Why I’m not promoting the BIG LAUNCHES

Hi Jim,

Good heads up on Brad's new launch. He will get sales from your honest comments for sure. Once you get on a few mailing list the new products and launches come at you in droves. Sure… I wish I could buy them all? The reality is not many of us have the money and where do you find time to do them? I am guilty of over reading if that makes sense. I should work more, read less newsletters. But most gurus are good copywriters. I learn every day. To make some money you need to resist all this hype and stick to a plan. You only recommend when you see it beneficial to us Jim, I truly believe that. I only wish I could have afforded that new affiliate software you recently recommended. The $300 a month software? I'm saving for that one and watching as you suggest. Thanks for another fine post. Regards, Bob O

Hi Jim,

I do appreciate the honesty. I have been a subscriber of your newsletter for quite some time and also a customer of a couple of your books and an MST member. I have a pretty good feel for what kind of guy you are. You are truly one of the good guys who is genuinely interested in your subscribers/customers and in helping them to become successful.

Therefore, I don't think that this is some sort of marketing ploy or scheme. I think you hare being completely honest and looking out for the little guy.

Take care and all the best, Jim.

Ken
http://www.PontiacGTOs.com

Here's one good reason not to promote it: having a good conscience, ethics, integrity.

Give me a break: a guy makes six figures a day and is going to tell about it. Uh huh. If you believe that, I've some beachfront property to sell you in Montana.

Here's the truth: CPA is an extremely competitive market; it takes a lot of money to make money, and you have to wait for it. It is getting even more competitive. Conclusion: it ain't what it used to be, so let's sell the info to IM suckers and squeeze the last bit of cash out of it for ourselves.

I am learnung from experience exactly what you are talking about.

I get blasted almost every day with these promices of "The next Great Product". I have bought a few and with most have been disappointed.

I did buy Brads last big thing a month or so ago. Very disappointed on that one. And you are right, I don't hear a peep about it now. I have gone to The Warrior Forum and there are still some pretty P—ed off people still talking about it.

I'm having a hard time trying to learn the right way to profit online but some day something will click. In the mean time these big promotions just get deleted.

Jack

Hi Jim,

I bought your book about 4 years ago and have been on your list ever since, also a member of MySilentTeam.com and I agree whole heartedly with your 2 month test.

I'm also on the Stomper mailing list so have been following the launch with interest. Not so I can buy, I just learn from their launch methods, but I think the days of the big launch are numbered, folks are getting more savvy, however, there are more and more newbies looking for income online in this economic downturn and they will become the new cannon fodder.

Personally I haven't got another $1700 for this latest shiny object and will be sticking with step by step which I joined thru the bonus pool, the best value since 50c a gallon for gas

[[reply from Jim]] For those interested in the "Step by Step" that Jules just mentioned USE THIS LINK

Hello Jim.

Wise choice.

I have already unsubscribed from Brad Fallon's newsletter since he sent me this Arbitrage Conspiracy stuff. And I am disappointed to see some of the other big-name 'gurus' who I had thought had more integrity involved. [But several of the big -name 'gurus' who I have already unsusbscribed due to a lack of integrity are also involved. I read the free report and the emails from the launch and to me it smells like rubbish.

[[note from Jim]]: No need to make a decision right now. There's no harm in waiting so why not wait? That's the main point I'm making. I have a great deal of respect for anyone that succeeds in Internet marketing (as long as they do it with integrity) and at this point there's no accusations of integrity lacking. It's more a matter of using common sense…

Ya know why your emails still make it to my inbox? You don't treat me like cannon fodder. I'm not just another mark to hype products to. You give me valuable information on a weekly basis. You treat me like a person not just another potential dollar bill.

Because of this I trust you. I read your emails, I read your blog, I bought your book. Most of the IM world leaves me wanting to take multiple showers to wash the stench of money grubbing from my skin.

Your advice on this product is solid. It should be applied to any product. I'm a professional copywriter and marketer and even I get caught by some of these offers. So I've trained myself to wait at least a week. If I'm still convinced I need the offer and it will improve my business, increase my bottom line and save me time – then I buy it. Amazingly few of these offers make it to my one week mark. Only three – MST included – would have ever come close to being on my radar two months later.

This is funny Jim. Just today (before I saw your post) I was telling a friend at work that I have a list of "do business with" and "don't do business with" marketers. I told him about your offlinebiz opportunity and related that you were the ONLY marketer I personally know of who promoted a product and then came back to his list and said you had made a mistake. I can't remember the product name (not important), but your stock went WAY UP in my book that day. Your concern and "trust but verify" attitude in refreshing. Thank You.

Hi Jim, I think you're right on in the stand you've taken on this product. There's another interesting review and conversation going on right now at Eric's Tip's (http://www.ericstips.com/)concerning this product. Eric was there and in a nutshell, the system is real but you better be past the newbie mindset and have some PPC success under your belt. You and Eric are two of only a handful of marketers I count on to tell it the way it should be said. I've been a member

of mysilentteam.com from the beginning and I would suggest newbies start there. Absorb and apply the valuable marketing info there first. I've bought some higher end products, but this won't be one of them. One of the things that's become clear to me is the need to have a decent understanding of the many legitimate ways to market on and offline. Then find a proven system that fits you and focus on that until you succeed. These new launches do more to derail and distract newbies than help for the most part. I know, because it has happened to me more often than I care to admit. I'm focusing now; success to follow.

Jim, I have a select number of people who I subscribe to and yes – I did receive info on that arbitrage thing. I've also got info from a year or two back on similar programs but have never been persuaded to give it a go.

Today I also received a timely email from Charles Heflin of SEO, silo structure, and LSI fame… a very sobering message. In short, up to last year he used to be involved in arbitrage business but he says it's now costly AND highly competitive, and opportunities are difficult to come by. Extensive research is needed… and that means time! It is likely that "Arbitrage Conspiracy" will result in more competition and lower profit margins. In short – steer clear of the hype – the guys pushing it have possibly realised there's more money to be made by selling information on arbitrage than by actually doing it.

You are so right Jim. I too tend to be an "over reader"….and being inundated with one offer after another doesn't help! Your post was great as it reminds us to stay focused and NOT get pulled in with all the hype that's flying around!

Thanks!

WOW, I can't believe I just got this email. I was on the conference call last night for 2 HOURS! And was about to BUY into this launch today (If I could afford it) Which by the sounds of it, I wouldn't have been able to. Anyways, yes I'm one who keeps jumping on every band wagon out there and still have not done anything to make myself and my family any money. It looks like I'll have to repurchase the Silent Sales Machine because ever since my other computer died, I lost the book. It was on my old computer and it never got transferred over to this one. But by the sounds of things, it is something that I should really start reading through and implementing ideas from. I am a member of Wealthy AFfiliate, I joined affiloblueprint, and thought about the arbitrage conspiracy too!! HELP, get me off of this carousel. Thanks Jim, for bringing me back to reality. I'm spending MORE than I'll EVER make back. Lisa Austin

Jim, I have written to you before about this, one of the reasons I like your sites and newsletter so much is that I am not flooded with offers every week about the next greatest thing. I, and others like me, have to decide which successful marketer we are going to try and learn from. There is definitely info overload out there. I have opted out of several other marketers newsletters simply because they seemed more interested in selling me their affiliate products than actually being a good teacher. I don't like being treated like someone elses piggy bank. I admire your success Jim and hope to imitate it.

Don

After the nemisis debacle I can see being leery of promoting crap that is not proven. btw, speaking of crap, I don't understand why the JP Schofield (who does not honor refunds or respond to emails, and whose script does not work, and whose product presents significant legal issues) 60 second web page builder is still on MST…

MST has inspired me to create about 6k/month easy income, but I do a *reality check* on all promos.

[[reply from Jim]]: Sounds like I need to hire you to find the weak links in my organization! Thanks for the feedback. My experience with JP hasn't been what you've just described, but send me an email and I'll make sure he gets it.

Thanks for the heads-up on Brad's new promotion. The fact that your email is the first I've heard of it reassures me that I've been successful at unsubscribing from the formerly useful lists that have turned into nothing but "you gotta buy this!" lists that no longer offer any useful content.

Sad to say, though, that I've been exposed to enough sales strategies to remain somewhat skeptical of your assertion that you're not going to promote this launch.

I know that Frank Kern's "say-you're-not-promoting-it-but-praise-it-unceasingly-so-the-suckers-feel-you're-being-sincere-with-them" strategies are hot among IMers right now. I probably was getting as many "I'm-not-really-promoting-this" promotions as I was getting unabashed promotions before I started pruning my list.

I'll give you credit for sitting this promotion out. But I'll be very disappointed if two days from now you send another email that says that you're not really promoting this but just want to give your readers a link just to make sure that you don't deprive readers who really want in on it of a chance to benefit from the next big thing.

[[reply from Jim]]: Yes is yes and No is No…just like I said. I'm not promoting the launch because the product hasn't yet passed the same tests that all other products have to pass before I'll promote them. I did however leave room to promote this or any other product once it passes my test. This isn't a marketing strategy…it's old fashioned honesty and due diligence.

I agree with post #20. What goes around comes around. Because you care and are sincere in what you do, Jim, your business will multiple.

Hey Jim,

I thought your readers might appreciate this behind-the-scenes info about Arbitrage Conspiracy. It's an email from Gauher Chaudry, a very well-known and respected marketer in CPA and traffic brokering methods.

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I have received a number of emails from my readers

and customers regarding the launch of "Arbitrage

Conspiracy" slated for today at 3:00 pm EST.

I was invited to the $10,000 Las Vegas show but

didn't go because it was too short notice for me.

I have not seen the course, so I can't comment on

the calibre of the material.

Therefore this email is not an endorsement (you

will NOT see any affiliate link), but rather my

opinion based on the number of emails I have

received asking my opinion and the forum thread

that has started in the PPCF members area.

What you will read is not hype, but rather the

truth. Sometimes the truth can get distorted

during these rather large product launches.

I was well aware of this course almost 3 months

ago because the guys behind it, Aymen and Emmanuel

are both Pay Per Click Formula and Pay Per View

Formula owners.

In fact, Aymen and Emmanuel met each other at my

PPV Formula seminar last December in Toronto.

Most of don't know this, but Emmanuel goes by the

username OSR in the forums and you can spot him by

the quality posts he has made in the forums.

A lot of you are asking whether the numbers being

thrown around (i.e. $100K net profit daily) are

legitimate.

Yes.

I know these numbers sound absurd, but it really

is quite possible to make these type of profits.

How do I know this?

Because for some of the CPA networks they were

driving the traffic to, they had signed up under

my REFERRAL link so I was getting anywhere from a

2-3% percent commissions.

I was stunned when I started receiving huge

referral checks.

I called them up and said, keep doing what you are

doing because I like the nice large referral

checks for doing nothing.

I met up with Emmanuel at the CX Digital affiliate

advisory meeting in October and he further

explained to me how they were scaling their

campaigns to get massive results.

I told them that when they were ready to launch, I

would be their number one affiliate.

But that will not happen because I have not seen

their material and therefore can't endorse their

course in all fairness.

Now, when the Arbitrage Conspiracy report first

came out, I was a little bit taken a back when

they started revealing the Alexa technique.

Now, I don't claim to own the concept of bidding

on domain names, but I know that the strategy of

harvesting related domains from Alexa is only in

PPC Formula.

So I sent an email to both Aymen and Emmanuel

yesterday before their teleseminar asking why PPC

Formula material is being revealed and how closely

related their material is to PPC Formula and the

subsequent release of PPCF 2.0.

They both immediately called me and explained that

their was no bad intention to use my material and

that their course is very different.

Aymen told me he tried to reach me before they

released the report for review, but I was in

California for the PPC Classroom event.

Did I believe them?

Yes, because both are stand up guys.

It was Aymen who lent me his tech team and servers

for months to host some of my web sites and he

NEVER charged me for this.

Aymen has been gifted with great intelligence. He

is only around 25 years old, but talks like he has

50 years experience under his belt.

No joke.

Aymen actually called my the day before the Las

Vegas event and went over the highlights of his

presentation with me to get my opinion.

I told him him that that there was no way he would

be able to cover everything in one day.

Emmanuel has shared with me insider tips and even

sent me some of their PPC tools that were created

in-house.

So while I can vouch for their credibility, I

*still* can't say anything about the course

itself.

Aymen did indicate to me on the phone call that

PPCF members were not the targeted audience and it

may not be a good fit because of some overlap.

But I *may* have to disagree.

*If* the course itself can provide some insights

into how they can scale up so large, then it may

provide some good value to PPCF members.

The course is not cheap. It will cost around

$2,000. If you have not done anything with PPC

Formula when you bought it, then you will probably

not do anything with Arbitrage Conspiracy either.

Brad Fallen is behind the launch as Aymen and

Emmanuel needed a top guru to promote them

because they were not known to the IM world

until this launch.

I almost feel sorry for Aymen and Emmanuel because

it doesn't seem like they have full control of

this launch.

The Arbitrage Conspiracy launch has gotten too

hypey now with almost all the major gurus

promoting it.

While there were a few people who paid $10,000 to

attend the seminar, all the gurus (maybe 95% of

the group) got in for free.

So if some guru who is promoting this says he/she

paid $10,000 to attend, chances are he/she is full

of s**t.

Now, most of these gurus who went to Las Vegas for

the seminar were dumbstruck by the presentation.

And they should because most don't do PPC.

They sell their own products and have email lists.

So this was all new to them. But they were there

because Brad Fallen wants them to promote the

course.

If this was an event on how some guy was making

$100K a day with PLR info products, then people

would also be freaked out right now about PLR

rights.

It is really that simple.

I heard from other heavy PPC marketers who did

attend the seminar say that they only got a few

nuggets of info, but not a whole lot.

So your response to the Arbitrage Conspiracy

course will really depend on how advanced you are

with PPC.

Aymen and Emmanuel run a very advanced operation

with staff and there is quite a bit of technology

involved.

If you think they live the affiliate lifestyle

where they work for a few hours and than surf the

waves the rest of the day, then you are mistaken.

Both are workhorses and sometimes only sleep a few

hours a night.

It has required A LOT of hard work and dedication

to achieve these staggering results.

There are only a handful of affiliates that I know

that have received these incredible results and

the only other friend I know pushing similar

numbers is Amish Shah of the Hexatrack fame and he

has indicated that he has a team and also uses

advanced technology.

So it is not as simple as buying the course and

you will be making $100K a day in a few weeks.

You have to have a passion for this PPC to CPA

stuff in order to make it work successfully.

The main reason for the Arbitrage Conspiracy

course is for a lead-in to their own CPA network.

So that is my take on this entire launch.

I really have nothing to write about the course itself because I don't know anything.

Use your own judgement.

Best wishes,

Gauher

In the past two days, I have received emails from 14 different marketers (some sending several emails already) about the Arbitrage Conspiracy that is supposed to cost about $1700 and hasn't even been launched yet. On launch day I will get 25-30 emails telling me to "go, go, go Now, but [of course] only through MY LINK!"

I am soooooo tired of the BIGNAMES all promoting the same expensive launches hoping to extract their commissions (really a pound of flesh) from unsuspecting folks that really have a very slim chance of ever even making their initial "investment" back.

The gurus (BIGNAMES) know that this product has 1 chance in a million of giving the average buyer $50,000-$100,000 a day! But what do they care as long as they get their cut (referral comission) – that's all they care about. Why else would they tell you to buy, buy, buy, but only through their link?

Jim, you are a breath of fresh air in the garbage dump of Internet Marketing! This land fill is growing out of control and it's really beginning to stink.

I'm not sour on individuals marketing their useful and worthwhile products and services online. But more and more I am seeing the BIGNAMES in the good ole boy network slapping each other on the back and trying to distance themselves from all the rest of us that don't have huge lists and millionaire status. They seem to know what's best for us all, don't they?

These are the Internet elite that have their own bank accounts foremost in mind and could care less about the rest of us except for how much of our money they can extract by pushing the next big thing. "Pimps" are a good term to describe those that refer you to a product that they don't own, get a cut of the action for it, and are nowhere to be found if you ever ask for a refund.

I did a search on all those names and the reveiws I got back weren't all that favorable. You made the right choice.

Jim, I have subscribed to just about all the big name guru's (I have come to hate that word). Anyway, it seemed I was always buying their products and all I got out of it was broke.

I decided that if I was going to make any money at this IM game I had to get rid of the garbage and empty promises that cluttered my in box everyday. I subscribe to two newsletters and yours is one of them. I also have to tell you how refreshing it is to have a clean in box and a clear mind

Thank you for your sincerity and honesty. These "guru's" can never fill your shoes.

Jean

Hello Jim:

I love your honesty. And you were right I received a great number of e-mail promoting this product. I am disciplining myself in such a way where I am not buying anything I have to buy "now" If I am suppose to have it, it'll be there when I am ready.

I will use your ideas to measure future launches I'm flooded with.

Thank you,

I really like your “two month factor”. The price tag on many of these products have reached levels that made it necessary to include payment schedules so a larger percentage can make the purchase. Before you can even pay it off the gurus are off onto their next latest/greatest launch promising the world and delivering very little. I call it 'Mega Launch Distractions'. Most of these deals are simply a distracting waste of money unless you can dedicate the time and effort required – which you will never find in the sales copy.

It is good to see that you are not jumping on the band wagon like all of the other sheeple, oops, I mean people.

You are right – when I get 30 – 40 emails on the latest "must have" it is delete, delete, etc.

Thanks for staying unique.

Makes plenty of sense Dude. Wait 2 months, see if it is any good, then hit him up for a BIG discount for the My Silent Team members!

Jim,

First it's not often that I comment on Blogs and the only reason I'm doing it now is because sincere appeal.

I get clobbered from the "big guy's" pushing each others product. Most of the time I delete it.

I've often wondered if this info sooner or later would be discussed all over the web.

I've jumped at every new shiny object that comes down the pike. I'm tired.

Right now I think I'll just focus on your material. Coming to my email box and trying to read 30 plus emails a day and all of them pulling me in different directions is just not going to get it any more.

Thanks again Jim