Here’s one of the downsides of having a widely read blog – you get many calls from BizOp promoters.<\/p>\n
I’ve had called from boiler room operators offering to sell me some “hot” over-the-counter stocks that are supposedly going to hit the big time (interpretation: some offshore stock brokerage somewhere bought a whole bunch of dead stock and are looking for investors\/suckers to buy it in the hopes that it might go up because of some “hot” tip or impending news). -> scam.<\/p>\n
I was just contacted regarding a “joint venture” to promote something called the “Reverse Funnel System” developed by Ty Coughlin.<\/p>\n
It’s masked in internet marketing talk, with jargon like copywriting experts paid $20,000 to come up with the sales copy, and terms like landing pages, sales conversion, autoresponders thrown in for good measure to appeal to internet marketers.<\/p>\n
Heck, the system is so “exclusive” that you have to pay $50 just to see the thing, without any idea of what it is…<\/p>\n
Once you get in, you’ve offered an options to pay $2,995, which looks like it will go towards some type of timeshare membership (you get to stay in timeshare units) and there’re a bunch of endorsements from members who claim to be generating $30,000 per month.<\/p>\n
[If you’re wondering why I’m not linking to the Reverse Funnel System website, that might give you an indication of what I think of the scheme…]<\/p>\n
Here’s my assessment of business opportunities, especially on the Internet.<\/p>\n