You can watch a High Quality version of this video here: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2296709339964&oid=108887302491089

Dan Ariely's book Predictably Irrational is a superb dive into the psychology behind why people make the buying decisions that they do, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it at the beginning of 2011.

What is more interesting is that I inadvertently attracted his attention – he wrote a comment on my Mad Web Scientist – which is pretty cool in my books.

So what if you intentionally used this strategy? It might just work, particularly if you did a whole string of short videos detailing your thoughts on a particular author's work.

Now, have a think why that might be useful attention to get, and write your thoughts below, in the comments section.

A bientot!

Dez.

The power of networking with social media & video – how I got Dan Ariely to leave a comment on my blog (unintentionally!) is a post from: Dez Futak's Internet Marketing 101 Blog.

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When someone posts a sales page claiming that they've got Facebook ads for near zero cost, I'm interested.

Now we both know there are scammers out there, but the *one* place on the internet where you can't scam people easily is the Warrior Forum.

Spence has produced is a superb product – and I'll be using it over the next few weeks in my Facebook marketing and advertising strategy.

Be warned though – $10 for an information product may deceive you into thinking the content is rubbish. You'd be sadly wrong if you were of that opinion, as the Warrior Forum special offer area is where you can get some incredible bargains.

And $0.00 Clicks from Facebook Ads?? Proof Inside – High Quality U.S. Traffic! is definitely one such bargain.

Once I've applied what's in the course, I'll do a follow-up post on this blog, and give you a sneak-peak into some the the strategies I'm using at the moment for lead generation and sales.

UPDATE UPDATE: This has become the WSO of the day!!! (WSO = Warrior Special Offer)

Dez.

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Before I tell you the answer to this question, a story:

For about a week, my wireless access at home has been behaving very strangely. I normally browse the web via wireless when at home – it’s just way quicker: videos load faster, workflow is better, I don’t have to think about monthly 3G data caps…you know all the usual reasons.

Anyway, for as long as I can remember, my wireless connection has been fine. Then about a week ago, I got a new mobile phone, and could I connect to the web via my wireless route? Nope.

So I tried my old phone. Same problem.

Since then, I’ve tried everything. (Well, nearly everything ).

I fiddled with the settings on my router. I repositioned the router’s aerial. I’ll spare you the rest of the details, as it’s all way too nerdy for this post (& we’ve both got better things to do with our lives after all).

And then, tonight, I got it working.

It was a simple solution: a newly-installed wireless TV repeater I’d set up around the house was having a fight with my wireless router. And the router was losing.

So how did I figure it all out, and why didn’t I give up?

Second answer first: I didn’t give up, because I’d seen it working before (this is the second-most important lesson of this blog post).

And finally, then, how did I figure it?

Simple: I tested everything. And that’s the same most overlooked thing that it’s so easy not to bother with in marketing.

Online marketing isn’t successful so much because of great design, buzz, traffic or brand. Though, all these things are required.

The bottom line is, are you testing what you are doing?

I know, it’s not glamorous. Tell me about it.

Staring at numbers, looking at traffic going from one part of your sales funnel to another…these, and more, aren’t exactly the sexist things to be focusing on in your marketing.

But if you do focus on getting this bit right, then you can move way ahead of the competition.

Remember, as Avinash Kaushik says (read "Web Analytics, an Hour a Day"), so aptly says to the PR/advertising execs:

"Your opinion doesn’t matter. What the data says does." (my paraphrase).

So there you go.

Always Be Closing?

Yes.

But also:

Always Be Testing.

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What’s the Most Overlooked Secret of Success in Online Marketing? is a post from: Dez Futak's Internet Marketing 101 Blog.

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