May
12
Warrior forum
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Yesterday, after a full day’s worth of mother’s day stuff with my girlfriend and her mom, and her gramma, I came home to dedicate some time to the ol internet marketing business. During my foray into the realms of “make money online” related things, I came across an old friend of sorts.
It was the Warrior Forum.
Have y’all heard of this? It’s a web forum for internet marketers, internet entrepreneurs or whatever you want to call us. I was perusing through the posts and found some very interesting information and some very informative posts about keyword research, and some niche markets that are hawt right now. I even bought a new product and am going to start to actively promote it today, using methods outlined in the forum. I do not believe that I will link to that other product from here, but I may end up doing so.
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I’m really just sick and tired of all these promotions promising you this and that, and if you buy this product or that product you’ll make $16,354.34 in the next 30 days using Adwords, but conveniently neglecting to mention that you’ll spend $23,789.65 to make that money.
Anyway, I’m hoping to cut through some of the bull that seems to just be piling on everywhere I see.
For instance, I received this one email I received recently that said “Mexican makes $14000 in 30 days using Adwords” or something like that. The email goes on to create a likable character in the form of some guy named “Jacobo Benitez.”
There’s a story about being a mechanic and making money using Adwords, but the thing is, that they guy doesn’t say anything original in his email nor on his sales page. Maybe he is making the money he claims to be making, but I can tell you, whatever he’s selling is nothing new or revolutionary. I can probably give you all the techniques and secrets that Jacobo Benitez, or Rob Benwell, or Mike Worthington or whatever the guy’s real name is, is trying to push and promote.
The point of this post is, join the warrior forum. It’s one of two, maybe three places that I’ve found that actually have anything of value to offer. The best thing about warrior forum is that it’s free to join and free to browse around.
May
7
Adwords phishing emails
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Are you all familiar with phishing and what it is?
Phishing, much like the name implies, means that a hacker or some other kind of bad guy, is fishing for information. They want personal, financial and other information. Particularly, they are looking for people that will give up their personal information so they can resell it. They do not usually co-opt you or force you to give up your information. What they usually do, is just trick you into giving up your information for their profit. Believe it or not, there is a large black market for personal information out on the net, and a lot of the folks that engage in phishing activities are looking to make a buck or two selling your information.
I was reading over on search engine land, that there is an Adwordsphishing email going around. The email directs you to update your billing information, your mailing address, enter a new credit card number etc. I have not yet received the email, so I don’t have the text to post on here for you. The main thing about phishing scams, is that they require that you not pay attention to what you’re reading. They count on the implicit trust that you have with Google to take advantage of you.
How can you protect yourself?
There are several things that you can do to protect yourself. One thing, is to look at the url for the page that you’re at. Generally speaking, most Adwords pages are secure, so they’ll have the “https” rather than “http” in the url. Another thing that you can do, is to not click on the links within an email that requests you to update financial information. Rather than clicking on the link, just type out the address where you know you can go to log in and update that way.
If you do receive a phishing email, make sure that you let the vendor know that you’ve received one. It may be that the vendor is already aware of the scam, but what if they’re not yet aware? One thing that you should definitely, not do, is to follow the link in the email and try to be clever. Under no circumstances should you click on the fake email and enter a fake user name and password to try to “foil” the bad guys. It would not be difficult for that website to inject some malicious code to your computer and then the joke would be on you.
Bottom line, phishing scams require you to not be vigilant, so be vigilant. Don’t follow the links in those emails, and take measures to protect your private information.
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