Marketing Douchebags
On Sunday nights, Mack Collier runs a Twitter-based group chat called #blogchat, which I highly recommend to anyone who wants to learn more about blogging while hobnobbing with their peers. But, based on the defensive reaction to some of my comments from several of the #blogchat participants, I’ve realized that #blogchat is strictly a place [...]
It’s Thanksgiving week in America, and like most people, I’ll be busy doing “real world” tasks until Monday. But while I’m out visiting family and eating pie, I’ll also be wrestling with the same soul-churning question you are: If it’s so easy to make money on the Internet, why aren’t we all millionaires? Fortunately, Michael [...]
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Last week, I tweeted a link to a blog post I wrote called Deconstructing an MLM Pitch, which detailed one of the asinine ways multi-level marketers pitch their “opportunities.” That link was retweeted by a few of my Twitter followers, and each of us then experienced what can only be referred to as “Tweeter’s regret.” [...]
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As I’ve learned from my recurring discoveries of marketing douchebags, an MLM (or Multi-Level Marketing) opportunity can find you at any time. Here’s how I came across one completely by accident, and how my amazement escalated as I soaked it all in. Step One: The Accidental Discovery This week, I was searching a generic phrase [...]
The steady growth in the number of marketing douchebags I stumble across makes me wonder how anyone comes to the conclusion that these kinds of faux-business practices are a legitimate way to make a living. Then I read a LinkedIn message that made it all clear. Meet Joshua Boxer. He’s not your typical Ed Hardy-wearing [...]
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