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    Forget about TinyURL

    January 12th, 2009

    Usually when an advertiser needs to shorten an URL, she or he goes quickly to TinyURL because of the following advantages:

    1) it’s free to use
    2) you can customize the new link.

    Forget about TinyURL (or ther similar shortening services)!

    There are better services in town that offer you MORE for the same price (ZERO) …

    What if such service will also provide you with an ad tracker? Yes, you read it well … something any advertiser needs: an ad tracker.

    And … that ad tracker is not a simple one that shows you only the number of hits … No …

    It gives you referral statistics … and … lets you create an unlimited number of new links that points to the SAME destination so that to be able to track absolutely any advertising effort …

    Do you need more? Well … there are more features …

    You can even geotarget the destination URL. What’s this? You can provide alternative destination URLs that different visitors from different countries are forwarded to. This means you can target your marketing and promotions on a per-country basis.

    And there are more features but I’ll stop here and let you have the pleasure of checking.

    Really … FORGET about TinyURL and get a … CLIGS free account.

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    Money Making Programs: the DIRTY TRICK no one tells you about …

    September 12th, 2008

    Most of you are joining different money making programs because of the promise that you will leave behind a poor or not so good situation and you will become a wealthy person.

    Before going straight to the point, let me tell you a short story that is based on a similar dirty trick like the owners of some of those money making programs use to … DECEIVE you.

    There was a shop and anyone passing by could read a big banner that said, “50% off on any product“.

    Attracted by that banner, many people entered and purchased different things.

    The business was booming, the customers were quite happy.

    Well, this seems great, right? The problem is that inside the shop, in a corner, very hardly visible, there was a small banner that said, “The 50% sale ended one week ago. All the prices are now regular.”

    Oops! How is this trick? Isn’t it DIRTY? Were not the customers deceived?

    There is a very similar dirty trick that no one tells you about …

    You know the ads that promise you to make thousands of dollars by the end of the week or even to become millionaire by the end of the year?

    Click on any link from those ads and scroll down the page that is loading.

    At the bottom of the page, where no one reads what’s there, usually there is a link called “Earnings Disclaimer“. Sometimes the font is so tiny that even if you scroll down the page if you’re no longer very young … you may not see the link.

    Click on that link and read what follows. You don’t know what’s there, do you? Let me tell you: that page tells you that you WON’T make the amount of money mentioned on the front page of the site or in the ads. The figures are FOR EXAMPLE only.

    Here is an example taken from such a program’s website.

    The promise from the front page:

    “If you really want to start working, from the comfort of your own home, and earn anywhere between $100 and $1275, or more, every single day then you really should read this entire page and take action right away.”

    The Earnings Disclaimer page from the same website:

    “There is no guarantee that you will earn any money using the techniques and ideas in these materials.”

    Of course the whole page usually is written ALL CAPS so that to be hard to read.

    How is this?

    Let’s make a better Internet and stop promoting such money making programs!

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    Streamline Magic: Are They Teaching You to be a Scammer?

    May 5th, 2008

    Streamline Magic is the newest money making program that is very much advertised these days over the internet.

    Money making programs of this type is not my kind of programs, but, you know, everybody is doing what she or he wants … as long as it’s legal. I don’t have any problem with Streamline Magic or other money making programs but I am really annoyed by so called Joint Venture proposals I receive.

    Here it’s an example.

    My name is … My husband and I are raising our family here in Wisconsin.

    I am involved with the very well known Streamline Magic system. The reason I am contacting you is because I am looking to joint venture with people like you. You have large lists of biz opp. prospects. My system has an extremely high conversion rate. The company we use with the system has launched a new enhancement to their proven long term residual based compensation plan that will change this industry.

    I will split all bonus commissions generated through your list’s 50% – 50% with you.( I make $50 to $125 per sale and $25 to $75 a sale of any of those peoples sales to infinity!) All we do is send our presentation out to your prospects. You may choose to stay anonymous if you like. I can provide you with your own url so that you can keep track of all our sales.

    As you will see it’s $29.95 to purchase our system. I will paypal you the $29.95 once you lock in. Once you see what we put together you will understand. I know that this can be a profitable joint venture.

    Please let me know what you think. If you would like, feel free to contact me by phone.
    My cell # …

    So basically what is the JV proposal? I am supposed to check the salesletter of this program and if I like it and decide to promote it …

    Instead of joining it, promote it and keep 100% of the profit … I am invited to promote it and keep 50% of the profit while my JV partner does nothing and keep the other 50%.

    Great! Do you really think the ezine publishers are stupid and you’re so smart? No, ezine publishers are not stupid and if you promote such a JV you’re just a scammer. This is not a joint venture. You’d better stop what you’re doing and learn what a joint venture is.

    All these Joint Venture proposals are almost identical. Only the first paragraph and the cell number is different. It’s very clear that people are copying this JV text from somewhere. Is Streamline Magic teaching its members to be scammers? I hope not!

    Published in Ezine Advertising Info Newsletter on May 5, 2008.

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