The Next Internet Millionaire is a joint venture between Joel Comm and Eric Holmlund. It’s a reality show, that broadcasts only on the net and it’s about- you guessed it- internet marketing. The idea is based on the very basic reality contest show model: Twelve contestants are grouped off and in every episode a task is given and each group must do the best they can to fulfill the task. The group that fails, goes into the board-room, where they get grilled some more and one contestant gets excluded from the show. Each episode someone gets eliminated, leaving one winner, by the end of the show. The winner gets to joint venture with Joel Comm.

The educational value of the show

Apart from the entertainment factor, which is very well done, on the show, I really think there are learning opportunities, in this production. Guest speakers of the most formidable variety are featured, on every episode. Although you don’t get the full content, the contestants do, there are many tips and tricks to be cashed to your little black box of skills (you better have one, by now ).

Watching the contestants, whom are all very different from each other, you could learn a variety of ways to approach your marketing. You can really get a boost of confidence to your own personal style, seeing there are all kinds of ways to do it. If it’s down and dirty like Thor Schrock, or quiet, good natured creativity like Jaime Luchuck, or even offbeat inventiveness like Trippy Charles. Find your own voice and the rest will fall into place, naturally.

The Twist

Well, this is the World Wide Web and a site wouldn’t be complete without a forum and an internet marketer’s site wouldn’t be complete without a twist. Clicking on the “Earn Money” button on the sites navigation row, you will be brought to the “one of a kind, one time offer”. This is not free stuff, this is something you need to purchase. Joel Comm, again, is doing his savvy marketing. Could it be that this whole production’s purpose was to sell you this product?

To be fair, we’re all out here to make money. I think Comm has gotten himself into a very interesting product launch- one that is probably making history, as we speak. This is his most adventurous venture I’ve stumbled upon and it makes the world of internet marketing that much more interesting. I, for one, commend it. It made my drawn out research routine of sales letters and affiliate offers a little more entertaining. Only time will tell what sort of implications this project could have on the future of internet marketing. It’s definitely pointing the way of joint ventures and heavily produced productions, but it has yet to depart from those sleazy long copy sales letters.
As far as free education goes, this is probably the most entertaining way, I found. You got to know a little about it, beforehand, though, or you might get lost in the terminology.

The Next Internet Millionaire is fine family entertainment with a well niched twist.

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