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Dot Com Pho – Stupid Human Tricks Edition

written by John Chow on September 4, 2010

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I’m back in Vancouver for my fist Dot Com Pho since moving to Seattle. Of course, everyone got a big laugh out of that since I moved to Seattle only 6 days ago so I didn’t really miss any Vancouver Pho. While I like to say I came back to Vancouver just for Dot Com Pho, the truth is I came back for a family wedding (one of my cousins is getting married).

This episode of Dot Com Pho is a bit longer than most. However, I think you’ll enjoy it more because we got into a bunch of stuff that we’ve never done before. Stuff like stupid human trick. We also to got meet Dot Com Pho’s newest and youngest member and I got a real hand written letter in the mail from a reader! Enjoy the episode and tune in next week to see where I end up.

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This post seems to recieve a large ammount of visitors. How do you advertise it? It offers a nice unique twist on things. I guess having something authentic or substantial to post about is the most important thing.

Have you got twitter account friend? So i can read your website

I can't remember the last time I received a nice hand written letter. Gary Cooper, awesome idea!

May be in near future we will be able to see more postal mail to john.

I am sure whoever saw this video ... must have tried this at least for once.

Amazing how times move on, it is such a surprise by anyone these days to get a hand written letter, 10 years before it was normal, very strange sometimes exciting to see this sort of thing, it seems more personal then any other type of marketing, so this is my thought - if you want to create attention to John Chow, send him a personal letter maybe he will make a regular thing from this?

What do you say John? Maybe have a weekly letter announcement?

Time will keep move ... you never know what we will see in next 10 years.

The baby crying brings back some memories of lack of sleep! I'm glad that stage is over.

Like John said, eat, shit and sleep, that's all babies do! :)

We love John Chow and have learned alot about blogging as it relates to SEO.

I think Vancouver wil always remin special for John. Expect more Dot Com Phos here.

I agree with you Harshad! Vancouver is where Dot Com Pho started!

Haha. Those stupid human tricks look like fun. And yes, I think Ed did it right. ;)

Hey Michael,

The tricks were fun and they were quite clever.
Ed did it right. He broke the chop stick on purpose and it was funny.

I thought he broke it on accident lol it was funny.

lol, I thought the same.

Purpose ... no he was not able to complete that one ...

But John these tricks were great ...

Nose trick was also great ... you can keep busy anyone with these kind of tricks.

Congrats on your cousin's wedding John.

You got one classic fan there John and I bet he really likes the way you tell how you make money online. i also think he tried to avoid spam by sending you a mail. And it really is interesting since there is no hyperlink in the mail. XD

By the way he is one classic fan of yours. You could try to reply him by mail too John XD.

I know the nose trick, it's the last finger that actually does the trick, although the other two tricks seems to be interesting, I bet is the last finger that's doing the trick.

LOL...nevery really thought about that

Happy to see you back.......enjoy

He was just back for 6 days. ;)

I think he was gone for 6 days, not back for 6 days...

No need to count the days but if you insist on it it was 7 days or one week.

Well, this post was published today, and in it he claims he was away 6 days....not sure how you would get 7 from his statement of 6???

back to the old days a letter in the mail that is hand written.
you should look at this another way,
old style marketing still works, its like fashion it goes out of favour then in a few years it comes back in

Imagine if you marketed with snail mail to your email list. You would probably convert up to 30% more.

Probably more as they would think that they got a personal snail mail.

That would reduce spam d3so.. ^^

Yea, there is no "spam" button for snail mail:)

I am sure D3So will stop himself ... if he wont get conversion ...

Because postal mail cost money :)

Yeah, but your expenses would go up as well, paper, envelops, postage, pens, etc.

You can get as much spam in your mailbox as your email.

Yes, supplies can bring costs up but if you're promoting a high comission product, it's worth it.

Sending personal letters is key in local affiliate marketing.

When was the last time you've received a personal letter?

When did you right one?

I meant when did you write one?

I honestly can't remember the last time I've written and mailed a personal letter. I also can't remember the last time I've received one. Well, I do get cards on my birthday that are pretty much like letters because people write stuff inside.

Yeah. Local affiliate marketing is something good to concentrate on. And it is just the best option for local business.

I think I got one about 4 or 5 years ago. So it shows that if a person gets one now it's a memorable event.

In my country, local affiliate marketing is not that common. I usually market the products and offers to targeted customers in other English speaking countries like US, UK, Canada and Australia. If it's common, I should have promoted the offers heavily and easily.

commission and revenue are one thing, but profits are another. The more you can maximize ROI, the better your chances of success.

Received one 3 weeks ago...wrote one 7 weeks ago...although rare, they still are created and received.

d3so...you need to get with it bud, don't lose track of your roots :-)

I think the last thing I wrote anything in that went in the mail was a birthday card. Might be on to something with sending an actual letter to your list.

I think Frank Kern said teaching local offline businesses how to market online is the best opportunity internet marketers will have in the next 5 years to make a million.

It's good that you're back again in Vancouver, John. At least your fans in Vancouver missed you a lot and your Dot Com Pho edition as well. I have to say congrats for the successful wedding of your cousin.

Lol, he was only away for six days and you already missed him? SY

I know right? It's not like you have to see him every single day.

I do not know but we would love to environment of dot com php at seatle.

Without Ed this will be light I think ...