3 THINGS TO DO TO AVOID GETTING SCAMMED AS A BEGINNING MARKETER

3 THINGS TO DO TO AVOID GETTING SCAMMED AS A BEGINNING MARKETER

By Charles L. Evans

CEO Rattlesnake Mountain Enterprises Inc.

I believe that every new internet marketer gets scammed at least once in the first month of trying to be on line. You are new and eager to get things done. You don't know where to start. So you get a zillion messages that say buy my product and you will be an instant millionaire. This is bunk. The ain't no free lunch.

The reality is you are going to buy products that you don't need or that don't work for you. The important thing is to limit these mistakes.

How can you avoid buying products that you don't need? There are a few significant things that you can do to find products that will help you build your business..

• Use the grocery store sample method. You go to Costco and try a free sample if you don't like the sample you don't buy the product. You don't buy the product if it is not in your budaget or related to your shopping list. Download and use the free stuff if you like how the author relates to you than put them on your list to considerer for purchase. Look for those that have really done it. Some times this is hard to determine however look at their web site. The most important way to use this method is to search for their name and web site on google. Read what other people have to say. Search the marketing forums for information for beginners. This is good experience and very enlightening.
  
  
• Check them out on Rip Off Report. Don't believe every thing in rip off but they are a good indicator of how complaints are solved and what the customer service is like.
  
  
• Be careful and due your research before you pull out your credit card.
  
  

I learned these lessons the hard way. I was looking to make some extra money and contacted the Robert Allen web site. I got a phone call that promised to evaluate me as a student. You know the story set the hook. My wife and I knew that internet marketing was a good thing. Robert Allen's Prosper learning promised the moon a delivered a rock. We spent $10,000 on a coaching program that was supposed to put us on easy street. The problem was that the coaches were people that had been in internet marketing for a short while and had not made much money. The first coach quit and went to work for the Ubuntu folks selling and developing commercial software. Our second coach was a lady with a boutique and we were trying to develop a web site to sell auto parts and another to sell jigsaw puzzles. To make matters worse we were signed up for a program on a monthly recurring basis in addition to the $10,000 up front charge. It took me over a year to get that charge canceled and I noticed that it appeared again a month or so ago. Don't bite on the expensive program unless you know that they will work. Don't buy the hype. Above all else check with the Better Business Bureau in the city where they are located for complaints. All so check with the secretary of State for that state to see if they actually have a business license. Any legitimate business will have a license.

How can I get started in internet marketing and not get scammed? There are a few easy things to do.

• Exercise discipline—don't believe it will be off the market in 3 days. It may be but these things always seem to show up later either as a bonus or a lower price.
  
  
• Do your research.
  
  
• Plan what you want to accomplish.
  
  
• Look at the free stuff—there is a lot of excellent beginning marketing material that is free.
  
  

Internet Marketing is the wave of the future. You can make money on the internet. You need to get started. Do it the right way and the smart way. I recommend that you avoid all programs the use recurring billing until you have determined that they work for you. There are three recurring products that I use and these can be found on my web site. Any business has some risk—the secret is to manage the risk and get the job done.

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