I know that this title sounds like something out of a kindergarten business manual. And there really is a reason for that. Today I received yet another spam message, at an e-mail that I keep so private, I even forget it exists!
I’m serious. I keep one e-mail solely for personal use. I don’t advertise it, I don’t share it with anyone but close friends and family. Yet somehow some nasty spammer managed to find it in some obscure corner of the internet universe. I had to reply to them and request removal, while also threatening them with the doom of the spam report.
It irks me even more that they were promoting an absolute scam! You have read my ezine. You know how I feel about that! There are posts on my blog that detail how to deal with idiots like this! Yet the curse of the spammers lives on. Like some newborn Twilight vampires lusting for new blood, and unstoppable by any human means, they prey on the innocent, spread their corruption around, and wait for the blood (sales) to come flowing their way. By the time they realize that it is never going to happen, they are frustrated and convinced the whole network marketing thing is, wait for it, A SCAM!
Even more are the amazing names in network marketing from whom they could be learning. Guys like Mike Dillard, Mike Filsaime, Joel Therien, Frank Kern, Dave Cleinman, women like Donna Fox, Kim Nesbitt, Janet Legere, Saberra Lee, Ann Sieg. These are million dollar marketers who NEVER send spam, yet have more success in one day, doing things the right way, than spammers have in years of doing their dirty deeds.
There is this (apparently dying) quote from a rather famous historical figure: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!”
Would a spammer say: “I send spam because I like to get it!?”
Not very likely!
Being a good person means following good ethics in business. In the short term this may seem like a no-win situation. After all, getting traffic to a website is hard. Choosing a good opportunity is difficult. Learning all this ethical marketing stuff is impossibly difficult.
NONSENSE! Find the people who have had success and follow their lead.
HINT HINT: “They didn’t send no stinkin’ spam!” ?
