We can see your dirty laundry...

We can see your dirty laundry when you fail at something you are promoting.

Example: A marketer gave webinar on being successful with an affiliate promotion. He carefully showed how the niche as selected, created the site, then showed how the money would flow. Forward ahead several months: The domain is there, the landing page is there, but the mailing list is dead and you can't sign up. Obviously that promo failed but is right there for all to see.

Wouldn't it be best to do something about these failures so that those researching your claims don't get discouraged or feel like you've been blowing smoke? I realize that most of the traffic will be from that niche and would not understand a disclaimer on that page.

Still, your video exists and people will find it, try to duplicate your steps, fall into the same niche or promote the very same product and only fail. After that you are the bad guy.

Too much is said about how to succeed, but very little is said on how to handle your failures. Everyone has them. Many put their toe in the water a little bit, get bit, then recoil never to try again. Losing money is never fun unless you love Las Vegas.

I feel sorry for those that blindly follow out of date or stale advise because they suddenly found it via YouTube or Search and think it's current. To them it's brand new while everyone else has moved on. ( wanna buy an Adsense course? )

THoughts?