It’s time for me to fish or cut bait on Stomping the Search Engines 2. It’s time for them to charge me for the first month. I can cancel and avod the charge or let it ride.
First off, the subscription is for StomperNet’s monthly newsletter – The Net Effect. The SSE2 DVD set was a teaser to get me to sign up for the newsletter.
The original offer was the SSE2 DVD’s for just shipping and handling plus 1 month free trial of The Net Effect. After signing up for this offer I was presented a seemingly endless list of One-Time-Offers. I signed up for StomperNet Insiders’ DVD of the Month as well as the main offer.
Down through the years I’ve received many newsletter, both print and online. Newsletters from Dan Kennedy, Perry Marshall, Mike Fillsaime and even one about Yellow Page ads have come to my mail box.
Learned a lot from all of them (well, except for the Mike Fillsaime one).
Right up front I will admit I signed up for this JUST to get the SSE2 DVD’s.
During my short StomperNet membership I got to watch SSE1 and it was very good, but a bit out of date. Going to Brad and Andy’s websites to compaire how they were when they made the DVD’s to how they are now showed many changes have been made. I wanted to see the up-to-date stuff.
Stomping the Search Engines 2 is jam packed. I have been slowly working my way through it. It’s a valuable resource. Getting it for the cost of shipping is a no-brainer.
And let me give some credit to the StomperNet folks. They were a bit slow getting the materials mailed out. I think a lot of people were smelling a trick, maybe keeping people from getting the newsletter soon enough to check it out before the billing date rolled around.
This was baseless. They moved the billing date to 1 month after the package was mailed. I had plenty of time to read the newsletter and watch my monthly DVD too.
They also sent me a link to a page where I can cancel the subscription without the requirement to get through a “if you want bla bla bla press 2″ phone tag session.
Very straight forward.
So now the month is up. What about that newsletter?
First, the physical quality is amazing. The entire newsletter is printed on heavy-weight varnished paper stock – the kind used for nice brochures and the covers of magazines.
The printing is super crisp, but the small font size challanges my middle-aged eyes and my bi-focals. This does let them put a lot of info on the page though.
And there is a lot of info on the pages.
Here is an article list (stolen from their website because I’m too lazy to type it out):
“It’s the Eyes That Buy: Web Design That Subconsciously Controls Your Visitor’s Actions”
by Andy Edmonds -StomperNet’s Chief Scientist defines the literal, biological ways your visitors experience your site, teaching you how to capitalize on exactly what visitors REALLY see.
Your Result: Create or alter your web design in a way that is easy for the human eye to absorb and watch conversions SOAR!
“How to Interview an Outsourced SEO”
by Jerry West -Jerry teaches you how to properly ‘grill’ an SEO candidate: what to ask…why you’re asking it…and even what the right and wrong answers are! It’s almost as good as having Jerry screen your candidates for you.
Your Result: Find the competent SEO professionals in this crowded marketplace… and then put them to work on your site.
“The Keyword Heist Technique”
by Dan Thies -Find juicy traffic your competitors don’t know about, and get double the mileage from your typical keyword research efforts.
Your Result: Learn how – exactly – to spy on competitors and swipe their targeted, converting visitors for your own sites (and they won’t even know you did it).
“26 Things To Test”
by David Bullock -We said earlier that you can’t improve what you don’t measure, right? Well, once you measure, how do you improve? Simple. Test, test, test – then TEST AGAIN. Keep the winners, scrap the losers. Okay, great – so what do you test? Start here. Start with David Bullock’s cheat sheet list.
Your Result: Through simple tests, you’ll see small increases in conversion over time – but in the long run, the differences can be HUGE.
“Ranking on Page One”
by Leslie Rohde -Discover the relationship between content and linking and how search engines’ value that relationship. Understanding this simple subject can mean the difference between a page 1 result and not being indexed at all.
Your Result: We think the title of the article says it all!
“Shotgun! Enjoy Galactic-Size Content Distribution Without Ever Leaving Your Home”
by Sherman Hu -StomperNet’s resident super-blogger shows you how implementing a simple process in your content creation can exponentially increase the output AND distribution for your messaging.
Your Result: Create and distribute video, audio, and text content SIMULTANEOUSLY – work smarter, not harder.
“Twittering Your Way to Free Traffic”
by Paul Colligan -Twitter: it’s hot, it’s growing, and Stompers are getting FREE targeted traffic from it all day long. If you haven’t started with Twitter yet, consider this a primer.
Your Result: A virtual “click magnet” that works 24/7, and you can maintain (and GROW) it in a few minutes a day.
“Ultimate Video Article Marketing”
by Mike Stewart -Source, create, and master the art of online video, PLUS maximize traffic once you have your video “in the can.” If you’re considering adding video marketing to your business mix, this will get you started with minimal muss and fuss.
Your Result: Churn out videos with the greatest of ease, and do it with the simplest and least intimidating setup ever.
“Mad Skillz: We Haz Them – The Vision Mindset vs. The Process Mindset”
by Andy Jenkins -A little inspirational piece I wrote to share what drove me to start (and more importantly – keep WORKING on) – my first Internet company. I tried to be funny and inspiring, insightful and eye-opening, irreverent and thought-provoking. I’ll let you decide.
Your Result: An invigorating kick-in-the-butt when you need it most.
“Email Blastoff: Design Your Email to Make Your Customers Open, Click and Buy”
by Audrey Kerwood -Tackle this very accessible way to market your physical products through high-impact graphical HTML email campaigns. Lists are NOT just for internet marketing “guru” types.
Your Result: Get that list of prospects and turn them into buying customers – turn your customers into REPEAT customers.
“The Social Media Survival Guide: A Twitter Case Study”
by Dave Taylor -We told you Twitter was hot. Check out this interview Dave conducted with a successful online entrepreneur to find out exactly how she uses Twitter to maximize her business.
Your Result: Enhance your customer relationships using a tool most people think is a waste of time.
“Speed Matters”
by Brad Fallon -An insightful look into why the old maxim of “bigger” being “better” simply no longer applies. Now, a company of any size (even yours!) can clean up in a marketplace, just by being quicker on the draw!
Your Result: A new approach to your game plan will rev up your company…and your profits.
“Armor Piercing Emails: Deliverability De-Mystified”
by Tom Ham and Colin Theriot -Take a peek into how StomperNet handles deliverability issues for our own email campaigns, and get the nitty gritty on getting YOUR messages in the inbox, not the spam folder.
Your Result: 98+% Delivery Rates – we get ‘em, and tell you exactly how.
All the article are meaty, content filled and informative. I’ll give many of them a reread or two.
On the inside of the back cover is a Monthly Action Plan. This is designed to give you a nudge to putting the newsletter material into action. There isn’t much use in learning this stuff and then not using it. They give you a plan.
The StomperNet Insiders’ DVD
The videos on the Insiders’ DVD expands on the SSE2 videos – often referencing specific modules.
I really liked the material about how to use Web2.0 sites like Squidoo and Hubpages to send traffic to your money site. Not just the general stuff you’ll find all over the place, but a detailed method for interlinking the pages for best results and a nice list of sites to use.
The Final Verdict
I haven’t clicked on the link to the cancel page. I don’t plan to. I’ll spend the $39.95 per month. I don’t even remember what the Insiders’ DVD is going to cost, but I’m going to keep getting that too.
It’s excellent material for an Internet Marketing Junkie.
I just checked and the sales page is still up. If you want to check it out for yourself, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
