers who made this documentary were exhaustive and uncovered so much evidence I'm surprised an indictment hasn't been handed down. But it's all soooooo cleverly masked behind free speech and internet law. Watch the trailer. Support…
Posted inOutsmarting Yelp Small Business Resources
Get Help With Yelp
Our community has thousands of business owners, most of whom hate Yelp and have been victimized by their business practices and refusal to acknowledge the damage their site has unfairly done to many. BUT, I personally know of dozens of folks who use Yelp well and transform it into a profit center. Let's just call…
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That negative online comment could get you sued
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Be careful what you say online; it could get you sued! That's happening to a woman in Virginia after she wrote a negative comment on a business. Jane Perez aired her complaints on contractor Christopher Dietz on Yelp and Angie's List. Now Dietz is coming after her. He sued Perez for $750,000…
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What if Yelp Were Real Life?
An interesting idea, taking how Yelp behaves online and doing it in the real world. Even though there are differences between online and the real world, there are still rules of society, and pretty obvious right and wrong. This video does it brilliantly! [embedplusvideo editlink="http://bit.ly/1ua76Tp" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/fYpmJHlXuVc?fs=1" vars="ytid=fYpmJHlXuVc&width=450&height=283&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep6829" /]
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Complaints, Defamation Cannot Go Ignored by Businesses
For businesses and brands, it is all too easy to put online reputation management on the backburner—but doing so can result in significant damage to the brand's integrity. Such is the thesis of a recent article in Forbes, which underscores the important role of online reputation management in today's increasingly digital world. The Forbes article…
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Yelp Sued for Unpaid Wages in New Class Action
Read it for yourself... http://yelpclassaction.info/panzerC.pdf
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"Operation Clean Turf" Paves Way For Competitors To Commit Stealty Sabotage
Online review sites are flourishing, but new studies prove upwards of 25% of all reviews are bogus, flat out fakes! Good or Bad, the inability to distinguish real reviews is taking it's toll on consumers. Most people think of the internet as a useful resource, with the answer to any question just a query away.…
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Latest Yelp News From Yahoo!
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman ignored advice from Elon Musk and Peter Thiel and succeeded anyway CNN - 9 hours Read full story for latest details. HBS Professors Investigate Faked Positive Yelp Reviews The Harvard Crimson - 15 hours Regular Yelp users may want to exercise caution next time they make a restaurant choice based on…
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Outsmarting Yelp: Overcoming CDA Immunity via 3rd Party Contract Promises
Daniel Bernath came up with what looks like a stroke of genius. Now, I'm not a lawyer (but he is) so I can't comment on the legality of it, but the logic looks good. The idea is that since Groupon REQUIRES you to have a Yelp business profile (with positive reviews) before allowing you to…