When Great Ideas Go Bad

Some things most marketers would die for.

A great product, a
A great offer, and
A great list.

I am lucky enough to have all three,
but what if it isn't enough?

Here's what happens sometimes online and you can't explain
why a situation evlolves the way it does:

The scenario:

• I got my hands on a fantastic product I knew would really help my list.
• I created a special offer and offered it at a steep discount
• I created a trial offer for it so they got an almost free sneak peek at it
• And I told them about the special offer in previous emails
• I provide valuable real-life advice for those who are trying to earn an online income, so that information is apppreciated...

My list is great because they listen to what I have to say because I am a trusted source.

They deserve to be treated with respect and that is exactly what I do, by writing my own emails, reports, and providing good customer service.

So why did this Special Offer get a less-than-expected response?

What is stopping them from spending $1.00 for a great resource?

That's what happened with a Special Offer I created for them.

The product was $1.00 to try out for 24 hours.

Then it was only 96 dollars after that...

Even if they paid the $96.00 they could still get a refund afterwards!!

So why didn't 100% of this great list get the sneak peek for $1.00?

That's what I would love to know...

There is a cynical side of me that says they really don't want to succeed. Sometimes I think that they want the Magic Pill solution to making tons of money online.

I will NEVER promote anything like that, and my subscribers know it.

Even people who don't know me personally should have jumped all over this Special Offer.

So I can't help but wonder why it didn't get snapped up by the hundreds of people I expected???

Even for just the trial offer....

I spent a lot of time bringing this extreme value to my list, so I can't help but be a little disappointed for THEM because they are losing out on a great deal.

Is it the time of year? Or did past products I recommended not work for them?

Is it the cost? If so, why not take a look anyway for just a buck?

Is it because a marketing course means some educational materials are in there and that means it's not a Magic Pill? I thought I cured my list of searching for Magic Pills with the IMTOOLKIT and the Top Ten Mistakes Report, both of which clearly state there is no Magic Pill.

I can't explain why a smaller percentage than usual participated in the best value on the Internet today. I reviewed every page of the course, and since it helped me so much I couldn't wait to put it in front of my list.

Some email response I got back were

"It sounds like a lot of hype"

but if that guy took a look at it for just $1.00, he would have found out for himself, and changed his mind right away.

"What I really need is traffic to my site"

was another response I got. Traffic is not the cure-all for your online business, and getting traffic will never be THE solution you're looking for. This course covers that, too.

And I've explained this to my lists, several times.

"I'm doing well with my current business, and don't need to be distracted"

Now the gentleman who wrote this impressed me because he's already got a handle on things. He's focused and what he's doing is working, so he doesn't want to "mess" with that. Now this is a better reason for not buying this Special Offer, but it still would have benefitted him because all businesses can afford to do better, can't they?

What is your reason for not looking closer at the $1.00 offer?

I need to know so I can better serve you..

Please post a reply on this blog by clicking on COMMENTS below

I'd love to hear what you have to say.

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Let's talk about a skill all the bigshots have at their disposal. Possessing this skill virtually guarantees the owner that they will be making some big bucks on the Internet.

So what is this wonderful skill that allows you to write your own paycheck? Copywriting...

Copywriters sometimes charge $250.00-$25,000.00 to write a sales page. The reason why copywriting is important to EVERY InternetMarketer is that it affects all aspects of their business.

If you don't like to write emails, squeeze pages or sales letters then you're probably not doing very well with your online business. Audios and videos can help get your message across, but a lot of people still learn better by reading the written word.

Imagine if you took a copywriting course and became good at it...

Some of you would be happy to make $250.00 a week online. That's one halfway decent sales page you'd have to produce. If you got really good at this you could charge whatever you wanted, up to $25,000.00 per sales letter.

Most people will never get this good at copywriting, howver, but if you develop and improve in this skill it will affect your businessesin ALL areas.

Here are the areas where copywriting can help you
1-writing good emails, and email ads
2-making good squeeze pages that get you a lot of subscribers
3-writing good sales pages makes your advertising more profitable
4-good article writing gets more clicks, optins, sales
5-writing good press releases gets your site indexed in 2 days
6-good blogging skills get your blog indexed, optins, sales, and is good branding for you.

When an email ad hits your Inbox you decide to open it, or not open it, based on the headline. Therefore, the headline is the most important part of the email ad.

IF you open the email...Is the ad original, or is it an email that you used it without changing?
Possesing some copywriting skills means you can re-write the email you were given to make it original and more effective.

I mentioned this error in the Top 10 Mistakes report.

Let's talk about emails you send to your list. You need to hold their attention, by writing well or by providingvaluable information so your readers will stay tuned throughout all the paragraphs...

I am sincere in my desire to help others, so I spend time writing informative emails and free reports. That keeps people tuned in, so good copywriting isn't super-important here but if you're promoting something then you will need to write well...

You need to write your own emails and email ads, so you should develop copywriting skills.

You also need to write your own squeeze pages, also known as splash or lead capture pages.
The better your squeeze page is, the more subscribers you add to your list and send to your sales page.

SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS....

You need to write original, quality squeeze pages, and this means you must develop some copywriting skills.

When it comes to sales letters, the same principle applies. If you create your own product (it's easier than you think)you're going to be responsible for making the sales page for it.

The following scenario will show you how copywriting can make allthe difference in your online business ventures. Let's say you spent money on a solo ad that gets you subscribers and 3 sales.

You break even on the advertising and you built your list some more. Not bad, but it could be better...

What if you paid someone to improve the sales page's conversion ratio and the next solo ad gets you 10 sales? That would cover the cost of the copywriter's fee and that sales page is now your property.

The next time you run your solo ad, you make 12 sales again. And you now have a money-making product on autopilot!! All because of good copywriting...

If you outsource the copywriting you get 2 slightly different versions of the sales page so you can test them out and see which ones are more effective. Making SMALL changes to improve the conversion rate of the sales pages means you need a small degree of copywriting skill...

NOTE: I recommend against outsourcing copywriting because it'sa skill you will need to develop at some point anyway. It affects all aspects of your online business and you can't hire someone to write everything for you, so you're better off learning copywriting to some extent.

Learning this skill virtually assures you an income.

Article Writing- There is a right way and a wrong way to write articles. There are rules and regulations you have to follow to get your articles published AND to make them effective.

Writing Press Releases-another must-have skill. If you have a new website or product and you want to introduce it tothe world, write a press release. It will get your website indexed quickly and bring QUALITY traffic to your site

Blogging- If you don't have a blog set up, do it right away. They're easy to get indexed and will get you some practical experience in writing. Since your blog will get indexed quickly, there will be people that don't know you reading the blog.

You need to consider how your blog will appear to the first-time visitor. When you start thinking from the perspective of the reader, you're thinking like a true marketer, and like a good copywriter. This is why blogs are so important. Blogging helps you "cut your teeth" on developing copywriting skills.

The emails I send to my list are also posted to my blogs. Copywriting is a skill that affects all aspects of your business. Copywriting is not just writing sales pages. It is also the writing of emails, email ads, blogging, press releases and even personal emails to your respondents.

It is a necessary skill that takes a little practice to develop and pretty much guarantees your success. I will provide a resource for this in the next email.

Thanks,

Dan

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10 Things You Must Do To Succeed In Earning Money Online.

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Here we go, we'll start with an easy one.

BLOG Do you have your blog set up yet? I've been busy working on mine, and actually have 5 or 6 of them now. I finally see the importance of having one or more blogs. Google my name Daniel McGonagle and you'll see some blogs that I set up. Some of them have no content and they're already indexed!

Setting up a blog is easy to do.

2 cool things about blogs

--You can tie your blog into your autoreponder, so every post sends an email broadcast automatically.

--All your email broadcasts will get archived, and someday indexed. This can leverage your time and help build your business for the "long haul" The more posts/emails you do the better chance you have of getting noticed, and getting noticed means traffic to your sales page.

Benefits Of Blogging

Blogging, what is it?

You've heard talk about blogging but are one of those people who don't quite understand what it is. That's alright, we'll go over what a blog is, the history of blogs, what they are used for and why they are important to your online business.

What is a blog? A blog is essentially like a journal where people can post their thoughts and have them read and commented on by anyone.

What is a blogger? A blogger is someone who creates a blog and posts on it. Brief history of blogs Weblogs, simply known as blogs now, haven't been around for that long. The roots of the blog can be traced back to 1994 when people kept online journals (diaries) in which they wrote about things in their life.

The popular free blogging site called Blogger was created in 1999 by Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan. Blogger was later purchased by Google in 2003. Despite the fact that blog sites have been in existence since 1998, they have only been popular for 5 or 6 years. In 2001, how-to-blog manuals were published and the phenomenon has only taken off since that point.

What are blogs used for? In the very beginning, blogs were usually used to talk about a person's life. People would make blog posts about things happening in their life, thus using the blog as a public journal. Over time, the use of the blog evolved.

People began using the blog to post their opinions about everything from politics to religion to sports to music, among other things. Nowadays, blogs are even used to make money--one 20-year-old makes $5,000 from Google per month because he has Google Ads on his blog. Businesses have also begun to effectively use blogs for their own purposes.

Why are blogs important to your online business? Millions of people from all over the world read blogs every day. Those who have a blog are given a lot of exposure--there is the potential for them to have millions of unique readers each day.

Can you imagine having a million people see your business' name each day? That sounds pretty incredible, doesn't it? Yet, that's exactly what could happen if you create and maintain a successful, well-read blog. And that's actually a pretty easy thing to do.

So how exactly can you use the blog to help your online business? Well, you can use it in a variety of ways. You could: Use the blog to discuss things related to your field of business. For instance, if your business provides web hosting services, you could discuss things related to web hosting, thus showing potential customers how much of a guru you are.

You could:

Let your employers have their own blogs to talk about your services/products. The more active blogs that reference your business, the more exposure you'll get.

You could Use your business blog to keep current customers updated on new services/products available.

--Post news about your business, as well as start rumors about potential happenings in your online business.

--Get feedback from current and potential customers on your products/services. For instance, you could make a post on a new product, giving details about it. Then your existing customers or potential customers could give opinions on it.

--Promote your online business on your blog by making blog posts with information on what your business offers.

--Install Adsense on your blog and make extra revenue from ads clicked, thereby helping your business to be more profitable. There are really a lot of possibilities to how you can use a blog to help your business, even more than those listed here.

Blogs that are hosted on your site (by using a program like WordPress) can help your site achieve a higher ranking in search engines. This is because blogs are search engine friendly (Google is known to list them after only a few days, whereas it takes regular web sites weeks to appear on a search engine).

Having a high search engine ranking is crucial to having a successful online business. Blogs help you to increase your ranking, which will increase your business. The great thing about blogs is that they are easy to use and also very effective.

Start a blog today and watch your business' notoriety grow.

Watch for my next email...I'm going to reveal the #1 thing you need to know to really succeed, and not too many people are sharing this knowledge.

Thanks,

Dan

P.S. Blogs offer your business the chance to be known by millions of people. If you're looking for a surefire way to gain customers and increase revenue, try business blogging!

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Since the report is 75 pages long,
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Actually, that's how this all started, as a series of emails
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That's why the email series is still intact... to give the
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Thanks,

Dan

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