Jay and I haven’t been following NIM, but we did watch the last episode that covered the two JV’s that the two finalists are putting together with Joel and his Team, and we thought it’d be fun to make some predictions.
Honestly, I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting a bit too old or something, but I watched three or four of Charles Trippy’s videos and I felt like I was being lobotomized. I can’t believe people watch that stuff… that being said, his stuff IS popular (just look at his YouTube channel), and I’m all about giving credit where credit is due, even if I don’t understand or agree with the methods. There’s not too much to say about Jamie, as from what I understand, the show was her first foray into making money online, so her product will have to be judged solely on its own merits.
I think both the ideas are solid, and the fact that Joel decided to offer them both a JV opportunity shows what a savvy business man he actually is. However, there is going to be one winner and one loser, and it will be interesting to see the final results.
Charles is promoting a product he’s come up with called Viral Video Fever, which will basically be a video tutorial series that shows people how to create videos that have the same success as he has had… whereas Jamie is going to be selling a book that is a sort of memoir of her experience on the show combined with “how to quit your day job” information.
It would be really nice if they posted detailed metrics of the sales period, though I don’t think they will… I’d love to see how Trippy’s non-standard, but nicer sales letter page fares in terms of percentage conversions, but my personal prediction is that Jamie will end up winning NIM.
Why? When it comes down to it, I don’t think either product has a leg up on the other, but what Jamie has done with her site is packed literally tons (I stopped counting at 50 and there were a good chunk more) of bonuses into her offer, whereas Charles only has three. I am banking on the fact that the sheer number of Jamie’s bonuses will cement the irresistible offer for the traffic her site gets. Time will tell if I’m right, we’ll see!
Good Profits.
