I really do like Frank. He seems one of the genuine guys and personally I enjoy the way he presents. Eventually we get to know who we click with and Lon I really like the way you offer valid useful information and it’s not at all in your face like and overdone as with so many others are.

When I see your well timed emails arrive in my in-box I’m ready to read it. I don’t skip over it or delete.

I also hate it when a video arrives and you don’t have a clue as to how long it is. Sometimes that will put me off watching completely. If it’s interesting enough I will watch it even if it’s done in segments. I would rather know – then I can plan my time to view.
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Geoff – Tell ya what, your comment is really a pet peeve of mine. I’m getting really tired of people screaming for “free” and “easy”. Good grief! When in their lives has anything worthwhile (let alone life changing) EVER come free or easy? Whatever…I’m going to follow your advice and just skip the BS…and deliver the straight value scoop.

Jason – I certainly understand your point. Personally, being a bit of an old hippie/salty type, I could care less about his language. In fact, I find it honest and actually somewhat “normal”. Obviously, that’s just me and not everyone will thing so. I’m also not convinced that he doesn’t use it on purpose for effect…but who can say?

I would probably agree with you and err on the side of caution.

Thanks everyone!

Lon

Thanks for the info on the Frank Kern Video. At this moment I do believe you can find some Gold here, but on the other hand it is kind of offensive, I find it like a great movie that has a great inspiration points but the actor or actors swear to much, so the question is raised is that really necessary….NOT!!!

Not saying I’m a Pollyanna but Dude what I’m saying is that to reach the “CORE” of your tribe then speak in a respectful way that ALL will receive it, and the last time I checked quality language is the universal CORE language…Oops did I say that?

Not trying to smash F.K, love his stuff just trying to speak to the CORE from my CORE.

PS- It is worth watching to get the nuggets, he does speak from the heart and is authentic.

Thanks

Jason Stovall

Social Tycoons

This has inspired me to put together a video that draws in people who want to create videos to gather in other people that creates a mailing list of people who want to make videos that show people how to make videos to become affiliates.

Do ya think there’s room for this “angle”?
Or am I deluding the online video promotion hierarchy just a bit too much?

I anxiously anticipate your thoughts on this.

- Ken

I appreciate the process used by Frank with his video. Curious to know your thoughts on if someone put up a No B.S. video that basically said…

“I’m not promising you that you’ll make $30K in two minutes or even $300 in 30 days. What I am telling you is forget the hype. Building a successfull business online or off takes knowledge, persistence, hard-ass work and commitment to make it work. Having a valuable product or service that actually over delivers on its promise is mandatory”…etc, etc.

Or do folks just want the “silver bullet”?

One other point, and I almost hate to say this for fear that things will change as a result! I almost always will use RealPlayer to download the video in order to be able to fast forward through it to the end to see if I’m even interested. Not only does it give me back the controls when I watch it from RealPlayer, but it also lets me know how long it is!

But if it doesn’t have controls and I can’t download it, I DO CLICK AWAY and never look back! They had their shot at me and my money, but THEY screwed it up by taking away MY CHOICE of how to view their message!

Yes, this IS the second post from me regarding this post and topic! I finally took the time to actually watch franks LOOOONNNGGG video – it’s 1:58:40 long! AND WELL WORTH THE TIME SPENT TO WATCH IT!

I was expecting a pitch fest like most IM material today. Instead, he opened up and showed up totally as a PERSON WITH A MESSAGE, rather than an IM Marketer with a Message!

Kudos to Frank for having the courage to give that presentation AND to make it available to the broad market.

The bottom line of the video can be summed up as “what happens when you show up authentically.”

Go watch it. It’s worth the time.

And yes, I will be passing it along to 10 (or more!) of my friends who aren’t in the IM space, but who are in the marketing space … even if “marketing” means the day to day interaction between people. We’re all “marketing” in one way or another … and the second hour of the video in particular shows the benefits of “what happens when you show up authentically.” (Be sure to watch the first hour in order to get the most out of the second hour!)

Thanks for letting me “update” my previous post by posting again!

I think I should have worded the post and my email differently. I’m actually NOT an affiliate and I won’t make any money even if someone ends up buying this. Not in that good ole’ boy JV club I guess…

Anyone who opted in to see the Core Influence video (including me) is actually a “referrer” I guess and only gets the opportunity to get the second video by referring 10 people…whoopee!

My point here was initially just to highlight the technique of showing a video…getting an opt-in…and then IMMEDIATELY providing an easy way (and incentive – the second video) to spread the word.

As this launch has progressed, it looks like the Video Boss model. Give away some good content in several stages of the pre-launch process. I think I will definitely work on trying this for a launch of my own at some point.

Brad – Good point. I think there was a little confusion in the steps (even though I liked the screencast video explaining it). And about karma…did you see the Powered by Good Karma List Machine on the page? lol…

Scotch – Personally…I agree with you about no controls, long sales videos. I hate them! Lots of folks do and I’ve seen hard data from a couple of guys that says they work. Well, they might work a bit better (because the entire message is delivered) but I won’t be using them. FYI – The Core Influence and List Control video #1 all have player controls and a progress bar? So, I’m not sure your comment was about these videos?

Thanks!
Lon

It’s kind of like watching commercials or infomercials on TV. I actually hate them but…when I’m subjected to watching them, I try to follow and study why they do what they do…

Lon