Most of my articles I try to keep light hearted to a certain degree, but this is a serious topic that needs serious attention. Any time you do any business online with another person, get it in writing…whatever it is. Doing this will save you tons of grief down the road. This article is going to share a personal experience, where I let my guard down, and suffered the consequences. No names will be mentioned…just a situation.

I was contacted by a person offering his services. This was somebody I knew from a third party so there was a little bit of trust there to start with, so I wasn’t as careful as I usually would be. The person made his offer and it sounded like a good one, so I took him up on it and we began to do business together. At first, everything went very well, or at least so I thought. Then, I was asked for more funds for something else that at first sounded a little suspect. But after a great sales pitch, I went along with it.

Well, several days passed and I came in contact with somebody who was doing business with this person for quite some time and they weren’t getting anywhere with the person. I found it odd that it would take so long to get something simple done like an ebook and a sales page. So, I did some digging because something wasn’t right. Well, after researching this person’s name, I found many complaints issued against this person. I began to realize that I had made a mistake.

Long story short, I lost some of my investment but was able to get about half of it back. However, it would have never come to this if I had done the following:

For starters, had I investigated the person to begin with, I would have found all the incriminating evidence, further backed up from many people I then contacted, and I would have never done business with the person to begin with. So always do your research first…even if you have every reason to trust them.

Secondly, I should have gotten everything in writing, but I didn’t because I trusted this person. This was a mistake, not only because they turned out to not be reliable but because you always get things in writing, no matter who it is. This is the first rule of business.

Please learn from the mistakes I made by letting my guard down for a moment. I usually don’t do this.

I assure you I will never do it again.

Get it in writing.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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