Poor WSO's - what to do about them?

Ummmm, stop buying them :p

"Stop buying WSOs" seems like a good start.

Then maybe you could figure out how, exactly, you have spent $2,000 on stuff that doesn't work in a forum where pretty much everything is under $20. Have you really bought a hundred WSOs and none of them worked?

So many contradictions in your post Dexster. I'm finding it difficult to believe a damn word you're saying.

Stop buying multiple WSO's and stick to one method until you master it.

Regards,

Lee

I smell REFUND!!! http://youtu.be/6N4crYK6bQs LOL

Hi Dexter,

You could create an AWESOME product yourself!

One that YOU would expect to receive after you just
purchased one.

That's the way to get a HUGE following of buyers who
respect you & are willing to listen to your opinions
and recommendations as a marketer.

Don't let these half baked WSO's get you down.

Use what you know, get angry and fill the gap that has
been left and fill it with your own FULL BLOWN NO
HOLDS BARS AWESOME WSO!

You have a huge opportunity here if you think so many
WSO's are not fulfilling your needs/others needs.

Hope you take action & get cracking right away!

All the best
Gavin

$2,000 on WSOs? Someone should punch you in the face and snap you out of this

Yes: nobody should ever buy $2,000-worth of WSO's of the type that you're clearly talking about, teaching "money-making methods".

A very good rule of thumb (here and elsewhere) is "never buy any product whose sales copy includes an income claim".

Stop buying them. (And take some responsibility for your own spending habits rather than continuing to do it for ever while blaming everyone but yourself. Sorry, but you did ask. )

Why in the world would you spend $2000 worth of WSOs?

You have taken shiny object syndrome to a whole new level!


Stick to one thing and make it work, stop chasing the perfect product.

The reason you've failed is because you ain't bought mine...

You can have it for a steal of just $1999..

And at this rate you'll even be saving yourself money...


/sarcasm
(for the dim who will inevitably pm me)

$2000 is a lot to be spending on WSO's. This places you in the 'opportunity seeker' category meaning you are someone who keeps looking for new opportunities and magic bullets and when they come along you jump to the next one. Product vendors dream of people like you -- you are their target audience because they can sell products to you over and over again. This is not their problem though, it's yours. You are the only one that can snap out of it.

You will never succeed in this fashion. No one ever has and no one ever will.

I have bought a lot of WSO's over the years but they have only ever been things I have needed. I don't go window shopping for the hell of it. You should only be buying WSO's (or any products for that matter) that serve to take you to the next level in your business. You should already have a plan in place as to where you want to go and what business you are going to be in. Don't go looking for WSO's or tools unless you get to a point in your current plans where you need a tool or product to help you get to that next step.

The very fact you have spent $2,000 on WSO's should tell you a lot. There are only two people in all WSO transactions. The vendor and the customer. You are a customer and have spent $2000. That means certain product vendors now have that $2,000. So which side of that equation do you want to be on? The person spending $2,000 or the person making $2,000?

So you have just proven to yourself (albeit an expensive lesson) that there is one business model that works and works well. Product creation. But that's not to say all WSO's or products are crap. It's far from the truth. There are a lot of great products out there but sadly people blame the lack of success of a product on the vendor when in fact it more often than not comes down to the lack of implementation of the person who purchased that product.

I've sold thousands of units of courses. I've had a small group of people make a killing with those courses. I have had the large majority of people probably never do anything with the course or just give it a half assed attempt and thus made no money. Does that mean my course is crap and does not work? No. It means the majority of people out there are lazy and not willing to take responsibility for their own success.

I could give the EXACT same WSO to 100 people and each and every one of them would get different results. Some would make a lot of money, some would make a bit, and the majority would make nothing. That just goes to show you the success or failure of a WSO is rarely dependent on the WSO itself -- it's dependent on you.

You know the saying. Only a bad workmen blames his tools. Never was that statement more true than in this industry. Too many people expect success to be spoon fed to them and are not willing to pull their finger out and do the hard work that is required. Unless you turn around and give things a real shot you will never be able to succeed. Sorry, it's just the reality. Take it from someone who has been there before.

I think I have only ever asked for 1 or 2 refunds out of a heap of WSO purchases over the years. That's because I don't fall for the hype. If you keep buying products based on outlandish promises then what do you really expect? If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. So start buying with your head and not as an opportunity seeker just looking for the next magic bullet... because they do not exist.

WSOs may not work for everyone. It depends on what you are doing and what you are good at. Some people might be good at making good money with a CPA program, but others may struggle to even get an account approved. I've seen many people on warriorforum itself not being able to get an adsense account approved. It happens.

If you already have $2000 worth of WSOs, go through them and figure out what works best for you. Nothing will work out of the blue. And not everyone will have the same results (or else there would be only one single trick in marketing and everyone would be millionaires or better).

If you are still reading this thread, go through whatever WSOs you have, pick up the ones you find comfortable working with, and use it to earn your money back.

1. STOP buying big claim BSO's.

2. Look in the mirror and find your strengths.

3. Choose a business model that allows you to play to
your strengths.

4. Identify what you ALREADY know and apply that.

5. If necessary, identify mission-critical gaps in your
knowledge and only purchase information that relates
to your current business objectives.

6. Avoid the majority of WSO's as they are hyped-up
BS that promise high returns for little effort. (They do
NOT work in the real world, i.e. on planet Earth).

7. Get real and get to work on YOUR business objectives
in your chosen business model.

8. Ignore all other distractions.

Dedicated to mutual success,

Shaun

Let me think. They were probably something similar to this:

"Make millions a day? Get this WSO NOW, or it's too late"

or maybe..

"Sick and tired of living in your moms basement? Grab this WSO and turn your life into living dream! $343,123.34 - A DAY - live proof inside!"

My advice: If the WSO is mega hyped, don't bother yourself. Instead put your money and effort in WSO that look more professional. Use your common sense, do some background check etc..

I believe that mast vajorty of WSO's are scraped through PLRs and provide very little or no value.

I'm thinking it has more to do with your lack of implementation than that the products are poor and don't work.

You are one of those who expect that world to hand you a living on a plate. It doesn't work like that - online or offline.

Enrolling on a course in medicine doesn't guarantee you a job as a doctor. You have to work hard and have an aptitude for the subject. Some fail.

Enrolling on a course as a plumber doesn't guarantee you will become a plumber. Again, you need to work hard and have an aptitude for the subject.

Do you get where I'm coming from? There is NO SUCH THING as a guaranteed way to make money online. You have to work out what YOU are good at and take it from there.

Spending that much on WSO's just tells me you aren't prepared to take responsibility for your own life and acknowledge your own strengths and weaknesses. No-one can do it for you - online or offline.

Stop buying them and understand why they are selling for $8, its not because they are feeling generous or anything, its because they are worth $8. And without any doubt 99% of wso are crap. Stop buying them and start working instead.

$2000 in WSO's ?

Wow you must be easily influenced.

My advice seeing as you asked...

Don't buy ANYTHING.

I am telling you or at least I am 99% sure that you will not find a magic bullet with a WSO.

Building a profitable business takes time and hard work - at least a sustainable one does.

EVERYTHING you need is on the forum - pick an area - read up on the area by conducting a search and take action on a method, rinse and repeat if no success and at the very least make sure when you buy a WSO it is focused on helping you with your chose area.

Good luck!

All the best,

Chris Jones

You could have invested $100 in WSOs that focused on 2 to 4 different topics / methods, etc., after doing your due diligence, and then invested another $1,900 in testing, promoting, and building your business.

RoD

It's folly to expect to buy a wordpress plugin, or guaranteed rankings system, or any other claim and have them actually work.

I buy a lot of WSO's they help keep me in the loop. Probably 30 over the past year. The number I use, how about zero. Don't buy from product developers buy from people who actually go out and work for a living.

I try really hard to filter out dreamers, the lazy, and the plain ass dumb. In my (humble opinion) it is always suspect when you are asked to pay for something without having had an opportunity to try it out first.

One major beef I have with the Warrior Forum is that it is virtually impossible to leave a review when you buy something that turns out to be total crap. I don't regret a single penny I have spent it reinforces that I am on the right track, I call that paying for an education.

I did find a great Facebook product here, but Facebook shut it down within a week! It was offered by one of the most successful Warriors on here. And no I am not going to reveal his name. Expect they didn't offer refunds as they should automatically have done, instead they gave away more crap products.

To sum it all up. Ask these "6 week cycle product developers" if they use it in the field. I'm not going to pay someone in Hong Kong anything to tell me how to sell Mobile in the USA. All the slick videos, powerpoint presentations, and infographs in the world are not going to help you close a client if you don't what the "F" you are talking about when you are across the table from a potential client.

Not Working!
Or you don't have the skills to implement them :confused:

I've bought quite a lot of WSOs in my time and while I won't try to pretend that they are all perfect, the majority have something useful to teach. The trick, though, is that you have to do some work - either to implement what is being taught, or to think about it so that you can incorporate the ideas into your business.

It sounds like you are not prepared or able to do either of those things. Spending on the next shiny promise is far more likely to make you succeed, isn't it?

You sound like the kind of person who goes into a casino and buys a wad of tokens and then complains that you haven't won anything - conveniently forgetting that you have to feed the tokens into a machine first.

In the words of the great Gregory House: "You're an idiot."

It's always better to research 1 or 2 IM methods first for free, across recommended forum threads and other free sources on the web, then order a WSO on the subject that claims to offer a twist or solution to a problem with the method.

You can buy a WSO that gives you an A-Z overview on a topic, but most of the time that is info you could have gotten from a diligent use of a forum search button. The bigger issue with WSO's is many people rely on them too much to take them from zero to rolling in the dough. In fact, they should only be used as enhancements to active IM learning and implementation you are already in the middle of.

$2,000 on WSOs and the majority of them don't work... At what point are you going to try and connect the dots from this statement?

Well, first of all, STOP BUYING. Seriously, that's lot to spend on WSOs that hardly ever exceed $17 in price.

I buy them too, and I'm not saying every WSO here works according to their claim. People hardly ever make as much as the seller claims he did with the method.

But, you can definitely make something with them, if you actually stuck to the method long enough.

Another thing you should know is that these methods are being bought by hundreds of other people too, so don't expect to just copy paste everything and have it work. You need to twist the method and create your own recipe in order to make money with it.

The seller would most likely not sell you their secret twist, and even if they did, again, it's going to get saturated because a lot of their buyers are trying it at the same time.

So, my advice to you is, stop buying any more WSOs. Read the ones you already have and select a method that you like.

Then, try to think of a twist to the same method. For example, if the method suggests using facebook for traffic, and you find that facebook is too saturated, then see what else you can find. Can you implement the same method in another less known social network where the competition is less? If so, then do that, because, most probably, these new sites won't have strict rules like the big players, and you can start making money almost faster.

I hope you get what I'm trying to tell you. This doesn't apply to traffic alone. You can do the same for almost everything. Just let your creative juices flow and you'll be amazed at your results.

What should you do? Stop being a sucker and buying everything someone tries to sell you. If you don't need it then don't buy it. Buy products when you have a problem that needs solving and it fits the solution.

WSOs are just information (usually) and what you do with that information will determine whether it works or not. It might work for me but if you try it then it might not because you've no focus and after a week you stop trying and move onto something new because 'it doesn't work' when in fact it probably does you're just rubbish at it.

Time to get a grip and stop being a sucker.

Do you always do the same thing over and over expecting different results? Obviously, there's something majorly wrong with your purchasing decisions, which you alone are entirely responsible for.

I've probably spent $2K also on WSOs over long period of time and have only been disappointed a couple of times. I know what I'm buying, the seller has a reputation in the forum and I also know what I want and need for my own businesses.

I don't buy from blind copy and I don't buy magic bullet get rich quick schemes or how to make a butt-load of money really fast and really easy with no skills and in your pajamas no less.

So, whatever it is you're buying ... stop doing that if it's not working out.

How much effort have you put into following through with what each WSO taught you?

First, YES, stop buying.

You probably have enough material and it's time to roll up the sleeves and start testing, learning, failing, and repeating the process

WSOs and products aren't make money systems as much as they are guides.

I love products and buy them all the time. If I'm entering a new traffic source or niche, I'll gladly put down a few hundred or thousands of dollars and sift through the products to get a hint or tip here and there. The goal isn't for the product to make me money, but rather for the product to help shorten my learning curve.

Products shorten learning curves, they don't eliminate them.

With that said, there are some absolutely terrible products out there in all marketers and niches. Unfortunately that's the way it is but for me, that's part of the investment process.

The main thing to realize is that nearly every successful entrepreneur purchases products but every one of them built their rags to riches dream 98% of their own. They took an idea or concept or direction from the products and then jumped in the fire and learned how to make it work themselves. They failed and failed and kept going.

So I guess I'm saying that if you aggregate everything you bought, I bet you have enough "ammo" to get going. Now it's time to sift through everything, coem up with a general strategy, and then jump in and start grinding away and learning by doing!

Of course this is all being said without knowing exactly which products you've purchased. Perhaps they are all garbage...but there are many great ones out there...but again, even the great ones should be a base of knowledge to get you going more than an actual blank check where you just need to fill out the number and your name and cash it.

Wishin you luck buddy. You've invested enough in products...now it's time to grind away.

Hope to see you in the winners circle!

Focus, focus, focus...if you can't, then get a mentor, seriously.

Stop buying, start implementing. You remind me of people who stay in college for 15 years just so they can finally feel like they have enough education to land a $36,000 job after school.

Andy,

I'm not sure I'm reading the same OP as you. He is saying that he has spent over $2000 on WSOs, which by anyone's standard is a lot of products. He then quotes three recent purchases as having problems and suggest that the majority of WSOs are therefore at fault.

That's a logical leap too far.

Only THEN does he ask the perfectly reasonable question about whether WSO products should be complete before launch. To that I am sure we can all answer in the affirmative.

But the initial premise that the majority of his $2000+ purchases are not fit for purpose because three recent buys have not been is unsubstantiated.

I know that you are all for playing nice, but I can't stop myself thinking that anyone who spends out on that many WSOs that are no good is no longer chasing a dream - they are pursuing a nightmare, or are incapable of following simple instructions. Either way they are idiots.

Martin