IMHO the Rich Jerk's book was: 1. Full of a lot of fluff and filler of mostly common sense info 2. I would never have paid what he was asking, but I was able to get it for free so I read it. 3. Some of the things in it would only get you into trouble with Google if you followed his advice. 4. The book is very out of date now because of all of the changes that Google has gone through since he first began his marketing campaign on it. Again in IMHO, I am happy to share how I make my living online. I want others to be able to succeed. I would never try to hide my tactics because I believe that there is plenty of room for all. I really do believe that good things come to people that help other. Competition never hurts anyone when you know what you are doing and understand how to harness it. No I am not a gazillionaire, but I do make a comfortable living and that is all I want. I want to be able to go where I want, when I want, and do what I want without having to ask permission from a boss if I can or not. Having too much money for me, entails too much responsibility of managing other people to handle my affairs, and that was one of the things I wanted to get away from. It is too much work, and I have become a bit of a slacker in my online life. Helping people should never be an issue, it should be second nature. That is what divides the rich jerks (who isn't rich by the way) from the real people who are successful in there own quite ways.
If he is eelling the ebook for $10 I am sure he is making some money for that too. I mean it is not like he has to pay postage or other overhead for that
He managed to pull off one of the most interesting viral marketing campaign I've ever seen... Starting with that ebay site sale which he claimed sold for 300k. He's not a fraud.. and his info in his ebook is just that.. information... you can find it elsewhere but it will save the newbie time to get started. And as far as people stating why is he selling his secrets for that low price? Because he can make money doing this. There is a lot of crap out there along with a lot of valuable nuggets. At $10.00 I would recommend this book to anyone starting out. To the average webmaster and IM, it is nothing new. But for any newbie interesting in getting started in the right direction, it is worth every penny. And btw, I'm not affiliated with him... been on DP for over 4 years with this username...
I'm really not trying to be mean to you, but IMHO that was some awful advice. I would never advise anyone to throw a $10 bill in the toilet, just to flush it away. Now I wish I hadn't deleted it, as I would just give it to anyone that wants it, as the toilet paper is worth more than the e-book is.
the ebook is not worthless, but as others have said it is best suited for those just getting into this stuff. the reason he is so successful is that he has made a 'brand' of himself to distinguish himself from the rest, and also he did a shitload of marketing and PPC advertising.
I don't know about the Rich Jerk. If I had to bet my money, well I don't want to bet money right now. Quick story.. and my $5800 problem: Here's the story, I just wrote a check for a nice, barely driven 2000 Jetta that is going to save my ass from having to spend hours upon hours on public commute. And it is, I drove it off the lot yesterday. But, (I despise that word) the rest of the story is--You guessed it! I don't have $5800 in da bank. Anyhow... I just found Frank Kern's Mass Control Gift and watched the oh so simple way that Kern employs his mad (or should I say mass) marketing experience to make millions online. I don't need millions.. I'll take millions, I'll even make millions.. but alls I need right now is thousands. Has anyone signed up for this yet and do you have feedback? The promo I saw is at http://masscontrolgift.com I need this car.. if necessary they'll have to chase me down to get it back.
I know the guy, know his lady, know his kids, family etc. He's the real deal. In fact, because of the Rich Jerk I'm sitting next to my beautiful blondie girlfriend who is right now working away making us some $$$$.
lol Only on message boards. heh JoseArmando, show where he is getting hundreds of thousands of monthly hits at his incredibly lame site. Show where he is getting as many visitors to his God-awful dead blog, board, like shoemoney and chow are getting?
Look copper I'm in no position to defend the marketer behind rich jerk project but I do respect his ability to create all this buzz around his products.
Yeah, this is my favorite message board... http://www.jasonmoffatt.com/images/jasonmoffatt-playboy-mansion.jpg
I am sorry, I understand that Rich Jerk is not a jerk at all and he made a real business ... but what do you mean to say with these naked women on this picture? And if you post more of these naked woman pictures can you find some women that actualy look good? You needed him for that?
He posed with a bunch of girls. Yeah and? I can do that this weekend at any strip joint, club or party downtown. All that is needed is a camera, and a simple question. "Can I take a picture with you?" I did that in high school. And even that isn't bringing him impressive traffic. A bunch of guys look at the picture, and then back out of whatever site that picture may be in. JoseArmando, you called him a marketing genius, so show where he has a lot of traffic. lol noobs. Like I have always said, everyone (well, the ones who have a brain), do your homework before parting with your money.
With all the respect, but they were naked there ... You see, it is very easy for the money to end up in the evil end when it is in hands of jerks, especialy rich jerks... business is business, but after work is when peronality comes out, and these have none! In that picture I don't see happyness, health and wealth ... I see only a bunch of people with a lot of money and almost no brain, and most of them can't have sex without money backing it up. That's what I see on this picture. You get me? Don't make me call my friend Ninja and send him to bust your mouth for showing this crap