Comments on: Hype VS Reality – Be Very Careful What You Believe…

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:48:51 +0000

This post needs to be attached to the header of the Warrior Forum.

I know exactly how lucrative the net can be, and all that whiner chatter still messes with me!

By: Wayne Jefferys

Wayne Jefferys — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:54:52 +0000

I agree with Jeff, there are so many Gurus out there now you don’t know who to follow or trust, or who will sell hype or who will sell real solid information. Thanks for the great post.

By: Jeff Wayne

Jeff Wayne — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:40:25 +0000

I think one strange nature of this IM industry is there is no 1-2-3 step. When you start, you start in middle of nowhere.

There are so many methods, models, gurus to follow. You just don’t know what to start.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:31:52 +0000

Thank you Chris, for all the inspiration that make me keep trying in this business. Even been “punch” by hype and sensional topics. Still in the quick sand hoping person like you giving inspiration and help to be successful marketer.

By: How to fix my credit

How to fix my credit — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:20:10 +0000

Just found this post… -looks like I’m in good company at this site >> as the saying goes, you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time! Great post!

By: Mike Russell

Mike Russell — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:30:12 +0000

“participate”

By: Mike Russell

Mike Russell — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:27:50 +0000

Nice to see everybody is still alive, well and not ravaged by the evil, storming pandemic that is ripping the world to pieces, screaming cell, by screaming cell, leaving heaps of contagious bodies being napalmed by suited and gas-mask-equipped military personnel, who operate, selflessly and gallantly in fear of their own suits being melted by the raging infection.
Truth is two things; “pandemic” is an accurate description of what is happening (it just means a world-wide spread, not necessarily a fast one, all viruses do this), but the media have attached a an unprecedented degree of hype to this word, so, as with many ordinary English words and phrases, it can’t be used without people mistaking its meaning.
The second point is that Chris has proven beyond any doubt that if one wants to create a lively blog post that will suck-in eager prospects, willing to participants to a truly viral degree [!], then controversy, the more controversial and potentially catastrophic the better, is the way to do it!
A Marketing Psychology Coup – 10/10

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:40:02 +0000

The next time you hear the fear mongering term, “pandemic” used by WHO or any other health org., ask yoursefl where the epidemic is. You can’t have a pandemic, unless there’s an epidemic first.

Bear in mind that the term pandemic is being used irresponsibly, without a shred of hard scientific evidence to back it up. Flu fatalities are in the thousands every year in every country, so a dozen or so reported deaths from flu being labelled a pandemic is beyond hype. The most important thing you have is common sense, so use it.

By: feriensprachreisen

feriensprachreisen — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:28:59 +0000

Coming back to the original swine flu topic:
I went to egypt last week and at the airport everyone was screened with an infrared camera if they had fever or at least a little temperature. All airport personell had masks on and behaved like all passengers were infected, when you went a little further to passport control, all officers sat there without protection.
So what is that? Spreading fear to the arriving visitors, but forgetting about the dangers 100 meters further into the country?
If we were doinig this in marketing, it would be highly inconsequential and prospects would jump ship.

By: Julie Chrisler

Julie Chrisler — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:25:53 +0000

What a refreshing read! I liked the way you categorized the 3 types of marketers. I have to agree with you as to the the three categories.

Frankly, I am always working on something and rarely go into the forums. This may be an uncool thing to say, but I really don’t like the Warrior Forum at all. I stay out of there as much as possible.

I also never watch TV as it is all hype. It is just another advertising medium, and I spend my time doing other things that I need to do instead of watching the boob tube. That may be a fatal mistake on my part – I worry that I don’ t have my fingers on the pulse of our culture sometimes because I am not glued to the tube.

I like to stay subscribed to lists, I study the methods of the the marketers who send the emails and they give me ideas. I don’t want to be in a vacuum. I have to be strong though, because they can be very persuasive and I find myself wanting to buy often when I don’t need anything at all at this point. It took a long time for me to stop wasting my money on these.

For the most part, I believe that whatever works for a person is OK as long as you keep your mind open and the ideas flowing.

Julie