Don Fleece and Traffic Mysteries?
Who is Don Fleece? And what is Traffic Mysteries?
I bring this up today after trying to put out some fires last night. I’m going to go off topic for a bit, but you will find it is all relevant information.
I’m going to dive back into Kimkins for this post. For those who may be seeing this blog for the first time, please to check out my “about” page. Basically, I was taken in by an internet fraud. We have been actively involved in a class action lawsuit, counter suits have been filed, and it is all about a woman Heidi Diaz aka Kimmer who used pictures stolen from a Russian brides website to portray herself and her false claims of losing 198 lbs in 11 months and then charging members to join her made up diet site only to ban them when the gig was up. Not a low carb mouthful;) She even made over a million dollars in a month last year when the diet graced the cover of Womans World magazine. WW was given pictures of a Russian bride as well and never sent anyone out personally to verify the story.
In my journeys last night I was directed to a blog were a marketer was promoting the Kimkins diet. It was quite apparent to me that this marketer was grossly uninformed. She was under the impression that Kimmer had lost weight. As we all know know thanks most recently to AmyB this is not the case. We knew it when we got the PI footage of our so called diet guru last year. We now know from court papers that Heidi Diaz has told many lies.
I am concerned for this marketer. I am actually seriously concerned. When I went to promote the Kimkins diet there was virtually no information on “Kimmer” other than the information that came from other affiliate websites which at the time was all pro Kimkins. Now, if you just google Kimkins there is the Kimkins site at the top followed by an endless stream of sites exposing the fraud in an effort to save potential buyers from falling into the trap. Did the marketer I visit not check this out? It is of the utmost importance one take the time to investigate a product and it’s creator before promoting. And after a product has been out for a couple of years this can take litterally minutes. Checking sites like the better business bureau, doing some general search engine searches, looking over at scam.com for instance. Why would anyone want to promote a woman who is a fraud is completely beyond me.
I am hopeful right now that this marketer just didn’t do a proper investigation. Otherwise it sends me the message that this marketer is willing to promote a fraud just to get 20 bucks a head.
So now I come full circle and back to my post today. Who is Don Fleece? And just what is this Traffic Mysteries? There is an increasing buzz on the internet over the past few days.
Apparently Don Fleece is a man who has been behind the scenes in internet marketing. He appears to be grossly unheard of yet there is a forum with members and everything for a pre-launch of Traffic Mysteries. Could all those people be for real?
Here is a prime example of a product one should be extremely hesitant to jump on as a marketer. So what would I do?
Here’s a simple run down list of some investigative tips to find out what you can before promoting a person and their product.
- Google Search. Take a moment to google Don Fleece and Traffic Mysteries. Look for sites discussing the product and the man and read as much as you can.
- Do a domain name check. See if the owner of the site is willing to put their name on the WHOIS. I have actually been able to call product owners in the past and get some more information. If the site is listed all as private you should be skeptical. Although I have to add even if there is convincing information provided, don’t completely fall for it. Look further into addresses and other information provided.
- Backlink check. Throw the site into a backlink checker to see if their are any articles or sites pointing to the promotional site. Look to see how old the blogs and sites are that are promoting the product. If it is a one or two page blog that is only a few weeks old, it is not necessarily a reputable source.
- Don’t just “believe” celebrity or guru endorsements. If you see a name you recognize endorsing the product you should email or contact that person and verify with them that that is them.
- Check reputable forums and just keep digging.
There are more steps you can take, but that list is a good start.
I know all too well from the case of Kimkins how easy it is to start a forum and create sockpuppets. Unscrupulous methods were used in the creation of the Kimkins diet site – including posters answering q&a on Yahoo for instance claiming celebrities had done the diet. These were all false rumors spread to further the promotion.
I have left comments for the blog of the marketer currently promoting Kimkins, but I’m waiting for them to be moderated. It just goes to show me my work here is far from finished. It is obvious to me that this marketer did not do their homework.
Before you go jumping into the frenzy, be sure to do your due diligence in finding out all you can about Don Fleece and Traffic Mysteries.
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4 Comments on Don Fleece and Traffic Mysteries?
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Fitness Con / Marketing Con both can effect you « FitPro Weblog on
Sat, 13th Dec 2008 2:13 pm
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Don Fleece, Traffic Mysteries, Confessions and Reality | Affiliate Marketing Nightmares on
Sun, 14th Dec 2008 9:16 am
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Marcelo on
Sat, 7th Mar 2009 12:14 pm
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Sat, 6th Jun 2009 12:52 am
[...] You can get further information on this phony program and the snake oil marketer who promotes it at http://affiliatescams.wurdmess.com/don-fleece-and-traffic-mysteries/ [...]
[...] Don Fleece is an imaginary guru, the Traffic Mysteries product does not exist, but… [...]
Lol, it's funny to see someone whitout a clue about the product and still promote, or worst try to make money. I think in the first place, to start to promote something with success you need BELIEVE in that product otherwise you will fall… it's only my opnion.
BTW excellent post 
Hi, I found your blog via Google and your posts about traffic are very interesting. Thank you.
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