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Kurt Vonnegut - “Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.”

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I don’t know about you, but I am sick.  Sick and tired of all of the sleazy, sleazy tactics used online just so someone can make a quick buck. 

 

Case in point…you get a recommendation from a marketer to purchase X product for a small fee.   It seems like a good purchase, the sales letter really spoke to you, it seemed that it was exactly what you needed.   Once you purchase that and you get into the “members area”; you’re told that in order to “really” get the secrets you have to purchase Y…which is typically at a price multiple times higher than the one you paid.

 

Additionally, in the sales letter, you may have been promised that you can learn how to make $___ per day and that they’d show you how.

 

Only to find out that this “secret way” was to resell the product you were just suckered into.

 

In my humble, 11+ years experience online, this is nothing more than a fancy version of a pyramid scheme. 

 

I’m sick of it.   As an Internet Marketer myself, it’s people like this who pull these kinds of stunts that makes those involved in internet marketing appear no better than a sleazy used-car salesman (my apologies to those honest car salesmen out there). 

 

Second case in point…you’re promised a “freebie”.  This freebie is worth $___whatever, usually a pretty high ticket item. And it appears as though it’s a great deal and that you are getting this freebie because you are on a very special mailing list…it’s only for their “special” customers…

 

…only to find out that once you visit the page and are all ready to get this free gift, you’ll be automatically signed up for a newsletter that will end up costing you the same amount that the product was worth in the first place within a few months’ time.

 

Yet another one…you expect, when you’re told that something is “exclusive” to a list that you’re on, that it is indeed, “exclusive” meaning no one else will be privy to the information you’re about to view.  Only to get the same exact email from countless other marketers.

 

I’ve been online and in Internet marketing for years and years and I’ll tell you, something has to change.  It makes me sick that so many people are being suckered into buying products that don’t work, aren’t useful and end up costing you more in the end.  Either that or someone is pulling a bait and switch on you.

 

Here’s a fact:  Anyone can say anything they want to online - I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that…however, while there actually are people who do earn thousands of dollars a month online, they are few and far between…regardless of what someone may say.

 

The bottom line is, most people would just be happy making a full-time income online…whether that be $2,000, $3,000 or even $4,000 a month.  Some simply just want to make their car payment.  Not everyone online makes tens of thousands of dollars a month but many would lead you to believe that they do.

 

This is what keeps thousands of people online buying product after product…after all, they’ve been told that Mr. Z makes over $17,000 a month by using the ABC idea…and when you implement it, it doesn’t work and you don’t see $17,000 a month and so you move on to another product that says you can make $11,000 a month in your spare time…and so you try that and when that doesn’t work you move on to something else…

 

I know this is you because this was ME way back in the day.  But quite frankly, I just can’t keep quiet any more…and I’m tired of my reputation being soiled simply because I call myself an Internet Marketer.

 

I personally can’t change the entire online world, but I sure can change the tide for the small amount of people who deal with me.  Have I made mistakes?  Sure!  I’ve fallen for the junk, I’ve tried ideas that didn’t sit well in my gut only to have them not work out in the end…and I’ve learned.

 

I grew up with real values…values that said “What goes around comes around” and “do unto others…”.

 

Maybe the “nice guy” always finishes last and if that’s me, well, then so be it.  I’d rather be honest and upfront with those who deal with me than have bad karma come knocking at my door.

 

Thanks for reading…

 

Humbly,

Kristine

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I’ve just finished writing a brand new PLR book about Website Traffic.  It will be available for download starting Monday May 12th, 2008.  I’ll be sure to include the link to where it will be located close to that date.

Unfamiliar with PLR books?

A PLR or Private Label Rights book is a digital book (also referred to as an e-book) which gives the owner of the product full rights to add their name as the author of the book, break it down into articles that they too can use on their website, and even sell it if they want.

Each PLR book available has it’s own set of restrictions but generally if it says PLR on it, you’re allowed to do all of the above named things…just be sure you read the license first.

In addition to that, I have yet another book in the works which is something that those who market online have needed for quite some time.  This is due to be released within a month or two…I’ll keep you informed.

That’s all for today!

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