By Rich Mancuso
You receive this fantastic notice in your mailbox about a complimentary invitation for you and a guest. It says, “Learn how to make money on the internet by attending one of our free breakfast, lunch or dinner conferences near you.” The offer also includes a free MP3 Player for you and your guest.
Enticing, but beware! Another money making scheme gone wild and they are here in the Bronx. Storesonline.com is the culprit and you should know before accepting the bogus invitation.
Because it is free, at least the voice of wisdom coming from the lecturer can give some worthwhile tips. “We can make you money working from home,” she says at this particular conference that was held last Thursday evening at the Eastwood Manor on Boston Road.
Learn how to build and make money with your own website using search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Ebay and Bing to your advantage. Have to admit, at first the lecture from the company based in Orem Utah had our interest. You learn some new computer language terms, and get more knowledge about how powerful the internet is.
But as the hours progress, you learn more about how companies like storesonline gain a profit by luring innocent people. You are capable of building your own website, except they have the answers as to how to make it profitable. How you can sit at home, work two hours a day, be your own boss, and take a vacation at your leisure after sitting in a conference that was scheduled for 90 minutes and surpassed the two- and a half hour mark?
The catch was bound to happen as a free conference on internet marketing strategies, was just too good to be true. Over 150 hard working or unemployed residents of the Bronx sat at rows of tables covered in an array of white, pitchers of water, napkin, plastic fork and knife, a pen, paper, and welcome message nearby.
We sat on chairs more suited for a wedding reception. The so-called pitch from these sales associates tell you to write down the following term SEO, (Search Engine Optimization) and to write down the definition, the term for making money on the internet. Some asked others, “How do you spell that?”
“Do I get thrown out of here because I can’t spell the word?” said an individual sitting at a table nearby. The key words, knowledge and training, tools and support, take right action, all a part of getting the right web site and making money for financial security.
Then their catch and what we have been waiting for. In order to get this exciting web site off the ground all you have to do is attend an all day seminar up in White Plains New York on Super Bowl Sunday, February 6th at one of the glamorous hotels where these executives eat and sleep well.
Free meals, free information packets and a face-to-face free consultation to get your web site up and running, plus a free notebook laptop after the conference. All for the cost of $99, that is if you qualify. Fill out the questionnaire to determine your qualifications that asks about personal goals, and if you have a checking account.
“Because the ballroom can’t accommodate so many people you have to qualify,” she said.
Time to call the people who qualify before the promised dinner arrives. There is a pensive mood in the room. She holds a batch of papers of those who qualified for the conference and those who don’t. And if you attend the conference and pay the fee it entitles an immediate web site, but it “drops” if you don’t pay the $29.99 monthly fee after a free three-month trial.
How about spending another $3,500 to get your web site placed at the top of the Google search engine page? As explained, Google is the top search engine on the internet.
More groans from those going for the initial sales pitch. The names are being called. “Congratulations,” she kept saying as they slowly went to a back table and were startled that they had to pay the conference registration fee immediately. We were not called and congratulated. Not qualified possibly because the last box on the questionnaire asked if you had a checking account and we answered, no.
Enough, where is the dinner now and the free MP3 Player? The waiters dressed for a wedding suddenly wheel carts down the aisles. Ah, a welcomed hot dinner has finally arrived after two hours or so. Take off the silver cover tray and another surprise.
No hot meal, but turkey loaf on a stale croissant, half a spoon of potato salad, and a brownie, instead of a hot meal as the free dinner that enticed us to attend. But wait there’s more.
The people who had to go home after a long day at work and those who had to get to work never received their MP3 Player. “Sorry you have to stay for the entire conference,” they said. The yellow receipt gets collected and the MP Player is mailed to you.
That wasn’t the deal, neither was the punishment of listening to almost three hours of worthless propaganda. So next time you get one of those free seminar internet deals in your mailbox be sure to do the right thing.
Throw it in the nearest trash can!
e-mail Rich Mancuso: Ring786@aol.com
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