Issue # 108, 26-Apr-2005
ISSN 1447-4956
Copyright 2005 Jason Anderson. All rights
reserved worldwide
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/
Hello again, and welcome to this weeks
letter. I hope this week has treated you well so
far.
I was never expecting it to happen, but it
seems I'm going to be on stage in a play this
weekend!
If you're a long time reader, you may
remember that Marina and I learn/do medieval
style dancing (Italian renaissance, English
country, etc). A local musical group is putting
on a performance (a play with live music), and
they want some dancers to take part as well.
Marina and I are two of the six dancers taking
part.
It should be fun, but I'm sure going to be
nervous on the night!
* * *
I had a minor hiccup with one of my AdSense
sites this week. It used ListInferno to display
a popup (the idea is every time the popup is
shown on your site, an ad for your mailing list
is shown in a popup on someone else's site).
I don't know what happened, but ListInferno
seems to be having problems. This meant that
when someone visited the site, they would only
see a blank page - the browser would be busy
waiting for information from ListInferno. So
they didn't get to see the page (or the AdSense
ads). Not surprisingly, income from that site
stopped.
Oops!
Once I figured out what was going on, I was
able to fix it. But it is a trap that's worth
bearing in mind. Don't add anything to your site
that loads information from another site (except
the AdSense code of course :-) )
That problem aside, I continue to be very
happy with my AdSense results. It's all due to
Joel Comm - his book on AdSense has increased my
income by 566% already, and those results are
only going to grow!
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/adsensesecrets
As an added bonus, if you order through the
above link and then send me a copy of your
receipt, I'll send you the following two
bonuses...
"7 Fast Ways To Get Great Links To Your
Site"
"10 Easy Steps To A Google Friendly
Page"
Both products are a set of videos by Louis
Allport that will *show* you what you need to do
to improve the traffic to your web site. The
total RRP of the bonuses is $49.90, but they are
yours for nothing when you order Joel's
book.
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/adsensesecrets
* * *
Have you checked out the subscriber only
discount page lately? There are quite a few
products there, and all of them are up to 50%
off the RRP. You're sure to find something to
use in your business.
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/special/
* * *
This week, instead of an interview snippet I
have a condensed version of an interview I did
with Sopan Green a while ago. Some of the
material has been deleted, and some of it has
been edited - but there are still a lot of good
tips in there. Sopan has been very successful
online and has some great advice for people
involved in Internet marketing.
Q: How did you get a start in
the Internet marketing world?
Sopan: I received an e-mail from
Bob Gatchel, "The Internet Cheapskate.",
advertising cassettes for an "Internet
Marketing Bootcamp." These tapes came with a
ton of bonuses including a book by Ted
Ciuba.
After reading Ted's book I was so inspired
I called him and asked him how to get
started. Ted sold me resale rights to some
products, hooked me up with his webmaster, I
started doing what I learned about from those
tapes and the rest is history.
Q: What did you find was the hardest
part when you were starting your Internet
marketing business?
Sopan: Figuring out where to start
and figuring out what information was hype
and b.s and what was actually helpful. Most
people online are trying to sell products
they haven't tried to people who are just as
clueless as they are.
It's really important in the beginning to
learn the basics that build your opt-in list
and put most of your effort into that. Don't
spend a ton of money or expect to make a ton
of money in an affiliate program or network
marketing program that you just keep running
ads for.
Q: What has been the biggest mistake
you have made in your Internet marketing
business so far, and what did you learn from
it?
Sopan: My biggest mistake so far
has been not being consistent in how much
time I put into marketing. I learned to block
out certain times to do certain activities
like publishing my ezine, writing articles,
swapping ads, connecting with other
publishers.
This business is a marathon race, not a
sprint. You have to consistently build up
your reputation as someone who is
trustworthy, knowledgeable and who
underpromises and overdelivers value to
customers and clients.
Q: Do you feel that the Internet
marketing field is overcrowded?
Sopan: I've always said that people
should only sell products they love. No
matter what you sell, if it's just for money
you won't last. I'm helping people with
internet marketing because I know a lot more
than a lot of people, but there are many
"gurus" that know a lot more than I do.
That's why I'm more focused on what I'm
creating at http://www.angryenough.com
. It should be up and running very soon. It's
what I'm passionate about.
Q: With the benefit of hindsight, if
there was one thing you could go back and
change since you started your business, what
would it be?
Sopan: I would not have spent as
much money to get started. All you need is an
idea for a quality ezine, an autoresponder to
capture subscribers and the ability to write
a good ad. You don't even need a web site and
these days you don't even need a merchant
account, you can do it all through
PayPal.
Now the money I spent on my Internet
marketing education was well worth it. My
advice is to buy information products that
will help you get where you want to go
faster. Don't waste a lot of money on your
site in the beginning.
Q: What advice would you have for
someone who was starting out with their own
online business?
Sopan: Build a list and sell
products you believe in. If you're intention
is to move beyond being an affiliate then
create information products that reflect your
passions. Don't sell golf books if you've
never played golf.
In closing, I want to invite you to do
what you love and don't stop. The people
making the most money online are making it
because they never stopped working. They
didn't check it out, give it a month or 6
months and then give up. You have to stay in
the game. There will be ups and downs. You
have to want it bad enough to pay your dues,
learn how to do it right and put a lot of
time in.
-- Sopan Greene, http://www.NetMarketingMastery.com
Well, that's it for me this week. Do check
out Joel's book - the results I've had because
of his book have been nothing short of amazing.
It gets my full recommendation.
http://www.achievenetprofits.com/adsensesecrets
(and if you send me your receipt, I'll send
you those two bonuses I mentioned above).
Till next time.
Cheers,
Jason
"You don't have to get it right, you just
have to get it going." -- Mike Litman
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