All Too Often We Cry Scam, When the Fault May Be Yours!

So is it really a scam or not? While most of us will not tell friends or family if we have been scammed, others of us will blame others or the program for our mistakes or lack of action. Even legitimate claims via blogs, can be pulled as WordPress will shut down a free blog site without explanation due to a complaint from someone. Keep in mind, that overnight success is seldom achieved by most of us. However, we simply cannot blame others or a program for our failures online. Do your own due diligence, consider the source a complaint and/or praise for a program. Also, keep in mind, that all matters online; be they endorsements, testimonials, proof of payment, etc. can be falsified.

Sites like Web of Trust (WOT) , Google, Yahoo, even Facebook, Twitter, etc. all make it too easy for us to post a false claim of a scam or spam when a site is not performing to our expectations. Posts in blogs, email, social networks, articles, reviews all give us an opportunity to vent our frustrations. When warned, check the source of the complaint, it may just be a false claim of spam or a scam by an unsatisfied customer or member. It is hard to offset the negative claims, whether false or not. WOT aggravates me when sites that are and have been performing well are continually noted with the "WOT Warning this site has a poor reputation". Seem to clearly demonstrate that old adage that negative news goes farther, than the positives. (It is too bad that WOT does give us the ability to selectively shut off its warning for sties that we already know)

While most of us will not tell friends or family if we have been scammed, others of us will blame others or the program for our mistakes or lack of action. Even legitimate claims via blogs, can be pulled as WordPress will shut down a free blog site without explanation due to a complaint from someone. Keep in mind, that overnight success is seldom achieved by most of us. However, we simply cannot blame others or a program for our failures online. Do your own due diligence, consider the source a complaint and/or praise for a program. Also, keep in mind, that all matters online; be they endorsements, testimonials, proof of payment, etc. can be falsified.

A quote from a friend “1) One man's scam is another man's bonanza and by this I mean that many people on the net write to me about scams (as they call them) but in 99% of the cases, they have not learned their craft and cannot market them or have not taken the time to learn how to use the tool they have purchased. And while there certainly are scams out there I am thinking that it might be a better route to take to review sites in the form of articles and present them as an opinion or an overview of a site and if you feel strongly that they are a scam then give them a rating system so that people could read reviews of a site just like they do any product like at Amazon or groupon or something like that."   Jane Mark, Sokule, Inc

Making a false claims of a scam is bad business, for all of us. All too often we simply write of a program as a scam when in fact is may be a winner for others.

Other than the legal implications for our actions, before we label a program a scam, let’s get some facts, the who, what, when, where of a scam…

Some final thoughts before you make your claim:

Have you read the terms and conditions, FAQ’s, are they subject to change without notice?

Have you taken advantage of the help and training offered by the site and is it relevant to today’s online marketing?

Have your followed the sites blueprint or strategy for success?

ALL TOO OFTEN, Our failure may be simply being our Approach to Marketing and/or our failure to implement the Plan of Action for a perfectly viable program.

Be honest with yourself and get some help before you find yourself making a false claim of a scam. Is it a Scam or Not?

Get some help; see our Internet Users Handbook – A comprehensive guide to avoiding scams online while doing business.  Now available in two forms:

·         http://www.leadsleap.com/go/40887 Internet Users Handbook (Full copy), or

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