No Child Left Behind? Here's One!

Blogs by definition are usually more casual than the printed media. However, to be successful, it should be at least readable. I recently discovered a blog that is painful to read. I tried to run the text through the Google Translator and even Google had no idea on some of the language. Here is what I am talking about:

• So understand it what you do to make it how hard you work we have people working it parttime and doing great.
• So those people made a decision right their to change their lives today can I get an AMEN.
• You see what have I been saying throughout this whole blog find your own way make your own money because these companies don't care about you if you work there 20 years to save them money you are out the door.

But the lack of professionalism aside, if you read some of the posts and comments you will see that like most other RTAs, the author does not know the facts about the industry and her own company.

• Once you sign up as an RTA you schedule the First Class and you have to book $1500 in Travel to recieve you CLIA card. That is it that simple. And you can do that on your first booking.
• Remember people airline tickets do not give good commission because the airline don't want to pay good commission remember that.
• The commission rates are set by the Industry everyone gets the same commission rates.
• I am telling you airline tickets don't get you much commission so don't even think it.
• Imagine you booked lets say $3500 in travel on carnival commission is 16% or $560 Now you might say $560 but look at this way if you had a travel agency with overhead you have to pay for lights phone rent or lease business taxes county taxes and some more stuff that isn't alot. That why Travel Agents charge you a fee. To get more money out of you. Okay working with YTB you get 60% of that is $336 Did you earn $336 when you booked the trip with Expedia no.
  

Let's put the whole issue of the legality and legitimacy of YTB and other MLM agencies aside for a moment. Let's address the level of professionalism we have seen from the videos last week to the blog highlighted today. Really, as a consumer, would you be willing to book a $3500 cruise on Carnival with a person who has a hard time forming complete and legible sentences? Would you be willing to book a trip with someone that is either deliberately or accidentally posting false information? What happens when you sign up thinking you are receiving a $336 commission check for that Carnival cruise and you get only $150? What about those "air commissions"?

The author does speak the truth when she says people need to seek out the truth. However, her blog is not the place to do so. Take a read, if you can, and feel free to comment on her blog and ask the hard questions, post the real truth, and see what comes up.