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But the vast majority of products and services in this industry are recommended because they pay well for the person recommending them. Why wouldn’t they?īecause when you see someone recommending a product, you will likely assume it’s a genuine recommendation. Of course these people recommend them to their followers - they get hundreds of dollars each time someone signs up. Many courses - even the really expensive ones - pay referrers 50% as a kickback. I know providers and ‘gurus’ who make thousands upon thousands each month purely by telling new and inexperienced authors to take certain courses or buy certain products. Promoting and referring other people’s products and services is big business.

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And do you know why? Because our industry is absolutely full of this. I repeat: this email is nothing new or revolutionary. Instead, the main (and only) selling point is that it’ll ‘generate big payouts’ for me. There’s no mention whatsoever of helping authors, providing education, or doing our best to help those at the start of their journey.

But it symbolizes something we need to address. I’ve attached a screenshot (with names redacted) as an image on this post. Last night, I received an email which - for me - summed up many of the ways in which this industry has taken a wrong turn. I PM’d Adam and asked if I could share it with Kill Zoners and he said, “Yes, absolutely fine posting stuff on the blog.” Then, yesterday morning, I clicked on the Indie Author Mindset Facebook Group that Adam Croft facilitates and saw this post. “With you, dude,” I replied to Adam, as the old cop in me has long detected some of these writing “gurus” who produce online courses sell snake oil from Brother Love’s Travellin’ Salvation Show. Adam vented to me about the downward spiral of suckering-ins going on, and how well-intended, trusting writers get thoroughly hosed by unscrupulous shysters. I brag that Adam and I go back long before he became famous and when I still had hair.Īdam had just come off a bad experience with an online scammer who offered kick-back money-big money-to other unethical online scammers who recommend scams like useless writing courses sold at ridiculous prices. For those of you who don’t know the name, Adam Croft is a highly successful indie crime writer from the UK. We keep in regular touch, and Adam serves as a mentor to me. Several days ago, my writer friend Adam Croft and I were exchanging emails.