Should I Be Ticked or Take It As a Complement?

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I do mostly article marketing and every once in a while I will try to see where my site is ranking for a long tail keyword for a product that I might be promoting or HAVE been promoting for a while.

So, over the past couple of months I had moved into promoting this one product. Haven't made a bloody sale on the thing but I'm getting decent traffic for it so I did a search for the longtail and found what I was pretty sure was one of my articles ranking really high but not on my site. "No big deal...someone snagged my article from EZA or one of the other article directories where I publish".

I check out the article and sure enough it's mine but no resource box...nothing giving me any credit and the KICKER is that it is on the site of a very well know PUA vendor!!!!!! WTF!!!!! This guy is probably IN THIS FORUM!!!! I want to skewer his sack and feed his eyeballs to my dog!!!

I mean, this guy is bigtime and you would know him if I mentioned his site and his name. I am an affiliate for one of his other products but he snagged my article to promote this product that he no doubt has a JV with. WTF!!!

I posted a piece of nastiness on his site and I do hope that he reads this post....no, I'm not going to publicly "out" him although he deserves it. Yeah, it was a really good article but I am not amused nor am I going to take it as a complement.

I work hard...way too hard and some vendor rips my article? A freakin' VENDOR???!!! Now I've seen it all...that's just greediness and it sickens me. Vendors, write your own crap and if you don't have any talent for writing (and I know you don't because I'm on your lists and your autoresponders suck) then freakin hire me...dirtbags

Ok...end of rant...I feel cleansed...I feel free! I will now return you to your regularly scheduled lives full of your own angst...
#complement #ticked
  • Profile picture of the author Caleb Spilchen
    I would assume that you won't be promoting for him anymore .

    It's kind of rude actually, not a compliment. Maybe you should send a infringement notice?

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  • Profile picture of the author VanessaB
    Bret,
    WOW... that SUCKS.... what an d**k.

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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin_Hutto
    I would approach him about it... If he is a big time marketer, it could be that one of his people is stealing your content... I dont do any of that stuff myself - I have people that do article marketing and content for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
      I would agree with Kevin. The chances that the guy is writing his own articles is fairly small so you might want to at least email him before getting too upset (or too nasty on his site!).

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      • Profile picture of the author jewin
        Yup, agreed. He still needs to 'man-up' for the mistake his staff made (if this was the case). But you definitely need to clear the air with him.
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        • Profile picture of the author All Night Cafe
          I would talk with him. This is not a compliment.

          Find out what happen, express how you fill.

          Get on with it, leave it behind you. Don't let
          it consume you. You know you can do better.
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          • Profile picture of the author Kay King
            It could be someone who works for this marketer made the decision to add your article without credit.

            However, the marketer is responsible for what appears on his site. That's why you have guidelines and why you check up on people working for you.

            If the marketer is not monitoring his sites - he won't see your comments. Try a private communication.

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    • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
      Originally Posted by Kevin_Hutto View Post

      I would approach him about it... If he is a big time marketer, it could be that one of his people is stealing your content... I dont do any of that stuff myself - I have people that do article marketing and content for me.
      Kevin probably has this probably hit this right on the mark.

      Now you have a choice to make. You can continue to be angry... OR..

      You can contact him calmly, tell him about the problem so he can get it corrected, and then ask him if there is any kind of JV deals the two of you can do.

      You might be able to turn this "disaster" into a real big win for yourself. It just opened a door to have contact with him on a positive note, if you choose to make it that way.
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      • Profile picture of the author bretski
        You are all probably right...I blame the Irish in me for being a bit of a hothead sometimes. No, the comment isn't live and I'm sure that some VA will take a look at it and go "oh crap...I'm screwed!"

        I left my email....the one for my pen name that I use for this niche. I'll wait and see what I hear back and track the dude down here on the WF and yes, I'll be a good boy. I've seen the picture that he uses on his site as his avatar on here so I'll find him. There is no denying that I was/am ticked...anyone would be.

        It is not a matter of my content getting ripped. That happens all the time. I don't spend much time following up on that stuff because it would seriously be a full time job given the amount of content that I write...and if you think that I just sling crap out there, I don't... it was good enough to be used by a vendor to promote a product that he's doing a JV with.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Then
      Originally Posted by Kevin_Hutto View Post

      I would approach him about it... If he is a big time marketer, it could be that one of his people is stealing your content... I dont do any of that stuff myself - I have people that do article marketing and content for me.
      Most big-time marketers work the same way: Outsource processes to others.

      He may not be the one stealing your content but it is best to clarify with him directly.
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      • Profile picture of the author rts2271
        I've gotten burnt from outsourcing articles before. So before you burn any bridges with whomever take that into account.
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        • Profile picture of the author bretski
          Originally Posted by rts2271 View Post

          I've gotten burnt from outsourcing articles before. So before you burn any bridges with whomever take that into account.
          I wouldn't be burning bridges by getting ticked about my content getting ripped without the resource box and posted with an alternate resource box in it's place. I am not the one in the wrong. I did not violate TOS or copyright.

          If it was some 19 year old crackhead who scraped my content with some autoblogging software?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin_Hutto
    Hey Ralph,

    What part of Lawrenceville are you in? I'm up at Chateau Elan...
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin_Hutto
    Oh, I understand... It pisses me off when people steal from me too... But practically speaking, he might not have any idea - so if thats the case, it might be an opportunity to be cool and make a new friend.
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    • Profile picture of the author bretski
      Originally Posted by Kevin_Hutto View Post

      Oh, I understand... It pisses me off when people steal from me too... But practically speaking, he might not have any idea - so if thats the case, it might be an opportunity to be cool and make a new friend.
      I'm always open to making new friends and you are probably right...at least I hope so. We'll see how it plays out...
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