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FIB - Scams 101
Re: SiteSell, AdSurfDaily, etc etc etc
Posted By: Becky In Response To: SiteSell, AdSurfDaily, etc etc etc (m)
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 2:13 p.m.(pst)
An update on AdSurfDaily:
Hope for scam victims: AdSurfDaily gives up claim to millions
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article967635.ece>> Thanks, Tom! Yes, it was Profit lance.
>> The work-at-home board seems to think highly of it.
>> Why I asked is because a friend introduced me to SiteSell (SBI, Ken
>> Envoy) and also Teaching Sells site. SBI costs 300$, TeachingSells costs
>> 200$. Is there anything else? I checked and found out TONS of other stuff,
>> and of course, a lot of it scam. I am in need of seriously revamping my
>> site, HumanRemodeling.com, and trying to figure out how to make money on
>> bodywork business as a healer. So, what to try?>> So, what is real and what is scam? Yesterday a friend tried to rope me
>> into AdSurfDaily. That thing sounds too fishy, because I cannot find any
>> real response on the Internet except the adds from the company itself. My
>> friend is all excited but he hasn;t gotten a check yet and seems like he
>> is into trying to make money without any work. AdSurfDaily sounds like
>> money invested into one's one advertising, except that people seeing my
>> site might not be the ones interested in my service.>> The stuff in the toolbox on this page seems pretty good, I havent
>> check Cory Rudl but have checked Derek Gehl stuff and imo it is top notch
>> education. I think he makes main money by having people fly over to
>> consult as to how to redo their business, that's 5K for a short stint. And
>> of course all the subscriptions. Also, after looking at some of his
>> customers' sites and some of the SBI customers' sites, they are alike in
>> many ways, but Derek seems too provide more, and it does cost more.>> So, if Profit Lance (or SBI) is not in FIB toolbox, but the
>> work-at-home board seems to think highly of it, is it because Profit Lance
>> is so-so, or is it because the owner of this site didn't update and/or is
>> not their affiliate?>> Sorry if this sounds naive :)
>> Thanks,
>> M.>> As for the sales letter, after studying so many in these few days of
>> research, all those letters follow the same steps: checking out all the
>> emotional buttons, greedy buttons, giving a few hints as to what GLORY you
>> will get - but not how - and then threatening to pull out soon if you
>> don't sign up immediately. Actually, when you do say 'cancel" on many
>> of those sites a new window appears with a "live" chat trying to
>> give you a deal to still buy.>> Also, I can see now which sites come from which "coaches".
>> ALL of them have the same look - banner on top, buttons on the left.
>> Better ones, like from SBI or Derek G., have text that skillfully
>> glorifies the product and makes big promises. On their sites, a new window
>> shows up (clogging the main web page so that you cannot really read it -
>> but it gives you a little time to read the promises and you can still see
>> the big promises underneath) telling you to sign up for some newsletter.
>> There is always something new to grab and sign for, but you cannot take it
>> with you. Derek Gehl (spelling?) has a customer aproductions.com or
>> something like that, for a guy that sells music. It is a masterful site -
>> there are music samples that you can listen to and then buy (but with
>> embedded voice advertising the site, (so that you cannot copy the music
>> for free) etc. Derek Gehl uses the same trick with his stuff too - eg when
>> you read his report, it is not possible to copy and paste it (yes, I
>> tried) or to save it, you can only print it (I haven't tried that yet).
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