I'm an Internet marketer also looking for new opportunities to make money. During the 3rd week of November 2014 I received a series of promotional emails about a training course and software promoted by Jordon Wallace Schultz, related to marketing possibilities on Instagram.
On Nov 24, 2014 I signed up for a training course to Mobi-Social Blueprint. The initial fee was $1497 with a recurring monthly payment of $397 as long as I remained a member. The promotional video which convinced me ensured I would at least break even if I followed all the videos suppliesd. This seemed like a no brainer to me as there should be small risk with big reward.
However I quickly discovered that the methods used were not what would be considered "appropriate". The whole hook on this is to gain as many friend as quickly as possible in order to flush the Instagram market with advertisements burried within the profiles. The way that you would make money is by building multiple accounts in order to use the features of mass advertising. There was also a video explaining that you needed to mask your IP address so as to throw off Instagram and that was done utilizing Hide My a*s Pro. The recurring charge is to utilize provided photos that were supplied by Mr. Schultz. The same photos were given to anyone that joined so you can see where there is nothing special about this since all people that sign up for this course will use the same photos over and over again. He also uses his own software that would go out to hash tags and entice other users to "friend" your account. I spent the weekend going over the videos and setting up accounts only to have Instagram ban and disable them becasue of TOS violations. There was no warning of this on the Mobi-Social Blueprint site or the training.
In a series of tickets to the company support desk my concerns were deflected or ignored. I followed up with further message to the support desk and personal emails requesting a refund and to close my account. All such requests have either been ignored or it was suggested that I go with personal coaching. I insisted that I did not want to continue since the methods used are not above board. I received a reply from Steven Dorman, his support manager stating that there would be no refund coming. There is no option on their site to unsubscribe and stop payments.
To ensure they do not continue to bill me I have worked with my credit card company put a hold on his company from billing against my account and to started a claim process against Jordon Schultz and his company. I have filed with the Better Bussiness Bureau of San Diego, The Federal Trade Commission and the California Att. General office.
I'm usually cautios when getting involved with new business practice, however this time I did not do diligence to find out about this scam artist. Please forwarn yourself, that anyone that has a good products will gladly give you a refund if you are not satisfided, however those that offer practices that border on backdoor methods usually know that they won't be around long and will not offer one.