I think I have just entered the Twilight Zone HERE :(

Welcome to the real world. Always do your own research.

Although that wasn't the real point of the post, it was what most people jumped on.

I actually read the thread. What didn't make sense to me was the fact that he was using grey hat forum tactics to shill posts so readers can see. This doesn't make any sense as the post was about passive income. To me, it's a lot easier to just build quality backlinks and authority.

The method he used was quite simple: build an ultra thin blog style site (roughly 6 pages) with 1 page being his product promotion page/product mention and build the site using what I'd say are grey hat tactics until it becomes an authority. Fine I get that but to me it's just too shady and would never last. What I didn't understand was why he would waste the time to create links in a sort of grey hat way when it's a heck of a lot easier to build quality white hat links and engagement that actually work and would be built to last.

Also, to drive traffic through made up accounts on forums doesn't make sense to me. He mentioned direct marketing which can be done in a white hat way with paid ads. It's easier to build white hat links and also paid ads.

Personally, the concept wasn't bad but his direct marketing tactics were way below standard. You can build a semi passive income using paid ads. Why use tactics that will eventually fall off when you can use real engagement and quality link building strategies.

There is always something to learn from everyone though, whether it's what to do or what not to do. This isn't a defense but how many people on here back in the day built crap links? When I ran my promotion company, we used to drop flyers on people's MySpace pages all the time haha. Did I mention I did very well in that market. Would I do it these days? No, definitely not!

I could never understand why people want to try and take what they believe to be the "easy" way out of doing things. I also don't understand how a person can be so morally skewed that they have absolutely no guilt over some of the scams they pull on the Internet.

The one that really gets me is the scum that sell solo ads and then use bots or safelists or some other form of junk traffic to fulfill the order. Isn't it easier just to do it the right way then to constantly keep having to change your identity, open new accounts everywhere, fight with people, etc?

Another thing I've been noticing is that people can't wait to turn around and create a product about something they just learned. It's like their one and only goal for educating themselves is so they can find something new to create a product about it and sell it to others. Why don't they just use what they've learned instead? Oh, I forgot... Most of the time what they learned didn't work for them so the only way they can make some money forom it is to bottle it up and sell it. Pathetic.

I was never one for tons of rules and regulatory agencies but I have to say I think the IM industry is in serious need of some policing. There are lots of people who are just absolutely out of control lately.

What I don't understand, is why someone who's found
a dubious way of earning money online,
would want to start telling everyone about it in forums.
Most sane people would keep it to themselves.

Unless of course the real money is in the selling
of an idea that doesn't work to anyone gullible enough to fall for it.

This is obviously a problem. What is your solution to fix it?

Fake stuffs aren't long term . And nobody will buy a product from a person that talks about fakery. Good advice , bro.

Welcome to Digitalpoint.

I've watched several people try this on WF over the years. Shills for their shills.

I've never seen it end well for them.

Your ability to dupe people depends on the people you are targeting. I've seen "seasoned" members swallow the whole hook line and sinker. If you go around with your eyes closed, you are going to bump into things.

Absolutely not! It's not my day to babysit for people who will get scammed no matter what "regulations" exist. I'm not going to be punished for other people's stupidity.

BOTTOM LINE: Open your fu*king eyes!

One thing that has been learnt by this thread is that before the thread would have been nuked ASAP but now they (Mods) just have a look every 20 odd mins maybe before they take action so more idiots want to know the how.

There was a Warrior a few years ago who had 3 accounts to boost his thread cred and did not end well
Jason

"Make money online" is pretty much 99% scammers and always has been.

In the WSO section you will see people selling WSO's on "how to make a WSO in one hour" that themselves were made in one hour. The short version is "find content somewhere else and paraphrase it into your own WSO and viola".

Lol wait are you surprised? 45% of the WSOs and posts here are of people pretending to use a method successfully, so they can dupe others out of their hard earned money. Really?

What I can say is, be diligent enough to see through someone's offer if it's "too good to be true." Some people will go through things just to trick other people and make them believe that what they offer is the easiest way to earn money.