Comments on: Uncommon AdSense E-Book – Mini Review

By: Dave Conrey

Dave Conrey — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:51:25 +0000

That’s good to know, Eric. I’ll definitely be checking it out and I promise not to post copies online.

By: Eric Giguere

Eric Giguere — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:50:24 +0000

Joel’s book is more for beginners. My book is better suited for people who are already using AdSense but are looking for tips to take them to the next level. I see them as being complementary, not competitive. Mine’s definitely more low-key, though….

By: iqbal

iqbal — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:33:47 +0000

hi Darren
I see a adsense ad ( I LOVE DARREN ) on your page.
Idid’nt click it but what’s this ad?
bye.

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:59:54 +0000

Hopefully Eric is still checking in on this, but I recently purchased Joel Comm’s Adsense Secrets. If anyoen has any input on comparing or contrasting Eric’s e-book with Joel’s, that would be much appreciated.

By: Eric Giguere

Eric Giguere — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:49:16 +0000

Martin, thanks for recommending “The Death of the Salesletter”, it’s a great read as you point out. One of the things I’ve been struggling with is how to improve the sales page for Uncommon AdSense and I really didn’t want to build an ugly, long, scrolling sales page like so many other products have, although I’ve had some affiliates ask me to do so. After reading that report, though, I’m disinclined to do so and will instead simply improve the current site and not resort to a traditional sales page.

By: Eric Giguere

Eric Giguere — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:33:19 +0000

Thanks for the kudos, Dave, and I’m sure Darren appreciates them as well. Although it’s hard to get noticed with all that “unbounded hype” as you put it, the comments and emails we get back from appreciative readers show us that we’re doing the right thing. (Not to speak for Darren, of course, but I’m pretty sure he feels the same way…)

By: Martin Neumann

Martin Neumann — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:16:56 +0000

What no hype !!! ;-)

That’s a selling point in itself these days.

Good stuff Eric – although I agree, the sales page needs a little spicing up – though don’t go for the old tired method of the looong sales letter with all the bells n’ whistles and trickery thrown in – add some audio copy or even video or a screencast to sell it.

I’d suggest reading Michael Forin’s “The Death of the Salesletter” report – yes, not another “Death of…” book – but this one I highly recommend.

By: Dave Starr

Dave Starr — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:51:48 +0000

I’ve been reading Eric and Darren both for more than a year now and feel that one great strength they both share is their dedication to a factual style of writing and their refusal to descend into the morass of unbounded hype that clutters most of the contextual advertising/SEO/affiliate marketing/problogging arenas. Kudos to you both.

By: Fitness Guy

Fitness Guy — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:19:08 +0000

I think I might stop over and have a look. If ProBlogger gives it love then how can I not?

By: Eric Giguere

Eric Giguere — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:13:38 +0000

Thanks for the review, Darren, it’s always nice to be mentioned on ProBlogger.

For the record, folks, Darren bought the book with his own hard-earned cash, although I would have happily given him a free copy. Imagine my surprise in seeing his name show up one day on the list of buyers!

If anyone reading this has questions about the book or my AdSense blog, ask away and I’ll do my best to answer them. The book will be kept up-to-date as much as possible. I’ve already sent one update out (to handle the new no-lookalike-ads rule) and will be sending another out shortly dealing with the new policies for competing ad programs. There’s also new material — additional chapters — coming, on a variety of topics. I’m also open to suggestions for additional topics, both for the blog and the book.

When I have a large block of free time (apparently 6 hours is needed according to industry averages I’ve seen) I’m going to write that better sales page :-)

Eric