Issue # 58, 11-Nov-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 - Peter
Twist
3. Survey Results
4. Resources - Mini Sites
Revealed, Viral Marketing Case Study
5. Final Word
1. From the Editor
First off, I have a bonus for you. I've
written a short report, titled "Mini Sites
Revealed". It's based on a report I wrote at the
start of the year for people who bought Mini
Site Profits through my affiliate link, although
it also includes the interview I did with Phil
Wiley (the mini site master) for Achieve Net
Profits.
While the report has some great info in it
(IMHO of course ;-) ), the best part is you can
rebrand it with your name, web site and OWN
affiliate links. So if you give it away to your
subscribers, and someone buys Mini Site Profits
from the link inside the book, you will get the
commission.
You can download the report (which has
information on rebranding it at the end of the
report) from
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/free/minisitesrevealed.zip
Secondly, thank you to everyone who rejoined
my newsletter from the message I sent out to the
'old' list yesterday. I'm sorry about the mess
and confusion caused by the changeover to the
new list - hopefully we'll never have to go
through it again!
By the way, for people who have rejoined the
list, but don't want to get the ecourse again
because they got it before, just let me know and
I can stop it for you.
Well, enough rambling from me. I'd better
tell you about what's in this weeks
newsletter!
My interview this week is with Peter Twist.
Peter is the host of the Internet Marketing
Lounge radio show, where he interviews via phone
many of the leading Internet marketers.
The radio show initially started off free,
but later became a paid membership site (with a
cut down free version still available).
Membership sites are a hot topic at the moment,
so I decided to talk to Peter about how he set
the membership site up.
In addition the the report I wrote (Mini
Sites Revealed - yeah, I've got to plug it every
chance I get ;-) ), I have a second resource
this week written by Paul Myers. It's a case
study of one publisher who, with Paul's help,
was able to increase his subscriber conversion
rate from 1% to 15% (an increase of 1500%!).
More on this 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 - Peter Twist
Sorry, this interview is no longer available in the archives. It has been moved to the membership site. You can find out more about the membership site (and how to join) by visiting here.
3. Survey Results
My interview with Nathan Power last week
received 18 votes for it (I'm glad to see that
number up from the previous interview!), giving
a final score of 3.67 out of 5.
Much better than last weeks result, but still
a lot of room for improvement.
Thank you everyone who took the time to rate
the interview - please keep those votes
coming!
4. Resources - Mini Sites
Revealed, Viral Marketing Case Study
The first resource this week is a report I
wrote called Mini Sites Revealed. Not
surprisingly, it talks about mini sites - how to
research them, put them together, etc. It is
based on the steps I took when I put together my
first mini site, with the main of the text
written not long after the site went up (so
everything was still fresh in my mind).
The report aims to give a good overview of
the process of putting a mini site together, so
you can see all the steps involved. While some
of the information is similar to what I wrote in
the ecourse, the two were written without
reference to one another (so they cover the
topic in slightly different ways).
Plus, as I mentioned above, you can rebrand
the report with your own name and affiliate
links, and give it away to others.
The second resource this week is a case study
by Paul Myers. Paul helped a publisher totally
turn around his subscription process, increasing
the conversion rate from a low 1% to an
impressive 15% of all visitors to the page!
While the lesson may seem basic, its often
the basic things that we overlook when we are
trying to get things done!
Both these reports are in PDF, so they can be
read by most people. Link to the reports have
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
If you've been following the computer saga
over the last few weeks, you'll be pleased to
know it is finally over. It only took them three
and a half weeks to fix my computer! Now I can
finally forget about it, and get on with
things.
Speaking of getting on with things, it was
the fifth wedding anniversary of my wife & I
last week (on Thursday to be exact). And yes, I
even managed to remember it ;-)
Thinking back, it really doesn't seem like
five years at all. Time has flown by at an
amazing rate.
Its easy to just go with the flow, and take
things for granted. Not just in marriage, but in
everything you do. You figure that you have
plenty of time to do X, so you don't try as hard
as you could to make it happen.
Don't fall into that trap! Its easy to do (I
do it all the time), but you really have to take
each moment in both hands and get the most from
it that you can. When you have achieved all your
dreams, then you can sit back and relax. Until
then, always keep working towards your goals and
your dreams.
I made a goal at the start of the year to be
able to quit my day job by the end of the year.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I'll be able
to do that. Partly because I haven't made the
most of every moment.
Does that mean I'm going to give up? Heck no!
What it means is that my resolve has
strengthened, and I'm going to make sure I stop
wasting what little time I have.
No matter what your dream, always work
towards it and never give up.
"Be glad of life because it gives you the
chance to love and to work and to play and to
look at the stars." -- Henry Van Dyke
