I really wanted to write a great review of Sean Donahoe's Internet Marketing Success Center, (IMSC) Inner Circle because he's such a nice, helpful guy...but sadly, I cannot.
The site, Internet Marketing Success Center, (IMSC) is more often down than it is up, pages are slow to load, many links do not work properly, and the navigation of the site is frustrating at best, assuming the site doesn't die on you in the middle of a page change.
Sure, the IMSC site looks good, with a splashy background and an excellent sharp picture of Sean Donahoe, along with professional looking icons and very nice, eye-catching pages to display a ton of great informational videos and PLR software and article downloads, but unfortunately Internet Marketing Success Center (IMSC) is a navigational nightmare. So much so, that I did not last through my one dollar 14 day trial of the site. I cancelled after 5 days of struggling with the slowness, the errors and the downtime.
For example, in the download section, the "Download Now" button does NOT mean Download Now, so you can't do the "right click.save target as", like I can on Mark Austin's Resell Rights Weekly No, "Download Now" means click here and go to yet another page that has exactly the same description information (and some useless download stats). THERE you can download by using "save target as", etc. But I did not find this out until I had gotten frustrated by the "Download Now" button constantly telling me I had already downloaded the file, which turned out to be an .htm, not a .zip.
However, even after you click into that additional page, many of the downloads do not give you the zip file. but rather you end up downloading the jpg or png image of the item instead. There is also no way to get back to the page you were on, other than using the back button, and for some of us who have randomly double-clicking mice/touchpads, this means NOT getting back to the page you were on, and having to waste even more time waiting for page loads to get back to where you were.
Additonally, there are only 4 or 5 items per main download page, and a lot of self-advertising banners that are the same on all pages, that makes the pages slow to load. If the pages were cleaned up better, to be more like Mark Austin's Resell Rights Weekly that has over 100 downloadable items per month on a single page that loads in a blink with direct click links on all items, I would have stuck around on Sean Donahoe's Internet Marketing Success Center (IMSC)
In the section that has the "Ask Sean" videos (which are not available at the cheaper price), it is not obvious that the videos can be downloaded for later watching offline. There is a barely noticeable and non-intuitive "download" link called "Read more" that leads to a page where you can download the video. However, right click/save target as, often gives an .htm file to download, NOT the mp4 video. This .htm page is an error page that says "This page demonstrates link redirect with "WP-NoExternalLinks" plugin. You will be redirected in 3 seconds. Otherwise, please click on this link"
Clicking on the suggested link however has the browser just sitting and spinning for long minutes until the browser finally admits that it cannot display the page. Nor can you get back to the video page once this error occurs, as the site has just dropped dead on you. Not even a cached page at Google will get you back to the Inner Circle, it just sits and spins also..
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There is no way to contact Sean Donahoe to tell him about these issues. I could not find a Help Center link to put a ticket in to tell him his links don't work. I can only hope he stumbles onto this post while he is searching for his latest contest winners. I know I won't be a winner with such a negative post, but I had hoped to write a more positive one when I first joined his Inner Circle.
All in all, Sean Donahoe's Internet Marketing Success Center (IMSC) is a great idea, but for $47-$97 per month, it's poorly implemented for the target user. There are too many clicks when one click should do, the site's pages are way too slow to change, and then too slow to load, and it goes offline frequently, several times a day, for an hour or more, so you barely have time to download more than 5-10 items before it crashes out on you, or after about 2 or 3 main page changes, the browser is sitting and spinning again, and down for the count. One thing I noticed, whenever it comes back online, there is a new item to download, so when he is adding things to the site, apparently several times a day, it's offline to everyone but Sean Donahoe.
By comparison, Mark Austin's Resell Rights Weekly is only $19 per month (with a FREE option that still gets you a lot of useful content) and a whole lot easier to navigate, with most of the same PLR and MRR downloads that Internet Marketing Success Center (IMSC) charges twice as much for, with no free subscription option at all.
It's only a $1 for a trial subscription to either one of the two sites, so check them both out for yourself. I've already made my decision about which is the best value for the money and the least waste of my time.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
FREE Downloadable Stock Footage and Royalty Free Music for Video Editing!
It's finally here! What everyone has been asking about, wanting to get their hands on, and looking all over the internet for!
Check out the first subscription-based resource for downloadable royalty-free stock footage, music, sound effects, special effects and looping motion backgrounds.
And, to promote their site and make people more aware of it, they are giving away 7 full days of FREE downloads at the link below, so you can see just what sort of footage is available behind that home page.
Then after your 7-day trial is over, just select a subscription length, and within minutes you will have UNLIMITED ACCESS to thousands of multimedia files for use in all types of projects, either personal or commercial - and all royalty-free!
There are currently over 30,000 clips on the site, with more being added each month!
Seriously, if you don't check this free trial out, you will be kicking yourself for missing out on the best video stock footage resource for that perfect clip or sound effect or music that you need right now on your current, or on your future, projects.
And if you aren't into downloading, which does take a lot of time when you are after a LOT of files in the same category, or if you just happen to prefer your clips on an "official" DVD, like I do because I use them for commerical purposes, then you can take advantage of their FREE DVD collections on their companion site below.
Free Stock Footage --> ON DVD
Among the 143 free DVD collections that are currently available, you can also get Adobe After Effects templates for green screen, or the AE templates for titling, as well as their new Animated Lower Thirds collections, all of which come with alpha channels.
Don't miss out...check it out!
About Crystal Eikanger
Crystal Eikanger is a freelance writer, web designer, video editor and voice talent working as Ei-Kan Productions on vWorker.com as well as other freelance job sites. The Footage Firm is a popular stock footage website that periodically gives away HD and SD video collections as well as royalty free music, After Effects templates, Red One slow motion footage, and now animated lower thirds with alpha channel.
Check out the first subscription-based resource for downloadable royalty-free stock footage, music, sound effects, special effects and looping motion backgrounds.
And, to promote their site and make people more aware of it, they are giving away 7 full days of FREE downloads at the link below, so you can see just what sort of footage is available behind that home page.
Then after your 7-day trial is over, just select a subscription length, and within minutes you will have UNLIMITED ACCESS to thousands of multimedia files for use in all types of projects, either personal or commercial - and all royalty-free!
There are currently over 30,000 clips on the site, with more being added each month!
Seriously, if you don't check this free trial out, you will be kicking yourself for missing out on the best video stock footage resource for that perfect clip or sound effect or music that you need right now on your current, or on your future, projects.
And if you aren't into downloading, which does take a lot of time when you are after a LOT of files in the same category, or if you just happen to prefer your clips on an "official" DVD, like I do because I use them for commerical purposes, then you can take advantage of their FREE DVD collections on their companion site below.
Free Stock Footage --> ON DVD
Among the 143 free DVD collections that are currently available, you can also get Adobe After Effects templates for green screen, or the AE templates for titling, as well as their new Animated Lower Thirds collections, all of which come with alpha channels.
Don't miss out...check it out!
About Crystal Eikanger
Crystal Eikanger is a freelance writer, web designer, video editor and voice talent working as Ei-Kan Productions on vWorker.com as well as other freelance job sites. The Footage Firm is a popular stock footage website that periodically gives away HD and SD video collections as well as royalty free music, After Effects templates, Red One slow motion footage, and now animated lower thirds with alpha channel.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Press Release: Red One 2K - 4K Plates Being Given Away
Reston, Va – Well-known stock footage and royalty-free music website, The Footage Firm, is giving away 500 copies this month of their new Super High Resolution footage, known in the industry as 2-4K plates.
This free stock footage was shot on the well-known and loved, RED One camera! This is not your typical amateur YouTube material. This is professional footage shot on THE camera that the big-time Hollywood movie producers and directors use for their blockbuster box office hits. To be able to get such ultra-high quality footage shot from a camera of this caliber, for this cheap, is not just a steal…it’s downright criminal! This is the ultimate in High Definition stock footage for the HD afficionado.
To read the rest of my article , please go to Video Footage Extravaganza! Red One 2K-4K Plates being Given Away!
About Crystal Eikanger
Crystal Eikanger is a freelance writer, web designer, video editor and voice talent working as Ei-Kan Productions on vWorker.com as well as other freelance job sites. The Footage Firm is a popular stock footage website that periodically gives away HD and SD video collections as well as royalty free music, After Effects templates, and now Red One footage.
This free stock footage was shot on the well-known and loved, RED One camera! This is not your typical amateur YouTube material. This is professional footage shot on THE camera that the big-time Hollywood movie producers and directors use for their blockbuster box office hits. To be able to get such ultra-high quality footage shot from a camera of this caliber, for this cheap, is not just a steal…it’s downright criminal! This is the ultimate in High Definition stock footage for the HD afficionado.
To read the rest of my article , please go to Video Footage Extravaganza! Red One 2K-4K Plates being Given Away!
About Crystal Eikanger
Crystal Eikanger is a freelance writer, web designer, video editor and voice talent working as Ei-Kan Productions on vWorker.com as well as other freelance job sites. The Footage Firm is a popular stock footage website that periodically gives away HD and SD video collections as well as royalty free music, After Effects templates, and now Red One footage.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Press Release: Huge Royalty-Free Stock Music Collection Released
Reston, VA - May 2011 - Well-known stock footage site, The Footage Firm, has just released another free production music set and it is their largest offering yet. Usually they limit themselves to only 10 or 11 DVDs in a set, but this time there are 18 DVDs packed full of royalty-free music for video editors, web designers, busy musicians, etc. This is the Footage Firm's third set of royalty-free production music. The previous two sets have proven to be very popular for the company, the first of which has already sold out.
To read the rest of my press release, click here.
You can also watch a video I created for it by clicking here, if it does not embed for you below.
To read the rest of my press release, click here.
You can also watch a video I created for it by clicking here, if it does not embed for you below.
About Crystal Eikanger
Crystal Eikanger is a freelance writer, web designer, video editor and voice talent working as Ei-Kan Productions on vWorker.com as well as other freelance job sites.The Footage Firm is a popular stock footage website that periodically gives away HD and SD video collections, as well as royalty-free music and free templates for Adobe After Effects.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Press Release: Free After Effects Templates for Video Editing
Reston, VA – April 2, 2011 – Well-known stock footage site, The Footage Firm, has just released a brand new 10-DVD set of After Effects Templates for video editing. This is The Footage Firm's first foray into the After Effects special effects template world and they have done a fantastic job with this first offering.
Not only are the templates in the set backwards compatible for After Effects CS3 and higher, but those who do not use After Effects can access the templates through greenscreen versions in .mov (photojpg) format that are provided for where the modified graphics and text would go for alpha channel/chromakey users. Multiple composition sizes in HD (high definition) and SD (standard definition) are also available for the user’s convenience, along with pre-rendered plug-ins, so you don’t have go out and buy a plug-in that was used in the template. They are drag and drop dead-easy!
Additionally, in order to promote this new venue they are stepping into, they are giving away 500 copies ONLY of this After Effects Template set for the price of shipping and handling. But just because they are free, well, that does not mean they are cheap. No way! These are broadcast quality templates for commercial use and in feature films.
They have extensive special effects for different kinds of text and logo intros as well as many styles that are long enough to be used as complete videos in themselves. Just add your own images and text and you’re done. When compared to cost of other After Effects templates out there, this set from The Footage Firm is a real steal for the armchair video editor as well as the seasoned broadcast TV editor.
About Crystal Eikanger
Crystal Eikanger is a freelance writer, web designer, video editor and voice talent working as Ei-Kan Productions on vWorker.com as well as other freelance job sites. The Footage Firm is a popular stock footage website that periodically gives away HD and SD video collections.
Not only are the templates in the set backwards compatible for After Effects CS3 and higher, but those who do not use After Effects can access the templates through greenscreen versions in .mov (photojpg) format that are provided for where the modified graphics and text would go for alpha channel/chromakey users. Multiple composition sizes in HD (high definition) and SD (standard definition) are also available for the user’s convenience, along with pre-rendered plug-ins, so you don’t have go out and buy a plug-in that was used in the template. They are drag and drop dead-easy!
Additionally, in order to promote this new venue they are stepping into, they are giving away 500 copies ONLY of this After Effects Template set for the price of shipping and handling. But just because they are free, well, that does not mean they are cheap. No way! These are broadcast quality templates for commercial use and in feature films.
They have extensive special effects for different kinds of text and logo intros as well as many styles that are long enough to be used as complete videos in themselves. Just add your own images and text and you’re done. When compared to cost of other After Effects templates out there, this set from The Footage Firm is a real steal for the armchair video editor as well as the seasoned broadcast TV editor.
About Crystal Eikanger
Crystal Eikanger is a freelance writer, web designer, video editor and voice talent working as Ei-Kan Productions on vWorker.com as well as other freelance job sites. The Footage Firm is a popular stock footage website that periodically gives away HD and SD video collections.
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