Gold?

Way too many excalmation points to be legit.

L-A-M-E

I just hope no one falls for this !

Ugh. Could someone please beat him?

Hope you are feeling better after the sudden sickness. Making some incidental cash is cool in a “what a great blog…here's a buck” sort of way. But to hawk this to aspiring writers or reviewers as a “get rich and famous by tomorrow” scheme is horrible.

Isn't Dave Winer one of you genius people … that is so uncool if this guy is quoting him … nevermind the fact, that when you sign off his site, it has a pop up window. ew. Greg sends a BIG SMOOCH btw … spent the day w/him and Anthony!

We just moved our servers over, I wonder what the deal is?

Shiat, it just happened to me. sorry y'all.

Chris,
what id going on with yout blog? i am getting 2 diferent layouts here.
oh well, i am leaving for now.

Let's see if this works?

looks like it works :) and you're right, that site was just ewwie. i hate that type of thing but whatcha gonna do but ignore it and hope it withers away?

Hrm, your blog is doing weird stuff, it seems to have lost my recent trackback ping. (I'll resend).

Hmm.Hmm.Hmm. Whats next? A pyramid scheme disguised as a blog?

Get him, Chris! Get those fools over at GoldBlogger! Bite their heads off!

I like the use of bold words. Heh.
Now you can GET RICH QUICK.
Yeah… Scam.

Same ole game. ANd yes, people buy the shiz.
Tried smackin Terry Dean's(www.netbreakthroughs.com) *** around about blogging. You know, becoming REAL. I showed him Rageboy's site.
He said to his group, “Um not a popluar website, according to Alexa.com. Blogs are meant for personal blah blah.”
Was like, damn, you netmarketers don't get it. The enemy is them and them are us, or something.
Point is. Don't know. I just get pissy. Get pissy that SOME (not all) marketers focus on markeing instead of what they can bring to the market place. Like something good.

Chris-
Skepticism online is a good thing, however you are way off-base with what you said.
People are making money with their blogs, and few know better than you. You managed to make Locker Gnome a success using many of the same techniques that bloggers are just now beginning to experiment with. And that truly is the problem. Many bloggers want to write for a living — they just need to know how they can make money. They are blind to the revenue streams that can be incorporated.
I wrote my book as a basic guide showing them how.
I chose to quote prominent bloggers and point out how they make money, because everyone can identify with them. It makes perfect sense to use them as examples.
I could point out hundreds of bloggers that have incorporated revenue streams like “branded merchandise” into their blog but would that would make less of a point. Everyone know who InstaPundit is…
I could point out hundreds of bloggers that have incorporated “affiliate sales” into their blog but would that would make less of a point. Everyone know who Andrew Sullivan is…
I am sure you get the point.
As far, as you point that I don't have a lot of links coming in. I never will, and here is one good reason:
All bloggers want to make money but few want to advertise to their readers that they are making money off of them! What is a link to my website going to say about them!
On top of that, many creative types (bloggers) tend to lean more to the left (liberal) with a “money is bad” belief. You can here that in the comments to this post. Ewwww…
I never expect to have a lot of links into my blog, because of that aversion to advertise their money making desires. However, I average over 200 unique visitors a day and the mailing list for my free newsletter continues to grow. Which is not bad, considering that I have only spent a whopping $10 on advertising as I continue to fine-tune things.
Has anyone *wasted* any money on my book?
Nope. Not one customer.
I average about 2-5 sales a day, with not one return — and that is because I OVERDELIVER on what I promise to sell. My customers have not only enjoyed my book — but felt they gained more out of what they received than what they paid. (In fact, one of my customers pointed out your post — and asked me to address it!)
That is the same thing that has made Locker Gnome a success. You deliver quality information and products at fair prices. If either of us was out to screw over our customers we would not be in business long. I have costs just like you do. if I fail to deliver I will be out of business in no time.
That is why I can offer a 90 day return policy on my book. I can offer it knowing that I have nothing to lose!
Anyway, I will be contacting you by email to offer you a free copy of the book. Then you can see for yourself…
Respectfully,
Jason Cain
GoldBlogger.com
GoldBlogging.com

Chris, I sent you an email but your apparently you have some sort of autorepsonder set up, and it is giving an error:

This kind of thing has me feeling queasy.
And yet I know it's a natural evolutionary transition. More and more of these things will doubtless appear as the dodgy fringes (MLM, Ponzi & pyramid-selling marketers) start to explore the money-making potential of blogs.
There's other examples out there too, like this disingenuous tosser:
http://www.bloganswerman.com/
Gag me with a spune.
/m

I don't like him one bit.
In his “I Got Slammed!” post, he implies that Chirs would delete any comment contrary to his own belief.
He's also cocky.
I know I won't be purchasing his book.

Hold. This is good. Dialogue. Monologue sucks. Jason, glad you responded to this.
Several of us on here make our income online. I do well with it. I believe Chris does as well. However, let me state my pissing.
I dig money. Call me Gordon Gecko. SO, that ain't it.
The it comes when the conversation goes one way. When there is this “quazi-expert” and he will show the path more fully. That is the joke. Beauty of the net is that they usually end up as Chief fool instead of Chief expert in the court of the net.
I do not hate all markers nor salespeople. Those that do have not expanded their mind or contacts. Without people moving product we go back to cave dwelling.
I do expose what I perceive to be more marketing than product/value. When the dialogue gets cut off by a monlogue my sirens go off.
I am going to purchase your book in a few weeks (when I have time to review it). No sense in me slashing without checking it.
I would encourage you to open the communication channels. DOes it make you nervous to add a “comment” section to each of your blog posts? It might add context to what is a droning one way sales letter.
There is one. Count it one net marketer that I would openly mention to anyone trying to find an audience for their ideas/product. That being Ken Envoy. WHy?
He seems to have very little cheese and alot of humanity. That is where we are here. Humans in conversation.

I know the thing that made me instantly chalk up the goldblogging site as somewhat slimey is that, to me, the writing seemed to have the tone of a late night infomercial, or spam, I see telling me to write to find out how to make money fast.
I'm not sure how others saw it, but this is the feel it had to me.

Gregory, you're not alone. You're absolutly right. I think it's why people are retting sick, and “pissy” about it… It has that retarded infomercail feeling to it. It makes you want to turn the channle.

Jonathan-
Truth. THIS post is exactly why I decided NOT to have comments on my blog. Pirillo's blog entry isn't crticism — that would have entailed some research into what I was doing. Maybe even asking to see a copy of the book. This entry is irresponsible — but hey that *IS* the net. All the comments are about “tone” and “the use of bold letters” — not about content. Right now I am compiling testimonials to post on the website. I mean full testimonials — full name and their blog. I have recieved nothing but praise and very kind comments — and the names of the people on *that* list will shock people. The critics have all read their blogs and their books! It's a 5 month old blog — someone had to be first to point out the $$$ in blogging. Thanks for the comments Jonathan.

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