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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2015, 12:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 827
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Are "Audience Network" Facebook ads worth it?

Be very wary of the Facebook ads.

Tons of "clicks" but the bounce rate is
through the roof. What you're seeing is
not a fluke.

This does not mean there is no value, there
is value for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2015, 12:01 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 369
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Are YouTube videos, like this one, a viable way to build my email list?

Mastering video is definitely the way to go.

I won't say that we've "mastered" it by any stretch
the imagination but we do receive a fair number
of compliments on the videos we produce.

Our...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2015, 08:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 446
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Product creators: do you beta test?

There was a recent study reported by
Inc Magazine where they found that CEO's
of small businesses reported that 28%
of their best product ideas come from
customers while only 26% come from ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2015, 08:23 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 536
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Am I on the Right Track? New, Confused, but Reading...

Heavens to Mergatroid...

My advice would be to skip the e-book.

You need to fire up the video. Nobody wants
to read anymore.

Notice how websites have few words and
a lot of pictures?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 05:35 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 779
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: My marketing product pet peeves

LOL this one really gets me.

Hearing people burp and cough and watching them make mistakes and then back tracking... like they never heard of Camtasia (or something cheaper even).

When did...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 05:02 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Are we too late to the party?

Go back 10 years and you'll find this exact post. And in 10 years you'll see it again.

The only thing I'm seeing are amazingly good URL's still available.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 04:54 PM
Replies: 108
Views: 4,952
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: What Is The Most Important Skill For Internet Marketing?

Perseverance. Stay alive long enough to succeed.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 04:52 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,809
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Are there good traffic gigs on Fiverr or are they mostly junk?

Look at Fiverr as an alternate to Upwork (Elance / Odesk). You get to try these people out for $5 and then hire the ones you like. All the top service providers are using Fiverr as a "free sample"...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 04:39 PM
Replies: 245
Views: 9,402
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Is someone like me doomed from finding a job making money online?

I'll buck the trend and say, "yes, I think you are doomed".

Nobody can fix the mindset of your 2nd sentence and for that reason you're doomed and toxic to the people around you.

Even a minimum...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th June 2014, 01:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: How do you determine the size of the market before getting into it?

1 way to find a niche that you should avoid is 1 that has no competition.

Google the keywords and if there are no ads running, there's a good chance it's not a good online based niche.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th June 2014, 01:46 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,870
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: A Question For Established Marketers Only - No Newbies Please!

Try speaking to some business owners that are not web savvy, on a casual basis, and I think you'll see that you're really underestimating your own current abilities.

The trap so many fall into is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th May 2014, 07:18 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,280
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: My Client Made a Chargeback of $180! Any Paypal Alternatives?

Cash...

Always expect that you will get a chargeback.

Warrior Forum could be filled with BS "chargeback lost" stories.

Remember who the CC company really cares about (Hint: who is getting...
Forum: Email Marketing 16th May 2014, 07:14 AM
Replies: 242
Views: 45,468
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Which is the best autoresponder/list host? (Official never-ending debate thread)

I'm surprised that nobody has cited a single
CRM system?

The auto responders listed are all great systems
but the advanced marketers usually migrate
to a CRM based auto responder because the...
Forum: Email Marketing 16th May 2014, 07:05 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 7,427
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: All-In-One: List Building

That's really the key... the content provided after the opt-in.

1. Content must match expectations - Always best to use a selectable opt-in form and segment each opt-in at the point of opt-in. The...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th May 2014, 10:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 550
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Design Gurus

aha .. good tips. I normally just ask my wife or daughter what color it is and they tell me.

Wait, that's what I do for my ties and shirts - never mind.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th May 2014, 06:19 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 483
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Small Sized Lists?!

1,200 subscribers is "small" if you're selling a $19 e-book but 1,200 subscribers is quite large if you're selling $45,000,000 business jets.

And wouldn't you rather have a 1,200 person list with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2013, 07:31 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,940
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: How to Record Paypal Payments as Business Expense for Tax Purpose?

You don't need an invoice, these payments are recorded in your statement anyhow so there is a clear record of proof. Your bank statement and PayPal statement are the 1st line of record keeping while...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th September 2013, 08:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 575
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Best way to sell and secure digital products

2 ways you can help yourself:

1. Stop using PayPal as your primary payment method. Get a real merchant account and offer PayPal as an alternate payment method for those that want to use it.

2....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th September 2013, 10:38 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 342
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: How much content before promoting

1... 1 is all you need to get started.

All you need to do is promise something like a 52 week drip course, create the first piece of content and then make sure you stay 1 week ahead in your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th September 2013, 10:31 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,128
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: What is the best membership plugin?

Not to hijack the thread, but I'm curious "why" you use the membership software you've chosen?

What are your favorite features?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2013, 07:30 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 855
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Making Money As Online Chat Sales Agent

The biggest challenge will be training the chat operators to understand the product being offered by your customers.

There's no value to live chat if the operators can't answer the questions of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2013, 09:06 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,460
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: So Lets Be Honest ?

I'm personally not a big fan of the traditional "multiple streams of income" when it applies to being in multiple different industries. All you do with this model is multiple streams of mediocrity.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2013, 08:35 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,155
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Why Double Optin is Best!! Learn from my Mistakes

The simple answer to the "what's the difference" question is cost.

Having a 5% open rate of a 100K list (5,000 opens) cost a lot more than a 50% open rate of a 10,000 list (5,000 opens).

When...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2013, 08:23 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 552
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: eCommerce design

Yes, you can add eCommerce to this very easily and you have several options for getting this done.

If she only has a limited number of products, just add the products to the desired pages /...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2013, 08:24 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 785
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Product creators...how many products do you create per year?

1 product that we focus on making better and better every day of every week of every year.

1 killer product is worth more than 25 new products.

Look at folks like Techsmith pushing Camtasia...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2013, 08:09 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 842
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: In Search of Product to Sell Online!

I tend to repeat the same message over and over because over the years, I've found it to be truer and truer.

You need to be in a business model with recurring revenue versus 1 time commissions or...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 30th May 2013, 02:32 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,769
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Office Autopilot or Premium Web Cart or Other???

This is always a strange point that people make and it's half true... but not really true.

You do not have to "login" multiple times.

All you have to do is login 1 time and then navigate...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th May 2013, 10:03 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 691
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Working in Sales.. First time.. Hmm - What to do?

Pick up the phone and dial it.

While many other things like LinkedIn etc can have a long term benefit, in the short term it's called "hiding".

Pick up the phone and dial it. Doing anything...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th May 2013, 02:12 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 840
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Surveying your list- BUT For your services? - examples of questions to be asked ??

An "Action Link" is a link in an email that performs 4 functions:

1. Redirects a person to a landing page

2. Adds or removes an ID Tag to a person on your list

3. Adds or removes a person...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th May 2013, 01:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 840
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Surveying your list- BUT For your services? - examples of questions to be asked ??

I like to run a survey that makes it easy for people to get started and then close with an open ended question as I find the most eye opening info comes from these questions.

I would suggest the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th May 2013, 01:39 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 2,459
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Paid software you can't live without?

Camtasia and Snagit are my "go to" tools I use daily.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2011, 11:13 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 733
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: What is YOUR Best All Around IM Business Model?

Recurring revenue is a great thing ...BUT.. try to run a hybrid where you get a chunk up front and then transition them into a recurring model.Too many people forego the upfront cash only to find out...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 20th October 2011, 11:07 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 8,599
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: After 24yrs of employment I'm now out of a job :(

hmmm..but you don't need a pep talk... my bad.

How about this. I'll personally donate 1 year of a free shopping cart system to you as a boost to getting your business going. PM me if you would...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 20th October 2011, 11:05 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 8,599
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: After 24yrs of employment I'm now out of a job :(

Losing a job is temporary while attitude is forever.

Look at this as an opportunity to pursue your dream business full time without the burden of going to work each day and some money coming in...
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