Grrr....
It never ceases to amaze me how folks think they are going to have ANY kind of success in online business when the first thing out of their virtual mouth (ie, in response to a connection request on ANY social network) is... "Hi buy my crap!"
Note that there is not even a comma after "hi." There's no pause, no smile, no recognition of another human being, but it's said all in one breath, "Hi buy my crap."
And sorry, folks, if that word offends some, but it's better than the choice of word that some people would use, and it is an apt description of almost all, IF NOT ALL, products, services or schemes that are offered to me this way.
THEY ARE CRAP!
Folks, I write, not just to make myself feel better or to blow my own horn, but to do my best to help people in life and in business.
STAY AWAY FROM CRAPPY PROGRAMS THAT OFFER FAST MONEY WITH LITTLE OR NO EFFORT AND THAT DON'T TELL YOU HOW TO PROPERLY MARKET!
If you get "Hi buy my crap," in an email, forum post or phone call, don't go there. Trust me from more than thirty years of marketing, IT IS NO GOOD!
If the person approaching you is trained so badly that they use this approach on you, ask yourself how good the "company" that let's this kind of marketing represent them really is.
I would SCREAM if I found out someone was marketing my product or service this way! They are REPRESENTING my company. I do not want my company being tarred with such a dirty brush and would kick that person out fast than they can spell "crap."
If any company allows themselves to be marketed in such an unprofessional, unproductive, unpleasant and impolite way, ignore it. Don't even read the first page. Even if it is from your best friend and you want to help them by examining what they're doing, don't go there. Tell them it's not worth their time or yours to be involved with a company that teaches that kind of marketing.
I have just spent some time updating my profile and answering mail on a very prominent and respected social site for professionals that I belong to, and have had several of these extremely unprofessional messages sent to me by people I have only just met.
Silly me, I have answered them, when I probably should have simply deleted them... but... how did I answer? "Hello, ___________, How about "Hi, nice to meet you?" I hope they get the message.
God bless,
Dave