So how did this pass FBs reviewers? (13)
This guy has been dominating my ad space for quite a while now. He's got different ads running with different domains all which show the following lander:
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He must be banking. Good on him.
It's bloody smart and I can see this working very well (thanks for the inspiration), but can anybody please tell me how this got approved? Doesn't this violate just about any known copyright law?
forum general rule
unless its your lp don't post it
Apologies. I was rather startled.
Would love to see the Lander.... kinda wondering if its me
Originally Posted by cmdeal
so how did smaxxor get on with this one then?..
This was posted previously and taken down (the settlement/case, not the lander in OP's post). It's why I don't do diet in the US and probably never will, although my diet networks have provided good guidelines to running an advertorial-style lander safely. Don't fuck with Americans.
The lander is basically a fake front of a men's health magazine (...). It looks credible at first glance, but when you look at it a bit more closely it becomes very obvious that it's a blatant rip off. A dangerous line to be walking.
Given the court order posted above, it surprises me to great extent that Facebook approved this campaign. They might go after them next for what it's worth.
Originally Posted by cmdeal
There are plenty of ways to make money online by promoting products or services that are not misleading and which provide value to consumers.
I know it may seem tempting, but I really encourage people coming into this industry to not go the Lance Armstrong route of trying to find easy shortcuts and ways to cut corners.
Despite what ebook floggers and IM "coaches" may tell you, making money is hard work. And whenever there is hard work, there will be people who want to take shortcuts.
I am not passing judgment on anyone ... at the end of the day, every person has to make his or her own judgments on right or wrong.
But let's be honest.
There are a lot of shady people in this industry, and A LOT of shady practices, and while people can rationalise anything when it comes down to money, some of the products and services and the ways in which Internet marketers promote them cause tremendous harm to consumers: http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/10/29...online-monster
I remember at school, in pretty much every class, there were a small number of people who worked hard, and a much larger group of people who were just looking to cheat their way to a grade.
Don't be one of these people.
Be the person who succeeds in this (and anything else in life) by working hard.
My question is, clearly people are doing this all over the place. Not even imitation flogs, I see Dr.Oz etc. Is it just a matter of people serving things up from anonymous servers? Every muscle link you click on facebook is the cloaked Mens Life and Health lander with all the celebrity photos. Can't be as deadly as people talk about....
Its never deadly till the FTC decides to do a crackdown. People will always use flogs because they convert, you can create compliant landers for diet/skin I know I have. This section of the industry has always been the wild west that being said things are way more compliant now than just a few years ago.
You now see offer pages that actually disclose the billing terms and trial information and most of the time you can now get a hold of customer service to cancel/refund your order. You also have a few players who are able to remain profitable using non-retarded billing terms.(slimscience)
You will always have the morons with the 72 hours trials and 158$ rebill price who bring scrutiny and ftc/state AG action.
No such thing as anonymous servers. There are some non-compliant DNS and hosting companies hosted off-shore somewhere, but they aren't bulletproof - and mostly they're useless. If you are advertising on FB, they can give you up, if you're linking to a product with an affid (which people are doing) your network will give you up, and if you are processing as a merchant then that is checkmate from the get-go. If anybody goes this route prepare for the worst, and hope for the best (which can be very good).
Why flog when you can blog
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