{"id":8070,"date":"2010-12-06T19:13:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T03:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=8070"},"modified":"2011-04-11T18:55:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T01:55:29","slug":"oday-involved-sleazy-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/oday-involved-sleazy-venture\/","title":{"rendered":"IS O\u2019DAY INVOLVED IN A SLEAZY VENTURE? Plus, free Q&A teleseminar Tuesday\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The release of Mike’s first video has stirred up a lot<\/strong> of response.<\/p>\n

Much of it has been along the lines of, “Hmm. Sounds<\/strong> interesting…Let’s see where this goes.”<\/em><\/p>\n

A few people have emailed me (or posted on our Facebook group) to express deep skepticism.<\/p>\n

With all the questions coming in, I’ve decided to conduct the first free teleseminar <\/strong>\u2014 an open-ended Q&A, so you can ask your questions directly \u2014 sooner than I’d planned:<\/p>\n

Tuesday afternoon, 2PM Eastern (11AM Pacific).<\/strong> Everyone who has joined the “Dan Saves Radio” mailing list<\/a> will receive the call-in details soon after I publish this blog piece.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here’s a sampling of the more skeptical queries I’ve received, along with my replies.<\/p>\n

Tell me this isn’t a MLM initiative.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Absolutely, 100% not.<\/p>\n

Never, no way, no how. (“MLM” = “Multi-Level Marketing.” Also referred to by many as “pyramid schemes.”)<\/p>\n

Am I supposed to be seeing something real cheese-and-spammy when I click the link above? Cause that’s what I’m getting. WTF, DanO?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have no problem with people being skeptical about it, at first. Actually, before I became a customer (I use another of their services) I was very<\/strong> skeptical. That was before I used the service, though, and before I happened to become friends with Mike.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what you mean by “spammy.” It’s a Web page with a brief video.<\/p>\n

The subsequent videos will be quite eye-opening; I kinda wish the introductory video was less tease and more meat. There is, however, a reason for that:<\/p>\n

When Mike’s company launched the service I’ve been using (last year), they did it with a series of videos that were crammed with so much info that viewers took pages of notes. But those videos were something like 40 minutes long. This time around, Mike made a deliberate effort to keep each one to no longer than 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Even so, just watching the videos will provide a crash course in how Social Media really<\/strong> can be deployed.<\/p>\n

It stinks of late night informerical product pitches. Especially when you read the fine print which left me with a “result not typical” impression.<\/p>\n

I might throw my email address through for the hell of it, but I almost expect billy mays to… come back from the dead to do the remaining videos.<\/p>\n

Yes, i’m skeptical, jaded and often too honest and god knows what else…and have every right to be. There are too many messages out there looking for your $$$ using the centuries old PT Barnum approach.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Federal Trade Commission requires such a disclaimer. All they’re doing is obeying the law.<\/p>\n

P.T. Barnum’s approach was to create a ruckus to gather a crowd, then (figuratively) pick their pockets. If you decide to watch the three additional videos, you won’t see or hear anything that in any way remotely is misleading or dishonest.<\/p>\n

I’ve long said that “selling is educating.” I think it’s a mistake to confuse good salesmanship with dishonesty.<\/p>\n

The videos & teleseminars to come: <\/strong>If you already joined the “Dan Saves Radio” mailing list<\/strong><\/a>, I’ll let you know when each new video is uploaded and when each new teleseminar is scheduled. During the teleseminars, I’ll be showing you “proof” that…Well, it’ll astound you.<\/p>\n

All Voiceover Folks:<\/strong> I hope you’ll be able to make tomorrow’s teleseminar (check your email, if you’re on the list) for a pretty impressive example…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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