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Add me on SphinnI’m interested to know something. If you could, would you pay $500 to get on the phone with me for 3 hours. Basically you get on the phone with me and tell me what you’re doing (you can be as specific as you want). I’ll give you new ideas and help you improve what you’re already doing. What I will do? Give you all the advice I can on how your campaign is going. I’ll help get it off the ground and optimize it so it’s achieving the maximum ROI. What I won’t do? I won’t tell you my campaigns, landing pages, or answer the question “Can I have all your secrets?”
I always talk about how you can’t be afraid to invest a little money for the sake of making 100x more in the long-run. Would you pay $500 for my direct and private advice? I’m interested to see what you guys would do. Note that I’m not starting any phone consultations, really. Take the poll though and answer honestly.
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May 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
1-900-UBER-PLZ?
May 4th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Yes I would. So what is your paypal account so we can make this happen.
I spent $250 with someone who is not even close to where you are at in the internet game.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
I answered yes, but I would rather have 3 hours in person. Some things are hard to do over the phone. I think two people sitting in front of a computer is more effective and I would even pay slightly more for that. Hell, I’d fly to NY for that.
May 5th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Ian,
What if he showed you his desktop to mimic the over-the-shoulder view you’d get in person using something like HotConference or GoToWebinar/GoToMeeting?
Same effect… just without the need for physical proximity.
May 6th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Yea sure thing, it is better in person than on phone so i said no no no!
May 4th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Yes, I would, but not at the moment. I’d pay you as soon as I get to a road block with my optimizations. At that point, I’d definitely pay you for 3 hours of your time. Right now, I’m still growing on my own.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
I’d go $250.00, although I’m sure it’s well worth the $500.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Dude , you should charging 10 times that amount. You just hit upon becoming an UBER affiliate internet coach.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
That’s cheap. I usually charge at least 500$/hour if I have time to do it. Which is usually no. Don’t sell yourself short.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Of coarse this is a great idea but many of use would blow thru 3 hours in a flash and its not really enough time to really take advantage or all your knowledge. with that being said…
I would be more interested in a monthly consulting fee or apprentice fee where you would take on say 5-10 students and make a case study out of them (me). Part of the deal would be the reporting of all the students results and profits and or losses. Just a thought.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:58 am
Then I guess you’d pay for another $500, right? I think if someone did the proper homework and prepared for this instead of getting on the phone and saying “here’s what I’m running - help” then you’ll get much more out of this than you think. I imagine you’d want to chop this all up into at least 2 sessions so you could apply and then ask followup questions.
People can’t be afraid to invest in their future. Would you pay a copywriter $2000 to double the conversion rate on an offer that is making you $2000 profit per month? That is a one month payback so you’d better be saying, “yes”. Most businesses look for paybacks under 3 years.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I totally agree with you Matt in reguard to doing “proper homework and prepared” and be willing to invest into our future. Yes its a small price to pay, But look at it this way Paul as he has said is very very busy as all of us are. So if he did open up his schedule for 3 hours for $500 bucks. I am sure it would not last very long as it would fill up quckly. So limited in terms of more time. I am not saying it is not worth it in terms of investing into my future because it totally is. I am just saying i have alot to learn and right now I need to learn more of the basics before i can tap into the mind of Paul for fine tuning my affiliate campains or what ever is needed.
Their is a story about a hand made jewely store owner that was going to take a long over due vacation. She told here staff that as soon as she leaves to mark everything down 50% so they can blow out as much inventory as possible since things have been slow. She then left on vacation. Upon here return they had almost sold out of all their inventory she was totally amazed. The staff miss under stood her and marked every thing up 50% and they sold alot more. So the moral of the story. It all perception of value.
May 4th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I wont give 300$ to Bush :D ..
btw .. keep the price a little more .. may be .. you deserve it
May 4th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
When I read that title, it sounded like an ad for an escort service…
May 4th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Yeah, I was let down too.
May 5th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Were you interested in kocking boots with Paul?
Why were you let down?
May 5th, 2008 at 12:15 am
$500 is a bit much, but if you make that much in 3 hours on the net it’s probably about right.
May 5th, 2008 at 1:19 am
I personally would not… at least not right now. I noticed a couple weeks back that Jonathan Volk charges a little less at $150.00/hr for the same type of consultancy service.
May 5th, 2008 at 2:31 am
Considering that’s $167 per hour, I will.
Most internet marketing gurus and experts will charge $500 PER HOUR for a phone conversation.
Stanley Tang
http://www.stanleytang.com
May 5th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Hmmm… I’d pay $50 for a 3 hour chat session on msn.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:16 am
well… when i get some first money - maybe… i’m just starting in this industry ))
May 5th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Yes, I think 500 for three hours is completely reasonable. Reason I say that is, your charging less than 200 a hour, for advice that could potentially make people 100s or thousands of dollars. Would I buy it right now, no, but is 500 a good price, yes….
May 5th, 2008 at 4:41 am
Is there a Skype consultation also an option?
May 5th, 2008 at 4:48 am
Of course I would. We could exchange ideas on affiliate marketing, and give each other useful advice.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Yes I would, definitely.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:55 am
I think 3 hours on something like gotomeeting would be perfect so that way you can see my screen, you can even show me things on your computer or by using my computer and of course the voice.
Since you’re not actually doing this, I’d say you are selling yourself short. $166 / hr is a bit lowball for a good consultant - especially one that pulls in the bank you do. But if you’re doing it to give something back while getting some money out of your time, then I’m buying ;)
May 5th, 2008 at 4:58 am
$500 is a little more than the $450 that Jonathan Volk would charge. LoL
I’d pay something to give you a call someday but $500 would be pushing it right now with the money I have.
May 5th, 2008 at 5:29 am
If I had the money, I would go with Jonathan Volk. I think this poll is a dis-service to Paul, since now he may have painted himself into a corner. A $500 dollar corner.
May 5th, 2008 at 5:07 am
This looks kind of weird to me. Paul, you’re a nice guy, really, don’t do this crap for some kind of 500$, I understand that this is a VOTE only, but still.. *ugh* You would drop in some people eyes, seriously.
May 5th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Ya Paul don’t do it man. Like the guy above me said your a nice guy. When I see “gurus” have consulting sessions I throw up a little bit. I mean whats next an “uber aff e-book”. You will be making money from the sheeple. But you will lose respect from most people in this industry aka wickedfire. But if you like DP and warrior forum go right ahead.
May 5th, 2008 at 5:16 am
just a little to expensive for me, 300$ would be better
May 5th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Hi Paul,
I think over the phone people would not want to do but face to face and with the pc in front of you giving tips/advice etc then everybody would go for it.
Over the phone to me is the same as an ebook, everybody buys and does nothing with the advice, with somebody sat in front of you its easier and of course you acheive more, as you would be sailing blind everytime the customer wants to show you something or describe something so you would only acheive half of the stuff you want to.
I think Anthony Robbisn did something with the US Gun sniper team, where the new recruits thought, did looking at what the pros did and everybody acheived higher results than just being told what to do.
In person Yes I would pay
Cheers
Kevin
May 5th, 2008 at 6:55 am
I’d see this as a great opportunity, but I would prefer one-on-one time as well. Why not offer an entire day for $1,500.00? I’d like to be your first customer and fly out to where you’re located. :)
May 5th, 2008 at 7:14 am
That is a bargain. I have been approached and turned down $5000 per day plus expenses.
I would think that over the phone consultation with someone who knows what he is doing is worth $500 an hour. In person $650 or so.
My take on this is that I would never hire someone who was doing it for the money, because they would not be the expert I wanted, but as an expert I would never do it for money because I can make much more for longer if I dont dilute my tricks.
Kind of the “I would not want to be a member of a club that would admit me” school of thinking.
May 5th, 2008 at 7:22 am
If you would need your readers to pay for something that you could tell on your blog and enrich with your knowledge, I might not be actually paying $500 for that knowledge. I mean, just spending few months online, I can gather lot of that anyways.
May 5th, 2008 at 7:32 am
I will take it..3 hours consulting..that is good price if Paul can help me to boost my campaign. You can make up $500 within one day.
May 5th, 2008 at 8:04 am
I am amazed NickyCakes isnt all over this.
May 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
where the hell is Nicky Cakes? Damn this dude is SCARED NOW! LMAO hahahahahahah!
May 5th, 2008 at 8:09 am
I would not and for this reason.
I asked a question, which you were kind enough to answer, but the answer you gave was too general to be of any use. So, based on that experience, I would not pay you $500 dollars.
Your answers/blog is very, very, general and for that amount of money, I’d want something way more specific.
May 5th, 2008 at 8:40 am
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May 5th, 2008 at 8:56 am
I’d rather take that money and put it towards going to a convention where I could get much more out of it.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:17 am
I see this post is already stirring up some sh*t over at WickedFire.com…
LOL…
May 5th, 2008 at 10:30 am
My answer would be no, and this is not a knock on you personally.
Some answers included justification along the lines of “‘ Have you seen how much some other Gurus charge?”
The problem is most so-called “Gurus” are worthless.
It remains to be seen if Paul is worth it or not. I would think as successful as he is, he would spend his time working on his campaigns and his free time with his GF or whatever else he does. Someone who is really successful doesn’t need to do consultations and advertise how great they are. The REAL “gurus” are making money and you have never heard of them. They will never claim t be a guru or care to have a blog where they talk about themselves.
I could use the $500 for a lot of things, and I would certainly advise “newbies” to avoid shelling out big money for consultations, boot camps,etc. All seems a little Casey Serin-ish to me. BTW, this includes conventions and the like.
Thats my 2 cents.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:03 am
I would pay $500 to do a face to face meeting.. Or perhaps screen sharing phone conversation type thing. I would see a lot more value in actually being able to show you exact campaigns I am trying etc..
May 5th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I would pay up to 10 thousand dollars for face2face consultation with you, i am sure it would be very profitable investment.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
nah i would not do that… just do it on your own guys. Go read the wickedfire forum from 06 an on and that is more than enough to get anyone started.
May 5th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Get rich quick? LOL!…
I get asked a lot if you can make a living off internet marketing. Well, let me answer that question in Obama-style: “Yes we can”.
Thousands of people and companies are making a living and stacking money just by doing their work right and b…
May 5th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
It would be worth it if you can show us how you pick your products, create and maintain the campaigns and turn it profitable. But just to get on a phone call is kind of silly and expensive.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I don’t think its unreasonable at all. $175/hour almost. Our attorneys are about $475/hour. I’d say this is a bargain by all means.
May 5th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Okay, okay, forget the $250.00 comment. I’m in for $500.00. However, if you really want to know how much people would pay, I’d auction off 1 full day with you on Ebay!
Can I get a discount for the suggestion? :-)
May 5th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Yes, lets pay $500 so we can learn how to live in your parents basement.
May 5th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
You couldn’t resist!! could you!
May 5th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
LOL
May 6th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Knew this was coming but it took a while this time, cakes your slippin…
May 6th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Holy fuuuuuuuuck hahahahahahaha LMAO dude im a fan! I love the way you handle Paul! lol hahahahahahaa i knew u were gonn say something you badass! =))
May 5th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
$500 is not not unreasonable at all, provided the client does his homework beforehand and is prepared so he can maximize his time with you. i also agree that maybe there should be a 2nd session to allow for follow-up ques.
how about a “site analysis” service where u analyze a blogger’s site and come up with recommendations on how to improve SEO, traffic, monetization, etc?
May 5th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Things I’d rather do with the 3 hours… See you get owned on WF.
Still have lots of respect for you…. Just rise above it! No need to insult your readers by defending yourself on WF. The world is full of haters and you simply can’t win if you fight them all.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
$500? expensive for me, but if i have that amount of money, i’ll pay for it
May 6th, 2008 at 5:38 am
It’s funny according to the poll most people say no they woudn’t pay but if you read the comments most of them say they would pony up the $500, mixed signals or sure.
May 6th, 2008 at 7:07 am
You know what would be cool. If you had teleseminars on PPC. People can pay to be on the call. You can talk about PPC and give great advice… You can also have a Q&A session at the end where people can ask questions live (or email them in advance).
I’m sure you’ll get a lot of people signing up for this.
If you go this route, having the recording of the show available to download for free afterwards would be cool.
I say free because it’ll be viral and help promote the selling of future teleseminars. Or instead of free, you can offer a tier pricing.
Price One: $200 - Join the call live
Price Two: $50 - For 15-30 Days after call - downloaded the recorded version
Price Three: FREE - 30+ days after call - give it away, upsell future calls and provide your url within the mp3 (for the viral effect).
~Shannon
May 6th, 2008 at 7:10 am
pricing is only a suggestion… I have no clue the going rate for this type of calls… or what people would pay!
~Shannon
May 6th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Where do I sign up? :)
profezor
May 6th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Like is Adwords kicking your butt so much that you got some free time? Cos if abt 150 people say yes that means u aint gonn do nothing else but making phone calls? hahahaha that would rock lol!