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Wasting Money On Advertising Is Far To Easy To Do

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by Stephen Meyer

A few weeks ago I decide to join another marketing program to build my income. The plan is solid and the opportunity to achieve my goals is there. I’m happy with the program and what it has to offer. Unfortunately I’m not very happy with my progress. Being new at this particular program but not new at marketing I didn’t pay very much attention to the details. In particular, the marketing plan.

In the home based business field there are literally hundreds of internet companies that promise to make the newbie Entrepreneur wealthy by drawing in targeted traffic through their advertising programs. Having bought into a few of them I can say for a fact they are junk and are simply sucking money out of the new wannabe marketer. Better said, they don’t work. But of course I learned this the hard way having bought into several blast your ad to 10 million web site advertisers and others. of course they do blast your ad to 10 million sites and of course you get 0 results.

There are many other programs available to help the newbie grow his business. Often these programs promise to make them wealthy in a short period of time. Mentoring programs are on the top of the list. While there are a few that will actually produce very good results if the new marketer stays with the program long enough. Most simply do not provide quality results.

For me these were not real helpful and for most Network/Affiliate marketers they are not worth it. Neither of those are Niche markets and they definitely are not tight. So it ended up being more wasted money I didn’t need to spend.

Although I think I know it all it turned out I am a very slow learner. I’ve been getting what seems like a million emails all from companies I’ve spent money on and worse yet, one’s I simply inquired about. The email campaigns are ruthless. They are also ineffective because I’m not interested, but they send them anyway. So I religiously as if it is a duty quickly delete the emails and empty the trash.


Not that I am a slow learner or hard to teach new tricks to although I believe that I am, I was swamped by emails that I had created myself. I was the one who asked for information and I know what that means. Marketing companies will send information until you are blue in the face or tell them to stop. In my rush to create a new marketing plan and to delete the emails from companies I wasn’t interested I completely overlooked the fact that not only did my new company have a terrific product with a money making business plan they also had a terrific marketing plan. The solution to my problem was right in front of my face although I couldn’t see it.

I have looked into many online Affiliate and Networking companies through the years and have seen what they had to offer many times. Most, if not all, not only have a product they also offer a marketing plan to go with it. Many of the plans are high grade while others offer very little for the new marketer.

Having looked at many online opportunities and promotional companies I known there are many companies that will simply sell the new person a bill of goods and products that simply will not work. The online marketing industry is huge and a large percentage of it is aimed at the inexperienced newbie knowing very well their thirst for success will cause them to buy into their program no matter if it holds real value or not. Unfortunately there are far to many new people who are just starting out with a home based business that fall for the traps and spend money on things that will not work.

My suggestion for those who want a home based business that is profitable is to go through the program you are affiliated with from front to back and top to bottom. Learn what they offer in marketing programs and apply what they teach. The chances are pretty good if your involved with a successful company that their strategies have worked for others and will work for you as well.

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