In that website niche of ventriloquism and teaching thousands and thousands of students how to not only learn the art of “throwing your voice”, I’ve also taught people how to write comedy, have stage presence, and most importantly, how to market<\/strong> <\/em>their talents. You see, whatever niche(s) you target, you are not<\/strong><\/em> just being an expert in that niche. Most importantly, you must work on becoming an\u00a0expert in marketing<\/strong><\/em> your product or service to your niche(s). Does that make sense?<\/p>\n While new to this digital product marketing\/blogging world, over the years I’ve purchased all kinds of courses, software, training, etc., but am just now kicking in the determination to finally do something.<\/p>\n Which gets to the point of my blog title. Can you trust anyone?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I can’t begin to count the number of emails I used to get from countless “gurus” who promised they could help me achieve success online with Internet marketing, if I’d only buy their $7 book, $47 software, $97 video course or $597 training program.<\/p>\n Some of my lack of success was my own fault. I probably had a good product, but didn’t do the work required to see any results.<\/p>\n You do know being successful online doesn’t happen overnight with no effort, right?<\/p>\n But, there were many more things I purchased that simply did not deliver what the beautifully written sales letter promised. Or there was no support for the product after the purchase.<\/p>\n So, when you’re building an Internet marketing business, how do you know which tools, software, training to invest in? How do you know who to trust?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are a few guidelines:<\/p>\n 1). Research the product being offered to you<\/strong><\/em> Most of the time, the “reviews” for a new product you find will just be from affiliates who will post something that says. “Do Not Buy Joe Blows New Cash Cow Internet Machine Until You Read The Truth!”<\/p>\n When you read the review, it’s very easy to see it’s just an affiliate writing a couple of opening general “fluff” sentences and then giving you a link to their affiliate page to buy the product. It’s amazing how many affiliates do this exact same thing. And, the majority of the affiliates don’t even own the product they are pitching!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 2). Research the creator of the product. Especially if it’s a training and coaching program.<\/strong> <\/em> Look at return\/refund stats on places like jvzoo and clickbank.<\/p>\n But be sure to balance what you read. If you see 2 or 3 scathing negative reviews from folks, also try to find how many good reviews there are. The negative reviews simply might be from people who didn’t do what the course instructed them to do.<\/p>\n And, certainly do some research on the person who created the product. Search for that person online and see what people are saying about him or her, or the product.<\/p>\n 3). How long has the creator of a product or service been online?<\/strong><\/em> Sure, people can make some money online by just selling as affiliates. But the true success stories, and the people you can trust, will also be creating their own products.<\/p>\n 4). Are people willing to help you if you invest in their product?<\/strong><\/em> 5). Be sure anything you purchase has a money back guarantee<\/strong><\/em> Don’t buy something, look at it for a day or two, put it aside for the next 30 or 60 days and then ask for a refund with the excuse “because it didn’t work.” No, it might have worked. It was you who didn’t.<\/p>\n Even by following these steps, you’ll still probably get burned or taken advantage of my some unsavory Internet marketer. It just happens.<\/p>\n Eventually if you follow a few people online that seem to be providing good, usable content, you’ll be able to tell who is the real deal and those who are not.<\/p>\n My Ventriloquism 101 course still comes with a one year money back guarantee. That’s right. One full year. I know it’s a great course and that if people put in a little time to really check it out, they will easily see it will do what I tell them it will do – learn how to be a ventriloquist.<\/p>\n![\"Trust-182-quotespick-2916\"](\"http:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Trust-182-quotespick-29161.jpg\")
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\nSearch online (and mainly in discussion groups) that give truthful reviews of the product.<\/p>\n
\nIf a program does not work, you WILL<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0find truthful reviews online. Be sure to read as many real reviews as you can on forums.<\/p>\n
\nI’m not saying someone can’t be successful and create good products in a relatively short period of time on the Internet. But these people are the exception. The most respected Internet marketers have been around for a little while and have large followings. Also, has this “guru” created more than one of his own products?<\/p>\n
\nBe sure you have support from the people you purchase products from. The really successful Internet entrepreneurs will have a system in place to help you during those times you are struggling, if you are making the effort.<\/p>\n
\nThe biggest caveat here is that if a product comes with a 30 or 60 day money back guarantee, you have to do the work<\/strong><\/em> needed to actually find out if the product or service will do what it says it will!<\/p>\n