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Originally Posted by awall19
yup. I guess my point was that as far as search engine marketing goes, karma spreads easier than "make me money."
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definitely.
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Originally Posted by awall19
I have met customers who read Corey Rudles book and were still failing until they met me.
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(surprise, surprise. 97% of people trying to sell stuff online are "still failing". And it's not because the programs don't work. Howtos are useless without persistent, focused action. I'm glad you were able to help them take action.)
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Originally Posted by awall19
I have met Seth Godin in person twice and even hung out at his office one day. Seth is part of the reason I am successful. I am way more likely to spread the word about Seth than Corey.
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Rarely do I ever find myself giving away a bunch without somehow getting stuff back.
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I don't think Corey understands the principle of "gifting". Many of his peers do, and use it to achieve good results. I don't promote his stuff either, because he doesn't give anything without throwing in a sales pitch for something else. His system can and does work, but the information he sells is not unique -- you can get it for free from other sources (but you have to work harder).
Another reason Seth is successful is that he focuses on principles instead of on techniques.
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Originally Posted by awall19
Money can make many affiliate marketers push your products, but at the end of the day I would rather have karma. Exponential karma growth with a force of free honest marketers of your product is huge.
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(OT: maybe the rest of this belongs in the SEO forum)
Perry Marshall is another person who uses karma instead of a paid affiliate program. A while back, I put up this page, just because I think Perry is straight and what he has to say is valuable.
http://terrelshumway.com/affiliates/perry-marshall/ [PR=3]
This page (currently) shows up as #8 on a
Google search for "perry marshall" Overture shows 97 searches for "perry marshall" last month. I got 8 visitors from the Google search in June.
Obviously this is not a competitive phrase, because I did nothing to get this ranking.
http://www.perrymarshall.com/ [PR=5, 33 IBLs]
I think Perry deserves more than this. What should he do?
[note: Perry does have an affilate program now, but it's very new]