Fortune Seeker Blog

Funny thing about the internet. There can be a whole world of things going on right under your nose and you can be totally unaware of it. That’s the way I see how a guy like Ken McCarthy can be teaching fundamental principles of online marketing since the early nineties and me being totally unaware of him.

I’ve been pretty active online since the BBS days when I dialed in to a message board with my 9600 baud modem, I know a  real screamer. I thought I knew who all the players were.

Anyway, maybe I’m the last guy to know, but I only recently became acquainted with Ken McCarthy and thought some others might like to know more about this guy.

I’ve been getting emails from him for the last few months after signing up to learn more about his System Seminar. This is a seminar he holds once a year and the folks that go through it swear its the best thing they’ve ever done. Personally, I couldn’t swing the almost $3 grand to attend, but wish I could have.

I’ve been amazed by the quality of his autoresponder emails and because of that I don’t mind the frequency. They’ve been coming pretty often since I bought one of the products he offered, so I guess he’s trying to strike while I’m in a buying mood or something. Classic marketing technique.

If you are serious about succeeding in Internet marketing, here’s a simple formula you need to master:

 

DMS + IKH = MAM

 

Let me break it down for you:

 

DMS = Direct Marketing Savvy

 

IKH - Internet Know How

 

MAM = Massive Amounts of Money

 

The only way you can mess up in Internet marketing - the ONLY way - is to be missing DMS or IKH or both.

 

To make it in Internet marketing and to enjoy the same kind of success stories you read about online, you need to have both sides of the equation nailed down solid.

 

The good news: It’s not rocket science.

 

That little tidbit is something you should chew on for a little while, because you have just been exposed to the simple plan for succeeding online.

And to top it off, Ken has put together a training program called System Smart Beginners. Check it out for yourself and while your at it do yourself a favor by getting on his mailling list. The wealth of information he gives you is well worth it.

On a side note, I was pleasantly surprised that he didn’t once mention John Reese’s newest venture. I can’t tell you how many folks dusted off their email lists and sent me a “buy from me” link. Seriously, I have at least two dozen in my deleted folder.

Ken McCarthy is the real deal.

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Like anyone with a blog, I was thrilled to learn that I had a fan. Well, maybe he’s a fan cause I can never tell if he’s lying or not.  I’m sure you’re thinking how being called “an insignificant little worm” doesn’t sound too endearing, I believe his limited vocabulary of niceties could be the explanation.

I also believe it’s a Michigan christian expression of endearment, something to do with a Jonathan Edwards sermon. At least, that’s how I chose to take it.

Matt LaClear is an internet “guru” that I met about two years ago that was offering an ebook called MySpace Tactics to building an online business. He offered free “hand-holding” training to teach people these tactics, ok, well not really free. Once you got there, the offer kind of morphed into signing up for his personal coaching.

Anyway, I left his board, but I thought he had some interesting insights, so I remained on his mailing list. And every once in awhile I’d attend one of his training calls that he did for free.

Over the course of my time on his email list, he was always pushing some network marketing thing with free leads or squeeze pages or affiliate marketing.

Anyhow, these MLM schemes have always been a part of his many wealth building strategies.  Which is why I never really pursued anything with him.

Personally, I don’t believe network marketing is anything but a scam that our ethically challenged society has embraced and while it’s true some folks make money, the vast majority do not and cannot.

Anyway, I had already sent him a reply to a previous email that I have no interest in network marketing, but like so many gurus, I’m guessing he doesn’t actually read the email, he just files it. After all we signed up to be on his list to make him money, right?

Well, the other day he sends me an email to check out an opportunity. And what do you know, its an MLM opportunity. His email instructed me to reply with either a 1-no interest, 2-some interest and have some questions, or 3-absolutely interested and ready to run with it.

I gave him the benefit of the doubt and watched the video link and sent a reply that I was a reluctant 2, being somewhat interested and attached four basic questions. Well, he never replied to the email, big surprise, but I did receive a phone call at my home from his upline at this MLM opportunity.

I couldn’t believe it. This guy gave my private information to a MLM company as a hot lead. Without my permission!!

You should really expect that from him, because he did what all scammers do, he did what was expedient for him. Because it’s all about him and you are just a lead to make him money.

Because of his breach of trust and our agreement, I went to his last email and clicked the unsubscribe link.

One of the features of aweber has is to ask you why you’ve unsubscribed from this list to give the list owner an opportunity to fix a wrong or improve their service.

I simply wrote “It was time.”

And do you believe this “guru” wrote me back saying…

Yes it was time.

I couldn’t believe this guy would be so arrogant and petty to respond like this for leaving his list. But I recalled his background as collection agent and reformed spammer.  He only esteems himself and holds others in low regard all the while espousing his christian conversion. Unless of course, you are buying from his offers.

So, I attempted to let him understand a little more clearly why I left.

Why did you send this to me? Yesterday, you gave my name and phone number to someone that I didn’t agree for you to share it with. I figured that I should just part ways with you after that breach. Your response to my leaving your list confirms that I made the right choice.

I honestly thought this would be the end of it. But again this petty “guru” had to reply with his self serving arrogance…

Roy…As much as you have purchased from me the last couple years I think I can survive without you being on my list.

You see folks, I’m not kidding when I say this guy has you on his list for one purpose, to make money from you and it’s why he’s always going to be an insignificant little “guru” wannabe.

My advice, steer clear of Matt Laclear.

I love it when I just stumble upon a fellow beach bum from the other side of the planet that proves the maxim, “it’s better to give than receive”.

Especially when the giver is really generous.

I’m talking about a blogger from downunder, Yaro Starak.

His site, Entrepreneur’s Journey, is a goldmine of tips and tricks to help you grow your blog traffic.

I use the word “tricks” in the artistic sense, (not the cheap gimmicks that exploit some search engine blindspot, that close as quickly as they are discovered), but cool things that really work.

His article, “The Top 8 Search Engine Optimization Techniques” is for printing out and studying, it’s that good. It’s a concise 8 steps of Brad Fallon’s Stomping the Internet course, which I had the pleasure of listening to in the Stomper Simple course they offered.

So do yourself a favor and get on his mailing list, the Blog Traffic Tips email newsletter and learn how to grow your blog traffic from 0 to 1000 daily visitors. It’s one you will read…guaranteed!

Enough already.

I’m sure, by now, you’ve heard of the list building wonder boy, Tellman Knudsen. 

From the day I got on his list, this kid has annoyed me to no end with his constant barrage of “Buy this today” crap. I mean the first couple of days I had 8-10 emails from him trying to upsell anything and everything.

Lately, it’s been as many as three a day. They’re totally impersonal opt-in spam that have given me the impression he’s trying to stuff his pockets with my money. It’s really pissing me off.

He suffers from the delusion of a “throw anything at the list, someone will buy” mentality. I mean, he’s right, that someone will buy, but he’s deluded himself to think this is a long term business strategy. But who am I?

Today, he sends me this email touting,

“Turnkey money machine prints 24/7 profits for you…automatically!”

It was for an almost year old Ewen Chia product, AutoPilot Profits. Nothing against Ewen, but this product has been dubbed “an overly hyped, nothing new, rehashed version” of everything Ewen has produced (and that’s quite a bit).

 That was the last straw.

I joined his list building club, List Crusade, to get a handle on building a large subscriber list. I endured the email because there were things I learned from the video tutorials he has. 

Some people think he’s someone to learn from, an “up and comer” (courtesy of the Warrior Forum.) Huh?

I figure there’s enough impersonal autoresponder pick pocket opt-in spammers already, why would I want to learn that? For money? It says alot about our society when the pickpocket scam artists are lauded for their ability to con people out of their money.

The incessant *Buy This* has taken its toll, I’m done and recommend you steer clear of the list building boy wonder, he wants your money and that’s all.

Way back in 2000, I bought an ebook called Nothin’ But Net, by Michael Campbell. It was this book about a guy that did all his business on the internet.

Having been “online” for awhile at that point dialing into BBS sites with my 9600 modem on my 8086 computer with amber monitor, (Okay by the time his ebook came out I had a 486 with a 56k modem) anyway, I was sure this new internet thing was only the feeding ground of unscrupulous scam artists, selling $1 pamphlets for $19.97 and calling them ebooks.

I guess that hasn’t changed much, has it?

I’ve been following him ever since and thought I’d plug his newsletter, he’ll give you a copy of two of his best, no nonsense and still work ebooks, “Clickin’ it Rich” and “Revenge of the Mininet”. I just reread the Clickin’ It Rich action plan on Wednesday, and it’s still relevant.

They’re as practical today as they ever were.  Like John Reese and Jack Humphrey, he’s a member of my “good guys” on the internet list.

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http://www.internetmarketingsecrets.com/