I feel a bit strange writing this expose against article marketing. The fact is - that's how I got my start. One day while going through the apartment I shared with my dad at the time (2 short years ago) I found a training course called "Advanced Dating Techniques" by David Deangelo. You might know him better as Eben Pagan, a slick marketing genius. I was broke and desperate at the time (painting houses for 12 bucks an hour will do that to you!) so I devised a plan. 1. I'd listen to the content on those CDs, 2. write.