Iteresting post – will have another look at mine and see waht I can move around.

As a byline I was talking to John Thornhill yesterday and he put a Mindmap up on Facebook about something he had done earlier – the result was a bit strange he tohought as the amount of likes were not many but the shares for the post were really high, it showed up in his stats, the result was a viral effect, so you right about posting relevant stuff and then leading people around.

All the best

Mike
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Where people tend to go astray is that they focus on the Ferrarri’s and the millionaire lifestyles the 1% dangle in front of us all the time. They then think this this is the only way to market, forgetting that the guru’s spend thousands of dollars a month learning their selling techniques from a few “Jedi’s”

Thanks for bringing your personal brand of awareness in helping to bring some balance in the e-mail marketing insanity industry.
Here’s a couple of ”subject lines” I received to my inbox today:
1. hands-free $2k a month from the beginning (despite Panda and Penguin)
2. automatic income with a two page website
3. too much wine and a jet.
Lol, I’m almost without words, except the last one. Maybe he has had too much wine! These are all from 3 different ‘sources’.
Number 2 above, was also laughable, as myself and countless others have been ‘creamed’ with thin sites we owned, from the Penguin update, especially. (On a side note, I also own authority sites, which have survived the best).
I think the days of selling products off of what I consider to be bull**** lines, as illustrated above, which clearly “flies in the face of reality and logic” are going down the toilet, I hope!
I’m”unsubscribing” from all 3, just liked to have them in my backpocket for a bit, to get my own case study on a pattern which is without a doubt, hugely popular among affiliate or im’rs (with their “subscribers”).
My hats off to you Mark for keeping it ‘real’ and ethical, and not misleading your subscribers down a ‘rosy path’ that’s just covered in thorns and heartbreak, not to mention cash-strapped after being ripped off, which happens too often, by nothing less than ruthless online thugs (it’s true).
Reason being I’ve stayed on your list for at least a couple of years now, and if anything I’ve ‘saved’ a number of your e-mails, as a handy reference. Seriously, you do a terrific job Mark
Paul Nicholls made some good points also, and since I’ve been reviewing products also, including WSO’s, I can say that Paul is not exagerating either.
Let’s all do our bit to keep it real and ethical, it’s so much more rewarding in the end (at a mindful level )and we can ‘still profit’ … o.k. maybe we won’t be on a “jet and drinking wine”, lol, but success is also measured by good deeds (and that means not throwing garbage to the starving masses), having a rounded quality life (quality time also spent with family, could squeeze in some golf time too) and honest work and persistence often pays off financially in the end too.
Cheers
Ann

gutted that i couldnt come at the last minute but will be at the next meet up 110%

it certainly does get very frustrating when people just bombard you with promo after promo

i think these type of marketers just churn and burn

they build a list burn it then lose people then just keep bringing in new subscribers and not thinking
and long term strategy or customer relationship

you know about the recent wso that i purchased where the seller has sent me 4 more promotions in the last 2 weeks. Ive not had any value or anything just promo after promo lol

crazy aint it!

paul
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I thought I would add my small voice to this large topic.

In a way we all have been suckered in from time to time by this “next big thing”, and been stung when it either a.) has not worked, or b.) we took a look, and realised it will never work.

The challenge as I see it is that all the while a lot of the big boys have their network of you promote for me, and I’ll promote for you when you launch, it will never change.

As marketers we must SHOW people the way by delivering quality information and products without knocking the competition.

Now I am not saying that I agree with these tactics, as I do not and will not condone
anyone out to make a fast buck off newbies, or old people’s backs, but until we pull the
boat upstream AGAINST the tide of sewage we are in, this industry will never see what it
can be like.

How can we do this when the big boys have so many launches? Well only by gathering together ourselves, and focusing on quality products, and launches at a reasonable price, but offering great value and information, it will slowly change.

I like the idea of naming and shaming, however, do you think it will bother these people? Never in a million years, as they will continue to make shed loads of money promoting garbage like this product in question.

I have been lucky, in the fact that I have missed the hype and downright hypocrisy of this program, but sadly I get so many emails promoting garbage like this, that like most of you I just file it in the trash file.

Please don’t get me wrong, I am no guru, ninja, or whatever else the buzzword is, I am just a small time marketer who is trying to make a living, and giving you my honest thoughts.

I cannot claim to have a definitive answer to this, but I do feel there is a way to change anything, if we all work together to change it.

Take Care,

Paul.

I try to email some useful content at least once a week to my main list, my blog subscribers get emails when there is an update to the blog so twice or 3 times a week.

I’ll only ever promote if there is a Good quality product thats a good fit with my lists

The one “who wants to become a billionaire” cannot waste time not sending daily offers,as the goal is to make lots of money.

If you want to teach people something when you feel like teaching, play golf when you feel like playing golf and need to earn enough money to sustain that lifestyle, you can adjust your earning strategies as such.

It’s all about what you want, when you want it and how you want to get there, easy peasy