Comments on: No Bail Out For Yellow Pages http://www.convertoffline.com/no-bail-out-for-yellow-pages/ SEM Help For Local Service Businesses Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Local Search Hound http://www.convertoffline.com/no-bail-out-for-yellow-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-42845 Local Search Hound Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:44:31 +0000 http://www.convertoffline.com/?p=311#comment-42845 David, Looking back I think the problem was really with management. YP was so incredibly profitable for so long and a monopoly... there was no one with vision. The managers (myself included) were there to follow instructions. Ultimately what you're saying is the reason I left. I wanted to define the offering. I wanted to bring the best the internet had to offer to small business. Now I get to do that! David,
Looking back I think the problem was really with management. YP was so incredibly profitable for so long and a monopoly… there was no one with vision.
The managers (myself included) were there to follow instructions.
Ultimately what you’re saying is the reason I left. I wanted to define the offering. I wanted to bring the best the internet had to offer to small business. Now I get to do that!

]]> By: David Mihm http://www.convertoffline.com/no-bail-out-for-yellow-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-42760 David Mihm Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:20:44 +0000 http://www.convertoffline.com/?p=311#comment-42760 I've said all along that the IYP's and PYP's have been incredibly derelict in their potential of bringing small business owners to the online market. They've tried to sell SMB's products that neither the business owner nor the salesmen understands, and worse--products that don't work financially OR in terms of traffic. They should have positioned themselves as a neutral third-party offering scalable consulting services, \ helping SMB's get their feet wet with legitimate advice about SEO and online positioning. I’ve said all along that the IYP’s and PYP’s have been incredibly derelict in their potential of bringing small business owners to the online market. They’ve tried to sell SMB’s products that neither the business owner nor the salesmen understands, and worse–products that don’t work financially OR in terms of traffic.

They should have positioned themselves as a neutral third-party offering scalable consulting services, \ helping SMB’s get their feet wet with legitimate advice about SEO and online positioning.

]]> By: Local Search Hound http://www.convertoffline.com/no-bail-out-for-yellow-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-42722 Local Search Hound Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:54:57 +0000 http://www.convertoffline.com/?p=311#comment-42722 But Patrick you don't really have an opinion about this do you? :) Boy, I think about #5 all the time, they really blew it. When you think they had a decent working mobile product, at at a time when Larry & Sergey were practically still at Stanford... Geez... (sigh) But Patrick you don’t really have an opinion about this do you? :)

Boy, I think about #5 all the time, they really blew it. When you think they had a decent working mobile product, at at a time when Larry & Sergey were practically still at Stanford… Geez… (sigh)

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