20/20 TV Show Friday - Work at Home Scams and Affiliate Marketing

Jeff Hope · 03-04-2009, 02:16 PM

From 5 Star Affiliate Program blog, FYI:

20/20 TV Show - Work at Home Scams and Affiliate Marketing - 5 Star Affiliate Blogs

Jack Duncan · 03-04-2009, 02:28 PM

That should be interesting...wonder who will have their site featured on the tube...?

Cheers,
Jack

Brad Gosse · 03-04-2009, 02:39 PM

Wow I am definitely going to watch that

carolwingert · 03-04-2009, 02:45 PM

Interesting to say the least. I am always curious as to how these people get away with the scams.

Do they "attract" folks that "just don't think"?

We have a friend who just started in a "mlm" type of business, and I would not touch it for anything!

She was so "excited" when she bought into it, but she is having problems with trying to find others to join.

The reason I WILL NOT join....why would you pay $400+ to shop to get rebates????
I've checked out the sites they have, and if you do your homework(doesn't take long), you really aren't saving that much. Let alone getting your $400 back!

I am a skeptic, I guess.

Teresa Coppes · 03-04-2009, 02:50 PM

Apparently Dr Phil did a show not to long ago on work at home scams and it didn't do any good. I still get people asking me daily about this program they saw on there or this one and even if I do direct them to a legit site they still scream scam. It gets very frustrating but the messages of thanks do make it worthwhile.

5starAffiliatePrograms · 03-04-2009, 02:52 PM

Thanks Jeff for linking to my blog to let everyone know about this. I hope on the show they use some of the information Rebecca gave them to distinguish between those scams and the legitimate affiliate marketing industry. It's scams like this and the fake Obama Stimulus grant scams the FTC is starting to crack down on and warn consumers about that give our industry a black eye.

Chris Lockwood · 03-04-2009, 03:35 PM

I would expect any network coverage of this subject to be clueless. The reporters are employees and don't know much about business.

If something is really a scam, they can probably do a decent job of covering that- but they will tend toward labeling anything a scam.

rpaolucci · 03-04-2009, 04:51 PM

Jeff

Thanks for the information. I will definitely watch it. It should be interesting.

Rich

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carolwingert Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Connellsville, PA Posts: 80 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Social Networking	Re: 20/20 TV Show Friday - Work at Home Scams and Affiliate Marketing Interesting to say the least. I am always curious as to how these people get away with the scams. Do they "attract" folks that "just don't think"? We have a friend who just started in a "mlm" type of business, and I would not touch it for anything! She was so "excited" when she bought into it, but she is having problems with trying to find others to join. The reason I WILL NOT join....why would you pay $400+ to shop to get rebates???? I've checked out the sites they have, and if you do your homework(doesn't take long), you really aren't saving that much. Let alone getting your $400 back! I am a skeptic, I guess.
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Teresa Coppes HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 260 Thanks: 92 Thanked 60 Times in 50 Posts Social Networking	Re: 20/20 TV Show Friday - Work at Home Scams and Affiliate Marketing Apparently Dr Phil did a show not to long ago on work at home scams and it didn't do any good. I still get people asking me daily about this program they saw on there or this one and even if I do direct them to a legit site they still scream scam. It gets very frustrating but the messages of thanks do make it worthwhile.

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5starAffiliatePrograms Affiliate Advocate War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 552 Thanks: 32 Thanked 86 Times in 47 Posts Social Networking	Re: 20/20 TV Show Friday - Work at Home Scams and Affiliate Marketing Thanks Jeff for linking to my blog to let everyone know about this. I hope on the show they use some of the information Rebecca gave them to distinguish between those scams and the legitimate affiliate marketing industry. It's scams like this and the fake Obama Stimulus grant scams the FTC is starting to crack down on and warn consumers about that give our industry a black eye.
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rpaolucci Warrior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 20/20 TV Show Friday - Work at Home Scams and Affiliate Marketing Jeff Thanks for the information. I will definitely watch it. It should be interesting. Rich