Traditional gypsies have traveled around the world for years running scams, taking people's money, and heading out of town faster than you can blink your eye. They normally offer "too good to be true" products, services, or investments that make you drool and have you dreaming of riches. The problem

Most of us think of hype as exaggerated or extravagant claims, made especially in advertising or promotional material. Sometimes it is deceptive and deliberately misleading. While we have become a bit immune to this through constant exposure, it always seems that someone comes up with a fresh

I wrote the following piece about so-called Scumware some time ago, when many responsible Internet Marketers were rightfully expressing their concerns too. Scumware has not gone away, so I am reprinting it to summarise those concerns and explain what you can do to try and put a stop to it. (Note:

9: The top people in the organization insist on calling the company a BIZ-op, even in written communication. 8: Every email your sponsor sends you crashes your entire system because the signature file contains 63 links and 23 banner ads, all for different biz-ops than the one he's sponsored you in. 7:

The email inboxes of net-savvy parents are often flooded with home business scams. We're prime targets. We know our way around a computer keyboard, and we love to spend time with our kids, so we're marked for every home-business opportunity in the book. And it's true: a lot of us would love