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
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been baited with that line about No Product – No Problem. Yeah, I’ve tried more than my share, and guess what. If you don’t have a product, you don’t make any sales. It’s simple – You have NOTHING to sell!
Here’s an example. This product is advertised with the "No list, No experience, No technical skills, No product – No problem" marketing mantra by Matt Bacak, who is by the way, a really enthusiastic marketer who talks really fast.
"This Secret Money Getting Method Is Your Shortcut To Success – It’s The Only Way I Know How Anyone Can Make Sales In the Shortest Amount Of Time. Faster Than Anything I’ve Ever Seen!”
Most of the time when I see the claim that you don’t need a product, it generally means the product isn’t something physical. You could be selling yourself, your knowledge, your expertise. Well, those are all products in the business sense of having something to sell. But the product here is physical stuff … namely – YOUR STUFF!
What’s the "secret" Matt is selling for a measly $17? How to sell products on Amazon.com. Here’s the link.
And Yes you must have a product to sell or you aren’t going to make any money. Here’s the funny part – I didn’t know that selling products with Amazon was a secret!
Well if you just listen to Matt’s marketing video, you won’t know he’s talking about Amazon until after you charge the $17 on your credit card and find out the secret to how his young daughter made her first sale in 24 hours and continues to make 1-3 sales almost every day. But don’t worry – it’s easy to get a refund. You just have to wait til your next credit card statement. The refund guarantee is good for 90 days.
Matt gives you 7 incredibly easy steps to sell your books with Amazon. The 7th step is to click the Submit button. What that does is complete the listing process. You’re not done yet, assuming someone buys the book you listed.
You are responsible for "fulfillment" – you have to package it and post it. Matt’s product gives you details about how to conduct the 8th Step though his product doesn’t list it as one of the steps you have to do. I guess Matt thought it was just too obvious.
Oh yeah, you are responsible for refunds and adjustments and keeping your customers happy just as in any other business transaction.
Matt doesn’t give any guidance about whether you have to collect taxes on your sales. Amazon’s guidance – it’s your problem.
I was not registered to sell on Amazon and I found the registration process pretty easy. The fill-in-the-blanks kind of easy. Following directions just to try out the process, I pulled "Podcasting for Dummies" from my bookshelf, entered the ISBN number and … no results. Amazon couldn’t find my book. Short story – the current edition is the 2nd edition and mine is the 1st edition so Amazon didn’t have it.
Second try. I grabbed "Damn! Why Didn’t I Write That?" and entered the ISBN number. Amazon searched and returned … the updated 2nd edition. Amazon didn’t have my 1st edition copy. Matt Bacak didn’t mention this problem.
ALERT If you give selling books with Amazon a try following the directions in the Get Your First Sale Online product, be aware of the multiple editions problem.
Third try, I listed Mark Joyner’s "The Irresistible Offer" and that one worked as predicted. Fortunately, Mark hasn’t published an updated 2nd edition!
This approach to making money online is what I call "passive selling". You list the product and then wait for someone to buy it. You don’t do any marketing so don’t need any marketing skills. First you list, then you wait, then if you are lucky you ship and get paid.
Not Yet —- Amazon’s calculations said I could make $7.92 if someone bought Mark Joyner’s book from my Amazon listing. If I could just sell one book a day for a profit of $8, I could make about $240 a month. I listed "The Irresistible Offer" on November 13. It’s November 15 and the Mark Joyner book hasn’t sold even though I got the green check mark for lowest price. I guess I’m not as lucky as Matt’s daughter Taylor. I’ll try some more books and I’ll let you know what happens.
I tried that and one of his support people sent me this message in reply.
"No problem. I have forwarded your email to
him. I won’t promise he will respond becasue
he gets tons of emails every single day."
I could not detect any "secrets" exposed by Matt despite his contention that his way is better than anybody else’s way to sell books or whatever with Amazon. But if you need or just want hand-holding to learn this process, $17 is probably not too much to risk. Just skip the more expensive One Time Offers.
My guess is you can make the $17 back if you sell 3 or 4 books (Amazon is after all a DISCOUNT book seller). The message is, "If Matt’s daughter Taylor, a 12 year old, can make money doing this, then surely you can too." It’s just a question of when and how much (hope springs eternal).
If you want to sell with Amazon, go here Sell Your Stuff. You don’t really need Matts product, Amazon’s instructions are easy to follow, and Matt’s Tips are trivial so I don’t recommend this product.
I got an email from Paul Smithson at XSitePro and it had a sample email for me to use so I copied and pasted it for you – nested emails!
I thought you might be interested if you want to build your own website. The reviews I have seen say that XSitePro is a high quality product that makes it easy to build a website optimized for internet marketing. You can probably do it yourself instead of hiring someone.
The advantages of XSitePro for internet marketing are too numerous for me to mention to you here. Your best bet is to sign up for the webinar.
For a limited time, the price is probably going to be $197. I wasn’t supposed to let you know that in advance, but you might want to get XSitePro at some future time if you can’t afford it now, and it will cost more than. I’m sure the webinar will fill you in on all the details.
—Ed
" I’m writing following the announcement of the Complete Guide To Website Building Prize Draw – did you put your name in the hat?
Don’t worry if you didn’t get a chance to (or weren’t one of the lucky ten winners) because I have just heard some VERY exciting
news:They’re giving MORE complimentary copies away!
There’s a special "Reveal" Webinar happening next Tuesday (that’s Tuesday 20th) and as well as running through a whole bunch of stuff about the training course: features, benefits, pricing, guarantees and so on, the folks at Intellimon are also going to shout out TEN MORE names from the attendee list and give them immediate access to this brand new website building training course.
So you just need to show up at the webinar on Tuesday and you’re automatically in with a level chance to win… easy, right?
Oh, I almost forgot, they’ll be announcing details of some pretty special fast-action bonuses too… as if things weren’t exciting enough
So head over to the webinar and sign-up quickly, because seats are apparently limited so it’ll definitely be a case of first come, first served (and first to be in with a chance of winning a seat on this ground-breaking new training course).
Here’s hoping you’re one of the lucky ones!
We’re going to be revealing:
- Exactly who this course is suitable for
- Precisely what trainees can expect to get from the course
- A definitive list of course topics
- The full capabilities of the training delivery platform
- The whole picture of how we’ll support trainees
- Exact pricing for this new course
- The extensive guarantee offered
…AND we’ll be announcing some killer fast-action bonuses too…
…AND that’s as well as the Prize Draw at the end…
… WHAT A SESSION! "
Windows Only – It doesn’t work on a Mac (unless you are running Windows on your Mac).
Beginners need to learn about autoresponders and how to use them. That’s a given. Do you know any internet marketers who aren’t using an autoresponder? Of course not.
You might have heard of Aweber because it is often recommended as the autoresponder of choice, especially for beginners. The thing I like about it – besides the fact that it works – is that Aweber provides a lot of hand-holding for newbies. And I need a lot of hand-holding for my internet marketing projects [but you knew that!].
But where can you learn about autoresponders without spending any money?
Simple – Check out these video tutorials for yourself.
Ed
PS Yes, I am a perpetual newbie, at least until I make my first million. And I love finding free stuff that is really useful.
As you know, it’s not often that I am so enthusiastic about an opportunity that I can’t wait to tell you. Well, this is one of those rare times because the price is very affordable, you can cancel any time, it’s being offered by Jim Daniels, and I’m using it myself.
But this opportunity closes June 19 so I wanted to get it to you right away.
Need to find a way to earn some income from the web? If so, you may not need the latest product or service being "mega-launched." Maybe all you need is a little personal help from someone doing it. Someone like Jim Daniels.
You can get personal coaching for only $39.95/month – Click Here!
This is sort of an "anti-launch" event, so enrollment will last only a few days. (You’ll understand why when you see the site.)
If nothing else, come by for the special FREE Info-Product Formula and FREE Silver membership. Click Here!
To your success,
Ed
If you are interested in a lot of FREE training, the 30 Day Challenge Preseason is starting at 8:30 pm eastern US today. I highly recommend 30DC to newbies who want to get a start in internet marketing. If that’s you, I think you will get a lot out of it.
Even if you are passed the newbie stage (meaning you are actually making a net profit in your online business), I think you will find a lot of useful information in 30DC, and freebies and discounts that will probably make it worth your while to tune in for the course.
I’ve recommended the 30DC several times before and I’d like to know if you found it helpful for getting off the ground in starting your online business (or at least entertaining). Your comments are welcome.
Ed
Are you determined to be a freelance writer?
Can you make a living freelancing? Yes you can. Is it easy? No it’s not. If you were looking for something easy, keep looking.
But if you like to write and do research, you don’t mind bidding for writing assignments, and you desparately want to get paid to for what you write, this could be just what you are looking for. And, who knows, it just might get easier and more profitable for you the more you do it.
If you’ve been looking for a home-based business that you can run via the internet, you’ve probably come across ads for Freelance Home Writers. There are several different ads that all lead you to Freelance Home Writers. For example, one ad might say you can make money typing, another might say here’s a great business you can run from home. Whichever ad you respond to, you end up there.
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Freelance Home Writers is basically a home study course with a twist. The twist is a program you can use to find freelance writing jobs. "Our job finding software crawls the entire internet through literally tens of thousands of job postings and filters out only the most lucrative writing jobs."
7 days should be enough time for you to decide if you want to continue. The key is, if you sign up for the 7 day trial, put all you effort into it. My experience is that you can work through all the material in less than 7 days if you focus. They will be pretty prompt in charging $47 to your credit card when the 7 days is up.
Are you having a devil of a time getting people to opt-in to your squeeze page?
Eric Graham is offering you really outstanding tips about crafting squeeze pages that make people want to opt-in. Would you believe a 70% conversion rate? Watch the FREE video.
If you don’t know what "op-in", "squeeze page" or "conversion rate" means, then you really MUST watch the video or your internet business will suffer needlessly. If you don’t know this stuff, that’s why you should do yourself and your business a favor and WATCH THE VIDEO. Sorry I didn’t mean to shout – it’s just that Eric’s analysis of how to do a squeeze page is as good it gets. You won’t find better anywhere. Especially not for FREE.
I don’t know how long Eric will keep this video up so – Watch it now!
Cheers
If you are struggling to build you own website and are looking for software to do it, try KompoZer. Good reason? – It’s FREE and it works well. It’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Plus, you can go to the sitewizard for FREE tutorials on how to use it.