Comments on: John Cow – Sleeziest Marketing Method to Earn more.

By: Rudy Hernandez

Rudy Hernandez — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:35:54 +0000

Either a great publicity stunt for his blog or as you stated, a low-level marketing effort to pull a few bucks for loyal readers. Either way, he’s getting some traffic!

By: mikego

mikego — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:32:33 +0000

Love him or hate him he’s pretty clever at making money. Although his methods are questionable, you can’t argue with results.

By: Gnet

Gnet — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:32:21 +0000

Haha, i know what he was doing and in the second post i mentioned that it was a bad marketing move.
And the traffic spike was because my themes got featured on weblogtoolscollection.com hehe

http://www.blueverse.com/resources/wordpress-themes/

http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/11/06/wordpress-theme-releases-for-116-2/
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/11/02/wordpress-theme-releases-for-112/
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/10/29/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1029/

haha and another ad campaign on the way as well, the john cow post generated way less traffic then i had hoped

By: Dinu

Dinu — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:20:36 +0000

You are probably getting a spike in your analytics because of this post eh

By: Dinu

Dinu — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:19:21 +0000

I can’t believe people actually paid a dollar for that. Wonder what they were thinking.

Anyways, but you’re obviously missing the point. It’s not about “give me your money or i won’t blog anymore!”. It’s just simple fun, clever marketing and a whole lot of publicity. I came to know of John Cow because of this as well.

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More John Cow Moos - BlueVerse — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:39:52 +0000

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By: Gnet

Gnet — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:55:59 +0000

Do you think i blogged this because i think he did it for the money? No!
This was hardly for the money if it WAS hacked they would ask for something in the 4 figure range for the blog, this was obviously link bait and he did not want any money from this (obviously).Like SiteLogic said, it was linkbait and a bad one at that. (more links = better rankings = stronger pr = more link sales)

Theres a reason why this blogpost was named “Sleeziest MARKETING Method”, I call em like i see em.

By: Tuhkan, It’s just a marketing game! - Dexno, My Online Earning Journey

Tuhkan, It’s just a marketing game! - Dexno, My Online Earning Journey — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:07:26 +0000

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By: jez

jez — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:29:42 +0000

its not some dastardly deed to screw $1 off each reader, just an easy way to attract links, and you were happy to oblige.

Like this theme BTW what is it?

By: TallTom

TallTom — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:25:23 +0000

Dude what planet are you from? It was obviously a joke, and any one with a double-digit IQ would have checked out the site a few hours later to see if it was real or not (assuming the Cow removes the redirect, WHICH HE DID!).

Whats with the hate man? This entire post leaves me feeling like I need a bath. Way too many bad vibes.