How I made $750 for one hour's work and here's the secret

So true. Headlines sell hope. It's very rare that you see a headline isn't somehow hyped up. Depends on the product though.

The problem is that these idiots have been trained to do this by the industry itself.

Its all wash and repeat, no creativity or empathy.

It's the same stuff all over again.

I always wondered about those guru claims of XXXX per day. Anyone can make huge amounts of money if you spend enough on Adwords. Most sales letters always seem to leave out a simple phrase..."net" profit.

(dee... did you get my PM??)

Dee.... thanks for your post.

I really hate those people who post topics with such headlines! I personally think you cannot make alot of money without putting so much efforts and work hard on it...

I think it would better to say "I made $750 within an hour, but it was a real challenge and not easy at all!"

Wassim

BTW, why do you have the same photo on all your products/sites?
I like it much, but don't you think you should have different photos on each product? Just unsure.. what do you think?

Good luck

Very amusing! I'm going to look into becoming a professional writer for hard copy publications, I would gladly work for a few hours to make $750... You are absolutely right in regard to those spammy headlines, people would get more traffic if they toned down their titles a bit.. The natural pitch is the easiest one to convert...

Agreed, natural would be easier to convert, the trick is getting them to click the title with the hook!

Tricky game but if you could find the right balance you'd be a....well.....a.....Guru.

Did I just say that?

I got around a dozen emails with this headline recently: "61,041 dollars in 24 hours with Free Traffic?"

I opened the first email thinking that this was going to be awesome. Oh, 6 easy payments of $249. Or a one-time $1249. And there were "upgrades".

Now I'm not saying the product sucks, because it's from a well-known marketer and I know the product kicks ass, but I wish the headline was "Expensive coaching will teach you everything there is to know about free traffic generation" or something like that.

I love this place..

But.... there is also a lot of BS..Big Time.. (WSO)

Deceiving headlines..... I know the feeling....

Indeed... I know one example; a pro blogger is selling a course w. a high prize tag to teach you his "secrets"... Follow that advice, and be prepared for a loooong wait until you (maybe) see any results.

Hey Dee,

I agree with you 110%...

The problem is that most of these "gurus" DO NOT base their headlines nor salescopy on the actual product but they DO base it on "what the market wants to hear", which is usually the opposite of what they are selling...

MY BIGGEST BEEF...

The headlines IMPLY that you can make money "even if you are a lazy bum" and then these "gurus" will say things like "no one makes it in this industry because they don't TAKE ACTION or SPEND THE TIME"...

EVEN THOUGH THATS EXACTLY WHAT THEY IMPLY IN THEIR SALESLETTERS!

Its not that people are lazy, but they have kids, are busy and are short for time and they blow $1-5k on a course that requires a huge amount of 2 things they were promised NOT to need...

A Huge Amount OF TIME & MONEY!

Yes I know people should expect to spend time & money but when you have a "Master Copywriter" hitting your mental triggers making you believe you can do it with "No Money & 1 Hour"... Its Not Your Fault

And this ruins the way we are all perceived by "normal people" and why we all get that "look" from our family members when we tell them what we do for a living!

And the worst part is when I actually have a "Huge Promise" (that I CAN deliver on) I CAN NOT state that because then I just look like one of these dudes with "crap in a box" and a "great copywriter"!

"unrepresentative headlines" -A company advertised penis enlargement pills- "add TWO inches to your penis" they said.......
That is ridiculous I thought..............who wants to be 14 inches anyway.

I totally agree with you. I am tired of these misleading headlines that suck others in.

Hi, thank you for that wonderful post of yours. I am highly motivated because of your write up. That is to say you were down to earth, factual to your statements i always appreciate to work with people like you.

May the good Lord continue to empower you the more.
Once more i say thank you.

I thought this what marketing is about? How many people are selling Clickbank products just because they are popular but don't know anything about the product itself. Unless you actually buy the product and try it yourself you would not know if it works but you are still trying to sell it. No different in my opinion to trying to sell a get rich quick scheme.

Nothing can be truer than the spot you hit on. If webmaster's can only learn to balance their headlines...there is a cardinal principle that cannot be despised "it is the mustard seed that grows to become the oak tree"

stepintowealth

How long did it take you to make that much money? Was this made over time or within a day or two?

The reason people mention figures is that is what gets people to click on it. Most of these people aren't educated enough to try to parse what the ads say. I would say it's a failure on the part of the schools, but I also think that advertisers purposefully mislead which should probably be illegal (e.g. an ad for commodity trading saying "Make $12 million dollars... INSTANTLY!" when it turns out that Exxon made 12 million dollars net profit using a similar technique, after paying out several hundred million for hedging.)

I personally like realism better. I'd be much more inclined to get a product that said you'll make .25 cents a day with the blog at end of first month, .35 a day 2nd month and by month six 1.00 a day . I think people drop out of memberships after a few months due to the promises made that no one is realizing.

Debbie