Where do I begin!?! Diana of Mahalo Consulting has been with me for 18 months and has doubled my business traffic. Her knowledge of Marketing and her passion for my company is immeasurable, she is so persistent, and truly believes that my success is her success. She even traveled to my location:) read more

Mahalo Consulting - Where do I begin!?! Diana of Mahalo Consulting has been with me for 18 months and has doubled my business traffic. - Advertising Near Me

Oh my gosh, where to begin... Please understand I am business owner and I hate leaving people bad reviews. When I experience bad services, I move on and take my business else where. But what Diana has done is unacceptable and must be made public. I started with Diana late last year (2018). She was recommended to me by someone who didn't work with her but knew her and had heard great things about her. We met for the first time and I had made it very clear that my main focus in terms of online marketing was to better my marketing via SEO, Ads, and online brand presence. She had me sold on her services by promising me she had the experience and knowledge to do just that. She told me she wanted to design a whole new website for me and create new content (included in her service). But there was a catch, the website would belong to her. My personal recommendation to other Business owners, DO NOT DO THIS! Her price for SEO, ADs Management, Yelp Management, Website Management, was $1,650 a month, a starting fee (don't remember the exact amount), plus the Ads budget. I figure it was a great deal at the time and was impressed by her willingness to meet and discuss any questions or concerned I had. She looks like a person you can trust so I went with it. She created a so called "great" website that would "convert" and bring in a ton of lead because the old one I had was not so great at converting, according to her. When she delivered the website, I noticed it was not that much greater in the design aspect, and was created using a free website builder called (wix), and me being a soft and considerate person, I didn't want criticize it. I just put my trust in her process. In the beginning her services seemed great. She offers great business advice and is prompt in responding to requests, and great at setting aside some time to meet you. She works very hard, but she focuses on the wrong stuff to work hard on. For example, when I receive a lead through my website I get an email notification, Diana then forwards me the same lead again and the same thing with voicemails. I kind of hinted to her she doesn't need to do that. I feel like she could have been using her time in other places. Leads were on and off since we started. I addressed this to her and told her that leads are kind of on and off. Here solution was "Increase the ads budget", which I did. Then mid Summer of 2018 came around and we were flooded with business and all was great. I even told her I wanted to open a new line of service and asked her to help me build the website. This is probably when doubt entered my heart about her. 1) We came up with a business name together, but then as soon as she leaves my office, she buys my business domain name under account without asking me. I demanded the URL name to be transfer to my account and she did after constantly reminding her. 2) She designed my new website almost I identical to the first website. Then I did some more research and found out most of her clients have the same exact website as mine. As my skepticism is increase, we hit 2 consecutive slow months, right after the ONE busy month we had. Leads were either terrible or just none at all. Note, I was paying $1,200 in Google Ads, and $750 in Yelp Ads. Every time leads were slow and I address Diana about it, it was always, I was doing something wrong. She once told me, no joke, that my voicemail message wasn't good enough. But, that is stupid because I am not getting calls to begin with. Finally, I requested consultations from other marketing agencies and shockingly the message was the same ALL across. 1) ZERO SEO was being done and the evidence for that was if you were to Google MY BUSINESS NAME, the result would show up on 5th or 6th page of Google. 2) She uses WIX (a free online website builder people use in their garages to build cheap websites) to build your website, which is BAD for SEO. 3) She sets you up with a 2 or 3 alternate web-based phone numbers, again BAD for SEO. 4) She was relying and spending way too much on Ads , which is not a long term marketing solution. I also found out that her competition only charges around $300-500 a month managing Ads across MANY platforms (Google, Bing, Yelp, Facebook, Twitter, Etc.) while she only charges, keeping in mind no SEO is being done, $1,650 for 2 platforms (Google and Yelp). I finally made the decision to make a switch to someone else and I gave her 1 month notice as stated in her contract. Then she went all free for all on my credit card and would have excuses that contradict herself as to why she was charging me. I repeatedly asked her, PLEASE INVOICE ME BEFORE YOU CHARGE MY CC. And for some reason she wouldn't. Another note: Do NOT give her Authorization to run your cc. She charges your card first, asks questions later. And even when she is proven wrong, she makes it difficult reversing the charges, or tries another way to justify it. read more

You want Diana on your team. She gives the same attention to detail to your business as she does her own. You can tell she really cares about doing a perfect job. If you're on the fence about using her services just give her a call and schedule a meeting. Once you meet her youll see how much she'll help your business. She's a top marketer and is a huge asset to my business. She helps with Yelp ads and Google ads and just overall strategy for your business. read more

I worked with Diana for nearly 4 years. Diana is a very hard worker. No one can take that away from her. She will look for any and every way to advertise your business whether it's Google, Yelp or additional websites. One of Diana's suggestions was to build a 2nd website FREE of charge and manage it INSTEAD of my original business' web site. You will likely be offered the same. The reason is if you stop working with Diana, that website will also disappear. That's a lot of leverage you'll be giving an advertising agency. Don't do it. Diana was managing my website for her monthly fee of $300. When that didn't work she offered to open Another website for an additional $300. When that didn't work she suggested to increase google and yelp ads budgets and we were increasing the budget again and again until I found myself being charged $1,800 monthly, yet with very little results. For a small business this was a huge amount of money. Diana's suggestions? You guessed it! - Lets increase the budget again... Every time I spoke to Diana about the fact that her ideas don't work I was told I'm not paying enough and I need to pay more to be "on top" of the search engines. Since I don't have a money tree growing in my living room, at a monthly charge of $1,800 I put a stop to it. I know nothing about keywords nor advertising and throughout the nearly 4 years of our relationship I gave Diana a free hand in choosing what to do and where to invest my money. I spent with her many thousands of dollars. Tens of thousands. This can easily be proven. During the last few months, before I pulled the plug on this one-sided-profitable relationship Diana said I need to update the pictures of the websites She was managing however it was up to Me to take the picture and arrange them. I suppose $1,800 a month isn't enough money to send a professional photographer for some pictures. That was the last straw. I admit she gave a very good impression at first. I can only blame myself for trusting her decision making to deliver. As it turned out she worked really hard and was very convincing for a very good reason - her growing bank account. Now when it's over, she left some expired ads in my yelp page, won't reply anymore and couldn't care less about me but that's totally understandable as she's probably busy building additional websites and increasing keyword budgets to unsuspecting new clients who will soon have an empty bank account. The funny part? since I stopped working with Mahalo and discontinued Google and Yelp ads my business is back on tracks. Bad Karma anyone??? Diana is affiliated with yelp which may remove this review but if I save even a single business owner from falling into this spider web I've done my part for the community. read more

Mahalo Consulting Inc. came into our lives and we contacted them and what a refreshing attitude. They're professional, timely, informative and very patient. They've educated us to this whole new exciting world of social media and marketing. They've been meticulous with their delivery of information. They've created our website in real time for todays needs and requirements. www.mauieventphotography.com. They're always returning emails, phone calls and texts. In just a few short weeks, we're already getting inquiries, bookings and positive reviews. Phenomenal company that I would highly recommend to any organization that wants to do it right the first time. We understand that you have to spend money to make money. If you're entrepreneurial then you understand, getting it right the first time. Seriously, they've got this right. Call them at www.MahaloConsultingInc.com. Sincerely read more

Diana Giess and I had negotiated a contract for services. While I completely fulfilled my terms of said agreement, she completely reneged and stole my money. In retrospect I can now see that all her decisions regarding said contract were premeditated and underhanded. She told me all her pretty little lies to get me to agree with the terms negotiated and then stabbed me in the back and took my money, $500 to be exact. Diana Giess is a terrible person, a shyster and a liar. She will go to any extreme to steal your money and not fulfill her end of the bargain. My advice....STAY AWAY. I will never do business with her again and suggest to anyone reading this to do same. read more

Mahalo Consulting ( Diana ) has been a great asset to me and my business. She helped me optimize my social media presence and also gave me lots of practical tip in the world of online marketing. You will rarely meet business owners who truly care about their clients and will do above and beyond the call of duty to make sure everything is taken care off. Diana is a workaholic and has been available to me almost 24/7 so customer response is fast and reliable. What more can you ask for in a local marketing company. Thank you Mahalo Consulting Inc. Team for all you have done for my business. read more

Very persistent staff, are hard-working and we have great results with them. The minus one star is that their services are not free. read more

Diana and her staff are truly professional and helpful! They are about helping you increase your visibility and traffic to your business. They do their homework and are very experienced and knowledgable. The best thing is - they do not have any long term contracts at all for any of their clients - it is month-to-month. They do this because they believe in earning your business each and every month - meaning they are invested in making you successful. We are so happy with the professional service they are providing our company! read more

Mahalo Consulting is the best marketing company on the West Side! They handle all of our online presence from Google ad words, online reputation, to website updates. They also came in to explain to us the importance of having a mobile responsive website. Their pricing was very affordable and they updated our mobile friendly website to a mobile responsive website. Having them on our corner is like having endless word of mouth referrals that continue to give us qualified leads. I love that they are always checking in with us on a regular basis ensuring we are continuously getting good leads. It makes me feel like we're not just a number or an account. I also like that their agreements are month to month for their online advertising. I honestly recommend them to any business owner looking to expand and grow their business! read more

I am an office manager and scheduled an appointment with mahalo consulting for online advertising I found them on yelp. The representative was extrememly informative and gave us a free consultation about how online advertising works. They are very transparent and was able to answer all of our questions. wht I like most is that the advertising is tailored specifically to our biz needs and we can can how much money goes into advertising and the advertising agreement is minth to month. read more

Diana really grew my business by great measures. - this is 100% honest She opened my eyes to the power of online marketing. The great part about her company is that she offers more services than just google pay per click marketing. She also acts as a business coach, which is nice when you need that little push to move on a project. read more

I have been working with Mahalo for about 3 months now and I couldn't be happier . Diana is such a gem to work with! She is knowledgeable, patient, kind, and really knows her stuff. She has helped my business grow and become overall more cohesive in my brand and advertising . I have had a lot of telemarketing calls as a business owner trying to sell me google ads or some fancy "make a tons of money fast doing this with your business etc." When I was connected to Diana via referral I was a little nervous whether I would see a return working with Mahalo. I am happy to say I have absolutely seen a major return in my investment ! I am so glad I took a leap of faith and couldn't ask for a more dedicated team that i now have in Diana and Mahalo. If you are nervous about taking the next step in investing in marketing / branding , call Diana at Mahalo. She does not push or force anything . She shares her expertise and what she sees that will help boost your business and then let's you choose what you want to do. Thanks Diana for everything including "holding my hand," when I needed it so I could trust in myself and the process! I am so glad I have you in my corner ! read more

Working with Diana doesn't even feel like work, she is so sweet and her prices are extremely affordable for the results she gets. She is quick with responding and understanding the vision you have for your company. read more

I got hold of Diana as my social media and marketing company. She helped me with my real estate company to give me effective ads on Google on on Facebook. The Diana is always available and reliable and I trust her with my business. Thank you Diana for helping me grow my business through your wealth of knowledge and expertise in marketing. If you want an effective company in digital marketing expert in the Torrance area contact Diana. I highly recommend her read more

Diana is super friendly, quick to get back to you, detail oriented, and a positive energy to be around. The kind of person working with is not only easy but fun as well. Mahalo :) A brief note about Mahalo's only one star rating: I also had dealings with weubged o. I know that person to spin stories completely counter to the facts. I had a business dealing with her and was due a 600.00 refund. She got very nasty when I reminded her a month later after not breathing down her neck, simply trusting in her honor, integrity and decency. It obviously wasn't happening so I politely reminded her again (my vehicle registration was due and I needed that refund). Wow...that is all it took to become an enemy and accused of colluding with other people. Weubged O in my opinion is not mentally stable nor honorable. She made promises to me that she never fulfilled. I suggest discounting her review completely as it is a blatant repudiation of the truth as I know Diana. FYI- weubged o is shorthand for wicked one. Her Yelp identity is spot on...five stars for that nugget of truth. As of this review I still haven't received my refund from 12/5/2016...I have zero belief I will ever get it because is saw her true nature. Diana, thanks for being a genuinely good person. read more

Diana has been great at work ethic, but there is no consistency with her words and actions. She always maid it seem like we should spend more money on her services but in reality it was not giving us a return on our business we used to pay her $1000 for her service and we also increased our yelp to almost a thousand per a month. She also convinced us to open a separate webpage and we did! She charged us a total separate fee of $1795. Please who ever is reading this just be careful. She will question you and always try to put the blame on you when really you are getting zero return on any of your services. I am in literally shock! She taught me how to be professional but with any client but in reality she was extremely unprofessional when it came to dealing with me as her client. SHE USES A TEMPLATE FOR A WEBPAGE AND SHE CLAIMS ITS NOT A TEMPLATE!! She does not even know what SEO because she does not have any info to back it up! Please everyone stay away and be carful. If I can at least save in person from. read more

Mahalo Consulting Is awesome to work with. Diana is very professional, very friendly and honest to her clients. She is thorough and makes sure that everything goes smooth between me and the business owner from shoot to post production. She will even show up at the shoot and will be even part of the video if need be. Business minded, knowledgeable and very personable to her clients which makes Diana and Mahalo Consulting an asset for your business as she is with mine. I feel that Mahalo Consutling and I have built a relationship and hope to make it long term. She's not just a partner but also a friend. Thank you Diana. read more

I've worked with Diana at Mahalo Consulting and she has great ideas, is very clear and concise when explaining what she's looking for, and always meets deadlines on time. That's critical in any industry, especially in the marketing business. I appreciate her great energy and her abundant knowledge in SEO, content building, advertising and more. Definitely recommend to anyone in Cali (or nationwide) looking for an amazing marketing company to help brand and build their business. :) read more

It's hard to truly measure the value of everything that Diana does. Our company went from making $160,000 to making $1,000,000 in the first year that we worked with us. For us she manages our google pay per click, yelp and google review pages and so much more! There are so many days where I think that Diana cares about the company more than I do! Lol. Her attention to detail is mind blowing. She always send me emails and texts with updates, ideas and suggestions. She makes every client feel like they are her only client! read more

Mahalo Consulting (Diana) was so nice and helpful in helping our office launch our newly designed website. There is nothing that we were unsatisfied with and she gave us a clear direction in how the website could be formed. Diana was extremely professional and we did not hesitate to contact her whenever we had questions. If you are in need of any marketing or consultation to expand your business, I highly recommend Mahalo Consulting. When you work with Diana, she streamlines the process of designing a website and this creates such a comfortable environment to communicate with. read more

Diana is Amazing! I was referred and highly recommended by Ruby and Trish owners of Ruby Makeup Academy and so far I am just impressed by her service and motivation she has offered me. I am based in San Diego, Chula Vista and I reached out to her for help with my online marketing presence and she is not just delivering that but so much more! We just started working together and I see fast results and work getting done on her end so fast. She is on top of things and you can see right away that she is so experience that she knows what you need to grow your business. Thank you Diana, you are the best definitely impressed with your quality of work and the value you are delivering. read more

I have been using Mahalo Consulting for a few years now, and the difference it has made for my online presence and business has been monumental. Diana is extremely knowledgeable at marketing, Google ad words, and social media presence, and she is very sweet and kind as well. The money spent is well worth it, as the bottom line of my business earnings has never been as high. I feel this is a needed service in today's competitive world of online presence. I am actually pretty terrible at this stuff, so I'm thrilled that I have the Mahalo team helping me. I would highly recommend them to any new or established business. I am definitely a happy customer, and have referred them to several of my friends. You will be amazed at how quickly your phone will start ringing! read more