That pretty much rules out all the “How I made $10,000 overnight” products and “systems” as no legitimate person would sell secrets that really were worth that amount of money for only $47.

After that, I try to determine if and how the person is using the information they’re trying to sell me. If it appears they are using it and have been successful, I’ll give it a chance…

Well done.

This Article reminds me of my own Article I wrote 4 years ago called; “Clearing the Cobwebs” Google it if you like.

I’ve had my successes – up and down. Mostly due to illnesses – however my relaunch will be a bang come next friday. But…. sheesh my hosting server got hacked and my site is a mess – But not for long.

Keep up your good work! I love reading your material. It’s UnPlugged – lol

My I publish your Article on my site?

Warmest regards,

Lonnie Amirault

Hi Lonnie - Thanks for the kudos. I don’t mind if you re-publish a snippet of the article, then link to the full article on my site. Cheers, Ros

Very sound advice, I’ve been had by quite a few of these bogus products. I unfortunately had to learn the hard way.
Theres only an extremely select group of marketers that I will trust now (you being one of them of course).

The Internet Marketing Center are by far the greatest company to help me start up online.

I joined their mentoring program, and it was the best decision I ever made. 6 months of one on one tuition and help, they are with you every step of the way. If you’re willing to put in the work theres little chance you won’t succeed.

Day Job Killer is also very good, some of the techniques described gave me almost instant returns on investment.

All the best,
Hayan

Hi Hayan - Thanks kindly for your comment… I couldn’t agree with you more. Cheers, Ros

You’ve done it before, like when you exposed Zango and called their reply bullshit.

Be a man, errr strong woman and name names!

Jen

Hi Jen - Calling the person out wasn’t the point of the article. Too, they’re such small potatoes that I’m not worried that you’ll run into them— however, if you do, you’ll recognize the numbers. Ros

Hi Ed - Good point, however as long as you are comparing apples to apples, the comparison is valid. Cheers, Ros

Great Information! There is a product coming out tommorow called ‘Duvet Dollars’

I don’t know if this is the product you’re referring to, but my partner seems anxious to get onboard. I must admit the video does get your adrenaline pumping and I’m sure that’s what it’s suppose to do

But do you know anything about the women behind the product or anything about the product at all?

Thanks to all the great info you deliver, I’m learning how to investigate also before giving up my dollars

Ruth

Hey Ruth - Duvet dollars — sounds interesting. I hear they sell well online. I haven’t heard of the launch, but then again, we were relieved of our internet connection 3 days ago, and I just got it back. Anyway, now you have a tool to check out the success story — if there is one there. Cheers, Ros

You’ve laid out a comprehensive, step-by-step process that will help me investigate any program that I am interested in.

Thanks for the thorough research in this case study.

-Thomas

I understand why you wouldn’t want to name names, but I think that it might be a good idea to do so. If this post is referring to who I think it is (James Martell), it would have been helpful to me to have read something like this before I bought into his method.

It took me some time to come around to the same understanding that your friend Colin MacDougall came to. If I had some advance warning, I could have saved myself a lot of grief and started off on the right foot (the one you teach – building a list, making a connection with your visitors, etc.)

If that’s not who it’s about, I still feel the same – knowing who’s doing the misleading may save me from buying into something that is a waste down the road.

Just my 2 cents…

Hi Nat,

Cheers,
Ros

WHY didn’t you mention who this person was? In my opinion if this is as ‘scammy’ as you suggest which I totally agree with you by the way…you should have called the person out! Even encouraged them to coem and prove their claims. Sining a light on the rats will usually send them scurrying for cover. I did due diligence for my subscribers back when I was still publishing regularly and they truly appreciated it. But you can’t just hint around and ‘imply’ you found something ‘fishy’. If you come out and name who the person is you solve alot of problems!

One you are letting everyone know so they can check for themselves what you are saying…and two, it doesn’t look like you personally are profiting from it.. i.e. getting people to come to your site with the title of your email.

I really enjoy reading your newsletter/blog, it is one of the few I check right away when I see the email, but I think you missed the mark on this one just a bit.

Hey Dave,

Cheers,
Ros