eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business Reviews
eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business
- ISBN13: 9780470411599
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In this Web 2.0 era, small business owners are at a severe disadvantage because they have minimal, if any, knowledge, about Internet marketing. They also lack the budget to hire a top-notch web marketer. As a result, the thrust of their Internet marketing program is usually a poorly performing website that attracts few visitors. e Boot Camp is the solution to the entrepreneur’s Internet marketing problem. This do-it-yourself book provides the know-how that’s needed to win business in cyberspace
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Guerilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerilla Marketing
- ISBN13: 9781599181943
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Add the Internet to Your Marketing Arsenal-Guerrilla Style! The Father of Guerrilla Marketing, Jay Conrad Levinson, changed marketing forever when he unleashed his original arsenal of marketing tactics for surviving the advertising jungle on a shoestring budget. And now, Levinson and online marketing masters Mitch Meyerson and Mary Eule Scarborough once again show you how to beat the odds by combining the unconventional, take-no-prisoners Guerrilla Marketing approach with today’s ultimate
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Review by Compay for eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business
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I have developed several hundred websites over the last decade, optimized them for Google, and have literally made millions for my clients. So while most web marketing books may not present me with new techniques, I have still given five-star reviews to those that I think others would find useful.
Not only is this book a weak primer with plenty of page filler, but Perlman’s suggestions can actually hurt your marketing results. Chapter 4 is dedicated to your keywords meta tag, yet Perlman doesn’t realize nor does he mention that Google’s algorithms have completely ignored the keywords tag for years. When discussing title tags, he makes no mention of easy mistakes that will get websites penalized or even blacklisted from Google. Perlman encourages reciprocal link exchanges with other webmasters (with no mention of anchor text), but never explains that some links can be worthless, and others can get you banned from Google.
The only effective marketing angles that Perlman barely scratches the surface on are writing articles, press releases, and blogging. I can point out several books for the same amount of money that contain ten times as much useful information for newbies and designers alike, such as Web Marketing All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, and Web Copy That Sells.
I bought this book (Amazon verified) because there were almost 50 glowing reviews. What I failed to notice was that 90% of the reviewers have written only one review. Most of them refer to the author by his first name, and suggest that they’ve been to his seminars. The testimonials in his book are from other authors, and not a single one of them are web developers or online marketing experts. Perlman himself seems to have no background in web design or internet marketing (there’s zero mention of either on his sites or in his book).
Countless other web marketing books will help you more in the long run, and will actually tell you how not to get banned from Google. I’m not even upset that I bought it, I’m upset that so many people new to web marketing will buy it, and do a major disservice to promoting their business.
Review by C. S. Frederick for eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business
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I purchased three SEO/online marketing books and “ebootcamp” was the worst out of the three. The the information in this book was made over simplified to the point that it was not worth buying. “SEO Made Simple” was shorter but had more precise/useful information. Unless you’re completely computer illiterate find something with more substance to spend your money on.
Review by claude whitacre for eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business
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I have dozens of books on internet marketing. This is the one I recommend. Not because the information is unique, but the author’s ability to instruct is phenomenal.
This author completely grasps what newbies want to know, and he puts the information in easily digested, easily understood bits. There are other reviews describing the contents, so I won’t bore you.
But the subjects covered are so easy to grasp, that any beginner will get value out of this book. I recommend it to anyone wanting to know how to make a website…and make it sell.
Review by Miss Terry for eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business
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This book seems like it was written in a week. Or less. There just is not a lot of info in it. And for the most part, what’s in it is very basic. I found very little I didn’t already know about.
The book was published in January ’09. Just 5 months later, an Amazon reviewer called “Swati Nigam” wrote in their review:
“He has written a chapter about how important meta tags keywords is to search engines including Google. But I know that Google does not look at meta tags keywords anymore. So when I emailed him about it, he explained to me that its true Google does not, but many other search engines still do, and that it is a good place to list commonly misspelled words (you wouldn’t want them on your main content). However, I hope in his later book revisions, he would let people know that Google does not use meta tags keywords.”
Yup. That’s important to know and it’s not in the book.
Save your money. Not recommended.
Review by Jeff Lippincott for eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business
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I liked this book a lot. Maybe it was because I read a book on the topic last week ["Internet Marketing for Free" (ISBN: 9781440415005)] that greatly disappointed me. And this book covered much the same material, but so much more eloquently. I consider the instant book being reviewed to be well written and well organized. It has the following 18 short chapters and two appendices:
0. Introduction
00. How to read this book
1. Anatomy of a search engine
2. Pay-per-click (PPC), i.e., sponsored ads
3. Domain names & alternative domain names
4. Keywords
5. Title tag
6. Meta description tag
7. Home page content
8. Link popularity
9. Hurl your URL
10. Social networking sites
11. Artcles
12. Press releases
13. Blogs
14. Opt-in forms
15. Email marketing
16. Video
17. Web site usability
18. Closing word
A. Glossary
B. Bonus resources
The book is divided into two sections. The first section includes chapters 1-8, and focuses on search engine optimization. The second section includes the remainder of the book, and focuses on building an online platform for your consulting practice, or whatever.
I am not aware of another book that covers the basics of Internet Marketing as succinctly as this one. The book I cite above does cover this topic, so it’s not like the topic hasn’t been written about. And there are other books, too. But if Internet Marketing is a subject that you need to become expert on, then this book certainly should be part of your library. 5 stars!
Recommended reading list:
>>The Author’s Guide to Building an Online Platform: Leveraging the Internet to Sell More Books
>>The Web-Savvy Writer: Book Promotion with a High-Tech Twist, Second Edition
>>ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
>>Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day
>>Web Business Success: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Web Sites That Work
Review by Steve for Guerilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerilla Marketing
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This was not my first book in the Guerrilla Marketing series. I have a great deal of respect for Jay Conrad Levinson. His books and his writing style hook me, they’re like reading great novels, fast-paced novels at that, his books are tough to put down. I always feel like he’s had about 6 cups of coffee and can’t even contain his excitement when he’s telling you what you need to know.
I think it is problematic when Levinson writes these books with other authors. I read GM in 30 Days which Levinson co-wrote, and that book was also a little sloppy. When Levinson is the co-writer, I don’t feel the energy all the way through the book, but I do in some parts and I feel I can tell who was writing in certain sections.
So, to GM on the Internet specifically. There probably isn’t much new here if you read the 4th edition of Guerilla Marketing, where Levinson starts talking about blogs, podcasts and websites, however, the ideas are discussed in more depth, a good thing for Guerrillas. The rest of the book is rather obvious if you’re a Guerilla. I have not read any other Internet Marketing books, nor will I, so I’m not sure if this one is par for the course.
There were many mis-spelling and improper word uses in this book. A specific example, on page 133 there is a paragraph that starts “If you’d if you’d”, so again, it’s just poor oversight, probably the publisher/editor’s fault, not necessarily the authors. On page 85 the word “covert” should have been “convert”.
If I were to point out the most helpful part of the book, it would be the web links provided, these were decent and I have started trying to get myself familiar with the ones I had not heard of. In the section on podcasting, the authors were very specific with the directions for creating a podcast. I wasn’t in front of a computer when I read that section, but I felt I could see every step. However, for all the detail there, there was not as much detail given to some areas where I personally felt I could have been enlightened, for example the sections about Search Engine Optimization, Affiliate Programs and Merchant Accounts were too short and what was there was too diffucult to comprehend.
Overall, I love the Guerrilla Marketing series. I do suggest this book because even if you’re an accomplished Guerrilla, this book is a relatively quick read and could be seen as an up to date (published in 2008) refresher course. If you’re not a Guerrilla, read this book, and then go back and read the main Guerrilla Marketing book and you’ll be all the better for it.
Review by T. L. Wilson for Guerilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerilla Marketing
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This book sadly doesn’t live up to the hype. It reads as an advertisement for the services of the authors and even uses one of the authors as a case study.
The authors use every old marketing trick in the book to try to sell in the new internet world. Truly long online sales letters and one page websites that try to gather user data are not revolutionary and are a true turn off to lots of folks.
It is rare that I return a book but this one is going back.
Review by M. Mcdonald for Guerilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerilla Marketing
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I guess it depends what you are looking for in this book, but a lot of the same old stuff rehashed here. Mainly relevant to “sales letter” type websites. Not ecommerce if that is what you are after.
Review by Tami Brady for Guerilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerilla Marketing
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Success in today’s global economy is a challenge. You can’t just hang your shingle and expect customers to know you exist and you can’t just hire someone to do an advertising campaign and expect customers to flock to your door. The world just doesn’t work that way anymore.
So what’s the alternative? A great website? Persuasive email copy? Newsletters? Social networking? Podcasting? YouTube videos? Yes, all of the above and so much more. Today’s entrepreneur has to make smart decisions and use all of the resources at his or her disposal in order to build up a successful business that withstands the test of time.
Guerrilla Marketing on the Internet is the guerrilla marketing book that every entrepreneur should read. Like all of the guerrilla marketing books, this book focuses on solid business practices such as knowing your customer and fulfilling their needs instead of just selling a product. With hundreds of ideas for low cost promotions this information will jumpstart any marketing program and place it on the track to success. So many opportunities exist on the Internet and this book makes it easy to take advantage of them.
Review by Carol A. Buchanan for Guerilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerilla Marketing
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For any small business, the Guerrilla series on building a business at a lower cost is an excellent resurce. We’ve used “Guerrilla Marketing” in our small business for more than 5 years, and found it very useful in helping our business grow while keeping our costs down.
Briefly, the differences between Guerrilla Marketing and traditional marketing are a greater dependence on personal networking, word-of-mouth, and personal efforts, and the realization that marketing includes everything a business person does, including the design of the Web site and the appearance of the store. Not to mention having a good product and a passion for your business.
But perhaps the biggest difference is that the Guerrilla Marketer understands that building a business and marketing it takes time. It’s a process that goes on all the time, for as long as it takes to be successful. It doesn’t take a lot of money, but it does take time.
I think that as a writer that’s the most important lesson I’ve learned from reading Guerrilla Marketing on the Internet. The Internet is a flash thing. In designing Web sites, there’s the rule of three’s: 3 seconds to get someone’s attention, and 3 clicks for them to find what they’re looking for on a site. Ironically, using such a fast system and making it work for an entrepreneur is not a short process.
Bulding a Web site? Make sure it represents your company, because it’s your store window to the world’s Main Street.
Using a Blog? If not, you might consider doing so because it’s a very useful tool in personal networking on the Web. But building relationships in cyberspace takes time, and cultivating customers takes time.
This book defines all the terms businesspeople may not yet understand and best of all, takes the fear out of them. Why not do a podcast? Try RSS feeds, by all means.
Guerrilla Marketing on the Internet is a perfect marketing approach for Web 2.0 social networking. If you’re at all uncertain of how to use the new technologies — or even what they are — this book will educate you. And probably make you more money along the way.