I want to hear from YOU!

Steve Troutman says:

Wow Marlon.
Reading all these comments is an eye opener.
Lots of needs out there. I can see lots of product possibilities
for products to help people with the basics of internet marketing.

I’m copying all these comments to a text document for further study.
I see that you have mentioned the 10X book by Grant Cardone
I have that one and it’s the next on the list as must read.

I just finished the Boron letters.

Great book.

Susan says:

Hi Marlon,

My website is old, was built on an outdated membership model, does not have a sales page for my product(s) and needs to be rebuilt with WordPress. My greatest challenges are to figure out how to structure/organize the new site (or more than one new site) and repurpose and monetize the content. I’ve been stuck here for too long, so long that I’ve lost focus and have tried a few other things, only to return to this because it is my passion and I can’t escape it.

Thanks!

David Ho says:

Hi, Marlon…

My biggest problem I have actually deals with product creation, specifically creating “high quality products” people want to buy. This is usually no problem if you’re an expert at something, but what if you’re not?

Most internet marketing courses (at least the ones I bought) usually teach you the following methods to “circumvent” this:

(1) Hire a ghostwriter from e-lance.com, guru.com or one of those freelance sites to ghostwrite an info product for you where you “slap” your name on the e-book, post it on Clickbank and there you go: You’re an “instant” expert (so much for the 10,000 hour rule ;-)) which is why it’s no surprise sometimes you’ll see one person be the expert on as much as twenty different subjects.

I’m not saying this is bad… I’ve actually used ghostwriters (and paid quite a bit of money for them) myself. The only thing is, I’ve purchased e-books on Clickbank and PLR sites before and though I may not know much about the subject, if at all (which is why I bought a book… to learn more), even I can tell that there’s something “wrong” with the book and I’m thinking “Hmmm… this must be written by a ghostwriter and not an actual expert”.

Again, I’m not saying this is bad. I’m sure there are AMAZING ghostwriters out there, but what happens often times (again, I refer to Clickbank and other similar sites) is this: The sales letter is really good… at least good enough to get you to buy… until you get the product and read it. Then it’s… you get the picture:-0…

I know… copywriters and marketers tell you sales copy is THE most important thing, but a great sales copy with a bad product is like falling in love and marrying a girl with drop dead gorgeous looks and fantastic body. Then one day, you turn on the news to find out she’s wanted by the FBI for the deaths or her past three husbands (minor detail she forgot to mention when you got engaged). Are you unlucky #4?

For anyone who has ever fallen for a car salesman’s pitch and bought a “lemon” or someone who has… uh… been a dating service/matchmaking sucker, you know what I mean. Sorry if you work for a dating service and are reading this, but I’m still upset at how the sales person locked me up inside the small room with her (yes, that’s right… locked me up inside) till I signed the contract and forked over 7 grand… and she wasn’t even that attractive (sorry… couldn’t resist ;-)).

Again, I’m sure there are fantastic e-books written by ghostwriters. But if you don’t know the first thing about, say, organic gardening and you hire a ghostwriter to write a 50 page e-book about organic gardening, how do you know the information is quality information, let alone accurate?

Which brings up to…

(2) Buying PLR products and sticking your name on them. I’ve bought my share of PLR products in the past on various topics. I’ve yet to find one where I’m like… “Oh, my gosh! This information is mind blowing… I hope the government doesn’t get their hands on this!” Sorry for the joke…

(3) Interviewing experts who have spent decades immersed in whatever topic you’re interested in, recording the interview and transcribing it into an e-book, CD, online course, etc… or, if you plan on doing a blog, getting them to contribute articles (maybe for free?) on your blog.

This is really the path I want to go (having gone through the first two). I’ve even tried to go to a couple of experts to ask permission for an interview. One was a martial arts instructor I’ve know and studied under for about seven – eight years. I asked him if he would like to start a series of martial arts videos to sell online and I would even give him a majority of the profits. He told me he’s too busy and I believe even said something like, “Why would I want to do it with you?”

And this is the problem I see when a newbie, or at least when I approach an expert for an interview. After getting past the “gatekeepers”, they usually ask the big question(s) of “Why should I let you interview me.” or “I’m too busy.” or “I already have 50 people asking for interviews.”.

Sorry for the super long post, but I know it’s possible to create high quality, super informative products without spending 10,000 hours studying because I’ve heard alot of internet marketers do it… go into a niche they know nothing about, create high quality products and then dominate it.

One internet marketer I heard created an info product that teaches people how to teach their pet parrot to talk, and he doesn’t even own a parrot!

SO THE BIG QUESTION: As a “complete newbie” going into a niche which you have a zero track record of and no skills/experience in, how do you convince experts to work with you in creating a quality product, JV with you and agree to an interview?

Thanks.

P.S.: I did not pay a ghostwriter to write this post for me (sorry… couldn’t resist) ;-).

Brian Jeffries says:

You ornery old Texan! Long time no type! You’ve given me a good amount of sound advice over the past two years. One of the last “pearls” of wisdom was during a time when I was stressed and not being pulled, but allowing myself to be pulled, in all directions. The pearls which you so kindly offered up were more like rocks which were, in the parlance of our industry, “laser targeted” to a point squarely between my eyes. I truly can’t recall the actual words that your fingers typed but what my eyes read and my brain received was along the lines of “get over it you little shit and FOCUS!” Excellent advice and advice well taken. I’m no guru yet, and if I were I wouldn’t go by such a tag, but I’ve calmed down, let the non-essentials go by the wayside and am enjoying steady progress thanks in large part to you. Thanks Marlon. Brian Jeffries p.s. did it again. My needs, goals, what can you do, etc? Needs-food and a roof. Goals-continue to move forward and not look back. Mainly though, get my homesick self back to Texas a.s.a.p! What can you do?-Shy of writing me an enormous check, you’ve already done it. Thanks again.

bernie says:

Something must be possible. For an example, I spent about $5000 with one program given by (name removed). There were a lot of good points but I spent a lot of time calling the support number because the videos and written material that I was to learn were not clear enough. After about 3-4 months I called it quits and paid off the program. I still did not have a web site or blog nor had I made a single penny. He did have some very clever means of making money, but if you don't grasp All the details it doesn't mean much.

Bernie.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You’re chasing something that doesn’t exist. Otherwise, all those people working at Starbucks, fast food joints and anywhere else for less than $15 or $20 an hour would just be living the easy life on their laptop. I’m sorry but it’s just not how things work. There are things here and there that come along and are simple and easy. They don’t last long BECAUSE of the law of supply and demand. This is why you’ve been scammed. You’re willing to pay money to someone who tells you what you want to hear.

Now, if you want to learn how to differentiate a product or service, put the law of supply and demand in your favor, learn and learn some more, work some, then I can help. Otherwise, I’m sorry.

Marlon

Joe says:

Most people are not experts in multiple fields. I want to know how to make money promoting a single product and not having to constantly come up with new products to promote to a list or new content to give out.

Quality knowledge is limited and once you have dispersed that knowledge to your list, then where do you go?

Joyce says:

Hi, I'm a 71 year old grandma who started with stores-online. Didn't get the help I needed and went to other sources. Some were okay and others took me for a ride. The last one is great, but don't have the cash to continue. Just making enough to pay the bills, but no extra income. Been on line since December 2009. I would love to make more sales. Have blog post and write an article a week about coffee, coffee makers and related topics.

louise says:

Hi, I'm trying to add in social media with my website. I think I'm doing ok with Twitter but am having problems setting up a Facebook business page. Do you have any tips or pointers you could offer. Thanks

Lynn Bradley says:

I have many articles on Ezine articles.com.

I have little knowledge of how to find the right keywords that will get attention.

Some of my articles have many people read them and others have only a few.

The more I read about optimizing for key words the more confused I get. Should I find the keywords and make the title from them or the other way around?

[The nature of the beast is that some titles will attract readership and clicks and some won't. You learn by studying your winners and looking

at other titles that do well. But in large part, you'll never know in advance so volume is part of the game and winners and losers is part of

the game. The ones with high readership count are sometimes ones that rank well in Google.]

Louie Frias says:

October 10, 2010

Hi Marlon,

Been following you’re a few years now…got out, now back.

Here’s my scenario…

I created a free eBook on a “Hot” social niche topic.

I hired a capable web designer/builder to create an entire site to promote this report which then sells the actual niche product; the site includes:

A. Squeeze page

B. “PreSale/Thank You” page

C. Sale Page (Promoting a video Camtasia series AND 2 free bonuses)

D. Download page

D. Affiliate center

E. Automated blog

Simple enough…

I’m 99% ready to promote it as well as place it into ClickBank.

I’m “stuck” here: I know the value of the OTO and want to incorporate one into the program. I own some scripts that will allow me to do so…but, I’m not sure a OTO will work UNLESS I also OWN the product promoted by the OTO…(Meaning, if I have affiliates, their customers would be worked into the flow…the affiliate would receive a commission from the initial product I own, but not/very little on the OTO product IF it was ALSO an affiliate product.)

I’m an affiliate of a TIGHTLY related product that would work very well as my OTO (But again, IF I have affiliates, they would not be making as much as they should in this scenario.)

I DO, however, promote the affiliate product in my AutoResponder series to my subs.

Right now, without an OTO, I’m not capturing all that I can: as well as happy affiliates.

Why then, would anyone want to become an affiliate of mine?

Flows like this…

Traffic => Squeeze => (“X” page) (Currently to the “PreSale/Thank You” page, but I don’t think its good to have a sub be redirected to the SAME PAGE TWICE…)

Email confirmation => “PreSale/Thank you page

The question is: WHERE is the best “location” to place the OTO page and how can I finish up and make this an affiliate option in this niche to consider?

Thanks!

[Bro, congratulations on getting your product ready! That's awesome. Now, this is a more complex question than I can answer here on a Sunday afternoon while watching football! But real quick, I'd say create your own product for the OTO that is perfect for the offer. Just do a 2 or 3 hour screen capture video/mindmap product. I don't know how the OTO's in combination with Clickbank. I'd look at how Adeel Chowdhry does his products on CB and other top 10 products. Mo Latif has a #1 product right now I believe. Look at it.]

Verne Kelley says:

HI Marlon,

I just wanted to say thanks for all the insight you have given us, and that I will soon be launching my first site.

The biggest stumbling block for me has been building the site itself. I have been hearing that you should give away an item to help build a list and then market off that list. But should you also market on the squeeze page as well or just keep it simple and ask for one thing at a time?

Again Thanks for all your help….Verne

K. Ravindran says:

On my request you have send a few of your pdfs as well as your products info. I wanted to buy some of them, but I had certain doubts which needs to be clarified. I responded thru your online contact form, twice, but till now no response whatsoever from your people.

I wanted to know whether I need to purchase the DDB, MDB, and PDB, for running my web biz on a successful note.

My doubts are:

Since the packages are web based, do I have owner ship rights for the purchase I make.

You mentioned about 6 soft ware, which need to be purchased after 30 day trial period. Which are those 6 s/ws?

Pl clarify the above points asap.

Thanks

[Hi, how are you? Do NOT send us emails for customer support. Instead, go to:
http://www.getyoursupport.com. Post your ticket. Weekdays you should log back in at the end

of the day before 4 p.m. cst and find an answer. Now, you do NOT have resell rights to the vast

majority of my products. I only have one or two things I sell resell rights to. There is no one

product by myself or anyone that gives you everything you need. It doesn't exist. On Marketing

Dashboard we give free trials of a few software programs. But they aren't essential. You gotta

have web hosting, and an autoresponder/affiliate program/shopping cart similar

to automateyourwebsite or other resources you've assembled.]

Devora says:

Dear Marlon,

My dream is to work for a support service of an online business. I already did it in the past. My English is far from being perfect – my native language is French – but in a support or customer service, members or clients like me and I succeed very well. I worked only with one person, Carl Pearson, for 3 years. I know that Carl was criticized at that time, but he was a great marketer. I would like to work again for a program. I am good at it, I work fast, accurately, and a good support service sells. I can also help members or clients or affiliates who read Spanish, Italian and of course, French. I am a hard worker and my time is GMT + 2, it means that I can offer support when others in the USA or other places are sleeping. I love your newsletters and I thank you for them. Devora

[Hi Devora, how good is your Spanish? What hours are you looking to work?]

Che says:

Hi Marlon, I've been picturing myself as a sponge this past 4 weeks! I feel like I am learning a great deal, that in the long term I believe, will really help! I have some great formula's, which when all is boiled down, no matter what way you go… blog…web page… links…ads… classifieds… "market, (in abundance where do you start! I see niche markets, that have a huge flaw! I mean surely if its specialised yeah you can sell for a higher price, yet how can you cross sell to such a blinkered market). "Traffic" to drive to a "Product" and lastly "sales". Now this to me is quite simple, yet as soon as you move into implimenting… all sorts of difficulty, (especially when you're here in some bizzarre hope that though you have $0- to start, you might be able to earn a few bucks/pounds to afford a url which you can upload web pages you've made, yet free site won't allow you to use….. more time spent… often feels wasted! this is not a grumble… it;s just i type so much into google these days i feel like a damn detective! I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm tired, getting older, I feel like maybe my vision is blurred by so many diversions, selling information, in bold type, in scripts that have no meaning! Believing I keep reading, and I'm left here, sometimes seething. If only these deep feelings would turn into a funnel, with landings and splash exits, into sites that excite me and lists which would no doubt ignite me! Oh friend please help me, this is a new outing, a forray into the unknown..thougth I know I'm learning. just frustrations burning….. many thanks Che

[Hey Che, Rome wasn't built overnight. Start somewhere. Pick one thing and start there. You learn as you go. And hopefully as you earn. Really Che, focus on the big picture. You get people to come to a page that has a letter, audio or video on it and you SELL them something. Doesn't matter if that page is a blog or web page or Facebook Fan Page. You gotta find people who are in the habit of spending money to buy stuff, get them to a page with a sales message on it that is written, audio or video and then SELL them something. If you get bestofmarlonsanders.com … a freebie that contains past issues of my ezine….it should help you lots.]

Brent says:

Hi Marlon, Im looking to start my online business selling health products/supplements which has become a passion of mine for the last 3 years I have spent educating myself on real products that work and guiding people away from time wasting rubbish that is circulating everywhere, I guess you could say I want an honest business where people can turn to me out of trust. Although I want to make a living out of this I dont want come across as a pushy sales man, so I would like to know if you think ezing is for everybody, could emailing people in this new spam type system have a negative effect and drive away customers? Im new to all this so im baby stepping through all the ins and outs of running an online business.

Thanks for the opportunity to email you for advise.

[Brent, read bestofmarlonsanders.com. The ebook is free. Now, you need to get people on your list and send them a mix of valuable articles and promotions. If you step over a boundary, your customers will let you know because your unsubscribe rate will skyrocket. If you provide good information and care about your customers, those are the main things.]

Richard Darnell says:

Marlon,

I have enjoyed your writings, videos, and newsletters. For me, being new to this world of marketing, I struggle with putting meaning to the nomenclature. Separating what can and can not be done is another vast hindrance. For now, I am concentrating on education.

When I am comfortable knowing enough to get through postings without having to use the library, I will be ready to dive into the market place and apply the learning to drive traffic to my site, blog and social media.

The biggest problem is discerning who is real and genuine. The self-proclaimed gurus are plentiful. Distinguishing among them is very difficult.

Thanks and God bless you, Richard

RichDarnell.blogspot.com

[Hey man, Amazing Formula explains a lot of terms. Also, read this: https://www.marlonsnews.com/internet-business-mark… That should help with the nomenclature. And read through all my ezine issues. I explain tons in them. I think many "gurus" are actually quite competent. The MAIN thing is use some common sense and ask yourself if the model they're promoting is evergreen or not. Will it last? That can be hard for a newbie. In back ezine issues, I also talk about that a LOT. If you haven't snagged and read bestofmarlonsanders.com free ebook, I recommend it. And I have an archive of back articles on the blog. I agree it isn't easy for a new person to wade through all of the stuff. Basically, either someone is teaching you to make money with info products or some other model like cpa. And they teach list building or they don't. I feel info products and list building are evergreen. For traffic, the most evergreen source is affiliates but any source of traffic has its issues. The problem on ppc and seo is you're dealing with Google and they frequently change the rules….although there are some relatively evergreen approaches to seo (search engine optimization). ppc (pay per click) is challenging. It seems that Google keeps changing the rules.]

KC Truby says:

My SEO team says put up wordpress on our sites for better back links, my IT guys have built our complicated web sites with data calls on MS dot net 3.5

My IT guys say WordPress will not work on our platform. Is there a work around.

[KC Freaking Truby! How are ya man? Bro, I'd have to look at the details but offhand I'd say they are both right. You do the seo sites the MOVE them from those TO the other sites. Great hearing from you. Let's chat soon. Love to catch up.]

Ainars says:

Hi, Marlon:

My goal is to start earning money in any way possible, maybe via Internet.

My problem is — I dont have my own products to sell. So I've tried to sell other people's products — dog food, real estate — and in vain. I don't know HOW to sell. But in selling, it doesn't matter what you sell, if you're a seller you can SELL ANYTHING. That's what I want to learn — how to sell anything on Internet and how to find products to sell.

[Hi Ainars, you can START by reading Amazing Formula. That's NOT your END point. It's the starting point of your understanding.]

Anthony says:

Hi Marlon,

Obviously I did something wrong!I thought I had followed your instructions for sending a letter to you but I notice my e-mail address is there for everyone to see with no reply,ooops!

Anyway………….. such is life.

Have a nice one,

Anthony.G.

[Anthony, if you're referring to another post of yours I published on the blog, post the link here and I'll remove it. Or tell tim at getyoursupport.com. But if you're talking about the blog, your email address is not seen by the public unless you put it in the BODY of your post.]

Gary Doyle says:

Hello Marlon,

I have been reading and buying many IM products since 2000 mostly using mlm websites to market without success. I have just purchased your dashboard and like your sincere teaching processes… I have been guided though life and enjoying the journey…

What I like about your teaching is your doing what you love by helping others.

Good health, prosperity and harmony to you…

Bernard Collins says:

I've been looking at your blog entries. I guess I am not alone. I am overwhelmed by the possibilities, but I don't know THING ONE about getting started. How do I make my first dollar? How do I get paid?

Muhammed says:

Hi Marlon

Am a newbie. Subscribed to your newsletter. Checked out your products like Design Dashboard, Gimme my money now, Affiliate coaching, Marketing Dashboard, Action Grid, etc. Where do I begin? Can you please come up with something exclusive for newbies to get going in internet marketing, with your trademark step by step methodology? If it is already there, I haven't found it. Please help!

Best

Muhammed

[Hi, all the products above are for newbies. They are all step by step. Thewritersecret.com is a good place to start. And after it you can drill down into Dashboards.]

Lawson Broadrick says:

Marlon, I have recently written and published a book and need to know how to market it on the internet. This is why I bought your IT marketing course. I have not seen the course yet as I just bought it 10 minutes ago. I have read tons of info and this is the one that seems to fit me.

Daniel S. Pacitti says:

Hello, I am in the newbee's pickle. I have taken on so much that I get almost nothing done! I am a member of Aweber and can't seem to get in to make my webpage! I am with SFI, GDI's .ws, Fwebtraffic and many more. I send out many emails and get a few lookers, then I pass on the lies about all you need is a few,….I am disabled with no income. Can you help? I will do the work. I have been told by others, yes I will, than the same old emails telling me to do A than B than C ect… I have had 60 nerves burned for pain control in my spine, 32 surguries and 2 glued verts. Also have had 9 concussions. Construction and drunkdrivers can take a toll. Still interested? If so, I am willing and able! I have been doing this 3 months and have made a whopping $28!

[Hi, how are you? Listen, I'm very, very sorry about your disabled state. But realize this, I teach people how to market and sell. I'm not God. I don't work miracles. I'm not a savior and don't even play one on TV. What I CAN tell you is that article writing costs you nothing other than your time. And there are a number of people who succeed by writing 10-15 articles per day in around 4 hours. Reference my old ezine articles about the posts for Xfactor on Warriors Forum or just go to warriorforum.com and search for Xfactor and find the thread that is about 15 pages long. He reveals his whole entire method there. IT takes about 4 hours a day and there are almost zero expenses to his method.]

Julius Orias says:

Hi Marlon, it is my first time to leave a comment from your blog today and it is good that you respond yourself about with your blog. Yeah, you are right about other people not responding about their blog if others have questions regarding what they need to understand. I'm with a successful affiliate program today and the only problem is the needing of traffic to it. It was a profitable one and I need to focus on this because the it is affordable to everyone to set up a new business online. You might to take a good look about this and let me know what you think. The business been their about 11 years now, they started year 1999.

Here is a business program: http://website.ws/julius25usa

Many thanks,

Julius Orias

Randy Cox says:

Hi Marlon, I really enjoy your writing and humor. I'm a pastor who has to supplement his income with other sources. I have been selling equipment for the last 11 years. I'm getting too old. My goal is to transition to selling something online. I need 10K per month to replace my current income sources. Which of your products would you recommend I start with? I build and maintain my own website, make videos, etc. I need a concrete plan or blueprint to follow.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Randy Cox

[Randy, since you are verbal and can teach, this is a realistic objective. It helps you have a niche you want to sell to. I know someone who does pretty well creating sermons and selling them to other pastors. You need some kind of a niche. Then you start building your list for that niche using Promodashboard. Then you create your own product using productdashboard. But first you need a niche. If you are just really stuck there, the first row of Promo Dashboard covers it and I also have a product called pushbuttontargetmarket.com that is pretty good.]

Connie Ragen Green says:

Marlon,

You and your information rock! I have your dashboard and download (and read) all of your reports and ebooks. Article marketing has worked well for me and I now have 1,266 articles over at EzineArticles. Article Marketer went out of business a few months ago.

I am thinking of starting a free forum to build trust with my list. What do you think about this idea?

Our mutual friend Jeanette Cates talks about you all of the time and says hello.

Thanks for all you do.

Connie Ragen Green

Dennis says:

Hello Marlon My friend 😎

How's Life treating you today?

As Always You Give Great advice And share your Know how With So Many.

I would like to see if you can spare a little time?

I am working on a product launch In the IM Field and would like to

include some of your products into it.

I know your Busy, I would Appreciate any

input from you on advice for my site as

well as what would be the best way to include some of your products (Upsell,Etc.)

If you Have Time, I would Really appreciate It?

Just drop me a quick note if you can and I will send all the details 😎

P.S. This is very important to me, because I highly value your advice, because your real! and You are for me at least, a mentor to model after.

You really Help People.

P.P.S. Also I have an opportunity for Ewen To promote this if he approves of it! And I know You Worked With him Before.

P.P.P.S. And If Your To busy, I understand 😎

I still Think Your A Great marketer and person.

thanks marlon!

Dennis Howard

Mike Thein says:

Hello Marlon,

I'm a Psychiatrist, and I'm in training with Russell Brunson's Microcontinuity program, as it applies well to the product I'm creating. I'm also a newbie; been studying and loading up my hard drive with crap for months (sound familiar?). Done with that now. I basically delete all of my marketing email soliciations except for a few. You are one of them. I'm also subscribed to the LOEM training, but have had no time to watch the trainings yet as I focus on product development (should I quit LOEM or put it in the can for later?). Would appreciate your honest opinion on LOEM. It might make more sense to leave RB-MC program, use those basic techniques, and focus on learning good business building basics from the beginning with LOEM. I know it's a senstive thing to ask you this. RB seems to really have his act together, and Jay and Rich need no commentary of course. I work 50 hrs/wk in Psychiatry and 20 hrs in IM. My goal is retirement in IM at $1M/YR, which I expect by year 5. Rich Schefrens IB Manifesto (BIG IMPACT, SMALL EBook) has taught me to FOCUS and quit chasing stuff like a rabid dog going after prime rib, and to build my business as a business, capitalizing on my strengths. He feels (and I agree) that one does not build a business around the latest hot selling product, but instead focus on what you uniquely can give to the world. Below is my unique contribution.

There is a critical need for quality, cut the crap nuts n bolts Psychiatric training for Family Doctors. I'm creating an online university targeting this audience. I'm starting with a 16 week webinar series (24 hrs training) on the treatment of depression and anxiety. My vision is to grow this really big with tons of courses and lots of Psychiatrist authors I will recruit as I build resources. I'm selling cheap up front; a free plus shipping CD describing my program via a dinner seminar I did on this, which enrolls the Doc in the Webinar Series. First two webinars are free, then 3 days after that I bill them $40 a month times four. I'm going cheap to build testimonials and get an early base of Docs to market to. Once I get their testimonials on my website the price will increase to $98 a month using the same timeline above.

I like the microcontinuity model, I think first popularized by the one and only Jimmy D. Brown (love that guy, one of the few IM's that have real integrity!), because unlike membership programs there is a discrete beginning and end and less attrition. You can also throw your product in the can, hit go on your autoresponder and collect $ on autopilot (almost). I'll be offering 4 free weekly one hour group telecoaching sessions to all who finish the 16 weeks as the hook to keep them in. Sorry if this was long. Your thoughts would be priceless to me.

My biggest concern will be that I need to generate free or almost free traffic (yeah, another one of those shoestring budget guys). I don't see a way I can JV this, since nobody else is doing exactly this. Related companies are direct competitors and are well financed (large universities, major CME companies) who can easily crush me like an ant under a combat boot. However, they are not offering this powerful teaching method, so I'm one up on them there. I'm thinking I should do article marketing submitted to FP ezines and blogs, and use this to drive them to my ezine (yet to be created), where I can discretely market my product. I want to do an ezine rather than a blog, as I don't have time to respond to posts right now. God bless you for doing so. I'll shut up now 🙂 With appreciation.

Respectfully,

Michael D. Thein, M.D.

[Hi Dr. Thein, RB has a good program. You have money so I would hire out the article writing. Once you get some conversions and know your numbers you can hire someone to do ppc for you. The first thing you have to do is get a modicum of traffic and a sales process that works.]

Went says:

you have to have a niche,(topic,niche,product,idea for a niche) before one starts the keyword search thing.

In over a year I havn't been able to find anything,( that tells me how to come up with the original thought,(that works) of a niche.) Don't have money to spend, on all of the huff and fluff,so it seems, that I have read. I realize that money can, and is bing made on the internet.

[I cover this topic well in productdashboard.com and also in pushbuttontargetmarket.com. But you have two basic choices. Choose something you're passionate about or highly interested in where a lot of people buy stuff over and over. Or just find a market where that is true if nothing interests you. You're looking for magic. There is no magic. You need a group of people who are very passionate about buying stuff. And it's nice if you're passionate about it because then you have more fun. But if not, just pick something where people spend a lot of money. If it's nichey and not something like weight loss or extremely competitive topics, that's a plus.]

anne says:

Hello Marlon'

I need to change my life in a big way and I feel that the internet is the route. At present I am going through your course and even having a website has somewhat escaped me. However I intend to prevail. I have no lists and need to build one fast. I love the look of your design dashboard and the offer. However like everything the $1 is not a problem the $27 may be but I am going to take up your offer and hope to have made it back by then.

On another note please could you extend your free offers a little longer. I missed the hitman because I was in hospital and as such I appreciate the sense of urgency but

it was dissappointing to see that I had to purchase it. This i will not do as I want to get the dashboard. Just to show you how backward I am this is my first ever blog. Finally please thank Tim on your supoort desk. He helped me get your free publication which I have read and because of his help i now know that you are bona fide and I am now ready to start lesson 6 in the course which once finished that is when i launch.

Best wishes and thank you Anne

[Anne, Tim is an awesome support person and I'm proud to have him do support for me. I'll hook u up on da hitman.]

Gnomadd Vender says:

Ernest here, super nubie, I'm having a new computer built because the old one croaked. So I'm starting from scratch, reading the PDF's, particularly "The Best Of Marlon Sanders" is very inspiring, though some of the concepts are still unclear, and others sound expensive to me. I can make my own graphics and music, and I'm a decent writer, so I'm looking at focusing on email list, products, affiliates, and designing the site or blog. That plus limited investment cash is my obstacle and learning curve. What I have is determination, and a little time, so I want to get a hungry list CHEAP , even if that means I have to do it by using some kinda tedious "the hard way" technique.

I want a dashboard, perhaps the promo one, gonna havta wait a click or two for that. 'Til then, research, reading, & designing. I apreciat you letting me get to the ROOTS of this IM thang.

EBIII

[Hi, have you considered writing for cash? There are plenty of web sites you can advertise on for business. And as far as building your email list, if you write and submit 5-10 articles a day, you should build up a responsive list in 3-6 months. Refer to the post I wrote about John with the link to his thread on Warrior's forum. All he does is write articles and he's aat $300 a day ONLY from adsense. Of course, I prefer building a list and selling a number of products to that list.]

Susan says:

Marlon,

I have just completed my first ebook:Margarita Mind: How to Avoid It; A Guide to Buying Mexico Real Estate Safely & Sanely".

I sent it off with love to Killer Covers they have designed my covers and banners and are building my site, and will take me all the way through the ClickBank setup and approval.

70,000,000 Baby Boomers are headed south of the border to retire and buy primary residences and vacation homes.

After 22 years in the mortgage and real estate industry on both sides of the border, I have a wealth of info. I have seen it all, and can advise these folks so that they do not become chum in the great sea of Mexican real estate practices.

I have 10 more books I want to write and plan on at least one more to be ready for market by December.In most markets of Mexico high season is gearing up. That means lots of tourists and lots of home buyers. They all need to have my book in their hands before they arrive.

I have some joint marketing agreements with many Mexico portal sites, and will be placing ads on others.

I want to make this big in a hurry.I need help in growing my list and in getting the book(s) in to the hands of the boomers coming to Mexico.

It took me this long to respond to your email about writing my comments in your blog, because my full attention has been on meeting my deadline!

I look forward to hearing from you.

I also rent my guesthouse here in La Paz, Baja California Sur…it is full most of the time. And I want to sell my beach house, and would like to be able to get it in front of those same eyeballs that need my book.

I like what you said about being comfortably set financially, no need for palatial manses and flashy cars, but money to be independent,secure and to travel.

I am ready!

Saludos,

Susan

[Susan, make sure that you have a link to your affiliate program on your web site. And invite every buyer to become an affiliate. Split test your copy to find out what converts. Another ACTION TAKER and 5%'er. Congratulations for bucking the trend.]

Munawar says:

Hi Marlon,

I have been following you for the past many years and have also subscribed to your newsletter.

Recently (after wasting many years) I launched a membership website : http://www.penny-stock-winning-trades.devhub.com.

Please I would like you to visit it and tell me how to improve on it.

Thanks

Munawar

[Hi Munawar, congratulations on starting your own product. A few things. One is to get on the email lists of others in that industry who have Google ads that run week after week and even month after month. Use the tool I talk about in pushbuttontargetmarket.com to find lists of people of very successful offers in our arena. Learn from the sales copy, products, bonuses, offers and guarantees. And the last thing is to be very careful legally. Investment newsletters I believe are regulated (at least in the U.S.) by the Securities Exchange Commission. It looks like from your email you may be in another country. If you see to the U.S. you are required to abide by laws here. But as far as marketing, the single most important thing you can do is to study what others in your field are already doing to be successful.]

Michael Foust says:

Hay

The thing I need to learn is ad copy writing, it will open doors that All the internet marketers say makes or brakes it in this market.

I have one adsense web site going up. Just looking for google to ok it.

My went is for me and my wife can stay at home and work together, that is my goal. You said first goal is to make the first dollar, then go on from that. I am learning from John Colton and TrafficSwarm Coaching Club, and what you have sent, it already helped, and is helping. Thanks

[Good luck to you. Michael]

Eric says:

By the way, WAY COOL TO RESPOND IN YOUR BLOG!!

Natanael Torres says:

What must I do to get started?

I have just recently come across this industry and I'm truly amazed at its potential and the proof is out there! I am a Handyman by trade, ask me about any repair, I have done it in the last 17 years.

I guess I project the amount of years it took for me to get to this level in my profession that it is difficult to fathom not really having to know everything in this industry to be successful. Yet, as in the construction industry I need guidance. My family depends on it. I depend on it.

I want to be financially secure, and I'm willing to put the time, effort, and attention to accomplish this. I so desire to help others, but I must learn to be helped first in order to do so.

What must I do to get started?

I have read on Affiliate Marketing and different Marketing Strategies, but when you are strapped financially…

What must I do to get started?

I have no qualms about reinvesting any income back into this business, I have to as a Handyman, in order to grow. There is so much information out there I only want one mentor, and from all the e-mails received and proof that I have read, I would rather learn from you.

What are the basics to start?

What must I do to get started?

Thank you so much for your attention and guidance,

God Bless, Natanael

[Hi Natanael, just like in Vegas, scared money doesn't usually win. I recommend you first establish your financial footing and get some stability. Read Dave Ramsey and listen to his Internet radio show for inspiration on this. Now, once you ARE stable, go to bestofmarlonsanders.com and read the back issues of my ezine. It's free. There are other articles on my site and many comments here. The short version is this: How do you make money on the web Marlon Sanders' style? You create and sell products. You trade products for dollars instead of your own time as you do as a handyman. So you find people already buying stuff and find something else they'll want to buy.]

Garry says:

I would like to find a good tutorial about using CSS when setting up a website. I have the Web Design Dashboard.

[Hi, the best play on that is just your local bookstore. I don't teach it because it's a little complex. We did our sites in html for years. But we use css now because if you outsource your design, most designers prefer it.]

Collins Owusu says:

I have read alot of articles on internet marketing. but i am ghana i dont have access to international bank accounts and credit cards for my affiliate marketing am confined.

Ash says:

Hi Marlon,

Thanks for the email. To start with, I am not really in the business of IT and hence I won't be able to devote my to internet or PC, which I think would be required to start any business. Apart from that I not really literate in IT subjects but I am good at MS Office (I think so) and learnt Java language from internet tutorials and while working as Completions Engineer got the opportunity to work on WinPCS and PIMS completion databases.

Having said the above, looking where am I now, I think I have the quality of adaptability and learning new things. I feel necessary to tell you that I am a fast learner.

I have introduced myself to you the credibilities I have in brief and hope for some advise from you.

Regards,

Ash Bandy

[Hi Ash, how are you? What I'd say is to download my ebook at bestofmarlonsanders.com and read the back free issues of my ezine on marlonsnews.com. Start with that. Learn how to target a market and build a list.]

jacqueline says:

Hi Marlon,I have been working online for 3 years,bought and read lots of ebooks,tried to use as much as I could. I have a few blogs and squidoos. I am trying to provide free information for my readers so they can learn without spending much money, I also put some articles and products to sell. I do everything possible and everthing I have read to make money. My QUESTION FOR YOU: WHERE IS IT? How and when will I start making money. I am broke, frustrated and at the same time I keep working and hoping something will happen like magic and I start making money. I get lots of emails, they all tell me how to make money, but I kind of have LOST MY HOPE.

[Jacqueline, did you read my article today? Go check your email. Read the article. I'll post it on my blog shortly. It's simple and spelled out in the article. Have you read my back bestofmarlonsanders.com issues? And my Newbie Report freebie? The other day I interviewed Sean Mize. Sean started from SCRATCH, spent almost no money, wrote and submitted 150 articles per month, used the resource box to link to his squeeze page and built up an income of $15,347 his 13th month online. You send people to a squeeze page. You offer a freebie to get on your list. You send out emails that sell stuff. So if you aren't making money, you're not getting enough people on your list or you aren't sending out emails selling stuff.]

Chris says:

Hi Marlon,

I have a bad case of paralysis by analysis, which serves me well in my day job but is plain painful in Internet Marketing. I have been reading and researching for 2 years and have nothing to show except a fairly broad knowldege and a bunsh of stuff on my hard drive. But kids are getting bigger, college bills will be here before I know it, so I am now focussed on finding "the one" solution – and I think I have it. I would like your opinion on CPA and CPC and how best to pursue and build a specific business in this space. Seems so many are selling the processes that this may be saturated and may be too risky but I am hoping you can offer insight.

Thanks very much!

Chris

[Chris, it's a huge market with broad offers. I wouldn't worry about saturation. But I think the list building model is superior. That's my personal bias. In CPA you have to work as hard tomorrow as you do today. Unless u have your own product ur putting out via a cpa campaign, which can be lucrative but isn't for beginners.]

Ron Bryan says:

Well you opened the flood gates my friend, I wish I knew the answers myself , or even how to ask the right questions. I just seem UN coach able My goals were to be a tree that produced fruit, Made money through my cyber business, and was able to duplicate it in others even if it meant going to their homes and working on their computers.

I don't encourage laziness, but it seems a duplicated problem that marketers don't know how to focus and what they should be doing with their time.

we also have a hard time drawing people to action, that has been my battle for months .

I am now thinking of throwing in the towel so to speak, thinking I am just not a proper fit and better off just working for someone else.

[Ron, get a book by Sam Carpenter called "Work The System." It's at your bookstore. That book and Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson are both cheap and will get you in a better mindset. Ron, I don't recommend being full time in a business that won't support you. You need a financial base to work from and build your business part time. Example: A friend of mine wrote 30 articles a day and sold them as an article writing service for $7 each. He made $8000 a month doing that and underwrote the time it took to build his business.]

Ken Langdon says:

Hi Marlon,

I hope you do not mind me asking waht may be a stupid question to you?

The question relates to your advice below!

What do youi mean by linking to an affiliate product?

Does that mean writing articles about an affiliate product?

Would linking to your products as an affiliate be an appropriate step?

"You need to write 20-30 articles a day and submit them to ezinearticles.com and link to an affiliate product."

Yours sincerely

Soon to be 81 year old Ken Langdon

A few kilometres north of the Coolum Hyatt Regency which you visited for a conference/seminar a few years ago

[Hi Ken, this free ebook explains it: http://www.secrets-of-internet-success.com/ That's a beautiful area of australia you're in. What you do is select a clickbank product on any topic with decent gravity, and write 30 articles on keyword phrases then move on to the next.]]

Ken Langdon says:

OK Marlon! Point taken! Thank you again!

Mike says:

Wow. I am impressed with you. I still wonder if it is really possible to find that golden niche – it seems to me more than not, making money on the internet always seems to be from those who sell "How To Make Money on the internet" lol.

In fact all the pics of you with all those impressive and very wealthy people, was all made selling how to make money stuff; or get traffic.

So – I have seen from Wealthy affiliate, the same thing. Push a product that is how to make money. Or affiliate how to

make money products.

I do know others are making money but – could we see something real world sell?

[Hi Mike, how are you? Please go to freonlinemarketingebook.com and watch the video in it where I answer this in depth. Internet sales exceeded 6 BILLION dollars last year. Internet how to products are around 100 million of that. That leaves 5.9 BILLION dollars of OTHER products being sold for gosh sakes. I show you the actual statistics on this in the book. And I DO SHOW YOU millions of dollars of non IM products being sold. I think you're buying into someone's hype on this topic. The answer is BILLIONS are being sold that have ZERO to do with IM how to training.]

Kandy Siahaya says:

I have information for both the Amazing Formula and Ockham Razor Marketing System but I am hesitant to purchase because frankly I am not sure if either will help my particular situation. I self-published a book called Making Light of Being Heavy and did a virtual book tour in May. I am on Amazon and the book tour gave me a platform to promote myself but I am looking for ways to increase exposure of my book. The book will be a hit if I can just get it out there. I would really appreciate it if you could let me know if you honestly thing either of the above programs would work in my situation. Thank you in advanced for your time.

Kandy Siahaya

[Kandy, AF teaches the basics of online marketing. It's an introduction that is very good. Promo Dashboard shows you how to build your email list and make sales. IF you want to learn book publicity, go to amazon and search on "promote book" or "book publicity." If you want to build an email list, send out emails and make sales online, Promo Dash will help with that. If you want to understand the big picture of Internet marketing, AF will help with that. Good luck to you.]

Rick says:

Hi Marlon,

I was among the many original Internet millionaires and the original eBay millionaires… back in '97 – 2000… I had about a dozen of my own dedicated servers, programmed them myself… programmed my own email sender written in C++… this was before they tightened up on bulk emailing…

I used to send out about 300 million emails daily… hence, I really don't need much in the way of help… but I love your stuff and your personality type…

I love to work, study, learn new things and I love the challenge of learning new aspects of the Internet… the possibilities are literally limitless! I am 53, look 35 and feel 24!

It's been about seven years since I was involved in all of this… I pissed off the Secretary of the Treasury, Taxgate.com.. (they made me take it down then spread a bunch of lies around to discredit me) and the Secretary called out the dogs on me…. namely the DOJ and the IRS… then my marriage went to hell as a result also… yup, when the going gets rough… some people just get going…. huh?

Anyway, it's all behind me… and I am finished licking my wounds… my tail is no longer tucked between my legs… I am gearing up again… and WOW, the scene is the same, but there are a few significant differences in how to reach the masses! You can wind up in jail! Geeezzz!

It is hard as heck to get clean IPs and servers to send with… and even if I get them, the spam traps require real expertise to get through… even for legitimate double optins email addresses! Where there is a will, there are relatives… no, that's not it… "there is a WAY".. that's it!

Anyway, when I read through your stuff, it helps me to tweak my viewpoints on how to structure my new procedural and organizational flowchart… I am staying clear of getting too involved in 'working my ass off' and being resolute in letting the 'PRODUCT' & 1AUTOMATION' work it's ass off FOR ME!!

Your concepts and the way you conduct business align with what I learned and practiced in the 70's from Mr. Harvey Brody… 'let your property work for you'.. which is what YOU do Marlon… and I used to do before the government 'rained on my parade' so to speak. Here is a link to the very concept that you are trying to get into your fan club's too often 'thick heads'… http://www.infomarketingblog.com/toll-postion-sec…

Soooo… to make a long blog post short… I simply love watching your videos and listening to your audios etc… I am getting back into the scene and it is even more fun than ever…

You know why it is more fun than ever Marlon? Because, it is more difficult than ever with all the regulations and the many other procedural obstacles… NO ONE THINKS THEY CAN OVERCOME THEM!!!

Most people are afraid to learn… afraid to study… afraid to work… afraid that it's too hard… they listen to their alleged friends and peers and them saying that, 'It can't be done… otherwise EVERYONE WOULD BE DOING IT'…. BS, BS, BS, BS!!!

That leaves all the room at the top… for people like us……. we aren't afraid.. it's a CHALLENGE!

It cannot be done? Whoah! ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE… and ANYTHING MEANS ANYTHING!

And because there MUST BE A WAY hiding in some niche or some corner… people with our way of looking at life and live KNOW that WE CAN FIND IT! It's like a giant Easter Egg Hunt! The eggs ARE THERE… but WHERE?

Simple huh?

You bet it is!

Thank you for everything Marlon… you are doing a great job…

Rick
http://www.Jerseyguy.com

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