Comments on: How Many eBook Downloads Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb?

By: Misty

Misty — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:27:16 +0000

Wow Garry, why don’t you tell us how you really feel? I totally agree with you. Anytime that a industry or topic is “big”, the scamsters are ready and willing to jump on it.

Check out Misty’s last blog post..What Are EBooks?

By: Desiner Bags

Desiner Bags — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:00:35 +0000

I agree with your post. Which is not something I will usually do! I enjoy reading a post that will make one think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!

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By: make money blogging

make money blogging — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:02:45 +0000

John said it best, I think. Gotta have a good BS radar, Truth be told though, the BS makes skeptics of some of us, and at what point do you not buy something. See where I’m going. I mean you can always grab something decide its shite, and refund it. Im not advocating anything here, but isnt this the way the world at large works. Watch TV for any length of time and you’ll get the impression that you’re too fat (even if youre not) supposed to look like some model or another, and the list goes and for only 19.99 someone will send you a fix for what ever ails you. Pathetic yes!! in my opinion. What really peeves me is this when someone who has a good name in the IM industry is promoting cut and paste email promos. I had at one collected a long list of tha all the fad promos at one point (i’m on everyones list it seems. And it blew my mind that some of the larger names in the industry were just cut and paste marketing. dudes like mike filsaime and john reese, by the way didnt john say at one point that he was doing the aff thing promo anymore and whammo out comes frank kerns massive what ever JV promo and dont I get an email from john selling it. Thats my beef with these types of things. Mst e-books now adays are just 70 page sales letters.
Cheers and beers
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By: John tighe

John tighe — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:32:55 +0000

Hi Garry,
I’m new to your blog and the whole ‘make money online’ circus.

I have to say, it’s nice to see someone truly willing to help the newbie. I was diagnosed with MS 4 years ago and i’m only now trying to build a new life (online). The problem is, as you mentioned, all the junk that’s out there.

However, in the few weeks i have been researching ‘make money online’ etc, i have developed a b******t detector for ebooks and other marketing products.

If the landing page has….

1 – A big red headline.
2 – It goes on for 30 pages.
3 – Bullet points are highlighted in yellow.
4 – It mentions the writer started off broke and living in a bucket (or whatever)
5 – Writer say thanks to his system he now makes $,1000,000,000.00 A day
6 – He/She says to buy the product before it – runs out, explodes or sprouts wings.

In truth the first 3 points tell you all you need to know – it’s crap, dont’t buy it!

Thanks for what you do Garry.

All the best – John

By: Cat Training

Cat Training — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:27:56 +0000

Great post Garry. Having dabbled with Ebooks myself over the years, I have come to the conclusion that the best way forward is trial and error by doing things yourself. At least you can’t blame anybody for your failures then!

By: Tibi Puiu

Tibi Puiu — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:14:02 +0000

Agreed, there’s a lot of bullshit e-book circulating around the internet, actually I’d go as far to say 99% of them are crap. Hope when I finally get to finish mine, maybe in a few months, it will actually be worth the time reading it.

By: Ethan Armstrong

Ethan Armstrong — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:14:38 +0000

Garry, way to go.
I had bought one ebook on affiliate marketing and it was three years ago.
Since then, I read blogs but I am mostly learning from my failures and always trying to improve.

By: Work From Home Jobs

Work From Home Jobs — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:34:16 +0000

I believe this is about the third time you have written a post about your dissatisfaction with certain folk who are doing more harm to newbies than good.

I feel you are being too politically correct and/or are just too wary of “calling them out” as it could conceivably hurt you.

However, until they are SPECIFICALLY identified and called out, your posts really do no good and nothing can be done to rectify the situation. Its just like saying many polititians are crooked….we all know that but what we need to know is which ones are the crooked ones.

You said it needs to stop. How can it stop if no one ever has the guts to name them?