Archive for February, 2008

Sex, Students and Internet Marketing

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Bet I got your attention with that headline!

Which shows very clearly that certain words and phrases make people curious, and eager to see what it’s all about.

I’ll get back to the SEX thing later, but first I have to tell you that it’s great to be 65!
Especially when I consider the alternative:-(

If someone had told me that I would be a student again at the ripe age of 65 I would probably have thought that he or she wasn’t playing with a full deck, but I would have been wrong.

You see, for a considerable time I have wanted to be an Internet Entrepreneur, and like so many others I have searched the ‘net for the *magic formula* that would transfer me from Mr. Ordinary Guy to some sort of Half-Genius.

I’ve purchased countless eBooks, reports, “get-rich-now”-recipes and lots of other fabulous stuff guaranteed to make me a fortune almost in no time.

And guess what: None of it made me an Internet Marketing Guru.
I wonder why?

Then I started thinking (and about time, too, you might say…)

When I way 7 I was sent off to scool to learn how to read and write, and after a while I could do both, but my point here is that someone had to teach me how to do it. 
And it didn’t happen overnight.

Internet Marketing is no different!

The best way to learn how to be a successful Internet Marketer is to have someone teach you what to do - and what not to do!

If you are as lucky as me and find a superb teacher you’ll discover that learning Internet Marketing is like learning how to read and write; you have to take one step at a time.

So now I’m a student again, and I firmly believe that my newfound knowledge will make the difference.

Now I can hear you saying: “OK, but what about SEX thing in your headline?”

Well, it’s all a question of choosing words that will get your attention, and since you’re still here I guess I succeeded!


How to Fail in Your Internet Business (without really trying)

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

I have this great idea for a new digital product, and I’m sure I can make a killing selling my product on Internet.

It’s so simple, and the best part is that it will take less than a day to finish the product, and probably another day to build the sale pages.

Great!

I ran out of time yesterday, but I’m starting now…

I’ll start in a minute, but first I have to check my email.
After all, it could very well be an important message for me there. You never know.

Let’s see…all the usual Spam, I’ll just delete those.
Or perhaps it’s best to have a quick look at them; the Spam filter might have made a mistake and erroneously sorted a couple of messages as Spam when I really want to read them.

Hmmm. 257 Spam’s, and yes, three of the Spam’s are in fact about free software that I wanted to have a closer look at.
I’m deleting the rest of the Spam’s, …there…all gone except the three free offers.

Perhaps I should check them out while I’m still in the mailbox.
I always try to focus on the important things, and of course it saves time reading the free offers emails while I am logged into my mail account.

Time is a very fragile commodity, and I’m really focused on saving time so I can get to the important part of my business.

Selling digital products on Internet.

The problem is - I have to find something to sell while I’m working on this great idea for a unique product.

Right.

Let’s see…the free software products that my mail system erroneously marked as Spam.

I’m going to speed-read those three emails so I can get on with the real work.

Oh-oh! Hmmm.
That offer in email number two looks interesting. Not really free, but near enough, and something I can easily sell while I’m working on my great unique product.

I’m going to have a quick look at that webpage.

All right!  I could easily have missed that offer, I’m paying by PayPal nowww, and there is the download page. Perfect!

Downloading now. On my harddisk I have a lot of stuff I can sell, and there, downloading completed. Another great deal!

You can see that I am very good at this; focusing on the important bits, and at the same time saving time.

Super!

Back to the product creation.
Damn! I didn’t realize that I had used so much time in the email department.

It’s time to relax a little, so perhaps I should watch a movie on my DVD before going to bed.

And in the morning: Up bright and early, and starting on that great product idea.

After reading my email, of course.