Comments for BizTools Brief

Comment on Man vs. Woman — An eCommerce Analogy by Evangeline

Evangeline — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:24:33 +0000

I absolutely agree. Something in the middle of these two extremes would be excellent. I’m too old to cope with too much complication!

Comment on Man vs. Woman — An eCommerce Analogy by sean

sean — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:51:42 +0000

I liked the pictures! Liz didn’t

Comment on Man vs. Woman — An eCommerce Analogy by Phil Davis

Phil Davis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:39:50 +0000

Hi Paul,
Internet marketing analogies aside I like to spin the dials and push the buttons… What fun is one button?

I do like simple better in the business world. We all have too much to do already and “keep it simple stupid” is a manta I can believe in.

Comment on My “Cliff Notes” from Cialdini Book . . . by Robert Cadle

Robert Cadle — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:11:14 +0000

Paul..

Once again I take my hat (derby) off to you for your ability to seek out what is helpful and give freely of that skill and knowledge.

I have been “around” in sales and the like for my entire life, and have read…and written….some good information, but this over view is truly an excellent piece and a reflection of your giving nature.

Thank you

Bob

Comment on One of my pet peeves . . . plus, your own social network software by Jason Stanley Marshall

Jason Stanley Marshall — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:32:09 +0000

Amen, Amen, and Amen!

The ones marketing like this are only looking for the BIG launch profits and then they fizzle out. Do you think they have long term goals for their software? Doubt it! They’re support is probably just as bad (which I have found out the hard way).

The only benefit is that they follow the advice of having a great guarantee. A company who is passionate about they’re product will choose other tactics to sell their product other than hypey sales letters that are only geared to get the emotional buy. Personally, I would rather have an educated buyer who truly enjoys my product and is using it to it’s potential.

Thanks for the post Paul!

Jason

Comment on One of my pet peeves . . . plus, your own social network software by Philip Davis

Philip Davis — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:57:29 +0000

Yes, it is one of my pet peeves as well. It takes a lot of ego or something further south to think that just because I got a free or low cost product that I’m now going to hand over hundreds and even thousands of dollars for an unproven, possibly worthless or useless product without the benefit of a good sales letter, proof, testimonials, a trial and then pay method. It is not a business methodology I want to adopt.

Another peeve and one that has gotten me a few times is the PLR crap circulating on the Internet. I’ve stopped buying anything that doesn’t have the authors name on it or that even hints at not being an original product. It makes me aggravated to buy something from a wanna be or real guru only to find out they got it on a PLR site a few days later for pennies…

What ever happened to a honest days pay or profit.

Signed,

Not a sheep any more…

Comment on One of my pet peeves . . . plus, your own social network software by greg

greg — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:05:47 +0000

One thing that I did find odd is since it’s all about making money, their “recommended” ecommerce transaction provider charges over 14% for each transaction (low volume).

What the….? I thought near 3% was bad for some merchant accounts – that’s a doozie. Looks good but there must be more economical solutions out there and if not there will be. I’m building more manually instead.

Good concept but short on details as you listed. Thanks

Comment on One of my pet peeves . . . plus, your own social network software by Kitty Jellinek

Kitty Jellinek — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:11 +0000

Hi Paul,

It seems that we have a “Pet Peeve” in common.
I wrote an article several years ago “The Sins Of Omission”
You can find it at: http://www.kimbro.net/old/step_by_step.htm
if you are interested.
I have just concluded a lengthy process of getting a full refund for an elderly couple who got suckered into a deal originally for $1997. and ending up with ongoing expenses, upgrades, paid support etc. at over $20,000 – with {will remain nameless}.

What makes me irate is the proof of income shown on sites with no mention of expenditure to obtain the income.

There is great money to be made online without ripping people off!

I feel there should be more posts like your “Pet Peeve” as making people aware of what the scoundrels are doing is the only way to make them redundant.

Cheers,

Kitty.

Comment on One of my pet peeves . . . plus, your own social network software by Max Miller

Max Miller — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:28:25 +0000

I agree regarding the sales (sucker) approach.
P.T. Barnum once said, “Sucker born everyday and two to take
‘em.”
I can’t help but get that feeling everytime I see one of those
product launches. Can you imagine how many people order the
product and then never touch it? I would be willing to bet very
few of those that don’t do anything (usually out of fear or lack
of knowledge) with the product ever receive a follow up asking
why.
Excellent observation.

Comment on One of my pet peeves . . . plus, your own social network software by Laura

Laura — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:11:25 +0000

Hi Paul,

As for Web 2.0 social software, another great one is Pligg.com. It started three years ago (at least that’s when I started playing with it) as more of a bookmarking, open-source software, but many plugins have been built for it, a forum of developers and programmers exist, and it has loads of tweaks and features (i.e. micro-blogging, networking within members, email subscriptions, etc.).

Great article, thanks for sharing. For the record I couldn’t even get the NicheSocializer sales page to load without timing out – so I wouldn’t have been able to buy it even if I wanted to.

Cheers, Laura Childs