Is Vic Franqui From Bloggerunleashed.com A Scammer?

Note: I was supposed to publish this post early this week but did not have time. I very like the "Subscribe to the thread" plugin. So while reading the comments, I came to read a new comment left on an "old" post on John Cow: Whats The MMO Niche Coming To? what is the iq of a monkey, no I'm not kidding, left this comment:

 

So here is proof that franqui from blogger unleashed is a scammer and doesn’t know what he’s talking about: 1. He finds people that brag about their money obnoxious, yet bragging is the only thing that he does; 2. He thinks Amazon affiliate program sucks, yet now he wants to try it; 3. He makes people buy 100 info domains, and many persons got them deindexed by Google; 4. He thinks feed count doesn’t matter, yet he is very proud nowadays of his feed count; 5. He bashes persons like Yaro Starak or John Chow, yet when John Chow comments on his blog, all he can say is “kudos to you”; 6. His only answer to anyone who contradicts him is foul language, when he can’t really argument his claims; 7. He makes 20k / month and runs hundreds of sites and doesn’t have time for anything, yet he doesn’t hire help (maybe because he can’t afford it?); 8. He thinks that submitting the same article to hundreds of article directories will actually help your rankings; 9. His only goal is to tell his readers to buy Clickbank products through his affiliate links, even if there are cheaper and better options available; 10. He thinks there’s no money in the “make money online” niche, yet he is very proud he got into top 20 for “make money online”; 11. He doesn’t have time for his blog, yet he is almost always there – maybe because he is not actually making any money with other websites? 12. He first hates Darren Rowse, then he loves him for his feed count. Talk about integrity, huh? There you have it. I’m sure there are more, but I can’t waste anymore time with this idiot.

The funny thing is that he used the Bloggerunleashed for the website. I will try to reply to those points the best I can:

1. He finds people that brag about their money obnoxious, yet bragging is the only thing that he does;

Vic let it slip how much he makes but he does not post how much he makes per month. Personally, I don't care either way. It just show that money can be made online by others if the numbers they show are true(income and expense).

2. He thinks Amazon affiliate program sucks, yet now he wants to try it;

You missed a point here. Vic always talked about having different money streams and I do too. Also, Amazon does not pay much(4%) compared to other ways where you can have 40-75% commission on every sale. To make the same amount, you would need to sell a big ticket items(PS3) or sell a lot of Blu-Ray's at $0.25-0.50 commissions.

3. He makes people buy 100 info domains, and many persons got them deindexed by Google;

Google changed the rules recently and make it harder for .info. Having a blog/software directory, you will be amazed on how many spam listings I delete every day that are .info. Having a real site(non spam) will make .info more valuable on the long run because it will be harder to be index. It's bad timing. But here, the ideal was to buy a $1 .info domain by creating BANS that will make $1/day. If we had gone with a .com, we would had to pay $6-10 each domain. Of course, a .com is better and Vic even mentioned it. But, he wanted for people to start at a lowest cost possible. Me, I'm going with .info and pre-owned domains and I posted some results about it.

4. He thinks feed count doesn’t matter, yet he is very proud nowadays of his feed count;

Vic always mentioned that Feed count does not matter much on generating money in the Make Money Online blog field. Readers(majority) tend to not buy your stuff but some do. I know because I advertised on A-list bloggers based on the RSS Feed count but never had a good ROI(return on investment). If you have a blog about gardens, it may be more lucrative because it's another field and type of readers. Yes, he can be proud that people are reading him and it means that is message/teaching is getting heard. Yes, some read him just for the controversy. I read him to learn things and I do.

5. He bashes persons like Yaro Starak or John Chow, yet when John Chow comments on his blog, all he can say is “kudos to you”;

Vic don't like scammers and out them. He did say that John Chow was good at marketing himself. I never saw the "Kudos to you" comment.

6. His only answer to anyone who contradicts him is foul language, when he can’t really argument his claims;

He use foul language when he agree with them too.  That's his style for BloggerUnleashed. Unfortunately, it's hard to find a place where Vic and the other person could meet in a neutral place so that each could argument each others points.

7. He makes 20k / month and runs hundreds of sites and doesn’t have time for anything, yet he doesn’t hire help (maybe because he can’t afford it?);

Yes, he could hire people but he has bigger project in mind like buy a house and pay medical bills. Plus, he often said he was "cheap" and don't like recurring fees. He want to make sure the job is done right(his "paranoiac" side).

8. He thinks that submitting the same article to hundreds of article directories will actually help your rankings;

That's basic SEO: The more links the better. If you can use anchor text, it's even better. Article directories are not about having PR juice but having many anchor links.

9. His only goal is to tell his readers to buy Clickbank products through his affiliate links, even if there are cheaper and better options available;

Vic mentioned that he don't care if people use his Clickbank links or not. Those are good products that he use daily. Recently, someone suggested another product that was cheaper($100 less) and was good enough that Vic told people to buy that one instead for those with the money. He also offered free alternative that does less. So, Vic is open to new products.

10. He thinks there’s no money in the “make money online” niche, yet he is very proud he got into top 20 for “make money online”;

"no money" in comparison to other fields like gardening/weight loss. He also proved a point that link building is important to rise in the rankings. He will/could be first if he wanted with his 6-7 months old blog. Here Vic, another anchor for you: make money online ;)

11. He doesn’t have time for his blog, yet he is almost always there – maybe because he is not actually making any money with other websites?

He mentioned that he use the blog to relax, take a break. I go watch free movies and Vic teach others using his blog. There was a period that he posted many times per day. Now, he have many domains(BANS) to take care before May 31 plus organizing the contest. He is doing the contest for free to help others.

12. He first hates Darren Rowse, then he loves him for his feed count. Talk about integrity, huh?

Vic don't agree with Darren about still promoting TLA. Darren added a note about TLA. They patch things up since Vic made a video that was posted on Problogger and on Bloggerunleashed. That's my reply(wrong or right(mostly)). I went from memory because Vic has many, many, many videos now on his blog. The point is that what is the iq of a monkey(funny) only showed part of the picture and misconceptions about Vic blog/message/teaching or what ever you want to call it.