Sometimes I’ll click on an ad (usually a display ad that I know will lead to an affiliate site) out of curiosity. While I have not been actively working on my own business lately, I still like to keep up with what internet marketers are doing. Today I ran across something that made me set down my lunch and type this post:
It is important to note that this site and the comments/answers depicted above is to be used as an illustrative example of what some individuals have achieved with this/these products. This website, and any page on the website, is based loosely off a true story, but has been modified in multiple ways including, but not limited to: the story, the photos, and the comments. Thus, this page, and any page on this website, are not to be taken literally or as a non-fiction story. This page, and the results mentioned on this page, although achievable for some, are not to be construed as the results that you may achieve on the same routine. I UNDERSTAND THIS WEBSITE IS ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF WHAT MIGHT BE ACHIEVABLE FROM USING THIS/THESE PRODUCTS, AND THAT THE STORY/COMMENTS DEPICTED ABOVE IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY. This page receives compensation for clicks on or purchase of products featured on this site.
This is a disclaimer I found on an affiliate site. My guess is that most people who read the disclaimers at the bottom (which is probably 0.1% of visitors) are not even going to process the real message. Let me rewrite it for you:
I’M LYING TO YOU. THIS IS ALL BULLSHIT. BUT BUY THIS PRODUCT ANYWAY BECAUSE I’M GETTING PAID A COMMISSION.
I almost have to chuckle to myself. This is so reminiscent of an incredible marketer I used to work with. It sounds exactly like something he would do and later laugh about with his friends.
Whatever you can sleep with at night. I’ve certainly done some things in the name of hype and money. I guess this guy is at least honest about it.
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Tags: affiliate marketing, disclaimers, internet marketing
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