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Re: It’s About Technology That Creates Community

AndyBeard — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:47:57 -0000

I haven't got time for that level of participation - I spend a lot of time in private communities

They should put a pay wall on Friendfeed :)

Re: Why We Scrapped 3.5 Months Of Development

AndyBeard — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:47:31 -0000

I can see some real benefit in the metrics and being able to segment based upon various social media activity.
But these are things that interest marketing geeks like me, and I can see a marketing geek wanting this data within their current applications such as Infusionsoft.
I must admit my own initial review was that the landing page creator could be useful as long as I could use my own email service/crm and integrate it with other systems.

Re: Website Redesign Pulls in More Sales?

AndyBeard — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:24:59 -0000

The new format actually places a greater emphasis on the value proposition of Success Chef (compared to other products), and from memory only the monthly subscription is now a little more obvious.

Were increased sales across the board?

Re: How To Become An Overnight Expert In 3 Years

AndyBeard — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:58:34 -0000

I seem to be on a "M" curve

Rise in expertise, then at least from external appearances throw in the towel for 9 months and now climbing again.

In marketing often the best approach is a series of sprints, and that may also be the case in any field of expertise as well.

Re: Sunset Time for newcritics - 2006-09

AndyBeard — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:42:25 -0000

I don't think requiring registration will prove to be a barrier to worthless comments. The spam/moderation features of Disqus are one of the many reasons I recently removed them.

There is a feature within Disqus to switch off comments on posts which might prove to a a wise move, unless you eventually plan to liquidate everything.

Whatever you do don't just let the registration expire, and find a worthy owner of the domain

Re: Removed My Sold Text Links – Will My PageRank Return To 6?

AndyBeard — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:56:01 -0000

Good luck on the reconsideration request.

Vandread they are actually pretty smart on the reconsideration requests, and check things like advertising sales pages, can find evidence of paid reviews and possibly other linking schemes.

However it is possible they won't trust you fully immediately, and that the value of the links you had before have diminished.

Re: Unique Sales Funnel Tricks That Will Blow You Away

AndyBeard — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:27:14 -0000

It is great that others can see the subtle improvements in almost every aspect of the sales process that Dan has implemented. It is a lesson just to experience it once.

Re: Whitelisting Hogwash & Unique Solution?

AndyBeard — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:25:21 -0000

This isn't intended as a guide to reduce the number of spam emails, but rather to prevent emails you signed up for going in the spam though filters can be created for spam as well, they are rarely required.

If you signed up for a mailing list you no longer want, unsubscribe.
If you are receiving emails you didn't subscribe for, hit spam though it is 99.9% certain if you receive emails from any of the listed autoresponders, you probably asked for the emails to be sent, and it is also safe to unsubscribe.

Re: The #Twitter Method?

AndyBeard — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:21:56 -0000

This isn't a course aimed to increase your following, it is much more strategic.

Re: Unique Sales Funnel Tricks That Will Blow You Away

AndyBeard — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:19:13 -0000

I would look on those as being Sales Letter / Copywriting fundamentals, rather than specific components of a sales funnel intended to maximise revenue.

Re: The #Twitter Method?

AndyBeard — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:16:34 -0000

Well you still get access to the free videos

I am going to be totally honest, tools and training about twitter don't excite me - I use Twitter, I have a fair few followers on Twitter and follow lots of people too, but my use isn't strategic, and might also be a time sink because of that... but that is ok.

Re: WordPress Attack Underway: WordPress Users Must Upgrade

AndyBeard — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:56:02 -0000

Sorry I didn't bookmark or promote the link, as at that time it seemed very isolated and hadn't been fixed - too long ago to find it in my Twitter search

Re: WordPress Attack Underway: WordPress Users Must Upgrade

AndyBeard — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:33:27 -0000

The Wordpress dashboard will tell you whether you need to upgrade, plus it is displayed in the footer, and most likely in the header of the code on each page.

Re: WordPress Attack Underway: WordPress Users Must Upgrade

AndyBeard — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:32:17 -0000

I was seeing reports yesterday that this exploit was affecting 2.8.4

Re: Are Blogger | Blogspot Blogs SEO Friendly?

AndyBeard — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:39:05 -0000

I wouldn't invest any time in it because Blogspot I would guess is a Google trademark

Re: Unique Sales Funnel Tricks That Will Blow You Away

AndyBeard — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:39:32 -0000

The product may not necessarily suit all your email lists, but the process is really well put together. I know of a few old friends that will be promoting this when it launches on Monday, but wouldn't ask anyone to mail something that they don't feel comfortable with.
I am a marketing geek and just love seeing really great implementations of sales funnels.

Re: RSS Is Alive And Well

AndyBeard — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:28:31 -0000

I need to get back on my campaign to get Google to support authenticated feeds in reader, along with publisher controls to restrict sharing. It will be an unholy mess if the stock photo companies decide to crack down on illegal sharing of complete copyright works (photos)
There are so many private RSS feeds I would love delivered to my desktop where I have paid $XXXX for the premium content.

Re: Unique Sales Funnel Tricks That Will Blow You Away

AndyBeard — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:27:10 -0000

What Dan is using is a more advanced version of the simple mailto links I posted on this page
http://andybeard.eu/1472/opt-in-accelerator-war...

He has taken it to a new level, as I am sure he needs to parse the BCC email for the number of email addresses in the TO: or CC: fields... which isn't necessarily an exact method but good enough.
That would take a little extra PHP, but he might be persuaded to release the code sometime soon - maybe a good response to his launch will encourage him.

Re: Namecheap Affiliate Program Clarification

AndyBeard — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:13:35 -0000

Not in the least, but to be objective you have to try things

Re: Namecheap Affiliate Program Clarification

AndyBeard — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:37:25 -0000

The affiliate payment is only on the first sale so it wouldn't be possible - I assume most people who join Namecheap have purchased at least one domain through them.

I don't think this is the kind of affiliate del where you would concentrate a huge amount of resources to push it, but for a little incidental income, you can't complain if you have been recommending Namecheap to people anyway.

I know some people only look at the $ they can earn in affiliate marketing, I prefer to recommend products irrespective of the earning potential that have value.

Re: Now Namecheap Affiliates Can Rip Off Their Readers

AndyBeard — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:03:42 -0000

I keep on thinking of so many ways that they could add extra value on the backend that would be revenue producing.
The Ill-will or "buyers remorse" is a danger

Re: The Ultimate Wordpress Htaccess File?

AndyBeard — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:37:43 -0000

Basic rewites, just let Wordpress do it

Re: Now Namecheap Affiliates Can Rip Off Their Readers

AndyBeard — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:34:31 -0000

It is a strong testimonial for Namecheap, and their largest competitor seems to make enough to run Superbowl ads every year - maybe from the $200 fees for reactivating domains after a spam complaint.. at their convenience

Re: Now Namecheap Affiliates Can Rip Off Their Readers

AndyBeard — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:53:46 -0000

I could easily reverse that logic and ask you how many affiliates you contacted in preparation of your affiliate program who practice affiliate marketing as brand evangelists rather than just coupon sites, domain research and top 10 lists of domain hosts.

The only thing I criticized in the whole of this post was the affiliate program, every other aspect is a solid testimonial.

The most telling of the tweets I received you might not have picked up.

@AffiliateStuff "LMAO!! You said it, but we were all thinking it ;)"

You might not know Kirsty McCubbin but she was the A4U Affiliate Marketing Blogger of the year, whose opinions are highly respected, and she doesn't pull punches either.

My solution? Give me $0.05 - $0.10 on all domains for the first year (on current prices, but see later, you could increase prices and pay more - improved value proposition)

Not sure if it is currently available, but Formula 5 from Stompernet would give you plenty to chew on http://andybeard.eu/adtrackz/go.php?c=f5mba (aff)

If I bring someone across with 100 domains, that must be worth $5 - $10 to you

Give me a bigger percentage on hosting which having just compared numbers is competitive with VPS.net but without the "cloud" features. It wouldn't actually hurt you to just become one of their resellers - the margins with volume are pretty good.

Just 2 days ago I was chatting with a guy who has multiple websites just about to do a huge product launch... who had his domain with Godaddy.

One of the strong pieces of advice I gave him was to switch to Namecheap or Moniker, and do it yesterday, as it is a huge risk.

As an affiliate authenticity with your audience is your most valuable commodity. The money isn't in the list, but the relationship with them.

I wouldn't want Namecheap to go bust just so I could make money recommending them, but if you are going to have an affiliate program, it has to be one that makes sense for all parties.

Affiliate authenticity is your strongest weapon, because most major affiliates have heard horror stories with your competitors. It is something that can overcome price differentials - significantly.

Re: Keyword Elite 2.0 – Bonus Wars & Clickbank Transgressions

AndyBeard — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:04:09 -0000

From what I have heard, if you didn't receive notification of an upgrade coupon, you should raise a support ticket with Brad's people. It isn't spam email if you have signed up to his list, or the emails are related to his products, services or similar marketing products, and he provides a way to opt out.
If people were offered a free upgrade, then again the best course of action is a support ticket.