I agree his (or whoever is doing it, a couple pages back someone said he has 50+ people running his operation) marketing is genius. There really isn't any disputing that. I was just speaking to his actual value as a mentor, guru and person, which I think is very low. Half of what he says is the usual guru speak, common sense stuff that is in every business/getrichquick book ever written. The other half is (in my opinion) complete horsecrap that he makes up just so he has something to talk about. The OP was wondering if Tai Lopez is really who he says he is, and if he brings enough value to the table to be worth following. I feel the answer to both questions is a definite no.This is true.
But now I have to sit and search and open 10 tabs at a time and grind through 100's of posts to find the 1 major insight that I'm searching for (I've done that before, sometimes there's no substitute)
-- and if I don't find it, now I have to start a thread and wait for replies (ew waiting)
-- and if I start the thread off on the wrong foot, I will be chastized and lambasted by the forum's veterans and other masters in the art of keyboard-fu.. (happens on any forum) Besides, who wants to get beat up in front of an audience?
-- or my thread may not piss anyone off, but it may be unclear -- I wake up after heading to bed after posting the thread (praying to the forum gods that I have 10 replies in the morning) .... instead I get 1 reply asking for CLARIFICATION on what I meant before he can give a proper comment. LOL
or if not that, my post will waste away on page 2 after a week of no activity.
See how much stress lies in that process? How much potential pain?
People want to avoid pain (talkin about normal people ok).
Let's try it another way.
Guy searches for whatever....and he sees a VIDEO *cue angelic music*
He sees what he searched for in the video's title
He looks at the thumbnail and it catches his curiosity
He clicks in, sees the person and 'identifies' with him (either how he looks, sounds, acts, his surroundings, or even more esoterically -- identifies that guy as what he'd LIKE to be) however you slice it, he's hooked.
THEN comes the actual content.
Hopefully you already created a series of 'yes's such that when his eyes glance and sees your offer in the description box or in the actual video -- or annotation...small offer..email in exchange for some cool stuff sent to your email...it's all a blur, but now you're getting emails from this guy.
All of that happens in an instant.
Marketing is a race for eyeballs.
Sometimes all you're selling is personality. (since there's nothing new under the sun) most of the time we're buying the man or woman on the screen, not really the info. (Liking Bias) (This is how mass media has had everyone into a stupor for decades...no matter WHAT channel you watch)
although that's just me, and I really cannot stand the guy. he comes across very disingenuous
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