Up and Running » business plan software http://upandrunning.bplans.com Start, Run, and Grow Your Business Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:21:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Enemies on the Page: Google Ads http://upandrunning.bplans.com/2009/01/07/enemies-on-the-page-google-ads/ http://upandrunning.bplans.com/2009/01/07/enemies-on-the-page-google-ads/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:04:11 +0000 Tim Berry http://blog.bplans.com/index.php/2009/01/07/enemies-on-the-page-google-ads/

Harumph. Google ads. This is a blog post reviewing Business Plan Pro; a nice review. I appreciate the comments. But, thanks to the magic of Google ads, it’s surrounded by ads for schlocky business plan templates. Dumb ads, making dumb promises.

For example: “download” a winning business plan? That’s nonsense. If it was already written, it’s not going to win anything but your wasted money. Or, worse yet, a business plan costing $18.95 that claims to be “investor/bank ready. Full research. Automated 3-year financials.” Does anybody buy that pitch?

And this stuff is interleaved into an article reviewing serious business planning software. Sigh … brave new world.

Tim Berry
President and Founder
Palo Alto Software

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