IM Target - from Anik Singal

Where is the review? I would like to know what the pros think about this new system.

If anyone is familiar with IMLobby this seems to be an identical product, only the wordpress page layout has changed. The youtube videos used on IMTarget even say IMLobby on them.
This is a complete beginners program for someone interested in internet marketing but just crawled out from under a rock. It is extremely ground floor basic starting with what type of chair to sit in, external drives for back-up etc.

IMTarget (like all of Anik's products as well as many other IMers) has your initial cost which is discounted $10 if you back out the first time, this brings the program to $37.
The there are 3 upsells after they secure your $37 payment. $199, $177, and I think another $197 all which are discounted $100 each if you back out. I did not go for the upsells.
You then register your ID and password and are in the program. Anik is using a wordpress Karma theme template for the entire production of IMTarget. The entire IMTarget program which is entirely accessed through the webserver had no download to your computer and it is identical to IMLobby which was launched about a year ago, the only change is in the wordpress template used.

The initial task which is step 1 is to watch the into video where Anik welcoms you and that is just about the last you see of him. All other videos are done by his staff who unfortunately have a heavy indian accent and are at times hard to understand.

Step 2 has you imediately chosing a domain name using Anik's hosting which is Hostzilla (No choice here). This is a smart tacktic Anik uses to reel in extreme newbies to quickly buy a domain and use Hostzilla at a hidden cost to you when you need to pay for the domain name and hosting service. He gets newbies on this step early almost making it seem mandatory before they realize this step is not necessary and can be done at a later time with your own domain registar and hosting service of your choice.
The following steps are short YouTube videos with basic information explaining things like what are keywords, what is SEO, what is affiliate marketing, facebook etc, very basic. A great deal of information is all text.

The videos are horribly produced and I am so surprised this came from Anik's company. They are almost unable to be understood with the heavy indian accent and the audio recorded in what sounds like a bathroom, lots of echo.

I am dissapointed at this product as it seems to have been put together in no more that 2 days (No joke, when using wordpress it is very easy). Very poor quality with what just seems to be a trap to get you to purchase upsells and services. On the other hand Anik seems to spend most of his time, effort and money on the promo videos to sell the program. He is such a great motivator and clear speaker getting you to really believe this is finally the program that has it all. That is where Anik's efforts end and his staff of all Indian step in. Forgive me I an in no way racist but to me this reminds me of being transfered to an offshore customer support center when trying to get technical help for a product. I am sure many (from USA) have had that type of experience. I am sure this is not a problem to understand in India but I really feel Anik should be the one on the videos since he speaks perfect english or he at least should have got someone with clear english speaking abilities.

On the positive side it does have information which can be usefull to a complete extreme newbie with absolutly no idea about anything related to Internet Marketing.

On the downside, which is huge, I can only see that it can harm a newbie by not letting them find out how to do the processes on their own like how to see the many resorces for buying a domain name, hosting service, etc. This is part of learning the business that should be learned by discovery.

Anyone can get everything this program offers (seriously) by just using google, and it will be much more benificial to do it that way. Not to mention and FREE!

I would not recommend this product to anyone as I would tell them to just do the leg work themselvs and google what the need to find out, they will have so much more choices and information with different view points and ideas and the knowledge gained of how to go about the process.

Like I said I am dissapointed in the value of content and quality of IMTarget. I will be requesting a refund as it is of no value to me at all. I was really hoping Anik had something here that I could use, and I am not what I would call a experienced IMer at all, but it really does not have anything I can use.

I must say I am depressed over this now and am losing faith in just about all of these offered programs not only by Anik but just about by every so called guru that puts one of these out. There really is no silver bullet. It is all in your effort and persistance.

If there are any typo's please excuse them as I just wanted to quickly express my findings on this program.

Take care,
Haslow

2 points:

1. Link provided here is to my review hosted on VIMEO (not YOUTUBE)
2. NO affiliate link on my VIMEO review

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I got an email about this but it was really scammy-sounding. The email claimed Anik made $50 million in 10 years from affiliate marketing. No proof.

Thank you so much haslow for sharing your review of the product. This I think will help those that are thinking of buying the product make an informed decision. Well said.

thanks for the review haslow. Kinda funny he claims he is launching this to combat scammers and the product itself is based on more scam than most other wso's...

I was an affiliate for IM lobby. Had a high ranking video on youtube for IM lobby. Lots of signups but never made a dime from his affiliate program, ever which was cpa. His affiliate back office was such a joke. Can you imagine how he treated his customers. Could never figure out why. Clickbank dumped him and Clicksure didn't want anything to do with him. I really don't think he cares about customers or affiliates. He creates his own affiliate platforms so shaving and scrubbing is his mantra . IMO, he is the consummate scammer both for affiliates and customers, period.

I don't see how this is called a scam?

Honestly - the info and product is GREAT for IM newbies. I've had BRAND NEW IM'ers sign up for this under my affiliate link and they LOVE it

They get a site builder
They get to learn about profitable niches
They get to learn the BASICS of IM in both Video and PDF form

No this is not going to make you rich over night - HOWEVER it's going to give you a great foundation in IM.

Yes, of course Aniks' going to recommend you get his hosting recommendation - he gets affiliate payments when you sign up. He would not be a good marketer if he DIDNT.

I played with the site builder a bit - and guess what - it WORKED with my own hosting account.

I def recommend using your OWN site instead of the free sub-domains they offer. I also recommend re-writing/spinning your content so it's UNIQUE CONTENT - that will give you an edge over the people who do not.

But seriously, just because he's MARKETING to you - dont complain - LEARN from what he's doing and apply that to your own marketing

Seriously, this is a GREAT product for NEWBIES to IM - I give it 2 thumbs up and have no regrets putting my recommendation on it.

Hit me up via PM if you have any specific questions about the course or anything

Jeff Lenney

It seems to be quite similar to Above The Social Matrix from Bill McRea?

But IM Target seems to be newer.

I didn't buy IM Target, but I have bought his MWA2.0 and The Insider Club. I can't say anything about IM Target, but I was very disappointed with his MWA2.0 and The Insider Club. He had explained how to use email marketing, social marketing to drive traffic and make money expect to teach you exactly "how". You could say he is teaching concept instead of method, but those concept are easy to find from forums and other resources.

The last straw of making me unsubscribed from his list was all the emails I got from him was a promotion of another product. I almost got an promotion every 2 days.

How can people who are making money from teaching people how to make money have time to actually implement his method? When you see a marketer keeps launching IM product, how does he have time to actually upgrade his method and knowledge?

I started to watch the video but once he kept going on and on about all his supposed commissions and then had the b*lls to say this is a no hype zone... i tuned out.

I asked this question in another thread concerning this product, but wanted to also ask it here. Since this product basically creates identical websites for each person who bought Anik's product, I'm wondering how this will affect their affilate sales?

For instance, in the "Get Your Ex Back" niche, will everyone's automatically created website have the exact same content? If so, how does this affect one's Google rankings?

Many of the niches I saw in Anik's sales video were fairly well-known and are already pretty much saturated with would-be internet marketers. How can a "newbie" expect to make any money from these niches when more established IMs are already in those niches?

The competition in these niches are already pretty fierce. Again, how is a "newbie" going to even stand a chance?

In his movie I think he says 92,000 of his students made 40 million in one year. But thats about 434.00 each.....

Wow, well I have not visited this forum in awhile. Anyway, just a follow-up on my post and a few additional comments on few posts I read here.

It has been exactly 30 days since I had joined ImTarget and boy is it great!.......NOT. I stand by everything I had said in my earlier post. I did file for refund yesterday even though I had 30 more days to test it out. I wanted to really give the program a fair trial from my first review and sit in for the webinars. It was just not worth my time anymore to waste on this ImTarget.

I can see why Lenny has commented on this thread as a advocate for ImTarget since he hosts some of the webinars. The other host is a Indian guy Ribotan or Riboflavin something like that. The webinars are really just Lenny or the Ribo guy going through the program. I find this redundant because ImTarget members can do it themselves. What I find the webinars are is just a way to try to get a plug for something else to sell as there are always sales pitches for something different in each webinar. Ribo is the main guy, Lenny steps in once in awhile and Anik is nowhere to be found......Oh yeah, Anik did make a webinar to sell a different program a couple of weeks ago.

Referencing a post by James Campbell: "Upsells are for people who are customers ONLY and it is structured that way for a reason. There is nothing wrong with upsells/otos, nothing unethical about them, etc...
So many people wanting to get into marketing that seem to actually hate optimized sales techniques and marketing. Very strange."

As far as OTO's (one time offer) go: Upsells are fine James as long as there is some mention of them before you had paid so the buyer can make the decision if this is a program they want to get involved with. ImTarget has no mention of the "OTO's" which are NOT OTO's. Once inside as a member you can go to upgrades and get them there. The videos presented after you pay for the basic membership clearly state this is not available again it is only offered now and Anik tries to make you feel like your a idiot if you don't get the upsell. What BS that is. That is outright dishonest and trying to get desperate inexperienced people to buy the so called oto's.

Jeff Lenny, I feel you are not interested in anything other than lining your pockets with the green and wish you would really stay out of this forum. This is a area for uninformed people trying to get honest advice. You will sell anything you can get your hands on and I am not saying this is wrong, but this is not the place for you. Go play with the Hempower Network boys you so dearly support, that is your kind of home (very unethical). You are a very successful but I feel unethical IMer. Your advice for the newbies to go buy has one interest to you and that is your monetary gain. Maybe you are pissed because you got taken on a lot of worthless products when you first started or just plain don't give a rats ass, either way let the newbies have a place they can get real advice without the experienced hunters like you misleading them.

Anik, I am disappointed in you. I believe you have been consumed by the greed monster and dedicate your efforts creating marketing ideas, making fantastic sales promo videos, and convincing the viewers to buy. You are a great motivational presenter. Unfortunately your programs are of little or no value. I can say your last true effort was "Marketing with Anik2.0" which is outdated now and I can't believe you are still selling it and not supporting it. Should you involve yourself in the actual production and support of your programs maybe (and that is a big maybe) they might be better, but just outsourcing them to your staff to develop and support is wrong. We expect to be taught by you, but of course, you don't have time for that. You should not ask for anyone to contact you privately to discuss any matter, this is the forum and all should be witness to what transpires. Man-up Anik.

There is another thread on ImTarget worth a look. Here is the link:
http://www.warriorforum.com/internet...-so-happy.html


I was very reluctant to put this next part in but what the heck...

There are really only 2 kinds of IMers (Internet Marketers) affiliate marketers and non-affiliate marketers (coaching, web design, SEO servicer, etc). Some marketers are strictly affiliate (Jon Penberthy), others are strictly non-affiliate (Greg Morrison, Joe Reinbold), and a good majority are both (Jeff Lenny, Anik Singal, Mike Long).

Under the Affiliate marketer there are 2 classes: Ethical and unethical.

Class 1) The ethical affiliate marketer:

The ethical affiliate marketer will only provide honest advice and/or recommendations on what they have tried or truly believe has value derived from experience and/or research. They know the product they are promoting and have first hand knowledge of it's performance. Viewers judge their decision to purchase based on their findings and then in turn they are rewarded for their efforts in providing this information via affiliate commissions when a buyer purchases through their link.

Class 2) The unethical affiliate marketer:

The unethical affiliate marketer will sell top commission products or sometime anything just to make a buck. They will get fake testimonials, (which are easy to do through fiverr), speak glowingly of the product and try to convince you to buy. They will do everything in their power to try to get your money. They don't care about the product and many times have no idea what the product is about. Their main goal is to get your money and will say anything to get it.

The Non-affiliate marketer:

The Non-affiliate marketer is anyone who coaches, web designs, service provider etc. Now these too can be ethical or unethical but the unethical are not so common with the exception of internet marketing programs for sale (ImTarget) which the program inception almost always started with coaching.

In my experience every IM program I have come across has had more effort put into the promo and launch of the product with the actual product having little to no value. It seems everyone thinks they can give someone else a little advice (good or bad) and whala they are a coach! Then their next step is to package some software and sell it as the greatest program ever released to the public with never before know secrets.

Newbies, just stop buying that digital trash. There is no sure fire get rich quick way on the internet, it does not exist. Like everything in life you get out what you put in. If you keep looking for a quick cash way then that is all you will ever do. Stop it and get to work or settle for working for someone else. You need to learn the ropes and do things yourself. You will need to take the time to become familiar and comfortable and have self discipline and persistence. If you are not self disciplined and always need to have someone on your back telling you what to do then internet marketing is not for you. Don't feel bad, this is just not everyone's thing, just like I don't cut my own hair or do my own dentistry work.

Do you really think Anik Singal, Jeff Lenny and many others out there now selling programs on the internet on how to make money on the internet started with a program like they sell on how to make money on the internet? They state in many webinars, emails, post how they started the hard way and learned it all in the trenches, well yes that is the way it must be. Just stop buying these worthless programs that are letting you know what is possible but not teaching you how to really do it.

If you really want this to work but still need help and have been depressed by the garbage programs out there, you could try to get a coach but many times they are expensive and are not at your beckon call and it is a coin flip if your coach is good or bad. If you have a friend or family member that can join you in this quest you will be more likely to follow through.

Internet marketing needs to be something you really love and enjoy, that you don't mind spending 12 hours a day doing it. If it is something you love it will be something you want to do all the time. There is no working for 2 hours a week or even a day and relaxing in a hammock in Thailand the rest of the time. You will need to put work into it but it should be natural to you. If it is not and you think you are going to work an hour or two a day and that's it, well this is not the career for you. If it is something you love then you will find the joy of working for yourself and having no boss to answer to or going to brown nosing meetings and all of that corporate crap. Don't feel bad if you do not find your heart is in this business it is not the catch all business for everyone. It is a job just like all other jobs. The only drawback for beginners to this business is the misleading information that is on the internet about this business and the hunters who are looking for newbies to prey on to get your money promising you the short cut fast road if you pay them. There is no short cut, really there is not. You need to work long hours but if you love it, it will be a joy to you. Give it a try and see what happens but the work is also in finding the correct way to do things. I have struggled and am glad I did because I learned more form doing things myself that any program could teach. Struggle for a while, don't buy anything other than needs like a domain name, hosting, things like that, yes you will make mistakes, a stupid domain name, bad hosting plan but the experience you gained in performing the task is where the learning is. Next time you will do better. This Warrior forum is a great place to get information but be weary when you start to see mixed reviews on anything and make your best educated decision.


I am going to reluctantly disclose the following due to I feel it is somewhat in contrast to my post. Make it clear that I am in no way gaining any benefits for disclosing this information. I wanted to stay clear of recommending anyone but as I was writing this post I felt this was something I should share.

In my own struggles with internet marketing I obtained my share of no value programs and spent countless hours on no value webinars all in the efforts to gain knowledge. Through it all there was one program that stood out from the rest and I have never recommended anything before. I first became familiar with a program called OMG Machines late last year. I found much information in the program and I can say I was a bit overwhelmed being a newbie. I also found the structure to be a bit confusing but really liked the way the two guys Mike Long and Greg Morrison explained the tasks they were teaching and the way they stand behind the product. I still think this is slightly to advanced for a extreme newbie but workable. Don't worry confusion and uncertainty means you need to learn something and have room to grow, it is a good thing. If you were able to comprehend everything why would you need it? So I worked a little with OMG and did not put real effort into it as I was doing other programs at the same time. I did attend every webinar called "Webbys" and found them to be full of nuts and bolts valuable information. Then a updated program was released called OMG commission conspiracy. This program has all the elements of OMG machines but it's structure is very flowing. The information is strict nuts and bolts and you get walked through all steps in a variety of subjects. This what I wish I had found from the start but just glad I got it now. I deleted all my other accounts and unsubscribe to all other lists I was on because after 6 months of training in a variety of programs OMG is the only one that delivered. OMG CC comes in 2 parts, I don't know why this is in 2 parts but you really need both. I guess it makes it easier for some to purchase part 1 then when they have the cash to get part 2. There are no upsells other than mention of a advanced training program NHB which is for me costly but man, just go to the review on this NHB program, it is unbelievable. I have made arrangements to get the cash to finance NHB and I have never joined anything expensive like this before. I recommend to get involved with OMG machines or OMG commission conspiracy and you will sell yourself to join NHB. If you don't then you really have a cash problem which is truly understandable or your heart is not in internet marketing. OMG is for all internet marketing types affiliate and non. I really have nothing other than true admiration for the two guys Mike Long and Greg Morrison of OMG Machines. They are honest and really hard working. No hammock swinging for these guys. It is the next best thing to having a well informed live-in coach. You can Google OMG machines and I do believe they have a thread on this forum which you can read what others are saying about the program.

I probably will not get to post like this for a while and hope it was worth your time to read.

Take care, good luck and thanks for reading,
- Haslow

Wow, what a great and honest post.

Thanks a lot!

Based on the review's I will not optin!

A word to the WISE especially NEWBIES!..

Set up a word press blog...place an opt in form using Aweber or one of the others...I happen to prefer Aweber and offer something of value for free. I have failed and learned that without doing this and building relationships with a great series of value filled emails you will not build on a strong foundation! Create your own sales funnel...do not sell initially. After a few emails then you start plugging in links with offers. Perhaps I have not been as clear or "fluffy" as some with this post but the point is to start building "YOUR" list with your own .COM and not a "sub-domain" that is creating traffic for others! Obviously there is a lot more to it than this but I hope I made a point. BTW...I recommend hostgator.

Brand yourself! Be YOU..be UNIQUE!

I wish you great SUCCESS...GOD Bless and remember to Expect Miracles!

Sonia

P.S. I have fallen for too many scams and believed the "false" promises. Please understand that I am not stating that the program discussed is not good. It is not for me as I do not go for all the crazy..ongoing up sells etc. I passionately dislike videos that you cannot stop! As for duplicate websites...that's another story!!

Cheers!!

So sick of all these videos where they take 30 min to show you a 5 min process.

Then when it finally get to those "3 simple steps" its always something dumb like

1. Make a bunch of money
2. Keep making a bunch of money
3. Buy this from me.

I didn't even make it through the whole video. It's like allllll the others out there. 20 min of Hype in a 'no hype' vid just screams BS.

Yet another mass marketed product geared towards get rick quicker's who don't understand that this stuff takes work.

A few years ago I fell for that stuff. Now I disregard it as if it doesn't even exist.

Though they provide ton of information and different niches for you to work and make money from, they do NOT have a step-by-step action plan.

For me, I have no problems going through and understanding them but to a complete newbie - who has never done IM before, all this information about niche marketing, social media, Warrior Forum Special etc could be overwhelming.

If I am Anik, I will certainly create one more course as free bonus specially for newbies with a 30 day step-by-step action plan which is so critical to our success.

This site is like an information exhibition hall with so many arrows pointing in different directions when all we need is just one arrow pointing and guiding us in the RIGHT direction.