Most Internet Marketers Are Selling Sea Monkeys

A great article over at Copyblogger today talked about how when you were a kid you saw this ad in the comic books and bazooka bubblegum wrappers?

They were said to dance, learn cool stuff and they had images of these things like something from Dr. Suess’s mind bouncing around all happy and carefree. There were families of them – all naked. I remember wondering – what do these things look like naked?

Every one of us from my era has looked at those ads as a kid and wondered – is this TRUE? Even as kids many of us were already skeptical enough after having bought the handshake shocker that was nothing more than a cheap metal spring-loaded windup toy that vibrated when someone grabbed your hand hard enough – but usually didn’t work at all.

Most internet marketers and salespeople today are selling a false dream. Really. I’m disgusted with what I see.

Sea Monkey Salespersons sell:

• a dream that never materializes
• too good to be true products or services
• using lies, deceit, tricks
• knowing full-well there is no real benefit to the customer because the product or service is either worthless or is only part of the solution – not the whole solution

I really think we should start jailing internet marketers selling junk. It’s a crime – especially in these hard times where people are looking online for solutions to help them and their family get out of debt and move toward something that is going to HELP, not hurt them.

When did it become OK, even “Status Quo” for salespeople to lie to people they’re selling to?

It’s been going on blatantly for a very long time. I think Sea Monkeys were out since the mid 1970’s. Think this ad accurately depicts what you get for $13+ dollars?

When does it stop being OK to lie in advertising?

Asus Advertising B.S. with Asus Eee PC T91

I’ve been looking to get a touchscreen notebook that I can use for some online ebusiness courses I’ll be developing over the next few months. I really wanted something I could use as a digital whiteboard. I looked at the Lenovo and Toshiba touchscreen notebooks and they are really high priced – over $1,500.

That’s way out of my price range. But, if one of those was my only option I’d find a way to convince da wife make it happen.

I was really excited to find out Asus was making an Eee PC T91 that would be touchscreen. I knew it would be lower priced because their Eee PC line is quite affordable. I was right – looks like it will go for somewhere around $650.

When I went to their site to see if they had any information on it – I saw this photo:

Now, it’s a great shot – or it appears to be. Until one realizes the specs on this Eee PC put it at just 8.9 inches for the screen. That’s diagonally. That means the screen itself is less than 8.5 inches wide horizontally.

Anything wrong yet?

This hand model’s hand must be smaller than a child if this a true life photo.

They must have combined two images so they make the tiny notebook computer appear to be bigger, hence, more usable than it really is.

Or, they created a 15 inch wide T91 to use for this shot – again, distorting the true size of the tiny Eee PC. 8.5″ is as wide as a piece of white computer paper. That’s TINY.

Who are they kidding here?

I really don’t like advertising tricks. I don’t like internet marketers that sell systems, products, dreams that don’t work. I’m really fed up with the lies. This isn’t the way the world should work.

Advertising is FULL of these tricks designed to, as one very successful internet marketer put it – suck every last dollar out of your pocket.