Chat to Text is back and I still HATE it
The scam otherwise known as Chat to Text is back. I hate it and I recommend all of you avoid it.
This is a facebook application that allows you to get facebook chat messages sent to your cell phone. It costs $6 and has an MLM payplan associated with it.
Here is one example of why I hate it.
I got an email yesterday from a friend. She is not a technical person. In fact she has told me she hates being on the computer all day. She is an outdoors person. She likes being outside. She enjoys traveling. She enjoys meeting people and networking face to face, NOT working on the computer all the time. She explicitly told me she doesn’t want to spend a lot of time on the computer.
Yet this woman emailed me and asked me to take a look at Chat to Text. This is a woman who doesn’t want to be on the computer all the time and yet now she is promoting a product that puts your computer chat on your cell phone. If anything it’s the exact opposite! This woman wants to try and get away from the computer and yet now she’s getting text messages on her cell phone?!?!
I feel like the ONLY reason she is pushing this crap is because:
1. Someone she knows probably sent her the link.
2. She hasn’t thought it through.
3. She is promoting it because of the MLM component and the ability to get paid for referring others.
In reality this is a product she won’t use. This is a product she actually won’t like at ALL! Yet she is promoting it to others!
Chat to Text is one of the worst examples of MLM scam and is what causes people to not like MLM. The majority of people promoting this JUNK aren’t even going to use it. They are just promoting it for the MLM. That is how MLM get’s a bad name.
I encourage all of you to boycott Chat to Text. Next time someone asks you emails you about Chat to Text send them here to find out why what they are doing is so bad for our industry.
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Hi Ben,
Your are absolutely right. I love being on the computer, but
this is to much. I like my cell phone but to get texts ALL the
time can be frustrating.
We’ll see what happens.
Take Care,
Danie
Totally disagree. I feel chat to text is a must have in the business world. I have it on my sites, my blog and I also use it in the signature of my emails. Chat to text makes my sites interactive and visitors love it. It is such a simple application. It’s like having customer service on your sites without the high price.
Sounds like Jeff works for the company. Why pay money for a service that can be offered free from aim, yahoo, msn, gmail, even myspace offers a free chat/text service. I guess Jeff has never heard of a black berry it can receive and send e-mails, send instant messages and even view web sites. Why would I need to pay $6.00 a month for a service i already have. Also when you go to the site and look for info about the product it only says how you can make money. Nothing about the service or the product that is offered.