Passive Income Warning
So, no sales via affiliate marketing. I've fallen into the dark side and paid $297 for a completely passive income earning system. Of course, you also have to pay $19.99 monthly hosting fee. Oh, and if you want traffic, you have to pay $60, 110 or 200 for paid traffic. Guess which one I picked. You're right, the $200 for 600+ Daily Visitors and a total of 20,000+ total visitors.
Ok. So, you and I both know this is a suckers system. I've just felt like rolling the dice just this once. They do such a good job of promoting the risk/reward by continually showing people who supposedly are getting paid. The commission is 100% of the signup cost so I thought, if only 2 people sign up under me this pays for itself with even a small profit. Pretty good returns. Better than you get with Amazon. So now it's just down to the odds.
Due diligence. I emailed some people who had their email listed in a promo by one of the members. I thought if just one person says "Don't do it", that I would stop right there. But after communicating with more than 10 people and everyone said "Do It", I went ahead.
As we all know what is going to happen, nothing. If I'm lucky and my personal info isn't used for bad purposes. The dream of becoming a wealthy affiliate is a very desirable dream to keep alive.
So, if anyone is feeling drawn into one of these get-rich schemes chat with me and I'll tell you in person - DON'T DO IT.
Keep working on your website the right way. Provide value to your audience. Learn to write with intent. Answer the questions. Cheers.
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Thank you for sharing, there's a sea of sharks out there with enticing messages, shiny objects and they put on a trustworthy face just to get you in their net. As soon as you're in, then you see their teeth and at that time, it's too late for you to redeem your money.
They have perfected the art of rhetorics, when they speak, you just can't resist their charm if you haven't encountered them before.
I always first do a review search on google on their claimed programs and when I see what others say about them. There are people commenting about these programs and can help you make a decision before jumping in. By doing so, I have escaped about 20 scams.
Thanks very much for giving us the heads up to stay on track and not go wandering off to shiny objects Lisa :-)
Thanks for caring Frank, I will certainly salute you for saving few of us to get into this and your good advice to get focus on WA is more likely to be safe!
Joce
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Been there and done that. I believe we all fall for these shiny objects and get rich quick schemes. Many years ago, with my very first website(not here) I bought traffic. I'm not sure exactly how it happened but I lost my google adsense account. (I did not click on my own ads). Once you lose it you cannot reapply. You are out for life. Lesson learned (the hard way of course)
Never will I buy traffic again.
I will work on getting traffic the correct way. Follow what WA teaches.
Thank you for sharing your experience.