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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd August 2013, 08:17 AM
Replies: 190
Views: 9,425
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: The GMAIL Update Did More Damage Than I Thought...

Short tutorial on TY page on how to move you to primary inbox, and all should be good if you know your stuff.

Also I have not heard of anyone with a long time list get any significant drop, what I...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 12th September 2012, 07:37 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 984
Posted By Marian Berghes
I just discovered Van Morrison...speechless

I can't explain to myself how come I didn't knew about him until a month ago or so. Just...amazing songs. Here's one of my favorites:
Van Morrison - Days Like This - YouTube
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st August 2012, 11:28 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 948
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: High-End hosting - WHERE?

I believe storm on demand is also a liquid web company, but more cloud focused, for $1k/mo you get 92gigs of ram with 32 cpu cores and you can go higher as needed or lower anytime you want, that;s...
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 26th June 2012, 08:23 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,249
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Anybody else using SiteScout for Media Buys? Doing good with them

Haven't tested sitescout personally but from talking to other affiliates most just seem to use it for testing purposes or as a place to get started, apparently their traffic overall isn't very good,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd June 2012, 07:02 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,552
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: How Do You Sell A High Ticket Item?

You will generally have higher conversion rates/profits if you take your customers trough a sales funnel of differently priced products that lead up to the "big one".

Like Alexa said, somebody...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th July 2011, 09:11 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 2,239
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Why is it that outside of IM, I never encountered a Squeeze Page?

Here it is, 37signals tested a long form sales letter and it did work pretty well, you can read about it here:

Behind the scenes: Highrise marketing site A/B testing part 1 - (37signals)...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th July 2011, 05:53 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 10,604
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: It Starts ... Google+ Members Banned From All Google Services

Every smart company will collect all the data that they can get their hands on...I don't know why so many people hate Google so much more then the others.

I see people saying "stick to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th June 2011, 06:15 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,192
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Do people really buy into this stuff?

That is a little over the top, but like others have said without some level of hype you can't really sell that well.

I had a "mentor" that tested 2 sales letters on his list, 1 with a traditional...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2011, 04:55 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 1,720
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Fewer emails to your list makes better sense!

And who says that you can only grow your business with the help of those people?

I'm not saying that there's something wrong with that...I just think its weird.

I like you and your products but...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st May 2011, 04:08 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,085
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Aside from SEO, AdWords & social networks, how do I get traffic to a site?

Solo Ads, Media Buys, Product Integration, Affiliates, Guest blogging...there just so many of them.

And to get noticed by affiliates you just have to prove that your stuff converts well...run some...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd February 2011, 03:15 PM
Replies: 133
Views: 10,430
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: So, is 'CURATION' the new buzzword then?

The problem with this concept is that NOW...as alot of people start learning about content curation, we will just end up right where we were in the first place: most website will focus on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th August 2010, 07:09 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,754
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Warrior Forum Recommended Book List

did you read my mind? :)

I would like to add some of my favorites:

The Art of War - Sun Tzu
48 Laws Of Power - Robert Greene
Dan Pena - Your First 100 Million (one of the most arrogant men on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th July 2010, 07:34 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 612
Posted By Marian Berghes
This is how you go from homeless to multi-millionare

If this doesn't inspire people that they can make it happen, then I don't know what will.

This guy went from being homeless in turkey to now owning a chain of restaurants in london and making...
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 14th June 2010, 08:24 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,024
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Caffiene Motivaton

I say you listen to Finch Ryan :D
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th May 2010, 07:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 691
Posted By Marian Berghes
Now you can opt out of G.Analytics tracking you

Posted this since this was a pretty heavily discussed topic in the past about the whole privacy deal and how google is tracking everything etc...

Download and install that, works for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th January 2010, 01:28 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 1,766
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: what laptop should i buy for IM?

I use both and to be honest...like another poster said, I can't say that the Mac is better at a specific thing or anything like that...its just that when I work on the Mac stuff gets done faster.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th January 2010, 02:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 786
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: What would it take to get a "big marketer" to promote your product?

like I said before: sign up as an affiliate for "him"...make him a bunch of sales...call him...and I mean CALL him..."hi im affiliate X I made you $X thousands last month...could you take a quick...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th January 2010, 11:17 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 10,915
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: 23 Things I Learned From A $250,000 Internet Marketing Education

Great post.

I especially agree with 21...way to many people underrate design when it can have such a huge impact on visitors.

But I do disagree somewhat with the whole passion thing...ever...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th January 2010, 08:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 611
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Pen Names

I use/will start using a pen name permanently as my "business name" if you want. Because I want to brand a name/person and not a company (at least at first) its much easier for people to remember an...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd December 2009, 05:40 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 1,664
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Super Affiliates are all English!

this exactly the type of stuff that we were talking in another thread some time back, always keep in mind that there is a big big world out there besides WF and Kern & Reese.

As I started to make...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th December 2009, 10:06 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 3,820
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: How to do Joint Venture with Top Internet Marketers like Mike Filsaime and Ewen Chia

Make them a bunch of money, then call them and say "I am affiliate X that just made you $..... last month, I have an interesting product, could you take a look?"

If your product is any good he...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th December 2009, 09:14 AM
Replies: 358
Views: 15,084
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Need help? In the spirit of giving...FREE Coaching & More!!

I'll contribute with my "Conversion Kode" product on optimizing conversion rates.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th November 2009, 04:41 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,450
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: OH BOY! Google's at it AGAIN...

In my personal opinion Chrome OS is a total piece of crap.

there are some major issues that I can bet will make Chrome OS very un-popular.

First of all it will only work on certain machines,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th November 2009, 10:42 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,651
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: How do hackers get in?

Just a blank index.html page on every directory, so if they go to that address they will see a blank page instead of all your plugins.

Remove the wordpress version from you header info, put a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th October 2009, 11:01 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 610
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: How Do You Build A Buyers List? Except For This Way, I Don't Know!

what i've seen most often is to add the opt-in as part of the checkout process.

I've talked to some people that use it and their clients don't seem to complain about it.

And by checkout process...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th September 2009, 03:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,413
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Bad News ... Do You Realize CamRec Format is Crap?

just use h.264 (I think its called like that) witch is the codec that most HD movies are encoded with.

I used it for some videos I did for youtube and the quality is great and youtube gave me the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th September 2009, 08:48 AM
Replies: 99
Views: 3,981
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Apparently, I am Poor and In Need of Assistance...

hahaha....what you should do is go at the school to talk to the counselor but pull up in a porsche or some sht :D
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd September 2009, 06:05 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 954
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Are IMers about to cash in bigtime??

I for one, I am never gonna go do studies to get a certificate in IM..enough with the school lol

And 2nd, I never really want to work with corporations...too much legal hassle, ive seen some guys...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2009, 05:05 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 659
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: What do you look for in a membership site?

I can give just 1 pointer: Don't put the forum up right away...it will put people off when they see the forum is empty and you just have 50 members or something.

Get a good amount of members and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2009, 04:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 496
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: How do you get a lot of affiliates?

Well, the easiest way is to get a big dog in your market to do a promotion for you, affiliates (the good ones atleast) are always subscribed to those guys lists, they will come to you if you offer...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th July 2009, 05:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,027
Posted By Marian Berghes
How to use Dual Monitors when you just have 1 PC and 1 MAC

So, I was in a store today looking at some PC parts...and I saw that the guy behind the counter had 2 monitors so I thought that he was using Dual Monitors...when I looked closer I saw that 1 was...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th July 2009, 02:20 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,850
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Protect Your Affiliates when using an opt-in form on your salespage

I guess you have to test it see how it works for you.

I have not tested this, the reason I say this is because I own some courses from some well known copywriters and in most of them they say its...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 23rd July 2009, 11:15 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 5,915
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Perry Belcher! He's Promoting Hard. Anyone know of him?

I am not saying that I would BUY his products or that I totally trust perry.

EDIT: And no I didn't buy the product, and I DON"T wanna buy it simply because I don't want to use social media as one...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st July 2009, 02:30 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 840
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Would you lie about where you live to sell more?

Using a pen-name doesn't have anything to do with credibility...loads of authors, musicians, marketers and other public figures use some kind of a pen name.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st July 2009, 02:24 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 834
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Best Shopping Cart for Internet Marketers?

ultracart, 1shopping cart and theres also infusionsoft and nanacast witch are more of an all around marketing solution.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th July 2009, 11:00 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,167
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Headset for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard?

King in my book: Sennheiser...the quality is just amazing. They test all their products in Air control towers and call centers and stuff...so you know that they have been tested hard.

the SH200...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th July 2009, 06:04 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,053
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: List Building I Am Ready To Tear My Hair Out!

one thing that I recommend and I don't see many people doing it is going lateral with your list building.

Ex: there was a guy (can't remember the name) that had a IM course for newbies, had same...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th July 2009, 08:47 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 1,178
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Web Hosting Suggestions (Need a new one)

I still think Media Temple does a hell of a job for hosting and support wise. :D
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th July 2009, 05:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 442
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: What to outsource?

if you can, outsource everything that you think others can do better.

Find out what you like and what are you good at in your business, a skill that brings cash into your pocket...and the rest...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th July 2009, 12:56 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,809
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Getresponse: Think before you press the Upgrade button

just 2 questions about getresponse:

1. Do I always need to do double optin?

2. Can I resend an email to the people that didn't open it the first time I send it? Only to those people

Thanks.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th July 2009, 07:10 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,367
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Do you really care what other IMers are doing?

About business plans, there is also the concept of "plan as you go" business plan.

That doesn't mean that you should start without a plan at all, it just means that you don't have to put every...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd July 2009, 11:06 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,367
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Do you really care what other IMers are doing?

Yeah didn't realise I just did that, weird stuff :D

I've never been the guy to copy others businesses, even if I do follow advice and stuff from different marketers I still test my stuff before...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd June 2009, 09:09 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 2,274
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: if you are using video to market - it is 100% lost on me, and my type.

While you guys continue to say stuff like that, marketers out there are using exactly what you hate to make thousands of dollars everyday.

So you can continue with that or you can watch what they...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th June 2009, 04:20 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 901
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: How come most people totally ignore swipe files?

Swipe file is usually a collection of copywriting elements.

It can be a collection of Sales letters, Ads, Healdines, Bullet points etc...

They have been used in real world, had success and now...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th June 2009, 04:04 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 901
Posted By Marian Berghes
How come most people totally ignore swipe files?

Okay, so I decided to post this since I see alot of people have NO IDEA how to write headlines, sales letters etc...

And they keep buying those courses that just teach the same old free info that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th June 2009, 01:41 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 656
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: What is the video player all the Gurus use?

filsaime used Brightcove for launch tree and I saw alot of people start to use them.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th June 2009, 06:24 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 944
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Warrior Special Offers Forum - WHY?

Reason 7...and to me this is a big one...people generally tend to pay more attention to something that they actually PAID for.

By giving it away for free, most people would consider it rehashed...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 1st June 2009, 08:01 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 690
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: ~~Opinion Poll: In your opinion, what's the BEST Web Hosting Service?

None of the above. For internet marketing purposes: Kiosk all the way.

The owner really understands this business model, you have live support with him or some1 from his staff if you are doing a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st May 2009, 03:56 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,137
Posted By Marian Berghes
Here's some motivation for you all !

"We were born for greatness,
But the world has programmed us for mediocrity"

YouTube - A True Leader


Just blew my mind away the first time, I watch it almost daily.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th May 2009, 08:28 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,154
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Critique my site please

1. Hire a designer or something to do your ecovers, headers etc...

2. try using white or navy blue background

3. reduce the width of the text area, there's just too many words per line

4....
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 19th May 2009, 11:33 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 3,366
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Seriously.... Would you stop using Google Adwords Already!

you really got to know your numbers and stuff before you do media buys. The potential profit can be huge but if you don;t know your stats your screwed.

And you should consult with some1 that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th May 2009, 11:28 AM
Replies: 306
Views: 25,494
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: AdWords Tips From a $5,000/mo Affiliate

Your LP doesn't really have to be a review at all...you can just pull some articles from directories or something and use them on your landing page to a create a small website but filled with call to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th May 2009, 05:35 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 686
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Is It Normal to Lose Customers At the Checkout Screen?

just a quick method that increased my clients conversion alot: if you can customize the check out page, add some more testimonials or just simply remind them that they are making a good choice and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th May 2009, 08:51 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,162
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: My Conversion Rate Is Low. Can Anyone Help?

heres my go

first of all cloak your clickbank links.

make the ecovers abit bigger, so they will be more readable.

try separating each product by a line or something to make it look nicer.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2009, 10:56 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 9,528
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: 19 Yr Old Kid OWNS a $30 Million Dollar Empire.

I totally disagree with that part...

Life has to be lived....would your want to remember that your teenage years were spent in front of the computer?
Personally I dont like people that do...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th December 2008, 08:51 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,164
Posted By Marian Berghes
Re: Beginners Beware!

Something I realized is this:

1. If you have a couple thousand $$ to start you could be making profits very soon
2. Don't have that money? Get working...and get working intense, work to reach...
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