Scam?? What "Scam"??.......Geez!!

Hey Folks,

Can you believe this?? Two posts back to back and one day apart....I'M ON FIRE!! :)

Seriously though.....ya know, every so often, I enter my name or my business name or something like that into Google or Bing or Yahoo, just to see what kind of stuff pops up AND to see where my sites are ranking etc.

I have a vendor product on Clickbank right now that was written by Chris Farrell, and it is all about "making money selling your digital photos" (I'll put a link to it at the bottom of this post).

Anyway, I recently punched in my online company name (New Source Marketing), and as I scrolled through the results, I started to see a few sites coming up like "Scam-Or-Real.info" and "Avoid-Scam.info"......and I'm thinking....WTF??

Whoa whoa whoa a second.....there's no "scam" going on here....I'm not out to scam ANYONE at ANYTIME!! I get that these "affiliates" (cuz that's who they are....affiliates helping to drive sales of the product) are trying to use a little "reverse psychology" here by using the word "scam", or basing there marketing on using a domain name with "scam" in it, so that people will click on it to see what kind of dirt they can find about me and my online "practices".

Now, I'm kinda thinking.....ya know guys....this whole reverse psychology "scam", "read this before you buy anything", "buyer beware....click here first" kind of marketing angle is; A) GETTING OLD & TIRED!! and B) Quite possibly doing more harm than good where the product is concerned.

The interesting thing is, when you click on these results in Google or Bing or Yahoo, you immediately go to the product's sales page, with no explanation of whether it's a "scam" or not (and it's NOT, I can assure you!!)....it's simply an affiliate link to take you to the sales page.

Anyway, I'm a bit uncomfortable with having any product of mine and the word "scam" in the same web space....either in the domain name or on the sales page. This is a product created by a marketer that has huge integrity (Chris Farrell) and I'm fighting everyday to prove that I am "always" inclined to help and not hurt with my marketing endeavours....I'm a BIG believer in the idea that "I treat people the way I want to be treated in return".

Oh well, my mission continues I guess.....I'll do what I have to do!!

By the way, you can find that site of mine HERE

Take care everyone,

Pat B.

Just Launched A New Web Site!!

Hey Everyone,

I just put together, and launched, a new marketing website that you can find here:

CLICK HERE TO SEE MY SITE!!

I invite you to stop by and take a look around......there are a good handful of online marketing articles to look at as well, and, you can access more free information, and my free newsletter, from there too (just enter your name and e-mail where it says "Free Money Making Info".....it doesn't cost anything to do that!!).

Hope all is well with your marketing endeavours.

To Your Success,

Pat B.

What's Wrong With This Picture??

Hey Folks,

Ya know.....I've been thinking about this a little bit, and in this case it worked out to my benefit, but it got me to thinking.

Okay, I'll explain....I had a gentleman e-mail me saying that he was seriously considering joining the Chris Farrell Membership site, and that he was on another person's e-mail list, he tried to contact the list owner (for more information), and he had been waiting 9 days for a response.

If he didn't receive a response soon, he was going to join up through one of my links. A few days later he signed up through my link (obviously he got no response).

So, as a marketer, what can be learned from this?? Well, I replied to this gentleman in less than an hour.....unless I was out of town and in a country where I had no internet access, it would never take me 9 days to get back to anyone!!

I don't know how many times I've heard that marketing online is not just about selling stuff, but it's also about building relationships with your clients too (among other things).

I guess some marketers just never learn.....why have an e-mail list if you aren't willing to converse with them once in awhile when they have questions?? If you are going to do business online, don't you think you should be fairly "accessible" via e-mail??

I wish I knew who this other marketer was, as I'd love to thank him for being so flaky in dealing with his list.....I gained a client because of it, and if he has anymore he doesn't care to talk to, please send them my way!!

I HIGHLY Recommend You See This If You're An Affiliate Marketer!!

Hey Folks,

I've recently joined up with well-known and "very" well-respected marketer Chris Farrell to boost my marketing efforts, and I must say, I'm very impressed by what I've seen.

Do yourself a favour and check out his site and what it's all about.....as a matter of fact, stop by HERE and see what I'm talking about.....you'll be glad you did!!

Cheers,

Pat B.