There are courses available that say you can be a high-earning affiliate marketer for as little as $7 — but is it too good to be true?
- 0:00 | THE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS.
- 0:02 | BUT BEFORE YOU SIGN UP, YOU’RE
- 0:04 | GOING TO WANT TO SEE THIS.
- 0:06 | >> ALL YOU NEED IS A PHONE, A
- 0:08 | LAPTOP, WI-FI, AND ONE TO THREE
- 0:09 | HOURS A DAY.
- 0:10 | >> Reporter: CHELSEA, A MOM WITH
- 0:11 | THREE KIDS, SAYS IN JUST MONTHS,
- 0:13 | SHE BECAME A WORK-FROM-HOME
- 0:15 | MILLIONAIRE THANKS TO THIS
- 0:17 | 15-DAY, $7 COURSE.
- 0:19 | >> THE EDUCATIONAL TOOL I NOW
- 0:21 | USE TO GENERATE 14 STREAMS OF
- 0:23 | INCOME, RETIRE MY HUSBAND, AND
- 0:26 | MAKE ME SEVEN FIGURES IN MY
- 0:28 | >> SHE’S AN AFFILIATE MARKETER,
- 0:30 | WHO RECOMMENDS OTHER COMPANIES’
- 0:32 | PRODUCTS ONLINE AND EARNS
- 0:33 | COMMISSIONS ON SALES.
- 0:35 | DOZENS OF COMPANIES OFFER YOU
- 0:36 | COURSES ON HOW TO AFFILIATE
- 0:37 | MARKETING, ONE OF THE MOST
- 0:38 | POPULAR PROMOTED BY CHELSY AND
- 0:40 | OTHERS IS LEGENDARY MARKETER.
- 0:41 | THE COMPANY TOUTS ITS $7, 15-DAY
- 0:44 | BUSINESS BUILDER CHALLENGE,
- 0:45 | ADVERTISING OVER 800 SUCCESS
- 0:47 | >> WHAT IF YOU CUT THE STARBUCKS
- 0:48 | OUT AND GET RICH THIS YEAR?
- 0:49 | I WAS JUST A BUSY,
- 0:51 | OVERSTIMULATED, BROKE,
- 0:53 | STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
- 0:54 | I CHOSE TO SPEND THE $7 OVER
- 0:56 | SPENDING $7 ON A STARBUCKS.
- 0:58 | >> WHO WAS PERSUADED BY VIDEOS
- 1:00 | YOU SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
- 1:01 | >> Reporter: DANA, LORETTA, AND
- 1:03 | SABERYA SAY THEY SIGNED UP FOR
- 1:05 | THE $7 COURSE TO MAKE GOOD MONEY
- 1:06 | FAST AFTER WATCHING INFLUENCERS
- 1:07 | LIKE CHELSEA.
- 1:08 | >> I WAS WATCHING THESE PEOPLE
- 1:09 | AND I THOUGHT, GEEZ, I’M COLLEGE
- 1:11 | EDUCATED, I CAN DO THIS.
- 1:12 | >> I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS JUST
- 1:14 | DOING A $7 COURSE.
- 1:16 | I WAS VERY, VERY SHOCKED ABOUT
- 1:18 | IT BEING A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
- 1:20 | >> Reporter: THEY SAY SEVERAL
- 1:21 | DAYS INTO THE ONLINE COURSE, A
- 1:24 | BUSINESS ADVISER SURPRISED THEM,
- 1:25 | TELLING THEM TO REALLY EARN
- 1:26 | MONEY, THEY NEEDED TO BUY THE
- 1:29 | UP-LEVEL BLUEPRINT COURSE, PRICE
- 1:30 | TAG, $2,500.
- 1:33 | >> THIS FINANCIAL ADVISER SAYS,
- 1:35 | YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, SELL YOUR
- 1:36 | CAR IF YOU HAVE TO, SPEND THIS
- 1:38 | $2,500 AND YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO
- 1:41 | CHANGE TREMENDOUSLY!
- 1:42 | >> Reporter: SO THEY DID.
- 1:43 | AND WHILE THEY SAY THE $2,500
- 1:45 | COURSE WAS INFORMATIVE, IT ALSO
- 1:47 | TAUGHT THEM THE FASTEST WAY TO
- 1:52 | MAKE REAL MONEY WAS TO RE-SELL
- 1:53 | THAT SAME COURSE TO OTHERS.
- 1:54 | FOR EVERY $2,500 COURSE THEY
- 1:56 | SOLD, THEY WOULD EARN A $1,000
- 1:57 | COMMISSION.
- 1:58 | IT’S NOT THE KIND OF AFFILIATE
- 1:59 | MARKETING LORETTA SAYS THEY
- 2:01 | PROMOTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
- 2:02 | >> THE VIDEOS THAT I SAW WAS
- 2:04 | LIKE, BE AN AFFILIATE FOR
- 2:06 | LULULEMON, BE AN AFFILIATE FOR
- 2:08 | BUT THAT’S NOT — THAT’S NOT
- 2:09 | WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
- 2:12 | >> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU COME
- 2:13 | TO FIND OUT?
- 2:15 | >> THEY JUST WANT YOU TO RE-SELL
- 2:17 | THEIR COURSE.
- 2:18 | >> Reporter: LORETTA SAID SHE
- 2:21 | EARNED SEVERAL THOUSAND IN
- 2:23 | COMMISSIONS, BUT STOPPED AFTER A
- 2:24 | FEW WEEKS, UNEASY ABOUT
- 2:26 | >> DESHA, DID YOU MAKE ANY MONEY
- 2:28 | AT ALL?
- 2:30 | >> ZERO ON LEGENDARY.
- 2:31 | >> I MADE THE ONE SALE, AND I
- 2:32 | FELT VERY BAD ABOUT IT,
- 2:34 | PROMOTING A $7 COURSE, WHEN
- 2:35 | THAT’S NOT THE GOAL.
- 2:36 | >> AND THERE’S MORE.
- 2:37 | WHEN WE CONTACTED THE BETTER
- 2:39 | BUSINESS BUREAU TO ASK ABOUT
- 2:40 | LEGENDARY MARKETER, THE BBB TOOK
- 2:42 | AWAY THE COMPANY’S “A” RATING
- 2:44 | AND STARTED AN INVESTIGATION.
- 2:45 | IT ALSO POSTED THIS ALERT,
- 2:48 | CITING A PATTERN OF CUSTOMER
- 2:49 | COMPLAINTS ABOUT LEGENDARY
- 2:52 | MARKETERS ADVERTISING AND
- 2:54 | >> I THINK THEY’RE REALLY
- 2:57 | >> Reporter: NYLE RANKS
- 2:58 | AFFILIATE MARKETING COURSES ON
- 3:00 | HIS WEBSITE, EBIZ FACTS AND
- 3:02 | OFTEN EARNS COMMISSION ON THOSE
- 3:04 | HE RATES LEGENDARY MARKETER’S
- 3:07 | COURSE, MID-PACK.
- 3:08 | >> IF YOU WORK HARD AT BUILDING
- 3:11 | BUSINESS FOR A YEAR, THE
- 3:13 | BEST-CASE SCENARIO IS YOU WOULD
- 3:14 | BE EARNING $1,000 A MONTH AFTER
- 3:15 | 12 MONTHS.
- 3:16 | >> SO THE VIDEOS MAKE IT SEEM A
- 3:18 | LOT EASIER TO EARN MONEY A LOT
- 3:20 | WHAT DO YOU SAY?
- 3:22 | >> I THINK IT’S MOSTLY HYPE.
- 3:23 | >> I’VE GONE FROM COMPLETELY
- 3:25 | BROKE TO LIVING A LIFE OF MY
- 3:27 | >> Reporter: LEGENDARY MARKETER
- 3:28 | CEO DAVE SHARP SAYS THE COMPANY
- 3:30 | HAS $250 MILLION IN CAREER SALES
- 3:33 | AND SAYS WELL OVER HALF OF THAT
- 3:35 | HAS BEEN PAID OUT TO AFFILIATE
- 3:39 | >> THERE ARE MORE WI-FI AND
- 3:40 | INTERNET MILLIONAIRES RIGHT
- 3:41 | NOW —
- 3:42 | >> BUT IN THE FINE PRINT OF HIS
- 3:43 | WEBSITE, HE DISCLOSES, THIS IS
- 3:44 | NOT A GET-RICH-QUICK PROGRAM AND
- 3:47 | THE AVERAGE PERSON SHOULD EXPECT
- 3:50 | LITTLE-TO-NO RESULTS.
- 3:51 | SHARP DECLINED OUR INTERVIEW
- 3:52 | REQUEST, SAYING IN PART IN A
- 3:54 | STATEMENT, HE TAKES ALL FEEDBACK
- 3:55 | SERIOUSLY, AND IS WORKING WITH
- 3:57 | THE BBB TO ADDRESS ITS CONCERNS.
- 3:59 | HE SAYS, LIKE ALL LEGENDARY
- 4:01 | MARKETER COURSES, HIS $7 COURSE
- 4:03 | PROVIDES VALUE AND KNOWLEDGE
- 4:05 | ABOUT DIGITAL MARKETING, AND
- 4:06 | HE’S WORKING WITH AFFILIATES
- 4:07 | LIKE CHELSEA TO ENSURE PROPER
- 4:10 | COMPLIANCE IN THEIR MARKETING.
- 4:11 | >> MAKE A BUTT-TON OF MONEY AND
- 4:13 | LEAVE YOUR 9:00-TO-5:00.
- 4:16 | >> Reporter: BUT THE FORMER
- 4:17 | CUSTOMERS WE SPOKE TO SAYS
- 4:19 | OFFERS LIKE THESE NEED TO BE
- 4:20 | >> YOU’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT
- 4:22 | AS FAST AND AS EASY AS THEY SAY
- 4:24 | YOU’RE GOING TO.
- 4:25 | IT’S VERY MISLEADING MARKETING.
- 4:28 | OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
- 4:29 | THE THREE WOMEN WE INTERVIEWED,
- 4:31 | THEY SAY THEY NOW EARN A LOT OF
- 4:32 | COMMISSIONS WORKING WITH
- 4:33 | COMPETITORS OF LEGENDARY
- 4:34 | MARKETER.
- 4:35 | THEY SAY THEY DO WELL, BUT THEY
- 4:37 | WORK LONG HOURS.
- 4:38 | THEIR PRIMARY EARNINGS COME FROM
- 4:39 | SELLING DIGITAL PRODUCTS,
- 4:40 | BUILDING WEBSITES, AND
- 4:42 | RECOMMENDING PRODUCTS FROM A
- 4:43 | VARIETY OF COMPANIES.
- 4:45 | WE HAVE A LOT MORE ON AFFILIATE
- 4:46 | MARKETING ON TODAY.COM.
- 4:49 | >> SO THIS FEELS LIKE A REAL
- 4:50 | CAUTIONARY TALE, BUT IF YOU WANT
- 4:51 | TO BECOME AN AFFILIATE MARKETER,
- 4:53 | WHAT’S YOUR BEST ADVICE?
- 4:54 | >> THIS IS A REAL BUSINESS.
- 4:55 | IT’S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE ’90s,
- 4:57 | BUT BECAUSE OF THE ONLINE
- 4:58 | PRESENCE, THAT SO MANY COMPANIES
- 4:59 | HAVE, IT’S MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
- 5:01 | BUT THE EXPERTS WE TALK WITH,
- 5:03 | THE WOMEN WHO ARE DOING THIS,
- 5:04 | THEY SAY, START ON YOUTUBE.
- 5:06 | YOU CAN LEARN FOR FREE HOW TO DO
- 5:08 | LOOK AT DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND
- 5:09 | START BY RECOMMENDING PRODUCTS
- 5:10 | AND SERVICE THAT YOU ALREADY
- 5:12 | LOVE AND KNOW AND BUILD YOUR
- 5:15 | BUT IT DOES TAKE WORK, EFFORT,
- 5:17 | AND TIME.
- 5:18 | >> ANYTIME A WEBSITE SAYS,
- 5:19 | LITTLE-TO-NO RESULTS.
- 5:22 | >> I’M STEALING FOR THAT POP
- 5:23 | >> LITTLE-TO-NO RESULTS.
- 5:26 | >> VICKIE, THANK YOU.
- 5:27 | >>> LET US SWITCH
