"The Make Money Online Niche is a Scam"

Putz is the perfect example of: "the mind is like a parachute. It only works if it's open."

Unfortunately, that is what the majority of society has been taught.

well there broke for a reason. and it's not because their the brightest people on earth.

That guy's a loser.

Putz sounds like a member of my family. Except Putz has a PHd and cant get a JOB! I love it!

Albert

LMFAO!! This is CLASSIC... The college one is true though! LOL! :p

CHEERS!

Sorry to say but from what I have seen and heard the vast majority of non IM'ers view 'online money making' niche as a scam because so many people have searched for and desire REAL information on this subject yet searching through google and similar main information hubs generally brings up a TON of sites simply trying to scam their customers.

How about the famous "Mary makes $5436.00 from home posting links for google!"

On most sales pages for this product the claims are stretched truths to out right lies and many many programs have similar practices. Just browse through clickbank and you will see a lot of the same.

Sure mary makes a killing with adsense and the program will show you how to set that adsense account up, but it does not tell you how to build and manage a successful website, traffic generation techniques, adsense placement strategies, content production techniques for your site, and on and on and on.

With people selling and affiliates heavily promoting garbage like this its no wonder people view it as a scam.

The ending is hilarious.

I wonder about the responses I'd get if I said, "I get paid for pretending to be a woman."

(Pen name on one of my niche sites.)

I honestly think its just a mind-set of an older generation. For example anytime I tell one of my older (lets say over 40) family members what I do they immediately think I'm involved in some sort of "online scam."

However, when I tell someone my age what I do they always reply "thats really cool" and want to know more.

The only conclusion I have come to is that its a generational thing.

also, these statements come usually from people who tried once just one CB product,
they did nothing with them, so they label the whole marketing industry as being a scam...

lolololol. that is funny stuff. roflz, unfortunately.

LOL- What truly boggles my mind is how someone can teach someone to make money online be unemployed (not even self employed) and claim the economy sucks, it's been the best "economy" for IM since, well, ever!! That's fella's scamming himself, even if that statement makes no sense, well, neither does that fella

I kind of like this ignorance. Can you imagine the type of competition we would have if everyone understood that they can actually cash in online using their skills.

I mean, I don't mind competition but I am not complaining for the lack of it .

Tanvir

I didn't know my brother lived in your neck of the woods, haha.

Sounds like something he would say...

Maybe people think that way because
a)they've been scammed online
b)they see headlines on websites like 'this mom made $10K in ten minutes using a google loophole' or 'make money with no work - only $30'
c)everyone wants to be a MMO guru - I've come across so many websites where someone has made a couple hundred dollars and all of a sudden has set up a website teaching people how to make money online, and sells products to people, who get no results. (this ties in to a also, since some people buy products from these supposed 'gurus' get no results, and feel ripped off).

I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for the above things peoples attitudes might be different.

On the flip side it's probably a good thing people's attitudes are the way they are. If not things might be even more competitive than they already are.

That just sums up Putz... Classic!

James

Yep, the problem is the way IMer's market. Here's an image from a recent 'make money' launch:

http://www.makeamoney.org/images/headlineB.png

Guess what the feedback about the said product was on this forum? It sucked!

Is it any wonder Putz has a few brothers?

All the very best, Allen

what a moron. Living off the goverment and complaining at the same time.

LOSER...i dont care what anyone says.

You dont want to have this idiot on your list or one of your clients, he will end up being a serial refunder and bad mouth you anyway. All the while not taking and action and proving what you have is any good.

I hope you terminated this conversation with him quick. In todays age and business the smart thing would be tell him to get a job and send him packing.

That was a nice one Brian. It is true that most of the people who know nothing about making money online think that "make money online niche" is a scam. But, once they open the door and step into the world of IM, they realize that there are millions of ways to make legitimate money online. We really shouldn't worry about the ones who will never open that door. They will not be our customers for the IM niche, but they will always be our targets for all other niches.

Teaching someone something that he doesn't know will always bring you money no matter in what niche you are.

The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is the way they THINK.

I can see Putz's point of view. There are far too many people around teaching others how to make money when in fact they've made nothing themselves.

So you can't blame people thinking everyone is the same.

The world needs people like Putz otherwise, everybody will succeed. Then, What people like E. Brian Rose will do ... Nice post.

Interesting comments. Obviously, Putz is a Putz.

However, I'm wondering if the generally low perception of the IM industry isn't, at least in part, due to the overall poor delivery on the promises made by some (most?) product creators and/or affiliates.

By that I mean, many of the top names in the field say that 90+% of all people who buy products never used them to create a business. If that is true, it seems to me that IM gurus are failing the buying public. Can 90% of the people who were motivated enough to buy suddenly become unmotivated to act?

I think not. I think that the marketing verbiage used to entice and sell has unsophisticated people believing that they really will get a "business in a box." People believe that all they will have to do is "click a few buttons" and the business will appear on their screen and begin making money.

When they find out that they have to first: find and buy a domain name; find and buy hosting; transfer the DNS; find and upload WP; find and choose a theme; configure the theme; upload the "business in a box"; etc, etc... they are overwhelmed to the point of doing nothing because they don't know how to do these things and the product doesn't to it for them or even show them how to do it for themselves.

Unfortunately for these buyers, that product sits on their hard drives while they look at, and buy, the next "bright shinning object" in hopes that it will give them the promised complete-and-ready-business system.

Now in defense of some (most?) of us, I think that it's natural for skilled people who are selling products and services to not remember just how little we knew when we started. I also think that those who have been very successful have a tendency, because of the growth level of their skillset, to offer products that are more and more sophisticated and that presume the buyer will know how to "do the basics" to be able to utilize the "latest and greatest." However, almost all products today tout that they are for the "complete newbie."

It's a wonder to me that the IM industry is still flourishing... and I'm glad that it is. But I see dark clouds on the horizon. There are significant problems with some CPAs, scamming affiliates, poor quality Clickbank products, etc. But, I think, the biggest problem for the industry may be the lack of fulfillment of the promise for the complete newbie.

The wild claims of the ability to make a gazillion dollars in 10 minutes has to stop and complete product packages/services that will (eventually) make someone $500-$1,500 a month have got to come forth... if the industry is going to continue to market to absolute beginners.

People are turning to us to make money because they are financially hurting ... and their condition is only going to get worse without us, or maybe with us (if we continue to provide what isn't working for them).

We are entrepreneurs. We constitute a very small percentage of the world's population. As such, some of us in the IM world have a tendency to think that everyone who is looking for a way to earn money online wants to be able to quit their day job and live the (mythical) "get rich quick" IM lifestyle. I think that the vast majority of newbies just want a simple way to earn some additional money to keep them for going under financially... and they obviously are willing to pay for a way... again, and again, and again. But how long can this scenario last before there are enough complaints that the media and/or government begin an investigation of the allegations? Can an industry survive that sells products that 90+% of its customers don't know how to use?

It's my opinion that the IM world's image will change for the better when product/service creators start providing realistic RESULTS. Oh, and as a side benefit for those who do... they'll make a fortune!

That's my opinion... what's yours?

Doc Reed