A Brief Look At Slumdog eMillionaire

Recently, I had a chance to take a look at Slumdog eMillionaire course that promises to show you how to drive traffic to your website and make a lot of money online. I am not exactly a fan of these courses that promise you  how to make money online. Like many others, I have been burned before, and it has been my policy not to buy too many of these things. To be fair, this course has been highly popular and a lot of folks have already taken advantage of it. I am not planning to write a review for it but rather respond to some of the points made on the website. Here is my take on some of these points:

you should make money first then worry about testing later

This could work for a short period of time, but I am not sure it’s the right approach for the long run. You should make money while testing. Testing helps you make more money as you optimize your landing pages, keywords, and so on and make more money.

you should NOT promote your own site

I do agree with this point somewhat. You shouldn’t over promote your sites on social media sites. You should focus more on creating high quality content than trying to promote low quality content.

testing testing testing will NEVER make you any money ‘ever’

We got to agree to disagree here. Testing has worked out very well for me. In fact, I don’t know how to spend my days if not writing content and testing landing pages and keywords. I do agree that testing is not for everyone. And you can still make money without testing. You can grow your business without testing, but that would be due to your luck than your tactics.

affiliates will send you free traffic without you lifting a finger

I completely agree with this point. These companies that are cutting their affiliate programs during the recession are doing themselves a big disservice.

the headline of your website WILL bring in up to 90% of your TOTAL sales

This may sound crazy, but it’s actually true. Your headline plays a big role in your product’s success and failure if you are selling on the Internet. Now, I can’t say it accounts for 90% of your sales, but it plays a very big part.

Why you should NOT worry about PageRank as ONLY the traffic brings in the money

I couldn’t agree more here. Your PageRank means nothing. It does matter if you want to sell your website, but even that is due to the misconceptions about the importance of your page’s PR. PageRank is an overrated metric and not as reliable as it used to be.

The moral of story here is you can make money online in a short period of time. You may even make a lot of it. But a business should rely on strategies rather than short-term tactics to stay afloat. It’s one thing to have a great month. But wouldn’t you want to have 24 very good months instead of 1 great months and 23 dismal ones? That’s why you should keep testing and looking for new ways to promote your business. Testing does matter! I guess that’s where Slumdog eMillionaire and I have to agree to disagree.