David Fiske A subtle blend of affiliate marketing and web development

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20/12/06 - The Money Is In The List

I have an email address I use for spam messages. If I sign up for freebies on the Internet or sign up to download documents, I use this email address.

After 3 days, I had 1,000 emails. There is no way I am reading 1,000 emails so I selected all and deleted.

Most emails that I get are from Internet marketers. The ones that claim not to be guru's just very knowledgeable. They obviously cannot be that knowledgeable if several send exactly the same messages as each other.

These messages invariably contain 'My friend [insert name] has just released a new product'. I don't know about you but that is a sure fire way of getting me to press delete on the keyboard.

Mind you, some of these are interesting reads. I usually sign up for freebies and 99% of the time never buy the e-product (usually priced at $79, $97, or $997). I have bought two e-books before and felt ripped off. You pay $97 for a document that tells you to buy another $200 worth of materials. Why? I paid $97 for the information! More