{"id":276,"date":"2014-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hanserteam\/how-to-effectively-deal-with-internet-trolls\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T05:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:04:12","slug":"how-to-effectively-deal-with-internet-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hanserteam\/how-to-effectively-deal-with-internet-trolls\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Effectively Deal With Internet Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>If you&#8217;re running an online business and building an <a href=\"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/blogging\/\">email list<\/a>, it&#8217;s likely you get crazy replies from subscribers once in a while&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Personally, I love getting replies to my emails&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Especially one liners like this from last night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><q>It&#8217;s all good stuff, just not into paying for advice. I help people and don&#8217;t feel I need to charge them<\/q><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is coming from someone (I looked him up) who&#8217;s selling products designed to help people get fit, lose weight, and feel good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He&#8217;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)&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And the page he opted into would have only attracted people who need help getting to the next level&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now I&#8217;m sure this guy doesn&#8217;t mean any harm, and just has different beliefs&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s all good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the Last time I checked&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There&#8217;s no free lunch&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There was something for sale on the webinar&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As there always should be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you&#8217;re running a business, treat it like one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sell things. Sell a lot of things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Don&#8217;t act like Mother Teresa and give away your best stuff for free&#8230; You&#8217;ll go broke in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anyway, there&#8217;s something to be said for prospects who want everything for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Guys and gals who expect all the best stuff handed to them&#8230; like you owe them something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Always on the take.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Like the sample eating trolls in Costco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You know you&#8217;ve seen them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reason there are samples, and not complete 3 course meals&#8230; is they want to show you how good the food is, and sell you the BIG box you can feed a small village with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Give you a taste<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But you still need to BUY the full meal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Come to think of it&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This dude probably trolls around Costco eating wieners every night&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8230; doing rounds &#8211; like the sample lady doesn&#8217;t know it&#8217;s him again and again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>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&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8230; to eating off the right side of the menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anyway, you only get paid for 2 things in a <a href=\"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/watch\/\">home business<\/a> (and I assume you&#8217;re building a home business).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That&#8217;s selling stuff, and helping your team sell stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That&#8217;s it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So if you&#8217;re not ok with buying, it&#8217;s going to be VERY difficult to be ok with SELLING.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Again &#8211; this is ok&#8230; just don&#8217;t send me douchebag messages about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And selling&#8230; that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re doin&#8217;, baby&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now if you&#8217;re ok with selling, and know there&#8217;s a LOT of opportunity for people like you&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here&#8217;s where it gets awesome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For a VERY small group (like 25 max), I&#8217;ve got some good news about how to work more closely with me in the next 6-8 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But I&#8217;m not sharing exactly what it is, unless you agree to the strict &#8220;No Troll Policy&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This isn&#8217;t going to be cheap, and for god&#8217;s sake it ain&#8217;t free. There&#8217;s enough free stuff on the internet you can get your jolly&#8217;s with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So the ball&#8217;s in your court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>If you want to learn about what we&#8217;re going to cover in this group, <u><span>shoot me a blank email to awlist3551157@aweber.com<\/span><\/u> to subscribe to my email list, and you&#8217;ll get updates when the group is open<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>See you soon!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Darren Hanser<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re running an online business and building an email list, it&#8217;s likely you get crazy replies from subscribers once in a while&#8230; Personally, I love getting replies to my emails&#8230; Especially one liners like this from last night. It&#8217;s all good stuff, just not into paying for advice. 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