I can see more now I am virtually blind
What a wonderful and absorbing network the internet is - and how efficiently it steals our time from us!
Although I have not given up hope of having my sight recovered, I have found that all my earlier prejudices against the internet marketing crowd are now becoming confirmed attitudes rather than simple prejudices.
It staggers me that so many internet marketers spend so much time trying to sell so much regurgitated rubbish to so many other internet marketers and then kid themselves that they have a business. The biggest perpetrators of self delusion are the marketers who sell 'systems' to other internet marketers but that do not have a product. The system IS the product. It grieves me when I see marketers claim "I signed up two more affiliates this week and earned $100 commission" when they should really be crowing about solving the problems of their customers by providing a valuable service, regardless of commission.
There are thousands of marketers who promote 'systems' and they are usually so good at lying to their 'customers' (aka - their list) that they join every new, can't fail system and drag them along with them.
If they are not selling systems, they are selling products which are being sold by many other marketers but trying to make their version of it look different by giving it a new name or new graphics. (PLR is the biggest con of all.)
I have managed to reduce my email receipts to the few from two or three trusted marketers. No longer do I get hundreds of promotional emails from the likes of Albert Aardvaark to Zena Zoborowski addressed to Dear (my email address) and using "first name fix" instead of my name.
I am now looking for grown up conversations about REAL products and REAL national and international concerns rather than the self satisfied pap offered by childrens' social sites like Facebook where to disagree is to be branded a Philistine. (Incidentally, once I received the Facebook confirmnation that my account is to be deleted, my spam boxes saw a fall in receipts from 200 - 300 a day to 5 or 6 a day. Odd, that.)
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Comments (35)
Arthur Webster7
Just plain honesty
Thanks for all the comments. Today I received an offer of a special deal on an ebook about traffic generation that was copywritten in 2008! Stupidity rules!
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
What Cheryl said, sir. Thanks for making my comment understandable. I will use your explanation when people ask me the use of the tags, so they are careful what they choose, instead of putting random ones, or considering the SEs only.
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Actually the tags brand you on APSense, I'm still not sure how they work for search engines. If you edit the articles simply type in words you wish to be attached to and the system will add them and keep track of the 'likes; you get for each tag and that will be displayed on your profile.
Arthur Webster7
Just plain honesty
Tags? This is a concept that I am not familiar with but will try to use. Presumably they are akin to keywords and I have to guess what people will be searching for.
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
The Old Coot, may I suggest that you edit your article to add tags? It's the way to get likes now since the changes of last week.
Arthur Webster7
Just plain honesty
Thanks for the comments. Until the current trend of pretending to be offended by the antics of gurus is replaced, there will not be much of value advertised by all the wannabe but dont know how marketers. The advent of WSOs did seem to be a good (next best?) thing but the more I see of them, the more I fear that the Warrior Forum will become the bucket shop of the web. While I accept that many o the WSOs do work, I very much question the need for them. After all, the majority of WSOs seem to be
KM Hayhurst6
Been reading these posts and i have to agree there are many "systems" on the net and ALL make huge promises. It is however a great way to meet folks and enjoy the banter and learn. I am new to Apsense as well as Marketing and i am deeply surprised at what all there is out there. Some of it makes sense to me and some is just over my head. Never the less i am plugging thru and keeping my skeptism button handy and if it looks to good to be true then is probably is. However, there are systems and te
Joseph Botelho15
Working on one project at a time.
Hello Arthur,
Welcome back has been a long time since l have read anything you wrote, what you been doing....working on your garden.....and forgot you had a computer............then all of sudden your back,.....good to see............you my friend.....article is ok....l understand your point but not the stuff you would normally write about...
anyhow welcome back my friend..
All The Best
Joseph Botelho
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
Lucien Bouchard is only one of the politicians who want our province to become a country, Davy "the axe" :)
David C.6
manager
Maybe not could be a man,I could be a woman you never know do you Jaquie old boy
Is Lucien Bouchard the one that was talking about a split in the country.I dont know if you got the news in Canada we Voted in the Independance party with a majority Freeeedom
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
Jacques Cousteau... I guess it's a compliment...
Before I had the beard, many people told me I looked like Lucien Bouchard, a very popular politician in the Quebec province, and well respected in Canada. I didn't like it to be told I look like that man, cause it reminds me I have put on some weight over the years. The beard hasn't solved the weight problem, but at least, no more "Hey, you look like... uh..." "Yeah, I know, Lucien Bouchard" :(
LOL
I wonder if Belinha's picture is really
David C.6
manager
I hope so too,he knows I am only Jesting with him,but he does look like a young Jaques Coustea
Belinha Fernandes5
Plastic artist
Ahah! David, you're something! I hope Philippe gets to read this one! Going to shut the machine now. I must rest, it has been a difficult week!
David C.6
manager
sales can Belinha can be very confusing people put up any old rubbish to sell things even use someone elses photo look at Philippe thats not his picture,thatis a picture of Jaques Coustea when he was young,I have seen the real Phillippe he is a stand in for shrek,I had to give him lessons of how to talk with a Scottish Accent,so beare of ogres
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
Belinha, I won't, it's fun :)
Belinha Fernandes5
Plastic artist
@Philippe: in eighty days or more?!! Stop teasing with me!:)
@Cindy: oh, yes, I have read that already! Imagine! I am not saying I will not get into bad programs well draped in smart copy...after all, I am human and sales/market people can be very astute! But when I see biiiig promises I tend to turn away without second thought.
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Especially when you hear about making millions without employing a little four letter word called work.
(Unless of course you have a very rich uncle with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, in which case you might inherit millions but it's not coming from the internet without work)
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
Yeah, Cindy talks about that all the time LOL
Cindy Bolley16
HHCTB?
@ Belinha... Good Girl, now remember that the next time you hear about making MILLIONS!
Cindy
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
Belinha, you have pretty eyes, can I offer you a trip around the world? LOL
Oh, Lord, can't see your eyes in this picture here :)