CDC Warns of ZOMBIE APOCALYPES

by darrinmcl

Posted: 13 years ago 13 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Does the CDC know something we don't? Why are they publishing an article on how to prepare for a Zombie Apocalypse? NO LIE

CDC EPR | Social Media | Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse - Blog

What does this mean to you as a marketer?

One of the things I did early on was to invest the time into developing a Natural Disaster based product site. Survival goods and books, etc.

I don't spend a lot of time dealing with it, it's mostly affiliate stuff, but I have it highly SEO'd and does well in the SERPs so about two to three times a year I get a nice little boost in my sales.

You might think that it is immoral to profit form someone else's loss, but most of it is information and supplies. So it's not like I am the cause of the disaster.

How do you take advantage of naturally recurring events like holidays and such?

#apocalypes #cdc #warns #zombie

Bradley J Anderson 13 years ago

Originally Posted by darrinmcl

How do you take advantage of naturally recurring events like holidays and such?

Actually, I hadn't thought about it at all until last Halloween when I ran across a site for, you guessed it, Halloween costumes. And it was like a light bulb went off; couldn't believe I hadn't thought of it before. Obviously, holiday sites won't make huge bank all year long, but that's okay as long as they make good money for a few months out of the year.

I definitely plan on rectifying that sometime this year, though, by putting up a site for every major holiday (and even some of the not-so-major ones, too).

As you said, "I don't spend a lot of time dealing with it, [and] about two to three times a year I get a nice little boost in my sales."
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Dan C. Rinnert 13 years ago

This is nonsense. You'll never have to worry about zombies. The world ends tomorrow anyway.
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- Bradley J Anderson 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert
  
  This is nonsense. You'll never have to worry about zombies. The world ends tomorrow anyway.
  
  Damn, I forgot about that! I need to go pick up some stuff... :rolleyes:
  
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- Michael Mayo 13 years ago
  
  Dan, It is written that the Dead will rise before the the end of the world.
  
  Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert
  
  This is nonsense. You'll never have to worry about zombies. The world ends tomorrow anyway.
  
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  jan roos 13 years ago
  
  Have a look at this blog The Economic Collapse
  
  I bet if you buy an ad on there for your survival site you'll make bank.
  
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  candoit2 13 years ago
  
  Zombies? You mean those things that rarely ever sleep, never give up, and have a sole focus on getting "more brains?
  
  I think they all became internet marketers, except they focus now on "more sales".
  
  As long as they have money for food we will have little to worry about.
  
  No offense to any Warrior Zombies lurking.
  
  Aaron
  
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BloggingPro 13 years ago

I have been saying it for years. Zombie's very well could already exist for all we know. Why would our governments tell us about it though? It's not a problem.

Think about it. The government didn't warn about H1N1 until it was a pandemic.
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sbucciarel Banned 13 years ago

Who needs to bone up on marketing with the Zombies and world ending and stuff. We should just go out and party one last time.
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tritrain 13 years ago

It's a great marketing ploy to get people to half-seriously buy a EP kit and prepare for something real.

Very clever!
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darrinmcl 13 years ago

I thought it was pretty good on the CDC's part as well. You don't think of Gov't bureaucrats as having a decent sense of humor, much less a decent marketing department. But here I think we are showing it as an example of a WIN.
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christopher jon 13 years ago

Anybody hear from Australia and New Zealand or are they already goners.
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betteseo 13 years ago

i'm in thailand and we're still here... as far as i can tell (same time zone as western australia i think)

as far as zombies... i totally thought about doing a 2012 survival guide type site this year. there's tons of adsense money in it. i just haven't had time....

good to see someone's cashing in.
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WebsiteDeck 13 years ago

And has anyone noticed how we constantly are getting more and more movies about Zombies? *Hint* CDC messed up!
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