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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th January 2015, 08:23 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,227
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Newbies : Think about Branding yourself here by a UserName with your Actual Name

There can be reasons people do not wish to use their real name. I know I used to work for a company that didn't allow any outside ventures without approval. I thought it was none of their business. I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th January 2015, 08:18 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,844
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Best turnkey dating software?

Whew, I read that fast and thought you were asking about the Best Turkey dating software.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th January 2015, 08:05 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 860
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Sell Online Course on Udemy (and/or other Marketplace) or Host it Yourself?

Why not both? Make a Udemy version and your own version. If Udemy locks it, kills it, etc. , you won't have to scramble.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th November 2014, 11:01 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 1,934
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: How do you deal with Information Overload?

I watched a very successful Warrior leave this forum and focus on business, only checking back once in a while. He was more successful that way.

Taking a clue I backed off. I used to post a lot...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th November 2014, 07:37 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 930
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Ideas for breaking the $500/Day stuck point?

Could you add training videos, commercial licenses, webinars, premium support, other software that compliments it?

Could you ramp up more affiliates?

Just thoughts.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 5th November 2014, 07:32 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 1,312
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: HEY - guess what?

I'm surprised it's not legal in more places. I would have guessed government would be licking their chops on taxing it.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 5th November 2014, 07:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,010
Posted By Scott Ames
Forum: Copywriting 30th October 2014, 07:17 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,054
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Unbelievable discounts

" Today, if you promise to not tell the other people who paid the $1997.00 …You Can Join Us Live For $1950 Off The Original Price!"

They should have had a stronger reason for the discount. It...
Forum: Copywriting 26th October 2014, 09:02 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,004
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: A little bribe for your critique, fair enough?

Just a few other thoughts as I read it. I would add some more action words in the bullets to give them more impact.

For example:


Original

Here are a few ideas you'll find in this special...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2014, 12:05 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 359
Posted By Scott Ames
John Ritskowitz's birthday

It's a little strange to get a FaceBook notice of John Ritskowitz's birthday today. John passed away 2 years ago at age 44.

He was a great contributor here and an excellent copywriter.
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 27th September 2014, 02:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,220
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Rejection from LinkShare Affiliates

I'm not too impressed by Rakuten LinkShare Network. I applied for an account one day, the next day they sent me a termination notice. I had not even had a chance to look around and see what they have...
Forum: Wanted - Members Looking To Hire You 24th September 2014, 05:24 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 509
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: [Reviewers Wanted] Finance Niche WSO

Thank you. I'll review it now.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th April 2014, 01:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 491
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: How can i buy solo ads?

Solo Ad blackbook WSO by Matt Bacak seems like a good bet.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd April 2014, 06:25 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 2,537
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: WSO's - A cautionary tale (for buyers and sellers)

Arrggg... I can understand a membership site, even if it's basically dead, to be kept up. Perhaps for years.

Downloadable products that are supposed to be downloaded after purchase should be kept...
Forum: Social Media 21st April 2014, 02:19 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 860
Posted By Scott Ames
Stop spamming you jack*** !

So what do you do when you advertise in FaceBook news and get a bunch of smart alec, crass, or down right rude comments?

I saw this comment on an ad today:

get a real job u ********* u are the...
Forum: Social Media 21st April 2014, 11:42 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 336
Posted By Scott Ames
Why FaceBook?

More a philosophical discussion rather than a technical one, but why do you think a 26 year old was able to slap up a website, have it go viral, and become a multi-billionaire within just a few...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st January 2014, 06:54 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,459
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: How Long Should A Kindle Book Be?

How long should a Kindle book be? Not longer than the Kindle. That's my best guess. :) After all it would just not fit . :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st January 2014, 06:46 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 740
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Godaddy Stole My Domains

There used to be something called "domain tasting" where companies would register domains searched for on their site.


Domain tasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th December 2013, 05:34 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 5,003
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Frank Kern says, 90%+ of subscribers Wont even read your free Report?

I wouldn't doubt it. I remember Dan Kennedy I believe, or someone he was interviewing, saying they know people don't even go through the material they pay for. They knew because they were shipping...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th December 2013, 05:28 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,074
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Buying Domains Just to Sit

I purchased a really nice 5 letter.com domain name and did nothing with it. I paid for the registration for years, then one day got bored and let it go. Now I find it for sale for $1,400 . That...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th November 2013, 04:41 PM
Replies: 169
Views: 6,610
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: I Am Giving Up

When Colonel Harland Sanders retired at the age of 65, he had little to show for himself, except an old Caddie roadster, a $105 monthly pension check, and a recipe for chicken.

Knowing he couldn't...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th September 2013, 02:07 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 767
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: I need traffic...

It's the nature of a forum. It's a conversation, not a database. New people come and go. Technologies come and go. The answer that was good a few months ago maybe outdated now...etc...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th July 2013, 09:36 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 8,346
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: 2013-1995=18 yrs of life wasted on IM. Plz read and give me some advice.

It must really tick you off to read of the accidental multi-millionaires and billionaires. You know the ones that started a website, suddenly making hundreds of thousands a month?

Tony Hsieh for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th July 2013, 08:21 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 5,647
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Can you make millions Affiliate Marketing?

If someone said it's possible, will that cause you to go out and do it? If someone said it's impossible, will that stop you from trying?

Remember: The 4 minute mile was "impossible" until Roger...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th April 2013, 09:57 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,236
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Bashing competitors the Right way - any tips?

Without pointing out specific competitors, you could say " Some do this... or that... and that's ok, but what we do is... which is better"
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th April 2013, 09:50 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 479
Posted By Scott Ames
Do you worry about theft of your products?

I'm wondering if you worry a lot about product theft.

With all the filesharing and torrent sites about many products from those here on the forum are posted on a regular basis and worse, indexed...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th April 2013, 09:06 AM
Replies: 93
Views: 2,464
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: $13 million credit line - what do you do with it?

Rather than question if the poster's situation is real, let's pretend it's you that has just gotten a $13 million credit line and have to double that amount in 5 years. What do you do?

Should be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2012, 07:25 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,453
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Digg sold for $500,000 (yes, only five 0's)

I still think Groupon made a blunder by not selling for $6 billion when they had the offer. We'll have to wait and see on that one.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th March 2012, 09:55 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 419
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: I my choice of ad method poor?

It's hard to say without seeing the ad.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th March 2012, 04:46 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,021
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: What is the most money you've ever made in ONE DAY?

Cool... hope so. There have been people that have made more in one day when they had an IPO.


Mine was $30 K
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th March 2012, 04:23 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,096
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: [case study] How to make $1 million in 18 months with a simple niche blog

Arrrggg.. it always bugs me when a site has errors like this:


Warning: require_once(include/php/common_functions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th March 2012, 11:43 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 6,240
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: I think I've been scammed out of $997

Software is a tough business. What works well on one computer may not work on another. Different configurations, versions, conflicts, hardware, etc., all contribute to permutations for which even the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th March 2012, 11:29 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 1,854
Posted By Scott Ames
Pull advertising for Political reasons?

Ok... first, no discussion about actual politics or who you think is right or wrong. I'm focused on the marketing and business aspects of this...

An advertiser is mostly just looking for sales....
Forum: Off Topic Forum 5th March 2012, 02:54 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,135
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Sad News: R.I.P. John Ritz

I was sad to hear this as I always liked John and held him in high esteem. Michael Fortin for me was the bearer of the bad news. I'm still in shock.

This only brings to the forefront my belief...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th October 2011, 03:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 542
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Google Plus

I thought it was just me, but I see others feel the way I do. I just don't like it was well as FaceBook and I'm too lazy at the moment to figure out all the little details of who can see what.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2011, 09:19 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 2,938
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Aren't we too Dependent on Google? What if Google Shuts Down?

There once was life on the internet before Google and I would bet that life would still exist without them. Something would fill the void for sure.

Google is vast. They keep trying new things....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2011, 08:23 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 707
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: 800 lb Gorilla stomps out local competition (Google)

When I heard the ad on the radio I thought it was brilliant of Google. Free website to all local businesses. That will quash all the local guys at the same time giving more control and traffic to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2011, 08:12 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 707
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: 800 lb Gorilla stomps out local competition (Google)

Not as good as I would have thought. It's not going to be a problem to overcome, yet.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2011, 08:10 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 707
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: 800 lb Gorilla stomps out local competition (Google)

Ah...I see what happens after a year. At first I thought it was going to be all free forever just like a FaceBook page.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2011, 08:03 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 957
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Having issues with WF - keep getting booted, anyone else?

Yesterday and this morning I couldn't log on at all and got an error page that said something like "redirect not working".
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2011, 07:58 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 707
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: 800 lb Gorilla stomps out local competition (Google)

I agree. I wouldn't be comfortable with Google controlling everything about my site. I'll bet they get indexed fast though. :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2011, 07:48 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 707
Posted By Scott Ames
800 lb Gorilla stomps out local competition (Google)

Google is on the move and is now taking a shot at all that juicy local business. I don't know what markets they are in so far, but Utah is one. They have ads on the radio constantly and when one...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2011, 12:59 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 2,305
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: The Hall of Shame - 15 lessons in bad marketing...

One that was a commercial success, but short lived, was the 8 track tape. I think the marketing was fine, it grew like gang busters in the 70's, but slowly lost out to cassettes then CD's. I don't...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th October 2011, 01:32 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 3,604
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Can we resell "used" or "unused" WSOs?

I tried to sell an ebook that I didn't need any longer. It was on my computer and I sold it to a guy. I sent it to him and thought that was the end of it. Looking closer I found that dang ebook was...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 5th October 2011, 06:19 PM
Replies: 161
Views: 5,750
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: R.I.P Steve Jobs - Life will never be the same

I just saw this too... what a shock.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2011, 03:05 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 4,388
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: A $3 cup of coffee can make you a LOT of money

I am very guarded with my time and I even hate family pinning me down to a commitment. If I got this invitation I would try to wiggle out of it in a way that didn't hurt the other person's feelings.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2011, 01:42 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,530
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Earning $300 per day. Want to earn more...need help!

A WSO is ok. I don't think it's a long term solution if you want to market it for a long period of time. Still a WSO will give you all kinds of experience. You should do it on your own and let the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2011, 12:53 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 752
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Someone deleted my thread?

I've learned if you want to keep the ideas, write them in something else, then put them in a post. If the post gets removed at least I have the text for future use. ( not a good idea to post the same...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2011, 12:41 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 499
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: What the heck does this mean???

Newbie: anyone, no matter how much marketing experience, that comes to the Warrior Forum and has a post count less than 20. David Ogilvy could come here and if his post count were 5 someone would...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2011, 12:38 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 641
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: I'll join your list but won't like you on Facebook... anyone else feel the same?

I made the mistake of getting as many friends as possible when I first opened my FaceBook account. Now it's a mix of personal stuff and business and I find it very funky.

I only post personal...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th September 2011, 12:31 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 656
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Iphone 5 Is coming for sure

My wife will have to get the I-Phone 5. We've spend about $6,000 in phones over the past few years. She just has to have the latest every time.

Please stop making new phones for my sake? :)
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th September 2011, 12:26 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 357
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: Hosting suspended

Hostable . They had a special 3 year free hosting offer to get people to try them. Well I did. If they wanted to make an impression, they did. A bad one.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 29th September 2011, 11:18 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 357
Posted By Scott Ames
Hosting suspended

I'm glad this wasn't a money site or I would be ripping mad. They just suspended my hosting which means I can't get in with FTP, CPANEL or anything to adjust the problem. (my site was hacked recently...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2011, 05:20 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 664
Posted By Scott Ames
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2011, 04:54 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 872
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: How to track down a scammer?

Send a message to the Albania cyber army in that site's name saying " I dare you to crack my website you dorks!"
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2011, 03:35 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,314
Posted By Scott Ames
Re: What are some cool contest prizes?

Some things people might like:

A professional makeover: hair, makeup,
Spa treatment
A Cruise
Wine from Wine TV
Solar panels
Omaha Steaks
Swiss Colony goodies
Maine Lobster
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