Profit Masters

Hi Fellow Profit Masters… Randy here…  There’s a new bunch of old-timers on the block and they want to help you succeed.   They’re called the League of Extraordinary Minds.  There are 54 of them ready to help you get where you want to be.  Do you remember the Dream Team of the ‘92 Olympics?  Then you’ll appreciate the rest of this article.

Man, was it sweet to watch…
During the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the US  Basketball team was quite possibly the greatest collection of athletes ever assembled.  Jordan…Magic…Bird…and many more. All coming together for one common goal: to bring home the Gold.  And did they ever. The Dream Team rolled through every opponent like a freight train, winning by an average of 44 points. 

Most of the opposing players didn’t even put up a fight–they were just in total awe, being on the same floor with these future Hall-of-Famers. In fact, one was seen waving frantically to a teammate on the bench so his friend could snap a picture of him guarding Magic Johnson! Amazing how bringing together the true superstars of one sport can leave everyone virtually speechless.

But what about the marketing and business world?  Has there ever been a bona fide "Dream Team" assembled all in one place?  Nope–at least, not until NOW.  Click here to find out more…

With "The League of Extraordinary Minds," Rich Schefren and Jay Abraham are making business history with a Dream Team that’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen…

More than 50 legendary business geniuses have all come together for one reason and one reason only–to help improve YOUR business and financial future as quickly as possible.  And the best part? It won’t cost you a penny.  Go here to find out more. Click here to find out more…

For six unforgettable weeks, Jay and Rich—along with a Dream Team of dozens of high-profile business experts–are going to open up the "profit floodgate" of windfall growth for a limited number of invited subscribers…  You’ll be participating in a one-of-a-kind experience where each expert will openly share (through group panel interview sessions) their best-reasoned, best-researched expert ideas on what changes you need to make NOW to multiply your profits as quickly and easily as possible.

Every area of your business will be covered in detail, including:

And much more.

The list of experts is simply astounding. Go here and you’ll see what I’m talking about.   Click here to find out more…

Look, this is the opportunity of a lifetime…a chance to finally jump to the next level and start making the money you so rightly deserve in 2009.  And the Dream Team can help make it happen.
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So what’s your missing piece of the puzzle?
The 1992 US Basketball Team was truly one for the ages…an assembling of incredible skill and talent that was unheard of before, and will most likely never be seen again.  And those same exact words can be said about the League of Extraordinary Minds.  So if you want the crème-de-la-crème of marketing and business building to hand you solid, no-nonsense wisdom that can take you to the next level (and skyrocket your profit margins)…AND not drop a dime while doing it… Then you need to see this before it goes away for good.
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 or Santa Gets Side Swiped By a Reindeer

This is a reprint from one of my other blogs.  I don’t know why I had to reprint it.  It doesn’t have a thing to do with internet marketing.  I suppose that I just needed to share it with more readers.  As one who appreciates the impact of diminishing habitat, I feel sad that the wild critters are being pushed out of their homes. 

This happened about a year ago…….

Okay, enough horn tooting. You’d think that an upstanding Santa like me would get a little respect from the deer population. I’ve been driving car and sleigh for nigh on 52 years now and I’ve never had a run in with a deer. Well, last Sunday night that changed! I was tooling down my local country highway. I’d been to the local Wal-Mart for one reason or another. It was about 10pm give or take a few minutes. All of a sudden and out of nowhere something from the road disintegrates my side mirror and makes that horrible sick noise that comes from a car hitting something animal. YUKK!

Now it seems that deer accidents are becoming fairly common, according to the Sheriff. I do know that it’s hunting season here. If I was a deer I know that I’d be a little spooky. There’s also a lot of new construction in areas that were rural and wooded. It seems to me that most, if not all, of the construction is non-residential. Every one wants to put their business on the main road. Understandable, but what’s going to happen to the fauna that habituate those areas. That’s their living ground. The place where they eat, sleep, and procreate.

Hello Fellow Profit Masters…  Randy here…  Now this is the second installment of this series, How Money is Made by Blogging, and after some thought I’ve decided to be as fair as possible when it comes to web hosting services. 

Now I use 1&1 Hosting. They’re a great solution and they fit my needs.  Your needs may differ.  Therefore I thought that I would put up an alternative.  Hostgator is a Texas company that provides relatively inexpensive hosting and domain name registration.  It’s a very popular solution.  It uses cPanel for administration.  It’s pricing is competitive.

Please remember the point I tried to make in the last post.  Making any money on the internet requires branding.  Especially if you intend to use a blog to generate income.  Your brand should be unique to you.  So should your domain name.

Once you’ve found and address and space on the web, you need to think about content and a vehicle to deliver that content.  Since this is a post about making money blogging the next thing to touch on is putting up your blog.

Blog installation and management, especially with Wordpress, is not difficult.  In fact it can be darned easy.  You don’t need to be some kind of internet nerd to run a blog with Wordpress.  Just follow their comprehensive instructions.  There are plenty of Wordpress plugins that you can use to manage and monetize your blog.  Do your research.  See which ones fit you the best.

You do need to host your blog yourself.  That’s why I’m spending so much time talking about hosting upfront.  Remember that branding  is one of the Big 5 steps to successful marketing on the internet.

Once you have established your brand then you can take steps to put it out in front of the buying community.

Have a GREAT DAY!

Randy

Hi Fellow Profit Masters… Randy here…

What have you done for yourself lately?  Have you found the latest and greatest Affiliate program?  Have you developed a new and have to have product to sell?  Have you expanded your list(s)?  Do you even have a email list?  What have you done for yourself lately?

We know that making a living on the web can be a series of pitfalls and successes.  How many of us have opted in for that great program for $97 dollars only to find it a bust and a waste of money?  The only way to make it on the internet is to forget all those offers that are “too good to be true”, because they are.  Now, I’m not discounting the value of affiliate marketing.   You can make a lot of money marketing someone else’s product.  That’s what keeps Clickbank in business.  But before you can market effectively, you have to have a list of customers to whom you can advertise your “products”.

How do you build a list?  God knows that every internet hack and his brother has their “List Building Secrets” that I’m sure they’ll sell to you for whatever they can squeeze out of you.  Don’t go that route.  The best way to build a list is through hard work and research.  Network with any other marketers you know.  Pick their brains.

I’m not trying to sell you on any particular methodology or “product” to grow your email lists.  I’m just suggesting that you think constructively.  Before you can create a list you have to have the proper mechanisms in place to gather your prospective customers.

First, get a good auto responder.  I can think of a few really good ones that will cost you in the neighborhood of $20 dollars a month.  But the best auto responder is the one that you’ve tried and you feel you can work with.  Most all reputable Auto Responder Services will allow a free trial period.  Take advantage of the offer.  If you don’t like or can’t get the hang of the service then cancel the subscription before the trial period is up.  I use AWeber.  I’ve been really successful with them.  Here are some posts from their excellent blog.  Again I encourage you to do your research.

Secondly, get yourself a mechanism to collect your prospects.  Think of prospect gathering as a funnel.  This is an old analogy.  Technically it’s works like this.  You gather as many leads as possible.  You work those leads until only qualified prospect are developed.  Then you cull out those prospects until you have only committed customers left.  To do this you need to start filling the funnel so the process can filter down and create customers.

So how do you collect the leads you need to fill the funnel?  There are a number of ways.  Generally, you need to find a way to capture the attention of as many prospects as you can.  You can:

1. Blog your head off and use services like Blogspot and others to get your blog around.  You want to create readership.

2. Use Social Networking to spread the word.  Find or develop a product that you can give away for free.  Put that up on your Social Network (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Youtube, etc.)  There are a number of free apps you can use to Tweet out your offer (if you’re using Twitter) or get the word out on Facebook.

3.  You can try the manual traffic exchanges.  What’s a manual traffic exchange?  It’s a website that allows you to post your ads for free as long as you take the time to view ads by other people.  I’ve done it and have gotten quite a bit of traffic this way.  You can try SWAT Traffic or Traffic Swarm

But you need a web presence.  By that I mean a place to create your websites and blogs.  Sure you can use Blogger and you can get Wordpress hosting.  Both options plus others are readily available.  But why?  There are some great deals on hosting on the internet.  My favorite is 1&1 Hosting. 

They’ve always been reliable and extremely fair.  I’ve used some others and haven’t been given the help and web tools that they offer.  They’re extremely cost efficient, too.  You don’t have to lay a lot to get a good product or service.  Such is 1&1 Hosting.

Okay, so we’ve covered some of the basics…  I don’t want to go into too much detail.  Think about what I’ve said and do your homework.  That’s what it takes to get the job done.