Issue # 55, 7-Oct-2003
ISSN 1447-4956
Copyright 2003 Jason Anderson. All rights
reserved worldwide
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/
IN THIS ISSUE
1. From the Editor
2. Interview - Mike
McGroarty
3. Your Feedback
4. Resources - The Science of
Getting Rich
5. Final Word
1. From the Editor
First things first - the subject line for
this newsletter (the emailed version, not the
announcement message) will be changing next
week. It will still start with "[ANP]",
but it will no longer be "Achieve Net Profits,
Issue #55, 7-Oct-2003".
Initially this will just be a trial, to see
how it goes compared to the current subject
line. Just a heads up, so you all know ;-)
I also want to thank everyone who used the
"refer-a-friend" script to tell their friends
about Achieve Net Profits. I hope those of you
who told genuine friends have received my "thank
you" gift for helping me spread the word about
this newsletter.
(The script sends the link to the gift
automatically when 3 people have visited. It
also has several checks so people can't just
refer themselves and try to the get gift that
way. It's really nifty, and you get it as part
of "Explosive List Building" - a book I highly
recommend).
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/elb
Finally, I'd like to offer an apology for
promising an email on Friday with a special
offer, then not sending anything out. It
actually leads very nicely into what I want to
talk about today.
Online, your reputation is everything. If you
have a bad reputation, for whatever reason,
people will stay away from you. Its obvious
really - since its so hard to know who you can
and can't trust online, people won't take a
chance.
This reputation is also important when you
are building business relationships. You want to
deal with people who you know you can trust.
Both so you know that they won't screw you over,
but also because you don't want to get
associated with someone who has a bad
reputation.
One part of keeping your reputation intact is
by ensuring that you always do what you promise
you will do (unless there is a really good
reason why you can't - and it has to be a really
good reason).
And if you do have to call things off, make
sure you tell everyone involved. Otherwise you
might find that the next time you want to work
with them, they might turn you away.
Yep, this is leading me up to what happened
on Friday.
I had organized a JV with someone ("Mr
Smith") a month or so back, but due to various
reasons couldn't run it until last Friday. I
finally wrote up the letter I planned to send
out (leaving everything to the last minute as
always), then decided to check my links to make
sure everything was correct.
"Page not found"
What the...? I check a few more times. No
dice. So I send "Mr Smith" a letter.
The next day, I get a letter back saying that
he was no longer selling that product.
Now there is nothing wrong with deciding to
no longer sell a product. Its a business
decision, and in this case I understand why he
did it.
But the thing is, he KNEW I was planning on
sending out the letter to my list on Friday. I
had even confirmed everything was still right to
go the week before. He hadn't indicated that
there were any problems, and to make matters
worse he didn't even bother telling me that the
JV was off.
Would YOU do that to someone you are trying
to build a business relationship with?
Needless to say, its unlikely I'll be dealing
with "Mr Smith" again.
Why? Because I have no way of knowing if "Mr
Smith" will pull the same stunt on me again. And
that element of doubt in my mind means that I
will always be wary of dealing with him.
Needless to say, having people doubt you when
you are trying to create a relationship of any
type with them is a bad thing.
Never give people any reason to doubt you
online, and always act with integrity.
But enough lecturing from me. I'm sure you're
more interested in what's in this weeks
newsletter!
My interview this week is with Mike
McGroarty. While Mike is now making a big name
for himself in Internet marketing circles, he
didn't start there. Instead, he started with a
gardening web site (which he still runs).
He claims that he isn't much of a writer, yet
despite this he has written several books that
he sells online. If you feel you can't write at
all, his interview may give you the confidence
boost you need to have a go.
This weeks resource is a book I'd heard about
for a while, but I had never gotten around to
reading it until this past week. "The Science of
Getting Rich" was written 95 years ago, but the
information in it applies just as much today as
it did back then. More on it below.
I hope you enjoy this weeks issue. Don't
forget that you can view all the past issues
online at
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/archive/
2. Interview - Mike McGroarty
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3. Your Feedback
There were only a few responses to my survey
question last week - not too surprising really,
as the topic of subject lines isn't very
exciting ;-)
Still, there was a very clear preference from
the responses I did get to change the format of
the subject line. So as I indicated above, from
next week I'm going to trial the new format. Of
course, if everyone seems to hate it I'll
quickly switch it back ;-)
Last weeks repeat interview with Pamela
Heywood scored very well ratings wise. It came
in at 4.43 out of 5 (with 14 votes). I'm not
surprised - Pamela's information on resell
rights was very useful for everyone reading
it.
4. Resources - The Science of
Getting Rich
The original version of this book was
published in 1910 (or there about). Because of
this, you might be mistaken in believing that
what it says couldn't possibly apply today.
You'd be wrong.
I'd heard about this book from various
places, but I'd never taken the time to find a
copy for myself. However a subscriber (Jim
Stiner) reminded me about it recently - he had
taken the original version and updated the
language in it slightly, making it easier to
understand (it was written back in 1910, so some
terms that were used had fallen out of common
usage).
So I downloaded it and read it, and all I
have to say is wow!
I'd heard the ideas this books mentions
before (Joe Vitale talks about something
similar), but this book lays them all out in a
simple to understand way.
You may start reading this book, then think
the author is some sort of crackpot or fanatic
and put the book away. This would be a big
mistake. Keep reading, and he will bring all the
threads together.
Trust me, you NEED to read this book. Really.
Honestly. Straight away. Do not pass go, do not
collect $200.
This ebook is in PDF, so can be read by most
people. A link to the ebook has been added to
the "members only" section, along with the
existing collection of ebooks, ecourses, and
other useful sites.
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/members/
[Subscribers-only area. The password
was sent out in the annoumcement message for
this issue. If you aren't a Subscriber, the
password is also in the Welcome message when you
subscribe to this newsletter!]
5. Final Word
Thank you to everyone who sent me 'happy
birthday' messages for last Saturday. I really
appreciated it, and I thank you again.
If you do only one thing as a result of
reading this newsletter today, I would like it
to be downloading the book I mentioned in the
resource section above. It really is that
good.
I don't really have much more to say this
week, so rather than ramble on in my usual
style, I think I'll cut it short. See you next
week!
"The distance is nothing; it is only the
first step that is difficult." -- Mme. Du
Deffand
