Suggestions Thread

**Gymjunkie** · Jan 14th, 2011, 07:28 PM

Hope I'm not repeating someone else's thoughts but I really think your Books sales page could use Video salesletter from your own house with you telling a story of yourself and biz, that would be a great proof and would give much better connection to potential buyers and first time visitors. Much more emotional bond can be created with video. Look at Gary Vaynerchuk's small vids also. People want to see real you and the they will buy the book as a souvenir (true in Godin's case, Gary's case, 37Signals etc).

I can't PM you with more ideas so if you are interested MJ, lemme know I can throw some ideas for ya about a video or series of them..

**Rem** · Jan 14th, 2011, 08:01 PM

On a much grander scale, I think that those who have read your book and have been inspired to action and have successfully become a millionaire through fastlane principles, and who decides to write a book just like you did, that you publish their work through Viperion Publishing and list those books on your publishing site and here at the forum.

This can be the beginning of a growing new publishing company. Of course you would receive all the sales monies and pay the author royalties.

You may want to make sure there is a good editor and of course an approval process to filter out any really terrible books. But the key is not to be exactly perfect in writing. Your edge is books written simply on fastlane principles and life stories based on success, that were inspired by your own book.

**MJDeMarco** · Jan 15th, 2011, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Gymjunkie

Hope I'm not repeating someone else's thoughts but I really think your Books sales page could use Video salesletter from your own house with you telling a story of yourself and biz, that would be a great proof and would give much better connection to potential buyers and first time visitors. Much more emotional bond can be created with video. Look at Gary Vaynerchuk's small vids also. People want to see real you and the they will buy the book as a souvenir (true in Godin's case, Gary's case, 37Signals etc).

I can't PM you with more ideas so if you are interested MJ, lemme know I can throw some ideas for ya about a video or series of them..

Couldn't agree more, in fact, I've done videos for this purpose already and just haven't gotten around to updating the website.

**MJDeMarco** · Jan 15th, 2011, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by code junkie

Hiya. I just joined and the form asked me for my area of expertise or concentration. One of the choices was "housewife." It seemed really bizarre that one of the areas was gender-specific. Why not change to "homemaker"?

Done.

Originally Posted by JP66

I'm not sure if this has been asked yet, but would it be possible to change the "latest thread" window at the top of the form to show more than the last 15 threads, maybe 25-30?

Added more ... from 15 to 20.

**Gymjunkie** · Jan 15th, 2011, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by PhxMJ

Couldn't agree more, in fact, I've done videos for this purpose already and just haven't gotten around to updating the website.

Yeah, I'm sure they would improve your conversion. Look forward to seeing them. Gary V started promoting his second book already like that..

Also, guest posting on financial blogs would be awesome option... Or getting affiliate system and letting others do it for percentage.

**Larry** · Mar 6th, 2011, 10:55 PM

Just me maybe , but seems to be a lot of google ads. On other forums I have been on , the ads dissapear once you login

I guess this is to keep forum free

Larry

**Nicola** · Mar 7th, 2011, 03:31 AM

Larry, Use firefox and the ad block plugin and you will never see them!

Also - the ads are probably to help pay for the forum - as it gets bigger it is likley to cost a significant amount and philanthropy can only go so far!

I don't mind most monetization methods that don't adversely impact my user experience (see I can do complex google speak too!)

That essentially means that when I am charged to access part of the forum I do mind - but being charged to do things like place adverts I don't.

**unicon** · Mar 7th, 2011, 05:07 AM

I am really pissed, this has happened multiple times.

When typing a thread or a long response that takes quite some time for a masterful contribution---

I hit the post and I am somehow not logged in and the post naturally re-directs me to a login which if done erases all this million dollar work just typed!

I hadn't logged in - in some time and I used to actually copy (print off) significant writings before they could be erased and then just type them again - this time I forgot

I may be a computer illiterate but this is an ongoing issue - the abuse of time being the greatest sin!!!

**MJDeMarco** · Mar 7th, 2011, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by unicon

I hit the post and I am somehow not logged in and the post naturally re-directs me to a login which if done erases all this million dollar work just typed!

When you click LOGIN make sure to check the REMEMBER ME box. This keeps you logged in; otherwise your session will time out.

**Rem** · Mar 7th, 2011, 02:34 PM

Also try logging out, clean out your cookies and temp files, close the browser, open the browser, log back in and click remember me box as MJ suggested. That usually fixes that problem.

**kwerner** · Mar 7th, 2011, 03:50 PM

Used to happen to me all the time too. I now make sure to ctrl+copy long posts before hitting the button.

**Graves** · Mar 8th, 2011, 02:11 PM

No suggestions from me, just dropping in to say the recent landing page revamp is beautifully done

Didn't know where to post it.

**unicon** · Mar 18th, 2011, 04:38 AM

Got the remember me box.

Now I cannot get attachments on to the thread, get to browse which sets up the attachment from advanced but it redirects me back to windows saying one is not authorized or other.

Attempting to upload one photo and even edited it so it wasn't to big. Have done attachments before with no problem before the changes.

**MJDeMarco** · Apr 7th, 2011, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by unicon

Attempting to upload one photo and even edited it so it wasn't to big. Have done attachments before with no problem before the changes.

Think I finally fixed this problem.

**LightHouse** · Apr 15th, 2011, 08:07 AM

Just realized a definite need here. Some sort of glossary/wiki/etc for coined terms from the book. You mentioned tekel syndrome in a thread, I couldn't remember what it was. Goggled it and came back to a thread here and could not find the explanation. Figured it was only in the book. Same as new folks wondering what fastlane/slowlane/sidewalker means.

I am sure it would help getting these words to stick as well and something that will rank in the serps when people inevitably search for them after hearing them.

**kwerner** · Apr 28th, 2011, 12:39 PM

Would it be possible to adjust the Search feature so it allows for exact match of words entered in quotes?

For example, if I type in "fastlane forum" (with the quotes) in the search bar, I get a message that says No Matches Found, or something like that.

And if I would type fastane forum without the quotes, it's going to pull up EVERY thread that has the word fastlane and forum in it, but not necessarily the two words together.

To me, the search feature is one of the most valuable assets on the forum, as most questions have already been answered in old threads. Adding exact match of phrases / words to the search feature to help us find the answers to our questions would be a huge addition.

Thanks!

**mrhahn** · May 15th, 2011, 03:30 PM

If it's possible, a widget for the Groups area on the front page would be great. That area is not very well exposed and something that shows the most recent activity would help that. I feel like vbulletin should have something prepared, but I could be wrong.

**kwerner** · Jun 17th, 2011, 08:27 AM

Just wanted to say "Thanks" to MJ for changing up the way the ads appear between the 1st and 2nd posts and below the last post, rather than within the first and last post. Looks great!

Carson Yim · Jun 23rd, 2011, 08:02 PM

First off, I'd like to say thank you MJ for all the priceless information you are sharing. I'd like to make a suggestion regarding your Youtube videos, I enjoy watching them but some times I just wish I can see you better instead of the overexposed background and hear you clearer without the water fountain behind you. Perhaps a few reflectors will do the trick? If you are not too keen on having all the fancy lighting.

I believe it will go a long way to make more people press play, just my thoughts. Hope I'm not repeating this suggestion.

**hybiscus** · Jun 24th, 2011, 02:45 AM

I'm very new here but I think Live Chat would be great, but it could be scheduled possibly once a month so that people would still post on the forum often.