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Jackie Jones says:

Who can do it all?

Create content, produce products, write compelling copy, special reports, audio, video and get it into the hands of active buyers.

Marlon Sanders can! He is the Ron Popeil of Internet Marketing his PromoDashboard is the automatic marketing tool I need to propel my online business to web dominance.

I think it's great that you are willing to empower us to become effective online marketers and are opening up your knowledge vault to share your expertise to teach us how to fish (market).

Thanks for sharing.

Reatha Carey says:

July 31, 2008

Marlon:

Over 25 years ago, I went to school to be an LPN (License Practical Nurse). I studied hard, my average grade was B+, but when it came to take the BIG test to pass in order to gain my license and be a “Real Nurse” I had to pass 351 points out of 700 points. Easy huh?, I passed by one point (352 points). That’s not to say I wouldn’t be a good nurse. Many nurses made excellent grades and their score was in the high 600 points, but when they actually got out on the floor and practice patient care with their knowledge, it was pathetic. They were book smart but not people smart. Well, I learned more by doing the hands on method than reading all the material and passing the tests. I was in the nursing field for over 17 years. I am now trying to learn this Internet Marketing for over a year. I have been reading, listening, viewing videos. I have over 20GB of PLRs, MRRs, software, and products, but they are just collecting dust. Now what am I supposed to do with these products? I am not exactly sure what to do with them. Through emails, search engines, and listening to all the gurus, I am learning slowly and with much ambition, but I am so overwhelmed with everything from “how to build a web page, how to do squeeze pages, how to do ‘opt-ins’ and grow your lists. I even tried to do the JV Giveaways to build my list, but I let my list grow to 16 but wasn’t sure how to do the ‘follow ups’ and build a relationship with my list of subscribers. I literally laid the money on the table and let it go to waste. So as you can see, I am overwhelmed, but my inner voice is telling me, “You can do this, Reatha, you can do this.” That is where the “Promo Dashboard” will be helpful for me. It will walk me through step by step, stay focus and see the positive results. Even through trial and error, I will get more out of this Dashboard than watching all the videos, eBooks, PDFs, and etc. I just need to have that “hands on” technique to get started. After learning and applying, then all I can say is “Watch out Reatha is on fire!” I have a web page, but not yet built, I am still learning to do that too. Thank you.

Reatha Carey,

Oklahoma City, OK

[Hi Reatha, first off, watch this video: http://www.promodashboard.com/video
What you do is target your audience, then come up with a freebie that'll get 'em to opt in to your list. Then you send emails asking them to buy something…either your product or an affiliate program. Reatha, keep the big picture in mind…You get a list of people then send emails asking them to buy. You know how YOU get emails asking you to buy? Sending you to podcasts or videos or sales letters asking you to buy? THAT is what you do and how you do it.]

Daniel Kilburn says:

Marlon,

Thanks for the feed back. I recognize the need to multiformat ones material as you mentioned with Matt Bacaks' material. Once The staff shows up I'll be there.

[So check out the podcast: http://www.promodashboard.com/pizzacast%5D

Ray says:

Dear Marlon and "Marlonites" all,

I am thrilled to see the launch of PromoDashboard, because we newbies get every offer imaginable, from selfish, self-serving "Guru's". These same people pose beside foreign sport cars, outside regal antebellum homes, aboard shiny ocean going yachts and lolling on tropical, palm fringed isles.

It makes me sick to realize that most, if not all of the "Guru's" keep 80% of their secrets secret and tease the target audience with freebies, courses, webinars and part of the system, all the while acting like they are dedicated to your success.

I am always annoyed at the barrage of autoresponder emails that treat you like you are the only client, when as one "Guru" says – just make sure you hit "Send" to your list every day. They sell their b******t and other "guru's" c**p to those stupid enough to pull out their credit cards. Once you do that you are at their mercy!

I am happy to see Marlon offering the way for the inexperienced to have all their Marketing needs under one roof on PromoDashboard. Do you know how hard it is for the uninitiated to organise emails accounts, web sites,squeeze pages, video, autoresponders, traffic trackers, PayPal merchant accounts and such – it's enough to discourage even the most enthusiatic Internet Marketer starting out.

What some dispicable "Guru's" don't get, is that not sharing and tutoring correctly means they get a huge "Drop-out" rate, because their "students" get so overwhelmed they throw in the towel.

Someone like Marlon gets it! He offers Evergreen for Listbuilding, Marlon Sanders newsletter and Courses to teach people correctly and now the most importantr aspect – what I call – "The Organiser", the "PromoDashboard". This brings together what we all need most, the means to get our ideas, learning, research, purchases and originality to Market effectively.

I can't wait to use and promote the PromoDashboard and make some real money at last!

Good luck all you future Marlon Sanders and just keep up the enthusiasm!

[Hi Ray, I don't think we have many Marlonites but I hope we DO have people passionate about a wonderful topic — marketing. Thanks for your wonderful comments. If you didn't see the pizzacast, it should be in your email box shortly. Think you'll like it.]

Ellie crowell says:

I watched your movie and I already know all that. Your advertising dashboard sounds like something that could help me a great deal everything in one place instead of having to look in all the diffrent software to find what you need at the time. Plus I am disabled and cannot sit for along period of time so I can cut my time a little

shorter with the advertising dashboard.thanks for telling me I appreciateit.Plus I can concentrate better also then having my mind in a million different places at once.

[Comment from Marlon: Ellie there is a product called Dragon Naturally Speaking Mobile. It is speech to text and there is a mobile version you talk into. Read the reviews on it on the Net. It'd let you write by speaking while walking around. You should also focus on podcasts. And when you can, hire a part time virtual assistant. Learn to use rentacoder.com and elance.com to hire help with the details.]

tom says:

I'm looking for a system.

Repeatable steps in a solid format.

I'm tired of

"trying to figure it the hell out".

I love you man.

[Hey Tom, I hear ya. Check out the pizza cast: http://www.promodashboard.com/pizzacast}

Gene says:

Marlon, I really like it. See my comments live here:

Daniel Kilburn says:

1. I’m NOT looking for sob stories or how broke you are!

Broke is a state of mind. I am wealthy beyond imagination with the love of my children and friends that support me and my endeavors. Having more money to spread that love around is why I’m getting into the infoproduct business.

2. But WHAT would having great promotions DO for your life in a positive way?

This answer is a gimmee, great promotions will bring more of the target market to my site where they will gladly spend their money on what I have to offer. But the glaringly obvious is not the only thing I see happening. With the ability to promote effectively, and efficiently, I will have more time to upgrade my products and services in one way, shape, or form. This will secure in my clients minds the elevated value to cost relationship, and develop a happy stable of repeat customers and wonderful testimonials.

Oh, I almost forgot, my standard of living will become seriously upgraded, allowing me to see to the needs of my loved ones at a higher level.

3. What has STOPPED you from PROMOTING products and how could this HELP you!

The primary reason for my failure to promote properly is multifold. There are so many ways to promote the site that I find myself buried in technical work that I have to learn first before implementing. I’m sure you know what I mean, squeeze pages, autoresponders, banner adds, press releases, give away’s, webinars, yada, yada, yada. Most all of the IM Gurus have been telling us that we need to have at least five, six, seven, the more the merrier, of them going all at the same time. They all take time for the solo act to follow through with and become a job in and of themselves. Oh the kids also need my attention.

On another note finding the target market ( My infoproduct can sell to multiple markets) is somewhat elusive. Regardless of what the thought process is when deciding on the target market, getting into their mindset is not always that easy. For example; a man marketing products and services to women.

How this could Help: Easing the learning curve on the technical aspects of promoting, and better resources for target market acquisition.

4. What has been MISSING in any products you have bought on the topic?

Several things are missing. The readers digest version is that: the products I have purchased will tell me what to do, but not really adequately show how to do it, or will provide a limited demonstration that is quickly surpassed by my needs. Again the need to spend time and resources learning what to do.

5. What do you NEED in order to break through and actually CREATE your own info product?

I’ve already got my info product created. I only need more time to flesh it out.

[Daniel, very nice focused writing. I can tell you have it to make it. Hang in there. On the traffic thing, I've always felt you could only do 1 or 2 methods well unless you have employees. But Promo Dashboard is about squeeze pages and what happens in the emails and conversion stuff using audio, video, blogs, etc. Thanks for posting Daniel. Nice writing. I realize Kennedy says that about having multiple lead gen sources. And he could be right. But we also have only so many hours in the day. Now, a model I DO like is what Matt Bacak does. He writes his article then has freelancers turn it into a podcast, a press release, a blog post, a ppt video. The video gets uploaded to video sites, the podcast goes to podcast directories. All Matt does is write the article and he may have a writer help with that. I plan to implement that. I think it's efficient and smart. But that is NOT what Promo Dashboard is about. Thought I'd bring it up though since you are far enough along to grasp what I'm referring to.]

Derek says:

To answer your question:

[Derek, you have 100 people on your list. How many visitors have you had? A 10% opt-in rate would be OK. 15%-18% good! And 18% to 30% great. If you're above 30%, you're either a marketing stud or you're in a very passionate target market. I've seen the squeeze pages claiming 50%+ opt-in rates. But I doubt it's from the TYPE of traffic you've been sending to your page.]

total hits to my squeeze page: 1,777

total opt-ins: 407

total confirmed opt-ins: 185

after unsubscribes I have 116 on my list.

total people who clicked purchase after knowing the price: 122

total sales: 3 at $9.97 each

So you're saying the promo dashboard will help with this?

Am I sending the wrong type of traffic to my page? What would be the right kind?

Again thank you,

Derek J. Soto

Damon Nelson says:

Marlon,

Thanks for the video showing the promo dashboard and what is about to be launched. I have a great website that I spent alot of money to JV with Dan Kennedy. I love his products, but I think he has oversold his licensing rights. I am getting few visitors and even fewer sales.

I just bought your sale letter generator and am very impressed with how it completely walks you through the process. I want to do a new rollout of my Kennedy website incorporating the dynamic sales letters, a video introduction and video training.

You are right about what is being sold for video training is always part of the puzzle but not the whole picture. And yes, you are right when you state the marketing gurus that we're buying from (including yourself) have a very pursuasive video pitch to replace that long sales letter format.

I want to do the same thing with my current site and 4 new sites that I will be launching later this year.

I have 1 website that I am very excited about, that is currently under construction called 8WeekstoProfit.com

I have started, successfully run and sold dozens of businesses in my life. And I have also had my load of losers. But all the successes had similarities on the startup process that I didn't do with my failures. I want to share this secret formula with entreprenuers on what to do in the first 8 weeks of starting their new business.

It will be designed for those who are just starting out and for experience business owners that want to turn around a stagnant business. This is a work of love and I really want to promote it to anyone who ever wanted to be their own boss and skip past landmines of the early startup days with a roadmap to focus on making money.

Please help me get that message out.

Damon

Barbara Casey says:

Marlon –

I would LOVE to create videos like the one I just saw.

I'd even go on a diet and lose 20 (…er…er…ack!…40 pounds) and put on (yikes) makeup to look good on film. On second thought, maybe I could paste my (thinner) picture on a whiteboard like you did – YES! – well, you solved that little problem for me right off the bat.

By the way, that was a really cool idea… to see your pic on each shot while you're speaking off-camera.

MY target audience is spiritual entrepreneurs, who are not happy learning new technologies as a general rule. And these "Age of Aquarius" technologies are just what they need to market themselves.

If you can help them with an easy point and click system to get the tech stuff figured out, I can help them find their market and create their freebies. Wait… that's Step 1 and Step 2.

You're the STEP 3 guy.

This 3-part system certainly works for me.

Many thanks,

Barb Casey

[Hi Barbara. Thanks for your comments here. Sounds like a good match. The Promo Dashboard will give you the nuts and bolts of squeeze pages, setting up broadcast email, podcasts, blogs, video and all that. PLUS, I throw in some sizzle things for the intermediate and advanced folks. Like the Power Point background, trick flash audio players, and other cool stuff not a lot of people know. I like the 3 steps because that's what got ME hooked on Internet marketing…3 simple steps you could actually DO without being an expert.]

Mike says:

This is the first time I've seen your site or anything offered by you. I saw your link on Twitter and got here.

One word I didn't hear much in your video is "organization". What you say to do makes sense. I've heard similar things in the past from others, but not quite as clearly.

Figuring out, or knowing, what to do is one thing, bringing the know-how together to do it is another. "Doing it" is yet another thing. And for me, usually at the point of doing it, I've already stretched so far, that any additional choices and detailed knowledge needed to move things forward start to overwhelm me.

Getting lost in technical details stalls the forward movement. And when you're "lost", how can you know which way to go?

So I would say staying organized both as to time invested in each step, as well as moving along each step, completing it, and building an inventory of promotional items–and keeping all of it organized–would be helpful.

I don't understand your products because I've never seen them before and based on one video I haven't nuch of a clue, however the idea of tracking the tasks needed for promotion, and keeping them all organized before, during, and after the promotion, sounds interesting.

Thanks for the video, it was helpful in refocusing my efforts.

[Marlon's comment: Mike, I think CLARITY is important. If you don't really have a clear, simple-to-follow plan, I think it's a hard path to follow. And you're right. The Dashboards DO help organize efforsts.]

Cyndi Williams says:

Hi Marlon,

Back in 1999 I discovered your "Amazing Formula" and began my exciting journey into internet and affiliate marketing. (side note: I think I spend $197 back then, and I remember having to swallow hard to spend "that much money" on a digital product 10 years ago. Oh, how times have changed.)

Anyway, since that first purchase, I have studied and studied and studied your products and products from many others in the IM industry.

The result? Now I am an affiliate of dozens and dozens of great programs.

The only thing is I stumble on pulling all the pieces together and putting together a marketing plan/system for promoting those products.

I am expecting the new PromoDashboard to help me finally be able to put a plan of action into place and turn these past 9 years of educating myself into profits in the bank.

Thank you Marlon and Team! For always creating top-notch products that over-deliver and making it so the customer always wins.

Your student forever,

Cyndi

P.S. – How will this help my life? When things turn around, and I start making more substantial profits, my hubby will have to "eat crow" and we will finally have peace in the home. (wink, wink)

[Hey Cindy, GREAT to hear from you! Thanks for your great comments and energy.]

Cal says:

I believe that this programme will help me to create a profit from the $42,000 worth of library that I have built up.

Sorry, not creative,

Sorry not startling.

but,

It is bloody sincere.

Regards

Cal,

Not really bothered about winning $300.00

main aim, is to get this into my grubby little hands

[Cal, you have a $42,000 library? Nice!! Time to put all that good learning to work PROMOTING something. The money is in being a producer and a promoter, not a consumer. Having said that, I consume large amounts of info products to ASSIST me in being a producer and a promoter. But consuming without producing and promoting gets you nowhere. Welcome here and Cal, you'll love this product.]