Comments on: Do You Understand How Online Advertising Works?

By: Khay

Khay — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:21:26 +0000

With the list of question you provide you helped me analyze where else in the fields of marketing and advertising online, I need to improve my strategies.

By: Ismael Tabije

Ismael Tabije — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:56:33 +0000

To my mind, we need to temper the about advice, ideal though they may be.

You say, “If you can’t answer these questions before you spend money on a promotion, don’t do it -”. It concerns me that the message being delivered there is “be an expert before you jump in”.

Looking at items 1-9 above I think for a newcomer to IM it will take a long long while for him/her to be an expert in of ALL of them.

There’s a point where, after learning a few BASICS here and there, people should just jump right in and learn as they go. Sure, they will stumble and fall, and “waste” some money in the process.

But I guess that’s the tuition fee we should all be ready to pay in the real world. The really important thing is for them to be able to stand fast after each fall and continue running until the next fall and repeat the same cycle

Ismael Tabije
http://www.BestManagementArticles.com

By: Michael Martine

Michael Martine — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:49:50 +0000

Yaro this is an excellent list of questions that shows the difference between someone who knows what they’re doing with marketing and advertising… and someone who doesn’t. You probably just saved a lot of people their shirts.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:23:34 +0000

Lotteries are not actually a very good way to get rich fast. The only guaranteed way to win a lottery is not to play. The lottery is a tax on people that never learned basic math.

By: Caroline Middlebrook

Caroline Middlebrook — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:30:44 +0000

I don’t know what the program is but the hype around it reminds me of the BlogRush launch. Due to the 10-tier referral program everybidy was so quick to jump on it but very few people stopped to think about how it would work.

When I first reviewed it, it occured to me that the problem with all of these multi-level marketing schemes is that unless the people at the very bottom level are taking the required action (whether its buying a product, clicking an ad, clicking a post etc), none of the people at the top tiers will see anything for their efforts.

This is why all those ‘paid to surf’ programs from years ago failed.

By: Cash

Cash — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:40:24 +0000

There is only one way to make easy money and that is if you win a lottery. All these get rich fast schemes will make only one person rich the one who started it and all the people promoting it and using it will be just the stepping stones for his/her money.

I think it is always better to follow the saying “if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is”.

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:46:43 +0000

These “programs” aren’t as popular as they seem. They have been around for years, but I guess it’s not until recently that a particular one is going big.

If you would ask me, I would say the program is some sort of a scam. People promote it because the referral rate is high up there and usually referring 2 people pays for your initial payment + profit. I won’t get too much into this, but most of you should realize that it is a continuous chain similar to a pyramid scheme.

-Mike