Yes, I’d be happy to do that but if I do, I’d like something in return. No, I don’t want a freebie, to post to your list or for you to join my religion / political party / network marketing home business opportunity.

Instead, I’d like to swap a couple of hour of my time for a couple of hours of yours…and I’ll provide a detailed analysis of your video in return for you taking a peek at (and hopefully offering a few lines of review for) my book & pop soundtrack album, The View From Bondi.

http://www.andrewgoulding.com/The-View-From-Bondi.html

As a former film editor, I think that, at the very least, you’ll find it “interesting” as The View From Bondi is impressionistic, bordering on being a surreal musical. It’s biggest influences are Dennis Potter’s “The Singing Detective” 1986 BBC-TV (dir. Jon Amiel) & Tarantino’s peerless “Pulp Fiction” movie, 1994. The View From Bondi is hip, funny, heart-felt and very er…different.

So, if you’re interested in my audacious hustle or even want to just monitor my bizarre niche marketing experiment (I’ve got a viral marketing twist planned that could well be of interest to the Stompernet think-tank), drop me a line for a freebie review copy.

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Appreciate the honesty, but what would help me (if you’re interested) is a few examples of where you thought the AdWords video turned to fluff.

Obviously, we can’t please everyone, and I’ve been in media for a LONG time and can appreciate your perspective.

So, if you’ve got some time, I’d appreciate some specifics so I can work those filters into our next presentation.

Best,

Andy Jenkins
StomperNet

I’m not really into adwords, but a good video nevertheless.

Jag

The video is good, but it still leaves me with a feeling after an hour of watching like a snake oil salesman has been talking to me just a little.

Dave

Nevertheless, these long videos somehow seem to add some kind of credibility to the exponential increase in internet marketing courses.

What was a $97 info-product a couple of years ago is now $1,000, with many seeming to use the Frank Kern model of “give”, “give”, “give”, seeming overdelivery.

It’s not that I’m averse to high ticket marketing, not at all. However, Perry Marshall (Adwords guru) does it so much more tastefully (and in my eyes, ultimately, honestly) by funneling folks in via his low-cost Adwords course and gradually opening them to more intensive, costly courses. His marketing is modest but very powerful and highly effective.

Don’t get me wrong, I have a great deal of respect for the Stompernet folk. Dan Theis, Leslie Rohde, Brad & Andy have been innovative and have helped many people over the years with their sound advice. It’s just that I don’t like their style of marketing, which, I feel, diminishes their considerable skills.

Stompernet is great value for some people…but it’s too intense for many others…and their style of marketing, to me, passively intimidates, rather than convinces.

They’ve set themselves up as a fantastic think-tank for the changing medium of web marketing. I don’t have a problem with that, at all. However, it’s the selling of that idea that doesn’t sit right with me.

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People frequently sit through sessions at conferences to learn just a few simple new techniques that could be condensed down into a few bullet points.

I bet a number of people have watched the video end to end multiple times. I have only watched it twice so far.

Come on, we all know that most quality current affairs journalists can do a good story in 7 minutes and a great story in 10. Hell, I’ve seen Academy Award-winning documentaries that clock in at less time than that video.

These type of videos are the equivalent of the John Reese 72(?) page salesletter for Traffic Secrets, a million dollar earner, yes, but an abomination!

As a long-time student of media & mass media, I feel that these types of videos, almost irrespective of their content, are, in the end, terribly manipulative…and that’s a shame, because information can be distributed simply and clearly. It’s a question of discipline, taste and respect for the reader/viewer.

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