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Forum: Offline Marketing 1st October 2012, 07:27 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,046
Posted By ericthered
Re: Best business advice someone has given you in real life

Learn how to sell - don't worry about the tech stuff, there are plenty of people who can do the tech stuff relatively cheaply.
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th March 2012, 07:58 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 5,601
Posted By ericthered
Re: Free Audio Here- and Letter Of Apology to Offline Warriors.

What are you, one of those Human Beings?
Thank You a truckload for your story and fessing up and taking responsibility for what happened (or didn't happen.)

If you're a friend of Bill's, I hope...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd September 2011, 09:05 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 3,263
Posted By ericthered
Re: 108 Direct Mails Sent... 5 Call back today

did anybody else catch that?

You are a funny guy bro.

Thanks for the DM experience, I'm working that angle for bookkeepers and a web design Co.

E
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd August 2011, 06:10 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,440
Posted By ericthered
Re: How To Go To Breakfast and Make $1,100...And Go Back To Bed.

Ha - you can tell Bruce is a copywriter from the thread title.

Thanks Mr R. Great story. Just shows how a little curiosity and LISTENING can get a foot in the door that otherwise would be tightly...
Forum: Copywriting 8th March 2011, 10:42 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,265
Posted By ericthered
Re: Marketing Experiments

Thanks Rick,

With the goods available on that site , a lot of paid products suddenly look kind of...goofy

E
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st March 2011, 09:45 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 445
Posted By ericthered
Over a 6% response from lead gen. letter!

I've been trying different lead generation letters that I send out to local biz's who advertise regularly in my local newspaper.

This one offered a free report on how to write better print ads -...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th February 2011, 07:12 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 4,824
Posted By ericthered
Re: GET BIGGER DEALS!!! Sell Your Services To Larger Companies!

Hi Michael H, I for one have definitely been listening. Reading this thread and especially your original post has helped me make a tiny but fundamental shift in how I approach the consulting biz.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd February 2011, 10:26 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 914
Posted By ericthered
Re: What? No. You won't make any money like that!

Pick a biz owner near you, send him a letter (real paper and envelope and stamp even!) and tell him you'll be at restaurant nearby in a couple of days and the coffee/lunch is on you.

Tell him you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th February 2011, 09:43 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 747
Posted By ericthered
Re: Help me succeed with my 1st marketing campaign please

Hey Stephen,

Congratulations on taking those first steps, always the hardest.

I wrote a letter for a web designer to generate leads. Postal letter - real paper - she mailed 100 letters, got 3...
Forum: Copywriting 26th January 2011, 08:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 713
Posted By ericthered
Re: Would You Hire This Web Designer?

stealthpromo,

My client serves offline local businesses, and she does get word of mouth referrals. But that only goes so far. She doesn't build sites to dazzle or entertain, but to get a phone...
Forum: Copywriting 26th January 2011, 07:16 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 713
Posted By ericthered
Would You Hire This Web Designer?

I'm throwing a bunch of headlines aout there to get the juices flowing.

I'm working on a postcard for a web designer, the customer is a little conservative - though I'd LOVE to be a little (or a...
Forum: Copywriting 3rd November 2010, 06:11 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,012
Posted By ericthered
Re: Pulp Fiction?

"Peace Like A River" by Leif Enger.

Story telling at its finest.

The guy is a MASTER with metaphors.

I hope they never make a movie from this story.

Eric
Forum: Copywriting 25th October 2010, 10:15 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,253
Posted By ericthered
Re: Your help and review will be highly appreciated.

As was questioned before in the thread, is there really a market for this product? I've been around pregnant women before (one of them my wife!) and I've never heard any mention of the need for...
Forum: Copywriting 11th October 2010, 09:35 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,292
Posted By ericthered
Re: Luring Men

I hate to burst your bubble Sally , but all Human Beings are simple creature - from
a persuasion point of view.

Regarding the sex thing, well that's just biology baby - plain and simple.

Are...
Forum: Copywriting 29th September 2010, 02:48 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,469
Posted By ericthered
Re: How to score big fish clients

Kevin , I am on the verge, And I damn well will find a way to get over the hump.

Your post should be seen by every aspiring copywriter.

Thanks

Eric N.
Forum: Copywriting 29th September 2010, 01:03 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,469
Posted By ericthered
Re: How to score big fish clients

Kevin,

I listened to the interview last night 'cause of the email you sent out.
For me it was time well spent. It reinforced the idea that business really IS
all about relationships. The...
Forum: Copywriting 24th September 2010, 10:27 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,919
Posted By ericthered
Re: What Do You Want From A Copy Coach?

Brother Raybould,

Lots of assignments (actual writing), with none too gentle critiques.

With maybe the final assignment to write the copy for our own website - to sell
copywriting services.
...
Forum: Copywriting 24th September 2010, 12:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,267
Posted By ericthered
Re: VINDICATION - Six Months Copywriting Boot Camp Paid Off

Coz ,

thanks for one of the most useful and practical posts I've seen on here in a while!

What I got from it - a little learning ,and LOT of practice!

Even Doctors and Lawyers go to school...
Forum: Copywriting 3rd September 2010, 06:09 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,018
Posted By ericthered
Re: [What I Learned] Day Three: Research Is King

Da*n , you mean I have to WORK?

I thought all I had to do was bang out a quick letter and sit back and fill up my wheelbarrow and roll to the bank.;)

I don't know about this copywriting stuff....
Forum: Copywriting 24th July 2010, 03:52 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,123
Posted By ericthered
Re: Sales Letter Critique (my best effort still ain't good enough)

Your profit is $190k a month? - why don't you hire a hotshot copywriter for a few grand ?
E
Forum: Copywriting 16th July 2010, 07:49 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,363
Posted By ericthered
Re: How An Old "Uneducated" Businessman Saved Me $100,000

Sounds like your Buddy Fred is "uneducated" only by conventional standards. He may be more edumacated than many biz school grads.

...
Forum: Copywriting 8th July 2010, 11:04 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 15,271
Posted By ericthered
Forum: Copywriting 28th June 2010, 08:03 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 865
Posted By ericthered
Re: My Flyer for services - How Bad is It?

Thanks everyone, my little experiment shows I need a little more "experience".
I'm pulling the thing down so the link will be dead.
Forum: Copywriting 28th June 2010, 07:56 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 4,565
Posted By ericthered
Re: This copywriter really pisses me off...

Hi Kids, I wrote up a flyer to promote my copywriting services to small biz in my area.
I asked for input on this forum and posted a link to the flyer.( it was terrible, I'm going to yank it down...
Forum: Copywriting 27th June 2010, 09:37 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 865
Posted By ericthered
Re: My Flyer for services - How Bad is It?

guess I should put a link somewhere!: copyservice (http://IGotchaCopy.com)
Forum: Copywriting 27th June 2010, 09:35 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 865
Posted By ericthered
My Flyer for services - How Bad is It?

Hey WF copywriters, if you have a minute have a quick look at a flyer I wrote up. I want to help out a few local Bizzez for testimonials mainly.
I'm no web designer (obviously). It's the text that...
Forum: Copywriting 18th June 2010, 06:47 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,545
Posted By ericthered
Rookie Copywriter Humbly Asking For Help

Hey all , I need those first few jobs to get some testimonials. Starting into my "shameless whore" stage. I'll take any and all jobs to get experience dealing w/clients and deadlines.

I see...
Forum: Copywriting 17th June 2010, 08:46 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,213
Posted By ericthered
Re: Copywriter needed for sowtware site

martinsbca, shoot me an email to: eric at topnotchmarketing.org
with some details, we can talk.

Eric
Forum: Copywriting 17th June 2010, 07:24 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 3,724
Posted By ericthered
Re: How do I learn copywriting?

Re-read post # 24 by gjabiz- I'm gonna start doing that myself - anybody wanna buy a nice white refrigerator ? - cheap ?

"Kick Ass Copywriting Secrets of a Marketing Rebel" , by John Carlton, not...
Forum: Programming 30th May 2010, 06:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,157
Posted By ericthered
CPanel access but no wordpress user and pass

Hi all, I'm in a little jam here and maybe someone here can help.

I paid someone in this forum to put up a site for me . The un-named person left the site half finished and stopped replying to...
Forum: Copywriting 20th May 2010, 11:49 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,950
Posted By ericthered
Re: I'm Looking For A Few Newbie Copywriters

Definitely interested Harlan - I'll PM you.
Eric
Forum: Copywriting 10th May 2010, 11:21 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,103
Posted By ericthered
Re: A small but (I think) important request

Rick , thanks for reminding me. Often I read fantastic stuff in this forum and just breeze on by . . .forgetting this is freely given !
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th November 2009, 01:19 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,283
Posted By ericthered
Re: If You Can't Get Writing Jobs ... Is It Because There IS Too Much Competition

Thats too funny Ms. Clement . . .I saw it on the (teevee) internet , it Must be true . .
Eric
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2009, 06:42 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 993
Posted By ericthered
Re: Best Free Traffic Method ?

What does this have to do with Traffic Generation ?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2009, 05:43 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 993
Posted By ericthered
Best Free Traffic Method ?

OK , I've got decent (we'll see) squeeze page up and now it's traffic time.
There are so many ways I need to concentrate on ONE.
Anyone have suggestions to start out ? :confused:
Forum: Programming 22nd October 2009, 10:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 486
Posted By ericthered
Re: Really Basic Question

Yes Scott, Thanks that is just what I needed.
Eric
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd October 2009, 09:14 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 571
Posted By ericthered
Re: Is getresponse down today?

I just set up my very first autoresponder today using GetResponse, and sent a test message to myself and it worked within 5 min. For what it's worth.
(good tune)
Eric
Forum: Programming 22nd October 2009, 09:09 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 486
Posted By ericthered
Really Basic Question

I recently finished my first squeeze page. And of course I offer a giveaway. How do I set it up so my subscribers can download the file ? The file is a PDF and an mp3 (I could zip them up). But how...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2009, 03:59 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 684
Posted By ericthered
Any niche equal to IM for listbuilding ?

Is there any other market equal to internet marketing to build a list in.

IM has rabid buyers and a constant influx of new prospects.
And of course there are many, many sub niches and levels of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th July 2009, 02:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 433
Posted By ericthered
wordpress or HTML niche sites for flipping?

I'm going to start building niche sites, 10-15 pages to start with carefully chosen keywords. My question is does it matter from a customer point of view whether I use wordpress or HTML. I'd much...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th June 2009, 11:01 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 501
Posted By ericthered
Re: WP &/or Hostgator Expert Needed-Willing to Pay

Have you tried Hostgator support? I've had trouble with wordpress and they have straightened it out for me every time , usually reply in less than an hour too!
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2009, 05:36 PM
Replies: 234
Views: 6,945
Posted By ericthered
Re: Ken Leatherman Needs Prayers and Thoughts

Ken , as many others have said , there are no words.

I'm sorry for your loss . . .your family will be in my prayers.

Eric
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd May 2009, 07:47 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 519
Posted By ericthered
product name in domain ?

I am thinking about promoting a very popular clickbank product in the health and fitness category. I checked domain names available and found that productnamereview.com is available ! (the actual...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th March 2009, 09:57 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 354
Posted By ericthered
questions about selling articles

Hi all, I'd like to see if anyone is interested in buying articles from me.Where do I put a sample of my work ?

Can I post here and link to my site ?


I'm asking because I don't want to step...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th January 2009, 08:17 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 563
Posted By ericthered
selling fllowers for Valentine's Day

I'm considering jumping into the fray for the Valentines day flower market through an affiliate program. Being a beginner in IM, is this mkt. hopelessly competitive ? or is it possible to get into...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th January 2009, 11:56 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 4,292
Posted By ericthered
Re: How I Make $0.00 Online - And How YOU Can Do It Too!

That was a funny post... and a little too close to home. I'll hang my a*s out on a limb here. Yes I'm new, haven't made any $ yet. Have bought a lot and researched researched etc.. for the past 4...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th January 2009, 04:18 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,890
Posted By ericthered
Re: Do You Like To See Other People Succeed?

I love reading about newbie success stories, first sale or whatever, because I haven't gotten there and it encourages me to KEEP on TRYING !
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th November 2008, 09:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 768
Posted By ericthered
Re: Finally About To Quit Your J.O.B.? Don't Burn Your Bridges!

Thanks Allen. I'm kind of in that situation now with my employer.They've been great to me all along (4 yrs.) It's only one particular person who irks the hell out of me. What you've said is basic...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 3rd November 2008, 09:03 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 669
Posted By ericthered
Re: smartmoneywebsites

Thankyou much for the info. That's exactly why I looked for a little input before leaping. Easy decision for me now. Eric
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 2nd November 2008, 09:54 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 669
Posted By ericthered
smartmoneywebsites

Anyone have any experience with this membership site ?
Pretty steep price at around $650/year.
Forum: Website Design 17th October 2008, 09:06 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,256
Posted By ericthered
how does Paypal redirect back to my site ?

When a customer buys using a Paypal button on my site, and completes the transaction at Paypal, what determines what page of my site the customer is redirected to ? HOW do I control this ? ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th October 2008, 08:42 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 568
Posted By ericthered
Re: Wealthy Affiliates worth the $ ?

thanks Jackie,I didn't know about that section
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 16th October 2008, 07:42 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,042
Posted By ericthered
Anyone have experience with Wealthy Affiliates membership ?

I'm considering giving them a try(new guy ,of course) and looking for any feedback.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th October 2008, 06:46 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 568
Posted By ericthered
Wealthy Affiliates worth the $ ?

Does anyone have any feedback on the "Wealthy Affiliates" membership service?
Forum: Website Design 15th October 2008, 07:02 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 573
Posted By ericthered
setting up opt-in box

Is there somewhere I can find the code for a simple opt-in box to put at the bottom of a web page?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th October 2008, 10:18 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 580
Posted By ericthered
IS XSITE PRO WORTH IT FOR NEW GUY

They're asking $197 now and I don't know if it's a worthwhile investment, or should I learn more html.
If it takes forever to get a site up and making money maybe it is worth it.
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