The Crazy Messed Up World of E-Commerce

By Yaro Starak 11 Comments June 15, 2007

Here’s a lesson in how to get someone to link to your site – send them a personal video.

Darren Barefoot sent me a personalized video, which had my name and everything in it, concluding with a recommendation to check out some crazy videos at the getelastic.com site.

I wouldn’t normally link to something like this just because someone recommended them to me, but the videos are clever and the approach took some effort, so I feel like I should reward Darren.

The videos are short parodies of the online commerce world showing what would happen in the real world if common themes online were to occur offline.

Here’s one example:

You can get the rest from Get Elastic

About Yaro Starak

Yaro Starak is the founder of Entrepreneurs-Journey, has blogged for more than five years and earned his living from the Internet for more than ten years. You can follow Yaro on Twitter and see him in action at Yaro.TV.

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June 15, 2007 at 9:24 am - Jeremy Steele said:

Wow, it is almost scary how true that video is.

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June 15, 2007 at 10:37 am - Wayne said:

it is really creative video to explain how the search engine Crazy Messed Up World of E-Commerce…

really interesting…

Wayne Mansfield
Internet Pineer – Marketing Maverick
http://www.waynemansfield.com

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June 15, 2007 at 4:03 pm - Darren said:

Thanks for the linkage!

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June 15, 2007 at 5:56 pm - joe said:

Good to have you back blogging more often, I am following your blue print.

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June 16, 2007 at 4:40 am - Pua said:

yaro, that video made my day. i have an even bigger smile on my smilie face. too bad that this is e-commerce reality. pua

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June 16, 2007 at 5:08 am - Daniel Sitter said:

a wonderfully creative video, uncomfortably reminiscent of the real world! Thanks for posting it Yaro.

BTW: Your Blog Blueprint is incredible. I listen to it as I walk each day. I believe that I now truly understand the incredible value and utility of a pillar article! Thanks yaro.

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June 20, 2007 at 3:41 pm - Ross Hill said:

It is so true that I shouldn’t be laughing, but I am.

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June 29, 2007 at 5:01 am - Dan said:

Wow, that is sooooo true!

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August 31, 2007 at 10:31 am - me said:

Wow, you got a comment from Australian spammer Wayne Mansfield, fined 4.5 Million for his abusive Internet business practices. Now THERE is a website to get good advice from!

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February 14, 2010 at 7:04 pm - Garen said:

Yeah, I have just started to venture into the video marketing world. However, my problem is my videos are so boring it is not even funny. My hopes of people linking to me are based on them feeling sorry for me…lol.

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