Push Button Marketer

well i am going to try it, and give you my opinion about it very soon

*sorry! I posted the direct url to the push button marketer
.com site. I am not sure if that is an affiliate link. I try to edit it out if I can. Thanks for letting me know.

Hi Eric,

Could uploading a blog, including all plug ins and a few other options be automated with your system?

Hello Eric

Just got myself a copy, although I haven't yet played around with it much, I understand the concept as I've done some similar custom automation with a few simple tasks in excel.

The software is great after looking through the functions and I've already seen many ways to put this to good use.

Basically the limitation will be from us not the software. Will be good to have a thread for idea sharing on this one so that we can bring out the best of it.

Great job on the software Eric, and it's at a good price too.

So will there be a WSO?

I was ready to purchase but hearing about a WSO
stopped me in my tracks; well maybe I'll purchase anyway
since I'm sure Eric will let us have it at the WSO price if we
purchased prior.

Sounds like an interesting product, especially for a productivity
freak like me

Hi all and Eric,
Here is a very specific question:
Because I am blind I have big problems using websites with Java code and Flash in it. For example I am not able to use the wonderful interface of instant teleseminar.
My question is could the software be trained to do the following task:
1: loog into my instant teleeseminar accound (witch I think is now problem)
2. Click its way to the menues until it arrives at the moderator interface 3. and then click on a button to stop or start recording or andle other needed tasks?

Note: As I know this site (the moderator panel) never changes its look.
So it should be possible to do the task. Whats your opinion on that Eric?

Your answer is much apricated:-)
Best Regards,
Patrick Sch.

Just wanted to let you guys know... I purchased the product and was not satisfied with it... You will waste hours upon hours of time getting this thing to do what you want...

Once you have created a macro and run it... It will screw up and miss a step and stop or go on to do something else...

I'm not saying you can not get it to do what you want... It just seems to time consuming to me than doing the task manually...

Whats the point you know...

thanks Eric that you let me test it if it works for blind people. I just send you an email with full details.
Best regards,
Patrick

I'm putting up demo videos at pushbuttonmarketerdemo.com . I just posted one last night where I built a product review just before dashing out the door to pick my wife up. If I sound frazzled, it was because I only had 6 minutes to do it all. All in all I'm having fun with it.

Hello Eric

Sent you a PM

Nice software, But is there any updates?

I' m newbie and wants to know more about this before i tried this products,i see the video and its really informative and i like to post the product review and i should tell its good and hoping its also good when i used it..

It little hard to use it. so many options and the video training is not very good!

I've also purchased the product and have started to use it over the past 10 days.

As some background, I'm definitely no computer programmer or tech guru. Just your regular computer user and previously primarily offline marketer and now a "Baby Warrior"....who's playing catch-up and doing more stuff online.

While still early days in using PBM, I can make a few observations (and perhaps some suggestions too) from my own experience that might be helpful to some warriors - both those that have purchased the product and those just wondering....

1) The system is VERY extensive in it's scope as far as what it can do. As a result, especially if you're the kind of person who doesn't use/like instruction manuals (or videos), YES, it could be easy to get overwhelmed if you're not careful. You have to take it one chunk at a time.

2) For me the key has been to start small. While I'm doing a few even more advanced things now, I created my first macro within an hour of buying the program and viewing 3-4 of the initial short video lessons.

This macro allowed me to at the press of just one button to handle my initial morning ritual:

- Turn on Firefox

- Log into my Simpleology account to power up my WebCockpit

- Open up and log into 3 other web-based services that I use on an ongoing basis

- Check for (and automatically install) any new virus updates for my anti-virus software

- Go to my bank account and download new transactions

- Open up my Outlook and download new messages

- Switch back to automatically to Calendar mode as I only check my messages twice a day and NOT first thing in the morning (Thanks Tim Ferris!)

And while this the above is being done, I'm in the kitchen making a juice and a protein shake.

Just this one task saved me about 10 minutes per day.

Guys, this doesn't sound like much at first, but multiply it by 6 days a week and over a year...and it adds up. In fact, as unbelievable as it sounds, just this one task will save me FULL 2 days per year!! (10 mins x 6 days x 48 weeks).

And this was just my first of a number of macros that I've created for myself in the past few days.

3) I also want to comment on Pushbutton's Support.

I had a couple of initial challenges, especially with getting one of the more advanced (pre-supplied) macros to function as it should. Micah (Eric's partner in the product) quickly answered a number of my Support tickets personally and after a brief exchange, the issue was solved and the macro has been working like a dream. (Thanks mate!)

(Quick Note: This macro has now saved me (conservatively) around 6 hrs to date (in 5 days). And on an ongoing basis, it has avoided me outsourcing what was a boring, repetitive and weekly task (image manipulation) to Elance/Rentacoder, which i was previously looking to do.)


4) Ok, now for a couple of cons/gripes...

- Igor, I agree with you to a certain extent.

It has so many options and can seem hard to use at first glance - especially if someone may not take the time to go through at least 30 minutes worth of the video tutorials. (To anyone considering it a simple tip: If you're not willing to spend at least 30 - 60 mins going through even the basic tutorials, don't bother buying it! You'll be wasting your $$$ and I'm sure that Eric and Micah don't need you $$ that much and would rather you keep it in your pocket. <Guys, correct me if I'm wrong )) >

I also agree (only partly) that the video training clips (and the detailed <to the tune of over 400 pages!> manuals which you DON'T need to read at once) could've been improved.

As someone that's been involved in developing training programs (live and via multi-media), a few areas in both the vids and especially the manual fall into the dreaded, yet all too common, "curse of assumption" category.

We all do it when things "seem obvious".

I suspect that Eric and Micah would have field tested both the program and the training modules with some beta users. So I found it interesting that some obvious shortfalls in the manual hadn't been changed. (But then again, I failed high school so I might just be dumber than the average buyer <or Warrior> out there and they can only make the material so simple )

Clarity of what's there aside, I also think a few additional video training modules could've been provided to make things even simpler still. This is especially the case with with some of the more elaborate macros (many of which come with the relatively inexpensive upsell which I'd highly recommend to at least most users who wish to get the most from the program...and their time).

I suspect in the long run it would lead to more sales and less client support for Micah/Eric.

Next is the issue of price...

Personally I loved the price.

I mean let's face it - it's damn cheap compared to much of the crap that many of us have purchased in years gone by - both in the internet marketing area and business/life in general.

But that's the problem.

I also think the cheap price is a twin-edge sword, because it runs the risk of attracting many 'impulse buyers' that may not be serious about really learning about and then fully using the product.

And at least from my experience in life, some of these people may often be the first ones to complain. (But guys, before anyone takes that the wrong way and decides to flame me, steal my budgie or hack into my juicer, I said that as a general statement, and NOT referring to anyone in this post. )

So, bottom-line?

Stop thinking of Push Button Marketer as simply a piece of (almost too gimmicky sounding) software.

Instead, approach it as you would a newly hired 'employee' who's about to save you heaps of time and make you lots of $$$$.

But before they can do that for you, like most employees (be they local or outsourced in India/Phillipines/Gondawindy), they need to be briefed and given some initial training.

If you're willing to see PBM in this way and invest a little time in training your "employee" to get up to speed so they can soon be saving you much time, effort and money, this program is a fricking STEAL.

And by "little time", I mean just start with an hour to go through the first few BASIC video tutorials.

Create your first basic macro, perhaps using the easy "Capture" function for something as simple as just opening up your Firefox/Explorer, your email client for downloading your emails to get your feet wet. And then build on from there.

And then just build on and continue to train your 'employee' as you go with wherever your needs take you.

Down here in Oz, we have a TV ad with the slogan, "It won't happen overnight...but it will happen."

I think the slogan is pretty apt for Push Button Marketer too.

RatherBeSkiing, wow thank you for the very thorough and fair review!
I was hoping someone would do that :-)

Igor and RatherBeSkiing - In regards to the videos/training, if you could let us know very specifically what you want to see covered in the videos, then perhaps we could make some additional ones for our customers.

Eric, my pleasure mate.

I've been an eager student of your Eric's Tips site for some time now and have learnt heaps from you during my hours there. So putting in a little time and writing what I also considered a fair and balanced piece for something I've found of real value (even at this still early stage) was the least I could do.

I'm also planning on putting up an even more detailed review, complete with some of my own usage clips and tips on one of my personal sites in the coming weeks. And linked to that, I have an idea that I'll probably look to run by you and Micah privately closer to the time.

As I said in my post, your product in the hands of someone that's willing to invest a little time to get into it is an absolute little dream!

And sure....I'll gladly shoot you both some additional suggestions for your training manual/video modules. I'm away camping for a week, but I'll get back in touch with you after the 10 or 11th.

Speak then -

Ivan

Patrick, whats the 30 sec explanation of twitter, if u don't mind.
seems to be a hot topic...

Later still update and good news :-)

I now have a tray icon with several working macro's in it and a master one that runs them all in sequence. In the morning my Desktop can start and log into all the places I want it to whilst I have a shower.

I got a speedy response to a support ticket with some helpful suggestions to move me forward and I'm begining to be able to make it do stuff that justifies the investment.

I also learned from them that additional licences are available for my other devices for $15 a go - not too onerous.

If it helps anyone I've learned this so far;

1) The documentation does have holes in it, it needs to be a lot more step by step in approach if folks like me are the target market - they MUST address that IMHO otherwise their support workload will take over their business. I speak from some experience having published and supported software myself for nearly ten years.

2) There is usualy more than one way to do what you want to do, you have to break the process down into a sequence of steps, run and check your work as you go and be prepared to think lateraly when chosen method number one fails to produce the outcome you wanted.

3) Sketch out your process first - don't just plunge in and make it up as you go along. Macro's 6, 7 and 8 that I made today benefited from me planning it out first.

4) There's probably going to be a market here selling bespoke and pre-built macro's to folks who can't or won't learn to do it themselves.

Bottom line?

I really really like it and believe it will enable me to stay as a '1 man band'. It does do what it says on the tin, is good value for money BUT it has a very steep learning curve so if it's instant results you want it's probably not for you.

Thanks for the input Martin, and thanks for trying the program. Regarding the documentation and any areas that are lacking, we are certainly interested in any specific areas you noticed, so we can improve it.

best-
Eric

Cheers Eric,

re the areas lacking, I think both Ivan and I have pretty much outlined it for you as quoted below. Ivans take first:

Quote:
I also agree (only partly) that the video training clips (and the detailed <to the tune of over 400 pages!> manuals which you DON'T need to read at once) could've been improved.

As someone that's been involved in developing training programs (live and via multi-media), a few areas in both the vids and especially the manual fall into the dreaded, yet all too common, "curse of assumption" category.

We all do it when things "seem obvious".

I suspect that Eric and Micah would have field tested both the program and the training modules with some beta users. So I found it interesting that some obvious shortfalls in the manual hadn't been changed. (But then again, I failed high school so I might just be dumber than the average buyer <or Warrior> out there and they can only make the material so simple )

Clarity of what's there aside, I also think a few additional video training modules could've been provided to make things even simpler still. This is especially the case with with some of the more elaborate macros (many of which come with the relatively inexpensive upsell which I'd highly recommend to at least most users who wish to get the most from the program...and their time).

I suspect in the long run it would lead to more sales and less client support for Micah/Eric.
/QUOTE

and my observations......

Quote:
1) The documentation does have holes in it, it needs to be a lot more step by step in approach if folks like me are the target market - they MUST address that IMHO otherwise their support workload will take over their business. I speak from some experience having published and supported software myself for nearly ten years.
/Quote

Quote:
The videos - watched them all before attempting anything - are slick, too slick, you click this do that press this and.... but they don't actualy TEACH you, they don't take you step by step thru how to accomplish the sort of common tasks that we are all probably going to want to get done.
/Quote

I don't know what else to tell you except that from experience, you are not the best ones to judge the quality of your support materials, you wrote them and are therefore too close! Only an unknowledgeable outsider can tell you how well it does the job of instructing your target market.

Hope that helps :-)

Cheers Mart

PS ty for the licence delivery which appeared in my mailbox this morning.

I have push button marketer the only part that I`ve learned how to use successfully
is the review macro...

I'm trying to figure something out about this software that is puzzling me.
I'm trying to set up a macro that will help me save images from a website to my harddrive.
The problem is, I can set it up to do only one image save, but how do I set this thing up to move on to the next image on the site and save it?

Hi Martin

The problem I'm having is that I need the macro to repeat the entire process, but with a new image. Basically, I want to download an ecommerce store image catalog.

Is it possible?

Can anyone who has bought this comment on the usefulness of the pre-built IM macros?

Have you found them useful?

It seems most buyers are mainly using this to design their own personalised macros. While this might be useful there are other programs that we can use to build our own macros. I am currently trialling "macros express pro" but would be interested in the pre-designed macros in this package because as has been stated these programs have a high learning curve for non programmers.

Also can someone fill us in on the OTO via a post or PM

Thanks

AussieT

Is this product being discussed the same as push button xtreme or is it something completely different? Ive been getting spam mail about push button xtreme lately and their website doesnt seem to be active anymore.

eholmlund or any user of this, please help me quickly

I need some things sorted out as soon as possible regarding to this software

1 - I got a special offer for the PBM of 37.- today. Is this the full version ?

2 - What's the OTO about ? do I need it to run PBM or is it a other product, not directly linked to PBM ?

3 - The REVIEW MARCO. Is this a spinner which generates UNIQUE reviews I can use at a 3 product review page or is this always the same review, only changing product name and the variables ? And how good is the grammar and spelling ?

Many thanks for any input/answer

G.

I think most of marketer is lack of programming knowledge. I think what is MichaelPaul's problem is lack of sufficient training.

I just read the license terms agreement of the PBM PLR and here's what I found:
Now my question is this.

What if MY CUSTOMER(S) request for a refund, how can we disable the software since you guys holding the key?

Another thing.

The scenario here is MY CUSTOMER(S) also YOUR CUSTOMER(S) now, what's the PLR license for?

I have nothing against of your product in fact I also bought your TPS. I just want some clarification on this...

Thanks

Gama

Hi Gama- Please use our helpdesk for questions in the future. I just happened to see this.

If you need to revoke a license, you can submit a ticket to our helpdesk and we'll do it.

This actually helps answer your question #2. Having us handle the license system is actually a benefit. 99% of PLR software that I see sold has no licensing system at all. So you would be out of luck in regard to disabling the product if they refund. But in our case it's actually possible :-)

To further answer the question.. the PLR license enables you to rename the PBM package, edit the contents, use it for new product, etc.

Thanks for your business!

Eric,

Can we create exe's from micros to distribute to our outsources team?

Christopher

I heard that the salespage used to show some videos of what Push Button Marketer does in action. However now it is no longer there. Is there any way we can see some of the videos?

is this program suitable for newbie since i got no idea where to start..?

@netgain1 Yes that's a good idea. It says in our reseller license that you can't give the software away for free. But I will allow any reseller to give it to their oursources who are doing work for them. You can then create macros for them to do work for you.

@tresfavian Thanks for being a customer. We are not offering the reseller license to current customers, so you would still need to buy it. If you don't think this is fair, submit a ticket to our helpdesk. We can talk about it.

@SteelyDan Here Push Button Marketer | Pushbutton Internet Marketing Software about 2/3 of the way down the page there is a video of "Instant Product Review" macro. Please note, do not buy from that page during the 7-day sale because you can go get our reseller package for the same price.

@nvidia134 If you're referring to the software itself... pretty much everyone who buys it is a newbie to the concept of macros. So it does not matter if you're a newbie marketer or not. There is definitely a learning curve when it comes to learning how to use the macros, how to integrate them into your daily work, and how to write your own. But it is time well invested. If you're referring to the reseller package, yes I think it's good for newbies. We include a tutorial showing how to get it online with your own payment link so you can start marketing it. And there's a marketing course included too.

@motiv8publishing we will support you, not your customers. But we plan on being available long-term to answer your questions.

@SteelyDan Yes it can, as long as it is at least $9/mo. or $97/year. The members receive personal rights only, unless you use the material to create a new product in which case you may set new rights.

eholmlund,

I must say that after reading through all the post in this thread, you have represented your product well, you stood up and answered all the questions asked and showed what good customer service looks like.

I will be purchasing your product in the coming days and I just wanted to put my two cents worth.

Hi Eric,

Is it easy to be translated in french (accept accents or not) ?

What about new Windows Version ? Will it be working well with the new Windows ?

Thank you for your answers.

Vivyrelax

@jdc326 thanks for giving it a try!

@vivyrelax The software is in English (buttons, menus, help files, etc.), and that can't be changed. You could write macros in French (yes it should accept accents), but again then there will be English language in the macro script itself as it appears in the software (for example... "right click", "mouse move", etc.)

In other words, if you are a French/English speaker, it should work fine for your own use. But if you're thinking of using the reseller package to sell it to a French audience that may not work so well.

Yes we have tested it on Windows 7 and it works good.

@smak - It includes PLR and resale rights. Not MRR; your customers will have personal rights only. However, if you use the PLR and change the product significantly along with giving it a new name, then you can set your own rights for it.

Out of respect to the resellers, I prefer to not post the full license here. But if you would like to see the license, please post a ticket at my helpdesk and we will show it to you.

Dear Erric ,

I had purchased Push button marketer software almost six months back .

But I haven't used it properly . The reason i purchased this software is to make automatic twitter messages and social book marking . But i am unable to use the both options . The reason is when tried to use twitter the main page is opening but message is not getting typed automatically. I had brought this issue to you with Support ticket systems . But the reply which i received hasn't solved my problem . So please look in to this and help me regarding the same

Regards

Murali

@vivyrelax Yes you can translate the videos and manuals under the PLR license :-)

@vmurali sorry about that! Please submit another ticket to the helpdesk, as Micah is providing tech support on the software, and hopefully we'll be able to provide further direction. Thanks

Hi Eric,

I'm really interested in your program. When I did a Google search for Push Button Marketer, it brought me to WF where I've been wanting to join for a long time. This was a good enough reason today.
Anyways, I've been trying to find out everywhere if your software could do this particular function and couldn't find a definitive answer anywhere. So here goes...

Can I train your software to build backlinks? Let's say I manually build 10 profile pages and can your macros observe my actions and build another 10 links? Preferably on 10 other sites. At least on the same 10 sites for a different domain of mine?

Will there be a prebuilt macro or will I have to make a fresh macro for this purpose? If it is going to be a fresh macro how long would you reckon the learning curve would be?

Thanks Eric, appreciate very much!

Hope my question is clear.

I made the mistake of buying Push Button Marketer as part of the Macro Marketer package. I wasted half an hour trying to create a macro for an automatic website login and decided I couldn't be bothered any more. Ever since (6th May), I have been trying to get a refund but have not received answers to emails, Paypal claims or support tickets so I'm pretty fed up.

Eric, if you're reading this, I've just emailed your "questions" email address explaining the whole situation, in the hope that you can help me with this.

Liz

How can a software write articles for you. Its impossible. What exactly do you mean by this?

Use the software to help you write entire articles in a matter of minutes.
Automate your blogging, or other content writing and posting.

???

@vij Why say something is impossible if you haven't tried it?

Notice that the sales copy that you pasted says "in a matter of minutes." That's really quite feasible, and I've done it. You can create a macro to help you write an article using any of an unlimited number of variables or templates that you've programmed into it.

For example, you might only have to type in the topic of the article, and three main points. And then the macro goes to work and writes a how-to article based on that input.

If you watch lesson #68 on my blog, you will see me using a macro where I create an entire autoresponder series in a matter of minutes.

It's not about magic, it's about macro programming. And we included some of these macros in the package.

Eric, thanks for your response and I will open a ticket at your help desk in case you can help me but I bought the product from someone called James Jackson, direct with Paypal and not through Clickbank. His whole package was called Macro Marketer - I just wondered if you had some association with him and some influence!!

Liz

@Liz Oh, I see! you bought the product from one of our resellers. In that case, we won't be able to process your refund, as the payment did not come to us. Sorry about that. But if you opened a case with Paypal, then it'll get his attention before too long. And since I made the offer, yes you can go ahead and submit a ticket to my helpdesk and Micah may be able to give you some direction regarding the macro.

I hadn't thought about how our resellers would affect this thread. This could get quite convoluted, LOL.