Who Do They Think They Are Kidding?
- Date: 2007-01-06 - Word Count: 707
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E-mail marketing; let's just think about that for a moment! Put the credit card away, take a few minutes to collect your thoughts, and seriously consider the question posed in the title of this article. Then read on and take everything in.
OK so I want to get into internet marketing!
I've done all my homework, read all the articles, bought the E-books, joined the membership sites, oh! and not to forget all the lists that I have added my name and E-mail address to, as a trade for some valuable piece of secret information that will bring the answer to all my online marketing problems and send container loads of cash direct to my bank account "AS I SLEEP" or "WHILE I SPEND MY TIME WITH MY FAMILY ON SOME EXOTIC BEACH"..... PLEASE!!!! give me a break!
Sorry to shout but each time I open my E-mail account to see which self appointed "GURU" has mailed me today, or which health product company has slipped through the spam filter with the name that is an anagram of some dubious part of the male anatomy, with the offer of giving me the sexual appetite of a rampant bull! I am faced with the same B.S.
There's a lot of great sounding products on the Internet, but you can't help but wonder, "Can I trust them to deliver what was promised in the sales letter? Will I get ripped-off, or is this really a good deal?"...
All I'm saying is that these internet marketing people at the top, have an awful lot of pulling power! and unfortunately, a large amount of the internet marketing community are desperate to make money, and therefore fall into the "sheep mentality", allowing themselves to be shepherded through the internet marketing fields of the internet, and eventually to the market of monetization or even salesmanship slaughter!
The internet marketing "Gurus" of today have pop star status and tremendous powers to influence their followers.
To return to the self appointed "GURUS"; who do they think they are kidding?
Here are a few typical examples of the cliche`d, lame sales pitches I receive every day:
I managed to twist his arm to get him to reduce the price for my list....
Get over there fast before he comes to his senses and raises the price....
My good friend Fred Guru said I could offer you this bargain before he mails it to his list......
I wanted to give you the heads up on this because you are one of my favorite mugs......
I mean PLEASE! do they have to insult our intelligence? It would be nice to be given just a little credit for the brains that we have, in return for the loyalty of staying on their list.
The subject lines in the E-mails are also a little lacking in respect and leave a lot to be desired. So I have started verbally answering the questions they ask, or the statement they make, and either reading or deleting in accordance, here are a few examples:
First name, don't open this unless you want to become a millionaire!
My response, "OK I won't" CLICK in the bin!
First name, just in case you didn't get my mail yesterday.....
My response, "As a matter of fact I did get it, and it also ended up where this one is headed" CLICK in the bin!
First name, you have to open this NOW!!!
My response, "NO I DON'T!" CLICK in the bin!
Now please don't get me wrong, I'm all for earning a living from the internet, and I give my name and Email, of my own free will because I believe that I can learn a lot from the genuine "GURU'S" out there, but to get back to, and to really think about tha question I posed at the start of this article, who are they actually kidding? and what's more who can we really trust?
Please feel free to use this article, on the understanding that the article and this resource box are unchanged and included in their entirety:
To view more articles by the author Thomas G. Holmshaw and receive your answers about who you can trust on the subject of internet E-mail marketing, please visit the following link: www.you-reviewit.com
OK so I want to get into internet marketing!
I've done all my homework, read all the articles, bought the E-books, joined the membership sites, oh! and not to forget all the lists that I have added my name and E-mail address to, as a trade for some valuable piece of secret information that will bring the answer to all my online marketing problems and send container loads of cash direct to my bank account "AS I SLEEP" or "WHILE I SPEND MY TIME WITH MY FAMILY ON SOME EXOTIC BEACH"..... PLEASE!!!! give me a break!
Sorry to shout but each time I open my E-mail account to see which self appointed "GURU" has mailed me today, or which health product company has slipped through the spam filter with the name that is an anagram of some dubious part of the male anatomy, with the offer of giving me the sexual appetite of a rampant bull! I am faced with the same B.S.
There's a lot of great sounding products on the Internet, but you can't help but wonder, "Can I trust them to deliver what was promised in the sales letter? Will I get ripped-off, or is this really a good deal?"...
All I'm saying is that these internet marketing people at the top, have an awful lot of pulling power! and unfortunately, a large amount of the internet marketing community are desperate to make money, and therefore fall into the "sheep mentality", allowing themselves to be shepherded through the internet marketing fields of the internet, and eventually to the market of monetization or even salesmanship slaughter!
The internet marketing "Gurus" of today have pop star status and tremendous powers to influence their followers.
To return to the self appointed "GURUS"; who do they think they are kidding?
Here are a few typical examples of the cliche`d, lame sales pitches I receive every day:
I managed to twist his arm to get him to reduce the price for my list....
Get over there fast before he comes to his senses and raises the price....
My good friend Fred Guru said I could offer you this bargain before he mails it to his list......
I wanted to give you the heads up on this because you are one of my favorite mugs......
I mean PLEASE! do they have to insult our intelligence? It would be nice to be given just a little credit for the brains that we have, in return for the loyalty of staying on their list.
The subject lines in the E-mails are also a little lacking in respect and leave a lot to be desired. So I have started verbally answering the questions they ask, or the statement they make, and either reading or deleting in accordance, here are a few examples:
First name, don't open this unless you want to become a millionaire!
My response, "OK I won't" CLICK in the bin!
First name, just in case you didn't get my mail yesterday.....
My response, "As a matter of fact I did get it, and it also ended up where this one is headed" CLICK in the bin!
First name, you have to open this NOW!!!
My response, "NO I DON'T!" CLICK in the bin!
Now please don't get me wrong, I'm all for earning a living from the internet, and I give my name and Email, of my own free will because I believe that I can learn a lot from the genuine "GURU'S" out there, but to get back to, and to really think about tha question I posed at the start of this article, who are they actually kidding? and what's more who can we really trust?
Please feel free to use this article, on the understanding that the article and this resource box are unchanged and included in their entirety:
To view more articles by the author Thomas G. Holmshaw and receive your answers about who you can trust on the subject of internet E-mail marketing, please visit the following link: www.you-reviewit.com
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