Why Trust Agents Did So Well

“…if you focus on the resistance, it will only get stronger. The only way I have found for overcoming this is to focus on the goal.” 

This statement is so rich with wisdom!  Keeping your eyes on the prize is so key.  (To apply this to another subject, I suspect  it’s  better to support a “Pro Peace” movement than an “Anti-War” movement.)

The syndicate model… it isn’t necessarily bad when it’s a force for good. Almost like nothing beats government by a good king: efficient, benevolent, everybody’s happy. The problem is the bad king.  There seem to be so many syndicates out there, some for good, some for personal gain, all using the word ‘value’ so much that I’m starting to despise it.  For instance, a bunch of folks I trust all are supporting Michael Hyatt’s book this week. I’m fine with that, but it’s kind of syndicate-like. For a while, there were a bunch of folks  pimping Thesis… now everybody’s going Genesis. From neutral third parties, I understand a little why, but it felt a little syndicate-y.

The lesson, I think, is to pull back and take a breather: What are my goals? Do these items help or hinder my goals? What are these products or lessons tapping into with me? Is it fear of having no money? Is it encouragement to do better work (see also you, Hyatt, Iannarino, etc.)?  Sometimes the packaging can look similar, but what’s inside is vastly different. 

So you were just going to pretend that it wasn’t me in that video … and that I hadn’t repeatedly called you and your little “circle of friends” out for similar bullshit?

Very strange choice … let me know how it works out for you. 

I really surprise to hear about “Money grow organically” and certainly every business man wants to make money overnight but certainly building long term relationships and helping customer’s in their issues that’s certainly crucial to do  long term business.

CB,
Trust Agents did well because it was needed.

You succeeded in convincing others that it’s okay to share. And…more importantly, it’s okay to do the right thing.

 The Franchise King®

Personally, I thought that article was a crappy attempt at investigative reporting and it’s main goal was to push one guys opinion about an entire industry.

In itself not a big deal but when you use one of the biggest tech sites on the web as your platform that changes everything.

I totally agree with Chris in that we have a responsibility to our customers and even other “trust agents” because at least in the public’s eye, one bad apple ruins the bunch.

Focus on your customers success and you’ll eventually have to turn away business, it’s really that simple. Con men will never understand this.

 First of all, thank you for allowing all of these negative posts to post.  That’s very decent of you.

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“Point to a scam of mine.  You might not like some of the people I spend time with,”

Yeah.  See that’s kind of the problem is “the people I spend time with” part.  You either are, or were, part of an “inner circle” of most-trusted, most-well-known within the “blogosphere”.  The whole point was that you and Brian Clark and various and sundry others cornered the market on the niche of being an expert about blogging and online communities.  Except that you couldn’t really be an expert on blogging because blogging is–as  you say–just journaling on the Internet; as for online communities?  I imagine that you’re on Facebook somewhere, but I didn’t see you having a hand in its development.  And, since you’ve been on the Internet oh-so-long, you may have been on IRC and Usenet back in the day, but I don’t remember us needing an online community expert.

But once you and others have themselves established as experts, then that wants the guru to teach them about blogging would have to go to you or one of your other inner circle members.  And anyone that wants their page to ever receive more than a few hits per year would have to get an honorable mention from you or Brian Clark or one of the other members of that inner circle aka “A-team” aka syndicate.  (Not the same syndicate as Frank Kern’s–but a syndicate nonetheless.)

Is that a scam?  Is that fraudulent?  Well it is if you and/or your syndicate fellows make it appear as if just *anyone* can get that same quantity of hits *on their own* without a special mention from you or the luck of the gods.

When you endorse other members of the inner circle, you are implicitly or explicitly vouching for their not being a scam either.  If it turns out that they were scammy after all, that has a tendency to tarnish your own reputation.  Or at least it should.
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Furry cows moo and decompress.

You know this is some sad hateful shit. Why are you so bitter. I have read plenty of articles on this site. They make sense to me from a business perspective and from a human one. 

I know a scammer when I see one. Yes not everybody is going to be able to make money using internet marketing techniques. But is that down to the techniques or the idea and business acumen of the person using them. I think the latter. People have to be real about their skills and abilities. It is not easy and the lessons are hard. Just get a job. Pay the bills be happy with what you have where you are. 

People like Chris Brogan don’t make massive amounts of money from what I can see. But he makes sense. I have the qualifications and experience to know what is bullshit and what ain’t Yes there is a clique and yes their is an inside circle of people who do business together. That is how business works offline. Human beings work together. Does that make all their products and services crap. No absolutely not.  I have not bought one single product of Chris Brogans. I have bought some good stuff through affiliate links But I tell you I have seen him promote a lot of inspirational projects people are developing all over the world. and I have supported them.  

So Chris is large. So he likes to eat and has a so called problem with weight. This is bullshit, ignorance, making personal comments does not make your argument any stronger. How many people are in relationships that don;t work out plenty. It is nobodies business what he does in his personal life. So people buy something and it does not work for them. Why is that his fault. He is selling something he believes will help. There are definitely plenty of people who are scammers and who sell the IM get rich quick dream but I don;t see this here. The one thing I do see is a lot hate in this comment section. Tell me how you are helping anybody avoid losing money by making sad pathetic comments. 

For the record I am not part of the clique. I don’t sell IM stuff. But I do see and read plenty of intelligent posts by some of the so called clique that are really valuable to me. I also don’t like some of the bullshit that gets pushed but I can exercise my free will and choose not to read it. I have come across plenty of really negative, derogatory, offensive vitriol on a regular basis and not one bit of it makes any difference to me. Why because it comes from a perspective that is hate driven

I feel sorry for the people who have lost out. I wish they had not lost out. But business ain’t easy and that is a theme that runs through most of the stuff I read here. I like Chris Brogan. I like his openness do i believe every word that comes out of his mouth or believe I can use every thing. No. But I do believe fundamentally he is a good person and cares. He is trying to make a living just like everybody else.  And trying to live the best way he can.

Just do your thing Chris. Ignore the hate.