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My 2 cents.......Positive and Negative

Posted By: Chad
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, at 8:43 a.m.

In Response To: Why Write a How-To Opportunity Guide When You Can Just Do The Activity? (James Albert)

In my opinion and experience trying "money making ops", a large number of people who sell information products do it because they can make a ton more money telling people how to do it than doing it themselves if they market correctly. However, it has been my experience that they hype their claims so much to make you believe they made $150,000 a year doing this particular business and tell you that you can make more because they only worked 10 hours a week at it. Most probably in my opinion, hogwash. They never made that kind of money and you can't either. Be careful if they are selling it as a "money making op".

In contrast to the above, I do believe that some people really want to help you with their knowledge and if they can make a living to support their family, then I am not opposed to that. There is a horse trainer not far from me in Texas who gives training seminars and has written books, has videos, etc. that teaches people how to train their horse. He doesn't just live off of his books and videos he actually does training. At this point in his career, he could probably just produce videos and books, update them every now and then and make a great living, but he loves horses and wants people to treat horses the right way. Notice he is not selling a money making idea, he is selling his knowledge, his full knowledge about horse training because he loves horses. Another bit of warning in this regard: There are people out there selling their "knowledge" but conveniently leave out some important info. that would really help you. Real estate gurus come to mind here.

In summary, I'm okay with selling "know how" and "expertise". I just think that if the know how and expertise are being sold to help you make money, just be extra careful before you buy.

Thanks.

Chad.

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Why Write a How-To Opportunity Guide When You Can Just Do The Activity? (views: 690)
James Albert -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 1:47 p.m.
- Re: Why Write a How-To Opportunity Guide When You Can Just Do The Activity? (views: 706)
  Pete Egeler -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 3:25 p.m.
  - And even if not one other person actually follows your lead... (views: 676)
    MaaMaw -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 3:36 p.m.
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    Chuck Huckaby -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 8:23 p.m.
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  MaaMaw -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 3:30 p.m.
- A BLUNT and DIRECT answer (views: 788)
  Terrance -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 5:00 p.m.
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    James Albert -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 6:15 p.m.
- People need and want guidance (views: 700)
  Karen -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 6:20 p.m.
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    James Albert -- Monday, 21 February 2005, at 7:10 p.m.
- My 2 cents.......Positive and Negative (views: 884)
  Chad -- Wednesday, 23 February 2005, at 8:43 a.m.
  - You hit the tack on the top..... (views: 653)
    MaaMaw -- Wednesday, 23 February 2005, at 8:48 a.m.
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