You need to report on it good or bad. You dont have to have hits but you can tell from a persons reports if they will be good at testing products or not just by the information they provide. People have given bad product reviews and went on to the advanced. You can see who will be a good tester by there reports they post on the forum. Not because they said it works or because they report some outlandish story but because you can see how they worked with the product to get it working for them. This is what I was referring to. I am encouraging him to try using it in different amounts and enviroments as well as application areas and to report on that. If it dosnt work out for him they want to here that to and that will not stop him from moving on to advanced.
Here take a look at these posts and it will help you to understand what is taking place.
http://www.pheromonetalk.com/pheromones-88031-post22.html
Also this post will help you with the information they are looking for when we report.
So can people make up stories to try to get included in the advanced section. Sure all people are not honest but you can tell the ones who are and the ones how arent just by how they test and what they report on the consumer products. Jasmin, Michael, SteveO know exactly what they do and what they dont do so although they love to hear the reports on consumers its more for seeing if you are able to work with the products to make them effective because that is what you need to be able to do with the advanced.
Tisha