Guru Slayer from Andrew Fox
The latest big launch is here, and it's one that I have been umming and aahing about purchasing for a few days. The reason why I was undecided was that I pretty much know the contents of the course - it is basically as follows;
- you want to sell a product
- set up a sales website to make sure that you sell the product in the correct manner (capturing leads, adding to mailing list etc)
- upselling a related product or service
It ain't rocket science 
So why did I buy?
Well, that's the funny thing - I got all the way through to the "review this order" stage in Clickbank (via Paypal), and then decided to bail out. After all, I already know most of what's in the course. End of story.
A half hour later, I logged into my email and see a couple of paypal emails "thank you for your purchase". Eh?? WTF? Ok, so I had clicked one page too far before bailing out of the order process. Oh well. Live and learn.
So, I have now read the document and can tell you that it is very good, assuming you are into the business of product creation and sales. I've already gleaned a couple of ideas from it and will be using them to great effect in my next product launch.
Bonuses, Schmonuses
I then re-read the sales page and see that the first 100 buyers are entitled to the opportunity of doing a JV with Andrew Fox himself. As I am close to launching a product, this is a bonus that could be worth a lot, not only in terms of cash earnings but also in terms of learning a little more about the JV process. So I am happy that I bought this one.
Comment by Paul — April 10, 2007 @ 8:37 pm
Are you thinking of JV'ing again then G after your last experience?
Comment by Adrian — April 10, 2007 @ 10:00 pm
Hi Burt,
I certainly would not have bought this one…it was so predictable from the outset!
I hope you found the few ideas useful and worth the purchase price!
Comment by Oli Allen — April 10, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
So now we *don't* want to listen to "gurus", we want to steal their business (project x, day job killer, guru slayer etc) - when will it become fashionable to hate the anti-guru types?
Comment by gary — April 11, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
Paul; yep, a JV is the quickest way to kickstart a product (assuming you have no list of your own). My lists are all not to do with the new product really.
Adrian; So long as the JV comes off, it's well worth the price I paid
Oli; this one is a bit different - basically to "slay a guru" you need to become one yourself (ie, a list owner).
Comment by Paul — April 15, 2007 @ 4:07 am
I bought a product a while ago from a well known marketer with exactly the same idea, I didn't really want the product but the chance to JV with him could have been worth a nice chunk of change.
It never materialized , no time, product isn't right, they want 70% plus another 10% for their mates plus some more for someone else..
I did manage to build up a list by giving away comment hut lite, but it took hard work and also persistence.
If everyone who said they were going to JV with me had done it I would have been laughing but saying they will and actually doing it are two different things.
Good luck with this and as you say if it comes together it could well pay for teh product you purchased and a lot more.
Paul
Comment by gary — April 15, 2007 @ 9:26 am
Paul; this will probably turn out the same way I think. I'm not holding out much for the JV to go ahead. It's time to get the product out to the public so I'll be doing that this week.
Comment by gary — May 14, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
It's now been well over a month, and NONE of the promised bonuses have materialised. Good, eh?
Comment by Oli — May 14, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
Sounds like refund time