Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Reminder Against the Salespage Hype

I Almost Bought Commission Blueprint

I decided not to buy Commission Blueprint. I was almost seduced by dreams of making money with Adwords. I’m glad I saved my $297 $77.

So what’s my malfunction? When I evaluate whether or not I want to buy Internet Marketing products I do some rudimentary research to get a feel for the item. Something this new is tough to evaluate because all the gurus are pimping it and you really can’t get an honest review of it. We get the emails and they talk about how great the product is and offer extra bonuses to buy it, but you never get a sense of whether they actually used it before they tried to sell it to you. I’ve never had one email from a guru that said he used such and such and made $XXXX before trying to get me to buy it.

I initially do a web search on the product name. I don’t like seeing page after page of people selling the product. I get nervous about spending money if I see tons of Adwords ads promoting it too. I don’t like seeing a lot of hype. I don’t like seeing all the gurus and wannabe gurus trying to jump on the pimp wagon. It turns me off and definitely prevents me from clicking the buy button.

So you go out to the web and look for “Commission Blueprint reviews” and you come upon page after page of bullshit Squidoo Lens, Hubpages and domain name ripoff review sites that pretty much say nothing but rewrite the product’s salespage. You know, the same shit that gurus tell you to do to sell niche products. There is never a true review. Why? Because it’s too new. Nobody has used it long enough to know if it really works. Everybody is too intent on selling it.

If the damn thing was so great, don’t you think that the gurus would be working the program first instead of trying to make a few grand pimping? The product says it has made a half a million so far this year on one product. If it’s so badass why bother being an affiliate marketer? Just work the Blueprint. But no one knows if it works because they are too busy getting you to buy it.

The salespage says that you have to buy now or risk the price going up to $297. If the product actually works as it says it can, then why the hell would I care about spending $297? If it can teach me to earn four figures each day, why would I care about saving a couple of Benjamins? I figure if it’s so awesome people will start bragging about all the money they collected from using the system. Personally I’ve never heard anybody rave about any “make money online” course or ebook. Like real people. Not fake reviews or guru salespitches. Real people in forums or posting on blogs. I’ve got enough friends in this racket that would write or call and say “Dude you have to try this product. I am (or know someone) raking in the dough.” That has never happened. So I risk maybe they stop selling it to X number of people. Oh well, guess I’ll have missed an opportunity because I was too jaded. I’ll take the chance.

The thing that really pisses me off on the salespage is always the testimonials. They are always complimentary. But fake. I want to read testimonials that {honestly} say, “Awesome product. I made $751 from Aug 1-17 since you gave me a copy for evaluation.” I do not want to read crap like “You’re the best. Great product. The information is perfect for newbies.” That is no help.

I used to buy stuff and try it out and was never scared to ask for a refund. I don’t even bother anymore. I don’t believe anything that I read on salespages. Every single one is a hard sale. Think about the difference in a typical ad like from Best Buy and a landing page for some info product. It’s embarrassing. It’s embarrassing that I’ve been sucked into the bullshit. It’s embarrassing that the products require this level of marketing. It’s pathetic.

If you do decide to buy it, just click away from the page. A fake “agent” will stop you and offer you another $10 off the product. You know, the thing that pops up and makes you think you are “chatting” with a real person. More bullshit.

I can’t say whether or not this Commission Blueprint is any good because I have not tried it. I’m not suggesting anywhere in this post that the product does or does not do what it says it will. Maybe this is the one that will make each one who buys it, and puts the method into action, extremely wealthy. Awesome. I’m simply writing a post explaining what goes into my thinking when hyped up products like this enter my email and whether I buy or not. More times these days, not.

-Splork