One year, 365 days, that didn’t take too long to write a new post now did it?
What took you so long?, you might ask. Well, I’ll tell ya:
While on my quest to make money online, I met a few people who were not only struggling , as I was, to build an internet business, but they were struggling with the “techie” stuff as well. Being a tech support person, I helped.
You see, early in my internet marketing quest, I raged against what I thought would be my former profession. I was burnt out. While helping people set up their blogs, transfer files and answer basic computer questions. I realized I was damned good at it. I really missed being a tech.
So off I went! I sought out a platform that would allow me to do my tech thing and most importantly, do it from home.
I struggled with this too because I needed to market myself. BUT as fate would have it, a very large and very recognizable partner came on-board and the problem of marketing was solved or was it?
Due to a contractual agreement, I cannot tell you who they are or point to my link with them.
Anyway, eight months later, the very large partner began to have second thoughts and took their tech support in-house. Two months later, the very large partner decides their in-house staff was not adequate (or knowledgeable)* enough to support their customers. Et viola! I’m back in business.
What does this all have to do with Internet Marketing you ask?
During the two month dry spell, I had time to think about my options. I enjoy working from home and I enjoy making money. I can’t get caught with my britches down like that again. Two months is too long.
So I got back on the horse, so to speak, started attending IM webinars, and going after the “bright, shiny objects”.
I’m a little more knowledgeable than I was 18 months ago, so expect a review or two on the “bright and shiny”.
I’ll be posting to this blog more regularly, watching the horizon for new stuff. Keeping you posted on the “goings on”
Stay in touch!
*my words
TweetThis post is not about reaching for the stars, or climbing every mountain or fording any streams. The title refers to a phrase frequently used in old Westerns – during a bank robbery.
Reach!
Recently I signed up for a well known marketer’s course. This course had a 30 day money back guarantee. When I received access, I was able to review the contents and within the 30 day trial period to request a refund. I got my refund. Yeah!
A few days later, after canceling my order, my bank alerted me through text message that my checking account had gone below a set balance. My phone is calling to tell me that I’m close to broke! I called my bank and they pointed out that I had been also been charged for the same amount 30 days prior.
To make a long story short, it seems that during the ordering process, I opted in to another free 30 day trial. What I didn’t know was that the cancellation of one did not cancel the other. So, I immediately wrote to the merchant and was advised to re-read the sales copy. The link at the bottom of the page leaves the impression that if you don’t click you are passing up of a free offer.
I am not naming names in this post because I am still negotiating a settlement with this merchant and it is not my intention to bash un-said merchant.
So what is my purpose?
As a customer, the situation I just described left me with a bad feeling – like I had been taken. I doubt I would go back to this merchant again regardless of the outcome. I know that many of my fellow MWA students are looking at or have already created continuity or membership sites.
It is my hope that those undertaking this line of business will strive to be as transparent as possible in dealing with their customers.
TweetI started my journey into internet marketing in November 2009. As a “techie”, I thought about the possibilities of marketing on mobile devices. Since I didn’t know anything about internet marketing, I followed the path of most marketers- blogging, affiliate marketing, article marketing, etc. But still marketing on cell phones was in the back of my mind.
July 4, 2010: I’m at a cook out, all of my friends and their children are there eating barbecue and listening to the greatest rock and roll hits of the last 4 decades. Nothing unusual that day except for the searing heat and my friends, people in their 40s and 50s, mashing on the keys of their iPhones and Blackberries between bites.
Quelle suprise! I thought it would be the kids, but it was the adults too – transfixed by these mobiles devices! “ Now how can I market to people using cell phones?” I asked .
And the Universe answered,
On August 3rd, 2010, Adam Horwitz (the aforementioned 18 year old) launched a program that shows you how to market via mobile phone. If you haven’t heard about Mobile Monopoly already, trust me, you will. The internet community is abuzz (never thought I’d use that word in a sentence but there it is) and after 8 months marketing online, my Clickbank account shows an amount other than $0.00.
I didn’t use any keywords, no SEO website or landing page – just a simple email to a list of SIXTEEN people. After seeing the response, I sent a broadcast through Traffic Supremacy and am waiting for those results.
There are 5 Billion people using mobile devices. The Pay Per Click rates for mobile marketing start at one cent ($0.01) per click! It’s the Gold Rush! It’s AdWords in ’98! It’s great!
The Mobile Monopoly course has 11 modules showing:
- how to get started in mobile marketing
- the methods and ad platforms used to market on mobile devises
- using CPA networks, Per Per Call, how to market physical products and MORE.
You also get
- Adam’s Secret Tool
- 4 Bonuses modules
- and videos showing Adam create 7 successful campaigns
All of the modules are in video form with printable slides for offline reading, updates, an affiliate program and support.
The price: $77.
Thank you The Universe!
NOW WATCH THIS VIDEO!
The Universe has spoken.
TweetWhen I started learning the ways of internet marketing, I was confused. No, your other left foot! But since getting Alex Jeffreys as a mentor, the fog is beginning to lift. Oh don’t get me wrong, there’s still fog but now I’m starting to see the ground. Time will pass before you see the clouds.
Hey, New York’s a coastal town. Gotta get the imagery from somewhere right?
So anyway, now that I am an internet marketing student, I see marketing in EVERYTHING. I’m starting to consciously or unconsciously attach product to things like AIR: air conditioning, airplanes, kites, bubbles, yes that’s right bubbles. Street vendors are great teachers. The marketing I get from the internet is huge. Now, I get on average 200 e-mails a day. If I received this kind of volume at home, my mail carrier would a real friendly manner give me the what’s what and advise me to get a P.O. box. It’s insane.
Lately, I’ve been busy list building, neglecting the “social end” – blog hopping, forum commenting – in other words, building relationships. I wasn’t writing either. I was getting all caught up in “what should I write about? I don’t know anything about internet marketing, etc. etc. I was just beating myself over the head until…
I saw a marketer’s blog with posts that had nothing to do with marketing! Imagine that?
You could tell it was a marketer’s blog – ads on the sidebars, the word “marketing” somewhere in the title,…you could just tell. However, the first few posts were about a sports event, I think it was hockey and there was a post about his favorite band and so on.
And you what? It was refreshing.
So, lighten up!
I’ve got 30 minutes before Avatar: The Last Airbender comes on and in that time, I think I’ll water the plants.*
*Before publishing this post, I wrote the word planets instead of plants. I made a note because this may be something to consider later on.
[Editor's Note:] a case in point, http://internetmarketingsucks.com/blog/
TweetThat’s my new motto. Don’t quite remember what the old one was but that’s not the point.
It’s the advice I’ve been giving myself when I come to face a new challenge. The most recent was creating a free product, creating an opt-in box and setting up the email sequence – I had never done it before. Thinking about it was scary.
What if I don’t get it right?
What if I could never do it?
What if it takes me a whole year?
And on and on.
So to get myself started mentally, I had a rebuttal for each of my fears (that’s what they were, really)
If it breaks you fix it,
If you get it wrong, you do it over again,
You’ll never do it if you don’t do it and
If you think it’s going to take you a year, you’d better get started.
That last bit, I think I was channeling my mother.
Keeping It Simple
My first concept was, I’ll build a mini-site with every possible offer available blogged or put on flash banners and what-not.
The next was, I’ll create a video- a POV video of me walking through crowded NYC streets. What does that have to do with marketing?
I’m thinking graphics and video, rotating banners, P. Diddy on jet skis,…; I was creating one of those marketing campaigns where no one knows what the product is.
Internet marketing is simple and it takes a bit of work. Don’t make it harder than it needs to be.
Get It Done
As I simplified things, it became easier to perform certain tasks. Instead of trying to figure out how to work an auto-responder, I went to the source. I went to a couple of AWeber seminars and called them a few times when I was stuck on stupid. They were great.
When it came to writing a follow up message, I wrote like I was writing a quick note to a friend about a deal I got and wanted to share. Wrote it all in NotePad, saved it and got it done.
My next challenge is to prepare at least 3 months worth of content with bonus offers of course to my list. I want to have this done by next week so that I can work on another income stream. Don’t know what it is yet but I trust the Universe.
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