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Am I an Internet Marketing Cynic?

Posted by peter on April 16, 2008 | No Comments

I guess if you read my previous posts where I often rubbish or belittle various internet marketing products, or take a side swipe about the intentions of people, you might think I’m an old internet marketing cynic with no place in this industry.

Infact, the opposite is true, well, sort of. Yes, I am cynical, but only about certain things. I’m always on the look out for new products and people that are making money. Often it’s the people that are quietly making money hand over fist that I’m most attracted to.

True, not everyone is making millions, but you don’t have to make millions to be successful. Making enough to get by and then some is successful by my standards, that’s why I’m always interested in reading the stories or buying the products from everyday people like me and you who are making a success of themselves from dedication, motivation and hard work.

I’ve recently come across two of these types of people from the Warrior Forum, and am extra pleased because they are both from the UK (sidenote: Support your country’s internet marketers!).

So, if you are looking for some guys that really are making money, but not shouting about it, then go and check out Tony Shepherd’s blog not only does he provide some great content and entertaining stories, he also has a number of ebooks available for free, nada, no strings attached. I srtongly recommend the You, The Guru and Blog Your Wage ebooks, I can’t believe he’s just giving it away for free.

And here’s an extra big tip, sign up to his newsletter and you’ll get a discount on Naked Niches, which is a great book by his business partner Sara Brown. It’s a great, no fluff, ebook that’s really easy to follow.

I want to write a review on his products at some point because I was really impressed with them.

See, whoever said that if you write quality content, you will get natural links is right. These guys (ok, guy and girl) are providing excellent content and I know that by linking to them, I’m providing my visitors (yep, both of them, hey this is only a new blog after all) with great additional content.

New Site Graphics

Posted by peter on April 15, 2008 | No Comments

Just got an email from Mike Filsaime saying that he’s launched another new site which give you loads of free graphics that you can use on your website.

If you’ve been involved in internet marketing for more than 10 minutes, when someone says that something is free, your bulshit metre automatically goes into overdrive (or it should!). In this case, I can confidently say without a shadow of a doubt that Mike had nothing to do with this graphics package, he’s just putting his name to it and taking the share of profits thank you very much.

Profits? Didn’t you say this was free?

Yes, but like I said, you quickly become a cynic in internet marketing, and when something is free, expect to get the upsell, if you don’t get an upsell, something has broken in the universe, please try turning it off and on again.

The graphics are decidedly average at best - I checked them out, I can’t see myself ever using them, and of course, being the worlds greatest designer (my tongue is firmly in my cheek when saying this!) I would rather do my own!

The upsell is $47, but I don’t see the value for graphics that are no more than average in design. Maybe you will see the beauty in them, see for yourself FreeMarketingGraphics.com