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ummm... who's is this Tai chick? Some dan bilzerian wannabe?
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Question. Do people really watch this guy ramble on for hours? Really?
guys, a lot of people make fun of him but he has got 750,000 followers on youtube
so maybe , he is not that stupid...
what would you do with 750,000 followers ?
in case you don't understand what it means, there are close to 35, 000 users on this forum
(35,000 / 750,000 ) x 100 = 4,66 %
MJ DeMarco doesn't even have 5 % of the audience of Tai Lopez
so yes i would rather be a moron with 750,000 subscriber instead of being a smart guy with 500 subscribers like a lot of people on youtube
being smart means mastering people's psychology and Tai Lopez is a Grand Master
Grand Master Tai Lopez versus Smart experts : 1-0
checkmate
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Tai Lopez is definitely not stupid. He's a global celebrity, and has absolutely made >$1,000,000 in the last year, unless he's a complete fool.
But, as MJ alluded to in the early chapters of TMF , he's one of the guys who didn't get there by teaching people how he made millions.
He made millions by telling people how to make millions, before he made millions.
He's a marketing genius. I'd hire him to sell anything.
But anyway in that video Tai just comes off as a cool dude where he usually comes off as some sleazy salesman.
he knows that’s what’s going to get people to listen. .
Yes indeed. Dont hate the player, hate the game.
And you don't have to pay 3 separate installments of $29.99 (or however much Tai Lopez charges).No but for real. This guy in the video gave more concrete advice than Tai. Although he used Tai's words to create it he made a success equation that can actually be followed based off of mathematics.
Success=Destiney+Mentors^3
You business revolves around your asset column. Focus on acquiring assets, not increasing income.
This is a very interesting thread indeed! As always, TMF full of insight, I begin to drool as I load the forum's homepage.
Anyway I have something that will intrigue many of you, recently Tai has started a social media marketing course, his aim is to make 100 6 figure income earners with this course. After reading TMF and using my own common sense, it seemed obvious to me that this was one of those low entry, get rich easy schemes. However I'm really confused now because I have 3 friends who are on the course, 2 of them are already getting paid $1000 a month and the other one (online friend) was recently interviewed by big media outlets for running a successful agency at his age (he's 15). And they've all given credit to Tai's course.
Maybe this is just a coincidence. Has anyone actually been on his social media course and if so, how valuable is the learning material? There are a lot of positive testimonials of the course on Youtube and his own social media but for obvious reasons those can't be relied upon.
TAI launched a book box club at 500% mark up vs just reading the book. Anyone else hear? LOL
he already did that with Mark Cuban!The beauty of Tai is no matter what his haters say, he always seems to deliver the big personalities to his doorstep.
At this point, I expect him to do a video with President Trump soon. "Hey guys, I'm just here at Trump Tower visiting my bud, the next President."
Then all of us laugh and say "Ha Ha, bullshit!!"
And then the next thing you know, he's in Trump's office shooting the shit!
If anyone can do it, Tai can!
I think this will help....I'm kind of shy about asking them because we're not that close. I feel I can ask here because there is no connection here I have with anyone so I don't really feel any tension.
So, created a Reddit account to talk about this.
For some background- I'm a current business/accounting student, and I read a lot. On the one hand, this means that I'm more likely to fall for the similarity principle- The subconscious cognitive bias that tells you that people who are similar to myself, and share certain traits [in this case, love of reading and an interest in business] are more trustworthy than people who don't.
On the other hand, it also means I know what the similarity principle actually is.
Now, I haven't finished the 67 steps, and I don't plan to. I had initially, of course, but after completing 1-12 I feel that I've seen enough to make some broad generalizations.
First, a disclaimer- Tai's advice is not all bad. In fact, a lot of it is fairly sound. Now, before you get your wallets out or prepare to call me out as a sockpuppet or whatever, let me finish- Tai's advice might be sound, but it is not unique or special. You can get pretty much the same advice, and a lot more depth, by signing up for a student success and intro to business class at your local community college.
Moving on, I'm going to address Tai's commercial. Now, I'll be honest, Tai's commercial is the entire reason I joined his site- Because I have never before seen an advertisement that hit every single one of the cognitive biases listed in "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion," and I thought that anyone who put together a commercial like that must have some idea of what they were doing- Even if they were a bit clumsy about the application. IMO, That 2-hour commercial can probably teach you more about marketing and sales than the entire rest of the 67 steps combined.
If you're not familiar with Influence, that's fine. I'm about to explain the ways that his ad used the cognitive biases described in it.
First, he opens up the ad with promises that he is going to give you something worth $100, free of charge, just for watching the video. This is the Principle of Reciprocity, the psychological bias that says that if someone gives you something, you are obliged to pay them back.
Now, his actual application of Reciprocity is very clumsy. You're just watching a video, after all, and as most people are aware, you can't just hand people things through the screen. Plus, as you all know, at the end he goes from offering you something for free, to offering you a free gift... With your purchase of a $67/month subscription. At this point, Tai falls prey to the Contrast principle- His initial promise of a free gift comes up against the sudden brick wall of a $67 fee. Now, he also clearly uses that principle when he asks us "What is living well worth?" and goes down the list from 1000, 500, and so on and so forth until he reaches that point, in addition to the established value of the gift- or, rather, claimed value of the gift- being higher than the asking price for the program.
Next, I'd like to talk about his convenient user testimony. The Social proof- Other people think this is a good thing! They like it! You know, Tai hasn't heard of anyone not liking the program at all! So, clearly... If you try it, you will find it valuable, because everyone else did. He used it pretty well, to be honest, even including e-mail addresses and contact info to 'prove' he wasn't scamming you. Which, he might not be- For all I know, there are real people at the end of that contact info, who really do feel that the program helped them.
That doesn't mean anything beyond their own personal feels, though.
He also spends a lot of time flattering the viewer ham-handedly. "If you've watched this far, you're obviously pretty smart" came up at several times- And this was probably calculated just like everything else. When someone compliments you, even when it's obviously fake... You like them more. Maybe only a little bit, but it's a measurable amount, and the Principle of Liking states that if you like someone, you're more likely to buy what they're selling you.
He also claims to have experience, and luck, in finding several mentors- Who he quotes, along with other famous authors, almost religiously. He's not the one who came up with this, he claims- It was other people, wiser people, respected people. Authorities, you might say, which he is appealing to.
Then, you get the final bias in the advertisement video- The scarcity bias. Why, he's only opening this program [which he advertised on youtube, heh] to a handful of people- Maybe a hundred or two, I dunno, not that many, so you'd better buy in fast!
And there we get the principle of Consistency- Come on, sign on the dotted line. Once you sign, once you pay, you'll know that you've signed up for it, and you'll rationalize it- Obviously you've gotten benefits, obviously you think it's worth it, otherwise why would you have signed up for it?
Every single cognitive bias in the book, all in one single video. Pretty impressive, though he's obviously not that great at using them- His whole video screams "Scam Artist", not "This is a great idea and you should feel great for having it," after all.
Unfortunately, the steps themselves are much less educational than that first ad video. Each of the videos could probably be summed up in less than five minutes, if it wasn't for Tai's rambling anecdotes, and- As Tai himself says once or twice- He could have condensed them into a much shorter length. However, he has two reason he doesn't, which he spells out at length.
Firstly, he wants us to put the effort in to glean the 'Ounce of gold' from the hour long pile of dirt. Second, he wants us to take at least 67 days going through the course- Long enough to form a habit.
These feed back, again, to the consistency bias- If you've spent this long, and this much effort, going through the course? You must find it worth it! So, if you've found it worth it, you might as well keep your subscription active, so you can keep learning more. It's only 67 a month after all, right?
Let me counter that, with one of Tai's own arguments- If you're spending 67 a month on his program, that's time and money you're not spending on other things- Things like actual business books, which cost about 5-10 on Amazon from my experience.
Which, to be fair, is not to say that Tai's series is worthless. It's entirely possible that at some point later in the series, he comes out with something unique and insightful, completely different from his early videos.
If you want to check and see, though, make sure to cancel the additional monthly fees. There's no need to pay more than the initial seventy bucks for what he's selling you.
I hope this helps.
I am astonished at the amount of ignorance in this thread. My last post was completely ignored by people who still believe he is a "scammer".
His brand is valuable because he provides extremely valuable content.
You guys do know that if you search the Internet for evidence supporting and on the contrary you will find both. That is how misinformation works and it's all over reddit and forums from people who don't know better, and you guys are spreading falsity to each other. It's hilarious. Misinformation has been used to deceive people for millenia through religion, money and war.
The only way to form an educated opinion is to have actually experienced the damn thing.
I have been through his programs and am in his most recent Social Media Marketing Agency Program. I must say that is an amazing course and actually teaches you how to create a tangible business model (whereas The 67 Steps was focused on mindset).
Please stop spewing hate about Tai if you don't know what you're talking about. Thanks.
Average American watches 5 hours of TV per day
Of course it’s scripted. The beginning at least. Well what I’m pointing out is, I make fun of Tai’s corniness as much as anybody, but I just found it striking how much of a humble, cool dude Tai came off as. I think honestly Tai just knows what he’s doing.Yup, I watched from 40s in and stopped at 4+ mins. Waste of time if you ask me, not sure what's the "juice" you're talking about lol. The whole video is obviously scripted, it's a collaboration between Cody and him. These gurus, YouTubers and all these guys have an inner circle where they prop each other up to get more views and fame. Is that you in the crowd, Grant Cardone?
I used to read that Tai finishes reading a book in 10 mins : How To Read A Book... A Day?! (What I Think Of Tai Lopez's Reading Routine) - Benjamin McEvoy
Absolute bollocks. Tai shows us that the masses are dumb, and if you play your cards right, you can make people worship you with credit cards in hand. I'm very sure his followers are made up of mostly all wantrepreneurs.
Yes indeed. Dont hate the player, hate the game.we have to remember that most people are just average people who want to be entertained by gurus
this is the reality of life whether we like it or not. this is maths
i guess, this picture is probably right to some extent :
you get the idea anyway
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That's not true, he isn't motivating anyone, he's getting richer by looking like he's motivating people but if you wanted to read a book you'd just go and do it.People can learn a lot from Tai Lopez, regardless of his personality.
I love this he said:
'' Keep the health, make money a little slower''.
He got many people into reading books because he makes reading books attractive: read books and you will get these cars and women like I do. People want money, cars and women and tai knows this. They will not listen if you say read books and you will become a good person. People will not listen to that.
Brilliant way to help people: trick them into reading books.
And it's true: knaaawledgee can help you in getting moolah and bishes
Edit: legends are that Tai Lopez reads 12 books in a second.
No, he isn't. If he was people would go out and read books and stop watching him.He isn't motivating anyone? Please think about what you are saying here.
He is making reading books look cool just like rappers are making acting tough look cool. At least Tai Lopez is promoting a good thing. Who cares if he makes money.
You can learn a lot just by listening to his free videos.
Does he act shady sometimes and give a ''free lecture'' just to cut if off when it gets interesting in order to make people pay for the full lecture? Yes he does. But that is just his way of making money. He is still providing massive value.
Most of his followers are indeed action fakers, just like most people watching spirituality videos are action faking being spiritual. Just the nature of the human mind.
Anyways, I just see too much hate on Tai Lopez which he doesn't deserve. But he is certainly not my idol
I read that in MJ's voice. Good job.
I agree. I think the concepts in RDPD stand pretty well, while it's 80% fluff/ 20% concepts, TMF is 100% concepts.It's extremely basic. However, to say there's nothing of any practical use in it is not very charitable. Consider these four points:
Rich people acquire assets. The poor and middle class acquire liabilities, but think they are assets.
The state of investment income exceeding expenses is being “wealthy.”
Your profession is not your business, because you work for someone else.
You business revolves around your asset column. Focus on acquiring assets, not increasing income.
If you'd never heard any of those four things before RDPD, and you took them to heart after reading RDPD, the book was worth the price of admission. Shoot, it would have been a bargain at 5 times the price. If you've already started a business, then it's a waste of time.
damn if that's true then I take back what I said lolThis is a very interesting thread indeed! As always, TMF full of insight, I begin to drool as I load the forum's homepage.
Anyway I have something that will intrigue many of you, recently Tai has started a social media marketing course, his aim is to make 100 6 figure income earners with this course. After reading TMF and using my own common sense, it seemed obvious to me that this was one of those low entry, get rich easy schemes. However I'm really confused now because I have 3 friends who are on the course, 2 of them are already getting paid $1000 a month and the other one (online friend) was recently interviewed by big media outlets for running a successful agency at his age (he's 15). And they've all given credit to Tai's course.
Maybe this is just a coincidence. Has anyone actually been on his social media course and if so, how valuable is the learning material? There are a lot of positive testimonials of the course on Youtube and his own social media but for obvious reasons those can't be relied upon.
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