Another Marketer Teaching Shady Tactics on Xomba
March 26th, 2010 | 
Author: A subscriber of mine emailed me asking if I’d heard of this marketer named Phil who was teaching people to use Xomba. I watched the video tutorial, where he showed us his account, and in live time, how he managed to rank on page 1 Google by simply copying and pasting stuff into Xomba.
I paused and followed his video to a T – setting up a page just like his. Exactly. I hadn’t even checked Google when my account was shut down. LOL! The moderator, Kristen Malmed, was on the ball. So I emailed her asking why I was shut down, and she said, “if you didn’t write it, you can’t post it on Xomba.”
Well there goes Phil’s whole tutorial for something like $137.
I emailed Kristen back telling her I wasn’t aware and had been taught that, and at the same time, I checked Phil’s sample profile and oddly enough, found ZERO pages like the one he’d shown us to create. Shady.
Kristen kindly offered to reinstate me now that I knew the rules, if I’d abide by them, and she answered some more questions I had.
So let me explain how to use Xomba:
Write 100% fresh content – D’uh! 
You CAN link to Amazon using your associates ID.
You CAN link to your own website – just make sure it’s not JUST a spammy sales site, but has good unique content on it
You get 50% of the AdSense revenue – so make sure you enter your publisher ID there.
Do NOT cut and paste content from Amazon (or elsewhere)
You CAN use the images on Amazon, but you can NOT hyperlink the images – which “Phil” also teaches.
Sounds kinda nifty! I’ll give it a try.
And so I decided to create a Xomba tutorial myself – and for the whopping price of $0, yes $0, you too can learn how to safely create a Xomba account that won’t get you canned! Oh, and just an FYI – here’s what Kristen had to reply to my Xomba creation: “This is a great article! Thank you so much for adding such a great article to Xomba!”
So wanna see how easy it is? Here’s a YouTube video I did for it:
My recommendation? Craig Kaye teaches this seemingly same method – BUT it’s above the board. Check out Info Product Killer instead of Phil’s product.
Tiff
Update: Someone just emailed me saying “Phil” apologized to his subscribers for this – says his accounts got banned. Hope everyone got their $137 back!
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I’ve been using Xomba for some time now and find it gets me good blog traffic. Earnings have not been spectacular but that is not their fault, it’s my content. It is easy to rank in the SERPs since Xomba has a good cross linking system.
Hi, Tiff!
I can always count on you (everyone else can as well) to tell the truth..
THEN…
you always go a few extra miles to teach us something that will be helpful.
You SO Rock!
Thanks for being so prompt to let us know of this scam. I appreciate all that you do to give us the information we need, and to help us not fall into the pitfalls that are so easily set before us.
I’ve been using Xomba for awhile now and it’s a great site that ranks very well on Google.
Scummy that this guy was promoting spamming a valuable resource.
Luckily, he DID apologize to his subscribers.
I don’t use them because their links are nofollow. I think that’s pretty rude considering we’re the ones who build their site for them.
Yep, you’re right Amy! No Follow…hmm. Well, you could still benefit from the traffic. I need to check EZA too – I noticed some no follow in the body links of those too!
Girl, when do you sleep? I’m having a hard time following you and I don’t have kids at home any longer (haha).
Sounds like I should re-write my own articles before posting if they’ve been posted anywhere already?
Seriously, in the time it takes me to find new info/methods you’ve already created a video – whew!
Impressed, as always!!
Thanks
Thanks so much. You really give us above and beyond, and integrity is a quality all too rare. Xomba looks great, & I’ve signed up through your link.
Love the tutorial, simple and to the point.
Love how you make sure they don’t mess with what’s close to your heart. Way to go!
Thanks for taking the time to go through this and show us how it’s done. And, kudos to the marketer Phil for taking the step in letting his subscribers know what will happen if they follow the “guru”. I’m sure that took guts.
Again, thanks for such a great job.
joe
Well well, thanks Tiffany. I too saw the other and it just struck me that it wouldn’t last the way the author described.
I am worrying about you tho…toilet seats? and toilet tatoo’s?
Oh well…
lol Scott – I discovered I ranked well for certain phrases in Google using a Squidoo lens that converted into sales and so I applied it to my own site
Thanks for the demo Tiff. And, glad to know about another great property like this one.
Hey Tiff,
Thanks for the tutorial on Xomba. I hadn’t heard of it before, but it looks like it might be worthwhile.
As far as this guy Phil and him selling this method for $137 is concerned … it’s another example of why you have to be oh so careful in buying money making methods. This guy didn’t have enough scruples to test & confirm that the method (1) was viable and (2) can be duplicated.
Ray
I read the email h e sent out “apologizing” and it sounded to me like he almost blamed the fact that he “let everyone in on his secret” because they’d been thriving for 26 weeks. Mhm.
Hey, just in case someone didn’t catch I was teasing Tiffany.
I have written many times to my list and other places that Tiffany is one of the handful of teaching marketers that can be trusted hands down.
Just wanted to make sure my true feelings were clear. but I will tease whenever the opportunity comes up.
I know you tease Scott
I can take it like a man! lol
Phil got greedy and instead of keeping his methods to himself, he decided to sell them. Now you have 100s of people creating duplicate content spammy xombytes. So I am sure that’s why his method is a bust now.
I have been on xomba since August of last year quietly making some coin using these duplicate content spammy methods. Now I have to move on to a another platform. Dangit, Phil Henderson!
Don’t be too quick to applaud Phil for righting his wrong.
He’s now offering a “fix” by urging his subscribers to take this technique to a different venue, another free site called Snipsly.com. He says Xomba shut everyone down because he was “daring” enough to share a technique that works.
The guy even has the stones to use this as an opportunity to pitch the paid upgrade again.
I think he’s a born guru!
One more thing, have they put up a page with these new rules? Like I said I have been doing this since August 09 with no problems until Phil released his course.
So I wish they would send out an email or something about these new posting rules.
It does say it on there when you build a page, Jason
Not sure about pages you built before though.
I bought Phil’s course, and got a lot of value from it, and I highly recommend it to others… with some caveats, of course. Never gone through a course where I didn’t have some caveats, if I were teaching it to others.
As someone interested in building a lasting business, I also read Xomba’s terms of service, and saw that they didn’t allow what Phil was teaching… but there are certainly other web 2.0 sites that DO allow most of the strategies Phil teaches, and I’ll simply work with those.
I find it fascinating to see all the judgments expressed in your post, Tiffany, and some of your readers, against Phil and “his like”. Not the path to peace.
Personally, Phil came across to me as someone just like myself and most other marketers I know… we’re just trying to figure out what works, and helps us to carve out a niche. Phil found it, it lasted for quite some time for him, so he decided to share it. My hat’s off to Phil. It was obvious to me that what happened at Xomba was as much a surprise to Phil as to any of his course students. And in addition to apologizing, Phil shared a solution that, after researching it myself, is much more compatible with his strategies.
I think it would help each of us to think about whether we’ve ever done something that turns out, now or later, not to “pass muster”… and think about whether we should condemn ourselves for it… before we choose to condemn others.
What’s so fascinating to me about this is how our values and judgments change over time, yet we don’t hesitate to apply them against someone else in the moment.
A great example is one of your favorite sites, Tiffany, Squidoo. This is a site unlike most others, if you actually read each site’s terms of service (I’ve read a lot of them) – they actually profess to be friendly to marketers.
And a year ago, if you wanted to market a weight loss product on Squidoo, for example, no problem! Just follow the rest of their rules, and you’re fine.
Today, all of a sudden, that’s sudden death to your Squidoo account, and all lenses tied to that account. Doesn’t matter how good a lens you have, or what specifically you’re promoting. They state that if it’s about a weight loss product, yours or someone else’s, then that’s no longer “Squidoo-worthy”, in fact they consider it SPAM, and you’re banned.
So I don’t know the whole story about Phil, and I doubt anyone here who’s condemned Phil does either. Maybe Xomba changed their rules, maybe Phil was always violating them, knowingly or not (after all, how many Terms of Service pages, which often seem to consist of endless fine print written in a language only a lawyer can really understand?).
But Phil does teach some valuable strategies… and some which need to be modified a bit to stay viable.
Thanks, Phil, and thanks, Tiffany, for sharing what worked for you. I appreciate everyone who does that. And I accept full responsibility for what I actually put into practice, regardless what someone else said.
Hi Daniel!
Phil may very well be someone just trying to get by like all of us, etc. I just immediately get suspicious when I see a $137 course teaching things against TOS. Even in my Squidoo guide, I always try to ensure it’s up to date with current TOS. You are also a rarity to undertake the responsibility of putting a course into action. Most people think, “If I buy a course, it’d better not be blackhat unless it says so clearly,” putting responsibility on the product owner.
Now if he truly didn’t know, that’s one thing – but if I were selling a $137 course, I’d make sure I was selling something above the board. If it started out that it was okay to do this on Xomba, then no problem with Phil not knowing.
I haven’t used Xomba yet but thanks for the tutorial on it as I may look into in the future.
I wonder why this guy would release this product if he knew his sites got banned or if he didn’t know they got banned yet, why would he release it before he saw results? To make a quick buck and now hopefully all those bucks will be given back to the people who bought the product… Thanks for the info!
Tiffany:
Great video on how to do it properly on Xomba. I think you must follow rules whenever you are using someones elses site when posting articles. Great Job.
Hi Tiffany,
Great video, thanks.
Why I have the feeling that
nothing’s new under the sun ?
BTW what if his course was $7 ?
J.
It wouldn’t matter actually if it was a freebie – if you’re leading people into unethical tactics, it’s wrong.
Geez, Tiff. You’re such a buzzkill.
Hi Tiff,
Great post, as usual. I saw the free video you mentioned and could only shake my head…
It is important to always read the TOS of any site and to comply with it. The fact that you may get away with something that is against their TOS does not mean they condone it. It’s very risky and not the way to build a viable business.
In the case of Xombo, they clearly state that the following is prohibited: “Content which involves classified advertisements or affiliate marketing. We allow the use of affiliate links for eBay.com and Amazon.com. Articles with these links must include a unique summary of the product.”
Wishing you all of the very best!
Francois
Hi Tiffany
I’m glad you posted this…
I’ve been successfully using xomba for some time now with great success.(also many, many other sites)
Not only to promote Amazon products but also to help my other sites rank.
Unfortnately; and something I later put my hands up too… My free video, was taken from a 2 and a half hour series or training videos.
This meant the video only showed a tiny snippet of what was involved in creating a successful one page posting on xomba.
Many people signed up for the free video, we are talking over 6,000 in two days!
Some of our free members after watching the video thought all they need do, rightly or wrongly was to copy everything from the Amazon page and post its straight onto the xomba page!
This is not the stratgey, there is more to this to ensure a level of quality content for the xomba readers and also to ensure we avoid plagiarism.
After the unfortunate events, Nick the CEO of xomba and his team rightfully clamped down on all posts of this nature; not only did they do this, the signed up for my free course and I believe actually bought the upgrade to the full course. Saw how I was doing things and then went out and targted everyone and anyone who’s posts were set up in a similar fashion to my training.
They even banned one of my profiles that was actually a news and article profile that conformed to their terms of service!
After this occured, I immediately sent out an email with an altermative site thet people could use and provided an updated video telling people they must add valuable content not simply copy from one site to another – this is the updated free video and is going to be updated again today.
I was then involved in lengthy email conversations with Nick the CEO of Xomba and the owner of the new site.
From this I have established what we need to do to ensure all parties are happy.
Regarding the course; it is not a course on Xomba…
It is a course on using free websites to get ranked quickly on Google and the other search engines and also how to keep your sites on page one.
I designed the course to help people who are struggling to make a dime online…
An judging by the feedback I have so far I have managed to finally help them succeed…(see below)
Out of all the upgrade purchases we have had only three refund requests… One because they couldn’t understand my accent!
I love forums like this where we can all share our findings and also help others to make the right decisions when it comes to purchasing online courses, ebooks etc.
BUT…
We have to ensure we provide the full story to people.
I have been manning the helpdesk personally since launch day as I wanted to take the feedback and the findings and then update and improve what we already have.
I’m pleased to say I have received some amazing feedback, stories that have truly touched my heart and witnessed incredible results.
I’ve also made many new friends along the way, even spending two hours of my own time yesterday heloing someone one on one through the system for free.
Those members who have upgraded have and indeed will continue to receive new strategies and ideas to help them to finally succeed online.
A valuable lesson was learned over the past few days and we’ll grow because of it.
Once again I thank you personally for sharing your findings; I’m sorry you felt obliged to tar my character as “shady” without contacting me first… I’m easy to find and I do not hide in shadows like some.
Strangely, like myself, you have the interests of your members and our fellow colleagues in this shark invested IM pond at heart.
Keep up the great work
Phil Henderson
(all originals are onfile and I’ll gladly share these plus the many, many more I have received so far)
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Original message:
From: Michael Maushak
Date: 2010-03-27 02:40:07
Subject: Tell That Scottsman…….
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Tell that Scottsman he is a genius and we love him.
As soon as I can afford it I will buy the VIP. You are quite
the chap sir!
Michael Maushak
Spokane, WA
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Original message:
From: Paul ODaniel
Date: 2010-03-27 02:55:00
Subject: Used you directions to get listed in 7 min on first page Google
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Phil, Couldn\’t hardly believe it,I really couldn\’t follow your video that well(combination of poor eyesight and old computer),but I managed to get the jest of what you were saying.So,I signed up at Xomba ,went to my Amazon account and grabbed a item that is honestly a passion of mine(Tattoos)and cropped together a article.Published it and went for another-This one I took from another company I\’m an affiliate for and spun a article on the following Title – The Secret To Losing A Pound A Day in less than 7minutes I ranked #4 on the first page .A page with over 5,000,000 sites !!
I\’d say your theory works 
Thanks,I will also use the new site you recommended to,can\’t remember it\’s name right off hand ,but I\’ll check the e-mail you sent. Anyway thanks ,made my day !! Paul
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Hey Phil,
I went to the members area and I wanted to upgrade my membership, but, the link said that it was no longer available. What gives? I, now more than ever, need this badly, especially with the current economic times as they are.
If you plan on re-opening the upgrade, please, Please, PLEASE, shoot me an email and let me know it\’s available. I\’ve got the fee for it burning a hole in my pocket.
Thanks much
… Ed …
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Thank you Phil for responding to me.
May I use the new password and reset to my own password? Is there a way?
If not I will do with this one you sent me.
Your login didn’t accept my original password and that is why I asked for a
new one.
Thank you for a great product – its probably the very one I have been
looking for to ‘make it’ online
Byrt
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Hi Phil!
Thanks for popping by to give your side. I said you were teaching shady tactics – didn’t even use your last name, though or mention your course by name or your website – hey you got off easy with me! LOL
Here’s the problem I have though. I watched the video. You showed in seemingly real time what it took to get to page 1 #1 in fact on Google. In the video, you didn’t say anything about having to alter the page, so as far as Xomba page creation goes, the viewer was misled into thinking their Xomba page could be like that. Now of course you mentioned there were “other things” to do, but you’re talking to a bunch of Internet Marketers – many who assume (rightly or wrongly so) that it’s about SEO stuff – but your page didn’t appear to be altered in the video at all when you achieved page 1, so that’s where my problem is.
It taught people the wrong way to use the site. I don’t know if you knew it and snuck it by and are now disheartened to find they caught onto you OR if you truly didn’t know at all, in which case, before you go selling a $137 course on something, I’d dot my Is and cross my Ts to ensure I was either teaching it the way it should be OR branding my course as black hat.
Either way, I DO applaud you fessing up to your subscribers, apologizing, and trying to teach them another method. That’s far more than others do.
Also, I’ve said it before and I’ll say to you, since you’re new here – the people who buy your course or whatever and complain will rarely do it TO you or even refund. I get too many emails and hear the posts here from people who simply move on and complain to someone they trust ABOUT you. I did get a couple of contacts about you – which is why I tried the system. One guy got his account banned too – and he forked over the $137.
So really, glowing reviews aren’t what we’re after here…we’re after pinpointing why some people are NOT satisfied. And even I am not immune to my own ripping apart. I recent did this with my own product – and I didn’t even recommend it! I’m undergoing heavy revisions, so please don’t take it personally. I’m hard on myself too
In response to Daniel’s defense of the marketing insider tips being sold and putting the secret in the toilet.
For me, it does not matter if it is sold for $1.37 or $1,137. If the technique involves:
“I watched the video tutorial, where he showed us his account, and in live time, how he managed to rank on page 1 Google by simply copying and pasting stuff into Xomba.”
It is WRONG! Copy and paste is something a damn chimpanzee can be taught! If your marketing ambition involves stealing others ideas (can you comprehend the concepts of plagiarism or intellectual property?) and you paid a $137 for the ‘privilege’ or his permission with his “secret” insight, this clown (Phil)doesn’t owe anyone anything more.
You got what you deserve and he can laugh and spend his money – but know he has probably eliminated any chance for any credibility for any other marketing effort, unless it is done by other ‘damn the torpedoes (or ethics or decency) full speed ahead!” marketing mavericks.
Take the money and run, we can reinvent ourselves later.
Grateful Al, in defense of Phil’s and Daniel’s posts – I CAN say that Amazon does allow you to use the images, the information, etc., I THINK…so that’s not stealing. It’s the places it’s being put that don’t like it. lol
Tiffany,
Thanks, great information and really helpful.
R/
Monte
Tiffany,
OMG, I almost bought Phil’s offer yesterday, but wanted to look at the FREE version first to see if I could get through it. Of course, no, there was a hitch here and there and I couldn’t complete it. I put it aside and figured I’d look at it again this morning.
I check and clean my email every day before I go anywhere on the internet, so I saw YOUR email first thing. WOW!
I watched your video (awesome, btw, especially on a quick turn like that) twice through, signed up at Xomba, wrote my article, and pushed submit. SIX minutes later, not only am I on Google’s first page, but #1 on Google’s first page!
You give the best information, no fluff or filler and tell it like it is.
I’m also on Squidoo having bought your ebook and have 4 lens that have been published.
You keep writing and I’ll keep reading and following!
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Michelle
Michelle – you rock! See how simple that was? And it was easy doing it above the board!
by the way! Thanks to this review, I am now #16 for my Xomba page on Google for Unique Toilet Seats
Amy is right, links on Xomba are definitely no-follow. On Ezine, it’s no-follow if the link appears in the body of the post, but do-follow if the link is in the resource box.
Hi. Phil is actually asking those who brought his product to sign up for another site, snipsly.com, and apply the strategy that he taught for Xomba.
Hi everyone,
My name is Nick and I am the owner of Xomba.com. First, I want to apologize for being mislead on what Xomba is and I am glad Tiffany cleared things up. Here’s the facts.
1. We allow amazon and ebay affiliate links. We would appreciate asking us for approval on other affiliate links.
2. More importantly please do not copy and paste content that you did not write! Our staff works hard to keep quality content and abide by Google’s policy. If you find yourself block simply email us and we’ll let you back in as long as you promise to abide by the rules.
3. Take part in the community at Xomba. We’re loving all the new faces over the last week and encourage you to take a look at our forum (once you log in to Xomba). We’re currently developing new features.
We pride ourselves on excellent customer service. This means receiving a response from a real human in a timely fashion. Please becareful paying for (get rich quick schemes). If it sounds to good to be true it probably is. However, Xomba can help you earn money. Including our sharing of Adsense with you guys.
Thanks again Tiffany for your support. Please let us know if you need anything.
One more thing, please do not goto other sites and just copy and paste content to see if you can “sneak” by. None of them allow it. Plus, it is against the law in many cases via DMCA.
Have a great day.
Tiff
During the last 10 days through your experiences with 3 different products you have made interesting contributions in the realm of online ethics. Sadly it doesn’t appear you’re being consistent in applying your “rules”. To remind you, in chronological order here are applicable quotes from what you wrote either in emails or on your blog:
(1) linkedtube
“I’m wondering how this tool is viewed ethically, and legally. …On one hand, I feel bad about using someone else’s video to funnel traffic through on my link…”
(2) OWM [in relation to the subsequent zapping of your efforts by Blogger]
“Maybe I read it wrong in OWM – were we not supposed to build a blog fully?”
(3) Xomba
“Someone just emailed me saying ‘Phil’ apologized to his subscribers for this – says his accounts got banned. Hope everyone got their $137 back.”
Here’s how I think you’re thinking in these matters is confused and you’re not playing it consistently. Firstly, re (1), sorry to say but isn’t the altering of videos even via a flash plugin against YouTube’s TOS? And if you want to milk someone’s effort for your own traffic generation, the best way is to come to a commercial agreement with them first.
Combining (2) and (3) together, are you going to apply a single standard and expect PotPieGirl to repay everybody, including you, for giving advice contrary to Blogger’s TOS?
Tiff, you undoubtedly have a lot respect in the IM community; as a customer and loyal subscriber I, like many others, look up to you for information and guidance. But the messages coming through lately have me wondering whether you’ve forgotten the big picture and your true roots.
Hi Stew!
If you’d read the original video owner’s comments, he was thrilled for me to use his video. My whole post is about opening up discussion of this type of tool. So it’d be great if you posted that comment for (1.) on that blog post so others can read your insight – that’s what it’s all about! I was first told when I used that tool that it was owned by YouTube. I myself would LOVE it if someone used my videos for this – because I’d still be getting branded in the video and verbally or annotation-wise adding my own URL for additional traffic. So it’s worth a discussion. The fact that I openly questioned the ethics and legality let you know I want to get to the bottom of it – and I still am, in fact – there’s much disagreement about whether or not it’s allowed in marketing forums.
Re 2 and 3 together, no because OWM did work and was primarily about Squidoo lenses – the lenses were working and making money regardless of Blogger, so I wouldn’t expect her to provide a refund in that realm. The other was fully about Xomba from what I saw on the video, so yes, that would be expected.
I’ve forgotten nothing, but of course if you feel my messages are mixed – when I’m just openly going through everything with you able to look on and engage in the discussion – then you shouldn’t follow me. I wouldn’t follow anyone I thought sent out mixed messages, Stew.
I’m not going to change how I review products, how I post something and open a discussion with my readers about its ethics/legalities, etc. because I learn from my readers as MUCH as they learn from me – sometimes more. I consider my blog more of a community of back and forth than just a me to you type of process. In fact, all three of the items mentioned – Xomba, OWM, and LinkedTube, were sent to me by one of my readers asking me to review or explain. So I did what they needed.
Tiff
Hi Tiffany
just to clarify, no one has paid $137, the course sells for $97!
There are no strange upsells or downsells, the course is a straight $97
Again, I don’t know who said they paid the above amount, it’s a clickbank product, it is only available through clickbank and sells for $97 – if the guy has managed somehow to pay $137 and he can show me a clickbank receipt I’ll give him $1,137!
Also, I have had two refund requests out of all our new members.
I’ve been personally manning the helpdesk to see what the feedback has been, both positive and negative and I’ve personally answered every email and support ticket. (mainly password resets)
I could provide you with a ream of positive testimonials and comments.
Regarding xomba; xomba is a fantastic resource and used well as it should be, will prove a valuable addition to a marketers tool box.
I’ve apologised to Nick personally via email about this also, on numerous occassions
I also updated the free video to tell people “this is a snippet” do not simply copy content from one site to the other and also added a “courtesy” notice telling people what they should do and not do.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
I’d also like to thank you for allowing me to post my response
If I’ve upset anyone I apologise; if anyone has bought the course and feels I’m not adding value, then I’d urge them to get in touch via my “helpdesk” or the support email everyone has access to within the system
All the very best
Phil Henderson
Hi Phil!
Great – glad it was $97 instead of $137. But er…if the lesson was against tos, it wouldn’t matter if it was $0.37.
Again, the glowing testimonials means nothing – as when I ripped apart my own product, I’m concerned about the 4% who were not happy – obviously the 96% who are are doing fine. And like I previously stated, many people do NOT go to you for complaints or refunds. They go to other marketers, chalk it up as a lesson learned, etc.
You are right in that Xomba is a fantastic resource. In the comments here, you’ll see that Michelle watched my quick video and ranked on Google #1 in what, 6-8 minutes? So I am very thankful for you alerting the marketing community to this site for sure.
I truly applaud you for apologizing to both Nick, your customers, etc. Marketers rarely do that and I love that you morphed it into something else they CAN use your strategy on. Watch my blog later today for another post on you, please.
Hmm well I saw more comments from your readers who said you’re saying Xomba shut you down because you were “daring enough” to show them this strategy. I don’t think I’d use the word Daring, but ok.
Now they say you simply told them to move on to another site, but I want to know if you’ve contacted that site and ensured this strategy is okay?
Hi Tiffany
I have spoken with the site owner and as long as our members follow the instructions “quality” guidelines below the free video and also in the “latest Update Area” of our site he was fine by that…
It is in the interest of all our members to ensure we treat the valuable assets of the sites with courtesy and respect.
After all if the site is successful then we too are successful…
I’ve emailed the owner again only yesterday to see if we can put together a definitive “user guide” and “posting policy” that we can provide or members… I don’t mean an online area of a website that can change, I mean PDF etc that can be downloaded and studied.
I also need to make one other correction… My system is not solely about Xomba… It is about using other free sites that offer quick, high and lasting search engine rankings.
It is also about teaching further stratgies to allow them to grow their online businesses more rapidly.
Our members will receive these systems and strategies in a steady flow rather than a simple “information dump”…
We wan’t to help people finally see some success and then help them to leverage this success to achieve greater things.
Indeed only today I have mailed another strategy they can use to build their business.
Some of our members are moving faster than others and indeed I’ve been working with a number of these via our helpdesk and via email since Friday.
We’ve had some glitches, we’ve rasied our hands and we’ve implemented the changes necessary to improve our system, our site and our members experience.
We will continue to make the changes necessary in a timely manner.
All the best
Phil
p.s. People somtimes only see the “sales testimonials” I’d thought your readers might like to see our “support desk” feedback too…
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Hi Phil,
Thanks for such a speedy and helpful reply – that is rare and I really appreciate it.
Best,
Ian
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Hello Phil
Not a problem. Again thank you very much for your program and fast response.
Michael
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Hey Phil,
If nothing else, your Customer Support is Stupidly Lightening FAST!!! :^). I really didn’t expect a response until Monday, bravo … I am impressed. You’ve given me hope and I shall crank it back up and give it another go. Thanks again for getting back so fast.
Cheers!
Ken
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Thanks!
Signed up and I’m in!
I have to say. You’re burnin’ the late candle over there. Furthermore, I’m impressed! I did what u told me in the email for my client’s site and BOOM! he’s on the 1st page on like 3-4 links!
Thanks again and I’ll start w/the info later…
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Thank you for your assistance. Do you (or your team) ever sleep?
- Jeanette.
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Hi Tiffany!
) and let the kinks get ironed out. S. o . h . !
As usual, we can count on you to go the extra mile and I appreciate your tough stance on things. I think this is a great lesson for newbies and oldies alike. I am apt to sit back and watch round 1 (phlegmatic
Thanks!
John
Hey Tiffany,
Jason here. Just wanted to know an update on this method. Are you making any sales with this method using xomba?
Hey Jason! I’m seeing sales – I can’t track if they came directly from a Xomba article but they’re products I have Xombas about and the Xomba articles are delivering traffic to my sites, so whether they order from an Amazon link on Xomba or once they click through to my site from Xomba, it’s working
Hi,
Some of these negative posters above are unbelievably stupid…
Phil seems like an upstanding guy…
He created a good course based on what WAS working at the time…
Its NOT Phil’s fault that Xomba selectively started enforcing their rules when they weren’t before…
Phil even offered a solution instead of going into the Witness Protection Program….
Thanks for offering the step-by-step on Xomba. First off, Xomba is relatively new to me (compared to squidoo), and second, I cannot believe you are offering the tutorial for free, while it is worth at least 7 bucks!
Phil and his ilk should take a lesson or two from you. 
Thanks again for helping us, the “little guys”
Xomba? What is that?
Now seriously I did not know anything about it until I read your article. And thanks for the video: I learn better from videos than text. Keep up the good work. 