Internet Marketing

It looks like I will be getting my own office again!

2008/04/05 by paulforcey Leave a Comment

We have had our offer on a house accepted , home inspection is on Monday.
The new place is pretty much double the size of the one we are in, the garden is about 5 times the size of the one here so I will be buying a lawnmower (which is the only downside).

It is 4 bedroom and we only need 3, so I get the 4th one as a office. It already has a huge shelving area at one end which will be perfect for all my books and folders, there is also plenty of wall area so I can put up my whiteboards. They are currently in storage and still have project ideas written on them.

I think having a real office space will improve my work flow , but it will also mean that when I am working I can shut the door and concentrate on what I am doing.

I have noticed lately how many people are doing TV style ads, a bit like the infomercials where one guy talks at the camera while holding up a bottle of cleaning fluid. I am not sure how this would work with IM products but it could be interesting. So I am hoping that I will be able to hang up my green screen and set up the sony video camera I have and test out some ideas, heck I may even shave for you!

Ok time to go and start painting and packing , all being well I will be in my own office in 3 weeks!

Paul

Filed Under: Working Online · Tagged With: home office space, internet marketing, office space, using video for IM

Is Internet TV ready yet?

2008/04/01 by paulforcey Leave a Comment

Last night I watched Ed Dale’s 30 day challenge TV , well I tried to watch it.
There were lots of glitches, sound was bad, a pre recorded segment was all out of whack and in the end it crashed.
Now I am not bitching, this is new technology and Ed is pushing it to it’s edges I think so it wasn’t really a surprise to see the problems.

I am sure they are running around right now trying to figure out what happened, and next weeks show will be better than ever.

My question is , does this mean that Internet TV shows are a real possibility?
I am not talking about for someone with money, I am talking about for someone like me who has a decentish video camera a green screen sheet and a PC?
Are we going to see loads of cooking shows, car repair shows, diy shows all put together by someone at home and presented Wayne’s World style?

Filed Under: Working Online · Tagged With: 30 day challenge, ed dale, internet marketing, internet TV

Kevin Rileys Recipe For Sales Page Traffic – Product Review

2008/03/28 by paulforcey 1 Comment

I mentioned that I had bought this product yesterday and I promised a review so here goes. First of let me talk about the 800lb Gorilla in the room (no not the mother in law).. PLF2

I (like many others) had been following the launch of Product Launch Formula 2 , which was selling at $2k, and is from all accounts a masterpiece of launching products which will make boatloads of cash. Now I am not questioning whether Jeff Walker knows his stuff, I am sure he does, and I do not think it is “overhyped crap” as someone else mentioned. So why didn’t I buy it?
I mean I have plenty of products that would benefit from a million dollar launch..
Because $2k is not a amount I have laying around right now!

So in its place I spent $9.95 on the Recipe For Sales Page Traffic
What is included

Campaign Checklist

Recipe for driving heavy traffic to your sales page

Craigslist ad

The checklist is a very good idea, at just 2 pages it is something you can print out and keep on your desk while you get ready to launch your product.
The recipe itself is 56 pages in length, the first 7 pages are all the usual bits and pieces, introductions, disclaimers etc.

So what about the 49 pages..
I like them, I like his writing style, I think he has got enough screenshots in there to break it up without feeling like he is just trying to pad the book out.
At $9.95 this is a cheap report so he has taken the opportunity to mention his other products in there and that in itself shows you that he knows the game. Kevin covers using articles and videos to promote your sales page.

All the tasks are broken down into when you should be doing them, weeks before launch, days before, hours before and at launch time. The video method isn’t covered in huge detail but that is because he has a separate recipe available showing you how to make videos.

Overall I think it was worth the $9.95, if you have already got a list and have launched a few products then you may not learn a huge amount however if it only helps you make one more sale then it should more than pay for itself.
I will be looking at some more of his recipes and will let you know what I think..

Filed Under: Product Reviews · Tagged With: internet marketing, kevin riley recipe, product launch formula, product launches

Product Launch Formula 2 – questions and thoughts

2008/03/27 by paulforcey 2 Comments

Come on hands up, who bought a copy of Product Launch Formula 2?

Anyone, there must be someone who reads my blog who has $2k to drop, I will admit that I thought about it but then realized that Kathy might be a bit annoyed when we were $2k short on the deposit for the house we are negotiating on right now.
Yes yes I know that I could do one launch and make a million bucks, but I am not sure I could do it in between now and when I spent a night or two in the hospital after explaining to Kathy why we couldn’t get the house.

So that’s why I am not buying it, however I do have some thoughts..

- The pre-launch stuff has been top notch (as you would expect)
- Just watching the way it was being launched was worth money
- The amount of “I have the best bonus” emails I received was interesting, I expected to get a deluge of them and instead just got a trickle.

My questions include
- As Jeff is now including a copy of version 1 with each order made on the first day,does that mean ebay will be full of people who own no1 already and are upgrading selling of the new or old copy?
If that does happen is it worth paying $200+ for a used copy of PLF1.0?
- Why were the affiliates limited to the big boys? I mean usually with a product at a high price you see everyone and their uncle promoting it. Maybe there is a good reason why there were only a (relatively) few people emailing aff links.
- How many people who bought PLF1 never got beyond watching the intro DVD?
- How many people who buy PLF 2.0 will do the same?

Just watching the videos have at least made me think about what I am doing and I am trying very hard to put some structure into my next product launch (which is hard as it is much easier to just throw it out there and see what happens).

I did buy someone elses very own version of the Product Launch Formula today, I will look through it tomorrow and let you know what I think. At $9.95 it will probably be short of the personal coaching and a few other bits but it is at least affordable for everyone and has no availability problems.

Filed Under: Working Online · Tagged With: internet marketing, product launch formula, product launches