The Crazy Messed Up World of E-Commerce

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


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

Comment by Jeremy Steele @ 2007-06-15 09:24:17
 
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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

Comment by Wayne @ 2007-06-15 10:37:50
 
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Thanks for the linkage!

Comment by Darren @ 2007-06-15 16:03:21
 
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Good to have you back blogging more often, I am following your blue print.

Comment by joe @ 2007-06-15 17:56:01
 
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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

Comment by Pua @ 2007-06-16 04:40:47
 
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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.

Comment by Daniel Sitter @ 2007-06-16 05:08:35
 
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[…] Yaro posted about some videos that parody this exact concept. My prediction is anyone who has ever been online will love them. I laughed right out loud at this one. It is called Premature Redirection: […]

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

Comment by Ross Hill @ 2007-06-20 15:41:26
 
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Wow, that is sooooo true!

Comment by Dan @ 2007-06-29 05:01:23
 
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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!

Comment by me @ 2007-08-31 10:31:21
 

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