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Just another scammer!

by BrainCopy
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These are the words that came straight out of my god fathers mouth in his office today.

He's a contractor for parking lot maintenance. I go over there everyday after class (still in college) just to go bug him. I couldn't stop laughing once I found out exactly who called him... It was, you guessed it an SEO Consultant specializing in article marketing campaigns.

I just had to write this up for you guys.

Do not call yourselves "video marketers" or "Article Marketers"
it just sounds cheap... You are a media distribution company or a publishing company.

Sound like your business is worth something over the phone or email whatever.

Read alot of frank kern's stuff. He talks about this. same thing applies to an ebook... it's not an ebook, it's a digital report or downloadable diagram or what ever.

If a picture is worth a thousands words, than what kind of picture does your business paint?
#scammer
  • Profile picture of the author gecko1
    Anthony,

    Great positioning on wording! More and more I find that it's how you present yourself that makes the difference, it's not what you do, it's how you do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Z
    That's a great point Anthony. Too many people use marketing terms that those of us who understand marketing know, but offline clients don't know.

    It's very important to know your audience and always speak to your audience.
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  • Profile picture of the author MichaelHiles
    There exists a HORRIBLE perception in the general business market for internet marketing in general.
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    • Profile picture of the author BrainCopy
      Originally Posted by MichaelHiles View Post

      There exists a HORRIBLE perception in the general business market for internet marketing in general.
      Great point, but you cant really blame us though. It was the evolution of what i call the AOL days LOL, nothing but scams and spam... oh lovely inter-web
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  • Profile picture of the author Warrior Ben
    Great post Anthony!

    When I first started offline marketing I tried selling basic SEO services and quickly realized there are so many other fly-by-night companies out there that I moved onto selling other things. Many business owners have a bad taste in their mouth from people not delivering what was promised in the past. Probably the same people who refer to themselves as "article marketers".

    -Ben
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