ZeroCostPromotions.com (Warren Whitlock)

Don't forget http://marketingresultscoach.com/

I don't like the smell of this one. I don't like the look of his websites. They have that Make-Money-Fast MLM Template look to them.

From Mr. Whitlock's website:

Over the past decade, Warren has taught thousands of small businesses, authors and individuals how to use proven direct marketing principles to promote product or service...

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I'd be concerned, since "direct marketing" is not a great method for most books. I imagine it could work for niche nonfiction, where the author can compile a mailing list of people she knows have an interest in her subject, but for general fiction and nonfiction, direct marketing methods are among the least effective.

He also has a blog that supposedly analyzes the marketing success of the sixth Harry Potter book. Uh..."giveaways may help increase sales" and "I recommend that authors have a fan club" don't really make it for me as marketing analysis.

Methinks that what Mr. Whitlock is really selling is himself.

- Victoria

It's not Mr. Whitlock's lucky day. Making Light took an interest in his case.

Heh heh. Do you think he'll notice?

- Victoria

If he did he'd add it to the pile of spam blogs (aka "splogs") that he has created.

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MartyKay, I don't know how you are at reading source code, but Making Light has used no-follow links for all its references to Whitlock's site. He'll get no Googlejuice from them.

This should explain no-follow links:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html

Thank you very much James, and Hapi too for mentioning it.

The guy is just another of the parasites on Blogspot who devalues not only that site but also blogging in general...

Y'all'll be happy to know that The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock is the first link on page 2 when you google on Warren Whitlock.

It surpasses many of Warren's links to himself.

I'm glad that The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock is on the second page of Google results, but I'd rather that The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock were on the first page.

How about you, Jim? Do you think The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock has any chance of rising in the Google ratings?

Warren Whitlock (who is, as we know, perfectly useless) may well have his perfection listed higher and higher on Google until The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock is indeed the Number One Link for Warren Whitlock.

Perfection is so rare in this world!

James D. Macdonald said:

Warren Whitlock (who is, as we know, perfectly useless) may well have his perfection listed higher and higher on Google until The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock is indeed the Number One Link for Warren Whitlock.

Perfection is so rare in this world!

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And so worth striving for. Do let us all encourage Warren Whitlock in his rise, because we should all help one another, even the perfectly useless Warren Whitlock, whose story is told in The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock.

Oddly enough, while "Warren Whitlock" (in quotes) leads to The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock on Google's second page, Warren Whitlock (no quotes) gives us The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock on Google's first page. How strange is that?

Alas, the tale of Warren Whitlock as told in 'The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock' http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007326.html#007326only appears on the second page of a Yahoo search, whether I type Warren Whitlock or "Warren Whitlock". But on altavista, 'The Perfect Uselessness of Warren Whitlock' appears on the first page whichever search I try.

Then you've all got to click here instead.

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007326.html

It's new and different. And if you do it three times in a row, and you click just so, and forward it to three folks you know, you will begin receiving tax-free money from that best-selling pro!

Yeah!