What are the main elements of an effective author website?
·Prominent buy this book button or link on every page
·Top of the home page: Clear statement of the genre of the book and what it’s about (even more important than book title and author name)
·Memorable domain name (not necessarily the book title or author name)
·Sample chapter (or sample pages if children’s picture book)
·Discussion group questions (or children’s activities if children’s picture...

DAY 4: quick update

I begun searching 'business consultants' and 'success coach' on Google hoping to find PPC advertisers without autoresponders, but pretty much everyone had one already.
Therefore I put making a list of new leads on hold and decided to call the 10 personal trainers I had already sent a letter to last week but none responded to.

So I did 6 calls (4 people didn't pick up - will call later):
- 5 no's.
- 1 maybe down the line.

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Right now, here's what I've got on my to-do list:

1. Find 20 very good leads myself and cold call each one.
2. Do follow up calls to all 12 personal trainers I sent a letter to, but none responded.
3. Put an ad up for my website on craigslist.
4. Fix autoresponder and improve the headline on website.
5. See if I can find someone to promote my services to their list.
6. Tell my virtual assistant to get me 100 good leads split across 4 niches - so the top...

here's the first update. I would have done it sooner, but I've been too busy working!

1. Made a basic website so prospects have something to see if they ask for a website. It's called DoubleYourProfits.com.au - name inspired by Eban Pagan's DoubleYourDating

2. Just sent 40 letters to real estate agent prospects. I used the template below. Hopefully I get 5-10 people interested from it, I was being pretty selective choosing good leads.

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Hey,

I'm setting myself a challenge to make $10,000 by Friday 06/3/09. My plan to achieve this is by spending 100% of my focus on the offline gold cash cow method and not dabble in anything else until I achieve this goal.

Here's a quick bio about me: I've been in the IM industry 2.5 years and believe I have a pretty good understanding of it as a whole. I know what to do to get results and right now I'm doing these things. Whilst I'm not making much money right now with...