Gun to Your Head 96 Hour Marketing Solution?

As marketers we've heard of the scenario: "What would you do if you had a gun to your head and had to make money online within 96 hours or you'd be killed...what would you do?"

It's a question that resonates well with many people because when it's do-or-die people often figure out the winning plan.

It's an interesting question. I'd like to hear "your plan" on how you would do it.

Here's a few methods that I would simultaneously implement (it's not the *only* plan that I would consider, but this is a good one):

Step #1: Before selling anything, I would need to create something to sell. If the gun were actually to my head now, I wouldn't have to create anything new. But if I were a beginner I would have to brainstorm a new product quickly. Probably the quickest product to create would be to teach an online class (webinar) on a hot new topic that few people are talking about. Since I have the 96 hour deadline of making money or begin killed, I would schedule the class to happen a week from now so I could actually create the powerpoint and give the class AFTER the 96 hour deadline happened. Then I could just focus on making sales for the next 4 days.

Step #2: Write a KILLER Sales Letter. Since I wouldn't have to create the class until after my deadline, I could focus on creating an awesome salesletter. Since there isn't time to waste, I would simply type out a letter and put it on a simple web page with some basic formatting. I'd throw up an order button and put a $37 price tag on it...In the salesletter I would include various ways to contact me. I'd have my cellphone #, skype id, email address & facebook url as ways that people could comment on or ask questions about my class. Anyone wanting to talk to me after reading the salesletter is a serious prospect, one that I could likely close if I were in direct personal contact with them.

Promo Method A: If it were an Internet Marketing product/class, I'd list it as a WSO on the Warrior Forum. It's one of the few places that can produce sales literally overnight without an existing list. I've had one of the highest ROI's here for my advertising dollar.

Promo Method B: I'd email any lists that I have. If my life depended on it, I'd even email lists in different niches. I realize this option wouldn't work for people without an existing list (which is why I've posted the other methods below), but since the main goal of Internet Marketing is to build a list so we can use it when needed, it would make sense to use any lists that we have...especially when the circumstances are extreme

Promo Method C: Use google advanced search to find blog posts from the past 24 hours (can also setup a google alert) on the topic that was covered in my salesletter. Leave a comment on each of these posts with the URL to the salesletter. After posting the comment, contact the blogger and tell them about my new class & that I'd split the profits with them from their readers who bought if they'd do a blog post about my class. I'd offer to write the post for them (I could write one post and then tweak it for each blog that said yes). If a gun were actually to my head, I'd tell the blog owner that a gun was to my head and ask them what I could do to get my class featured on their blog As soon as I had my salesletter up & was waiting for my WSO approval, I'd go crazy and stay up as late as possible the first night implementing this strategy. Since time is working against me, it would be good to get 100-200 comments done the first day, so hopefully a few of those blogs could respond and go live within the remaining 72 hours (after I spent the first 24 hours getting setup).

Promo Method D: Schedule a facebook post every 2 hours. Every 4th post could contain a link to your salesletter. This would give you some visitors every 8 hours, or 3 times a day. Over the course of 4 days, it may be enough to produce a sale or two. If you have a twitter account, you could also use the same strategy with tweets.

I believe this strategy would have a reasonable chance of making some sales within 96 hours, with enough results to convince the guy with the gun that it's more profitable to let me live.

I'd be personally responsive to all comments and emails received from the methods listed above & would offer to speak with anyone on the phone who had a question. This increases the conversion rate of the affiliate or the prospect.

I hope this thread has stimulated some thought. Fortunately none of us are truly in a do-or-die situation where we must make money online in 96 hours...but it would be interesting to see what we could do with that amount of time. Perhaps if we would take 96 hours and do as much as we possibly could, we would uncover a method that we could use to permanently create success.

I'm interested to hear your comments & thoughts about my plans. I've tried to keep them simple & effective. But I'm also interested in knowing: