And in case you’re wondering, here’s the leader board included in the email:
1. Michael Jones - The Untouchable Champ...
2. Patrick Coffey - 7% conversion master!
3. Tim Bekker - The coolest dutch man alive...
4. Chris X - I'll have to get you a dozen shoes!
5. Mike S - One mailing, and already in top 5!
6. Rob Benwell - Mike is ahead by only 1 sale...
7. Cindy & Soren - Pirates keep on sailing...
8. Tellman Knudson - Mailing king strikes again...
9. Steven Johnson - You just skipped 10 people. Amazing!
10. Saj P - Still a super affiliate... well done bro!
11. Russel Brunson vs. Dave Guindon - Who will win?
12. Craig K - I definitely feel the IPK force...
13. Michael Beeson - Sales just keep on coming...
14. Michael Chenney - Watch out, Bill is catching up..
15. Bill McRea - I'm sure you can be in top 5... Go!
16. Imran and Keiran - Awesome support guys!
17. Hitesh J. - Copy n Profit genius in the house
18. Netmediam - who are you?
19. Tom Bell - Fashionably late entrance...
20. Letian, Jamie, and Chloe - On shaky ground...
There are some names on the list that, from personal experience, I can tell you stand (in my mind, anyway) for the absolute worst kind of marketing hucksterism, deceit and chicanery. Can you guess which ones I’m referring to?
I admit I’ve gotten war-weary, jaded and cynical – but I’m damn tired of this crap. Aren’t you?
Furthermore, it’s really reaching the point where the only Internet Marketing products I buy these days are Warrior Forum offers. If it’s Clickbank, I will hold my nose and look at it. I might even buy it. But 9 times out of 10, I will end up sending it back. I suspect Zero Traffic Down will ultimately have the same ugly fate.
But I have now reached the point where if I see this non-sense scarcity crap again, it’s an instant abort and “F you!” I don’t care if they’re promising lifetime blowjobs on the other side. I’m not biting.
I imagine Clickbank is getting as tired of returning money to me as my good friends at Visa are of having charges come onto the card and then go off with great regularity. "Oh crap, here's that guy again with another refund request!" Oh well. Such is life in the Internet Marketing arena, circa 2010.
They say Clickbank generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year. It does offer many fine products outside the Internet Marketing. But in my mind, it is becoming part and parcel to massive ongoing fraudulent activity when it comes to this niche. I think it’s regrettable and disgusting. But sadly, I also feel they’re as addicted to the big bucks from these big launches as all the faux-gurus are.
Apparently, many suckers buy the generally crappy Internet Marketing products sold through Clickbank and forget to return them. This is clearly more than enough to keep such launches ongoing, escalating and spreading like a cancer. Otherwise, I can’t imagine how they make a profit with a 60 day return policy.
On the other hand, many noobs will struggle with the typical crap Internet Marketing systems for well beyond 6o days before realizing they’ve been had.
Like I said. So it goes…