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		<title>Making Money on Market America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Ingersoll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally figured out how to make money on Market America! It turns out, all you have to do is blog your opinion about them, as I did a long time ago at: Grant’s Grunts » Market America BS. Then, get picked up by the search engines and the pro-MA people, let the comments [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have finally figured out how to make money on Market America!  It turns out, all you have to do is blog your opinion about them, as I did a long time ago at: <a href="http://grantingersoll.com/2006/01/29/market-america-bs/">Grant’s Grunts » Market America BS</a>.  Then, get picked up by the search engines and the pro-MA people, let the comments roll in (good and bad) and serve ads (picked automatically by Google.)  One thing is for sure, those MA people are passionate about the fact that MA is not MLM.  As I always say:  don&#8217;t trust anyone who explicitly tells you they are honest.  If someone goes out of there way to tell you they are honest, red flags should go up immediately!  It&#8217;s the same principal as someone who says &#8220;I&#8217;m not racist, but&#8230;&#8221;  What immediately follows is always something that is racist, thus showing the person to be a racist.</p>
<p>At any rate, from the looks of my AdSense revenue, people choose both the pro and con MA ads regardless of the content on the page.  Here my post on MA is pretty negative towards MA, but the ads contain mentions of MA products because Google&#8217;s Ad matching software is not sophisticated enough to ascertain that it is a not a pro MA post.  Thus, some people who have already made up their mind about MA click the links for MA products, while those who are in the anti-MA camp click the anti-MLM links.  And that&#8217;s with me even deliberately choosing to block Ads from some MA sites.  I wish I could block all pro-MA ads once and then all anti-MA ads to see whether people are choosing the pro or anti MA ads.</p>
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		<title>Market America Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Ingersoll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry to disappoint you all, but the Market America legal team has contacted me and asked me to remove this post. Since I don&#8217;t really care much for MA, I am going to do so, simply because it is not worth my time. Apparently they didn&#8217;t like that I was in the top 10 on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry to disappoint you all, but the Market America legal team has contacted me and asked me to remove this post.  Since I don&#8217;t really care much for MA, I am going to do so, simply because it is not worth my time.  Apparently they didn&#8217;t like that I was in the top 10 on Google for &#8220;Market America&#8221;.  The irony of it is most of my ranking was due to clicks and comments from MA franchise owners.</p>
<p>In my opinion, here is a summary of my post and the comments (completely watered down):  Some people have had bad experiences with MA, including me (note, I never joined MA, I just listened to one presentation and that was enough for me.)    Others think it is just fine and have made money at it.  One thing is for sure, the corporate MA entity has made a lot of <a href="http://www.marketamerica.com/corporate/index.cfm?action=services.wpAboutMa">money off</a> of the &#8220;unfranchise&#8221; business model (the irony here, of course, is that corporate MA is just like any other corporation, complete with &#8220;Associate General Counsel&#8221; threatening to sue.)</p>
<p>I will leave you all with these thoughts:  Please, please, please make sure you know what you are doing before signing up for any business.  Read the fine print.  Do your homework.  <em><strong>NO</strong></em> business is without risk, even if they say it is, as MA does <a href="http://www.marketamerica.com/corporate/index.cfm?action=services.wpCorpBiz">here</a>.  None.  Nunca.  Zip.  Nada.  Get the picture?  So, if someone tells you otherwise, red flags should go up.  I&#8217;m not saying don&#8217;t join or anything like that, just saying do your homework first and know what you are getting into.  And this goes for all &#8220;opportunities&#8221;, if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.  Just know that there are plenty of ways to make money in this country that are legal and safe and they don&#8217;t have to involve your friends and family or things that are too complex for you to understand.</p>
<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: Any comments that follow are the OPINIONS of that particular author and do not  necessarily reflect my views.  Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the statements, good or bad, so, just because it appears on a website does not make it fact.</strong></p>
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