David Leigh

Yesterday I was talking a bit about Traffic Secrets 2.0, but the main reason I bought it was for access to Ed Dale’s Dominiche course on buying and selling websites, which I mentioned back in July.

Before ordering I cleared the tracking cookie because I’d checked out some of the other offers on the table - theoretically when I followed Ed’s link again a new cookie should be set and I’d get his bonus.

Unfortunately no new cookie was set. I quickly realised this might be a problem and contacted both Ed and John Reese’s people, but it took me until last week for anyone at Traffic Secrets to take action. Also, due to the delay in Traffic Secrets being shipped I needed it sent to another address; it took several attempts to get John’s people to do anything about this and it was only when I contacted him directly through twitter that action was taken.

In the end FedEx tried to deliver to the wrong address anyway, so it was all a waste of time, although eventually they phoned my mobile and I was able to get it delivered - I really think this needs to be sorted out, it is lousy customer service by John Reese’s people.

Anyway, I’ve covered the first 2 steps of Dominiche and got some great info so far, so looking forward to doing a bit each day for the next couple of weeks. I have one website that I’m thinking of selling, but I have another project that I may work on specifically to sell when the time is right.

I’ve now started John Reese’s Traffic Secrets 2.0, so in a position to comment on the content. It’s early days, but the first thing to say is that it’s a little slow moving and goes into a great deal of what seems like unnecessary detail without giving an overview and no real action points yet - I prefer to dive right in.

I’m sure I will get some value out of this, but it’s going to mean digging deep. Luckily the content has just been released as audio only so I can listen to it at the gym. Video is ok, but I find unless it is a DVD - so that I move away from my PC - I start to multitask. From that point of view I think audio is much better as I can really focus on it for the 90 minutes or so that it takes me to go to the gym and work out, but I guess it depends on individual learning styles.

I’ve just received an email from Dan Raine which anyone who is into internet marketing needs to take up. It’s a $1 trial for 14 days access to Immediate Edge, the coaching program run by Dan and Ed Dale.

If you like it then you can continue with the full price after that - BUT get in early to ensure you lock into the current price ($97/month) as they are considering increasing the price to $147. And if you’re not impressed by what you find there you can cancel your trial - simple.

Immediate Edge is about to kick off in a new direction, cunningly titled Immediate Edge 2.0 (wonder which genius though that?). It looks like the addition of a new project manager on board is going to really ramp up the learning, plus you get access to software and other resources for free inside the Edge.

Try it out now - visit the Immediate Edge website.

I know I’ve been away for all of August, but I’m heading off to Menorca this afternoon to stay with some friends. Back on Tuesday night, Costa Brava again on Wednesday and back to Barcelona on Friday.

Then I’ll get down to some real work

As I said in my previous post, I’ve arrived back in Barcelona. That means it’s time to get back to some work and the good news is that Traffic Secrets 2.0 has landed on my desk.

I haven’t taken a look at the content in any details yet, I’ve flipped through the book that comes with the 12 CDs, but it does look pretty comprehensive and covers social strategy as well as the usual search engine traffic, which is all good. The book appears to be a transcription of the material on the CDs, which yields some interesting results - “face book”, rather than “Facebook” for example and my favourite is “twirl” in one sentence and “twurl” in the next. Not big complaints but could be confusing if you follow the course from the book and are unfamiliar with the terms.

One of the downsides that I see is the size of the box that contains the course - it won’t fit on my bookshelf. To be honest, I’d much rather have been able to access the materials online rather than have my office cluttered with it, but I guess by shipping a physical product the perceived value is higher and John Reese can make more $$$.

I do have a couple of complaints about customer service though. As shipping was delayed I had to change the delivery address, which I eventually managed to confirm after several emails and a support ticket went unanswered. Eventually I had to contact John Reese through Twitter to get a response. And even though the new delivery address was confirmed, FedEx still tried to deliver to my home address, with me on holiday for the whole of August. When FedEx failed to deliver they did at least phone me and so I had it delivered to my holiday address.

Another problem with the order concerns the tracking cookie. I ordered through Ed Dale’s link as he was offering his course of buying and selling websites. Before ordering I cleaned out the tracking cookie as I’d taken a look at several offers, but when I finally clicked Ed’s link the cookie didn’t register.

Despite being assured that this as in hand by Customer service, it wasn’t credited to Ed Dale, so I don’t get his course. I’m still trying to sort this, so hopefully will do soon. Customer service is an important element of the tactical marketing mix and my experience of Traffic Secrets 2.0 in this respect has left me underwhelmed.

Anyway, I’ve got a ton of stuff to do before I get stuck into TS 2.0, but will write something once I’m actually doing something with it other than use it as a giant paperweight.

If you’ve been wondering where I’ve got to lately, it’s that I’ve been on holiday. We spent August on the Costa Brava, and had the best weather I can remember, so in addition to plenty of eating and drinking, you can add lots of swimming, snorkelling and a bit of scuba diving too.

3 days in Barcelona and then flying to Minorca…