VIDEO BOSS !!!!!

Colin,

I can't remember the last time I was so captivated by watching a master at work as I was with watching Andy's videos.

And yes, there was a little bit of tongue in cheek in my post about Andy being disappointed his servers didn't melt down.

As someone who sees video as the wave of the future (albeit happening right now), and actually putting my money where my mouth is, just watching the way Andy makes it looks so easy was enjoyable.

Kudos to Andy, and although I didn't get in this time around I know the entire genre will be better because of what Andy is promoting. And I don't say that lightly.

We all need a little guidence from folks in the know regarding ways to do things better, on a higher level, more effectively, and a host of other superlatives, and from what I have seen of Andy's work and the front end videos he provided I can see where he is in a position to takes the reigns and be a true leader.

I can't imagine a nicer guy to learn from, neither have I seen anyone else with the talent he possesses step up to take lead regarding this medium, so that looks like a win-win for the entire IM community.

But I am highly biased...

KJ

It will be very interesting to see what the feedback is like from Warriors who have signed up.
Without doubt Andy Jenkins is very talented, not just as a video guy but also as a marketer. With all his big IM buddies helping push the promotion to the top of the charts it is no wonder it sold out.

Credibility is a fickle thing and rests on your last best thing. Am I right that the Stompernet model was big and bold but many customers were left out in the cold when it came to delivery etc. I may be wrong and if so I stand to be corrected.

Nelson Piquet Jr: ‘I crashed on purpose’ - Times Online

I was able to download videos 1 & 2, but my Video 3 is faulty. I would like to include it as a resource if anyone can help me. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks Tim. If you need anymore help with the poker videos shoot me a DM. Also, those articles in my PLRPoker pak that you bought could easily be converted into poker instructional videos too.

Andy makes his own videos himself. Usually takes him about 30 hours or so from script to delivery. Yeah, there's a staff - we have a tech guy (who runs the site which does both the sales pages and the membership gateway), a video editing guy (who works on the course material, not the promo videos), a graphics guy, a copywriter (me, but Andy does 100% of his own videos and scripts - I do the other stuff), and then support folks.

So there is staff, but they're there to support Andy by letting him focus on what he's good at (making videos and teaching people). The staff isn't there doing the video work. And there's nothing that we as the staff did that a single person (myself included) could have done from bottom to top themselves given a long enough time line and a willingness to stick to a plan.

Could I have pulled off a real-time launch by myself? Probably not, lots of things catch fire in a lunch and there are a lot of moving parts. (I will say that this is both the smallest launch team AND the smoothest launch I've ever worked on though - good people plus experience.)

But it's not a "launch" course nor was it marketing that way (though there is a unit on how we did THIS launch specifically).

What someone else posted is correct - it's not so much the components of making video that people are missing out there, it's how to plant the hook - it's how to say what you want to say so that people want what you're selling. I think what Andy brings to the equation there is that he's got the technical chops, but also a lot on the artistic side of film, that not many technical video teachers will necessarily know much about.

But the course itself is way beyond that, too: Live video (there's a unit on steadi-cam work, for example), traffic, distribution, making video products (physical or digital delivery) - all kinds of things that go WAY beyond using powerpoint or screenflow - that stuff was covered in the FREE materials.

That's why we put those out there first - because you're right. Just that will alone will put self-starting people light years ahead than most. The course goes WAY WAY beyond that.

In fact, Andy even acknowledges that there is a good deal more in his own videos and the last unit of the course is "Advanced Boss" stuff that he does himself - but it should be noted that that kind of thing isn't where the "meat" is - Andy's a rarity in that most other people making money with video online don't even care about all the little detail oriented stuff he does being a film geek.

You seem to be waffling from "anyone can make Andy's videos, it's not worth it" to "no one could make videos like Andy, it's not worth it" - if the course isn't for you, that's fine. But which is it as far as why you don't think it's worth it to someone else?

We've got students in there from folks like your typical warrior, to guys who come from Andy's own video production background - and THOSE guys are into it to. It just depends what you're looking for and what you want to get out of it. But what it is, is exactly what it says it is.

Thanks Andy - I've read a bunch your posts here and I figured that's what you meant, but I figured it was worthwhile to make sure I couldn't improve on anything next time. We did still show up on your radar as a *potential* customer, and as you said - if you'd needed us, we might well have hit your target. Can't really market much better than that.

Hahaha. LOL. Gee thanks Dude, i think? :rolleyes: And no, I only do it for a few select clients, just to keep me grounded in my own business.

I dont really think Andy is going to be expecting his students to emulate his videos to the max, when you consider his (sales videos) probably had about 8 to 12 full days of work spread out amongst his staff. The copy alone was probably 2 full days of work for a skilled writer. So really, nobody is going to be producing that high of quality in Andy's course, unless they actually hire Andy's team (or similar). What I was saying is that his students would likely be pumping out stuff like I already make and they would still be way ahead of the competition in terms of quality and effectiveness.