Hello everyone!

This blog post is taken from my blog esljohnnymarketing.com - Marketing with John.

I will probably create original content for this blog here at LeasedAdSpace, but for the moment I will share what I have wrtten from my other blog.

"SLEEPERS" CAN WAKE UP AT ANY TIME.

I had an interesting email exchange with a program owner. I have been a member of the program for a number of years, but for one reason or another never really did much with it.

The basis of the discussion was that I was not able to take advantage of something that was advertised in the membership area of this program as being only available to "upgraded members." There was no mention of a "minimum upgrade," so I took the lowest one available.

After not being able to take advantage of what was offered I contacted support. I was contacted by one of the co-owners. At first the exchange was rather normal and pleasant. I explained my problem and the co-owner explained why I was not able to take advantage of what was being offered even though I was upgraded. I mentioned that I felt a bit misled. The co-owner understood, apologized, said that the wording would be changed and offered to give me a refund. I was even offered a discount on an upgrade that would qualify me for what was being offered, but I simply could not fit it in my budget at the time, so I didn't take advantage of it, but decided to keep the upgrade that I already had paid for.

That would have normally would have been the end of things until I noticed that the wording on the payment page was changed, but not the wording in the members area that you see that encourages you to upgrade. I mentioned that to the co-owner and received the following response:

"I am a little confused though, you have been a member for almost 5 years, have no referrals and are not even promoting CS, even though you are Upgraded.

So what do you think ***** (the advertised offer) will do to aid your future? Also, why should I keep spending all this time with you?

You have done nothing but complain about wording, which no one else has ever cared about.

Just what is your problem?

I have no time to waste on this topic- either Upgrade or don't- ***** (the advertised offer) is not needed for earning commissions.

Goodbye"

Well, that upset me a bit. It upset me because first of all that was a bit rude, and second of all I was just trying to make the co-owner aware of something that someone else may make a very big deal out of because it could be a case of false advertising.

After that unpleasant exchange I did some networking about that particular co-owner and received some mixed reviews. In the end I came to the conclusion (thanks to the networking that I did) that the person was probably reacting in frustration, but that it was no reflection on the benefits of  the advertised offer. So I decided to simply drop it, but could not get the exchange out of my head. Thus, the birth of this blog post.

For all practical purposes I was (at the time of the exchange) an upgraded member and received such treatment, not from my upline, but from the CO-OWNER of the program. Not good.

Anyone who has been in our industry for a while knows that folks often join things for free and then do nothing with it until something for some reason (like the advertisement of a special offer for upgraded members) encourages them to get active in a certain program/service that they had done nothing with for quite sometime. Should those "sleepers" be treated with disrespect, or be welcomed with open arms?

What say you?

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Till next time!

Yours in Success,

John L. Brewer

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