Archive for November, 2005

Internet Marketing Beginners, Here’s The Big Secret!

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

Internet Marketing Beginners, Here’s The Big Secret!
Copyright 2005 by Willie Crawford

Like many people struggling to make a better life for themselves,
and their families, you stumbled across the Internet as a
possible way to do this. You read about all of the big success
stories, and began planning how you would join their ranks.

After several YEARS of working long and hard at building your
websites, generating traffic, and even creating a few of your
own products, you discover that you’re working harder for
yourself than any boss would ever expect. You also calculate
that you’re earning LESS per hour than you’d earn working in a
fast food restaurant.

After many more hours of intense study, the light bulb finally
comes on. You see a way to shortcut the climb to success. If
you could just get one of those people with the HUGE lists to
recommend your product to their lists, you’d be “set for life.”

Now the question becomes, “How do you get their attention, and
convince them that it’s in their best interest to promote your
product to their lists?”

Please allow me to inject just a little brutal reality for you
here…

First of all, those people with list of 50,000… 100,000…
even 250,000 subscribers get bombarded with request to promote
all types of products every day. I personally receive more
software, ebooks, huge DVD courses, and accesses to membership
sites, than I can ever look at. The FedEx guy drops off
unexpected, and unrequested, packages to my house several times
per week. My home office has about $20,000 worth of products
stacked up in a corner that I don’t anticipate ever working my
way completely through… since new stuff arrives regularly.

Knowing that first fact, it’s actually probably easier to
focus on those with somewhat smaller list when seeking joint
venture partners. Honestly, many of those with smaller list also
have much more responsive lists. The smaller lists are sometime
more responsive because they haven’t been desensitized by being
constantly bombarded with “special offers.”

List owners who get flooded with JV offers need a system of
screening which offers they will take a serious look at in their
very limited spare time. Often that filter is friends. If one
of their friends recommends that they promote a product, they’re
more likely to take a serious look at. Their friends pre-screen
offers.

A second type of filter is certain “high powered” individuals that
have managed to gain a reputation for only presenting the big
dogs with world-class joint venture offers. These individuals
often work as “JV brokers.” Since they make the job of large
list owners, and the job of those seeking to introduce products
to the marketplace, easier, they serve a very useful function.
In exchange for brokering deals, and getting products noticed
that might otherwise die on the vine, they get paid a percentage
commission for putting the joint ventures together.

I share the story of just one joint venture I personally
brokered, that sold nearly $60,000 worth of a $47 ebook in under
30 days, in a special report I wrote. You can grab a copy of that
free PDF report at
http://WillieCrawford.com/jv-brokering-report.html
If you’d like more insight into how this process works, that
special report is essential reading.

In my work as a JV broker, I quickly recognized a second point
that you need to acknowledge. Large list owner, and those with
the attention of your target audience, often prefer selling big
ticket items. They can tell their lists about a $29 piece of
software that they earn $15 on each sale from, or they can tell
their lists about a $997 course where they earn $498 on each
sale. Assuming that either choice requires the same amount of
work, which do you think your typical “top shelf” marketer is
going to choose?

When you start to develop your own products, realize that you
will need products that span a wide range of price points,
but that you’ll get those with the large lists most excited
about helping you by approaching them with products “big
ticket” enough to make promoting them worthwhile. Developing
and launch one of these big ticket items is really no more
difficult than launching a simple ebook. You go through the
same product launch sequence… the same product launch
formula. That formula has been tested and thoroughly
documented by online marketers such as John Reese, and Jeff
Walker, author of the Product Launch Formula, which you’ll find
here: http://www.p-l-formula.com

Outside of a JV broker, a recommendation from a friend of
a “top shelf” marketer, or just plain luck, your best way to
get the attention of one of the large list owners is negotiating
face-to-face during a live seminar or conference. At these
events, big-name marketers, and the speakers, are very
accessible. Over dinner, or in the hallway during a break,
it’s very easy to “strike up a conversation” with one of them.
It’s natural during one of these conversations for them to ask
you what you do. When you’re asked that question, if you’re
ready with a concise, thought-provoking answer, you may get
that big break.

To locate seminars and conferences, subscribe to the seminar
summary list published from an authority site such as:
http://InternetMarketingSeminarSchedule.com This site is also
a great site to bookmark and visit frequently. Often, you’ll
discover free, or low-cost, event near you. This site also lists
teleseminars that you might want to listen in on.

There are also many seminars set up JUST to give you a chance to
joint venture and network. These events pull together people
actively looking for joint venture partners. These types of
seminars are regular hosted by several well-known individuals
and organizations.

Michael Penland regular hosts his Internet and Joint Venture
Conferences. You can get more details on these, which I
regularly attend, at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/michaelpenland.html

JV Alert, regularly has joint venture seminars/weekends, where
they not only help you to put together HUGE joint ventures, but
also coach you on how to best land a lucrative JV. These
seminar are hosted in various parts of the U.S. with plans
of hosting them worldwide. The next one is in Orlando, Florida
in February 2006. I’ll be attending that event too. You can
read about these weekends, set up primarily to teach YOU how to
to land lucrative JV’s, at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/jvalert.html

In comparing proven methods of setting up lucrative joint
ventures with large list owners, the very best way to do this
IS face to face. That’s because it’s just easier to set up a
deal when you’re sitting across the dinner table from someone,
than it is via emails.

When looking for the quickest way to grow your business as a
beginner, nothing is quicker, or easier, than joint venturing
with those who already have the attention of your target market.

Now that you know the secret, all that you need to do is… go
do it! That’s the second big secret. You need to develop “the
action habit”. Top marketers prefer dealing with those who
have a demonstrated track record as someone who does more than
just talk a good talk. Once you start approaching the “big dogs”
and develop the action habit, you won’t be a beginner for long.
You’ll soon be partnering with, and learning from, the best in
the industry.

———————-

Willie Crawford has taught PROVEN Internet marketing
techniques to thousands of successful Internet entrepreneurs
since late-1996. Subscribe to his free weekly ezine, which
helps you cut through the clutter and time-wasting hype.
Subscribe now by visiting: http://WillieCrawford.com

Internet Marketing Beginners, Here’s The Big Secret!

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

Internet Marketing Beginners, Here’s The Big Secret!
Copyright 2005 by Willie Crawford

Like many people struggling to make a better life for themselves,
and their families, you stumbled across the Internet as a
possible way to do this. You read about all of the big success
stories, and began planning how you would join their ranks.

After several YEARS of working long and hard at building your
websites, generating traffic, and even creating a few of your
own products, you discover that you’re working harder for
yourself than any boss would ever expect. You also calculate
that you’re earning LESS per hour than you’d earn working in a
fast food restaurant.

After many more hours of intense study, the light bulb finally
comes on. You see a way to shortcut the climb to success. If
you could just get one of those people with the HUGE lists to
recommend your product to their lists, you’d be “set for life.”

Now the question becomes, “How do you get their attention, and
convince them that it’s in their best interest to promote your
product to their lists?”

Please allow me to inject just a little brutal reality for you
here…

First of all, those people with list of 50,000… 100,000…
even 250,000 subscribers get bombarded with request to promote
all types of products every day. I personally receive more
software, ebooks, huge DVD courses, and accesses to membership
sites, than I can ever look at. The FedEx guy drops off
unexpected, and unrequested, packages to my house several times
per week. My home office has about $20,000 worth of products
stacked up in a corner that I don’t anticipate ever working my
way completely through… since new stuff arrives regularly.

Knowing that first fact, it’s actually probably easier to
focus on those with somewhat smaller list when seeking joint
venture partners. Honestly, many of those with smaller list also
have much more responsive lists. The smaller lists are sometime
more responsive because they haven’t been desensitized by being
constantly bombarded with “special offers.”

List owners who get flooded with JV offers need a system of
screening which offers they will take a serious look at in their
very limited spare time. Often that filter is friends. If one
of their friends recommends that they promote a product, they’re
more likely to take a serious look at. Their friends pre-screen
offers.

A second type of filter is certain “high powered” individuals that
have managed to gain a reputation for only presenting the big
dogs with world-class joint venture offers. These individuals
often work as “JV brokers.” Since they make the job of large
list owners, and the job of those seeking to introduce products
to the marketplace, easier, they serve a very useful function.
In exchange for brokering deals, and getting products noticed
that might otherwise die on the vine, they get paid a percentage
commission for putting the joint ventures together.

I share the story of just one joint venture I personally
brokered, that sold nearly $60,000 worth of a $47 ebook in under
30 days, in a special report I wrote. You can grab a copy of that
free PDF report at
http://WillieCrawford.com/jv-brokering-report.html
If you’d like more insight into how this process works, that
special report is essential reading.

In my work as a JV broker, I quickly recognized a second point
that you need to acknowledge. Large list owner, and those with
the attention of your target audience, often prefer selling big
ticket items. They can tell their lists about a $29 piece of
software that they earn $15 on each sale from, or they can tell
their lists about a $997 course where they earn $498 on each
sale. Assuming that either choice requires the same amount of
work, which do you think your typical “top shelf” marketer is
going to choose?

When you start to develop your own products, realize that you
will need products that span a wide range of price points,
but that you’ll get those with the large lists most excited
about helping you by approaching them with products “big
ticket” enough to make promoting them worthwhile. Developing
and launch one of these big ticket items is really no more
difficult than launching a simple ebook. You go through the
same product launch sequence… the same product launch
formula. That formula has been tested and thoroughly
documented by online marketers such as John Reese, and Jeff
Walker, author of the Product Launch Formula, which you’ll find
here: http://www.p-l-formula.com

Outside of a JV broker, a recommendation from a friend of
a “top shelf” marketer, or just plain luck, your best way to
get the attention of one of the large list owners is negotiating
face-to-face during a live seminar or conference. At these
events, big-name marketers, and the speakers, are very
accessible. Over dinner, or in the hallway during a break,
it’s very easy to “strike up a conversation” with one of them.
It’s natural during one of these conversations for them to ask
you what you do. When you’re asked that question, if you’re
ready with a concise, thought-provoking answer, you may get
that big break.

To locate seminars and conferences, subscribe to the seminar
summary list published from an authority site such as:
http://InternetMarketingSeminarSchedule.com This site is also
a great site to bookmark and visit frequently. Often, you’ll
discover free, or low-cost, event near you. This site also lists
teleseminars that you might want to listen in on.

There are also many seminars set up JUST to give you a chance to
joint venture and network. These events pull together people
actively looking for joint venture partners. These types of
seminars are regular hosted by several well-known individuals
and organizations.

Michael Penland regular hosts his Internet and Joint Venture
Conferences. You can get more details on these, which I
regularly attend, at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/michaelpenland.html

JV Alert, regularly has joint venture seminars/weekends, where
they not only help you to put together HUGE joint ventures, but
also coach you on how to best land a lucrative JV. These
seminar are hosted in various parts of the U.S. with plans
of hosting them worldwide. The next one is in Orlando, Florida
in February 2006. I’ll be attending that event too. You can
read about these weekends, set up primarily to teach YOU how to
to land lucrative JV’s, at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/jvalert.html

In comparing proven methods of setting up lucrative joint
ventures with large list owners, the very best way to do this
IS face to face. That’s because it’s just easier to set up a
deal when you’re sitting across the dinner table from someone,
than it is via emails.

When looking for the quickest way to grow your business as a
beginner, nothing is quicker, or easier, than joint venturing
with those who already have the attention of your target market.

Now that you know the secret, all that you need to do is… go
do it! That’s the second big secret. You need to develop “the
action habit”. Top marketers prefer dealing with those who
have a demonstrated track record as someone who does more than
just talk a good talk. Once you start approaching the “big dogs”
and develop the action habit, you won’t be a beginner for long.
You’ll soon be partnering with, and learning from, the best in
the industry.

———————-

Willie Crawford has taught PROVEN Internet marketing
techniques to thousands of successful Internet entrepreneurs
since late-1996. Subscribe to his free weekly ezine, which
helps you cut through the clutter and time-wasting hype.
Subscribe now by visiting: http://WillieCrawford.com

An Overview Of The Blackberry

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

Here’s an article giving a little on the Blackberry. I use one
practically every day. It allows me to even surf the Internet
or answer email while I’m out fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, as
long as I’m within range of my wireless service. My Blackberry
also works in over 180 different countries with No roaming. Since
it’s Bluetooth enabled, I just wear one of the cute little clip
on earpieces with the boom mike, and LITERALLY spend hours on the
phone doing consultations while out and about ;-)
Email me and I’ll even tell you how to get a 100% rebate on your
BlackBerry. My wife and I both have wireless devices that we
ended up paying absolutely nothing for ;-)
Willie
An Overview Of The Blackberry

Unless you have spent part of the past few years in a cave or
under a rock, you have heard of the Blackberry. However, and
with that said, even though you may have heard of the
Blackberry, you may now know exactly what a Blackberry is in
essence. Therefore, this article has been prepared to provide
you with some basic information about the Blackberry.

In basic terms, a Blackberry is a line of mobile communication
devices that allow you to undertake a number of different tasks
through the use of the Blackberry itself. For example, a
Blackberry is designed to allow you to read and respond to
email. On top of reviewing, reading and sending email, there
are many other functions that can be performed with a
Blackberry. Indeed, on so many levels, the Blackberry truly is
an all purpose piece of personal communications equipment.

In promoting the Blackberry, its manufacturer has described the
Blackberry as a “complete package” that includes airtime,
software and a mobile communication element that allows you to
undertake a wide variety of tasks — from the palm of your own
hand. Presently, the Blackberry widely is available in the
United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Present plans are in
place for the Blackberry to be introduced in other countries
the world over in the very immediate future.

Technically speaking, the Blackberry in the United States and
Canada relies on either the narrowband PCS 800 Mhz DataTAC
network or the narrowband OCS 900 Mhz Mobitex network for its
functionality. In the United Kingdom, the Blackberry operates
on the the GPRS network.

Many who have taken to the Blackberry have sung its praises
because it is easy to use. It has a very user friendly
interface and an easy to manipulate keyboard (unlike many
similar products that have tragically difficult keyboards).
With few exceptions, a person who tries a Blackberry ends up
very fond of the Blackberry. Oftentimes a person who has a
Blackberry can be found to remark that he or she cannot imagine
getting by without a Blackberry.

If you are interested in owning a Blackberry, you should spend
some time shopping around in both the brick and mortar world
and on the Internet and World Wide Web. In this day and age,
there is a wide array of different retailers that offer
Blackberry products for sale both in the real world and in
cyberspace. By taking the time to shop around, you may even be
able to find a Blackberry at a discounted price.

On the Net, there are retailers that cater specifically to the
selling of Blackberry products. In addition, any number of
auction and overstock sites may be found to have Blackberry
products in their inventories.

In the brick and mortar world, a Blackberry can be found at any
number of consumer electronic stores — large and small. By
paying attention to sales and specials, you may even have the
chance to obtain a Blackberry at a discounted price in the
brick and mortar world.

About The Author: For more information, please visit
http://www.best-handheld-pda.info

Free Content Packed Copywriting Teleseminar

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

Free Copywriting teleseminar With Sales Copywriter/Marketing
Strategist Ray Edwards, Monday December 5th, 2005, 6pm Pacific,
9pm Eastern. The teleseminar will be approximately 1 hour

Want to learn how to make simple changes to your website copy that can
increase your sales by 197% or more? Anyone with a website that sells
anything needs to know these simple copy strategies that are working today -
tested, proven results.

This free teleseminar will answer your most important questions about
copywriting and online marketing. Among the topics covered:

* How to write copy for big-ticket items.
* How to write copy for a hyper-competitive market.
* How to find a product to sell.
* Will video replace the long copy sales letter?
* What is hypnotic copywriting, and does it work?

Ray Edwards is a successful direct-response copywriter specializing in
online sales copy and direct sales websites.

He has written copy for hundreds of different businesses in a wide variety
of industries. Ray is known for writing copy that makes websites “obscenely
profitable”. He has written for well-known Internet Marketers like Stephen
Pierce, Brad Callen, Mike Litman, Sam Heyer, and Frank Garon.

Ray is fanatical in employing the specific, proprietary, scientific methods
of direct-response copy that are proven to boost sales and response rates.

Ray is literally “writing the book” on online sales copywriting - and the
book will be published in January of 2006.

To get the call in number, etc., just fill in the form here:
http://www.AskRayEdwards.com

Willie

Is Yanik Silver Really Austin Powers?

Monday, November 28th, 2005

To find out if Yanik Silver, Top Internet Marketer is really
the famous Spy Agent::

“Austin ‘Danger’ Powers”

…then you will have to read on…

I am not sure if he is, nuts I need YOUR help.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it…

Read this post and find the clues and meet me in DC in March of 2006

You see, last April, Austin, I mean Yanik Silver brought together
a group of elusive and secretive real-word online success stories to
share exactly how they are raking it in.

I missed out on going there is person. I had to buy the DVD’s
for the same price that i could have gone live… I had a family
emergency come up that forced me to cancel attending at the last
minute!

This year, I plan to meet Mr. Yanik Silver in person and I
will try to rip that mask off of him to see if he is really Austin
Powers…

I will be at his next underground event in March and I need
you to be my double agent spy. You will act as a member of
the audience and we will find away to find out once and for
all if Yanik Silver is indeed… really Austin “Danger” Powers!

If you choose to accept this mission… you must go here now.

http://undergroundonlineseminar.com/investigator/

To Your “Secret” Success…

Billy Marketer
Rouge Agent - “Investigator”

PS - Warring! This mission is dangerous. Leaving your comfortable
home to meet me in Washing DC with 400 other marketers may
change your life forever. Do NOT click this link unless you are
ready to take on the serious mission.

This message will self destruct when the next 42 people take
the mission. Yanik “Austin Powers” Silver says that the early bird
special will sell out by units in the next few days. Well before the
Dec 31st deadline.
http://undergroundonlineseminar.com/investigator/

END OF TOP SECRET MESSAGE

I’m A Genuine Hero :-)

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Dr. Mani, who spends a lot of his time performing heart surgery on kids in India, has a nice blog at: http://www.ezinemarketingcenter.com/blog/

In his November 21st post, he list some of his hero’s… people who inspired him in one way or another. I’m very honored that he listed me.

John Reese,if you’re reading this, he listed me first :-) Just taking a jab at John of course. Dr. Mani and John are both hero’s of mine. Dr. Mani for tirelessly working to raise money so that he can afford to perform much needed surgery on the poorest of the poor. John for expanding my mind on what I saw as possible.

Willie

I’m A Genuine Hero :-)

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Dr. Mani, who spends a lot of his time performing heart surgery on kids in India, has a nice blog at: http://www.ezinemarketingcenter.com/blog/

In his November 21st post, he list some of his hero’s… people who inspired him in one way or another. I’m very honored that he listed me.

John Reese,if you’re reading this, he listed me first :-) Just taking a jab at John of course. Dr. Mani and John are both hero’s of mine. Dr. Mani for tirelessly working to raise money so that he can afford to perform much needed surgery on the poorest of the poor. John for expanding my mind on what I saw as possible.

Willie

Free Video Tutorials On How To Do Things Pertaining To Building Your Website

Friday, November 25th, 2005

My friend Michael Worthington, has a site filled
with videos telling you how to do various tasks
pertaining to building a website.

Some of the topics Michael has already done video’s
for are:

How To Build A One Page Site In Dreamweaver
How To Build A One Page Site In Frontpage
Totally Free WYSIWYG HTML Editor And How To Use It
How To Make An Order Button With Photoshop
How To Build A Website Header In Photoshop
How To Make A Webpage Background
How To Register A Domain Name With Namecheap
How To Set Your Nameservers
How To Upload Files To Your Host With Cute FTP
How To Upload Files To Your Host With WS_FTP Pro
How To Set Up Your Autoresponder
How To Setup A Paypal Button
HOw To Add A Link To Your Page

Michael has a lot more planned.

If you check out Michael’s site at:
http://www.video-how-to.com/
you’ll see that he charges $97 for a membership.
However, as a favor to me, Michael will give you
a free membership. I don’t know how long he’ll
this offer open.

Sign up for the free membership here:
http://www.video-how-to.com/willie.htm

Willie

This Squeeze Page System Dramatically Increases Conversions!

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Here’s a really nice program for you to take a
look at.
What it does is generate a squeeze
page and a special version of your salespage.
You upload these to your site.

When you visitor hits your squeeze page and enters
his name, email, and any of five other customer
designated fields, the software uses that data
to customize the users experience.

The information entered into the form is used to
subscribe them to your list/autoresponder. THEN
as your visitor is forwarded to the next page, the
info they entered into the form shows up on the
next page. So, you can have the next page automatically
modified to include the visitors name, email, or
custom data. The page is actually “talking directly
to your user”, and this DOES increase conversions…
depending upon your market of course.

I’m going to do a Camtasia video showing how I’ve
implemented this over the next few days. I just
need to find a time when it’s quiet enough to
record the darn thing. You know how noisy it can
get when family gets together for Thanksgiving.

You can talk a look at the Squeeze Page Generator here.

Willie

Read This If You’re Even Remotely Thinking Of Hosting Your Own Internet Marketing Seminars

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Thinking Of Hosting Your Own Seminar?

Over the past 7-8 years I’ve observed a cycle in the
Internet marketing seminar business. Marketers rise
throught the ranks, often get on the seminar circuit,
sometimes host a few seminar of their own, and then
move on to something else. There are a few notable
exceptions to this pattern… Carl Galletti and
Armand Morin have hosted numerous seminars year after
year… for example.

I understand the attraction for many thinking of
hosting your own seminar. If you look at a seminar
selling seats for $997 each, your imagination can
start churning. Just imagine if you put on a seminar
and sold only 50 seats. Potentially not a bad ROI
for a weekend. On top of that, if you record the
event you get a big ticket item that you can sell for
years!

There are a lot of pitfall that most aren’t aware
of before putting on that first seminar though. So,
the second teleseminar that I will host next month
will be specifically on what you need to know BEFORE
putting together that first seminar. There are a lot
of factors that you need to consider. A few examples
are:

- Location and easy of access
- Available of facilities
- Season of the years (weather, family activities, etc.)
- Refreshments
- Recording the event
- How to choose speakers
- Conflicting events
- Insurance and Liability issues
- Sequence of speakers
- Processing back of the room orders
- Providing amenities such as wireless internet
access in the room
- Audiovisual requirements
- Incentives to get people to sign up early
- Promotional teleseminars and promotional tools
such as Camtasio videos, viral PDF documents,
events related to the seminar
- Theme or REASON for the seminar
- JV partners or promotional partners
- What you hope to gain from the event

There are dozens of other considerations. I hope to
cover many of these in my teleseminar.

What I need from you is topics you’d like to see
covered in this type of teleseminar. I need your
questions. You can email them to me or post them here
as topics of discussion. Those who host seminars may
not want to spill all the beans here, but you never
know.

I will tell you that it’s a lot harder than it appears.

Thanks.

I look forward to seeing a lot more of you guys
hosting seminars, conferences, and bootcamps in various
parts of the country and around the world. It is a
great way to generate a big ticket info product ;-)
Invite me as a speaker :-)
Willie