Comments on: Remarkablogger WordPress SEO Teleseminar – More Info

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:03:18 +0000

@Rita – I have a bulldog in my corner! Who knows what the reasons are people have? Some feel they are genuinely trying to help what they feel is a mistake. Some may be jealous at the success of others. Some are just cranky!

I welcome all comments, positive or negative. I will always be in favor of letting the comments “on the air” unless they’re not contributing anything useful to the discussion or they violate my comment policy. Negative comments give me chance to address objections (and sometimes disagree with them).

By: Rita

Rita — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:13:50 +0000

Michael,

I keep reading the responses here and am wondering, “why so much negativity?” I don’t feel in the slightest bit “taken” or “misled.” Your nay-sayers seem to know a tremendous amount about what they do or don’t need. Obviously, your seminar was not meant to attract those people. There ARE new bloggers, myself included, who DO need information, presented in a forum that is accessable and allows for questions.

To the nay-sayers: offer me what I need to know about WordPress and its tools for FREE on a phone call. Give me 90 minutes of your time. Follow it up with a recording, so that I can listen, and not miss things by taking notes. Allow me to ask the questions I’d like after the information is presented. I may very well take you up on the offer! So may many others. Pony up or let those of us who wish to learn make our OWN decisions about what something like this is “worth.”

Thanks,
Rita

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:30:40 +0000

@Dave – I found your comment in my spam filter and un-spammed it. First of all, thanks for your comment! That’s very thoughtful feedback and I appreciate it. I think you’re right about the “all or nothing” mentality. Shifting a focus to offering products like from the other kind of consulting that I used to do will cause me to lose some people and gain others.

The survey questions were quite deliberate but also very revealing. They were absolutely designed to create a pricing context in which to understand the seminar price.

Open-ended questions are great for feedback, but they’re harder to quantify and un-chartable. I really wanted the charts to be able to show them. More questions make the survey longer, and long surveys have a way not getting completed.

This is the first survey of its kind I have done, so I’m really looking forward to taking what I’m learning and doing the next one!

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:20:46 +0000

@Rita – Shhh! (LOL!)

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:19:53 +0000

@Steve – Yes, I see what you’re saying and that is something to consider. “Overselling” is such a subjective concept. When does selling become overselling? I’ always selling my consulting services through the posts I write and there’s no real “push” in those. But when a specific product comes online, it has to be presented and sold as a product.

Doing this on a blog is an interesting challenge. It’s still kind of new thing. Some folks are doing a great job with it, but most are not. In time, I will have some great tips for everyone in this regard.

Thank you for registering! I’m stoked that you’ll be attending!

By: Rita

Rita — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:56:50 +0000

Michael,

Does that mean I have to give you back the $20.00 you mailed me to say something nice?

lol – I truly CAN’T wait!

Rita

By: steve kennedy

steve kennedy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:49:03 +0000

Thanks for the chance to participate. I understand some of the comments above and I wouldn’t be put off by Wayan’s open and honest input. In fact, I think that the compliment you may be missing is that you can sell this product without having to oversell.
I am signing up for the class today because of your blog SEO expertise, not your copywriting skills. I am a daily reader and I know that it will be a great value. The price is fair and I am looking for ideas with my new blog at http://www.bootstrapacademy.com.

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Only 10 Spots Left for the Remarkablogger WordPress SEO Teleseminar — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:23:57 +0000

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By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:06:08 +0000

@Wayan – Your point about the price was well-received, but on this I disagree with you 100%. Feel free to unsubscribe. I fully expect to lose people as I shift over to a products-based business. Teaching Sells is the most exemplary program in my experience with internet marketing. If you think that they–or I–oversell, you are underexposed to information product marketing. I take the comparison to Teaching Sells as the highest compliment you could pay me.

@Rita – Thanks for the kind words! I think I might have to quote you!

By: Rita

Rita — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:21:57 +0000

Michael,

One more thing: to the “naysayers” about not posting the price…once you go to sign up, before you hit “pay” the total price IS revealed! You can still back out if you think that the cost is “unreasonable.”

Rita