This is my second post and I have read about 8 of your articles so far. I am enjoying every one of them Thanks.

Great post and very true statement indeed! “When negativity comes your way, ignore it!” I’ve been running my online business for 3 years now, and I’m still learning to take things in my stride when the inevitable happens. Thank you for sharing with us.

Cheers,
Roy

I made the mistake of blogging about the folks that follow us round thumbing down our posts on StumbleUpon a couple of weeks ago and they’re still putting vile remarks on my SU now. I could respond but, it’s better to ignore them.

But when it comes to content, Vic has some very interesting ideas. I’ve learned a lot from visiting his blog.

I find some of his rants entertaining. I don’t like to see him go after Caroline, Marc, or someone that didn’t ask for it. But it has been amusing to listen to him respond to some of those that leave comments that choose to challenge him.

If you take Simon Cowell off of American Idol that show would have never been a success. He is harsh and he says what he is thinking.

If you take the ‘_uck’ away from Vic, he looses the entertainment value but still has some good content.

One of the biggest “scams” to watch for is all the bad “reviews” that are followed by a competing affiliate link for the “good alternative”.

I mean, have these people really purchased and reviewed every product out there? Seems a little unrealistic to me

If so, wouldn’t that make these people bad consumers? If not, wouldn’t that “warning” be on false terms?

There are scams and bad products everyone, both online and offline.

I’ve been online for 4 years now and I’ve never been scammed. I’ve bought a handful of bad products and I’ve ALWAYS been refunded when requested.

I don’t see any problem at all with ebooks which are sold online.

We can worry, bitch and complain about how others are making money or we can make our own money.

Thanks for stopping by, Todd.

On the one hand, I agree with you that sometimes the blogger in question’s style can be a little hard to swallow.

That being said, I can honestly say that of all the blogs I’ve read in the past 6 months or so, that particular site has given me more profitable ideas than probably all the others combined.

… and all with no expectations of anything in return.

If you’re on his good side, he’s got a heart of gold. If you’re not, well I suppose you’ll hear about it pretty quickly.

I’m not at all in agreement about all of the “targets” who’ve been singled out for rants.

But, on a larger scale, I think a very good point was raised …

The great majority of Internet Marketing sites out there are NOT helping *most* of the people who read them.

I think it’s great when somebody like you who “walks the walk” wants to open up a private forum, and get compensated for sharing your knowledge.

But there are way too many people out there who purport to “teach” people how to make money, but who’s real purpose is quite obviously to simply to hawk as many (overpriced) ebooks and affiliate programs as they can.

I’m not trying to be negative. But I think it’s definitely a subject that warrants a bit of debate … especially for marketers who do try to be as ethical as possible.

Just my two pennies,
Todd

@ Mark – Yep, that’s part of the problem. This type of issue wouldn’t last so long if it were in person. In person the size and personality of each individual comes into play lol Online it doesn’t matter. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

I’ve had bouts before with negativity. It’s not easy to swallow at times. I can see why people get so defensive about it because they’re not standing right in front of the person they’re arguing with. That, in itself, makes it so much easier to lash out at someone. That’s why cyberbullying is so prevalent these days.

Good post, Josh!