Take this miserable job and …

According to psychologists, a lot of people hate their job because … their personalities are not suited to the work they have to do.

If you haven't noticed yet, all the training courses and other stuff you are bombarded with every day telling you how much money you are going to make with internet marketing never bothers to ask you if you like selling stuff. Because if you answer that question honestly, most of us wouldn't buy their stuff. The truth is most people don't like selling. If you're like me, you've spent way too much money ignoring the basic fact of your existence …

Who You Are!

While I was browsing the business books at Barnes & Noble the other day I came across several books that discussed the issue of how personality type affects your job success. These books aim to help you not just to succeed but to enjoy your work because the work and your personality fit together. Now that's a novel idea! But not one you will hear from the internet marketing gurus who are trying to convince you that "Anybody can do this. Even my 12 year old daughter!". 

Are You Unsuccessful at Internet Marketing Because the Job Doesn't Suit Your Personality?

Do you like to sell stuff whether you know anything about it on not like Bill Glazer? Do you think of yourself as a great sales person like Mike Filsaime? Do you like to spend your time talking to people about yourself and your success like Brendon Burchard? Do you listen to Tony Robbins? And yes, it's a JOB.

What's Your Personality Type?

So before you spend another dime on a training program to learn internet marketing, take a moment to consider if it's a job you would enjoy doing. Does internet marketing or even the vaunted "Being your own Boss" really suit you? An honest appraisal will not only help you make an informed decision, but it will also help you decide on the kind of people you need to form your internet marketing team.

 

I hope you are doing well today.

I got this from Adam Horwitz, who you have probably never heard of but he makes way more money with his blog than me. So … I thought I would pass this along to you.

That's my affiliate link if you want to check this out. I've also attached a short pdf if you want to a brief overview of what this is about.

Cheers,
Ed

You know every once in awhile something *truly* special comes along in our community…

Something that deserves more than just a "quick glance"… Something that changes the game. Entirely. This is one of those things.-  Dude I Hate My Job – And you need to watch this video RIGHT NOW.

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WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS?
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Look, I'll cut to the chase here:

Because it SOLVES your real problem.

The ONE reason why you're not making $50,000 or $100,000 a month and working a crappy old job that you absolutely hate.

The REAL reason you're not living the dream life you (quite probably) deserve.

Doing what you love. And I know many people say, "just do what you love and you'll make money", but it truly needs to be done the "right" way to really make it work.

… Once and for all a video course has been created with the SOLE AIM of showing you *exactly* how to blog about your passion and make a CRAP load of money doing it.

A complete step by step blueprint… you can just… COPY.

And hey, if a 18 year old can learn to make over $500 bucks a day, by driving thousands of visitors to his "passionate" blog, you can too.

(see the proof here: Dude I Hate My Job)

So can you.

In fact, that's what's SO awesome about this: Because the whole point of this course is that ANYONE can see results with it.

MY VERDICT IS SIMPLE:

This is the *only* course you will ever need on blogging about your passion. And it gets my highest recommendation.

—> Dude I Hate My Job

P.S. You owe it to yourself to watch this video. There's a reason it's taken over all the forums, twitter, facebook etc…

It works. It's making people money. And they LOVE it.

—> Dude I Hate My Job

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Here's the pdf —>   Dude-I-Hate-My-Job-Case-Study

 

Over the weekend, watch this video: AMP

A 90 Minute Video?

I know – a 90 minute video is a bit much, that's why I said "over the weekend", but I think you will learn a lot and see a new model for making money on the internet if you take the time, pay attention, and make notes.

Chances are, you're probably doing what this video says NOT to do.

Change Can Be Good

Make these changes and you'll get better results – Armand did and grew a brand new email list of over 130,000 in a few short months.

Enjoy the case study!

Ed

P.S. This video will be taken down in just a few days so watch it now while it's still up and available: AMP

[NOTE:  I am a compensated affiliate for the Armand Morin Network; well, at least there is the potential I could be compensated at some point.]

 

eMarketWorks – Approaching its 100th Post!

I'm thinking about changing to a new theme to celebrate the 100th post at eMarketWorks.com.

What do you think?
Should I try a new theme?

Thanks for your feedback,

Ed

 

Copy Paste Systems featuring Paul Ponna as the "Reassuring Voice"

I've been trying out the Copy Paste System during the refund period and I've made a few discoveries.

The OTO Gauntlet – Many Times

First, the whole system is designed to sell you OTOs so when you buy in to get Copy Paste Systems, you get to run the one-time-offer gauntlet that could cost you a couple of hundred bucks if you bought it all.

But don't worry – if you pass them up the first time through, you will get emails constantly reminding you that you can still get them. Maybe they should be called MTOs – many time offers.

Support is Poor

The second thing I discovered is that you shouldn't count on quality support, especially if you are a newbie and need more than a 1-sentence reply to a question. I was working my way through the "Famous Automatic Cash Machine" – how secret could that be if it's Famous, but I digress – part of the Copy Paste website when I had some questions I wanted help with.

I sent an email with my question to support@copypastesystems.com on January 22, 2010. Then on January 25, I sent another email adding a different question. The first answer came back on January 31, that's about 9 days late, consisted of 6 words, and ignored my second question totally.

On February 2, I got another support email answering part of my second question with a nearly unintelligible reply. Soldiering on I've sent another email to support asking if they could please send me an answer I can understand and please answer the entire question.

Good Luck with That

So if you want to give the Copy Paste Systems a try, let me know how that worked. Maybe you will have better luck with support than has been my experience thus far.

Have fun,
Ed

 

Are You Too Smart for Your Own Good?

Short and sweet – If you haven't read Mark Widawer's ebook The Triumph of the Stupid, DO IT NOW!

Go ahead, what are you waiting for? It's 26 pages of the best advice you are going to get about being successful in internet marketing and online business.

Cheers,

Ed

 

 FREE Report, CD, DVD, yada, yada, yada

How many times have you seen this. It's FREE – you just pay the shipping cost. What is it about the word FREE that internet marketers don't understand?

How Stupid Are We?

My first point is this. How stupid do you have to be to know that if you pay for shipping – IT'S NOT FREE!

Here's the deal. When you pay shipping, that guarantees that the seller will make at least some small profit no matter what happens because they typically charge more for shipping than it actually costs.

But It Gets Worse … Did you really mean to sign up for a monthly subscription?

Very often in the fine print you didn't read because it was sort of a faded gray 6 point type way at the bottom it says that you agree to sign up for a $47, $67, or even $97 a month subscription to some sort of newsletter, and you will continue to be billed every month until you cancel except that they keep any money charged to your credit card before you cancel. So you end up paying that first month's bill even if you cancel immediately after you realize what has happened. So for that FREE CD the marketer makes money on the shipping and again on the first month's subscription. How's that for slick?

Is your time worthless?

Here's my second point. That FREE offer that you only have to pay shipping to get presumes that the time you spend actually listening, viewing, memorizing, note-taking, and otherwise marking your time doesn't cost anything. In other words, your time is worthless.

Alternatively, let's call your time a "sweat equity" investment because you are certainly going to use this information to make $xx thousands of dollars more in your business than you would have without this information.

Bottom Line

No way is it FREE! So before you click that BUY NOW button for that FREE product, give some thought to how much it is really going to cost you. Then you can make a thoughtful and perhaps even wise decision.

 

The Great Amazon.com (Secret) Experiment

I thought I would let you know how my experiment with an Amazon.com seller account went. Hopefully I saved you $17 on that Matt Bacak thing.

How I Made $4.37 Profit in Only 1 Week!

Here’s how I made $4.37 profit. How Matt Bacak managed to pay all his bills doing this I’ll never know.

I uploaded 6  books following the instructions at Amazon. It took about a week before any sold and then I got a notification from Amazon – Do Not Ship. My first order ended up being cancelled because there were payment problems with the purchaser.

Then lightening struck and I got 2 orders on the same day.

Book One

This book, "The Irresistible Offer" by Mark Joyner, sold for $7.38 [Remember this is a used books - Condition - Very Good - Amazon provides guidelines for describing Condition to the customer] + $3.99 Shipping Allowance = $11.37 Charged to Customer.

Amazon Fees: Variable Closing Fee = $1.35, Fixed Closing Fee = $0.99, Commission (minimum 15% on books) = $1.11.  Total Amazon Charges: $3.45. Bubble mailer = $1.39 and Postage = $2.38 (Media rate). Total Shipping Cost = $3.77.

Net: Total Charged to Customer – Amazon Fees – Shipping = $11.37 – $3.45 – $3.77 = $4.15 Pure Profit!

Book Two

This book, "After the Affair", sold for $2.75 [Remember this is a used books - Condition - Good] + $3.99 Shipping Allowance = $6.74 Charged to Customer.

Amazon Fees: Variable Closing Fee = $1.35, Fixed Closing Fee = $0.99, Commission = $0.41.  Total Amazon Charges: $2.75 [Same as the book price!]. Bubble mailer = $1.39 and Postage = $2.38 (Media rate). Total Shipping Cost = $3.77.

Net: Total Charged to Customer – Amazon Fees – Shipping = $6.74 – $2.75 – $3.77 = $0.22 Pure Profit!

So I banked $4.37 net. I would still have a ways to go to earn the $17 for the Matt Bacak course if I hadn’t asked for a refund. I commend Matt Bacak’s organization for the courtesy and promptness with which they attended to my refund request.

If this is your idea of how to Make Your First Sale Online, go for it. If nothing else, you will gain some experience and confidence. Just don’t count on paying your bills this way.

Meanwhile …

The other 4 books are still sitting in my inventory at home awaiting notice from Amazon that I should ship them.

Wait – another ship notification just came in and I stand to make $0.40 on this order so bye for now – I have to get "The Case for Christ"  shipped.

All the best,

Ed

 

The Law of Attraction

You’ve probably heard of the Law of Attraction. This is the idea that you attract what you think about. If you really want something and truly believe it’s possible, you’ll get what you want – or the idea that your thoughts determine (not influence, but determine) how your life goes. Think positive and positive things happen to you. Think negative and … OK so much for the BS.

The Law of Distraction

This law really works. If you think you are going to make big bucks in internet marketing or your home business by trying everything that comes along, you won’t. Simple, the Law of Distraction dictates that the more things you are trying to do, the more distracted you become and the less productive. You end up accomplishing nothing. Well, something – you kept yourself busy being distracted. And you aren’t going to make any money!

The Lesson

If you are constantly buying or trying the latest product launch, internet marketing ebook, home-based business opportunity, webinar, marketing course, coaching program, internet marketing scam, etc., and you have them stacked up like cord wood on your bookshelf and your computer is so full that it is about to throw up on your keyboard, you have become a victim of the Law of Distraction.

You’ll have a lot business ‘expenses’ and no business ‘income’.

I could not emphasize this too strongly because I know from experience. Try one thing, one program, one coach, and stick with that one thing until it works at least a little, or until you thoroughly understand why it doesn’t work for you.

In the process, you may find the kind of internet business that really fits you instead of squeezing yourself into a mold that doesn’t.