http://www.bizoppsblog.com Avoid the scams, find out which Business Opportunities actually work Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:46:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Rich Jerk caused a big storm when it was released in 2005. This, of course, was back in the day when everyone was buying. The "Jerk" was a cartoon character created to mask someone who wanted to remain anonymous but it worked a treat. The sales letter sold thousands of copies ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/485/the-rich-jerk-comes-clean/ Anyone who keeps up with my seminar listing site - Internet Marketing Seminars in the UK - will have been aware that this past weekend Robert Puddy held a seminar in Bristol. If you weren't aware, and now wish you had've known, then make sure to bookmark the site so you ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/472/thoughts-from-the-2010-lfmpire-workshop-event-in-bristol/ It must be wonderful to have a friend/business partner like Simon Stepsys when he is willing to shamefully shill for you. Stepsys has published two poorly written articles on "articlebase.com" to try and rank for the term "Shaun Smith Scam". Looks like he is trying to help out Shaun as they ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/465/simon-stepsys-shills-to-help-with-shaun-smith-scam-problem/ Robert Puddy is holding his annual UK internet marketing seminar in Bristol on the weekend of the 7th, 8th and 9th of May 2010. This annual event is one that I'm always happy to promote because I know first hand how beneficial it is to attend. Seminars can be a very difficult ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/461/13-reasons-you-need-to-buy-a-ticket-for-robert-puddys-bristol-seminar-in-may/ Running this blog requires daily attention to moderate comments. Moderation is a must as I don't want any valid comment to go astray and neither do I want useless junk comments to appear. Unfortunately some marketers think it is a good idea to post comments on this blog in order to ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/453/copywriter-shaune-clarkes-advertising-method-of-choice-blog-comment-spam/ Someone on the Warrior Forum recently asked "What's happened to MyViralSpiral?" As it turns out, the main My Viral Spiral site is currently down, as is the customer forum and anyone who had their MVS site hosted by Tim Brocklehurst has found their sites down too. So what has happened? I was first ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/448/what-happened-to-tim-brocklehursts-myviralspiral/ Keith Wellman has just released yet another product (the "Automated Sales Formula") that is advertised using a lengthy sales video that you can't fast forward. Like several of his previous products it costs $500 and promises a lot but will it deliver? Here's a rundown of what Wellman promises - and what ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/437/9-predictions-of-what-keith-wellmans-automated-sales-formula-will-involve/ Andy Shaw's book "Money for Nothing and Your Property for Free" was a big hit in the business opportunity world when it was launched back in early 2007. The book was relatively cheap at £20 or so and it described, with great excitement and optimism, how anyone could make money ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/430/andy-shaw-and-greg-ballard-from-passive-investments-bankrupt/ A quick post today just to point out that there's a new cash gifting scheme being heavily promoted by UK marketers. Paul Raven and Julie Wilson have teamed up to promote the "Abundant Living System" in much the same way as they used to promote the Number One Success System. Previously Julie ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/427/new-illegal-cash-gifting-scheme-new-names-same-people-promoting/ You may have seen some of the YouTube videos that Shaun Smith seems to be constantly posting. He is heavily into promoting YourNetBiz and is uploading lots of videos in an attempt to boast about his apparent earnings from that opportunity, I won't lie to you, I think YourNetBiz is a poor ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/422/a-couple-of-things-that-worry-me-about-shaun-smith-and-yournetbiz/