Also, while reading all of the wonderful emails, I did not realize how many people love and miss my teleseminars that I’ve done over the years. I feel so blessed.

With that said…

I Am Back!!

I have decided to start doing free teleseminars again to do what I love and teach you guys what I’ve learned. Keep an eye on your email and this blog for announcements of teleseminars to come in the very near future.

Again…thank you all for your help and your kind comments!! I appreciate you!!

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A couple weeks ago, I wrote a post over at my other blog about a similar situation as the one I’m writing about today.

I recently joined an online course and was immediately presented with two free audios. I did what I always do and googled the people who were speaking in the audios. One of the speakers had a wonderful website that offered free audios. I signed up and received access to the free audios. Simple. Just like the process should be.

The other website also had free audios advertised. That website, however, did not make the process of requesting them simple. I did request them, but they were not provided. I was told that I had to PURCHASE the audios. Now, me being me, I made a little video of my experiences. I’ll post that below for you to see. (ed note: I’ve removed said video and will explain why at the bottom of this post)

What you need to realize, if you are going to do business online, is that your potential customers see what you do. They see it and they can blog about it and make videos about it and tell the world all about your bait & switch scams. Bad word of mouth travels fast, but nowadays on the internet – it travels way faster. Bottom line…never promise anything you are not willing to deliver. If a customer comes to you and says they didn’t get XYZ and they show you proof that you offered it, GIVE IT TO THEM.

I highly recommend anyone who is considering doing business with Penny Sansevieri (or Sanseveri as some spell it) watch the video below and decide for yourself if this is someone you want to do business with or not. It’s sad that there are people like this in the world today, but there are and they are all around us. Many times, they come highly recommended by some other “guru” who doesn’t care that they are a scam artist. Many times they don’t consider things like promising free stuff and then not delivering it a scam. But it is!!
Feel free to comment below about the video. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Also, if you know of other bait & switch scams like this, let me know. I’ll be happy to expose them for you. We have to stick together and tell these scam artists that we are NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT anymore!!

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UPDATE:

I deleted the video because Penny Sansevieri contacted me personally to apologize for the links in her site that went nowhere. She is in the process of redoing the site as I type. I look forward to seeing her updated site at http://amarketingexpert.com when it is ready.

You may ask – why not just remove the post? I’m not removing the post because the content is still relevant. If we expose these things one at a time, maybe we can change the internet mentality one at a time. You never know.

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Make it a great day!!

First, what is URL masking?

When you mask a URL, it means that the URL you are masking stays in the address bar of the browser instead of the URL you are linking to. For example, my affiliate URL for my network marketing company is http://www.sendoutcards.com/88338. If I want, I could mask http://WorkWithRoxanne.com so that http://WorkWithRoxanne.com stays in the address bar and http://www.sendoutcards.com/88338 never shows up. Many affiliate marketers who are assigned long affiliate URLs use masking so people can’t strip the affiliate portion off and bypass them. Sounds pretty good, huh?!

DON’T STOP READING YET

Second, should you use masking?

NEVER. The only time you should use masking is if you want a URL to go to an information page and there are no signup forms there and no outlinks.

I got a call the other day. The person told me that they personally sent 5 people to their affiliate link and didn’t get the credit for it. After a bit of discussion, I found out that they bought a URL and redirected that URL to their affiliate link. Nothing wrong with that. That’s a great idea. However, I then found out that they masked the URL. Big no no!! When their 5 people entered the masked URL into their browser, it took them to the correct affiliate page. But…when they clicked the link to join, since the URL was masked, it stripped the affiliate portion away and they did not get credit for sending people to their link.

If you are doing affiliate marketing, feel free to redirect a URL to your affiliate link. DO NOT MASK IT. If you mask it, you are wasting money marketing your affiliate link because you get no credit for anyone going through that link. There is no way for the person or company running the affiliate program to know who came through your masked URL.

And don’t EVER mask a URL going to a blog. Let’s say you’re reading this blog. And, because there’s so much great info here, you want to send someone to an individual post. If you entered through a masked URL, the address bar in your browser will always show the masked URL so you are unable to copy the link to a specific post.

So…remember…if you are linking to a one page website with no links out, you may mask a URL. Other than that, never mask a URL.

When in doubt…DO NOT MASK.

I’ve been doing these things for years for free. No more.

I am, however, feeling great about life in general this morning and I want to extend a special offer to everyone here. Many of you have asked about my services but not followed through. Many have asked AND followed through.

I would like to offer everyone who reads my blog – this week only – HALF OFF my quote fee. Generally I do a free 15 minute consultation and charge $50 to work up a quote. The $50 is non refundable, however, it does get deducted from whatever services you purchase.

For the week of July 12 to 18, anyone who reads my blog can fill out the form on the right to request a free 15 minute consultation. You will get instructions on how to schedule a consultation with me after you confirm your interest. Schedule your free consultation and get a quote for HALF OFF. $25 instead of $50.

If you retain my services within 5 days of the quote date, you will receive an additional 10% off the price!!!

My good mood is your good fortune!!! If you’ve been wanting to build a website, blog or social spaces profile or wanting to learn how to use blogs & social spaces, now is the time!!

Do you have a business (online or brick and mortar) and need more sales? I can help. Read through my blog and see what I do. Visit my pricing page here. Between now and 11:59 pm Sunday June 6th, I am slashing my prices in HALF!! 50% off the prices you see on my pricing page if you put in your request for services and pay before the end of the day on Sunday.

It doesn’t get any better than that. You won’t find prices this low for high quality work anywhere!! With my help, you can have a dramatic increase in the number of people who are coming to your website and doing business with you. This way you can focus on YOUR business and let me focus on the marketing.

Less stress – more money…who doesn’t want that?

But you have to act fast. Fill out the form on the right and I’ll get back with you. The only catch is this – I will be busy, so you have to be available for a call when I call you. I will not play phone tag through this promotion. Just filling out the form does not get you into the 50% off category. You MUST state in the comments what work you want done, your URL if you have a site now and what help you are requesting. If you don’t have a website now, tell me about your business. I will call you for a quick consultation then send you an invoice to be paid by Sunday June 6, 2010 at 11:59 pm. It’s that easy.

Well…what are you waiting for? GO…NOW…Check out the prices then come back here and fill out the form!!!

I look forward to helping you drive more traffic to your business!!!