Life as an Island Marketer

Written by Nicholas Dixon


For some time now I have been an island marketer andrepparttar journey as been worth every moment. When I first discoveredrepparttar 120465 Net, all I used to do was read my emails and surf.

Then I realized thatrepparttar 120466 net had more than that to offer to me. There are opportunities being thrown all around at you from all angles as soon as you log on.

Schemers, scammers and legitimate marketers are all clamoring for your attention and money. Make $10,000 in 30 days claims, emails from relatives of dead African leaders, various affiliate programs and many more are all common anywhere you go.

I used to believe allrepparttar 120467 hype surrounding becoming wealthy offrepparttar 120468 Net, but time and experience all changed that. It is possible to make money onrepparttar 120469 internet, but you better be prepared forrepparttar 120470 long haul. It takes time to become an overnight success, well that is what I heard and it is so true.

I think some ofrepparttar 120471 hype online is true indeed. I have heard of marketers making thousands of dollars in a few days without much effort. This is where so many people go astray. They believe that they can dorepparttar 120472 same starting today and have money lining their pockets by next week.

Butrepparttar 120473 truth isrepparttar 120474 hype is only half true. What they fail to Tell you is that yes it can be accomplished, it just takes a lot of work and discipline to reach that level. Most marketers work for years before they achieve whatrepparttar 120475 hypers are preaching.

Bedroom Marketing

Written by Len Dozois


Bedroom Marketing Tips

Hopefully we are all adults here, so let's talk about sex for just a minute. No, I'm not talking about porn sites, I'm talking about taking a look at what I call 'Bedroom Marketing' and applyingrepparttar same principles to Internet marketing.

I don't care if you're a female or a male. Play this scenario out in your head:

You walk inrepparttar 120464 door and yell "Honey, I'm home. Take off your clothes and jump into bed because I really want you and I know that you want me too."

I don't know how things work around your house, but over in my neck ofrepparttar 120465 woods it's going to be "No Sale". And why would you expect anything different? Let's take a look at what was done wrong.

  1. This was a high-pressure attempt to "makerepparttar 120466 sale" without any regard forrepparttar 120467 other party feelings, or state of mind.
  2. It was assumed thatrepparttar 120468 other party was in mood to "buy" andrepparttar 120469 pitch did not give them any other option but to say "Yes" or "No" when a "maybe later" would have givenrepparttar 120470 desired results.
  3. There was no attempt at rapport building (OK, Dr. Ruth doesn't call it "rapport building", but you know what I mean).
  4. There was a failure to buildrepparttar 120471 other person's interest and excitement level overrepparttar 120472 offered "product or service".

So, if you wouldn't expect that kind of approach to work with someone who hopefully loves and trusts you, why inrepparttar 120473 world would you think it would work with complete strangers?

You know what I'm talking about. We've all received an email that says something like:

"Wow, I just discovered repparttar 120474 most amazing program. My sponsor has only been in for 14 days and he's already made $144,000!!!!!!!!! This is so good, trust me I know a good thing when I see one. THIS IS NOT A SCAM!!!!!!!!! Just click here and pay a one-time $19.99 NO SPONSORING!!!!!!!! I'll help you make money. This CAN'T FAIL!!!!!!!!!!! Just sit back and letrepparttar 120475 money roll in!!!!!!! I joined Monday and already I've made over $200!!!!!!!!!!"

The so-called marketer blows this ad out to 155,000 Safelists, FFA and Classified sites, and maybe SPAMs a few news groups alongrepparttar 120476 way. Two days go by and no sales. The Marketer quits in disgust and tells everyone that Internet Marketing is a scam and no one is making any money. "Trust me.", He says "I know, I tried."

You think I'm exaggerating? One ofrepparttar 120477 sites that I own is a Safelist Autoposter. We sell membership for $4.99 per month and our members can automatically post their ads to hundreds of safelists, with hundreds of thousands of members who have agreed to receive them.

Anyway, whenever someone cancels their subscription we automatically send them an email containing an Exit Poll form. We offer themrepparttar 120478 chance to win $50 in return for telling us why they quit (we also recommend one of our other sites that may be better suited for them, but that's another article). We learn a lot about how to make our program better, but we also get to scratch our heads in wonder over responses like this one:

"I've been a member of your site for 10 days now and I haven't sold a thing. The Internet is full of thieves and liars and you're just one more of them."

Out of curiosity, I checked repparttar 120479 sales letter he's been sending. Here's what he wrote:

"You are paying too much for your long distense service. Send an email to (address deleted) and see HOW MUCH IT WILL COST YOU with mine."

Ok, let's take a look at what he did wrong besides failing to run his spell checker.

  1. He made a high pressure

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