I don’t know what it is. Maybe I’m just getting ornery as I’m getting older but more and more things are bugging me about Internet marketing everyday. This rant was actually inspired by a forum post that reminded me of all the stupid things that some Internet marketers do, mostly in dealing with their lists. I’m going to briefly tell you what the post was about and then give you my personal suggestion for dealing with these idiots. I hope you find this entertaining as well as helpful.

It seems that one member of this forum got an email from one of the lists he was on saying, in the subject line, “Congratulations…You Just Made A Sale” or something like that. Well, when he opened up the email, it turned out that he didn’t make a sale. It was just this stupid marketer’s way of getting him to open the email. In case you are not aware of this, email subject lines like that, if they are false, are against FTC and Can Spam regulations and you are in fact committing a crime. Just wanted to get that out of the way.

Well, needless to say, this person unsubscribed from the list. But in my opinion, that’s not enough. I think we should do more. On a serious note, I think we should report people who use deceptive subjects like these. Put the fear of God into them and maybe they’ll stop pulling this garbage. On a less serious note, I have some other suggestions.

Why don’t we try something like this? Write back to the person asking them where there sale is. Tell them that you’ve checked your account over and over and don’t see anything and ask them to please look into this for you and to please credit you with your sale as soon as possible. That’s one thing you can do.

Another thing you can do is send them a screen print of all the sales you HAVE made and ask the person to point out which one they are referring to because you can’t seem to find the one that they’re talking about anywhere in your account. This will really tick them off as they will see that you are a successful marketer and not some hack like they are.

You could also send them an email saying that the commission received from the sale was posted incorrectly and that you should have received an extra $2,000 and would they please make this correction immediately and send payment to you. This will certainly tick the marketer off as well.

And I am sure you can think of a ton of other clever things you can do to annoy this person who has just violated who knows how many laws.

Oh, and of course…don’t forget to click on that unsubscribe link.

That sends the clearest message of all.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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