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By Gizmo | August 26, 2010
Got into the Turtle Dad’s email. (Please don’t tell him.) The Turtle Dad is always talking about adding opt in forms so I want to ask him to get me these to study. I am liking the video lessons and learning about them from Profitable Blog Steps so this will be a next step for me.
Here is the email I saw.
Dear Friend,
Opt-in boxes.
You need those email address sucking bad boys on your
blog sidebars, blog popups, Facebook Wall AND Fan Pages,
Mini-Sites, Viral Sites, Affiliate Sites, Fly Catcher Pages,
Squeeze Pages, Web Page sidebars, popups, fly ins, exit pages
– and the list goes on and on.But have you EVER tried to figure out how to cram one of
those suckers into the sidebar of your page, or try to fit it
into the small pop up windows? Tisn’t easy to figure out.And what about putting ‘em on the Facebook Wall when your
Facebook Ain’t got H-T-M-L. What about that?And how about CUSTOMIZING your submit button so it’s
one lean, mean tricked out call to action that you’d be proud
of showin’ to your visitors?Those old gray buttons are fine but SOMETIMES you wanna
trick it out with a bright, shiny button. How do you pull THAT
off without watching your hair fall out on your keyboard?New Videos Reveal… How To Become a List Building Machine
Using Little Known Opt-In Form Tips ‘n Tricks… Guaranteed
to BOOST Your Conversions.
Now if I can only find the Turtle Dad’s credit card I will grab mine or I guess once he sees this he will know. (Oops should not have mentioned getting into his email. Sorry Dad.) Then maybe he will let me have my own autoresponder and we can up the amount of fish we get each week. MMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Gizmo
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I have been listening
By Gizmo | August 21, 2010
Gizmo here and yes I want more fish which is why I am blogging. I did have a revelation though when I was thinking about what to write about.
That seems to be a consistent question that comes up when the Dad does seminars. Anytime the topic gets to blogging the question what do I write about comes up.
Now sometimes during the seminars the Dad gives it may look like I am sleeping but I actually do listen (well at least occasionally.)
Writing about things you have been learning seems to be a good topic for anyone at any time. As I am an anyone and this is any time guess I will use this tip. (That is another thing the Dad talks about applying what you learn but enough of that today,)
This week the Dad did two seminars. The first was the monthly call for Profitable Blog Steps upgraded members. He talked about blog security and I have to say some of the stuff put me to sleep like chmods, permissions so I guess I can’t write much about that. My eyes just glazed over.
However, the Get Referrals Fast seminar kept me awake. They talked about the power of tracking and how it would allow you to make more and improve your results from the same effort.
Now that is a topic I like because if I can get more fish for the same effort I like that.
You can get access to the recordings of that and the other sessions they do each week at List Building Conferences. Now I am off to let the Dad know I did my post and he better go get me fish – QUICKLY.
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Installing Themes – Hmmmm can we get fish here
By Gizmo | August 11, 2010
Gizmo here once again. Like getting back to fish regularly so the slave driver has me blogging again today.
Have been going through Profitable Blog Steps at the Turtle Dad’s request. Nice that there are videos that make it easy even for a turtle.
Now the last one I went through talked about finding quality professional themes and it got me thinking. (I know almost as bad as when the Dad does that.)
Did not realize how easy it can be to change the look of this place. Think I need to get the Dad to spruce this up. I would do it but he won’t give me the password.
Think he is afraid I would have it covered with fish and then all of us would be trying to eat his monitor.
The point is that you can really help your blog with getting the right look to it. That is just one of the many things covered in Profitable Blog Steps.
So the question today is should we shame the Dad into changing the look here? Can you guys convince him a fish theme would be great. We promise not to eat his monitor.
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Finding blog topics not what I thought it would be
By Gizmo | August 6, 2010
Well Gizmo here and I finally got fish after the last post so I guess I better get writing to get some more. So you know I am well fed but fish are much better than those pellets I usually get.
Besides it is fun chasing them 
Have been going through Profitable Blog Steps per the Turtle dad’s instructions and this week went through step 2 research and choosing a topic.
This is very important and I tried to convince the Turtle Dad that maybe we should talk more about turtles and less about marketing.
See I love talking turtles but alas there is no money to be made talking turtles. And as fish cost money and I like eating fish guess we will keep to the current topic.
So check out Profitable Blog Steps and I am off to bug the Turtle Dad for fish now that my post is done and start watching the next lesson.
Maybe that is the one with the big ready easy button but I am starting to doubt that. Seems it takes work to make money blogging.
A fat and hungry Gizmo
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Blogging Takes Effort – Geez!
By admin | July 30, 2010
Thought this blogging stuff was supposed to be easy. Gizmo here. Did a couple blog posts for the Dad and the fish should be coming regularly. Dang he is making me write more before I get fish and threatening the others that they better start working too.
He says that regular content is one part of making a blog profitable. Not sure I like that idea but I do like fish and the more the better.
So back working the poor flippers to the bone for the slave driver. (Uh oh he just looked over here better start talking nicer as I really want some fish.)
He did explain that posting on a regular basis is one way to get more traffic and that there are other things needed even before you start creating content.
Now I have to go watch the lessons in Profitable Blog Steps and promise to get back to posting regularly. He says that is so simple and step by step that even a turtle can apply it. We shall see and there better be fish tomorrow or I am on strike.
Gizmo
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Growth Has A Downside – Will You Be Ready?
By admin | July 12, 2010
The Turtle Dad is back because the turtles are growing too big for their equipment and I wanted to post instead of Gizmo. He did try to bite me when he saw me open up this blog as he has become a bit protective of it of late.
Fortunately I still have control and locked the top of the tank so he is stuck and can respond later this week if he desires when I take a break.
If you look at the picture to the right the ramp they have in the tank is now on the bottom of the tank instead of providing them with a resting place out of the water. When they all get on it they are too heavy for it to support them anymore.
This happens with your business too. As it grows some of the tools that you use may be too light weight to support your current business.
One of the first places you may see this is with web hosting. You start out with a small plan but often if your business is successful (isn’t that what we all want?) you may find your site displaying the bandwidth exceeded sign instead of your blog, sales page or squeeze page.
Making sure that you can expand with your web host easily is an important thing to look at when you are looking at hosting.
Now there are other things to consider with hosting and support is always the top of the list but make sure that you can easily scale up your hosting when you start and this will save you lots of headaches as your business grows.
That is one of the reasons I like HostGator because the support is first rate and they make it easy to scale up as you grow.
So consider that when looking for hosting and whether you choose HostGator or another host make sure you they can handle that easily for you.
After all you do plan to expand to where you will need ore hosting don’t you?
Well off ot the store to find a better solutions for the pigs turtles to take their siestas.
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$24k in a day? You gotta see this video!
By Gizmo | July 9, 2010
Gizmo here and I was actually paying attention while the Dad was watching this video from James Grandstaff. He thought I was just lounging around on the platform but I saw this got his interest.
When he told me it was time to blog for this week I checked his email and found this. Figure if he likes it you might too. Besides copy and paste is easier on the flippers than lots of typing.
Have you ever dreamed of doing one of the those “Product Launches” that bring in more money in a day than you make all year?
Well, apparently it’s not as difficult as you may think.
Check this out…
My buddy James Grandstaff just released a new video that walks you through the entire *Launch Sequence* he used to make over 5 figures in a single day.
True story.
He generated over $24,000 in one day – which he says was more than he made at his JOB during the ENTIRE previous year.
And you won’t believe what he was selling – (or how simple it was to create!)
Take a look…
You’ll also witness his PayPal account *get money* LIVE around the 5 minute mark.
Thats all from the tank this week.
Gizmo
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How To “Borrow” Other People’s Buzz TODAY (Think Traffic!)
By Gizmo | June 30, 2010
Gizmo here and I like the copy and paste stuff if you haven’t noticed. It saves me crawling around the keyboard . The Turtle Dad should not have shown me how but Jimmy D Brown sent him an email about this great article he could reprint so I decided I would use it here.
How To “Borrow” Other People’s Buzz TODAY (Think Traffic!)
By Jimmy D. BrownDid you know that other people “warm up” your customers for you with their “big product launches”?
And, did you further know, that a huge opportunity for you to create sales for YOUR product or a product you promote as an affiliate can be the result?
If, that is, you “borrow” the buzz that other people are generating.
Imagine this scenario…
Mr. Marketer creates a new $2,000 product. He “launches” it with his friends. Everyone on the forums is talking about it. Every email sent out within the marketplace has something to say about it. Bloggers are raving. The whole industry is buzzing about the new launch.
The average conversion rate is 2%. And that’s not on $2,000 products. But, let’s assume that Mr. Marketer is the best in the biz. And he can generate something obscene like 25% conversion rate on a $2,000 offer (which, by the way, ain’t likely to happen).
IF that were to happen, the flipside is this: 75% DON’T BUY.
In other words, for every 100 visitors to the “launch” site, 75 of them walk away without buying.
Were they uninterested? If that’s the case, they likely wouldn’t have visited the site in the first place.
In the majority of the cases, they $2,000 price tag was out of their reach. Not in the budget. Don’t have the money. Been there, done that … didn’t have the cash to buy the t-shirt!
So, what can we learn from this?
We can learn…
* These 75 out of every 100 who don’t buy are probably interested to some degree.
* These 75 out of every 100 have heard all of the buzz and have been “presold” on the premise of the product.
* These 75 out of every 100 are strong candidates to buy a lower-priced, related alternative.
That’s where YOU come into the picture.
You “borrow” the buzz that’s been generated for the big product being launched by talked about by everyone as you promote a lower-priced, related alternative!
Here’s how you do it…
1. Look for high-dollar launches in your market.
The first step is to keep your eye on the pulse of your market. Whenever a major new product is being launched, get busy. You’ll usually know days, if not weeks, in advance because that’s how launches work: they do a lot of “pre” build-up work to get people salivating for the eventual launch. Keep your eyes out for anything new in the works.
2. Promote a low-cost alternative.
It doesn’t matter if you write a quick 10-15 page report, promote your own existing product that is related or grab an affiliate link to some other existing product or service. It doesn’t really matter WHERE you obtain this lower-priced alternative. The important thing is that you find one. It needs to be related to the topic of the big product being launched. It can be related either (a) by teaching a similar concept, or (b) teaching a portion of the big product’s concept.
3. Write a mailing that explains the two options.
You’ll want to write a mailing to send to your subscribers or to post at your blog. This mailing needs to contain three important elements…
– Content that presells. Share some meaty nuggets related to the offer you are ultimately going to promote to set the table.
– A small blurb about big launch with your link. Mention the “major” launch briefly. Describe it’s benefits and use an affiliate link of yours to point to the offer. Mention that it’s only drawback is “price”. Express that many people can’t afford it.
– A stronger promotion for your option. Then, really hit home with this “lower-priced, related alternative”. Let them know the benefits are similar at a fraction of the cost. Be sure to point out that it’s priced for everyone — especially those who feel “left out” of the big budget launch because they can’t afford it.
Then, it’s just a matter of getting that mailing out to your subscribers.
Let’s look at what you have in place as a result of this strategy…
* You have two promotions: a minor one for the same “major” launch everyone else is promoting, and a “major” one for the lower-priced, related alternative.
* You have “borrowed buzz”. Everyone in the marketplace is warming up prospects with all of their “talk” about the importance of the subject matter of the “big product launch”. They are primed and ready to buy … something!
* You have a spike in sales coming.
This is a wonderful strategy for getting extra sales.
Remember, there are always a whole lot more people who DON’T buy the product being offered in the “launch”, than those who do! You’ve got a huge pool of prospects in the 75-98% of people who don’t buy the $2,000 offer. Many of them WILL buy a lower-priced, related alternative.
So, the only thing left for you to do is get started.
And if you’ve like a shortcut, let me show you a quick way to do it TODAY.
You have almost certainly seen that Product Launch Formula 3.0 (PLF3) has launched this week. Everyone is talking about it. While there are a lot of different strategies and ideas involved in a “launch”, the backbone is the same…
*** Other people send you the majority of your traffic.
It’s obviously a very *HOT* topic right now. People are scrambling to pay BIG BUCKS for the course.
But…
Do you think everyone can afford it?
What about the tens of thousands of internet marketers who can’t afford it, but who ARE INTERESTED in the subject?
What a shame to let them sit by without getting any sales from them!
But, don’t worry — you CAN get sales from them! Here’s how…
You offer them something for PENNIES on the dollar that provides the same end result: other people sending them traffic for their products and services!
A few days ago Jimmy D. Brown announced a resale rights offer for his SalesArmySecrets.com course.
There are still licenses available for YOU to grab in order to sell a low-cost alternative to the high-dollar “launch” product that everyone is jabbering about.
***BUT IT GETS BETTER — FREE PLR to $20 Report! ***
Jimmy wrote a report several months ago which he briefly made available to one of his membership sites. It’s entitled “How To Get R.I.C.H. With Your Own Affiliate Program”.
(It was pulled after a month and is no longer available anywhere.)
The report is 21 meaty pages in itself, but it also strongly promotes the Sales Army Secrets course at the end.
When you order one of the remaining licenses for Sales Army Secrets, Jimmy is going to give you (no cost!) a free PLR license to the special report!
You can sell the report for $20, give it away, do whatever you want with it (as long as you don’t misrepresent it or mention Jimmy in reference to it)…
…while using the endorsement at the close of the report to promote YOUR COPY of Sales Army Secrets!
It’s a ready-made marketing report to get people to buy Sales Army Secrets from you! You can sell Sales Army Secrets for $97 per order and keep 100% of every sale!
Here’s what you need to do…
1. Order the Sales Army Secrets resale rights license
2. Register and open a ticket at Jimmy’s support center at http://www.Infoprofitshare.com and provide his staff with a copy of your receipt.
Within 24 hours someone will send you the download information for this special Free PLR offer.
That’s it!
Get one while it lasts…
Sales Army Secrets resale rights licenseThere’s only ONE catch…
This special offer is for the next 3 days only. On Friday, July 2nd at 10PM CDT, Jimmy is shutting down the license offer and this Free PLR offer. They will no longer be available. Officially “retired” at that point.
Grab yours now: Sales Army Secrets resale rights license
Then you can quickly “borrow the buzz” of those promoting PLF3!
Great way to set up a funnel and The Turtle Dad is always preaching the value of setting up sales funnel so I will echo him. (Besides it strokes his ego and maybe he will feed us more .
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Must see video
By admin | June 25, 2010
Gizmo here and I admit that right now I am fat and happy as we had fish and clean water yesterday. So because I am feeling so lazy I convinced Dad to copy and paste a quick message below from Marlon. After all anyone that would let a mouse get access to his autoresponder is okay with us turtles. Animals of the world unite. Oops better hope the Dad misses that part. Glad he did his part first. Besides the Dad really likes and gets excited about Marlon’s stuff. He made lots of notes while watching this short video.
Marlon Sanders just released a brand new video.
It really opened my eyes.
It is called “The 7 New Rules of Selling In 2010“
On this video he covers these 7 new rules of marketing in 2010.
Rule Number One: The foundation of ALL marketing and selling in 2010 is the “Value Proposition”
Rule Number Two: There’s a proliferation of new products and services at hyperspeed
Rule Number Three: You don’t sell in a vacuum any longer.
Rule Number Four: You no longer sell a product or service. You sell a set of experiences.
Rule Number Five: The strategy is the same but the tactics have changed.
Rule Number Six: The new sales formula is based on creating and implementing a Value Proposition.
Rule Number Seven: Marketers who win in 2010 must sell a superior set of experiences AND do a superior job of COMMUNICATING that set of superior experiences to the TARGET customers.
By the way this changes everything about how you promote on Facebook, Twitter, create products, teleseminars, webinars, sales letters and many other aspects of your business.
I don’t know how long he’ll have this up so I recommend you watch it now:
That is all from the turtle tank this week so I am off to relax after this strenuous work out. Hope Dad gets more fish soon they are much better than the normal food and a lot more fun to chase.
Gizmo
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Market Samurai – What is that keyword stuff anyhow?
By admin | June 16, 2010
Hi hope you are having a good day. Gizmo here and Dad is taking his break so I came out to have my chance running around the keyboard.
At first the idea of doing these upset me but the more I do it the better I like it.
Now there is a lot that I don’t understand but I do watch Dad doing his work here next to the tank. He seems to do a lot of keyword research and other things with a tool called Market Samurai.
It seems to be helping him because we get gold fish regularly and I hear him talking in conferences about the power of getting the right keywords. Any time he gets asked he recommends Market Samurai for doing that keyword thing and I heard him say they had a free trial.
I do know that they have some great tutorial videos and I really like that ninja thing with the swords they use in their beginnings.
I am a turtle and keep hoping to someday hit they gooey stuff and turn into a Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtle and do that neat kung fu stuff.
Well Dad is back from his break time for me to get back in the tank and do my relaxing thing. I am much better at that than I am at writing.
Oh yeah before ya go check out the free trial of Market Samurai.
Later dudes, where’s the green goo.
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