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Internet Marketing: Testimonials are not typical of most results.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

"Hi there my name's Michael Vincent and yes that's a picture of me below:"

                  No it's not.

Did you notice this in the fine print?

*For purposes of privacy, the creator of Underground Cash Secret is using the name Michael Vincent.

That means this guy really isn't Michael Vincent. I wonder whose picture it is. That means you don't know who you are really dealing with, which lowers the trust factor for me quite a bit. Apparently the CREATOR wishes to remain anonymous.

But hold on, there's a GUARANTEE!

My Guarantee To You;
I am so confident in my program that I am willing to give you a 100% no questions asked refund for any reason if you are not satisfied. Check out the testimonials on this site from other people who are making money every day now with my program.

               What does the fine print say?

Earnings Disclaimer

"We do not purport this as a "get rich scheme." … No express or implied guarantees of income are made by ucsworkfromhome.net"

              Did you not hear "Michael Vincent" guarantee you would make money? Maybe you should listen to the audio again. And what about the red Ferrari and the big house and the bathing suits, and … the other expensive stuff? No "implied guarantees of income"? Look up "implied" in the dictionary.

And …

Why is the Fine Print text in gray?

Even a newbie can figure that out.

Just make sure you read the fine print before you purchase. Then the decision is all on you and not on "Michael Vincent" or "Jason". As the Fine Print says, "Many factors will be important in determining your actual results and no guarantees are made that you will achieve results similar to ours or anybody else’s, in fact no guarantees are made that you will achieve any results from our ideas and techniques."

How Did It Work Out For YOU?

If you decide to give the Underground Cash Secret a try, be sure to let us know how it worked out for you.


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Eric Graham – Poster Boy for Unethical Business Practices

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Business Ethics?

Do the words "business ethics" seem like an oxymoron to you like they do to me? Ethics is all about doing the right thing. Tricking you into spending your money on a internet marketing program, and then not delivering the goods is unethical – even for a business man.

Eric Graham is the Poster Boy for Unethical Internet Business Practices

We've discussed Eric Graham previously but the beat goes on. If you haven't been sufficiently warned off of Eric, here's another story about his unethical business practices, not to say thievery, you won't want to miss.

Internet Business Ethics 101

Can Eric Clean Up His Act?

Sad to Say: Don't count on it!


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FTC to Internet Marketing Bloggers – Are you paid for your endorsements? — ‘Fess up

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Important news for internet marketers – Honest disclosure matters

How many times have you read a review and didn’t know the person who wrote it was paid for it? Would that affect your opinion of the product? How about all those internet marketers who trade mailing lists and get paid if you buy from their link? Are they telling you they are getting paid? Maybe you would want to know that. Probably wouldn’t make a difference to your buying decision – if everybody was providing us with full disclosure and leveling the playing field.

FTC Sets Endorsement Rules for Blogs

"Bloggers who offer endorsements must disclose any payments they have received from the subjects of their reviews or face penalties of up to $11,000 per violation, the Federal Trade Commission said Monday."

By Cecilia Kang
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Here’s the full Washington Post Article.

 

Under the heading of "But Wait There’s More"

More about the FTC Ruling from Frank Kern

More about the FTC Ruling from 1Automation Wizard

 

PS I explain my position on the Disclosure Policy page of this blog.

 

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Free marketplaces to help increase your traffic

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

 

I came across this great web traffic blog and thought you might enjoy this article by Craig Johnson. He explains how to use FREE marketplaces like Craigslist to promote your products. That’s no-cost promotion.

So have a look at -

Learn How To Build A Massive List Of High Converting Customers And Market Your Product Even Better Than The Gurus!

 

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Stop feeding the sharks! Internet Marketing Sins Part 2

Friday, September 5th, 2008

How many fingers are pointing back at YOU?

Sylvie Fortin continues her no-holds-barred expose of internet marketing sins. BUT she also points a finger at you (and me) too for generously forking over our limited cash resources to the sharks greedily gobbling up our money in return for not much of anything except empty promises.

Don’t be shark bait anymore. Discover …

  • Why is failure so important
  • Why money should never be your main reason for becoming an entrepreneur
  • The smoke and mirrors proof cult leaders use
  • Why you should take everything any guru says with a grain of salt

Internet Marketing Sins currently consists of a Preview, Part 1 and Part 2. You can download all 3 for FREE.

Destructive Personality Traits To Stay Away From

Part 2 of Internet Marketing Sins zeros in on personality traits that you want to avoid in developing your internet business.

Me Too Marketer

"Me Too" is a copycat. He won’t be able to help you because he hasn’t got a clue what he’s doing. 

Piggy Back Marketers

Their whole focus is on attacking the marketer on a personal level.

Lazy Ass Marketers

They don’t take the time and put in the effort to market a quality product. 

Cult Leaders

Of all the internet marketing sins, it is the most important subject because  It applies to every single one of us. Cult leaders do not care if the free information they give away is actually useful to your business. They often deliberately hold back one critical step that keeps the majority of their followers dependent on them forever.

Guru Bashers

 Guru Bashers are people who are often struggling to be successful, and blame the gurus when they are unable to achieve success.

 

Internet Marketing Sins

 It’s FREE – It’s Recommended – Get it!

 

PS If you have gotten the impression that Sylvie Fortin knows what she is talking about, I recommend that you watch this one-hour video tutorial from Success Chef. If you are a beginner, I would say that this is a must-see for you. You will get a load of invaluable knowledge in the first 45 minutes of this video.  If you don’t want a membership in Success Chef (discounted beta pre-launch life-time membership price of $2,497), skip the rest of the video.

 

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Article Generator Mayhem

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

200 Unique Articles in 14 Seconds ???

Do you really think that you can generate 200 unique articles in 14 seconds from one single article? Well, you can’t. What you can do is futz around with synonyms and phrase inversions using a dictionary and a thesaurus to make it seem that each article is somehow distinctly different from all the rest. But all the articles are essentially the same, meaning that the actual cognitive content is identical.

 

Who Is the Author?

It isn’t you! I think it is unethical to let a computer program generate article content for you and then claim that you wrote the article with the implication that you are some sort of expert on the topic of the article. I know some internet marketers are not troubled by that, but I feel that it is dishonest. Especially if they are selling you the content and you think they wrote it. They probably didn’t write the original article either. Even if they are giving it away and your only connection with it is reading it, you still got scammed because you were misled about authorship (unless, of course, they tell you that the article was manipulated by a computer program).

 

WARNING !

I strongly recommend against using any word replacement software based on dictionary and thesaurus substitutions for generate faux uniqueness. Google has this tactic figured out already, and it isn’t worth your reputation to be caught in this particular trap.

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Jim Edwards Explains How to Cash in with Mini-sites

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

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Cashing In Fast With "Mini" Sites

      – by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
    http://www.thenetreporter.com
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I’ve gotten a plenty of questions lately about why I think "mini" sites, simple 1-2 page websites, are better than "traditional" websites you might learn to build in school or from a website design course.

In fact, I believe "traditional" websites represent a complete waste of time and end up making small and home- based business owners give up on the Internet before they even have a chance to get started.

If you want to cash in fast on the web, stop thinking about making "web" sites and start thinking about "mini" sites.

Basically, traditional sites try to be all things to all people.

If you go to somebody’s website and you see:

"Sign up for my newsletter";
"Buy my product";
"Check out these links";
"Check out our article archive";
"Click Here for the article of the day";
"Subscribe to this RSS feed";
"Visit our blog!"

…. it just creates confusion.

In other words, visitors arrive at the site and either go nuts figuring out what to do next or, more likely, they simply click their back button – never to return. (more…)

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