Stop us if you’ve heard these ones before —

“You just need this one trick to get people to buy from you.”

”Use the power of language to make your copy impossible to resist.” 

“Create raving fans who buy from you on autopilot.”

These are just a few of the claims you see on the internet designed to get you buying whatever someone else is selling. 

Now, selling isn’t inherently bad. 

It’s the tactics used when selling that separate those with integrity from those willing to exploit sales psychology for their own gain. 

So how can you figure out the difference?

In this episode of Duped, we’re talking about what you need to know right now about sales psych and what to stay the hell away from.

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Have you ever read a sales page and by the time you’ve gotten to the end you don’t even know what the person is actually selling you?Sure, it all sounded great, they used lots of keywords that appealed to you, and you’re even considering buying…. but what is or isn’t included is still kind of ambiguous. 

This is called the word salad — and it’s just one of the shady sales practices running rampant in the world of online business.

As a consumer, it’s not always easy to suss out these shady techniques, so that’s exactly why in this episode of Duped, we’re doing a deep dive into some of the sales practices you should watch for as a consumer and ones you should steer clear of as a business owner.

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When you started your business, were you dreaming of freedom?Freedom from your boss, freedom with your time, freedom with your money, freedom to do things on your terms?

That promise of freedom can be incredibly seductive, so it’s no wonder budding entrepreneurs run towards this idea. 

But there’s a dark side to the promise of freedom where freedom comes at a high cost.

That’s exactly what we are diving into this episode of Duped. We explore the freedom paradox and look at the right questions to ask when it comes to the freedom we’re being sold.

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Do you ever get the feeling that a lot of people think owning a business is easy?Or that owning a business is THE thing to do right now? If these thoughts have crossed your mind, it’s likely (in part) because there’s actually an entire industry devoted to selling us things that “help” us build an even bigger business. 

We’re being sold the dream of entrepreneurship day in, day out. And like so many other things we’re sold in the world of online business, that dream is faaaaaaar from reality for many business owners. 

So, what gives? 

In this episode, we’re diving into the Entrepreneurial Industrial Complex, including why so much of entrepreneurship is about identity and consumption, not actually doing business.

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Hands up if you’ve ever experienced business FOMO at an event.You know how it goes…

You’re taking it all in, starting to feel overwhelmed by everything being thrown at you and the next thing you know you’re being told that the X, Y or Z they are offering is only going to be available TODAY. 

And of course, they tell you that you DESERVE to make this investment.Next thing you know people are lining up in droves to get the thing and you start to think that maybe you need it too. You don’t want to miss out, right?If this sounds at all familiar, then you’ve definitely found yourself caught up in the whirlwind known as speak to sell.

So, how do you avoid getting sucked in?

In this episode of Duped, we’re breaking down the speak-to-sell pressure cooker and how speak-to-sell leads to the same tactics being used in webinars and summits.

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Have you ever assumed that just because something is high ticket, it must be good?We’ve certainly been there, but here’s the problem - 

What exactly IS “high ticket”, anyway? 

A certain dollar amount? A specific level of service? A high return on investment?

The reality is that one person’s high ticket could be loose change for another, and the big price tag really means nothing in terms of actual value. It’s all subjective. 

That’s why in this episode of Duped we’re digging into the high ticket economy of online business including WTF high ticket even means, its problems and why you probably shouldn’t believe the hype.

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Stop us if you’ve heard these ones before -

“Make money while you sleep!”

“Never trade dollars for hours again!”

“Create it once and set it on autopilot!”

We all know celebrity entrepreneurs make BIG promises when selling us a course that teaches us how to create… another course.

But do courses actually live up to the hype? Are they the passive income dream they claim to be? 

On this episode of Duped, we’re looking at whether courses are a magical moneymaking dream or a bonafide business nightmare.

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The online business world is rife with shenanigans — from cult tactics to bait and switch to bro marketing. 

And while it’s important to identify and unpack these issues, you know what else we need to talk about?The very real cost to ALL of us.

These tactics rob us of our time. Our energy. Our money. And that’s just the beginning. 

In this episode, we’re wrapping up season one of Duped by breaking down the consequences to both business owners and the industry as a whole, as well as what we hope to see in the future as the tide begins to turn.

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Have you ever seen something online and felt like it looked awfully familiar? 

Then comes the sinking feeling that you’ve been copied. Without citation or credit. 

The unfortunate reality is that in an industry that rewards people for simply being one step ahead, it’s zero percent surprising that people would engage in some shady practices.

That said, knowing it happens all the time doesn’t make you feel any less frustrated that your hard work is being used as “inspiration”.

In this episode, we’re diving into the predatory culture of plagiarized content — what forms this takes, how it makes us feel when it happens, and why the culture of online business that’s built on plagiarized ideas is fundamentally messed up.

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Want to buy a Ferrari? Use a private jet? Stay in 5-star hotels? 

According to the aspirational luxury lifestyle we’re constantly being sold in the online business world, “you too can easily have these things if you just do X, Y or Z!”.

But after running your biz for a hot minute, it’s probably become increasingly clear that attaining these things is not anywhere as easy as the people selling us these dreams make it sound. 

How do we avoid falling into this trap and chasing a dream that’s usually built on total BS? 

In this episode of Duped, we’re looking at the luxury lifestyle that’s inescapable if you work in the online business world.

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