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How do you feel?

by DoubleOhDave
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when you buy a WSO and the material is old - something you had bought 6 months ago and is being rehashed? i am NOT bashing any WSO - I have bought several relevant and very good WSOs recently (In fact the quality has leap-frogged recently in my opinion) - but I was wondering if I am the only one annoyed by ones of yesteryear and that thinks they shouldn't be sold any more?
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    I don't buy WSO's anymore but when I did buy the 2 it was information that I had already been exposed to for free with fancy copywriting and graphics to over hype simple stuff. When you say old do you mean the information outdated? If its good marketing concepts the information should be timeless. I have found better content on here for free then in many courses I have bought.
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  • Profile picture of the author AbrahamGuzman
    When i cant afford to buy a product mainly becuase it is too costly I wait for when they lower it so I can buy it. I love when people resell there old content it just fills you with more information and who doesn't want that
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  • Profile picture of the author WebPen
    I know whatcha mean, Dave. I've bought several WSOs that within 5 minutes of reading it I was like "man... this is some old, rehashed stuff."

    But you know what? It's my fault for buying it in the first place.

    At least I've learned not to ask for a refund just because I don't like the product. I've learned it's one thing if you don't like the WSO. It's another thing if it just doesn't even say/do what the salespage claimed.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaaa33030
    Buying rehashed wso is like using spun content.

    I would prefer unique freshly created wsos
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  • Profile picture of the author Joe Benjamin
    Originally Posted by DoubleOhDave View Post

    when you buy a WSO and the material is old - something you had bought 6 months ago and is being rehashed? i am NOT bashing any WSO - I have bought several relevant and very good WSOs recently (In fact the quality has leap-frogged recently in my opinion) - but I was wondering if I am the only one annoyed by ones of yesteryear and that thinks they shouldn't be sold any more?
    Perhaps the bigger question is this:

    Is there a lesson to be learned from buying WSO's with
    rehashed material?

    Say for example Joe Schmo purchased 2 or more WSO's
    talking about the same thing with different wording and
    a different perspective -- what does that say tell Joe?

    ...it tells him that *maybe*...just *maybe*...If he took
    action on the multiple WSO's revealing a similar method
    he *too* would see success.

    You see there are two ways you can skin a cat...

    you can botch the job, or cut it clean.

    When I'm looking for a new system or business model I
    purposely *look* to see if it's been repeated and done
    before.

    ...I look for similar material *on purpose*.

    I'm not a big fan of trying to re-invent the wheel or be
    an inventor. I'm a businessman. I'd assume Joe Schmo
    was one, too.

    If what Joe is looking for is a *fresh* way of making a
    profitable business as a *beginner* he's swimming up-
    stream.

    The *smart* thing for MOST entrepreneurs to do, esp-
    ecially when starting out, is to focus on what already
    works and forget the one-hit wonders.

    My biggest success came from what Joe Schmo would
    call *tired*, *played out*, *been there done that*...

    but it consistently makes money. It's proven. And, until
    it's proven NOT to work I'll move on to other proven me
    -thods.

    ...that's how *I* feel about it anyway.
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    • Profile picture of the author DoubleOhDave
      Originally Posted by WhoIsBenjamin View Post

      Perhaps the bigger question is this:

      Is there a lesson to be learned from buying WSO's with
      rehashed material?

      Say for example Joe Schmo purchased 2 or more WSO's
      talking about the same thing with different wording and
      a different perspective -- what does that say tell Joe?

      ...it tells him that *maybe*...just *maybe*...If he took
      action on the multiple WSO's revealing a similar method
      he *too* would see success.

      You see there are two ways you can skin a cat...

      you can botch the job, or cut it clean.

      When I'm looking for a new system or business model I
      purposely *look* to see if it's been repeated and done
      before.

      ...I look for similar material *on purpose*.

      I'm not a big fan of trying to re-invent the wheel or be
      an inventor. I'm a businessman. I'd assume Joe Schmo
      was one, too.

      If what Joe is looking for is a *fresh* way of making a
      profitable business as a *beginner* he's swimming up-
      stream.

      The *smart* thing for MOST entrepreneurs to do, esp-
      ecially when starting out, is to focus on what already
      works and forget the one-hit wonders.

      My biggest success came from what Joe Schmo would
      call *tired*, *played out*, *been there done that*...

      but it consistently makes money. It's proven. And, until
      it's proven NOT to work I'll move on to other proven me
      -thods.

      ...that's how *I* feel about it anyway.
      Sir, you have an excellent point! If it weren't for the fact that the people running the WSOs weren't selling them as fresh ideas. Otherwise I would whole-heartedly agree with you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    I don't buy them; but I imagine it'd be like going from this:



    To this:

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  • Profile picture of the author Premier Plugins
    Originally Posted by DoubleOhDave View Post

    when you buy a WSO and the material is old - something you had bought 6 months ago and is being rehashed? i am NOT bashing any WSO - I have bought several relevant and very good WSOs recently (In fact the quality has leap-frogged recently in my opinion) - but I was wondering if I am the only one annoyed by ones of yesteryear and that thinks they shouldn't be sold any more?
    The problem is, as has been stated many times here at Warrior Forum, that the WSO section sells advertising space only. They do no moderation of the products. If I understand the WSO section correctly, this is a problem that is here to stay for some time.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      The problem is, as has been stated many times here at Warrior Forum, that the WSO section sells advertising space only. They do no moderation of the products. If I understand the WSO section correctly, this is a problem that is here to stay for some time.
      We don't delete products from the WSO section simply because they teach things others have taught. That would be like a book store only offering one textbook on each subject.

      I have read hundreds of books on what are essentially epistemology and psychology over the years. After the first four or five, you're bound to see repetitive information. What you're looking for is the nuggets of new stuff, or the different perspectives that allow you a deeper understanding of the topic.

      A lot of people seem to be unclear on that concept. They expect that mature fields like email marketing or copywriting will be subject to frequent, revolutionary changes, when the real work is generally in smaller, evolutionary steps.

      Techniques are transient. The basics rarely change.


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      • Profile picture of the author DoubleOhDave
        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        We don't delete products from the WSO section simply because they teach things others have taught. That would be like a book store only offering one textbook on each subject.

        I have read hundreds of books on what are essentially epistemology and psychology over the years. After the first four or five, you're bound to see repetitive information. What you're looking for is the nuggets of new stuff, or the different perspectives that allow you a deeper understanding of the topic.

        A lot of people seem to be unclear on that concept. They expect that mature fields like email marketing or copywriting will be subject to frequent, revolutionary changes, when the real work is generally in smaller, evolutionary steps.

        Techniques are transient. The basics rarely change.


        Paul
        Paul - I have to admit, I never thought of it that way! And I have to say I do agree with you. I just think there should be some kind of ratification system - to use your analogy - it is always possible in a bookshop to check the publication date of a book - and in the "new titles" shelves it would be bad form to have "The Time Machine" etc....

        but yes, you have made probably the best case yet for older WSOs
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        • Profile picture of the author DoubleOhDave
          Just checked out your mindmap Paul - "Published April 30th 2011 - updated January 2, 2012"

          Now THAT's what I am talking about!!!!! Everything should be like that!

          (OK - I know it isn't in real life.... just sayin...) LOL
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          • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
            Dave,
            Just checked out your mindmap Paul - "Published April 30th 2011 - updated January 2, 2012"

            Now THAT's what I am talking about!!!!! Everything should be like that!
            Well, some things. Stuff that changes often, like a dynamic forum. Other things, if they're understood to be evergreen, may not need changing or updating.

            The perennial example in the sales space is "Scientific Advertising." Written in 1923, it is still among the few books that are recommended by nearly every serious marketing trainer. Does it really need to be "updated," or does the fact that it's stood the test of time for almost 90 years, in one of the most competitive and rapidly changing fields in the world, say more about it than 100 pages of fancy sales copy might?


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