This is one of the most deceptive advertising experiences in the mortgage industry. If you use a company called Leadify, they’ve introduced clear and deliberate non-compliance into your operation. Like others that are trying to generate ‘cheap leads’ rather than quality conversion, Leadify’s leadgen is defined by false advertising, non-compliance, baiting, and lies. Leadify make false claims, use invalid rates,
Today’s Shad is an interesting one. It comes to you by way of the fake ‘Compare Buzz’ brand. The service is operated by BPM Marketing – the same group behind a number of auto and swimming pool leadgen websites. Fronted by Phuwit Robinson (we couldn’t find details of this guy anywhere), they list their addresses as 13 Yarra St .
Today’s Shad is sponsored by a serial offender – Mortgage Magnet. The Sydney-based leadgen charlatans are defined by illegal advertising, baiting, and deception. Details I provided wouldn’t qualify me for a park bench, but according to the returned results – (and despite my crazy LVR and existing rate of 1.9%) – I still qualify by refinancing the ‘correct way’ (in
Australian Broker News are taking an interest in the dodgy leadgen underground – nice work, Ryan. Had a chat to The Australian this morning (they were interested in illegal activities in the wake of the BRC) and Channel 9, with the latter taking interest in the practices used to exploit vulnerable consumers. It’s nice to see the seedy practice garnish
Shad of the Day, 5th July 2023. At this point, and after a few hundred Shads, I’m a little deflated and may need a Bex and a nap. If I haven’t provided enough evidence to the industry that exposes the clear and deliberate deception, malfeasance, non-compliance, baiting practices, and false advertising as introduced by the clueless pay-per-lead crowd, I’m not
Here’s a little tip for those of our clients that use our Instagratify (Instagram-based) social media distribution tool. By using the #gif hashtag in your post, your Instagram images will be stitched into an animated GIF and sent to assigned social platforms, with the exception of Linkedin where the images will be sent as a video. Various options apply, such
Note to clients. We’ve preformed the first part of a significant update to Yabber’s LinkedIn integration. However, in order to push the changes, the system will go offline from 8pm tonight until 3am. The updates include more intuitive scheduling features in Yabber, and more time-saving tools, such as one-click uploading of documents from your file manager, and the quick creation
Further to a Shad we posted a couple of days ago, we had a few ‘concerned’ brokers contact us. We took to their experience once again in an effort to identify all areas of malfeasance, and we’ve noted 37 individual infractions that’d land you in trouble. (Pictured is basic evidence of their fake 2000+ 5-Star reviews). We’ve added this group
For clients, we have a few Yabber updates. First, LinkedIn and YouTube will both go offline today intermittently for major updates. You may continue sending to those platforms via any system, but there may be an extended delay in posting. We’ve updated the Compliance module, FAQ module, Modal module, and Settings. Some basic screenshots are attached (taken on my phone
Today’s Shad comes from ‘Peter Hill’, a fake persona running a fake ‘offshore’ brokerage. We’ve talked about this fake brand before, but continued operation requires an update on their MO. I personally hold the opinion that any broker that engages with any company that operates ‘illegally on their behalf’ should be expelled from the industry. It’s harsh, but surely most
Note to clients: After a few months of chasing down an answer, I’ve received a partial response from Judo regarding their suspiciously low published rates. The 4.4%/4.41% (Comparison) rates are valid for residential/investment borrowing, but only for their existing business customers. This may be an opportunity, so I’ve requested everything they have on their suite of business products. The rates
We’re just about to release a very significant module that’ll provide brokers with the additional tools that they *need* to grow. When onboarding a new client to your business, these brokers are often lacking the digital support and tools they need for turnkey campaign creation, social media, partner management, and fully self-managed leadgen. We’ve always had the option to add
