Researching Internet Marketing has really opened up my eyes. A lot of Internet marketers will do anything to make money and they will lie, cheat and scam. There are a few honest people out there though, but even those who are honest to other Internet marketers will not stop to think about scamming someone else.
There are a lot of scams involving CPA (Cost per action) offers. Many Internet marketers will trick people into filling out their information, like name and e-mail. Sometimes they will target desperate lonely men and pretend to be women who are interested. Other times they will offer non existent jobs on Craigslist. There are a lot of scams on Craigslist. Please be careful. I will never just trust a classified ad again.
I don't want to deceive people, but I realize now that I may be doing it without really thinking out it. I post ads using RevTwt to Twitter and the ads try to sell products, but are those products any good? I really don't know because I have not bought any of those products. If people trust me they may think that I endorse those ads. I'm going to put out a disclaimer on my Twitter to let people know I've never personally tried those products. I think that will make me feel better.
Friday, January 15, 2010
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Well, why not just promote the products you HAVE tried and really like? If you only do that, you will gain people's trust and there is no deception whatsoever. In fact, if you are telling people about something you love, you SHOULD direct them with an affiliate link.. Why should the company get free advertising from you? That is how I see it anyway. I can't recommend stuff I have never used to people. I'd be mad if something I recommended ended up being spammy or a scam, you know? I don't even like not having enough control over what google shows in my adsense adverts.
ReplyDeleteYou have a point there. I'm just learning more about advertisements and it seems that some are really scam-like. I'm only going to promote things I really believe in.
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