Building prosperity on the web is NOT rocket science. However, it does take time to develop a niche that may produce a nice recurring income. I’ve written many articles, for both this blog and article directories, on what it takes to build prosperity on the web, and what I despise the most. So it’s nothing new that I hate scams.
One of my main focuses, and something I promote on a daily basis, is building prosperity with a legitimate health and wellness business, and using a web prosperity system, like Veretekk, to promote that business.
Being in the health and wellness industry I spend a lot of time writing about weight loss and a weight loss program by TriVita, called Leanology™. So when I find articles about outrageous weight loss claims and see negative media coverage on possible scams regarding weight loss products, it gets my glands in an uproar.
When it comes to weigh loss, people are typically looking for an easy way to reduce their weight. I’ve written about this before, so let me reiterate: there is no easy weight loss program. Permanent weight loss only comes by making a lifestyle change to both your diet and, the weight you lose, is in direct proportion to your physical activity (exercise).
If you do find a weight loss program that offers you immediate or FAST results without doing any exercise or changing the way you eat, chances are, it DOES NOT work. Most weight loss programs are not only very costly but most become boring after a short period of time. Many times, it’s a lack of excitement (or the weight isn’t coming off fast enough) that makes people quit and go back to what they were doing before they started the program.
One weight loss program that has been receiving a lot of attention lately is the Acai Berry Diet, and most of the attention this program has been receiving is negative. Since this program has been receiving lots of media attention, and it’s something that I’m passionate about, a closer look into acai berry, and its weight loss claims, is starting to reveal that most of the outrageous claims simply are NOT true.
What’s the problem with the acai berry diet program? At first, the Acai Berry Diet became admired in the market because it claimed to help people lose weight by taking an acai pill and/or acai drink on a regular basis. It offered an effective method to lose weight at an affordable price, and it was a great way for Internet marketers to make money and become prosperous on the web. However, this all lead to their claim that "a person who is on such a kind of diet has guaranteed weight loss results in a short time."
According to David Schardt, senior nutritionist for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, says "in terms of weight loss there’s no reason why a fruit like that (acai) would have any particular effect." [1]
The acai berry has also been labeled as the fruit that is "loaded of antioxidants", and that, according to some of the companies promoting the acai product, is the "major factor that helps to reduce weight." It has also been mentioned that the acai berry "enhances your metabolism which aids to burn the extra fat stored in your body."
The acai berry stormed into the marketplace, especially on the Internet, and has made this a widespread, rampant marketing scam (although some still think it’s a way to become prosperous on the web). There are "ads everywhere now: acai for weight loss, acai for sexual dysfunction, acai for cancer, acai with a free trial that can cost hundreds of dollars and leave you on hold for hours trying to stop more charges."
Building web prosperity by selling a "self-proclaimed" diet pill, was once the main focus. However, it’s the acai scam aspect that has taken the focus off the actual scientific facts of this fruit.
There are so many complaints over the companies promoting and selling this so called, weight loss, pill that back in March 2009, the "attorney general of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest will issue a warning about credit card schemes peddling supplements made from the acai berry."
The marketing scam has also gotten the Better Business Bureau (BBB) involved in trying to stop, what is called a "negative option" advertising scheme. According to Steve Cox, a BBB spokesman, "BBB [the Better Business Bureau] can’t speak to the restorative or weight-loss properties of acai-based products, but we are taking companies to task for their misleading sales and marketing practices." [1]
Misleading marketing practices that lead to sales WILL NOT sustain your online business in the long term, and surely will not lead to web prosperity. As a matter of fact, it’s this type of manipulation that give the Internet and some of the online marketers bad names.
Web prosperity does not come overnight, nor does it come from taking advantage of people. Web prosperity comes through hard work, determination, and a legitimate business. It is possible to make money on the web by using illegal or unethical practices, however, it will never last. Furthermore, with the plethora of information available on the web, ALL scams, scammers, and illegal marketing schemes WILL be found. There is no hiding when it comes to the Internet.
With that said, you may be wondering if there are any legitimate weight loss programs that work? The answer to that question is a resounding YES! TriVita’s Leanology™, a three part weight loss program is scientifically proven to help individuals that are overweight, to lose weight in a manner that is acceptable to healthcare professionals.
TriVita® is dedicated to helping people pursue healthy living. A trusted health solutions provider since 1999, they develop nutritional products and offer health and wellness services that support the whole person – physically, emotionally and spiritually.
TriVita® also offers a nice business opportunity that takes the best of online marketing, combines it with social networking (product referral), then stimulates and reinforces it with reward incentives. All this ends up powering a very robust, hybridized, marketing machine. When the practices that I laid out previously are uses in conjunction with this marketing machine, web prosperity can be achieved.
To learn more about Leanology ’s weight loss system, go to http://weightloss.healthfulchoice.com
Jeffrey Sloe
TriVita Independent Business Affiliate – 12871028
440-725-3729
http://www.internetmarketingadvisors.net
http://www.leanology.net/12871028
References:
[1] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=7132495&page=1