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.

Short and sweet – If you haven't read Mark Widawer's ebook The Triumph of the Stupid, DO IT NOW!

Go ahead, what are you waiting for? It's 26 pages of the best advice you are going to get about being successful in internet marketing and online business.

Cheers,

Ed

Holly Cotter’s rags to riches story is inspirational. There’s no doubt about that. But I’m sorry about this …

"Internet Profits in Your PJs – 36 Secrets to Creating Multiple Income Streams … on Autopilot"

Out of respect for Holly, I would like to put this politely, "This book is drivel."

A total waste of your time. Let’s say you value your time at minimum wage (I hope your time is worth more than that, at least to you, but let’s just say.). The 2-4 hours you might spend reading every word of this book costs you between $16 and $32 roughly speaking. That means the book is not FREE.

Out of Date and Out of Link

The book is copyright 2006. I found that most of the links don’t work and those that do are obvious shills for stuff that Holly sold off.

36 Secrets – Are You Kidding Me?

Here are some stunning samples of these amazing "Closely-Guarded Multiple Income Stream Secrets".

Secret #1 – There is a HUGE difference between “owning a business” and “being self-employed.” — Bet you didn’t know that.

Secret #5 – You must generate steady profits with one income stream before adding another income stream. — Geez, why didn’t I think of that.

SECRET #16 – It’s easier to make ONE sale than it is to make two sales. — Wow, this is almost mystical.

Secret #34 – To successfully build multiple passive streams of income, you must focus on building only one income stream at a time. — Oh wait a minute, wasn’t that Secret #5?

SECRET #35 – Patience is the key to your success. — Now that is REALLY a helpful secret – please don’t spread this around or everybody will know and we’ll lose our competitive advantage.

Sorry for the sarcastic comments, I couldn’t help it.

There’s No Substance

After you have read and absorbed every word of this book, you will know how to do … nothing! The book tells you what worked for Holly in a general sort of way, but not how any of it was actually done. There’s no step-by-step to duplicate.

Aha! That’s why all those almost functional links at the end of the book – you have to buy more stuff to make Internet Profits in Your PJs. And that’s the real point of this book. Holly sold a lot of her websites and changed her business model which you can see here.

An Impressive List of Testimonials – Huh?

When I reviewed the names of the "experts" whose testimonials appear at the front of this book, I actually learned something about internet marketers. A lot of well-known names are there, and I am having a hard time with that. Maybe they didn’t actually read the book. The alternatives are 1. they produce the same kind of internet marketing vaporware and so think this book is marvelous, or 2. they don’t actually know anything and have testified to their ignorance by giving these testimonials.

The Bottom Line

You won’t learn anything useful from this book. Let the buyer beware .

You’ve probably heard of the Law of Attraction. This is the idea that you attract what you think about. If you really want something and truly believe it’s possible, you’ll get what you want – or the idea that your thoughts determine (not influence, but determine) how your life goes. Think positive and positive things happen to you. Think negative and … OK so much for the BS.

The Law of Distraction

This law really works. If you think you are going to make big bucks in internet marketing or your home business by trying everything that comes along, you won’t. Simple, the Law of Distraction dictates that the more things you are trying to do, the more distracted you become and the less productive. You end up accomplishing nothing. Well, something – you kept yourself busy being distracted. And you aren’t going to make any money!

The Lesson

If you are constantly buying or trying the latest product launch, internet marketing ebook, home-based business opportunity, webinar, marketing course, coaching program, internet marketing scam, etc., and you have them stacked up like cord wood on your bookshelf and your computer is so full that it is about to throw up on your keyboard, you have become a victim of the Law of Distraction.

You’ll have a lot business ‘expenses’ and no business ‘income’.

I could not emphasize this too strongly because I know from experience. Try one thing, one program, one coach, and stick with that one thing until it works at least a little, or until you thoroughly understand why it doesn’t work for you.

In the process, you may find the kind of internet business that really fits you instead of squeezing yourself into a mold that doesn’t.

I got an email from Paul Smithson at XSitePro and it had a sample email for me to use so I copied and pasted it for you – nested emails!

I thought you might be interested if you want to build your own website. The reviews I have seen say that XSitePro is a high quality product that makes it easy to build a website optimized for internet marketing. You can probably do it yourself instead of hiring someone.

The advantages of XSitePro for internet marketing are too numerous for me to mention to you here. Your best bet is to sign up for the webinar.

For a limited time, the price is probably going to be $197. I wasn’t supposed to let you know that in advance, but you might want to get XSitePro at some future time if you can’t afford it now, and it will cost more than. I’m sure the webinar will fill you in on all the details.

—Ed

" I’m writing following the announcement of the Complete Guide To Website Building Prize Draw – did you put your name in the hat?

Don’t worry if you didn’t get a chance to (or weren’t one of the lucky ten winners) because I have just heard some VERY exciting
news:

They’re giving MORE complimentary copies away!

There’s a special "Reveal" Webinar happening next Tuesday (that’s Tuesday 20th) and as well as running through a whole bunch of stuff about the training course: features, benefits, pricing, guarantees and so on, the folks at Intellimon are also going to shout out TEN MORE names from the attendee list and give them immediate access to this brand new website building training course.

So you just need to show up at the webinar on Tuesday and you’re automatically in with a level chance to win… easy, right?

Oh, I almost forgot, they’ll be announcing details of some pretty special fast-action bonuses too… as if things weren’t exciting enough

So head over to the webinar and sign-up quickly, because seats are apparently limited so it’ll definitely be a case of first come, first served (and first to be in with a chance of winning a seat on this ground-breaking new training course).

Here’s hoping you’re one of the lucky ones!

We’re going to be revealing:

- Exactly who this course is suitable for

- Precisely what trainees can expect to get from the course

- A definitive list of course topics

- The full capabilities of the training delivery platform

- The whole picture of how we’ll support trainees

- Exact pricing for this new course

- The extensive guarantee offered

…AND we’ll be announcing some killer fast-action bonuses too…

…AND that’s as well as the Prize Draw at the end…

… WHAT A SESSION! "

System Requirements

Windows Only – It doesn’t work on a Mac (unless you are running Windows on your Mac).

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.

Beginners need to learn about autoresponders and how to use them. That’s a given. Do you know any internet marketers who aren’t using an autoresponder? Of course not.

You might have heard of Aweber because it is often recommended as the autoresponder of choice, especially for beginners. The thing I like about it – besides the fact that it works – is that Aweber provides a lot of hand-holding for newbies. And I need a lot of hand-holding for my internet marketing projects [but you knew that!].

Get Video Tutorials from Aweber

But where can you learn about autoresponders without spending any money? 

Simple – Check out these video tutorials for yourself.

Ed

 PS Yes, I am a perpetual newbie, at least until I make my first million. And I love finding free stuff that is really useful.

Are you having a devil of a time getting people to opt-in to your squeeze page?

Eric Graham is offering you really outstanding tips about crafting squeeze pages that make people want to opt-in. Would you believe a 70% conversion rate? Watch the FREE video.

Beginners and Experienced Marketers All Benefit

If you don’t know what "op-in", "squeeze page" or "conversion rate" means, then you really MUST watch the video or your internet business will suffer needlessly. If you don’t know this stuff, that’s why you should do yourself and your business a favor and WATCH THE VIDEO. Sorry I didn’t mean to shout – it’s just that Eric’s analysis of how to do a squeeze page is as good it gets. You won’t find better anywhere. Especially not for FREE.

Don’t Wait

I don’t know how long Eric will keep this video up so – Watch it now!

Cheers

Last night hundreds of people became members of a special club.

Did you?

It’s a club where they are taken behind the scenes and they are shown videos of the most up-to-date strategies currently being used in a company that’s on pace to do $20 million this year.

These aren’t just 3-5 minute videos.

We’re talking about step-by-step, "here’s what to do" 45-60min videos giving you the specifics of succeeding online.

For example, right now there is a sample 28 minute video you can get absolutely FREE. The best part about this private club is YOU have a say in what videos are produced.

Where else would you be able to get personal advice from someone who’s sold over $54 million dollars in their business? It’s certainly rare and what might surprise you is the price.

Check it out.

Enjoy!

Ed

P.S  Remember, even if you don’t plan on
joining the club, it’s worth opting in for
the FREE 28 minute video – especially if you
have your own optin page.

 

"Since bullshit need not be false, it differs from lies in its misrepresentational intent. The bullshitter may not deceive us, or even intend to do so, either about the facts or about what he takes the facts to be. What he does necessarily attempt to deceive us about is his enterprise. His only indispensibly distinctive characteristic is that in a certain way he misrepresents what he is up to.

This is the crux of the distinction between him and the liar. Both he and the liar represent themselves falsely as endeavoring to communicate the truth. The success of each depends upon deceiving us about that.

The fact about himself that the bullshitter hides is that the truth-values of his statements are of no central interest to him … He does not care whether the things he says describe reality correctly. He just picks them out, or makes them up, to suit his purpose."

You don’t really believe that those buxom hotties in the beer commercial are salivating over you because of the beer you drink, but your reptilian brain does. Bullshit marketing is aimed squarely at that part of your brain. That’s what makes you click that BUY NOW button when your rational brain is screaming NOT TRUE NO WAY WASTE OF MONEY at you.

Here’s the perfect example of bullshit marketing. How many sales pages have you seen that blast this claim at you, "I GUARANTEE THAT ANYBODY (EVEN A DOLT LIKE YOU) WILL MAKE MONEY USING MY SYSTEM." Then in that obscure part in the footer labelled, "Disclaimer", it says, "I don’t guarantee that anybody will ever make any money using my system and you will probably even lose money for any or all of the following reasons including that you spent money to buy my stuff."

So what good is that make-money guarantee in the sales letter? It’s not meant to be good or bad, just bullshit that suits the bullshit marketer’s purpose.