Are you an online article writer? Have you noticed that often people will approach you and attempt to recruit you to write for them so they can make money? Well as an online hobbyist writer I have been approached many times and these recruiters always play the same psychological games and it irks me. Let me explain.

First they usually say something like; “I enjoy reading your articles online. You really have a nice writing style and great, practical information. Because you’re such a good writer, especially in the marketing area, I’d like to run an idea by you.”

Well that is a bunch of horse crap indeed. You see I am not a great writer, I have virtually no style and this is obviously a “form letter” pitch with no sincerity; it does not take a rocket scientists for someone to tell when someone else is “stroking you” and it sure seems petty and weak that any writer would fall for that line of BS?

But what they usually say next is something like this; “The purpose is to provide a place where people can find good quality, useful information about how to improve their lives. You and I both know there’s a lot of marketing content on the Internet. And much of it is not very useful (spam, advertising, fluff or just poor quality).”

Now then what is so ironic about this is that their pitch to the online writer is nothing more than a boiler-plate format recruitment letter they are using; that is to say that it is SPAM, Advertising, Fluff and just another poor quality pitch for weak minded followers you see? Consider this in 2006.

“Lance Winslow” – Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/

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