Interesting read on fitness industry gimmicks, hucksterism, steroid use, and outright scams from the fitness and health industry.


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“Well, let me take a look at the email you’re sending to your users,” he offered. I forwarded—what I then thought—was a good sales email. I would soon learn that it wasn’t.

“This is horrible,” he said, sending my ego (and the mental image of our bottom line) tumbling. “There’s no deadline for the user to purchase. Limit the group to 10 spots left and say that it ends in 24 hours. Oh, also qualify everyone by saying that you’re only looking for people who want serious results.”

His instructions seemed arbitrary and unnecessary. Surely nobody would be gullible enough to be lured by a false impression of scarcity. But I did what I was told, tweaking the email to talk about the group’s “limited” nature. I fired them off into the ether, not particularly convinced that anything would improve.

I was wrong.

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Forget it Jake, It's SALES.

Yes, an interesting read!

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

<<1. Ask yourself “Is this person trying to sell me something?”

If the answer is no, you probably have less to worry about, but you should “follow the money.”>>>

Groundbreaking stuff there.