How To Effectively Deal With Internet Trolls
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
If you’re running an online business and building an email list, it’s likely you get crazy replies from subscribers once in a while…
Personally, I love getting replies to my emails…
Especially one liners like this from last night.
It’s all good stuff, just not into paying for advice. I help people and don’t feel I need to charge them
This is coming from someone (I looked him up) who’s selling products designed to help people get fit, lose weight, and feel good.
He’s responding to a webinar he saw, teaching how to get a crap load of leads for free (which is the exact thing he got on my list for)…
And the page he opted into would have only attracted people who need help getting to the next level…
Now I’m sure this guy doesn’t mean any harm, and just has different beliefs…
It’s all good.
But the Last time I checked…
There’s no free lunch…
There was something for sale on the webinar…
As there always should be.
If you’re running a business, treat it like one.
Sell things. Sell a lot of things.
Don’t act like Mother Teresa and give away your best stuff for free… You’ll go broke in the process.
Anyway, there’s something to be said for prospects who want everything for free.
Guys and gals who expect all the best stuff handed to them… like you owe them something.
Always on the take.
Like the sample eating trolls in Costco.
You know you’ve seen them.
Reason there are samples, and not complete 3 course meals… is they want to show you how good the food is, and sell you the BIG box you can feed a small village with.
Give you a taste
But you still need to BUY the full meal.
Come to think of it…
This dude probably trolls around Costco eating wieners every night…
… doing rounds – like the sample lady doesn’t know it’s him again and again.
Then he trolls around the internet looking for free training, ebooks and videos rather than spending his pocket change on info that will move him from sample eating complainer…
… to eating off the right side of the menu.
Anyway, you only get paid for 2 things in a home business (and I assume you’re building a home business).
That’s selling stuff, and helping your team sell stuff.
That’s it.
So if you’re not ok with buying, it’s going to be VERY difficult to be ok with SELLING.
Again – this is ok… just don’t send me douchebag messages about it.
And selling… that’s what you’re doin’, baby…
Now if you’re ok with selling, and know there’s a LOT of opportunity for people like you…
Here’s where it gets awesome.
For a VERY small group (like 25 max), I’ve got some good news about how to work more closely with me in the next 6-8 weeks.
But I’m not sharing exactly what it is, unless you agree to the strict “No Troll Policy”
This isn’t going to be cheap, and for god’s sake it ain’t free. There’s enough free stuff on the internet you can get your jolly’s with.
So the ball’s in your court.
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See you soon!
Darren Hanser