Thanks again for your honest opinion Brett.

I thought about it but when I looked closer and did my own searches based on the terms I could only find 1 that ranked and as you pointed out – it had to be exact. And the templates are very boring and downright ugly without a way to spruce them up with images. And the robot voice isn’t good at all. Although there is a way to upload your own vo but without a way to actually add images to make the video more interesting … it just wasn’t worth it. The OTO to get 10 additional templates that are a little more interesting – is $27 a month. Nah I passed. I’m going to be very prudent this year. I was glad to see you rejected it.

Brett,

I got an alert for this and wondered if it offered any real value.
Now I know I can give it a pass.

Thanks for another one of your true grit reviews. 🙂

P.S. I am sure there is a picture of you on a wall someplace with darts all up in it. lol

Thanks Brett – my feelings were precisely the same. There are so many of these products out there now with extra functionality that this seemed meek in comparison.

I did however investigate and couldn’t give any credence to their inflated claims of ‘crushing the SERPS in minutes’ – despite there being a number of webinars run by affiliates around this product showing how to rank better/faster. The webinars seemed to make up for the shortfalls by intro’ing advanced techniques that most people can do on their own with a half decent knowledge of youtube. The product was only a small piece in the ranking pie.
The templates don’t impress and the autoupload is a basic for these products – not a major selling point.

To me this left only two positives. 1) The WP plugin – could be useful – yes I’d use it but does it justify the price and upsell – I think not and; 2) The 5 auto voice narrations – I don’t mind these but my experience has always been they are less than great – however useful to a shy person or a person versed only in accented foreign tongue. Again not a major selling point to me but perhaps to others.

So my upshot: not really worth purchasing. Tho only reason most affiliates are jumping on it are because of the lucrative upsell funnel I’ve decided the guys behind it are capable of so much more considering their previous gigs. I’ll sit it out completely or wait till Videodek 2.0 comes out in 9 months to see if it has improved enough to my satisfaction.

I have never asked for a refund, but I sure did here. Terrible. Just downright terrible.

Thanks Brett,
I was looking at this one. Glad I waited!

For some reason (money?) the video marketing niche seems to get way more than it’s fair share of lame products. Probably because so many of the vendors in it have no chops/no experience with actual video seo and are just out for the quick buck.

Well.. 2016 is starting off with an influx of poor grade tools.. this is where “Rutecky Approved” wins outs every time..Great work..

Cheers Steve… Ps shamefully I pulled the Calc out for human test.. talk about being lazy..

I bought it before I read your review. I am not impressed with it at all. Plus it mispronounces words. And the voices are terrible.

In addition to what Kimberly wrote, if you wish to use this for clients you have to pay $27.00/month for the Dev Lic, which is part of the additional templates package oto. Who wants to be locked in monthly for the Dev Lic? They should have separated that out as a one time fee and possible would have made more sales. Then charge monthly for the Templates.
(By the way Brett, the sample template you used was one of the upgrade Templates. The first 10 come with the FE, stopping with the black looking template. So clearly not worth the extra dollars if the text is not lining up. Learned all this from a webinar overview this afternoon.)
But right off the bat I did not see any way they were going to rank a video by just entering the typical data anyone would do when posting a video. The only info they offered was to use long tail keywords to get it to rank. So I was fairly sure there was no other built in software to make that happen, even though their sales page eluded to that.
Why am I still writing? It’s late. There’s more (robot, robot), but obviously I passed too.

Thank you Brett. You are a man with integrity!

You are point on Brett…it SUCKS. Thank for the review. Save your followers some cash and time.

Thanks for your review:)

When I looked at the sales page for this and could find no videos made by this software that one could play and check out that was a red flag to me. If the videos and the voices were really good they would have several videos on the sales page for potential buyers to watch, the fact they don’t is a clear sign to pass on this. Your review confirms it.

thanks brother Brett!

Really appreciate your honest opinion on every review you make….By the way I make it a point to read them irrespective if I intend to purchase or not.
Keep up the good work, Brett.

I thought the same thing early this morning when I saw their early bird offer. Feature-less!!

Obviously there couldn’t have been much time and effort put into making the features it

does have which are miniscule. Thanks Brett…I second you on this one!!

Again your review put it on the straight, thank you. Though I disagree in the end. This IS a horrible software and not worth any penny, obviously created to make some quick money. And of course promoted by Todd “The Unavoidable” Gross. Really, if I see his face in the sales video meanwhile I’m like “ah no, not him again”.

Anyway, 2015 was my year to get deeper in all this Internet Marketing thing and I’bought a lot of products and only a few turned to be worthy. It’s kinda disappointing, how much crappy stuff is made every day to squeeze money out of our pockets. So 2016 will be my year of beeing rather picky and I will allow only a very few so called marketers to get in my inbox.

You will be one of them for sure – every mail/ review from Brett “The Lighthouse” Rutecky has got, gets and will get my courtesy. Happy New Year for you and your family and keep doing what are you doing!

Hi Brett,
I dismissed this one after watching their videos but it is nice to know I was right to do so by someone who has put the product through its paces.A good honest review as usual.

Brett, the sales pitch had me intrigued, but like others I had my doubts when I saw the long tail keyphrases that they were ranking for. This has got to be one of the worst pieces of crapola software I have seen in some time. I can’t even believe all the people pitching this, like, Neil Napier, I thought this guy was one of the good guy’s ( I know this doesn’t necessarily make him a bad guy) and wanted to help people buy good products. He’s pushing this hard, that tells me he has no regard for his subscribers, big mistake! Han Fan…well, I think we all know that, Han Fan, just jumps on every product launch that comes along and pitches it to his subscribers regardless of weather it’s a good product or not….seems he just takes the product owners word for it.

Thank you Brett for another honest review, you rock!
Mary,

Thanks Brett I looked for your review before purchasing at a cheaper price. Unfortunately you hadn’t done so at that time. I have been moving house so haven’t looked at it yet. I was a bit suspicious when they didn’t give us an example of the robot voice. I’ve heard them before and they are terrible. I’m wanting to do more video this year however your review puts me on the edge of asking for a refund for this not so new approach.

I can’t agree more, thank you for the honest review Brett.

Thanks Brett for your HONEST & REALISTIC review of what cannot be achieved or expected by purchasers of the high profile IM Product Vidiodek BECAUSE it really highlights the lack of honesty & strong moral principles that are giving the Internet Marketing Machine & products a bad name.

It’s a crying shame that Lee Pennington, his Vidiodek Team & all his well known endorsing IM PROMOTERS lack the judgement & don’t have the balls to reply & say why they didn’t give honest comments about Vidiodeks lack of abilities.

thanks for your impartial feedback, Jeff

Hi Brett,

I landed on your site as I had my questions about this software.
Thanks for your honest review and I will bookmark your site for future reviews.

Antoine

Hi Brett,

thanks again and again for your intervention and honest and REALISTIC thoughts. I bought the product from Mark Bishop via JVZOO as I knew him from BINGY, BUT was disappointed in the first place, as my videos never rendered! So, I contacted him personally, and he replies fast, as usual, saying, yes, unfortunately, they are having problems with their servers! Hmmmm

Well, now it’s obvious, and I asked for a refund. Let’s see how fast will they be in their reaction!

Cheers again
Amin

PS: I will call you: The IM ISO MAN

When I see auto voice over, I know it’s not going to cut it. I have been searching for auto voice over program/services myself and none sound natural when reading whole text. The closest I come across is inside EasyVSL.

Thanks once again Brett.I must say I am usually a fan of Lee’s software but I declined this one!! (it isn’t actually his software to be fair)

Thanks for confirming what my gut told me, Brett. So many are promoting this as the Holy Grail (If only
I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard that). As experienced as most of those “Guru’s” that pushed this offer to me are, they’ve got to know at least half of what you and I know about this thing. Shame on them.

Good job Brett

Once again you are on the ball Brett…many thanks !!

I’m New Year cleaning my inbox, but yours is one I wouldn’t dare do without….
Thanks again. !!

Thanks, Brett. I’ve bought a few of Mark Bishop’s products. They’ve all been decent. I’m disappointed that he put his name on this one. Sidenote: Why is this guy Todd Gross on almost every damn launch going (rhetoric)? He may be a nice guy, but I’m sick of seeing and hearing his news-anchor voice.

Cheers!

I feel a more serious drawback of this and similar programs is that they can only produce a very basic text-based slideshow. Video is great for demonstrations and such, but when it’s just used to do something much better done by a straightforward text salesletter that I can read at my own pace, I switch off. The same goes for those interminable talking head sales videos (mentioning no names…). Yes, video is powerful, but please let’s use it properly and when the occasion requires it. Anything else devalues it.

Brett you are the sure to my shiny object addiction. I love your honesty when you do the reviews and I am sure that they take some time. I just wanted to let you know that you are appreciated
Thankyou so much
Jenelle

Thank You Brett, as always for your honest opinion.

Thanks again Brett. These reviews are becoming invaluable for me.

Thanks sir!

I was interested in this product at first, but you cant upload pictures or video clips, didn’t really like the basic themes so I passed on it and didn’t buy yesterday before your review was out.

Thanks!!!

Hi Brett,
I always love you no bull sessions about what you review.
You give the pro’s and con’s and still if we are interested then it is our choice but at the very least we have a better understanding of what we get plus a reduced version of the marketing hype for that product.
Thank you
Mike

Trustworthy as usual, thanks
Daniel

Thanks Brett. Confirmed our suspicions.

And I hope all these comments help your SE visibility!

Thanks for your honest opinion Brett!

Hay Brett,

I totally agree with you that this is a very, very light weight video production program. I wish I had waited a day or two for your review. Unfortunately, I purchased it yesterday and found it lacking. Live and learn.

Best to you and thanks again for your honest, straightforward reviews.

Paul Woodall

Well done, Brett. Hit the nail right on the head again.
Hi Brett,

It has certainly been extolled by many IM’ers as a panacea for video ranking in my inbox.

I now try to resist temptation until I hear from you and although I’m not making any cash yet, I’m losing a hell of a lot less now, thanks to your honest reporting.

Thank YOU!

David Stringer

I tried working with this program and I am in complete agreement with all that Brett had to say. Thanks again for an honest review, I so value what you offer.

Bret,
Your wisdom is a precious commodity and our world appreciates ALL that you do….I was just looking at this & you sure made up my mind for me….NOT!

What I don’t understand is why do the product creators NOT listen to expert software creators like Brett and address the problems identified. Surely it would be in their best interest to correct the issues identified. How are they going to be able to remain credible for future product releases?

Thank you. I appreciate your helping me out here. i thought I wanted it but, did not want to spend the money right now. So thankful for your review.

Brett I think they listened to your review They added advance settings were you can change the font and color of the text. And also be able to center the text or format it left or right… Go take a look… but I think alot more improvement is necessary . Maybe they can get better voices… The best voices I have heard is ATT voices which you can purchase and use with Text Aloud… Also the bonuses they promised is not on the site… Thanks for your great review

Am so glad to find, that my initial reaction was not me standing alone with my disdain for loudmouthed, air-filled hype.

Marketers like these, gave me the push to create my own video service, based on good old-fashioned values and being able to do anything they promise a whole lot better, including a true competitive value.

I could counter every single line they claim to do better – but, am not here to toot my own horn. I am only thrilled to read honest opinions – and that is, what not only makes my day today, but also strengthens my initial mission for providing value.

Thank you for honest and objective opinions – “True Innovators Invest In Values”. Videos are like fingerprints, fingertips may look the same [templates] but true work guarantees the difference from anyone else’s on the net. In no way can such item be produced by cookie-cutter mentality as we see over and over again with hypes like these.