SEO School: The Second Coming
September 28th, 2008
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I don’t know if you’ve been following all the drama at IttyBiz, but let me give you a quick summary.
- First, Naomi released Ninja SEO School, a supremely witty and practical guide to getting more traffic and money with search engine optimization.
- Then she announced that she was taking it off the shelf, because she was becoming overloaded with the free support she was offering with the purchase of the ebook.
- Then her ebook got great reviews and became hugely popular, being featured on Problogger, Copyblogger, Remarkablogger, and other authority sites.
- Then she got 90 comments about her decision to take it off the shelf, with a lot of people incorrectly thinking that she did it as a publicity stunt. After it went off the shelf, someone emailed me to ask if I’d sell him a copy. Despite it being a good darkworker opportunity, I had to say no.
- Then, as if she needed more controversy, she followed in Steve Pavlina’s and Seth Godin’s footsteps by taking comments off her blog.
- Then, Dylan had to decide whether to go to the prom with Brenda…oh sorry, wrong drama.
But here’s the latest: Naomi is releasing an updated version of Ninja SEO School tomorrow (Monday in the U.S.). This version doesn’t include support, but she says it’s “sexed up.” I don’t know what time it will be released, but if you click my link and it says it’s not up yet, try back a little later.
I’d write more, but I happen to be trying to release my own super cool ebook at the same time, so I’ve got my hands full. No problem, I’ll just refer you to the SEO School review I wrote earlier. I’m sure SEO School is like lasagna; better the second time around. But who knows when Naomi will flip out again, so if you missed your chance before, grab it fast!
September 28th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
I love Ninja’s. Will check this out tomorrow..
~ Jim
September 28th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I never heard of her or the “drama” but I will be checking out her book the first chance I get.
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September 29th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Hi Hunter – I’m glad she’s released another copy. I did think it was a shame she had to stop selling it to begin with, but I can understand why she did so. Trouble is, when you offer support with a product, you can wind up becoming overwhelmed.
Releasing a copy without the support was a really smart idea.
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September 29th, 2008 at 9:02 am
@ Jim, OK, it’s back up. Her site seems a little slow, almost as if she’s suddenly getting a lot of traffic.
@ Carla, Naomi has such a reputation in her neck of the woods that I sometimes forget that many people don’t know who she is. You’ll quickly notice she has a distinct personality, and you’ll probably either love it or hate it.
@ Cath, I think it was a good idea to do a re-release without support too. But now the problem is that some people are going to say, “See? I told you that taking it off the shelf was just a publicity stunt!” I guess this comes with having a high profile.
September 29th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Yeah, up and down this morning.. Good for her, sort of. I hate to see her site down, but a lot of traffic is great.
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September 29th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Hi Hunter – you will always get folk like that. Who cares if folk think it’s a publicity stunt, so long as you get noticed.
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September 30th, 2008 at 1:37 am
@ Jim, I’d love to have that problem!
@ Cath, I guess I agree. Better to have any kind of attention than no attention.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:17 am
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