By Techguy on May 17, 2010
Well, I was warned. Several times actually. Don’t over complicate things. But I didn’t see what the big deal was. I figured it couldn’t be that hard. Butterfly Marketing membership platform. Amazon S3. Protected digital downloads. Lead capture. Exit popup. I can handle it. I have to make the best of my advertising dollars, right?
Well I’ve learned my lesson. Next site I do, I will do as simple as possible. Plain HTML. YouTube videos. Email link to downloads. Simple Aweber opt-in form. Should take me 1/10 the time it has taken me to complete my current project. A project I’m embarrassed to reveal btw. I was really disappointed with the results of one of my videos today. After all my hard work and the site still comes out looking like crap. That really hurts after putting so much time into it. I might as well just took the fast track, super simple route. It couldn’t possibly look any worse.
This is not the type of update I was hoping to post but it’s reality. I’m not a web designer. So be it. I’m moving forward and will start advertising the site in the next day or two. I don’t care how it looks right now. Hopefully the value will come through and I actually get a sale or two. How the site looks (plain Jane) should not take away from the message or the value, right? Well we will see. I’ll just pore on the value and let the chips fall where they may.
Ok, that’s my update for today. I didn’t want to miss another day updating my blog so here you go!
More tomorrow.
Roland
PS: For some strange reason this brand new blog now has a Pagerank of 3. Not sure why but I’m not complaining. Just hope it flows over to my money sites somehow.
Posted in Internet Marketing
By Techguy on May 16, 2010
Well, with all great feedback I got from APG, I’ve beening trying to make some progress. I’ve found that I stress too much over the small stuff and the big stuff is harder than I expected. So everything is taking much too long.
I’ve gotten a couple of video completed and today I’ve been trying to get my squeeze page just right. That’s the problem, trying to get everything just right. I’m starting to care less though, but it’s stressing me out.
I just wanted to do a quick update to let anyone who’s interest know that I have not given up and if I fail is not APG’s fault. It’s mine.
Anyway, back to work. I hope to have something to show soon, but don’t expect a masterpiece.
Roland
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By Techguy on May 12, 2010
Well, I know I said I would be updating my blog in the evenings but this morning I got a response to my request for feedback and I couldn’t wait. Less than 24 hours after submitting my video for critique on my plans, I get a reply from both Suzanne and Ken (two of the five mentors), and I was thrilled with their feedback and suggestions.
I created a video for the mentors as a way to showcase my ideas and get some feedback. Now to be honest, just creating that video was helpful to me as it forced me to clarify my ideas so they made sense to the team. Reaching that level of clarity open my eyes to new possibilities, and I hadn’t even talked with the mentors yet. I guess this is what you call a “side effect” of having others to correspond with. I didn’t really know what to expect in the way of a response from the team. I was a little nervous as well. Would they shoot my ideas down and tell me to go back to the drawing board? I didn’t know, but I patiently, ok I’m lying, I was not patient, but I did wait. 
You know, I can tell that these guys (and gals) have walked the walk and are not just talking the talk. They took my ideas an expanded on them, which made perfect sense and gave me insight that I would have otherwise had to learn from trial and error. Now that’s exactly why I signed up, to get altitude as Eben Pagan calls it. To learn from those who have done it already. Finding this group is a true blessing for me, as I am literally on my last leg, mentally and financially. The $1 trial is great but having to pay only $39 per month for coaching and mentoring, from 5 different people? Who else thinks the price might be going up soon? But I’m locked in right Ken?
In case you missed in a previous post, I have also set a goal of earning $100 per day within the next thirty days. I chose that goal as that’s how much I would need to allow me to work at this fulltime and not have to go back to my day job. If I can focus on my IM business fulltime, I should be at $500 per day in no time, especially with the Affiliate Power Group (APG) behind me. Wish me luck!
Roland
Posted in Internet Marketing | Tagged affiliate power group, coach, Internet Marketing, mentor
By Techguy on May 12, 2010
Well, day 2 is in the books. After getting in touch with Suzanne (one of the mentors at the Affiliate Power Group), I spent the rest of the day getting my thoughts straight and creating a video to present to the group (all five mentors, Ken, Suzanne, Jeffery, Jeff, and Cynthia). This required “action” on my part, something that I have had trouble with in the past. This in itself is a step in the right direction.
I actually created the video twice. The first one was much too long (28 minutes) and I figured the mentors probably wouldn’t sit through the whole thing (I still don’t expect all of them to watch it). So I scaled it back quite a bit (to 8 minutes), which forced me to focus on what was important. Again, another step in the right direction. I then posted the video to my Amazon S3 account (which hasn’t gotten much use at all) and then pm’d them the link. I can’t wait to get the feedback. Hopefully it won’t take very long. Ken, the founder of APG visited my profile in the APG forum which makes me believe he did get my pm. Of course that doesn’t mean he had time to watch my video yet, but I’ll be patient.
I hope my reason for using pm’s is obvious. I don’t want to put all my ideas out in public (even though the forum is supposedly private). I know most people wouldn’t care but there are those (I think of them as snipers) who will jump all over another person’s idea and actually beat them to market. Now, I’m not saying that what I’m doing is anything new or revolutionary because it definitely is not, but at this point I feel better with a little privacy. I’ll reveal my stuff as it’s ready to go live. That makes sense, right?
So, now I’m preparing for day 3. There are some more things I want to do to help me shine in front of my mentors. I don’t want to look like a total slacker, which is how I would appear if they’d witness my past habits of indecision and procrastination. I would like to be a star apprentice. Maybe then they’ll take more interest in me and give me more support. This is another benefit of having a coach or a mentor, accountability. As I said before, I learn this from my virtual mentors Eben Pagan and Napoleon Hill. Like I said in a post on the warrior forum, “If they do nothing more than check my work and give me feedback, it’s worth the cost of admission”. This is something I wish I’d done a long time ago.
For those who may have seen my post on the warrior forum about another coaching program I signed up with, I’m still signed up. However, I’m thinking of cancelling that program for the time being since it hasn’t started yet. It also focuses on adsense which I’m not too thrilled about pursuing. I signed up for the same reason I signed up with APG, so I could have access to a reputable coach at a reasonable price. He (John Schwartz aka Coach Zeus) also teaches affiliate marketing and site flipping in this course, but apparently the primary focus is on adsense. I’ll be checking with John today to confirm what we’ll be covering to be sure. He actually sent an email containing his phone number in case I had any questions. He also told me that I could stay in touch with him after the two week class is over . I think that this is also worth the cost of admission although I don’t plan on abusing his generosity. One can never have too many mentors, can they?
Sorry for the length of this post. My guess is they will get shorter and shorter as I get more and more focused on my project. I also want to experiment with video so I’m investigating how to embed camtasia videos into a wordpress post. I’m using camtasia to process all my videos, screencast or otherwise. I’ve spent a lot of time learning it so I want to make the most of my efforts.
I’ll talk to you soon.
Roland
Posted in Internet Marketing | Tagged 30 Day Challenge, affiliate power group, coaching program, Internet Marketing, taking action, video
By Techguy on May 10, 2010
Well, I create my profile in the members area and my “introduction” post. We are encouraged to make friends with the other members an “join” or “form” a mini mastermind group. I’m looking forward to that.
I also created some redirect scripts for some of my affiliate products and place them in my signature. This is something we are also encouraged to do. I’ve been signed up as an affiliate for quite a while but have never actually tried to market the products. I guess I felt I had to have a full blown website with ads an all but I wasn’t too concerned about forum signatures. Now I can start using my signature at the warrior forum as well. Boy have I been missing out.
Well, looks like most members have at least one website functioning. I don’t want to be the only one without one so…wait. I think I’ll get some feedback from the mentors on my current idea before I do anything else. That’s the reason I joined the group in the first place. I’ll report back with my findings.
Techguy
Posted in Internet Marketing | Tagged affiliate power group, affiliate products, Internet Marketing, mastermind group, Warrior Forum
By Techguy on May 10, 2010
I’ve been trying to be successful at Internet Marketing for several years now (since 2005), but like many newbies to Internet Marketing, I haven’t gotten very far. I’ve become a serious victim of information overload. I have purchased so many different courses that they have started to repeat, meaning that every time something new comes out, I already have something similar. So obviously more information is not what I need. What I need is direction and clarity.
I’ve decided to take the advice of my cherish mentors (Eben Pagan and Napoleon Hill) and get a coach. In my search, I found quite a few very appealing options but finally decided to go with the Affiliate Power Group for several reasons:
1. The group consist of five full-time Internet Marketing Experts. This should mean a broad base of knowledge and experience for a well round education and support system.
2. They’re offering a 30 day trial for only $1, so instead of depending on other’s opinion and feedback, I can try it myself risk free. Well that was a no brainer to me.
3. I feel that the group will make a extra effort to help their members succeed in order to keep them beyond the trial period.
So I signed up last night and was please to see a very nice and active forum and lots of training material. I can’t wait to get started. I really feel that this will be the turning point in my Internet Marketing career. I have been wanting to do this for a long time but didn’t put much effort into finding the right person/group. Now that I’ve reach the point of desperation, I have to try something, something other than running around dazed and confused.
So, if you’d like to see how this turns out, bookmark my site. My goal is to be making $100 per day in 30 days. I know that sound quite ambitious and it is, but I think I can do it. I have a secret weapon, the Affiliate Power Group.
Peace
Posted in Internet Marketing | Tagged 30 Day Challenge, affiliate power group, coach, Internet Marketing, mentor
By Techguy on May 9, 2010
What coach to choose…
Below is a post I made on the Warrior Forum. You can read the entire thread by clicking here.
I’m one of the newbies that lack direction and focus. Yes, I’m also suffering from information overload and that next big thing. I’m also often discouraged by the poor results of some who have been at this for many years. I mean $2 a day from an adsense site. Is that really worth the effort. Let’s see $2 x 100 sites, maybe. Is that the best I can do? That’s where I get caught up.
I don’t mine putting in work for something I’m sure will pay off, but if it’s more work than my day job for less money, how much sense does that make?
I want to build a real business. My niche is computers services and software. From everything I’ve learn in IM, this niche is just too competitive. To hear that is discouraging also.
I have a feeling that someone on this forum knows how to break into competitive niches with either new traffic strategies or very creative marketing and sales funnels. However, being a newbie, that’s not me. My guess is this is why a lot of people fail, chosing a niche that’s too competitive.
So, I feel I need a coach who can look at my niche and how I plan to serve it and give me some advice, strategies, and direction. I don’t mind, in fact, I plan on selling affiliate products as well as computer related services. Just not sure how I can compete in such a competive market. I have some ideas but I can’t help the feeling that I’m going about it the wrong way.
Anyway, I ran across this Warrior Special Offer and was intrigued. Anyone have any experience with this group. Seems like a great team and a great ideal. Anyone feedback would be greatly appreciated?
Techguy
I got a lot of great feedback. Check it out by clicking
here.
Posted in Internet Marketing | Tagged coach, Internet Marketing, mentor, Warrior Forum
By Techguy on May 8, 2010
I’ve decided to use this domain for my blog since I’m now getting serious about internet marketing. I originally purchased this domain name for a meetup group I created but that didn’t go to well. So now I’ll use it as my blog.
Techguy
Posted in Internet Marketing | Tagged Internet Marketing
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