Wilford Brimley was born on September 27th, 1934, and the film "Cocoon" was released in 1985, so Brimley was around 50 years old when "Cocoon" was shot (pictured around the time of the flick). Remember, his character was meant to be 'old'. Paul Rudd was born on April 6th, 1969, making him 54 today - four years older than Brimley in the comparison pic.Moral of the story? I look better than both of them.

IKEA have launched the ultimate Christmas dinner showstopper, a turkey-sized Meatball. The mighty meatball weights in at 4.5kg and comes boxed and ready with accompaniments of lingonberry jam and creamy sauce.If you want it shared, you have to make it good.

Shad of the Day, 5th December 2023. We've featured Compare-1 before, but as other leadgen charlatans have followed our advice and and altered their ads slightly (still all non-compliant, but they lie 'less'), Compare haven't changed a bit.Coming from a group called 'BizLeadz', the same fake advertising, baiting, and deceptive practices apply as always. This is the non-compliant and illegal garbage that underpins your relationship with a borrower when you buy leads. I did an interview with a broker late yesterday afternoon that was kicked out of his aggregator and lost his tail on the basis of his association.You don't need to lie to borrowers - your service is already awesome.Aggregators need to protect their licencing and manage their representation.Borrowers deserve better, brokers deserve better, and the industry certainly deserves better.Stop the finspam.1300 BELIEF (1300 235 433)

The mortgage industry has it wrong.We'll be working closely with a single broker to demonstrate what it takes to have a 5m day, or 100m month. Those numbers seem ridiculous to many brokers, so the only way of detailing why and how our managed guys see more volume in a day than most see in a month is to expose our proprietary programs for the very first time. Keep an eye out on LinkedIn and our Facebook Group for updates.We're starting at a bad time so we'll be taking a break over Xmas, although we expect to see a number of 5m days before then.FYI, our Black Friday pricing applies until the 9th.

Shad of the Day, 4th December 2023. We've shared the fake 'Aus Mortgages' brand in the past, but since it's still running ads with 'data' from May with the same deceptive MO, it deserves to be shared again. This is what you're buying into when you buy leads.SMS verification is often used as a tool to elevate the value of paid leads, but this means nothing is they're making any sort of appointment based on the fake results they're shown after the pointless quiz.The plethora of dodgy leadgen has seriously impacted the quality of FB leads - we all know this. As an industry, the only way we can put an end to the finspam is by ignoring the BS hype and stop buying them.The only way to verify the conpany behind this ad was to have somebody submit their details and ask the broker. They're well known and go to great lengths to hide their identity (including in legal disclaimers) so brokers aren't aware of the illegal garbage representing their business. Consumers deserve better. Brokers deserve better. Stop buying leads. Stop supporting illegal advertising and blatant non-compliance. Stop the finspam.

Shad of the Day, 26th November 2023. This ad comes to us from a guy called 'Henry Price', and it's an excellent example of how deliberate non-compliance can be weaponised (or used as a tool) to intentionally deceive borrowers.If a broker published this ad directly they'd be expelled from the industry in a second... so why and how a broker can hide behind a false veil knowing that this fake advertising is taking place is simply disgusting. I won't even bother pointing out the 22 violations as they're quite clear.1. Borrowers deserve better. Best Interest Duty isn't a gimmick, and it's not selectively applied. Laws are in place to protect consumers from this baiting style of false advertising. 2. Brokers themselves should know better, and they should never ever enter into an agreement without knowing exactly what sort of material/messaging is used to represent their operation. 3. Those brokers that engage with these services have successfully contributed towards the loss of industry reputation. Brokers were once a respected breed - they now share a trust rating with used-car sales people. Leadgen charlatans and crooked experiences like the one pictured are partly responsible.4. Aggregators need to pick up their act. We've just finished a documentary called "Finscam" targeting one aggregator specifically, and this agg 'chose us' for very good reason. We'd provide details if the footage we took wasn't evidence in an ongoing investigation.5. We introduced Facebook advertising to the finance industy. Since then, the cost of a conversion has increased by around 100X. The best clients are clever enough to develop a blindness to the FB BS.You'll need to watch our feeds tomorrow afternoon as we'll be showing you in real-time how we help our brokers achieve more volume in a month than most will see in a year. For the first time ever we'll be showing you our closely guarded and very genuine secrets. Stop the finspam. Don't buy leads.

This is an example of a post from Instagratify (or Vista) as in a URL or 'Link' format. We'll use the #link hashtag to exclude the media and instead use the attached URL (usually hidden from the post in the 'snipped' content).

This is an example of a text only post sent to a Facebook Group. Usage of the #textonly hashtag will send the status only and exclude the attached Instagram media.

We've updated some of the Facebook Group features in Instagratify. You'll see a few posts come through before I explain the updates. I'll probably keep this one! If all goes well an album with all the Instagram will automatically be created. M.

We've updated some of the Facebook Group features in Instagratify. You'll see a few posts come through before I explain the updates. I'll probably keep this one! If all goes well an album with all the Instagram will automatically be created. M.

We've updated some of the Facebook Group features in Instagratify. You'll see a few posts come through before I explain the updates. I'll probably keep this one! If all goes well an album with all the Instagram will automatically be created. M.

We've updated some of the Facebook Group features in Instagratify. You'll see at least three test posts come through before I explain the updates - this is the first. M.