May 5, 2007
Adsense Decoded Videos
I’m sure that many of you have heard about the 10 Adsense Decoded Videos selling for $117. Before today, I never heard of them. The only reason I know about it now is because I received an email from Google Alerts. (Something everyone should use with a content based website)
Since I just heard about the Adsense Decoded Videos and know very little about them I really can’t say much about Adsense Decoded Videos one way or the other however, the standard red flags did go up when I read about Adsense Decoded Videos.
I’m not going to go into too much detail about Adsense Decoded Videos because you can get more info on their website. I will tell you what bothers me about Adsense Decoded Videos.
What raised some flags for me to begin with is that the thing sounds too good to be true along with the standard, results are not guaranteed. I always have a problem with disclaimers of this sort because if what they claim is true a disclaimer wouldn’t be needed.
Another thing that bothers me about Adsense Decoded Videos is the shortness of each video. Each video is about 15 minutes long. Seems to me that you can’t give too much detail in 15 minutes to explain how something works. On the other hand if these videos are straight to the point maybe it can be explained in 15 minutes. Still, I question how detailed the information is.
I did run a search on Adsense Decoded Videos and did not come up with anything negative about the videos. Who knows maybe they are worth the $117 price tag. I just question whether or not that this is the same old crap that seems too be a plague on the Internet.
If anyone has purchased these videos I would be interested in as I’m sure some of the readers of this website, some input of your results and impressions of the videos, good or bad. I’m looking for unbiased opinions. Any affiliate links to the Adsense Decoded Videos website will be deleted.
Here’s the link to adsense decoded videos home page.
March 6, 2007
How to Market on Forums
Using forums can be a great way to market yourself as a knowledgeable marketer and in return will help you make a name for yourself and your online business. As with everything else that you do when you market, keep in mind that you want to join forums that are relevant to your online business. Being a part of a forum that has nothing to do with your online business is nothing more than a waste of time.
The biggest thing that you need to understand is that you can’t directly sell your products on a forum and is not your objective when joining one. What you join a forum for is so that you can sell yourself to others on your knowledge of whatever it is that you do as a marketer. If you try to sell people products on a forum two things will happen, you will be seen as a spammer to the other forum members and will most likely be banned as a spammer by the administrator.
There really are two reasons for joining like minded forums. The first I’ve already mentioned and the other is you will have the opportunity to learn from others. You can get some great info from forum members and can learn about some things that you may not know about and get some great ideas about marketing that you have not thought of. A forum isn’t just a great marketing tool it is a great place to learn.
How many times have you run a search for information and a forum post or two comes up in the results? I know for myself almost every time. If you have a post in the particular thread that the search result lists you will be found as well.
Unlike most marketing avenues, there is almost never any kind of review that is required to get your post listed on the forum. When you post it will generally appear immediately so you will have immediate exposure.
When you do post be sure to give clear and helpful information that pertains to the topic of the thread that you are posting to. I see this all of the time on forums as well as many other posting platforms where a person just remarks ‘great post’ just to get a post in. It’s fine to say ‘great post’ as long as it is followed up with some helpful insight on your part. Don’t say ‘great post’ just for the sake of posting. It is not only counterproductive, it’s also a waste of your time writing it and a waste of everyone who reads it time.
Remember join a forum to promote yourself as an authority on whatever it is that you do online and never directly promote a product using a forum. Never supply a link to your website in a post unless you are linking to additional information that you have on your website that is helpful to the subject matter on the thread that you are posting to. If you show people that you know what you are doing forum members will want to find out more about you and will click on the link in your signature and check out your site to see what information you have there. Directly promoting a product on a forum is considered spam and will ruin your reputation.
Run a google search that deals with the topic of your online business and join a couple of them. After you join make sure that you setup your profile and include the link to your website in your signature file.







