Newbies - Stick together!

Hi Methomas,

I emailed you at JV-Edge but have not received a reply from you.
It will be great if I can work with you.
You can reach me at pearlins@gmail.com

I have a small list in the IM niche.
Thanks!

Like the idea, it is difficult when you have no name and no money, I have lot's of plr stuff you can use in return for advertising some of my offers - I am following you on twitter, let me know if interested - dean

Why assume he is on a IM niche.
If he only started 1 month ago, and he is going on the IM niche this is un-logical ...
If you go IM and have nothing to really give your list you are going to get a bad name, this is like a pyramid game. If you have experience then you go IM it is something alse.

Hi,

Not enough post to pm could you pm me with more infp?

Just a point butsurely you are better writing soem good content, it is not rocket science, if you know your niche. Even newbies understand that PLR content is garbage, and most people don't want or need it

I think the idea is a good one! For a long time, a long time ago I banged my head on a brick wall trying to get some (what I thought were) quality products to market, and to no avail.

I then wrote a 50 page ebook warning people of the scams that were around, and providing genuine work from home opportunies offered by some of Americas top companies. I then completed a software product to save people money and time, all the time targeted at people new to the internet. The problem was I spent my time creating new ideas, solutions, websites and products, and little time building lists of ineterested people.

I hate spam, bullshit and scammy bonuses, and personally I stay away from these as a customer. I therefore dont do this kind of stuff with my own products.

What I have just started is (as you mention) site flipping, and have sold 3 to date. I have just finished the basic foundation for my next site at www.sites4sale.aceslegacy.com, and here I start to deal with the flipping business and Internet traffic, etc.

I have a range of great products and product ideas, and I would love nothing more than to see a small group of newbies make lots of money from these, keeping the gurus away. I mean, 200 newbies with marketing lists of 100 people each is already 20000 subscribers to promote to.

I will be subscribing to this thread to see where it goes. In the meantime, if anyone is interested in this concept, and wants to get involved or take a look at what I have on the new site, let me know. That would be cool.

Thanks for this thread
Bryce

Thanks Dave,

You are right about the "taking your money" thing, I have been there many times. This is one of the reasons I designed and built the EZYTRAK system, and only went with offers and deals that had a minimum of 30days guarantee time. This gave me time to analyse the material, decide if it was for me, and then EZYTRAK would automatically remind when the guarantee deadline was looming. I could then effect the guarantee in time.

I was also considering a small site that was dedicated to "Poor Online Service" where bad sellers, merchants, etc would be listed for all to see. In fact this could still be on the cards. Maybe it is something that Newbies could benefit by.... Like an early warning system of sorts. Hmmmm lets not give too much away in case we can set this up.

Regarding your "giving people a hand up" I believe this has already been done by you creating this thread. I think there is always scope for people to help others, no matter where they are at. There is always going to be people that know less than you do.

Your attitude and ambitions are what is important to succeed. It sounds like you are certianly in the right head space to make it work for you.

I will PM you with details about the products. In the meantime, if you would like to take a look at the EZYTRAK software details head over to www.ezytrak.com and there you will find the "sample" page with a tutorial linked to it. This will give you an overview of the product. Personally I think every person who is spending money online, should have it. It will save them lots of money and time.

Talk soon - I love the idea of forming a Newbie space where everyone can benefit with very little resources.

Regards
Bryce

Hey Dave
I am a true newbie myself. I started a blog about a week ago. I found this warrior forum and there is so much information here. I enjoy reading your posts as it makes me feel like I can do this internet thing. I also work full time and would really jump at the chance to be able to work from home doing something I love. Creating an online business!

Totally agree, and there has never been a better time in my opinion, as the numbers of unemployed rise beyond comprehension!

Personally I think the basic provision of books and software is not enough! Think about all the issues and brick walls you have come across since being online, and i believe there could be a site creation here, that outstrips everything already in place. A one stop shop for newbies. (AND ONLY NEWBIES)

I like the idea of "vetting" and there are some different ways of doing this! i agree with the idea of only having material that has been tested by the site developers, and or members, and this will go a long way for the reputation of the site.

There is also scope for a Membership Site beyond compare! A small monthly charge for anything and everything avaiable on the site.

Although i have not added the membership option yet, my site at www.sites4sale.aceslegacy.com is already providing useful articles (unique) and resources that I have personally used, tested, and enjoyed. The initial flavour of the site was to to sell websites, and I have now expanded this to run along my original platform of The Newbie Lounge.

This is already getting exciting, and more serious conversation and planning should probably be happening off forum.

Regards
Bryce

Hi there Lia,

Thanks for stopping by! You are right, it isnt easy to get any response from those people who label themselves GURUS. Big list, small list, we are all here for the same reason. We all fundamentally desire to make a little (or a lot) of money online, and thats what some people tend to lose sight of.

People with huge lists are often non-campassionate people who only have the dollar signs in their eyes, and this always makes it difficult for the genuine carers to crack into the market. We have to deal with the reputations that others cast, because they get to market generally before the little guy. This is not true of them all, but it id for the vast majority.

The idea of pooling resources, and spending time developing a "zone" just for new people is a cool idea, and we will make this happen. Keep in touch and pop back when you can to keep on top of whats new. I am acting on this idea as we speak, and while Dave is busy with his job and other projects, I will do what I can to formulate something solid, reputable and valuable.

Maybe PM me (or Dave) with details about what line you are in.

Sincerely
Bryce

Welcome Phil

Hi everyone,

Well it looks like we are good to go, so I was wondering.....

As a newbie, or someone new to the world of making money online, what would be the top 3 things you feel would benefit you the most? In other words, take a look at where you are at, and where you want to be this time in 2 months, what would be the three most important things to get you there?

If you can list them here, we can source the best we can for you!

Ideas......

Traffic, Product, Hosting Services, Domain Names, Advice, Ideas, Website Development, Blog, Themes, Graphics, etc etc etc.

Sincerely
Bryce

Right on littlejake!

I usually take a quick look if they are offering something, but if I see anything like I witnessed in that example, that's it for me. To top that one off, I actually wrote a nce explanation why I was unimpressed with the product, and not only did I NOT receive a reply, the same product was promoted to me again through email, a couple of days later. I removed myself from the mailing list.

Thanks for your post littlejake
Bryce

Hi nashelver, welcome to the thread!

WOW your template looks very cool, I love it. In fact so much that I have bookmarked the template site for use with this new project. You will get this looking really great I am sure. It is great to hear you have made some money online, and that after all, is what everybody wants to be able to do, without first spending next years mortgage payments. Well done!

Keep popping in for a look or subscribe to this thread as I think you will see some massive input here, and some wonderful developments that could really help with your ongoing commitment to online earning.

Regards
Bryce

Well put Dave,

I meant to say the same thing about desperation, but got side tracked when I wrote about integrity, hahahaha.

Dave is exactly right about the "method to method" concept and I am speaking from experience. This type of desperation can cost an arm and a leg, and in the end, you are right back at square one, with NO money. It is better to be desperate and have a little money, and to be desperate and broke.

In fact if anyone is contemplating joining something like affiliate marketing, etc - maybe throw the product into the conversation here before you do. We may have already paid for it, tried it, or heard of people that have reviewed it.

Back soon
Bryce

Its is definately what i am looking to do have started the site affiliatekindergarten(dot) com and written a few articles but dont wanna waste my time submitting them and not being able to catch a list.

Also have any of you guys found a product on clickbank that actually offers near to what the sales page promises, its difficult to promote a product i dont believe in.

Well seems you newbies are doing great i have also learned a huge amount in these last few months and believe that there is still huge money to be made on the net and who knows we could be the gurus with integrity in the next few years

Hi Everyone - Excellent thread
It's funny how there are so many 'Guru's' out there hey?? I was very sucked in to the whole 'buy my shit' sales copy. Although I am not alone in that dept
Everything you need is right here within the forum, just search for it and you will come accross some WF Gold
Great to hear how you are all progressing
To Our Success People

Hello Elaine,

Thankyou for your kindness. My mother is fine (well as can be expected), my grandmother passed away. She was 92 so I guess she had a great life, she was a wonderful lady.

I am pleased to be close to mum now, and hopefully she knows she can lean on me if and when she needs to. My family are a tough bunch of individuals though, lol.

Thanks again I appreciate it very much

Bryce

I think your advice is very useful. As a newbie we want some quick fix to building a list and utilizing it properly. But there really is no quick fix, it takes time and forums like this help us understand this better.
Thanks,
jetinc

Hello Mike,

Thankyou for your kindness! I have one grandparent remaining with us now, and my mum is still going strong as well. It is never nice to lose people we love, and although we all know it comes our way at some point, it is something I never get used to.

Welcome to the thread and congrats on the 2nd site my friend. 2 people on a list is better than nobody on your list, and it is from small beginnings big things are realised. We will help all we can, and I am sure you will find some great information in coming days, as has already been found in Elaines post and others as well.

Thanks again Mike, keep in touch
Bryce

Hello Ward and welcome to the thread!

I agree about the sticky thing, lol - maybe when we have a few more entries and the traffic starts to come, haha. Your product sounds interesting, and I would love to take a look. Over the next few days we will be starting on setting up the basic framework for the Newbie Lounge, and this is where we can utilise and help with your products.

Is your product suitable for newbies?

Anyway keep coming back and if you have any suggestions as to content or contribution that you think you can offer, dont hesitate to PM me, or contact Dave. You are most welcome.

As I'm in the Forex Niche with my forex blog review, we (my 114 subscribers list and I lol) can't get involved in your great project. Unfortunately, i really support what you're doing and we should be trying to do that oftener as it is more than tough to find partners when you're beginning ! Don't worry, we'll all succeed one day !

Cheers, Samuel !

Man i am glad i stop by great information being posted in here.I have also started growing my list using traffic exchanges with a landing page with free plr for their email. Doing good with it looking to expand to forums, but not till i get my post up.

Thanks for the info.

It's Almost Monday Here!...Kick itin the arse this week...LOL
Got some rest, got my deck stained (had to do some manual labor)...hehehe.

Let everyone know here what needs to be done to make it happen!

C'mon NNbies...uh Novices...
Get with it and come on board to NN.
Share what you have and let everyone
help you get to the top.( it really works!)
Pedal to the Metal!!! (colors again)

Yes... we do have the motivation and the inspiration
on this end.... I for one can't get enough! This has been the
best thread ever!

Later.

Another great reply Elaine, and one that should generate some action for Ward. Everybody should take a look at the suggestions here, as these options apply to almost any IM product, and most other product niches.

Well done

Bryce

One of the best threads I've seen on WF. Many thanks to originator and all others who've contributed. I've subscribed, and will hope for many more updates.

Ward, there are other options for turning your work into recordable products. Have you considered someone to vocalise the book for you!? This is something relatively easy to orgabise. In fact a freind of mine in England wrote a series of childrens books and I suggested to him that they would be a great set of recorded books. He too did not like his speaking voice, and I organised that for him. The project was a success.

If you know someone who has a great speaking voice and the right software to record, it may be worth compiling them this way, even as an alternative.

Regards
Bryce

Hi Wade!

What niche is your book in, ie what is about & what market are you aiming it at?

If you would like to send me a Private Message, I'll help you any way I can.

Regards,

Elaine

Hi Nash,

Lets deal with the autoresponder first because it is important to have this set up, or at least, ready to set up for your squeeze page. What service are you using for your autoresponder? There is Aweber and GetResponse, and there are one or two others, but these seem to be the main two, with Aweber being the most widely used I think.

I do have details of a third, that is offering a free trial account so if you have not got an account with anyone yet, and you would like to see the details for this trial account, let me know and I will forward the details.

A squeeze page is a "capture" page that is usually a single page with a simple form on it for your visitors to sign up for a product, package or newsletter. It may be that you have a brief on the product or service or maybe very little information at all, but this is generally what a squeeze page is. You would install the HTML code (easy copy & paste) into the page which would generate the form produced by your autoresponder account. Then when a visitor completed the form details and clicked on submit, their information would be stored in your autoresponder account, ready for you to communicate with.

Regards
Bryce

Hi Nash!

It's hard to get this all straight in your head when you start, isn't it - I've been there!

In a nutshell the steps are:

• Buy a domain name/website address - I bought mine from 123 Reg.
• Build a squeeze page using a Web Editor. I used Kompozer which is free.
• Set up an account with aweber/Get Response. I use aweber and find them great (I'm not an affiliate!). I think Get Response might be a bit less user friendly.
• Create an opt-in form with aweber and add it to your squeeze page.
• Compose autoresponder messages with aweber which go out to your list on a regular basis so you can build up a relationship with them.

Regarding building a squeeze page/one page website, I did this myself and I promise you I was not a techie whizz-kid by any means! I followed the step-by-step instructions in "Create Your First Website by 3:45 This Afternoon". This is not a sales pitch, because the book is free - there is a link to it below if you are interested.

Keep in touch - we've all been where you are now!

Hi Nashelver

Aweber is a standalone autoresponder, I use Getresponse, and I presume it is a similar set-up.

basically, they mange the list, you load up your autoresponder messages and you can also send one-of 'broadcasts'.

People register their name and email address and when you sned an email you may put [First name], Read this. It picks up the name of your subscriber.

I know GetResponse has video tutorials, and I have a good delivery rate, but do your research and choose what you feel best. Make sure you sign up through another Newbies affiliate link if you do. I won't cost you anymore, but you are helping someone, and they will return the favour in the future!

Take care

Dave

Hi Nash!

Thanks for the thanks!!

The opt-in form people type their name and email address into is provided by aweber - aweber give you code that you copy and paste into the code relating to your web page and the opt-in form appears on the web page.

When someone types in their details they get an email asking them to verify their request and once they have done that their name is transferred onto your list at aweber. You set up messages to go out automatically to the people on that list. One straightaway giving a link to where they can download the free product and then every few days after that. And yes, you can fix it so each message is personalised.

Aweber do have tutorials and the have a good support system too.

Hope this helps...

Hi IM Biz System (what's your name?!)

Yes, this IS a nice little corner of the Warrior Forum, isn't it!

Good luck with your list building and your squeeze page

Regards,

Elaine

Hi Crystal!

That's a GREAT idea!!

Keep in touch...

Elaine

Welcome Heather

You are right on jetinc! It does take time, and time is something we all have. The problem is every second wasted is a second lost, and there is so much wasteful information out there, we can go for months and still not get past stage one!

This is the idea behind the newbie site! A place to save all newbies that time, that most hardened IMers have endured. A place to kick start your online business.

Welcome IM Biz System! Would love to see your page when it is ready

I know this feeling well paulied. Been there and bought the t-shirt, and I have also struggled through other issues at the same time. As the posts here suggest, information overload can be a dangerous thing, and we all need to be able to focus on one thing at a time, until it is within our means to multi-task.

For every seasoned Internet Marketer out there, there are probably 10,000 newbies, and from these newbies, only around 500 will ever make any money online. Information overload is largely responsible for the other 9500 not making any money. Hopefully we can swing the odds in our favour here.

Welcome to the thread

Welcome to the thread Traveller51

Cool post Alfred, thanks! I will take a look at the site and see what it offers people new to the internet.

Like Elaine has said Crystal, great idea! Although I would like to see something a little more flexible for some people. Some new people will not have a list at all, and this should not exclude them from anything we attempt to run here.

Just my thoughts, but it would be cool to have things so that every member can benefit.

More great information Dave! Be in touch soon

Welcome Tom, and thankyou! Although Dave was responsible for the thread being started, I just bombarded my way in, LOL.

Welcome!!

Cool Joe, glad you like the thread. Welcome, and look forward to seeing you in the coming days

Hi Missy she, and welcome.....

I can relate to your situation as I am sure most new internet entrepreneurs can. Availability of working capital can be a big frustration, but if it is any help at all, I can tell you that I almost went through bankruptcy a year ago, struggled on, and am still here doing what I love to do. Money sure helps, and it certainly makes some things a lot easier, but spending more money is not always going to generate the results you wanted in the first place.

Hopefully what we can do through this thread and future plans for the Membership site, is provide you with as many resources as possible for little or no cost.

I will hop on over and take a look at your site now, and come back here to post my comments. Just wanted to let you know I had read your post, and welcome you on board here!

Hi missy she,

Been to have a look at your site and although the site itself looks cool, it is marketing a product that has been available for some time. I can only critique something from my personal experience, and as I havent experienced the product, I can't really comment on its effectiveness. I can give you my honest review of the site though, and I will do that here. Before I do this, I would just like to explain to you, that I generally view things from the perspective of a potential customer, and I do have some fairly tight guidelines that I habitually follow, before I will spend money with someone online.

The first thing that hits me about the site, is that there is no "pop up" asking me to sign up for a newsletter or gimmick! I liked this passive nature and it allows me to study the content on the page without giving a second thought to the fact that you will eventually ask me to buy something. However in saying that, maybe the strategic placement of a couple of capture boxes, offering a free excerpt or report, would be an advantage to building your list.

The only place on the page which asks me to action something is at the bottom of the page and it is the "buy now" button.

When I click on the buy now button, I go through to paypal, where I am asked to spend $97 and I notice that the paypal account name is something very different from any reference on the site. Maybe look at changing that or adding a new name to your paypal account that reflects the website name. This would give the purchase process a little more credibility in my opinion.

One of the most important things that I look at (personally) when deciding on a purchase or not, is the layout and the content on the sales page. In this case, the layout is off center and this throws me a little. I will explain to you why (as a customer) I feel this way when I land on any page that is not positioned correctly, is full of spelling errors, or is messy.

My theory is that if a seller or site owner puts little effort into the presentation of the package, there is little liklihood that the expected level of detail has been applied to thier product, or the level of service I might expect to recieve as a customer. This may be just me, but from my research a couple of years ago, it would appear that more than 70% of all internet visitors would feel the same way. The stats showed me that in 2007, 64% of all people polled, would not buy something from a site that presented poorly. In the same research project, more than 80% of all website owners told me that if they were aware of problems on thier presentation, they would do everything in their power to rectify them.

So from a list building perspective, maybe add those lead capture boxes to capture someones email address, by offering something free. Also maybe reallign your page so that it centres in the page, and for those people who will actually click on the buy now button to check the paypal details, change the account name at the top of the page so it looks more like it is a genuine account attached to this site.

I hope this helps in some small way, and if I can be of help with anything, please dont hesitate to contact me.

Bryce

Even though I have been trying and trying to be an affiliate marketer for the past 3 months, I haven't really gotten anywhere. I have written articles, squidoo, usfreeads, and 2 websites, etc etc. I still have made 0 sales. I can get up to the #1 spot on google but that doesn't help either.

Can someone lead me in a direction of building a list, like what is it, how to do it, that sort of thing? I get emails daily from places I have signed up for free stuff and other so I am on a bunch of lists, but I want to have my own but don't have a clue as to how to do it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
BTW this is a great thread,
Anita

The best way to spend your time as a newbie is learning and doing, just keep repeating this over and over again.

If you learn to much, you will switch off.

What level are you at? Have you got your own website? Do you have an autoresponder?

Let me knwo a bit more about your situation, and i'll give you some better advice!

Thanks

Dave

Hi there joelraitt, and welcome to the thread

Although I dont know of any specifically, I can tell you that there will be one very soon . Keep checking back and I am sure you will be happy with what transpires from this thread and the great people here!

Bryce

I feel a little awkward posting here, because unlike you guys I do not have a set plan. However, I have gotten so many questions over the years from newbies about how to even post a banner somewhere. I would not call anyone here a newbie as you have plans and are taken action to implement them.

I have just started a brand spanking new social network, as a matter of fact I am still working on the back end a little, and have not added hardly any content yet, and I still need to work on some original graphics. The whole idea behind this network is for people to learn how to make with their blogs. The network is set up on buddypress - so everyone can create wordpress blogs (for free), and users will also be able to create backlinks to their own web pages. There are also group features.

I know this will catch on because I plan on catering to extreme newbies, well everyone trying to make money online.

The reason I don't have plan is because I have not figured out how to monetize it yet. I just know that the shoe fits, I like to help and lead.

Anyways you guys are more than welcome to set up a home base over there, and right now you can dominate the area while I continue to spruce up and clean out the cob webs. I just added the link in my signature just for you guys, if you are interested.

whoops I do not think I have enough posts for my signature to show up just check out my homepage on my profile

Hi Dave, Bryce and everyone else.

I'm a Noob. Been in this game since May. Got a microscopic list (7). Made 1 sale on clickbank ($37). Joined a good membership site and this forum. Have a 1 page site up and 3 articles on Ezine. Looking at online assistance for offline businesses with a couple of people local to me.

Glad to be here.

Mike.

Hi Marc,
And Welcome to the thread.

That's a great outline to a plan and that's what
is great to see...a man with a plan!

Can't wait to see it all pulled together!

Hi and welcome Dennis!
Its great to hear you are off to a good start! Keep the flow happening and the results will speak for themselves. Keep chacking here for more news and updates. I am sure you will do well.

Hi karen, welcome to the thread! Wow sounds like you have all the ingredients, and I wish you well with your project. Info overload can be a killer so watch out for that, lol. Good idea to thin out the email subs, as they are usually nothing but time wasters.

Don't be daunted by the "initials" hehehe - they are really quite easy to understand after a short time. I can understand you wanting to have control over your site, and wanting to do it yourself. I was exactly the same.

I notice you have a couple of posts here, so I will leave this one at that and respond to your others regarding their content.


Hi there "Capital N", lol. Welcome to the thread

Excellent news about your 30 subscribers, thats really cool! I would love to see your squeeze page, to see what you have done. I am sure others would also like this.

Good info Jon, and it all makes sense. These are 3 of the bst no cost platforms. Oh and BTW I will reply to your email later today. Sorry mate I was sidetracked for a bit, hehehe :p

Hi there Mr Expert! I am sure that $190 a month is $190 a month more than some people on this thread are making. How about sharing some of the tips you learned to create a daily income of the same amount

Hi again Karen,

I realise this post is aimed at Jon and Mr Expert, but I would just like to butt in (as I do that so well, lol) and add my 2 cents. I can appreciate you wanting a professional looking site, partcularly if you already have the three platforms Jon mentioned above. All of what you have described is fairly easy to accomplish.

Do you have an understanding of basic html and/or site building software. If so you could use NVU or WYSIWYG5 for your site design. NVU is free and WYSIWYG is very cheap considering what it can do. I have and still do use both from time to time. There are also others available, and I will hunt some of the resources I have used over the years, to see if they may help.

A "blog" or "forum" would handle your site queries, as would a simple "F&Q" system or page. All of this is again, fairly easy to set up, particularly if your hosting account has cpanel with Fantastico installed. If you are not sure what these are, I can help give you a better understanding, and I am sure others can too.

The required "bells and whistles" you might need really depends on what you want your site to have attached. The size of the files you have to store on the server (Site) and the resources you want to use. The more you have and the bigger the files, the more bandwidth and disk space you will require. If you intend linking, streaming or hosting video or audio files, these take up a lot of space and your hosting account may need to have some resources that free of very cheap hosting packages don't allow for. Hostgator has a great reputation for their packages and service, and tey have everything you will ever need. Packages start at around $5 a month.

Hope this helps, and doesnt confuse.

Hi Dhrousha,

The link you are looking for about the website building is in my sig.

Mike

Hi James,

I have a Squidoo account and benefits used to be that Google liked Squidoo. I have found many post by others,(not here) that says Google doesn't like Squidoo as much anymore but I still recieve good search rankings using Squidoo.

Another advantage is I find that once you get used to Squidoo, it is a bit more versitile and you have a few more options and features to choose from.
(This comparison is only between Squidoo and Blogger.com)
I don't know which blogging platform you use but I try to use all of them.

If you decide to use Squidoo, let me give you a hint on how to improve your lens ranking... join a group or two that has to do with your particular niche and keep your lens updated.

Hope this Helps.

Until Next Time.

Hi everyone

I think this might be my first post here - lost track of where I have been and where I have posted (forum-wise), so when I have finished I had better go back to the right thread and check whether I have said hello or not - someone mentioned information overload - definitely suffering from it here.

I bought into a program this last week, well two actually (Jonny Andrews) and I have to say I really, really like the way he says it like it is, and the help and advice he gives, but, there is just so much of it. I think I am beginning to understand the process and then read something else which completely throws me.

I am list-less (and listless), website-less, squeeze-less..... and on it goes. I have only ever "played around" with the likes of Facebook, Twitter etc. and am suffering very much from frustration with my own inabilities to grasp anything other than I need to build lists.

I intend to start life out here in cyberspace as an affiliate - full stop. Now what? I've read info saying you should only choose a program/product you are familiar with and other info saying you can basically choose anything you want to become involved in - there is plenty of stuff I am interested in but does that make me qualified to create a squeeze page promoting something I possibly don't have any first-hand experience of? Do I buy a domain name and create a website (I have a bit of experience of doing this) or do I do it via a blog - arghhhh?

I have very little cash to throw at any more things other than the real essentials such as an autoresponder (oh God, and there's another thing I just cannot get my head around - what on earth do you say in all these autoresponder messages).

As you can see - and I apologise for the lengthy whinge - I don't think I have a bl**dy clue as to what I am supposed to be doing, but I will be damned if it is going to beat me I have every intention of making a success of this but I just seemed to have reached a crossroads with no signs to point me in the right direction. I intend to have all my credit cards paid off much sooner than it will take at the present rate, and to buy some form of transport - even a pushbike sounds a luxury at the moment

Am I a lost cause?

Sue

Hi Karen,
Sorry to keep using these but there is a plethora of info that Chris Farrell has about creating, uploading, downloading ETC. on you tube.
This one will explain (hopefully) what you are looking for.
Until next time...

Hi Sue,

The 'thanks' button doesn't appear under YOUR posts - it appears under all the other posts. You just select the post of the person you wish to thank and click on the 'thanks' button under their post.

Have a good and productive day.

Regards

Karen

Hey there Sue, you are more than welcome my friend! OMG I can so totally relate to the "first coffee" thing, lol. My son used to stay away from me for the first hour of each morning, and he would warn his mates too when they stayed over, rofl! Man I loved those days.......

Take that well earned breather and decide how you are going to bring the internet to its knees

Hi Karen, all great questions and ones that I battled with for a long time. You know whats amazing..... is that if you ask 100 "self proclaimed gurus" that question, you will get 100 different answers! Then if you put all the answers together you may learn how to send an email :rolleyes:

Anyway in regard to your query...... There are a couple of ways this can be done. If you are using an AR (Auto Responder) system, you can add a link to one of your follow up messages, or attach the file. If you add a link, the file you are offering will need to be hosted on your server or another hosting server online.

I have just redone my Scmwatcher site today, as I am lowering the price and getting ready to start the next version of the book. If you take a look at www.scamwatcher.info you will see that I offer a FREE sample of the product, via the pop up capture box. This is designed and provided through Aweber, so what happens is when a person fills in their details in that form, my Auto Responder will collect the data and send out an "opt in" email. The subscriber then confirms that subscription, and the autoresponder is programmed to then automatically send message 2, which is the Thankyou email, containing an attachment of the sample pdf ebook.

With the book itself, I have it hosted on my server in a protected directory. When a person pays for the book via paypal or clickbank, the payment system automatically returns the buyer to my thankyou page, where they see the "Download" button. This download button is nothing more than a graphic, and I have added a link to it, so that when it is clicked, it calls up the ebook from the server. The buyer then has the option to do whatever they want with the book, save it, print it, etc.

Karen this may sound complicated, but it isnt really. I will leave it at that for now, but be sure to shoot other questions through if you need to.


Hey Sue,

Check out the reply to Karen above for details on your free books, etc. There are other options, but I didnt want to put too much information in there in one hit