Rant... how NOT to market to members of the Warrior Forum

I've listed my skype contact info on my Warrior Forum because I have made some great contacts here and believe in being accessible.

I'm also fairly partial to listening to people's marketing pitches because for no other reason, I am interested in how they're presenting themselves vs. what they're actually selling. I mean, nothing personal, but the reality is that I am not a prospect to actually buy much of anything related to IM, simply because I've been successful at it since the early 90s, and there isn't much that I haven't seen. But if you really want to market to me, then knock yourself out, I'll give you a listen and tell you straight up yea or nay, and that's it.

That being said, I am starting to really develop a fairly low tolerance for people who lurk on these forums like some seedy pimp in an L.A. bus station, hitting on youngsters, preying on their dreams, etc...

First of all, the way NOT got get accepted as a contact on Skype, or really any other social media site like Facebook, is to just put "WARRIOR FORUM" in your comment message when you request a contact.

So freaking what... WARRIOR FORUM... there's hundreds of thousands of members and lurkers of this site. Saying, "WARRIOR FORUM" isn't some secret passphrase that will gain you instant access to the VIP room. Big deal, you saw me on the Warrior Forum, why exactly do you want to make a connection?

I mean, can't you introduce yourself a little bit? Is there some compelling reason that you decided to reach out to me? Or am I just some random harvest that you think is going to net you some bigtime success?

Then, if for whatever reason that I decide to accept your contact request, don't immediately launch into some hardcore sales pitch as your first communication with me.

I literally had some idiot do just this... they requested a contact via Skype...

WARRIOR FORUM

Okay... whatever... I accepted the request in a benevolent moment.

No sooner did I accept the request, the person asks... "Are you an internet marketer"?

Uhhh... you obviously got my contact info from WARRIOR FORUM so yeah, it's a good bet... but hey, I'll play.

"I think we could have a partnership"

Mmmkay... not exactly sure why you think that, but I'm still listening....

"Are you familiar with my website? blah blah blah?"

Quick scan of the site... obviously an MLM retail ecommerce thing... not interested....

"You could promote it to your clients"

"Listen, my clients are in the services business and aren't retail candidates."

(That's my nice way of saying that if your ecommerce scheme was the last website on earth, I wouldn't risk my many years of hard earned reputation with my list for your schmucky product wrapped in your terrible approach that's a turn off at best.)

"Well, if you ever run across a retail customer that would want ecommerce we do PPC, SEO, web development, etc..."

"Okay thanks."

"Check out this other link of stuff we did...."

{click} ... up comes this terrible page of adsense links for an obviously shelved domain in a completely random consumer market...

"Okay thanks"

"You could make commissions by...."


{CLICK}

That was the sound of me blocking the contact.


Comeon. Quit trolling like bottom feeders.

I'm not one of those who complains about being marketed to... I'm a freaking marketer... it's all good!

But dayummm!!! Don't be a total herb when you do it.