If you could change one thing about IM, what would it be?

The sheer amount of low quality products people are pushing just to make a quick buck.

I know this is pie in the sky stuff but If I could change anything about IM I would eliminate all the IM products that are misleading and promise you thousands of dollars almost overnight with little or no work on your part. This would make it a lot easier to find decent products to help you build your business without being skeptical about every offer you come across.

Interesting question, I guess I would change the way content that generates results (sales) is organized and get rid of all the fakes through a different method of validation for IMs.

Ban the whingers.

Yep ~ eliminate the human trash/spammers/skamz et all. I have a rancid loathing for frauds.

I would restrict all text to maximum 12pt font size.
I would ban the use of red text.
I would ban the use of exclamation marks..
All money would have to flow into my account etc

Good question Ttrain... It would probably have to be to eliminate people who have never actually made money online from selling/teaching others how to 'make money online'. In any other field it would be an insane notion and it's diluting the field for those of us who are trying to really put out top notch stuff for others to truly benefit from.

I would ban the way things get repeated time after time. Especially on forums, if I need something, I'll search the forum for it, there's usually another thread related to what I need to know with the answers. I see many of the same questions being made in threads when the answers are all over the forum.

I know this is kind of unrelated, but I'm talking about people repeating questions in the IM niche so I suppose it's related on some level..

I would also make it compulsory that every product offers quality, truth and legitimacy. Too many phony products out there.

I know you can make money on line, but Marketers always make it sound too good to be true. I guess that's part of their job. So it's up to you to believe it or not
Lexilou

Ban all the self acclaimed Internet Gurus who show six figure checks and never how much tax they paid. I still wonder why IRS has never knocked at their doors and asked them to pay tax on what they claim they have made on the internet.

Calendar. I'd change it back to 1998 or something like that :-)

Ban OTO it's straight up foolishness! It's pointless, valueless, and it's all about that marketer's greed that they cleverly try to disguise and justify for not leaving money on the table. A marketer can be just as successful providing upfront options like what many membership sites offer like basic, silver, gold membership for example with a description of what each service level can obtain. The whole secret special one time offer 99.9% of the time is a boldface lie because you can grab or access that offer repeatedly, so you start off the bat by insulting the consumers intelligence. You then shame the consumer into being a loser with the "No Thanks...I'll struggle trying to make this product work...take me to the base product" nonsense. And finally, surprise, surprise the OTO is now magically and upgrade on the membership site. Really!!? I say get rid of this ridiculous sales tactic that is clearly designed to bleed more money out of the consumer rather than provide detailed options upfront or price appropriately for a comprehensive single sale. It's no wonder why the FTC and other government entities try to intervene and interject policy where they really have no business...because of insipid sales tactics that the IM industry seemingly loves to support.

To me, giving quality that's actually helpful and worthwhile is everything, especially when it comes to teaching people the ropes. I want to touch millions and help them, not exploit them.

What I'd like to see is for greedy people, who are lazy about product creation, to put in some effort. And I want these same people to stop stealing content and at least rewrite and recombine it in their own way, with their own spice. I'd say that's a reasonable request.

Allen

I cold someone invent a filter to sift out all the garbage out there !!
It's taking all your time and $$$

To the OP: Just wondering, what does this question have to do with making money online?

Please define exactly what is "Internet Marketing". I mean I know what the "Internet" is. And I know what "Marketing" is. But the definition of "Internet Marketing" is so skewed by todays culture, I don't think anyone knows what it is.

And because of that "Internet Marketing" has become the new buzz word for MLMing, affiliate promotions, make money online, home based business, SEO, promoting and selling. But is that really what it has become?

Because if so, then "Internet Marketing" has settled to be nothing more than a virtual stroll down a carnivals midway.

Which is why so many of you have this feeling that all's not right in IM land.

I like the way you think dude... I wouldn't change much right now. Google Panda is on top of all the garbage on the internet... at least I think.. Just going to focus on creating great content for my viewers..

Oh... Wait... I would make Aweber allow me to combine lists.. I have 2 lists that I send the same thing to.. I know they can press a button and combine my list but if you know aweber, then you know how they are.. SHEESH..

Tim Ferris was genius for that move though.. Most people would have been worried about being called a cheater; but how are you cheating if you played by the rules... Genius..

Stop the "Stop Online Privacy Act" for good!

The FRAUD!!! I HATE THE FRAUD!

If you don't understand English grammar, then don't create sites in English.

Stick to your own language or pay someone to write content for you.

If I could change one thing about IM it would be. To get rid of scammers and cheats rhat are in Internet Marketing. Giving us Internet Marketers a bad name. I know I said only one thing. Here is a couple more. The next I would change is information overload. The last thing I would change is Too many hyped up products that deliver nothing of value.

Fake testimonials and fake proofs of income.

I would get rid of all the competition on the internet.

Time to take over.

Force big name Gurus to have a hit rate of at least 30% ! So if they sell their course/sh*t to 100 people they have to get at least 30 people making money from their MAKE $***,*** in a month ! stuff

I would rid the world of the - Do nothing, spend nothing, click nothing and make money sites.

Or pretty much any pyramid scheme/ponzi scam crap.

Although I can come up with some things if I think about it, I wouldn't list anything, because to me, this is exactly what the government is trying to do---control what is on the internet.

Who would decide? And there would always be exceptions. So, I would just say if I could change anything right now, it would just be me that I could do a better job at providing quality and service so that people appreciate and use what I'm providing and spread the word.

Word of mouth is probably still the best promotion for any business--online or offline.

:-)

i would like people to be more professional and stop spamming

Fewer 'almost duplicate' products and spammers.

Do you know who, "David Ogilvy" is? He is my personal GURU of marketing.