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Originally Posted by pylon
Any type of financial adviser or so called expert in any field that does "Talk to the experts." or any other type program that is staged as an interview, with the intent of securing business, I automatically write off as a scam now. You are opening the dialogue of your sales pitch, with a lie and giant red flag out of the gate, by trying to make it seem as if it is a legit interview, with what is planted callers/questions to only set up ideal answers.
I think there are 4 such companies now, that QR77 has sold airtime to, that has ripped off their listeners. If your product is so good, why hasn't Forbes Magazine, or Fortune picked up your company and done a piece on you. The latest guys trying to hawk gemstones and gold bars has flush your money good bye written all over it.
I think in essence, these shows are starting to have a complete opposite effect as their intent.
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I totally get what you're saying here (and basically agree), but I do wonder how advisors can go about marketing themselves? I've never done a "talk to the experts" kind of thing....frankly I don't have any product to flog. I do think that the exposure they seem to generate is huge though. I guess I'm more curious to get an unbiased view of how an advisor would get their name out without looking shady.
That is the problem with these schemes though...they taint the industry in general (understandably) because of a few.