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Hey all,
I hope you are well and it’s been quite a while since I last updated this blog. The reason partly because I’ve been busily working on the next ebook creation (Money From Where You – not from Where I am) whilst also trying to get my damn web-designer to get my site built for “Copywriting Bam!” Seriously, nowadays – you simply just can’t get the staff.
Anyway, the point of call is that as many of you may or may not know already – giveaways are a perfect way and solution to help us build more subscribers for our own mailing list.
So it absolutely no wonder that you always see plenty of contributors and members visiting, joining and subscribing to these events. The advantages are huge as not only are they the best way to get loads of free stuff, they can also help you build a huge mailing list fast. So over the next few months, you may occasionaly see me posting a few various posts about the latest current and ongoing JV Giveaway events – so be sure to bookmark us, ‘cos the sooner you know and get in, the sooner and more you can profit!
List of Current JV Events – more on the way by the end of the week!
Growing success giveaway – Runs from 03 March 2010 – 17 March 2010
Click here from more details
Peter Cottontail 2010 Easter Giveaway – Runs from 31 March 2010 – 30 April 2010
Permanent Giveaway 2010 – Runs from 14 February 2010 – 31 December 2010
Give Me My Money 2010 Giveaway – 
Hey everyone,
I hope you are all having a wonderful day and that you are all well. Today I like to offer you all a sneaky peek at the next product that I have in store lined up for you guys and gals, my dear readers, fans and subscribers. It’s called “Copywriting Bam and surprise surprise….as the title suggests … it’s to do with copywriting and how you can learn to write top, high quality sales letters that will convert traffic into sales.
Now, I could have written an encyclopedia volume on copywriting, thanks partly to the huge amount of read, researched, collated tested from various copy writing gurus such as Michael Masterson, Andrew Reynolds etc….
However what I have done instead is condensed it into a 32 page report that will be available for download very shortly. It aims to help both you and everyone else who may read this demystify the challenges that lay with writing a good copy.
Also up for grabs is that there will be a free version and a MRR version which includes rights to resell the guide for profit. With the MRR version you will also get a web sales page and download page which you can upload to you own servers, or to ebay to resell and make some money.
Right that’s all for now everyone, I;m just going to proofread and once the website design guys have completed the site for the MRR version – I’ll let you all know where and when to download it.
Until then – have a wonderful day
Nigel
As we all know, a new year signifies a new start and although many of us have high hopes of fulfilling our new year’s resolutions, there will sure be many family members or friends who will make a joke, laugh or snigger that we may not be able to sticking our resolution throughout the year.
On the other hand, shoppers will be eagerly awaiting the New Year/January sales, which frankly I never quite grasped what the major fuss was other than you either take the presents you received back for a refund because your friend or family have bought an item too small or worse case scenario , something that you absolutely detested and was so hideous that you simply couldn’t wait to return or it back or in some cases, dispose of it in the bin and accidentally say to your friend that because the gift was so wonderful, you dare not wear or use it.
Anyway the point of call today for this post is I have something really special to tell you and that is: what better way to start a new year with something that will take away the gloom and may even help you in achieving your new year’s resolution and having the last laugh next year instead.
So what is it?
Well firstly, it’s a Self Improvement site and secondly, there 100’s of self help gifts to download with the best part being that…. it is absolutely FREE!
Let put it one way, If you’ve had enough of plodding along year after year and you want to improve yourself to make 2010 your BEST ever year, or to fulfill your new year’s resolution and have the last laugh next year, then you need to go here.
Now I do have to stress to you that Self Improvement 4 will be open only for a VERY LIMITED TIME from January 5th to January 19th 2010. When you go there you’ll find a multitude of products – all FREE – provided by Self Improvement and Internet Marketing experts from all over the world. Here is just a small sample of what you will find:
* Personal Development Tips – Paul Klein
* NLP – Love Your Physical Self – Elizabeth Benson
* Dynamic Personality – Alex Perez Pratt
* Transformational Fitness – Amy Lundberg
* Anger Management – Giovanni Farotto
* Managing Stress – Heather Step
* How to Stay Focused – Piet Venter
* Unlimited Abundance – Gary L Glasscock
* 110 Self Help Super Tips – Jack Brown
* Outrageous Health – Charly Leetham
* Secrets of the Subconscious – Alvin Huang
* Law of Attraction – Dechen Lau
* How to Reinvent Yourself at Midlife – Iyabo Asani
* Peak Performance – Frank Bauer
* Personal Transformation – Tony Dovale
* Easy Meditation – Esdee Penn
Get all of the above and 100’s more. Oh and did I also tell you that I.M.Mentality is there too – hehe!
Now the organizers of the event are Stephanie Mulac, Rodger Hyatt and my wonderful friend, self-help,motivation Guru and martial arts master – Gary Simpson.
I’m sure some of you at the moment are wondering who the other two organisers are. Well, spare me a few extra minutes and I’ll fill you in quickly.
Firstly, this is Stephanie’s 4th Self Improvement Giveaway of which she first started back in 2006. A “Giveaway” for those who are unsure what one is, well it’s sort of like a giant electronic/ food / book / wedding trade fair where 100’s of experts offer their products free to the public.
Because it has become so popular, this year Stephanie has enlisted the services of Rodger Hyatt, a very experienced internet marketer, and my wonderful friend Gary Simpson who has a copyrighting and self improvement background of some 20 years.
Good for them I hear you say! Guess what – it’s good for us, because, you an I both know how expensive book can be , especially since you only have to walk into any book store in any country to see how popular the subjects of self improvement, self awareness and personal development are.
It’s a multi-billion dollar industry churning out hundreds of new books, audios, CD’s and other paraphernalia every year, and you just have to walk in to a bookshop to see how much there is on offer. Problem as aforemntioned, buying these books is very expensive. Sure you could sell the book back on ebay or amazon, and it may fetch some dosh.
However, why bother paying for something when you can get it for FREE or at a lower cost and equally good if not even better content with in, with the added bonus that you’ll be doing your own bit ot help the enviroment.
So… if you want to grab the largest collection of self improvement and internet marketing products you’ll find ANYWHERE – all FREE – then click on the link here http://selfimprovementgifts4.com/go/710 RIGHT NOW and claim your bounty!
Hurry…Limited time apply!!!
Hey everyone
How are you all today? I hope you are well. Today I like to discuss with you all as well as the coming posts about E-mail Marketing. As we may all know, that one of hte best methods to online marketing is with email communication. It’s the most direct way to contact your customer personally, it’s quicker than snail mail and it’s very clean. Clean by that I mean no, folding letters, stuffing them into envelopes and sticking postage stamps, not to mention a trip to your nearest letter/mail box. I personally know this because I’ve been in the home direct mail order business for over 4+ years and the time it’s takes to stuff envelopes usually tends to leave you with RSI like symptoms, numb fingers, wrists which hurt when twisted, or grabbing an object, and neck ache too.
So, you can already see the benefits of email marketing. But then there’s another problem, like with any offline direct mail order mail shots and that is:
Anyone out there and that includes myself who can use a computer, have an email account and can use a mouse to point and click, chances are that you will only click on emails that interest you and those who keep bombarding you end up in the delete/trash bin, marked as spam or diverted to your bulk folder. I guess this is good that we implement such system to help keep our minds free from stress, and eyes not having to read these emails.
However, if we turn the tables around…. then we have a problem on our hands. Why? Well you got your internet website setup, you’ve got your sales page primed with a money push button, a OTO page behind, a download pages and possibly a name collecting Aweber form, now you need to get that all important notification/promotional email sent out to drive traffic and potential customers to your website and possibly buy.
BAM!!! What happens if your email get’s trapped between or labelled as one of those emails that get diverted, marked as spam, or deleted? What happens if the your reciepient doesn’t see your all important message contained within your email?
The answer is pretty straight forward – No view, no replies, no potential sales = no money. Or to put bluntly, your business will go down the pan faster than you can say your subject line!
Which brings me on to another point – “Subject Line”. Subject line is especially important, get it wrong, you’ll be losing customers without you knowing it and before long, you’ll have no list. Get it right, and your customers will keep an eye out for your emails.
There is no right or wrong way to email marketing, as no one customer is the same, and there are numerous techniques that will work of which you can apply to your email subject lines to make them more effective.
Oh and did mention that I personally don’t send out emails often. To date, I’ve only sent out 4 in total but my stats from my last two email broadcast were 54.9% success open rates and 37.2% success open rates respectively and that was just to a list of 71 and 78 people.
You can check out my stats by checking the following pic link and see for yourself.
So, my aim for the coming few posts is to discuss how you can tackle email marketing and get the best out of it as well as using it for your business.
Have a wonderful day
Nigel
Hi everyone,
How are you all and oh yes, Today, I will be continuing the remainder part of the 2 part – successful networking post.
Like I mentioned earlier, I picked this method up recently and it’s nothing major really, but it’s definitely a method to help build relationship and there are 3 steps
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First Step – What is your name?
Yes I know, it a really simply question, but knowing somebody’s name is vitally important and whatever you do, make sure you make a mental note . By that I mean, would you be annoyed if I forgot your name? So to reiterate, whatever you do, try and remember the name too.
You’ll be surprised to know that there is a lot of power contained within a name. Why? When you address someone by their name, it engages them into a conversation with you, you get their undivided attention and they pay more interest to you as well. It not only shows you respect them, but it makes them feel special too. It’s like and imagine the scenario, John meets Debra from a seminar meeting 5 years ago, They only spoke for like 2 mins and since have never got in touch.
However, tonight, fast forward 5 years later, at the new seminar meeting, they bump into each other, Debra doesn’t remember John, but then, John back then was a youth, early 20’s who looked like a 16 year old and now he’s like 6ft 2″, handsome young man, who looks rather successful. He looks at Debra and say Hi Debra, and Debra is startled that this stranger know her name. Obviously at this point, Debra maybe quite intimidated and so of course, John needs to introduce himself and remind her of the seminar meet 5 years ago.
What this has done is that John has instantly elevated Debra to feel not only embarrassed but special too at the same time. Of course, it also means John has just captivated her undivided attention and has engaged her into a general conversation about past times, current situations etc…..
The point is that: name is very important.
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Second Step: What do you do? or specifically what do THEY do?
Once you have established somebody’s name, you need to find out what they do? See what they are interested in etc… The reason is hat whilst they are telling you all this wonderful information about themselves, you are building a relationship with them, they feel like you are interested about them, and at the same time, if possible, you need to also think about where they can fit into your network, or do you know anyone who would be interested in meeting them and seeing what they do, and if you know somebody that you think would benefit from them, or would be interested in what they do, then slip in a word or two about it, explaining how you could put them in touch etc…
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Third and final Step – Who is your/are their ideal customers and clients
That’s right, find out what your newly met friend ideal customers are? Or what exactly does the service or product the offer would cater for i.e. target recipient. If they describe their ideal customers and it relates to yours, that’s fabolous, you could be looking at a possible JV with them, advertising something to each others customers lists, or work on a new project/deal together etc… The possibility are endless.
However, if they describe their perfect customers which are completely to the opposite end of yours ideal customers group, but you know somebody who may benefit, again explain to them that you know may be of interest to them.
And that’s it really, networking is really that simple, 3 simple basic questions that are not only a great conversation starter but also good for networking.
So, get out there, memorize these: “to-ask” questions and expand your network. Seriously, everyone one of you out there has a 199% better chance that I have at this networking business, the reason?
Everyone of you out there is either more handsome, taller, or prettier looking that I am. Oh and you don’t have a squeaky voice or horrible looking teeth like I do too, so yeah, get networking and don’t let it be an obstacle for you.
Until Next time
Nigel
Hi everyone,
What a lovely day it is today, and what a great time it is to blog in the back of my garden first time whilst using my my 4 year old treasured laptop. You know, what, I’m not exactly an outgoing person and to be honest really, this building a relationships thing is really out of my comfort zone, well it was, until recently, where I discovered a methodology secret to successful networking.
Networking as you may know, is that it can be very easy or very hard from some. i.e. like myself , who tend to prefer to keep myself to a corner at a gathering, a seminar or a party. However with internet marketing, this barrier must be broken down, if we are to ever generate customers, discovering new JV partners, researching a market and even for launching a new product.
Additionally, networking isn’t just about getting people to be interested in you…oh..no…. it’s not like that anymore. The aim of networking is to build a network between the people you meet and other people you know.
For example… let’s say I meet this guy at this seminar and he’s called John (to keep things simple), I’ve been talking to him for a while using my 3 pronged attack method that I picked up (more on this later) and I found out that, he’s a website designer, and very good one too! He’s done numerous websites for all the IM gurus out there so he’s pretty special.
Now for some, they will just remember his name and what he does and that’s about it.
What we should be aiming to do instead is this: whilst your gathering information about what John does, you need to put you mindset into a mode where you thinking of “Hey I know a great web designer that should be able to help you out or, hey, I know just a person who require your web design services.
The reason you need to be in this mindset is so that, not only are you establishing links between people, but your also establishing a presence for yourself, a reputation for knowing the right people for the right job and by also pairing up these people who are looking for one another i.e. supply and demand (not love dating for those who were digressing), then these guys and gals will thank you for it.
Why? You helped them out. You saved them having the hassle and time looking for a reputable individual or company, or an expertise which would have taken them hours, days, weeks, months to find, plus your also helping them create business and make money as well.
With customers on the other hand, it’s about you helping them finding the solution to an problem that they have been actively seeking to solve.
Networking if done successfully and correctly, then the outcome is that people will either love you, thank you, follow you or feel like they owe you a favor. Which is essentially what you need especially with potential and existing customers. And because they feel they owe you something, and you offering a product which solves another one of their problems, then they are more inclined in buying, downloading or listening to what you have to say pr offer.
Networking, it’s not really that hard, you just need to step out of your comfort zone and start chatting!
Until next time
Nigel
Hi everyone
Now, I’m not making fun at you today or playing any tricks with you all either, but just take a look at the picture below and tell me what’s the first thing you see?
I’m guessing most of you would say it’s a rabbit, however the funny thing is this, take a look at the picture again but instead tile your head 45 degrees angle to your right hand side… notice anything different? Doesn’t it look like a duck as well? You see, it’s called a Wittgenstein’s Rabbit and about looking at something from a different angle. Because when you do, it sheds a whole new light on it.
No matter if it’s a funny cartoon brain trickery drawing, a book, a magazine, a car, or even a an business opportunity, it always pays to take another look, obviously from another angle or perspective. The key is that by stepping back and looking at something from various angles, and as much as we may miss obvious errors and possibly the chance to improve something for the better, we may sometimes completely miss the opportunity by already placing a biased image,comment, decision in our mind.
So it definitely pays to take your time, to consider things fully, observe things from all angles and perspective and certainly don’t judge things upon first impressions. Partly because if you do, you could miss out on something truly great and spectacular. I know I did, have, been there and done that, I do regret about them, not for long though, and then I move on. No point fretting about something when it has already happened
Anyway as they say, if you only look for a rabbit, then that’s all your going to ever see and get.
Until next time, have a wonderful day!
Nigel
Allo, Allo!!!
Lol, How is everyone today, if you haven’t guessed it yet, yes I have been watching Allo, Allo! The long-running British sitcom broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes with Rene Artois in it – lol!!! For some, who have also watched “Secret Army”, they will say Allo! Allo! looks like a parody of “Secret Army”, which brings me on to “Copycat’ing Success”.
You see, like many successful TV shows, films etc…. you always get a spin off, about a year later i.e. think Matrix and all the other films that subsequently came afterwards with the bullet time effects.
Most successful internet businesses are based upon a already proven successful model. But however have you ever noticed that Most marketers DON’T make their money by following the exact methods they sell to you. They always do something “EXTRA” that gives them that “EXTRA” advantage, and that is why you end up buying more of their products and other guru’s products that they promote to you.
This by mean is excellent, because the Guru has just made more money from you and everyone else, and in return you increase your knowledge another step up the stairs of Internet Guru Stardom and your business makes more money.
However, have you ever really stepped back and start studying the guru himself rather than the methods he sells?
Introducing “CopyCatting Riches”
My latest eBook and
Hey my dear friends
Today, it’s going to be short post and that is, it’s great to have a separate business blog as it makes much more sense. Why? Well you see, those who have visited NG2MS will noticed that it’s based upon 2 niches, those being making money online with eBay and help with making money online with membership sites.
The advantages of having a separate blog is that it mean that I can discuss anything I like or feel appropriate on this blog whilst the other one has been fully automated and running pretty much on autopilot.
Autopilot??? Yes that’s right, NG2MS is now pretty much automated being that I have written all the blog posts for it and automated it to schedule put up posts and there are affiliate products which I hope people will click, look and hopefully buy and the only thing I have left to do is promote it, get more traffic to it and not just any traffic but “pre-conditioned” traffic to it and let it take it from there.
Autopilot or Automation – which ever one you may wish to prefer to call it, it seriously a great way to help alleviate time and reduce stress. It also mean that I can be sitting out in my friends garden whilst having a BBQ with him, discussing everything about the world, how he would put things right, and literally have a great laugh playing PC games or pool at the local “Riley’s” without having to worry about timing myself to get on a pc and put a blog post up.
Imagine, if you automated parts of your business, or other business. For example, my eBay business is pretty much on autopilot too – I simply put a few products up, sit back and just wait for people to come and buy it, when they do, at the end of each night, I just spend a hour or two, packing and dispatching the products.
Also again with my offline Home Biz Opps business, I have 3 products and each one I have developed an autopilot system for them which involves me spending no more than 2 minutes per order.
By implementing automation for my blog, it means that I can afford time to run my other businesses, and because I have implemented systems which help to semi-automate these other business, it means that I can also work less, have more fun and literally more free time to do the things I want or investigate and implementing new IM products and courses.
Now, I just need make more money, employ a VA and then I’m sorted. Have you implemented automation or a system yet? I love to hear what works for you and how you reduce hours on your business
All the best
Nigel
Hello my dear reader,
Today I like to discuss something that I know many would rather not discuss and that is mistakes. As we all know that, when we make a mistake, mess up something bad style, we tend to feel… rather embarrassed, some of us even angry, or frustrated that we made a wrong turn, a bad choice, a mis-calculation, which either made us look like a fool and will cost us both time and/or money?
Well, to be honest, I was in a similar situation not long ago, and reflecting back, it wasn’t that bad after all. The reason being that yes, you can learn from other’s mistakes, however to truly understand and learn from a mistake, as well as trying to not committing it again, we must actually have to experience it ourselves first hand.
So therefore, for those of us who have yet to reach the next step towards the red carpet of Internet Marketing Stardom Success, just keep trying, just keep making mistakes, and as like the Danish physicist and Nobel Prize Winner Neils Bohr famously said:
” An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”
Therefore, everyone will become an expert of some sort, some day, we just need to commit and learn from all of the mistakes we will make. The only difference is how fast will be commit, learn and adapt from them? Will it be 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, a year? Or even a Year and a Half, like Alex, Maria and all the other internet marketing gurus and experts who are on the step above us?
So why do we hate mistakes? Well we don’t, it’s just that when we were little, as kids, our parents would tell us off and we would feel embarrassed in front of all of the other kids who were looking and giggling at us, and thus a possibility why we may have been temporarily mentally program and scarred to hate making mistakes.
But in fact, what we didn’t or may not have learnt or understand was that: when we were a little kid, our parents were simply offering us advice and helping us avoid committing the same act/mistakes again. The only thing they forgot to do was: teaching us how to learn and embrace mistakes, and how to to pick ourselves back up from it, but then again, it’s something I guess we have to learn as we mature and get older.
My question for all is: see if you can’t make a mistake today?
Nigel
I know I’ve already made one and that is I put this first over picking up my brother from college and now I’m 10 mins late!!! Ooops!!!
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