Comments on: Business Ethics & Mistakes you should avoid! http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/ Online Marketing, Product Strategy Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zygor Guide http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-483 Zygor Guide Wed, 19 May 2010 06:50:57 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-483 I like the point "Secrets are Secrets, Secrets are meant to be private". I just find so many people in business talking about things they should not be talking about I like the point "Secrets are Secrets, Secrets are meant to be private". I just find so many people in business talking about things they should not be talking about

]]> By: Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009: Social Media, SEO, PPC, Small Business, Web Design, and More » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-482 Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009: Social Media, SEO, PPC, Small Business, Web Design, and More » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:17:45 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-482 [...] Business Ethics & Mistakes You Should Avoid! (Tony Adam): Tony Adam explores some business ethics moves that you should avoid. Some include reporting your competitors, burning bridges, and more. [...] [...] Business Ethics & Mistakes You Should Avoid! (Tony Adam): Tony Adam explores some business ethics moves that you should avoid. Some include reporting your competitors, burning bridges, and more. [...]

]]> By: sean percival http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-481 sean percival Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:09:27 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-481 I disagree with everything here :P I disagree with everything here :P

]]> By: Nick Stamoulis http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-480 Nick Stamoulis Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:40:13 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-480 All very good points. I think it is important to just stay positive and focus on your own company and not worry about anyone elses. Especially if you start trying to bad mouth others, just looks tacky. All very good points. I think it is important to just stay positive and focus on your own company and not worry about anyone elses. Especially if you start trying to bad mouth others, just looks tacky.

]]> By: Todd Mintz http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-479 Todd Mintz Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:36:14 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-479 I think it's OK to "out" obvious scams (e.g. Search Engine Submission for $19.95). Other than that, you're totally on the ball with a terrific post. I think it’s OK to “out” obvious scams (e.g. Search Engine Submission for $19.95). Other than that, you’re totally on the ball with a terrific post.

]]> By: Tony Adam http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-478 Tony Adam Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:52:08 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-478 Andrew: "Outing a Website" means someone publicly talking about "dark" or "black" tactics used to manipulate search results in a way that could be deemed malicious. Todd Malicoat (StuntDubl) does a great job of explaining it all in this post: http://www.stuntdubl.com/2009/04/24/seo-code/ Andrew: “Outing a Website” means someone publicly talking about “dark” or “black” tactics used to manipulate search results in a way that could be deemed malicious.

Todd Malicoat (StuntDubl) does a great job of explaining it all in this post:
http://www.stuntdubl.com/2009/04/24/seo-code/

]]> By: Tony Adam http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-477 Tony Adam Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:41:10 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-477 Michael: Totally! I saw someone on twitter say something like $XX was to much to charge for an audit and I was LIVID...because I know that isn't true everywhere! That said, it is true, if i can close a deal for 2x what someone else can, why would you say something? Michael: Totally! I saw someone on twitter say something like $XX was to much to charge for an audit and I was LIVID…because I know that isn’t true everywhere! That said, it is true, if i can close a deal for 2x what someone else can, why would you say something?

]]> By: Andrew Warner http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-476 Andrew Warner Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:04:06 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-476 Tony, what do you mean by "out a web site"? What are people revealing and where? Tony, what do you mean by “out a web site”? What are people revealing and where?

]]> By: Michael Geneles http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-475 Michael Geneles Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:37:42 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-475 What you might call “overcharging,” I call a “smart business move.” - Right On! Tony What you might call “overcharging,” I call a “smart business move.” – Right On! Tony

]]> By: Tony Adam http://visiblefactors.com/blog/350-business-ethics-mistakes-you-should-avoid/#comment-474 Tony Adam Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:56:29 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/?p=350#comment-474 Gab, I'm not saying that the fees are right or wrong, if you ask me, it's a waste of money to hire an agency, because, you don't get top notch talent/knowledge. Just from my experience at large organizations, they hire agencies because they want the hand holding that comes with it (e.g. project managers, account managers). They get the status updates, pretty charts, etc. that an individual consultant wouldn't be able to provide. Some agencies also build in things like software costs, for example, some agencies have packages that run in the 20k range per month that others would not be able to afford monthly. At the end of the day though, this post is not about justifying agency expenses or overhead, it is the point that you shouldn't talk about a specific service being performed at a rate that "you see fit"...bottom line. Gab, I’m not saying that the fees are right or wrong, if you ask me, it’s a waste of money to hire an agency, because, you don’t get top notch talent/knowledge.

Just from my experience at large organizations, they hire agencies because they want the hand holding that comes with it (e.g. project managers, account managers). They get the status updates, pretty charts, etc. that an individual consultant wouldn’t be able to provide. Some agencies also build in things like software costs, for example, some agencies have packages that run in the 20k range per month that others would not be able to afford monthly.

At the end of the day though, this post is not about justifying agency expenses or overhead, it is the point that you shouldn’t talk about a specific service being performed at a rate that “you see fit”…bottom line.

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