John Carter’s Rapid Income Creator- Don’t Bother
I was checking my email the other week when there was (lo and behold!) an offer from one of the lists I am on. This product was recommended by a well known marketer and he seemed to highly approve of it, so I decided to order it.
It was a course called “Rapid Income Creator” by John Carter. I didn’t know much about the course, but since it was recommended I decided to try it out anyway. It promised to help you make lots of money easily and for very little cost.
Rapid Income Creator seemed to be targeting beginners and people on a budget, but it turns out to be a course on CPV marketing. Unlike Adwords where you only pay when an ad is clicked and not for impressions, with CPV (cost per view) you have to pay for each impression. That sucks, but the good side is that you can get fairly cheap clicks.
One downside is that this may not be affordable for budget marketers. At the CPV networks recommended in the course, you either need to deposit $100 or $200 in order to start, making the upfront fee scare off some people.
Another downside is that this paid traffic doesn’t convert very well. Your ads are displayed on toolbars, etc that people can get. Most people will just ignore these ads, and even if they don’t they are not as likely to be big spenders (or why would they want all the free stuff like toolbars, games, etc).
The course promises to make it very easy to set everything up and they give you offers, keywords, urls, and landing pages. It is basically as simple as it gets and they have a few “ready to go businesses.” BUT, everyone gets these same things, so it is oversaturated and won’t work as well. They do try to add more content, but it is still the same stuff for everyone.
So what do I think of Rapid Income Creator? Meh. Feel free to pass on it. Of course this is just my opinion, and maybe other people have had success with it. But I don’t think it is anything special. If you ever read the Warrior forum, you will find many other people who don’t like it either.
Another thing to consider, I think it costs $49. But if you close the sales page there are 5 or 6 pop up/exit pages that try to sell it to you, and you can eventually get up to 20% off. Having to click that many times to leave is very annoying, and I don’t like how people who buy it at first have to pay more.
One more thing…I didn’t really approve of this course, and got a refund. Suddenly I started getting TONS of phone calls all the time. I hate spam on my cell phone! I was seriously getting about 20 calls a day. Apparently they were because I “ordered a John Carter course online.” I told them I wasn’t interested and the caller became irate and started saying that apparently I was interested since I ordered it. I said that I refunded it and wasn’t interested anymore and hung up. The calls kept coming for a while….
Bottom Line: This course may work very well for some people, but in my opinion you should stay away from it. You will save money and time investing in advertising costs that won’t convert, and more importantly you may save your phone from unwanted calls.
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Thanks for the HONEST review! You saved me a few bucks and far more importantly the disappointment and aggrevation the comes after buying useless products. We need far more honestly and a lot fewer “pimps” who will hawk anything to earn a few bucks.
No prob, Ted, I agree wholeheartedly! I’m sure there may be someone who benefits from this course, but after trying it for myself I couldn’t honestly recommend the program to other people. Also, it’s been over a month now and my cell phone still gets calls from them trying to make more money…even after I explained that I am not interested and wish for them to stop calling. Trying to figure out how to block their numbers now.
Thanks for this information. I was on the verge of buying this product when I decided to check the review of the product on the internet.
Someone who said they were John Carter called me. First he said he was from Santa Barbara, and then from Los Angeles. He said that he wanted to make me tons of money but first I needed to give him my credit card information. He said he knew I had three credit cards, then said two were not being used, and then said that they were not activated yet–fishing fishing fishing. I do not like liars. Anyway, I told him that I was not motivated by money and that I would need to know who he was and a lot more about anyone I would give my credit card to if I had one. He was great at sales and picked up names I mentioned and said he knew them personally, internet marketers and TV celebrities. He said he didn’t have time to call, and then called me back. He said he only had half an hour, and then said he would call me in an hour. I have no idea who he really was, but I got the idea he was a guy hurting for money and trying to shiest someone into helping him with his rent.
Wow, sorry to hear about that Tyson. It probably wasn’t the real John Carter, and is most likely what you said, just some scammer trying to trick you into giving out your credit card info. I’m glad you didn’t fall for it and lose any money, but I feel sorry that he wasted your time. Getting spam in your email inbox is one thing, but being harassed on the phone is much worse.
I tried RIC, I blew through $200 in about ten days and didn’t make one cent. It’s a piece of crap as far as I’m concerned.