Don Fleece, Traffic Mysteries, Confessions and Reality
Filed under: affiliate marketing, don fleece, video, viral marketing
A couple of days ago I blogged about Don Fleece and Traffic Mysteries 2 – a new product and unheard of product creator in the IM world. Today is confession time. This was all part of a hoax.
It was an elaborate plan masterminded by Frank Kern to get the attention of John Reese who is the creator of Traffic Secrets. Seems Frank owed John some “payback” for a stunt back in 2006.
Don Fleece is an imaginary guru, the Traffic Mysteries product does not exist, but…
In the story I told about the marketer who did not realize the reality of Kimkins and the points made in checking out a new product and its creator – those are sincerely real and valid.
I have to confess, I was in on the traffic mysteries thing. I knew there was no product in the end or money to be taken from anyone and I have to admit – I was not going to originally add the product to this blog as I have no intentions of fooling the real readers but it tied in nicely with the real story of things that were happening. No one was going to get scammed out of their money.
I am elated that at least a couple of people did get something out of it all. One commenter on the post who I believe didn’t realize the hoax learned some additional techniques in investigating a product, and a fitness blogger was kind enough to blog on the danger to his readers of promoting 3rd party products as well as mentioning Kimkins which really is greatly appreciated.
John Reese has left a comment which I will address privately, as he seems to be a little upset but I will add a public apology here –> John I am sorry for any stress this has caused you and in reality we all love and admire you! –> and would like to assure Mr. Reese there are some really great things that have come out of this exercise.
This particular project was not only an opportunity for me to spread the word on my cause, but turned into one of the biggest networking frenzies I’ve ever seen. I was able to greatly expand my circle of contacts through this excursion and additionally I was able to release a lot of stress that had still been pent up over struggles of the past year.
Within days, a group of us had created an active looking pre-launch forum (I may have knitted quite a few socks), created a “buzz” and managed to get some people believing this was a real product. Some of the methods used to start the stir are available to every marketer out there. Hub, Squidoo, blogging, social bookmarking – all things available freely on the web.
Something that should have been a dead giveaway was the picture used of Mr. Fleece with his anti drule invention. This was in reality a feminine product hanging out of his mouth and I am ROFLMBO as I type this.
Some additional personalities were created such as Fleece’s cousin Vern who was giving video testimonials and was not amused that Wurdmess had questioned the integrity of Traffic Mysteries and Fleece.
Today I am back to another project that is real work, but I would like to thank all the posters who came by, thank you to Frank Kern for the opportunity to participate in something that I have learned and gained much from, and a really big thank you as well to John Reese for stopping by.
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Customer Review Videos – Video Arrives 2.0 Style
Filed under: affiliate marketing, product creation, video, viral marketing
I can’t begin to tell you how super duper excited I am today. I have been playing with something for the last week, and my head is exploding with the possibilities. It’s called Customer Review Videos.
A cool thing happens while looking into scams. You are forced to go all over the web checking this link and that one. I found this little site on one of my searches to get to the root of some 1on40 things. Affiliates were actually promoting 1on40 still (which scares me and I’ll have another update on that soon).
Back to my find. Customer Review Videos is a site that lets you find a review video to promote something and add YOUR links to it. If I didn’t have a clue about how to make a video I could still use video marketing for all my campaigns.
You are able to monetize on OPE (other peoples efforts). This is serious lazy video marketing on steroids. Formating for members is a WYSIWYG – so anyone can do this.
The site is a baby at only 3 months old. It is still being tweeked a bit, but is completely functional. I have written a complete review with video examples on hub pages.
I had the good fortune to speak with (in emails) Scott Britner. Scott is one of the owners of the program, and has been working day and night (you wouldn’t believe the times I got emails). He is a family man as well and was gracious enough to spend a little time replying to my questions about the program. He is all about adding as much value to the end user as possible. This is the type of thing that is the foundation of a great business.
What Makes This Video 2.0 Style?
Videos assembled on the CRV site include easy to find social bookmarking tools. Links and coding are provided to share your video creation easily, and carry along your affiliate links to where ever the video may go. The Platinum membership lets you create video squeeze pages and review video niche sites in a matter of minutes. Make a review on any product you wish – and review things from all over your house. Then share those reviews with your friends and family. If they decide to “Buy It,” you can get paid just for recommending it.
I love video, I love sharing good bargains, I love promoting things that I think are useful products. I’ve been stuck in the boonies now for a few months now, and this is a new way to share with the world my real thoughts and feelings about things. I personally feel video is the best way to connect with an audience. People get to see the real you – not just some words on paper of all hype.
Not just for around the house stuff either. I think video ebook reviews from clickbank and paydotcom are going to be a new thing. The possibilities are endless. I’m technically challenged when it comes to building real web pages (part of why avenuegirl.com is taking so long).
My current feelings with Customer Review Videos? Two giant thumbs up;) But don’t take my word for it – try it out yourself with the free silver membership. Or for more information and examples please visit my hub pages review.
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I was pulling my hair out somewhat this morning (and you’d think I’d be much more careful about it after Kimkins) as I was researching someone who I am still trying to figure out how to go about “calling them out.”
Anyway, it all boiled back down to SEO again, and I was reminded of 1on40. My first typing in of the term was an interesting typo – that was 10n40 – that’s a ten, the letter “n” and the number 40. The o (letter o) and the 0 (zero) are in very close placement on the keyboard. I’ll give that little tidbit away for free for anyone who happens over this often depressing and sadistic blog. So, I got some results with the typo’s (very exciting) and decided to type in properly, and noticed that finally the sweet little hub page I was following had trickled down and the master “1on40″ was at the top.
I was sad to see the hub page project by Terry G had dropped to 3rd on the ranking. But to be honest – I called it a week or so ago. Yes, all those new affiliates have slapped coded banners on their sites, in addition to sprinkling links in blogs, hub pages, and God only knows where – and now there are a bazillion back links getting settled in – and what a mess this will be if indeed 1on40 is deemed a scam. The clean-up will be enormous. The winner now is the 1on40 headquarters dot net and dot com sites.
I am beginning to see the nay-sayers now. A person going by the name of “felix” appeared on Terry’s webpage, crying that google has banned his site, and his page rank has dropped. I wish felix had left a little more information. If anyone would like to leave comments here on this blog, with details and links to your sites please do.
I was a little excited to see my “part 1: 1on40” hanging in there on the front page. I had only blogged once before about it, and I was sure there had to be some people pushing it harder than I was. I think one of my advantages here is the sheer power of Wordpress.
Someone joked that maybe 1on40 had shut down scam.com. The site was down for a few days, and like a junkie I was jonesing for scam to get fixed. It has been back up for a week or so now. I visited Scam, and found this great thread here. 1on40 is being compared to MTT aka morethantraffic (dot) com. This company is gone, but many suspect this is a repeat, including Reg, who has his own problems with 1on40 and is documenting them at his forum.
This is just a mini-update for now, and I’ll be continuing on with this soon. I’m sure some people will be interested in some video stuff I have done (if the real scam is revealed) and more that I’m working on – like how to file a complaint with the FTC.
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