We’re big advocates for brokers recording their own ads (rather than using our generic video). It’s easy to do: you pull out your phone and read off a few lines of text. Simple. The personalisation is more likely to engage with your audience, it enhances branding, and it legitimises your operation. You can shoot a little B-roll in the office,
Important note for clients. Over the last few months we’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time reworking the funnel flows for various types of advertising (we’ve had to cater for the ubiquitous illegal advertising that populates various social platforms). Typical leads off *generic* programs are coming in at around $15 (this includes leads delivered by our free plugin), while funnel-focused
Shad of the Day, 12th December 2023. This ad (in multiple forms and pages) comes from a mob called ‘Acquirely’ – they’re clearly a little clueless when it comes to financial advertising. There’s generally no harm in promoting on rate (since it’s considered by almost all borrowers to be the single most important product attribute), but when you advertising 5.39
Shad of the Day, 5th December 2023. We’ve featured Compare-1 before, but as other leadgen charlatans have followed our advice and and altered their ads slightly (still all non-compliant, but they lie ‘less’), Compare haven’t changed a bit. Coming from a group called ‘BizLeadz’, the same fake advertising, baiting, and deceptive practices apply as always. This is the non-compliant and
Shad of the Day, 4th December 2023. We’ve shared the fake ‘Aus Mortgages’ brand in the past, but since it’s still running ads with ‘data’ from May with the same deceptive MO, it deserves to be shared again. This is what you’re buying into when you buy leads. SMS verification is often used as a tool to elevate the value
I haven’t posted a Shad for a while because I found myself on repeat. All the leadgen crooks use the same illegal and blatantly non-compliant tactics, and those brokers that buy leads don’t seem to care, so it was a futile exercise after the first 1000 examples. However, this advert is a clear standout for one very blonde reason. First,
Another afternoon spent with a very funky broker recording his first 10-12 website videos, and his first SMSF FB ad.
How’s this for shoddy? The dodgy ‘Peter Hill’ leadgen mob are illegally using a video from a local broker in their own ads. I didn’t believe it until I reviewew their archive. Just crazy. The problem is that it’s the least significant illegal attribute of what they’re doing. Don’t buy leads. Stop the finspam.
Shad of the Day, 4th August 2023. Last time when we shared an ad from EMBR Group, one of the team challenged us on the ‘so-called laws’ that are in place to protect illegal advertising. Nice to know your business interests are protected by this brand of inspired intellect. This is just more of the same. Don’t state that you’ll
Shad of the Day, 3rd August 2023. If you’re familiar with my leadgen rants, this is simply more of the same. After around 500 of these things we’re now just enjoying variations on a theme. The Compare-1 clowns violate a number of laws, but it appears that brokers, ACL holder, and aggregators, just don’t care. Brokers don’t have to bait
We all know that Biz Focused knowingly and deliberately produces non-compliant advertising for their leadgen clients. However, sending them advice and references to legislation (that they might use to measure their product) has clearly fallen on deaf ears. Taken yesterday, this screenshot shows a rate that is almost certainly out-of-date, and it obviously excludes the required comparison rate. There are
Shad of the Day, 20th July 2023. Insights indexed a large number of ads last night, but it’s this repeat offender that caught my attention because of the licence mismatch on their website (the Matrix system that indexes sites, and Insights that indexes advertising, are now both available via an Open API). The ad is obviously misleading and deceptive, and
