{"id":5002,"date":"2015-08-20T16:12:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2015-08-20T16:19:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:19:04","slug":"richard-thurman-and-the-small-business-community-are-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/richard-thurman-and-the-small-business-community-are-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Thurman and the Small Business Community are Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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received this in my email today:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;\">Adam,\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/><em>Congratulations!\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>I am pleased to let you know that Adam Jackson has been selected to receive the 2015 Best of Business Award for East Palo Alto in the Small Business category.\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>We need you to confirm your award now. To accept your award &#8211; and to help the Small Business Community Association help you and your 23 million small business peers grow and thrive &#8211; please use the following link to start the acceptance process:\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"https:\/\/api.smallbusinesscommunity.org\/accept-award.php?code=24a5a66f-1ef5-4a3f-81c8-c0b3d126ae45\" shape=\"rect\">Award Acceptance Wizard \u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>The Small Business Community Association has been dedicated to empowering and recognizing small business owners who make a difference in their respective communities since 2006.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"https:\/\/smallbusinesscommunity.org\/about\/\" shape=\"rect\">About Us\u00a0<\/a><br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>To become a more active part of this elite community of small business owners that comprise less than 1% of total business owners in the United States, please follow this link.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"https:\/\/api.smallbusinesscommunity.org\/accept-award.php?code=24a5a66f-1ef5-4a3f-81c8-c0b3d126ae45\" shape=\"rect\">Award Acceptance Wizard \u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>We respect your privacy and your inbox. This is a courtesy notification from the SBCA Community. If you wish decline your award and stop receiving notifications please use this link now:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"https:\/\/api.smallbusinesscommunity.org\/OptOut.php?code=24a5a66f-1ef5-4a3f-81c8-c0b3d126ae45\" shape=\"rect\">Unsubscribe\u00a0<\/a><br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>Once again, Congratulations twice on your nomination and award!\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: arial;\">\u00a0Here\u2019s Rich\u2019s Contact info:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"color: #888888; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif;\">Small Business Community<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial;\">Rich Thurman<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Founder<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 0px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #444444;\">480-336-2578<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><a style=\"color: #025596; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"mailto:rthurman@smallbusinesscommunity.org\"><em>rthurman@smallbusinesscommunity.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He runs this website, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusinesscommunity.org\">Small Business Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richthurman.com\">personal homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and here\u2019s his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rthurman\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If any of these pages or the name Richard Thurman in Chandler, Arizona (AZ) show up in your Inbox or social media space, make sure you inform him that he\u2019s a crook, a scammer, a jerk and that he can get a real job like the rest of humanity instead of leeching off people who think they\u2019ve won an actual award.<\/p>\n<p>These kind of people, these expert marketers, these coaches who dish out common sense information to good people can all move to an island together where they can wear Hawaiian shirts and discuss synergy amongst themselves and perpetually pass around business cards while pretending their Blackberry just went off and it\u2019s \u201csuper important that I take this\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After I clicked one of the links in the email Rich just sent me, here\u2019s an immediate email I get right after:<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none; border: none; overflow: visible; font-family: arial;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none; border: none; overflow: visible;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\">\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em>Hey&#8230; my name is Rich Thurman and I&#8217;m the founder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smallbusinesscommunity.org\/\">SmallBusinessCommunity.Org<\/a>. I wanted to take a second to say hello and welcome you to the family. \u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>Seriously, on behalf of myself and the entire Small Business Community team I want you to know that we&#8217;re truly excited and grateful that you decided to join us\u2026<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>I know this is going to be an absolute game changer for your business no matter what stage you&#8217;re in.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>Here&#8217;s what you can expect from us\u2026<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>We&#8217;ll publish fresh marketing tips and tricks and other content that will help you with your business to our blog once a week (on Wednesdays) and once it&#8217;s live we&#8217;ll send you an email with a short description of the new article, why we think it&#8217;s important for you and a link to read the full article.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>We&#8217;ll also send you emails about new expert Small Business Community courses, software and other cool premium resources from time to time BUT only once we&#8217;ve vetted them.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>Sound fair?\u00a0 GOOD!<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>Here&#8217;s what you need to do now to get started\u2026<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong>\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/>Whitelist and prioritize all emails from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smallbusinesscommunity.org\/\">SmallBusinessCommunity.Org<\/a>\u00a0and Rich Thurman.\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>This is important! Not only will you receive updates about new articles on the blog, you\u2019ll also receive notifications about new tips and tricks that will help you grow your business.\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>But if our emails aren&#8217;t getting through to you, you will miss these important updates and you won&#8217;t receive the full benefit of being a Small Business Community subscriber.\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>So please take the following simple actions to make sure nothing slips through the cracks:\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>1) Follow the whitelisting instructions for your email provider at this page:<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"https:\/\/ftm3.infusionsoft.com\/app\/linkClick\/15034\/5fdf603f10c1f881\/10035430\/d49950e78c1bd31a\" shape=\"rect\"><em>http:\/\/smallbusinesscommunity.org\/whitelisting-instructions\/<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>2) If you are a Gmail user or you use any other web-based email that filters broadcasts away from your main inbox, be sure to &#8220;drag&#8221; any emails from Small Business Community or \u201cRich Thurman\u201d into your Priority Inbox. (Again, you don&#8217;t want to miss something.)\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>3) Create a special \u201cSmall Business Community\u201d folder where you can archive emails from Small Business Community as well as \u201cRich Thurman\u201d AFTER you have read them. This is important\u2026DO NOT setup filters to automatically direct our emails into these folders, or again, you are likely to miss something. Simply move them manually to the folder after the information in the email has been consumed.\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>STEP 2:\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/>Take two-seconds and join the Small Business Community Facebook page, as this will be our primary method of communication outside of email updates, and again you won&#8217;t want to miss a thing:\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>Facebook:\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"https:\/\/ftm3.infusionsoft.com\/app\/linkClick\/15036\/6ad6b98d15b9a570\/10035430\/d49950e78c1bd31a\" shape=\"rect\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SBCACommunity\u00a0<\/a><br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>You can also join my personal Facebook Page and follow me on Twitter by going to:\u00a0<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/><a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"https:\/\/ftm3.infusionsoft.com\/app\/linkClick\/15038\/811a3f6093f6b715\/10035430\/d49950e78c1bd31a\" shape=\"rect\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rthurman\u00a0<\/a><br clear=\"none\" \/><a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"https:\/\/ftm3.infusionsoft.com\/app\/linkClick\/15040\/3e97f6c3dd926089\/10035430\/d49950e78c1bd31a\" shape=\"rect\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/richt8020\u00a0<\/a><br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>(TIP: If you need to get in touch with my directly, Twitter is usually the fastest. Just drop a tweet to @RichT8020 and I&#8217;ll do my best to respond.)<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\"><em><br clear=\"none\" \/>Talk soon,<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\n<div style=\"height: 15px; line-height: 15px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>P.S. Do you know the #1 reason\/why\u00a0<strong>95% of all businesses fail<\/strong>?<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none; border: none; overflow: visible; font-family: arial;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none; border: none; overflow: visible;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: visible;\">\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8230;I bet it\u2019s not what you think.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><em>I\u2019ll give you the answer tomorrow, but for now spend a little time thinking about what it could be. If you\u2019re anything like me, you\u2019ll get more benefit from the \u201cthought experiment\u201d than from the answer itself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><em>See you tomorrow&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><em>P.P.S. \u00a0If you have a second, I&#8217;d love to know:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><em>Why did you subscriber to\u00a0<strong>Small Business Community<\/strong>?\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><em>What can we do to help you solve your biggest problem right now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><em>Just reply to this email or shoot me a quick email at:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0645ad;\" href=\"mailto:rthurman@smallbusinesscommunity.org\" shape=\"rect\"><em>rthurman@smallbusinesscommunity.org<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Whatever Rich, the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/2797604?trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A2797604%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1440086839003%2Ctas%3ASmall%20Business%20Community\">Small Business Community Team<\/a>\u201d has two employees. Quite a team. Before you think I\u2019m discouraging entrepreneurship, know that I support people having a passion and building a career out of something they love. It\u2019s what I\u2019ve done in my life. Rich isn\u2019t an entrepreneur. He\u2019s a snake-oil salesman and needs to stop robbing people blind.<\/p>\n<p>How do I know he\u2019s a crook, he\u2019s telling me how to manage my spam folder so I don\u2019t miss a single email. You know who doesn\u2019t know how to white-list emails? People who aren\u2019t tech-savvy aka people who will believe that they won an award in East Palo Alto, CA aka people who probably aren\u2019t running their small business very well and need all of the help they can get from crooks like Richard Thurman<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve unsubscribed from his emails. If he mails me one of his newsletters again, I will report him to the FCC Consumer Complaints website for spamming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I received this in my email today: Adam,\u00a0Congratulations!\u00a0I am pleased to let you know that Adam Jackson has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:17:11Z","apple_news_api_id":"f3ba6113-162a-406e-9612-49ba11ca3ebe","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:17:11Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A87phExYqQG6WEkm6Eco-vg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rants","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1iG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7872,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/12\/14\/holy-moly-its-rich-thurman-from-the-small-business-community-association\/","url_meta":{"origin":5002,"position":0},"title":"Holy Moly, it&#8217;s Rich Thurman from the Small Business Community Association!","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Season\u2019s Greetings! 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