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Copy Paste Systems – Poor Support

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

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

Tags: Copy Paste Systems, home business, how to, IM, internet business, Internet Marketing, OTO, Paul Ponna, Review, work from home
Posted in Ed Notes, Marketing, Review in progress | 2 Comments »

Internet Profits in Your PJs? – Review: Don’t waste your time

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

The Holly Cotter Story

Holly Cotter’s rags to riches story is inspirational. There’s no doubt about that. But I’m sorry about this …

"Internet Profits in Your PJs – 36 Secrets to Creating Multiple Income Streams … on Autopilot"

Out of respect for Holly, I would like to put this politely, "This book is drivel."

A total waste of your time. Let’s say you value your time at minimum wage (I hope your time is worth more than that, at least to you, but let’s just say.). The 2-4 hours you might spend reading every word of this book costs you between $16 and $32 roughly speaking. That means the book is not FREE.

Out of Date and Out of Link

36 Secrets – Are You Kidding Me?

Here are some stunning samples of these amazing "Closely-Guarded Multiple Income Stream Secrets".

Secret #1 – There is a HUGE difference between “owning a business” and “being self-employed.” — Bet you didn’t know that.

Secret #5 – You must generate steady profits with one income stream before adding another income stream. — Geez, why didn’t I think of that.

SECRET #16 – It’s easier to make ONE sale than it is to make two sales. — Wow, this is almost mystical.

Secret #34 – To successfully build multiple passive streams of income, you must focus on building only one income stream at a time. — Oh wait a minute, wasn’t that Secret #5?

SECRET #35 – Patience is the key to your success. — Now that is REALLY a helpful secret – please don’t spread this around or everybody will know and we’ll lose our competitive advantage.

Sorry for the sarcastic comments, I couldn’t help it.

There’s No Substance

After you have read and absorbed every word of this book, you will know how to do … nothing! The book tells you what worked for Holly in a general sort of way, but not how any of it was actually done. There’s no step-by-step to duplicate.

Aha! That’s why all those almost functional links at the end of the book – you have to buy more stuff to make Internet Profits in Your PJs. And that’s the real point of this book. Holly sold a lot of her websites and changed her business model which you can see here.

An Impressive List of Testimonials – Huh?

When I reviewed the names of the "experts" whose testimonials appear at the front of this book, I actually learned something about internet marketers. A lot of well-known names are there, and I am having a hard time with that. Maybe they didn’t actually read the book. The alternatives are 1. they produce the same kind of internet marketing vaporware and so think this book is marvelous, or 2. they don’t actually know anything and have testified to their ignorance by giving these testimonials.

The Bottom Line

You won’t learn anything useful from this book. Let the buyer beware .

Tags: Affiliate Marketing, business, Holly Cotter, home business, internet business, Internet Marketing, Internet Profits in Your PJs, Marketing, marketing tactics, Not Recommended, work from home
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What’s Up with All the PayPerClick PPC Products?

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

PPC Blitz

Have you noticed that we’ve been blitzed with PPC products in the last month or so? PPC Classroom 2.0, PPC Bully 2.0, Get Money from Google, etc., etc. etc. If you decided to try any of these, let us know how it went.

PPC War Chest

PPC means that if someone clicks on your ad, you owe Google, Yahoo, or other sponsored search whether or not that someone bought anything from you, and your credit card will be charged. If you decide to try Google Adwords, Yahoo Sponsored Search, Miva, etc., etc., etc., you need to have several hundred to several thousand dollars that you are prepared to lose. With that amount of money, you have a sufficient war chest to learn how to conduct a successful ad campaign.

Note that your credit card may also be charged based on the amount you spent the previous month before the next month starts. In other words, the sponsored search agent wants to make sure there is money in you PPC account so they may charge you in advance just because your account is running below what they anticipate you will spend in the future.

Don’t Bleed Your Bank Account Dry with PPC

Keep in mind that you will be setting up a credit card account and your card will be charged for the clicks. So one of the first things you want to learn is how to stop a campaign that isn’t going well to stop bleeding money. I would advise against any PPC program that doesn’t teach you how to do this right at the beginning.

You Can Succeed at PPC …

It’s obvious that someone (besides Google) is making money running successful Adwords campaigns. You can too. Choose your teacher wisely. PPC Classroom costs about $97/month and PPCBully (if you can still get in) costs about $1500. PPC Classroom aims to sign you up to a membership site. PPC Bully gives you the option to join a membership site for about $48/month in addition to purchasing the use of the software. I don’t know about the other options for learning PPC.

If You Are Prepared …

PPC is a standard method for getting traffic to a website. You just have to have a pretty good handle on how to do it. The reasons I don’t recommend PPC for newbies is the initial war chest cost, the cost of an instructor ( including monthly membership fee), and the steep learning curve. If you are prepared for all that, then I can recommend PPC to you without feeling bad about it.

Tags: Pay Per Click, PPC, PPC Bully, PPC Classroom
Posted in Ed Notes, Marketing | 1 Comment »

Armand Morin’s new CBClicks for Clickbank

Friday, March 27th, 2009

I‘m just testing this out. You might want to take a look to see if it’s something that interests you. You have to sign up for an account but it’s basically FREE.

In essence it’s sort of like Adsense but for Clickbank products. You insert CBClicks code on your website and it displays Clickbank products for which you could get paid if someone buys from your link. That’s all I know at this point.

You design the code to fit your website using the tools provided at CBClicks.com. Here’s what you will see – and what I used to design the ad that appears below. And the banner above came from the Marketing Tools menu on the CBClicks website.

If I can do this, I think you can too. You might even get paid by Clickbank!

Tags: Armand Morin, CBClicks, ClickBank, Free, Internet Marketing, internet viral adnetwork, viral
Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Disclosure, Ed Notes, Free, Marketing, Tips, Video | No Comments »

Free marketplaces to help increase your traffic

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

I came across this great web traffic blog and thought you might enjoy this article by Craig Johnson. He explains how to use FREE marketplaces like Craigslist to promote your products. That’s no-cost promotion.

So have a look at -

Learn How To Build A Massive List Of High Converting Customers And Market Your Product Even Better Than The Gurus!

Tags: Add new tag, home business, Internet Marketing, Learn, listbuilding, product promotion, Traffic, website traffic
Posted in Article, Free, Marketing, Recommended, Tips | No Comments »

Warning: Zero to $500 a month – Guaranteed! is a Scam

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Warning

I am updating this post with this warning in hopes you will not be taken in as I was. Please ignore everything below !!! I’ve inactivated the link so it can’t be used from this post.

You can also see my posted update from May 7.

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Eric Graham Guarantees Ed Will Make $500 a month!

Can Eric Graham really teach Ed how to make $500 a month in 90 days or less? Nobody has ever been able to teach Ed how to make money online so Eric has quite a challenge ahead of him. Eric guarantees to refund 100% of Ed’s $297 investment if Ed is displeased with Eric’s ZeroTo500 course for any reason.

But Wait There’s More …

Eric further guarantees to refund 200% (!) of Ed’s investment if Ed follows his instructions and does his homework lessons and still isn’t making at least $500 a month after 90 days. I think I got that second guarantee right, but you could check it with Eric.

With Guarantees Like That – Ed Can’t Lose, Right?

Even though Ed is a master at losing in can’t-lose situations, isn’t it worth a try? You betcha! So Ed is off on another internet marketing adventure, but now he has Eric Graham, the Conversion Doctor, as a mentor. You can’t beat that.

Stay tuned

Ed will post once a week or so (if he can overcome his tendency toward procrastination) to let you know how he’s doing on the road from ZeroTo500.

For a very limited time and FREE (do it now!), ZeroTo500 Webinar.

Earnings Disclaimer

Don’t you wonder how guarantees of earnings can be made in sales letters and webinars on a routine basis while the earnings disclaimers, the legal part, always say there are no guarantees? I do too. Best I can tell the actual guarantee isn’t really that you will make x amount of money, but that you are guaranteed the opportunity to ask for a refund.

The earnings disclaimer for ZeroTo500 says this, " … MANY FACTORS WILL BE IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING YOUR ACTUAL RESULTS AND NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE RESULTS SIMILAR TO OURS OR ANYBODY ELSES, IN FACT NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE ANY RESULTS FROM OUR IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES IN OUR MATERIAL."

Tags: Conversion Doctor, Eric Graham, home business, internet business, Internet Marketing, Internet Marketing Training Course, ZeroTo500
Posted in Ed Notes, Marketing, Review in progress, Webinar | 1 Comment »

Marketing Tutorials from Armand Morin

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Armand Morin is at it again with Marketing Tutorials. He sent this note to me and I am forwarding it to you for your consideration.

Last night hundreds of people became members of a special club.

Did you?

It’s a club where they are taken behind the scenes and they are shown videos of the most up-to-date strategies currently being used in a company that’s on pace to do $20 million this year.

These aren’t just 3-5 minute videos.

We’re talking about step-by-step, "here’s what to do" 45-60min videos giving you the specifics of succeeding online.

For example, right now there is a sample 28 minute video you can get absolutely FREE. The best part about this private club is YOU have a say in what videos are produced.

Where else would you be able to get personal advice from someone who’s sold over $54 million dollars in their business? It’s certainly rare and what might surprise you is the price.

Check it out.

Enjoy!

P.S Remember, even if you don’t plan on
joining the club, it’s worth opting in for
the FREE 28 minute video – especially if you
have your own optin page.

Tags: Armand Morin, Free, internet business, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Tutorial
Posted in Affiliate, Disclosure, Free, Marketing, Tutorial, Video, eCommerce | 2 Comments »

FREE Internet Marketing Training For Newbies

Monday, October 27th, 2008

I’m repeating this post for one simple reason. It’s the Best Program currently available for beginners who want to get a start in internet marketing for fun and profit.

The 30 Day Challenge with Ed Dale and Partners

If you think that you missed the incredible FREE training of the August 30 Day Challenge, well, you haven’t. It’s starting again today. But it’s even better because now you can proceed at your own pace. In fact, you can start whenever you want.

Need more time?

If you need more than 30 days to absorb what could be an overwhelming amount of useful training for a beginner, you got it. Take your time because Ed Dale and colleagues have arranged to make this material available as long as you want it.

Highly Recommended

I couldn’t recommend this program more highly for newbies. It’s the training you’ve been looking for and you can’t beat the price. But please do all 30 days to get the most benefit.

Tags: 30 Day Challenge, Ed Dale, Free, Free Training, internet business, Internet Marketing, Internet Marketing Training Course
Posted in Do This Now !, Ed Notes, Free, How To DIY, Marketing, Recommended, Video | No Comments »

OPM – Other People’s Money: Got $15K Handy?

Monday, October 27th, 2008

ALERT FOR NEWBIES – THIS IS A TYPICAL SCENARIO

How to Use OPM for Internet Marketing Success

A few weeks ago I got an unsolicited phone call from the staff of Russell Brunson, the famous internet marketer. It went like this.

The Screener – Gatekeeper 1

The first call was from a screener, a person who treats you nicely and asks some leading questions to see if you might be a candidate for the coaching program. If the screener decides that you are willing to "make the effort to be successful", the screener passes you on to a manager for more detailed investigation of your qualifications for the coaching program. To this point, no specific amount of money has been mentioned. The screener never wants scares you off with any specific dollar figure. But you are willing to invest some time and money aren’t you? "You sound like a good candidate for our program so I am going to have my manager call you and give you the details."

The Manager – Gatekeeper 2

The manager treats you nicely and pretends to be your friend for some fun conversation. This person explains what OPM is – Other People’s Money as if you won’t be spending you own money (Please don’t reveal this SECRET until the end of the story: OPM is generally a CREDIT CARD). Then you start talking turkey. Here’s the deal. For a measly $15,000, we are going to teach you how to be a successful internet marketer and we are going to hold your hand until you make your original investment back even if that takes … however, long it takes. And we want to get you up and running quickly so you can make a sufficient profit to pay the monthly bill on the OPM so you don’t have to use your own money (Please don’t reveal this SECRET until the end of the story: the profit you make to pay for the OPM is YOUR MONEY).

Sticker Shock

Whoa! $15,000! I’m just a newbie starting out and that’s not in my ballpark – yet. What? (more…)

Tags: coaching program, Internet Marketing, Internet Marketing Training Course, OPM, other people's money, telephone solicitation
Posted in Do This Now !, Ed Notes, Marketing, Tips | No Comments »

Dominating CB 2 Launches Thursday 18th September, NOON EST.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Want to make a lot of money dominating ClickBank?

Yeah, me too. So I’m passing this gem on to you because I thought you might want to see it.

Who is Andrew Fox?

Maybe you never heard of him, but maybe you should check this out anyway. He never heard of me either. I seem to be on the email lists of every internet marketer on earth. How about you? So this guy (I am assuming it’s a guy.) Rob Benwell was the first to send me a link to Andrew Fox’s video. Don’t get too excited about that. It’s just a description how much money he has made and how he wants to share his secrets with you and me. Boy, I never heard that one before! Anyway, read on if you’re so inclined.

And this just in … Andrew Fox has been marketing online since 1999 and has sold millions of dollars of products.

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How To Use Clickbank To Generate Monster Ongoing Profits

– by Andrew Fox

ClickBank is the Internet’s largest digital marketplace, where thousands of the web’s most popular products are sold every day.

What what people don’t realize is how easy it is to get started with Clickbank and how you can start generating sales even if you have your own product.

There are a few ways to do this.

1) Acquire Resale Rights to a product you don’t own, create an page for affiliates and supply them tools to promote and feed of their efforts.

2) Promote products as an affiliate using Pay per Click Search Engines

So which method is best?

I’ve successfully tried both methods, both with good results.

For the beginner I recommend promoting products as an affiliate to get used to how the system works and to help sharpen your pay per click search engine advertising skills.

Acquiring Resale Rights to a hot selling product can be lucrative venture when set up correctly.

In fact I managed to generate over $25,764 in sales for a resale license I paid $197 for without spending a penny on advertising.

I was able to do this by leveraging Clickbank’s instant affiliate force which I teach in great depth in my new course Dominating CB.

Once you have built a successful customer and lead list there are also several ways you can leverage this into even greater profits.

Clickbank is such an attractive proposition for affiliates to use. They know they are going to get paid twice per month and on clockwork every time.

Sometimes product owners complain that the fees are higher than the average merchant account but the ability to leverage it’s massive network of affiliate can results in mega profits when done correctly.

Warm Regards,

Andrew Fox