I did that a lot, cramped my deleting finger, but every once in a while I found myself stopping and thinking, "Hmm, this looks interesting, I think I'll take a look." And a new list had my name on record.
I believe that was how I found Kareem Hajee. When I bought the e-book about starting the affiliate website, I ended up on two different mailing lists: one for making fast money on the internet, and one for changing your life in a positive way. There were plenty of sales pitches for both, and both were of interest to me, so every once in a while I'd click on one and sign up for a newsletter.
On the fast money lists I found two guys that seemed interesting and had some free information that I thought I could use. Mack Micheals had some entertaining videos with just enough information to get you started with email marketing and wanting to know more. He had a club you had to join to really get involved in his program and maybe make some money but it was more than I was interested in spending. Mike Litman shared some webinars and free e-books that talked about writing e-books and creating newsletters for affiliate marketing, never concluding his topics and always teasing you at the end that you had to buy a book or video or class from him to continue your education. I did buy a few things from him at his "sale" prices, but I soon learned his tactic was to never finish anything so that you had to buy the next kit or book or recorded webinar to learn the rest of what he was teaching. I have to say that I did learn some valuable things from these guys, and I don't regret the few bucks I spent on them and their products, but it seemed like a never-ending roller coaster of buying their products. So I got off.
The self improvement lists were sending me lots of emails with different products and programs that looked interesting, but only a few tickled my buying bone. Most of the emails were from people I'd never heard of, but some were well known names and products, like the Passion Test and the Secret. I can't quite remember what sparked my interest when I received Kareem's sales pitch, but I bit. Maybe it was the weekly newsletter he promised or the way he worded his sales pitch, but whatever he said got me to buy his books and CD set. I think mostly it was that it wasn't very expensive and I decided it might be good for me. At the time I was down in the dumps about work problems and financial worries, and this program looked like it would help. Kareem Hajee talked about reprogramming your subconscious to work for you instead of against you. It was a four week program of listening to his CD's and practicing daily visualization exercises, and by the end of it I was half-convinced that my subconscious mind is, "my partner in success."
I have to admit, though, his program worked. Not only was I able to pull myself out of my dump, but Kareem's newsletter also opened more lists to include my name and more "opportunities" came my way. I eventually figured out that most of Kareem's newsletters were about selling some other people's books and programs, so I opted (cancelled) out of the newsletter, but he had led me down some interesting paths.
Soon I was reading other newsletters from life coaches and gurus. Soon I was buying other people's life improvement products. I even bought into a program that teaches you how to become a certified life coach, but I found I really didn't want be a life coach, and that program is now lying dormant on my computer. It has become one of those projects I put aside with the idea that some day I'll get back to it.
Probably not.
Stay tuned for the next excerpt of, "I Must be Crazy," to get an earful of what I learned from the other gurus and where their newsletters led me.
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