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You will notice that each review is not chock full of clickable product box images and other marketing-related graphics...  That's because you want to know about the product---NOT be sold on the product....what kind of "review" would that be?! *   Most of the product images that you do see are for clarification; so  you'll be able to recognize the product.  But most aren't clickable affiliate links.  I will tell you that I'm am a proud affiliate of Ken Evoy's and Dave Vallieres, and xSitePro (which HonestySellsBest.com is built with!).  * Multiple clickable images of a product's "box" or other such graphics are a tip-off that you are on an "affiliate link farm" that is masquerading as a "Review Site." If you read the Vortex  Report like you should have, you'll know my opinion on blatant affiliate links as they relate to a trustworthy product review. *Any "selling" of the product should arise only out of your interest in the product's merits, as communicated to you by the review.  Because you're supposed to be reading a "review"--not a sales pitch.

In order to ensure that you get a more 'rounded' review---other than  my personal twist on experiences with a product, I always: 1. Read the reviews sent in by C/net's Download.com....mainly the "Cons."  2. Read reviews posted to Google.  However, many of these are "mini-site reviews" (that I talk about in the "Vortex Report") and so  can't be trusted as an honest, unbiased info source.  The ones that are good from these Google search results are from forum postings...

Forum threads are a trustworthy source of common problems or common good things about products.

At first, my plan was to post reviews of everything---even stuff I found to stink.  But then after thinking about it, I decided to only post reviews of stuff that I found to be, at minimum, O.K.* * (The only exception to this is if anyone requests a review for a particular product.) Why? Because this is not just a product review site, but a guide to help people new to the world of internet marketing.  Help steer them to products that actually work and have a proven track record...   Let me illustrate with an analogy:   Don't you hate when someone gives you driving directions like this:   "There's an intersection at an old church a couple miles down this road on the right hand side.  There's a sign out front says "Trinity Church."  You can't miss it, it's got a big steeple on the front side.  Anyway, don't turn there.  Go another mile or so and turn right." Why waste your time learning all about what NOT to do? For crissakes, there's already too many products that do the same thing out there, and there's definitely way too much overlapping information in internet marketing, in general.

Some products are available as free downloads.  They are highlighted in green. Yes, the stuff that costs money may be better in some ways, but often the free products and information are as good and often better!     ...So if some of the free products are as good or      better than the pricey stuff, why are they free?    Good question. Here's why: Because in the world of internet marketing, 99% of products are digital.  The initial costs of developing a digital product may be big, but more often it's not---unless the product is a highly-developed piece of software.  But even if the costs of developing a digital product are high, the costs of producing and distributing the product are darn near ZILCH... ...a million copies cost the same as one copy; digital downloads eliminate all the "brick and mortar" costs like shipping, mailing, office costs, the costs of employees, a building, etc.  It's a great system, actually, and why you stand to make so much money with your new career path... ...but I digress, so onward... Every product---physical ones included---have a "life cycle" in which sales peak and then decline.  Digital products, however, speed through this life cycle much faster than physical products due to the warp speed they can be bought and distributed.  So as demand goes down, so does the price tag.... ...and the price tag on a digital product can take a huge nose-dive and still be profitable.  A $197 digital product will still be profitable at a sale price of $9.95.*  (Assuming the development costs have already been recovered.)  * But by this time, this same product is already being offered as a free "bonus" as part of a package deal to help sell a new software or e-book. Eventually, this product will be offered free in exchange for a name and email address.  Which is a win-win situation for everyone:  The customer gets something truly of value Free, and the marketer gets permission to send offers for things that cost money.  Hopefully, the marketer will only send offers that have real value, and the customer will willingly buy.  Win-win... So that's how a truly quality digital product can be gotten for free.  The only catch is that sometimes the free product is so completely outdated that it is of no usefulness anymore.  But any seasoned marketer should easily spot these, and hopefully won't offer them at all---free or not. I only bought stuff because I am basically lazy and figured that if something could save me time or energy then it's nearly always a worthwhile trade for my money...BUT.... ...that philosophy has cost me lots of wasted money and time!  During this process, however, I was able to identify what works and what doesn't---hence the creation of HonestySellsBest.com.