WARNING ABOUT - Free Facebook ads - Product

LOL - that just happened in my post too.

Jermaine brings up a good point. That is exactly how the get google ads free system worked (or should I say failed to work). I fell for that one, and that's the main reason I blew off "get facebook ads free" when I started getting all the emails about it. i thought they sounded alike and now that has been confirmed.
IM products do run in cycles and come back from the grave with a new name.

Apparently that one has been removed. I suspect it is because a number of posts were bashing some of the goobers that promoted it, and calling them by name.

Also a few people had angry words for the product's creator, who chimed in, asking one of his complaining buyers "Are you stupid?" He dug himself a deeper hole, and it's too bad the post isn't there so people can see his gracious response to complainers. I think it might have helped people make an informed choice about whether to buy from him in the future.

I'm embarrassed to say I fell for it, but the reason was that the first person who promoted it to me is a very well respected, well known Warrior, and I thought his endorsement meant something-in fact, at first I thought it was his product. I am sending him a strongly worded email explaining why he won't be earning any more affiliate commissions from my purchases, and why I'll be unsubscribing from his list, after giving him a chance to apologize.

There are unfortunately many totally dishonestly promoted products, but this has to rank as one of the worst. The basic promise that's at the core of the marketing message is a complete fabrication-a classic case of bait and switch marketing.

The product itself wouldn't be that bad, if not for the lie used to sell it; some decent videos on list building using facebook, combined with software that generates fan pages (although many pointed out that unless they change the software, it won't work anymore in a few days, as facebook is no longer going to use FBML).

Had it been marketed as a list building system using the power of FB, complete with a fanpage generator, they could have done will with it, and not made enemies of half their audience. Maybe they would have made fewer bucks up front, but how much is it going to cost them to alienate huge chunks of their audience?

It's so obviously unethical to tell people they'll be able to get FB ads free because of some secret, and a little magic line of code enabling them to make $300 a day the same day is a lie that could hurt many people who need the money before they could possibly make it with the method. It definitely will not create the overnight cash infusion they promised, and could even lose you money-there's no guarantee that after you pay for your ads, enough people will take your CPA offer to let you come out even.

I wish we could call people out by name when they do unethical marketing, but it's not my forum, and I can understand mods not wanting to moderate flame wars all day. Still, it's frustrating sometimes when you know that someone deserves to take a big hit to their reputation, to not be able to give it to them in the world's largest IM forum. Sigh...

I'd just like to recommend everyone unsubscribe to anyone who sent you a promotion of this product. But don't just unsubscribe-let them know in no uncertain terms why you are doing so, and what you think of someone who would use dishonest tactics just to make a commission.

(That idea is not from me; a few people in the original thread made the suggestion, and a couple even kindly supplied a nice template to make it easy-but I'm too lazy at the moment-so you'll have to write your own scathing letter-good luck).

Cheers, Greg (aka-"the sucker")













It takes some people weeks just to get accepted into a CPA network, and even then the cost of the ads is offset only if your conversions are good. It's like saying you can get a Pizza Hut franchise free using an insider secret...and the secret is you need to do well with the franchise so you make a profit-offsetting the cost you pay upfront.

Actually, if you do a Google search on the product name, the members area link appears in the search results, not what I would describe as b.l.a.c.k.h.a.t.

Chris

Its useless to argue with WF or the mods -- lets not go there.

If folks could control themselves and not name and bash people it wouldn't happen. That's basically rule #1 in this forum. Mods are volunteer their time so I don't blame them that instead of digging through 180 posts to try and clean it up it's just easier to trash the whole damn thing.

If thread stays on task as a review of the product (the good, the bad, and the super ugly) maybe it will survive.

But anyone who buys something claiming that you get Facebook ads or Google ads or whatever for free needs to have their common sense re-booted and stop buying into the BS.

WF knows which side its bread is buttered. Can't be ticking off the ones with the butter, ya know what I'm sayin'?

The product is no longer for sale, but it is still listed in CB marketplace.

I expected there to be some sort of twist too, but come on-use CPA offers to make the upfront investment back, and then sell them an affiliate offer? That's so mundane it doesn't qualify as a "twist", let alone justify the "free ads" claim. It clearly doesn't connect to the obviously misleading "secret little line of code", or the insider conversation with the Facebook employee.

Nor does it square with making hundreds in profits within hours, since approval to a CPA network can take weeks, and getting paid can take over a month. Nor does it square with the idea that you can cash in fast and big since you won't have to worry about an ad budget-you still have to pay before the huge profits come in-assuming your CPA and affiliate ads are all big successes-which they would have to be for the "free ads" idea to work.

If this cynical logic prevails (that only Santa believers would have believed my claim, therefore it doesn't have to be literally true) any moneymaking venture could use the "free" appeal with impunity, since obviously nobody can believe it, and since they are all meant to make you a profit after costs are covered-no matter how large the upfront investment, it fits the new "figurative" definition of "free". Orwell would be impressed.

There is a way to get Facebook ads for free..