Andy Jenkins' "Video Boss"

There was another thread about Video Boss, it seems to have been deleted - not sure what happened.

I've been impressed with the pre launch videos.

I am going to buy Video Boss today, just currently looking for the best bonus to go with it.

Can anyone let me know the best bonus offered for Video Boss?

For 2,000 it seems nuts to buy it. You can find all of this information out on your own, it isn't rocket science. It isn't hard to upload a video to youtube, to get traffic, or to use video editing software. Go to a bookstore and buy a book. Make some videos and get to work. Too many of the people buying these things don't work, they just like to watch the hype and dream and never do anything. You'd do a lot better to spend the hours working with video than watching his lessons and courses for 2,000. Imagine for $2000 you could spend that money on google ads and get traffic to an offer. Do you have an offer of your own? If not video will not help you much anyway. You make money in internet marketing by WORKING. Not dreaming. And not buying into hype. Use common sense.

It's pretty sad really, when I see people having to find a worthwhile bonus, to justify spending the $1,997.

Pretty sad indeed.

The course/price should be able to stand on its own two feet.

Funny how some see it as expensive and some see it as a good value and are just looking for a juicy bonus.

Thanks for deleting your signature Jason, but you don't have the best bonus. Sorry dude!

I also can't see why only you, Frank, and Trey can give a honest review? Wouldn't someone with very little knowledge be better equipped to say how good the course is. That is what makes a great course, is a great teacher....someone who can take complex ideas and reduce them to simple and easy to understand steps for people like me...a real anti-techno canuck.

Just bought in. I went with Stompernet's bonus. They're offering 6 months access to Stompernet as well as 51 days of Traffic Geyser Gold.

Frank Kern's bonus was tempting, as was Jason Moffatt's, but I'm confident that the education AJ is providing should be more than enough to turn me into a video expert.

For the people saying it costs too much... I've spent the last hour browsing all the different listed videos in the members' section. To get the kind of education that Video Boss provides, I'd have to spend 6 years in 2 different schools locally, as well as about $60,000 in tuition. That's not even counting the cost of textbooks, software, and various other expenses. On top of that, I wouldn't get access to the advanced SEO and Social Media training they provide, and about 50% of the classes in the programs I looked at have absolutely no value to an internet marketer.

This is hands-down the best deal for anyone looking to get into online video marketing. After getting inspired by the free series, I checked out some videos in one very, very small niche that I market in... Turns out, I can beat them very easily. I managed to find about 5 keywords totaling roughly 20,000 searches per month that already had video results just begging to be knocked out of the listings and replaced with my own. Anyone willing to put this stuff into action and work as they go will make their money back before the end of the 2nd month, for sure.

Scott,

I would have to agree with TraderMike2008.

Andy Jenkins has a creditable background and knows how to produce a great video. Hell I reckon he could be related to Tarantino!...... However.....

He's given you the greatest tip in his first video by showing us all that even a poorly shot video can get you page one rankings! Now that's a gem!

Who amongst us is looking for an Academy award in video production AND is willing to shell out $2000 for it? Come on folks, let's be sensible. AVS sells a suite of software which could easily get you going for under $70. There's loads of others ot there.

Dam! I'm not even an affiliate for any of them.

I just wanted to chime in real quick...Sure you could save a lot of money buying a book from amazon. But Andy has some serious schooling under his belt that goes way beyond "books"...Also do keep in mind Andy is a marketer, and having someone cut the bullshiz out and teach you the goodies from a SELLING perspective is worth quite a bit if you ask me...

So I watched the videos. Um, it looks like a megahyped powerpoint course, yea video too. Of course, he even shows you how to rank videos in search engines. Hmm, keyword description. All this stuff is available for free. If you want to go beyond powerpoint and use real visual effects software. Get after effects, buy andrew's videocopilot stuff. Seriously, from what it looks like,( i didn't buy it) it's basically for people with no video experience at all. You want to learn about live video. Go to videomaker.com. They have all the video training tutorials you'll ever need for free on their website.

Go drop 2k if you really want to learn the true secrets of youtube uploading and powerpoint transitions. Maybe how to edit your audio and clean it up. You can't just make crummy audio sound good by sweetening it up. You're going to need to shell out some dough for a decent mic setup if you want to sound anything like he does on the sales video.

Enough. sorry for the rant. This info is available all over the place for free.

I would be very interested in hearing from someone that has actually purchased it. The content looks good, but I agree the price tag is steep.

Hopefully in the next few weeks someone can provide a review

Sid

Sorry to steep for me. I would be interested in some video maketing WSO though.

I honestly can't afford it, or I would buy it. I already have a few books on video editing, but that's not really what I would be looking for from Andy. If I bought it, I would be looking to learn from his experience and from his own personal techniques.

Anyone can buy a book and learn the technical "how-to" for editing video, but you rarely can buy experience, and I have a feeling Andy's is worth far more than the price tag of his product.

I for one, am disappointed I'm going to miss out on this. (my financial situation is pathetic

Video Boss has now sold out for the time being it seems.

If any proof were needed that video drives people wild into a buying frenzy, the course itself was proof of the pudding selling out in a few short hours.

The launch was entirely video, no salesletter to be seen.

The members area looks great and the coaching starts on Friday.

I don't think anyone who has signed up believes it is going to be no work, even Andy Jenkins made clear in his final pre launch video that clients will have to take action, go through all the modules and implement the material.

There isn't an issue for me about the time, even if it takes me a week to create a quality video initially after going through the training it will be well worth it.

It takes me a few days to do a quality salesletter in any case, and we all know video converts MUCH better.

I Agree with Scott Million about the whole cost of video production. I'm in the same online and offline video production business.

i would love to see some video designed by AJ students after they finishes the whole training. BY the way, about $1,997 - to some it might be expensive, but if you can shorten your lurning curve, then money is well spent.

to me personally video editing, though it is very tiring (long hours took to produce even 60 sec video).. but, the end result is the satisfaction. Especially when we can provide good value to clients.

So good luck with video Boss!

Yes,
There's always a cheap way and an expensive way - remember the coastal footage? The cheaper camera footage looked a whole lot better than the expensive one!

So the focus on the 2 videos was that you can pick up any old camera and you'll be in there with a chance, because most marketers are too intimidated by making videos to try. And yes, the keywords I googled don't have video footage at all, in many cases.

Yet the training had all kinds of technical jargon that a $500 video camera wouldn't be up to at all. I took screen dumps of video 4 and a lot of what is said looks and reads very much like a SEO or marketing WSO.

Nevertheless, I woke up decidedly keen to buy it this morning, but as the day wore on, I decided I would leave this one. Fortunately it was sold out.

I got a lot from the first 2 videos and the 3rd too, so thanks to Andy Ill move forward with what I learned. I could almost quote his best line. I think it was that the quality of what is on Youtube is so bad - it's almost a no brainer to do better. He seemed to be advising us to show our personalities and sense of humour and enjoy what we're doing. That way we'll probably do very well, without the bells and whistles - I hope so.

Yes - that's it

Useyourbrainboss, useyourlistboss, useyour-gutreactionboss, useyourstoopieneighbourboss.... cheers lol

Lets see for 2000.00 I can learn what is already available at a lower price or free and all I have to do is be motivated enough to use the lower price stuff. Motivation will replace and compensate anyone 1950.00 of that asking price. If this is a big part of what you do in your business there are still cheaper ways to get started with the difference being invested in better easier equipment that sounds good. And hell I got traffic mania videobot plus 1900.00 I can hire some warriors and for 50.00 have a dam good video out there in days while doing the 197 things that require daily attention.

In my opinion, 2k for what's basically a fancy pants power-point slide video training course seems out of whack, no matter how many PLF-tactics they applied to their launch.

I do plenty of video marketing and you don't need to spend 2k to learn how to animate few coherent power-point slides, with a bit of voice over and some mild music on the background. A single weekend toying around with the software will get you there.

this is really great course for who use video marketing in his niche!
I get up morning and i found it sold out!! i think it's OTO but i know many OTO training program don't close in the same day of launching!!
*OTO: one time offer.........

This thread is astounding! So many people so excited about potential. It's clear to me that hype sells. He could have sold it at an even higher price.

I just don't get so many of the comments in this thread.

Only a handful suggested that comments from those who have actually used the product would be useful. The rest are just excited by the launch.

Personally, I'd like to see someone who bought it and six months later said he/she made their money back and then some applying the methods in it. Of course, I'd have to trust this person has well.

Don't fall for guru hype!

"Only a handful suggested that comments from those who have actually used the product would be useful."

It was a launch which was certain to sell out on the launch day. So there was no possibility of getting informed feedback.

We have to work with what we have.

Right, but I would HAVE to have that feedback in order to make such a big purchase.

But that's just me.

There is nothing wrong with shopping for a bonus, as long as you believe the product is worth the asking price without it. I have been making videos in a vaccuum without the kind of expertise that Andy is offering. I believe it is worth even more than $2k with what you'll be able to take from it if you are proactive. I certainly intend to be. There are many times when I just need a little piece of help that could save me hours or days of work.

I wasn't an affiliate for the launch, so when I decided to buy, it seemed only prudent to look for a real valuable bonus. Otherwise you're just throwing money away. I chose the one I mentioned earlier today and now have a chance to JV with the affiliate I bought through.

Hell, I'm an affiliate for Andrew Fox's 'Affiliate Millionaire' launch next week, but I might just buy it myself through Steven & Tim just to get the bonuses. They're all things I thought about buying. Of course I'm sure some will buy it for my bonus too. That's just the nature of the game now. No sense fighting it. Of course it is easier now that I'm really making some money from all this. But I started at square one just like everyone else.

I will certainly share some of what I learn from it with those who will take the time to listen. With any of these big products, you will get exactly what you extract from it. No one will drill a hole in your head and download it. They say 'you get what you pay for' but I believe 'you get what you take away from something' regardless of what you paid! Terry

No matter what anyone thinks, Andy sold out. He found his buyers. Isn't that marketing? 99% of the people won't buy for one reason or another. Opinions are all over the place.

When YOU go to sell something you'll get the same thing. Perhaps it won't be as open and notorious as a big launch but the reader is looking at your sales letter and gives a thumbs up or thumbs down in silence. Most of those that read your letter will say no, but your buyers will say yes. To them it was worth the price and commitment.

The only reason for a review thread is for the fence sitters, the curious, and the nay sayers. The buyers are already in.

How many spots was he selling? I don't remember there being a limited number of spots?

I've only watched the last video (the sales video) as I was on travel during the main launch (and pre-launch) of this product.

Would anyone mind sending me the videos or pointing me to the right spot?

The Video Boss system was only suppose to be open for another hour today (starting at 3pm) but its currently 4:51pm EST and the site is still open and accepting orders. Anyone that's interested can head over to http://www.thevideoboss.com [NOT AFFILIATE LINK]

I've just been through some of the initial content today.

Pretty impressive so far, step by step instructions with walk through videos showing exactly what to do.

I really like the videos. It gives you a lot of ideas in differente scenarios.

One good thing about it is to see how a launching process happens to.
It's always good to see what guru's are doing, and how they are launching
products, more than just desiring to buy their products.

What strikes me immedietly is how in my short time on the warrior forum, how much good free information is here if you dig around and even more so in the war room.

Also how many times people have expressed how much better this information is in comparison to high ticket hyped stuff knocking about, so called gurus included.

I wonder how many people will actually take action and put this seemingly astounding course into action that isnt available anywhere else.

I dont understand why anyone cannot just study how to make videos for free in links posted earlier in the thread and then apply what you already know about marketing and if that isnt enough then go ahead and study the videos that the leading IMs have already made that are in the public domain for everyone to see.

I know Andy and Video Boss is definitely worth the 2k... It's not just about going and finding the information in a book. It would take DAYS to perfect the techniques he's teaching you that you'll learn in a couple hours.

Thumbs up from me.

Cheers
- Adam

Yeah, it's sold out until he re-launches in a couple of months. Look for more spots to open in the spring or early summer.

I have a question - in one of his 3 pre-launch videos he talked about buying a very inexpensive camcorder. I think it was under $200.00. Does anyone remember the name of the camcorder he recommended? Since he took down his pre-launch videos I can't go back and watch them again.

Thanks!

He alluded on his "Sorry, We're Booked Up" screen that he would re-open in a few months. If you get on his list I assume you will be one of the first to be notified. My guess is that he'll re-open sometime late spring / early summer.

People here have mentioned free or inexpensive Video Boss alternatives. Wondering what they are.

Here's why - I just got recruited to do a splash-page site for a non-profit. While that doesn't necessarily mean "gratis", in this case it does. So I need to find a solution or a couple of solutions that would allow me to make a video on the cheap, add audio and my voice-over, optimize it, and sprinkle this bad boy all over the web in as many places as possible.

Any and ALL suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Chris,

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

Thanks.

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.

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.

the way he placed everything & his marketing techniques are awesome

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

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

Looking forward to your video SEO stuff Dan

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

I just checked my downloads - they work fine on Windows 7 and with Windows Media Player.

Frankly, if anyone is in for a quick buck, Video Boss isn't the right tool. Try the Lottery or something. Not having seen the inside of the course, just judging by the pre-launch freebies and no.4, it's probably worth every penny if you intend to use it professionally for IM. It looks like he's got everything covered you would ever need.

Having said that, I am sure there is other stuff available that is more than sufficient for most IMers' basic needs to create great viewable videos (yes, he has commented further up the page, so check it out) and at a mere fraction of the Video Boss price. However, it still is a "course" which means people will still have to get down to learning the stuff not just storing it.

Just a thought.

Max

If anyone is taking the video boss course, this might be suitable for you. Amazon have got a special offer on sony HD Platinum Movie Studio video editing suite. I don't know how long this offer will last, but get one while they are so super cheap.

Sony Movie Studio HD 10 Platinum Suite (PC):...