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Re: Michael Masterson/AWAI Copywriting Course Scam

Posted By: Cechols
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, at 10:42 a.m.(pst)

In Response To: Michael Masterson/AWAI Copywriting Course Scam (Jim Wilcox)

I am a professional writer with over 30 years of experience under my belt.
I was a senior technical writer for a major computer company for 20 years,
and made a tidy salary in the high 5 figures.

Several years after my retirement, I decided to get back into the market
but in a different line of writing, so I signed up for the AWAI 6-figure
copywriting course. I bought two sets of bootcamp DVDs. I got one idea
of of one of those DVDs that will make me back my entire investment, including
the AWAI graphic design course and travel-writing course which I also bought.

As a result of my experience working through the AWAI materials and other
resources (it's a lot like drinking from a fire hose), I have found NOTHING
in any of AWAI's or any others' offerings I have purchased that isn't solid,
valid, useful information and training for someone who's willing to get off
their butt and WORK.

Thanks to my exposure to those resources, I anticpate a tidy income in the
coming year. Whether it hits 6 figures isn't definite, but the foundation
is laid for a very good year. BUT...

I have years of experience already as a writer. I've been in business for
years. I have a lot of experience a neophyte may lack. Still, if you
get off your can and WORK, it's not a bad gig.

And if you make only $40K in a year? That's still more than you'd make
working for a big-box retail outfit.

As for those business hot shots coming out of universities, that's what
brings the stock market crash, the banking crash and corruption in
government because it's all about making a buck instead of producing
something worth what you get paid for producing it.

$100K is 50 weeks at 40 hours per week at $50 per hour. Not a big deal
if your talents are worth that. Not many corporations are willing to part
with that kind of cash for an employee, but they pay outside consultants
a lot more than that all the time.

Just remember: Your income is a representation of the value OTHERS put
on what you do for THEM. It's about customers and taking care of them.

There will always be critics who purport to know a lot more than they
do. Rather than learn and work, they like to tear down others, calling
them scammers. That's life.

But I've never seen a monument built in honor of a critic. Nor have I
seen any of the Internet critics who expose these "scams" do much of
value either.

All my life I've done things others stood in line taking turns to tell
me I couldn't do. I look at their lives and mine. I wouldn't trade on
a bet.

Biggest lesson in my life?: The importance of deciding who you're
*not* going to listen to.

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