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Oh well… I really mean what I say. So yes! Say NO to CB Affiliate Formula! (sorry Andrew…)
So why my plain objection to Andrew Fox’s latest offering to the market? Well, it’s simple really. I bought the damn thing and I am SO unimpressed. Especially if I’m going to fork out $77/month!
Let me explain why…
Ok, I’m sure you’ve been bombarded with emails from internet marketers left, right, and centre about CB Affiliate Formula, and I was no different. Bang, bang, bang! The emails kept jumping into my inbox. ALL talking about the same thing. Sheesh…
So I went to check out the salesletter with no real intention of buying (you visit salesletters more to learn how people are selling their stuff). Needless to say, I thought it was a pretty nifty salesletter. I mean a picture of TWO Ferrari’s can’t do tooooo badly, can it?
Anyway, I decided to just check it out, since like almost the world was raving about it. Besides it’s being sold on Clickbank anyway, so if I really didn’t like it, I know I could get a refund.
So I made my order to lock my membership in at the introductory price of $77. I got my login details and went to take a look at what Mr Fox had to offer. I almost fell over the complete lack of real, actionable content in the member’s area! I was going - ‘WTF? I’m paying $77/month for this!?’
Well, let me just give you a quick rundown of what you’re going to discover in the member’s area.
You get a quick start flowchart which you will have no idea what to do with (especially if you’re really new) plus a video of him yapping about what his flowchart’s all about.
You get two PDF’s , each about less than 20 pages long, about how he promoted other’s people stuff and made a ton money. Nothing really comprehensive or groundbreaking here.
An opportunity to JV with him. Which would be great really. I heard he offered this as a fast action bonus during his Guru Slayer launch, but he hasn’t followed up on it. So we’ll see how this one turns out.
Couple of MP3 interviews he did with Mike Filsaime and Jeff Mulligan. uh huh…
How to become his affiliate, his recommend affiliate product of the month, and a brand new forum to hang around in.
Wow…
I’m stunned. It’s just so empty. If I were a complete beginner, I’d have NO bloody idea what to do. Seriously. Even for me now, I’m going - ‘okaaaaay… now what do I do?’ There are no real instructions or actionable steps to take. It’s almost like Fox just plunked a few things together and charged a bundle for it.
The best part of the whole product is the salesletter and how he managed to sell 1000 memberships in a space of a week, in my opinion. Go study that and his sales process.
Ok ok. Since this is a membership site, he’s gonna add more stuff and meat to the whole thing, and then it would be really worth the money. But at the moment, it’s a no-no for me. Not at this price.
Anyway, I reviewed CB Affiliate Formula when it first launched. Andrew may have beefed up his offer since then, and added a real system to make use of the information there.
So if you feel that this is something you still want to check out, go ahead. But if it's not up to standard, get a honest refund.
Cheers,
Adam Wong
12 Month Internet Millionaire - OK, the first thing that hit me hardest right in the forehead when I came across this product was its headline:
"The Amazing Money-Making Secret of a 28-year-old Convicted Felon Who Earns More Money Per Year Than The CEOs of FedEx... eBay... Amazon.com... Time Warner... Apple Computer... McDonalds... Microsoft... Nike... Yahoo... Ford Motor Company... General Motors... and Goodyear COMBINED!"
Honestly, that alone almost made me skip the entire salesletter, pull out my credit card, and purchase the product immediately.
Now the reason why I say that is because Russell Brunson has a reputation of putting together great value and products (so far), and I've always been happy with my purchases from him. I always learned something new and of great use from him.
So even with this outrageous headline (and there are so many on the internet...), I still trusted the claims that the headline was screaming out.
Anyway, on to the product proper.
What you'll be getting is basically a 5 hour interview Russell did with this "convicted felon", Vincent James, and how he made $100 million in just 23 months flat. It's downloaded in six MP3 files and it comes along with a transcript of the whole thing.
So I made my purchase, downloaded my MP3s, and got right to listening to the interview. I was little hesitant to start at first because I was facing 5 hours of information, but once I got into the interview, I really couldn't stop!
I was actually looking forward to finishing the whole thing because listening to what Vincent James had to share about his past experiences in his business and his mindset to success, sales, and direct marketing, was great eye-opener to me.
Now if you're looking for Internet marketing specific tips, tricks, and strategies, you won't find them here. What you are going to get instead is more on an insight into Vincent James' head into how he made $100 million in direct mail, magazine, radio, and TV advertising.
The slant is that Internet marketers now have to look beyond just marketing online and start to look for ways to generate leads and market products OFFLINE as well.
Granted you can be very successful just using online strategies, but coupling offline techniques could be the next step up in your "online" business.
Anyway, offline and online marketing is still the SAME. Marketing IS marketing. Only the medium is different. And what Vincent James will reveal to you in this interview are little gems that could be the next big idea for your business.
Now if you're looking for a step-by-step, cut-and-paste system here, you're not gonna find it. This product won't tell you what to do or actually specifically how to do things. Remember that it's just an MP3 recording of an interview. There's no system for you to follow.
So for a beginner, you could seriously get lost in the whole process, especially if you're just starting out your marketing career. But for intermediate and advanced marketers, this is really a great insight into a superb marketer's marketing brain, and you could really walk away with your next million dollar idea.
Home Study Courses 7 Figure Code Home Study - Yes, I was one of the many that decided to plonk over 500 bucks on Mike Filsaime's course because of the great bonuses other marketers were giving away promoting the 7 Figure Code.
Anyway, the real reason why I decided to invest in this course was simple. I wanted to learn how to run and grow a real Internet BUSINESS, and not be stuck in the self-employed mindset most Internet markets seem to have.
So I bought the course and it came in a nice big box all nicely wrapped and I couldn't wait to tear it open and start watching the first DVD in the series. In all, there are 16 DVDs in this course covering every aspect you need to know about how you can run 7 figure Internet business.
Anyway, just so you know, this course is 16 DVDs and it comes with two binder manuals. The DVDs are a recording of Mike's recent 2007figurebusiness seminar and the manuals are the powerpoint slides that the speakers used during the event.
I won't be going through each and every DVD here (because that will just bore you with the length), but I will tell you what I absolutely loved in this course, and what I didn't find too impressive.
First off, Mike and Tom Beal do a great job of presenting their ideas and philosophies across, you'd find it highly entertaining and comfortable watching them.
To start of the whole thing, Mike and Tom introduce the concept of having a clear mission and vision of having a business in the first place. Because it's quite clear that most Internet marketers got into this whole thing for the money. And that's why they're still stuck in the self-employed trap. To run and grow a successful business requires a vision beyond just making money, and Mike and Tom share a great deal on how best you can craft a perfect mission and vision for your Internet business.
Anther great concept I learned was the Hedgehog concept where it reveals to you how best to use your limited skills and resources and how to focus your efforts that will create the most results for you. The common danger that most I.M.ers face is that they try to do every damn thing themselves, and that creates a huge bottleneck for business growth. This concept alone has helped me to let go some of the tasks that I thought I needed to do to grow my online business, and as a result simply focus on my passion and strengths.
Another great part of this course is the brief history of Mike Filsaime Inc. Mike shares with you how he started out as a car salesman and transformed into a $4.5 million business owner. When you go through this, you realize that his success didn't happen overnight, and that it was small steps along the way that got him to where he was today. He also takes you behind the scenes of his business and how he runs things there, and to me this alone is worth the price of the course - Getting a first hand view of how this CEO manages and runs his multi-million dollar business, in detail.
Another great part of this course that I like is when Mike reveals how he uses outsourcing and virtual staff to get his business growing and at the same time, save more time for him to do he does best. He reveals to you the business operations that need to be outsourced as soon as possible, where to find the companies or people who can do them for you, and best of all, how to manage them.
He also goes on into hiring and managing full-time employees when your business starts reaching the level where you start needing them.
Another great part I like is Mike's concept of F.A.S.T profits. This concept teaches you that profits come LAST. Money is not that important at all (hurray!), and that what is more important is that the income generating activities you do actually free up your time, and not take it away from you.
Like Mike puts it so plainly - "Life is Good! - Don't screw it up for more money!"
Another great section is the part where he reveals to you the resources he personally uses to run his Internet business. From payment processors, autoresponders, hosting, software, fulfillment, outsourcing, audio video tools, etc. Mike tells you exactly where he goes to to get these things done.
I also like the part on Advanced Marketing on how MIke crafts his offers to his customers and the sales processes that he creates that he has his prospects run through. He even shows his own real life case studies to highlight to you the way he implements these strategies into his own business and the results from doing so. Another great eye-opener.
As it is there is a TON of great information in this course and I just covered the parts that I personally liked - which were the parts where Mike and Tom reveal the real nuts and bolts of running their business. There's a lot of other great stuff in this course and there may be other topics that may interest you, so it be best if you read the salesletter and see if it's what you need right now in your stage of education.
Now on to the parts I didn't really like.
Well, I guess this part is slightly biased because the sections I didn't really enjoy where the ones where I already knew what the speaker was sharing about. So this one could be subjective.
For example, there's a DVD on PPC where the two guest speakers briefly share with you their model on how they run their PPC campaigns. It was nothing entirely new to me at all, but I guess if it's your first time hearing it, you might probably find it great info.
Another section that didn't interest me was the part where Dave Cavanagh was sharing about how he uses 1ShoppingCart and all the nifty functions it has. (ummm.. sorry Dave)
Don't get me wrong though... Dave's great speaker. It's just that in this case what he shared about 1SC was basic at best to me and nothing new. Maybe it's because I use 1SC and I know more or less how to move around it. So this part was redundant for me.
Another part that really put me to sleep (I have a friend to verify this) was when a guest speaker was sharing about he legal stuff you need to do when running a business.
He was going on and on about how you could get sued and lose all your money blah, blah, blah. I mean I get the seriousness of the issue and I'm sure that protecting your assets is the smart thing to do, but then I felt it was way overdrawn. (lawyers...)
So like I said there really is a TON of great info packed into these 16 DVDs, so it's best you have a look at the site yourself and decide of this is what you need at the moment.
If you've just started out in your I.M. career, I wouldn't recommend you get this at all, because it's still way beyond your level when you're still learning about domains, hosting, autoresponders, etc. (But then Mike always says 'Begin with the end in mind...).
But if you've been doing I.M. for some time now and you're stuck at the five or six figure level and you want to move on to the next step, then this could be the course you need.
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During these 2 days, I covered absolutely every element that goes into creating a winning internet marketing business (from product idea conception, to creation to maximizing revenue). That means everything from all the little nuts and bolts that normally get glossed over to the big picture stuff to ensure you have a "MICRO" and "MACRO" view of the internet marketing business.
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