Andy Jenkins

It’s not often I read all of a blog post from some of the internet marketers out there but this post from Andy Jenkins gave a ton of advice and is thoroughly recommended to read. I have taken out the 7 key points that Andy talked about about how he began again after leaving StomperNet and it is very insightful into what anyone can do and also looking at Andy as a person

1. Blog – The first site I built once I was on the west coast and settled in was AndyJenkinsBlog.com. I needed a place for people who knew me to find me again. And I needed a place for people to discover me. Having been on the web since before blogs existed, I have to say it’s my preferred “personality platform” nowadays. I can post my content, get comments, branch off into social sites like twitter, and build my list, right from the same site.
GAVIN Comment- Blogs and particularly using WordPress is the absolute must way to use the Internet now. If I can be blunt – other systems such  as Drupal and Joomla just do not cut it and the days of just HTML are long gone.

2. List – As I mentioned above, if you want true leverage in an online business, you can’t depend on traffic sources you don’t control directly. They always say “the money is in the list” and dang if “they” aren’t right in this case. The very 2nd thing I did on my blog was to add a list opt-in and start getting subscribers

3. Content – Obviously, a blog is no good without content. So I did a couple of rock-solid freebies that proved VERY popular out there on the web. I posted them to the blog, and I emailed my list to come and get it and share it. It worked. Bigtime! I’m talking about a list of 10K subscribers built BEFORE I ever got ready to launch Video Boss, built entirely on the strength of the content on the blog

4. Offers – Now as I pointed out earlier, Video Boss was far from ready all these months ago. I knew I couldn’t just build up an audience based on freebies because without offers being made periodically, people would resent being marketed to later. Of course, selling stuff and getting paid is a good reason to make offers, too. Without anything ready in my own product line, I promoted some rock solid stuff that was in line with the values I’d already established in my free content.

There are things that I know to be important in online business, and I promote products that will help my students reach those ends. I promote the BEST ones I can find. But there’s an ulterior motive there too. The people with the best products being offered ALSO have high-quality lists filled with customers who care about quality… and are willing to pay a premium.

5. Product – If you’ve been paying attention this month, you’ve seen me launch my “Video Boss” coaching program. I’d been developing this in the background the whole time I’d been doing the other stuff. But you’ll notice I didn’t start with the product first. I began building an audience, and a JV promotional channel, and a list building platform SIMULTANEOUSLY.

The interactions I had with partners and their launches, and with my blog and list subscribers HEAVILY influenced the development of Video Boss. So much so that if I look at it now and compare it to my first notes, you wouldn’t even recognize it.

6. Repeat – That’s really all there is to it. I’m going to take care of this class of Video Boss members, and while I do, I’ll keep posting great content (like this) to the blog and email list. I’ll keep engaging you in conversation, collecting comments, and thinking about what my next product will be. I’ll keep looking for tools and offers that you can use to grow your business.

7. Be a good guy – This one isn’t required, sadly. There are lots and lots of fortunes built on slimeball tactics and leaving others worse off than you found them.

Summary

Isn’t that just totally open and full of honesty but also full of valuable insights and information in how to start an internet business.

if you are an internet marketing beginner, there is a lot to learn here and if you do not have the know how to do all this, just read my Texas Wealth Club review, you can take the info from here and apply their knowledge to do just this.

Fantastic Andy – well done

Well guys, The Video Boss will have launched by the time you read this since Tuesday 16th february at 4PM EST is when it all happens but depending on where you go, you may not know what it is all about and quite frankly after seeing what is in the content – man this is serious stuff.

What impressed me the most is when Rob Cowie – producer of The Blair Witch Project gave a very impressive testimonial for particularly Andy and when you watch Video 4, you will see what I mean. Check out my reviews of the first 3 videos in andy’s pre-launch at Video 1 Review – Video 2 Review and Video 3 Review

The Video Boss  – Course Curriculum

This is being released as a course lasting 6 months. You get the main content 1 module per week for the first 9 weeks with Module 1 & 2 released in week 1, Module 3 in week 3, module 4 in week 4 and so-on.

You have 30 days to try the first 4 modules with the usual money back guarantee. the price is $1997 or $388 per month for 6 months.

The modules that you will receive are as follows:

• Video universe
• Video laboratory
• Live Video Production
• Edit Like a Pro
• Traffic Boss
• Video Reviews
• Video info Products
• Behind the scenes of The Video Boss
• How to do your own video product launch
• Like a Boss Advanced

Some of the key things you will learn – there are way too many to mention here are:

• 3 more script blueprints
• Lead generation videos
• Techno babble such as frame rates, bit rates
• 7 part editing process
• Voice over recording and breathing techniques
• Camera set-up and on location vs studio
• Camera operation angles,exposure etc.
• Hard core editors training e.g. sound,motion,timeline and titles
• Video SEO with Dan thiess and Leslie Rohde
• Social media marketing with Don Crowther
• YouTube marketing with Paul Colligan
• Vidoe distribution with Mike Koenigs
• Video product launches with Jeff Walker
• and special effects and custom animation etc.

There is no way I can do justice with what this video marketing course contains and simply, if you are interested in really succeeding with video which is very much the way of the future I can certainly recommend The Video Boss .

Man is Andy Jenkins good. I have just finished watching video 3 called “Traffic Boss” in his The Video Boss launch series and after watching the first two videos(The Little Boss was excellent) I am impressed with the quality and content about video marketing.

The beginning of the video is exactly like what Google did for their super bowl ad with a bit of andy’s humor added . I guess this is not surprising considering Andy is launching this product about internet video marketing.

This Traffic Boss video in a nutshell is all about the following key areas

• Creating a journey in your video and letting the viewer use their own images
  
• A Quick-Case Study of Googles super Bowl Ad
• How to make Voice-Overs sound sily smooth
• Resources for Royalty Free Stock Music
• How to get Videos RANKED, FAST
• Exactly what technical specifications you should use for Video Sharing Sites

which for you and me means it contains the following good content.

So, here are the best detailed bits from the video:

Video technical specs

these are the specs you need for video sharing sites only. It is not for hosting from your own servers
Save as mp4 file with H.264 codec
The video size should be either 640×480 or 1280×720 (720p)
Make the bit rate  larger than normal – 1500kbps. audio – 128kbps. 2x bigger than on own server.

Video editing

A few great tips were shared to speed videos up by cutting out bits to jump forward, adding video actions to e.g. zoom into parts of your screen and of course adding music to your video- 25% volume if you are doing a voice over

Video sharing sites

Andy recommends to use the free account of TubeMogul with distributes to over 2 dozen sites.

Once your video’s are out on al lthe sites. The best site to get ranked is your YouTube video. the reason is that this site has 1 in 3 online vide views

Royalty free music sites

Here are the recommended sites that Andy uses

musicbakery.com

royaltyfreemusic.com

digitaljuice.com

animationfactory.com

By the way, if you want the mike that Andy uses to make the videos. It is only $39.99($38.74 from Amazon) and is called Logitech Clear Chat Pro USB headset.

If yo uwant to know more about The Traffic Boss series, head on over to my review of all the videos starting with the first video – The Video Boss