SilverGuru takes on FreeAdGuru & Co
Sales training and marketing tips based on reality selling
becomes almost obsolete when you enter the world of online
marketing and selling. The average marketing person stands
amazed at the millions of advertisements, listings, promises of
success and money.
This is something every online marketeer will experience. Be
careful of the undercurrents of being drawn in to such
excitement, if you do not keep your wits about you. I am not
going to scare you away. but I do want you to listen. This can
prevent you losing a lot of money because the REST of the
package seem genuine.
After spending lots of time and money, seeing some results but
not having the time or patience that is needed to drive a proper
marketing project for business or product, one tends to turn to
the one that says: I am a millionaire and I will show you the
shortcuts to get there.
Very easy writing, very clever words, lots of things that make
sense. Nothing wrong with that. I am even able to identify that
it is similar to doing magic.
You visualize, you use tools, you get manifestation into
reality. Watching the results are really exciting, when you see
that this different strategy makes your hard work visible to the
millions using search engines.
Tempted further, you make use of the mass mailing program
underwritten by such an advertising guru. They too seem very
genuine. Speaking of legal opt in e-mails etc.
And you make the mistake to sit back and relax. And Believe.
Nothing wrong with that either, except never to let your guard
down. You are after all a "protege" of this big, sucessful man
with his empire.
Let your alarmbells go off when the phone rings. You had to
submit your telephone information when you made the purchase for
the book, or when you subscribed to the program.
Listen, LISTEN when that call comes. At first your heart races,
when you are told that this is the time to act NOW. Not
tomorrow, not waiting for the hardcopy document. Careful, clever
questions are asked about your budget, how much money you would
have available on your cards, whether they via/mastercard.
You are smoothly being told that you will be assisted by a
professional to drive your business to ultimate sucess.Brilliant
initial sales pitch.
The executive will be insistant. Grab your creditcard and give
out the information over the phone! Along with the little 3
digit key at the back. Yes, now over the phone! And to agree to
give away thousands of the big US dollar because unless you act
NOW, this chance will be gone forever!
DO NOT do that. Ever. This is when your alarmbells should be
ringing so loud, that you make an excuse. You play for time. You
get a reprieve for delay from the executive of this marketing
giant.
This is the time surf the Web and use the right keywords. They
are : Scam + the Company name.
Dear marketeer, so eager and so keen, be prepared for the shock
when you see tens, even thousands of listings of people who have
been caught. Because nine out of ten times, THAT phone call IS a
scam.
You can report it, you can mail the relevant company and ask
for an explanation. Chances are that you will get an automated
reply telling you that they will come back in 24 hours. Which
they do not.
Suddenly all the companies that are so heavily promoted by the
guru, The mark Joyners, and Tom Kluckner, who stands pictured
with this saviour of online advertising and marketing , send out
urgent emails that they not in any way associated with this
company.They agree that you should NEVER give out this
information on the phone!
Your emails from the mother company will remain unanswered. The
phone number will be different.
You came away from a huge scam. Scared out of your wits perhaps,
but almost intact. Never, NEVER work with a company that calls
and just ask for your credit details over the phone. DO not
think that just because the owner shows off his new car, and
pictures with his boat and throws around huge names, that they
are 100% geniune.
For if you do, you are easy prey to scam.
The emails to you will stop after your queries, no more
advertising emails sent to you. And no, even if you insist, you
will not even get a remote explanation of why they need to do
this.
But they take your money. Month after month.
I have been a a sales and marketing manager for many years. I am
not blind to oppertunity and chances to grow. I am not averse to
new strategy. I give motivational talks into business people and
it works. The reason for this warning is clear. If they can
ALMOST get me, would they succeed in taking your money?
Listen to your instinct. ASK for more detail, whether by fax or
email. Request references.
Search the internet and check if maybe, just maybe this is a
scam.
Just a word of warning. I have continued to mail. No response.
This morning they took money from my credit card ( I bought the
book remember) I warned you, FreeAdGuru. I am taking you on.
There was a reaction after publishing this article without the
update. Both Aweber and moneyhome hastened to cancel my
debitorders, moneyhome almost telling me in a knowbetter way,
that ALL I had to do was send an email to cancel my protege
program. Hello! I have copies of all the emails I sent!
Do not give up if you are caught in a scam.
WRITE. PUBLISH.
Articles on the internet will soon catch the eye of the people
doing you in. Even a thief hates bad publicity.