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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th September 2008, 03:21 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,870
Posted By Jelasco
Re: What's With All These Angry Beggars?

Tim, do any of these people give you a reason why you should give them your product, or do they just say "give it to me"?

I'm getting emails asking for free products- they claim they are...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2008, 11:12 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,986
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Clickbank sales alert

I'm surprised people are so interested in this- why do you want to get interrupted like this, unless there is a problem that needs your attention?
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:48 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 2,455
Posted By Jelasco
Re: What are your thoughts about Palin's daughter being pregnant?

It's disgusting that this story is even in the news. It's a private family matter, and the person in question is not the candidate!

I don't see the media making an issue of Obama's cocaine use,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:44 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 4,544
Posted By Jelasco
Re: 30,000 scientists sue Al Gore for fraud.

What about the cruelty that animals impose on each other?

When a lion takes down a gazelle, is that somehow less cruel than a slaughterhouse killing a cow for meat?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd September 2008, 05:41 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 936
Posted By Jelasco
Re: PPC Click Fraud

I think it would be better marketing to not bring up the issue of click fraud.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 773
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Click Here to Order

Yes, but not a new idea. It's been done several times- I think Joel's even done it before.

It's interesting that until now (apparently) nobody published a book about the history of IM.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:38 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,253
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Exit or Enter Pop-Over

Is this on a sales page? If so I'm reminded of something the late Gary Halbert said, that if someone is reading your sales message, it's pretty stupid to distract them by having something else appear...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:35 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 914
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Is this the REAL secret to internet marketing?

Naturally good at it? Yes, scientists have isolated a gene which is 98% responsible for IM success. They are amazed how fast this gene developed, considering how new the Internet is.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:31 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 853
Posted By Jelasco
Re: FAQs section for salesletter

If the FAQs are related to the product, I'd suggest weaving them into the salesletter.

You'll probably find that with a separate FAQ section, the people who need to read it don't, just like the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:28 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 983
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies

I'm not surprised at all... yet no doubt people will continue to come here and start threads preaching to us to give more and more free stuff.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:27 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,300
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Warrior Matt Jumps From Airplane... Here's the Video... Crazy Fool... That's just messed up

Hummusx, you did a solo jump the first time? Wouldn't being attached to an experienced jumper make you feel safer?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:26 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,928
Posted By Jelasco
Re: 2 launches, Great potential, pissed off customers...

Since their intended audience is Internet marketers, people should realize that server problems can and do happen.

If people are going to be so upset about having to wait to place an order, I'd...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:22 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,447
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Do you send PLAIN or HTML emails to your list?

Since you can't track open rates of plain text emails, how did they manage to determine this?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:18 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,390
Posted By Jelasco
Re: My Turn to be Locked Out of Paypal

They most certainly can and do- it sounds like you don't know much about merchant accounts.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 05:15 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,300
Posted By Jelasco
Forum: Mind Warriors 30th August 2008, 08:26 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 5,603
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Can You Get Rich Giving Money Away?

Just about every successful company is socially responsible, in that
1. They provide products and services people want
2. They provide jobs
3. They buy things from other businesses
4. They pay...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2008, 04:05 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 732
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Would You Promote

Why don't you call the 800 number and see if they try to sell you over the phone?

Just because they have the number there doesn't mean they take phone orders.

If they didn't have the number...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2008, 04:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,559
Posted By Jelasco
Re: The Death of Mind Mapping...? programs that is

I haven't seen how mind mapping is any better than pen and paper.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2008, 03:48 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,315
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Joomla. Do you? Would You? Have You?

How many third party templates and addons are there for Coranto?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2008, 03:44 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 835
Posted By Jelasco
Re: If i wish to sell a bunch of mp3 is it illegal?

Once we know it's illegal, why do we need to ask a legal expert?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th August 2008, 11:32 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,413
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Can You Pause An Aweber Campaign?

Would that also prevent new people from signing up?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th August 2008, 10:12 AM
Replies: 112
Views: 8,727
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Comcast to limit customers' broadband usage

Just one more reason why Comcast blows. I'm grateful I don't live in their territory.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 09:12 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 849
Posted By Jelasco
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 09:08 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,019
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Good Technique or Black Hat re: Testimonials?

There's nothing unethical about that, unless you think affiliate marketing is unethical.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 06:02 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,019
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Good Technique or Black Hat re: Testimonials?

So Greg, was my interpretation of your question correct? I can tell that some read it a different way than I did, so we are not all answering the same question.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 05:59 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 849
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Is This Rude? Or Is It Just Me?

OK, let's say someone starts a thread suggesting people should buy CDs with 1 million email addresses and send offers to them. So one of us replies that that is a bad plan, might get the person in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 02:55 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,019
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Good Technique or Black Hat re: Testimonials?

Let me make sure I understand this. The sales letter for product A had a testimonial from the creator of product B, and that testimonial had site A's owner's affiliate link for product B in it. Is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 02:44 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,011
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Joomla what a pain in the A**

I'd strongly recommend using a standalone FTP program (or your hosting control panel) for this purpose. Who knows what Dreamweaver might do when FTPing files it didn't create.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 02:42 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,387
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Anyone get neck and shoulder pain while marketing

I've been sitting in front of a PC for 25 years and never had any pain in shoulders, neck, hands, etc.

I actually thought carpal tunnel syndrome was made up until I met someone who had it.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 02:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 750
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Wordtracker or google adword tool?

It sure seems like Google would have better numbers on how many searches were done on their site than a third party would. (Of course they could be deliberately distorting the numbers they show.)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 10:59 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 700
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Why on earth doesn't our industry have......

Ken, real estate is much more of a face-to-face industry than IM is, so of course they have more in-person meetings.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 10:41 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 744
Posted By Jelasco
Re: AMember Decision Time - Advice Needed

1. The easiest way is to put the aweber form on the thank you page template, where people arrive after joining.

2. The basic coupons only apply the discount once, but they were going to enhance...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 10:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,287
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Freebie: Increase Optin Rate by Adding Red to Green Submit Button

What rate of increase did you get doing this?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 10:24 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,295
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Question about GetResponse...

When you import, can you keep people at the same point where they were in the message sequence or do they all get reset as if they had just subscribed?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 10:17 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,381
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Registry Cleaners - Are They Necessary?

Scott, what do cookies have to do with the registry?
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th August 2008, 10:12 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,029
Posted By Jelasco
Re: What are you doing for our earth?

I'm ignoring the biggest hoax of all time- man-made global warming.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 10:11 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 700
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Why on earth doesn't our industry have......

Ken, people do meet face to face at seminars, conferences, etc.

Some have mastermind groups that meet in person.

I'm not sure why an association is needed- just arrange to meet in person with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 10:07 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 973
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Do you enforce positive cash flow?

Yes, and that deduction is also one of the top audit triggers.

I don't think it's worth it for the small tax savings.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 09:56 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 965
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Leave it on the table. No seriously you will.

If any of them ever make any sales, I'll do that.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 09:51 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 829
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Product quality IS marketing

Geez, what do you expect Trump to say in public, that quality doesn't matter?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 02:23 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,188
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Shocked by Clickbank processing fee of 10%

Do you seriously not get the difference between a % based fee and a profit margin?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 12:09 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,010
Posted By Jelasco
Re: When a Review site is not a Review site

I stand by my opinion that people can do what they want with their own site.

The Internet does not have a fixed size; therefore the term "clogging up" does not apply.

Probably 90% of the books,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 12:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 775
Posted By Jelasco
Re: transforming a membership site into free site? Good idea?

Not necessarily. If he has a lot of content already, and the monthly fee is low, he doesn't have to add more content all the time. Especially if the content is not organized by month, which I assume...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 11:57 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 611
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Genuine Opinions and Help Needed on Membership Site

The first question I always ask in this situation is how much traffic are you getting?

The next one is where is the traffic coming from?

If traffic is low, there's not much point looking at the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 11:53 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,317
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Do Not Click Here, Admins Only!

I could have sworn you suggested people give those products away, which is why I was saying they need to check the rights first.

I'm still not clear if you've actually tried the idea you suggest,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 11:46 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 960
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Warriors, how do you check your emails while on the go?

LOL, no kids, and I don't take the laptop shopping. Why would I?

BTW, where I live, they have this thing called a bus that picks up the kids where they live and takes them to school, then brings...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 11:43 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 746
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Google link policy - interesting item I found on web

There's really nothing new in that article.

If you take Google's guidelines literally, you aren't supposed to do anything to get traffic (except buy Adwords, I guess).

You see, if you create a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 11:18 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,064
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Why Clickbank?

Amen!

I get tired of reading about the "army of affiliates" there. Unless you work to recruit them or sell enough of your own product so that it ranks highly in the marketplace, you'll find that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 11:10 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 633
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Affiliates, are you ticked off at the product owners? Why?

I think the person is wondering why his own site wouldn't rank higher than an affiliate's. That's more of an SEO issue than an affiliate marketing one.

It's nothing for an affiliate to get upset...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 11:06 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 804
Posted By Jelasco
Re: If you die tomorrow, would your business survive?

The sites would stay up until the credit cards for hosting expired.

People would still be able to buy and download products, but wouldn't get any support. :)

I'm not concerned, since I would be...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th August 2008, 10:51 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,013
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Tricky way to get people to click

Where exactly is the trick?

The ads are clearly labeled as ads.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 10:47 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,317
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Do Not Click Here, Admins Only!

SunTzu82, better check the terms of those products. Just because you have resale rights doesn't mean you can give the product away.

I'm also curious about your math. You assume a 1% conversion,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 10:41 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 777
Posted By Jelasco
Re: eBay Alert - Is your product listed in this auction?

If ebay doesn't allow downloadable products, why would they allow a membership of them? It is the same thing. If the auction is violating your terms, report it to ebay.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 10:39 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 965
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Leave it on the table. No seriously you will.

Lakshay, your idea is fine, but I've seen too many cases where a site was set up just like that, to encourage customers to be affiliates, with plenty of tools for them, and 99% of them did nothing.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 10:27 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,188
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Shocked by Clickbank processing fee of 10%

Then how is PayPal able to charge me under 3%? Don't they have servers, staff, etc. as well?

This discussion doesn't even include all the ways CB keeps even more of our money beyond their per-sale...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 10:25 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,188
Posted By Jelasco
Re: Shocked by Clickbank processing fee of 10%

I assume you're kidding.

Clickbank has had those high fees for many years. What do a few bank failures have to do with it? I haven't heard of merchant accounts raising their transaction fees- the...
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