The Internet Marketing Guide They Don't Want You to Read: Part II

In Part I of this article we took a look at 2 scams that new internet marketers might now be aware of.

Here in part II, we'll examine Guaranteed Signups.

Online Marketing Mind Game – Guaranteed Sign-ups

As you sit there and read the beginning of this report you’ll start to feel the overwhelming sense that making money on the internet can be a virtual land mine. This next scam might just be THE most appealing of all.

Do a search on Google for guaranteed sign up and you will see over 37 million results. The way guaranteed sign up systems work is very simple. You go to a web site that offers them, choose the number of people who you want to sign up for your program, and pay for the package. As long as your website is free to join, they will guarantee the number of sign ups that you purchase.

The typical cost is about U.S. $1.00 – U.S. $3.00 (I’ve seen and tried others that are over $20 per lead). Now, you are probably thinking wait a minute, I can get someone to sign up for my free program for only $1.00, this has to work right? And, if you’re at all like me (are you? You’re still reading my article) logic has kicked in and you’re probably thinking “well, my program converts 20% of free members into paying members, so if I buy 100 of these guaranteed sign-ups, the very worst I could do is get 10 – 20 paid subscribers right?”

Sorry, once again your logic is sound, but They are playing mind games with you. As you’ll begin to see, not all sign-ups are created equal (if you’ve read part 1 of this article, are you beginning to see a reoccurring theme here?).

Imagine this, one day you’re surfing around the internet when you see an ad that says, “Get a Free iPhone.” A free iPhone, WOW. So you click on the link and start following the instructions. Basically they say “check out these XXX number of offers from our sponsors, and at the end we’ll give you instructions to get your FREE iPhone.” So you start checking out these offers, and rapidly skip through them because you just want your free phone.

Eventually, you get to a page that says “you must sign up for at least XXX number of offers from our sponsor to receive your free gift.” Now, I will tell you that this process lasts almost forever, AND the programs you must join only start out free. What ends up happening is that you have to join 3 free programs, 3 “bronze” programs, 3 “silver” programs, 2 “gold” programs, and 1 “platinum” program.

Have you noticed yet how they get people to sign up for the free programs. The Guaranteed Sign up programs know that 99.99% of people will complete the free offers, but drop out when they get to the paid programs they must join. And, you’re intelligent enough to know that the people who signed up for your free program on their offers page have absolutely no interest in the product that you are offering.

In Part III

We'll take a look at re-branding.