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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk January 4, 2013 at 2:28pm

  Yeah get these a lot also, gets filed in the deleted bin. Ask yourself how did they find me ?? I got cold called from one a few weeks back and asked him the above question, couldnt give me a good answer. They said they found me on page 5 of google for landscaper in Edinburgh. I told him to search under what my business ACTUALLY DOES, grounds and landscape maintenance. After a few rattles on his keyboard and a few er um oh ah and ok's the phone went dead. " That will be because Im in the top three listings on page 1 of Google then mate ......eh !!!!!!, and all done by myself".
  Cold calling con merchants.
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  Green-tech January 4, 2013 at 3:59pm

  Got to agree with Brian's last sentance....

  Nothing that can't be done with a little know how and time spent on it. They can't offer you anything you can't do yourself.

  Google has lots of online advise ALL FREE on how to get yourself up the rankings... Have a look there in the first instance.
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  Gary RK January 4, 2013 at 4:40pm

  Here you go, cut & paste from an email just in our office account (no other information supplied by sender) :

  "From : info@creativeappdevelopment.in

  Hi,

  Hope you are well, I was surfing through your website and realized that despite having a good design; it was not ranking on any of the search engines (Google Yahoo and MSN Etc.) for most of the keywords pertaining to your domain. We are entitled to provide best Search Engine Optimization services at very affordable rates comparing the market.We serve 100% customer satisfaction and services to our clients.

  Let me know if you are interested we will send you our company details if you find this information interesting to your business.

  I look forward to your mail.

  Regards
  Girdhar
  SEO Co-Ordinator"

  Yeah right...;-)
  

   

  Sorry about earlier duplicate posts - iPad-itis :P
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  Gary RK January 4, 2013 at 5:18pm

  Agust, I'm sure we could you teach you some naughty English words that would leave no uncertainty :-)
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  Gary RK January 4, 2013 at 5:25pm

  Pmsl....Seems like to me you have a good grasp of the required language...
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  Geoffrey King January 5, 2013 at 8:54am

  What I like best about the SEO people, is that they always declare that your site is hard to find with a 'search engine' but yet somehow they found it?!

  I got this in the email other day, again I think the lack of effort to introduce themselves, any explanation as to why you have been selected to receive their email and certainly no attempt to say, 'Dear Mr King, We thought you might be ....' indicates why I will never be interested. Doh!

  GARDEN

  MERGERS

  Garden & Landscape
  Businesses For Sale
  We market garden and landscape businesses for sale across the UK. These include retirement sales, disposals by larger firms concentrating on core activities plus sales by entrepreneurs who have built up businesses and wish to embark on fresh challenges.
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  Fees To Market A Business
  We charge £50 per month to market businesses with turnover under £100K and £100 per month for businesses with turnover above £100K. If a sale takes place we charge 10% of proceeds up to £100K and 5% of proceeds above £100K.
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  We are happy to discuss likely buyers, valuations, timescales, contracts, taxation and other matters about selling a business. Discussions can be outside of business hours if you prefer. There are no charges or obligations for initial phone discussions. Please phone us or send an e-mail listing some times that would be good for us to call and the best phone number to use. We work by phone and e-mail with buyers and sellers across the UK. It is not practical for us to travel to hold face to face meetings for initial discussions.
  Ian Benson 01904 673880 ibenson@gardenmergers.co.uk
  Common Mistakes When Selling
  After many years in mergers and acquisitions we have noted down 35 of the things that sellers most often do wrongly when they try to sell their business. Click HERE to read the report.
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  We have contacted you because your website or a website on which your e-mail address has been published is advertised in a trade directory under a relevant business classification. We deem our e-mail to you as solicited through conspicuous publication. Our e-mails comply with Sections 22 and 23 of The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
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  Geoffrey King January 5, 2013 at 9:04am

  Anything unsolicted, maybe legit, but if it contains links, don't click on them instead 'Google any xyz details' to see if they are

  real
  not been reported as scam before
  find out more about them
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  Robbie January 5, 2013 at 9:44am

  I wonder how many fools fall for this stuff?
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  Gary RK January 5, 2013 at 12:10pm

  Is this not a different issue than 'scam' emails offering typically unrealistic expectations?

  The garden businesses mailshot is targeted to business sector (so they've got that right ?) is a documented business, land-line phone number, address are clearly displayed, it confirms to DMA guideline (ie option to unsubscribe and business details shown) and is searchable on web. Finally it tells you where your details where obtained from. It may be a good or bad example of email marketing (depending on viewpoint) but remember your email details (without your full name ) are available from many sources.

  Maybe a scatter gun approach, but sometimes they generate contacts.

  While many may dislike this 'inbound' style of marketing, they are often quite happy to engage in the 'outbound' marketing version themselves (like unsolicited flyer drops etc).

  It's of interest to me, so I have made contact. If it turns out to be a scam or illegal I will sure let you know...
  
  
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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited January 6, 2013 at 7:26am

  I contacted a SEO firm about a year ago to find out a price to SEO my websites and they came back with a figure of £500 + VAT per month per website, think we must be in the wrong game although I think the outdoors life suits me more!