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Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 14th December 2015, 09:54 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,547
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Mail Chimp vs Imnica Mail?

I can't comment on MailChimp, but Imnica has the worst delivery of any service I've tried over the last 4 years.

You can expect almost 100% of your emails to go to spam. Their reputation with the...
Forum: Copywriting 1st May 2015, 06:01 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 8,148
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: 1,000th post: my best advice to aspiring copywriters

Angie, seven pure advice gems, not a dud in the bunch...

...and you're right, that "pit forming in your stomach at the thought of working
with that potential client" is still the best early...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th April 2015, 09:18 AM
Replies: 217
Views: 26,738
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Making My First Million Online- My Story

Its always nice to read stories like this...keeps many new marketers (and not so new ones) motivated, even inspired...

I am wondering though, how you accomplished this 'commission sharing' with...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 22nd December 2014, 10:14 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 3,997
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Ain't That A Shame

From an advertisers standpoint, thats all that matters. I see my ads on WF no longer produce anything like they used to. Tier 2 and 3 countries simply do not and cannot buy like Tier 1 countries......
Forum: Warrior Forum Classified Ads 13th December 2014, 04:59 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,183
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: OptinSkin 3.5 Plugin Clickbank Best Seller Discount -Limited Time Special Offer - DON'T Pay $97

Just want to say, when Mark Hess, my #1 Software Advisor/Geek says a WP Plug-in or any software tool is worth buying...I JUST BUY IT...

'nuff said.
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th April 2014, 01:04 PM
Replies: 217
Views: 7,814
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Warrior Forum redesign

LOL!!....Yes, I agree, even the scammers need a change.
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th January 2014, 03:40 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,575
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: What sales jobs did you learn the most from?

I sold books (similar to encyclopedias) door to door and at mall kiosks in last year of high school and early years of college....a big challenge for sure, and took some attitude adjustment, but...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th December 2013, 10:54 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 925
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: New WHOIS Verification Requirements

I would have to classify this as a small annoyance, but nothing more. If all you need to
do is respond to an email, just make sure you use an address you're likely to check
fairly often.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th December 2013, 10:48 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 4,095
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: [ATTN: WSO SELLERS] Affiliate Fraud Explained - And 7 simple tricks to get your money back NOW

Excellent post...you did all the leg work for anyone who is selling products on WF and having this happen. I know, because exactly what you described has happened to me. And I ended up paying the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th November 2013, 08:23 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,853
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Buyer disputes in Paypal for digital product

Yes, you could win the dispute, because its digital. And you could win the next one.
But while you are winning these small battles, you may lose the war.

I have had four extensive conversations...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th November 2013, 09:30 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 11,773
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Best cheap autoresponder? (one time fee)

Saw this and had to comment. I had Imnica for slightly over a year ...the WORST service and WORST delivery rates. When I switched to GetResponse, my open rate immediately went up 270%....and sales...
Forum: Email Marketing 1st November 2013, 07:56 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 6,778
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Sick of Emails Not Being Opened?

Have to agree with Alexa about all the 'big boys" testing. I think much of it is copying and assumptions about what works, not facts.

However, I think there's a big factor she didn't mention:
WHO...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th September 2013, 08:02 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,380
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Selling Advertising

This is such an effective argument Claude, and it made me think of this:

I'd probably tell the woman rep to go to a novelty shop and get a couple
pairs of "eyeballs"....when she's in person with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th September 2013, 11:51 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 589
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Buying an article form an expert copywriter

Just a small point, but you would be likely buying an article from a "content writer" not a copywriter.
Copywriters are generally writing sales material, not content.
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2013, 06:59 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,153
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: I Budgeted $200 For Clickbank Affiliate Business - Targets $1000 Returns Within 30 Days

THIS is a great quote, imo. I intend to quote Alexa in my next newsletter.
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Bruce
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd September 2013, 09:49 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 542
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: How would you respond to this Ad

Mike, I would still be leery. I'd have to set up an infrastructure (for his niche) to find and capture leads. If I was using PPC I'd have an investment upfront, and if it was driven by organic...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd September 2013, 09:39 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,547
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Want A Great Job Tomorrow? Here's How. Really.

Claude's advice is right on, and I got one of my early sales jobs doing something similar. It's always a tempting offer for an owner who's hungry for more business.

I want add something related...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th August 2013, 08:34 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 11,977
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Ben Feldman, A Legendary Salesman

Totally agree Claude.
I watched a video of Ben years ago, and at first glance,
you would never have guessed he was so successful. He was sitting at a small
table being interviewed by a host....
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th June 2013, 08:49 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 911
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: "Here's why you shouldn't lie to a plumber consulting client..."

Totally agree Chris :-) Great post.

You just can't fake it 'til you make in any significant niche. One way I've found to bridge this
knowledge gap is to offer to do some work for client in an...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th May 2013, 10:16 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 6,764
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Sadly Ken Strong has lost his battle with cancer

What truly sad news to hear. Ken was a real fighter and a damn nice guy. My condolences to his family and may his soul rest in peace.
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th April 2013, 11:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,053
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: One of The Biggest IM Misstakes I've Made....

This is a powerful technique I've used more times than I can count with my retail store clients. We have added a higher price point to the product line, just to be able to make the previous higher...
Forum: Email Marketing 30th March 2013, 09:05 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,810
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Is MailChimp good enough to start an e-mail list?

I would never use MailChimp (and not just because it's a stupid name) :-) lol

The biggest single mistake I made when getting serious about online marketing was trying
to cut corners and save...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th March 2013, 08:48 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,118
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Take down 3 year old, unprofitable copywriting website?

BINGO. There's your problem. You hate what you are trying to become. Definitely a roadblock to success! :-)

Myself, I've been a copywriter and marketer for 23 years - absolutely love it. I would...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th March 2013, 09:15 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 689
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: What day of the week is best for email opens?

Great information Jim!

Get Response has collected some real useful metrics here.
Thanks.
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th February 2013, 02:28 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,552
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Squidoo pros and cons

To me, that has always been the argument that wins the day.

It's not whether or not Squidoo is 'worth it'..it's what could I be doing INSTEAD of investing time in Squidoo. Plus, I have not seen...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th February 2013, 02:58 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,744
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Doing Reputation and Review Management for Clients, (Better Read This) Before going any further

I saw this the other day. Thanks for referencing it, Russ.

I just have to ask, is there no limit to the intrusiveness Google is allowed? While there are certainly cases of 'review abuse', etc....
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th February 2013, 05:36 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,070
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Ari Galper's "Curious/Humble" Approach to Cold Calling

Boy, is that the truth!...great take-away John!
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th January 2013, 10:21 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 28,471
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Wix or Wordpress - Honestly?

..and I suppose Google doesn't love HTML sites or any other sites?

Google loves unique, fresh content, that's all. The platform doesn't matter.
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th January 2013, 09:57 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 9,233
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Zaxaa - New Paypal Instant Commission Network

Doesn't this refer to the VENDOR? ...and not the Vendor's customers?
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Bruce
Forum: Offline Marketing 10th January 2013, 12:01 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,049
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: What are most profitable offline business niches to target?

There are an awful lot of contractors who have money to spend on marketing. They do spend it seasonally, but you can build a marketing business around helping them. Lead gen sites and getting them...
Forum: Offline Marketing 10th January 2013, 11:33 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 915
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: 2 Types Of Business 0wners and Different Messages For Them

At least for me, I've found 'Mr Steady' to be quite satisfied with incremental improvement.
He/she is almost afraid of anything that promises BIG GROWTH, and I think is prone
not to believe it as...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd December 2012, 10:42 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 820
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Leading with Web Design....??

That's my experience as well. There's a substantial market in 'remodeling' existing sites. Looking for businesses without a site who have been around quite awhile isn't going to be any more...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd December 2012, 10:37 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 786
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Postage going up...

I have to say, all in all, postal mail is still a great deal. And based on what my clients and I are seeing, response rates are pretty good. In general there is less competition in the mails than...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st November 2012, 11:08 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,116
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Looking for Forex

Why limit yourself to Forex? There are other day-trading-type products that don;t necessarily have so much competition and still sell well.

The only reason Forex sells at all, imo, is because...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st November 2012, 10:42 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,002
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: EasySpin with The Best Spinner

Every time I am tempted to look at the latest crop of spinners I'm disappointed.

It's a technology that still needs a human brain to be useful...which means it takes loads of time to bring an...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 15th November 2012, 09:58 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,839
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Imnica Mail Or Aweber? This is the question...

I just dropped IMNICA after using them for over a year. It's hard to find anything good to say about them.

Deliverability was horrible, and I mean in every respect. All the big services like...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd November 2012, 09:03 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 2,154
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: How many businesses do you run online?

I need variety for many reasons.

First, to keep my sanity, as I get bored doing or working on the same thing over and over.
So, I manage almost all my clients websites, for a monthly fee.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th October 2012, 08:19 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,687
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Finally did it. 1,400 sales in 24 hours--and a deep dark secret [long]

Congratulations Tom. What a great result! ..I did the math and it works out to 1.5% conversion / 'names mailed' to 'sales.'...so having a 92,000 name list was key to making 1,400 sales, of course. ...
Forum: Copywriting 25th October 2012, 11:01 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,330
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: A Note To Everyone That Critiques Copy

Why would that be the goal of this section?
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd October 2012, 04:57 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 719
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Cold Calling?

I've made a good living as an advertising writer for almost 23 years. I would advise you to print out all of Joseph Robinson's post above and do everything in it. He does a good job of identifying...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd October 2012, 04:43 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,358
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Best price for selling an ebook on Clickbank?

I would not bother testing PRICE until you have improved the sales page.

The items you mention are not merely "a few important elements", they are important. The biggest element missing though, ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2012, 12:56 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,982
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Whats up with Clicksure?

That's my guess as well. I'll predict as Clicksure is forced to tighten it's acceptance procedure, it will start to fall out of favor with product sellers, too.
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th October 2012, 09:12 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,724
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: How to create a great WSO

Ben, it's such a well-constructed complete post, while I didn't copy it all over, I wanted to give you kudos for putting it all together. EXCELLENT.

As one who has run 12 WSO's in the last year...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th October 2012, 09:57 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 11,925
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Robert Kiyosaki's Shocking Bankruptcy!!!

You have to give the guy credit, though...he constructed a huge information empire from one book. Yet, no one has been able to substantiate even the identity of the "Rich Dad" he refers to throughout...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2012, 10:57 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,134
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Are you guys still using craigslist?

Great comment!..I started with CL online and did tremendous for myself and my clients. Then it became more of a pain and I backed off.

Now, in the last 5 months I am back into and am seeing good...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2012, 10:49 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 706
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Did You Get Into Internet Marketing For All The Right Reasons?

Good topic...I got into internet marketing to complement what iw as doing offline. If work at it, and plan for the long haul you can do well. The big advantage is that it makes my business much more...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2012, 09:22 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 511
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Are Using Sub Domains A Waste Of Time And Effort?

If you have any plans down the road to sell the website, I would not set it up on a sub-domain.
Outside of that, I've been able to rank those sites and sell off of them just as well as primary...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2012, 09:03 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 604
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Where has all my traffic gone....

Are you saying the site was still ranking? If so, it might be premature to assume it's Google re-ranking your emd lower...just a thought.
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Bruce
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th September 2012, 09:54 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,183
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Whats your favorite closing line

You may not believe this, but often I find silence is the best closing tool.

If I've structured the dialogue properly, it often ends up being more of a question coming from the prospect like.....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th September 2012, 10:18 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,250
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Weurd thing i've noticed the gurus starting to do

The standard 'sales page look' is losing appeal.

I have clients who were very successful with it 4 years ago, and are seeing a weakening of results now. Travis ( girlgetsring) is a big tester from...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th August 2012, 03:25 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,272
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: War Stories And The Dirty Truth Of Consulting

Ewen, just started listening to these...Thanks! Perry and the interviewees are great. JPM is one serious dude!
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th August 2012, 07:41 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 788
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: How do you improve your writing?

Reading good literature can do more to help you write better than almost anything. Of course you still have to write, too, but your subconscious embeds all the well-written prose. Later when you're...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th August 2012, 12:53 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 781
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Why Most WSO Creater, Don't Give Importance to creativity of WSO?

My sentiments exactly. No one sees the product contents until purchase. As long as its presentable, more bells and whistles will have no effect on sales. And if buyers are unhappy with it, pretty...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd August 2012, 10:03 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 861
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: Is August quiet for Sales?

July was slow (actually only slow month this year - knock on wood.)

August has picked up considerably.
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Bruce
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2012, 05:48 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 2,708
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: What Books Are YOU Reading Right Now? :)

Right now I'm half way through "Trust Me, I'm Lying" by Ryan Holiday. He shows how he was able to manipulate the big online blogs like Gawker Network to run stories for his clients. ...and get them...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2012, 05:41 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,444
Posted By Bruce NewMedia
Re: The True Story of 3 Who Made It Big

Great post Bruce! I had often wondered about the background of someone like Eric Louviere. I think a lot of times folks don't realize how close they are to bigger success...and your 3 point summary...
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