My first $500+ day in internet marketing! I am totally hooked!

Hey Warriors!

I'm literally freaking out right now. I first got started in IM about 6 months ago, and ever since then, I have been dreaming about the day I make $500 in one day off my IM business.

Well today is the FIRST time I did it through IM, and I am totally floored. Not only did I make $500, but I did it within 2-3 hours.

Words cannot describe how I feel right now - it's a mixture of being high and my mind racing with ways I can do it bigger, better, and faster.

What is really cool to me is that I reached this mark WAY faster than I thought I would. I thought for sure it would take me a year plus to make my mark, but it came a lot faster.

I just wanted to share my story with you all, because I know Warriors can appreciate it a lot better than people who know nothing about IM. I have told a couple of my friends and the best response I have gotten so far was 'cool'. I guess they can't relate to how I feel right now.

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Here is what I did...
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You know all that stuff about building up a list - particularly a list of buyers?

Well it works.

I didn't really believe it until today, and I haven't had much success with it until now(and I know why looking back). All the money that I made today was made off my own list, no external advertising, no JVs, nothing. Just my own personal list of subscribers.

I had a really small list in a couple MMO niches.

I had about 850 freebie subscribers, and roughly 150 or so buyers total.

I got most of my buyers through a course that I sell which adds about 2-5 new buyers to my list each day.

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Then I created a product that relates to my list.
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I made a second product that compliments my original one that I thought my buyers would find useful.

I had a lot of questions regarding a certain technique that I taught in my original course, so I figured I could address all those questions in a comprehensive course.

All I did was make a 40 page guide with some video and charged a really cheap price at $17.

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Here is where the magic is - build up anticipation.
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This is a new technique I tried for the first time and I think it is solely responsible for the success of my mini-launch to my own list.

I created 3 emails sent out over 7 days building up the anticipation for my 'launch'.

Email on day 1 went something along the lines of:

'Hey guys...i got a new product coming out based off the massive response I got from my current customers regarding _______. It's coming out in 7 days, keep an eye out.'

Email on day 4 went like:

'Hello....just a reminder I got a new product coming out in the next few days. It will do this, this, and this, for you. Oh btw, I only have 50 copies I can sell at $17. After that, it will be raised to $27 or $37.[this is the truth]Keep an eye out for my launch email in the upcoming days so you can get it at this special rate'

Email on day 7 went like this:
[this was on accident mind you, but I really think it helped with sales]

'hello....having some technical difficulties so unfortunately I will not be able to make my promised launch date today. However, I am 100% certain that tomorrow at 6.00pm it will be totally ready to purchase [insert scarcity].'

Then on my official launch date, I sent out 2 emails with different subject lines letting them know the flood gates are open, and that they should buy it soon.

That's basically it. No freebies, no video, no nothing. Just plain old email message letting them know what is up.

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Key number 2 - make good stuff.
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I think this is also an important factor. You must make good products. I noticed that most of the buyers of my new product also bought my first product.

So that tells me that my first product was good, or else they wouldn't have bought my second one.

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Points you can go away with.
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• Build list - it doesn't have to be big, and you don't have to be a leet email marketer either. I suck at list building and email marketing, yet I still met all my expectations for launch.
• Provide good products, personally answer all questions from your buyers - this helps build trust, relationship,etc.
• Build anticipation 7 days before launch.
• Insert REAL scarcity when applicable(sp?).
  
• Buyers > Freebie seekers.
• People say these tips for a reason.

And that's really all there is too it. Now obviously all of this stuff didn't happen over night. I spent about 2 months building my list and about 1 month building the new product.

Next product I make I aim to atleast quadrupal my results that I saw today.

I learned so much doing this simple product launch that I think I really can reach that goal next time. My first $2000 day here I come!

To you newbies out there - just do something. Just because you are new to this game doesn't mean you can't make money or that you don't have something to contribute.

All of my products are nothing new. Im sure the topics that I cover have been beaten to death already, yet I still have people thanking me for what I taught them. The only difference is that I used my 'newbie' status to my advantage. I basically pitched my goods as 'hey look, Im no guru. I just started x mounts ago, but I managed to make x,xxx. want to know what I did?'

So instead of using my newbie status in a negative light, I focused on the positive - That I am new, I do all of this stuff right now, I know it works, it's easy, here's how.