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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th November 2022, 04:57 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 355
Posted By johndetlefs
RE: Employee monitoring in remote working

Does each team member have an agreed upon list of tasks to get done that day?

In my experience of managing a team of 4 all the way up to 200 staff (contact centre in PH) the easiest way is for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th November 2022, 05:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 439
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: I want to develop a Saas software, state your opinion.

Hey Paul, welcome to the forum.

I'll jump in here, because I get asked a variation on this theme just about every day. The "short" answer is, it depends.

In my experience there are two types...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th November 2017, 08:02 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 960
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Clickbank offer and lead magnet ?

Depends.. assuming the lead magnet is high quality, then for my money, by far the more important issue is who gets to "own" the end-result of the traffic (ie: the opt-in details).

If you run the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th November 2017, 11:10 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 371
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Question for Development/Design and Marketing Agencies on how to get better clients

Actually, I'm almost annoyed I didn't think of this.. amazing advice and spot on.

To give you a real life example of a client thinking something is "off". I have a friend who is an HR manager for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th November 2017, 10:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 371
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Question for Development/Design and Marketing Agencies on how to get better clients

Ideally you don't want too many one-off projects. They pay the bills, but in a perfect world you'd be specifically looking for recurring work.

Often I'll get the client on a monthly retainer, and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th November 2017, 06:43 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 371
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Question for Development/Design Agencies

I wouldn't worry so much about selling yourself short, as much as Freelancer IMO is not the best place to get the best paying / recurring work. The competition is fierce, and I've always felt like a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2017, 04:58 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,608
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: What's Your Most Important Tip?

I'm going to buck the trend a little and start off with:

1. Expect it to take at least 1-2 years to become a real business.. minimum.
2. Try to move away from the IM niche if you can.
3. Scour...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th March 2017, 05:09 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 257
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Why would anyone buy a lead with only name and zip code?

Sometimes they're just looking for general demographic data.. I've noticed a lot of retail stores will do this at the beginning of the purchase, just ask for the postcode, and nothing else.

Or,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th March 2017, 05:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 232
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Top lead generation resources for digital agencies?

For the moment I wouldn't worry too much about clients, and just go for client.

One of the biggest mistakes I made early on was going for too many clients when I didn't have the systems or the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2017, 03:01 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 223
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Have a legit and well-developed fitness product. How can I bring affiliates in?

In reality, the question you asked didn't really require a link to your site.. and if you'd like feedback on the copywriting then you're better off jumping into the copywriting forum and you very...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2017, 02:50 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 223
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Have a legit and well-developed fitness product. How can I bring affiliates in?

Hey Big Frank, while I generally love your stuff, and appreciate the sentiment, the OP doesn't seem to be playing the promote my business game, and this thread is actually going somewhere useful.....
Forum: Email Marketing 3rd February 2017, 04:57 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 736
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Email service recommendations?

After having played around with Aweber, Mailchimp, & Infusionsoft for a couple of years (both personal and with clients), a colleague put me onto AutoPilotHQ.

I've never looked back since, and all...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2017, 04:48 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 482
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: How do you coment on niche related blogs ?

Yes, in all likelihood your comments are being marked as spam, and chances are they should be!

You gotta try to remember that the comments sections weren't created so opportunistic traffic / link...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th January 2017, 02:50 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 356
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: A\B testing

Headline every time.

Before buttons, before colours (Assuming everything is readable), before fonts, before tag lines, before image sizes, before anything you must...

Test the headline.
Forum: Social Media 24th January 2017, 02:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 206
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: I think that I can rank any YT video now, How to make money now?

While I'd love to think the process you've discovered is permanent, my guess it'll either be hit by Google in time, or others will cotton on to what you're doing and start to do the same thing making...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd January 2017, 02:56 PM
Replies: 169
Views: 5,033
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Can Anyone Be Successful At Internet Marketing?

You've gotta get a gig with Hallmarks.. that gear would sell by the truckload!

I can see it now.. happy smiling kid, full of the possibilities of youth.. with "Failure is real" right below.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd January 2017, 01:59 PM
Replies: 169
Views: 5,033
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Can Anyone Be Successful At Internet Marketing?

I feel as though your post started with the faulty premise of "anyone can be successful at IM", and then quite successfully refuted your own point!

Edit - Having had another re-read, I can see...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd January 2017, 09:58 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,194
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: what's the hardest thing about affiliate marketing

In a word, unless you have a decent amount of money to put into paid traffic,and can survive losing money for a couple of months until you hit some winners, then no, I don't believe it's possible.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th January 2017, 07:10 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 760
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: do solo ads workes?

Now that is actually a useful piece of information. Well played.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th January 2017, 06:35 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 760
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: do solo ads workes?

Well hell Mr SEO specialist, with those informative words of wisdom, clearly gleaned from years of experience, you sure sold me.. where do I sign up?!
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th January 2017, 06:21 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 760
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: do solo ads workes?

Depends on the market, and it really depends on the quality of the seller and the seller's list.



As mentioned by Benomar, freebie seekers are not generally the best types of people to get on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th January 2017, 07:25 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 931
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: How to Get 10,000 subscribers on my list

Hey Col.. and tough question, because they're all proven traffic sources, that's why they now cost so much.

For your offer though, I'd consider using Google PLA in your region and start building...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th January 2017, 04:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 267
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: blackpops

By saving up your pennies and paying for it.

I'm assuming you're hoping people will pay you for your efforts in PPV marketing? Seems only fair to pay it forward, right?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th January 2017, 04:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 203
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: How to market a book store?

Assuming you have at least some budget for advertising, this could be a huge opportunity for you, although a slow burn.

1. Have a look in FB for a group called "Cult Of Copy" - it's a great model...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th January 2017, 01:15 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,106
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: How to write Quality Content?

Ditto to both of these answers.. it's ironic in a way, but in my experience the best way by far to become a competent professional writer is to read more books and put more words to paper.

With...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th January 2017, 06:02 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 633
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Lets set some things straight

While I get what you mean, if you check out the OPs previous threads you'll see this one is an anomaly, and I suspect it's sincere. It certainly has some good info for those who are just starting out...
Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization 16th January 2017, 05:05 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 396
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Criticize my Landing page

Not quite.. I make no comment on what you can use the book for, more on how your copy is structured. The headline points towards living a more interesting life, yet the sub-copy all points towards...
Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization 15th January 2017, 08:15 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 396
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Criticize my Landing page

IMHO I'm going with the latter. The copy is very generic at this stage.. I'm not generally a big fan of super feature and benefit laden headlines, but this one is a little too light on details and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th January 2017, 07:10 PM
Replies: 118
Views: 7,954
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: 10$ a day is it possible ?

These sorts of threads seem to come up all the time, understandably great posts that have already answered this are kinda hard to find in a forum of this size.

There's a pretty good one started by...
Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM) 12th January 2017, 04:00 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 324
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Recently AdWords Certified and Trying to get experience/freelance gigs. Any suggestions?

Firstly, congratulations on getting certified! :)

That said, being certified really just means you understand the software (more or less) and still have a lot to learn around setting up and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th January 2017, 12:07 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 666
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Advantage of War Room

This! I think being a newbie these days is even more fraught than it was when I started 10 years ago, and the war room is definitely not the beacon of light it was originally intended to be!

If I...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 10th January 2017, 09:02 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 180
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: What's something people looking into a career in marketing should know before they start?

All of the above, and I'd only add that copywriting is a very under-rated skill that can only really be learned by doing, but it'll make everything else you do make more money.

I think it was Jon...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th January 2017, 06:03 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 360
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Help With Monetization Strategy & Niche

It's a pleasure mate, and I hope you do continue through with it. Finally having a business of my own that is totally run online is one of the most satisfying things I've ever done. I still work 50...
Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM) 7th January 2017, 05:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,398
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Best PPC networks for clickbank products in 2017?

Hey Mary,

Rushing out the door, so just a quick post, but Adwords works just fine for clickbank products, provided you're not direct linking. Best strategy is to have a decent niche related...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th January 2017, 05:16 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 931
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: How to Get 10,000 subscribers on my list

Hey Col,

Iris makes a smashing point about quality over quantity.. and while it's definitely been in vogue over the last couple of years, being profitable with solo ads is not as easy as it...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th January 2017, 04:58 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 360
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Help With Monetization Strategy & Niche

Hey HJ, and welcome to the forum!

Sounds like in many ways our stories align, I jumped corporate ship around 4 years ago, and it's taken me that long to set up a business that makes the sort of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st August 2013, 11:11 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,339
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: How much should I charge for freelancing?

Are you serious?? I'd be very interested to see where you got the data that resulted in $5 - $15 becoming the "current standard pay"?

Why not get the data from iWriter and drop that down to $1 per...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th July 2013, 06:25 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,899
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Creating my Own Private PR Blog Network

IMHO, if getting Google traffic is a main objective of yours then you'll be a lot better off focusing on Google Author and Google Plus.

Get yourself a following on Google Plus and start...
Forum: Copywriting 20th July 2013, 06:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,216
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: [help] Where to start as a copywriter?

John Carlton had some great advice for beginning copywriters.. he said to just write copy, for whoever and whomever would accept it, at any price, so that you could get some experience.

He also...
Forum: Copywriting 14th July 2013, 04:17 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,176
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: [help] Is this a good title for my Ebook?

I think the headline is fine, just get rid of the "How to" as it over complicates the phrase.

"Find out why you snore and eliminate it for good".

You could go further:

"Why you snore, and...
Forum: Copywriting 9th July 2013, 07:06 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,126
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: One More Time For The Book Descriptions

Yep! I read your post and was interested in what lay beyond.. Not that it doesn't need editing, but you could literally copy and paste your last post and use it as the description and it would work....
Forum: Copywriting 9th July 2013, 09:54 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,126
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: One More Time For The Book Descriptions

If possible I'd get some credibility in there, and for this I'd go for some science. Do you have any science to back up what you're saying? If so, I'd make reference to it right at the beginning.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th June 2013, 02:46 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,257
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Logo Design Buisness Outsourcing to 99 Designs

Ha, I hadn't heard of that one. What a great way to devalue what is a pretty good website.

In some ways I think the world would be a much better place if people focused a little less on arbitrage...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th June 2013, 02:22 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,257
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Logo Design Buisness Outsourcing to 99 Designs

I think you may be missing my point. Again, you are assuming that nobody will find out, which is a dangerous assumption.

Secondly, any business that begins with the premise "they won't ever find...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th June 2013, 01:50 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 6,039
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Can I login to my SUBDOMAIN cpanel separately?

yep, go here:

Let me google that for you (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+create+an+ftp+account+cpanel)

:)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th June 2013, 01:46 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,257
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Logo Design Buisness Outsourcing to 99 Designs

You're also assuming that your customer won't have access to 99designs themselves which is the first step down a slippery slope.

If you said something like "With my x years of experience in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th March 2013, 12:34 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 997
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Do we risk our own privacy with "likes"?

If it were me I wouldn't bother trying to delete information, that's a dead game.

I would, however, add disinformation to muddy the waters as much as possible.

Hopefully too much random...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th February 2013, 03:27 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 3,728
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: doing something wrong is better than doing nothing at all...do you really think so? I don't.

It's funny everyone quoting that Edison tried 10000 times before he got to his lightbulb moment.

Tesla (a contemporary of Edison's) used to get really frustrated by his approach, and said so in a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th February 2013, 11:44 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,093
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Have been scammed by Facebook Fan Page Owner Need Help!

I'm with you big fella, just agreeing as well with the old burning down bridges scenario above.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th February 2013, 11:36 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,527
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: driving traffic to squeeze page

True... the threads get buried though and are doomed to repeat themselves.

But just in case here is my take:

Forum Posting: Not scalable unless you want to outsource to the Philippines in which...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th February 2013, 11:17 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,093
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Have been scammed by Facebook Fan Page Owner Need Help!

I'm with you on being burned too many times, and I really hate it when people don't deliver according to the timelines that they've promised, and I'm no stranger to a Paypal dispute but...

If he's...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th January 2013, 04:54 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,006
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: My experience in trying to hire a VA

OnlineJobs.ph can be fantastic, if you set up a decent system for weeding out those who aren't suitable.

If you set up a bunch of gmail rules and canned replies, then you can get your new recruits...
Forum: Copywriting 14th January 2013, 05:41 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 702
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Which Headline do You Like Better

Yep, I'm all about the nickel. Of the 3 that's the best IMO.
Forum: Copywriting 14th January 2013, 05:29 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 14,751
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Is NLP Utter Hogwash?

Come again? :confused:

Hang on, I'll re-read it...

Nope.
Forum: Copywriting 13th January 2013, 05:40 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 14,751
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Is NLP Utter Hogwash?

I think we've gotten some of this argument mixed up.

NLP (I went NLP crazy a couple of years ago, devouring anything I could find on it) is to my understanding just a modelling technique.

That...
Forum: Copywriting 10th January 2013, 11:15 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 14,751
Posted By johndetlefs
Re: Is NLP Utter Hogwash?

Got me.

An actual laugh out loud.

Good work sir.
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