Infomercials

Is it possible anyone believes the products in infomercials are any more special than the ones you find in stores. The reason they market them directly is because they couldn't get them in stores. When they are useful and accepted by the public they end up in, you guessed it, stores. You ever notice people get really excited about things like juice, abs, rotisseries and sandwich machines that borders on creepiness?

Motivational Speakers

Have you ever attended one of these Tony Robbins style events? They shout a lot and get everyone jazzed and charged up. The attendees go home excited and energized and, within a predictably short period, fall back into doing the same old thing they always have. Real change requires actually doing new things over time. Tony Robbins doesn't tell you that and goes home with your hard earned money. Just another example of our quick fix culture.

Multi Level (Pyramid Scheme) Marketing

If someone offers you a job that requires that you sign up other people and sell something that requires a long sales pitch, run. Run as if you were running down a pyramid. There is also that thing about they want you to invest your own money or buy the product up front.