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Please Stop Feeding Me Baloney! | by - Dave Cottrell |
However, too much of the same thing becomes unbearable after a while, no matter how good it is once or twice.
Then, there's baloney (or balogna, if you prefer.) Baloney is also known as "poor man's steak," and rates even below Spam (the stuff in the can - not the stuff in your in bin).
I hated baloney when I was a kid. I don't know what I would think of it, now, as I haven't eaten it in years, but I ate 'way to much of it as a boy.
Now, the reason we ate so much baloney was because it was cheap. It definitely wasn't high quality meat. Baloney has about as much food value as weiners. It probably had slightly more food value than sawdust, but not a lot more.
We definitely did not eat baloney because of the taste. The only way you can actually enjoy baloney is to cover it up with something that tastes better, like lots of mustard or mayonnaise.
Interestingly enough, baloney has become a quaint synonym for nonsense. That brings me to my point:
I'm really tired of all the baloney being rammed down our throats online.
Every day, I receive email, or surf through websites, that are trying to sell me something that isn't worth anything. It's just nonsense - baloney - wrapped up usually in some "fabulous" new ebook or new "business".
These offers are very well advertised, with great copy and flashy sites, but they are... baloney!
Think about it: How often have you seen a new ebook being offered as THE answer to ALL your marketing needs for "only" $19.95 to over a hundred dollars, only to see it being given away a short time later as an incentive for some other program. Why? Because it only sells well for a while until people begin to realize they bought baloney and quit trying to sell it.
Think about it:
How good do you think a book is that is written with software that is guaranteed to write a "killer" ebook in only 30 minutes?
How many people can really sell you all the secrets to making seven figure incomes online? Their "secret" is that they are very good at selling their baloney. They are making lots of money selling baloney. That doesn't mean YOU will.
Why does the membership you are being offered at such a bargain price also including hundreds of "valuable" reports? How valuable can they be?
The answer is, most of the ebooks, reports and "business" opportunities are simply very well-marketed baloney. They don't live up to their promises, don't give you valuable information and CAN get you into trouble, while leaving your bank account empty and your credit cards maxed out.
I'm not making any of this up. I AM speaking from experience. I HAVE read many of the reports and ebooks. Most of the reports concentrate on - guess what? - how to use bulk email (aka SPAM) to get your ad out to as many people as possible so that you can play the incredibly lousey odds in your favour (IE, find other suckers). Why pay for reports like that? Everyone knows ALREADY that if you can send out enough email without getting caught, the odds are you will sell something.
Guess what the ebooks concentrate on .... too.
I HAVE joined the "business" opportunities that don't have any real value. (I've shelled out enough money to buy a LOT of baloney!)
Well, I'm sick of baloney. I'm royally sick of seeing people getting ripped off by online predators. Maybe these people really don't have consciences. I prefer to think that they simply have spent so long looking at a computer screen that they have forgotten that they're really ripping off real, live people.
Business is business online and off. A REAL business provides a REAL product or service that gives REAL value for the dollar.
To sell your product or service, you must advertise and then develop a relationship with your potential customers. That is IT! You don't have to buy a report or ebook to know that. It is common knowledge.
What you need to find is a good product or service to market and then start advertising. There really isn't any secret to marketing your product. Your advertising budget and your attitude are the two biggest factors in your success.
Don't be fooled by "gurus" who tell you they will sell you their secrets for the low, low price of.....? Their secret is their copy writing skill and the income they claim to be earning (and many are). Just imagine how much you could be making if you had their advertising budget and their copy writing skills. But it IS a skill and a gift that only some will ever have. Some people are Olympic gold-medalists in the high-jump and some are incredibly gifted in the fine art of hype. cont...
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