Rob Konrad | Marketing With An Accent. - Latest Comments

Re: Awesome Email Marketing Infographic

Rob Konrad — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:38:00 -0000

Aaaah.... CRAP :) hehe, sorry!

Re: Awesome Email Marketing Infographic

Tim Soulo — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:40:59 -0000

almost :) you've called me Tom :)

Re: Awesome Email Marketing Infographic

Rob Konrad — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:38:57 -0000

Hey Tim, thanks for your reply! Glad you liked it, and you did an exceptional job! Hope I got your name right ;)

Re: Awesome Email Marketing Infographic

Tim Soulo — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:53:40 -0000

Hey Rob,
Thanks for reviewing my article :) You've made my day with this video. Thanks, man :)

Re: To give or not to give – a f*** about PageRank?

Evan VanDerwerker — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:59:11 -0000

Great post, Rob. I must agree that PageRank is both over-hyped and enigmatic; however, I also say that I am mostly wary to not give it much thought as I am not necessarily the most successful at ranking higher than a 3.

Maybe one day!

Keep up the good work,

Evan Vanderwerker
http://www.evanvanderwerker...

Re: Overcome Your Fears. Grab Opportunities. Take Action.

Rob Konrad — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:50:48 -0000

The reason why so many people are ending up in the pool you describe is that they are afraid of failure - and failure is not something you learn to handle.

It's one of the most important sources of experience, though - so I've always embraced the failures that I had (and will have) as steps to the next level of success.

Re: Overcome Your Fears. Grab Opportunities. Take Action.

Rob Konrad — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:49:02 -0000

Hey Sam,

thanks for your comment. I have what many people would consider an "excellent" educational background - I studied business and marketing at one of the most prestigious European universities.

And yet - I feel like most of what they are teaching is actually counter-intuitive.

Luckly, I've seen a lot of movement in the university environment in Europe, and it's becoming more "entrepreneur" friendly.

It's still miles away from what I'd love to see - but I guess a certain change in mindset has to take place first.

Re: Overcome Your Fears. Grab Opportunities. Take Action.

Rob Konrad — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:46:10 -0000

Hey M,

you're on spot - I've been an entrepreneur all my life, I had my fair share of success and still my family - coming from very "traditional" business careers - questionned whether a "well paid office job" wouldn't be the wiser decision...

I completely understand and value this position, for most people this might be the case. But if you have the mindset deep inside you, there's just no other way :)

Thanks for your great comment!

Re: What Starbucks Taught Me About Search Engine Marketing

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:32:55 -0000

There's a lot of discussion whether or not "nofollow" links do actually count or not. My opinion is that they do carry a certain weight. Also, don't confuse nofollow with noindex - the latter is the one that should prevent search engines from crawling - though it is more of a "recommendation" and does not "prevent" crawling! (some search engines completely ignore nofollow tags...)

Re: Pricing for Information Products

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:29:43 -0000

The cookie cutter strategy (not 497... not 297.. not 197... not even 97...) has worked for decades, so yeah - the jackpot example is probably not that far away :)

Re: Pricing for Information Products

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:28:22 -0000

What i also like doing is th exact opposite - RAISE the price in the process and create urgency. All depends on the product, but this works well with information products and will not decrease the perceived value...

Re: How to Market and License Your Invention

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:25:47 -0000

oh yeah - getting out with a product IS a challenge, and can really test your patience...

Re: How to Market and License Your Invention

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:25:11 -0000

I partly disagree - time-to-market is one of the most important things nowadays, so sometimes you have to take entrepreneurial risks and move forward....

Re: Be specific with assignments…

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:23:30 -0000

Oh boy... but indeed, I've seen pretty much everything. Programmers/php/css guys can be especially bad :) I've have one that messed up a complete site by doing the EXACT OPPOSITE of what he was supposed to do....

Re: Be specific with assignments…

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:22:07 -0000

Hi Sam, the same was mentioned a comment below and it's true - you gotta keep in mind who you're working with, what their experience is and be specific. Glad you liked the comment ;)

Re: Be specific with assignments…

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:20:48 -0000

Before scaling up, I usually do a couple of "test runs" with any outsourcer... and if I have the feeling things are getting complicated, I'll just skip them and look for another one. It's just not worth the hassle...

Re: Welcome to my Blog!

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:17:17 -0000

Hey Sam, glad you like it so much - put a lot of effort into it, and there's much, much more to come!

Re: Does Siri Screw Up Google Search Results?

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:16:10 -0000

Well, Apple has a plan with most things they do ;) We'll see if users will accept it the way would like it to have...

Re: The 50 Most Downloaded WordPress Plugins

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:14:24 -0000

I'm not sure I'm getting your first sentence, but you're right with Akismet (though I don't use it because I'm using the Disqus comment system...)

Re: The 50 Most Downloaded WordPress Plugins

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:13:20 -0000

Thanks Sam, glad you like it!

Re: Car Recording Sessions 1: Branding

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:10:46 -0000

Great comment Nina, thanks!

Re: Car Recording Sessions 1: Branding

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:10:25 -0000

That's the goal, and if we'd go a bit further, thinking about your brands they should think of certain emotions - think of some well-known brands and I'm sure you'll have a certain "feeling" associated with each of them...

Re: Car Recording Sessions 1: Branding

Rob Konrad — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:08:52 -0000

Thanks Patric!

Re: Avoid The Top 3 Most Affiliate Marketing Mistakes

LindaParker85 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:15:40 -0000

I made the mistake of joining 3 affiliate programs. I could not allocate time and energy adequately and as a result did not earn profits as I had hoped to. Later on, I gave up two programs and concentrated on only one program. I am happy with the results now.

Re: 3 And 1/2 Principles For The Success Of Any Entrepreneur

Charlesbaker203 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:14:10 -0000

We must have the conviction in ourselves. We should believe that we are made to succeed in life. We should be ready to receive good. To get success we must have the right mindset.