Social Post Lab - How is it going?

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For those of you who bought Social Post Lab, how is it working out for you?
Is it working well?
#internet marketing product reviews & ratings #lab #post #social
  • I bought it earlier this week but support is poor. I sent a support request about 3 days ago and apart from the initial acknowledgement, I have not heard anything back. I tried to set it up but got stuck so cannot comment on how good it is. There is a training section in the members area but no training videos or instructions.

    In my opinion, the vendors could do a better job. I will give it a few more days and if I get no response, I will request for a refund.



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  • I purchased it yesterday and put in a support ticket about 15 hours ago. Had access to the members area yesterday and today none. Even from JVZoo to download the product again, takes to a "coming soon" page. I did get to download the plugin yesterday but cannot get it to work. The training videos are online only, no download.

    They have lots of problems with the members site and their support, have been going round in circles trying to update the ticket I put in yesterday. Nothing is working as it should.

    The concept of the product is what I was after, looked good and I hope they get it sorted soon.

    Not going to wait 3 days though.....very frustrating....
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    • Sounds like a terrible program. Thanks for the heads up!
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  • Thanks for the feedback. The concept looks good. I can make floating capture pages with Power Lead System, but the ability to put coupons up too was intriguing. Support is so important. I have had too many purchases that end up with little support if there is a problem.
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    • As it stands, I definitely do not recommend anyone purchasing it because of a lack of support and instructions. As mentioned above, the members area is an example of poor workmanship (it has the default Wordpress content on some pages). It does not seem as if it should have been released. I also had a quick look at the code and although I am no "techie" it seems like a white label product (not 100% certain) that has been rebranded.




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  • The plugin doesn't work well at all. Great in theory, but poorly implemented. The main problem are:
    1. Page loads too damn slow, like 10 seconds slow.
    2. Popover loads too damn slow, add another 4 - 5 seconds
    3. When posting to Facebook it doesn't use the markup from the page you are sharing, so there is no custom image which drives clicks.

    Give this one a pass and put the developers on the do not buy list.
  • Like I said, when clicking a link it TAKES FOREVER to pull the page. It's not my host, I have excellent page load time with my host, my wordpress sites load in less then a second. It's not that for sure.
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    • Sorry to hear that. Please PM me your details. Also if you want you can directly ask me any doubts or question regarding the plugin via PM and I can explain it if the videos are not helping. Thanks!

      You can simply go to our sales page and find login link at bottom. Else Click Here.

      Regarding FB list not appearing, did you authenticate the app with the Connect with Facebook button? Once you have given the permission it should show the list of fanpages. If you did that and still cannot see the fan page please PM me your wp details if you can and I can take a look. Hope that helps.

      Ok I see. Can you PM me your website URL? I will check out whats going wrong. Also I will PM you an example running on my site just to show you that the pages are loading quite normal on my server or the other servers which we tested. But I am sure this is something we can figure out once you send me the URL wherever you are testing this.

      Let me know!
  • Hi RohitShah,

    Thanks for coming to this thread and taking the initiative to get things sorted. I haven't had the chance to play around with the plugin since I last wrote my post above but hope to get round to it sometime next week.

    You mentioned that you are one of the developers of the plugin. However, when I looked at the code, it seemed to be called something else which suggests to me that it is a white label product. If this is the case, I have nothing against you doing this as it is normal within the industry. However, for the sake of transparency, I would like to know,

    Feel free to pm me if you feel more comfortable responding that way.

    Regards,

    Solae
  • Seems I saved another $20 by just reading these pages! Thanks to all fellow Warriors!
  • It's good if you already know how to navigate but if you are newbie and have no idea how to start, better to avoid them and try others with the same concept which can provide you better support. SPL support sucks.
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    • I've had same access problems as others here. Have pm'd Rohit. Fingers crossed, otherwise I'll be pushing that REFUND button faster than you can say waste-of-money.
      I've been on this forum for a good few years...
      There is still time for them to redeem themselves, and I do understand that there are often teething problems for new products/launches.
      Trusting they will sort this out ASAP if they are serious about there business.
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    • Hey. Sorry I missed your question since I just came to this thread. Since you cannot send PM please send me email to innovationlover at gmail dot com and I'll get it sorted for you. I need to know your blog details so that I can look the issue for you.

      Replied to your PM. Hopefully this has sorted your issue. If not let me know.

      Check my reply above.
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  • This plugin is definitely not ready for prime time. Setting up a lead capture popup is fairly straight forward but if the webpage is using framebuster scripts (many are) your pop up won't show. Best to use paid autoresponder not free. Also, I haven't been able to produce an image ad to successfully work. There's another software that's similar that appears to do most of the same stuff SPL does (HeroTower) but it allows to find content that's already proven viral which is awesome but I'm reading that it has alot of bugs too and support isn't up to par. I'm just playing the waiting game now until something comes out that actually does what it claims to do without major flaws. That's my 2 cents.
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  • The problem with this plugin is the problem with most software created by 'marketing gurus'. You see so many people who call themselves marketers want to cash in on the software industry. The problem is that they have no experience in development. So what do they do? They hire out development to a freelancer, who almost always comes from a county with a favorable exchange rate (so the cost to them is as low as possible). This freelancer spits out a software fast. There is no real beta testing phase, only basic in house testing. Then they get a bunch of their affiliate friend to mass email it to a lot of people.

    What do the people get? A software developed by a third party, at a low cost, often for a fixed price that is not properly tested and then sold by someone who has no technical experience themselves at a huge markup. Honestly people what do you expect will happen?
  • Im going to admit that I promoted this software, not much, but I did do a test of the software and send out an email suggesting that people view the demo on the sales page and consider buying it. Now I feel bad about this making that mistaken recommendation.

    Here is the thing the affiliates can not get you a refund. They did not get your money. In fact the commission they got did not even come from your money. As far as PayPal was concerned you paid Sam, then Sam paid them. So if they refunded the payment they would just be sending money to Sam.

    I will say this: My promise is that I will NEVER make this same mistake again with Sam. I will NEVER promote another product of his again. He fooled me (and my trusted subscribers once) and he wont get a second chance to do it to us again.

    While any affiliate is human (just like me) and can make a mistake there is no reason to not learn from that mistake. I would suggest that any affiliate that continues to promote products by Sam after this deserves to be unsubscribed from. I for one will not risk my relationship with my subscribers by giving Sam a second chance.
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  • I finally got a reply and was promised a refund directly from Sam as I was over 60 days (because of the hopeless Support and him not replying for 6 weeks!!!) but that never happened, I sent screenshots of all the support tickets and dialogue, a screenshot of the page with the missing "key" training videos, which still not there, just a message stating return tomorrow, just a joke but how many others have lost $47 - it's just not right and yet many ppl still promoting his latest products..
  • Hey guys,

    I wanted to post here – I saw this threat about 2 weeks ago and I was very surprised that no one sent me a link to it letting me know you were having these problems so I could respond. Hear me out.

    You are right – Social Post Lab was a mess. There were a number of reasons for that, partners launching the product with me backing out days before launch because of personal reasons, the support team I was paying at the time completely dropping the ball and the software itself has issues I should have foreseen but didn’t.

    This launch was a big wake up call for me and I should have been better I'm sorry.

    The month after the Social Post Lab launch we switched up our support team and our 30 day rating as you can see improved to 94% with a very good response time http://i.imgur.com/NtKLViz.png we’ve refunded EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE who requested a refund and worked with everyone we possibly could to help with this software.

    My reason for not updating you on everything when I first saw this is that we ‘ve been working
    our butts off to create a new much more stable and user friendly version of this software for you.

    It’s a software we are going to re-launch but every Social Post Lab customer
    (who kept the software or refunded) is getting it free.

    I am very sorry that many of you went through the hassles you went through with the software
    and support and we’re committed to making sure that every one of you leaves happy.

    Here is a preview of the new software: http://i.imgur.com/lQxhk07.png

    It has the same content generation features as well as popup posts and
    even a few more additions such as pop-under posts and a calendar to make it all easy.

    The software is a web based dashboard and its not built on Wordpress so no installation is required (Solving a ton of server headaches we had).

    To request your free copy please send a ticket to our support desk with the subject
    “Social Post Lab Customer” with your receipt http://socialbusinessaccelerator.zendesk.com and we will issue everyone login details on the 14th of October (To give me time to alert everyone who purchased Social Post Lab of this upgrade)

    If there is anything else I can help you out with or any additional requests or tickets you want me to look at you can get ahold of me at sam@sambakker.com

    I am here now and will respond to anyone who has any further questions or concerns.

    Thanks for reading,

    Sam B
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    • Hey Sam,

      Is this offer still good?

      This seems to be web based software, so obviously there wouldn't be plr for those of us that purchased the plr upgrade to SPL?!

      Cheers

      Pete


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  • Yes it is just send a request to http://socialbusinessaccelerator.zendesk.com and ill help you out

    We can't offer resell rights for you with this one but we will make up for it by giving you the OTO for free which is selling for $97 right now
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  • Hey guys, just letting you know Social Post Manager is about to finish its launch. If you got Social Post Lab please email support on this address to get free access to the unlimited version of it: http://socialbusinessaccelerator.zendesk.com. Also we have achieved a 100% support rating which is quite a big deal for us. It's been our goal all year to hit that number off a launch and Social Post Manager has done that. A huge amount of positive feedback has come in which is testament to the new team we have compiled http://i.imgur.com/ha32SVJ.png (Screenshot from support as of now).
  • Hi Trixxxi,

    Thanks for your message. I did email my list - with email there is no way to guarantee everyone will see it but I 100% did.

    Here is one of the emails I sent on the 18th of October

    [Free Gift] Social Post Manager - Social Post Lab Customers ONLY

    Hey,

    If you purchased Social Post Lab
    I have some very good news for you!

    We're looking for Beta testers for a
    new software called Social Post Manager.

    It's an incredible Social Media Management
    software we know you are going to LOVE!

    And it's free for you because you purchased
    Social Post Lab and we wanted to express
    how much we appreciated your business
    and value your opinion.

    If you would like to check out this software
    take a look at the screenshot here:

    LINK

    If you would like to get free access to Social Post
    Manager please send in your receipt to
    before the 20th of October and we will issue you a
    free test account to try out and let us know
    what you think.

    Thanks again
    Sam Bakker

    P.S. This software will retail for between $37
    and $97. Don't waste this chance to get it
    for free. Send in your receipt to support
    today

    Sorry you did not see this - please search your email account and have a look.

    Also email my support and explain the situation. We will send you a refund and give you the package
    for free. I will do this within 60 days for anyone who has purchased both products before seeing the message above.

    Sam B
  • Hey Ace,

    No worries yes it is a software that wasn't ready. I am glad we launched it though - it has opened my eyes to the fact I need to be more careful about what I launch and our support needs to be better prepared. It also didn't help that I only saw this thread weeks after the time it was posted lol seems like a few people prefer to fuel the fire instead of actually reaching out to notify me of the problem so I can fix it.

    Pm me your ticket number - ill get the girls to setup your account right away

    Sam B
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