I 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!
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The Universe has spoken.
Mobile Monopoly – The Next WaveWhen 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/
Why So Serious?!That’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.
Keep It Simple, Get It DoneIf you don’t know already, I’m in Alex Jeffreys’ Marketing with Alex 3.0 Coaching Program. It’s his third and final coaching class before he heads out to San Diego to work on his business and spend time with family. And I really am blessed to be part of it.
Anyway, I’ve been working on product creation, (my excuse for not posting in a while) and setting up an e-mail marketing campaign. At first, I sat in front of my computer and stared at it for a while and then I would get up to do something else before I went mad. This went on for a couple of days.
What to do? What to do?
Towards the end of the week, as I sat down to face my computer again, “it” hit me. “It” being a conversation I remember having with another student about article marketing and PLR. She went on to bemoan the fact that she would get tons of PLR but she had to sift through “tons of articles” to find any PLR relating to internet marketing.
Hmm. You have the PLR, but it takes too much time to look through it? I get tons of it too . So what if I sift through the detritus, present the PLR articles in packets of ten (10), which is about 2 weeks worth of work for PotPie Girl’s “One Week Marketing”, and add 50 – 100 keyword phrases?
Do you know what this means? It means I have my free product! It also means I can end this one-sided staring contest with my PC .
So where’s my opt-in form?
It worked fine 2 days ago. I had my accountability partner, Kin Lau sign up and test it out on Friday/Saturday (he lives in NZ, I live in NY) and it worked – you’re taken to the confirmation page, you get a “thank you” with bonuses and more PLR to come,… blah, blah.
So, it’s now Monday, I’m in Alex’s weekly coaching webinar, where I announce that I completed my first free product and finally have my opt-in in place, ready to drive traffic to my site. Cheers! Kudos! Yay! Right.
The tech in me says, go back to your site and test it again. Always one to listen to my inner tech, I went back to my site and tested the form.
[Cue annoying game show buzzer]
I was immediately taken to an error page.
After hanging my head and releasing one great big sigh, I remembered:
Tomorrow, AWeber will be holding a live webinar on Web Forms.
Guess who will be in attendance?
NEVER GIVE UP!
Dude, Where’s Your Opt-in Form?Getting The Right MindsetI am beginning to believe more and more that being a successful internet marketer requires more than the right website tools or the right niche market. Of course the last two things that I mentioned are important but the MOST IMPORTANT of all is mindset.
Pity parties are usually a party of one. When a little voice starts whining about how the blog theme looks or about how I’m not posting enough, or this or that, it’s always nice to stop by another marketer’s blog.
The Universe, knew how I was feeling today. So, when I logged on to my website, Gary “Gazzman” Simpson’s link was at the top of Alex Jeffreys students. It seems the Universe always knows what you need and I’d like to share it. Thank you the Universe!
Without further ado.
Gary Gazzman Simpson’s Blog Post:
Hi folks,
I just thought I would say a couple of things in the hope that what I offer here can be assimilated into your thinking. And if you get my IDEA then I’m hoping that it will free up some of your “mind-space” for creativity rather than blanketing it with…
Are You Persistent Enough? – http://motivationselfesteem.com/talk
