i don't let handicappers and competing sites post their link here and their email address here because i didn't spend 4+ years, thousands of dollars and thousands of hours building this site to where it is today, so some guy can come in here and get free advertising and an instant business/website for nothing.
it isn't RIGHT!
i spent a lot of time on this and it can't be done overnight. at least, not at my expense and experience it won't.
i've had other businesses in my life and have had many, many salesmen working for me. when they left the company, for whatever reason, i didn't allow them to take all of my customer records and files with them so they could open up and have instant success.
I didn't hang their shingle up next to mine and i didn't put them in my newspaper and television ads. wtf would i want to do that for?
this is no different at all! this is a business, believe it or not, and i'm going to run it like one. why should i let others succeed at MY expense? I'm NOT going to, period.
the pay service thing i attempted was in good faith. these guys have a talent that people WILL pay for. IF, they leave to start their own enterprise, why should *I* allow them to promote themselves for somebody else? WHY? you tell ME!
i took a chance, yes! but, these guys were going to be monitored by ME. there wasn't going to be any bullshit stories about how well they do. they agreed to be monitored by ME because i wouldn't have had it any other way. they KNEW what they can do and didn't want to bullshit anybody either. we had an understanding that we were going to run an HONEST service. something that some people WANT, believe it or not.
also, i wanted these guys to stay here because they draw a crowd. it's GOOD for me and madjacks to have people that draw a crowd. so, i approached them and made them an offer. sure, i would have made some money. big deal! at least they would have still been at madjacks. maybe they will still stay, i don't know, but the way i had it set up, they definitely would have stayed.
if they don't stay and they do go pay and they do open a site, i will NOT have them promoted here (see reasons above). I like them, i call them my friends and i hope they have success, but i am NOT going to help promote a competitor. simple as that. they won't post their web address and they won't post their email address on this forum and i won't send it to anybody privately, in email, so don't even ask.
it's business.
any questions?
-Jack
it isn't RIGHT!
i spent a lot of time on this and it can't be done overnight. at least, not at my expense and experience it won't.
i've had other businesses in my life and have had many, many salesmen working for me. when they left the company, for whatever reason, i didn't allow them to take all of my customer records and files with them so they could open up and have instant success.
I didn't hang their shingle up next to mine and i didn't put them in my newspaper and television ads. wtf would i want to do that for?
this is no different at all! this is a business, believe it or not, and i'm going to run it like one. why should i let others succeed at MY expense? I'm NOT going to, period.
the pay service thing i attempted was in good faith. these guys have a talent that people WILL pay for. IF, they leave to start their own enterprise, why should *I* allow them to promote themselves for somebody else? WHY? you tell ME!
i took a chance, yes! but, these guys were going to be monitored by ME. there wasn't going to be any bullshit stories about how well they do. they agreed to be monitored by ME because i wouldn't have had it any other way. they KNEW what they can do and didn't want to bullshit anybody either. we had an understanding that we were going to run an HONEST service. something that some people WANT, believe it or not.
also, i wanted these guys to stay here because they draw a crowd. it's GOOD for me and madjacks to have people that draw a crowd. so, i approached them and made them an offer. sure, i would have made some money. big deal! at least they would have still been at madjacks. maybe they will still stay, i don't know, but the way i had it set up, they definitely would have stayed.
if they don't stay and they do go pay and they do open a site, i will NOT have them promoted here (see reasons above). I like them, i call them my friends and i hope they have success, but i am NOT going to help promote a competitor. simple as that. they won't post their web address and they won't post their email address on this forum and i won't send it to anybody privately, in email, so don't even ask.
it's business.
any questions?
-Jack
