When I've just pondered for half an hour (ok 2 minutes) before deciding that the latest IM whizz-bang system is worth my hard-earned $47, I don't want to be told on the next page that what I really really need to turbocharge my earnings is the Platinum Pro Booster version for an additional $67. Step forward Tweetomatic Profiteer - guilty as charged. Come on guys, I haven't even got the wrapping off my newest shiniest toy and you're already making me feel like a cheapskate for not upgrading. Bad psychology for me, but I guess it must work on someone.
Almost, but not quite as bad, are the prolific authors like Ewen Chia. When I have just bought something that I am assured is all I'll ever need to make my IM success a certainty, surely I could be spared the follow-up mails a day later telling me about a completely different system which is going to pull me off in a different direction.
A body can only focus on so many things at once without going cross-eyed and falling over. One day a guru is telling me that Banner advertising is the way to go, the next with equal conviction that Pay Per View is the answer to my prayers. Enough already - I'm going to take an axe to some of these forests of lies and get mediaeval on their butts.
For today I will start with a refund from CB Predator. 18 Clicks, they promised, to be up and running with a fully-fledged affiliate campaign. 18 Clicks. What they didn't mention was:
- the need to have a pre-existing domain and hosting arrangement (which came as a complete shock to the newbies who had bought the 18 clicks idea)
- the need to re-write page after page of copy based on the template they provide, again something of an ordeal to the uninitiated.
- the fact that hundreds of new entrants simultaneously targeting the same few niches with copy/paste identikit websites is likely to dilute the returns shown for the original site.
I'm sure as can be that the only people making money from CBP are the vendors and their heavy-hitting affiliates.
The vendors have done their best to pull it out of the fire, with remedial baby-step classes and webinars, but to me it seems fair to judge them against their original promises. The unsubscription is done and the refund application will swiftly follow. One down, a gazillion more to go... Now, where's my receipt for Miracle Traffic Bot?
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