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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th March 2012, 06:35 AM
Replies: 105
Views: 13,624
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: InDigitalWorks.com - UNOTHORIZED DOMAIN NAME TRANSFER - PLS HELP!

well if members can still login there, start downloading every video/audio file you can (since they are the largest) and bandwidth burn them...

Sort of a ddos attack from within ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th January 2012, 10:10 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 374
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: My site is Sick

You can also FTP into your account and find this page:

/home/toybus/public_html/wp-content/plugins/auto-update/script_to_check_update.php

Then, on line 7 just comment it out by adding a pound...
Forum: Programming 9th January 2012, 03:50 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 540
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Urgently need a programmer...

Hi Liv,
Feel free to contact me for any programming needs: tampaprogrammer@yahoo.com

Rod
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 04:13 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 967
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Impossible to outsource work, no accountability!

I've always felt SEO (the business of) is a tricky one to even gauge what has been done and what hasn't.

It's not quite the same as coding or designing (you can see these processes getting done...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 07:18 AM
Replies: 105
Views: 7,716
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Aweber charges $792 for 100k subscribers

Here's a deal for you...

You get 100k quality subscriber and I will PAY your Aweber monthly fee.

All I ask is if I can send just one email per week to your list. ;)

Deal?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th January 2012, 12:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 453
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Need help deciding: RAM vs CPU for IM business

The old adage goes "when in doubt, buy more ram". Ram is ALWAYS the way to go first when trying to get more performance out of your computer.

However, you are in a different situation. You are...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th December 2011, 02:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 573
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Duplicate content in autoresponders

What you are referring to (duplicate content on 2 sites) is not the same as duplicate content sent via an email (which is what the OP is referring to).

Rod
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th December 2011, 11:06 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 528
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Low Conversions! What's Wrong With My Website??

I'm not saying "you" made much but roughly a 1% sales conversion sounds ok for a larger item such as this.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th December 2011, 10:44 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 528
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Low Conversions! What's Wrong With My Website??

four $300 sales on 400-450 clicks?

Sounds pretty good to me on an item of that price range that is seasonal...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th December 2011, 09:17 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 528
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Low Conversions! What's Wrong With My Website??

When you say "little sales", how many exactly?

How many hits,clicks have you received?
Where is the traffic coming from?

Its a somewhat big ticket item that buyers looking for it will most...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th December 2011, 05:06 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 558
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Is moving your "List" between managers easy?

I haven't personally done it but I heard that everyone in the list would have to reconfirm subscription (opt in again) when you make moves like that.

Rod
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th December 2011, 06:23 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 437
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Where to Learn to Create Websites

I suggest you just google:

html tutorial
css tutorial
(these are for basic sites)

If you want to work with dynamic sites (where pages change "on the fly" depending on customer input like one...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th December 2011, 06:42 PM
Replies: 312
Views: 10,671
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: What was your profession before you started internet marketing?

Building contractor but moonlighted as a programmer for 10+ years.
Then, when the real estate market crashed back in 06/07, I was forced into making programming my sole income earner.

Who did I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th December 2011, 09:50 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,295
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Something I need to get off my chest!

What's more, I can guarantee there are some VERY knowledgeable IM'rs with YEARS of experience that aren't even members of this forum so if they joined today, would you discount their advice?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th December 2011, 07:17 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 577
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: How Much Could I Sell This Website For?

I never said it was fair or accurate, I was just commenting on the fact you said it was just in the IM field and fellow IM'rs started following it like sheep. ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th December 2011, 06:52 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 577
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: How Much Could I Sell This Website For?

Actually Fernando, the 10x earning valuation was NOT started by IM'rs.
All those domain/website appraiser sites use that same formula and I heard about the 10x valuation LONG before I came into the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd December 2011, 09:27 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,157
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Around 1000 unique hits a month (80% of them through organic search) but very few sales

Mark, I was just throwing out suggestions to try and help. You don't have to dismiss my suggestions simply because they weren't inline with yours.

Even if he does define his USP, the site still...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd December 2011, 09:11 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,157
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Around 1000 unique hits a month (80% of them through organic search) but very few sales

Redesign is definitely a good idea and then possibly throw in a "social network" element?

When I first saw the site, I immediately thought about a nice graphic where a person is only partially...
Forum: Copywriting 23rd December 2011, 02:28 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,260
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Whats up with the LENGTHY videos on sales pages?

Sorry I am new here and couldnt find anything with search combos of words.

Not all of us have been here for 8 years. ;)
Forum: Copywriting 23rd December 2011, 09:36 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,260
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Whats up with the LENGTHY videos on sales pages?

Wow, thanks Tim...Do you have a quick link to that FTC ruling?
If not, I'll do the research, I'm just lazy...lol
Forum: Copywriting 23rd December 2011, 08:37 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,260
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Whats up with the LENGTHY videos on sales pages?

@VegasVince:

That is my question in the first post, is there any HARD data (side by side comparison of the same product that has been done within the past few months) to prove your theory OR mine?...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd December 2011, 06:21 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,317
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Is site flipping still a decent way to earn a few hundred $$'s a month?

LOL at the "flipping course" ...

Did you mean "flipping" (flip a site) or did you mean "flipping" (slang for the f word)?

;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd December 2011, 06:06 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 706
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Problems with your freelancer? or outsourced worked?

On the flipside of this, I have programmed, on good faith with no money upfront, and the client pushes and pushes on new additions "its only a few minutes tweak" thing and before I know it, I am...
Forum: Copywriting 23rd December 2011, 05:06 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,260
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Whats up with the LENGTHY videos on sales pages?

To be honest, what I typically do now is just hit refresh or attempt to close the page.

EVERY single one of them have a "wait, don't go, here is a discount" popup that typically goes to a shorter...
Forum: Copywriting 23rd December 2011, 04:54 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,260
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Whats up with the LENGTHY videos on sales pages?

Wow! Thanks for the response folks!

Hmmm...so, are there any product launchers reading this absorbing this feedback?

So far, you may have lost 5 buyers (the posters here so far) with these...
Forum: Copywriting 23rd December 2011, 04:04 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,260
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Whats up with the LENGTHY videos on sales pages?

I know I may be opening up a can of worms here but ...

I realize some time ago, vendors were getting better responses with a video only (no other content on page) and then a BUY NOW button would...
Forum: Programming 21st December 2011, 10:33 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 603
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Jquery and Javascript ????

Now THAT'S funny Rob!!! lol
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2011, 09:05 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 649
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Handy site to find web/writing job on Craigslist

Here is a handy site that has ALL the cities/states listed on craigslist for web jobs, designs, and writing.

Craigslist Jobs (http://craigslist-jobs.info)

No more clicking around navigating CL...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2011, 06:42 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,236
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: By FAR THE BEST IMer... with an AWESOME sales pitch!... Enjoy!

Its so secret, you have to find it...its a 1x1 pixel form somewhere on that page. It took me 3.14 days to find it but I am in and couldn't be happier.

Not quite to infinity yet but was hoping...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2011, 06:32 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,236
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: By FAR THE BEST IMer... with an AWESOME sales pitch!... Enjoy!

Get me to infinity and I will show you. ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2011, 06:29 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,236
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: By FAR THE BEST IMer... with an AWESOME sales pitch!... Enjoy!

Can someone teach me how to earn infinity dollars? I will be happy to give you a % split ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th December 2011, 06:24 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 658
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Sticky situation with my web developer...

However Matt, the poster here said he knew the guy was outsourcing the programming part and he was only doing the design.

Therefore, the "designer" had no direct access to the files either?

I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th December 2011, 10:53 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 668
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: fiverr payments

If you are referring to YOU as being a seller and buyers make payments to you, this is from their terms:

Revenues are only made available for withdrawal after a safety clearance period of 14 days....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th December 2011, 08:42 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,051
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: The Death of Email Marketing

Its also a numbers game. You can easily send out 10k emails in a day. You can't talk to 10k people in a day.

Maybe the phone calls are a higher conversion rate but I would rather have 1% of 10k...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th December 2011, 08:56 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 806
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: How can I protect an ebook?

I would just make sure you have some important links linking about your products/services/websites throughout the PDF so even if it gets stolen, you at least have some viral exposure from it. ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th December 2011, 08:12 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,095
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: What is the single most important software to buy?

A bit off topic and don't mean to be rude but ... have you considered redesigning your site?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th December 2011, 08:09 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,970
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Paypal Chargebacks on Digital Goods

I suggest just pressing "refund" when you get these. Why rock the boat?

If you sold a product through Clickbank, the users get a 60 day "no questions asked" refund and you, the vendor, have ZERO...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th December 2011, 06:52 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 848
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Ways to Get Traffic in New Website for Lazy People Like Me?

Dont worry about that example. If YOU are going to sleep while hundreds of pages are rotating on your screen, you cannot possibly see what the sites are about and purchase/signup to anything.
...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 15th December 2011, 02:27 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,695
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Anyone tried "The Profit Platform - Mike Filsame?"

Thanks ollarbank for the analogy but I have to disagree a bit.

There are SEVERAL offers out there where they have sites "pre-made" offering clickbank products, amazon, ebay auto-loading, etc.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th December 2011, 07:16 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 591
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Effective Webdesign Question

Another good thing to remember about lightboxes is that they try to center themselves in the users window.

If your content is longer than a typical page long (remember, many are on 15" laptops so...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th December 2011, 07:11 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 848
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Ways to Get Traffic in New Website for Lazy People Like Me?

If you opened a restaurant, a construction company, a consulting company, do you think you would be successful if you are "lazy"?

Why do you think this would be any different? In its most basic...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th December 2011, 07:07 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 591
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Effective Webdesign Question

I don't suggest this for several reasons:

1. With jquery, even though you only show the product upon hover/click, the data IS loading in the background (unless you use AJAX/JSON to load as...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 15th December 2011, 04:40 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,695
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Anyone tried "The Profit Platform - Mike Filsame?"

$2,000?!?!?

I am not bashing the product because I haven't seen it yet and its probably pretty good but... 2 GRAND?!?!

Has any of the above posters even broke even yet? For $2,000 I am sure...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th December 2011, 02:17 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 817
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Where to find a coder?

You can PM me and I am confident I can help you. ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 09:18 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,114
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Double Opt in is a Killer!

That doesn't look expensive at all!
However, it does go by individual emails sent, not your contact list size.
But then, I don't mass email on a daily basis either, maybe once a week. ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 05:07 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,045
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Sales Drop in December...Anyone else?

I would suspect your niche would be the hardest hit.

With all the eating we do during the holidays, very few will say "I want to start dieting BEFORE all the holiday treats".

They will defer...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 04:11 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 795
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Google planning to take affiliates out of the game?

I am personally ok with the paid adverts at top. That way, if I *REALLY* want to get to the first page, all I gotta do is *pay* for it. ;)

It is their search engine after all and whether we like...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 04:01 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 795
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Google planning to take affiliates out of the game?

Google and Amazon are two different breeds. Amazon SHIPS products to members, more akin to an Ebay type site.

Google doesn't do that at all (or do they these days? lol)
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 12th December 2011, 03:25 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,177
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Google in 60 Seconds

I don't understand why these guys try to sell stuff like this when places like CB have a "no questions asked" refund policy.

Do some people just eat it and not ask for a refund regardless of how...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 08:19 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 4,893
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Is it possible to make $1 million in 1 year in internet marketing?

Technically, you could make a million in almost EVERY industry, whether it be internet marketing, ebaying, selling used cars, or even shipping flowers.

It all depends on your drive, determination,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th December 2011, 08:06 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 967
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: What Would You Rather Have Lots of Traffic & an CRAP Site or the Reverse?

Here is an OBVIOUS real world example. An ugly site with HUGE traffic.

CRAIGSLIST .... need I say more which is more important? ;)

Rod
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 11th December 2011, 09:34 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 830
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Setting up a turnkey need help with selling keywords

May I make a few suggestions on the site design?

1. A lot of blank space near the top...Do you have a plan to put something there? If not, that could definitely be tightened up so you can get...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 11th December 2011, 12:51 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 12,818
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Bill McRea's Painless Traffic Anyone?

(sorry, not trying to make this a support thread) but ...
@Legend Dude, I can't reply to PMs yet (not hit 50 posts) and you didn't send me your email or CB receipt number for me to search for your...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 10th December 2011, 04:24 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 12,818
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Bill McRea's Painless Traffic Anyone?

@Legend Dude,
I was going through refunds today and if you got dropped from 22 to 2, you either:

a. requested a refund so I had to remove 20
b. I screwed up and removed from the wrong member...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th December 2011, 04:13 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,798
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Paypal Dispute - reversal issue

When you have a dispute, the only monies being "held" is the amount of the dispute.

Lets say you have $110 in your account and the dispute is for $10.

You can't withdraw $110 until the dispute...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th December 2011, 01:23 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 597
Posted By tampaprogrammer
Re: Best practice to improve email delivery rate...

Off the top of my head, I remember there are certain "keywords" that trigger spam scores.

Also, things like don't put ALL CAPS in your subject headline, nor should you capitalize the first letter...
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