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04 April 2007, 09:35
Sunday Email Part 9 by Patric Chan
Hi Margarita,
I don't know whether I should callit delayed Sunday Email or early edition
since it's Wednesday today. :-),
Sunday Email Part 9 is 100% complete and you can read it for free now at:
http://youchandoit.com/t/sunday-email.php,
This round, I'm ranting about marketers gving away free reports and how
come $7 products are useless most of the time if the marketer are trying to
be 'smart'. ,
If you're new to my subscription and wondering what is a "Sunday Email",
it's an email full of my rants, personal tips and opinions on marketing especially in the "internet marketing" niche. Sometimes, opinions on life. Whatever it is... it'll give you value after reading it.,
Sunday Email Part 9 (Early Edition) ,
How are you?,
It's been a long time since I asked you that. Last week, I was away speaking for Unleash Your Marketing Genius, an event by Stephen Pierce. Just in case if you have no clue who's Stephen, just go to www.winintheniche.com. I'll put up some pictures and talk more about it in the next post.,
You Can Smell It... Weeks Ahead,
Sometimes, a month ahead. You probably have no clue what I'm talking about - Product launch in the internet marketing world. Here's how it normally works:
The marketer will start to give away a free report or sequences of videos. It might even be several free tele-calls. Whatever. They call it the 'teaser'.,
Did you see that coming? (smile),
When I check my mailbox and gotten 7 emails from different marketers giving that same free gift, I've already knew it.,
So... who's getting the advantage here?,
If you're me, you'll either feel sick with this 'fake' free gift or you'll be excited to see the real product. With all means, I’m not saying that the free gift has no value -- I'm saying that you might feel your intelligence is being insulted. Ouch.,
If you'[re a marketer using this method: ,
You'll probably debate with me that you're giving value or whatever opinion you want to defend. Honestly, even if you're right 100% and I'm wrong, I can't be bothered because I'm not trying to proof anything here. You see, I don't have an ego to feed. Maybe I have. But obviously, not here. ,
Giving a free gift before a product launch is a brilliant strategy. I use it as well but I think it will no longer be as effective as it is today. I mean, you would have realized that tons of marketers are using it like nobody’s business.,
So here's my 2 cents opinion if you're a marketer planning to use this method:,
Be honest and tell the truth. In your free gift, don't hide anything. Tell them why you're giving this free gift and what they can expect to buy from you soon. You can be upfront or indirectly, but tell the truth. And guys and girls... for everyone's benefit -- Give real content or useful application. Don't create a free report with 5 pages of content and 10 pages of salesletter. Yeah, real content. Not some camouflage content that leaves the reader nothing more than hanging with more questions.,
As a person receiving this free gift:,
I think you should study the marketing strategy that took place in front of your computer screen as a real life case study. And this is also where you can see who are the joint venture partners involved. See how they are promoting it and why they are doing so.,
If you're the JV partner to promote this:,
I wouldn't suggest you to go ahead and give the free gift without any unique twist. Don't follow the herd otherwise you're not going to get a lot of sales. Trust me, I've been there.,
Software Sourcecode Crap,
The good thing with the 'internet marketing' niche, there are marketers that sell software source code. That's good because you can be a 'software developer' even though you don’t have a knick for software.,
But it can turn ugly.,
Last month, I bought a software source code package that cost me hundreds of dollars. I thought that was one of my best purchases because the salesletter claims how useful these bunch of source codes can do. ,
Until I got it.,
Man, at least 50% of the software can't work or have serious bugs in them.,
I don't need to say how unhappy I am. I mean, I'm not complaining about the price. I just want to buy things that work.,
No, it's not Jeremy Burn’s software, if you're thinking of him. (smile),
Lesson learned:,
Never buy source code from marketers unless they are real programmers. Better still, if they are programming geeks. You see, programmers are different 'breed' of human when it comes to selling. They are nice people who care about the quality of the software. They'll be focused on creating bug-free source code and best of all, they love their product.,
Why My $7 Product Sells,
There's a $7 product promotion craze online recently. But most of the time I won't buy any of them. You see, I DON'T MIND PAYING if I know I'm going to get the real stuff. The problem with these $7 product is that... they are not complete. ,
It's like paying to read a sales pitch to purchase a more expensive product. Ok, I'm exaggerating. :-) But hey, you get my point right?,
These marketers think they are smart -- Giving you some 'sweet stuff' and getting you to buy another product by not 'completing' the product's content. That's nice. It would be really nice if the $7 report is complete.,
But I'll buy if the salesletter claims to solve a precise problem. Like a report how to get free traffic from youtube.com by getting a lot of viewer votes.,
The keyword to sell a $7 (or any low-end product) without getting people to throw apples at you is to give a "complete" product.,
Don't sell a report telling how great you can submit articles automatically but you must buy my article submission software or else it won't work. If you do that, be prepared to be jeered and receive hate emails. But if you have an alternative that they can do this without software but slower, hey, that's fine. At least, it's ain't a hardcore sales pitch but some valuable content that works. ,
That's why, my recent software offering of The PDF Profit Lock was sold so successfully. A lot of my subscribers and customers bought it because it's cheap (but doesn't mean poor quality) and it's a complete product. No upsell or some sort of one-time offer thingy. ,
It's a cool software that can help you to get free traffic from viral marketing. I urge you to get a copy at www.automateinternetmarketing.com/pdfprofit. And if you're an internet marketer, get the RESALE RIGHTS so that you can sell and make 100% pure profit.,
I Said This Recently,
There's a Chinese Proverb that goes...,
Swift as the wind,
Quiet like the forest,
Conquer like fire,
Steady like mountain.,
That's the introduction that I'll normally use when I was invited to speak at internet marketing seminars or events. ,
You need to build your online business as fast as you can because speed is the essence of success.,
Once you made money online, keep it quiet to yourself and laugh your way to the bank. Don't be a silly fool to start telling the whole world how successful is your online business because there's no point to attract competitors. Unless, if you want to be in the 'internet marketing' niche to prove your success and make money there, go ahead. But be prepare to lose your income from your REAL online business.,
Having a presence in your niche is not enough. "Conquer like fire"... make sure you dominate it as much as you can.,
And most importantly, build it so strong so that it's unshakable and it can create wealth for you even though you're away for a week. Hey, I'm being honest. I don't think any internet marketer's online business will go on auto-pilot if they take one-month break. I know this for a fact because many of my internet 'guru' friends work their ass off. ,
One more thing about seminar -,
One day when you're engage to speak at seminars, I'm sure you'll be on top of your world. Congrats on your success. But never be a name dropper, too much. Once in a while is good because it helps on the reputation.,
I mean, you'll probably heard it all the time online in emails that he's a good friend of bla, bla, bla super guru marketer and so on. Like I said, it's fine to mention once in a while, but please stop it if it's getting out of control. If I told you how close my friendship is with Stephen Pierce, don’t I look like a name dropper or something?,
I know success by association is powerful. But I'm a strong believer that... If you're good, you're good. People have ears and eyes to know what's going on. They are not stupid. I mean, you and me are not stupid.,
Remember -- People are more concern about themselves than you. That's the marketing rule #1. So when you overdo it, instead of trying to convince people how strong your 'success by association' thingy is, you end up to be a name dropper or someone who is full of hot air balloon. You see, you got it but they don't. They're more concern of how they can get the same association like yours instead of hearing your self-ego association. ,
This goes to another thing I want to emphasize in business life --,
Many people got it wrong by reading books or courses because marketing is not fixed. It doesn't means that if you know how to solve X, you can always solve it with method A. Marketing varied from cases to cases and a marketer proves his skill by being able to adapt and come up with business solutions when unexpected problem arise. There's where method B, C and D are developed on the fly. ,
If someone knows about 'social proof' from A BOOK rather than real life experience, he'll probably disagree with me with my opinion above and unsubscribe from my list. ,
The key to success is to learn from execution, not theories. I think that's why marketing guru like Jay Abraham can demand a fee up to $5,000 an hour because of the vast experience he have. ,
If you have been reading the "Sunday Email" series, I'll always ask for your favor to leave a Comment if you find value of what you've read. It'll be most appreciated because I read every single one of them. (smile),
You "Chan" Do It!,
-Patric Chan,
http://youchandoit.com/t/sunday-email.php,
P.S: This is Part 9. You can read
the other eight parts at my blog as well
if you have missed them.,
Enjoy,
Sincerely, Margarita,
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26 March 2007, 23:14
X-Rays, Articleundeground, AdSense etc...
I have received a very interesting letter. Here it is:
Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:25 PM PST
Dear George,
Hi! It's Mike Liebner from www.ArticleUnderground.com and I have 2
items I want to share with you relevant to articles and internet
marketing.
1. X-Ray Domination Alternative
OK, unless you've been living under a rock the past week you've
been told about X-Ray Domination - a $997. or $1,497. product that
helps boost sales and conversions. I've got a $127.00 alternative
that will also track conversions! Read on!
2. Is Adsense Really Dead?
Is Adsense, or even Adwords really dead like all those hip gurus
are telling us... I don't think so! Read on!
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1. X-Ray Domination Alternative
http://www.articleunderground.com/xtreme
OK, so you've been bombarded with emails trying to sell you X-Ray
Domination, the software/product from The Rich Jerk. Yes, I too got
hit in the head with a rock or two and took the plunge and bought
the $1,497. full use license. Ouch! That's a whole lot of money!
Why did I buy it? Well, for one I really liked their sales pitch
and found the reasons compelling enough to invest in it, both for
my own personal use and also to keep my subscribers and Article
Underground members in the know. I'll be writing about what it is
and if it delivers over the next few months.
BUT in the meantime I have run across an X-Ray alternative that
looks to be every bit as effective at performing "some" of what the
X-Ray software claims to do at a fraction of the price. Can you
believe Xtreme Conversions is just $127.???
http://www.articleunderground.com/xtreme
I bought Xtreme Conversions too. I'll be reporting more details
after I install and test the software, but for now let me just say
that while Xtreme Conversions may be cheaper - it is NOT a knock
off or cheap imitation of X-Ray or any other product (as far as I
can tell).
It doesn't have all the hype, training and big promises of X-Ray
but what the software does offer is a way to track where visitors
are coming from - what keywords they searched for or clicked - AND
- this is the good part - it will tell you which keywords resulted
in a SALE of the products on your pages.
What's important about this software is that you can now track
conversions as an affiliate that previously were only accessible to
the actual owners of the products being sold.
I'll spare a long wordy description as the Xtreme page has all that
info in detail. Go have a look!
http://www.articleunderground.com/xtreme
If you want to know the exact keywords that are making you the
sales, whether in Adwords or other PPC campaigns, or simply to find
what traffic is most profitable, you should check out this
software! $127, is a heck of deal!
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2. Is Adsense Really Dead?
Every day I get a large amount of emails with questions about
internet marketing. While reading email can be a distraction at
times (especially sifting through all the spam), I do find it
helpful to be connected with customers and prospective clientele,
as opposed to keeping my email a secret and hiding behind a help
desk.
I just got an email from a prospective customer of
www.ArticleUnderground.com and while I was writing a response I
decided to share it with all of you.
It's interesting to see the impact of some of the negative web
sites, special reports and "anti-gurus" messages that have been
floating around saying that making money from Adsense was dead and
in general passing around negative energy.
Usually that type of approach is intended to be a marketing ploy
and often tries to sell some kind of product or service. It's great
at getting attention but as you'll see it is also effective at
wiping out the dreams of many "could be" internet success stories.
My advice in general... avoid any bad news type stories.. do not
focus on gloom and doom. Try to see the good in things and focus on
the possibilities of success - not failure.
OK, so I will stop the feel good talk to get back to the email I
got today from Michael who basically wanted to know if he could
still be a success at the internet marketing game. The answer of
course is yes, but read on.
Here is Michael's message:
"I'd like to ask you, from your vantage point - seeing the
membership of Article Underground - what's the situation with
Adsense earnings? There were some very interesting numbers in a
video on your sales page about how much Adsense could generate
after 6 months. Is this still realistic? There was so much talk the
past 6-7 months about Adsense earnings dropping sharply (reports
like Death of Adsense, Life after Adsense). It seems to me now that
some of this stuff was overdone. I'd be interested in AU if Adsense
is viable. Both, becoming a member and promoting it as an
affiliate. I'd appreciate your thoughts."
The reply is for all of you reading this, not just Michael...
Whether or not you become a member of the Article Undeground
Content and Traffic System or not, I hope I can convey to all of
you that there are still an almost infinite amount of opportunities
for success for businesses focused on making money from internet
marketing.
"What's the situation with Adsense earnings?"
The situation with making money from Adsense earnings is almost
exactly the same as it was 1 year ago, with many minor slight
differences. While it may be EXTREMELY different than 2 or 3 years
ago, when it was the wild west and almost anyone with shitty junk
web sites could make crazy money, opportunities basically remain
the same as a year ago. >>>
There is an abundance of money out there in return for people who
deliver valuable information, products and services. That could be
with Adsense, Yahoo, other PPC as well as many solid ways to earn
money.
Relevant Plug >>>
If you haven't already listened to my free MP3 file with a 1 hour +
conversation with Leslie Rohde called "What Color is Your Hat?" - I
urge you to have a listen - it's in the multimedia library of my
PDF : "Words Equal Money"
http://www.articleunderground.com/special-reports/words=money.pdf
Leslie and I discuss the many scales of doing business as an
internet marketer and this will give you a lot to think about! It
will also open up your mind to consider profit streams beyond
simply putting Adsense ads on your pages.
OK... back to this article.
"There were some very interesting numbers in a video on your sales
page about how much Adsense could generate after 6 months. Is this
still realistic?"
There is just as much opportunity - if not more - for anyone
dedicated to building web sites with real valuable content.
The secret is making a plan and sticking to it. It's really pretty
simple and basic, but not everyone can stick to the plan.
How do you make money with Adsense today? Same as a year ago.
Put up lots of web pages (real content is best - quality counts)
and get lots of links to point at your web pages. Those two things
will get you many top rankings in the search engines and that will
get you traffic! It's simple really - getting a lot of web traffic
will get your Adsense ads clicked by visitors, help you sell
affiliate products or services resulting in accumulating
"commission income" and that means healthy paychecks from
Clickbank, Commission Junction, affiliate product sales, Google
and/or Yahoo etc.
If you build good web sites with pages that have valuable content
and you match up great banners for products and put well placed
affiliate links on your pages - people will click them and buy!
It's like arithmetic! But unless you publish pages, get good links
and have traffic - you will not make a penny!
And that means - every minute you do not COMMIT to being a web
publisher and putting up web pages, getting links etc. is a minute
you have ZERO potential of making money.
In other words, unless you do the work - you will never see
success. You need to earn it. It's not automatic. It's not
guaranteed, but if you're smart and stick to a plan it's almost
impossible to NOT make money. But how much money you make is
directly correlated to the level of commitment.
"There was so much talk the past 6-7 months about Adsense earnings
dropping sharply (reports like Death of Adsense, Life after
Adsense)."
Putting Adsense ads on your web pages are just one way to make
money. If you want to be a success you should also investigate
other options such as selling products and services for which
you'll get a commission when they buy from a link that has your
affiliate ID in it. Adsense is far from dead, but it is not the
only way to monetize a web site.
You can make huge money promoting affiliate products. In a recent
email I sent to my newsletter subscribers I pointed out how I have
paid over $227,000.00 in commission to Article Underground
Affiliates in 2007.
That is just one product - my product - there are many products you
can sell and grab nice affiliate commission paychecks from. Sure,
not every affiliate will earn $38,000. a year like my number one
affiliate, but if you have several products you are promoting you
can earn much more than that when all is added up.
"I'd be interested in AU if Adsense is viable. Both, becoming a
member and promoting it as an affiliate."
While not always in the spotlight as much as Adsense - promoting
affiliate products can make you as much or more money than Adsense
or PPC. The best results though usually come from web publishers
who tailor make their web sites and pages to get traffic from
people perfectly targeted for the product.
Look at the guys selling lots of Article Underground memberships
for example... they have lots of traffic from people interested in
working from home, internet marketing, webmasters, search engines,
web design and similar related topics.
http://www.articleunderground.com/affiliate-programs/
The key to selling affiliate products is offering the right product
to the perfect prospect. If you want to sell AU memberships - put
the ads on a site that has info for webmasters or SEO's or making
money online.
If you want to sell Treadmills or Exercise bikes - put the ads on a
site that has info about health or fitness.
Give your visitors what they want and you'll make money! It's
actually very simple.
This does require a little brain power though. Not HARD WORK but
SMART WORK! You need to find out and analyze what pages on your web
sites are getting traffic and then tailor make the ads to satisfy
the needs of the traffic. It's easy if you know how. And those are
the kinds of things I help Article Underground members with.
In most all of my Article Underground training materials I point
out that while Adsense is the term used, that the principals of
building sites, getting links and getting traffic also applies to
selling products, both affiliate and your own.
Adsense should be a part of your plan - not the ONLY part - you
need other ways to monetize your sites if you really want to reel
in the big bucks!
Build sites - make pages - get links to the pages - convert your
visitors to clickers and buyers! That's how money is made!
People who master building web sites with real valuable content
added regularly will get traffic. It's inevitable. You almost can't
help but get traffic if your web site is decent and your pages have
good content.
Some members of Article Underground of course will do better than
others. Some will fail. Some never really try. They sit on the
information and get stuck trying to find the perfect way to start
and never do. I will not try to hide it as that does happen. It's
like life - some people will be huge successes - others never
really try. It's really the same as with any business - some people
will grasp the concepts and make the connections and utilize them
better than others. Not everybody can pull it off. Not everybody
wants to pull it off.
The key that I try to teach is that success can be simple - but
only if the person can stop from being distracted by all the stuff
that takes us away from the basics. Building sites - making pages -
getting links - converting traffic.
Stop over analyzing and start doing those simple things a lot! Stop
looking for reasons it will NOT work for you and start focusing on
reasons it WILL work for you.
Start giving. Give value. You will receive a reward. It works for
me. It works for many others. But you need to put forth the motion
first - put in some effort. Stop procrastinating and get started
now!
Doing something half wrong is better than doing NOTHING PERFECTLY!
You need to get started and you'll learn how to do it better and
more efficiently as you go along.
Anyone with any skill level can become a success. If you are
motivated and believe in yourself success will come to you.
What I often see in the private forum that makes me smile is that
often many of the skeptics who did not believe it was possible or
asked questions in a negative frame, are often bragging that they
are seeing results from building sites, getting them indexed,
getting top rankings and watching are their incomes grow.
It's like they didn't expect it to happen so fast. That's because I
train people to start going after the little victories first. Get
some success under your belt!
It's gratifying to see how excited members get when they say it is
real and AU works. It really can happen. You were right! It does
work! That is very gratifying to hear and I do hear those kind of
compliments often. But I will not try to paint a 100% rosy picture
that shows every single AU member as being a huge success. That is
not true. Sure, there are many levels of success and I am very
confident that most members see value in their membership. I have
many members staying with AU for a long time - some of them still
here since February 2006 when I started. They see value and are
making a living doing the "Adsense game".
Has a lot changed in the last year?
While much remains the same in the Adsense game - there have been
changes - no doubt - search engines change almost daily, so does
SEO - new secrets are revealed - new software is developed - new
players enter the game - that's why members find AU valuable - so
they can stay on top of changes - find the newest secrets, tips,
get advice etc. not just from me but from other members in the
private AU forum.
Members may watch 5 videos and then on the 6th it finally clicks
and they make the connection. Others may get it the first video.
Some may never get it. The key is to get into the game and start
working a plan. You need to try to win before you can win!
There is one thing that remains CONSTANT and will never change -
GOOD web sites with GOOD content will always be in favor with the
search engines who WANT to deliver the best results to their
customers. If YOU can learn how to build web sites with real
valuable content - then you'll always have an opportunity to get
free search engine traffic and sell lots of whatever it is you sell
on your web sites.
It's still a great time for those with limited budgets to get into
the game. The cost of entry is still lower than starting a
traditional business. There may be more competition, but for the
most part many of the web experts are still competing for the huge
money words. A lot can still be made going after the longer keyword
phrases.
The traffic adds up to the same numbers - whether you get 100% from
one page with a competitive keyword or have 25 "low hanging fruit"
pages that bring you the same traffic in total.
To be honest, you'll save time going after the small victories
because the big guys are wasting a lot of time fighting over the
competitive stuff. Let them fight!
The corporations for the most part have still not figured it out.
They want the big money. They are spending their time and effort
going for the mass audience still.
There is no scarcity of money to be made as an internet marketer.
There are still millions of niches and micro niches that can be
profitable. Maybe even billions of niches that can make us money...
My main point is - stop looking for reasons you will NOT be
successful. Whether you decide to build web sites and publish words
on the web or whether you go into other areas of business - you
need to believe in yourself and believe deep down in your heart
that there is abundance out there. More than enough riches for
everybody. When you open your mind to the possibilities - good
possibilities - and stop being afraid of scarcity and lack of
profits available to you - you'll start to achieve success.
Abundance will happily find you if you look for it and believe it
is there. Money will flow abundantly to those who give something of
value. That will always be the case. Whether it's with Adsense or
otherwise, there will always be an opportunity for sharp people who
believe in themselves and work a plan to achieve what they want.
So, as far as the DEATH of Adsense - or Is there LIFE after
Adsense... Or Adsense Causes Cancer... geezzz... that's insane... gloom and
doom should not be your focus.
I've been doing this search engine internet marketing thing for
over 10 years. While there may be changes that occur - I have
always stayed in the game and have learned to adapt. That's a key.
If you hit a snag - ADAPT! Change can be good!
Just don't give up when you hit a snag. When your page drops from
the first page of results do not give up. Instead, do something
about it! Get more links! Get better links! There is always a way
for those that are committed. I help people stay committed!
http://www.articleunderground.com/
Sure - some people will fail every day. Don't dwell on their
failure. Dwell on your future success. It's not about what happens
to other people - it's about you and what you are doing to make
things happen for yourself!
Sure people die and starve and all kinds of bad things happen - but
in my world - everything is perfect for me! I'm happy and I live a
life of perfection. I dwell on the good in people and see the
positive life offers and that is what I enjoy in my life.
Sure, the other day I got pulled over for speeding. The 3rd time in
the lat 3 month. This 3rd time I finally got a ticket. Fortunately
it was a fix it ticket and not a speeding ticket. Is my good luck
in those situations a result of my positive attitude? Maybe.
It could have been worse than it was. But I was nice and I was
thinking good thoughts when the cop went to his car and was
deciding what to do to me... I was lucky and I continue to feel I am
lucky.
You've heard the phrase "you create your own luck", right? It's
true!
I was speeding and was pulled over because of what I did. But
someone was smiling on me and let me off easy. Who knows why. But I
do think when you start living life and looking for the good things
and expecting the good in people and success instead of failure
that you will get those things you think about.
You too can have good things, but ONLY if you really want them.
So, is it realistic to make money with what
www.ArticleUndeground.com provides it's members???
Absolutely!
It happens every single day! I know it works because I am
consistently reminded by members how happy they are and how
impressed they are with what I deliver. And the numbers show that
too with members sticking around far longer than with most
membership sites.
It does work. Always? No.
Is a membership to the Article Underground Content and Traffic
System worth trying for yourself?
Yes!
Is there a reason not to try it?
Yes, if you do not believe it is possible to be a success, I
suggest you do not try Article Undeground or play the "Adsense
game".
If you are skeptical - don't do it! It is not right for you at this
time! Trust your instincts!
If you think failure is a possibility - it may just happen.
If you can get failure out if your mind and get success in your
thoughts - then you will get what you think about!
If you feel good and are prepared to put forth effort and focus
your energy on creating web sites with web pages that have value
with real content and stick with it, I think you can be very
successful. But it's not up to me - it's up to you! You are the
captain of your ship!
Hope that helps!
Currently there are spots open in Phase Three of AU:
http://www.articleunderground.com/
Well, that should keep you guys busy for a few day! Best wishes for
some successful marketing!
As always, post comments and discuss this article at my blog
www.MikeLiebner.com
If your comment is real - it gets posted!
Mike Liebner
www.MikeLiebner.com
www.ArticleUnderground.com
P.S. Don't forget to look at the Xtreme Conversions Software:
http://www.articleunderground.com/xtreme
There is nothing like the power of statistics! Check it out!
Real Content is KING at Article Underground!
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