The Value of a Yelp Elite to your Business
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The Value of a Yelp Elite to your Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJQ7E92twUI While Elite Pete does look a lot like a few Elites I know, the power they wield should never be underestimated.  By pissing off just one Elite, Red Spaghetti Tattoo ceased to exist. Thier phone stopped ringing, all their good reviews were instantly filtered, just as her threats suggested they would be. Doesn't matter…
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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…
What if Yelp Were Real Life?
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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=&notes=" id="ep6829" /]
Yelp Is Ruining My Business
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Yelp Is Ruining My Business

"Help! Yelp is ruining my business!" This is the tearful phone call I get every week. Another struggling business owner, failing, due to an unfair negative review. Feeling helpless, alone, attacked, the emotion coming through the phone line sounds a lot like the rape victims I counseled in college. The same questions: How did this…