Sebastian Ashear

Many people are not going to like this, but I don’t really care.  Yesterday, I had to open my eyes again to the scams that take place in Internet marketing.  And once again, places like WarriorForum.com proved to be bad places for any form of Internet marketer to learn and expand their business.

A day or so ago, I picked up a WSO which I won’t name out of courtesy.  I read through this thing and by the end I had a few thoughts in my head:

• That was a lot of hype and fuss over really nothing
• I remembered seeing a blogger post that same method publicly on his blog about a year ago
• I wasn’t sure if I should tell other potential buyers about what I knew…

And that last point is what drove me into an interesting turn of events.

You see… I actually did go share my experience over at Warrior Forum.  After posting my review, someone was quick to try to discredit my review.  I chose to go find that blog post from a year ago and share it on the sales thread.  After all, I don’t like to start fights, but I do really care about a few things in Internet marketing.  First off, I am in this business to make money.  That’s not really related lol.  Second, I have friends and business partners in this industry.  Whenever I find a bad product, I send a review via email about it so that my friends don’t get ripped off.  Doing that review via email on a regular basis actually made me start this blog.

But that is all really just back story to show you were I’m coming from here.

Needless to say, Warrior Forum was not very happy that I had posted an informed negative review with a link justifying my point.  That post spurred on a few people to ask questions about whether this ebook by the author actually added anything to the original method.

This morning Warrior Forum removed the negative posts.  And in steps more people to discredit and target me for saying anything negative about the product.  People actually went as far as saying that I wasn’t an entrepreneur for posting a negative review.  People said that I ruined the guy’s sales thread.  People actually think that it’s my fault.

But…

I ask you this…  Did I create a product that did not add any value beyond a freely available blog post?  Did I hype my product up with a long sales page and a promotional video?  Did I fill my actual ebook with affiliate links and 15 pages of fluff?

No.  I was the guy who bought this product.  Simple as that.  I don’t owe the author anything.  When I buy things from Warrior Forum or anywhere else for that matter, I am wearing my consumer hat.  I should not be expected to give products and services a good review just because I am a marketer.

So this is a call to action for anyone who uses any forum in Internet marketing!

For some reason, forums like Warrior Forum have led everyone to believe that it is not your right to honestly review products.  They allow products to be sold without question, just as long as the sales page looks professional.

You need to listen to this warning, because it is only going to get worse.  Warrior Forum WSO products are going to start selling more heavily.  The fact that this is a forum sales page/thread, makes these products sell very well.  List owners and other marketers love to promote these products for that reason alone.

Chances are that you are going to be seeing a lot of WSO products in the coming months.  Heck, I can’t even open my email inbox without seeing 2-3 WSOs being promoted every single day.

In closing, I don’t like to sound like a negative ass – but sometimes it is needed.  We both work in a business called Internet marketing.  Some people have made it their business to deceive you in order to make their living.  I personally don’t agree or condone that… and if that doesn’t make me the most popular guy in the room – so be it.