I actually have to look up my credit card statements from last year to be able to recall the order of the programs I joined and tried to make money with.
After the disaster with Data Entry Business, I was absolutely not ready to give up. I kept searching, and the next program I came across that looked like the real deal and sounded absolutely fantastic was Mary Gerstens “Global Cash Flow Network” (GCFN). Now, this is by no means a cheap program, but I was all fired up and ready to make some cash! I liked what was promised and took the plunge to sign up.
Total cost over the next few weeks: $781.73 USD. This included signup fee, setup costs, study material and things like that. (ouch!!! – some of you internet marketers might regret now that you didn’t come across me a year ago!)
I invested in everything to do with Global Cash Flow Network I could get my hands on. I had said to myself that I really wanted to make it work and then I had to give it a fair go.
After a few weeks with the program and learning quite a lot about media placement, I got a phone call very early in the morning (must have been around 5:30am or so; people forget the time difference between the States and Western Australia). Pretty much still half asleep I had this person from GCFN on the phone telling me about this fantastic offer of a three months advertising campaign to bring highly targeted traffic to my site. A flow of 20,000 guaranteed visitors to my site with a high conversion rate.
By that time I had learned that my websites were only going to be successful if they had visitors that converted into sign-ups to the program, or that bought something from my store.
Again, I had some savings at that time, and as I still wanted to make this a success, I agreed to buy their Premier PlusTraffic Package. It included 20,000 highly targeted visitors to my site(s), a direct mailer program with a 2-4% response rate (pre-printed postcards for me to send to already very interested “leads” which all got supplied to me through GCFN), and quite a package of information and study material about traffic generation. This was sure going to get a lot of sign-ups going! (Per sign-up I could receive between $100 and I think $1000, depending whether the sign-ups bought the traffic package deal).
Total cost for this Premier Plus Traffic Package (hold on to your seats, please!): $4,495.00
I must have been MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To be continued……
By the way, here are the 2 websites I have with Global Cash Flow Network: http://www.cleverwebcash.com and http://www.mywebcashstore.com/weiss9719
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on Sep 21st, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Ouch Ouch Ouch OOOOUCHH! Sweet heart what were you thinking? That’s like over $5,000 on an MMO product. Over here in Nigeria, we would say you must have been “jazzed”. Jazz=Voodoo. LOL
Till date I’ve spent less than $100 on mmo products and I’m still regreting spending that much. LOL. I hope this expenditure didn’t affect your relationship cos it’s quite a lot of money down the drain.
Udegbunam Chukwudi´s last blog ..Top 10 Ways Nigerians Make Money Online
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Petra Weiss Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
@Udegbunam, did you know any technical stuff when you started, though? It is great that you didn’t have to outlay any money, but I guess you must have been quite comfortable around the net and computers before…? Because if you really don’t know how to work things, it can be quite beneficial to sign up with a training site or something similar. Don’t you think? No, my relationship was not affected by it, thank God.
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on Sep 23rd, 2009 at 5:54 am
I feel you. I’ve always been intrigued by computers and yes I knew quite enough about technical stuff before jumping into the whole make money online thing. Don’t mind me. I ain’t got other responsibilities like you do (Kids, home, partner etc) so I had a lot of time to dedicate to improving my computer skills.
I’m super glad the enormous expense didn’t but a strain on your love life.
P.s: If I was quite secure financially, there’s a slight possibility that I might have been you
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Petra Weiss Reply:
September 24th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
@Udegbunam, be glad you got away with literally no expense!
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on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 am
Till date I’ve spent less than $100 on mmo products and I’m still regreting spending that much.
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on Nov 6th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Very, very helpful post! Thank you for taking the time.
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on Dec 8th, 2009 at 6:08 am
So did you make money at the end with this programm?
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Petra Weiss Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 12:39 am
Not a cent.
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on Dec 16th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Hi Petra
Were you a student of Alex Jeffrey, if so, what do you think of his course?
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Petra Weiss Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 12:17 am
Anna, Alex Jeffreys is a great guy and his course is well worth the money, I just found as I progressed that list building is not for me. Too much work with having to come up with emails and good content all the time – I don’t think I would enjoy it for a longer period of time, and I would find it too stressful. I am having trouble right now keeping up with my 2 blogs as I am doing this very part time, and I just can’t see myself doing list building for that reason. I have decided to go into building niche websites as I can take my time designing and putting together the sites which are then earning me a small but steady income for the future.
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on Dec 31st, 2009 at 8:20 am
Petra,
I am a recent neophyte with GCFN that has heard the faststart pitch, but did not bite. I am curious since you said ‘not one cent’, Did any of the guaranteed 20000 highly targeted visitors materilize on your back office counter for either of your sites? Did you mail post cards to the targeted leads provided? Any results/replies?
If your one year anniversary has probably passed, have you requested a refund as they claim they allow it after trying for one year?
Sorry for so many questions, but I am not interested in wasting my time. I too am working on learning and trying to find ways to drive traffic to the web sites. My daughter has a real job in internet advertising/promotion and she has a real concern for creating traffic to these unknown websites.
I would appreciate your input.
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on Dec 31st, 2009 at 10:12 am
Bill, you can read the rest of the story here: http://www.petra-weiss.com/global-cashflow-network-my-story-2.html
Have a Happy New Year!
I believe it answers all your questions. If you have any more, please ask!!!
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on Jan 17th, 2010 at 7:41 am
thank you mrs petra for your story on global cach flow network you save me time and money.
pedro
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on Mar 12th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
well I just signed up this morning for this programe I am now stressed they tell me I can make money I’m a real newbie I should researched it all first cost me 400 nz dollars waiting for all my bonuses to arrive in the mail. I am also in copy n profit I really wanted to do johnny andrews money siphon I am such an easy target but I am really gonna give it a go. I hope to become one of those people that makes 1,000s a week heres hoping.
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Petra Weiss Reply:
March 15th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Lyn, I was exactly like you, the easy target. And I lost heaps and heaps of money.
There are some good courses out there, but as a Newbie you just can’t know what’s necessary and what not. One good course for Newbies is “Commission Ritual” which I am advertising on this blog, when you go to the home page and start scrolling down you will see the graphics after every post. It will teach how to set up a targeted WordPress site to make money from Google Adsense and a couple of other Affiliate programs. Basically setting up a Niche Website. It costs a fraction of GCFN and you are much more likely to make money with it in a shorter period of time. Brians course “Commission Ritual” is fantastic. I would let go of GCFN and invest in Commission Ritual.
My 5 cents wort!
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on Mar 17th, 2010 at 2:20 am
Petra~
I was all set to put down $199 to get started w/ GCFN, when my daughter in California pulled up all of the negative comments plus your comments here, and forwarded them to me. What I read that she forwarded, stopped me and I refused to take the call from the sales rep when he called just a while ago. What I am wondering now, is there any way at all to make money on the internet? Everything we look into seems to be something other than what is promoted.
You are promoting “Commision-Ritual.” What is it and how do I find it? I am needing to find some way to bring in some cash as soon as I can, but I have limited funds to put down……I’m sure you’ve heard that before. I’d truly appreciate your insights.
Wayne Olson
Chicago
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Petra Weiss Reply:
March 17th, 2010 at 11:42 am
Wayne, I have sent you an email.
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