Get Rich Quick Ads

A search for ways to make money online will result in an inevitable bevy of websites devoted to new business systems and "guaranteed" money making systems. The trouble with the pages you land on is that they seem to be designed to get your money before you know what you are paying for. These ads are typical in many ways. A few sites that I found with this kind of advertisement were: People Search, 9 Dollar Business Package, and Lazy Wealth System, but there are hundreds of other sites that use same techniques. Knowing how to read between the lines will save you money. If the advertisement follows the pattern below, be aware that the advertisement is probably not telling you all that you need to know. If a business opportunity is worth your money they should tell you exactly what you are buying. Here are the common techniques of business opportunity advertisements:

They lure you in with a headline that states that you can make an enormous amount of money. Sometimes they add that time it will take to make this money is only twenty minutes, a day or a similarly short period of time. A picture of a person by a fancy car, house, a pile of cash or all of these accompanies the headline. Basically, this sums up all you dream for in a visual and verbal manner.

The second part of the ad is a story of how the developer or some other person who is desperate for money, suddenly has a ingenious inspiration on how to make money on the Internet. This is designed to make you feel simpatico (you're desperate for money too) and like you're one of the lucky ones who is onto something brand new with incredible potential. After reading it, you are hopeful and excited. You've got a chance to hit the jackpot and all it's going to cost you is fifty bucks or so! (Yeah right).

Once they have shown that they know how you feel, the ad tells you what you want to hear. They ask how you would like to earn money with little or no effort. They tell you that you can do it with their system. They tell you how you won't need any skills to use their system. It will be easy and fail-proof. In no time at all you'll be making money and have a new career. This technique is designed to appeal to your sense of urgency and laziness. After reading this portion you are supposed to feel like you don't have to put much effort in to get a lot out of it. Again, what a lucky person you are to have found this site, right?


The next portion is their "proof". They show you bank statement deposits of how much they really, truly make. When you see those huge or even modest regular deposits, you are supposed to feel trust. To cinch the trust, they offer testimonials from people who have had great success. What they often leave out is that generally only one percent of people who work at these "money systems" make any money at all. One site that does make that clear is Carbon Copy Pro. The ad clearly states that you might not make any money at all and his testimonials are from the most successful of people who tried the system. Kudos for saying that much, but it would have been even better if people didn't have to pay approximately fifty dollars just to find out more information on what they are buying.


Finally after all this, you are given a chance to get in on the action and find out what the "system" is. More often than not, you can find out what the "system" is by just searching Google for someone who's paid the money and is more than happy to tell you what they got or more accurately, what they lost. Never pay before you know exactly what you are buying. Buy before you know and you'll have the same luck as buying a surprise bag at your local convenience store: you might get something you like but you'll probably get stale gummies and old licorice.