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There is Money to Be Made on Occupy Wall Street..Seriously

by Charles Harper
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Well

The Niche Man, inspired me with this thread on "Occupy Spammers",

(The Niche Man, I have to tell you if no one else does, that is the most clever title that I have seen this morning. You get the award.)

Social Media Owls, did you know there were 1200 products on ebay for "Occupy Wall Street"? Check it out:

occupy wall street | eBay

Also, do a product search on Google, you will see 2220 Listings:

occupy wall street - Google Search

And for you kindle writers, there are only 12 products, better get crackin'

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=...1d48b3660972ef

But on Amazon Proper there are only 97...room for more:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...street&x=0&y=0

So if you love them, there is much you can do. If you hate them, get revenge by selling products. There is money to be made though.

Thoughts?

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  • Profile picture of the author creature
    Yeah - let's all make some real $$ off those poor devils before Bloomberg rounds 'em up and banishes them to New Jersey - for life. And before that he will force them to listen to Wolf Blitzer non-stop for 24 hrs. That will end THAT.
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  • Profile picture of the author Karan Goel
    I don't know why but "occupy wall street" has 439 MILLION pages in Google.



    Seems like a lot of competition to beat!
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      I don't know why but "occupy wall street" has 439 MILLION pages in Google.
      1. It's a cause that is broad enough to suit anyone's agenda and is getting promoted behind the scenes by some big groups (when it started there were ads on Craigs list offering people $100+ daily to "occupy wall street")

      2. it could make money (or so they think)

      3. gives all the bloggers something to talk about that can be turned around to prove whatever point they decide to make:rolleyes:

      4. people love bandwagons

      5. trend marketing
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      • Profile picture of the author Karan Goel
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        1. It's a cause that is broad enough to suit anyone's agenda and is getting promoted behind the scenes by some big groups (when it started there were ads on Craigs list offering people $100+ daily to "occupy wall street")

        2. it could make money (or so they think)

        3. gives all the bloggers something to talk about that can be turned around to prove whatever point they decide to make:rolleyes:

        4. people love bandwagons

        5. trend marketing
        This is creepy now:

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        • Profile picture of the author Charles Harper
          Originally Posted by Karan Goel View Post

          This is creepy now:

          If you had a Google News site you would be killing it right now. I guess you would need to do a good number of stories that get picked up. Or heck, just do an one the spot interview with one of them and put it in your Google News Youtube Channel.

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          • Profile picture of the author Karan Goel
            Originally Posted by Charles Harper View Post

            If you had a Google News site you would be killing it right now. I guess you would need to do a good number of stories that get picked up. Or heck, just do an one the spot interview with one of them and put it in your Google News Youtube Channel.

            CT
            I guess that's it. But seriously, 2 BILLION!!!!

            That's way too much stories.
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    • Profile picture of the author Charles Harper
      Originally Posted by gamerseo View Post

      your competition is only the top 10 results.
      Yes, and my guess is that the people who have sites up about it don't necessarily know all about SEO.

      Man, I am starting to talk MYSELF into this.

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      Originally Posted by gamerseo View Post

      your competition is only the top 10 results.
      That's when you are #11.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Not so creepy, Steve - most of the countries in the world have Occupy protests going on today. Literally. I went down the list yesterday of protest locations and it took me 45 minutes to get through it.

    I find discussions of making money on the protests some damned creepy irony, though.
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    • Profile picture of the author ExRat
      Hi HeySal,

      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      I find discussions of making money on the protests some damned creepy irony, though.
      They make the same mistake as my parent's generation - their eyes light up at the prospect of a few income-taxed sheckels tossed at them by people who steal the futures from their children.

      I hope the bold entrepreneurial spirits in here earn enough from their hastily prepared websites and crappy $1 kindle books to buy their own fortified island, otherwise they might find the consequences of their actions coming home to roost.

      Corporatocracy-occupied braincells causing Stockholm syndrome.
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by ExRat View Post

        Hi HeySal,



        They make the same mistake as my parent's generation - their eyes light up at the prospect of a few income-taxed sheckels tossed at them by people who steal the futures from their children.

        I hope the bold entrepreneurial spirits in here earn enough from their hastily prepared websites and crappy $1 kindle books to buy their own fortified island, otherwise they might find the consequences of their actions coming home to roost.

        Corporatocracy-occupied braincells causing Stockholm syndrome.
        Some people will never get that. Even in this thread - all the world's problems can be solved through IM. Everybody that is protesting right now is just lazy and would be just dandy if they were in IM. They seem to think that IM is what the whole world is supposed to do - even if they aren't making a dime themselves. They will be rich when they get that next WSO...right?

        What the heck don't people understand that IM is not a WORLD -- it is a form of a job. You might work for yourself but it's ONLY another form of work. It's NOT the world situation.

        Get a freakin' grip:

        It's ironic, really that thanks to the Internet, it has never been easier for the average person to make a substantial income, yet these protesters seem completely ignorant of that fact. Instead, they'd rather rant and rave, ignore the amazing opportunity that's staring them right in the face, and parrot pithy sayings and platitudes from those that haven't an entrepreneurial bone in their bodies. Such a sad, zero sum game mentality they have.

        Instead of hanging out in the park and engaging in a jealous protest, get off your asses and go make some money. Just keep your mitts off mine, ....please. The government takes enough of it already.
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        • Profile picture of the author Steve Faber
          Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

          Some people will never get that. Even in this thread - all the world's problems can be solved through IM. Everybody that is protesting right now is just lazy and would be just dandy if they were in IM. They seem to think that IM is what the whole world is supposed to do - even if they aren't making a dime themselves. They will be rich when they get that next WSO...right?

          What the heck don't people understand that IM is not a WORLD -- it is a form of a job. You might work for yourself but it's ONLY another form of work. It's NOT the world situation.

          Get a freakin' grip:
          I actually have a grip, however I worry that much of the younger generation does not.

          I see this all the time when hiring them. Too many have an entitlement mentality, and expect to be given the farm when they don't even know how to plant yet. They have all the work ethic of someone who's spent their days playing their X-box, and living on Facebook, but never had to earn, or more importantly, create anything.

          I have no problem with society helping those who can't help themselves, that should be our duty, but damned if I want to waste my family's extremely hard earned resources helping those who won't. We can quibble over whether government should be the one in the middle, deciding who gets what, instead of individuals doing the giving, and deciding who should be the beneficiaries of their charity.

          Protesting the rich? Fine, if they've gotten their gains through lies, deceit, or illegal activity, but this movement seems to want pillory them simply because they have achieved a certain wealth level. Why? If one works hard, and sacrifices, they should be able to enjoy wealth without being vilified simply because they're rich.

          The problem? Too many of the protesters haven't a grip themselves, and know not of what they speak. No, you don't have to make your fortune using IM, although it is certainly a viable avenue open to the common folk.

          I know too many immigrant families who arrived here with little or nothing, and now own businesses, or are otherwise doing very well for themselves, despite having poor English skills, to believe that there is an opportunity problem in this country. Most of them own businesses that have nothing to do with IM, or they went to school, got an education for an in-demand field, then got a well paying job after college. They didn't expect a handout like so many of my fellow citizens seem to.

          No, IM isn't the only avenue, and it is certainly no guarantee, but it is a viable path to success, and the one that those here have chosen to follow.

          Just my .o2.
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          • Profile picture of the author Charles Harper
            Originally Posted by Steve Faber View Post

            I actually have a grip, however I worry that much of the younger generation does not.

            I see this all the time when hiring them. Too many have an entitlement mentality, and expect to be given the farm when they don't even know how to plant yet. They have all the work ethic of someone who's spent their days playing their X-box, and living on Facebook, but never had to earn, or more importantly, create anything.

            I have no problem with society helping those who can't help themselves, that should be our duty, but damned if I want to waste my family's extremely hard earned resources helping those who won't. We can quibble over whether government should be the one in the middle, deciding who gets what, instead of individuals doing the giving, and deciding who should be the beneficiaries of their charity.

            Protesting the rich? Fine, if they've gotten their gains through lies, deceit, or illegal activity, but this movement seems to want pillory them simply because they have achieved a certain wealth level. Why? If one works hard, and sacrifices, they should be able to enjoy wealth without being vilified simply because they're rich.

            The problem? Too many of the protesters haven't a grip themselves, and know not of what they speak. No, you don't have to make your fortune using IM, although it is certainly a viable avenue open to the common folk.

            I know too many immigrant families who arrived here with little or nothing, and now own businesses, or are otherwise doing very well for themselves, despite having poor English skills, to believe that there is an opportunity problem in this country. Most of them own businesses that have nothing to do with IM, or they went to school, got an education for an in-demand field, then got a well paying job after college. They didn't expect a handout like so many of my fellow citizens seem to.

            No, IM isn't the only avenue, and it is certainly no guarantee, but it is a viable path to success, and the one that those here have chosen to follow.

            Just my .o2.
            You sort of sound like Professor Thomas Stanley in The Millionaire Next Door. He predicted that people would not start the kind of businesses that them money for the long term and give them an asset for wanting to create something that makes them look 'respectable'.

            But, I think the same thing is true in IM.

            I will tell a vague personal story to illustrate. It wasn't until I got over myself and decided it was not about "looking" like anything, and working on those things that would bring me a daily profit that things began to change. I am not close to where I want to be but I have worked out what I need to do to get where I want to go, and I am not so concerned about how it looks.

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            • Profile picture of the author SocialMediaOwls
              Originally Posted by Charles Harper View Post

              You sort of sound like Professor Thomas Stanley in The Millionaire Next Door. He predicted that people would not start the kind of businesses that them money for the long term and give them an asset for wanting to create something that makes them look 'respectable'.

              But, I think the same thing is true in IM.

              I will tell a vague personal story to illustrate. It wasn't until I got over myself and decided it was not about "looking" like anything, and working on those things that would bring me a daily profit that things began to change. I am not close to where I want to be but I have worked out what I need to do to get where I want to go, and I am not so concerned about how it looks.

              CT

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              I'm actually serious if you ever want to do a JV sometime CT...
              You and I share a lot of biz beliefs and that is key in any IM success.

              btw...

              Can you cash in on your city going bankrupt? he he he
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              • Profile picture of the author Don Luis
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                Won't take long before this thread is moved to the Off-Topic section.

                I have no sympathy for these protesters. They need to stop and smell the roses. They live in a country with massive opportunities to get rich, and all they do is whine and protest against the rich who worked hard to become successful. Yes, some of them got rich through crooked means but some of them also succeeded through honest hard work.

                I'm from a desperately poor country and you won't see me rallying or protesting against my pathetic government because it can't look after my welfare.
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                • Profile picture of the author ExRat
                  Hi Don Luis,

                  Originally Posted by Don Luis View Post

                  all they do is whine and protest against the rich who worked hard to become successful. Yes, some of them got rich through crooked means but some of them also succeeded through honest hard work.

                  I'm from a desperately poor country and you won't see me rallying or protesting against my pathetic government because it can't look after my welfare.
                  Amazing.

                  A quick scan of the placards held by protesters across the world shows that what they are protesting about are banks and corporations working in collusion with governments, socialising the losses of these failed businesses onto the taxpayers, their children, their unborn grandchildren.....a corporatocracy that has it's own set of laws, allowing bankrupt businesses to continue to profit by borrowing at 0% and charging 7-27% to the masses.

                  Yet your interpretation of this rebellion is -

                  a) wealth envy against hard workers

                  b) lazy people demanding that their welfare be looked after by a nanny state

                  And to cap it all, you find space to excuse the crooked because they 'worked hard' at stealing and because only some of them are crooked, whilst claiming pride in your failure to stand with the oppressed against the oppressor.

                  Stefan Molyneux is right. If you manipulate the tax-paying livestock to wage war on each other, to stomp on anyone who declares the system to be a fraud that enriches the few, then the system won't need to defend itself, because anyone who attacks it will be attacked by the brainwashed half of those who are paying for it.

                  As a group, we deserve all that we are about to get.
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              • Profile picture of the author Charles Harper
                Originally Posted by SocialMediaOwls View Post

                I'm actually serious if you ever want to do a JV sometime CT...
                You and I share a lot of biz beliefs and that is key in any IM success.

                btw...

                Can you cash in on your city going bankrupt? he he he
                Let's work it out.

                I didn't directly cash in but my video on this page benefited from the exposure:

                harrisburg bankruptcy lawyer - Google Search

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          • Profile picture of the author WebPen
            Originally Posted by Steve Faber View Post

            I actually have a grip, however I worry that much of the younger generation does not.

            I see this all the time when hiring them. Too many have an entitlement mentality, and expect to be given the farm when they don't even know how to plant yet. They have all the work ethic of someone who's spent their days playing their X-box, and living on Facebook, but never had to earn, or more importantly, create anything.
            ^This^

            As part of the younger generation.... I completely agree with you.

            I'm 26 and every time I hear about Occupy Wall Street it gets my blood boiling because I disagree with it so much.
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          • Profile picture of the author HeySal
            Originally Posted by Steve Faber View Post

            I actually have a grip, however I worry that much of the younger generation does not.

            I see this all the time when hiring them. Too many have an entitlement mentality, and expect to be given the farm when they don't even know how to plant yet. They have all the work ethic of someone who's spent their days playing their X-box, and living on Facebook, but never had to earn, or more importantly, create anything.

            I have no problem with society helping those who can't help themselves, that should be our duty, but damned if I want to waste my family's extremely hard earned resources helping those who won't. We can quibble over whether government should be the one in the middle, deciding who gets what, instead of individuals doing the giving, and deciding who should be the beneficiaries of their charity.

            Protesting the rich? Fine, if they've gotten their gains through lies, deceit, or illegal activity, but this movement seems to want pillory them simply because they have achieved a certain wealth level. Why? If one works hard, and sacrifices, they should be able to enjoy wealth without being vilified simply because they're rich.

            The problem? Too many of the protesters haven't a grip themselves, and know not of what they speak. No, you don't have to make your fortune using IM, although it is certainly a viable avenue open to the common folk.

            I know too many immigrant families who arrived here with little or nothing, and now own businesses, or are otherwise doing very well for themselves, despite having poor English skills, to believe that there is an opportunity problem in this country. Most of them own businesses that have nothing to do with IM, or they went to school, got an education for an in-demand field, then got a well paying job after college. They didn't expect a handout like so many of my fellow citizens seem to.

            No, IM isn't the only avenue, and it is certainly no guarantee, but it is a viable path to success, and the one that those here have chosen to follow.

            Just my .o2.
            I agree with this, Steve - but you can make a fortune and have it stolen overnight - and that's what's going on out in the real world is people are sick of what they have being stolen.

            How on earth do you instill the work principle in kids that are watching their parents lose everything they ever owned? It doesn't matter how you make your money if there is someone above you that's going to steal it once you have it - whether it's a boss or the World Bank.

            I have nothing against people monetizing - or going into IM - at this point, monetize anything you damned well can because nobody is going to look out for your butt in the long run but yourself. But still -- there has to be some perspective here. Money cannot be our soul purpose for being. If it has come to that - and look around this forum and you will see a LOT of cases that it has become someone's soul purpose for being - the problems will never go away.

            There used to be pride in work and production. It is gone - the only reason many continue to produce is because of money. Quality goes to crap - honesty goes right out the window - and entitlement becomes ingrained because there's no reason or purpose for anyone other than wealth. Humans become cannibalistic, thinking of others as nothing but their own personal ATM, and when the money isn't flowing right - something is wrong with the whole world - not their crap product that is a mostly ripped version of someone else's product - not them when they hire to do work for someone else who is supposed to issue payment whether they provide what they signed on to do, never them.

            People CANNOT continue to cannibalize each other. That's how towns, societies, nations, and now globes fail. We shouldn't need to support anyone else, no. But we shouldn't be so jealous of our wallets that we can't temporarily help someone get a foot hold We can't be so insane over profit that we are willing to trash our own customers to make it. There has to be some sort of human pride and dignity left in what we do or we may as well just get ourselves plugged into our machines and exist as one.

            Check out this forum. There have always been a few scammers around but not like now. It was a community that people came into and learned, grew, got help, made products and businesses with dignity and integrity, then passed on the help to new members. Today, even the main forum is becoming an advertisement for people selling "rich overnight" or coming in to get that way. There's hardly any reality in here any more. There is a small core of people that "get it" continually surrounded by the cannibals. It looks like a freaking sequel of the Matrix in here some days.


            And that's what I was saying - there is so much irony in this thread.

            Sure we shouldn't have to support any adult other than a temporary boost up - but neither should we bleed for people who got where they are sucking the life out of everything in their path. Steve Jobs? That was someone who was old school - do with integrity and EARN where you are. Banks that committed fraud to take everything from their customers to get rich? Bleed em to death. Why should we care two squats what happens to them? Cannibals have to go no matter what end of the socio/economic ladder they are on. You cheat and steal for your bucks - no more money. You need help solely for refusing to work? Sorry. Doesn't swing.

            Perspective -- There has to be perspective no matter what you do, who you are, and how much you have or don't.
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    It is time to protest that kind of crap marketer who business people sentiment. Just shame for them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Faber
    It's ironic, really that thanks to the Internet, it has never been easier for the average person to make a substantial income, yet these protesters seem completely ignorant of that fact. Instead, they'd rather rant and rave, ignore the amazing opportunity that's staring them right in the face, and parrot pithy sayings and platitudes from those that haven't an entrepreneurial bone in their bodies. Such a sad, zero sum game mentality they have.

    Instead of hanging out in the park and engaging in a jealous protest, get off your asses and go make some money. Just keep your mitts off mine, ....please. The government takes enough of it already.
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  • Profile picture of the author SocialMediaOwls
    Hey Charles...I'll go in on a JV with you...

    Nothing like some good IRONY. I'm all about it
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    • Profile picture of the author Charles Harper
      Originally Posted by SocialMediaOwls View Post

      Hey Charles...I'll go in on a JV with you...

      Nothing like some good IRONY. I'm all about it
      Ha ha, yes, Ironic but....

      Irony sells very well, although one has to be clever to make it so.

      It will be interesting to track the number of available products as time goes on.

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  • Profile picture of the author haiyaiya
    are there any discussion forums dedicated to these protests?
    We can have a global forum with sections for different Countries. I am sure these protests are going to spread even further and a forum might do well.
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  • Profile picture of the author gully
    This is so crazy.
    thanks to the OP for pointing this out.
    I have heard of trend marketing for adsense etc.

    But to apply current news events to sell kindle books, amazon books and physical products on Amazon/eBay is truly revolutionary.

    I notice that ll of the Kindle books on this topic were written this month.

    In addition the top selling kindle eBook is a direct copy of the Wikipedia post on Occupy Wall street. Like no research or originality either. I bet the full lot of them are direct copy and paste of relevant news articles on the Occupy Wall street movement. No research or originality.

    But they are getting tonnes of sales.

    I got to get moving.
    Thanks for the heads up on a new strategy.
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    • Profile picture of the author Charles Harper
      Originally Posted by gully View Post

      This is so crazy.
      thanks to the OP for pointing this out.
      I have heard of trend marketing for adsense etc.

      But to apply current news events to sell kindle books, amazon books and physical products on Amazon/eBay is truly revolutionary.

      I notice that ll of the Kindle books on this topic were written this month.

      In addition the top selling kindle eBook is a direct copy of the Wikipedia post on Occupy Wall street. Like no research or originality either. I bet the full lot of them are direct copy and paste of relevant news articles on the Occupy Wall street movement. No research or originality.

      But they are getting tonnes of sales.

      I got to get moving.
      Thanks for the heads up on a new strategy.
      Yes, and I think really, you are giving Google News what they want, Amazon what they want, the people who are interested in the subject what they want. Thus, with such a strategy one should get what they want right (more passive cash)?

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  • Profile picture of the author creature
    Uh... I think there is a separate forum for this sort of topic (off Topic Forum), and it isn't this one. Let's not politicize this general forum, or it will quickly degenerate into something that it was not intended to be...
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