Mentor Wanted Please?

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As per usual I will probably get slapped for posting in the wrong place but here seems as good as anywhere else without stepping on peoples toes!

Looking for some help/mentoring as all I have done in the past is keep buying cheap products as I am a sucker for sales pages! Don't get me wrong there are some great sales pages here on the Warrior Forum.

I have been told many times in the past that all I need is an Auto responder and sales page. That's my first problem, I can get an Auto responder no problem it is the sales page, free gift to give away etc.

How on earth do you start a sales/giveaway page?

I have been given the same advice over and over but no follow ups.

I have also been slated on the forum for my past mistakes which maybe my fault but this has not been constructive in my view so anyone who wants to copy and paste any old quotes please don't bother. I am getting a bit long in the tooth for the same old replies!

So I have been asked in the past what am I good at. Well many years ago I worked for a web solutions office doing search engine work of which I was quite good at. Now as you will gather from this post I can write until the cows come home!

So, some of the replies I have had is why don't I try writing articles and create a blog/web page, yes that is true but I need quality traffic but without spending a fortune.

Trust me I have tried before. I do have a niche/topic close to my heart which I have a profound knowledge of and that is Magic. Reviews, Selling second hand, Affiliate Marketing, etc.

So any helpful advice would be appreciated guys. Please refrain from criticism as it done not help me!

I am even willing to do a "Dragons Den" type deal to the right people/person who can guide me in the right direction.

Thank you for time and look forward to hearing from any genuine help.

Gary Ogden

p.s. can't find the button below to have email responses sent to me but I am sure it will turn up!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
    You say that you've been there, done that, got the t-shirt, etc. but still no business.

    What do you think the problem is?

    You say you need traffic so what have you done the last year to drive traffic?

    Mark
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  • Profile picture of the author garyogden
    Many thanks for your reply. I simply haven't tried to get traffic as I have yet to build a page for a freebie or giveaway. Probably answered my own question!
    Problem is even if I did have type of capture page how do I get the traffic?
    Are there WF members who could help me build a capture page?
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    • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
      Originally Posted by garyogden View Post

      Many thanks for your reply. I simply haven't tried to get traffic as I have yet to build a page for a freebie or giveaway. Probably answered my own question!
      Problem is even if I did have type of capture page how do I get the traffic?
      Are there WF members who could help me build a capture page?
      Soliciting help in this way will get your posts deleted because the forum considers that to be an ad of sorts.

      Not trying to be critical or negative but if you aren't doing the basics then none of it will work.

      I think you have a mindset issue more than a traffic issue. You admit to shiny object syndrome and that you haven't even built a simple page. You are jumping ahead 2-3 steps without doing the basics.

      I've been there done that.

      The question is, how is this request for help going to be any different? Are you going to judge the answers or think you know more than the answers or that the answers probably won't work so why even try?

      You probably know enough to get started. So why not do what you know to do and then come and get help. Put up a page for anything. Anything - it doesn't matter how much commission it is or what the product is. Just see if you can put a page up. Until you can do that by overcoming your fears, excuses, what ifs, etc. nothing will work.

      Mark
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by garyogden View Post

      Problem is even if I did have type of capture page how do I get the traffic?
      Are there WF members who could help me build a capture page?




      You're over complicating this...

      Forget the lead capture page, that's the easy part.

      You need to focus on the traffic lure, without traffic you've got nothing. Even the best lead page in the world is useless without traffic (relevant traffic).

      I'm your traffic, I'm right here, what do you have to offer me? Don't say "I don't know" , or I'll leave and find someone else to deal with.

      Note: It better be good and I better be able to share it with other people without your help. That's a long term traffic lure.

      Do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author IGotMine
    How on earth do you start a sales/giveaway page?
    With a domain and hosting.

    Are there WF members who could help me build a capture page?
    A ten-year-old can do it.

    I really don't understand the problem???
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    • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
      Originally Posted by IGotMine View Post

      I really don't understand the problem???
      Really??? We've seen this thousands of times. An incredible lack of self-confidence, resulting in paralyzing fear to take so much as the first step.

      Couple that with the false belief that anyone can help him and you wind-up with someone who has the audacity to state, in other words, "Please - no tough love. I can't handle it and it done not help me."

      If you show up here with the same old complaints, why would you expect anything other than the "same old replies?"

      Get off the pity-pot! No one here should help you until you at least take the first step to help yourself. If someone does, they are NOT actually helping you, but rather enabling you to always look to others for assistance.

      Rule No. 1 of Life. "GROW A PAIR!"

      Cheers.

      P.S. I'm guessing you also think someone should mentor you for free. Privileged, much???
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
    Here's the thing Gary. If I was your mentor and I told you to immediately:

    1. Stop buying products until your first pages/site is done.
    2. Stop looking at products until your first pages/site is done.
    3. Figure out how to put the page up through your own forum research and get it up today.

    Would you do it?

    That's a legitimate question.

    If you would, then go and do just that.

    If you wouldn't, then you are going to keep getting the same results you've been getting.

    It's decision time.

    Mark
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  • Profile picture of the author DIABL0
    Search google for a free template.
    Hire a freelancer to create one for you.
    Use a service like lead pages, click funnels, etc...
    Get a plugin for WordPress that will make it easier to create.
    Autoresponder service may have a page builder.

    However, do you know what you want to promote and use for a giveaway?
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    Originally Posted by garyogden View Post


    p.s. can't find the button below to have email responses sent to me but I am sure it will turn up!
    Go to you user name and highlite it. Switch to the classic view, than at the top of the thread subscribe to it. Subscribe is located on the left side next to the upvote button. If you don't how to get traffic visit the All in one traffic thread by PaulMyers. https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...ffic-tips.html
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  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
    Originally Posted by garyogden View Post

    Looking for some help/mentoring as all I have done in the past is keep buying cheap products as I am a sucker for sales pages! Don't get me wrong there are some great sales pages here on the Warrior Forum.

    I have been told many times in the past that all I need is an Auto responder and sales page. That's my first problem, I can get an Auto responder no problem it is the sales page, free gift to give away etc.

    How on earth do you start a sales/giveaway page?

    I have been given the same advice over and over but no follow ups
    Of course, most don't know, or are giving their sig, links a plug and still don't know, some do know, but anyway you get the picture.

    But eventhough l have been online for 10 years and here for 8, so should be allowed a certain amount of gravity, but l will keep this serious.

    My first site was a SiteSell one, which has a great totorial on SEO, keyword selection, monitizing, etc, which is free, but the site costs $30 or more a month depending on location.

    They also have a pretty good private forum.

    So if you are after training and like minded people, and can afford it, it might be a good place to start?

    But if you want more flexability, (SS, isn't 100% user friendly, or has restrictions) then Hostgator or Bluehost are good options.

    I was and am with Host,.., or almost have 10 sites with them, (including a blog).

    Their is something to learn about the C panel, and getting the hang of the building platform they offer to create your site.

    But it is cheap, ($10 a month for up to 10 sites) and you can create a squeeze page, etc from scratch, (more professional ones can be done, but that requires HTML grids, etc, not something a newbie will find easy).

    I have also been slated on the forum for my past mistakes which maybe my fault but this has not been constructive in my view so anyone who wants to copy and paste any old quotes please don't bother. I am getting a bit long in the tooth for the same old replies!

    So I have been asked in the past what am I good at. Well many years ago I worked for a web solutions office doing search engine work of which I was quite good at. Now as you will gather from this post I can write until the cows come home!

    So, some of the replies I have had is why don't I try writing articles and create a blog/web page, yes that is true but I need quality traffic but without spending a fortune.

    Trust me I have tried before. I do have a niche/topic close to my heart which I have a profound knowledge of and that is Magic. Reviews, Selling second hand, Affiliate Marketing, etc.

    So any helpful advice would be appreciated guys. Please refrain from criticism as it done not help me!

    I am even willing to do a "Dragons Den" type deal to the right people/person who can guide me in the right direction.

    Thank you for time and look forward to hearing from any genuine help.

    Gary Ogden!
    Magic, hmmm, ok, l tried boardgames and puzzles, since l successfully did one some time ago, (tried pretty much everything, to make that cough up, and it made peanuts).

    So the idea may be the reason?

    But don't get me wrong, you could do some videos on Youtube, etc, but yeah, sounds like it is on similar tines to what l tried, so......

    In all honestly, if you have little money, l would ditch the site idea, or at least learn about it, but put most of your focus into Fiverr, or other similar sites.

    Fiverr has its own traffic, so that problem is gone, and should be a good platform to build your Magic business on.

    And it is free, (well, apart from the $5 to start your account).

    Good luck.

    PS The Freelancing Mods here do moderate, and are paid to do so, apart from a myriad of other tasks; But there are also other mods that have been invited to moderate, on their own free time. And they are usually long standing members with track records!
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    • Profile picture of the author garyogden
      Many thanks for your helpful advice.


      Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

      Of course, most don't know, or are giving their sig, links a plug and still don't know, some do know, but anyway you get the picture.

      But eventhough l have been online for 10 years and here for 8, so should be allowed a certain amount of gravity, but l will keep this serious.

      My first site was a SiteSell one, which has a great totorial on SEO, keyword selection, monitizing, etc, which is free, but the site costs $30 or more a month depending on location.

      They also have a pretty good private forum.

      So if you are after training and like minded people, and can afford it, it might be a good place to start?

      But if you want more flexability, (SS, isn't 100% user friendly, or has restrictions) then Hostgator or Bluehost are good options.

      I was and am with Host,.., or almost have 10 sites with them, (including a blog).

      Their is something to learn about the C panel, and getting the hang of the building platform they offer to create your site.

      But it is cheap, ($10 a month for up to 10 sites) and you can create a squeeze page, etc from scratch, (more professional ones can be done, but that requires HTML grids, etc, not something a newbie will find easy).

      Magic, hmmm, ok, l tried boardgames and puzzles, since l successfully did one some time ago, (tried pretty much everything, to make that cough up, and it made peanuts).

      So the idea may be the reason?

      But don't get me wrong, you could do some videos on Youtube, etc, but yeah, sounds like it is on similar tines to what l tried, so......

      In all honestly, if you have little money, l would ditch the site idea, or at least learn about it, but put most of your focus into Fiverr, or other similar sites.

      Fiverr has its own traffic, so that problem is gone, and should be a good platform to build your Magic business on.

      And it is free, (well, apart from the $5 to start your account).

      Good luck.

      PS The Freelancing Mods here do moderate, and are paid to do so, apart from a myriad of other tasks; But there are also other mods that have been invited to moderate, on their own free time. And they are usually long standing members with track records!
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  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
    I would say that a little less mentor and a bit more action is needed in this case. You have the writing experience.. you have the interest and expertise... so whats the hang up? Look for topics like " Best deck for Card tricks " and offer some affiliate offers to buy decks

    Best trick decks
    best premium card decks
    best custom card decks
    best coins for magic tricks
    finger exercises for magicians
    how to improve slight of hand

    and I think you get the idea.... the amount of content is probably about endless.

    Magic is obviously visual... videos to go along with the post content would be nice.. doubles the platform accessibility.. throw in insta and facebook, and your reach widens and widens.

    At this point I have yet to mention an autosponder or a landing page. You have created a block, not only to the path to success, but the path to getting started.

    Startwith building a base.. and from there you can add things like mailing lists and offers to a list.. but right now there is nothing stopping you from not writting and directly from thatcontent page offering product related to the article.
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    • Profile picture of the author garyogden
      Thanks for that. I have already started by putting MS FrontPage onto my XP Laptop so I can build my own page, I am also doing a side line by selling my own used tricks.
      Nice to see constructive criticism for a change!


      Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

      I would say that a little less mentor and a bit more action is needed in this case. You have the writing experience.. you have the interest and expertise... so whats the hang up? Look for topics like " Best deck for Card tricks " and offer some affiliate offers to buy decks

      Best trick decks
      best premium card decks
      best custom card decks
      best coins for magic tricks
      finger exercises for magicians
      how to improve slight of hand

      and I think you get the idea.... the amount of content is probably about endless.

      Magic is obviously visual... videos to go along with the post content would be nice.. doubles the platform accessibility.. throw in insta and facebook, and your reach widens and widens.

      At this point I have yet to mention an autosponder or a landing page. You have created a block, not only to the path to success, but the path to getting started.

      Startwith building a base.. and from there you can add things like mailing lists and offers to a list.. but right now there is nothing stopping you from not writting and directly from thatcontent page offering product related to the article.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rose Anderson
    Gary,

    I've loved magic since I was a teenager and did it professionally for several years doing birthday parties and library shows. It was great fun and I miss it.

    One of the things I would advise is to decide who is your target market. It could be those who are new to magic and want to learn a few card tricks. In which case you'd focus on what an icebreaker it is at parties, or "Magic Tricks to Impress Women."

    A big audience I see are those who love magic and have been doing it for years but have no idea how to make money doing it. You could write a report on 7 ways to make money doing your magic. Including walk arounds at restaurants and parties, children's shows, trade shows, or teaching magic classes.

    Another idea might be -- How to Create a Birthday Party Show on Budget. You could even buy magic wholesale and put together a short show and sell it as a package.

    I have friends who did birthday parties to help pay for their college. It was a lot more fun and paid better than McDonalds.

    As others have already mentioned, when teaching or performing magic -- video is obviously the way to go.

    The point being, even in the market of Magic there are profitable sub-niches.

    Being a non-techie I understand how overwhelming this can all be. My advice is just take it one step at a time. YouTube may become your best friend. When things became too much of a time waster I hire someone to help me do the things I can't figure out.

    Good luck!

    Rose or Ramblin' Rose as I was known in my magic days
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave d
    These "Im looking for a mentor" posts always amaze me. Sorry if I initially come across rude as that is not my intention.

    Let me ask you a couple of questions.

    If you want someone to mentor you, would like someone that is the real deal, actually in the trenches with an IM business making serious cash?

    or

    Would you want to some that has no clue what their doing but talks a good game and will most likely leave you worst off then when you started?

    Ok the answer is obvious right, now you didn't mention how much you are willing to pay your mentor?

    Actually come to think of it, did you expect someone who is successful in IM to down tools, put their business on hold, tell all other potential students willing to pay $1000's to be mentored that their schedule is full so they mentor you ?

    I am sorry but it does not work that way, people that do extremely well in IM who have the ability to mentor you and make you successful already have many people banging down their down begging for their money to be taken.

    That's the harsh reality of it, they can command big mentoring fees and very few if any will do it for free unless of some sort of divine intervention.
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  • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
    Originally Posted by garyogden View Post

    As per usual I will probably get slapped for posting in the wrong place but here seems as good as anywhere else without stepping on peoples toes!

    Looking for some help/mentoring as all I have done in the past is keep buying cheap products as I am a sucker for sales pages! Don't get me wrong there are some great sales pages here on the Warrior Forum.

    I have been told many times in the past that all I need is an Auto responder and sales page. That's my first problem, I can get an Auto responder no problem it is the sales page, free gift to give away etc.

    How on earth do you start a sales/giveaway page?

    I have been given the same advice over and over but no follow ups.

    I have also been slated on the forum for my past mistakes which maybe my fault but this has not been constructive in my view so anyone who wants to copy and paste any old quotes please don't bother. I am getting a bit long in the tooth for the same old replies!

    So I have been asked in the past what am I good at. Well many years ago I worked for a web solutions office doing search engine work of which I was quite good at. Now as you will gather from this post I can write until the cows come home!

    So, some of the replies I have had is why don't I try writing articles and create a blog/web page, yes that is true but I need quality traffic but without spending a fortune.

    Trust me I have tried before. I do have a niche/topic close to my heart which I have a profound knowledge of and that is Magic. Reviews, Selling second hand, Affiliate Marketing, etc.

    So any helpful advice would be appreciated guys. Please refrain from criticism as it done not help me!

    I am even willing to do a "Dragons Den" type deal to the right people/person who can guide me in the right direction.

    Thank you for time and look forward to hearing from any genuine help.

    Gary Ogden

    p.s. can't find the button below to have email responses sent to me but I am sure it will turn up!
    POOF. Here it is.

    Your question is about a a sales/giveaway page, and you'll get your answer.

    This would be the beginning. It is a way to get someone into your funnel, onto your list or behind the closed doors of your bigger offer. It is a LEAD generation system.

    So the question is WHAT are you leading them to? We have no idea, and it appears you don't either.

    Here is a scenario to at least get you thinking about the END, which you should have in place before the beginning.

    MAGIC is a huge evergreen MARKET. If you want to make money, you need to niche it down, break it up and you've done a little in your post with REVIEWS, SELLING SECOND HAND AND AFFILIATE.

    Which honestly confuses me. IF you have "PROFOUND knowledge" with affiliate marketing for magic, why aren't you using it, or applying it and making a killing in the affiliate marketplace? NOT a criticism, just a disconnect from what you say you know and what you say you are doing. Am I wrong?

    But, lets continue. New tricks. It is a niche. Old tricks and USED or second hand which is also an area you claim knowledge of.

    So...the sales/giveaway page.

    A simple one page site, and it doesn't have to be html, and you don't have to go out and buy a hosting site either, not to get started. You don't need anything other than Word or a word processor like the free one; OPEN OFFICE.

    You write out your deal. FREE REPORT on how to find good prior owned magic tricks.

    You need a form, something to catch their email. You can get started with MailChimp with tons of tutorials on YouTube and at their web site, the FREE version will suffice to get you started.

    Instead of html, you export your doc from Open Office as a pdf file, and you can put that up at your FREE Dropbox account. So far, not a dime spent, but education on the how to coming at you.

    OK, the giveaway is a REPORT on buying or selling second hand magic tricks. s
    Is this something you can create? It could be a simple HOTSHEET, a one page PDF with links to sources of buyers and sellers.

    To get started, to learn how...you write the short sweet offer, GET YOUR FREE REPROT sign up here.

    Someone signs up. What's next? Well you can do it a couple of ways, but use your free MailChimp auto responder to send them the report.

    Normally, you want to have an offer in your freebie. What do you have for them? You want to step them up from a freebie to a buyer. Maybe a deck of cards as has been mentioned in another post. Maybe a sleight of hand trick. Or coin. SOMETHING, anything really to get them to buy from you. Normally it is a low cost item.

    You now have a customer if they buy, and if not, you may have some PROSPECTS, those people who signed up for your free report. So that is sort of an overview of the FUNNEL and what happens after they sign up along with a little how to get started for free so you learn how to do it.

    But that is the easy part. WHO sees your giveaway page? You can't give away anything if no one is around.

    Which is why TRAFFIC, and more important TARGETED TRAFFIC should be your first concern. And before you can select the sources of the targeted traffic, those people most likely to be interested in buying and selling magic tricks, you need to clearly identify the places they go, where they hang out and if there is a way to get them to your giveaway.

    See Gary, you're putting the cart before the horse.

    Start with the area of expetise you are most familar with as regards PRODUCTS and the marketplace. If it is buying and selling magic tricks, then start there. By the way I worked in a magic store, SPELLBINDERS in Kent, OH, run by magician Paul Burdick. So I know and have first hand knowledge of buying and selling magic tricks.

    YOU must identify your initial customer. When they came into the store, a lot of parents bringing in kids, and they want simple and easy get started stuff. When the pros came in, like Rose, those people who performed as Paul Burdick did, they were looking for more advanced, or in some cases more group entertaining.

    You begin where you are at with what you have and zig zag back and forth until you get honed in on exactly where you want to go, and you don't have that yet.

    So here's the deal for you Gary. Decide what you want to sell, what the giveaway is and what happens then, and if you can do that, if you can come up with even a general plan, I'll set aside a couple of hours a week to help guide you, fair enough? But it all depends on YOU doing, not me.

    And I think you have some problems to overcome first, but let's see shall we?

    GordonJ
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    Nice to see constructive criticism for a change!
    Comments like that - which you seem to make frequently - don't make people want to advise you.

    You tell people what NOT to tell you and that is hurting YOU.

    You plan to use FrontPage....but sold a video here years ago about how to use Wordpress. Do you have a WP blog about magic? Why not?

    You posted about building/selling 'mobile sites' in the past - and that makes it difficult to understand why you can't build a landing page.

    Some people are rude - but others are trying to understand where the problem is so they CAN help you. You have some excellent suggestion above - more than enough to get started working in the 'magic' niche. A week from now or a month from now, will be interesting to see where you go with the advice provided.

    Make a simple list of what you need to do - build a landing page - build a blog - join affiliate programs...whatever. Then tackle the list one by one.

    Have confidence in your own abilities - what's the worst that can happen? Isn't that where you are now? Stop digging, start climbing.

    So here's the deal for you Gary. Decide what you want to sell, what the giveaway is and what happens then, and if you can do that, if you can come up with even a general plan, I'll set aside a couple of hours a week to help guide you, fair enough? But it all depends on YOU doing, not me.
    That's the best offer you will get here - take it and run with it!
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    • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      Some people are rude
      And some people aren't Willy Wonka and they don't sugarcoat shit.

      The OP can't be helped. He wants to be catered to. He wants everyone to do his work for him. He's adverse to hearing the hard realities of life and the world of IM.

      I'll say it again. If you think you are helping this person, you are wrong.

      It's 2018. Anyone can find free tutorial videos, and a free WordPress theme and plugins to accomplish what he needs done and the initial steps to go live would take around 30 minutes. I have a friend with a 7 year old daughter that started her own WordPress blog in an hour, with no help from dad. None!

      What we have here is a total lack of initiative. Period!

      You're being emotionally scammed. He needs to go do the basics and THEN return and ask for help. This is so sad. lol
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
    Originally Posted by garyogden View Post

    How on earth do you start a sales/giveaway page?
    Gary,

    Frankly, very few people know how to do EVERYTHING themselves. So, if there is a technical task you don't know how to do, the solution is simple... OUTSOURCE IT.

    There are people in the Work For Hire section of this forum (or on Upwork) that will help you do almost anything -- often for a reasonable fee. (Just make sure to choose people with experience and excellent testimonials.)

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
      Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

      Gary,Frankly, very few people know how to do EVERYTHING themselves.
      And even fewer are incapable of doing ANYTHING for themselves.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    If you don't have one, get a digital video camera. It doesn't have to be fancy. You can use your smart phone or check eBay. I just checked and found a number of Samsung cameras for under $50 that will work. Also, get an inexpensive tripod. In a pinch a baggie filled with flour will do.

    Download and master the basics for the FREE video editing program ShotCut to edit your videos. ShotCut is FREE and there's plenty of FREE training videos for it on Youtube.
    https://shotcut.org/

    Get an autoresponder account with someone like Getresponse. They have landing page creators and will even host them for you. If you can type and click you can create a landing page.

    Create videos for Youtube about what you know and love, magic. Make some public and some "unlisted". Encourage people to get access to your unlisted videos by sending them to your GetResponse landing page.

    Set GetResponse to automatically email them the link(s) to your unlisted videos on Youtube.

    For example, make a video doing a magic trick. In the video itself and in the video description, have a call to action for something like "click the link to discover easy step by step instructions how to do this trick". The link goes to your GetResponse landing page. They sign up and Getresponse automatically sends them the links to your unlisted video(s).

    Taking this a step further, you can create courses on magic and post them on Udemy and Skillshare, using your Youtube videos and Getresponse autoresponder to build a list to help promote your magic video training course as well as other products and courses.

    You won't get anywhere making one or two videos for Youtube. You'll need a bunch to get traction. Check out the most popular Youtube channels in your niche and see which of their videos are the most popular. Then ask yourself:

    Which ones can I make quickly and easily?
    Which videos can I make for free (or cheap)?

    You will need to learn how to shoot and edit video, how to promote on Youtube (including keyword selection and creating thumbnails that get clicks), how to promote and use both Udemy and Skilllshare, etc.

    Youtube, Udemy and Skillshare all have built-in traffic. Create videos about magic and focus on them.
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      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      You will need to learn how to shoot and edit video, how to promote on Youtube (including keyword selection and creating thumbnails that get clicks), how to promote and use both Udemy and Skilllshare, etc.
      Hilarious.
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