Is the War Room just a place to get free stuff?

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I feel like that the War Room is just a place to get all the free stuff your computer can handle. Before joining there I thought there would be a lot of somekind of "deeper" discussion there especially since people were praising the War Room so much.But all I see is all the free stuff being given away and then the posts from the admin or postbot.Am I missing something?
#main internet marketing discussion forum #free #place #room #stuff #war
  • I would love to see a general discussion subforum there but maybe...I don't see it as simply a place to get free stuff though, it can also kick some ideas into gear.
  • yeah , not to say its bad or anything but its way over-rated ...
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    • In the world of $1000 dollar products with over hyped sales etc.. to call the warroom over rated is a bit harsh.... There are absolute gems in there and your money could very easily be paid back with 2 downloads in 3 minutes.

      I do think discussion would be great but difficult to moderate mainly because everybody has different views about what is Valuable as is so evidently pointed out by this thread.

      Having said that I am glad this thread was started because it may just lead to more value in the warroom.

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  • the point of the war room is that every thread is valuable. The only way for that to be so is if the theme is free but normally costing. advice that is good can be sold and if you get it there for free that means it is a great forum.
    it is a lot better than the list of free ebooks, because this is designed and moderated to be of real value, no strings attached. You can learn a lot of real lessons from the war room that are not available free anywhere else and yo get to constantly see top marketers giving tips. It is sort of the equivalent of being invited to a marketing conference and that is extremely valuable so go back there and pay close attention to the original thread posts, they are the most important ones.
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    • The war room basically gives you ideas to take that next step and get you thinking.
    • The War Room is a place to get free stuff...but not JUST free stuff.

      People have paid money to access this part of the forum. So if you offer a something valuable and share it with the WAR members, you'll gain friends who are proven buyers. So the relationship you build there is better QUALITY.

      Another benefit is that the threads there are about valuable strategies and tips. In the main forum, you have to filter out the crap. In the WAR room much less filitering is required.

      In the WAR room, Allen Says posts his views, plans and strategies. Although he should do it more often

      These benefits plus the FREE stuff, is why people saying it worth every penny. It's one time payment anyway.
  • The war room is not just about Free Stuff. It is fellow warriors giving back to the forum. I find stuff there that I didnt know that I needed until I see it.
    You find WSO (Free) but also warriors share links they have found to be helpful with online marketing or you will find warriors just sharing a blueprint on how success came to them.
    I have had no regrets. This was some of the best money I ever spent.
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    • It is also a place to get many people to 'thank' you aswell
  • No offence to anyone, buy some of the free stuff in there can SOMETIMES be pretty awful. A load of old WSO's etc. (don't get me wrong, some WSO's are decent, but are all of them being moderated?)

    Anyway, I'm not complaining. It's cool for what you pay, but I do get what the OP is on about.
  • Anyone who thinks the WarRoom is over rated or just a place to get free stuff just doesn't "get it." Sorry. The stuff by Allen alone is worth thousands. Well at least it's put thousands in my pocket.

    It's OK if you don't "Get it." I don't "Get" SEO or affiliate marketing.

    George Wright
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    • The thing about "perceived value" is that its a very personal thing; which can also be deceptive. Someone could "say" the WAR room is the best thing they've come across but "perceive" it as nothing more than a hot bed of dumped off digital crap.

      I "perceive" the WAR room as an essential homage to Mr. Says; as it is an undeniable fact that if there were no Warrior Forum, there is a very strong argument that there would not have been as many millions made in this industry.

      Having had my share of those millions, (and still getting my share), as a direct result of being a Member of this community... if for nothing else, I became a WAR room Member, as well.

      If you do not see the value in that alone, then your perception is that of shortsightedness and misconception. If you see this as a judgment call; you've merely proven my point.

      So, I'm with George. Get it... or not. Its all good.

      PLP,
      tecHead
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    • George I fully agree with you. These people who think it's a place for just free "stuff" don't realize how the War Room can help them. You are right...they just don't get it. But that's ok, not everyone is cut out to have an online business.
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    • Whoever owns this forum is banking off the War Room , but i've yet to see something i didn't already know on there lol just my opinion.
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  • First off I have to say that I don't regret the least paying the membership fee.Not at all. Secondly I agree that the posts by Allen are very good. But talking about giving back to the forum is ok if you have been here for a long time and gained lots and lots of information and help. But what about those who haven't? Those who are just starting out. For me personally I joined the War Room not because I was hoping to get lots of free stuff (Many of them are extremely good) but because considering the praise that the War Room was getting I expected there to be a more deeper discussion and techniques. The War Room is a great resource for products and ebooks and things like that. But just like we tell others when they put up their website.Content is King and that it's important to update it often. In this example the content is the posts by Allen and the rest is cluster of ads (even though it's all free).Where are the "updates" from the other members of the War Room? I say again that I do not regret paying the membership fee. I am just wondering if the War Room will evolve into the great thing it can really be?
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    • I hear you; and thank you for clarifying your motivation for the post.

      I'd have to say that the WAR room's evolution will be directly related to those who participate in it. Someone made a good point about the fact that the WAR room is a 'moderated' forum; and trust me when I tell you, moderating a forum is a 24/7 gig... it is NOT easy.

      I think this is one of the reasons why the posts there are kind of "limited", (for lack of better vernacular), to give-aways. They take less time to moderate; although, everything posted TO those give-away threads is NOT moderated; (if I'm not mistaken).

      Even if they are; I'm sure you (and anyone else feeling a little slighted) could ask the posters of those give-aways questions regarding their gifts... wouldn't that be the equivalent of "updates"? Inquire directly to posts put up by Mr. Says; I've known him to answer more than a few people directly.

      Make it what you want it to be instead of waiting on someone else to do it for you.

      PLP
    • Sorry, I really hate to argue but you seem sincere. The WarRoom does not need much more fixing. The Mods recently fixed it (cleared up the blatant and covert ads) However....

      What you are wanting to discuss in the War Room should be discussed right here in the main forum. This is "Where we talk about making money."

      I think there is so much negative guru bashing and complaining about "garbage" WSOs and "junk" IM products and why this is bad and why that is wrong that we lose site that the MAIN FORUM is supposed to be "Where we talk about making money." Not where we moan and groan.

      The evolution of the main forum to a negativefest and a crying room is what needs to be stopped.

      There is still a TON of great stuff on the Main Forum but the direction seems to be that some are trying to make a name for themselves by pointing out all the foibles of others and other's methods, calling into question motives and outright hostility towards anyone making big bucks.

      This sometimes overshadows the great stuff right here in main forum land.

      I used to think people did the negative stuff out of frustration and or jealousy or even low self esteem and that is still part of it, however, I'm beginning to see that there is a lot more to the bashing than meets the eye. Time will bring it all to the light.

      George Wright
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    • Those who haven't been here for very long can still give back. You bring a fresh perspective that the more experienced IM'ers may overlook. Sometimes it's easy to forget how hard something is and take for granted that folks know certain stuff.


      The way the Warroom is set up means that every new thread has to start off with something of value. So you can't go in there and just post a question. But if you've downloaded something and want to delve deeper into it, there's nothing to stop you from asking questions in the thread.

      I think a lot of the problem comes from the fact that folks get all this free stuff and then don't do anything with it before they go running off and download something else. (with all that exercise you'd think I'd fade away to nothing :p) Obviously, if you don't use it you won't have anything to say about it.
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    • I think a good place to get into those deeper discussions and brainstorming is within the Mastermind Groups. I think it might be more of what you may be looking for. The war room has its place and there is some very valuable conversations that go on there throughout the threads, but you have to look through them and not just browse the main post. I find a lot of great feedback just by reading the follow ups.
  • Some of the best ideas appear only in the war room...

    Consider this... If you are a sharing person and desire to share a great idea or resource with another person, you are often willing to do that, so long as you can be assured that you are giving the information to friends, and not to Google's all-seeing spider...
  • I found war room as a very good avenue to share something not just to get something from the warriors.
  • Question:

    What's the difference between...

    1. A forum post detailing your traffic generation methods,

    and

    2. A free PDF detailing your traffic generation methods?

    Answer:

    It's easier to get #2 approved when you post it in the War Room.

    I don't know why, and I'm not going to speculate.
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  • Knowledge from Warrior Forum is free to get and it's the best. I have learned a lot so far here. Some are very valuable.
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    • I am sorry to say but I was so excited for you when you were sponsored entry into the warroom a few days ago... With this comment I believe you would have seen more value if you paid for it yourself. (easy come easy go)

      Now Imagine what you get when you pay in this forum.

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  • Wow talk about taking something for granted... just the FREE discussion here is worth 57 bucks. Some people forget that being a warrior is a privilege and not a right.

    Not to be an ass kisser, but the warrior forum changed my life personally. I could give $1000 and not think it was over rated.

    Am I missing something?

    A Bunch of free reports written by experienced warriors outlining the details of systems that made them successful... the cost one of ONE of these reports in many cases would be higher than the cost of joining WF, and there are HUNDREDS.

    I dont think you are missing the Forrest, it's just hard to see for all of the trees in the way.
  • yep

    I think your reading the war room / life back to front. It's not what you take. It's what you give, and the war room is full of people who give, bless those cotton socks one n all.
  • The War Room is the best investment I ever made, hands down.

    And im not just saying that because everyone else is. You can buy tons of products - yet never achieve the state of mind that you recieve when you get in there.

    I don't wanna leak out too much info because its too cool for non members!
  • For me, it is easier to find Warriors who may be good JOINT VENTURE partners.

    On the general forum, there is so much repetition, and it "seems" the noobs won't even use the search feature, they really want to see their names on the forum and build up their numbers...but I might be missing something too...

    In the War Room, the very fact you paid to get in is in someways, and in my experience (your's may differ), it leads to a more "serious" person, one who understands certain realities of life.

    I don't have time in my day to search through all the main forums new posts, but I can find some warriors where I can have a "DEEPER" discussion with people who won't waste my time.

    For some of us, TIME is the capital we can't expand, so we spend it as wisely as possible. Making money is easy, and there are a 1001 ways to do it. But finding quality people to work with, those who will stick with a project to completion, those who are committed to their success and demonstrates the committment by acting and adjusting.

    So, one VALUE I've gotten from the War Room is the meeting of people who WANT the "deeper" discussion and understand the PROCESSes and procedures and are less likely to flit off into the WSO section looking for a magic bullet solution.

    For me, all forums, are only as good as the people who participate. And I've found some high quality people in the War Room, and the irony is, they DON'T post. There are scores of HIDDEN WARRIORS whom you may not see, but they DO see you.

    Gordon Jay Alexander



  • Are you missing somthing? YES...Your Missing The Big Picture!!

    There are 16 pages, 50 threads per page....thats 800 threads of valuable marketing info....OK, maybe every thread isn't worthy to be there...so, for sh*ts & giggles I will knock that own to 650 threads.......650 threads of quality info, any of which if implemented would make you money.....650 threads of info that easily could be sold for between $7 - $777 each. The threads by Admin alone are priceless...
    $37 to join the WarRoom.....thats 0.057 for each thread, anyone of which can easily make you hundreds / thousands of dollars...you don't see the value in that? You don't see what Allen Says has done by opening up his own personal vault, stuffed with money making info & blueprints that easily taken thousands of his own dollars & hundreds if not thousands manhours to compile.....then open that up to share with one of the greatest marketing minds out there....the knowledge thats shared in the WarRoom.....you just can't put a price on it...

    Look beyond page 1 or 2...the true value is burried deep. Those who find it praise the WarRoom...those who do not find it question it's value...

    ~Ken
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  • I also have to agree in a way. Whilst it is useful I think it would be greatly enhanced if it contained a sub forum. I personally haven't really used the war room since I joined it a while back, but for many I'm sure it is vital to their business strategies.
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    • Both statements came from one poster....and each seems to contradict the other.

      Many of those who squawk over the over/under value of the War Room probably have tens (if not hundreds) of "make money NOW" offers on their hard drives....and probably at a cost of $17.00----$??.?? for each one. And they bought them simply to take the easy way out to being an internet millionaire.

      They take this belief into the War Room purchase. Believing that all you need do is to drop $37.00 into Mr. Says pockets and BOOM---instant success into your Paypal a/c is no more valid for the War Room then it is for all the other "offers" they have purchased.

      Simply downloading the "freebies" will not help you make money. Research each post and READ the subsequent posts to each offer. LEARN how others have used this offer and how their use has improved it. USE this information to further your IM education---not to instantly grease your bank balance.

      The War Room is not an instant income booster. As previous posters have said the mods have cleaned up a lot of the worthless chaff that filtered in with the influx of new members when the WF changed membership standards.

      By example...I have been talking myself into trying a rather expensive software program. Mostly I wanted it to experiment with. Took a trip through the War Room this morning and ---WOW---the owner offered it for free. This alone saved me over $100.00.

      So is the cost of membership worth it? DUH!
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    • I get some useful ideas on this free stuff. This what I need. You may see the problem of others and get lesson about it. You will have a new things when you see some free sharing. Thanks Warriors, I got a lot of experience and help to improve myself.
  • Could I suggest that people post links to threads in the warroom that are worth the entrance fee then imagine thousands more posts.

    Here is my contribution took 1 minute to find just for this exercise and I am excited thanks for the oppertunity to find more value in an amazing place

    http://www.warriorforum.com/war-room...er-niches.html
  • I found it to be a place where you find great business tips that you don't get anywhere for free. The stuff offered is valuable since the War Room is properly moderated. Such stuff is sold in other places. You also access the Special Offers forum if you are a War Room member. Such offers are not easily found anywhere else. Members of this private forum share their best, which then benefits others.
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    • Hey there Cathy....

      I am sending you PM on that bit of info.

      Your sig link to the help wanted sticky is not working...I believe you wished to link to Gary King's post that became a stick?
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  • Before joining the War Room I initially thought it was like a paid-only secret members discussion. You know, kind of like a private room where elite IMers share confidential top-rated insider strategies to over the online world by storm, before it leaks to the public! hehe.

    However, it turns out to be mainly a promotional type of forums where many members generously gives away valuable products, ebooks, reports, and softwares....and some great insider tips as well!

    That's all good in my opinion, but you can really get distracted easily with those kind of stuff. lol.

    Don't just d/l all the goodies -- take action first!
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  • Someone commented on Allen Says forum posts. Are his ideas really that good that I can go and implement them right now and start making decent money?

    I've only been part of the War Room for about 3 weeks now.
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    • Put it this way...if Allen Says posted that you can make money by eating dog crap...i'd be on my way right now to the local animal shelter to pick up a dozen puppies...

      ~Ken
  • What I don't understand is why people are being treated as if they have no right to their own opinion when it comes to the War Room.

    Now I'm not a member of the War Room myself, so I'm not here trying to say whether it's worth the price or not, but it seems like every time someone on this forum has a less than outstanding view of this War Room, everyone jumps down their throats and tells them they don't know what they are talking about.

    People can think what they want and have their own opinions. To me it just seems like too many people here take it personal when another person doesn't like the War Room or they simply say it's overrated.

    Who cares? If you like it, that's your opinion and not a fact. If someone doesn't like it, that's also just an opinion.
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  • The War Room is worth it. Even if it's only free stuff, that's a value in itself. Then add onto it new products that haven't even been released yet. Now add onto that some good ol' posts. Now add onto that some exclusives and you have the War Room.

    It's $37. It's a drop in the bucket like my Sales Letter Creator from a few years ago says. In modern times I'd say a $100 - 200 price should have been more realistic (or even a $37 monthly price). I would have held out, but sooner or later I would have paid it and it would have been worth it.

    As for people getting things for free from other posts. Most people that get things for free don't appreciate it. I have first hand experience in that and will tell you when someone doesn't spend their own money on something they just don't pay the same attention to it as when they pay for it and really don't appreciate it. At the same time you shouldn't hold a freebie against someone that takes a freebie, especially since someone that gets something for free most likely won't appreciate something as much as someone who has paid for it.
  • I'd prefer the War Room to be more of a 'mastermind' group, but that's always difficult to manage, should it be invite only or something else?
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    • Okay, first off the products, posts, and information you can access in the War Room are not "free", you paid for it by joining. It was made possible by a true guru who positioned himself as an authority in the Internet Marketing industry by sharing his ideas strategies and plans which turned out to be golden. The spirit of the way he does business is being portrayed by marketers flowing in there to share what they can in hopes of helping out others.

      I would be happy with just showing my appreciation for the free areas of this forum by having paid the $37 but it comes with a ton of opportunities to get my hands on some real info and real products which work as well which is awesome. The responses, stars and thanks very accurately portray the value of whichever thread you are viewing in the War Room and I tell ya, once you get your hands dirty by doing some actual damn work in internet marketing you will see the value in the War Room. Until then, speculate all you want and whine and complain about it 'til you turn blue but forgive me if I feel you are out of your damned mind by saying it is overrated!

      Sounds to me it is simply more of the mindset that everything should be handed to you because you can breathe, get off your pedestal and get to work. Once you are doing "something" you will be wise to go back in the War Room and seek out the threads and information which can and will greatly help your efforts. Allen's PDFs on selling are fantastic and when followed will skyrocket your impact on the visitors who come to your website no matter what niche you are in. They alone are worth $37 each if not much more, actually compared to the things for sale in the WSO section, Allen's PDFs are priceless.

      /end rant
  • Considering the reactions here I feel like I made some kind of blasphemy. Did I say that I think the War Room is overrated? No. Did I say that I regret paying the fee? No. Was I expecting to be handed everything to me? No. The only thing I said is that it isn't what I expected to be and that I was wondering if there was a way to make it better. What about having posters that have earned themselves x amount of credit post there? Having them rated on previous posts and then allow them to post. So that not any person with 37$ can post there. I GET that there is a real treasure in the offers and the posts from Allen. I'm only saying that my expectations for the War Room was accessing discussions at a higher level.
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    • Well, sorry you were wrong. I was wrong once too. It's hard to deal with when your name is Wright.

      Be glad your are Wrong Halli and not Wrong Wright.

      George Wright
    • It's not that you blasphemed, just that most of us WR members are so knocked out by the unbelievable, ridiculous amount of value we got for our pittance of an investment, that we're kind of shocked that someone would express disappointment with it. Your desire for "deeper" conversations is a little confusing, since so much of what is in the WR is quite sophisticated, and the topics covered encompass a large area of marketing in general, and IM in particular, so I don't know if you mean you want people to relate the money making info to questions of philosophy, the meaning of life, etc, or what it is you mean by "deep". I think most of us are seeking business building discussions here-for deeper questions, perhaps this isn't the place.

      Also, your suggestion to raise the quality of threads by letting people earn the right to post based on high ratings for past threads, is actually a good deal less rigorous than the current system, since you could presumably have an off day, and post a poor thread based on the fact that your previous ones were great.

      That can't happen now, since every single thread has to be approved on it's own merits before going live. That leaves no room for anyone to coast on past achievements, as your system would. Also, it enables anyone who has something of value to share it, even if they never offered anything previously-why should we have to audition, when the quality of the OP of the thread we're starting is really all that matters. The rule is, if it's good in Allan's judgement, it goes up, regardless of how unknown you are. Likewise, if it's not good, it doesn't, regardless how big a name you have. Totally workable, as long as you think highly of the moderator's judgements, which most of us do. It is a private forum, not a democracy, so if you want to change it, you can only do so by persuading the owner to do so.

      I suggest you simply give yourself more time to explore and find things that excite you. Then, if six months from now, you still think you have some good ideas for improving it, you could try to convince Allan that your plan is worth pursuing. Personally, I think it's going to be pretty hard to improve it, as it's already a brilliant model.

      Try not to take it personally that people are defending the WR so vociferously-best to take it in stride, and try to understand how Allan has managed to do such a great job branding himself that he has "raving fans" instead of just customers.
  • Value is what you make it or do with it.

    That autopilot solution thread is gonna make me a lot of money.....
  • There are some really worthwhile freebies in the War Room. But like the regular forms the real gems are scattered in the forum posts.
    While these forums are about the best available on internet marketing not every thread or post is worth reading.
    I find threads on subjects that interest me and read and read looking for the informative post that can teach me or start the ideals flowing. Some days nothing hits the spot, sometimes there are one or two gems and rarely you will hit the jackpot and find a whole series of posts full of gold.
    I wish there was more time to read more threads because sometimes the posts on a thread with an uninteresting title can veer into an area of interest.
    Like everything else finding the good stuff takes work. One thing that works well is if you find a member posting good information in a thread is to go look at the posts they have made in other threads and even better look for threads that they have started.
    Boy, this started out as a one paragraph post but the fingers just kept going...when your mouth runs-a-way the term I have always used is motor mouth so what would be a good equivalent name for run-a-way fingers.
    One last thing. The War Room is worth every single cent it costs!
  • George I'm not sure I could handle the pressure of being Mr. Wright all the time
  • While the war room is good, it is very easy to get into the trap of downloading all the free courses without doing anything with them.

    A lot of those courses can gather digital dust on your hard drive if you go into the forum with the intention of reading absolutely everything and downloading absolutely every course offered.

    The war room can definitely be a case of 'too much of a good thing is not a good thing.' However that all depends on what you do with the info in the war room.

    cheers

    -Simon
  • Joining the War Room is probably the best investment I've made in a really long time.

    Yes, I did download some free stuff but everyone there says to just concentrate on one thing at time. Once I took that lesson to heart the war room went from being just a place to get free downloads to a place where I have full access to the necessary tools to become a success at whatever I want to do online.

    And anyone else that wishes too can accomplish the same thing with all the ideas and examples and lessons that people gladly give away on there.

    Personally I'd like to post something as well but I figured I'd wait until I have something of actual value to share because at this point so many people on there are way far ahead of me in terms of IM.
  • I was under the impression it was where you could get shareware/freeware software, I might be wrong
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    Is the War Room just a place to get free stuff?

    I feel like that the War Room is just a place to get all the free stuff your computer can handle. Before joining there I thought there would be a lot of somekind of "deeper" discussion there especially since people were praising the War Room so much.But all I see is all the free stuff being given away and then the posts from the admin or postbot.Am I missing something?