My Experience With Global Cash Flow Network-Week One

When I received the first e-mail at the end of March 09' from master marketers Tellman and Shawn Casey, I looked at the offer and quickly went about my business as if I never saw it. As good marketers know, people rarely buy anything the first time they see your offer so you need to present it over and over again, sometimes eight or nine times before they either opt out or buy. Well it only took me two or three times and I took the bait. I don't know if it really looked like a good idea at the time or if I was just so frustrated from my lack of success to that point but I signed up anyway. Actually, they have a very clever way of getting you to sign up by having you fill out an application to find out if you are qualified to join. In this type of business, I can't imagine anyone being turned away so it is a very effective way of gaining prospects.

So after a few days of waiting, I finally get the e-mail congratulating me on being pre-approved. Yeah me! I think...wait...what was this about again? Oh yea, that thing where they teach you to be a Media Placement Specialist. Cool. So I logged on to the website and saw all of the testimonials and articles about how great it is and all of that. But I also saw one thing that almost locked it for them and that is a very big guarantee. I have much more to say about that guarantee but for now I'll just say that although I didn't sign up the first time I looked at the website, that guarantee burned a mark in my brain that I just couldn't get rid of. The claim was that they would guarantee you would make $10,350 or the program and all of the training that I had received to that point was free. Or option two was to continue with the program as long as it took to hit that mark, but what kind of option is that? I can do that anyway. No I'd like to keep my options open please, especially ones where I get my money back after ninety days.

Well I paid my $197 plus the cost of shipping and felt comfortable that I had made a good business decision (though my wife would disagree) and waited for my package to arrive. The next day, I received my package via Fed-Ex and begins stage two, what to do next.

When I got home and found the Fed-Ex pack I immediately opened it and sat down in my big comfy chair and began reading. I wanted to find something, anything in that manual that would tell me once and for all how all of the so called "gurus" are making such large amounts of money. Well it didn't. Not in so many words. What I did find was a very large amount of content that was impossible to go through in one day. In fact, there were enough pages in this 1-1/4" binder that it took me a few days to really go through it. Two weeks later and I still find myself going back to read something and find myself reading something else as if it were the first time. Anyway, what to do next. Well the instructions tell you the very first thing to do is to fill out the proper forms and fax or mail them back so you can get your websites and affiliate links activated. So I did. Then I read that you are supposed to contact your Level One Media consultant, so I did. Well those guys work 9-5 jobs so you have to wait to talk to them. So after a day or two of phone tag (which I won by the way) we finally had a chance to talk. See, here's my problem up to this point. I've had this program for around three days now including the weekend and I haven't been able to do a thing with it. I had so many questions about how to get started and if I was allowed to start promoting right away or maybe I wouldn't get credit if my websites and links weren't activated. So I get on the phone with my Level One Media Consultant, we'll just call him John, and he does what he does best, tries to sell me $7500 worth of traffic. Wait just a darn minute! I have questions that need answers before you try to sell me that kind of stuff. But to no avail. His purpose was only to notify me of that particular program, the "Ultimate Traffic" program and I would have to speak to someone else if I had questions. I guess that's not entirely true, He did guide me through my websites to make sure they work but could not tell me if my links were active so at least I got some information from him.

So after his big schpeel about the "Ultimate Traffic Program" I told him that I couldn't afford to put out any more money until I see results. That must have upset or insulted him because he got very short with me not even considering the smallest package. So in a matter of minutes, we went from nice conversation and smiles to a short blurp of a phone number and talk to someone else about your free options, I can't help you with that. Well that was encouraging. And keep in mind that this is already several days into receiving my package and I haven't been able to do anything yet. (My wife was so happy she could hardly smile)

Well I never got a return call about my free traffic solutions but the following week I got a phone call from someone, we'll call him John again, and after a few seconds of deja vu I stopped him and said "hey John, didn't you guys already call me about the "Ultimate Traffic Program?" There was a short pause as if he didn't know how to react and then he covered the phone as if to mute it from my ears and yelled at someone in his office. Then he got back on the phone and began to ask me questions about who I had talked to and what we had discussed. I apparently gave him the wrong answers because he said to me "well that's not what I'm calling about" I don't offer traffic packages. I am not with GCFN, I am a private contractor who's job is to inform you of your traffic options but since they have already contacted you I guess we have no business here. And I said well, are you allowed to help me with my free traffic problem? That's not what I do, he said but let me ask you, how are you doing so far with the program? Well I haven't been able to do a thing yet, I told him. If it wasn't for the guarantee they offered, I think at this point I'd be getting my money back right now. His response to that comment is where it got real interesting and really scary for me.

Continuing on from above. I have just commented to the second John that if it wasn't for the guarantee I would probably be looking for a refund. He said to me "what guarantee?" "There's no guarantee." Well that spun my head for a second or two. What do you mean there's no guarantee? That's the only reason I even considered signing up for this program was because the guaranteed me to make over $10,000 in three months or I get my money back! Now getting angry and a little scared. His reaction both shocked me and pissed me off beyond belief. He said, and I quote here "SHOW ME". What do you mean, show me? I said. He said I've been doing this for a while and there is no guarantee, so you show me where it says they guarantee you to make money back and I'll show you that they meant something else that you misunderstood. There is no guarantee. I literally started trembling with anger and I said to him, It will take me a few minutes but I always save my emails which is how I got to that website. He graciously said take your time. As if to imply that I wouldn't be able to find it.

Now, keep in mind that this is about 10:00 in the morning or so and I'm working my regular job, yes I have a great job that I love but need more money, and I've been on the phone with him for over ten minutes now. Frantically searching I found the e-mail and read the web address to him. After a few tries he tells me it must be a bad address because his computer tells him that address contains a virus and he's not allowed to open it. Now I'm on the offensive and I tell him I'll e-mail him the link and he agrees.

How nice to hear the tone of oh sh#t I screwed up come out of his voice. You would not believe the satisfaction I got when he began to read the contents on that website. Now 15 minutes or so into our sometimes heated conversation, he says, well I guess I need to contact someone and find out more about this. I am sorry to have taken up your time. And click...end of conversation. What the hell was that!? I asked myself. What could he have been thinking? How could that man ever possibly make money talking to people on the phone? He had zero people skills and obviously had no product knowledge so why did he call me? I guess I'll never know.

That's all I have for now. As you can see, things in week one aren't going so good. Maybe things got better in week 2, or maybe they got worse. Please come back and see how this chapter ends and if I ever get started working with the program. Thank you for coming.