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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2015, 12:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 809
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, 12:29 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 813
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Do you work better during the day or at night

You get to choose - :smilies_confused: ?!?

I thought it was normal to work day and night?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2015, 12:25 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 457
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: A bignner need to help

Cloudnet360 regularly hires interns for paid and
unpaid positions.

These young adults leave with an education
they simply cannot find in school and in 99%
of other industries.

Offer...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2015, 12:20 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,975
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Alternative to Clickbank... (And Yes... Because of that STUPID Header!!)

I guess I'm not a huge fan of building my
business on a platform that gets to dictate
how I run my business... so I would so "NO".

Have you ever thought about the fact that
a business buyer...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2015, 12:11 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,663
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Where to get ideas for a new business name?

I though the trick was to take a word and add
an ly or ify at the end?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2015, 12:01 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 352
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, 09:19 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 458
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Email Marketing advise and other

I would use a membership site and offer
instant access to the site with NO email
or opt-in.

They will be able to view some videos for free
but when they click on a premium video... then
they...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2015, 09:07 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,149
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: What are the best sources of free traffic?

If it's a business type product like CloudNet360
then Linkedin is really good since the majority
of the people there are business folks.

It works really well for us to be active on Linkedin.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2015, 08:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 435
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: 526
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 6th August 2015, 10:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 967
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Sales Funnel > Free ebook > Paid offer. Does this still work?

Never worry about whether something has
been done, or is being done... just do it.

Listen to radio and TV commercials and
you'll hear the same "power words" used
by all of them. It does not...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th August 2015, 02:24 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,188
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: How do you bring traffic to your .com store?

There is no single answer to this question because
every traffic source adds incrementally to the total.

One FREE method we just disclosed in a video on
our blog is to simply provide video...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st July 2015, 10:34 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,966
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Clickbank diet niche still profitable?

As long as people think they are over weight, this will always be a strong (but competitive) market.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st July 2015, 10:32 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 4,142
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: What is the biggest mistake you have made in internet marketing?

This is a common mistake. When you buy cheap tools, they never work as hoped and you always end up "buying them twice".

Analogously, I used to buy some cheap wood working tools only to end up...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 05:35 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 763
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, 05:28 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,064
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: IM company issues... "the cash flow game", drowning in red tape...

You may be confusing us because you have not provided enough info and your statements contradict each other.

You cannot be making massive profits per customer and still need outside money...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 05:13 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,171
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Forum marketing?

I never said to break the rules, just work around them.

You could easily say that placing your affiliate link on the landing page of your signature violates the spirit of the "no affiliate links"...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 05:05 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 571
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: which server you all use to upload your files let people download?

For high volume S3 is cheap and reliable. Kind of a pain the neck to manage their interface but cheap and reliable.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 05:02 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 4,801
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, 05:00 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,055
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Fake It Until You Make It?

Sometimes you really do need to "fake it til ya make it".

For example, coaches that are experts in their field but then move into the coaching realm may need to fake it a bit until they build...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 04:54 PM
Replies: 108
Views: 4,810
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: 1,789
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, 04:50 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,171
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Forum marketing?

As you've stated, affiliate links in the signatures have been pretty much universally banned but there are ways to slip your affiliate link back into your signature if you have the right tools in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 04:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 670
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Legally giving out certifications? Can we?

We provide certification for our channel partners as service providers so our end customers have a better idea of who to trust and who actually knows how to set up our CRM automation etc.

Too...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2015, 04:39 PM
Replies: 245
Views: 9,097
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: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 30th July 2015, 04:28 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,751
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Office Autopilot or Premium Web Cart or Other???

Really Ratdog?

You signed up today to make your first and only post and it just happens to be this outlandish slam post?

I certainly would never say we're perfect, although we work really hard...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2014, 12:44 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 1,533
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: How would you teach Poor Americans online business?

The best way to teach someone any job skill is to have them work for a business that is in the same industry.

The people currently working here and previously working here have learned online...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 9th October 2014, 12:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,126
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Infusionsoft, Limelight, Delavo, or PremiumWebCart?

You know I'm obviously biased.... but in addition to always having the best shopping cart, our programming team has worked tirelessly the last fews years to make the CRM so good we've had to add a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th August 2014, 04:07 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 854
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: squeeze page ?

Always good to build a list. Is there any reason why you think it's better not to build a good marketing list in this case?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th June 2014, 01:58 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,130
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: 6.5 Hours of Video for Product - Download or Membership Site?

Don't follow this advice UNLESS you can place a date based delay on the download link that prevents people from joining, downloading everything, and then requesting a refund.

A delay on the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th June 2014, 01:55 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,130
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: 6.5 Hours of Video for Product - Download or Membership Site?

Membership site but have them pay the full boat up front if possible as recurring billing depends upon the credit cards working for 6 months and they certainly do not.

You can always offer down...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th June 2014, 01:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 839
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: 1,851
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 20th June 2014, 03:51 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 446
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Payment flow within a sales funnel

Of course, the most important item is that the up sell is in the original sales sequence with no requirement for completing forms or entering CC data a 2nd time.

But here is where there is a tough...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2014, 03:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 776
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: How do I send my customers their download links

Best NOT to send a link at all - except as a backup.

Counting on email to deliver any mission critical item is assure fire way to increase your refunds and customer support load because customers...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th May 2014, 07:18 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,250
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: 44,945
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: 7,269
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, 10:43 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 763
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Video Content Delivery Options - What Are Some Tools , Options You Recommend ?

Use S3 and port them into a Membership site.

We use S3 for our tutorials, even though we could use Youtube but the cost is so low and there are no annoying ads so it's really worth it.

I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th May 2014, 10:40 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 490
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Lead Generation Software

Salesforce is a good platform and usually fits well with mid-size and up companies.

It's very common to drop $125,000 on an install so make sure you know hat you really need.

Also consider...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th May 2014, 10:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 538
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, 08:18 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 508
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Questions On Email Marketing Strategy Process

I would test to see if it's more effective to ask them if they would like a call from you chief trainer or ask them if they would like "access to the advanced training" modules.

Not many people...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th May 2014, 06:19 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 459
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 14th May 2014, 06:12 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 829
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: LIST BUILDING - How to find out what problems your website visitors are having?

I like to start with a Selectable Opt-in form so they are already "pre-segmenting" themselves at the front end.

Then I'll follow up with actionable links in the emails to further segment them...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th May 2014, 05:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 481
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: making videos

Camtasia all the way.

There are "free" versions but make the investment into the right tool and everything gets done faster, easier & better.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th May 2014, 05:22 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 553
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Help Me Launch My Info Product... Help Me Succeed!

I'll 2nd OptimizePress2.

We have a lot customers using their solution and it receives nothing but positive praise.

The key to remember is that nobody knows the quality of your product, they...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th April 2014, 10:23 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,378
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Screen Recording Software

I'e always been a big fan of Camtasia. But keep in mind that if you're using a Mac there's good and bad:

Good - Cheaper than the PC version $100 versus $300

Bad - Mac version is not as good as...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th April 2014, 10:07 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,443
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Automation, CRM, Custom Software? [A Open Inquery]

I'm obviously pretty biased wen it comes to this topic for small to mid-sized businesses.

Since different business sizes have different needs, the CRM category is one that really needs to be...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 8th January 2014, 02:50 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,751
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Office Autopilot or Premium Web Cart or Other???

1. Coaches = Unlimited

2. Module Login - This is a common misconception as logging in through the "main" or "master" login gives you immediate access to every business module. It's only when you...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 7th January 2014, 04:05 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,751
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Office Autopilot or Premium Web Cart or Other???

Hi Taajah

I can answer 2 of your questions:

1. Templates - The templates provides cover all the basic layouts, etc. Many have the large slider, sales videos, product videos, product reviews,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th December 2013, 03:00 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,673
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: I make Fantastic Videos for People.. but how do I market them outside of Fiverr?!

One basic thing lacking with your "How do I get people to find me?" is your website with nothing but a contact form on it.

People hate waiting and love to call a real person versus submitting...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 22nd November 2013, 08:04 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,751
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Office Autopilot or Premium Web Cart or Other???

We can set you up with people (VA / Webmaster) that have many satisfied customers... we call these folks our "short listers" because they always get the job done as they say they will.

Or you can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th October 2013, 04:05 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 2,731
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Make Money Instantly Bullcrap

Congratulations on the recovery, that is one heck of a great come back story!

Some people like to bury their failures and only admit their successes but as you've proven, running into a wall, or...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2013, 10:50 AM
Replies: 83
Views: 2,731
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Make Money Instantly Bullcrap

Yes... key word there is OPTION.

Not primary payment method, or only payment method but an OPTION.

This is what I said also. When you make PayPal the only way to pay, you will lose sales... I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2013, 07:36 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 992
Posted By Tom Reed
Re: Best Place to Outsource?

It's not "where" you find them, it's "who" you find. And then it's "how" you manage them.

The hands free out sourcing model is a myth as it takes a lot of work and expertise to properly manage an...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2013, 07:31 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,833
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...
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