Here’s a nice seminar sponsored by some very sharp individuals.
It’s in Charlotte, North Carolina in November.
Focus4TheFuture no limits thanksgiving seminar, first 50
people get free rooms and the chance to Sit down to dinner
with Craig Perrine, Gary Ambrose, Mike Filsaime Joe Robson
and Joel Comm Limited seating book now!
Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.
Willie
Here’s an easy way to help out the Hurricane Katrina victims and improve your internet marketing at the same time!
http://www.foragreatercause.org
Here’s an excellent article by Jim Edwards.
Read and head…
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Can You Really “Strike Gold” Online?
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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I guess human nature leads us to this about every 30 - 50
years.
As a history major, I studied the gold rush of 1849, the
19th century oil booms, the stock market hustles of the late
1920’s, the get rich-quick mail order schemes of the 1950’s
and 60’s and now the “Internet” gold rush of the late 1990’s
and early 21st century.
When people perceive someone else getting rich with little
or no effort, they jump on the band wagon seeking fame and
fortune.
In reality, in any “gold rush,” the ones who really get rich
represent the exception.
Unfortunately, people perceive those “exceptions” as the
rule, rather than the special cases they actually represent.
But, if you’re bound and determined that you can be one of
the “chosen few” who get rich online, the following tips
will save you years of frustration.
** Little Oil Wells **
Don’t try to get rich online with one gold
or oil “strike!”
Most people I know who do very well online
operate multiple websites targeting multiple niche markets.
They sell many products and make their money by creating
multiple streams of income rather than depending on a single
website to stake their claim for online riches.
** Solve Problems **
People go online to solve problems.
Whether they need to improve their job interview skills or
find a winter coat and hat for their Chihuahua, they want to
find products or knowledge they don’t currently possess.
The more pressing the problem, the easier and faster these
people will buy.
The easiest way to make a fortune online involves finding
the most severe problems you can and charging for the
solutions.
** Sweat, Not Money **
Most people want to throw money at a problem and hope that
will get them what they desire.
This fact keeps the “get-rich-quick” schemers in business.
However, the best way to make money online involves getting
your hands dirty, learning a market inside and out,
discovering what they want to buy and why, and then selling
it to them.
Contrary to popular belief, throwing money at a problem
often won’t solve it.
** Don’t Compete **
The fastest way to make a fortune online involves persuading
other people to sell your product or service for you as an
affiliate.
However, nobody sells a product or service for someone they
perceive as “competition.”
You must position your product or service in such a way that
others will eagerly promote it for you because they see you
as someone who complements what they already offer.
** Wants vs. Needs **
Circus and publicity guru, P.T. Barnum, expressed it best,
“People will spend their last nickel to have fun!”
People always find a way to buy what they want, but often
avoid spending on what they need.
** The Underwear Myth **
The “make money in your underwear at the kitchen table
working only 1 or 2 hours a day” represents the biggest
crock of !@#$% ever foisted on the public.
Anyone I know who makes a lot of money at anything, busts
their buns to get their projects off the ground.
Once they get a business up and running, it might only take
a couple of hours a day or week to keep it running, but they
worked their fingers to the bone to get things rolling.
And the real secret to their success: they repeat the
process over and over again!
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Miguel Llanos and David Friedman, 2 MSNBC reports
have a nice blog here where they report on some of
the Katrina disaster not receiving as much coverage.
They check out more of the small towns, etc.
You can check it out here:
http://katrinablog.msnbc.com/2005/09/small_blessings.html#comments
With Rita bearing down upon the keys, these stories show that
you don’t really know who along the Gulf Coast will be affected.
Willie
Miguel Llanos and David Friedman, 2 MSNBC reports
have a nice blog here where they report on some of
the Katrina disaster not receiving as much coverage.
They check out more of the small towns, etc.
You can check it out here:
http://katrinablog.msnbc.com/2005/09/small_blessings.html#comments
With Rita bearing down upon the keys, these stories show that
you don’t really know who along the Gulf Coast will be affected.
Willie
Here’s an email system that I recently started
experimenting with as a way to cut down on spam.
This system ONLY allows you to receive email from
other users of the system. Those users have to be
on your approved list in order for messages from
them to get through.
I see this as ideal for a close network of friends,
and business partners that you want to make sure
that you never miss an email from.
I didn’t see a practical way to use this with say…
a mailing list or ezine since each subscriber would
have to be a user of the system, and add you to their
approved list…. although I guess that’s possible.
There is a small annual fee for using the system, but
if you need an email box that is absolutely spam free,
check this out. I’ll likely use it primarily with
consulting clients and partners I’m working on large
projects with.
Willie
I have. I’m part of movement to get 25,000 business people to adhere to the highest ethical level. Read more about it here, and maybe take the pledge too.
Willie Crawford
I did a workshop with Becky Hagel about a year ago. It was EXCELLENT. Here’s some background and news of her next workshop!
Have you ever bought an ebook or online course thinking this was finally going to be your meal ticket — the holy grail of making money online — but time passed and you sadly realized nothing had changed? You still had a job because your website sure wasn’t paying the bills.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
But things are about to change for you. And it all goes back to a rant Rebecca Hagel had about a year ago. I’ve copied and pasted her brilliant brainstorm below:
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“I’m tired of the hype and scams online. Seems like every two-bit marketer who can put a sentence together is peddling their own “guru” ebook. That would be fine if these “gurus” had ever made a dime online…other than selling these how to get rich books!
The other problem is that even the good stuff goes to waste. People buy $1500 courses and then never open the UPS box! Ebooks gather virtual dust. Seminars give a superb show with a jam-packed weekend of ideas and a shot of motivation, but that too fades away when the marketer gets home.
So no matter what route an aspiring marketer takes, they can’t win.
Screw that. There’s a better way. And I’m going to prove it.
Here’s my idea: an intensive ten-week, hands-on product creation and marketing workshop where I work closely with every student to build their business and custom-tailor their marketing plans. Plus I’ll bring in a whole bunch of experts to do live teleconferences on topics like copywriting, product launches, multi media tools, tracking and testing, product creation and more.
The students simply can’t fail because I’ll personally make sure they walk away from the workshop with their own niche product and website… And maybe a profit!
Maybe I’m nuts. I mean no one else is doing anything like this. No one else guides their clients through the entire process!
But that’s the problem — those selling ebooks *expect* their customer to go from reading their ebook to making a mint, and it’s just not happening. There are too many missing links.
If people have a coach like me who’s “been there, done that” — and is ready to show them how to do it too — I KNOW they’ll succeed.
What do you think?”
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Needless to say, I thought the workshop was a fantastic idea.
The good news is that Rebecca’s made this idea a reality. And due to the high demand of this unique and successful workshop, she’s already done it twice. Starting October 6th, you can take part in her third (and perhaps final) Triple C Workshop.
She’s got a great guest speaker line-up, tons of interviews, weekly lessons, chat sessions on the phone, and more… All of this aimed at keeping her promise that you’ll walk away from this workshop with product and the tools and know-how needed to start earning a living online.
This is the best deal I’ve seen in a long time. Go get your seat now before they’re all gone…
https://paydotcom.com/r/1941/williec/30091/
Cheers,
Willie
P.S. If you’re serious about getting your business off the ground this fall, don’t wait another moment! Register now because seats will go fast:
Many years ago, I actually established a creed and
mission statement for my business. It was the prayer
of St. Francis. Many of my friends and students
will agree that it’s pretty ambitious,but I believe
it’s what God wants me to aim for.
Where I fall short, I need for YOU to remind me!
Here is my creed and St. Francis’ Prayer:
Lord, make me a channel of thy peace,
that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
that where there is error, I may bring truth;
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
that where there is despair, I may bring hope;
that where there are shadows, I may bring light;
that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted;
to understand, than to be understood;
to love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.
Reprint Rights Scams And Shams
Copyright 2005 by Willie Crawford
The Internet marketing landscape is littered with the
profitless websites of those buying worthless reprint
rights packages! They buy these rights, put up a
website, and scratch their heads in bewilderment when
the sales don’t come rolling in.
Yes, you can make a lot of money with reprint rights.
I’ve earned a small fortune with them.
However, you have to know what you’re doing. It’s not as
easy as the ads lead you to believe. Most of those I
consult with who’ve purchased reprint rights products
haven’t had much success with them… At least not until
I show them what they’re doing wrong.
The problem is that most of the people in Internet
marketing most-likely to buy reprint rights DON’T know
how to market the products. Most of the old-timers have their
own products that they are promoting. So they ignore
reprint rights. Therefore, most of the reprint rights
products are purchased by beginners and intermediate
marketers… who have trouble selling these products.
They are told that it’s as easy as just plugging in
your Paypal or other payment link and collecting the
cash. It’s NOT.
Most newbies buy reprint rights for the wrong reason.
They see a huge package with a product list so long that
they never even finish reading the description before they
whip out their credit cards. The sheer size of the package
overwhelms them, beating them into pressing that order
button.
When considering buying reprint rights, you need to look
VERY closely at what’s in the package. How old is the
information? How many others are selling it to your market?
Are these same products being sold dirt cheap on Ebay
or even being given away?
Many of the reprint rights products I see advertised are
also ‘flawed,’ and that why I call them “scams or shams.”
Many of these product are being offered as reprint rights
BECAUSE they no longer sell as stand-alone products. It’s
a way for the product creator to breathe new life into a
dying product.
Many of these products were created just to offer TO
those looking for reprint rights products, and to produce
backend sales. They come with cookie cutter websites,
and copy so poor that your visitors will laugh at you if
you use it. If you just use those products/websites as-is,
you’ll have a very difficult time making a profit.
It’s not entirely impossible to profit from these
products, but you often need to repackage them and
bundle them with other products. A perfect example of
how I did this can be seen at: http://WriteACookbook.com
Most of the bonuses I offer from that site were GIVEN
to me with reprint rights. I combined them with an
existing product, tripled the price, and more than
DOUBLED my sales!
Some of the products offered as bonuses from the site
above are also sold as stand-alone products. In every
case, I revised the poorly-written sales pages.
Provided the product contains current and accurate
information, you can sometimes get some very good products
in reprints rights packages. I’ll show you how to sell
these products in a second.
Please don’t think I’m completely down on reprint rights
products. I’ve conducted several tele-seminars on how to
profit from them. The recordings from one of these
tele-seminars is available at my website at:
http://amazingprofitsbuyingandsellingreprintrights.com/
I teach people how-to profit from reprint rights!
When you buy a reprint rights product take the time to
actually look through the product, and verify the accuracy
of the information it contains. Otherwise, you may be
selling out-dated and inaccurate information. In that case
you should sense a personal ethical dilemma. If you’re
putting your name on it, you should care that your
customers are getting good information.
Bad information that gets passed “from generation to
generation” dooms a lot of online businesses.
Now, when trying to market reprint rights products, most
newbies face two problems:
1) They have no traffic.
2) The poorly written site doesn’t convert.
The traffic problem is fairly easy to solve quickly and
inexpensively. The thing I advise most clients to do
is:
1) Use pay-per-click search engines.
2) Write lots of articles with the resource boxes
pointing back to your target website.
I cover how I implement this 2-pronger strategy in another
one of my articles called “Amazing Secrets of A Traffic
Generation Master.” You can read that article at:
http://williecrawford.com/traffic-generation-master.html
In that article, I also show how blogging can generate a LOT
of traffic in a short timeframe.
Another strategy for effortlessly marketing products
your have reprint rights to is to set them up on
Clickbank, and allow Clickbank affiliates to sell them
for you. If you have the right, you want to modify
the product, and create a unique product/package if you
are going to do this. Always confirm this doesn’t
violate your resale rights agreement.
You essentially want to create a NEW product from the
old one if you’re going to use the Clickbank strategy.
Even if others are selling the same or similar product,
and read the Clickbank strategy here, you have nothing
to worry about. 99.99% who read this won’t implement
it. They will have just read an absolutely brilliant
idea, and then they will continue searching for a
non-existent easier way 
The other major problem you may face is that the sales copy,
or website, provided with the reprint rights is extremely
poorly written. Here you either need to revise it yourself
or hire someone to revise it for you. It may only need a
little work. In rare cases, you may even get a salespage that
will make you sales. This is something you need to test.
Read through the salespage provided first and ask yourself
if you’d buy the product from that page. If not, you need
to revise it. If you’re not a copywriter, you need to learn this
skill. I mastered it through Yanik Silver’s home-study course
that you’ll find at: http://www.ultimateonlinecopymanual.com
Yanik was selling very expensive medical equipment to doctors
as a teenage - via mail order - so Yanik understands copywriting!
His home-study course is very comprehensive.
The bottom line is that when you buy one of these reprint
rights packages, it will rarely be ready to go. You
will often need to refine the product. Then you will need
to do a lot of promoting, just like with any other
product. Buy these packages with this understanding. If
you buy them with any other expectation, you’re setting
yourself up to be scammed.
Willie Crawford consults with some of the most successful
direct marketers on the Internet. Grab a copy of the
somewhat controversial ebook that he considers required
reading for all his clients at: http://WhyJerksWin.com