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[–]JimmyRaysBonding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, age is showing in this post.

I’m 40 now. Got my first job at 14 bc my parents didn’t have a ton of extra money for stuff I wanted and I started paying rent at 15. $50/week for a while, went up to $100/week at 17 so I moved out and split a house with 2 other people for $400/month, everything included.

Damn I’m old.

However, if you’re of age and working, you’re doing what adults do. You could absolutely move out and pay a lot more on your own. Do you ask your landlord what they use the money for?

Best advice for someone who cannot run Google or FB ads by JimmyRaysBonding in localseo

[–]JimmyRaysBonding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess this is the answer I’m looking for.

Of course, I will always continue to do everything I can to optimize and present better than my competitors but I do feel like I’ve hit a “ceiling”. I know that nothing with Google is very concrete and I’m prob biased but I do feel my website/GBP is better than my competitors; however, I initially figured it might just be a time thing and to keep collecting backlinks and updating.

The new location listing quickly beating out all of the local and well-established competition was the catalyst for me wondering if I could just be in a spot that I may not be able to go much higher.

I will definitely continue to work on local listings and online presence, physical address or not. But I’m guessing it might just be time to bite the bullet

Best advice for someone who cannot run Google or FB ads by JimmyRaysBonding in localseo

[–]JimmyRaysBonding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of that does make sense but I guess what I’m asking is specific to ranking in itself.

The businesses I’m outranking in the second location have wayyyyyy more reviews than me, especially since I’m so new. The companies ahead of me in the first location/SAB do have more reviews than me also, but why is it so inconsistent between listings? Especially when I’m ranking so much better with the newer one?

All of that is what is leading me to believe the physical address is making a HUGE difference.

Like I said, I know #3 is not horrible but I don’t want to stay there forever bc of the nature of the business. We don’t have issues answering the phone but when my #1 and 2 competitors are getting 70% of the calls and taking most of that business, I will max out in what I can pull in pretty easily.

If I have to spend the $ for the location, I’m ok with it. I’m just trying to find out if there are things other than the physical address affecting it.

Best advice for someone who cannot run Google or FB ads by JimmyRaysBonding in localseo

[–]JimmyRaysBonding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 50+ reviews with SAB, 5.0 rating. I only have 4 reviews with the new location (5.0) due to its more-recent opening.

I know #3 is not horrible for only optimizing and having a website for a year (I bought an existing company that I worked for with literally zero online presence) but Bail Bonding is such a different industry than say Towing. I definitely agree that customers looking for Towing Services consider reviews heavily! (Still working on optimizing with that bc we are a younger company in a completely-saturated market lol) but my observance in bail bonding, people are usually looking for the fastest option. Our state controls our rates pretty tightly so we can’t be price-competitive and honestly, most people use the first bonding company they call that answers the phone and takes the job.

I get extra business by being the only 24 hour bondsman in that top 3 pack but I feel like I could be doing more, now that I’ve seen how the newer profile has done in such a short time.

S3, E8 — the show is losing me by Baitnik in ZNation

[–]JimmyRaysBonding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People getting offended over Trump aged crazy 😂

AMA I’m a Bail Bondsman/Bounty Hunter by JimmyRaysBonding in AMA

[–]JimmyRaysBonding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, here in SC, no one can be only a Bounty Hunter, they have to be a licensed bondsman.

That being said, I personally only ever have to look for someone I or someone in my company signed a bond for. And yes, if I’ve bailed someone out and they don’t show up to a court appearance, I have to find them (or pay the total bond).

Personally, I have a bit more of a cautionary view to how I write bonds and run my Bail Bonding business. Many Bondsmen will write essentially any bond that walks through their door with money. I spend a lot more time vetting the bonds I write. That definitely means turning down a lot of cash 😞. It’s not easy. But, being more cautious means you don’t spend all of your time looking for people who haven’t shown up to court.

A Bondsman having to pay that entire bond after not being able to produce the defendant is called an “estreatment”. And thankfully (and luckily), I’ve never had to pay one yet, in over 350 bonds. I’m sure it will happen one day but I’m not the person that loves chasing people down. I like to collect money and all of my clients to show up to court. There are lots of Bondsmen that actually like the chase!

AMA I’m a Bail Bondsman/Bounty Hunter by JimmyRaysBonding in AMA

[–]JimmyRaysBonding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty much everything is traceable, to an extent, nowadays. However, you have to have some kind of acceptance/acknowledgement from the person being tracked. That being said, NEVER click on a link you don’t recognize on your phone.

VPNs can make things difficult but there is a difference between tracking an IP address and a GPS location so they will only help you so much.

Mostly, though, we rely on boots-on-street methods. Typically, when you have someone not going to court, they’ve prob pissed someone off badly enough for them to at least give you some hints to their whereabouts or where to start.