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Ryan Deiss Job Promise Promotion Draws @FTC Eyes

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT

Disclaimer: I am not an FTC Attorney or any kind of attorney. I have no relation to the FTC other then consulting. These thoughts are my own and not condoned or endorsed by the FTC.

I get a lot of spam, as I am sure you do, with crazy offers of promises of instant employment if you buy some info product. But all of them I have ever gotten are well hidden behind fake names, proxies, and lots of other stuff.

I know this first hand because of the many lawsuits we have had to protect our images and trademarks.

This is the first time that I have ever seen a well known internet marketer, who is very easy to find, has put his face and brand on an offer challenging the FTC’s rules.

But he is doing it in a interesting way that will set a precedence for the future.

A while ago I got this email from a well known affiliate marketer that really troubled me at the time. Mostly because I wondered if anything came down if he would be on the hook for promoting this… But I will get into that later.

Lets look at the strict FTC rules named specifically at “work at home programs”, amended March 2012, before we even read this email:

To help consumers make informed decisions about work-at-home programs, there are five key items work-at-home businesses must now disclose using the FTC approved disclosure form:

1. Its identifying information (i.e. the name, business address, and telephone number)
2. If earning claims are made, the basis for that claim
3. Whether the company, its affiliates or key personnel have been involved in certain legal actions
4. Whether the company has a cancellation or refund policy.
5. A list of people who bought this business opportunity within the previous three years.

Subject: $24-$77/hr. jobs available

URGENT JOBS ALERT:
22,982 positions JUST BECAME available
START IMMEDIATELY!

Click the video link below now:

Dear Underpaid & Frustrated Worker,

Are you looking for a job but can’t find one?

$24 – $77 an hour is the base pay for this new new job that has been created by Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Here are all the details, click below:

CLICK HERE NOW FOR ALL THE DETAILS!

There are currently over 22,982 positions available and you can work remote from your home.

You can learn this job in a single weekend and be working by next week. Seriously!

-OR-

You can start part-time, so if you have a good job, you can keep it.

You set your own hours.

You really need to see this…

CLICK HERE NOW FOR ALL THE DETAILS!

To Your New Job,

Ryan Deiss
TheStrangestJob.com

P.S. I will be closing this out soon so you MUST go now.

$24/hr. to $77/hr. jobs available seriously – if you want in on this, you must CLICK HERE!

When visiting the website you do not see any such disclosure required by the FTC on a “work at home program”.

But does it even apply?

After emails with people with a lot of FTC experience we kind of all have the same thoughts.

Reasons on why this might not fall under violation of the work at home jobs section:

You are just giving up your email address.
You are not asked to pay money for any of this information.

Reasons on why this could fall under violation of the work at home jobs section:

The website does not contained the require FTC disclosure for “work at home jobs”.
For those who don’t know how this works – this is the first “bait” to get people’s information to sell them a product.
The email does have value. If you look at my earnings in past promotions of product launches you can see its over $20 per click. Lets say 50% opt in then that is a value of over $40 per email ($80) if there was no affiliate commissions.
The emails collected from that website will be used for future promotions. Count another $100 per email collected.

So in the end this could be either a genius way to promote or Ryan could be the “poster child” of what is crossing the line.

Curious what you think

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