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If you’re on any internet marketing email lists, you’ve probably noticed how many promotions there have been lately. It seems everybody and their brother and their grandmother are promoting so new “loophole” or “secret” new method for building your internet empire and making a bajillion dollars by tomorrow.

And if you’re as gullible as some of us, you’ve actually purchased some of these products, only to be inundated with 7 or 8 or 10 up sells, and then to find a piece of crap product.

I am on the list of a marketer who I’ve found to be honest and blunt in his criticism of these offers, and he’s made an excellent post about what’s happening. It’s well worth the few minutes it takes to read – and don’t miss the comments, either, for more good stuff:

Check out Jason’s blog here: http://48hourreport.com/myblog/stayawa/comment-page-8/#comment-3234

And if you’re looking for good internet marketing information from somebody I think you can trust, sign up for his newsletter.

Take a look and let me know what your experiences have been.

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I’ve ranted before about getting sales videos where you can’t do anything but start and stop them. There are no controls to skip ahead to get to the meat of the information or the pitch.

I have decided that those marketers who send me those videos will no longer have me on their list. It’s certainly not going to put anyone out of business, but I continue to believe it is a blatant disrespect for me that allows them to send their videos in that way.

That being said, here is the text of the message they’ll be getting from me if I can send a reply or open a support ticket:

Dear Marketer:

I’m sure your video was interesting, but I’ll never know. I have started a new policy for my email: when you send me a video with no controls other than start and stop, I will unsubscribe.

It’s nice that you think your message is so important that I should give you 22 minutes of my time, no questions asked. Absolutely, one has to have some ego to be a successful marketer. However, you show that you have no respect for me or my time.

Had I been able to skip through your video to find the meat, I may well have found something of value to it. As it was, I quit when you started with the hype-y “How Would You Like to Make Up to…”

You may be making lots of money with these tactics, but you won’t make any more from me.

Regards,

If you feel the same way, feel free to copy this email. Maybe we can get some respect back.