I'm Mad as Hell, and Refuse to Take It Any More!

Has anyone else noticed that the minute you fill out a job application online, you can count down the minutes that your phone rings with the first telemarketer with an "amazing" work from home opportunity? I HATE this!

The fact that I am applying for jobs shouldnt make me a target for your "Marketing Campaign." The fact Im applying for jobs makes me a job seeker - simple as that. I dont beleive in money for nothing. I dont beleive there is a "system" out there that is the magic bullet for all of my financial worries. If I had a "small investment" of 500 dollars sitting around dont you think I might, as a responsible adult be using it for a good purpose?

Im tired of the telemarketing culture. Somehow, the people calling have gotten it in their heads that they are helping me by harrassing me until I cave. They are somehow doing me a favor. I even had one company (still trying to figure out who it is) subscribe my mobile phone to receive texts once a week and add to my phone bill a $9.99/month charge. (I discovered it after my phone bill seemed a little large 3 months in a row.) I called to find out how this happened, and apparently if you say "yes, go ahead and send me more information" - this qualifies as "opting in" to be covertly billed.

The best call I received was, someone telling me there were "limited opportunities" in my zip code for a specific opportunity. Couldnt help my self, I asked the question - "Really? What zip code do you have for me?" Naturally they answered it wrong. Then, they made the statement "Because your a Preferred American Express Cardholder, this qualifies you for ... " Again, I couldnt help myself. I said,"You have me down as an AMEX cardholder? I find that funny, because you picked the one credit card that I have NEVER had."

I wont lie, I am making a little money with Affiliate Marketing. While its not a lot, yet, Im sure it will be if I can devote the time to my blogs. (Im getting better at it.) The point being, I hate these phone calls I get, I hate the questionable tactics that some are out there using and I will not knowingly reccomend any program that brings this onslought of phone calls. If I do reccomend one, please tell me and not only will I stop reccomending it - I will publicly criticize it.

This ends my rant. Hope Im not the only one who feels this way. I didnt have any new quality programs to reccomend this week, so you got my rant.

What is the Short List?

Are you sick and tired of the hype? I know that I am. Every time you turn around, there’s another program that promises a six figure income in months, if not weeks. Are you tired of the standard offer of thousands worth of product for 97 dollars, 47 dollars, or less?  This exhaustion with trying to sort out the real offers from the money sucking ordeals that I have bought into more than once is the inspiration behind this blog.

The intent of this blog is to review the good, the bad and the ugly for you. I am not an expert, I don’t want to sell you anything and more importantly I won’t rip you off. Im not even asking you to leave your email! When was that last time you got information without signing up to receive junk mail?

What has gotten to me so many times is the scripted sales person that calls at the most inconvenient times. Dinner is a popular time for them. (How do they always seem to know I’m eating?)

Everything that I am telling you doesn’t cost you a dime. Now, some of the programs you do have to pay for. Wheat you’re getting from this blog are recommendations for programs and methods that work. I’ve paid, and I’m tired of getting taken. If writing this blog helps save someone else some money, I feel good. If the writing saaves someone money and ends up making them money – that’s even better.

Anyways, I’m not rich but I’m earning money. I’m not to the six-figure level yet, but I’m getting there. (Ambition is a good thing.) I have enrolled in at least one “47 dollar system” that ended up costing in the range of 350 dollars.  I’m tired of buying into something that only succeeds in draining my wallet.

Affiliate programs work, but they take time and effort. There are a couple I recommend. These ones make the short list because they have made me money. Some more than others, but they have made money.

The first Affiliate program I would suggest will appeal to all of the Social Network Marketers out there. It is TweetAdder. They pay a very generous commission for marketing their software. One reason I have no problem recommending their software is that I use it, and it works pretty well. They offer free lifetime updates, which is pretty rare for any software company.

I mentioned that I use this software and it has done great things for Mystery Bay Marine's twitter following. On August 1st, 2011, we had almost 2100 followers. As of October 29th, 2011 we have nearly 8800. So, long story short we reccomend this software for two reasons. Number one: The software does what it promised. Number two: The Affiliate program does pay a generous commission.

Stats from TweetCounter

So, to sign up for the affiliate program click on the banner below and then the affiliate tab on the top. Finally, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click “Yes, I want to sign up.” Again, I will say it does take time, but it does work. It does pay off over time.

So, keep coming back for more updates. There will be more recommended programs as I have time to write about them.