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Did I violate the rules?

by wellymulia
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Hey Warriors,

I posted a thread yesterday about looking for 15 people to review my training program at no charge in exchange for testimonials if they like the training program. But the thread was deleted soon after.

I looked in the forum rules but couldn't find anything that prohibits this kind of activity.

I did, however, linked to the sales page for my training program within the thread to let people know what the training program is about.

Maybe it's because of this that my thread was deleted?

Or maybe you just can't put up a thread asking people to review your product?

Why do you think my thread was deleted? Did I violate any rules? Any input is appreciated?

Thanks!
Welly
#rules #violate
  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    You are on the right way to get your post deleted again

    Secret Rule #1: do not ask in another thread why your thread was deleted
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    • Profile picture of the author Rod Cortez
      What Istvan wrote.....
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by wellymulia View Post

    review my training program at no charge in exchange for testimonials
    It's always been my impression that if you give someone something at no charge, their statement is actually a compensated endorsement - not a testimonial.

    And I think technically, this is probably WSO territory. You're still offering a product for consideration, it's just a testimonial instead of a cash payment.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
      Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

      It's always been my impression that if you give someone something at no charge, their statement is actually a compensated endorsement - not a testimonial.
      That would be the FTC's position as well, from what I can tell.

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      Posting your link was a mistake, but even if you didn't your thread may well have been deleted because of the behavior of others before you. Some have offered free training for feedback, only to hit them up with products they need to buy for the training. In other words, the free training was a ruse to sell them products.

      Not saying you'd do that, just sayin'...
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      • Profile picture of the author wellymulia
        Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

        You are on the right way to get your post deleted again

        Secret Rule #1: do not ask in another thread why your thread was deleted
        The only reason I asked why my thread was deleted was to learn from my mistake so that I don't repeat it in the future, not to protest that it was deleted.

        Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

        It's always been my impression that if you give someone something at no charge, their statement is actually a compensated endorsement - not a testimonial.

        And I think technically, this is probably WSO territory. You're still offering a product for consideration, it's just a testimonial instead of a cash payment.
        Thanks for your thoughts.

        Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

        That would be the FTC's position as well, from what I can tell.

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        Posting your link was a mistake, but even if you didn't your thread may well have been deleted because of the behavior of others before you. Some have offered free training for feedback, only to hit them up with products they need to buy for the training. In other words, the free training was a ruse to sell them products.

        Not saying you'd do that, just sayin'...
        Thanks also for your opinion on this.

        Best!
        Welly
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  • Profile picture of the author Lynette Crase
    This post might help to clarify thing for you
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-requests.html
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