http://silentavatar.com/blog Speaking Up About All Things Internet Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:41:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/27/my-wallets-not-that-fat/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/27/my-wallets-not-that-fat/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:55:59 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/?p=113 Look.. I'm not saying that these "systems" are not worth what they are asking for.. but either people are being crazy and digging deep into their wallets until they hit their credit card/s (Ker Ching), or I'm just a tad disillusioned with the whole "up the ante lets rake in the money while we can game". In the space of 3 years I have seen product launches go from $97 to $497 to now $1497 and Rich's latest offering at $2497!]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/27/my-wallets-not-that-fat/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/08/02/review_crusher/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/08/02/review_crusher/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:06:08 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/?p=86 I couldn't resist making this post in the wake of the launch of "Review Crusher". What? You haven't heard of Review Crusher? Wher have you been? Mike Filsaime is at it again churning out yet another "buy this and it will make you money" product.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/08/02/review_crusher/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/27/contest/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/27/contest/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:37:03 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/27/contest/ What jolted me upright was the inclusion of a photo of Mike Filsaime standing in front of an enormous Hummer, with the caption underneath reading: "Mike Filsaime showing off his brand new Hummer H2 he won thanks to winning one of Russell Brunsons' affiliate contests!!!" If you have been in Internet marketing circles, then you would know Mike Filsaime.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/27/contest/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/10/viral_friend/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/10/viral_friend/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:07:36 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/10/viral_friend/ Viral marketing makes use of the tendency of a person to share something found to be informative, entertaining or amazing. Viral marketing makes use of many mediums in enticing this behaviour. It might be in the form of an interesting story, an addicting flash game, an amusing video and many others that may catch a person’s fancy. This ingenious form of marketing is typically low cost and is a wonderful tool for any company to utilise. The benefit greatly overshadows the cost or efforts to initialise this marketing scheme. Viral marketing makes use of many mediums in enticing this behaviour. It might be in the form of an interesting story, an e-report, an addicting flash game, an amusing video and many others that may catch a person’s fancy. Viral marketing is wonderful, but "True Viral Systems" are quite rare. A true viral system is one with a "Spawn Rate" of x>1 Spawn Rate: The Rate at Which Your Viral System Grows - That is, for every one person who enters the viral system, they will, on average, result X number additional people spreading the word as well. If your spawn rate is greater than 1, over time you have something that grows and grows perpetually. Every viral system will die at some point even if they are truly viral, however your system does not have to be truly viral for you to benefit. If you have a spawn rate of X < 1 you will still get growth - and growth, when you're talking about an email list, *is* exactly what you want to achieve.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/03/10/viral_friend/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/05/how-to-establish-credibility-for-your-online-business/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/05/how-to-establish-credibility-for-your-online-business/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:52:53 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/05/how-to-establish-credibility-for-your-online-business/ Today I listened to an audio from a woman called Sharon (didn’t catch he last name) who interviewed Mike Filsaime on the use of testimionials. Online business is essentially a faceless medium where you want the site visitor to buy from your site (whether it’s a product or service). Remember, they have not transacted business [...]]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/05/how-to-establish-credibility-for-your-online-business/feed/ 0