Common Internet Marketing Scams
Common Internet Marketing Scams
Unless you have been under a rock for the last 15-20 years, you know that the internet is the biggest and most powerful way to do business today. Because of the sheer size and number of people coming online each day it also allows unscrupulous people to take advantage of those who are not knowledgeable about certain areas of online marketing. Below you will find 4 of the most common internet marketing scams found online today.
- “We Will Submit Your Website to Hundreds of Search Engines!” – My favorite internet marketing scam to hate. Today, it is not necessary to submit your website to a search engine, any search engine! Search engines are in the business of finding and indexing web pages and they do a very good job of it.
- “Get #1 Ranking in Google!” – No one can guarantee a #1 ranking in Google or any other search engine, at least not for competitive keywords. Those SEO consultants who are promising these things are targeting keywords that are not competitive. This is actually fairly easy but the problem is that no one searches for those terms so you don’t really benefit from it.
- “We Will Submit Your Website to 1,000 Directories!” —While it’s true that there are thousands of directories out there, should your site be listed in them all? Let’s say for example, you sell candles. Do you think that having your website listed in a directory targeting farm equipment will bring you any business? There are a couple general directories that are beneficial like DMOZ and BOTW but in general you should only submit to industry specific directories.
- “Send An Email Ad to 25,000 Opt-In Subscribers” — Email marketing is one of the most powerful marketing methods available today. However, if people did not sign up for YOUR LIST specifically then it is illegal for you to send them information and if you do, you could theoretically end up in jail. Steer far away from this one!
Please research things before paying out your hard earned money for anything online. If you have a question about anything online feel free to contact us and we will do our best to answer it.
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Great information
I have to agree with you.I’ve tried some of these submission you’ve mentioned, but i only lose my money.
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I bumbed into the postcard profits buzz, I keep wondering if this worht the money and how exacltly you make money doing this , sure they show people with there paystubs, but thats sommething they are not seem to tell you before you stick out the credit card
Has somebody experience with this, ?I would like to know
Thanks Jonas
I am not sure about the newest postcard profits buzz but I did write a post back in February about postcards and their ability to produce results in your marketing efforts. You can read that post here: http://homebasedbusinessadviser.com/2009/02/boost-profits-postcards/
haha…this post makes me smile because all the BS that has been thrown my way concerning Internet Marketing. Believe it or not I even get offers through the fax machine…ahh the irony