We all read the sales pages of Internet Marketing products and the testimonials are compelling. Most of us are wise enough to read between the lines of sales page testimonials. But what about the appearingly unsolicited testimonial that shows up at a forum or blog. I was following the exploits of a poster at one [...]
This post was inspired by a conversation I am having in a pay to play forum/membership site. The other member and I purchased an internet marketing program. Our success with the program has been negligible so far. The program was hyped to suggest we could earn a full time living online within weeks if we [...]
Every day thousands of new wannabe internet marketers jump into the fray. And every day nearly as many give up. If you’ve been online for a few months and have read some how-to books or bought a program or membership, you probably have concluded niche marketing is the ticket for a newbie. And your conclusion [...]
Affiliate programs online are big and growing bigger everyday. Don’t let anyone tell you affiliate programs are dead. They are very much alive. And don’t let anyone tell you that you will be an overnight success. You won’t. You have a better chance of winning the lottery. But you can be a successful affiliate marketer [...]
I purchased this product as part of a coaching program I took up at the beginning of ‘09. The coaching program had two premises. One, replace myself with an expert outsourcer. Two, put the tools to create an online business in the outsourcer’s hands. Well I have to say this has worked out beautifully for [...]
I cannot say enough good things about outsourcing or the people who work with me. You may notice a gap in my posting on this blog. That is because my two outsourcers keep ME so busy. They are helping me take my business ideas and things I have learned into the real world wide web. [...]
I Hate Video
Most gurus are in internet marketing for the quickest buck possible. Hence their latest love affair with video. When they realized search engines were indexing video easily they all jumped on the band wagon. And they discovered if they had some knowledge about some topic, they could sit in front of a webcam [...]
I started my Internet Marketing journey, August 2008. I figured I had to do my due diligence for a while. I did a lot of reading and finally joined a membership site with someone I trusted. The site was a good decision because it gave me tons of ideas and valuable free stuff. Not that [...]
This morning I unsubscribed to many of the emails I get in my inbox. You know. All the ones you signed up for to get the free gift. It is nothing personal. I am just too distracted by all the “free” advice they send me.
Actually, very few of the [...]
Internet marketers wonder why people have such a hard time trusting them. They think it is because of the anonymity of the net. And to some degree that is true. But as a customer myself, I can tell you my problem is hype. My problem is slicker than ice sales pages. [...]