Archive for July, 2009

How To Create An Autopilot Internet Marketing System No Matter What You Sell, Who You Sell To or Why You Think Your Business, Product Or Service is Different — And How To Get Up And Running In 30 Days

I’m going to talk about two controversial, highly loaded words…

1. Autopilot

2. Internet lifestyle

Is it possible to go from 0 to $7500 in 30 days? Is the Internet lifestyle dead, a myth or alive and well? Do only a select few make it in Internet marketing? Is the only thing that sells on the Internet ebooks about Internet marketing? Does autopilot really exist or is it a bunch of b.s.?

My friend Lee McIntyre is quite an inspiring person. He went from 0 to $7500 in his Internet marketing business in 30 days — starting as a school teacher. How?

Here’s his basic system:

1. He created an info product
2. He sold it on ebay
3. He got other people to sell it and paid a commission

Now, I went from $3,500 a month to $30,000+ a month when I implemented step #3. Back when I got started, I was doing OK at $3,500 a month, selling my info on copywriting and creating info products. But things kicked into a whole new level when I put step #3 into force. Matter of fact, I think I knocked out that $7500 on day 4 or 5. THAT is the power of step #3.

If you were to take everyone in the WORLD who surfs the Internet with an English browser, you’d find that 1 out of 102 have been to one of my web sites, as measured by 24 cookies. That fact is fully documented at 1in102.com and in the product there.

Now, is the Internet lifestyle a myth as some say? Do you need a big office and tons of employees? My answer is NO. And I can prove it. I did it 7+ years with a few virtual employees in Canada I’d never met and still to this day, don’t know what most of them looked like.

So anyone who tells you it can’t be done without an Office is feeding you a misrepresentation of the truth.

Another big myth is that the ONLY things that sell online are how to market online. Yeah right.

Last year as I recall total ecommerce on the Net exceeded $6.2 billion dollars, and that was the U.S. alone.

That fact is fully documented at: http://www.freeonlinemarketingebook.com

I have a video in there that walks you through the gov’t site and all the statistics. I also give you a number of web sites you can go to and see the enormous variety of things being sold.

Here’s another big myth: You have to be selling in a niche outside of Internet marketing to have the right to sell something about Internet marketing.

That’s dumb.

The Internet marketing audience IS a niche.

And it’s probably the most competitive of all. If you can sell in it, I doubt there’s a niche you can’t sell in.Personally, I’d say people who haven’t sold offline like I have don’t have the right to teach selling online. It’s probably not the truth, but it’d be a good sales angle! All of that stuff is positioning to try to eliminate the competition. None of it is the truth.

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How To Create An Infoproduct in 7 Days

INFOPRODUCT TRUTH #1 – What chef would ever randomly mix ingredients together hoping they will create a tasty and healthy meal? Or what builder would randomly assemble materials on the off chance an attractive and safe dwelling would be built?

In every pursuit of life a set of instructions is needed in order to be successful. A chef begins with a recipe, a builder with a blueprint, a surgeon with a procedure, an athlete with a practice. In each case, there are steps to take – precise steps to take – in order to achieve the desired result.

If you are to become a successful information marketer, you must have a set of instructions to follow. Instructions that were carefully drafted and perfected by someone who has achieved the desired result you strive to likewise achieve.

-Jimmy D. Brown, Author Small Reports Fortune http://www.SmallReportsFortune.com/index2.html

There has been a LOT of interest in my breakthrough course, Small Reports Fortune. We have *literally* sold hundreds of copies. Sales continue to come in around the clock.

And so have a couple of common questions

** How much time will I need to invest each day?**

** What exactly will I be doing each day?**

What I’d like to do is answer both of these questions by
providing you with a quick “overview” checklist below of the 7-day checklist that my clients use in creating their own small reports.

I’ve organized this checklist so users of my Small Reports Fortune system can …

(A) Work about 2-4 hours each day, depending upon the individual.  (B) Start from scratch and actually make sales in only 7 days.

So, let’s take a quick look at the daily activities in the Small Reports Fortune Checklist…

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Becoming A 5 Star Internet Marketer

My wife and I have been married since 1994. During the years since our wedding, we have stayed in a variety of hotels ranging from a “glorified closet” to a resort suite, everything from a 1-star rating to a 5-star rating. We’re not into astronomy, but we do like to see a lot of stars when it comes to our accommodations! :-) Here’s what Hotels.com says of a “5-Star” rating…

“These luxury hotels offer the pinnacle of service and pampering. Pristine surroundings often include manicured landscaping and famed works of art. Guests may expect multilingual concierge and/or butler services, extensive pool, spa and fitness facilities, and gourmet restaurants with world-renowned chefs. There is typically a high staff- to-guest ratio. Guestrooms feature ample space, designer linens, and special touches such as fresh flowers, champagne and flat-screen televisions. These hotels most often are located in the most desirable cities or resort destinations.”

In other words, 5-star means “the best”. It represents the highest order of a hotel. Or, anything for that matter.

There are 5-star hotels, restaurants, campgrounds, salons, banks and much more.

In fact, you can apply the 1-5 star rating system to just about anything.

Even internet marketing.

What I’d like to do is share some insights into becoming a 5-star internet marketer. And what I’m going to focus on is the strategy that serves as the foundation of all 5-star ratings: ongoing change in pursuing excellence.

• Can you imagine a hotel receiving a 5-star rating today by offering a black and white television?

• Can you imagine a restaurant receiving a 5-star rating without air conditioning?

• Can you imagine a campground receiving a 5-star rating with no “full hookups”?

While this may have generated a 5-star rating 50 years ago, it’s simply not enough for today. There is an “ongoing pursuit of excellence” for those who achieve AND maintain a 5-star rating.

That’s the principle I want you to learn today: 5-star internet marketers make adjustments to their business ahead of the pack.

Back in the 1978 one of my favorite songs (I was only 8!) was “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers. In it, he provides some sage advice that internet marketers would do well to apply in order achieve 5-star status…

“You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away and know when to run.”

These statements form the four stages of a transitional business mindset…

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Google Slap for Product Review Sites

News Flash from Dr. Glenn Livingston of Rocket Clicks:

I got word from several affiliate marketers that Google dropped the hammer today on affiliate review pages. Many pages went from quality scores of 10 -> 1 overnight. And these were NOT skinny sites, rather well build out, consistently updated blogs with good navigation above the fold, xml site maps, high click through, hyper-relevant keyword mapping, low bounce rates, long average time on page … everything else Google loves.

When we analyzed which pages survived, and we take it in combination with other information, it seems pretty clear they’ve added code which screens for affiliate links on the landing pages.

At the moment it seems cloaking and PHP redirects are untouched, … but I can’t imagine these are far behind. (I’m guessing they’re just avoiding this in order to decrease their server burden … takes some CPU cycles to visit every link on the page and evaluate for affiliate code)

I’d say it’s safe to conclude Google’s on the war path against affiliate review sites, and we should be advising clients towards a different business model… at minimum it seems necessary to avoid placing affiliate links on landing pages, but ideally, I think people need to move towards a deeper list building/relationship building strategy and/or a strong e-commerce model.

Time to stop “building on sand”.

Glenn :-)

Many affiliates make their living creating product review sites.

Many product review sites are trash.

Many times the affiliates don’t even own the product and it’s a big pump and dump.

Savvy web surfers quickly recognize these sites and don’t trust their advice. Worse yet, it tarnishes the reputation of even a good product, because it’s cheesy and sleazy.

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In Amazing Formula, part of the formula and really the beginning point is selecting your “Hungry Target Market” or HTM. Now, what I’ve found is that most people never get their HTM. So all those other fancy books, courses and programs they buy don’t do ‘em much good.

First of all — EVERYONE else who teaches how to find target markets makes a serious MISTAKE — they show you how to find target markets based on SEARCHES not on buyers. But searchers aren’t necessarily buyers. I’ll show you how to base your choice on the ONLY data that counts — MONEY SPENT. Now, there are even more mistakes…

Do you make any of THESE mistakes in choosing your target market?

* You aren’t sure how to know if the target market you’re focusing on is a good one that can support your business.

* You have selected a target market that does NOT buy big ticket back end products.

* You have no way of knowing if your target market buys big ticket back end products.

* You have no numbers on your target market — you don’t know how many products they’ve bought before at what price. You don’t know the mix of males vs. females.

* You don’t know the approximate numbers of NEW customers coming into your target market each month.

* You don’t know what else your target market buys, the price points and WHO they buy it from.

How would you like to get the answers to those and other questions?

I’m running a new promotion called:

“Target markets on sale for a penny each.”

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