Hi

 

I’m referring to Black Friday/Cyber Monday - although both seem to be weeks now rather than days …

 

I’m sure there are a few bargains to be had on these blatant marketing pushes. I’ve had a few myself

 

But i also know that a lot of these “bargains” both real and virtual products are old, unsold stock, dragged out of the stockroom and marked down in a desperate attempt to finally be rid of them

 

Looking back through the mists of time to when I was 17 and doing my first weekend job as a sales assistant in a Glasgow department store mens clothing department

 

I remember the Christmas sales being similar. We would set out a sea of trestle tables - like a jumble sale - and cover them in the same crap that didn’t sell last year.

 

The queues on Boxing day would literally be round the block and when the doors were open it was like a feeding frenzy

 

I personally don’t promote products that lend themselves to to the BFCM approach

 

If you suddenly offer high value products at slashed prices  on a couple of days in the year how can you justify putting the prices back up?

 

What are they actually worth?

 

The other side effect is that as a website owner you find the bad guys are busier than ever on these days

 

Like pickpockets in a bigger than usual crowd

 

I spent a lot of yesterday deleting emails from Wordfence telling me that they had just stopped someone logging into one or more of my sites (actually a robot rather than an actual person)

 

Over 2 thousand attempts and counting so far. I’ll probably have to turn the notifications off.

 

Wordfence and a few other security measures are built into my website hosting which is provided by SFM as part of my membership

 

When I joined SFM 7+ years ago it wasn’t through a Black Monday discount deal - they don’t do those

 

I found that very reassuring at the time and still do.

 

So if you prefer the straight facts rather than hype and profiteering - especially if you are looking for help, support and resources to build an ethical online income

 

You should have a look around their site - HERE

 

You’ll find it refreshing after the hard sales of last week

Bests

 

Dave