AFFILIATE ROB

Chris,

Dude - I'll be spending all day Monday following every step you posted.
Every.
Single.
One.

Thanks.

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yourreviewer

Awesome. You just spoke the words from my mouth. I agree with you 200%. If you have not purchased the product, it doesn't qualify you to speak about the product. It's like watching the trailer of a movie and saying the movie is not worth watching.

Craig Beckta

The Video Boss is totally killer.

It's the best course I've taken.

I really needed to step up my
video and audio.

Of course, it covers much more
than that.

LouCyphre

This course is filled with a ton of information, that has so far only opened 1/6 or even less of what will be taught still in the course. Andy has always been one that over delivers. Anyone who thought this course was strictly about putting together a PowerPoint presentation, recording it with camtasia and getting it out onto the web were sorely mistaken, it is so, so much more.

Is this information found elsewhere, don’t know, maybe, I’m sure if you spend long enough you’ll be able to find most information that someone has paid for out there. But time is money for many of us, they can spend countless hours trying to find bits here and bits there, then how to put those bits together, or they can pay an amount for something that will take all that information, lay it out logically so that some action can be taken quicker.

There will be videos by class members coming out here and there, along the way as the class continues. But there is one story that was detailed in the class that I think is ok to share since the end video is on YouTube, so I don’t think it’s any type of private info.

Back-story: One member’s son was in the process of entering a video essay contest where the winner would get close to a 3K scholarship that could be used toward college. So he had his son, who’s 15, watch the first available set of videos with him. The son took that knowledge, again less than 1/6th of what will be available (but covers easily over 15 hours worth of video if I am not mistaken) and made his video in about 30 hours.

Not only did his get roughly 5x more views then the next group of leaders in 4 days, he ended up winning the scholarship. The video can be viewed here and the lesson here, is that he took action on what he learned so far, and within days made his money back. Is it the best video ever made? No, but it is pretty damn good for some kid and for its purpose, and I would be willing to bet, his style of video was very different than that of the other entrants. I can say that I found myself watching to the end.

No matter if knowledge gained is free or paid for; if someone doesn’t take any action using that knowledge it ends up worthless.

- Chris

AFFILIATE ROB

Well, I don't own the course and I was not one of the people moaning about how much it cost. Fact of the matter is that when it launched I just didn't have the funds. Then it was sold out. Then Andy did an encore (for want of a better word) and opened it up for, like, 2 hours. Then he closed it again.

Now I have the funds to invest, but it is sold out. I, like a lot of people in this thread, have to wait for a few months until Andy opens the doors again.

I am eager to invest, but until he opens the doors again I will explore free or less expensive alternatives. I don't see anything wrong with that.

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roman827

If the price hasn't scared you yet, then you may just want to go for it. I love the videos, but feel that it would be ludicrous to invest that type of money to become an expert on video creation. If you are like most of us in internet marketing you probably do not need that level of expertise when it comes to creating videos. I think that product would be awesome if one was considering going into video production as a business. Perhaps making videos for the rest of us

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I think just watching his videos you can learn everything. For me it's more exciting to learn at my own experience, it's how I learned to play guitar and to breath. That doesn't mean I can't appreciate talent like Andy Jenkins, in fact I recognize it and learn from it.

The videos he gave out were great, everything we need to be casual video makers. Great guy, great product.

cabelguy

the way he placed everything & his marketing techniques are awesome

Charles Harper

Are his free videos still available someplace?

I am not ready to invest in that course at this time. But here is what I find interesting. Typically if I were to apply what I see from a high value course in their free Pre-launch stuff and I am able to make money I have no problems getting it in the Re-launch. That is one way to test it.

Not everyone can take high value information and use it in order to make money fast enough to justify the purchase of a $2000 course. In other words, the information can be fabulous to me. I am not certain the issue for me is whether or not I want to be professional. I may or may not have enough staff to make it work.

There is an accounting/inventory term called "turnover". The concept applies here. I don't look at every purchase as an "investment". The point is not to accumulate digital assets on your "books". It doesn't work like a capital "investment". This one (Video Boss) I would evaluate on the basis of whether or not I could "turnover" the information into cash flow. That, as everything is, is individual to how much time I have to invest, how many other course I am trying to implement, outsourced workers, JV partners, Opt-Ins and so on...

The next question is how fast I can turn the information into higher cash flow, recurring or other wise. Because if I personally cannot turn the information over into cash in my business within a certain period of time it does not make sense for me to buy. In our business things change so fast that if I do not implement quickly, then what I pay does not matter. That goes for a $17 WSO or a $1997 course. The two issues for every purchase are: 1)speed of implementation and 2) asset or information turnover into positive cash flow.

Some of us do this automatically in our head, as one of the posters has done above. If not, we need to take a deep breath and think through the issue of turnover. About 75% of the courses that are put out at that price have pretty good information in there and will probably give us life time access to stuff that we might be able to use.

(This is especially true when it comes to PPC courses. How fast can you turn the information over into recurring profitability--revenue minus expenses? )

So again, having said that...does anyone know his free prelaunch vids can be found?

Thanks,
Charles

Chris Koltai

Hey all. Been a little busy with Video Boss, so I haven't had a ton of time to post here. I just finished the "Case Studies" section, and had more "aha!" moments than I could count. The next section Andy's posting up is the "Live Video" section, which is not overly relevant to my marketing at the moment. For me, that means that next week is time to kick it into overdrive and make some videos! I'm hoping this will net me traffic to some of the sites that I screwed up keyword research on and couldn't get ranked due to brutal competition. I'll let you know how it goes, and I might even put a video or 2 up for public critiquing if I'm feeling particularly froggy!

@AFFILIATE ROB, if you're still wanting to get into the course and have the funds to invest now, I found this link after following The_VideoBoss on Twitter. Not sure if it's Andy doing the tweeting or some super affiliate buddy who convinced him to leave an extra access link, but there it is. For the record, I'm pretty sure this is acceptable, but if the mods feel otherwise, no hard feelings if they delete it

Either way, glad I could help you out Rob.

Kieran Gill

Jenkin's is a beast with the video, but most of his stuff is just template-based; all of the things he used in his prelaunch videos can be purchased from VideoHive.net... Woops, did I just drop the biggest secret to his videos?

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RyanParenti

Did anyone find if the three pre-launch videos are still available?

koncorps

He said he's re-editting them in his last email.

Sign up to his list, he gives out great information.

Chris Koltai

Nope, he makes it pretty clear that he doesn't do anything overly complex, and he gave away a bunch of his sources for graphics, animations, templates, and music in the pre-launch videos.

The value in the course comes from 2 parts. The first is the marketing knowledge. We're talking about full access to the guy who launched Stompernet, generated a ridiculous opt-in rate (and an equally impressive conversion rate) for SEO Brain Trust, and generated a good percentage of the buzz behind Amish Shah's Magic Bullet System. He's been answering every question thrown in front of him, be it technical or marketing related, and some of the stuff he's shared just in the comments has been killer.

Part 2 is learning his process. Yes, you could stumble through the steps of creating a video, or follow a basic tutorial online. Yes, you could get basic instruction on all of the technical stuff in the course. What you wouldn't get, however, is the streamlined start-to-finish process of a professional who has been doing this stuff every day for years.

Oh, and all of the guest educators and extras that he's hooking us up with are kind of nice too. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on Kajabi to give that a try, and the Traffic Boss section should easily let me recoup the cost of the course.

Kieran Gill

Kajabi is something I'd really like to play with, that's for sure.

I watched the pre-launch videos and he never gave away VideoHive, just some kinda crappy clipart site.

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jliftness

The launch videos were great....I'd love to get in the course when it re opens

Chris Koltai

Yeah, he considers AfterEffects stuff to be "advanced" so it's going in the final module of the training. The kind of stuff you find on VideoHive is above and beyond what 99% of internet marketers using video are ever going to touch. That kind of stuff is for the techie crowd (which means I'm pretty excited for it!) and the go-hards.

LandoFormosa

cooll! may be even Alt+F4boss! LOL

Amanda_Davis

I'm also going through the course - it's EXCELLENT material.

Sure, you could probably get a lot of the info together yourself for free online... same as ANY course.

But you wouldn't know what was good info and what was junk... you wouldn't know who to trust.

Is it an essential course for anyone that wants to make video? NO

Will it help you make much better videos that teach or entertain? YES

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Dan.Thies

So far, Video Boss has been awesome, hopefully it doesn't take a nose dive when our part of the course is released. ;-)

Since I am in the course, you wouldn't believe a testimonial from me on Video Boss.

So here's my testimonial for "video" as a concept:

"Video is really really good." When we made our last offer, my sales letter without video converted at 5.5%. Adding an 8-minute video took me under an hour from concept to script to finished video. Test results say? Adding a video to the sales letter took the conversion rate up to 13.2%.

Like a BOSS!

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Paul Schlegel

I don't think it's necessarily true that people won't believe you, because you are in the course - especially people who know you.

But I am wondering about your testimonial. Are you saying that the course is what helped you finish your video in this amount of time? As the testimonial stands it merely reads that "adding video" increased conversions.

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Dan.Thies

Yes, Mark. As I said... My testimonial is for the value of video.... but yes - using Andy's scripting templates makes it a lot easier to write a script quickly. I do not recommend trying to knock one out in an hour unless you've got no other choice, and have done a lot of marketing videos before.

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Paul Schlegel

Thanks, Dan.

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Amanda_Davis

Looking forward to your video SEO stuff Dan

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AFFILIATE ROB

Thanks Chris. I've been way too busy with projects lately and learning the stuff you suggested. For instance, I downloaded the free CamStudio and have been using that, I found an eBook that taught me how to get my videos optimized, so I've been doing that, and I'm studying the videos in the Texas Wealth Club.

But I did happen to notice that Kevin Riley will be teaching the Video Production Lab Workshop. So for all of you who thinks that Andy's product is way to expensive, how does $35.00 grab ya?

Obviously it's not the EAXCT same course as Video Boss, but from the sales page, it will give you a real good foundation.

I'm wondering if this is some sort of sales strategy - wait several weeks after a celebrity guru launches - and ultimately closes - a very expensive course,
monitor the forum to see if there are a number of people who were shut out and/or who thought the original price was too expensive, and launch a competing product for a fraction of the cost of the celebrity guru. BINGO - go straight to the bank.

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Russell Bolding

I want to chime in here for a moment. This is going to stray away from talking about the financial part of the VB series and who's paying how much for whatever. I'm actually posting this to see if anyone can give me a straight answer and help me get on a straight path to success.

I have all four of the VB videos (or, as he calls it, the Little Boss series. I'm in a hurry so I need to make this short. I posted on another thread here about making videos and selling physical products using said videos. Right now, I'm in a desperate situation. I work two jobs and my wife's very own job has her in a sticky predicament. She's being threatened to get sh**canned soon if she doesn't meet her sales numbers (she works for Qwest). She's given up and she doesn't want to look for work and stay home and just be a housewife.

I got these AJ videos and have mostly skimmed them not thinking I oculd do anything with them. I see where he's gone to Amazon, picked a product like the Kodak Zi8 (which I own and LOVE!), make a video using Keynote, post it in the Interwebs, and most likely, made a crapload of dough with. I have no clue how it works.

I've been tempted to try and take PLR articles, turn them into videos and try and tack a product from Amazon onto the tail end of it but not sure if that'd work. I have Market Samurai and have little idea how THAT works or even how I can utilize it for my efforts. I need to figure something out and fast as I have no clue how much longer my wife's job situation will last. She makes more than I do and that's why this situation is as dire as it is.

I'm willing to put in the work as I loves me some video making. That's fun and enjoyable. I can make money with it, I know I can. I just need a booster rocket to get me going. Can someone help me out here? Sorry to seem like a whiner but I've been trying all sorts of stuff with affiliate marketing and info overload has started to set in and I ain't making diddly squat yet... and it's been four months! I will forever be in your debt. Thanks in advance.

Chris Koltai

If you enjoy making videos and you're willing to put in the time and effort to master it, there's no reason why you can't use it to make some good money. My suggestion would be this:

1. Pick a niche with products that sell.
2. Use Market Samurai to find niche-relevant keywords with low-moderate competition.
3. Get a .com domain from Namecheap and hosting from Hostgator if you don't have either.
4. Install wordpress and change the page slug structure to %postname%, install all-in-one SEO and Google XML sitemaps and fill in the necessary fields.
5. Create a content-heavy post for each keyword, with a video embedded at the very top and a link to the product between the video and the content.
6. Create a YouTube channel, get TubeToolbox ($10 / mo) and start adding friends and subscribers harvested from other niche-relevant videos.
7. Try and make / upload 1 video every day or so, link to your site in your description and include a strong call to action at the end.

Not sure exactly how far along you are in IM, so that's why I included the mundane bits, no offense intended if you're farther along than that.

Obviously you'd have to build some backlinks to each of the pages in order to rank well, but you'd have a decent amount of traffic to start with from YouTube. If you integrated Twitter, Facebook, etc. you could probably start making some decent cash long before you become relevant in Google's eyes.

This is not an overnight process though. If you want money in the next 2 weeks or so, you either want to flip websites (low margins most of the time) or take on SEO or writing work.

If your wife's situation is that dire, she may be better off looking for more stable work. Replacing an entire income online takes a lot of time and effort, and can be very hit or miss depending on your experience, research, and a bit of luck. Either way, I hope my suggestions help, and I hope your situation works out for the best.

Geert81

video boss is great, I'm still in it. Unlike many other Internet Marketers andy actually DOES deliver on what he promises, and then some! And when you ask a question, he personally replies within a couple of hours.

I had bought a 'semi pro camcorder', 1500 bucks and was ready to send it back 'cause I couldn't get it to work. Thanks to the boss, it now creates great videos.

If he would ask twice the price, it would still be worth it!

Andy cares, that's worth a lot.

djbbiz

I am in the course, I have taken other courses, I am jaded by what you often get from these progrmas but Andy's course is excellent and worth every penny.

Russell Bolding

Chris, thanks for replying. I think I can do this. I say "think" because I just put in a few applications for more work outside the home (I know it defeats the purpose of doing this Interwebs stuff at home but when your nagging wife is breathing down your neck... ;/) so, unless a miracle happens and I can find some sort of time in between working a full time third shift job I may or may not like, I'll have to do this when I can find time.

I just discovered the magical world of domain flipping so I may even see about trying that out as well. I just know regardless of making videos or "flipping", one thing's for sure. I don't want to work for "the Man" anymore. Wish me luck all the way around. Thanks for y'all's help on this. I do appreciate it!

Tony M.

Dude... stop jumping from one thing to the next.
Stick with SOMETHING and get good at it.
Whatever it is.

But please stop "discovering" new tricks.
STICK to ONE thing and do it well.

Your wife will thank you.

Tony

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Russell Bolding

Great point, Tony. Duly noted. Haven't been diagnosed but ya think I could be a tad A.D.D.? LOL! Not to deviate too much from the source topic here bu what do you guys recommend as a good starting point?

Chris Koltai

Tony has a good point. Ignore domain flipping for now. As far as where to start is concerned, follow the outline I listed in my last post. You can find plenty of free information on each step using some basic Google-fu

If you end up getting a traditional out of the home job, don't worry, that's how the vast majority of internet marketers start out anyway. All it means is you get a trial by fire test of your work ethic, because you're going to be getting up, going to work, coming home, and working, then going to bed. Tell your wife that you love her very much, but you're going to need at least 2 hours of uninterrupted work time 5 nights a week because you want to get this off the ground as quick as possible so she doesn't have to work and so you can transition to working at home full time.

Do that for a month or two and you should have some spare coin coming in to invest in outsourcing some parts of the process. Remember that as an internet marketer, your job is never done, there is always something more you can be doing to get traffic, get sales, build trust, etc. The key to success in this business is perseverance. How badly do you want it?

For the sake of keeping this at least partially on topic, anyone who is on the fence about Video Boss for whom the cost is not a factor should definitely jump on it. Andy has just released the first chunk of the "look over my shoulder" module which contains all the scripts, keynote/powerpoint files, and miscellanea from the actual Video Boss launch, and there's a lot more to come. He's been adding extras into the program since day 1 (lifetime access instead of the original 6 months, currently in the process of setting up a full-on community portal to set up mastermind groups, service exchanges, and discussion, and he's planning on hooking us up with kajabi in some way as well, and knowing Andy there's probably more) and I've never seen an IM guru show this level of passion and responsiveness for their customers before. If you have the cash to invest and you're the kind of person who takes action with what they learn, it will be worth your while.

Russell Bolding

I'm getting started on those videos today and have even gone back into a couple of videos I've done and put up on YouTube and reedited them, mostly because some of the music and pictures we taken from the Web, like pix of the products I'm trying to promote (Crock Pot pictures from Amazon - replaced with video I shot of the same product). I figure, why not try to make a few bucks on the side with these things hocking products from the 'Zon while I wait to get enough views for revenue sharing.

(Slightly off topic here...) I know rev. sharing doesn't make you much but just being in a position like that still rocks in my book. I thought of a few niches today that I couldn't believe I missed. Being a fan of the Crimson Tide, I thought I'd look for places that have aff. progs. I could partner with to sell this stuff and they're out there.

Point is, I do need to stick to one thing and with Andy's stuff, I can't go wrong. As I may have mentioned before, just trying to find the exact phrases to put into these videos, per Andy's instruction, is a daunting task. He talks about the F.A.B. method - Features, Advantages and Benefits, and looking for any of them... wait, I just said that.

Okay, here's a quick question for ya. How long do these videos need to be that I'm making? Are we talking "Titanic" in length, a 15, 30, 60 second commercial-esque spot? Do we just tease the audience with what's in the actual product so they can click on that link in the descr. box and we convert to a sale? "Run and gun" as they say? I do appreciate y'all helping me out here. Being a bit wet behind the ears sucks when you're just starting out. I apologize for the whining and the complaining. I just need a change and I think I may have found it here.

Dexx

For those that did pay the $2k for this course...(since a fall release will be coming)...was it worth it? Anyone create videos for promotions that got great results/conversions?

jonathan8

I bought that and its really worth 2000. Dude, its really awesome, covered everything that an academic video course teaches.

Just enjoy what you do, and do what you love

jonathan8

Yes dude, it was really worth it. You can learn how to create videos like Andy from it. Also if you want to make a documentary or sorta, this is a must have course.

Just enjoy what you do, and do what you love

John Piteo

I've been getting into video pretty heavily lately. I've been looking for videos produced by Andy Jenkins' students, but I haven't been able to find any. I thought they would be all over the Net by now with new product launches.

Any Andy Jenkins students have any videos you want to show off? I'd really like to see them to get an idea of what Andy teaches mixed with your creativity.

Marty S

Agreed. I don`t think there are ANY I have seen that have measured up to the Video Boss launch, and that includes Guru launch videos that were produced by Andy`s team himself!

Even the video above, the one about the costs in education is rather basic, and mostly just frames that were created in screenflow/powerpoint.

That said, I did NOT buy Andys course, but I certainly would have at $500 or so, like he was initially planning to, before he was swayed to price it much much higher by Jeff Walker.

The reason I would have bought at that price is because I learned enough from his videos just by watching the launch and I felt that price would have been fair. As it is though, what I would suggest to you is that YOU can learn ALL this on your own, just by pushing your creative edge in every production. If that means ripping ideas from someone else, so be it - just add your own spin. Might I also suggest just a monthly subscription at Lynda.com which has a boatload of video and presentation training, as well as just about every other piece of software that requires training.

I like to think that I was making good videos before VB, but they certainly did improve after I watched VB launch video and then just challenged myself to figure out how to improve my own productions. Below are a few samples work flows:

Product intro page video that uses screenflow, garageband, and keynote. I also use photoshop for some graphics and combined TWO screencasts.

Here I combined two screencasts but rendered a separate head-shot as the audio overlay. Used same software as above.

Client video for product launch. I worked extra long on the script as well, and incoprporated multiple transitions combining keynote AND screenflow, while using some sound creative effects too.

Client video using multiple screencasts timed with keynote titling.

Client video that uses one of my fav techniques that use popular movie clips to get an idea across. It surprises viewers and tends to keep them tuned in to the end.

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John Piteo

Yeah, I heard that underground interview too, disappointing. I also would have joined at a more reasonable price. I'd love to see the course open up again as a membership site at something like $100 per month (hint hint Andy)

Marty, I like your work and your style. Very cool!

Chris Thompson

Russell - Tony was 110% right. You definitely sound like you need to focus. But please take it seriously. I know you were joking about A.D.D, but in truth, this is an unconscious signal that you are giving yourself. You're saying, "I know I'm not focused, but there is a reason ... I'm different ... I have this problem with this label, and I just can't focus like I should".

Don't accept that belief. Change it. Do something about it. Your wife WILL thank you.

Best of luck dude.

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Jeff Walker

Yup, I helped talk Andy into going high end with the product. I also swayed Andy to build in a lot more value into the course. That's generally going to be the direction I take anyone that I consult with.

As Video Boss was originally planned, it was only going to be a tiny fraction of what it became after Andy decided to go high end, and make it a full-out be-all and end-all course.

And, in my opinion, the Video Boss course ended up being one of biggest examples of massive overdelivery that I've ever seen.


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LB

I'm curious what kind of software he instructs people to use to create videos.

I personally have the full Adobe suite so it's not an issue for me (and I'm certainly not the market for a product like this) but I'm curious if he expects his customers to purchase something like Premiere, Vegas, After Effects, Final Cut, etc.

jonathan8

Well, you definitely has no issue as you have best in market products, but many people cannot afford this suite so he gave the list of many softwares and ask us to choose the best we can afford. He show us the variety of products. Also he told it doesn't matter which software we use, as its not about bow and arrow, its about the archer.

Just enjoy what you do, and do what you love

Craig Beckta

Video Boss,

Is one of my favorite courses and
I still refer to it often.

It's improved my videos by 100%.

Andy's the Boss Ya'all,

Craig

jonathan8

Agreed, It helped me too.

Just enjoy what you do, and do what you love

julesw

I didn't do the course just watched the free launch videos but got inspired to energize my videos!

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eBusinessChamp

The only piece that I would really like to learn in video boss is how to create killer powerpoint animations, and that definitely isn't worth the $2k price imo. It may take me a bit of time to find a great course for this.

As for all the other bonuses and modules related to SEO, I found WSOs that offered the same info if not better. I tried link liberation 2.0, I used to be a stomper member so I can safely say this.

These products definitely helped me figure things out a lot, but since I started buying WSOs since the beginning of the year, I decided to stop going for big ticket items.

If I do find a great video creation course, I will post it here.

Dexx

Couple warrior recommend this one:
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~Dexx

ksmusselman

Jason - I downloaded The Little Boss video and it won't play; something about a codec?? Not sure because the Traffic Boss video plays great. In any case, where I can re-download good copies of the free videos now that they've been taken down? I really love these videos and I want to use them to help me do some videos but the ones I downloaded won't work. Thanks!!