A Butterfly Marketing Contest For You
March 22nd, 2009
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by BobTheTeacher · Filed Under: Business Building
If you’re a student of internet marketing, you’re probably loving studying the Butterly Marketing launch process from Mike Filsaime and his team.
He’s done a lot of things right.
He has case studies to show proof and build anticipation. He has a blog for social proof. He has hundreds of people mailing out about it as his affiliate (collectively, us affiliates have sent him over 26,000 double opt-in leads at this point). He’s use social media (especially Twitter) decently well.
He’s giving away great free content (a $97 report, the case studies, etc.).
He’s solidified the idea of scarcity – there are 5000 units ready to be shipped (he’s even got photos of them in the warehouse), with over 40,000 people antsy to be on the site at Noon.
And he has people like Jeff Walker, Frank Kern, and me predicting that he’ll sell out within the first “early bird” hour before it even goes live to the public.
I have a few predictions for you, and then I have a fun little contest for you to win something from me.
First, I predict that all 5000 copies will sell out in 37 minutes (at 12:37 Eastern). I also predict that even people who already have Butterfly Marketing 1.0 will be getting 2.0 just so they can study the upsell process (perhaps even buy a ticket to the Vegas conference), and start getting the MarketingDotCom newsletter.
I also predict that way too many people are going to get this software that shouldn’t. This is a Ferrari – and I know some people are going to think that this software is going to magically transform a dead marketing plan into a rocketship to infinite profits.
Instead, I hope that only people who are really serious about putting this into action, and willing to fail before they succeed will pick it up. It took me 6 months to get my first site up and running – and if I had given up because I expected a quick miracle, I would never have become successful. (Now it takes me less than a week to plan, install, set up, and launch a site – sometimes I do them in a solid day).
In any case, I’m hopeful that you are going to be one of those that is willing to go the distance – and that you’ll be there at noon to get your copy.
I also hope that you’ll have a little fun with me in a contest.
Later on Tuesday or early Wednesday, I’ll be announcing the dates for my Butterfly Marketing Training Workshops. These are going to be intense trainings where I help you take the software and put it into action for your specific business. I’ll start with a course on converting an existing site or resell rights package into a Butterfly site. Soon after, I’ll be teaching how to promote a teleseminar event or series and the tele-factory info-products that come from them using the BFM software.
Since I’ve created over 30 sites personally, and have streamlined/systemized the process quite a bit, I know I can teach this. In fact, I’ve been waiting for the right time to teach these courses for over a year now.
The one obstacle that has been stopping me – the $1997 price tag of the software – is now out of the way.
So here’s what I’d like you to do now…
First, reply with a comment that let’s me know you’re interested in taking the workshops. This will be for anyone who has BFM software.
Second, I’d like to GIVE you a free ticket to that virtual workshop. All you have to do is correctly predict how fast Butterfly Marketing 2.0 will sell out on Tuesday. We’ll play by Price Is Right rules: the closest person to the actual number, without going over, is the winner.
Please post your time in Hours:Minutes format. If you think it will be more than a day, then obviously use Days:Hours:Minutes. You can also state the exact time of day, in Eastern time, that it will sell out. In the case of multiple people guessing the same time, the first person who guessed it (based on time stamp below), will be the winner. My 37 minute guess is not included in the contest.
Remember, the early bird notification list gets to sneak in an hour early at 12 p.m. Eastern (there are over 40,000 on that list right now), and the launch is at 1 p.m. Eastern. I’m basing the amount of time for the sell out after the 12 noon early bird launch.
Good luck!
Bob Jenkins
p.s. If you correctly guess the amount of time it takes for BFM 2.0 to sell out on Tuesday, you get my Discover Butterfly Marketing Virtual Workshop for free! But if you don’t win, I’ll have my own “early bird” pricing for you at DiscoverButterflyMarketing.com.
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| Bob Jenkins is an internet business marketing teacher, with ten years experience teaching teenagers and teachers. He is the creator of several online training courses that teach you how to get better customers and increase your profits. Specializing in social networking strategies for business and creating information products from teleseminars, Bob can help you use internet marketing tools and strategies to promote your business online. |
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I give it 32 minutes.
2:11 – 2 hours and 11 minutes is my guess Bob…I know he has a lot of traffic so I’m accounting for the site getting taken down with a server crash to win :-)
Chris
My guess is 43 minutes.
I think with the freakin’ high tech (or lack thereof) server farms that Mike Filsaime is famous for, the glitches of having 10,000 people all hitting the already slow servers for a scant 5,000 products, I say 1:47 for my prediction!
One Hour and 47 minutes!
Bernie Dorman
http://twitter.com/berniedorman
Well, barring any server crashes, 53 minutes!
Micheal
My prediction is 48 minutes (12:48 PM EST)
How about 22 minutes?
Sounds awesome!
I give it 26 minutes with no server crashes (very unlikely however) and 1 hour, 17 minutes in the event there is a server crash.
Happy guessing!
~Mike S.
I say two minutes. Mike
Hey Mike,
I think they will be sold out in 49 minutes!
Hi Bob,
I think it will sell out in 1hr 30mins
Stuart
42 minutes tops. Great contest idea Bob.
Tim O
My prediction is 82 minutes
Hi Bob,
I’m in for 36 minutes.
Thank you for this great opportunity to grab Mike’s Package
and your expert training.
Paul Richardson
Interesting spin on it all Bob
Glad other people think like me. Big chance of a server crash so excluding that my guess is 40minutes and 50seconds.
Cruisin Along
I say 31 minutes.
Bob,
I’m predicting it will take 44 minutes and 15 seconds. Love your contest idea!
Susan
It may take only 12 minutes.
Thanks Bob, I do appreciate your training stuff and like your question.
With full respect to Mike for his genuine bfm concept >> my guess is only 45 minutes from launch.
Bob,
I stimate 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Dude, BOB – You read my mind bro!!!
It really is SUPER EASY to build a successful Butterfly site, ESPECIALLY with products you don’t have to create like PLR and MRR stuff.
I actually have a couple of those myself, so I can vouch for what you are saying to be 100% true.
And I was at Mike’s office when you and him did that teleseminar and heard him ask you several times about your 32 butterfly sites.
I’ve built a bunch myself, but not 32. LOL
Anybody on Bob’s list that doesn’t take him up on his bonus for this FREE course should have their head examined. Especially if you’re STILL not making ANY money.
All The Best,
Jason Dinner
OK, how many guesses do we get? If it’s based on various conditions, it could be endless…
I predict it will sell out in XX:XX:XX
If a server crash, then XX:XX:XX
If Mike is reeling from Wake Forest losing to Cleveland State in the NCAA basketball tournament, then getting over this devastation will create a butterfly effect in the launch sequence. In this scenario I predict XX:XX:XX.
I think it will be sold out in 48 minutes. Unless Kathy Lee & Hoda announce they are no longer going to do the 4th hour of The Today Show…
Hi Bob,
I am guessing 33 minutes for a sell-out.
Bob….. You keep outdoing yourself. How do you come up with these fantastic ideas? My guess is 45 minutes and 30 seconds.
Thanks for the fun
Chuck Landi
Hi Bob,
I predict that BFM will sell out in 21:38.
Great idea for this fun contest! You always come up with winners!
Best,
Paul
My guess is 27 minutes, 48 seconds.
Thanks Bob!
Kate
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Your “BeMore” Homie
George harris
http://twitter.com/GetPaidByGeorge
I think it will sell off in 38 minutes.
The server won’t crash cause in anticipation there’ll be an upgrade to avoid embarrassment. I say 37min.
With 50K VIPs…I’ll guess it takes 29 minutes.
01:08 – One hour and eight minutes
58 minutes :)
Hi, I think it will sell out in 44 minutes.
19 min 29 seconds
Hi Bob,
Very interested in taking your Butterfly Marketing Seminars. Please send me your info asap.
My guess is 1 hour 58 minutes.
Respectfully
Paulette
Hi Bob….
00:00:35:27
(35 MINUTES, 27 SECONDS)
I give it 25 minutes if the server does not crash, else 65 ninutes.
Thanks for the contest!
Harold
If no server crash, merchant service crash, i pick 13 mins no crash but if a crash i pick 45 mins. Why 45 everyone will be watching so the site will be up within 10 to 15 mins.
I pick 13 mins
My guess is 21 minutes!
I give it 39 minutes.
Hey Bob
I got into your Discover Butterfly Marketing site a few days ago and heard
your live webinar call with Mike and it was great.
But yeah I predict 40-50K people remember ticketmaster sells out an arena that big and there tickets are going in a matter of minutes when that open the flood gates there paying customers.
So I say 25 minutes.
I guess 23 minutes.
12:39:48 Eastern
39 minutes, 48 seconds
18 min.
Bob,
Great call the other day! My prediction is 19 minutes from ACTUAL SCHEDULED LAUNCH TIME 1:00PM est. So I predict that at 1:19PM the site will have to close. I’m sure we’ll get Mike to make the official announcement here shortly thereafter. :-)
By the way… great post. Keep in touch.
Omar
Hello Bob,
My prediction is 1 hour and 12 minutes.
That’s 1:12pmEST.
Looking forward to more of your training,
Dr. Ricardo Lalama
My guess: 43 minutes
I think it will sell out in 27 minutes!
I’m guessing it will sell out in 46 minutes.
I believe it will sell out in 23min and 45sec
You are always thinking Bob
I am guessing the sell out time will be only 8 minutes. That is after the 12:00 time.
I do’nt think the will be any left after 1:00
This is going to be FUN!!!:)
Tracy Trill
I think you will sell out in 15 minutes…Bruce
i’ll give it 1 hr 45 mins
Nahyan
Since the site has started the early bird process, all guesses are now closed! Good luck.
Bob Jenkins
I believe 44 minutes. I think the server will crash shortly after the early bird link goes up.
Well, after waiting for forever for the sales page and order page to download, the Place Your Order button isn’t responding, there are 35 errors on the page due to timeouts and I’m still waiting for my 7figuresecrets profile page to download, to try to snage a copy from there…Well, the page downloaded, but just like half an hour ago, still no button or link to get BMF from there. So either they were gone already by a quarter after, or something’s wrong. Go figure.
Huh. There you go. Looks like the server crashed. I guess Mike didn’t have it upgraded after all.
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Hmmm how about 59 minutes???
I’d be very disappointed if it sells out – done all things rights and now trying to go back through your link and nothing! It’s 5:00pm! That’s 4hours plus!
1hr 33mins
It’s live guys.
Chris
Congratulations to Sandor Ochoa for the best guess.
BFM Sold it’s 5000th copy around 8:03 p.m. Although they have
decided to extend it to make up for the server crashing, that’s
the point where my contest will end.
So since Sandor had the highest amount of time, he wins the
ticket to the virtual workshop.
Bob
I am thinking three days before the mess is over!