Small businesses accuse Denver influencer of taking money, not posting videos

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@Turk_ Ай бұрын

If anyone walks into your business and they hit you with: "im an influencer" kick them out lol.

@Cucumberflavoredmustard Ай бұрын

Theft by deception, aka fraud.

@khanindustries Ай бұрын

He shouldn't be taking people's money before providing his service. That is how you get overwhelmed in the first place.

@drew3693 Ай бұрын

He said “I’m big time now.” No sir, you are not. Nobody has ever heard of you.

@katietrotter9374 Ай бұрын

Lots of people have heard of him. He has a legitimate social media following and has been making a lot of money off of it.

@cl7700 Ай бұрын

I haven't and I have FB and Twitter and follow other food influencers

@drew3693 Ай бұрын

@@katietrotter9374 Apparently, he is making money by committing fraud. If you know where he is, please share.

@PW.Skyline.V37 Ай бұрын

Never heard of him.

@kenmore01 Ай бұрын

I would never trust a food critic who takes money for reviews.

@swimgirl24 Ай бұрын

Gross guy. He broke the law. Hope the police get involved. He stole!

@catherinehpn3613 Ай бұрын

Influencers, a dubious job title.

@Ric0121 Ай бұрын

Of course he's trying to fix things now. He's in trouble. I hope he gets shut down

@Highendrecovery Ай бұрын

Don’t give anyone free stuff for positive reviews

@mrich9654 Ай бұрын

I can't wait until influencer means nothing. He's a scam artist!

@katietrotter9374 Ай бұрын

Changed his username and turned off comments on all his posts.

@cl7700 Ай бұрын

Lame. I was about to track him down.

@robertosborn2458 Ай бұрын

He should be kicked out of Colorado.

@bloodlove93 Ай бұрын

lmao out of a state? sounding awfully unamerican there commie

@tvviewer4500 Ай бұрын

Remember this when you read reviews

@MartinPerez-hk9bo Ай бұрын

I hate that guy 👦 😒 😑 🙄

@davidgolf3245 Ай бұрын

Sounds like the Denver Foodie should change his name to DENVER FRAUDEE. Feel free to use that it's not trademarked yet. Please give me credit if you do use it, thanks.

@Xenon-4300 Ай бұрын

Oops changed his username a bit too soon I bet he didn't expect for the new one to be blasted on the news.

@cl7700 Ай бұрын

His YT page is still up

@atlaym258 Ай бұрын

No contract, no suit

@infinitetanner Ай бұрын

Cancel influencers!

@wishteria234 Ай бұрын

Influencer, scammer

@scottbarnett6702 Ай бұрын

Denver’s always been that! Like when my grandfathers business was being robbed overnight more than once…..by Denver police dept officers…..store was in Englewood, Englewood police cracked it!….Denver is a disaster! I left after 53 years living in Colorado! Colorado and Denver …..going further down moving forward if they don’t change their leadership!!!

@Mafiaagg742 Ай бұрын

It’s small money he knows what he’s doing

@303mitch Ай бұрын

It would be one thing if it was corporate businesses but many of these are small businesses. He's going to have to find a new town to scam if this is what he plans to do with his future.

@LeetHaxington Ай бұрын

Seems kind of sketchy for a business to be paying someone to review their food. Gee I wonder if the review he gives is going to be positive when someone's paying him to do it. Or I wonder if he's going to get an average quality dish when he shows up for his review. And then customers who believe it's a fair review are going to go in and expect what he says to be true.

@bneyez Ай бұрын

When you really think about it, this guy uses his social media platform as a tool. He doesn’t write code or own a media company, yet people still throw their hard-earned money at him. He’s allowed to scam local people and others who can’t resist the allure of social media. Many will gamble on anything that promises quick riches, and most platforms enable this behavior. Why didn’t these small businesses just pay for social media marketing to promote their brands? It’s clear he knows how to receive money, but he doesn’t understand how to grow his advertising and marketing business. He messed up a whole opportunity simply because he didn’t want to put in the work. When he was on the phone explaining the situation, all he could talk about was himself: “People love me.” Yeah, right. What he fails to realize is that people love what he can do for them. As a social media influencer, you work for the people; they don’t care about you, only what you can provide in that moment. You’re just a middleman who can be replaced or, worse, banned from interactions. My advice to small businesses: sometimes you have to be your own mascot. You could replicate his process on your own-after all, that’s what the platform is for, right? Yes, it’s a lot of work, but you’ll own the process and understand the business from both sides. It’s better than taking a loss. We often want things to be fast, quick, and easy, but that convenience comes with a price.