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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2009, 10:07 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,698
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Exactly what I've done to lower Clickbank refunds and increase conversions by a mile

I don't, personally... every email that the responder sends out has an unsubscribe link where the reader can stop receiving anything if they want... plus, you know it's really in your interest to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2009, 08:29 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,405
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: PayPal checkout page, change name or banner?

Make sure your banner image is hosted on an SSL secured hosting or it's going to generate a security warning for people viewing it. Regular hosting accounts usually do -not- have secured SSL.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2009, 06:48 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 943
Posted By Harry Behrens
My exact blueprint for writing reviews that gets both conversions AND credibility

Product reviews are a strange beast... they are not exactly articles, and they are not exactly sales letters. You want the reader to take an action (whether that action is to get the product or avoid...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2009, 05:10 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 667
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: When does a newbie become 'mature'?

Nothing to do with how much money in my opinion. A newbie stops being a newbie when they stop acting like a newbie. Which is to say when they:

- Have dropped the dream that IM is an easy money...
Forum: Mind Warriors 28th June 2009, 01:14 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,240
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Why are some people bad?

I may be way off base here - But I don't think there's anything wrong with teaching people for free and then using those results as a catapult for a more formal, paid teaching, coaching or product.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th June 2009, 08:55 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,417
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Need Help?...3 Simple Ways You Can Get an Experienced Marketer to Help You

Awesome post and great advice indeed... acting first and learning to solve the little random problems that pop up on your own initiative leaves you free to ask advice on the things that really are...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th June 2009, 08:21 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 815
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: ideas for cars?

Well, I learned this way of looking at a market actually from an "offline" client I was doing a website for. He was a dog trainer and it turned out a brilliant marketer as well. He told me something...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th June 2009, 07:19 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 815
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: ideas for cars?

Pick a "type" of car-buyer and laser-focus your information to benefit them and what they look for in a car.

Bargain hunter -> tips on how to find the best prices without settling for crap
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2009, 06:23 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 523
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Quick Wordpress question

Man, my favorite which I always used was the uAudio (micro-audio) plugin but that one broke with the switch to 2.8 and the developer has not updated :( It's awesome if you're still on 2.7.1 though.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2009, 05:54 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,073
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Writing Articles is so DREADFUL!! I need Alternatives

Meka, this is very likely happening because you are trying to make articles out of nothing. Like, sitting in front of a blank page and trying to start writing just like that... am I right? This is a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th June 2009, 05:44 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,145
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: How do you get surveys "out there" and filled?

This is actually a great idea... even though it sounds so simple. But a lot of times offering the same idea in different formats gets people going. For example, a how-to PDF is the freebie, the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th June 2009, 04:54 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 728
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Can I succeed as a writer?

Of course you can succeed. You just need to have patience and do the right things. Here are a few tips:

- Change your username to your real name, or put your real name in your title or your sig
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th June 2009, 07:07 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,297
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Please Take my Poll. Some seem to think the main forum is an article directory. It's not.

Here - I've made up a little list of "unspoken rules" that I've noticed about the main WF forum in a bit of time posting here (and a couple years lurking).

I really do think it would help a lot...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th June 2009, 06:09 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 636
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: New Service Created, Paypal Does Not Protect Me

Fernando, the way I look at it is chargebacks and refunds just happen... it's part of the cost of doing business. In my opinion the best thing you can do with this is be proactive about it and model...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th June 2009, 11:36 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 515
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: My Free Information, Will it Stop Me Selling?

Yep as said above, it will sell... just make sure that either 1) the paid content goes much beyond the free content, or much deeper into the subject than the free content does, OR 2) make it crystal...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th June 2009, 09:36 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 825
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Is Twitter, as a business, actually profitable? How would you make it profitable?

Nice. Probably would get some questions of privacy issues or get people ticked off if Twitter actually advertised that they would build your list for you though... But I think if they did it...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th June 2009, 06:31 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,698
Posted By Harry Behrens
Exactly what I've done to lower Clickbank refunds and increase conversions by a mile

Here's a nice tip for reducing the refund rates in your Clickbank affiliate products... and also even improving conversions by a good bit, I have found... but, my original mission here was "reduce...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd June 2009, 03:44 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,163
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: If you rewrite it line by line, is it fresh content or copyright violation?

Jillian, I've tried the line-by-line rewriting thing and I've actually found it to be more work than just reading two different articles and then writing a new one that merges or relates the two...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd June 2009, 07:14 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 538
Posted By Harry Behrens
How To Structure Your To-Do List So That You Actually Get Something Done Today

Ok, this might be difficult to do for a lot of people. I know for me it is. But it's a real way that you can get a handle on yourself and your work.

Ask yourself if this seems familiar at all:...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd June 2009, 05:41 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 660
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Best Free Email Service ... and why?

Really no competition - Gmail all the way man. It's the best of every world... The only downside Gmail has is to people who are uncomfortable with the way Google archives and analyzes every possible...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd June 2009, 04:11 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,571
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: I bet my marriage on article marketing. Now I'm asking for help from people who've done it.

You have the right attitude Valorie. I also just now failed spectacularly with an idea for a thread I tried to make happen. It didn't and I felt really down about it for about 5 minutes but you know...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd June 2009, 01:07 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 644
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: STEP BY STEP AND ILLUSTRATED: How to protect your WordPress blog by using Akismet

Ok, this next part is the easiest part of all. Go over to your own blog and to the Plugins page, where you had the notice about needing the API keym click it:
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd June 2009, 12:39 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 644
Posted By Harry Behrens
STEP BY STEP AND ILLUSTRATED: How to protect your WordPress blog by using Akismet

During the past few days I have seen a few different threads talking about WordPress spam comments and their consequences. In these threads, it becomes clear that quite a few people are not...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd June 2009, 08:46 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,110
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Possible, NEW Wordpress Spam Method * Alert *

It takes exactly zero seconds to install Akismet since Akismet comes already pre-installed on every wordpress installation.

All you have to do is activate the plugin and put in your wordpress API...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2009, 02:04 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 397
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Help with WP theme

Sent you a PM...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2009, 09:21 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 2,325
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: if you are using video to market - it is 100% lost on me, and my type.

I definitely see video as a MUCH bigger drain of effort on my part than a well-written, well-organized sales letter or PDF. Even though I have very fast broadband and can get even the largest videos...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2009, 08:43 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 515
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Squidoo or Hubpages

You should probably look in the Warriors For Hire forum, there are many people there up for doing ghostwriting/freelancing writing jobs for all kinds of jobs like squidoo lenses, hubpages hubs, blog...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2009, 06:33 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 582
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Can somebody explain to me how I can build a list and capture emails?

GetResponse is considered to be a good alternative to Aweber, and they do have a free version: AutoResponder from GetResponse! - Free edition!! (http://www.getresponse.com/orderfree.html)
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2009, 01:47 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 879
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Lose weght or grow roses?

Robin, if you already wrote your 10-pack of PLR and it is ready to go, just put it up and see what results you get.

Once you have results and have looked at those results and have gotten feedback...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2009, 11:52 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,111
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Has Internet Marketing Become Something You Do "To" People Rather Than "For" Them

This is so true. Couldn't have said it better myself. I really do think a marketer hits a whole different level when they make the leap between "selling" and "helping".

Of course you're still...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th June 2009, 07:09 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,095
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Do you promote $7 100% commission reports?

About the quality being low or selling an ad: This is absolutely something that goes on a case-by-case basis. I've seen $7 products that were worth their kilobytes in gold (actually I've seen...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th June 2009, 06:53 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 849
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: What would you pay for this?

I'm gonna go ahead and agree with this... based on the fact/experience that people who are doing adwords or PPC are already up to their ears in per-click calculations, which are *not* easy or fun to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th June 2009, 06:43 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 2,461
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Got my first offline Client - and Im only 16!! - Now I need a little help with his site...

One thing I always did with offline jobs was take the content they give me and use it (along with some more research into the topic and local area) to make a series of articles to do the usual...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th June 2009, 06:12 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 849
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: What would you pay for this?

Are you kidding... a central place where you can have all this taken care of would be an instant hit with PPC marketers I don't doubt. I'd gladly pay $20-$40 a month for something like this......
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th June 2009, 05:51 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,095
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Do you promote $7 100% commission reports?

I see a lot of $7 reports being offered at the "confirm" and "thank you" pages of people's newsletters. I guess the logic is that if they've just signed up to your newsletter, in other words taken a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th June 2009, 07:11 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 2,461
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Got my first offline Client - and Im only 16!! - Now I need a little help with his site...

Wow!! That takes me back... haven't seen that kind of extreme keyword spam for years. Luckily for you almost anything you do will be a dramatic improvement... and you'll probably get a great...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th June 2009, 05:32 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 674
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Ok, see if you can figure out what is going on here

I would *not* let these comments get through. They are doing one of the following:

1) Testing for blogs that are not moderated (or are moderated laxly) so as to build a list of "easy commenting...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th June 2009, 10:40 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,071
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Google's Search Volumes Are So Inaccurate

Over time I've come to interpret keyword search-volume results as 1) only a best-guess, no matter where it comes from, and 2) only useful in relation to one another. That is to say, if a tool tells...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th June 2009, 06:55 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,929
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Something worrying which WILL affect you if you use Aweber

Ok, here's a small tip in case you think you can't use a custom HTML form because you want the conversion tracking that you can do with the inline form.

What you do is put BOTH on the same page,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th June 2009, 06:30 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,929
Posted By Harry Behrens
Something worrying which WILL affect you if you use Aweber

This may not be news to all of you veteran or techy guys out there. But for people who don't keep abreast of this stuff I thought it important to point out:

I use Firefox browser with the Adblock...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th June 2009, 06:30 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 722
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: How to place Opt-in box in a site?

Ehsan, if your page is a content-heavy page with a sidebar (as yours is) then there is no need to worry about what page it goes into or not; if you put it at the *top* of your sidebar and just leave...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th June 2009, 06:24 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 788
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: What Software should I use to create video tutorials? I do've camtasia but...

If your focus is making video tutorials of how to use software or how to do IM stuff without shelling out any cash, there are few better than Wink: Wink - [Homepage] (http://www.debugmode.com/wink/)...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th June 2009, 03:15 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 13,024
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: WARNING - WORDPRESS.COM HAS JS REDIRECT VIRUS ON IT

Whoa whoa whoa... 777 permissions?

You don't need a virus to be going around to be hit if you're running 777 permissions. That's a huge security hole in and of itself. Anybody with some scripting...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th June 2009, 10:08 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,619
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: My Aweber Open, Click & Unsubscribe Rates are BRUTAL!

Do you let them know in a very up-front and clear way what they can expect to receive from you when they subscribe? Such a high % unsubscribing upon the first email tells me they might not be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2009, 07:08 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 639
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Personality on blogs being a major key to success = False?

It's not *necessary* and I've never done it and had some nice results. I'm planning to start doing it more often though, and for an awesome example of blogs that ooze with personality and sell...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2009, 09:19 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 9,033
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Will Bing defeat Google?

As opposed to Microsoft's long-standing motto, "Being evil's not a bug, it's a feature!" ;)
Forum: Website Design 8th June 2009, 06:44 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,086
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Please give me your constructive comments.

I would seriously consider getting rid of all that stuff in the sidebar, bringing the main content up and centered, getting rid of the green background color in the content area (have it be white),...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2009, 06:00 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 699
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: How to get solid articles for less than $0.5

Heh, Morgan I agree that people always drastically underestimate the amount of time it actually takes to correct and polish the stuff made by programs like DNS or any of the content-spinners. You...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2009, 05:54 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 925
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Information Overload Newbie!

Wow, great advice for everybody in this thread.

Claire, you have a good idea on what to do, but believe it or not I think you need to tighten down your focus even more! Here are some steps I would...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th June 2009, 02:17 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 5,763
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Here's how to use a * (asterix) to find hot niches in seconds - step-by-step

Another little phrase you can add to the end of phrases like "how to cure *", "how to lose *", etc. is in a day, in a week, in a month, in a year, and so on. Good for finding time-limited issues with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2009, 05:39 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 1,750
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Whatever happened to this place?

If you are the owner of several forums, then you well know that a vocal minority can easily make a big impression where there is little reality. You see two or three threads by people complaining...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th June 2009, 07:01 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 641
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Offline Warriors would you help me on this one?

Oh wow, you have a huge possibility for making some nice little reports that educate and clear doubts up for potential clients.

Make up a few small flyers or pdf reports of the 'did you know' sort...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th June 2009, 06:54 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,520
Posted By Harry Behrens
The BIG SECRET to Article Marketing vs PPC

I've been seeing a lot of 'Articles vs PPC' type of stuff... Each side calling for the newbies to abandon the other and make camp with them... But from where I see it there's no need for the two...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2009, 12:34 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 609
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: How do you redirect your site?

Not totally sure if this is what you mean, but the way I do redirect for a static HTML file is to insert the following tag inside the HEADER section of the webpage:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh"...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2009, 06:26 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 450
Posted By Harry Behrens
Re: Can someone tell me how to do this?

Ok, check this little software out, it's a freeware watermark creator (no affiliation):

samples watermark picture shark freeware image gallery protect...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd June 2009, 09:25 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,699
Posted By Harry Behrens
An EASY trick that has increased my productivity by 1000%

Yeah, so I'll admit it. I'm one of those people that gets unfocused very, very, very easily. My whole first two years was nothing but bouncing around from one great idea to another, always learning...
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