Thoughts from a paid to clicker

Hi, my name's Holly and I'm a paid to clicker. I sit quietly and anonymously in front of my computer and click on links for money. As a result I have seen a lot of sites. There is one genre of site that comes up a lot: The on-line, work-from-home business opportunity. As I browsed yet another of these golden goose promises and calmly waited for my thirty second timer to expire, I began to reflect on this particular Internet phenomenon.

It's basically a system of duplication whereby the product for sale; is really the business itself. There would appear to be many names for this, if you do a little research: Dot-cons, MLM (Multi Level Marketing.) And Pyramid Schemes.

They follow a fairly rigid design. A narrow central column of content that goes on and on and on and on... They claim you can bank thousands of dollars a month for doing next to nothing. There will follow a long list of benefits and testimonials for the scheme. I know some of these have to be bogus, because some include little photo portraits of people supposedly making heaps of cash from the business. And there is one portrait of a guy that I have seen so often; on so many sites; he must have signed up for nearly every one! How he had time to pose for a photograph let alone write a testimonial I'll never know. I'd love to meet him. Often you are expected to part with approximately $20 to $40 in cash straight away to get in. You are nearly always told the offer is due to go up in price tomorrow, or that places are limited. Occasionally joining is free, but be assured you will 'need' to upgrade to 'Pro' or 'Executive' status at some point. Usually after you're in too deep to quit, maybe you'd already written your resignation letter! I hope not.

There will be lots of incentives: Your site will be already set-up for you, there'll be free advertising credits so that people like me can see your cookie cutter site for 30 seconds. Your site will come pre-loaded with a varying number of 'Cut me own throat' affiliate product deals all ready to go.

You will be encouraged to refer other new members into the scheme to boost your money making potential. These referrals join under you, so you get a cut of any profits generated from their activity. They are referred to as your down-line or power-line. Power-line has a more positive ring to it I guess. Marketers have been pulling these psychological tricks since the dawn of time. Some will come with a large power-line

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