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For the past few years, CD Baby has held a top-sellers contest. The artists who sold the most CDs for that month would be placed on a compilation disc sent out to 5,000 CD Baby customers. This year, we are taking it to the next level.
Starting the 1st of each month, we will be tracking all of your sales through CD Baby’s site (sales on http://cdbaby.com only). We will offer one of our top-sellers a physical distribution deal. Through our partnership with Ryko/Warner, we have the ability to release a limited number of CDs into retail stores each year.
This opportunity will be offered to one of our CD Baby top selling artists per month over the next year. NOT necessarily THE top seller each month, since circumstances vary.
We'll also help promote each CD chosen with a marketing fund of $3000 per release. This can be used for anything from manufacturing to hiring a publicist to having listening stations in music stores - or a combination of each of these!
There is nothing you need to do except go out there, promote your music, play shows, and do what you do best and directing your fans to your CD Baby page. If you do it well enough, you will be rewarded with one of the best, rarest, and fairest distribution deals available. We will notify each month’s winner a few days after to explain all the rules, details, and legalese. If it is something you are not interested in, if you already have a deal, or if you don't think it is right for you, don't feel bad about saying no.
If you have any questions, please check out the post at CDBABY.ORG. We'll be updating that page frequently, so the answer you're looking for may already be displayed there. If not, just post your comment/question and we'll respond quickly for all CD Baby artists to see.
Now, go out and start promoting your music to the world.
Please, no cheating. No buying 100 of your own CDs or other such silliness. We’ll know. We won’t select you. You’ll be out $400 and have bad karma.
Questions: Email our customer service ninjas at cdbaby@cdbaby.com
Jamie Chvotkin
- VP CD Baby
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FAQ
*What is the CD Baby Label Group?*
Through our partnership with Ryko/WEA, we have the ability to release a limited number of CDs into retail stores each year. We will be offering this opportunity to one CD Baby top selling artist a month for the next year. And to help get you off on the right foot, you will have a marketing fund of $3,000. per CD. This can be used for anything from CD manufacturing to hiring a publicist or having listening stations in music stores - or a combination of each of these!
*Where will my CD be available?*
This deal will have both your physical and digital distribution needs covered. From iTunes, Napster, and 200 other services on the digital side to FYE, Best Buy and the corner family owned record store in Iowa on the retail side, all retailers will have the opportunity to purchase your CD.
*It sounds awesome, how do I sign up?*
Just keep doing what you are doing. All CD Baby members are eligible to participate. Each month, we'll tally the best selling albums from CDBaby.com. If your CD is on there and you’re a fit, we will contact you. It is just that easy. If you don't want to participate, already have a deal for that record, or you're not ready for prime time, no problem. Just say no. We won't be offended.
*Do quantities count? How about Digital sales? $5 sales?*
YES. Everything sold through CDBaby.com counts. If you can convince your fans to buy 10 copies to sell to their friends - good for you! BUT DON'T CHEAT! Buying 100 copies of your own title will not help you.
*Do sales at live shows count? Do downloads count?*
No sorry. Just each month’s sales through your CD Baby page(s).
*That's not fair! My music is great but I'm not a top-seller!*
Get creative. Try a new approach. Reach some new fans.
*But my music's not rock/pop/folk/popular!*
Look at the current top sellers on CD Baby. Get over the mental hurdle, and go turn people on to your music.
*What do we get paid?*
CD Baby is ONLY taking 9%! Whatever Ryko pays us, we take only 9% and the rest goes to you! For a $14.98 list, Ryko sells a CD to retail outlets for $9.60. They pay CD Baby $7.49 for that CD. You then get $6.81 per CD (current estimates and numbers might change).
*Does CD Baby own my work?*
We don't own any rights to any part of the record. We offer all this to you without taking any rights away – you’re still the label and in control! We just help get your records out to a much wider audience.
*I'm sure the deal I have to sign is pretty complicated?*
Not at all. Each deal is only for the one record. There are no long term or multi-record deals. We never want to get in the way of your music. We will send you the full deal if your CD is selected. We encourage you to read everything you sign.
*Is this exclusive?*
Yes it is, but only for this album. You can opt out of the program at any time, but the removal process from retail stores can be up to a year and there may be some costs associated.
*When will my CD be available nationwide?*
It will take about 3 months to get your CDs into stores nationwide. That’s right, nationwide, not just regional. However, we will make sure there is a big push in your home area.
In that time, we will work with you to create all the materials needed to get you going. There is going to be a lot of work involved in making sure the product is ready for retail. If you feel you want to take the next big step and go for world domination, we can help you with that, too.
*What to do now?*
Go promote! Steer fans to CD Baby. We'll do the counting beginning the 1st of each month!
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Wait, you said before that Live swiper sales ans digital sales counted... What's with the switch?
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Raymond,
Good eye!
Yes, swiper sales and downloads counted for the August
"contest," put in order to keep things fair and fast, only sales
through your CD Baby page count from this point forward.
That's why we re-posted the announcement.
Hope that helps explain things.
- Lewis
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This whole thing strikes me as humorous. I remember back when I graduated high school and started college. I found that one side of the liberal/conservative divide would try to persuade me to their point of view with reason, whereas the other were more interested in ridiculing those who disagreed with them, imputing motives to their ideas, and never engaging in a discussion on the substance of the concepts. When I look through that lens at what's going on here, I see a clear winner, and it isn't CD Baby.
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Personally I thought it was a great thing that CD Baby was originally
going to count Digital and Swiper sales as well as CD sales. Three
trackable sources of sales gives a better picture of what an album
is doing than just one. The only problem is, it takes time to get
that info, probably something like two months. It's better to be
patient, and get better data don't you think? I think so. Anyone
else agree?
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"Scam",
What's changed is that only sales through http://cdbaby.com are
being used to determine a month's top sellers.
And we also just clarified that the "winner" might not be THE top
seller, due to circumstances, previous distribution deals, etc.
Hope that clears things up!
- Lewis
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How can something that encourages you to go out and sell your
CDs be a scam? CD Baby didn't ask me for any money to be a part
of this! You never see artist who are out there making things
happen complain. Only the artist that wants people to do all the
work for them. Life does not work that way! Grow up and stop
whining! A scam would be getting 20 of your friends to buy a
bunch of CDs so you can win a silly contest.
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Hey, I don't think it's a scam at all... In fact I've sold more CDs this month than ever before. I'm just curious why it changed.
Raymond Gregory
http://raymondgregory.com
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It's a scam because it was originally a contest. Read the original announcement.
You decided to change your mind and rip off the winner of that contest.
Then you decided to make sure it was clear that from now on, there was no objective winner. There is only whoever CD Baby decides is the winner.
It's a scam because you lied to the contestants last month and claimed it was an actual contest. Then you never announced a winner. Now you are changing the rules and you'll announce that you are awarding the prize to someone other than the winner.
That's a scam. It's a rewrite of the rules AFTER the first month of the contest.
Derek announced the winner on several blogs and by email. Now you are changing your mind because all of the efforts you made to stop the winner from winning failed.
That would make you a scum bag, cheat and scammer.
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These refinements do not impact the August "contest," Scam, sorry if there was confusion on that point.
Down the road, we may count direct download sales from CD Baby, but for September, it’s just CD sales through the site. Nice and neat.
As far as we know, Derek made only one post on the site of our top seller at the time (before the end of the month, with limited swiper sales counted and not even a single download report possibly available – hence tweaking the way we’ll count sales).
If that was taken as an announcement of the winner, we apologize. While this was/is Derek’s idea, he is “hands off.”
Finally, looking at the old discussion you helpfully provided the link for, the wording on the original announcement largely indicated something along the lines of ‘deal is offered to one CD Baby top seller’ and even the slight room for confusion has since been removed (hence the new post this morning).
Really hope that clears it all up – feel free to call anytime if that would help.
Lewis
503-595-3000 ext. 319
lewis@cdbaby.com
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Hey "SCAM" shut UP already...your name is SCAM haha...that makes YOU the scam in here. haha I bet you a dollar you are James Brausch, self-help millionaire internet guru late night make it big...now THAT is a scam
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Sounds like someone just got busted!!!!!!!!! "Scam" - wasting time
on blogs is the same as committing suicide!!!
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What?
Here is exactly what Derek said on SEVERAL blogs:
Derek Sivers, August 31st, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Hi Pat -
I would leave a comment on your blog but I didn’t see a way to do that unless I also had a trackback-enabled blog.
re: http://www.patbdoyle.com/?p=35
James thought that we were going out of our way to work against him personally, doing everything we can to keep him from winning a contest.
If that was true… what time we must have on our hands! What evil malicious people we must be!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_Razor
“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
(1) - After 2.5 years of programming, I finished a total CD Baby software rewrite, and published it. The site was down for 30 minutes when doing so.
(2) - I didn’t do this “during the contest”, because the contest is for all future time : every day from now on. If I was not to make any changes ever “during the contest”, I would never be allowed to make any changes ever again.
(3) - Our mistake : Someone must not have seen his email sending his tracking numbers telling us his CDs were on their way, and so the site remained in its “out of stock” status.
I’ve deeply apologized to him repeatedly for #3, and even had a meeting with all 25 customer service reps explaining the seriousness of this problem. Unfortunately nobody remembers getting that email with the tracking numbers.
But to think that any of this was some kind of giant calculated effort to make James lose a contest is just very very wrong.
It’s sad that he took it that way, and a shame that 8 blogs are now discussing what a scamming rip-off rigged-contest CD Baby must be, and how to destroy us.
James and I have already worked everything out by email, and he has won the contest by far.
I just wanted to let you know.
Sorry for the trouble.
–
Derek Sivers, president, CD Baby
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"James and I have already wored everything out by email, and he has won the contest by far."
That is the direct quote by CD Baby owner Derek Siver. How can that be misunderstood?
Either he is a liar or he isn't. His words can't be misunderstood.
What do you mean by "hands off?" Do you mean that he doesn't stand by what he says?
-Pat
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Yes it is!
When is CD Baby going to step up to the plate and keep their promises?
Derek already plead stupidity, but enough already. We believe CD Baby was very, very stupid. When will they smarten up?
-Pat
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One thing is clear. CD Baby has got to realize that contests are not "games". Contests have 1-2 pages of rules for good reason.
The Federal Trade Commission has say over the validity of any contest claims and lawyers are involved at every stage. In a contest, you honor your statements or end up in court. So it's lawyers up front or later.
And up front is way cheaper.
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People cry about so many small things, they fail to see the big picture! What really is the motives behind all these complaints?
What if there was NOT a cdbaby that helps you get your music to places were some of you could not get them yourselves? What would you be uptight about in that case? So much emphasis placed on the other guys faults? What a shame!
If you have ideas to improve a thing share them if not please rethink how you come off to people!
No One is perfect, and people have lapses in their accuracy, so lightened up, GROW UP AND let's all move forward using the tools that cdbaby provides!
I've met Derek in person and frankly he is a standup guy! So if there are discrepancies in an area, most likely it was not intentional, so for you nay sayers and flat out haters give the man the benifit of the doubt! If you can't be nice then send your music to theorchard where you will never see your revenue in hand!~ Only on there site~! Then you will have real reason to pick at an organization! But SERIOUSLY back off of cdbaby! Bark at a real backbiter! Get over yourselves! When You (EGO) you EDGE GOD OUT!
Then No good is left in you! period!!!!!!!!!!!
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I find it pretty interesting that this contest-flaming war that is going on here seems to involve one of the top sellers--James Brausch.
It might give an artist pause whether or not to get involved in such a contest or with a company that allows such a thing to fester.
Comments such as these are not helpful either:
by Ray on Friday September 14 2007 @ 02:25PM PDT
"A scam would be getting 20 of your friends to buy a bunch of CDs so you can win a silly contest."
Hmmm. According to the advice on HOW TO WIN in the FAQ section:
"If you can convince your fans to buy 10 copies to sell to their friends - good for you!"
Well, I'm a fan of James Brausch... and only a recent one, at that. I've never met James Brausch. And he doesn't know me, I'm sure. But my business "Action Steps" needs this product for our customers.
I find it rather humorous that someone thinks they could sell so much product by calling up their buddies and getting them to spend their hard-earned money. I'm a friend to lots of people, but not THAT good a friend!
But, that aside, here's CDBaby's advice to a question on how to win:
*That's not fair! My music is great but I'm not a top-seller!*
Get creative. Try a new approach. Reach some new fans.
What James Brausch does understand is marketing.
And he understands--as his winning CD content on Life Management advocates--what to get rid of in your life so that you can give yourself a shot at winning... in life.
I just had a homeless family living in my house for the last three weeks. They had gotten evicted from their rental and they were living in their van. So we took them in on condition that they would let us help them OUR WAY.
After feeding them, and forcing them to take showers, we spent a lot of time counseling.
And I gave them James's CD on life management--which hits so many areas of their life that put them where they are.
So this accusation of getting your "friends" to buy really miffs me. I'm operating in the REAL world.
I'm sure CDBaby understands marketing to some extent... or they would never have started this contest.
But I do hope they are fair about it, going forward because, where there's smoke... there's often fire. And I see a lot of smoke here.
I tried for nearly two hours to get my order through one day, so I don't understand if the site was down for only 30 minutes, why I couldn't get my order through. If I hadn't needed them for our customers, I'd have given up.
What is even more troubling is this statement:
"And we also just clarified that the "winner" might not be THE top
seller, due to circumstances, previous distribution deals, etc."
Who would want to enter a contest if some of the variables are unknown?
"Circumstances?" "Previous distribution deals?", "etc?" Yeah, that's a really level playing field!
I really don't care who wins the stupid contest, but businesses that have them should be above board in the way they are run.
So if I can find a way to order James' CDs another way in bulk... I'd much prefer it.
Cause I just don't like this stink.
And if you think I'm just saying this for James Brausch, just look up my company... Action Steps, LLC, Eastover, SC on Dunn & Bradstreet.
Maybe $1000 orders aren't that large, but even CDBaby will have to admit 15 or 20 of us guys starts adding up!
*But my music's not rock/pop/folk/popular!*
Look at the current top sellers on CD Baby. Get over the mental hurdle, and go turn people on to your music.
Not everything that is producable on CDs is music.
Some things are about less important things... like LIFE.
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Chuck,
I am sorry that this is reduced to what you call a "flame war." That means that the substance of the debate is lost. But follow the posts carefully, and you'll see who is actually interested in considering the merits of the case, and who is acting like a recalcitrant 4-year-old, engaging in name-calling and other such cognitively empty technique. I believe CD Baby has showed its hand, and it will reflect in their bottom line. I wouldn't want to do business with a company like this.
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You sound like an intelligent guy John, so I'm curious; what "hand"
did CD Baby show in your view?
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Ladies and Gentlemen!
Indeed, this is getting ridiculous. Derek Silvers left a message on my E-Biz Small Talk Blog http://www.fcon21.biz/talk/?p=40 saying, "...James Brausch has won..."
Then, old blog entries get deleted, ... rules get rewritten. Now you say the winner might not be the best seller, it might be the product of circumstances.
Bottom line: There are no rules left! What circumstances? You make it clear for the future that you are determining the winner. Period. But obviously you don't dare to say it as clear as it is. But you should. And say upfront what kind of CD's are exempt from the contest, right away.
Marketing musicians is challenging and we all know that picking someone for a promotion solely based on the results of a sales contest does not guarantee an optimum outcome. There are other factors to consider. Today's gray duck, could be tomorrows swan and the hype-band could already be forgotten. I understand your (cd-baby's) efforts to have more control over the selection. But say so clearly, this will make you more trustworthy.
Back to Brausch's case: He is declared winner, isn't he. Would be great if CDBaby and he could sort this out silently. Does the world need to listen?
Some have written that the poor musicians are the loosers of this contest. Well, depends on them. If they are smart, they act upon the free lesson from James. To make a CD, put it in an online store, ... or to hang out in MySpace, ... That's simply not enough.
Music business is odd and has been odd before, but there never have been so many opportunities for independent artist as there are today. Don't think 'poor'.
Yours
John W.
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No one else is responsible for your success but yourself!! You have to go out and make it happen... such silly bickering over a contest is ridiculous!! Get back to doing what you need to do to sell your cd's - sheesh!!
Cdbaby has been awesome to me - contest or no and I just started here... congrats to all the top selling winners - that's all I can say :)
All the best everyone - have a great weekend!
Di
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Di,
I'm not so sure that I can agree that this is silly bickering. Please remember when you may have worked hard for a promise and were then betrayed. I'll bet it didn't feel too good. I appreciate that you want to leave this behind, but there is a possible fraud issue here.
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I have never heard of a "contest" that has such arbitrary rules. A "Top Seller" should be just that - whoever produces the most sales. I don't even see any fault if an artist wants to purchase 100 of their own cd (maybe they want to give them away) I don't see any harm in utilizing whatever marketing techniques an artist wishes to utilize. Everyone faces marketing techniques daily - we have the choice to responsibly purchase those products we feel will enhance our life. CDBaby has every right in the world to randomly promote or give added benefit to any artist, but that does not make it a contest.
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I've never met James Brausch personally but I read his blog daily and have been watching this whole thing unfold with nothing more than mild interest.
I have to admit that I was kind of confused by the whole apparent controversy surrounding the top seller contest on CD baby. But that's probably due to the fact that I wasn't following it that close. So I decided to do a little research and read the whole thing from the start.
I've gone back and reread the whole thing and I'd like to make some observations.
I have a theory about what may have happened with that whole contest. I might be right. I might be wrong. Let's talk about it.
James' CD doesn't really fit in very well with the CD baby line up. It's not music and everything else I see on CD baby is.
I think the folks at CD Baby are kind of... all about music.
James' CD is non-musical. I own it and would describe it as a heart to heart talk that one friend would give to another about getting serious about making the changes they need to in their life to achieve the success they want.
No music... none.
So it sticks out from the rest. Now... add that to the fact the James has a very large following and is a really good marketer. He's not up against much in the way of competition as most of the other folks on CD Baby are all about music and not really into business. So he easily wins the competition for most sales in August.
I think someone at CD baby didn't really like the fact that a non-music CD was winning and started to muddy the water. That's where it started to smell foul. Behavior like that might be overlooked in hobby circles but it's indefensible in business.
Let's say I hold a contest. It's simple: who ever buys the most from me (dollar value... not units) for a given time frame gets a one hour personal phone consult with me. At the end of the contest, I tally the sales. OOPS somebody I don't really like won. No problem. I'll just toss that out and pick someone I want and give them the consult. Is that fair? Is it even legal?
I tried. I really tried to find something legitimate in your actions.
From what I can tell, you started off running a legit contest and, mid-stream, turned it into a popularity contest. Those actions have no place in business.
Now I see you are running a popularity contest in the open. Well... OK. You are being open and honest in the fact that your new contest and all those going forward will be popularity contests.
Not real contest.
Not a single one of your sellers has any incentive to actually try and sell more because at the end of the month you'll pick your favorite. Your favorite may not actually be the top seller.
Well at least your now being open about it. But stop using the term "top-sellers" anywhere in the description. That has no direct link to the winner. You're not running a business. You're playing with a hobby and passing out prizes in a popularity contest.
What CD baby doesn't even realize is that you've pissed off a world class marketer that could have been a great asset. One thing that comes to mind is that you could have worked with him to develop a home-study type of system that walked musicians through a step-by-step process teaching them how to be more effective at marketing their music.
But, sadly, I think it's too late for that now.
Popularity contests won't teach your sellers how to sell more. They'll just be reminded of high school / junior high.
-Richard Lee
www.RichardLee.com
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Hi Jamie or Lewis,
This post is about the future. Most of the comments are about the past ie August 2007.
Can you announce the winner for August to stop them?
Might help heaps.
Cheers,
Martin
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It is definitely suspicious that CD Baby has not declared last month's winner, and that they are making it clear that the winners from now on will be arbitrarily chosen by them. It really makes one wonder what kind of people we are doing business with here.
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> It is definitely suspicious that CD Baby has not declared last month's winner
No it's not. We accept returns on CDs, and digital sales take a while to come in.
Any time we run a contest like this (like we have in the past) in takes a few weeks after the closing-date to make sure all those CDs purchased don't get returned by the purchasers the day after we announce, for example.
I'm sorry to see that everyone has decided in advance that everything we do is a scam and is using every single action as proof supporting their prejudice.
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Derek,
You say you have to wait for returns, by why is this only for August of 2007? You never waited this long before.
Also, claiming that "everyone" pre-decided that "everything" you do and "every single action" is an unwarranted generalization, and betrays a position defensiveness on your part, as opposed to a frank discussion of the issues.
This is typical of the behavior we usually see in a narcissist or a liar.
What are you evading? What are you afraid of?
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John,
The reason for the delay is obvious from Jamie's original post
about this. They are counting all sales avenues they can track:
CD Sales, Digital Download sales, and Credit Card Swiper sales.
It takes time for the digital partners to report their sales to CD
Baby (close to two months for some), and for the swiper slips to
be received and logged. There is nothing suspicious here, it was
clear from the get-go. To announce the winner before all the
results are in, would be UNFAIR. Waiting for all the results to
come in, and allowing time to tally and re-check the results
before announcing the winner, should be a no-brainer. This was
clear to me from the start, why can't you understand this?
Also, there is nothing about using the words "everyone",
"everything", and "every single action" that indicates that a
person is a "narcissist or a liar". Nothing about using a
generalization "betrays a position of defensiveness". It takes
quite a leap of imagination to assume that it does. Every post
on this blog impugning Derek's character, has been a
generalization, including yours. Not one has provided any proof
that the truth was distorted at all, that something dishonest has
taken place, or that anyone's word has not been kept. Not only
that, but no one has even stated any specific act of dishonestly,
on CD Baby's part, much less provide proof of anything. CD
Baby has and is living up to everything they stated in Jamie's
original post about this deal. Please, be specific about what you
are accusing CD Baby of, and provide proof to back it up, before
implicating them of any dishonesty publicly. Failing to do so, is
by definition, slander.
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I'm glad to see you do what you have to do. Brausch begged, complained, gimmicked and cajoled his list ad nauseum to run up a FAKE "bestseller" on CDBaby that was NOT in the true spirit of things, a "bestseller". If was cosmetic and manipulated. His CD doesn't even fit CDBaby. He's good at MARKETING, period. His content is mediocre at BEST.
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The owner of CD Baby doesn't seem to understand the ethical (and legal) way to run a contest.
You can't simply change the rules and play childish games simply because you don't want a particular contestant to win.
But, I have a feeling that the petty (and self admittedly stupid) things they have done will in the end cost them so much more than they had bargained for.
For starters, as a highly successful online marketer myself, I for one will never offer my products for sale at CD baby.
Sure, that may only cost them a few thousand dollars per month in lost sales, but I know a few dozen other high profile online marketers that have been watching this foolishness with the same level of disgust that I have.
So multiply a few thousand dollars a month by a couple dozen marketers and the loss of potential business is a bit more significant.
Also, the real tragedy in this whole scenario is that if CD Baby had half a brain they would have embraced James and his highly effective marketing efforts and tried to learn a few lessons from his success, they could have applied those lessons to their business and made millions in additional revenue.
But instead they are left with a black eye, damaged brand, and lost lesson...
Eric
PS - Lewis... Did you ever actually listen to the CD that James won (by a landslide) with? You may want to buy yourself a copy and give it a listen.
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Eric - Your entire point is based on the false accusation that we have changed some rules or done anything dishonest.
If you could back that up with any example or proof, then you'd have a point. But we have not changed the rules for the August contest in which James was involved and you're apparently upset about.
It's true that when re-annoucing the contest for SEPTEMBER (a different contest, since this is a monthly thing) - that we got more specific with our intentions to prevent another misunderstanding like this.
The difference in the post above has nothing to do with the AUGUST contest in which James was involved.
So what are you actually accusing us of?
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This whole thing is quite a mess... I have to agree with Martin that at least showing the August sales figures could make this dispute settle down or go away.
That said, hiding behind the code update excuse really isn't cutting the mustard. Is something being done to avoid this scenario in the future or is it just business as usual?
-Jimmy
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James Brausch is a fraud in my honest opinion.
From my personal interaction with him I never met rudest person in my life. I know that he has ton of fans, but it does not justify marketing tactics he employs. Case in point is this his Marketing fraud: Affiliate Alert: $15.57 Visitor Value at this url http://www.jamesbrausch.com/?p=687
He promised to pay 90% to his affiliate. Instead of this he just announced it to be a fraud, discontinued a letter and keep his commision.
No communication is possible.
Similar tactics combined with copywriting skills allows him to collect his millions of $$$.
Yevgen.
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Hi Yevgen,
I know this is few months late, but I only just saw this.
That guy the scumb bag brausch was referring to is me.
Not only did he with hold my commission, he insists that I still owe him another $300.
Oh, make that $320, for wasting the few minutes it took his equally anal retented assistant, Debbie, to write me a reply accusing me of fraud, once again, for the same thing.
And, as for those idol worshippers on here who can't bear to see a bad thing said about their saviour, yah, boo, sucks.
You'd think he's their father, or something.
Or maybe it's just him under yet another disguise.
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James Brausch is a good marketer but a poor businessman.
I purchased a $50 product from him about 9 months ago that was not delivered. There is no contact info for James and he refuses to answer blog posts about my loss. He very conveniently says there is no support for products sold on "special"... and that also means NO replacement on products not delivered or lost in transit... in my opinion James Brausch is a 2 bit scammer.
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If you want to make up stories to defame someone, here are some tips:
1. Don't post twice in a row under different names right after dozens of positive postings. Any idiot can see that you are the same person and can't be trusted with either post.
2. Don't claim "rudest person" and "no communication is possible" in the same post. How is that possible?
3. Don't say "was not delivered" and "no support for products" in the same post. Why would you want support if it wasn't delivered?
In other words, try to at least make your attempted defamation be internally consistent. No one will believe you if your own statements conflict with each other.
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