Hibu

Hibu

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About Hibu

Hibu provides integrated, custom digital marketing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses across the United States. Hibu creates interconnected digital marketing solutions that maximize your visibility on search engines, like Google, in voice search and on social media, like Facebook, to generate more clicks, call and leads. Hibu offers a complete line of digital products, so you can get everything you need to advertise your business online from a single partner.

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  • Custom marketing solutions
  • Synchronized for better results
  • Everything from a single provider

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  • Must request quote for pricing
  • Multi-step process (not DIY)

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Hibu’s digital marketing solutions work as a single interconnected campaign to generate more clicks, call and leads. Hibu makes it easy for business owners to get everything they need to advertise their business online.

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer
Original review: Nov. 10, 2021

It is too bad that you can't leave less than a 1 star rating. Hibu is probably the worst company I have ever worked with. In the 6+ weeks we have been doing paid Google search with them we received 4 phone calls that cost us over $750 each. After bringing this to their attention I was told that they could optimize the program. If they were actually managing my campaign wouldn't they see that the program is not working. Why did I have to bring it to their attention? I am looking for a Marketing Partner and not a company that just bills me each month and results don't matter. The digital market is tough and have been taken advantage before.

I asked my rep and my rep's manager what percentage of my advertising budget actually goes to Google. When I called in to the toll free number I was told there NO FEE to manage my advertising because they get paid from Google. According to their Terms and Conditions this statement is FALSE as it clearly stated a percentage of what we pay them is allocated to their fee. When I asked my rep and his manager I was told that information is not available to them and above their pay grade. I have seen online and told by others that their fee is 50% of my budget to manage the campaign.

Nowhere on the agreement is the management fee listed to run my Google Ad Words. I have been talking with other REPUTABLE agencies and we would pay Google directly on our own account and pay them an agreed upon amount to manage the advertising. I have been quoted anywhere from 12-33% which is transparent and something that Hibu does not care about. If you are looking to flush your money down the toilet Hibu is your company. If you are looking for results it won't be coming from Hibu. BUYER BEWARE!

Hibu response

We have made several attempts to contact you to review your advertising concern that was first brought to our attention 11/11/21. Please call Hibu Customer Service within the next 3 business days. If we don't hear from you, we will assume the concern has been resolved and we will close our investigation.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Nov. 10, 2021

Steven ** with Mark did a fantastic job replacing toilet, clean drainage lines and flushing hot water tank. Would highly recommend to anyone. Have used Duncan Plumbing Solutions several times with great results. Always on time and pleasant to work with.

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer
Original review: Nov. 8, 2021

**BUYER BEWARE- ** Hiring Hibu for their web services has been my biggest mistake for my business yet. The business model is 3-fold: DISPLAY/SEARCH/REPUTATION. The promises of support and customer care were overpromised and under-delivered! Their Dashboard provides "measurable metrics" but their program and internet intelligence has done absolutely nothing for my business, yet they still continue to get paid.

I have spoken with my sales rep, his boss and the corporate cancellation line on numerous occasions and it's a run-around that reminds me of a "6-month contract." "Just give it a little more time" is a common statement that I have heard from this vendor; it's been over two months and they continue to state they are going to try new things and do this and that- yet nothing changes.

In summary, Hibu is the only winner here. Instead of standing behind their product and earning their money, they threaten collections after a failed partnership. In hindsight, I now look over the reviews of potential companies and wish I had done my research on HIBU before going under contract with them because I have found too many negative reviews to count! Do yourself a favor and stay far away from Hibu.

Hibu response

We are sorry we weren’t able to resolve your concern, but thank you for your time on our attempt to come to a mutual resolution.

3 people found this review helpful
Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Oct. 20, 2021

HIBU has been wonderful to work with. They keep our online presence optimized and our website updated and functional. Their customer service has been very professional. We love our representative, Joy, she knows the industry, the company and capabilities. She listens and understands our needs. Our whole experience with HIBU has been very positive.

Hibu response

Thank you so much! So glad to hear that you're happy with our service! We look forward to continuing to meet your business’ needs. Please have a great day!

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer
Original review: Oct. 11, 2021

They do not warn you when an auto renewal is due and if you notice and call them to cancel, even four days in, they refuse. They then charge you for the whole month. For me it was a PPC campaign. I was on pause and had told the salesman that we were too busy to accept new leads and wanted to cancel the campaign. I let them talk me into pausing it. When it came time to come off of the final allowed pause I was charged for renewal. When I noticed months later, I called 4 days into the month I discovered it. I told them I wanted to cancel, I was told that I had to wait until the end of the month. I was charged for the whole month even though I had called on the fourth.

Additionally, they had sent emails reminding me that the pause was coming to an end and asked if I wanted to remain on pause. I did and responded. I did not receive an email asking if I wanted to go active at the end of the final allowed pause. I recommend you stay away from a company that operates this way. If you do go with them and want to pause your campaign, I highly recommend you cancel it when you don't need it and start it up again when you need it.

3 people found this review helpful
Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Oct. 5, 2021

What an outstanding company and the results are REAL! We would not have had the patients in our door had it not been for HIBU. We are receiving many new patients that really enjoy social media and the results are from all ages and demographics. Thank you HIBU!! IT WORKS!!

Hibu response

Thank you so much for the awesome review! It really does mean a lot. Don't hesitate to let us know if you need anything from us in the future.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Sept. 27, 2021

Allan is working on my web design and advertise for a little over 6 months and double my sales since. Great service, efficient communication, highly recommend for business that wants more new customers. Fantastic company and very reliable with a reasonable prices. Jeff ** (owner) Evolution iron Works

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Sept. 17, 2021

Great job at explaining their services and service after the sale. Hibu has driven more customers to my business over time than any other platform, also has a great dashboard to track all 3 platforms they run for the company.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Sept. 17, 2021

My Rep Joy and her Hibu Team has rocketed my firm to great internet prominence and an avalanche of new business opportunities. They work closely with us to reach to our target audience. Joy works tirelessly to give us feedback and ideas to refine our presence on the web. The return on our investment with Hibu is phenomenal.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Sept. 8, 2021

I just recently decided my business needed a boost, and let me tell you…first day my website went live. 15 calls before noon and got commitment on 3, and still going strong. The boost that Steve ** gave my business is unbelievable. Money well spent. Not to mention Allison, she was so patient with me while I figured things out. Best move I ever made

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Sept. 1, 2021

Nikki is the hardest working and most caring. Nikki ** is a digital account manager for Hibu. Words can't describe how happy I am with her attention to detail and customer care! I just wanted to say out loud how happy I am with Hibu for hiring her and that I'm so thankful she was assigned to my account.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Aug. 25, 2021

After struggling to find helpful or reliable marketing services, we are so pleased to have found Hibu and Dave **. We are delighted with our website, the increase in business, and the personal assistance we have received! We highly recommend!

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Aug. 16, 2021

Hibu was the worst business investment I've made so far. They were not helpful at all and I should have continued to create my ads myself because that's what I had to do using their service anyway. I was told that they were going to create and post the ads for me monthly but they used the same ad and pictures for months even though I submitted more photos.

Hibu response

Thank you for your feedback. I have checked your dashboard and the testing focus was being changed each month. The testing focus can be ad copy, images, or call to action. The product is working correctly and the ad performance is exceeding the estimated clicks of the program. We are happy to assist with any changes that you would like made, you would just need to contact our Support team. We have attempted to reach you over the phone and via email several times, but have not heard back. Please call us at 877-899-1228 if you would like to make changes or have any further questions.

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer
Original review: Aug. 6, 2021

The representative tells everything they will do for marketing, help, and not showing options of budget for digital marketing. They tell us in beginning they have all knowledge to do it. We want the way it should be. It takes so much time and billing they say after launching will start but it starts as soon as we sign the contract. Google connections they don't do it. It takes time and 2 months nothing happens. The representative goes away without replacing anyone who helps. Always says call support team. Till today I do not have a single customer through this marketing campaign. Social media campaign they are doing without social media connection? How it will work and charge for it in addition to displaying ads means without doing connections.

They try to do marketing. Says will try this one then it did not work then try another one or ask for an increased budget. This company should know where it works in what type of budget. They don't start from a lower budget at all. If you hold the payment they suspend the marketing even after showing the proof of payments. I am spending more time and money than before doing marketing then work myself. This is a waste of money not giving results as the money we pay them. I will never recommend them at all. In this pandemic, I thought I will get my business back on track as they promised but says the contract only will change it but not allows to change it. I have paid payment but not resolving yet. My reviews do not shows on Google to know more people. Why it should not share with it automatically?

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Rated with 4 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: Aug. 5, 2021

Zach ** was fabulous, very kind and warm and made me feel super comfortable to be able to call him whenever I needed something. I was not always happy with the people actually making my website, I did feel that it was at times thrown together and not very professionally done.

Hibu response

Thank you so much for the awesome review! It really does mean a lot. We are sorry to hear of your concerns with your website. Our Website Support Team can be reached at 877 237 6120 for changes and questions Monday to Friday from 7:00am-10:00pm and Saturday from 7:00am -5:00pm. Don't hesitate to let us know if you need anything from us in the future.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: July 28, 2021

Mike ** with Pest Management Services Incorporated of Ashburn VA has provided us with great service for years. He is such a nice guy and we are always pleased with the pest control services every quarter. Thank you for the opportunity to rate this company.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: July 27, 2021

Stacy was very good at helping me understand what your company can do for me. She worked with me for about a year before I decided to work with her. She was very understanding that I don't really get the online advertising. I hope this will help my business grow.

Hibu response

Thank you so much for the positive review! When you’re happy, we’re happy! Hope you have a great day!

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer
Original review: July 19, 2021

We are a small business that had a terrible experience with Hibu. We had a 6 month contract with Hibu for several services and tried to terminate our contract at the end of the 6 month period (with adequate notice as defined in the contract). The sales rep was pushy and would not assist with the termination until you were forced to watch a 6 minute video about how much they did for your company. Be sure you know what you are getting into and how to terminate your agreement. I would not recommend getting locked into their service agreement.

Hibu response

We are sorry that you were not satisfied with our service during your request for cancellation. I researched your account and found that upon your request to cancel your sales representative offered to set up a meeting in person or Zoom to assist with the cancellation process. There was no response to the request to set up a meeting. Sales then emailed a video with the subject line "Susong Dermatology's Please watch before Canceling- Instructions Included!". This video included the phone number to our cancellations team and it was advised that you would needed to call the number provided in the video to request cancellation. I show on 07/14/2021 you did call in and request cancellation and your products are now set up for cancellation.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: July 15, 2021

I just want to take the time, which is long overdue, to give a positive review for Don **. Don has been nothing but helpful with my website and his input on how I can better reach out to new customers. Don is very professional and knowledgeable. He is not pushy, but, when I have any questions or issues he is there for me. I appreciate everything he does. Thanks Don

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: July 15, 2021

Kyla is amazing to say the least. She is very professional but also very personable. It's like having a friend cheering on our business and helping us grow to our full potential. She knows the market, does her research where she needs to, and provides exactly what our company needs.

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer
Original review: July 14, 2021

We hired a digital strategist on Thumbtack to later find out he is a sales rep for Hibu (when he already took our credit card info, and then connected our social media pages with Hibu) so we had no idea that we were “hiring” them. Our experience with Hibu has been terrible from the beginning, our Google my business got suspended when syncing it to their dashboard, and was suspended for a month, we’ve gotten maybe 2-3 calls from their google ads in 2 months (all from people that live 6 hrs from where we are based), no messages or comments on their Facebook ads and we are spending $1200 a month.

Our Facebook ads were down for 1-2 weeks, then it was finally up and it was the wrong ad. Been trying to cancel but the company says the sales rep and his manager have to cancel it and then they state they can’t cancel it, so basically nobody is able to. But somehow they are all able to set the payment account? If we were getting ANY type of results we would be okay with spending that amount of money but with no results, no customer service, and no help. Don’t make the same mistake we did, DO NOT HIRE THEM.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: July 9, 2021

I have enjoyed great results and excellent customer service so far. I am excited to keep growing my clientele. Jamie has been so easy to work with every step of the way, making time to accommodate my schedule and thoroughly explaining all the processes. Thanks again!

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: July 1, 2021

When my rep Dennis walked into my shop almost 2 years ago, I didn't know this would be the start of something great. I'm a small business that repairs and replaces auto glass and was looking for more leads to keep my team busy and grow my business. The solutions that Dennis and Sharon proposed made immediate sense and I have been consistently getting 100+ phone calls/mo ever since. Great solution but even better service!

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer
Original review: June 29, 2021

We purchased Hibu online Google advertising program for which we saw very little increased activity. My big complaint is they have a system to ask your customer to rate your company and services. The problem is they do not transfer over to Google automatically unless the customer presses a special Google button. So we have 4 new 5 star reviews that do not show up on Google and Hibu says they have no way to transfer the review if the customer doesn't hit the magic button. Google reviews are what matters in the internet world and having reviews on Hibu is good but these reviews should transfer automatically to Google especially with what Hibu is charging for their services.

Hibu response

Based on the research of your concern we have determined that no error has occurred. We appreciate your understanding during our investigation.

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Rated with 1 star
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: June 25, 2021

Hibu will suck the life out of your small business. They don’t listen and only do what makes them money. (Useless search term words are cheap and easy to get results.) Old suits trying to make it in the 21st century. Don’t become a bar code in a giant fish bowl. There are too many qualified smaller companies. Don’t use Hibu.

Hibu response

We have made several attempts to contact you to review your advertising concern that was first brought to our attention 6/28/21. Please call Hibu Customer Service within the next 3 business days. If we don't hear from you, we will assume the concern has been resolved and we will close our investigation.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: June 18, 2021

Please attach my review here. She was so patient and polite and spent 60 minutes on a chat call for me. She corrected everything that another member told me I would have to wait 24-48hrs for correction and she just did it, absolutely amazing. She needs a raise. She has made me a customer for life.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: June 16, 2021

We are very happy with all the services Hibu has provided us, from our website design to our internet advertising. Tom ** is a very thorough and supportive Account Manager. He always has new ideas to get our name out to our potential customers!

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: June 11, 2021

I have been very impressed with Dillon and the results he has achieved for me. Hibu has definitely put more customers at my door. I would highly recommend using the service if you want to increase your business. Alphagraffix Inc. Yukon, OK

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: June 9, 2021

Dylan and his team at Hibu have been instrumental in the success of my home service business. From the start they’ve been honest and upfront about what I need to do and what I don’t. Anyone looking for marketing should contact these guys, you won’t regret it!

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: June 9, 2021

My team and I worked with Dylan **. He absolutely knocked it out of the park! Very professional and knowledgeable. I'd recommend anyone who needs a clean and good looking website to work with them. They take the entire hassle of designing and managing a website out of the equation.

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Hibu Company Information

Company Name:
Hibu
Address:
221 3rd Ave SE, Suite 300
City:
Cedar Rapids
State/Province:
IA
Postal Code:
52401
Country:
United States
Website:
hibu.com