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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th June 2013, 07:27 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,194
Posted By tdj
Re: Poor WSO's - what to do about them?

I think the #1 reason for excess purchases is that most people new to the IM game have no plan. Many are conditioned to believe all the hype. Success and becoming rich motivates people.

No doubt...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th June 2013, 06:50 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,312
Posted By tdj
Re: If you could go back in time...

I would learn copywriting first, then create a sales funnel with my own products, build a list, pay affiliates 80-100% commissions.
Forum: Copywriting 4th May 2013, 04:41 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,222
Posted By tdj
Re: If I only had about an hour a day for copywriting...

You can keep busy with this. Gary Halbert was one of the best copywriters to ever live. Follow his suggestions.

The Gary Halbert Letter...
Forum: Copywriting 3rd May 2013, 12:16 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,258
Posted By tdj
Re: I just sold a copy of Breakthrough Advertising for $60, was that too cheap?

Looks like the newer ones go anywhere from $95-400.

Older version (1984) start at $200 and go up over $2,000

Amazon.com: breakthrough...
Forum: Copywriting 3rd May 2013, 12:09 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,258
Posted By tdj
Re: I just sold a copy of Breakthrough Advertising for $60, was that too cheap?

Where did you sell it at? Ebay? I have not read that book, but it is one of the 7 or 8 that Gary Halbert recommends. I think I have seen that book go for more than $150. (maybe that was new?) I guess...
Forum: Copywriting 3rd May 2013, 06:57 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 11,418
Posted By tdj
Re: The Lazy Man's Way To Riches

Jason,

I have just read the book for the first time and will be going thru the workbook on my second reading. I got the Richard Nixon version 3.0 on Amazon for less than $20 used. It's funny how...
Forum: Copywriting 25th April 2013, 07:49 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,826
Posted By tdj
Re: Where can I find the highest converting sales letters?

It must be a good idea. I have heard of doing this on more than 1 occasion. My question is: How do you know if the copy is a winner or not?

Todd
Forum: Copywriting 15th April 2013, 10:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 616
Posted By tdj
Re: DM and the internet

Thanks Daniel. Just the kind of answer I was looking for. Speaking of pictures, I still see copy in the MMO online niche that still posts pictures of fancy homes, fancy cars, etc. To me that reads...
Forum: Copywriting 12th April 2013, 10:19 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 616
Posted By tdj
DM and the internet

Hey guys.

Just to let you know, I am not a copywriter. I love to read books on writing copy and studying the art of copywriting. I find it fascinating!

I do have a question for the experienced...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2013, 01:34 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,512
Posted By tdj
Re: Getting past the 4% amazon commission

Hey Jason, thanks for the tips. Do you follow a specific backlinking campaign and what do you do as far SEO and the like. The one drawback I see with review sites is that the products change every...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2013, 12:54 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,512
Posted By tdj
Re: Getting past the 4% amazon commission

Perhaps I need to redesign my sites to more of a review site. Even though a lot of my links redirect them to a full product page where they can compare and review several similar items. Why do you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2013, 12:15 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,512
Posted By tdj
Re: Getting past the 4% amazon commission

I know it is low. I am getting them to amazon which is a good deal because they can sell. Maybe its just the niches I am targeting. What is your conversion rate and is that typical? What type of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2013, 11:38 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,512
Posted By tdj
Re: Getting past the 4% amazon commission

My conversion is at 3.7%. Most people are clicking on the text link embedded in my content. I think it is common for people to buy unrelated items. My sites are similar in design but one site is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2013, 10:36 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,512
Posted By tdj
Getting past the 4% amazon commission

I have a few Amazon sites that do make some money. However my problem is getting past the 4% commission and selling enough items to get the higher commission. Anyone have any ideas on how the best...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2012, 05:23 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 2,774
Posted By tdj
Re: Top 10 reasons to use Wordpress over html

I was just curious because it seems that everyone is using wordpress even with the security issues. I am also contemplating purchasing Xsitepro and wanted some feedback from wordpress users to make...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th June 2012, 06:12 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 2,774
Posted By tdj
Top 10 reasons to use Wordpress over html

What are the top reasons you use wordpress vesus an html site?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th May 2012, 10:33 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 294
Posted By tdj
Who would you recommend?

I am looking to sell some of my sites. Too many to manage. Who would you recommend to hire for the transferring of website files to a new owner. Thank You.

todd
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th May 2012, 01:43 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 545
Posted By tdj
Re: Ads before the fold penalty

When you first log onto a website, the whole site does not normally show up. Everything you see is "above" fold when you open a webpage. When you start to scroll down, that content is "below" the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th April 2012, 04:14 PM
Replies: 1,158
Views: 71,910
Posted By tdj
Re: How I went from $0 - $2000 in 3 months

You can download a free version of Traffic Travis and it will give you every thing you need to analyze the competition on first page. Nice little free tool.:)

Todd
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th April 2012, 01:13 PM
Replies: 1,158
Views: 71,910
Posted By tdj
Re: How I went from $0 - $2000 in 3 months

You get about 68%. So if the CPC for the ad is $1, you would make .68 cents for the click thru.

Todd
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th April 2012, 01:04 PM
Replies: 1,158
Views: 71,910
Posted By tdj
Re: How I went from $0 - $2000 in 3 months

I agree. One of my little 4-5 page sites is now ranking #1 or#2 for the past few weeks. Site is a year old and the only thing I did was backlink very little to this site the first week it was built....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th April 2012, 12:51 PM
Replies: 1,158
Views: 71,910
Posted By tdj
Re: How I went from $0 - $2000 in 3 months

That's $300/month. He is already profiting in less than 2 months and outsourced most all of the work. He could outsource and spend $100/month from now on to keep the site updated and climbing in the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th April 2012, 05:37 AM
Replies: 1,158
Views: 71,910
Posted By tdj
Re: How I went from $0 - $2000 in 3 months

Hey Carl,

Do you have any ideas or strategies to keep your bounce rate down? Seems it is a fairly important factor in ranking sites. Thanks Carl. I know you really want them to click on the ads...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th April 2012, 01:37 PM
Replies: 1,158
Views: 71,910
Posted By tdj
Re: How I went from $0 - $2000 in 3 months

Learning how to check for strength of competition is part of the key here. Look for PR, Number of backlinks, is it a top level domain?, do they have keyword in title, description, and H1 tag? Just...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th April 2012, 01:12 PM
Replies: 1,158
Views: 71,910
Posted By tdj
Re: How I went from $0 - $2000 in 3 months

Yes I had the same thing happen. Once in awhile you gotta log in to your google acct or read your email. I did not see that google had sent me a PIN by email or mail but there was a notification in...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 2nd August 2011, 04:04 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 9,214
Posted By tdj
Re: Rank and Pillage reviews?

Can You cover in a little more detail about the outsourcing aspect? Is it just a link or recommendation or does the course provide you with detail to hand to the outsourcers? Do we have to find and...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 13th July 2011, 05:51 AM
Replies: 199
Views: 32,489
Posted By tdj
Re: Chronic Commissions

That's really funny Jeremy. LMAO! That's where the $12 comes in handy. Vaseline.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th July 2011, 05:45 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,026
Posted By tdj
Why are adsense ads Inactive?

I have logged into my adsense account and have found some of my adsense ads inactive. I know that a few of them that I simply took off my sites. However there are some that I never took off my site,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th July 2011, 08:17 PM
Replies: 118
Views: 3,685
Posted By tdj
Re: Should I give up?

Why not just spend time on this forum and learn. It's free and you can learn just about anything right here. Try a blogger blog and mess around putting up some adsense ads and adding images. Write a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd June 2011, 06:10 PM
Replies: 287
Views: 9,879
Posted By tdj
Re: FTC after Big G

I see it the same way the government brought big oil companies in front of Congress. Just a dog and pony show. They know who butters their bread.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th June 2011, 11:08 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 4,798
Posted By tdj
Re: I'm sick of Clickbank

It can be frustrating, but you need to look at the facts. You need more traffic and the conversions for clickbank products are not as high as you think. Nothing really unusual about your stats.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th June 2011, 07:01 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 946
Posted By tdj
Re: No Longer Earning From Adsense What Gives?

Once you reach a certain amount earned, you have to submit a PIN and bank acct. numbers for payments. They will stop showing ads on your site until you do. Not sure if this is the case here. Check...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 09:25 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,308
Posted By tdj
Re: How do you cloak a banner ad?

Thanks Matt! Yep, now I get it. Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 08:24 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,308
Posted By tdj
Re: How do you cloak a banner ad?

Thanks for the help guys.

@Matt- I am not 100% sure what you mean. I know how to do the text link php redirect, but not quite sure what you mean by embed link around banner image part. Do I put...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 07:39 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,308
Posted By tdj
Re: How do you cloak a banner ad?

Example: This is the code for my banner

<a href="http://toys.com/?aff=id03162&track=" target="_top">
<img src="http://pr-pa.com/ba/wbd012.gif" width=120 height=90 border=0 alt="Get A free toy...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 07:25 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 3,451
Posted By tdj
Re: Dear Mr. Paul Myers...

Sounds like you could know something about making moonshine. Are you from parts unknown?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 03:26 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,308
Posted By tdj
How do you cloak a banner ad?

Does anyone know how to cloak your affiliate link inside banner ads? I am not using Wordpress, just plain html sites. Thanks.
Forum: Copywriting 28th May 2011, 07:46 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 6,430
Posted By tdj
Re: 4 Most Opened Email Subjects! (tested)

Are those for the make money crowd? I think open rates should be tested with a variable such as day and time of the week it was sent. Open rates also depend on the niche and your relationship to your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th May 2011, 05:42 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,528
Posted By tdj
Re: [Free Six Figure Tip] Discover How Winning Video Game Strategies Can Make You Rich

Good points. I think what happens on occassion is that people are looking for answers to their questions. They become confused and disoriented online looking for the truth. They may have been scammed...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd May 2011, 09:35 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,545
Posted By tdj
Re: Best way to rank new sites, build my rank?

If your model is building 1 product review sites, look in the warriors for hire section. For $15-20 bucks you have many options for building links. Choose one package in that price range and see what...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd May 2011, 08:50 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 24,631
Posted By tdj
Re: Hostgator vs Bluehost

I have been happy with Hostgator. Great service. Usually get domains at Namecheap.
Forum: Copywriting 22nd May 2011, 02:01 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,194
Posted By tdj
Re: Power Of Words

Emotional tone for sure. But what I got from the video is the fact that the right choice of words you use in any copy, will fetch you more money. It's like me writing copy versus a good copywriter...
Forum: Copywriting 21st May 2011, 05:12 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,063
Posted By tdj
Re: How do you pre sell someone?

Thank you arfasaira. Does Paul's course come with audio? I am not yet going to be doing e-mail marketing with this system. Would Paul's course be something that would work for the type of sites I am...
Forum: Copywriting 20th May 2011, 06:13 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,063
Posted By tdj
Re: How do you pre sell someone?

@ken- That's funny stuff. I'm still laughing.

@Dante- Excellent recommendations

@Chris and Rick- Very helpful

Thanks to everyone for responding! For now, I have been putting up mini sites...
Forum: Copywriting 19th May 2011, 09:22 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,063
Posted By tdj
How do you pre sell someone?

I will try to clarify a bit here. I have read and seen plenty of long copy. I would consider this the final sales letter. However, as an affiliate you want to move the prospect on to that sales page...
Forum: Copywriting 19th May 2011, 07:38 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 17,507
Posted By tdj
Re: How I Became a Million Dollar Copywriter in One Year (From Total Newbie)

These are worth a read.


Halbert Newsletter Archives (http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com/newsletter-archives.htm)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th May 2011, 10:38 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,556
Posted By tdj
Re: This will increase opt-ins by up to 15% (now with pics)

Personally, I like the fact that I don't have to give a name but only the e-mail address when I sign up for something. Psychologically, it makes me feel as if I won't be pressured into something...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th May 2011, 07:01 PM
Replies: 137
Views: 8,495
Posted By tdj
Re: Anyone making 100$ daily with adsense?

Most are set and forget with that many. Do some initial backlinking and then on to the next site. It's a numbers game. If you notice a particular site is doing pretty well (look at your adsense...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th May 2011, 10:35 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 9,918
Posted By tdj
Re: Want to succeed? Quit your job.

I think it will work for you. You have nobody to support but yourself. The worst that can happen is you might have to go find a mundane boring job. What have you got to lose? You have way more to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th May 2011, 08:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 602
Posted By tdj
Re: New Website SEO- Do The Same Strategies Work?

That makes sense. How long after the press release should you wait before aggressive link building?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th May 2011, 04:16 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 6,806
Posted By tdj
Re: How Do I get from $1,000 Per Week to $1,000 per day.

Why not outsource your traffic and spent time on your sales funnel. Pay your affiliates a good % and you might get there sooner than you think.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st May 2011, 01:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 516
Posted By tdj
Re: Simple Adsense Question

That's funny. Let's see, I really don't want to start making money right away maybe it would be better to wait awhile.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th April 2011, 06:54 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 736
Posted By tdj
Re: Help With Affiliate/Adsense Website

If you look up your keyword using the google keyword tool and have it set to show CPC, your keyword has a CPC of .60 cents. Very low. Normally you would get approx. 68% of that amount. That CPC is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th April 2011, 08:46 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 736
Posted By tdj
Re: Help With Affiliate/Adsense Website

Top left corner and top right corner are good adsense placements. I would move the 4-link adsense block up to upper right corner where that Friend me ad is. Your horizontal link ads at very top left...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th April 2011, 08:10 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 736
Posted By tdj
Re: Help With Affiliate/Adsense Website

I would also like to know what you mean by this "code"
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th April 2011, 08:30 PM
Replies: 221
Views: 6,071
Posted By tdj
Re: Is a college degree really necessary?

No it is not necessary. College grads do make more money, but they are working for someone else. Many are without jobs. Do what you really enjoy. It's not always about the money.
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