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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

GAJILLIONS of Dollars in Just 7.35 Minutes!

It happened again...

...in my recent post titled, "Stupid Subject Lines.... Don't Be An Internet Marketing Celebrity Amateur.", I gave some of the oh-so-common, everyday examples of some rather famous internet marketers using some of the stupidest subject lines ever known to mankind. Even bad ones by amateurs are preferable, but when a well-known blogger comes up with something so dismal, it's almost like a slap in the face.

Well, here's 2 more...

"Teenage piano teacher makes millions online - You gotta see this Sam!"

What's so offensive about this is not only how unappetizing it is, but how it shamelessly doesn't even attempt to disguise the fact that it's trying to appeal to a juvenile's sense of greed. I mean, who the hell wants a million dollars anymore?

You? If you said, "Me!" then please, for the love of G-d, read my short essay titled, "Work! For the REST of Your Life!" so we can get your head out of the clouds.

Remember, what WE want is FINANCIAL FREEDOM and that can be done on as little as $50k per year... even less if your expenses are low. Remember, FINANCIAL FREEDOM doesn't mean you stop working, per se, it just means that your PSYCHE gets freed enough to pursue the things that would REALLY make you happy.

Ok, next insulting subject line...

"Re: I'll pay the $20 trial fee"

LOL!!!! First of all, the good ol' "RE:" is employed to seduce us into opening the email. But doesn't this jamoke know that mentioning price ANYWHERE in the pre-sell is tantamount to blasphemy?If we're getting $20 off, then it only stands to reason and experience that it's going to cost us somewhere around 5 times that much in the very near future...

But it got me thinking...

"How could I REALLY save my readers $20?"

And I'm not talking about some clever joint venture or marketing gimmick where one partner raises his price $20 just to give a $20 discount, or creates a sham $97 setup fee just to give the appearance of "waiving it" if you "sign up now!"....

...no, we'll have none of that (at least right now!).

So here's how I'm going to genuinely save you $20 AND once again remind you why I named this blog the name I did, "Sam Freedom's Internet Marketing CONTROVERSY Blog."

SAM FREEDOM WILL REALLY SAVE YOU $20...

In yesterday's post titled, "The World's BEST WordPress Plugin List for Internet Marketers"there's a free report titled, "Easy Steps to Blog Stardom." It's an EXCELLENT report that shows you how to get a money-pulling blog up in 10 Easy steps.

As with most free reports, the info may be very good but there's almost ALWAYS a lead-in to a far more comprehensive work that really kicks your efforts into overdrive, and this free report is no different.

BUT HERE'S THE CATCH (and Savings)...

Go to the MAIN WEBPAGE and wait a little while for everything to load. Then move your mouse towards the "X" AS IF you're going to "X" out of the page. When your cursor nears the toolbar section, it's going to trigger Michael Ambrosio's "You Can't Block This!" unblockable exit pop-up.

You'll get a nice, little unblockable exit pop-up that then leads to the very same offer at $20 off the original price. And thus, Sam Freedom has not only been controversial but has truly saved you $20.

Of course Alex won't be DELIGHTED by my telling you this but let's face it folks, we're all doing our best to be marketers here. Someone should be TELLING you about these things so you have the option to buy and use them for your OWN business.

And by the way, I have both products and recommend them whole-heartedly. The unblockable exit-pop is an absolute must-have, no argument, period. Effectively capitalizing on exit traffic is a HUGE, HUGE boost to ANY online business endeavor and it works by a method that cannot be blocked.

And Alex's Web 2.0 Wordpress Monetization and Optimization Videos are SO valuable, so useful and so damn cheap that it would honestly be remiss of any blogger to not have them in his or her arsenal of blog marketing strategies.

Go check them out now. And let me know what you think...

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Best wishes,
Sam
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Monday, October 22, 2007

The World's BEST WordPress Plugins for Internet Marketers

Don't know about you, but I've been holding back from unleashing a small empire of monetized WordPress blogs because (and his could just be ME) I have this nagging concern that I'm going to get the 133rd WordPress blog setup only to discover that there is a MUST HAVE WordPress plugin "to-die-for" that should have been put on all 133. Does anyone ever have that concern other than me? Every since Gary Hyunh's multi-Wordpress blog management script, "WordPress Elite" dipped below the radar (I heard it was bought out), I've not been able to find a WordPress solution that would allow, like a Frontpage "Server Side Include", to simply slip a few WordPress plugins into a special place just ONE time and have it propagate on all 133 blogs instantly.

(for those of you who are still new to all of this, please download a free copy of "Easy Blogging to Stardom."  It shows you how to make money from Wordpress Blogs in ten (10) EASY, non-nonsense steps.)

Right click HERE and select "SAVE AS..."

So, for now, I have been searching for that one, elusive, DREAM LIST of absolutely, must-have plugins for internet marketing Wordpress blogs. You know, the ultimate, "monetization, optimization, lead catpure" WordPress plugin list of "teammates" that would spare me the hazard described above... of finding some cool Wordpress plugins 132 blogs too late!

So I'm asking you... ...first of all, do any of you know where a guy can pick up a copy of Gary Hyunh's WordPress Elite?

And secondly...

WHAT ARE YOUR "MUST HAVE" WORDPRESS PLUG-INS?


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Friday, October 19, 2007

This Is Starting to Piss Me Off...

Sorry folks (am I really?),

But I've got to return to my original blogging style.

When I first started out, I had a pretty decent edge to me. When marketers came out with bullshit or shitty shoddy conclusions, I would pretty give it to 'em - a nice little ol internet marketing boot in the ass so-to-speak.

People seemed to like that, get a little chuckle out of it but the strange-as-**** fact was that those same bastard marketers kept rakin' in the dough and all I got was a bunch of people saying, "Hey, cool post, Sam!"
Thanks for the wonderful and entertaining email that you send. I love it. You were one of the first marketers that I recieved email from when I first started on the internet. You could say that your a sort of a mentor to me:-) Shelby Carr
But not even a darn click on Adsense!

Around the time, when Mark Joyner, Mike Chen and all the usual guys started touting "The Secret Weapon!",


...I not only WARNED everyone that they were about to be "...passed around like a dazed hippy chick at a biker rally" but I even went so far as to BUY the Secret Weapon for $497 and GIVE AWAY the LITE version in exchange for a subscription to my list (click here for a free copy of the Lite Version of that supposedly ultimate tracker tool).
I have been on Sam's list for close to a year now, and he has been a big influence on the way I market and also my marketing tactics. He is someone to watch and learn from. And it's so entertaining! I'm so glad I got the Secret Weapon Lite from Sam because frankly I think I might have been a little (!) dissapointed after I paid a lot and found out what it was. Thank you, Sam! Brian Beshore
But something happened... something happened along the way and things started to change. I became FRIENDLY with some of these marketers. I even reached a hand out to some of them as they were just getting their feet wet in the game, clued them in on where to get "into the loop", gave them a few encouraging thoughts to take with them and then let it go at that.

I thought that maybe just keeping the peace could lead to some really good joint ventures. After all, the bullshitting was working for them. There were all kinds of flaws in their programs and systems, but they were flaws which were calculated into the final analysis... and which some of them really didn't even care about.

I mean, did it matter to anyone promoting "The Secret Weapon" that it was a piece of shit? Oh excuse me, that A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS A PIECE OF SHIT. I mean, who remembers J.A. coming out with a theoretical analysis that
If The Secret Weapon could increase your bottom line by 10% and 10% of $100k meant $10,000 more dollars per year, then it would have easily paid for itself.
And it was I... it was I, out of 1000s cruising through that particular forum, who had the balls to come out and say, "Excuse me, but most of the people here can't even make enough to pay a ****ing car payment, so now what?"

And that's what's always PISSED ME OFF.

The fact that many internet marketers, with all of their regurgitated philosophy, with all of their pseudo-intellectual "prowess" that magnifies exponentially with every passing seminar, quoting Lao-Tzu or the Dalai Lama as if they not only understood these theories but also really cared about whether or not YOU understood it...

...they always seem to leave the majority of people FINANCIALLY CRIPPLED. I mean, I can't escape that conclusion no matter how hard I try.

As with ANYTHING, there will always be the die-hard supporters who either just happened to have "the right stuff" to make it so soon out of the gate. Or who have a good score affiliating a particular product or putting product X to use for a short period, but tell me something...

How often do you hear stories of heart-warming PERCENTAGES of people who actually make it? Who become free?

How many have you have actually heard significant numbers of other marketers telling you that FINANCIAL FREEDOM doesn't require you making large sums of money?! How many of you have heard from your favorite marketers, MULTIPLE TIMES, that Financial Freedom is RESIDUAL INCOME THAT COVERS YOUR MONTHLY EXPENSES?

But from the same core group of marketers who peddled Mike Chen's "Secret Weapon" (which was a Secret Whoopin!), all you hear about are new products... new products... new products.... spend more, make more, spend more, make more...

And whilst it's true that we need to spend money to make money, do you really get the feeling that marketers are making products to help you reach FINANCIAL FREEDOM or to keep you on their gravy train, making just enough to whet your appetite, but to keep you coming back for more...

After all, wasn't it Joe Vitale and whomever else, that always bragged about using HYPNOTIC MARKETING...? Hypnotic phrases that would get BUYERS all hot and bothered so that they'd want to LUNGE through their screens to buy your products by the barrels full?

And let me guess... you thought they were talking to you about YOUR customers rather than just saying that to USE IT ON YOU. lol So, many of you LUNGED through the screen to buy their products by the barrels full and then went out to infect others with the same baloney.

I'll tell you what. There really is no FAST TRACK to financial freedom. But there is a LONG TRACK that is a LOT longer than necessary. And my guess is that you're taking it RIGHT NOW. You probably have a bit of hope in you somewhere but, truth be told, I'd bet that you, and the vast majority of others trying to make it, don't really and truly see yourself, in your mind's eye getting anywhere near it.

Most people, if they are honest with themselves, have a LITTLE something going on... something that they can show bits and pieces to friends and relatives and casually refer to at dinner parties, and it wows the average joe who knows nothing about this. But truth be told, most peoples' efforts amount to almost nothing except a load of money down the drain, a trail of wreckage and a lot of shattered dream.

Or maybe you're still hypnotized and chasing 20 or 30 people around, or maybe 5 or 6.

Well, let's get you out of this mess....

Michael Green of the How to Corp Forum, one of the largest internet marketing forums on the web, has just released his 20/20 Challenge - $20k in 20 days... "or your money back..!"

Sorry but I've been around a while, and that can't be beat. The reason I like it so much is because it puts everything down into a LITERAL STEP BY STEP, DAY BY DAY, format which is EXACTLY what all those OTHER marketers are doing but either not telling you OR not giving you in such a whole, step by step format. It's a literal "do this... do this next... do this next" format so there's absolutely no guesswork involved.

Michael's word is his bond. He's got a stellar reputation, been around for ages, never led anyone down the wrong path and has massive respect for people. As a student of the 20/20 challenge, you will also get access to a private area in his forum where other students are helping each other around the clock.

In addition, when you obtain it through ME here, I'll provide you with...

...30 days of hand-holding in private group conference
...a PLR product to get you started (or use one of your own)
...6 months of free hosting with your own membership site (you buy domain)
...an opportunity to be part of an integrated web-ring with others sites
to capitalize on proven buyers and exit traffic.
...my use of blogs to point links to your sites, as well.

...in short, things that individuals going it alone would have to otherwise find on their own. Plus, my strategy of integrating websites to take full advantage of exit traffic and proven buyers, and linking various students together in such a manner is almost completely unavailable to others.

You can't even put a price on that but it can easily be the difference, for example, between a site that makes a house payment each month, and one that makes THREE house payments.

But again, the extra is available only when you obtain the 20/20 Challenge through my link and I am properly credited for it. And the 6 months hosting is available only if you keep the course.

And only for the first 20 people. I have never offered my time in this manner before, so if you really want to put Michael's guarantee to the test, along with competent guidance from yours truly and the extra services that come with it, you'd better act fast.



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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Two of The Best Private Label Resale Rights Offers Ever

If you're new to internet marketing and/or new to the concept of private label rights (or private label resale rights) products, aka PLR, then it's safe to say it's one of the BEST, if not THE best, money-making opportunities available for the every day work-at-home guy and gal.

No matter your experience or skill level, using PLR is one of the fastest ways to start making money on the internet, from the comfort of your home.  If you're not new to this, then you already know that what I'm saying is true.  Now, let's skip to the chase...

So What Exactly DO I Do to Get All That Amazing Content and Research
Without Taking a Huge Chunk Out of My Wallet and Time?

Like Everybody Else, I Use PLR Membership Sites...
...And They Do It All For Me!
(Saves me 99% off my content creation expenses!)

Like a wise, little doobie, I just alter the articles and products just enough to differentiate from the lazy "copy and pasters" and the search engines reward me with oodles of targeted search engine traffic to my niche sites.

And that's REALLY the cool thing about all this "work-at-home" stuff...

I Don't Even Have to Know a Darn Thing
About a Given Topic to Make Money In It!
 

That's what the average person in the street just fails to get!  They're all trying to be doctors, lawyers, salesmen, waitresses and whatever else... (and don't get me wrong, if you ENJOY doing a daily grind type job then by all means, continue doing it!).  They just don't realize how easy it is to become a work-at-home INFO PUBLISHER (and they can still keep their job if they like it!)!

But a REALLY Good PLR Membership Site Is Hard to Find. 
Can anyone tell me why?

Because rather than USE PLR to conquer 100s of niches, like me, every new person and his dog tried to start... (you ready?)...

...THEIR OWN PLR SITE!
And let's face it, not all marketers were created equal!

So I'm Sharing Two of My Most Treasured PLR Resources With You by 2 Marketers Who Are ABOVE Equal...

1.  CONTENT GOLDMINE

Because my friends and readers valued Content Goldmine when I first shared it to them, I've been allowed to share it with you through a true "backdoor" link.  There's no way to join this from the homepage even if you want to!!  Content Goldmine does it all, each and every month, and the deal was just way too good for me to pass up.

Click here to see the only page from which
only a person with the backdoor link can even join.


2.  PRIVATE LABEL PUBLISHING

Private Label Publishing is the other amazing resource that I just added to my PLR arsenal.  This gives so much value and asks for so little in return that it would almost be criminal if I didn't tell you about it. The amount and quality of PLR I get each month from this puts just about everything else to shame. 

What's even more exciting is that you get IMMEDIATE ACCESS to the the Private Label Publishing ARCHIVES.  Some places charge you EXTRA for any content shared prior to your joining, but not Private Label Publishing... 

They Give It to You ALL From Day One!
T
hat's the risk they take in order to prove to you that they're the best!

Click Here to Have Their $97 Setup Fee Waived AND
for Total Access to All Previous PLR All the Way Back to Dec 2006!


My recommendation is to get both.  I really don't have time to waste chasing down every little cheap PLR offer being slowly doled out for $7-$10 all over the web.  I just don't.  I also don't have time to do all the keyword research, article writing and backend product research that doesn't even come with any of those cheap, inferior offers.  I honestly think you don't either.

That's why I have these 2 dirt-cheap memberships.  And that's why I didn't drag my feet the first time they came through because eventually these types of killer deals get "capped." and then you're left at the mercy of both the "wanna-be's" and the "fleecers".

But Not with Content Goldmine and Private Label Publishing

Get on With Both of These High-Quality PLR Members-Only Resources Now
And You'll Never Need to Spend Another Dime on PLR content OR PLR research again...


Click Here for Content Goldmine's Back Door Link.

Click Here for Unfettered Access to
Private Label Publishing's Unrestricted Archives.

I am so lovin' them both!

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Stupid Subject Lines.... Don't Be An Internet Marketing Celebrity Amateur.

I won't name names, but it's just so horrific that I really want to.

But why is it that marketers who are supposedly ACCOMPLISHED send out emails with some of the most, absolutely god-awful subject lines that even a 5-yr old could out-perform? Let me give you a sample of some of the ones I'd gotten just today:

Stupid Subject Line Number 1: "Are You Up for the Million Dollar Challenge?"

Why is this stupid: Because if it were REAL, no one in his right mind would say, "No, of course not. I wish to remain poor."

But we're marketers right? So would I want anyone who, presumably, has been pulling their hair out trying to make even a dime a month to feel like they have to suffer yet another CHALLENGE? And why would I want to put in a YES/NO QUESTION form so that one of the answers could be, "NO. I HATE YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE EXAGGERATING!"

Stupid Subject Line Number 2: "Sam, Sam, Sam, only $37 ?"

Why is this stupid: I don't need someone I don't know saying my name 3 times. While even hearing my name ONCE from a stranger peddling info products seems disingenuous, there is SOME basis of evidence that it does get attention, but THREE TIMES?

And after that annoying little stint, why is this well-known marketer including the price? I forget the statistic but someone with a lot of experience once told me that the one thing you NEVER, EVER, NEVER, EVER, NEVER, EVER, do is mention ANYTHING about price in a pre-sell. Let me repeat... NEVER, EVER, NEVER, EVER, NEVER! Not maybe sometimes. Not maybe once... NEVER!

Just look at that subject line again and repeat after me, "Oooooooh, how compelling!" Feels like a lie, doesn't it? Jammed amidst a sea of about 300 other stupid subject titles in my inbox, this guy could say my name 30 more times and drop his price $36 and I'm still not opening the email, period.

Stupid Subject Line Number 3: "Still Going (More Free and Cheap Resources)"

Why is this stupid: First, it says FREE. There go about 90% of his emails down the spam filter crapper. Did this guy just fall off the turnip truck? Or was he a one trick pony that got some big marketer to promote his product which led him to a false sense of immunity from stupid subject lines?

Also, while FREE and CHEAP are nice IF the product is right, it'd better mention a damn hot BENEFIT right away otherwise, it's giving the impression of "yet another" repository of ancient, worn-out, barely useful applications that are all infested with backend sale promotions. OOoooh Weeeee! Just what I need... more crap to lose track of on my hard drive. Thanks!

Stupid Subject Line Number 4: "Need Your Advice (6 Quick Questions)"

Why this is stupid: This "legendary" marketer, who could pay any number of experts who have already gathered such data, needs MY advice? A stranger? Well pay me. Ok, so I opened it, doubtful, but just to see if there was a bribe. By golly, there was a bribe. Answer the questions (sales pitches horribly disguised as qualifying questions) and immediately get a "bonus" worth $197.

Ok, for purposes of this post, I had to see what my $197 gift would be. Would it be a cool new script? Possibly an automated content site? Would it be a cool book on how to use forums to rake in cash? No. It was nothing. Excuse me, it was a SALES audio misrepresented as having something useful in it (yes, useful to the marketer) plus a $100 coupon to a seminar.

STUPID. Stupid subject lines leading to stupid offers.

So, pray tell, what stupid subject lines have you received today? Did you think mine was stupid? Are yours stupid? Go look in your inbox and share one.

Give us a stupid subject line and make us laugh.

Sam
ps. Oh, and I have a REAL gift for you. If you post a stupid subject line, feel free to create a link back to your site along with it (no adult, warez or drug sites, etc, I reserve the right to remove any that I deem toxic to the community).

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Friday, May 11, 2007

100% Commission No-Brainer & My 1st Interview Ever.

Greeting Friends and Fellow Marketers,

I know you're hungry for low-cost, high-quality products that pays out 100% commissions! I like 'em, too! Here's why I like 'em. Let's see if our reasons match!
  1. The cost is low so the risk is laughable.
  2. Just one bit of SOLID advice from them can make a huge difference in your earning potential AND save you a LOT of time.
  3. You can resell them at 100% commission and
    • Make your investment back instantly; AND
    • Even make a car payment or two (or more!).
What's so unique about the one you're about to see is that it includes the first interview I've ever granted to anyone. Go here to see who it is, how well it's done, and how insane his 100% commission offer is for you.

You can make a LOT of money reselling this one - and even MORE if you pay really close attention to what gets revealed in our interviews. They are TRULY top-notch.

Best wishes,
Sam
ps. This is in no way, shape, or form, the kind of non-stop blather you hear on a lot of internet marketing tapes where the speaker sounds like a 15-yr old kid who just happened to have a lucky day. This is solid stuff at an irresistible price offering you 100% commission! Get it now, it's at its absolute lowest right now. Click Here!

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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Give Me Your Money, B****!

(Fair warning: If you don't like the word "bullshit" then turn back now... ;-)

"More Internet Marketing Bullshit? Again?!"

I want to say "Again?! More Bullshit?" but I just can't bring myself to even act surprised. What's awfully sad about this latest round of "internet marketing bullshit" is that it's sincerely believed by those who proffer it. I mean REALLY, REALLY believed. It has become such second nature to them that they're starting to take on the appearance, and develop the charismatic appeal, of cult leaders.

And it's not a LOT of people I'm referring to but rather a small bunch of them. You know, the internet marketing "temple priests?"

IM Groupie or Download Junkie?

The most vulnerable are the NEWER amongst us. When they step into the bullshit stream of "marketing prophecies", it seems as if they have merely "happened upon" some secret stash of information of which only some merry band of exclusive marketers are aware. It then starts to take on a similar fanatical appeal to thing such as James Redman's, "The Celestine Prophecies" or Carlos Castaneda's, "A Separate Reality." In fact, I've spoken with many of these "internet marketing junkies" who get strung out on whatever grade of "internet marketing crack" the gurus are selling each week and it's just really sad.

Some of us have formed a half-amused tolerance for it and we sift through it looking for the golden kernels of corn. Others prefer to take the side roads, blazing their own trails into their own smaller, but just as viable, communities on places like StumbleUpon, and MyBlogLog. Still others just sit there each week scratching their head and wondering when the clouds are going to break and their long vacation in "Internet Marketing Purgatory" is going to end.

"The Sky Is Falling!"

It's rapidly becoming one of those instances where there's so much bullshit going around that no one really knows what to believe anymore. So what does a suggestible person do when they don't know what to do anymore? They very simply go with whomever is most persuasive. Of course, some try to resist... at first. But you know how it is - a constant steady drip, just like we set up autoresponder message series - drip, drip, drip - and eventually, one's resistance wears away.

The latest round of bullshit from Top Marketers is the equivalent of PORSCHE or FERRARI manufacturers telling you that the automobile industry has changed forever and that cars like LEXUS, INFINITI and TOYOTA are no longer worth their, or your, time. And that's just bullshit. Like Chicken Little, they scream that the "internet marketing sky" is falling and you'd better get inside their dealership before it lands on you. Oh, and your family. Don't forget, it's going to land on your family, too, right?

But I want to give you some hope, so pay very close attention to what I'm about to say next.

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.

Notice I'm not packaging this up into either a "viral book" or an e-product and screaming, "Get this now or you'll forever be someone's 'Internet Marketing Bitch.'" The uncomfortable truth might be that you already are... so read on and let's find out together.

Robert Kiyosaki and Financial Freedom

As far as I can see, Robert Kiyosaki has something that I've seen so very rarely in most top marketers - sincerity. Again, I'm not speaking of perfection, or of 100% accuracy, but he has always struck me as sincere. He also understood that having fun is one of the ways that people learn best. And it was only after playing his game, "Cashflow 101", about 6 times, that I got hit with an "Aha!" which, right then, inoculated me from the diseases of the "work-at-home" holy priests.

And sometimes, that's all it takes is one "Aha!" and one person to honestly and sincerely share it with you.

It just makes perfect sense that if you can get even just ONE really great golden nugget from each well-written information product you read, then you'd be constantly enriching your life. So when I set out to read Robert Kiyosaki's, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", I began with the idea of becoming "rich" or a "millionaire" - ideas that we are plied with day in and day out, non-stop, ad nauseum.

But by the time I was done, I had taken away two "nuggets" which have have saved my life and health. And here they are...

1) Assets earn you money; liabilities cost you money.
2) (Monthly Passive Income => Monthly Expenses) = Financial Freedom

Playing "Cashflow 101" helped me realize that, in many cases, a janitor is in a much better position to achieve financial freedom than a doctor or a lawyer.

So, hopefully, you've either stopped, or will stop, chasing the gurus around, feeling that you have to "get rich" or be a "millionaire" and will just start working on earning enough to start covering some of your monthly bills. Is that too much to suggest?

Or, if you're still thinking in terms of being a "millionaire" then read this short essay.

But If You're Ready for Something REALLY Satisfying...

If you're ready for something that is...
  • 100% Hype-Free
  • Needed by EVERYONE online
  • Top-Notch Enterprise Class
  • FREE After Signing Up 5 People
  • Provides the Opportunity to Earn SEVEN Levels Deep!
  • Provides Unlimited PHONE Support
  • TURNS A LIABILITY INTO AN ASSET! and
  • Offers PASSIVE INCOME!

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You Twit! Don't You Know Web 2.0?

As I was checking out my sweet 3rd place in "the coolest guy on the planet" SEO competition standings (Google) over a year after it started, Brad Fallon made me aware of something. And like him, I think, if you're not doing it already, it's no big deal. It's just another Web 2.0 type thing that has some pretty cool potential.

So tell me, then... do you Twitter? If so, leave me a message!

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Monday, April 23, 2007

100% Commissions: Gary Ambrose's 3rd (and Final?) Picklemania!

Oy! OY! Gary Ambrose is putting on another Nickelmania. And this time it's with Keith Wellman.

Ya gotta love Nickel Manias. They have about the same appeal as a scratch ticket: you can't pass up the chance you might win something big for a mere $2, but more often than not, you walk away $2 lighter and with an adrenalin rush that only another Nickelmania can cure. You see what I'm saying?

I mean, where are the millionaires from the last 2 Nickelmanias?

And don't you already have enough things to focus on right now? You probably do - but THAT is why it's called Nicklemania because Gary Ambrose knows it's gonna take a bargain frenzy to break you away from the things you really SHOULD be focusing on.

Oh, you know, like FINISHING the things you've already started!!!! Hmmm? Remember those?

However...

I am going to recommend a BUY for this third, and supposedly final, Nickelmania.

The BAIT product is a DVD of a $997 seminar he put on with Keith Wellman about getting MORE profit out of your opt-in lists. As I write this, Nickel Mania costs me a whopping $2.60. But, in Nickel Mania fashion, each purchase raises the price, so if I were you, I'd get over there pretty fast.

I see no harm in getting this DVD for its potential educational value - to study, amongst other things:
  1. Gary Ambrose seminar technique; and
  2. Whatever nuggets of wisdom might be therein about list building and profiting.
It strikes me that at even at under $20 it's going to be a true steal. Also, it's going to be mailed to you, so you'll have to be comfortable giving them some kind of mailing address whether it's your house or a PO Box. These guys have been around enough that, personally, I'm OK with that.

THE UPSELL/DOWNSELL STRUCTURE

Immediately after purchasing Nickel Mania, you're going to get the standard UPSELL. The upsell is just a couple of licenses. One is for unlimited resale rights to the DVD for which they provide the sales page, etc. And another is distribution rights to another of their products. And you'd get all that for $147.

UNLESS YOU ARE SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SELL THEM, I'm recommending you pass on that. Yours truly has even bought stuff for that "maybe someday" sale and, truly, the money would be better spent on COMPLETING some of the things you might already be working on, OR on an EZINE AD for something you already sell, OR on a nice gift for someone you love.

Just don't waste it on something that will probably collect dust on your hard drive no matter how good the deal may seem.

THE DOWNSELL...

Once you say "no thanks!" to the UPSELL, you'll be offered pretty much the same thing except your resell rights will be limited to 200 copies. And THAT, I MIGHT have given a big thumbs up to if the difference in price was significant. But it isn't ($127). So I'm not.

You're free to get either, really. They are both actually not bad deals but what I'm trying to get at here is to get you to make sure you HONESTLY qualify yourself. Don't just get it because it looks like a great deal and you don't want to miss out on it because "some day I'll be famous and then I can sell it on my supersite to my huge list!"

Instead, be realistic. And that's what I'm being when I write this article to tell you that the initial offer of the Seminar DVD is WELL worth the chance but when it comes to the ensuing upsell, you really need to think about it carefully.

Check Out the Current Price of Nickel Mania Here

Let me know what you think, too...

Best wishes!
Sam
ps. Forgot to mention, Nickel Mania is also paying out 100% commissions on the main sale and 25% on the up and down sells! I'm only saying I think the main sale is worth it. The up and down sell you'll have to ultimately decide for yourself. Here's the Nickelmania link again....

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Get Your Vaseline Out, Google Is At It Again! (re: Paid Links)

I'm tellin ya folks, it doesn't pay to play by the rules. I know many of you and you come on here really believing in the "work-at-home" dream, that maybe you really CAN'T make "$8,000 in just 3 days!" but that, with a little handshaking and the right amount of effort, MAYBE you can start making a mortgage or car payment, right?

Am I at least in the ballpark?

There's all kinds of ways to make money online but one of the things that most, if not all, people agree upon is that FREE SEARCH ENGINE TRAFFIC really just rocks. It's some of the sweetest stuff that no-money can buy because it's pretty freakin' targeted and the price is just right! AND, the people who are visiting have already been making an effort to find what you're selling.

Whether it comes from MSN, Google or Yahoo, we still affectionally call it GOOGLING because GOOGLE is the household name and most of it comes from GOOGLE anyways.

So just imagine some poor guy like, oh say, Joe Dough, has 170 websites and, in the middle of the night, Google decides to change some silly constant in it's elaborate algorithm from (let's just make this number up) .02 to .01 and, instantly, in the blink of an eye, 159 of Joe's websites plummet off the side of Mount Google and disappear into the dark abyss, never to be heard from again.

Sounds rather dramatic doesn't it? But that's EXACTLY what happens! Here, read this:

"Over the last two years, Google has introduced a series of algorithm and filter changes that have led to unpredictable search engine results, dropping the rankings of many clean (non-spamming) web sites.

Google's algorithm changes started in November 2003 with the Florida update, now remembered as a legendary event among the webmaster community. This was followed by the Austin, Brandy, Bourbon, and Jagger updates. Google updates used to occur monthly; they're now carried out quarterly. But with so many servers, there seem to be several different results rolling through the servers at any time during a quarter." ~ Rodney Ringler, Sitepoint Tribune, May 2006

What a mess! Now if you're Joe Dough, you've invested your prior earnings properly and you've still got 11 sites pulling in some money and 159 sites that need some serious TLC, ASAP! That is IF they are salvageable. But who knows, right? And who wants to spend all the time they came here to SAVE analyzing 159 websites in hopes of getting all, or even some, of them topranked again? Not me...! You?

In fact, he's lucky he had 170 sites. Imagine if he only had 10 or 20? Or 5? Or 1?

Ok, so that version of Google's "fiscal kick to the groin" took place way back in 2006, right? And, it doesn't really matter much now because a year in web-time is like a dozen years real-time, right? Sure, tell that to the hard-working people, just like you, who watched their sites, AND their bankrolls, take a trip to the deep south that year! That money is GONE, and gone forever. It could have gone towards building new sites, paying for a home or a car, or simply hanging out in the bank and multiplying.

And just in case you thought the shenanigans were over, just have yourself a nice look at this:

"Setting up incoming links to your web site has long been recognised as a fundamental way to increase your search engine rankings, but I'll go further than that: if your site doesn't have links coming into it, then (in Google's eyes) it doesn't exist.

But now Google is looking to test a few ways in which they can police people buying and selling text links, and a request by Google guy Matt Cutts for webmasters to turn snitch hasn't gone down very well in the web community..." ~ Brendon Sinclair, SitePoint Tribune, April 19, 2007

But more importantly, right from a Google guy, Matt Cutt's, lips to our ears:

"I’d like to get a few paid link reports anyway because I’m excited about trying some ideas here at Google to augment our existing algorithms. Google may provide a special form for paid link reports at some point, but in the mean time, here’s a couple of ways that anyone can use to report paid links..." ~ Matt Cutts

Whoopsie! That doesn't sound good! And a lot of guys, far more geekier than I will ever need to be, realized it, too, and spoke up!

"How many more trojan horses Matt? Nofollow was supposed to help us point out links we can’t vouch for, now Google wants us to use it on paid links. Now, the spam report - which we thought was supposed to be used for reporting spam activity - is to be used to report “suspected” paid links?What’s next? Asking us to share our Google Analytics data so you can weed out the pages that users don’t find interesting?

With all due respect, this is going too far!" ~ Andy Beal

But let's just collectively pull our heads out of the sand(box), folks. I've already said it - I know you came here believing in the "work-at-home" dream. It's no different than every single bride and groom believing in "'til death do us part" even while the divorce rates are at 50% and climbing. Believe me, I'm not trying to depress you. I'm trying to open your eyes and, gosh forbid, even HELP you, albeit a very limited number of you, with a virtually unstoppable solution.

"Back in 2003 you could launch a site, put some nice content on it and then get some traffic. In 2003 Google decided to punish the content builders and white hat seo`s by creating something that has commonly being known as the sandbox.

I joined an seo forum to find out why I was having problems getting traffic and it turned out that Google decided to screw the white hat seo that was making the internet clean and full of content by putting a penalty on new domains, content and links.

The option to build content rich sites was no longer there for most people unless you had a real fat wallet or you were prepared to eat bread and water while the sandbox released you." ~ Earl Grey from Syndk8

I hope you're starting to get it, folks! Google might sometimes APPEAR to be a nicey-nice company with some really cool people running it but you have to take 2 very, very important things into account:

  1. They are a company. And, as such, are, by necessity, more interested in their bottom line than in you as an individual;
  2. And, they never asked your permission to use your websites in a way that would make them money.

They key is take whatever advantages you can find from the outset, until you are making a decent living, and THEN you can put away all the stealth tools and do whatever the heck you want. But just beware - Google will ALWAYS be dancing and only the smartest will survive!

Click here to see how we're helping people NOW.

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Early Notification of Unrivalled Stealth Program plus FREE YouTube-Style Site for Internet Marketers!

Greetings Marketing Friends,

In about 2 weeks, I am releasing something that you will have likely never seen before. I say "likely" because we let a few slip out early on but otherwise NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, has ever created anything as remotely powerful and easy to use.  I've seen a LOT of things that look and sound "clever" and offer the naive and unsuspecting reader some kind of hyped up reality but, when you see this, I maintain that you will have no choice but to agree that we have one heck of a programmer on board.  An ordinary programmer can't just make something like what we'll soon be releasing.  He or she must ALSO be extremely passionate about finding the most intense, unorthodox methods of putting REAL power in the hands of REAL people like you.

I know you get used to hearing so much bull in the marketing hype scene but when you see what is coming your way, it will absolutely warp your mind and probably spoil you forever! I'll just say that if YOU are one of those who gets one of only 2000 copies, you will be one VERY lucky S.O.B.... No hype, no exaggeration and absolutely no overestimation of your ability to put this to use. It won't merely level the playing the field. It will actually vault you above it and beyond. 

So get on this blog's feed to ensure you are one of the first to hear about it.  Even if you are already on my mail list, being on this blog's feed will ensure your notification doesn't get sucked up by your ISPs spam filter during early notification and/or launch.  You'll continue to receive an email from this feed only when this blog is updated with a new post and, as usual, you may unsubscribe at any time without hassle.  Use this form below.




Once you've ensured you'll be notified early on, check out the following.  It's going to be the absolute, most hottest, "YouTube"-style site explicitly for internet marketers!  It is absolutely and totally 100% free to join and you'll instantly begin to benefit from all kinds of audio, video and written content made available to you by experienced, accomplished marketers.  This will allow you not only to SAMPLE a given marketer's expertise before ever purchasing from them but ALSO you, too, will be allowed to freely upload any content that you would like to make available to the internet marketing public either now, or in the future.

Get in NOW because it's still in BETA mode and I'm not sure if the free signup or membership terms will change once they abandon beta mode and enter into full launch mode.  I'm drop dead serious, folks; I can't stand bs.  This resource is VERY well done, VERY YouTube-like, and VERY beneficial to everyone in the work-at-home crowd. 

Sign up for FREE right here.

Good luck and much success!
Sam
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The AFFILIATE MARKETING 1-2-3 POWERPUNCH!

If you've been surfing around the work-at-home or affiliate marketing scene for a little while, trying to figure out all the ways to make money from home, there's a chance you've started to develop what I call "the bullshit detector."  It can be hard to know who is
telling the truth any more.  So it should bring you some comfort to discover that it really doesn't matter.

What?  What the heck do I mean "it doesn't matter" who is telling the truth any more.

Well, when you stick to the basics and do what has worked over and over and over again, there's no need for you to go around getting trapped by the clever wordsmiths.  So let's skip RIGHT TO THE CHASE.  Without any fanfare, let's give you EXACTLY what you NEED.

But wait just one tiny moment.  Allow me to qualify that statement:

Are there a million and one things that would make your life easier?  You bet.  But do you NEED them to start making money from home as soon as possible?  No, you don't.  They might make your life easier down the road, but you don't need them NOW!  So while all the extra
gizmos bells and whistles will be nice, you only want and need what will help you start making money as fast as possible NOW.  And here it is..
 






FAIR NOTICE:  You absolutely NEED to take the big, whole 3 minutes to read this entire article.  I know that in "web time", where everything is just a click away, one minute can seem like 20 years, but if you REAAAAALY want to start making money
online then you MUST read this entire article.  I promise to summarize everything at the end in case you are still feeling a bit fuzzy but to get the REAL meat of what you NEED to do, you absolutely MUST read this short article in its entirety.


"The Affiliate Marketing 1-2-3 Power Punch"

1) Right Jab -

The first of the "affiliate marketing" 1-2-3 combo is the brain, the "central intelligence", that helps you understand how everything works and how it can work BETTER and how it can work better than your COMPETITION.  If you are the kind of person who is not yet familiar
with marketing and wondering whether or not something is "just a scam", well, this is NOT... this is a compilation of the EXACT kind of information you absolutely MUST HAVE in order to both get up to speed AND not be marginalized by the competition.  And the reason you will surpass competition
more easily than you can imagine is two-fold: 


a) most don't even know this level of detailed information exists, and
b) many are just lazy - it's a sad fact that the internet marketing culture is absolutely RIFE with procrastinators.


So if you want to be a procrastinator, fine, but eventually you WILL have to learn all the kinds of techniques in this brilliant resource and currently it's selling for way less than even half of what it's worth.  The price has already gone up once so procrastination DOES have a
dollar amount attached to it - you wait and it costs you more - you get it now and save money while learning EXACTLY what you NEED to know RIGHT NOW (click here to see part one).

2) Left Hook -

The second of this "affiliate marketing" 1-2-3 combo is the "workhorse" of the trio.  While the first part of the combo alone will show you how to start earning simply and quickly, this second part, with a real minimum of effort, will allow you to increase your income
EXPONENTIALLY!  It was made easy-as-pie to implement and is virtually automated.  And what's more is that IT'S FREE!

I know, believe me, I've often said myself, "How good can something be if it's FREE?"  Well, being a veteran to the internet marketing and affiliate marketing scene, I now know.  Any product owner that wants QUICK recognition and, therefore, a greater
potential for follow-up sales will (had better!) give out a FREE version of their software which, even though it's FREE and limited in some ways, is awesome enough to generate significant BUZZ.  And this software, the second part of the combo, a real WORKHORSE that is virtually automated has a
FREE version that is beyond compare!

I recommend the upgrade for a one-time minor fee but it is NOT necessary for you at this stage of the game and I'm staying true to telling you about ONLY what you NEED (click here to see part two!).

3) Right Uppercut -

The third, and final, part of this "affiliate marketing" 1-2-3 combo is the "research and development" powerhouse:  a service that does ALL of the research for you.  Of course you can always do more on your own if you wish but here is what you get for a very low monthly fee
which is WAY more than reasonable for everything you receive:

 






1.
Market Research
2.
Private Label
Article Content
3.
Private Label
Ecourse Content
4.
Keyword Research
5.
Affiliate Research



This service is of massive value and is truly limited and, as of this moment, has a mere 129 openings left.  After that, it's closed and this valuable resource will be gone forever.  The intermediate and advanced work-at-home marketers immediately recognize such a
service as truly PRICELESS.  Combining this with parts 1 and 2 will give even the most inexperienced of newcomers the most powerful "affiliate marketing" knockout punch available today (click here to see it!).

If you're really tired of watching everyone else make money at this but you and if you're really tired of the early commute to work to get paid only a fraction of what you're worth by people who know less about your job than you do, then ACT NOW...

Here's what it consists of again...
1) The first part, the brain (click here), is ESSENTIAL and a fraction of it's true worth ;
2) The second part, the workhorse, is FREE and will increase your earnings
exponentially (click here); and,
3) The third part, the research and development, is a GOLDMINE of laser-targeted pre-researched info, wow!, (click here!).

There is one more thing you will need if you want the greatest potential possible and that's a web-hosting account.  If you're still fairly new to being online, this can sound daunting, or overwhelming, after all, aren't there 1000s of sites out there promising INSTANT RICHES?  Why not
just go to one of them that promises to give you 1000s of dollars while you do nothing except maybe click a button or two?  We already know you will never make it that way! so don't let a little overwhelm scare you away from


a) what WORKS and
b) what requires a little effort but is a LOT EASIER THAN YOU THINK!


Add.) There are 2 kinds of webhosting that newbies aren't familiar with:


a) Webhosting that gives you generous terms and (best service on the net, by the way)
b) Webhosting that is an
ASSET - that allows you to MAKE money.


If you're not sure which to pick, then choose A because it will cost less for now and allow you to get up and running fast.  Choose B only if you are experienced and are interested in adding a new stream of residual income.

SO HERE IS THE RECAP!
 






Because I truly understand what most of you go through when getting yanked around from one offer to the next, reading thousands of words that still leave you confused and perplexed at the end of the day, here is a short RECAP so you can bring it all back together...

1) Right Jab - Absolutely Necessary! - The Nuts and Bolts You Need to Get Your Head Clear and Straight On How Money is REALLY Made
on the Internet Without You Needing Websites and How to Really Devour the Competition that Does NOT Have This Info; (priced way under what it's worth but has gone up once already, so hurry!).
click here

2) Left Hook - Necessary If You Want to Increase Your Traffic and Earnings Exponentially! - Is FREE and Virtually
Automated
plus video tutorials and a help forum (has some FREE bonuses, too, that might disappear soon.).  click here

3) Right Uppercut - Indispensable! - Dirt Cheap for the Value It Delivers - Makes "Number 1" INFINITELY Easier! - Does Almost All the Footwork!
(Is a limited membership with only 129 positions open as of this writing.  Do NOT miss out on this!). click here

WebHosting:  Only Needed for Using "Number 2" - Get Webhost A if you are new to all this and just need to get up and running fast and
inexpensively.  Get Webhost B if you are somewhat experienced and want your webhosting to be an ASSET that can also make you more money.  Again, if you are NEW, you can choose Webhost B later.



NOW, SINCE I HAVE LAID OUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, WHETHER YOU ARE A NEWCOMER, OR EXPERIENCED, PLEASE DO ME ONE FAVOR.  IF YOU STILL AREN'T SURE, OR YOU ARE STILL CONFUSED, OR YOU STILL AREN'T READY TO MOVE FORWARD INTO ADDING 100s OR 1000s OF DOLLARS TO YOUR
INCOME EVERY SINGLE MONTH, PLEASE TELL ME WHY IN THE COMMENT SECTION.


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Friday, November 17, 2006

TAG AND PING FOR THE PISSED OFF MARKETER!

Greetings Friend,

In A Rush? Click Here!

You've heard of it before, "Tag and Ping", probably so much that you have either bitten and taken a closer look by now OR you're so frustrated with not understanding what it's really all about that you get infuriated and resentful each new time you hear about it. If you're like me when I first started, you wish someone would just come along and practically take you by the hand and show you what to do. Well, finally someone has. And it's not a BIG WIG marketer who just fluffs you into a half-assed manual that takes you halfway across the Red Sea and then just drops you off as the waves close in on you and drown you, once again, in a sea of confusion.

Take a look now

Did you know I was "tagging and pinging" long before the hucksters came to town and started marveling as if they'd just made the greatest discovery. Yes, in both my 12dailypromadness blog plus this blog, I began tagging and pinging technorati (there's even a ping link in the border to your top right) and I was getting upwards of 1,000 hits per day per blog. That's huge. And I was making money hand over fist. BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT TO DO. Thing is, rather than taking all the time to teach it, I'd rather be DOING IT. And I'm glad when someone else comes along who both knows how and enjoys teaching it. And that's exactly what I'm about to show you.

Take a look now

If you have been interested in getting tons of traffic to ANYTHING you want using the "tag and ping" method PROPERLY and EFFECTIVELY then you need to get what I'm about to show you right now. I did. And I even got 3 bonus videos with it showing me some VERY cool extras!

See the BEST tutorial on getting disgusting amounts of traffic from TAG & PING that MAKES YOU MONEY right here!

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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Screw It, That's Enough...!

That's it, I'm finally sick of it. Those of you who've known me since the earliest days have known, for some time now, that I've never quite done things the way many marketers, or marketers-in-training, do. In fact, I've even commented on some of their tactics with reproach.

You've also come to understand that I love to experiment and when I find something that works..
I WORK IT! And...


I tell you. Isn't that the golden rule in online business... that you can help yourself by helping others help themselves? So tell me..

HONESTLY...



How many marketers have helped you make any money? How much of your money-making has been limited by something like procrastination, laziness, doubt, disbelief and fear? So before I point you to a nice gift download, let me show you what's helped me to make almost $5k this past month - practically in my sleep, for real.
And I've turned my efforts towards helping others... just like you. Drop me with any questions. That slideshow shows about $2500 worth of $500 payments which is about 3 shy of the total this month. Each one is a nice, fat $500 comission.... and I've got it going on autopilot starting in a a few more days.
Just stay tuned... I'm letting down the marketing hair as I'm just sick of too many dingleberries spoiling the field and leaving you more confused than ever before...
As always, your friend in marketing,
Sam
ps. Here's the gift download I promised you.
If you already got this before, keep in mind it has master resale rights
and you can give it away or sell it, too.

Free Gift Download

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