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Don’t Buy AdWords from a Flat Rate Reseller Who Calls You On the Phone
November 26, 2014
by Kirby Hopper
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Over on a Google AdWords Community forum we were having a discussion about certified AdWords re-sellers in general and BrandRep in particular and Jon Gritton gave a response that was so good I thought I’d reprint the whole thing here: OK, let’s call a halt to the slanging
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