Rare Post By Ken McArthur: Getting Cash When You Need it NOW!

Ken I love the way you put that. That should clear things up for A LOT of people who are experiencing money problems and don't know what to do.

That's a profound statement and for many people that's a GREAT place to start.

Ask yourself "what do I need this cash for?" Make a list.

Then see if you can trade your services or something you have to the person who can give you what you want or need in exchange.



Most internet marketers can also do really well offering their services to local brick and mortar business owners.

Most small businesses have no idea how to market themselves on the internet, know they need some kind of internet presence and won't think twice about paying someone with some expertise $500 to $5,000 to do it for them.

The average Warrior Forum member has more than enough expertise to be of tremendous service to small businesses.

You might actually help them make some money instead of shelling out a small fortune for web companies who give them a website that does very little for them.

I have a long list of people who've simply gone and talked to small business owners and made $500 to $2,000+ in their first week or first day out.

The market is very hungry and for most small business owners $1,000 is just not a lot of money for something that's likely to make them a real return in sales and profits.



Now if we combine BOTH the ideas I've mentioned...especially with Christmas coming up...perhaps you can talk to small business owners and offer them your internet marketing services in exchange entirely for gifts you want etc etc or for a large portion of the price.

Here's a real no-brainer deal.

If a business owner is selling a product for $1,000 and his cost is $500 he's going to look favorably on ANY deal where you pay him $500 and give him some internet marketing services.

You save $500, do some work that's a piece of cake for you (maybe just set up a form on his site to collect email addresses) and he gets this service for free in effect because he's purchased the product and $500 and passed it on to you at $500 AND got some internet marketing services as well.

This is even more powerful than you might think because you're building a genuine business relationship here.

This could lead to paying work, referrals, testimonials etc etc.

Put simply...don't pay out any significant money without first thinking...can I trade my internet marketing services for at least part of the price of this product or service?

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

hi Ken,

I'm sorry to say I have never come across your name before (possibly come across your work without knowing) however sometimes you can read a post and instantly tell how knowledgeable someone is and if they actually know what the hell they are actually talking about.

In this case your words seem to ooze wisdom so with that in mind I will be on the look out for more of your posts.

To add to the actual OP I'm sorry I have no emergency cash methods, I wish I had.

thanks
andy

Hey Ken,

I am very glad to meet you here...

You were the first person whose list I got into when I started internet marketing!
that was way back in 2006 december i think.

Ajith

Hi Ken this is my story sorry if my English is not very good,

this is happen 2 and the half month ago, I'm really in deadly broke! I think the only money that I have is $200 in my bank account. I don't know what I must do. And I didn't tell to anybody. It's almost 6 month I was jobless and I try to running a web site but it's not succeed. and I do a research, I found the easy way to generate money is offer a service, and I learn how to create ecovers, minisite templates and start to running it, but since my English is very bad, my conversion is so awful. I try to find someone in the facebook and send couple of massage to help me. I think I send it to you but you never replay. LOL but it's ok, there is a good guy and big guru (that's my oppinion) he is really kind person, he help me to twiking my sales letter, and I start running WSO, and BOOM. my WSO was success and I start generate traffik from the other site.

Now I learn something, the easy way to make money right now is offer the service on the internet both offline or online. since the internet is only tool to lavrage, we can lavrage anything.

Sorry to read boring story from mine.


Cheers

Semmy

Yes. This week I found myself in need of $250 due to an emergency which caused a budget shortfall.

I have a handful of IT consulting clients left from my consulting days - they don't call often enough to make it a full time business, but have occasional need. I knew if I put myself in front of their faces, I'd get enough business to meet my need. So...

I baked cookies and delivered them to their offices.

A. It was an excuse to visit
B. They were still warm from the oven
C. As a rule, guys don't bake cookies, so it kind of makes me stand out.

I more than made up for my need.


Side note: If my lists were large enough, I could do the same thing with an email. All I did was put myself in front of my customers in a way that made them feel lie they should reciprocate by giving me business. The real trick would be to convey the chewy goodness of a warm oatmeal raisin cookie in an email.

Hi Ken I can't open your blog, what happen? I guest my internet connection is so slow, tomorrow I'll watch it, and maybe next year I'll be attended to your JV alert, who know, right?

Hey Ken,

Thank you so much for that great video you linked to from your blog. That definitely Validated my day and put a smile on my face.

Thanks,

Mike Hill

Hey Richard,

Advertorials is an often missed technique that has worked for ages.

Thanks for the reminder!

All the best,

Ken

Hey Dan,

That reminds me! I've been thinking about you. Let me know the easiest way to get you those audios.

We need to make this happen!

All the best,

Ken

Reply to Ken McArthur: "Fast cash flow," continued...

B. Vector B, Business Development:

1. In 1995, I developed a product (software) w/ others and delivered value to an under-the-radar niche for undisclosed amounts (I have a policy to NEVER discuss my income publicly; only the US Gov't has a right to know figures for taxes).

2. Cashed out JIT.com (back in the day, when "3 letter" top-level domains (TLD's) were still plentiful and available)).

3. Arranged a Joint Venture to continue another stream of income, hands off

Part C next post...

GREAT story Karen!

Thanks for sharing it!

All the best,

Ken

Hi Laurie,

My name is Dave Cheong and I am the author of the "11 ways of staying focused" article. I thought your post here was most amusing and was compelled to write back.

Thanks for the inspiration with "7 Simple Ways to Stay Focused". It was immensely helpful at the time of writing. I'm glad I could reciprocate in my small little way.

Best wishes,
dave

Hey Laurie,

I had something happen to me in that same kind of circular impact way when speaking at a recent event in Long Beach -- but in this case the route of impact spanned over 40 years and twi generations.

A young woman came up to me and told me how much my presentation had meant to her and touched her.

As we continued our conversation, she happened to mention that she was the daughter of the folk singer Glenn Yarborough.

Most of you will probably not remember Glenn, but it he was very well known in the mid-sixties and when I was growing up, he was the hero of a group of high-school friends.

From listening to Glenn's music, I was inspired to write music of my own and from my music I learned about our power to impact other people.

In my book, Impact: How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions and Make a Difference in a Noisy World, I write about that experience and how it changed my life and eventually inspired me to write the book.

So think about it for a moment.

Back in 1965, Glenn Yarborough inspires me to write music, which teaches me about how we all have an impact and make a difference, which enables me to write a book on the subject, travel to Long Beach CA and then touch the life of his very own daughter.

What we do matters in so many ways. Usually those ways are tiny things that we do that we don't think matter at all.

Whether we want to or not we make a difference.

Thanks for sharing your story and letting me share mine.

All the best,

Ken

Hi Ken - Good to see you here!

I've been lucky enough to not be desperately cash-strapped for several years now, but it wasn't like that when I first threw up my copywriting services shingle. Here's the story:

Following a nasty skiing accident (high-speed, one-way conversation with a very unfriendly tree) I had severe medical problems that had completely sidelined me for the better part of a year and a half. I was receiving a small disability payment, but barely enough to pay the rent, much less anything else.

At the same time, I couldn't stand or sit for longer than 15 minutes, and was in and out of bone-graft surgery about every eight weeks or so. So a "career" job was out. I applied for some part-time "Micky-D" style jobs, and got turned down every time for being "over-qualified" (too much education, dammit!).

Things were pretty desperate. Then, in a local thrift store, I picked up Peter Bowerman's The Well-Fed Writer. As I read it, I realized that I had been writing copy of one sort or another for years - without knowing that I was a copywriter!

I thought, "I have a computer! I can do this!" followed immediately by, "But how do I start with no money, no web site, no clients, and no work to show?"

I had about $43.87 until the next disability check arrived in three weeks. I had just moved to a new city (for surgery) and didn't know a soul. I had a computer, but no printer or Internet access.

First, I looked in the phone book for the local Chamber of Commerce. I called them and asked if they had a list of their members. Sure enough, for $7, it was mine. I also found out they had a networking night on the second Thursday of every month - three days away. It would cost me (as a non-member) $15 to attend.

Back to the phone book. Found cheap dial-up Internet for $9.95 a month, and paid for the first month.

Back to the phone book. Found a plasma bank. Donated plasma the same day for $30.

Went back home. Registered my domain name ($9.95) and paid for the first month of hosting ($11.95). Also designed business cards on my computer, using Microsoft Office. Emailed my doc to myself.

Off to the public library, used their public computers to retrieve my email. Printed off a copy of my doc file using their printer (cost: 10 cents).

Next, off to Office Depot. Printed twelve, full-color copies of my business card layout ($1/pg). Cut them up by hand, using plain old scissors.

Spent the next day putting up a very basic web site. I made up mock samples, and posted them on my portfolio page. The body copy read: "Here are some examples of what I can do for you." (notice, I didn't say they were actual clients!)

Wednesday, went to the library, and grabbed the only two books they had on writing copy: Tested Advertising Methods and Oglivy on Advertising (Boy, did I luck out!). Spent the rest of the day and most of the next one cramming and sleeping.

Thursday afternoon, I scrounged out the most professional-looking outfit I could put together from my extensive wardrobe of Gor-tex and fleece, and took myself down to the Chamber's shindig.

BTW: I am a what I'd call a "situational extrovert". I lean toward the "introvert" end of the social scale, and I hate being in large groups of people. And when I have to be all bright and shiny for hours at a time, I find it, frankly, exhausting. So this was really pushing myself waaaay out of my comfort zone. Plus, of course, there was the whole stage fright thing.

But ya do what ya gotta do...

At the Chamber event, I was charming and attentive (if I say so myself). Thanks to my cramming, I listened more than I spoke. And when I did speak, I tried to say something knowledgable and valuable.

I left with two hot leads, and a fistful of cards to follow up on.

Called the hot leads the next day, Friday, and got one press release ($75) and a complete web site copy job ($650). The check for $650 was in my mailbox on Monday.

I haven't looked back since.

Granted, $725 isn't $1,000, but to me, at that time, it made all the difference between having a roof over my head, or having to find a cosy, new underpass lodging for myself and my two cats.

I probably could have improved my results if I had had a specific dollar figure in mind when I went to the Chamber networking. I would have been focused on developing prospects with that specific amount in mind. However, at the time, I just had a burning but vague focus on getting through the month intact.

I'm not trying to get on a soapbox here, but I do want to say this:

Fear can be an enemy or an ally. You can let fear control you and paralyze you. Or you can take all that scary energy, and direct it into goal-oriented action. In both cases, the choice is yours.

Granted, I had some good intellectual skills to draw on. But I would have used whatever tools I had at my disposal. I would have found a way, using whatever I could do to survive. If that had been washing dishes at Mickey-D's, damn straight I would have taken the job!

Too often I see people who say they're desperate, also say, "Oh, I don't want to do ...", or "Oh, I can't do ...".

IMHO, when you begin by eliminating possibilities, instead of looking for possibilities, that's a sure way to fail.

- No can't hurt you -

I recently received an email promo that I really liked.

But the dollar value was way out of my reach. I mulled
over it...

It took a few hours for me to decide: if I go for this deal
by first selling (lining up a buyer) and then buying the product,
the worst I'll get is a NO. I mean what can No do to you?

NO-thing!

So, I set out to work. And with a lot of negotiation I succeeded.

The sale and purchase really put me in a much better leveraged
position than I was before. I'm definitely smiling... because
I cut a deal out of nothing. The value to me alone I guest is at
least $9000. I also uncovered another skill in the process.

I guest all those Jay Abraham tapes rubbed off.

Do nothing = get nothing.

Be bold!

Jeff