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By admin | March 9, 2011
Baby here sticking my neck out today. The Turtle Dad gets mad when we sneak out and hopefully I will sneak back before he realizes I got out.
See he has not been getting me out to do my thing because he has been too busy working with his evil twin. Pisses me off and we all decided to put an end to it. (After all it takes help to get out and over to the keyboard.)
The big thing is that we need to post to get traffic. Traffic can lead to sales and sales leads to more goldfish for us. (Hey we are turtles and have a one track mind. We want more fish and less of that stick food even if it is better for us.)
Talking about traffic though the Turtle Dad has been spending a lot of time blogging and emailing about a new product from Marlon Sanders called The Traffic Dashboard.
Rare that he gets excited about a new product. He is usually muttering about blind sales letters, easy buttons, fleecing people and such things.
This time he was actually excited to promote a new product. Believe me he may think we are just sleeping up on the ramp but we do pay attention. Seeing him get excited and actually spending his money is definitely a rare occurrence. If he wasn’t so tight we would eat fish every day. (Oops hope he doesn’t read this. May not see fish for a while.)
So if he is excited about this and spent his money this might be something you want to check out. (And of course if you grab it we can plead for more fish.)
Check out The Traffic Dashboard. Make a turtle’s day 
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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List building is the key
By admin | November 26, 2010
Baby here today. It may seem that I am just hanging out in the tank but though my eye site is not really good (true of most turtles) my hearing is excellent.
All the time the Dad is talking about the need for people to build a list. Now that means you need to do more typing and as a turtle that is a royal pain writing emails, creating pages it is tough enough for me to crawl across the keyboard once a week.
That is why I like his Get Referrals Fast system where you get all that done for you.
Then this week I heard him talking about something called PLR e-courses that his buddy Doug Champigny had just released.
Seems these come with the pages done and you just need to copy and paste the emails. Now I like the copy and paste idea a lot. No thought and no crawling across the keyboard with this tiny flippers to push the right keys.
Yeah, you need to add a recommendation and a link here and there but even I can do that. I don’t mind typing links as they can add up to fish for me.
So Doug has released six of these on different subjects. I am putting my links below and if you buy them I get more fish. A win win for both of us. I get fish and you get a complete squeeze page system.
Affiliate Marketing Profits E-Course PLR
Intro To Niche Marketing E-Course PLR
Social Marketing Tips E-Course PLR
Understanding Backlinks E-Course PLR
Article Marketing E-Course PLR
Pick the one that fits what you sell and recommend and you can start the list building quickly. You can even sell the package to others, so not only do you get an e-course to use and make your own, you get a product too.
Now if I could get Paypal to give me an account that paid in fish….Hmmmmmm….
Baby
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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Stubbornness can be an asset
By admin | November 19, 2010
Today I decided to get back to origins here. Long before I realized that I could get the turtles to do the blogging I used to pay attention to what the turtles did and relate it to marketing. Of late the turtles have been talking for themselves.
Yesterday I was getting ready to clean the tank and put things back to the way I like it. The fat ones had pushed the ramp almost to the bottom with their weight and Gizzie wanted to go under it.
That is the normal path that he takes and even though it was lower than it usually was and he really did not fit through.
It would be much easier to back up and go around but say what you want about the turtles when they decide to do something they just keep going.
Now it took about 3 minutes and I though for sure he was stuck under the ramp. But, he just kept going until he squeezed himself through. It was not easy and it was not smart as he could have backed up a step and gone around in 10 seconds instead.
Their stubbornness is why the arrangement of the tank never stays as is. When they run into an obstacle they just keep going until they overcome it.
There is a big lesson there for new and even seasoned marketers. All too often it does not take much for us to stop. You hit a little obstruction and you stop dead in your tracks.
Now some time it is smart to stop and go an easier way but unfortunately most just stop and have no idea where to go from there. In those cases it is important to be more like the turtles and just keep moving until you overcome the obstacle.
The turtles have learned to do just that. It is not always the smartest way to do something but they always seem to get done what they started to do.
It is like list building. You know you need to do it but you always seem to find an obstruction in your way. Instead of just working through the obstructions you stop.
You know you shouldn’t but you are looking for the easy way. Well all ways have some obstructions and you need to overcome them. It may take you a bit longer than the smartest way but if you bulldoze through like the turtles do you will get there. In the end that is what matters.
If you would like a good way to avoid some of the obstructions (not all – there are always obstructions in anything new) check out List Building Sniper.
Well that is all for today and you will probably hear from baby next week. He is ready for more fish so anxious to blog.
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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Blog content, services and more
By Baby | November 11, 2010
Baby here and I may start liking this blogging thing. Need to do it because despite no help from my bigger brethren I have cleaned all the fish out of the tank.
Need to get more and the lazy ones don’t care so I better like blogging if I want more fish to be added
So now I need to come up with a topic. Have been watching the Turtle Dad talk about content creation over on his WordPress blog.
So one of the things he discussed was using others. Tried that. Did not work. My turtle brethren did not want to take part. Guess I need a different idea. Drat!
Have seen the Turtle Dad working hard on some new things using WordPress and resell rights. Not sure what it is but once he worked out the first one this looked like something he may be doing more of. Course what do I know? I am just a turtle.
The Turtle Dad has also been busy with his done for you blogs. Got a nice testimonial from the last one. Wonder when he will be adding it to the sales letter (hint, hint).
Mike did the best job in setting up my new WP blog for me. He is very thorough, and conscientious. He goes the extra mile to make sure everything is perfect. I would highly recommend him to anyone wanting a new blog setup.
You can view it here: http://bestdoghealth.comBauser Moretti
Well hopefully this will get him to add it to the sales letter and hopefully this will be enough work to earn my fish (hint, hint).
Baby signing off anxiously awaiting more fish.
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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Baby speaks out on working together
By Baby | November 5, 2010
Baby here sitting in for Gizzard. Has been a strange last couple weeks here. The Turtle Dad bought us fish and so far I am the only one eating them.
This has made it difficult but Gizzard and Gizzie have just not wanted to expend the effort to chase the fish. Gizzard won’t even do a blog post because she has no desire for fish right now. So you get stuck with me and this typing thing is hard let me tell you.
This has definitely made it tougher for me. Long ago I discovered that when we are all on the prowl it is easier to catch them. When I am the only one chasing them they have a lot more area to run away in.
See when we are all active we all benefit. Often as I am chasing one they get right in Gizzard’s strike area. She gets an easy meal. The same thing happens to my benefit too. The key is when we are all working together it makes it easier for all of us.
That is one of the reasons that launches work so well. When more than one person is creating buzz you are much more likely to get a response. People need to see things more than once before they decide to really look closely at it.
That is why having an affiliate program is important and why The Turtle Dad likes The Marketers Hosting. Not only does he get hosting but an affiliate program, autoresponder and much more.
Now when he adds a new product he can get more than just himself to create noise in the market place and it makes his efforts even more effective.
So if you want to be more effective add an affiliate program and get others to help you make noise.
Now if I could get my lazy tank mates interested the rest of the fish would disappear. It is hard work chasing them by my self.
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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Quick Success Can Help You Overcome The Learning Curve
By admin | October 22, 2010
A very interesting lesson to learn from the turtles today. Yes, The Turtle Dad is back at the keyboard this week. Yet even though Gizzard is not writing this today we will discuss fish too.
This is not the first time that I have bought fish, added them and then for some reason the turtles ignore them.
Now there are a couple of reasons this is happening right now.
When I put the fish in the turtles had just finished eating an hour before. It was a spur of the moment thing to get the fish as if I have it planned I don’t feed them before.
The weather has changed here and that has meant the tank temperature has started to lower. They don’t eat as much during the winter and tend to like sleeping more then.
What happens then is that they initially chase the fish but if they are not successful right away they quickly lose interest.
Now the opposite is also true. Once they catch the first fish they then become more aggressive and it will only be a matter of minutes until they clear the tank.
It is now day 3 since the fish have been added and I figure sometime today the hunger pangs will get them moving. Once they do get some success and catch the first fish it will start a feeding frenzy.
The same thing is true when dealing with new marketers online. The attention span is very limited and if you can not help them get some measurable success quickly the attention goes to the next thing.
It is one of the reasons we set up Get Referrals Fast to make it very easy and quick for people to start having some measure of success.
For example everyone needs a web presence and quite truthfully one of the best ways is to create a WordPress blog on your own domain. Yet, we start and recommend everyone starts with a Blogger blog.
Not the best but it is something anyone can use and SUCCESSFULLY get running in a few minutes. Once they have that success down the line they can gather the necessary information to make an even better blog with WordPress.
That is the same reason we have made a complete list building system that anyone can set up in a 10 minutes. Then you have a way to start building your subscriber base.
It is better to have your own unique giveaway but most won’t go through all of the learning curve before they lose interest. Once you have something that is giving you some success you see the value in putting in the effort to build your own.
So if you are looking to get your success started check out Get Referrals Fast for a way to start having success quickly. Plan to attend our weekly training seminars for even more help to get started. Schedule is updated weekly on the training blog.
Get your success started to give you the energy to get done the things that will take you even further.
The Turtle Dad
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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Big Red Easy Buttons
By admin | October 13, 2010
The big red easy button is what every marketer is looking for. Even turtles are looking for it as I have to say that typing with my flippers is a lot of effort.
Watched the Turtle Dad putting together his presentation for Thursday that is titled “Creating The Big Red Easy Button”.
There is a lot of good information and I was paying attention as he created it. Anything that will make the turtle blog money which means more fish (yes I am a pig when it comes to fish) and is easy is something I really want to know about.
So you can be sure that on Thursday night when he does the presentation I will be paying attention. I may look like I am relaxing but I want the other pieces to the puzzle.
You can attend to as it is open to all and free. (I am trying to get the Dad to charge as it would mean more fish but he said no.)
So mark the calendar and you can get all of the details at the Get Referrals Fast blog.
I’ll be there and recommend you make the time too.
Gizzard
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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Traffic Stampede???
By Gizzard | September 30, 2010
Gizzard here and needed to get this up today. Have been listening to The Turtle Dad and his partner Jerry Reeder talking about there conference this and the coming Thursday.
See each Thursday at 8 pm he and Jerry do a conference to help people build a viable business.
This week the discussion will be about traffic. When they were talking about traffic I almost stopped listening because as a turtle I worry about traffic because those cars can do severe damage to turtles. Then I realized they were talking about traffic on the web. Whew….
Thought for a minute the Turtle Dad was trying to get rid of us.
Now web traffic is important and the more of you that read this the more likely we get extra fish. Traffic to a web site is always key to generating cash from it and cash in our case converts to fish and a full tummy.
So tonight they are talking “How to Create Targeted Traffic Stampedes.” You can get the latest details on their training blog.
I know they have some very neat things coming but if I mention them I am afraid I may end up out in the bad traffic.
Hope to see you tonight.
Gizzard
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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Training that can help you
By Gizzard | September 24, 2010
Now quite often the Turtle Dad thinks that just because we are relaxing up on the ramp that we are being lazy. Sometimes he is right (but don’t tell him that ) but most times we are actually learning.
Each Thursday night he does a seminar for Get Referrals Fast members with his partner Jerry Reeder. They do a four week series and start with a 5 Day Plan For Beginner Marketers.
We are usually (note I did say usually) paying attention when they do the presentation and we even get to see it again when he is editing the video for replay purposes.
Having a step by step plan to get things started makes sense even to a turtle like me. Getting the process set up and starting to build your list is one of the keys to building a sustainable business.
Each month the seminars cover…
- The 5 day plan
- The real secret to getting results like clock work
- Beginners blogging and social media
- Traffic – The final step
Then they repeat the series because if you are only as smart as a turtle it may take more than once for things to sink in. (Of course if you sleep through some of them it also takes more than one time to get it right. )
You can keep up with the details at The Get Referrals Fast Training blog or you can catch the replays by signing up at List Building Conferences.
If a turtle can begin to understand these things I am sure they will help you too.
Gizzard
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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Stupid Marketing Can Kill Your Business
By Gizzard | September 11, 2010
Let me introduce myself, I am Gizzard another of the turtles and I have taken over the posting here with the demise of Gizmo. This morning I was here listening to the Turtle Dad saying not so nice things about stupid people. (Sorry some of the words can’t be repeated here.)
The reason was quite simple. He got more than one email talking about a new product. Each had a statement about how the product was making 10 sales a minute for the last 24 hours.
Now that did not set him off until he clicked through to see the product. The first thing he saw was only 250 available.
Turtles are not the smartest creatures and math is definitely not one of my best subjects but there does seem to be a disconnect there.
Now last I checked there were 60 minutes in an hour. I remember that 10 times anything you can add a zero to the end. So 60 minutes times 10 per minute is 600.
Now I know why he was saying all those bad things about stupid people. I also saw him hit the unsubscribe button from the people who sent him this crap.
Now if a turtle (who is not the sharpest knife in the drawer) can easily see the disconnect why can’t the person sending the email.
I don’t know if the product is any good or not but I do know that the Dad isn’t about to find out when there is that type of disconnect.
So I guess I have learned that avoiding that kind of disconnect is important. Guess that is why The Dad and his partner spend so much time teaching people how to avoid that type of thing with their Get Referrals Fast seminars each week.
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don’t personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
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