I Bet The FTC Smokes The ‘Posting Links On Google’ Facebookers

A few weeks ago I posted about posting links on Google. I was pretty curious about what the program was, so I bought it to try it out. It only cost $1 to try, and I try a lot of programs so I thought what the heck.

The program that you’re actually buying is Joel Comm’s My Internet Payday. Being an experienced marketer I can tell you that the program isn’t terrible, but I’ve seen better.

*Update – it appears that this scheme is also being used to sell other programs that are similar in nature. There’s no way for me to know if this offer will end up trying to sell you My Internet Payday or not because I’m not going to buy it again, but the landing page I followed had the same copy.

The program costs $78 per month, and you’re given access to a small piece of the program each week and it takes 13 weeks to be shown the full program. That means you’re going to have to pay four times to get the entire program, so it’s going to cost a little over $300 if you want the whole thing.

My problem with what’s going on isn’t the program itself. I think there are better deals on programs that teach with a lot more clarity, but a person could learn a thing or two if they bought it. The biggest problem is in the marketing of the program. Here’s a page that’s very typical of what’s going on to promote this product:

http://www.secantx.com/moneyblog/?t202kw=30

So some guy who is supposedly named Paul Steinbach (who is supposed to be from Provo – same town where I live [yeah right] is claiming to be making over $20,000 per month using this system. The funny thing is the the domain is privately registered so who knows who really owns it, and there is no Paul Steinbach who lives in Provo – at least there isn’t one listed on the phone book.

This is typical dishonorable marketing, intended to take money from newbies. They are going to act like they live in the same town as you, show you a picture of a person that’s about the same age as you, and act like they are in the same circumstances as you. Then they tell you how they were just like you and now drive a Lamborghini. They’re going to tell you some story about you can become Bill Gates as long as you have a sixth grade education.

Last week when I was in Arizona I clicked on one of the posting links on Google ads and sure enough, I got some guy in the Phoenix area about my same age telling me a similar story.

I bet you anything that the FTC will come down on this crap just like they came down on the Acai Berry Diet blogs. This is fraudulent marketing and people that are participating in this can get in huge trouble.

I’m not saying that Joel Comm will get busted or anything like that. The people marketing the product are the ones who are breaking the law.

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