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Today I came across the webproserity system that is due to launch on January 6th, 2009. The thing that caught my interest straight away was the video hosting and video player feature. I’ve been hunting around for a way to put video on my blog for a while now.
Why not use Youtube Videos you may ask?
Well I don’t really like the fact that once people have finished watching my videos they get the videos of other people and often they will browse away from my website. Youtube and the other social video platforms are very handy as a marketing tool but for my websites I’m looking for a cleaner and more professional solution.
Traffic Geyser is one solution as they have recently added a pretty cool flash player that you can even add YouTube videos to without the other videos and the dreaded search bar coming up. That costs $147 per month which is a little on the high side.
Amazon S3 was another option that I looked into and they have reasonable prices but it is a bit difficult to manage your media. For $20 a month I could use the EZS3 sevice which creates video players for you and it is as easy as copying and pasting some code into your blog to embed your video (that appeals to me).
I had pretty much settled on the Amazon route but was still considering if Traffic Geyser wouldn’t be the best option.
It seems like Webprosperity will do the job very easily and for less money. There is a whole lot more that comes with the Webprosperity Suite that could potentially save a lot of money for the average Internet Marketer. Here is a Hubpage that covers the Webprosperity system in more detail…
Frank Kern is arguably one of the best when it comes to doing product launches and so when he decided to give his Infomillionaire Course away for free, it was no surprise that his servers would generate a little heat. Despite Frank’s server and shopping cart “blowing up” (as Frank puts it, not sure what that looks like), he still cleared his 4000 Free copies of Infomillionaire in 3 hours and 25 minutes.
I promoted this to my list of readers and of those people that subscribed 76% opened the first email after confirming. On the day of the promo my broadcast email had a 64.71% open rate and a 88.24% click through rate. This is a rediculously high open and click through rate for any marketer and so I’ll definately promote Frank Kern’s stuff anytime…
Speaking of which, Frank has decided to print another 4000 copies of Infomillionaire and he is also going to be giving these away, no doubt they will also be snapped up in record time.
If you want to grab your copy of Infomillioniare free then you may want to subscribe here to be sure to get it on the day.
Don’t worry Frank is cool with this. Just to get people queuing up on launch day he is giving a limited number of Infomillionaire copies away free. You may remember a while back when I posted about winning a bunch of bonuses with Eben Pagen’s Wake Up Productive Course, well this time I created a video showing you exactly how to get Frank Kern’s Infomillionaire for free on launch day.
All you have to do is go to this page to access Frank’s Infomillionaire Videos and I’ll send you my video showing you how to get your copy Free.
Recently I watched the first video in Frank Kern’s Informillionaire product launch build up. As usual it is a mix of Frank Kern humor with some excellent content mixed in… and without too much of Frank’s usual profanities.
I while back Frank did a launch for his Reciprocity Newsletter where he gave away a tonne of free stuff to get people to try out his program. I took him up on the offer but at the back of my mind new that I would probably not subscribe to his newsletter but I wanted to check-out what he was offering.
When the box arrived I was blown away by how much stuff he was giving away. Although I decided not to subscribe to his newsletter, I wrote to him and tried to pay him for all the stuff he had sent me…I was feeling guilty. He basically just said don’t worry, implement what I teach, make a bunch of money, come back later and then buy my stuff. How can you ague with logic like that!
I had so much info coming at me at that time Frank’s stuff just sat around the house collecting dust for a few months and then one day I decided to check out one of the of DVD’s out of the big stack he had sent me. My wife came home while the DVD was playing and she saw Frank, looking like he was hung over, scruffy, swearing and basically goofing off (while delivering killer content I might add, though my wife saw it in a totally different light).
She pretty much had just starting warming to the idea of Internet marketing and then thanks to Frank Kern she pretty much thought the whole industry was a sham….Thanks Frank!
One night some time down the track my wife was watching Creflo Dollar on her laptop with her headphones on and so I decided to throw on another DVD of Frank’s, “Core Influence” (That was a cracking video by the way). So my wife starts listening in bit by bit and before long good ol’ Creflo Dollar was on pause and she was tuned into Frank Kern’s talk on Core Influence (thanks to that I can now watch Frank Kern’s stuff around the house without getting the eye rolling treatment).
Anyway, recently Frank released this video about an old product he used to sell, Infomillionaire. Frank had pulled this product a few years back but had given it to a keen student who followed it to the tee and made an obscene amount of money doing so and this prompted him to dust it off and offer it up again, at a very low cost I might add.
My wife actually watched Frank’s Infomillionaire Video right through and instead of writing him off, she is now quoting him;
Frank said this…. and Frank said that….
Moral of the story is if you get your spouse on board life is infinitely easier. I think rather than having my wife love Frank, some where in between love and hate would be nice, but with Frank it’s always going to be a fine line.
Good on ya Frank, you not only sold me on your stuff, you sold my wife!
I’ve had quite a number of videos on Brightcove for well over a year now. Once I learned to navigate around their dashboard, I found them to be excellent. What I really liked was the quality of their videos. Unfortunately Brightcove made the decision to take away the free video hosting component as of December 17, 2008.
This can be a bit of a pain if you have your Brightcove videos embedded on blogs and websites. It was something I was putting off but today I decided I had better get it done before it was too late.
I was surprised how easy the process actually was . I made a video so that other people could see how it’s done.
Every single great copywriter will tell you that you need to enter into the conversation that the prospect is having in their own mind. There are a lot of ways to do this but here is a way to leverage off Amazon and get direct feedback from real prospects.
Watch Jay Abraham explain this concept in this short video:
Video sharing websites are more popular than ever. Video is a spectacular way to market on the Internet, especially now that so many Internet users have broadband access. More users are able to view and download video.
YouTube is one of the most popular and viewed websites in the world, and other video sharing sites are growing very popular, too – including niche specific sites, like those for Internet marketing. As a result of this surge in video sharing sites, more marketers are turning to video as a way to promote their products and services.
Almost any type of product or service can be promoted through video, but it’s important to do it the right way. People generally don’t visit video sites to view commercials. There might be some exceptions for people who want to watch classic commercials, funny commercials, or extremely popular commercials.
But for the most part, people don’t want to watch commercials. They come to be entertained or to learn something. If you want your videos to be viewed a lot, you need to either be extremely funny, exciting, controversial or educational.
If your free videos offer a ton of useful content, they have a good chance of going viral and making you a lot of money. Video is so powerful - not only because of the sheer number of people who view video sharing sites every day, but because it can be much more persuasive than the written word.
A great example of this would be the keyword search for Guitar, this affiliate marketer has been sitting on number 1 spot on Google forever with his YouTube vid and the last I checked had 51,885,201! Yes that is getting close to 52 million views and right up there in the description is a link to an affiliate product. What would life be like for you if 52, 000 000 people saw a video with a link to what you were promoting?
Here is the video
Some people respond better to writing, but others respond better to video. Video can certainly help you to get your point across to people who don’t read well, or people who really hate to read.
Many people feel they don’t look good on camera, or don’t have the budget or know how to produce quality videos.
That’s one big reason that Camtasia is so popular. Camtasia is a great program that allows you to make videos by taking video screenshots of your computer, sometimes referred to as Screen Casting. You can select a portion of your screen to be shown, and then you can make your video by simply moving from through your online presentation.
You can also use a microphone to record your voice explaining the process as you go through it.
Camtasia is dead easy to use and since they released version 6 it is even easier, making it extremely popular for people who aren’t very good with technical things.
Most people are able to make their first video with Camtasia within an hour of opening the software! This makes it perfect for almost any marketer. If you’re promoting an eBook about your products, then your video could be a short tutorial about one aspect of how to use it – if you were promoting The Renegade Network Marketer you may show people how to setup their Sub-domain.
You can do this with nearly any kind of product. If your product is a dog training DVD, you can post a couple of samples. Show how to teach a dog to sit, and another showing how to teach a dog to heel.
If your product is about how to make money with eBooks, you could have a couple of sample videos on how to get affiliates, or how to get more traffic to your minisite, making sure you show proof of your results within the video production.
Even if you don’t want to post your videos to the video sharing sites, you can post them on your own site or blog. You can even put video on your sales page for higher conversions. Video can be an important selling tool, but it’s also effective as the primary media you use to create your product, too.
If you don’t want to pay the money for Camtasia then the Jing Project will do the same job but won’t cost you a cent. It is a really good option to get started with. I created a very short video showing you how to use it to keep with the theme that I’m talking about.
Recently McKay Earl released some excellent fast action bonuses for people that purchase his 90 Day Market course (even without bonuses I reckon it is amazing value). For those people that don’t know where to start with marketing The Renegade Network Marketer this may be just the boost you were looking for…
I was having an interesting chat with McKay Earl yesterday, we were chatting about how Google has made it much tougher for people to advertise unless they have a highly relevant website related to their offer. McKay said something interesting;
The quick and easy road is always one you have to be willing to move with times.
Speaking of the times, there is a lot of doom and gloom around the global economy at the moment but I have noticed some of the more seasoned mlmers I have spoken with are quite upbeat about the whole situation. They feel that more and more people will be turning to a home-based business as a solution as things get worse.
I was chatting with a gentleman just the other day that was looking for a business because the security of his share portfolio just went out the window. He told me that was the only reason he was looking into other solutions.
So there are two things going on here;
1. Google is making it tougher to advertise
2. More people will be looking for answer to their financial woes
Ken Evoy has been predicting that the people that spend the time and effort to build relevant websites in their niche will be the ‘Diamonds of the Future’. I was chatting with McKay about SBI and he likes Ken’s service, but for beginners feels it’s a bit too much too soon however, once they have a foundation - he thinks it’s fantastic! I’d have to say I agree with that.
It seems though that at the end of the day, if we want to generate leads and lots of them for our business there is no easy road. It’s just a matter of consistent focused work and while people are chasing the ever moving road to riches those that are quietly working in the background are cashing in on a method that is more sustainable. Ken Evoy calls it The way of the Tortoise.
McKay also mentioned that he is indeed going to be switching his 90 Day Marketer Course over to a membership platform. He said he still hasn’t decided on how much it will be but my guess is at least $40 per month.
The last time I looked there were still some “get a website and blog built for you bonuses”. Anyone that purchases McKay’s course now will have access to the information for life…even after it has become a membership site. With over 50 excellent video tutorials and more than 50 scheduled to come, I’d say this is probably the best value I’ve seen as far as Internet marketing training for Renegade Network Marketers.
If you are really keen on using the Internet to build your home-business than McKay’s 90 Day Marketer Course will be a fantastic resource.
How The 90 Day Marketer Integrates With The Renegade Network Marketer
The ability to enter all you affiliate links into your 90 Day Marketer sites makes it very duplicatable, it’s something you can introduce to your whole team.
Here’s a snippet from McKay’s sales letter:
In fact when I officially launched my 90-Day Marketer course in May of 2008 I only had 8 distributors in my network marketing team, all of which I personally sold. In the next 5 months I went from 8 distributors to 102 distributors and I only personally sold 32 of them. Almost 2/3rds of my fast growth was due to my team duplicating my efforts. Let me repeat that –
DUPLICATION WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING!
I was blown away!
One of the biggest failures in network marketing is caused by the blind leading the blind. . .
But that wasn’t happening in my team
You see, not one of them were experts at first, but they didn’t have to be in order to successfully lead their downline to success. All they had to do was become familiar enough with the course material in order to guide and help their new downline members find the video or training resources they needed. This can apply to you and your team too!
I’m going to let you in on a big secret – You don’t need to be an expert to get started or to make the Renegade System work.
So there is probably no better time to get into focused action and start building your business the slow and steady way.
Roboform brought it home for me! I was thrilled to hear that I was one of the first 25 people to order Eben Pagan’s Wake Up Productive Course. In a previous post I outlined the Eben Pagan Give Aways for the first 100 people to order his new course.
I was really hoping to be one of the 1st 3 people and get the entire kit and caboodle but you can’t win all of the time. All as I can say is there must of been some very fast form fillers because I was around about 10 seconds and 15 at the very most. Perhaps the false start that cost me about 5 seconds is were I lost the game…oh well :).
As one of the first 100 people to purchase the Wake Up Productive course I received Eben’s Print Persuasion Series. This is a series of 6 CD’s on copywriting. I must say that I am loving this series and am getting a tremendous amount of value out of the content. The first and last hour are classes given by Eben Pagan and the middle four audio’s Eben interviews Dean Jackson, Craig Clemens, Frank Kern and John Carlton. Each one of these guys brings a unique flavour about the subject but I have to say John Carlton is my favourite so far. I say so far because I will listen to them over and over and who knows, Frank may be my next favourite (only listened to that one twice so far).
As one of the first 25 I received Eben’s Modern Marketing Master Class Series, a course that consists of 4 DVD’s. I have watched 2 of the 4 so far and am finding them to be really great information. It’s basically a recording of a seminar that Eben gave. He critiques the participants websites and gives them suggestions on how to improve their marketing pieces. To see real case studies is always a great way to learn I find.
At this stage I would say that Eben’s Wake Up Productive Course was worth the money I paid for it (and I’m only part way through). If you would like to learn more about who Eben Pagan is then listening to this interview of Frank Kern interviewing Eben Pagan may be of interest. Frank has such a relaxed style and did an excellent job of really uncovering where Eben Pagan has come from and how he developed a company that pulls 20 million dollars year after year…definitely worth a listen!
The other day I was writing about the massive amount of ‘Give Aways’ that marketers are offering to entice you into their programs.
Recently I watched a fantastic video by Eben Pagan about Time Management. As a Internet Marketer it can be challenging to make the most of our time; we have countless distractions and interruptions that can pull us in all sorts of directions.
When I watched Eben’s video I instantly knew that I wanted to do his Wake Up Productive Time Management course…how much would it be I wondered. Eben Pagan’s material is extremely high quality and usually it is priced accordingly.
Three days before the launch day, Eben released a video that outlined the entire course and how much it would cost…$297. I thought this was a steal and was absolutely sure that I wanted to be in the round of people to register before the doors where closed (the price will surely go up next time it is re-opened).
The day before the Wake Up Productive Course was about to hit the market I received an email from Eben mentioning the BONUSES that he was offering. It was a real sweetener for anyone that was considering his course. Here is a list of what he was offering;
>>On To The Bonuses…
Bonus #1
For registering with the Wake Up Productive during the launch of the first “Public Class” Eben’s giving a special audio training program called “Making Money As A Modern Guru”. This is a fantastic summary of some of the most important concepts that he teaches in my $5,000 - $12,000 Guru MasterMind program - and these lucky people will be the FIRST to have access to it.
Bonus #2 - “Fast Action” Bonus For The First 100 People…
If you’re one of the first 100 people to order, Eben’s going to send you a copy of his Print Persuasion MasterClass Program. This is an advanced persuasion and copywriting program that features Eben Pagan and the top four copywriters that he personally knows in the world…all teaching you how to write powerful, persuasive marketing copy. This special bonus that’s worth $500 ALONE - if you’re one of the first 100 to register for Wake Up Productive.
Bonus #3 - “Fast Action” Bonus For The First 25 People…
If you’re one of the first 25 to register, Eben’s going to ADD a copy of my brand-new “Modern Marketing MasterClass” DVD Video program. This is an advanced marketing and branding course that will teach you secrets of marketing your product and business that aren’t taught in ANY marketing program available. This program is BRAND-NEW, and it’s worth $1,000… but you can get your hands on it before it’s even available for sale… as a free bonus…
Bonus #4 - “Fast Action” Bonus For The First 3 People…
If you’re one of the first THREE to order, Eben’s going to go OVER THE TOP and give you a copy of his Altitude DVD Home Study Course.
The original program cost $10,000 to attend, and the Home Study Course is valued at $2,500… but the first THREE people to register for Wake Up Productive will get a copy as a special bonus!
(If you’re one of the first three to order, you’ll ALSO get the Print Persuasion course AND the Modern Marketing MasterClass course…)
How Good Is That?
I was determined to be in the first subscribers because I would love to get these bonuses so here is what I did - I set up my Roboform with all of my credit card info so that when the time came all as I would have to do was hit the ‘Fill & Submit’ button and all my details (including credit card info) would be automatically populated. I was wondering how many other Eager Eben Pagan Beavers would be thinking of the same ploy? No matter how fast you type, nothing can beat Roboform.
The Pre-Launch Minutes…
The sales page was going live at 12:00 Noon CST, Tuesday 23 September. I’m in Australia and so that meant being at my computer and ready to go at 5am in the morning (I am always up at that hour so not a problem). I did wake a few times during the night to look at my clock as I was obviously anxious about over-sleeping and missing this opportunity.
Luckily all went well and I was at my PC 5 minutes before the page went live, here is what the page before 12:00 Noon looked like.
My tactic was to just keep hitting the refresh button every couple of seconds until the sales page went live and then hit my Roboform ‘Fill & Submit’ button. I think it was a few seconds before the clock turned 12:00 and there it was, like magic…the anticipated sales page. I was literally on it within the first 2 or 3 seconds.
A Curve Ball…
I hit the ‘Fill and Submit’ button on my Roboform but a dialog box appeared saying no form was detected! So I scroledl down to the bottom of the long sales page and there was the culprit…a payment option, 2 choices. I quickly hit the one-time $297 payment option and moved on. I then selected the Visa option and hit RoboForm ‘Fill & Submit’ and there it was, Order Processed. I would guess that it took me in total, less then 10 Seconds to complete the order. Here is my receipt with the time stamp on it, order completed at 12:00 Noon;
Will It Be Good Enough To Get All The Goodies?
The winners of the Bonuses will be informed within 24-48 hours, I sure hope I am one of them! I have a feeling that my beloved Roboform must have got me in the hunt to get some of those bonuses but did I get the gold?
