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)
Belinha Fernandes5
Plastic artist
Hello! It seems you have a solid background at Apsense as everybody is happily welcoming you back. If so, you must know what you're writing about. I am new to both, Apsense and internet marketing, and I enjoyed your article somehow different from my other Apsense readings. Here's how I see it: if I meet a total stranger in the street and he offers me a trip around the world just because I have pretty eyes I must be suspicious. Sometimes I feel people almost want to be tricked into something! Ma
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Arthur is a well loved and well respected member because he calls it exactly like he sees it. Listen to him if you need a dose of reality because he will give it to you straight up and will not sugarcoat it to make it go down easier.
When Arthur says something he leaves no room for doubt concerning what he says.
David C.6
manager
Your a man after my own heart I keep saying to people these so called gurus are selling a dream not a product,when I get the ok for my site it will be selling genuine oroducts to people not a dream,or a rehashed Robbie the Robot,it makes my blood boil when some one who dosen't even know me tells me they can make me a millionaire ,they cant,they are preying on the vunreble.You have said what I have always been saying and getting shot down for or told I am an idiot,so good on you,I am sorry to hea
Cindy Bolley16
HHCTB?
Hey.... Old Coot Nice to see you back
Once again another great read.
Keep calling em as you see em.... it is YOUR style indeed.
Cindy
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Lovely Queen you have been reported for advertising. You did not post a link but you are advertising your business on someone else article. If you want to advertise your business the thing to do is write your own article.
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
Hello Lovely Queen, advertising in a comment on someone else's article is not very nice, I reported you for abuse
Lovely Queen6
technology
Hi everyone who want success and build your own business between 2 billion people and my 1 package will give you three ways of earn Income so what you say about ?
Muriel & Graham Legg...10
Make your website mobile friendly
I read the article above and thought - wow and went and read your other articles. A person who speaks how he sees it is a find on the labarynth that is the internet. I was always taught that you will be successful if you help others to become successful. The programs and systems today work on numbers - the more you get - the better chance you have. Even some so called Social sites pay you for the number of upgrades you get in with the resulting increase of articles and and invites to your profi
Kenny Lee4
Attention electronics
I like the network marketing, it brings us a powerful information nets
Roosevelt Evans III10
Home Business Entrepreneur
As I see it, online marketing includes products, services, education/training and yes even "systems". I am an online marketer because I want to make money and help others to make money too but we have have to invest time, effort and money to make money. One program may be a "scam" to one marketer and to another marketer that same program is a real home business. "Scams" or "legitimate home businesses" are in the eye of the beholder, ultimately.
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
I agree. Zig ZIglar said it best. Solve a problem that hasn't been solved or something that can be improved and people will pay you for it.
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
The point Arthur is making is the point that most Marketers overlook, if you're in it for the money and you main concern is to make a dollar, your in it for the wrong reason. If you are chasing a dollar you are not creating a client, you are fleecing a sheep.
Philippe Moisan16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
One little thing here :)
"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."
We do need to make some sales, don't we? It is exciting to get customers and see affiliates get some success. It doesn't mean we all neglect follow up with customers. Let's not generalize.
People are so well info
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Welcome Back! I can only agree with you about the systems, the gooroos are alive and well and still at it. And they still have armies of followers so blinded by the hype that they don't realize that the only one making the money is the gooroo.
Just be thankful your telephone is not ringing off the hook with these gooroo calling you all day long trying to sell you this program and that program.