Lying Internet Marketers
March 31, 2009
Do marketers who lie really think that’s the only way to make money?
I mean, seriously. Is that the only way they can think of to make a few dollars? By lie I mean mislead.
I’ve just received two emails from marketers whose lists I’m on. Here’s an excerpt (they’re identical emails, by the way, hmmm….):
I've just received a *private* link to a video that I'm not really meant to share with you...
The email goes on to tell me I can get my own money making website – they even hope that I can get in because it’s so limited!
Look, if they weren’t supposed to share that link then they wouldn’t have canned emails provided to them to use in their email promotions!
So let me see.
Either I believe that these marketers are low enough to do something they shouldn’t – share a private link – or they’re lying, right? I certainly call it lying because it’s not telling me the whole truth.
Let’s summarise that:
- They’re low-life pond scum who’ll give out private information that they know they’re not supposed to.
- They think I’m stupid enough to believe their pathetic lie and sign up, earning them a nice, easy fat and juicy commission.
I wonder which of those scenarios paints them in the worse light? Because whether it’s option 1, or option 2, those marketers should be ashamed of themselves. I mean come on, they didn’t even bother to change the canned email the original promoter obviously gave them. They really ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Clever marketing, if it’s ethical, is perfectly fine. But this is disgraceful. At a time when so many people are looking for genuine chances to earn money, is it any wonder they’re so scared of being ripped off when they see things like this? What’s worse is that it tars the rest of us with the same very unpleasant brush.
I just unsubscribed from both those lists. They’re actually harming people who need help, by perpetuating the idea that internet marketing is all about making a quick buck off people the easy way. It isn’t.
There are legitimate and fair ways to make money online – you need some effort and just a little time. And there are a lot of people for whom that could make a world of difference to their lives, but they might never even try for fear of getting caught by garbage like that.
You know what the saddest thing is? Human nature being what it is, they’ll catch some people with this simply because they’re suggesting you can get your hands on something that you shouldn’t have. And for some people that makes it all the more appealing.
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Buddy, I know where you’re coming from. But it seems that 90% of internet marketing is structured this way. In fact, many ‘gurus’ say that this is not only ethical to do, but it is the customer’s duty to listen and obey. Not only is it the main basis for how these ‘gurus’ do business, but it is one of the commandments in internet marketing. I have had my head bitten off by these ‘gurus’ when I bring them up on this issue.
So the basic message is, in internet marketing circles this is a totally ethical method of marketing.
Myself, I tend to believe that these ‘gurus’ would scam their mothers if it made a buck for them.
I’m outta here,
stevieod
Hi Steve, unfortunately, I think many people do believe it’s ok to act that way, as long as they get the sale.
I suppose the real question is how much would they make if they acted totally straight? I have a feeling that a lof of them have either never tried that, or when they did they got poor results. It’s kind of the same reason that spam still gets sent out in such ridiculous numbers. It must work well enough to encourage people to do it. Spam would be stopped cold if everyone on the planet, everyone, just deleted it and never responded to it, or clicked on any links in it.
Amin