Well, I have waded through all the information, watched all the videos (18 of them to be exact), read through all the material, and have formulated my opinion about the recently released Commission Blueprint by Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey.
If you are considering buying this product, I strongly recommend you read through this review entirely before you make you decision. What you learn here may just save you some money!
Let the dissection begin:
The Landing Page
One thing that I did learn from this course is just exactly what "those in the know" of internet marketing call the various types of landing pages. It appears there are four different types of landing pages and those are:
For Commission Blueprint, they used the Long Form Sales Letter. I followed my usual approach and read the first few paragraphs and then quickly scrolled through the rest to see how much this thing was. I don't know about you, but I generally look at the price right off to see of this something I may consider buying. I have a set limit that I will spend on something that I have no knowledge of before hand and that limit is usually right around $100, no more. So, with that in mind, I was actually surprised to see that this product was only $77 and not the usual $197 or $497 or $997 that you see so often. (What is up with setting prices $3 short of an even amount? I have always wondered about that.)
Anyway, the page is professional looking and looks like they paid some money or took some time to put it together. There are plenty of recent ClickBank snapshots showing huge payouts so it would be easy to assume that these guys know what they are talking about. However, graphics like these are easily produced by anyone with a little Photoshop experience.
The Purchase
Another ClickBank managed purchase that was uneventful. They do, however, try to upsell you with their monthly program the "Online Marketing Classroom." They present an introductory offer to this program priced at $4.95 for the first week which then converts to $67 per month after that. I haven't had the chance to make a complete assessment of this part of the sale, so I have no review on it at the moment.
The Product
Keep in mind that I am writing this review from the perspective of a AdWords and ClickBank newbie and I have never attempted to launch an AdWords campaign simply because I am fearful of things I don't fully understand. And if you haven't guessed by now, that is what this program is all about.
Upon completing the transaction, you are directed to their product site where you have the choice to either download all the videos or watch them via flash movie in your browser. I chose to download all of the videos which took some time since they are produced at a fairly high resolution and contain quite a bit of content. Like I mentioned before, there are 18 videos in all for 14 different topics of the program, 3 manuals in PDF format, and you can download all of the slides that Steve uses in his presentations on the videos. As a bonus, they give you templates that you can download of the landing page types discussed above. These guys really took some time to put this package together and it shows.
There are almost 5 hours of video with this program and in those 5 hours, there is not much fluff or wasted time. All are really direct and to the point and seep with useful information. I learned more by watching the first three videos than I have learned in most programs that cost 7 times as much and contain twice as much.
The manuals all contain snippets of code for your landing pages, links to products that they use in the program, and samples of everything that they talk about in the videos. Again, they look like they took some time putting these together and there is not a wasted page in them. If you have read any of my prior reviews you know that I am particularly critical of products that contain a lot of grammatical errors and misspelled words. With todays technology, you have to either be in a real big hurry or just not care when you produce a product with errors like these. I was taught in school that when you are writing a report or anything for publication that it was always a good idea to have several people proof read it a couple of times before you send it to print. These two gentlemen obviously came from the same school of thought. I didn't find any glaring mistakes like I have in other products. That's not to say there aren't any, I just didn't notice any.
The templates they provide are useful but I wouldn't say they are great. It gives someone with no knowledge of HTML somewhere to start but they are pretty basic. I think anyone with a little HTML experience could turn them in to some really nice pages with a little work.
The Summary
In summary, I would say that if you are an experienced AdWords entrepreneur, you may find some value to this program. Steve walks you through the method to his madness which involves some really intricate and time consuming details and some pretty primitive methods as well, all of which he uses to pick his opportunities which seem to pay off. Steve also shows you some tools that he uses that aren't even available to the open market yet and, ironically, that I was introduced to as part of the Thirty Day Challenge I am currently participating in. So, if you are already involved with AdWords and are successfully running ad campaigns, you may only find value in the access to the new tools Steve uses.
However, if you are a virgin to the whole AdWords game, like me, and want to get involved I think this program is ideal for you and will give you the knowledge you need to try your luck at it without losing your butt in the process. That right there is worth the price, in my opinion. I feel very comfortable with launching an AdWords campaign now and think I could take the information I learned from this program and not only apply it to AdWords successfully, but to many other aspects of my internet marketing venture.
In conclusion, I highly recommend Commission Blueprint for all the reasons I stated above. And I hope that if you found my review helpful in making your decision that you purchase your copy by clicking here and help me keep reviews like this coming.
I have been bombarded the last two days with emails about the latest program to hit the online marketing market, Commission Blueprint.
Several of you have asked for a review of this product before you spend your hard earned money on it so I have purchased it and will be going through the materials in the next couple of days.
My initial impressions are as follows:
- The landing page looks professionally done and not just another copy of the same one everyone else uses.
- The story is like most others, "Guy(s) tired of corporate job, guy(s) look for way to make money online, guy(s) discover secret formula that makes guy(s) $109,151.19 in 30 days promoting just one ClickBank product!"
- For the cost, which is set at $77 for a limited number of copies and then, of course, they have to raise it to $277; It isn't too painful to pull the trigger on. But then again, if your struggling paycheck to paycheck just to make ends meet like a lot of people searching for an answer are, $77 can seem like a fortune! And that is why I am here.
- The amount of content is impressive: 18 Flash videos, 3 PDF manuals, 4 website templates, and some bonus content!
Well, I am now on Day 19 of the 30 Day Challenge and I have reached my objective: make $10 online!
Now, some of you may not think that $10 is anything to get excited about but the significance of it is this; I made that money with no financial investment of any type. I didn't have to buy a program, I didn't have to buy a membership, I didn't have to pay for advertising, I paid for nothing.
In 19 days time, I was able to do the following:
- find a niche to market to.
- establish a blog/web site based on that niche.
- find a product to sell and use to test the market.
- secure 6 of the top 10 spots on Google for the keyword(s) I chose.
- generate growing traffic that could potentially generate much more than that $10.
I am confident that I could take what I have learned in the last 19 days and apply it again and generate a whole new project in less than 4 hours! I am also confident that with time and repetition, I could narrow that time down to a couple of hours. And you know what the amazing part is? I still have 11 days of training left to go!
With that said, I have yet to see one attempt by these guys to sell something to those of us involved in the training. There has been no mention of any offer, product, membership site, etc. that would require an investment of anything but time. I really have to commend these guys on what they are doing and how they are doing it.
Another incredible part of the program is they are going to leave all of the training videos and lessons up after the 30 days so that those involved can refer back to them at anytime for a refresher or whatever they may need. And it's not to late for people to get involved, you could literally get caught up in just a few days if you were to start now. I would highly recommend it to anyone who was considering trying to get started in internet marketing in any way.
One of the really neat things about this program are the concepts involved can be applied to ANY online business. It doesn't matter if you are selling a product, a service, or just trying to increase traffic to your blog, these lessons will help you. And it's amazingly simple.
Now, I may sound like I am trying hard to sell this thing and that would be correct and there's a good reason for it. I have spent thousands of dollars on programs in the past that were supposedly going to help me create an online business and "start making $5,000/month!" We've all seen those offers, right? Out of all those programs I paid good money for, none contained as much information or taught me as much as this program has and I want to do my part to help others out there looking for some help. I want to help people save their hard earned money, especially with the economy being what it is today, and invest it in something that will show them real results instead of a screen clip of some unknown account that shows all the money a person has made using some "Top Secret Magic Code"!
I will be upfront and tell you that if you were to sign up for the program through this blog, I get a referral point that goes toward prizes they plan to award at the end of the Challenge, but that's it. There is no financial reward, no commission, no bonus. My main motivation is to help others out there that are like me, looking for something with some substance that will help them get started in this interesting business of online marketing.
Check it out here, you have nothing to lose but a bit of time and the potential to learn is incredibly in your favor. Read more!
Day 10 of the 30 Day Challenge: I have 2 blogs up and running and they were both indexed by Google within hours of them going live simply by following the lessons provided by this amazing program. I really have to tell you, I have learned more in the last 10 days from the 30 Day Challenge and made more progress than I ever have before with any of the expensive programs I had purchased form the "gurus" of internet marketing.
Now, you might not find that part too impressive but the best part about all of this is the program and all the tools they give you access to cost you absolutely nothing! That's right, this FREE program has taught me more than all the expensive ones I have on my bookshelf combined.
These guys are really on to something with this program and another great thing about it is it's not too late to sign-up. If you are interested at all in learning how to get you website or blog optimized for the search engines or just want to finally start your own blog, these guys walk you through choosing a niche, doing the marketing research for that niche and then publishing a blog that gets indexed quickly. Click here now to sign up and get started. There is no cost or obligation and they don't try to sell you anything. In fact, they go to great efforts to keep any cost to you out of this program.
Once I complete the program, I plan to write a complete and full review detailing everything that I learned, experienced, and whether I had success or not. I can not reiterate the fact enough that this program is free, no cost, no obligation or up-selling, no pressure. Just great lessons and great information showing you results almost immediately. Check it out and you just might learn something.
I recently joined a program that touted it would teach me how to finally start making money online. Now, in my relentless search for a way to free myself from the daily grind, I have come across many programs claiming that they would teach you "everything you need to know" to start making money online and I usually give them my information to "learn more" only to find out they want my credit card number before I can learn anything. I have found that most of these programs are simply crap that charge a enormous fee to learn things that are readily available online and have simply been compiled into a link-farm type document. However, the program I recently joined is nothing of the like.
Some of you may have heard of the "30 Day Challenge" put together by three blokes by the names of Ed Dale, Dan Raine, and Robert Somerville. If you haven't heard about it, these three guys have created a system that takes the participant from Internet Marketing virgin to finally making money online by holding their hand and walking them through each step. Not only do they teach you everything you need to do to find a unique niche to work on, but they provide you access to some tools that some of the gurus wish they had. And this is not their first run with this program. They did this exact same thing last year and helped a bunch of newbies finally make money online. Now, they don't make promises that you will make tons of money in your first 30 days, they set the goal at an easy $10 mark. Why? It's more about the process required and not the profit acquired. To me, this made a lot of sense and makes it an easily achievable goal which in turn takes some of the intimidation out of it.
Here is the greatest part of all of this; this program is 100% absolutely, unequivocally FREE! There are no affiliate promotions, no up-selling, no trying to get you to buy anything. I absolutely mean that, they aren't trying to sell you anything with this program. All they are doing is helping those of us out here that can't seem to get over the hump, can't seem to get it all figured out, can't seem to understand the whole SEO concept, and get through the process to see that there actually is light at the end of the tunnel. The video lessons are posted daily, along with any pertinent materials or links, for the trainee to follow. Real simple, real clear, and real concise. They make everything make sense and don't overload you with tons of tech-talk, mumbo-jumbo, or unknown acronyms. So far (I am on day four of training), everything has been really easy to understand and follow along with and it has already given me lots of ideas to pursue along with some really neat tools to do most of the work, automatically!
I can't emphasize the fact enough that these gentlemen have provided access to an incredible tool that cuts down on the time it takes to research a new idea to find a micro-niche that will give you the best chance of making money. This tool, in itself, looks to be something that will give those who have it the upper hand in the highly competitive and labor intensive process of carving out those micro-niches. This program is still in development and isn't 100% complete just yet. However, the modules available in this program right now are incredible and they are adding more modules almost daily. I can't wait to see the future modules and if they are anything like what they released already, they may just have some tools that will change the game as we know it. You have to sign up for the 30 Day Challenge program if you want access to to this incredible tool and believe me, for the money, it's worth every penny! (Remember, it's FREE!)
So, if you are like me and trying to find some sort of mentorship or training that will walk you through every step of the process that is required to make money online, you had better go to the 30 Day Challenge right now and sign up. Then get caught up on the past lessons and let these guys help you get to where you want to be. Again, I must reiterate that it's absolutely FREE and there is nothing you have to buy, I don't make anything by you signing up through the links on this page. They do give points for referrals which translate to prizes so if you sign up through this blog, you can get your own referral link to send to your friends to start earning points yourself and get them involved with the training, and you will help me while you are at it.
Let me close by saying that, so far, this is the best thing I have seen so far. I have learned more in the last 4 days with this program than any other I have participated in or purchased. I have spent a lot of money on a lot of other programs that weren't anything near the quality or provide near the information as this program does. This goes for most all of the programs I have purchased from the top "gurus" out there. If the rest of the lessons are even half the quality as the first four have been, I will still be happy and content.
I recently purchased the "Top Secret Magic Code" eBook and I feel the need to post an honest and fair evaluation of it for the sake of others struggling to find something, anything, to help them in their quest to build an online business.
I have to admit, up front, that I am just the guy this type of product is suited for. I have a corporate job that requires 70+ hours a week and don't have the time or energy to research and develop new and exciting ways to make money online. I am always looking for that "magic bullet," or "magic code" in this case, that will set me free and get me on my way to replacing my current job with one I can do from anywhere in the world. With that said, I am very vulnerable to products like this and often have to fight my urge to purchase them because of all the time and money I have wasted in the past on things like this. It's almost like being a recovering drug addict and someone is tempting me with the newest recreational drug that "will blow your mind!"
Now, let's get down to dissecting this product from beginning to end.
THE LANDING PAGE
The web site claims this product contains a snippet of "magic code" that you can simply add to your web page and start making money immediately. You can view the web site here, and see for yourself. I will wait while you read the landing page......
So, like you I assume, I got the impression this eBook would contain the snippet that I would need to ad to my web pages and start making money. This sounded very appealing and interesting and being that I have little knowledge of the whole HTML world and language, I thought this sounded like it could work. With all of the money exchanging hands on the internet daily, I would think someone could develop a script to filter some of that cash and redirect it to their account and perhaps this is what Dr. Cohen had done.
One thing that caught my eye was the fact that Dr. Cohen states this is not AdSense. I feel that AdSense has been beat to death and since Google insists on slapping down the members of their advertising program every month or so, I steer away from those types of offers, of which Dr. Cohen has one.
One other thing that gave me some comfort about buying this material was the "Full 8 Week 100% Ironclad Guarantee" shown on the web site. I figure any product I can get that kind of insurance on makes it less risky of an investment. Whether Dr. Cohen upholds his guarantee is a whole other issue to be discussed in another post, perhaps.
I am somewhat critical of spelling and grammatical errors on sales documents and I found a few on "The Top Secret Magic Code" web page. Some real minor errors that most people will never catch, but these things catch my eye and make me wonder how much time was spent putting this site together and how many people proofed it before it went live. I understand that all of us have times when we just can't seem to get the fingers and keys to line up and spellchecker misses a misspelled word here and there so unless a site has the evidence that a child in 4th grade could have done a better job, I let these things go. Just something I notice and tend to be critical of.
THE PURCHASE
Nothing critical to note here. The purchase went fine like most ClickBank transactions do.
THE PRODUCT
Once you purchase the product and verify your email, you can download the product in PDF format. It's a small file (3MB), so it downloads rather quickly.
The eBook consists of 7 sections, a summary, and 2 pages of wonder?! It totals out at 33 pages which I seem to like. I hate those books you get that are as thick as a dictionary and contain 2 or 3 useful tidbits of information and the rest is filler and fluff. I like things that are direct and to the point, don't string me along here. With that characteristic in mind, I expected to open the eBook up flip to the second page and see the "Magic Code" that I would cut-n-paste into my web pages to start making money, well no such luck. Ok, well maybe page 3? Nope! Page 4? None! In fact, there is no "magic code" on any page of this eBook.
What the eBook does contain are links to an ad broker and to various advertising mediums that you can sign up for and get HTML code to paste their widget or advertising feed into your web page, just as you would with Google's AdSense. My guess is that anyone who has been trying to make a go of it in the online business world already has at least one of these chunks of "top secret magic code" on their web sites already, I know I do and I generate very little from it. As anyone with any PPC advertising on their web pages will tell you, you can't make money if you don't have the traffic to click those ads. To answer that problem, the eBook also lays out a plan to drive traffic to your web sites via the typical routes, free ad forums and PPC. The concept behind the PPC advertising is to generate enough revenue from the ad space you sell on your web site to pay for your PPC campaign. One thing wrong with this theory is, in order to generate that revenue, you need the traffic first and if you pay for the traffic before the revenue, you are getting the cart before the horse, aren't you? These kinds of schemes scare me!
The eBook is also full of misspelled words and typo's that give it a feel that it was either put together by someone who was in a big hurry to get it to market and didn't take the time to proof-read it or it was outsourced it to a firm in a "English is a second language" country where grammar and spelling don't always translate well.
THE SUMMARY
In conclusion, let me first say that I am sure Dr. Cohen makes plenty of money using the techniques described in his eBook and I am quite sure other people could do the same if they follow his advice. I, however, think the sales hype is deceiving and misrepresents what the eBook actually is and what it contains. When a person buys something, they expect substance and not just theory, at least I do. If I could sell every "theory" I have come up with, whether it worked or not, I would be a very wealthy man and I wouldn't be spending my time on this blog.
If you are a newbie to internet marketing and online business, Dr. Jon Cohen II's Top Secret Magic Code may be just right for you. It can save you some time on the "what" and "where" of online advertising and give you some good ideas on how to go about getting those things set up. However, if you have been working this business for any length of time and are looking for something that will put a spark into your web pages and generate some revenue for you, steer away from this book and save your $37.
I have come to the conclusion that there just isn't a "Silver Bullet" out there that will generate you income without hard work and dedication in updating your web sites, creating links, and establishing your base. Like my old Granpappy used to say, "If it sounds too good to be true...," well you know the rest. If anyone thinks there is any such "silver bullet," send me a link and I will review it just like I did this one.
PS The two pages of "wonder" I referred to above are the two last pages of this book. We've all seen pages like these that leave you scratching your head, saying to yourself, "I w
onder why these were included?" That's exactly where I found myself when I came to the end of the book, They are basically ramblings about Carpe Diem and a picture of a car Dr. Cohen claims to own but downloaded the picture off the web to show everyone. Right, Doc! Give me a few minutes with Google and I can show you several pictures of houses I own all over the world, including this castle in Germany!
Many people have been wondering where I have been and where I am in my quest for independence. Well, I have been buried with work at my daily 9-5 grind but I have also been doing some really good studying and educating myself on just how I can break free from the rat race.
In my studies, I have come across many books and articles about what it takes to be successful, how to go about it, and who to emulate to help your chances of success. Several of the books I read involved ideas about visualization, concentration, and intention. Many of you may be familiar with these words and methods already and I was somewhat aware of the concepts before, but I have broadened my knowledge of these ideas greatly in the last few months.
Many of you may have heard about or even seen the movie "The Secret." I have seen the movie and while I was intrigued, it didn't really seem all that believable to me. That is, until I started studying it more closely. During my research, I began to think back to times in my life when I accomplished things that were above average or exceptional and I broke them down on how I went about making those things become reality. Every one of my great accomplishments in my life involved me visualizing the end result, setting my goals, and staying on course in my effort to achieve them. Also in my research, I began to study some of the various leaders that were presented in the movie "The Secret." One of those leaders that I really found interesting and easy to listen to was James Arthur Ray.
On one of my recent business trips to California, I was unable to return home for the weekend so I was stuck in a town where I knew two people and they were gone on vacation. So, with nothing to do I went to the local book store to find something to read. I had picked up a couple of books that interested me and as I was headed to the checkout, I say James Arthur Ray's latest book on display on an end cap of one of the book isles. I decided to take a quick look at it to see what it was all about and the rest is just a blur. Four hours later I found myself sitting in a comfy leather chair still in the book store and closing the book I had picked up having read it from front to back without break. For some reason, I was just enveloped in the book and what he was trying to convey. The book really hit home with me and made me look at life in a different view.
With that different view, I asked myself one question and want to ask you the same one:
What would your life look like if you were 100% successful?
I know people struggle with this issue - they want success - but don't know exactly what that means to them. Worse, if they think they know what it means, they don't know how to go about getting it for themselves without neglecting some of the important areas of their lives. I personally struggled with this question and have recently had an epiphany, all thanks to James Arthur Ray.
I would like you to join me when my new friend James Arthur Ray discusses a fresh, new way to discover, create and maintain wealth in your life.
Not only will he discuss financial wealth, he will also discuss the wealth in the relational, mental, physical, and spiritual areas of life.
And I want you to join me when James Arthur Ray reveals his new "Harmonic Wealth" program on a special preview conference call on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008..
Please take a look at the information page by clicking on the link below. Because they expect this call to fill up quickly- please reserve your space now. They only have room for 900 people on the call and after that level is reached you will be put on a "wait list".
www.HarmonicWealthLive.com
P.S. They do have a live webcast of the call too - so if the phone lines are sold out you can listen on your computer.
Michael Rasmussen's "Mini Site Profits Exposed" Video Series: How To Create A Mini Site That Runs On Autopilot And Makes You Money While You Sleep!
It is quickly becoming evident to me and is obvious that most Internet marketers understand that having mini sites is the fastest and easiest way to make money online. They don't require a lot of time, energy, or money to set up, and once you've got one up and running, you can sit back and just collect money from all the sales you're making.
At least... that's how it's supposed to be, right?
The truth is that mini sites really ARE easy to set up. They really DON'T require much time, energy, and money to set up. So why is it that so few people actually make money with their mini sites?
The answer is that they never learned how to actually turn their mini site into a profitable moneymaker that runs completely on autopilot. The good news is...
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YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT!
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Here's what this is all about: My colleague Michael Rasmussen has just released a brand new video course that will walk you through the process of creating a killer mini site from the ground up, and then he'll also teach you how to actually start making money with it right away and into the future.
If you've been looking for help with monetizing your mini sites, then this is exactly what you need. The best part? The videos are FREE! I'll tell you more about that later. First, let's talk about the videos themselves.
If you're in a hurry, you can just check the videos out right now for free. Here's the URL:
http://www.minisiteprofitsexposed.com
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It's important to note that these are online videos that you access from your web browser. Michael uses Camtasia Studio to create these videos, which is the
premier software program for creating screen capture tutorials such as these.
The first thing I noticed when I hit the play button on the first video was the incredible production quality. These are NOT your ordinary screen capture videos. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen someone make videos that are this high quality before.
He uses beautifully created graphics to pass his wisdom along to you, and the sound quality is the highest you will ever hear in an Internet marketing product. They sound like they were recorded in a professional studio.
Michael explained to me that he was sick and tired of seeing all the low quality videos out there, and so he set out to create something different in order to raise the bar in our industry. I think that, when you see Mini Site Profits Exposed for yourself, you'll agree that he has succeeded.
Now let's move onto...
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THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
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Here's a brief summary of each video. Obviously it's impossible to list every single thing here, but I want you to get a feel for what each one covered, and how well it covered it.
If you're in a hurry, you can just check the videos out right now for free. Here's the URL:
http://www.minisiteprofitsexposed.com
VIDEO 1 - INTRODUCTION
This videos introduces you to the entire course, as well as the teacher himself. You'll learn what you can expect from the course, and why it's structured the way it is.
Michael realizes that you may not have heard of him, and so he spends some time establishing his credibility with you by sharing some of his biggest successes. It doesn't come across as bragging at all. Michael explains that, in order for you to get value from the teachings, you need to have faith that the teacher actually knows what he's talking about. By the end of this video, you will have no doubt.
By the way, this is a good lesson for all of us product developers. If you want people to accept you as an authority on any subject, you first need to establish your credibility with the reader. That way he's willing to relax, and trust that what you're telling him is sound advice.
VIDEO 2 - THE BASICS
This video will introduce you to the basics of mini site marketing. This will set the foundation that all future learning will rest upon, so it's important to pay close attention to this one.
You'll learn:
* What mini-sites are, and what makes them different from regular content sites.
* Which businesses they work well for… and which ones they don’t.
* The right mindset to have when it comes to creating mini sites as part of your online business strategy.
* And the different tools you need to get started.
This was a great video, and did an excellent job of kicking things off, and building the foundation for the rest of the course.
VIDEO 3 - SQUEEZE PAGES
This is probably one of the most useful videos of the entire course. Every Internet marketer needs to build an email list, but how do you do it? What is the best way to capture the most opt-ins?
The answer is 'squeeze pages'. This video will teach you:
* Why using a squeeze page is far superior to other opt-in methods.
* The single most important thing you must include at the top of your squeeze page to skyrocket your opt-in rate.
* The secret structure of a squeeze page, and why most marketers get it wrong (which costs them a LOT of money).
* The most important to include in your opt-in process that will make sure that people actually receive your email.
After watching this video, you'll know everything you need to know to start building a massive opt-in list right away. This will probably be the first video that you 'take action' on. You'll be so excited about the possibilities, that I guarantee you'll go and create
your own squeeze page right away.
VIDEO 4 - MINI SITE COPYWRITING - PART ONE
Nothing happens until the sales copy is written. Graphics alone will never sell a product, but sales copy alone WILL. This video begins to demystify the mysterious process of writing words that make people whip out their credit cards and buy.
Specifically, you'll learn:
* Why you need to learn copywriting, even if you “hate to write”
* What a compelling offer looks like, and how to tell the difference.
* How to write an eyeball-grabbing headline that practically forces your readers to go through your entire page.
* A simple trick you can use in your opening to make your reader want to learn more.
There is no skill that is more important to your success than the ability to write killer sales copy. Make sure you pay extra attention to this video, as well as...
VIDEO 5 - MINI SITE COPYWRITING - PART TWO
This video dives right into the individual components of a killer sales letter. You'll learn how to create the "secret structure" of a mini site sales letter that makes big money. Specifically, you'll learn:
* How to create captivating body copy that draws your reader into the sales letter.
* Bullets that force your reader to keep reading the whole page, and makes them insanely curious and want to buy your product.
* How to take the risk off people's shoulders, so they'll feel safe buying from you.
* How to craft your 'call to action', and get people to whip out their credit cards and buy immediately.
* The secrets of writing a killer P.S. that helps seal the deal, and flip your prospect into a buyer instantly.
This video covered a surprising amount of detail, especially considering that this course is not specifically about copywriting. Michael Rasmussen is definitely someone who overdelivers in his educational products.
VIDEO 6 - HOW TO AUTOMATE THE DELIVERY OF YOUR INFOPRODUCT
Unless you want to be chained to your computer, you must learn how to put your mini sites on autopilot. The only thing you should be doing is driving traffic, and letting the site itself do all the work, including the work of instantly delivering the product to the
customer.
This video will walk you through the process of automating your product delivery, so you can just relax, and collect the money. The best part is... once you have this automated system set up, you never have to touch it again.
VIDEO 7 - HOW TO "GROW" YOUR SALE
This video is guaranteed to be an eye opener for almost everyone who watches it, even the experienced marketers. Michael dives into some of the most effective 'upselling' techniques that I've ever seen.
Nowhere else on the Internet have I seen such a thorough tutorial on how to increase the 'size' of your orders. You'll learn:
* The psychology of 'upselling', and how to use it make your customer spend even more money with you. The best part? He'll think it was his idea!
* The absolute best time to upsell your customer. This one will surprise you when you realize how much money you've been leaving on the table by skipping this step.
* 5 simple techniques to increase your profit by up to 100%.
If you've already got a mini site that's up and running, this video will make a big difference for you right away. Use any of these 'plug and profit' strategies to increase your income literally overnight!
VIDEO 8 - CREATING AN AFFILIATE SALES FORCE
If there's one thing I've noticed that all successful marketers have in common, it's that they have a great affiliate program. They create a program that allows other people to make good money by promoting their products, and they get to just sit back and relax,
while everyone else is doing the hard work of promoting FOR them.
If you've ever dreamed of having an army of motivated sales people working hard to make you money, then you're going to love this video. Michael will teach you:
* What an affiliate program is, and how to set one up very quickly.
* Exactly what tools you need to give your affiliates (most people miss the mark here, so pay extra attention to this part).
* Why merely having an affiliate program is NOT enough to convince people to sign up, and what you can do instead to have people eagerly trying to become one of your affiliates.
* How to motivate affiliates to sell for you.
VIDEO 9 - MINI SITE MISTAKES TO AVOID
Let's face it... it's not enough to explain what you should do. You also need to know what mistakes you should avoid. Michael has already made these costly mistakes, but you don't have to. You'll learn:
- Why people do judge a book by its cover... and how to capitalize on that for your mini-site
- The single biggest reason people don’t buy from a mini site, and how you can apply this 'instant fix'.
- The single biggest thing that will kill your mini-site (it's not what you think, and making this mistake is a surefire way to drain money from your bank account FAST!)
- Two list building mistakes that’ll cripple your long-term profits.
VIDEO 10 - SECRETS OF CREATING A PRODUCT FUNNEL
This video will walk you through the process of designing a product line that will make you a TON of money. There's a lot more to it than you'd think, which is why this important concept (which was taken from direct marketing) gets it's own video.
After watching this video, you'll understand why you can't just have a single front end product, and you'll know exactly what to do in order to get your customer to keep buying more and more expensive products from you... completely on autopilot!
This video is a MUST for any serious marketer who wants to make a lot of money from their online business.
VIDEO 11 - OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE
The title of this video says it all. You'll learn all of Michael's secrets for getting top notch
freelancers to help you create your mini site empire in record time.
Let's face it, you can't be an expert at everything that mini sites require. For example, it's really tough to be a top notch graphic designer, while also mastering HTML, and then becoming a killer copywriter, on top of also creating the product itself.
And the list goes on and on. If you want to be efficient, and begin making money as fast as possible, outsourcing is the secret to making it happen. This video will show you exactly what to do, as well as some common (and very expensive) pitfalls to avoid.
VIDEO 12 - OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE
Let's face it... it doesn't matter how great your mini site is if you don't get any traffic coming to it. Getting traffic can be one of the most confusing and mysterious parts of making money online IF you don't get the proper education.
Thankfully, Michael really dives in, and gives you a lightning fast education in this area. Specifically, you'll learn:
* How to use Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising to get targeted traffic fast.
* 3 ways to get targeted traffic without spending a dime.
* 2 ways to leverage the experience and contacts of other people to explode your traffic.
* 3 traffic strategies to avoid like the plague!
By the time you're done with this video, you'll know what to do right away to begin driving targeted visitors to your mini site.
Wow, you get all those videos for free? Click here to check out the Mini Site Profits Exposed course for yourself:
http://www.minisiteprofitsexposed.com
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DELUXE VIDEOS
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Mini Site Profits Exposed comes with 12 videos, and has more content than most 300 dollar home study courses. And did I mention that it's free?
If you decide that you want to continue your education, and get the biggest possible advantage, you can also upgrade to the deluxe course for a small fee. The deluxe course contains four full-length videos that each cover one advanced topic in great detail.
Here's a breakdown of each video:
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VIDEO 13 - DESIGNING A KILLER BACK END
THAT RUNS COMPLETELY ON AUTOPILOT
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This deluxe video could easily be a whole course in itself. It walks you though the entire process of setting up a back end that is completely automated using an autoresponder system.
You'll learn how to set up your autoresponder to automatically remove a person from your prospect list after he buys, and then insert him into your customer list. This is where your new autoresponder sequence will start promoting your back end products
automatically.
Bottom line... if you want to make the big bucks like all the Internet marketing gurus, you need to create a back end that works hard for you while you're out creating new mini sites and developing new products. This video will show you how.
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VIDEO 14 - LIST BUILDING SECRETS
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In this deluxe video, Michael will walk you through some of his best tactics for growing a massive list from your mini site. He'll not only teach you what to add to your mini site, but he'll also show you what you must REMOVE from your mini site in order to get the most possible subscribers.
Building a list is about SO much more than just offering a free newsletter. In fact, Michael shows you five different things you can offer your readers to get them to instantly give you their name and email.
You'll also learn the best places to actually put the opt-in email form on your mini site. You'll also learn about pop ups and tell-a-friend scripts, as well as a bunch of other incredible tactics for growing your list.
I have a hunch that you'll find yourself referring to this video over and over again.
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VIDEO 15 - MARKETING ACTIVITIES THAT
MAKE YOU MONEY
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When you think about all the 'stuff' you can do to drive traffic to your site, it's hard to know what you should focus on first. This video will walk you through the four most important marketing activities you can do to drive traffic to your mini site.
Once you master these four, you'll never have to wonder what you should do when you start a new mini site. You'll have an easy-to-follow road map for driving tons of targeted prospects to your site, so you can begin making money ASAP!
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VIDEO 16 - MAKE MAXIMUM PROFITS FROM YOUR MINI SITE
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In this final deluxe video, Michael will reveal his best kept secrets for squeezing maximum profit out of any mini site. These are techniques that you have NOT
seen before, so you'll want to pay extra close attention to this one.
Think about it... if you're going to put the time in, and set up a mini site the proper way (like Michael shows you in these videos), then it only makes sense that you'd want to make the most amount of money possible from it.
In this video, you'll learn:
- How changing one sentence on your mini site could double your profits easily.
- How to instantly increase the dollar amount of your average order (which puts more money into your pocket).
- The one thing you must add to your 'download page' that will instantly increase your income (with no extra work, once this thing is put into place).
- How to turn your actual product into a money making machine!
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CONCLUSION
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Whew! That was a lot of information, and I hope it helped you decide to check out Michael Rasmussen's Mini Site Profits Exposed video course. Remember the course is absolutely free, so you have nothing to lose.
Michael believes that it's important for him to prove himself to you before he ever asks you to buy anything from him. He wants to show you that he will deliver you the absolute best education available anywhere, and he'll gladly do it for free... just to win you over!
So go ahead and check out Mini Site Profits Exposed right now, and see what all the fuss is about. I highly recommend that you upgrade to the deluxe course as well. Here's the URL:
http://www.minisiteprofitsexposed.com
Money Invested To Date: $128
Profit To Date: $129.96 Direct Commission and $135/month Residual Income (Potential) Read more!
OK, so I have been away from my posting duties for a while but I haven't been doing "nothing." I have been doing countless hours of reading and research trying to find my ticket to freedom. While I am not quite there I feel as though I am getting closer ever day. During my relentless pursuit of the right fit for me, I have found that, just like in everyday life, 5% of the people in Information Marketing make the most money and the other 95% either fail miserably or make very little. This article by Chris Rempel lays it all out in a very simple to understand way.
It all starts when some well-meaning (yet misdirected) person encourages a budding internet entrepreneur to "start in a niche they know alot about", or base their business around "something they're passionate about"...
As horrible as it may sound - they've unknowingly sent the hopeful entrepreneur down a path of false expectations, poor results and eventually - failure. In fact, the myth of "do what you love and the money will follow" has been responsible for more failure than likely any other influence - perhaps even more so than laziness or a lack of perseverance.
Because the simple truth of the matter is that the only way you're going to make real money on the 'net is if your business is based around two crucial things:
1) Large Demand
2) Buyers
In other words - you aren't going to get rich selling a $15 ebook about growing square watermelons - even though that might be a great passion of yours.
The demand just isn't there. Maybe there's a few searches a day on Google for the topic, and perhaps there's some interest in the online "gardening enthusiast" communities - but you'd be hard-pressed to make even a few hundred dollars a month from ebook sales.
Similarly, you also aren't going to have a particularly easy time getting rich by building websites about some seemingly "popular" topics like humor, jokes, funny pictures and so on. And while there are a few ways to "monetize" your site (with AdSense, CPA Offers, CPM Banners, etc.), it takes literally millions of website visitors to make even just a few thousand dollars in markets like that.
The demand is huge - but the visitor value is extremely low...
Instead, if you want to make it big online - pulling down an impressive six-figure income - you need to tap into markets with tons of demand, where the majority of the visitors are valuable.
You need to capture tons of traffic that wants to buy something. If you take this approach, you'd practically have to hijack your own order links (or affiliate links) not to make a sizeable income.
In fact - did you know that some affiliates make several thousand dollars daily just by promoting a single product in hot markets? (Just imagine what the merchant is making...)
In some markets there's actually so much demand that the vendors are quite literally selling over a thousand units - or more - per day. Digital products, with practically zero overhead/delivery cost.
But it all comes back to tapping into valuable demand. In most cases, it takes no extra effort or "skill" to market to a valuable market than it does to struggle along with something you're passionate about.
These two factors - demand and buying traffic - are what seperate the "wannabe" marketers from the millionaires. Because there's no real secret - you just need to sell what thousands of people are already buying.
The ball is now officially in your court. Are you tapping into markets with massive, valuable demand?
Or are you struggling to simply make a few dollars occasionally with a business that's based on your own passionate interests?
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Chris Rempel, author of "Confessions of a Lazy Super-Affiliate", reveals 5 of his most effective traffic strategies and niche-targeting tactics in full detail at www.thelazymarketer.com
Money Invested To Date: $128
Profit To Date: $129.96 Direct Commission and $135/month Residual Income (Potential) Read more!
If I had a dime form every time I have read or heard those six words, "the money is in the list," I wouldn't need the list because I would have plenty of money! Well, if your like me, just starting out in this online journey, you probably don't have a list and in order to build a list, you need a product, a website, a large chunk of cash to buy one with, ... or some help!
In all of my online research trying to find the right program for to help me get myself out of the 9-5 grind, I have found a service that will help you with this problem and the best part is it's FREE! Tellman Knudson's ListHero is an online service that will help you get set up with everything you need to start building a list. I got all signed up and rolling in less than 5 minutes. ListHero will even help you setup a newsletter you can send out to your new subscribers.
While I have just got this whole thing set up and can't give you any update on how it's working yet, there are a few testimonials from others out there who have signed up with the same problem as me, no list to start with, and have generated 1000's of subscribers.
Check out this video to see what it's all about and how simple it is to get started.
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Money Invested To Date: $128
Profit To Date: $129.96 Direct Commission and $135/month Residual Income (Potential) Read more!
Since starting on this journey to find a means of making money online instead of trading my time for a paycheck in the "blue-collar world", I have come across lots and lots of different programs. Some seem interesting and others are just the typical scam or burnt out offer. While there are new programs getting offered everyday, most are just duplications of similar programs that are already out there and have been used, they just put a new face on it, call it something catchy, and re-release it. Others are just continuations of the same program but they add a number to it, i.e. "Make Money 2.0". This usually means they just refreshed the copy and graphics and are looking to market it for another round to generate some more cash. While not all of these are scams, there are just too many for the average Joe to filter through.
I consider myself one of those Average Joe's and have been searching for somewhere I can read reviews and I found one that provides just that. The Gentleman at www.onlinereviews-now.com have reviewed several programs that might be worth looking at. You can also get a FREE website through this site as well to help you start an affiliate marketing program of your own. On this site, he claims to have evaluated over 100 affiliate marketing programs that claimed to help an absolute beginner, like me, make from $300-$700 per day with no experience, no product, and no website, again all like me. If a person could get two websites that made him or her and average of $500 per day, do you know what that translates to in an annual income? $182,500/year, not bad if you can make it happen. I would be happy with half of that but would gladly take it all.
I am looking into these programs for myself and will report back with my findings. If anyone out there has any insight or comments about any of the programs listed on www.onlinereviews-now.com, please share them by adding a comment to this post.
PS Lawn Chair Millionaire Update - I have been involved in the Lawn Chair Millionaire program for a little over two weeks and I have to say it is easier than I though it ever would be. The initial placement of my ads was the most difficult thing I had to do and they are consistently providing me new leads. As of today, I have still 9 sponsored members in my direct downline but have 16 new leads in my prospect list that are getting emails daily of the benefits and potential of LCM. I haven't changed my ads or added any new ones, they are the same ones I placed initially in online free classifieds.
Money Invested To Date: $128
Profit To Date: $129.96 Direct Commission and $135/month Residual Income (Potential)
It's been a few days since I have done anything with the Reverse Funnel System. It's not because of lack of things to read or participate in, more rather because I wanted to step away from it and see if I was still as interested in joining after separating myself from all the marketing hype. And believe me, there is plenty of hype that goes with this. I receive numerous emails daily from Ty Coughlin wanting me to jump in and get involved now, or check out this page with testimonials, or join this call to hear the stories of people just like me that are making money with the system.
Well, this morning I received one of those emails about a call, so I decided to listen in. I also decided to record it for those of you who aren't "privileged" enough to get an invite from Ty himself. Click the link below to listen to the call now, it lasts 32 minutes but it has some pretty excited people on it. People from coast to coast and from all ages, so listen in and see what you think.
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Now, I have to hand it to them, it is pretty motivating to hear all these people talking about how easy it is to make money and how little they work each day doing it. It makes a person envious and stirs up those emotions that make one want to get involved right away. Now, I know that some of the people on the call are plants, meaning they are from the top echelon of RFS and making tens of thousands of dollars. One of the "plants" was Eric from Scottsdale, AZ. He is featured in the testimonials and was the main member on one of the previous calls. I call him a plant because he is probably one of those "unusual results" they put in their disclaimer. I don't mean to sound harsh about these "plants" and I understand they have a right to be there but I want to hear form the new guy, just getting going and how he's doing. I liked the testimonial fromthe 69 year old man who was previously a business owner that appeared to make him a lot of money ($500k - $1 mil/year) but sold it when he retired. He is now making a go of it with the Reverse Funnel System and Global Resorts Network. He is easier for me to relate to than Eric from Scottsdale. He took his time in getting involved (3 months) and took even more time after that to get things rolling but he seems to be doing fairly well at it. Guys like this tell me two things; one is that anyone any age is a potential buyer of this program and the other thing is people like me who tend to drag their feet a little when it comes to big purchases can still make it work.
In summary, Ty Coughlin and his "System" do an incredible job of marketing and following up with prospects. The also do a great job of motivating people who are sitting on the fence with these types of calls which they seem to have several times a week. This would be a great call to drag a skeptical prospect to to help them make the decision. I almost pulled out my credit card and bought in right there! I will hold off for just a little longer to make sure I am joining the right team. I am still getting emails from Mark Hoverson and his team and they hold similar calls like this weekly. I may post one of those for you to listen to in the future but they often include a webinar type presentation which I would have to record to give you the full effect. Stay tuned!
Money Invested To Date: $128
Profit To Date: $129.96 Direct Commission and $135/month Residual Income (Potential)
I am officially on the right track. I have been involved with Lawn Chair Millionaire for 8 days and now am in a positive cash flow situation. I have sponsored 9 people giving me $180 in immediate commissions and $135/month residual income. I have invested a total of $128 in cash and probably in the range of 28 hours of my time. That's pretty good, all things considered. I think the appealing part of Lawn Chair Millionaire is that it has only been active since December so it's not over played yet and it really isn't that difficult to get on the plus side of things.
Here is a brief summary of what I have done to get those 9 people in my downline. I have published classified ads in about 17 different online venues. All of these are free venues so it comes at an affordable price. I have spent some time on HitSafari and EasyHits4U surfing for credits to get my ads displayed, this is real easy and a little monotonous but a cheap and easy way to get some hits. I have, obviuosly, advertised Lawn Chair Millionaire on this blog with links and banners and have actually generated some traffic from those. The best part about LCM is their campaign tracking program that allows you to see just where your hits are coming from so you can do more of the good stuff and eliminate the non-productive campaigns.
This little taste of success really gets me excited and I am now starting to keep my digital voice recorder by my bed at night because I have woke up several times with ideas on how to market this and had no way or recording it or writing it down to review the next morning. My wife thinks I am crazy but hopefully it will pay off enough for her to understand. For now, I will be as quiet as possible when I record my ideas or it may be painful. I tend to get less sleep when I get in these kinds of modes because I can't seem to shut my mind off fully at night, it's always churning and working. I can't go like this forever, but a few more good ideas and I'll be happy and can then find a way to shut it off.
On a sadder side of things, I learned today that my company is laying off some people because of the slow economy. This is both sad and nerve racking because, while I made it through this round of cuts, you just never know when the hatchet is going to come down on you. More reason to try hard to make something like this work, right. Keep checking back to see how many more I can add in the coming weeks. Subscribe to my feed so you don't miss an update, it could help you to see how things are going for me before you make a move into one of the many advertised programs out there.
The way I see it, if I can sponsor 9 people per week that's $720 per month in direct commissions and an additional $540/month in residual income. And that's what I am shooting for, residual income. I want to get to the point that I have enough residual coming in to cover all my expenses, that way everything else is gravy! A guy has got to have goals, right?
Money Invested To Date: $128
Profit To Date: $129.96 Direct Commission and $135/month Residual Income (Potential)
Well, after some extensive research and countless hours scouring the various forums, blogs, and web sites, I have made my decision. I signed up for the Reverse Funnel System last night. Now, I wasn't expect things to really take off right away but I decided to stay up late and place some ads as they recommended. It really wasn't too difficult and the cost was reasonable so I figured "why not get started?" I then went to bed and didn't sleep very well because I couldn't get my mind to stop working. I was brainstorming all night on ways to make this thing take off and really work for me. I got up this morning at 4:00 am to get started in my advertising campaign, checked my email and, to my surprise, I had already earned $2,000 in commissions! I thought I was dreaming for a moment but after several pinches, some cold water in the face, and a minute or two, I realized it wasn't a dream. This is amazing! This thing really works, and works well. All I did was follow the easy to understand instructions on placing ads and BAM! I made a quick two grand!
Unbelievable?! Well, it is... APRIL FOOLS!!! I haven't joined RFS yet and am still undecided as to which way I will go. I am almost certain that I will join Global Resorts Network but just not sure who's team I will be a part of. The reason I can say that I am certain I will join is I think it is a remarkable value for the price and since my wife and I like to travel, we could benefit form the membership alone. If I can find a way to turn it into an income generator, all the better!
On a more serious note, I sat in on a "newbie" call last night for Mark Hoverson's team and found it quite interesting. The title of the webinar was "How to Avoid Rookie Mistakes, and Get Started FAST with Global Resorts." The things that were discussed were the top 5 mistakes "newbies" make when starting out in GRN, all of which made good sense and were accurate. The webinar was hosted by Mark Hoverson and one of his affiliates named Debbie. Debbie is new to GRN but apparently is doing really well. She initially discussed how she got started and her reluctance in making the jump to internet marketing. She talked about how she went to the beach to make her first video, which appears to be an important part of Hoverson's marketing plan, and ended up wasting all the daylight trying to muster up the courage and find the words. She eventually gave up a went back home to try another day. Well, she finally made that video, now has a web site set up, and is able to find the courage to lead a webinar for over one hundred people. Debbie used a Power Point presentation to go through her information and, not to be harsh, but it was primitive to say the least. What this showed me is that you don't have to be a computer or marketing genius to get this to sell.
I consider myself to be above average in computer literacy and I can handle my own in Photoshop, HTML, and Power Point so if Debbie can do it, so can I, and maybe even a little better. I have generated some really unique ideas on how to advertise this and I will be testing them for the first time with this program. I will post about the results and share with you all the outcome and income. Check back often or subscribe to the feed to stay up to date on my progress and profit.
Money Invested To Date: $128
Profit To Date: $29.96 (Potential)
I sat in on a conference call the other night with one of the top performers in the Reverse Funnel System, Eric W. Eric is on the testimonials page for RFS and has worked with Ty Coughlin in the past. He seems like a normal guy, says words like "dude" and uses phrases like "right on" a lot. Also on the call were several people like myself who still have questions or reservations about joining Global Resorts Network. While there were a few questions from people on this call that were answered in all of the emails and web page text if they would have looked closely, Eric was patient and went through it all with the caller to make sure it was clear. I really appreciated his ability to put everything in layman's terms and his honesty. While I can't be 100% sure he is an honest guy from one phone call, I do think you can tell when someone is trying to sell you and when someone is just trying to answer your question. Eric wasn't trying to sell us, he was simply there to clarify any questions we callers may have had.
I learned a lot on this call and not about GRN or RFS, but more about the demographic of the people this program reaches out to. To sum it all up, it reaches out to all walks of life from all parts of the country. There were people on this call from all corners of the United States and from all levels of income. One lady had a sad story about her child being in a terrible car wreck that broke his neck all while she was going through a nasty divorce leaving her with little disposable income but she was determined to find a way to get involved. It is determination like that that makes this country great!
While the jury is still out for me on this program, I have been brainstorming on how I could set myself apart from all the other people out there selling this and have come up with quite a few ideas I think may work. I won't share those with you yet, but if I join, I will tell you everything and whether it works or not.
Just a quick update on Lawn Chair Millionaire, from simply placing free classified ads with several online services, I have sponsored 4 people who joined to get their share of the MoneyLine Pool. I am now in a positive cash-flow situation, I get $20 commission on all four of those people plus $15/month residual income. Added with my MoneyLine commissions, I have paid for my initial enrollment fee, can cover the fee for the debit card, have enough residual coming in to cover my $29 monthly fee, and will put $29.26 in my pocket after the first month. I am now officially a successful internet business owner! Now, assuming I don't add another person to my downline, I will still net $31/month residual income. I don't care if you're Donald Trump or Robert Kiyosaki, you can't knock going from $0 to $31 in residual income in less than a week with little effort or expense. I am excited about this and will now try to place a few more ads and increase my exposure and see what happens. Join now and get a piece of it, it's simple! Lawn Chair Millionaire!
Oh, by the way, LCM has a campaign tracker in their back office where you can track the various campaign and see which ones are performing and which ones are duds. This is a great tool which I check regularly and will use to replicate successful ads in other places.
Money Invested To Date: $128
Profit to Date: $29.96 (potential)
In my relentless research and search engine queries for information on RFS, GRN, and other affiliate programs, I stumbled upon one that caught my eye. Lawn Chair Millionaire promises to pay you your first commission the first day you are a member. Well, I am here to tell you that they came through. I received an email this morning telling me that I had been paid. While it wasn't a $1,000 commission, at least it was something. I have made my first dollar on the 'net! And I have a guaranteed commission coming to me next month and the month after and I haven't done anything but sign up. But... There seems to always be a "but..." doesn't there.
Anyway, to join it is a $49 membership fee and then a $29 monthly maintenance fee. My commission from signing up yesterday is $12.69 and my guaranteed commission for next month will be, at least, $15.32 and the month after $18.23. That totals to $46.24 minimum. I signed up late in the day and the site leads you to believe that the earlier you sign up, the bigger chunk of the pie you get for that day. If anyone has any input on that, feel free to comment about this post below.
Now, the commission structure works like this: if I directly sponsor someone, I get a one time $20 commission for their commitment and then a $15/month residual commission as long as they stay active. If my math serves me correctly, I need 2 directly sponsored people to sign up under me to cover my monthly fee. They offer some unique products in a section they call "The Vault" which offer bigger paydays. One kicker is you have to be a member of their program or purchased their system to get those commissions. Again, if my calculator is correct, a person would need to invest $660 more to be able to sell the items in "The Vault" and get paid for them. One of those, as best I can tell, requires a monthly fee of $100 to stay active. In the Vault are two ForEx trading systems, one virtual sports betting system, and one futures trading system. If a person were to sell one of each of the items in the vault they could make $307.50 with some opportunity for residuals.
The exciting part is when I checked my back office part of LCM, I found that I had already accumulated 225 people in my downline. I have never had 225 people in any downline, let alone one I didn't have to work for. What this does for me personally is yet to be seen. None of them are "direct downline" members, but I haven't done anything more than enter my info thus far.
One of the things they don't tell you up front is they only pay with by crediting your debit card (which they set up for you). No checks, PayPal, eGold, wire transfer, etc. You have to pay another $49.98 for set up and shipping.
All things said and done, to sign up and get paid, a person needs to invest $127.98. I will receive a guaranteed commission of $46.24 which leaves me in the hole $81.74. I need to recruit 4 people to cover this expense and then I will have $60/month residual coming in. May sound like it's an upside down program but Rachel Long, who is a member of who's-who of the internet marketing circles, has over 2100 sponsored members. That means she makes over $31,000/month just on residuals. Wow! Surely I can get four people, right?
Money Invested To Date: $128
In all of my many hours of research and efforts to find out more information on RFS and GRN, I opted in to a few lists and one of those lists was Mark Hoverson's. I wanted to get my hands on a "FREE" report he was offering. With that "opt-in", I was added to his autoresponder and no receive emails almost daily. One of those emails, which I received today, was Mark asking me " What's your impression of the reverse funnel?" Come to find out, Mark is a member of Reverse Funnel System, or so it appears, and has his own little website. I was aware he was a member of the "TruthtoWealth" Team but not RFS. Here is his link to RFS: http://www.thousanddollarprofi
Now, don't get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with this and I think it proves he is a smart business man. He hasn't placed all his eggs in one basket and has diversified his offerings which increase his chances for success. I like the way he thinks. I am curious as to how it all works out in the end, meaning, which one pays him more. It appeared to me that all of his videos on YouTube were for "TruthtoWealth" and I didn't find any for "RFS." One thing is for sure, he is a firm believer in Global Resorts Network and perhaps "RFS" is how he got his start in it to begin with. If you want see how much enthusiasm this guy has, check out his videos here. Perhaps he felt, like many others I have run across in my many hours on Google, that the $299/month web site was a bit steep? Or perhaps he felt there was a better way and decided to venture out on his own and find it? One question I would like answered would be, does he use the same member number for Global Resorts Network in both systems?
Well, Mark, if your reading this and you get any hits on your website from it, I want a finders fee. Since I don't have a link of my own yet to post, I can only solicit a "finders fee" and not a "commission."
While I will continue to research this more, $3k is a lot to drop without doing your homework, I will be making a decision in the coming week. Check back often to follow me on my trek to set my family and myself free from the "vacuum" of trading time for money.
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Money Invested To Date: $50
Well, I spent most of yesterday researching "Reverse Funnel System" and "Global Resorts Network" and these are my thoughts up to this point. The "Reverse Funnel System" seems like it has mostly positive feedback on Google and on most forums. While I was able to find some negative posts regarding Ty Coughlin and RFS, most of those were from skeptics and not actual people who had participated in RFS. Most of the posts seemed to be by people who had been burned in the past by other programs or people who assumed it was a scam and the only person that was making money is Ty Coughlin. Now, keep in mind, there are a lot of people on these posts defending the RFS system and they are obviously members and are working the system. As of right now, I am still undecided on RFS.
As for Global Resorts Network, I am actually kind of excited about this program. not just for the compensation plan, but more for the savings on accommodations at resorts. The wife and I like to travel and I can really see this being a value to us. The best I could tell, if you use two weeks from GRN you could easily pay for your membership fee. While we would like to travel two weeks a year to a nice resort, we simply can't manage that right now with two young kids and the existing budget we are living on. Remember, I don't have enough money for beer let alone a week in Cabo San Lucas, even with a big discount.
I was able to find other ways or teams to join GRN through and in all actuality, a person could join GRN directly through GRN. But I am leaning toward joining under a team that provides some support and advertising coop or training. One of the "teams" I was able to do some research on was one that a fellow named Mark Hoverson is a memeber of. If you do a YouTube search for Mark Hoverson, you will find numerous videos from Mark talking about GRN, RFS, and the pros/cons of each. Mark is definitely doing well with GRN and if you watch any of his videos you will see why. He comes across as a very likable guy and seems to have all his ducks in a row. Mark is a part of the "TruthtoWealth" team. "TruthtoWealth" seems to offer the same kind of support that RFS does but for a fraction of the expense. Don't get me wrong, you will still need to purchase a GRN membership for $2,995 but their web site and virtual assistant tools are less.
I will continue to do some more research and if you have stumbled across my blog because you are doing the same thing, feel free to post your comments if you have found anything I haven't talked about or may think would be relevant.
More Later.
Money Invested To Date: $50
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