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Who is the "Least Trusted on the ‘Net"?
Copyright 2004 by Kevin Bidwell
All-In-One-Business.com
This wasn’t a popularity contest, nor was it based on my
personal opinions-this was simply a survey.
But the results were astounding!
Of the people who responded to our survey expressing an opinion,
a whopping 43% gave the same answer.
I’ll tell you who in just a second, but first I wanted to give
you some perspective on how huge that response really was.
Of the dozen choices we gave as options, no one else even came
close. Several people got 1 negative vote, a few others got
three or four-not enough to make an impact.
In fact, the second "least" trusted got only 10%--less than ¼
the responses. And he was also one of our top ten most trusted.
I expected to see something like this: The most trusted and
least trusted would likely be some of the same people. I
figured the most trusted would likely have some of the highest
traffic and sales, so they would also have the "opportunity" to
tick off more people.
Boy, was I wrong.
Our least trusted person, according to this survey, was...
Mark Joyner
He didn’t even make the top 10 of most trusted. Not one of the
people who gave their opinion voted for him as most trusted.
Let’s think just a second about how he "achieved" such a low
position!
Mark made internet marketing history by using a variety of
innovative techniques to build the largest list of prospects,
customers and affiliates ever created.
He authored a number of best selling eBooks, was a darling of
the lucrative seminar circuit and wrote an Amazon number 1 best
seller.
Good for Mark.
But in the last couple years, things began to fall apart.
Mark used his influence-and staked his reputation and list-on a
failed MLM called "CashEvolution." After months of hype, the
company started with a bang, then quickly went bankrupt, having
taken money out of several thousands of pockets.
Following that Mark "retired" from internet marketing with a
well publicized "software garage sale."
He eventually sold 2,000 or so at $1,000 a piece, making a nice
little $1,000,000 profit after expenses.
But then there was another "misstep": Not long after his
retirement announcement, those on his email list began hearing
from him again about his "latest" move into a new network
marketing company.
Many of those who had once trusted him whole-heartedly began to
wonder about Mr. Joyner’s efforts.
Am I trying to say Mark is dishonest or unethical? Nope, I
don’t personally know Mark and have no opinion either way. What
I am trying to say is this:
Mark made choices that have ruined his reputation with many.
Online bad news travels fast.
For more information on each of the "top ten" in Internet
Marketing Strategy, as well as the exact numerical results from
the survey, go to:
http://www.All-In-One-Business.com/survey
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