E-Cards Making You Crazy?! - Scandalous Scammers Award!

It seems that since I have started working online, my email fills up with useless stuff so fast it makes my head spin like the chick on the Exorcist movie. Much of this garbage is filled with viruses, downloads, executable files and attachments that only mean to harm your computer or you.

I sit and I wonder how many internet beginners make the mistake of opening that attachment or downloading that file. And occasionally, I send the spammer an invitation to visit the most expensive program I can find and guarantee it will make them money!

I must congratulate the one that made me right this rant tonight. He/she/it has received my very special Scandalous Scammers Award! I will post a copy of his award as soon as I have it finished, but in the mean time, here is the deadbeat's information. As much as I hate spam, feel free to do with it what you will!

E-Mail Address: avel_kruglyakov@semanticspace.com
Topic: Your ecard horoscope is waiting! {Someone forgot to tell this yahoo that I can look up my horoscope and many versions of it just be a simple search on Google!}
Message: Come get the original Funny Card {insert web address here}

If you are a total beginner, take warning. Do not ever open files from people that you do not know. It will get you every time, and if you don't have a family computer guy, well Mr. Fix-It's bills will kill your budget!

As for the Scandalous Scammers out there...take note. I will call you out every time, right here. And I do publicize this blog everywhere known to man. So, have a it...it's your email address getting posted all over the web!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Life Is Full Of Rules - Like It Or LUMP It

This little rant is pointed exactly where it needs to be pointed, and the targets of it know exactly who they are. Saying it is little is probably a HUGE exageration, because this one speaks straight to the heart of LIFE.

Life has rules. Games have rules. Internet Marketing has rules. Teams have rules. Deal with it. You can't get away from it, it's always there and while you can choose to attempt to break the rules, you usually won't get far. Rules were made to keep things in a constant state of organization and a constant state of fair play. If you don't like it, get out of the game.

A team is created for one reason. For every single person on that team to help each other out. If one person isn't helping, then that person shouldn't be there. Football teams DO NOT keep a player who can't hold up his end of the bargain. So why should we? If you can't follow a simple rule and keep to your end of the bargain, why do you join a team?

Stefan Berg, Robert Puddy, Soren Jordenson...names that you recognize? If you have surfed more than a week on any site, you have seen all of these names and more. Do you think they made it to the top without putting up with and following a few simple rules? If you do, then you are an idiot who will never make money online and you should quit now and go back to your 9-5.

And to those of you who think that I have nothing more to do with my time then sit here and carry you on my back because you are too busy promoting too many other links, think again. Being a full time stay at home Mom with kids who home school isn't a picnic. And yet I find the time to carry you because I want my team to succeed on a program that I think should have been thrown in the garbage can before it was released. But I sit here on that same program to be with the people who have helped me, carried me when I needed to be carried and supported me.

Now, if you need a week or even two to be carried, I'll be there to help. But if you intend to sit back on your fat rear end and watch the credits add up to promote your other programs while I do the work...you need to rethink. Because I WILL not do your work for you.

Play the game. Play to win. And for god's sake, stop whining about the rules.

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Someone Please Explain To Me The Point Of A Team?

The last time I checked Websters Dictionary, there was no "I" in team. Therefore, it would be a logical guess that everyone who is on a team should be working as a team. Now, if every one of those people on the team are not working together, it seems to reason that they shouldn't be there, wouldn't you say?

And yet, day in and day out, we are carrying those members on our backs, while 5 or 6 people do the work of 25 or 100, depending on the "team" we are talking about. Why? Do you enjoy killing yourself for those deadbeats who think you somehow owe them a bunch of credits at the end of a week?

Obnoxious maybe, liar never, I call it like I see it. No, my name isn't Soren or Robert or Stefan. You won't recognize my name if you see it on a web page. But I play to win every day, and I will win every day. You can do it with me or you can get out of my way. The choice is yours. But I will not carry your weight on my back while I do it. If you aren't there to work for the team, than you shouldn't be there.

The message is as plain as that bit of potato on your face...isn't it?

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Open DNS? What Do We Pay You For?

I am not sure how many sites my readers have attempted to access the last two days that were down due to server issues. I know that I have hit atleast 10 sites, including one of my own, that have been down do to server issues with our hosting providers.

I'm not talking small sites either...Affiliate Funnel appears to have been having issues all day. Now we all know who owns and runs this site, and I bet they are having minor coronaries at the moment. Service is king to them, and their site hasn't been appearing on the 50 or so exchanges I surf daily at all today.

So I ask you....

WHAT are we PAYING you for? I live with a Network Manager for crying out loud, and he would literally die if his servers went down. He has a back up server for his back up server. Don't you? Or do you take that $10 - to God only knows how much a month and spend it at the mall?

One of my favorite sites, TEClicks has been down for almost TWO DAYS! That is one wonderful webmistress that should take a ride to her web host and beat him with a wet towel.

What in the blazes of all that isn't holy are you people doing? Sitting on your rear and twiddling your thumbs isn't an excuse either, so come up with a better one. Don't blame someone else...FIX it. And if you can't, well atleast have the guts to admit that your service isn't up to par and maybe we should find other hosts to handle our sites.

The excuse of we are working on it isn't acceptable. We are paying you our hard earned money to provide a service....PROVIDE it.

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

PSA - 10 Dollars Wonder & e2ePay Are Merging

Comedic relief is being set aside for this PSA (Public Service Announcement). 10 Dollars Wonder & e2Epay are merging. According to their Administration, this means that we will benefit as customers and affiliates.

It remains to be seen if it will be good for us or not, but for those of you who like to take chances, this might be a great time to buy a few extra positions on 10 Dollars Wonder or sign up and claim your free trial position. My assumption is that we will definitely profit for a day or two while positions are being moved over from e2ePay, and cycles should move a bit faster.

However...you know what assume means, don't you?

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Ever Feel Like This?

Yup, this is me, every day...wondering what is going to annoy me just enough to rant away to the masses. I need a cuppa coffee and just an hour or so to find the next topic of the day, so laugh away for now at our effort to be funny and come back soon!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

**Our thanks to the creators of the Maxine series for creating a cartoon that calls to the emotions of every online marketer today!**

Speed...I NEED More Speed!

It amazes me that there are so many great programs out there to work with, however, if that site is slower than molasses in January here in Pennsylvania, there is a problem. I understand that bandwith and a few other hundred concerns play into this issue, but if you can't fix it, you shouldn't be charging membership fees.

A site with roughly 1.6 million people taking 5 minutes to load a page just lost 1.5 million people because they don't have time to wait 5 minutes for a page to load. Now multiply that by the fact that they have to email roughly 30 people to help them build their business, and you just made it completely unbearable to work with the program. One time membership fee or no, you will not get your paid members to continue referring new paid members if you can't put a little bit of that income back into your business.

Need to know how? Well, I'm quite sure I do not have that answer. I do not operate a site with 1.5 million members, nor am I sure that I have the patience to do so. What I do know is that someone out there knows, and if you ever decide to fix the issues, start with your hosting provider. My guess is you need to go from that 8 buck a month program to one that is just a little more expensive.

Can you handle that? I am guessing the answer is yes, especially since 1.5 million people referring members at the speed of light who are willing to pay you $25 to get started, is a major income loss if you don't!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

P.S. I have mailed my specific complaints off to this program. If it's not fixed, I'll name them for you! But I would hate to give a bad review to a site that is working hard to fix their problems...so for now, we'll wait and see!

Following Up...WoW They Are Keeping Me Busy!

The Ranting Office...banned? Well shiver me timbers and blow me down! Like I didn't see that one coming? Good thing I refuse to pay for this huh? ROFL

Here's a short, but sweet message just for Logiscape Technologies...

Best Wishes,

Melanie

A.K.A.

The Ranting Queen

The Truth Hurts, Traffic Era...Doesn't It?

If you are a Traffic Era member, your god given right to Freedom of Speech doesn't mean squat. It seems that as a member, you are unable to speak your mind, let them know about an issue or look at them the wrong way.

You see, The Ranting Office Blog was produced for one reason. My right to let my opinions be heard and my ability to make a difference in the Internet Marketing world. Traffic Era seems to have an issue with this as they have removed it from rotation now, not once...but twice! No warning, no contact, just straight up taken it down for absolutely no reason whatsoever, unless you count the fact that the truth hurts!

As I was told today by another wonderful person, Logiscape has 5 sites. I know that the three I have tried and used do not utilize customer service in any way, shape or form. I am so sorry to tell Logiscape that I will not allow them to silence me until they have fixed their issues and proven a track record of keeping them fixed. There are plenty of Traffic Exchanges out there that cost a whole lot less and deliver similar, if not better results.

So the message of the day is:

Logiscape fix your issues, keep them fixed or lose money. It's as simple as that.

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

FR*E*E Is Ridiculous...Don't You Think?

I have come to realize that nearly every person who sends ads through a safelist or promotes a program that is somewhat unethical and/or shadowy, uses some derivative of the correct spelling of the word FREE. It is my conclusion that every one of them should receive an e-mail from every person who received their ridiculous ad that states "Keep your F*R*E*E garbage to yourself." (Unfortunately, a quote that says something more along the line of "Take This And Shove It..." cannot be completed as we advertise on family friendly sites!)

However, since a normal safelist or solo ad does not give us that personal touch ability, the responsibility needs to be taken by safelist owners, traffic exchange owners, blasters and solo ad senders to completely BLOCK the use of this kind of trash. You know that it won't be anywhere near free, and most likely will be another one of those programs that crash and burn about 2 weeks after it starts.

It may hurt your purse for a month or two as a site owner, when you refuse to sell ad space to these idiots. In the long run, you will grow your reputation as a business man or woman who respects his fellow man, is trustworthy and might just actually give a damn about your well being.

For myself, I just delete those emails permanently. I don't read them, I don't respond to them, and I won't click your link. I would prefer to reach through the computer, smack your head so hard that your grandmother will feel it and ask you what in the name of all that is holy are you thinking? Yes, there is a sucker born every day, but do you have to take advantage of them to make your fortune?

There are many honest programs out there that are getting a bad name from people like this. Honest Internet Entreprenuers MUST band together to fight back against this insane misuse of this F/R/E/E crap. Beginners and experienced members of the internet community, it is time to grow a bit of courage and let them know that we won't enable them to use us and our hard earned money in this way.

Betcha see a lot less F-R-E-E junk laying around your e-mail, your sites and your favorite sites if you take a stand and refuse to put up with this circus any more!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen