Over the last two days, I’ve received a number of comments promoting an ebook called The Attraction Acceleration Report: An Interview with Bob Proctor on The Science of Getting Rich (1MB, PDF). It seems that the folks at AttractionAcceleration.com released the transcript of an interview they did with Bob Proctor about his new SGR Program.
The contents of the guide are pretty light - it’s basically a pitch fest for the SGR Program - but what has made this thing so darn popular is that anyone can “rebrand” the guide with their own SGR affiliate link and give it away free.
I was curious about how easy this was to do - I figured it must be super easy since everyone and their brother seems to be promoting it - so I followed the steps, signed up, and now have giveaway rights… just like everyone else. I even set up a page where you can learn how to become an SGR affiliate for free and rebrand the guide for your own purposes.
If you do decide to promote this guide, please don’t be as annoying as the people who’ve posted to my site. It’s a pet peeve of mine that these internet marketing types post advertisements masquerading as blog comments and hope you won’t notice. They don’t even try to join the conversation or stay relevant to the article. The only thing they seem to care about is promoting their product and making as much money as possible.
It would be different if they tried to add something of value to the post, but instead, I get vague comments alluding to how The Secret changed their life or how wonderful Bob Proctor is for turning his life around. My thoughts are, yeah - so what?
I had a rather pleasant conversation yesterday at the bookstore where I was writing up some posts - a woman and I got to talking about The Secret and she told me story after story about how the law of attraction was working in her life - from changing careers in the last two month, to meeting a wealth of people who would be able to aid her in her new career, to bringing past acquaintances back into her life.
This woman was passionate about her experiences with the law of attraction. These kinds of stories and testimonials mean something - they’re genuine and passionate. And this woman was able to accomplish all she did without buying a $2000 program and pushing it on everyone who’d listen.
Now, I’m not knocking the SGR program. I’m sure many people will find it helpful. If it was cheaper, I’d probably purchase it as I have an extensive library of self improvement and personal development products - and read anything I can get my hands on. But there are a great number of things I’d rather spend $2000 on than a program where I’m not even certain what the contents contain or how it’s different from Bob Proctor’s other Science of Getting Rich program.
What annoys me is the shady “used car salesmen” techniques, the ridiculous hype surrounding it, and the way Bob Proctor and Jack Canfield have gotten an army of affiliates to market the product for them. It’s all so slick (and brilliant from a marketing standpoint) - and I’m sure it’s quite successful at convincing people who can’t afford it to buy. I wish they’d take more pride in their programs and market it with dignity rather than with the sleazy, hype-filled sales copy, but that’s what sells these days.
Anyway, because I’m offering the guide for download, I’m going to extend the invitation to anyone who has a copy of the guide. If you want to promote your “rebranded” report, post your link here. If you post it in any other thread, it will be deleted.
The only thing I ask is that if you do post your link, that you also share an experience about how you, personally, have used the law of attraction in your life. In other words, don’t regurgitate the hype - share your story.
Andrew - thanks for your link. I wrote previously about the SGR Program and was curious about a number of factors you addressed in your posts. Namely:
1) why Michael Beckwith left
2) why they shut down the site and relaunched a few days later
3) what affiliation the program had with Rhonda Byrne
After reading the comments, I’m not really surprised that Michael Beckwith’s associates wanted him to pull out of the project nor am I surprised that the program isn’t actually affiliated with Rhonda Byrne. I had initially suspected that they were having legal issues with using the “official teachings” title when they took the site down - but it’s fascinating to learn that the initial program was actually illegal. I agree - all of that is great information for anyone thinking of dropping $2000 on the program.
Here’s an exclusive interview with Bob Proctor on the Law of Attraction.
A free report on attraction acceleration.
It has helped me… and I wish the same for you..
MICHUAEL
Reaching Out… Touching Lives
http://developirresistibleattraction.com
By the way, Michael Beckwith is back in the program. I saw the report you mention and its a good interview even if it is promotional.
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Andrew said,
April 21, 2007 @ 12:24 amBefore anyone considers investing in the SGR Program, read this blog post first:
http://thesecretnotes.com/plea-to-michael-beckwith-please-dont-go-michael/#comments
These guys are hiding alot of information from the Public, and I thought you ought to know that!