I am NOT going to try to recommend anything or
sell you on a new product or program today.
What I have for you is something that I brought
home from Karate class and it touched me in such
a way that I thought that you my loyal readers would
appreciate it as much as I did.
Every month the Karate School picks a word for their
students to learn and put to good use.
This might sound like a crazy thing for me to write
about today, however, even though we know this word
and understand it, I thought the following quotes were
worth sharing.
The Word of the month is INTEGRITY
“Real Integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that
nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”
Oprah Winfrey — In Good Housekeeping
“I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very
best each and every day.” Abraham Lincoln
“Try not to become a man of success but rather try
to become a man of value.” Albert Einstein
I know the above words do not have anything to do
with search engine optimization and developing
traffic.
Yet, at the same time, they are very important in
your efforts in marketing.
As a marketer, you have a real responsibility to
share products and promotions that can solve a need
for others.
If in turn you offer less than stellar products or offer them
at a price that does not meet the test of fairness, you
actually can hurt your good reputation.
We start out with a good name. It is something that
should be guarded with every ounce of might in your soul.
Once something happens that could be questioned as
unfair or immoral or unethical, it can be very hard to restore
your integrity in the eyes of the public, in this case your
buyers.
This is one of the reasons that I offer the guarantees on
my products and programs that I do. I really do not want
to entice any one to purchase something that they are
unhappy with or feel they can not use.
I encourage each and every one of you, regardless of
where you are in your internet career to live by those words
above and you will never have to worry about the income
coming in.
Thanks for letting me share this with you today, I hope
you found it to be as worthwhile as I did.
Talk Soon,
Charles Kirkland
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You are absolutely right about the word Integrity, and it’s truly refreshing to hear a top internet marketer like yourself using and talking about such a word in your blog.
Hey, Charles…
Thanks for the heads up on your blog post with that email you sent me. I think it’s vital that marketers take a serious look at all they do, and make sure they are keeping their reputations sparkly.
The internet is an anonymous world, and you have only your integrity by which everything you do is measured. In our business, you can have a stirling reputation for years, and one blunder can cost you forever.
Keep up the awesome work!
Cheers -
Lisa Preston
Good morning,
Bravo for Integrity !
The mails that I receive contains always the same words :
make money, massive profits, six or seven figures, best traffic ………..
Speak on quality of informations, regard for customers ….
Thanks for your mail.
Nicolas.
PS : I read English, but it is more difficult to write !
Hey Charles,
Great stuff man! Spread this message far and wide across the internet. You are damn well right.
We have no right to “offer less than stellar products or offer them at a price that does not meet the test of fairness”. Very well said.
Wish you a great reputation that will be envy of many.
Charles,
There are too many self appointed Guru’s on the web today that live by the mantra WIIFM (what’s in it for me). We all have seen the promises and false guarantees that have been widely circulated.
What sets you above and apart from the majority today is that you have never forgotten what it was like to “grovel” and really work for every penny that you brought in. That is very refreshing.
It seems that many of the guru experts don’t have time anymore for the small guy that bought their products in the first place.
In all my dealings with you, you have been straight up and honest. That in itself is something that is rare in the internet world.
I think the post about integrity should be sent “round the world” because too many folks have forgotten what it is like to do business on their word.
Hi Lionel.
Its seems that marketers often overlook what got them to the top after they get there. Then they wonder why nobody wants anything to do with them.
Charles
Hi Lisa
Everybody if you are looking for some real info about online marketing Lisa & Tony are the real deal. Check out there forum http://ablakeforum.com/
Talk soon,
Charles
Hi Nicolas,
It seems that most marketers look at people on there email list’s as nothing more then a walking ATM machine and do nothing but send pitch after pitch of useless junk hoping for a sale. If you get a email from me about anything you can always count on it being something that I would use myself.
When I first starting building my list I sent out a email for a big marketer “you would know the name if I told you” without reviewing the offer.
I didn’t know they were going to be run through 5 OTO’s and 5 downsells. I was so mad about this. I also got tons of people emailing me back with some nasty words.
This is one mistake that I’m never going to make again.
Thanks
Charles Kirkland
Hi Scott,
Scott is one dude that everybody here needs to keep a eye on, he is going to make a huge splash in the IM work this year like Rich Schefren did a few years ago.
Thanks
Charles
Hello,
Each and everyone of you above this post took the words right out of my mouth. For two years I have worked and scraped to be able to afford getting myself off the ground as a IM. I took the chance and jumped on many offers, empty offers and empty dreams for my family.
I haven’t gave up yet, however I can say I am not ignorant any longer and have caught onto their empty words! Shame on them for trying to take our dreams away especially when they were suppose to help us achive our dreams.
To Charles: Thank you for your Blog, I hope many people will see it. So sad that lost integrity and gained greed is why our Nation on this day is suffering in so many ways. Please forward to the North, South, East and West.
Charles,
It’s funny that you are speaking about Integrity because as a mentor, teacher, author and web marketer my integrity is always in question until I prove myself to those that are in search of advice.
Just the other day I received an angry email from someone who visited my website and decided to download a free gift that I have been giving away (with on problem I might add) since the middle of 2008. They were seconds short of calling me a cheat, a liar and without saying it leaned to saying that I might even use their credit card information that they used to purchase something additional from within the manual. My Integrity was on the line.
After reading your post it dawned on me that Integrity takes on different forms and I remembered how I handled the situation. I responded to their email quickly, I asked them for a thorough explanation of what happened, asked for any correspondence they had received after using their credit card, gave them my home number so we could speak one-on-one, I addressed this issue with the party that gives out the free information, emailed my findings to the angry customer and finally called them back to discuss my findings.
To my surprise my Integrity shined so brightly that the same angry customer called up one of the other affiliate programs that I endorse on my website and told the President/Owner of the business that I referred them, how much they respect my word and that they were ready (with the same credit card mind you) to purchase their online course for $700 (which I get a cut of). WOW!!!
What really makes me happy is that the President/Owner of that particular affiliate program sent me a glowing thank you email for the sale and went on to say that our industry in it’s entirety is starving for more people with the Integrity I continuously emit.
It’s good to know that as long as you are truthful and try to help out even in situations where you don’t want too that you will be seen by those you help (and those who you might never have noticed) to be a person that they would go out of their way to help whether physically, mentally or financially.
Thanks for your post because it will make sure that I put my Integrity on a pedestal and treat with the respect it deserves.
Paul
Charles,
Thank you for the kind words above, however I just wanted to add a thing or two to what has been said about that one item integrity.
There is another word that goes hand in hand with integrity and that is honesty. From reading your emails for some time now, I have realized you are a true person.
Please let me explain. Your success has not gone to your head. SEO Codebreaker has been a real hit with the internet marketing community and you are the driving force behind it. You have always been up front and honest with your readers and that by itself is a rare commodity.
I have dabbled in internet marketing and affiliate programs for some time, all the while losing my hard earned money… even to the point of going into debt more than I would like to admit.
All the while, I was getting deeper and deeper, I kept getting and trying the next idea that I was offered from the Guru’s. Everyone knows who they are, we don’t need to mention any names.
Yet, when I came across your course I found something different. I found someone that immediately I could relate to. Your way of communicating in plain language was the key that has made the difference.
I really recommend your programs to anyone that will listen and frankly in my humble opinion with the guarantees that you offer, they would be crazy not to take advantage of them.
Keep up the good work.
Charles,
Oprah said it the way I heard years ago,
personal integrity: when you are good even when no one is looking.
thanks for the post, this world needs more integrity!
Deborah
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What can I say but AMEN to all that you’ve mentioned …
One can be rich but without integrity, there is no WEALTH.
Cheers.
hey charles how about makeing money i do not here any buddy talk about it !!! and help peaple get started with there web site !!!! there are peaple that are no to good with computers like me so can you help out?????
ow jeez, you’re kidding right, haha
Like this stuff needs to be spelled out these days??
If so, we’re in worse shape than I thought, this is kindergarten integrity, you should have learned that stuff at a very young age and been practising it ever since.
Well it’s very holy getting this stuff from karate lessons and Oprah, kinda makes me wonder what parenting is like in the states.
Anyway, things are going to go pretty wacko, pretty soon, so good luck with everything, just try to be flexible.
“Integrity”, that’s a joke on the Internet.
As a perfect example I have just had over
$2000.00 stolen from me by a so called “guru”
whose sites are crowded with testimonials from
“big name” people whom I formally believed to be
honest.
When I dug a little deeper into this
man’s reputation he’s an habitual thief,
scammer and liar. Takes one’s money, does nothing
and then doesn’t even bother to answer emails.
Let’s not pretend that the marketers are
interested in anything more than their own
pockets and with the recession deepening
its just going to get worse. With nothing
fresh to peddle, any “new” product introduced
to the public is either chopped up and dribbled out to the purchaser with subscription payments or one is lured to the site at a minimal price only to discover that the OTO page, presents the real, full package at four or five times its worth.
With interest rates at an all time low, the marketers are going to ensure that they hang onto the Porsches and million dollar mansions, regardless. If scamming you and I it part of the deal then, that is too bad but don’t EVER combine the word “integrity” with anyone pushing products
at you on a daily basis.
To whom did I lose my money – I believe in naming names, Gary Baker – his promise – to give me twelve months of money making websites.
(“You’ll be happy with your new,
profitable business and will make profits from it for years to come.”)
When he didn’t deliver, I asked for my money back but I have the feeling that it will be a cold day in Hell before I ever see a penny of it.
You have been warned!
Integrity. Ha!
I would really like to comment on Lee’s comment above. Why do you think that Charles has posted this on his website? It is because of the old saying “one bad apple can ruin the barrel”
That being said, it is not fair to lump together all marketers because someone took advantage of you.
I am truly sorry that you got taken advantage of, personally I recently got taken for a $3,000 program which I am very upset about, however, I do not blame any one but myself because I believed what was told to me. I should have done more research instead of going with my “gut” feeling.
I hope that you can get your money back, however please for your sake and everyone else, don’t give up or lump every marketer in the same batch.
Stay tuned, I know that Charles will have some really good information for everyone regarding marketing and why certain folks are able to get you to respond in a particular fashion.
Hoping you have a very successful day,
Scott
Well said !
As a motivational reminder, your message is a nicely crafted ‘breath of fresh air’ in the IM world.
- Wes
Chris, your response is fair but now we delve into the nasty trick where the marketers are punishing their friends and rewarding the dead beats.
I go to a site and am offered a product by a marketer that I trust and, make the purchase at FULL price. However, the person who isn’t really interested and who leaves the page is offered a $10 – $20 discount. Nice marketing; bad treatment of loyal customers!
As a final note, maybe you could spare the $3000 that you lost but as a 74 year old pensioner, I live on $2000 a month and that money I parted with represented a chunk of change to me. I didn’t expect to make a million dollars with his program but enough to help pay the heating bills would have been nice.
“Its said that you can’t cheat an honest man” but you sure as heck can on the Internet.
The last final note on this from me. . . I did check out Gary and his sites carried testimonials from :
Yanik Silver
Len Thurmond,
Willie Crawford
You can’t get better than that!
Please send me more information on how i can make money with my website.
Thank You,
John Maroon
John,
Stay tuned… I am certain that you will be able to glean some really good material about how you can make some money with your website or blog. I can say with 100% confidence that the material that will be posted is done with the utmost integrity and sincere wishes for readers to succeed. I know that from my dealings with Charles and he is an up-front guy that will not mislead you.
Scott
Hi John
You will be getting emails from me telling you how to make more money in a shorter amount of time. Just do what I tell you and that’s it.
Talk soon
Charles
Hi Wes
Its seems that telling the truth is something most people have forgotten how to do.
Charles
Funny thing is about the internet and marketing… all things can be tracked one way or another. Both Charles and I have tried to show our integrity by sharing good tips and timely tricks to use when starting a business.
The tools we have recommended in the following blog posts really work and are simple to use, however it seems that folks want to whine and complain more than use them.
I don’t mean to sound brash, however there are some folks that you really can not please and frankly to be somewhat associated with some of the not to truthful or only in it for a buck type of marketers I know that Charles and I resent those type of thoughts and remarks.
Do not fool your self into thinking that marketers do everything for free. They have to eat as well and we have been sharing with our readers tips that they can use and benefit from.
Scott
Yaaaaawn
Elefanten till kamelen:
- Varför har du pattarna på ryggen?
- Jävligt dum fråga från den som har sin snopp mitt i fejset…
Heyyy
I know little in computing and find it difficult to proceed after a while. Only thing draged me ( I am a pensionar) towards this was passing of time while earning.
It’s about time someone spoke up!!
All I really have to say is
THANK YOU!!!!!
Hi Brent
I’m glad you liked it.
Well I must say that this is what I needed to hear. I have been being a “newbie” buying stuff that was marginal at best. I believe that I.M. should have standards. But the fact is it doesn’t. Most who are out there are attempting to make a living, while others are making a killing. I would have been happier than today if the thousands I spent on education had returned even half as much as I paid. The fact is that there are too many hucksters and snake oil I.M. people. It makes the whole group look bad. It looks like a giant conspiracy to relieve folks of their cash, while making support something to “outsource” with little or no response. This is not true with those who really believe in the process. Thanks for introducing a word that is rarely used and not often practiced.
hi
my name is herbert gray the entire globe needs integrity without that we become less human you
cant expect happiness when you bring misery to other people,s lives and as we know you reap exactly what we sow so in sowing seeds only sow
the seeds you want to grow because beyond colour
class race or creed religion is human beings we all
need love to grow
charles, i am impressed with your stuff. my office is in ridgeville,sc. if you get a chance come on by and we can talk further about your program. dr joe ps located in ridgeville town hall next to dhec. jpm 843-568-1312
Hi Joe
I have a local mastermind group in Charleston, I let you know when we meet again.
Charles
Very interesting! Integrity is as old as the human
race. A few 1000 years ago a quote was made….
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”
So… when we all get our websites and lists of thousands we must remember when… we were scammed and not do it to anyone else coming into this crazy business after us.
Then we can say I did my honest best to help the rest.
It’s really the only way to be happy and proud of your accomplishments.
Thank you Charles!
Integrity is still honesty. Even though thru’ the Internet, we still need to be honest in order to uphold our integrity.
You hit the nail on the head. who wants to do business with someone who is just in it for themselves? Integrity is key and when people see it in you, you most likely have ongoing relationships with yor customers. A good Christian attribute.
INTEGRITY
GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE INTREGRITY MATTERS. HONESTY WAS A VERY IMPORTANT WORD IN MY DICTIONARY AND HAS DIED TOGETHER WITH INTEGRITY. TODAY PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE COOL WHEN THEY DO NOT HAVE INTEGRITY AND I THINK THAT SUCKS
I THINK IF ARE A TRUE CHRISTIAN AND U PRACTICE WHAT U PREACH, THEN INTEGRITY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR U TO HAVE
I GLAD U AGREE AND U LOVE IT
THANK U !!!!
I consider integrity many times important than life.
Charles,
Integrity is a rare diamond among men, and when found in a man (or woman), it is worth many diamonds.
Something tells me you follow Christ or at least what He taught because you have to be honest with God then yourself in order to be so with your fellow man.
God bless you in your work,
Cedric.
you’re right,who want to do busniss with a thief?
that is when he get caught!
you are right,who want to do busniss with a chief?
that is when he get caught!
tell them to go take a leak.
by the way does any one knows about chang wang so posted legal practicer or attorney who write about an inheritance,is this guy a scam or not? tell me on marc_11@netzero.com about your experience with him (good or bad) thanks in advance.
Hi Charles,
I liked the timbre of your email. Personally, one cannot have integrity without honesty. That is, honesty about oneself, honesty in work efforts and honesty in evaluating oneself and ones own work efforts.
If i were to put a product out there that doesn’t do what i claim it should do, then the fault is mine. It means that i did not put enough time into exploring the worth of the product to back my claim.
There are such things as unforeseen variables, but those are usually made manifest if one takes the trouble to eliminate all the obstacles.
I don’t claim to have a spotless character, but there to, i am trying to eliminate all the obstacles to find the hidden unforeseen, or deeply buried, variables.
I don’t believe in god so that is not a pre-requisite to being honest, for me.
Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity to share:)
Charles,
You are not in the right planet anymore.
The only thing that counts here is money.
Wake up.
Sorry,
J.
re INTEGRITY:
Honesty is still the best policy. Trickery, the giving of an item, or things, as FREE, and then offering that part of the program (procedures) that will actually enable one to do (we hope) as the seller has done, is offered for a price. This is not TRUE INTEGRITY. It is deception, bar none..
Additionally, the act of continuing to charge a card,after the full payment, is not TRUE INTEGRITY!
There are many ways to STEAL. Interneting is one.
I keep listening to the news speak about getting free online grant applications so I have been looking around for the best site to get one.
Hey there,
Great realization, thanks for sharing it. Now, there’s an untapped Niche. A ‘Personal Integrity Pack’ for the masses. But, who would buy it? Why would an unethical and dishonest person want to be true and straight?
When you’ve got the answer to that, you’ve got a great product idea that’s ready to EXPLODE!!!
Beautifully said! At last, someone with the right priority! A breath of fresh air in a medium where greed and deception rule.
Hope everyone realizes that a man is only as good as his word – and once that trust is lost, it is virtually impossible to regain it.
Nicely put! although very few of us uphold those traditions anymore bu there are those of us out htere that still promote these values! it still requires a certain amount of capacity to truly understand and accept that which we teach.Good luck in your karate and remember always to persevere! even with those that know less than you do!
Hi Charles,
I could not agree more, some of the rubbish floating on the net is shocking to say the least, it is very daunting for someone who is trying to learn the marketing skills required to succeed, to work out what is useful and what is rubbish.
Thanks for the emphasis on the point of integrity, one of my favourite quotes was made by another great american
J.F Kennedy
“Integrity is the fuel of success, and the cornerstone of
justification, is there anything more precious?”
regards
Mark
Dear where I did put word INTEGRITY?P lease ask me Sincerely Antanas.
Thanks for the mail, and the true words today, yes I have to agree with you, and that is one of the main reasons I started my Free website so that other people can benifit form my work even if I do not benifit from there’s.
Giving and love is the two gifts that is truly human and it is a wonderfull thing is one can share it with other people!
Charles,
Integrity is consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcome. The funny things is that online 85% of the big marketers, gurus and the such don’t live up to the definition. I have come to realize that as soon as a big wig marketer sends out their latest launch, product or JV offers to their super affiliates “INTEGRITY” goes right out the window and the proof is in our email in-boxes several times a week.
You know what I’m talking about? How many offers have you received this week alone from different marketer that are supposed to be looking out for the interests of those subscribed to their lists or so they say that are pushing the exact same new product and trying to beat each other out by supplying big bonus packages to get us to purchase.
Those that believe in “INTEGRITY” are the one’s that don’t jump on the “I want to sell as much as I can so I can win a contest” however once again look at your in-boxes and I am sure that there are very few marketers that you follow that isn’t part of the “buy through me mentality”.
I did that several months ago when I found out that I was following some 200 different marketers and I couldn’t understand why my inbox was always tell me I am approaching my inbox capacity when I didn’t log in for 3 days.
Since then neither my inbox nor I get bombarded by marketers just out to make money. Now it’s a peaceful place where I can go and listen to the remaining 20+ marketers that have taken the time to properly educate me over the years because they believe in “INTEGRITY”.
Paul
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Charles…
Thanks for inviting me to your blog… it looks very neat and nice… WOW. I have a few blogs out there along with a lot of other puppy’s running around. This is NOT good and now I am being ran over and not by traffic.
5 years ago, I became ill with Lyme Disease and lost my ability to be on the net… therefore, I lost a lot of what I knew and didn’t see the train load coming to dump ALL the new products on me..
In February, I was watching the news and one of the topics was on how Facebook was the most popular site on the Internet!
FACEBOOK? I had to go on the computer and take a look at whose face was so popular on the book that everyone was on…. grrrrrrr duhhhhh
MYSPACE? I wanted to find me a Space, too….. LOL
That one I did, and making a name too, Branded… another word I had to learn over the past months…so much I had to learn and so much look so good and of course I had to have this and that, until, now I have so many of this and that and found myself buying them over, OMGGGGG.
INTEGRITY? With me floored. Viewing both time periods… it was pretty much the same on the net, just a different format and products…before I went off the eBooks were being introduced and this was new acceptance, sort of like the black and white TV to color.
It seems to be the rush of tech leadership of who’s bringing the best out…yet, the leaders that I have gotten to know are NOT for the most part keeping things to them selves, but rather, are sharing the goods.
Now, I have gotten smart here, those goods are becoming like our money (?). The Videos and audio is on the rise, along with blogs and social networks, so the money making is within.
I’ve been working on a program and a Residual Payment.. which this part hasn’t changed over the years, just took on different formats and I see what scares ones from the earlier times (2000) to what is going on now..
I hoping to get help to do the things I have planned out. I am going to start College.. taking advantage of the Presidents grant for Mothers to go back to school and I will be learning computer software and programming, graphs.
Charles, did I forget to mention that I’m writer?
CaptainKC
Thanks for the e-mail…Integrity is so important these days in marketing..if you want to be successful you have to establish a good working relationship with your customers..by doing so you will not only make money on the front end but also on the backend….I average around 40 e-mails a day and you should see some of the junk i get promoting offers that you know will never work…people are just looking for that “Majic Pill” thats going to make them 10,000 per week….but you know what…with the new FTC rule alot of those scammers who give you false figures and facts will all be leaving soon….FTC new rule…If you making a profit by someone clicking on a link that you provided that must be disclosed…that applies to blogs, e-mail , articles…pretty much everything….you are more than welcome to post a reply on my new blog…although its not completed yet it clearly defines the new FTC rule…..Happy Thanksgiving………Mike Seals
Great Concept. What would have been laughed at 50 years ago to have special training is now an unknown trait. How to teach Character was assumed before, now it is something beyond many peoples grasp. If we even ourselves claim to have Integrity we are losing the ability to teach the next generation. Character is caught more than taught and we see just the opposite in some of our Politicians, Athletes and business people. It not “wrong” unless your caught is becoming more and more typical. I don’t have a system or product in a package but I have found a company with great resources for both schools and corporations. They have a lot of free resources.
http://www.characterfirst.com/dgilbert
Don Gilbert
hi charles well done i really enjoyed reading that! you know i;m just a newbie to the internet world but to me what you say about integrity should apply not only in a buisness aspect but in your everyday life as well the cornerstone or foundation to anyones soul should no doubt be INTEGRITY i am a true believer of that and i am glad you are to please continue to let us never foget(smile)
hiya charles,great words unfortunately there are so many people out in the big wide world who have one goal and one goal only and that is themselves,selfish,nasty,horrible,dishonest it makes life a real struggle when idiots for example, youve just bought a car,not a brand new one but one you like and worked hard to get the money together to buy and an idiot who is green with envy for some stupid reason comes along and puts a scratch in it along the whole length of it,there are far too many idiots out there and good luck to good ones, they deserve a lot more than most of them will ever get.ive had my rant now lol. john
Sir:
I am bracking into the internet marketing bussness as a grunt. I am presently drawing unempl,my trade is construction management,i’am curently taking some bussness administition classes.
I have been net surfing looking for something that seems to be real.You have caught my attention with the word integrity.I my line of work,it is a must for each trade yo have integrity inorder to complete a building that fits the custumers back covered for years to come,
Thank you for sharing a thought that contains so much influance that feels right Thx.
Hi Donald
I use to be a project manger so I understand where you are coming from. But that is one thing that has
really helped me.
Because of that skill I get everything done for me and I just act a the head while the details happen in the
background.
Charles
Hi John
I know that by helping other people it will come back to me. Plus if just feels
good to know that you made a difference in the world.
Charles
Charles, I know we need Integrity in the market field. I just wish we could get it in Washington as well. We’ve seemed
to have lost that words meaning in our country.
I’m 64 and was brought up to stand up and be proud of this country and what it stands for. And if I know anything at all is that our leaders have brought our nation to shame because they have no integrity . Thanks for the e-mail.
TOMMYB1
With the fierce competition and all the “freebies” it seems that in the rush all values get slaughtered. After so many freebies the punters realize that they are very expensive freebies. Firstly they rob you of your time and are 99.99% of the time complete rubbish. To add salt to the injury they are immediately followed by great $1 offers, which then become monthly $47 subscription sites. I don’t know what the answer is but it is now extremely hard to tell the scammers from the real ones.
Charles,
We’ve been online since about ’93 and way back then we had managed to get a website up. We thought it was great with all the little animated GIF’s popping up all over the place for no reason ! LOL
No wonder we didn’t actually get anywhere with it.
Anyhow, fast forward with life and a growing family and all the other stuff that gets in the way and here we are now in our mid fifties trying to play catch up with an era that has whizzed by in the blink of an eye leaving us to wonder in amazement at what it has become … wildly diifferent and almost unrecognisable !
What the frak ?!
So we are despeately trying to actually get going again and this last few months we must have signed up to hundreds of lists and have probably been on yours a while too but only TODAY did we stumble across your blog here and have since spent the last HOUR or two in total immersion !
Previous to getting here we too had been bombarded endlessly with the latest “must have” launch offering and have to admit also that we are in mega overload and total paralysis and getting nowhere fast right now so you do seem to provide some genuine clarity which we would be foolish NOT to follow ?
Prior to this moment it was a great relief to come across a guy who also blew away all the hype and we have unreservedly been promoting his site (we joined as full members also) and he follows the above premise of integrity to the letter.
It seems from what you say that you are of a similar mind so now that is TWO people in this internet jungle we have discovered that we will follow to the end.
We are so pleased to have found your site and hope we can make some money soon but just following your lead will at least allow us to proceed along a true path and help others as we too make progress
Gary & Val
(PS We put “the other guy” in the link to this post comment)
I’m getting ready to do a blog post about that this weekend.
Charles
Is this not a trate this the older generation have tried to
instill into the younger ones, the parents of todays pre-teen and teenage children do, in the main they do not feel that they have any duty to spell it out to their children.
- HELLO CHARLES,
I RECEIVED THE EMAIL YOU SENT ME, ON THE SUBJECT OF INTEGRITY!…….
CHARLES, YOU’RE A MAN OF VERY GOOD BUSINESS STANDARDS! YOUR PRODUCTS, SELL THEM SELF! AND ALL YOU DO CHARLES, IS EDUCATE THE PEOPLE ON HOW TO APPLY IT, PLUS!…….
– INTEGRITY IS A QUALITY, THAT 99% OF THE PEOPLE RESPECT. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S APPLIED CONSISTANTLY, FACT!!!
– CHARLES,
SIGNING OUT!
Charles, I absolutely agree with your beliefs and have suffered in the past when the almighty dollar managed to outweigh my core beliefs. I have a small business that only recently has moved entirely online. We do have a few sites that are truly profitable,however I continue to not allow them to be linked in anyway to our core business. We strive to give an honest to goodness assessment of products and/or services that someone on our staff has first hand experience with. I will not promote or be an affiliate of any product or service that has not been found to be of true quality and fair value. My wife and I often feel like parents scolding their children in dealing with our younger staff members but we manage to all maintain a relaxed and often fun working environment . I feel truly blessed by having like minded marketers such as yourself having more of a presence in today’s IM world.
Wishing you and yours all the best,
Marc
Charles,
Always a pleasure to get and read your emails. As a fellow Southerner, my heart and mind always resonates with what you say! I have a lot to learn from you, and I am doing my best to soak it up. Particularly enjoyed your freebie on the snowy day post about how to get in the flow of traffic. Still trying to work a successful campaign with that concept, would welcome any other ideas you have to offer there! : )
Thanks always, Kristie
G’Day there Charles,
It’s a timely reminder for all those people on the internet trying to sell useless plans, programs and information or teaching products and get rich quick shemes that are absolutely useless. For us less lesser mortals trying to hit the band wagon a bit late by setting up a simple blog with a few adsense ads and the odd clickbank product, integrity is probably the most important personal trait we should hold on to.
Thanks for trying to define it. Integrity can also be felt and perceived as we go on reading and taking on whatever comes through the internet. We can only weed out the ones we are not comfortable with and deal only with those we believe also know the word and lives by “integrity”.
I really enjoy this topic!Think about it,this is something we all need to pass it down as well as live it.Think about the old days when there really wasnt $$,maybe some gold dust or nuggets.The barter system was employed and your word was gold or somebody got tarred and feathered.Thats funny there because by the time you picked out the feathers and tar and everything, you definitly didnt forget about it.You thought twice before you ever did it again. As far as the net goes ,Its very frustrating,You have to invest in yourself and knowledge,you need to figure out your gameplan.If your real green,yourlaerning curve may be lengthy and hard to overcome.The “GURU” mentality is a joke.Its a lot of info thats been rehashed and maybe a little bit thats reworded and is just trying to sell you the same thing that you probably already bought.Its not right but its going on.The other thing is the 1 special but theres a catch or upsell.Ive been lucky eneough to run across some very good sites that have a lot of integrity.but not a lot of em.anyway sorry so long !Good luck everybody!!
Hi Charles,
Got your e-mail today and I must say I’m intrigued. I haven’t heard from you before, but since I’m looking everywhere I can to replace my lost income, I assume you got my email from someones list. I have been a martial artist most of my life and yes, integrity is at the top of my list when it comes to personal honor. I am sorry to say that I haven’t found this to be true so far, in my search to change my circumstances.without fail, all the sites I’ve found to date claim to want to help, but all they really want is my money, and many of them have gotten it, to my dismay.( call me naive) At present, my total monthly income is only $280 , and I am desperately looking for a way to increase it. Is there any real help out there for someone in my position. Can you really point me in the direction of anyone with integrity ? Although I am discouraged and frustrated, my greatest hope lies in the fact that I am seriously determined!
Well said, the word integrity is known to everyone for its definition but not applied to the real meaning by those who sells their products using so much of manipulative words to influence and convince people to think what products or programs they have are truly the best whereas is not and do not work as they should. I know not much about the word integrity, but what I think would the proper meaning is the trust, honesty and the right way of thinking of doing the right thing that the public may feel the essence of its worthwhile meaning.