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Posted By: Tom Brownsword
Date: Sunday, September 2, 2007, at 5:31 a.m.(pst)

In Response To: I have made $4000 already with this course (Dawn Dominguez)

>> Sounds to me like you guys are competitors and out to just discredit
>> Computer Career Institute.

I have no reason to either credit or discredit them because I do not know them and am not inclined to look at them at the moment.

In my post, I mentioned that it sounds a lot like article marketing (A.K.A. Bum Marketing), which can work. It's just that Travis Sago's basic site is free -- and "free" is often the only option available to some.

And competition? How can I compete with good, free information?

The Computer Career Institute and certification, to me, sounds like some clever marketing (incidentally, I hold a computer security certification and am familiar with the various standards for creating a certification and almost all of the organizations that offer certifications based on those standards, hence I'm a bit skeptical when I hear of a certification from an organization with which I am not familiar. Then again, as a nurse, you most likely know what I'm talking about!). Nothing wrong with that, of course (after all, many of us here are marketers, and one of us may actually be borderline "clever"...).

I also know that many do not find this board until after they have been swindled out of their last dollar by some crooked "get rich quick" scheme / scam and simply have very little cash left to try to start making money -- so I always try to find no-cost or low-cost systems for people to follow when I make recommendations on this board. So it has nothing to do with CCI and everything to do with the target market for this board.

In reality, you can find anything you want for free -- to include all of the information included in expensive courses and products! However, actually FINDING the information in a timely manner is the key, and paying for information that is well-organized and instantly useful is a great choice sometimes, and your experience seems to validate that.

From your experience (and remember, I have no experience with, or opinion of, Computer Career Institute), it looks like the information being sold is worth it and it might be worth it for somebody who can risk the investment. At any rate, your input is greatly appreciated! Often all we hear about "new stuff" is a bunch of skeptic-driven blabber, so sharing your experience is invaluable (and being able to reach "a real person" speaks well of this organization).

And keep up the good work (both nursing and marketing). There are lots of people who have been plugging away at this business for years and haven't made a single cent, so perhaps CCI is worth looking at. What you've accomplished isn't a small thing at all.

Hope to hear more from you soon.

Best regards,
Tom

P.S. -- Remember, we're all a bunch of skeptics around here, so please tread lightly. We have no objections to objections about issues, but we do tend to get a bit miffed if it gets personal... Thanks for treading lightly!

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