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| Imagine being able to build websites in record time and then turn them into a niche business directory quickly and simply. Imagine charging a monthly retainer for the work you did one time, several months ago. You're actually doing small business owners a favor, and making a tidy profit too... Discover the Secrets of Building a Residual and Passive Income by Creating an in Demand Business Using This Step by Step Model. Owning a niche directory can be a very profitable business model. The problem with this, is that the software to run these sites can be very complex to setup and maintain, or very expensive to buy, until now... We all know times are tough right now, it's the same all over. Businesses everywhere are paring their expenditure to the bone hoping this will save them until better times arrive. They're too scared to spend even a single penny, let alone several hundred Dollars for a website they absolutely need. BUT... What if you could put a simple website together for them, and give it to them for no cost? Do you think most business owners will jump at this opportunity? Of course they will. And while you have their undivided attention, they might just be interested in the other services you'll be able to offer them. This course has been designed to get you started in working with offline businesses. Quote:
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I call this my '90 Second Business Website System', as it takes less than a minute and a half to locate businesses that probably don't have websites, and build one for them. Do this one niche at a time, plug in a front end, and 'Hey Presto', you have a 'Vertical Niche Directory'. Properly marketed, this niche directory alone will be a powerful magnet for your Offline Business Model. Listen, I'm not a fan of long sales letters, so I will cut this one short for you. This short course is a series of ten videos, each one concentrated on taking you a step further in the process of building your niche business directory. Videos 1. Introduction Outlines the contents of my video set.2. Prospecting For Clients Two videos, each showing a site that will provide you with you need to get started. The prospecting methods are identical for each site, but they present the information you need in a different way.3. Website Templates Shows how to setup the raw templates that makes your life a whole lot easier. I also suggest a few sources to complete websites that can be used with my system.4. Website Building Tools This demonstrates the two FREE tools I use to put these sites together. It's most likely you already have one of these installed right now.5. WordPress Front End I use WordPress blogs as a front end for my directories, in this video, I show you how to configure your blog. This video does not show how to install a WordPress blog.6. Uploading to Server I suggest a couple of methods of the folder structure in this video. I also demonstrate how to link from your WordPress blog front end to the actual individual websites creating your directory.7. Promote Your Offer I provide a couple of template letters for you edit for your own needs, and sources of inspiration should you decide to write a series of prospecting letters.8. Marketing Your Niche Directory Marketing your directory is the same as marketing a website. In this video, I discuss some methods of getting free backlinks.When you've watched the videos, you will suddenly realize that cold calling is a thing of the past for you. Your prospects are warmed to your offers. Do you think that would help you grow your offline business fast? Whenever they need more help with their business marketing, they're gonna get on the phone and call YOU. As with all my previous products, anybody who purchases version one is entitled to a FREE upgrade to version two, no matter what price I decide to sell it for. As a thank you for the support in the Warrior Forum over the years, I'm holding the introductory price down to $27. You're not spending $27 in an offline marketing product, you're investing $27 in a plan that will work for you. My guarantee is very simple. If you are not satisfied with the information my videos contain, please ask for a refund. I will process this request promptly. Got a question, but can't PM me? FAQs Q: What is a vertical directory? A: A vertical directory is a directory that concentrates on a specific business niche. This has huge advantages over a horizontal directory, as you only need to own a few templates geared towards your niche, or have one specific newsletter you might write to your clients, and even just one set of autoresponders messages written. In addition to this, you will be considered to be THE expert in your directories niche, and this will make it even easier to gain new clients, as it's possible that they will approach you after time. You could concentrate on dentists for example, and then move onto a new niche once you've gained all the clients you can in your target area. Q: can you show me what a vertical directory might look like? A: Sure. I quickly threw this together as an example of how one might look. Had I spent a little more time on it, I could have made it a lot better. The Finest in US Glenn Leader | |||
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Hey Glenn, This looks very interesting. Do you have a sample site of what these directories actually look like? Thanks! |
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Hi Glenn, I've been aware of this strategy for a while, but haven't implemented it because it was so time-intensive. You quote "90-seconds" to build the niche directory. I'd like to know what the REAL-time investment would be to implement this strategy using your system. Thanks. :-) |
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cropped up that needed my attention. I should get onto that tomorrow. HTH Glenn | |
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Thanks for your question. It takes about 90 seconds to build the website for the businesses that you wanted to tackle, this includes the time it takes to uncover businesses that have no online presence.It's probably less that 30 seconds to upload it and add their link to your front end.It goes without saying that the more busine- sses you target, the longer it will take to build your directory. You'd build a fair sized directory in an hour of, say 20 businesses at least, and more if you get into a routine. Remember, the directory is a method for you to get the attention of offline business owners. You wouldn't need to build a big directory if you wanted to work closely with them. Quite often, a handful of businesses is more than some people can handle as they have other fish to fry. But, if you'd just want to build a Vertical Directory, and earn an income from that, you can grow this at the rate that suites you. HTH Glenn | |
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What's a vertical directory?
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| Hi Warcher, Good question! A vertical directory is a niche specific directory. Let's say dentists. This has huge advantages over general niche business directories because you can focus your work more directly. If you send businesses newsletters for example, you can target the information directly at dentists, or if you set up autoresponders for them, you will only need to have one set written. HTH Glenn |
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Hi, Roughly: Broad keywords correspond to Horizontal keywords. Narrow keywords correspond to Vertical (silo) keywords. Broad/Horizontal is: General Practitioners or Medical Specialists or Dentists Narrow/Vertical is: cheap internal medicine or cheap chiropractors or cheap brain surgeon or cheap dentists, local dentists, best dentists Niche Specific Longtail is: cheap holistic chiropractors or cheap neuro brain surgeons or cheap periodontal dentists, cheap painless local dentists Jim ><> |
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Glenn, you've definitely intrigued me with your answer to my question. Now I'm just waiting to see a sample site. :-) |
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Yep, I am joining the queue here to see a sample site also. Sounds very interesting. I could just purchase and get a refund if it proved dissappointing but I hate asking for refunds so I will wait for more info and feedback. |
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Sorry for the delay in getting these to you. I've been having problems with my PC today. Here are a couple of links for the kinds of websites that can be built in 90 seconds. Remember, these are just examples, your templates can have any number of pages, with proper content to whet the appetites of potential clients. Dr. Jane Gilbert If you want to see when the front end would look like, just shout out. I'll do a screen dump, that save me installing another copy on my server. In actual fact, in the videos (and in real life), I use WordPress, and edit the Blog Roll settings on the side. HTH Glenn | |||||
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Glenn, your example show single pages...so how's that directory looks like... Maybe lot's of single pages....I'm very interested and would like to see the 'whole' picture, aka directory. Joe |
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I got a sneak peak at this and it's solid. If you're interested in this business model and want a simple way to make money offline then you can't go wrong investing $27 in Glenn's course. |
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You don't have to have single pages. You can also build complete websites in the same time it takes to build a single page. As each page/website resides in its own folder, it really doesn't matter what size the presence is for your clients. However, I've built a small directory on one of my unused domains today, just to give an idea about how it could look. http://finestin.us HTH Glenn | |
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Thank you Kyle, I'm glad you found value in my course. Coming from an expert in offline marketing strategies like yourself, that is a very nice compliment indeed ![]() Glenn | |
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The URLs aren't very SEO friendly as they give obscure characters such as percentage signs. Any chance of fixing that? If so you may have a winner here, Glenn.
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engines see them. They're easily removed and the SE's will spider them just the same. WordPress doesn't like spaces in link URL's, which is why I inserted %20. I spend a minute or so re-editing the links with hyphens (dashes) instead, and renamed the folders. HTH Glenn | |
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So to be clear, you will modify the software so that they are removed then?
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This isn't software, it's a system. And because it's a system, you can easily adapt it to work in a different way for you. Of course it works perfectly as it stands too. WRT the %20. I added them myself when I put the demo together, you can use hyphens-if-you-prefer, or_even_underscores. You can also opt to use nothing, and CloseUpTheWords. All of these are perfectly acceptable in the eyes of search engines. I've opted to use hyphens in the link re-edit. You can't use spaces, because WordPress doesn't like them. HTH Glenn | |
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Hey Glenn, how do you do the personalisation thing here??? ![]() Didier |
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Okay-so the monetization process is to give the sites away on the front end and then hopefully backend the client other services like autoresponders and lead generation etc. or do you charge for the directory listing on a monthly subscription basis as well?
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Hi Glenn, if you start another WSO, would you be so kind to take another name to talk to? Thanks for your effort. BrightLife P.S.: BTW I am not interested. |
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Seriously, the forum has a feature that presently allows people to personalize posts so everyone sees their own name. A bit of a shocker sometimes, isn't it? | |
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Thank you Amy, I expect lots of WSO owners have received similar comments. I was shocked when Allen posted publicly how good I am ![]() Glenn |
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No, you don't charge for membership of your directory. And, you pile on the goodies.... Free hosting, free domain name, free email, free marketing newsletter, free 20 minutes personal consultation each month. The free consultation could be a shop front for further services that you might have that will help your clients. But what you do charge for is monthly maintenance of their hosted directory website. I know it equates to the same thing as a paid membership, so you could test two offers, but the end result is the same, a monthly retainer. This will open the door for other services you might want to offer, which could easily be outsourced, and you managing the outsource team and YOU creaming the profit. HTH Glenn | |
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Dear Glenn you are great.. I am thinking about having a one niche topic per 90 seconds is far more better than a website in a same time..
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Are all the page templates you use included in the package? How many companies would you include in one directory?
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I don't see any directory within links but a kind of advertising page for business owners m'I correct?
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Glenn, how do you promote your offer to your clients? Is it done through the mail or do you need to stop at business and talk to them? doug |
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And stop using my name in your title !!!!!!!!!!!!! (LOL) |
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local locations. If you wanted just to build and profit from running a Vertical Business Directory, then there is no reason to stick to your location. I used the finestin.us domain in my demo, simply because I had that domain just sitting around. I live in London, and that's where I operate from. HTH Glenn | |
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blog in the hopes of getting a business to buy into your services, when you can the the same hook baiting in a fraction of the time. Once you get critical mass, you'll have as much work as you can handle, or outsource the extra work and make a tidy profit. HTH Glenn | |
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to get them from. When I get the support forum up and running, there will be some templates in there... I just need to go through my list of MRR site templates. As far as the number of companies you have in your directory. The more you have, the better it is... In this scenario, once businesses see their competitors there, they want entry too. HTH Glenn | |
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that you mostly host (the 90 Second Solution). You could link to external sites too. As you say, it can be considered to be a landing advertising page (or mini site) for Google local (for example), but will also benefit from your directory marketing, and other marketing systems too. HTH Glenn | |
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It's done via snail mail. Examples are provided, and this will help those who have problems with cold calling. Once you have a client on board, it makes it so much easier to talk with them, and take your offline business forward. HTH Glenn | |
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blog in the hopes of getting a business to buy into your services, when you can get the same hook baiting in a fraction of the time. HTH Glenn | |
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In my videos, I show you how to decide on your niches. There is no reason at all why you shouldn't tackle a handful of niches, but have a favourite where you focus the most. HTH Glenn | |
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So do you first set their "site" up as a sub-directory or subdomain, and then once you sell them on the maintenance plan, would they get their own separate domain name?
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Hey Glenn, How possible would it be to get one 30 or so businesses on one directory? Also I seen on one of your samples you charge £35/ per month. Is this the full amount you charge your clients? Gurpreet |
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![]() These directory entries are setup as subfolders. This is all a natural part of the system that has been designed to cut down on your workload, and reduce your requirements on your hosting package. You'll understand when you see the videos. Once you have them onboard, and you have their first monthly payment, you can then spring for their domain name, which will point to their folder on your server. I should point out that you don't have to provide a domain name, but it really sweetens to pot. HTH Glenn | |
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You can have as many entries in you directory as you need to provide the work and income you can manage. Some people prefer to just run a directory, and use that for income, others, like me, use this as the bait on the hook for the other services. If you feel that £35/month isn't enough for you, then you can charge what you like as long as your market can sustain that price. HTH Glenn | |
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Hi Glenn Are you actually doing this yourself? If so, is there a reason why you've not given us links to real live sites? Thanks Alan |
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Yes, I am doing this myself, but I don't give links to any of my live sites (publically or privately) because I don't want people to undercut me in an attempt to poach my clients. I'm not saying that anybody will, but it would be foolhardy to think it's impossible. I'm just protecting my clients and my business, as I'm sure you would. HTH Glenn | |
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