February 9, 2012

Kajabi marketing

So where are all the Jabi Millionaires?

Are they in hiding? or are they ashamed that they did not make all that was implied that they could make…

Are they so rich that they are ashamed of how much money they made using the great and mighty jabi?

Remember how Kajabi was the best thing since sliced bread?

Well where are they now, where are all the rich people who have made millions and millions using kajabi?

It seems like every other month someone comes out with some great and mighty Jakabi, type product that claims you will make so much money and you can have all your dreams come true.

Well the truth is that most of the time you end up spending more money buying into the program that you end up loosing money the reason why is simple, they are not being honest about your real chances of making any money using the stuff they try to sell you.

In many ways, it is really all about allegedly promising the moon and delivering well not much in return.

Those days may be about to end, because of a new program

FTC Steps Up Efforts Against Scams That Target Financially-Strapped Consumers

Will programs that do not substantially offer any real wealth creation product, be subject to legal actions?

The Federal Trade Commission today stepped up its ongoing campaign against scammers who falsely promise guaranteed jobs and opportunities to “be your own boss” to consumers who are struggling with unemployment and diminished incomes as a consequence of the economic downturn.

So you decide, was the great and might Jabi,
a success or was it an over hyped massacre?

Ok, perhaps you have heard of the latest and greatest Guru Launch or not.

One thing is clear, it is expensive, allegedly and the setup fee, hmmm, it just seems a little much, but hey you know if you want to spend that much money a month I sure hope it works out for you.

One thing for sure allegedly it is way over priced, I think perhaps 59.00 per month would be a good price point, but they started out at 99 to 299 per month, yes you heard right, amazing I know.

Either way, I wanted to have a look at the sales process, mostly because it is of interest how these programs work to enslave the buyer, opps sorry that was a bad word, perhaps I should say, the methods they use to enhance the buyers interest.

As an Expert in Marketing, and I do mean that, I am old school, back in the days, of trade shows, and cold calling, business customers, this was back in the 1980s yes, before all these so called marketing Gurus were still in high school picking their noses in biology class.

Yes, I am one of those Old guys, from the days of Yore.

This is a very similure product to several “shopping cart solutions” but this has at times past been marketed, with some success, at least for those that were collecting the money.

The problem with all these (high priced) marketing opportunities, is that they rely on several things that the product does not provide you the paying customer.

Traffic, Product and the actual framework for success.

Yes, the product is impressive, or at least the video is, who knows for sure, but you really do have to do more than to just build it and they will come, actually they will not come.

People are way too concerned with the need to actually feed their families, this is part of what the big time famous Gurus have forgotton, greed can no longer be counted on for a sales pitch, and that is what most Gurus have done over the last two years, is rely on greed to sell a product.

I do not recommend this alleged product, simply because it is filled with eye candy and little if any real content, yes, the video is impressive but look beyond the hype and the eye candy for a moment, look at what this actually is.

An Amalgamation, of everything a good marketer already has in stock.

Yes, it is an alleged rehash, but in a different way, yes it could be good but it is allegedly, not good, because of the price point.

Now, make no mistake, if a man will not tell you what the price is, there is only one reason, it is because allegeldy he is ashamed to tell it.

Have you ever been driving up and down the road, and see a classic car for sale, but there was no price displayed, most of the time you just do not stop because you know that the price is going to be so high that you cannot possibly afford it.

If they wanted to really sell the car they would put a price on it.

This is true of anything, if you want to really sell a thing, you have to price it, otherwise people will not take the time to stop what they are doing and take the time to ask you what you want.

Here is a for instance, there were two cars for sale less than one mile apart on the same road, both were trucks, both the same color, one had a price tag of $900.00 the other had just a for sale sign on it,

Guess which truck sold first.

You bet the one with the price listed, because people saw it and knew it to be a great value, they stopped, and looked, that is what you need to do these days in order to get a sale, you have to get the price point right.

If you fail in this regard you could have millions of people as your affiliate but you will not be successful, simply because you have failed in one of the most important sales tenats, and that is to not waste the customers time.

The customers time is just as valuable as your time is, in some cases it is more valuable than yours is simply because they often will not give you a second chance.

So all this smoke and mirror, marketing Guru Gargabe, is not impressive to me it is a Failure, They failed, and this project will be a failure as well.

Simply because there are already too many of these “shopping cart” scripts and products, out there, remember stomper net, ( how is that working out for you guys? )

Oh, yes, they will have lots of press, in the IM world, but sadly in the end, it will be just like most of these Guru Garbage Dreams, the producer will make some money and there will be a few success stories, (fact or fiction) who knows for sure, one thing is clear, this is not for the average marketer, at all. If you have an established, Brick and Mortar store, and you have a “LOT of experience” then this may be a good option, but for say an average, of 90 percent of the “average Joe marketer” this is not that.

But if you prepared to dump thousands of dollars into an expensive and unproven product, where they are afriad to even publish the price before a certain “date” then go right ahead, as for me and my house we will save out money.

Sadly I cannot recommend this product, and I will not be providing any links to it, you can easily google it, or chances are you have at least ten or so emails in your mail box by now and already there are tons of Adsense ads out there promising all kinds of bonus, options, the best bonus in your life if you buy this alleged, over priced over alleged, hyped, product, but in reality, this is already available out there at a cheaper price, yes, you heard it right, you can get all this stuff for less money than you will pay for this Guru Garbage, what you are buying is the convenience of having it under one roof.

The Sad thing here is that they just dont seem to Get, us average Marketers, were the ones that make the IM world go round, not the few and the proud, but the average Joe marketers, these are the real customers, hopefully and eventually we will see that fact reflected in both the price and the actual sales strategies, in the future, until that time enjoy those long and boring videos that the Guru Garbage company has made for you.

CS 5 Gives Jobs the finger?

Looks like SJ, ended up looking sort of well allegedly stupid…

Is CS5 still claiming they can package an iphone app?  Answer is No…  Why, Ask SJ, he knows and he does not even work for adobe…
Well in a video of recent date, it would appear that is in fact the alleged, case.

Wait, is this even possible, well perhaps not, but with one move apple has quite possibly, upset the cart, and it may be that they have dispelled all the hope that mac lovers the world round had for apple finally becoming main stream…

The problem is that apple has really done some very bad stuff, allegedly.

People are really angry, with MAC and you know I dont blame them, I am seriously considering returning my ipad, because of the stupid terms and conditions, that they have attached to the 4.0 os system, I really dont need it and on top of that, I could buy CS5

Well you might have to wonder if perhaps apple was allegedly scared of the CS 5 Launch of CS5, one thing for sure, this allegedly puts apple to shame, think I might just return my ipad and go get CS5 instead, why? Why not, because Jobs allegedly does not care about the developers, just because you can does not mean that you should.

So what do you think is adobe winning this war, because it looks like they are miles ahead of jobs, and that is one bad apple.

Looks like adobe is far ahead of apple, allegedly, that is, dude Jobs where were you thinking man, they could have worked together to create a beneficial product launch, but hey guess that is what happens when you shoot your foot off to spite your face, or in this case a loss of face.

Perhaps its time that jobs retires, and gets out of the way of the new apple.

(allegedly)

Even painting is life like, amazing,

stuff, and one reason why apple is quaking in their boots, (allegedly)

Wonder what apple stock is doing right now?

Developing for the iphone or iPad?

SDK 4.0 no one knows what will happen next, will steve jobs turn out to be an illegal alien?

Will the pod people show up?

will the FTC file suit against apple?   Should they?

Have thousands of developers been harmed by apples inane acts?

with the recent updates to 4.0 and the last of even a usb port, many feel like perhaps the ipad is all hype and nothing else.

Most people think that the ipad will become a fad however, alleged rumors, are that even now apple is secretly working on updates to the ipad that will enhance it even more, and why not as people kick the tires, there is really a lot that can be done…

Have you seen some of the products that advertise you can get rich, They tell you all about the success stories of people who made millions, sure why not, but in the real world, you know that place where most of us live, the tales of instant wealth are far and few between.

Have you heard about how rich you can get by developing for the iphone and now the new ipad?

Chances are you may have seen one or more products that are launching over the next few days about how you can get rich developing for the iphone.

Having been an apple developer for several years now, I can tell you that it is not as easy as you might think it is and at the same time, if you are willing to spend some time working with the Xcode User Interface, you can learn a good deal in a timely manner.

There are literally hundreds of startup companies out there and they charge anywhere from $350.00 to $35,000 and up for developing an iphone or ipad application.

In fact I found one company that provides a fill in the blank style format, and you download a template file which you in turn upload to apple, after paying them $99.00 for that privilege and the cost to do this, was $499.00, now you could just get your hands on some free source code and the Xcode interface and do it all your self, for just the $99.00 apple developer fee, or you could hire some one to do it, as they claim in so many of these ebooks about how you can get rich developing and outsourcing applications.

That would be nice, and if Mr. Rogers were around today he would tell you how nice it was too, but sadly he and Mr. Green Jeans, and even the Captain, will not be joining us, so in reality, the average cost to develop an ipad app is over $800.00 and that is just for an average app with perhaps a few features.

If you want customized features along with graphics and a custom API, well then you talking about thousands of dollars.

In reality the idea that you can get rich with iphone apps may not be the opportunity you may have been lead to believe it is.

The reason for this is that most of time is just plain hype, bought and paid for by the manufacturers of the devices, they want to sell you.

It is after all advertising that made this country great and so we have to decide what is advertising hype and what is the truth and in this case that may be harder to do than you would at first imagine.

The hype and the reality equation.

First the hype, well you know what hype is right? Hype is commonly but not always a form of Exaggeration for effect.

The effect is that you read, the claims that are often presented without any proof of their authenticity, this is hype and should be avoided, yet we see evidence of this over and over again, in many different market places all over the internet.

The problem with hype is that people believe this stuff, and then rush over to buy the product, which is how things are done in the marketing world, at least for the most part, that is how they are done, you may find a few “honest” marketers, that will tell you the truth.

The issue is that honest marketers do not make nearly as much money telling the truth, because people do not want to hear the truth they want to hear that they will get rich over night, so they can dream about that nice red sports car sitting in the drive way of the brand new 10 bedroom home they bought with all that money they will make following that 400 dollar ebook they just purchased, and some might actually make some money.

The sad truth is that only about 2 percent of online marketers make any money, and most of them do it with the hype formula. So the next time you see some great sales copy that tells you about how you can make thousands and thousands of dollars in just ten seconds with no work required, Well you know the score right, Sellers 1 buyers zero

But you can even up the odds, by just doing one thing, thinking…

Just ask your self this one question, what am I buying?

Are you buying a product or are you buying the hype?

If you answer the first question honestly, you can improve your IQ significantly.