I have just received information about this brand new Internet Marketing Buzz Blowout Sale. I am not sure if I am going to buy it or not, but before I decide what to do, you should have a look at it.
The guys behind it are Calvin Woon & Jonathan Teng and they have launched a very interesting sale indeed.
There are so many hot products to a very low price.
The price is $37 if you buy it today, if you wait it will end at $67 on May 1st, and after May 1st or after they have sold 500 copies (depending on which comes first), the offer will be closed forever.
I am thinking that I have to decide today or tomorrow, while the price is at its lowest. But $67 is also very cheap if you think about what you will get.
Anyways, take a look at their long sales page at IM Buzz Blowout and please tell me what you think. Are you going to buy it or not?
February 7, 2008 at 6:56 am
We need a new word for affiliate spam. Flam (as in flim flam)?
February 7, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I’ve gotten a couple of unsolicited affiliate program invites like this. Unless you’re really drawn to their products, I say “DELETE!”
February 7, 2008 at 4:37 pm
If it looks like spam and tastes like spam…
February 7, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Along the same lines, I’ve been approached to have paid links on my posts and blogs. We’ve gone back and forth and even negotiated price. Then they disappeared when it was time to email the copy, so the deal never happened. I almost suspected that it was someone at Google looking to lower my PageRank (which happened on one of my blogs). But why bother with a little blogger like me?
February 7, 2008 at 6:47 pm
It does sound suspicious. Are you going to communicate with them or just delete it?
February 7, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Hi JoLynn
I am thinking about deleting it.
What do you think?
February 7, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Hmm, did you already sign up with them? If not, you could respond to them to find out more, possibly writing a follow up post on this. If it is a bad deal, a follow up post could help more bloggers avoid the pitfall of signing up with them.
February 7, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I haven’t signed up, and I wasn’t planning to do that either. But it might be a good idea to find out more about them.
Not sure what questions to ask, but I might figure out something
February 8, 2008 at 12:21 am
Interesting and timely post Sly.
I received an email la couple of weeks ago from a guy asking would I be interested in a good offer to advertise on my site. I replied that I would be interested in considering his offer if the ads were for products that were appropriate for my market.
Never heard from him again.
February 8, 2008 at 2:49 am
Hi Jens,
It looks like you can access the forums after you sign up, then you could learn more about it. However you might be better off by not going further with it….spend your time on creating content for your blog instead.
February 8, 2008 at 5:01 am
Hi Karen
There seems to be many people asking for ads lately. I have had a few people approaching me the same way, they all wanted permanent ads on my blog for $5 or so.
February 8, 2008 at 5:03 am
Yes, I agree with you JoLynn. It’s usually not worth the effort. They didn’t do anyting other than send me an e-mail, and I think my time is better spent creating content
February 14, 2008 at 1:44 am
Pretty spammy in my mind. I have had a few similar approaches as well. One by a firm that promotes a service providing “humorous linkbait”
I agree with you Jens. For many of us, spending time on content creation is the right thing to focus on.
February 16, 2008 at 1:33 am
Hi Mark,
I am lucky, I haven’t received any similar approaches lately. But it’s always interesting to see how they do it, how they write their emails in order not to try to spam, and how they try to convince us to join.
I am looking at it to learn, because it’s really all about marketing…
February 21, 2008 at 8:56 am
I agree with you JoLynn
February 26, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I was just wondering how come they can offer $4800 to my blog per month when I am not making more than $1500 per month. LOL!
March 2, 2008 at 6:07 am
It appears to be a scam. Their email is nicely worded “pay you up to $4,800/month”. What it means that they can even pay you 0$ per month and abide by their promise. A cleverly worded affiliate program which borders on scam.
March 4, 2008 at 1:12 am
I wouldn’t touch this with a ten foot pole!
Other than the fact YOU’D be sending spam to people (and added to their junk folders… permanently)…
They are using a bait and switch technique.
They’re presenting it like they’re paying you for placing their link on your website.
But, if you read the small print (and, you HAVE to read the small print to find this out), you’re actually only paid for purchases of their mailing system (or should I say “spamming system”) made by your referrals.
It’s an underhanded, unethical, and probably illegal method to promote a multi-level program.
I recommend you STAY AWAY.
March 4, 2008 at 5:28 am
I got this email too. I was actually excited to get it and joined the affiliate program right away. After adding the banner to my website and 4 weeks into the program, I earned over $700. Not nearly the $4800 but I really don’t have enough traffic to pull those kind of numbers. However, for a free opportunity to earn from the contactthem network, I say it was worth it. Also, if I choose, I can remove tha banner at any time and still earn the revenue of that first month…not planning to take it down but it’s an option readily available.
On the issue of spam, I understand that partnership emails are non-commercial…not to say some won’t be annoyed.
Needless to say, I also joined the membership and use the sotware of the contactthem network daily too. 982 websites are now affiliated with my banner and building more traffic than I could ever imagine building for myself and making me even more commissions.
I think it’s great!
Crystal
March 15, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Hi,
I received the same email with the $4,800 offering. I investigated the site, but didn’t go any further with it.
In 99.9% of cases, if an offer looks too good to be true, you can bet it is too good to be true!
This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t dream and set large goals for yourself. I simply mean that rather than falling for get-rich schemes, we are better off working on our own products, services, websites, blogs, or whatever, and growing a strong foundation from which we can realize our dreams.
My best regards,
Laurie
June 19, 2008 at 9:29 am
I have received the same kind of mail several times, but each time i try to visit their website i get error message. May be they have gotten the require number of magas? But if they are really true they should have done something.
I have not seen anybody that says they are ok!
August 7, 2008 at 8:21 am
Flam, scam, spam. Nothing more, nothing less.
August 18, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Here was my response to them
“Thank you for your email. I checked out your site and i love it. We would be happy to provide a link for you. We will take it to another level and provide an entire page. However, we will require a $4800 payment up front. Contact us for payment arrangements”.
Needless to say, they went away
October 7, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I recently got an email from this company. Exact same format as yours but with my site name and alexa rank changed.
I sent it to the trash straight away.
The only part that worries is how they got my private email address and sent it to that. I keep my site emails and personal email separate.
Stay Away from them at all costs I reckon. Spam!