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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th March 2015, 10:49 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 5,046
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: We are not all 'Bros' & 'Dudes'

Personally, there are 4 people in the world who are allowed to call me "bro" without me taking it as they are presuming a relationship we don't have. "Dude"? To me it's not a proper way to talk to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th October 2013, 02:30 AM
Replies: 141
Views: 6,497
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: how the hell do i make money with affilliate marketing????? I've tried everything!!!!

I will be honest, I didn't read the entire thread, it's 3 am for me, I have other things to do, but I will throw in here firstly, I agree with the premise "don't jump from plan to plan" "don't jump...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th March 2012, 03:30 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 611
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Help with someone else selling my product!

You need to decide what you want from this "customer" first and foremost (more on this in a minute)

In most jurisdictions I am familiar with (note personal familiarity, I am not rendering legal...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th March 2012, 10:40 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,655
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Hiding behind pen names is killing quality.

If the markets/niches are unlikely to crossover, some people use their real pic and pen names, and hope nobody notices.

You've got the people who do big marketing under their real or pen name, are...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th February 2012, 08:33 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 1,961
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: WHY control the PM and REPLY function here at WF?

I used to feel kind of odd being here since 2006 as a registered member (going on 6 years) and having only about 600 posts, when I would see people who had been here less than 3 years with several...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th February 2012, 04:47 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 584
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Marketing to different countries

I'm perhaps an oddity here. But different currencies don't stop me. They do slow me down a tiny bit if I'm not familiar with the website though.

Now as I understand from many friends and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th February 2012, 04:33 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 705
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Just realized my website could potentially be a bad name...

The word of mouth side would only be a problem if the speaker has a problem in enunciation. If they enunciate, it won't be a problem.

Wait... What percentage of Americans enunciate properly?
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th February 2012, 08:15 AM
Replies: 4
WHM
Views: 414
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: WHM

You won't set up the web site in WHM (or at least I never did)

You will set the DNS Servers at the registrar to what your hosting provider gave you.

What you do in WHM is setting up accounts,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2012, 11:26 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 495
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Host Gator reseller limitations

If we are talking about simple HTML web pages, you're talking less than 100 KILOBYTES per page (assuming no graphics). which translates to 10 pages per megabyte or about 10,000 pages per gigabyte of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th January 2012, 11:46 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 418
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Where do I send customers for a refund?

Vendor-Requested Refunds and Cancelations
If a customer contacts you directly to request a refund or cancelation, you can initiate a refund or cancelation ticket from within your ClickBank account....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th January 2012, 03:56 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,761
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Writing an Ebook - DIY or Outsource?

You should always experience what you can of the work you're going to ask someone else to do. If you don't try to make the hamburger yourself, how are you going to tell the freelancer or employee...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th January 2012, 10:18 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 719
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: creating a product

To get a list, you need to BUILD it.

The most straight forward way to do this is to get a website or blog, and get an autoresponder and add an opt in form. In order to get people to opt in, you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th January 2012, 09:49 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 859
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Freelancers out there

The OP didn't say all freelancers are like this. He pointed out specific examples of problems he's had, and made the point (perhaps not in the nicest way, perhaps not expressed perfectly), that if a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th January 2012, 12:33 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 3,924
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: If You Earn $50 And Above Per Article Written As A Content Writer, Come In!

Since the original question is about how to write $50 articles, and how to tell a $50 worthy article from a $5, the which article is more valuable question kind of drills at the original question,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th January 2012, 03:05 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,453
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: This Post Will Probably Get me Banned...

The practice seems a bit less than honest to me, but it's not my reputation on the line with the buyer.

The issue as I see it, is that they clicked to order, passed on the upsell (no problem,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th January 2012, 04:23 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,260
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Money For Nothing - No Joke

Just because it's not live yet, doesn't mean someone else didn't submit it before you.

You don't run into this problem if you treat it like PLR should be (even if it is PD), as I said, most PD can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th January 2012, 03:36 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,260
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Money For Nothing - No Joke

There is the potential issue of someone else submitting the same Public Domain Book.

Esp after reading this thread, I'm sure a number of people will be scouring the internet for public domain...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th January 2012, 01:06 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,509
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Kindle Selling and Fiction

I can't speak for any one individual author's typical short story, but if you mean the conceptual size of a short story, some of the measures are "can be completed in one sitting" which in modern...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th January 2012, 09:58 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,260
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Money For Nothing - No Joke

Public Domain means either the work was RELEASED to the public domain by the copyright owner/holder, or the copyright has expired.

So strictly speaking it's not ripping off other people's work,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th October 2011, 09:27 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 956
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Another website publishing my content but with link

It's up to you how you pursue this, but even if you want to extend to him permission to use your content, it would be good to make him aware of the trouble that can come from doing this. Even if you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2011, 11:55 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,244
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: I want to make $1

If it's the site in your contact information in your public profile...

It's very busy looking, with a huge number of advertisements, it doesn't 'feel' like there's much reason for me to buy what...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2011, 03:59 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 377
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Purchasing "Permanent links"

This is a marketing forum, and the vast majority of us are not lawyers, so take any advice offerred in that context.

I'd look at what agreement you have in place with the buyers of these links. If...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2011, 01:48 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 3,789
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: I banned a WSO Plus affiliate sending traffic - did I do the right thing?

From the posted conversation, and your explanation, I don't see too many issues with how you handled it. The only place I would really disagree with your position would be on not reaching out to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th October 2011, 06:07 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 869
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Two questions on outsourcing...

You MUST tell them what they need to know to provide you the best service.

Non-Disclosure Agreement... It's kind of a mess, outsourcing, when you get to international outsourcing. But you can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th October 2011, 03:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,404
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: What do I say to someone that has copied my website...

Well. A few options. First, how nice to you want to be about it?

The nice version is to tell them that you paid a lawyer for this and that this privacy page is copyrighted. (and I'm betting you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th October 2011, 02:09 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 531
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: How do you know when you can charge for your product

First, is it LEGALLY available freely?
Second, is it EASILY available freely?

What I can find easily is not necessarily what you can find easily. That's why I cut 28% off of one of my clients...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th October 2011, 04:01 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 832
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Should I rework/rewrite PLR product, or should I write it self?

PLR should always be rewritten. It's a good starting point for creating a new product, and it can also be a great source for a low cost or free list builder on a subject.

If it's a good PLR to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th October 2011, 12:18 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 882
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Odd problem today 6/10/2011 I can not see page rank via toolbar nor online tools?

There are a number of threads on this today...
Google changed the URL for page rank checks, breaking most but not all page rank checking utilities.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th October 2011, 09:47 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 507
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Just making sure

Technically, it's copyrighted even if there isn't a notice on it.

Although the lack of notice can sometimes affect the outcome if the original author brings suit over it. As soon as it was put...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2011, 01:28 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 513
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Commission Junction -Good or not so?

I have had good results with Commission Junction and Shareasale, less with Linkshare.

One site I started running this past January offers from 3 different CJ merchants plus Amazon, Linkshare and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2011, 12:34 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 640
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Is my site too sloooowwww to load?

Took 6 seconds to "look" loaded the first time.

Watching a little closer a few items were taking much longer to load some off site components. But the only way to fix that is not to include off...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2011, 08:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,162
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Do I need an EIN for my new LLC?

As you're in Puerto Rico, local requirements and your needs may differ. But personally for an LLC I normally will obtain an EIN for use with any affiliate/vendor accounts as well as for banking...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th May 2011, 11:02 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 719
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: HOW HOW HOW to monetise a new, niche-specific forum?

I would tend to agree, except you won't want to have an ad-free site then later all of a sudden blam! ads everywhere.

For that reason if for no other, I would suggest having some measure of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th May 2011, 09:12 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 3,493
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Before You Create A New Thread Please Do The Following......

Up to a point I understand what you mean, but as I opened this thread, on the FIRST PAGE of threads, I counted 3 different new or nearly new (but still on the first page) threads asking the same...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th May 2011, 09:52 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 511
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Clearing the spammy spam spam from my sites

Akismet or similar plugins are useful for limiting the spam that gets into the comments.

This next part I need you to be sure you understand what you're doing.

Using MySql, you can issue a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th May 2011, 09:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,216
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Drip-feed Posts on wordpress

There are a few ways to do this,
but one method is to place several posts, but when you are about to publish, look to the right of the box you've entered your post in. There should be a spot that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd May 2011, 02:51 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 994
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Can i share Traffic Travis 4 with my outsourcing team

I'd have to say, to be safe... Presume the answer is no, until you ask the Traffic Travis 4 support people. Then go by what they tell you (and get it in an email or better a physical letter if you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th April 2011, 09:20 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 620
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Why Should Customer Support Be Needed?

There are many elements to consider. Yes, in an ideal world, customer support wouldn't be needed under most circumstances.

But let's look at it this way.

How many people buy a new...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th April 2011, 02:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 460
Posted By Scott Burton
Product Rights - Wisdom and Foolishness

I have noticed over the years that some rights become so convoluted that they are ridiculous.

It used to be that everyone had the same "general" idea what given rights were.

For example...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th April 2011, 01:47 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 2,678
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Why cant mods authenticate wso's income claims?

I couldn't even read the entire thread before I had to respond to this, so if this has been addressed, I apologize.

Ankur... YOU are a Mod... We all are... ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2011, 07:11 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 689
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: WSO vs Warriors For Hire - Opinions Wanted

I've been away from the forums for a while lately dealing with life outside of the internet heavily. So my knowledge may be slightly dated on this.. But I used to see WSO's scroll off the first...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th April 2011, 04:06 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,833
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: OFFLINERS... What do you do when they say, "We don't have/need/want a website" (!!!)...

My gut reaction is to thank them for their time, ask them if they would like me to get back in touch with them later, or leave my contact data for them.

But in the interest of knowing for sure, I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2011, 09:30 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 492
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: How to make money off...

Maybe it just takes a different perspective.

I don't expect you to hand the niche information over, but I would like to offer some ideas. But not knowing anything about what the niche is, I'm not...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th April 2011, 08:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 516
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Best Way To Build Internet Biz in 90 Days?

I would suggest first utilizing the search function here, as this question gets asked and answered often in one form or another.

With the obligatory "search" statement out of the way, there is not...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th February 2010, 04:07 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 677
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: 8 Pages or 87 Pages? What is up with these free reports that are huge???

Whether the product is free or paid for should not be relevant when considering the length.

I've seen reports that were under 2 pages that packed in incredibly useful and valuable information. ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd January 2010, 09:58 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 404
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Your Location Vs Your Niche

Obviously your location CAN influence your niche. But there are so many variables, it doesn't have to decide your niche.

If you are looking at a strictly online business, then your location has...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th March 2009, 02:26 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,847
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: How To Make $1,000 - $10,000 PROFIT A Month OFFLINE

A few prospects to do this, (non affiliate links, I just pulled them from google.)

WinOpen -- Open HTML/PDF/AVI/MPG/etc files in a CD AUTORUN.INF (http://www.duckware.com/winopen/index.html)...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th March 2009, 01:41 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 3,959
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Had a Lawyer call me about a site I own! Need Your Advice.

I agree with the warriors who advised that you get your own legal counsel to be sure on this one. They can prevent you using their trademark in your content, but taking the domain name because they...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th March 2009, 09:13 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 529
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: New member

As I understand it, the "Thanks" button isn't available when you first register. I'm not sure if it's a post count or how it's determined, but eventually you will see a button at the bottom right of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th March 2009, 08:56 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 512
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Trying to find Work from Home

To avoid getting into trouble, you're probably going to want to change your signature first.

Rule number 5 of the forum is:
(5) No Affiliate Links Allowed - Promote Your Own Domain/s Only. It's...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2009, 04:02 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 663
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Confusion is starting to set in..

The autoresponder wouldn't hurt but it may not be the best time yet.

But if you build a list without an autoresponder, then you will have to make sure that you are able to bring that list to your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th February 2009, 12:25 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 515
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Questions about "Your Own Product"

While I am very much in favor of encouraging someone to take action. I have to bring an argument to this thread.

I've seen several "It's easy to create an ebook/report" replies, and several...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th February 2009, 10:28 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 947
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: How do you usually determine what the price of your product will be?

Every product will be different. If there are competing products, keep this in mind, but do not let it define your value.

Understanding that your product is different from its competition is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th February 2009, 03:44 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 863
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: Do I need to form a company to sell an ebook?

This is a marketing forum, and while members here may be able to offer advice and insights, realize that these are all based on their personal experiences and their personal perspectives.

Since...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th February 2009, 03:25 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 801
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: The Bashers Just Don't Get It..

I don't feel that I am a 'basher', but I do think that it is fair to say, if you tell me in the first place that the purpose of the list I'm signing up for is for coaching, or lessons, then please,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th January 2009, 09:40 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 466
Posted By Scott Burton
Re: How to distribute press releases?

I hate to be the one to harp on this, but I just went to the top of the forum an searched on Press Release and came back with 13 pages of threads.

A few of these included:...
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