Automated Wealth System: A Questionable Internet Marketing Program?
Internet marketing has been around since the inception of the World Wide Web but a lot of businesses were slow in recognizing its potential for real marketing promotion. Today, there are increasing numbers of businesses that rely on affiliates to promote and drive traffic to their websites. To take advantage of the market, enterprising and pioneer affiliates developed their own sets of skills and techniques in competing for maximum exposure on the web. Search engine rankings are generally what the affiliates are after since a lot of Internet users begin surfing through search engines such as Google, Yahoo and the newcomer, Bing.
Internet marketing that includes affiliate marketing is relatively new Internet opportunities that require a little to no investment. In this type of marketing, the affiliate earns commission every time a customer clicks their link and buys a product. In some cases, the share of the affiliate could amount to 75% of the products’ cost. But because the competition for search engine rankings is fierce and fast, an affiliate has to keep up and develop strategies to climb up the rank.
A lot of internet marketing “gurus” are selling their own specially crafted methods and techniques to beginners and to affiliates needing extra advice to get ahead. One of these coaches or gurus is Brent Austin from Automated Wealth System; however, according to the disclaimer, Brent Austin is actually a pseudonym to protect the privacy of the website’s owners. According to a BBB (Better Business Bureau) reliability report, the site’s owners are NSA Technologies, LLC with offices in Akron, Ohio. Are they reliable internet marketing coaches? Let’s take a closer look.
The Product
Automated Wealth System includes ecourses targeted for Internet beginners seeking opportunity to earn extra income. The video tutorials feature a variety of topics raging from writing articles to traffic generation. A pre-made affiliate site for a variety of digital products from Clickbank is also included in the package. Clickbank is platform for selling, buying and promoting digital products like ebooks, software, videos and more. It’s a fairly well-known site for affiliate marketers seeking new products to promote and the site is free to the public.
What set alarm bells ringing for critics of the program aside from the obvious blind offer on their website is the up selling practice the company initiates after an affiliates signs up for the program. An up selling is a method of sale where the customer is prompted to purchase additional materials in order to “up-grade” and make their enterprise more profitable. As of the moment, Automated Wealth System’s website is discontinued and according to the BBB Reliability Report, the company received a number of complaints. NSA Technologies, LLC also owns MakeMoneyTakingSurveys.org, Best10WorkatHome.org, Underground Cash Secret and many other nonfunctioning sites.
For those interested in learning how to recruit online, I would also check out this free video marketing course: The Video Marketing Machine.
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