I am often asked by various people to endorse their products, but I rarely do. I don’t want my name and business associated with just anything, and I would feel awful if I told people to spend their money on something that really wasn’t as good as it said it was.
When a representative of Legacy Publishing contacted me about The Total Transformation Program, I was skeptical. I actually wondered if the program was one of those that claims to “cure” ADD through “proper discipline”.
As it turns out, I was very impressed with what I saw, and believe me – I did my research. There are some people in the field of ADHD that I know and respect, and they endorse this program as well.
The short article below is my edited version of a recent press release. Check it out and see what you think.
The Total Transformation Program is a step-by-step multimedia program created by noted behavioral therapist James Lehman, MSW to help parents manage challenging behaviors in their children and teens.
Steve Anderson, Founder of Legacy Publishing Company said, “The Total Transformation® Program is helping families across North America in a very real and powerful way. Millions of families in the U.S. alone are struggling with their children’s behavior. This program provides them with practical tools they can use to see change immediately.”
Anderson met James Lehman in 2004 when he was searching for answers as a single father raising his pre-teen son. “James is able to get to the heart of the most challenging problems parents face: power struggles, kids talking back, lying, defiance, acting out in school. Through The Total Transformation® Program, he’s helped thousands of parents take back control of their households and regain the peace they’ve been missing.”
Headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, Legacy Publishing Company is a leading publisher of personal development products and child behavior programs for families. The company’s web site is here.
The Total Transformation® Program is available through Legacy Publishing Company, at this site.
In August 2006, the National Association of Social Workers approved the Total Transformation® Program for 6 Continuing Education Units under the Long-Distance Learning for Social Workers guidelines.
I would be much more impressed if every “independent” blog I read on the TT program didn’t have a link directing me to a sales site. The link is convenient but if someone is asking about TT they already know where to find it. I am concerned that these reviews are really just marketing tools. -
You raise a valid point. It can seem as though a product recommendation is simply a sales pitch. I think you have to look at the integrity of the person who is doing the recommending. I am constantly being asked to endorse products or put advertisements on my sites. I rarely do because I want my readers to feel as though they trust me. My reputation is worth far more to me than any amount of money.
I personally was unaware of The Total Transformation until I was contacted by them asking me to promote their product. Before I agreed, I researched them completely and decided that they have a high quality product that I am comfortable recommending to others.
This site is a business: trust goes out the window when the other person has financial gains to think of.
I can understand someone with kids to support accepting money to endorse a product- even one as medically unsound as this one.
I can even understand how a frustrated parent could buy into the idea that ADD is not a ‘real’ condition, that it is just another way of saying ‘lazy’ or ‘bad attitude’ , and that it can be cured through punishment.
I can *not* however be convinced to buy into the same nonsense.
Also, if the majority of the text of an ‘endorsement’ comes straight from the manufacturer of the product it is by definition an *ad* not an endorsement.
Thank you for your thoughts. I always check things out before I recommend them; the program sounded good to me and there were others endorsing it – people I respect.
For the record, I have never received any compensation from this company and would never use that as a reason to recommend a product.