Why most internet marketers are full of crap
We can't seem to get enough
From the outset I want to say I am probably going to offend some people in this article. I am simply fed up with the lying and pretending that goes on with marketers online.
And I’m not just referring to the little guys either.
Sure there are plenty of them, but it’s some of the big guys that are the biggest promoters of the bull.
See, before I joined the online scene I had been reading material by people like Jay Abraham, Stephen Covey (self-help), Bryce Courtenay, Michael Hewitt-Gleeson, Allan Pease and Michael E Gerber. Oh and an awesome crew based in Brisbane called The Results Corporation.
My association to the word “marketing” was based on things like testing, research, honest appraisal of the current marketplace, asking questions, utilizing untapped resources, and creative ways of finding people that want what you have to offer.
How to pick scam emails – Don’t be a hasty clicker!
Put up your hands up everyone that hates spam email out there!
Have a look at this email I received recently and tell me if you don’t start feeling special. Click on the image at right to make it larger for a moment.
Don’t worry none of the links go anywhere, they’re screen shots.
It’s tempting isn’t it? You’re itching to click on those links. Well here’s THE crucial bit of advice in this post.
Let the mouse hover over the link. DO NOT CLICK!
If you allow your pointer to simply hover for a few moments, over any link in an email, it will show you the URL or web address that it points to.
Protect your computer from spammers
You can opt to make your computer invisible to pings from the Internet, a common tactic of spammers who are looking for available machines to turn into spam relay stations.
Hide your PC or Mac from this parasitic spamming strategy and switch to Ninja mode.
On both Macs and PCs it is disabled by default. Here’s how you can turn this protection mechanism on:
