Did you get that??? Buy my eBook to learn how to re-sell my eBook... and if you are really smart, you can learn how to write an eBook that teaches others how to write eBooks that promote the selling of that very eBook... and all of these get sold via ClickBank.
TheRichJerk.com appears to be this first version... buy my eBook and I'll throw in a web site that will help you sell my eBook.
These days you see less and less of "TheRichJerk" but now there's "TheRichDude.com"... funny though that it goes to a site called "TheRichPrince.com" and the URL doesn't have either one in it... at least the one I found was "dotdothost.com". This site "reviews" (and I use that term loosely - hence the quotes) other eBooks... and surprise, surprise, he is promoting 2 eBooks. He claims that he was scammed many times over by bad eBooks, and after 39 attempts found the 2 that are not scams. And guess what... one "TheUltimateWealthPackage" is sold via ClickBank... and the other is sold via another affiliate program.
Now... do you believe he really read and tried 39 eBooks... and that he really believes in these two???? Since he gives one a 99% rating, and the other a 97% rating... and claims the other 37 aren't even worth mentioning... I choose to NOT believe him. How could 37 be so bad, and 2 so good? I'm not buying... literally.
There are a LOT of variations of the supposed "real review" that aren't real at all. For example, since one of the biggest recommendations in all of these eBooks is to promote your site (the one promoting the affiliate links) by writing articles... most of these eBooks recommend you write lots and lots of articles about your "niche" (aka the affiliate product you are promoting), and post them on free article submitting sites like ezinearticles.com. So watch out when an overly positive review is posted on that site... and watch out for any "review" site that can't seem to say a negative thing about any product... or don't allow comments so actual buyers can say what they really fee.
Now we get to TheMaskedGuru.com. I actually like his little trick because he does provide value, it's free to sign up, and he promotes his two affiliates (so far) in a more "real world" way.
TheMaskedGuru says he's read the other "gurus" eBooks and he's going to "blow the lid" off them. Funny enough, one of the three he is promoting is "TheUltimateWealthPackage"... so you don't have to buy it from "TheRichDude" since "TheMaskedGuru" will review it so thoroughly that you are essentially getting the content for free.
I signed up for TheMaskedGuru... and over about a 10 day period I got TheRichJerk review... a very thorough one... so thorough that now I don't feel the need to waste my money on it. And what little value is does have, I know now about. This week I'm getting his "DayJobKiller" review via email... one part at a time. So I assume next week I'll start getting "TheUltimateWealthPackage" review.
Now... what I really wanted was The Ultimate Wealth Package review... so The Masked Guru is pretty clever. He gets to promote whatever HE is an affiliate of for 3 weeks straight while I read his reviews. And what's The Masked Guru an affiliate of??? So far it only appears to be for a web hosting service, and an autoresponder service. But since TheMaskedGuru is actually doing "real" reviews... and TheRichJerk one was NOT flattering... I feel like I got valuable information for free (albeit a little slow) and I am much more apt to trust The Masked Guru's recommendation of the web hosting company (when I finally get off this free Blogger service) and the autoresponder (when I finally get serious about building a list :)
So... are they ALL scams... well... if it smells like a duck, quacks like a duck, and craps all over your lawn... then you're more apt to think it's a duck. If it actually delivers what it promises... and then promotes something... I don't mind.
