Comments on: More real data from marketing on a shoe string http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:11:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: nick b http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6940 nick b Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6940 <p>This is some great advice. I must admit. I really love this blog, I'm in the middle of starting my own business and this stuff is gold.</p> <p>http://www.serenitydigital.com</p> <p>Heh, cheap plug, but I learned it here!</p> This is some great advice. I must admit. I really love this blog, I’m in the middle of starting my own business and this stuff is gold.

http://www.serenitydigital.com

Heh, cheap plug, but I learned it here!

]]> By: aneitlich http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6941 aneitlich Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6941 <p>Nick B:</p> <p>Thanks for post. But please clarify: Do you really think above is a cheap plug, and were you being 100% sarcastic?</p> <p>If so, I will never again share data from my sites, even the non-commercial ones.</p> <p>So far, I've shared the following data, in terms of a rough index of response:</p> <p>Email to my list with offer for free book: 125</p> <p>Speech at Rotary: 60 (Source: local press release)</p> <p>Speech at local club: 5 (Source: same local press release)</p> <p>My own network via emails: 10</p> <p>Specific Releases: 10 plus 2 invitations to speak; 75 total </p> <p>Blog: 3</p> <p>General Releases (PRWeb and BusWire): 2</p> <p>If sharing the site's URL comes across as a cheap plug, so you can see the offer being made, then I will stop sharing this data.</p> <p>It is in your hands. Please reply promptly.</p> Nick B:

Thanks for post. But please clarify: Do you really think above is a cheap plug, and were you being 100% sarcastic?

If so, I will never again share data from my sites, even the non-commercial ones.

So far, I’ve shared the following data, in terms of a rough index of response:

Email to my list with offer for free book: 125

Speech at Rotary: 60 (Source: local press release)

Speech at local club: 5 (Source: same local press release)

My own network via emails: 10

Specific Releases: 10 plus 2 invitations to speak; 75 total

Blog: 3

General Releases (PRWeb and BusWire): 2

If sharing the site’s URL comes across as a cheap plug, so you can see the offer being made, then I will stop sharing this data.

It is in your hands. Please reply promptly.

]]> By: subnet_rx http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6942 subnet_rx Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6942 <p>I'm really surprised that links from Sitepoint didn't work out for you. That would be my guess as the best method since a lot of people are interested in what you have to say.</p> I’m really surprised that links from Sitepoint didn’t work out for you. That would be my guess as the best method since a lot of people are interested in what you have to say.

]]> By: bob http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6943 bob Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6943 <p>I think Nick B was saying he was making a cheap plug, not you...</p> I think Nick B was saying he was making a cheap plug, not you…

]]> By: Automatik http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6944 Automatik Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6944 <p>thanks for all the great articles. I enjoy them a lot. </p> thanks for all the great articles. I enjoy them a lot.

]]> By: nick b http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6945 nick b Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6945 <p>Sorry to offend, I was being fleeting. I didn't mean any disrespect.</p> <p>The data you provide is very useful indeed. It's hard to be sarcastic online, I forget that tone isn't printable. Apologies...</p> Sorry to offend, I was being fleeting. I didn’t mean any disrespect.

The data you provide is very useful indeed. It’s hard to be sarcastic online, I forget that tone isn’t printable. Apologies…

]]> By: nick b http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6946 nick b Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6946 <p>I was serious about the love this blog part, though. I really do. It's a shame that my first comment came across badly, my fault.</p> <p>Interesting data. I just checked my site stats and sitepoint is now my number three referrer. My site has been live for about a month now and I find that fantastic. I never meant to come across as saying that SitePoint links don't work, as they obviously do.</p> <p>Thanks, Andrew!</p> I was serious about the love this blog part, though. I really do. It’s a shame that my first comment came across badly, my fault.

Interesting data. I just checked my site stats and sitepoint is now my number three referrer. My site has been live for about a month now and I find that fantastic. I never meant to come across as saying that SitePoint links don’t work, as they obviously do.

Thanks, Andrew!

]]> By: Cutter http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6947 Cutter Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6947 <p>These have been extremely valuable posts. People are willing to shell out hundreds of dollars on press releases and other promotion methods when the most effective solutions may be right under their noses.</p> <p>If you have ever heard about John Reese's $995 Traffic Secrets I think he did the same thing. It appears that he got 99% of his initial momentum through e-mail. Word of mouth combined with an affiliate program spread like wild fire and delivered extraordinarly targetted traffic to his site within a 24 hour period.</p> <p>It seems too often we want to rush and grab an anti-airsoft missile to do jobs that a .22 can do quicker, cheaper, and far more effectively.</p> These have been extremely valuable posts. People are willing to shell out hundreds of dollars on press releases and other promotion methods when the most effective solutions may be right under their noses.

If you have ever heard about John Reese’s $995 Traffic Secrets I think he did the same thing. It appears that he got 99% of his initial momentum through e-mail. Word of mouth combined with an affiliate program spread like wild fire and delivered extraordinarly targetted traffic to his site within a 24 hour period.

It seems too often we want to rush and grab an anti-airsoft missile to do jobs that a .22 can do quicker, cheaper, and far more effectively.

]]> By: MarkB http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6948 MarkB Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6948 <p>Case examples such as this are the perfect way to learn what works for people (and could possibly work for you), and what doesn't (so may not be for you). Thanks for posting these, Andrew.</p> Case examples such as this are the perfect way to learn what works for people (and could possibly work for you), and what doesn’t (so may not be for you). Thanks for posting these, Andrew.

]]> By: Sasa http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/04/26/more-real-data-from-marketing-on-a-shoe-string/#comment-6949 Sasa Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-6949 <p>I think this thinking is flawed. What would have happened if you offered the free ebook in the press release? You will always get the greatest response if you give away something valuable ...</p> I think this thinking is flawed. What would have happened if you offered the free ebook in the press release? You will always get the greatest response if you give away something valuable …

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