Season 2 Won’t Just Be a Show. It’ll be an Experience.

With Season 2, we want to increase the production values of the show by 10 billion percent.

In terms of content, we’re planning on 22 more episodes covering topics like:

• Email marketing
• Conversion optimization/split testing
• Launching a product
• Web design
• Community building/finding your tribe
• And more platform specific things like Optimizing Twitter

*All topics are subject to change depending on the needs of our audience.

Feedback on Season 1

Season 1 was one of the most scary, exciting, difficult and rewarding things I’ve done so far. I am unspeakably grateful for the positive feedback we received

 

 

>>But that’s not all!<<

Something else we’ve been working on in the off season is networking with different indie bands to bring a higher production values to the show’s background sound and in-show skits.

We firmly believe collaboration is the life-force of the Internet and feel it would be a shame to not share our platform with other talented creators.

Something we felt was missing from Season 1 were action items for you to implement with your own presence.

Every episode in Season 2 will have a specific “challenge” for you to complete . These challenges are specific to different aspects of your online presence and will help you improve in that area.

For example, one email marketing challenge would be to split test an email using images vs text only and see which one responds better.

Not only do you get the benefit of improving your business - but if you register for our members site, we’ll track your progress and give you bonus rewards.

Rewards could include things like books, consult time, free access to partners paid programs, and high tech devices like tablets or smartphones. In the members-only area you’ll find exclusive “members only” content, including, but not limited to:

• Monthly live Q&A sessions with myself & other experts
• Discounts on reputable programs
• The ability to network with other “Inside The Mind” viewers
• Platform specific strategy maps and other actionable downloads

We’ll also include a ranking structure, so you can have engage in a little friendly competition with the other members.

Currently, most online marketing communities of the caliber that I am proposing are hidden behind pay walls, which is why I’m excited to say: access will be free.

Now, with that said, this is going to take some doing on our end, and it’s not going to be cheap. All of the funds raised here will go towards the production of the show - equipment, salaries for people that will help me, rent. I will find other ways to pay myself.

“Geeze Tommy, $100,000 Seems Like An Awful Lot.”

It is. There is no doubt about that, but what we’re looking to do with Season 2 is make the information transcend beyond that of your standard web-series.

Shows like FilmRiot are produced to a higher standard, and we’d like to match (if not exceed) the quality of that production.

With that comes costs that aren’t quite so obvious. Rigging like Camera Dollys, Jib Arms, and Industrial strength tripods can cost upwards of $$1,700 a piece.

The subtle movements of each one of these rigs, combined with the expertise of the professionals I’d like to bring on board, all make up a unspoken visual language we’re used to seeing from “professional” productions.

Even if you don’t know production, your eyes know the difference between a professional and hacked DIY production.

With the proper equipment and staff, we’ll be able to make every episode into something more polished and visually compelling, which in turn will make the information easier to absorb.

Part of the budget is also allocated toward marketing of the show/network.

For those of you who choose the rewards tiers that allow your product or business to be featured in the episode, this means ongoing marketing for you at a fraction of the cost and no work on your end.

As for casual members, as the network expands, the more valuable your own personal network/expertise becomes. First generation users of the Inside The Mind network (Codename: Citizens of the Internet) will have a smaller private network to bounce ideas off of myself and guest speakers.

As the newer generations of users start joining in, older members can share their expertise thereby stregthening their own network & customer base.

Click Here To Download The Full Budget List

As A Backer, What’s In It For You?

Starting at $50

You will have a access to private email consults with me.

In each email consult, I will answer any question you have regarding online marketing in no less than 1,000 words (but will do more if absolutely necessary)

Over the years I have curated a personal library of very valuable resources. This means I have sifted through garbage and cherry picked the best stuff so you don’t have to.

In each consult email I will combine these resources with my own personal knowledge to help you overcome your current challenge.

It’s like a mini course tailored specifically to helping you work through your challenge.

At $300

We up the ante a little. Your question becomes the premise of the episode.

When you combine this with (3) 1 on 1 emails, you’ll be getting a private Q&A with resource library, expert level consulting within the episode, as well as additional exposure to the product or service.

As I market each episode in the initial push, I’ll be subsequently marketing you.

In the longer term, video tends to rank really well in the search engines, and Youtube is the #2 search engine on the planet right now, so you’ll get long term passive traffic in addition to the initial promotional push.

At $2,000

Things start to get really interesting. First, I’ll send you my karaoke rendition of “Ice, Ice, Baby” which is always good for a laugh.

You will also receive (10) 1 on 1 email consults ( Remember Min 1,000 words tailored specificially to your needs)

As well as the Pre-roll sponsorship spot (this episode is brought to you by [Your Company Here]

At $5,000

You receive all of the above + access to my private group coaching ($10k value) where I’ll get even more hands on with your online business and you’ll be able to network with a smaller more private group of talented business individuals

Not only that, but you’ll have an “in-show” advertisement promoting your business smack dab in the middle of the episode.

This ad/sketch will use similar humor to the show so it won’t inturrupt the viewer’s experience, but it will be very clearly advertorial but don’t worry, you’ll still have some input.

The in-show ads/scenes will use a similar format to improv shows like “Who’s Line Is It Anyways?” (unfamilar? Click the link)

At $10,000 and Above

In addition to the “In show” commercial, private group coaching etc… my creative team will also produce a commercial for your own use complete with a marketing plan.

Higher tiers means we produce more videos.

Oh, and if you’re wondering the caliber of the creators I’m planing on working with. Click Here andHere

Why Not Do It On The Cheap Like You Did Last Season?

The simple answer is, we can’t.

Not if we want to stand a chance at improving the baseline for what free information is out there.

Last season, each episode took 95+ man hours to complete. This was because neither I nor my assistant editor are really filmmakers. Throughout much of the process, it was the half-blind (me) leading the blind (my assistant)

This left very little room for marketing, spending time with my family, or doing anything else that wasn’t the show.

In order for the show to reach it’s real goal of mainstreaming online marketing concepts, I have to take a more hands off approach on production and leave it in the hands of professional filmmakers.

While it might not seem like it watching one 3-6 minute episode at a time, by the time Season 1 had wrapped, we had produced over 2 hours worth of finished content – enough for a feature length film – and well over 44 hours of rough footage.

Without having professionals handle the production, we’ll essentially be creating content for content’s sake, but it won’t go as far as it needs to to make the impact that is intended.

Beyond wanting to hire professionals to handle most of the production work, and wanting to actually have to to Market a show about Marketing (heh) I also think this space could benefit greatly from higher production values.

Like I was saying earlier, your eyes are tuned into a certain visual language that has been spoken through mediums like film and television. Even though you might not understand production, your eyes and your brain do. And they can tell the difference between professional and semi-professional DIY production.

By increasing the production values of the show, I’m trying to turn the volume down on that sublimial part of you brain that says “well it’s just a youtube video, so I don’t really have to pay full attention”

I believe that level of production is what will help move the show beyond the “audience who wants to know online marketing”. This level of polish is often the missing piece that many marketing “clients” need to make the information sink in and make sense.

Many of the items listed in the budget are tools that are used ever so subtly to add that level of polish that seperates the “guy with a camera” from a “filmmaker”

We want to reduce the friction to learning as much as possible, and have time to actually spend getting the show out there. So what that really all boils down to is better gear and the right people to operate it.

If you’re looking to make better videos, this is your chance to be trained in real time by professionals who have worked in New York studios and Hollywood sets. We’re going to be LiveStreaming what happens on set, as well as the editor when he’s cutting the episodes together.

It’s online marketing and film production training all in one!

Thanks

If you have any further questions about the production of the show, please feel free to email me at tommyisastrategist@gmail.com and I’ll be more than happy to answer your questions.

P.s Why are we doing this?

I believe much of the information about online marketing should be liberated. Not only that, but it should be fun to learn. Too many small and medium sized business out there have either:

A.) Been Taken advantage of by unqualified charlatans posing as “experts” or B.) Didn’t  fully understand what they were getting into and wasted money on a credible service provider that just wasn’t a right fit at the time.

While the show is silly at times, the aim is to educate and empower business owners. We want you to be able to take your online marketing into your own hands and either run with it yourself, or make informed decisions when contracting outside help.

I demonstrate only the things I have done myself. I do not recommend or teach anything I haven’t tried for myself or my clients.

To fund Season Two, conventional wisdom says to launch an informational product.

However, I challenge my audience to challenge convention and do things outside of their comfort zone. What type of example would I be if I didn’t expect the same from myself? 

But I believe together, we can do it. I also want to lead by example and show that any subject matter can be made entertaining and marketable. If I can take a subject like Online Marketing and make it engaging, anyone can take a boring subject and spice it up with a little planning and creativity.

The growth of this show is a journey. Not just for me, but also for the people who watch it. As I experiment and try new things (and sometimes fail) I want to share those experiences so that we all can learn from them.

I started my career three years ago after getting fired from a retail position, and now here I am three years later raising $100,000 so I can flip the world of online marketing on its head. Will you help me?

Thank you again for your support. Lets flip online marketing on it’s head!