If I had to guess, I’d probably say that the most commonly asked question among Internet marketers is this one. “Is it okay to…?” You can fill in the blank with just about anything you want. It doesn’t matter. It seems every new marketer is looking for some validation to what they’re looking to do. Well, let me give you the answer to that question, regardless of what’s in the blank. I think you’ll find this interesting reading.

I understand that some people are literally clueless and need to be taken by the hand. I get it. They just can’t think for themselves. They need to have everything they do okayed by somebody else. Validation, whether it’s good or bad, is important to these people. Well, if you don’t want to be yet another mindless drone obeying people’s orders, you might want to use this as a yardstick for determining if it’s okay to do something or not.

If it’s simply a matter of trying some marketing tactic like using a pop up box or whatever, for crying out loud, just do it and see what kind of results you’re going to get. Nobody can tell you if the method you’re thinking of using is going to work or not for you. There are just too many factors involved. Test it and see. If it doesn’t bring you the results you want, scrap it and try something else. Looking for validation on things like this is just going to lead you down a lot of dead ends.

Okay, but what if it’s something that involves a legal and/or ethical issue, such as using proxies for certain sites that specifically prohibit using proxies, or using captcha breaking programs which is in clear violation of the site putting up the captcha in the first place. If they wanted you to use a captcha breaking program, they wouldn’t have captcha in the first place. Make sense? In these situations, I’m not your conscience. I’m not here to validate you breaking some law or TOS. You have to do what YOU think is right. In most cases, if you have to ask, you know it’s wrong. Looking for validation, even if you get it, won’t make it right.

In short, learn to think for yourself. Because the day is going to come when there won’t be anybody to think for you. You’re going to ask that one question that NOBODY is going to want to answer because it is so loaded with buck shot. Then what are you going to do? So use your own head and stop depending on the heads of others.

You’ll learn a lot more that way.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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