Is Power Signups “Scammy”?
Before we get into what is considered “scammy” let it be know that in just the lead industry period, there is a lot of scams going on. Everywhere you look its “Win a free iPod” or “Sign up now, and win a free XBOX 360″. Even radio commercials advertise in this way to get their listeners to sign up. From many angles, I can see how it might be questioned, however there is a strong sense of value that comes with our program.
We’ve noticed that most of the time, these weaker forms of strategy are rooted from the advertisers’ limited knowledge and understanding of how to approach those leads in the first place. As for others, well, some people are just down right scammy. They may sell you overused lists or try filling out the forms themselves; there’s a million ways why something may be considered shiesty and dishonest since almost anything can be viewed in a subjective manner. Its just being aware of how you’re advertising and who you’ve got your cross hairs on.
So is Power Sign ups scammy? … obviously not. We work hard to produce better traffic quality and also accept over 90% of the applicants that want our service, despite what they representing most of the time. In doing so, we’re pretty much keeping all slots open, and allowing us to maximize our clientele. How could anyone argue with a steady setup that only costs one sixteenth of what it would for a “pay-per-click” program anyway?
I appreciate what you are saying about the industry and other media outlets being a scam. I glad that there is a company who is direct and honest. No you can never be sure, but everyone should have common sense to know when they are being scammed. Thanks PowerSignups!!!!
Hi Maria!
First, thanks for being such a great customer!
There are definitely a few things you can look out for to keep yourself from getting taken:
1. If a company takes your money without giving you a definite deadline of when your campaign should start, run away! Any legitimate ad network should know how long it takes to get traffic ramped up to begin a campaign.
2. Always look for some type of live support. Whether it’s phone, Internet chat, or going to the business offices (which is so underrated these days), you should be able to work with some kind of live human being without having to rely 100% on email or contact forms.
3. (this is what I would look for): Make sure the company offers some sort of training or best practice information for their leads/traffic. If they don’t know how to make their own traffic convert, you’ve probably got a LONG SHOT in making it happen.
I read the blog post posted on April 10th and I can truly say that it works. There are so many signs if you just pay attention! Thanks PowerSignups for the grade A+ advice!!!
Are my opt-in forms going to be filled in by the actual visitors, or by one of your staff members/someone else? Also, is there any particular reason why opt-ins would ever come from the same I.P. address if I signed up?
@backus – Your optin forms will only be filled in by actual visitors. Our campaigns are too big and too cheap to pay anyone to fill them in by themselves!!!
Our tracking software also prevents your form being submitted by the same IP more than once.
This is not to knock your product for I have never invested in it. But in truth I have bought guaranteed signups in the past and have gotten burned more than once. So from what I understand your leads are actual people with unique i.p addresses and they are just as powerful as pay per click leads? Also do your leads work with the cpa network max bounty?
@nick – this is not to knock your experiences, I know for a fact there are garbage services in the “guaranteed signup” space. However, a large portion of people who choose to advertise with guaranteed signups simply don’t market to the leads correctly. For one, purchasing guaranteed signups shouldn’t even be compared to pay-per-click or search marketing. You can’t expect to get the same results from two completely different forms of advertising. ESPECIALLY if you’re attempting to market the exact same way.
For instance, let’s say you have a “make money from home with ebay” type offer.
You put up a search campaign for “make money with ebay” type keywords. You have a text ad that comes up in the search results, and your web page goes into further detail about making money from home with ebay.
The filtering process for search looks something like this:
1. Keywords: Only get searches from people who want to make money online with ebay
2. Ad Text: Only get clicks from people who want to know more about what YOU’RE saying in regards to making money online with ebay
3. Web Page: Only get signups from people who feel your offer is exactly what they were looking for from the beginning of their search.
In contrast, the filtering process for guaranteed signups looks like this:
1. Interest: Your website is visited by people who are interested in ANY type of home business, or make money program.
2. Web Page: Only get signups from people who feel your offer MIGHT be interesting to them
As a marketer, especially as a marketer with a budget (all of us), it’s your responsibility to know which form of advertising best meets your ROI (return on investment) requirements. If it costs $49.95 on search to get 10-20 prospects for you to market to with a 5% conversion rate on those prospects, and $49.95 on guaranteed signups for 100 prospects to market to with a 1% conversion rate on those prospects, then you’r making more money with the guaranteed signups.
If the search example above yields a 10% conversion and the guaranteed signups only brings in a .5% conversion, then you’d be crazy to choose guaranteed signups over search.
and… I have no idea who Max Bounty is.
appreciate the kind reply
I have not yet used Power signups. But I am going to. However, I can tell you they are very real and ethical. Here is how I know this. 1-I have contacted them several times (sometimes with silly questions) to test there response time, maner they respond, and type of response given. 2-Researched them on the Internet, with BBB, and with net scams. All have come back clean. Beaware that some people complaining are not experieced marketers and have very little knowledge of Internet Advertising. They often advertise incorrectly therefore it takes longer to fill there order. A seasoned marketer knows how to design a campaign, where to adversties (or their “niche), and most importantly tracks each and ever hit. In other words use your tracking and you will see you may get 750 hits and only 1 or 2 sign ups. (This means you have been advertising incorrectly and you need to change what you are doing.) But if your tracking shows you link is getting 5 to 6 sign ups for every 350 hits. Hey don’t change anything.