Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd February 2010, 01:17 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd February 2010, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 557 Re: Autoresponder vs List Management System.
The term autoresponder was created way way back in the early days to handle getting information to people who had only email access to the Internet. Some were really fancy and had a whole list of...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd February 2010, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 1,888 Re: What is the one best way to get traffic?
One thing that might help is if you understand what you mean by traffic.
Traffic is people.
Targeted traffic are people who might be interested in your offer.
People are much less...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
1st February 2010, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 3,285 Re: Is Anyone Making Money with BIG Sites?
Yes. The source is Neilsen.
Here, let me Google that for you:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=top+10+conversion+rates&aq=f&aqi=&oq=
Here is the month where a retailer finally broke...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st January 2010, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 3,948 Re: Article Submission Question
Writer's Market covers all kinds of article submissions.
Remember that all publications are online now.
You will want to avoid the ones that are ONLY online though for best results.
Your...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st January 2010, 11:17 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 12,805 Re: Free vs Complimentary
I can't find my test results.
I have tested that one to death though.
The correct answer a vast majority of the time is...
Complimentary
At least in the umpteen tests I did.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st January 2010, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th January 2010, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 2,669 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th January 2010, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,077 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th January 2010, 04:51 PM
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
25th January 2010, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,284 Do you think killing people is wrong?
I see these posts on WF all the time and they really crack me up.
Is stealing wrong?
Is it wrong to buy a product to review it and just get a refund when you are done with it?
Is it wrong...
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Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display)
25th January 2010, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,524 Re: CPA Vs. Clickbank... The Debate Rages On.
Here is just one example of the fraud being committed in the CPA area. It is a typical example though so you can see why CPA appears to be more profitable currently.
1. Traffic provider makes a...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th January 2010, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 625 Re: Whose squeeze pages do you like the best?
One thing that always seems to lose in split tests, but I see used by a lot of IMers and Warriors is the use of bright colors in the headline and subheadline.
Anything over hex 80 for any color...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
19th January 2010, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 609 Re: What constitutes a resposnsive list
You are in a forum where a lot of marginal list building tactics are taught, discussed and arranged.
So you hear numbers like 150,000 subscribers. It's almost meaningless when you find out they...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
19th January 2010, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 22
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
18th January 2010, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 903 Re: Seeking logo designer who can actually draw
Have you ever noticed that the most successful companies have the most simple text only logos?
Here is the highest converting site on the entire Internet:
Flowers and Gifts for Valentine?s...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
18th January 2010, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th January 2010, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 955 Re: Sorry... you caught me testing
That's silly talk.
No successful business person I know tests and tracks bad stuff.
It certainly is NOT the only way to know what works. Whoever told you such a naughty lie?
Have you...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th January 2010, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 955 Re: Sorry... you caught me testing
How can the "bad" stuff make you more money?
My definition of "bad" is that it makes less money.
What's yours? Whatever it is... you need to change it before you do more testing.
Only...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th January 2010, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,369 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th January 2010, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,628 Re: IS anyone using a hosted Autoresponder?
If you are working with "autoresponder" technology, then you are going to have deal with massive deliverability problems. "Autoresponders" are only used by IMers and therefore are red-flagged by...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th January 2010, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781 Re: Staff Nightmare!!!!
I'm not sure what nationality or ethnicity has to do with your issue. Making it a part of the issue is offensive in the U.S. and often against the law.
It sounds like your real issue is a lack...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th January 2010, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 2,245 Re: Does CPA ever make you feel guilty?
CPA isn't the problem.
Technically ALL affiliate programs are CPA. The action is sometimes a click, sometimes a subsribe and sometimes a sale. They are still "cost per action."
The problem...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th January 2010, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd January 2010, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 2,441 Re: How many do you launch in a month?
As I said, we are actually small potatoes.
I know of a single digital download product that did $21 million in 2008. That was only about 15% of their business. The copywriter for that product...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd January 2010, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 2,441 Re: How many do you launch in a month?
A SKU is just a product ID number.
Books have ISBN (International Standard Book Number) numbers or EAN (European something Number) numbers. Retail products have UPC (Universal Product Code) or...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd January 2010, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 818 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st December 2009, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 840 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th December 2009, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 2,441 Re: How many do you launch in a month?
I'm small potatos.
I've heard of several launches for a single information product that did more than I do in a year in a single week.
One of my main competitors does 300 million a year and...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th December 2009, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 2,441 Re: How many do you launch in a month?
Andrew,
Most are information products. We have a few skus that are supplements or foods, but I would say that over 95% are information products.
Ideas? Everyone has ideas. They are a dime...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th December 2009, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 2,441 Re: How many do you launch in a month?
We created 621 new products in 2009. There is still one day so there might be a couple more created today or tomorrow.
That works out to 51.75 per month. Our business did $7.1 million in 2009...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th December 2009, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,313 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th December 2009, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 684 Re: Shiny Magic Pill... What Would You Pay ?
I would never pay a penny for a package like that unless I could see that the seller is located in a country with a very low pay rate and has difficulty getting PayPal or a merchant account.
Why?...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st December 2009, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,193 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th December 2009, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,055 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
17th December 2009, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 657 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
17th December 2009, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 657 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
17th December 2009, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 606 Re: Split Testing - Shouldn't it really be...
NY1,
On your "stray" point.
I just noticed that. A few days ago, I asked fellow copywriters for a site review in the copywriting forum. I got a nice list of things to test. I put it all...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
16th December 2009, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,405 Re: How to encourage blog comments
1. Ask for them.
2. End your blog post with an open ended question.
3. Run a contest where you give something away to a random commenter.
4. Tell your blog readers that you are thinking...
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Forum: Copywriting
15th December 2009, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,511 Re: Multi-Page Salesletters?
The cliff hangers are really important.
I remember one that I had tested down to having an incomplete thought at the end of the page. It went something like this:
They never went hungry or...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th December 2009, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,258 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th December 2009, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,271 Re: Your Average Email Open Rate.
I don't track or test open rate because that requires HTML emails. HTML emails have a much lowere CTR and an even lower action rate after the click through. This is a case where testing actually...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
12th December 2009, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 5,191 |
Forum: Copywriting
11th December 2009, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,337 Re: Is this sales page too hype-y?
I don't think "hype" is the problem either.
I don't know the market very well, but I think you have the basics just fine.
Clean up the fonts and the weird picture at the top. Get the contact...
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Forum: Copywriting
11th December 2009, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 696 Re: Sales Page Version 2, Ready to Rock?
1. Test a proven background (gradient blue)
2. Put some more white space above and below the prices in the belcher button.
3. Test the graham button instead of the belcher button. This...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th December 2009, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 128
Views: 4,672 |
Forum: Copywriting
7th December 2009, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 650 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th December 2009, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 698 Re: Have a new blog, so now I need traffic...
Do you have your own blog or are you talking about a blogger blog?
There is a huge difference. Seth Godin says that his BIGGEST mistake in his entire business life was setting up a blog on...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th December 2009, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 698 Re: Have a new blog, so now I need traffic...
Blogs are special. There is a community of blog owners. There are also specific tools only available to blog owners.
Use both of those facts and you will grow much faster than non-blog sites. ...
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Forum: Copywriting
6th December 2009, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 906 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th December 2009, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 141
Views: 5,945 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th December 2009, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,089 Re: Better than Aweber solution..
Enterprise solutions does. You can do anything with the scripting language. But you don't need the scripting language for something that easy.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd December 2009, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 679 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd December 2009, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,208 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
1st December 2009, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,849 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
1st December 2009, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,849 |