John Chow and Wealthy Wilma Meetup Gets Healthy Feedback and Photos by Jeremy Lim

Wealthy Wilma and John Chow, originally uploaded by www.jeremylim.ca.

At the Meetup last night we had a two inspiring speakers and engaged group of financial services marketers who turned out to have lots of thoughtful feedback.

While checking out the reviews, two comments stood out for me as especially thought provoking and worth a highlight.

The first was by Meetup member Susan, who took issue about the ethics of certain techniques for earning income from blogging, she wrote:

This my first meet up with the VFSMM Group. I felt welcomed and comfortable, met a few folks. It was a positive experience and I look forward to attending future events. Good job David in organizing tonight, and the two speakers were inspiring. I especially enjoyed the Wealthy Wilma introduction, her story resonated with my own life experiences and values. John Chow's subject matter was intriguing, and then became overly technical (for me). I enjoy writing and although I don't currently have a blog, I WANT to start one. the idea of earning HUGE income is woweee very motivating. However, I feel some of the topics touched on are, well, to me, they feel unethical, and so I was turned off by -- (1) collecting subscribers email addresses, so that you can sell their e-address to SPAMMERS, (2) other cons he mentioned (somewhat giggling) that take advantage of people, and obviously are very lucrative for the con artist/entrepreneur. John Chow concluded on that unethical tone.

Meetup member m klug supported empowering women to assert control over their finances and had this to say:

Two very different speakers with thought-provoking messages. Bernadette's mission to education women about finance is one that merits universal support. From an altruistic point of view, it will make the world a stronger place! From an industry perspective, the more that women are comfortable discussing their finances, the more they will feel comfortable working with and hiring financial experts to grow their wealth. So from all point of views, it's a good thing to help Bernadette spread her critical message . John Chow was so specific and open about information and that makes for a valuable learning experience! Thanks John for your mind-boggling information which makes me think in a different way. Thanks for the meeting!

What do you think? Are you uncomfortable with the ethics of certain internet marketing practices?  Do you feel that women need to support each other in taking control of their finances?  Leave a comment and have your say.

There are more group photos by Jeremy Lim from last night too, so go take a look, tag yourself here, and subscribe to Jeremy's Flickr photostream.

Related Reading: Wealthy Wilma and John Chow at the Vancouver Financial Services Marketing Meetup