Comments on: Make Money Online Being A Fake

By: Azlan Hussain @ Online Business Ideas & Opportunities

Azlan Hussain @ Online Business Ideas & Opportunities — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:06:14 +0000

I can’t agree less. In fact another important aspect to be successful online is to do it and the rest will follow. For instance if you need people to come over to yr blog, you need to visit them first. If you want to make money online, you have to help others make it first.

cheers
Azlan

By: YC

YC — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:02:20 +0000

@ Monika - It happens all the time and it’s entertainment for many people. It’s instances like this when you can see more of what people are like.

@ Z - Sorry to hear about that, but it’s true - we constantly have to be on our guard and this causes more harm than good to the industry.

@ Ken - Thanks for the stumble, bud! As with all things useful, you will get people who will use it wisely, or those who will take advantage of it for their own means. It’s human nature.

@ Robert - Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment! Much appreciated. I think using gifts as an incentive for clients is fine, but not when it is abused like that. Still, it does more harm than good to the marketer.

@ Scott - That is the power of being online. You communicate without physical contact and despite all the tracking abilities, you can really just disappear and that provides an incentive for dishonesty.

@ Caroline - Well, hype moves the world. If you have little hype, you need to wait longer for results. And what is the world driven on? Results.

By: Caroline Middlebrook

Caroline Middlebrook — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:07:49 +0000

Yes I wholeheartedly agree. I have a very strong dislike of anything that is overly hyped and of course in the world of Internet marketing, it’s absolutely everywhere! Even some people that do deliver and I respect very much still annoy me with their hype.

You know what’s better - getting other people to generate the hype on your behalf!

By: chipseo

chipseo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:09:47 +0000

Scams in one form or another just prey on the unsuspecting but when you can hide behind a computer screen I guess it makes it easier to cross that line. Scott

By: Robert Eilers

Robert Eilers — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:20:06 +0000

Honesty is everything. There was a recent marketer that moved his newsletter to a different autoresponder. To get people to move along to the new autoresponder he said that there would be a special gift worth $97. Of course I move to the new autoresponder ( which I would have done anyway without the gift ) expecting something really big for the gift. What did I get? A one page html page that told about how he used links on a free version of software to create traffic. It wasn’t even anything mind blowing. I was quite disappointed and even felt kind of used. $97 was a real overstatement for the free gift. Was this honest? I did feel a little dirty afterwards.

By: Ken Xu

Ken Xu — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:18:57 +0000

As wise as Lao Tze! :D
I believe blog is the the most powerful media to build trust and credibility. All things happen because of the hasty freaks. They haven’t tried the product and directly recommend it to others via expert’s hype. It’s a hype that being hype again. Or we can call it super-hyping! :P

Great article, buddy! Stumbled!

By: zhereford

zhereford — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:18:17 +0000

YC this is a valuable article for both the marketer and the client.

I too, have been stung recently and I thought I had learned to spot the more hype than substance offers.

If more people read articles like this one, it would reinforce the phrase ‘caveat emptor’.

By: Monika @ The Writers Manifesto

Monika @ The Writers Manifesto — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:05:56 +0000

Wise words YC and so true,

You know, the slugging match that is happening over at Cow’s right now regarding this subject is getting a bit ridiculous. There is a total lack of respect for each other and no end in sight as to who is going to stop this nonsense.

Monika