Make Yourself Feel Good And Make Yourself Some Money! December 26, 2008
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You Can Dress Any Way You Want!
December 26, 2008
Hello again:
Well, I hope you had a good Christmas. I also hope that you are feeling positive. It helps!
Here’s a way to feel better fast - Smile!
Scientists have proven that certain chemicals in your brain that make you feel good flood your brain cells when you turn up the corners of you mouth slightly. Even picturing a smile in your mind produces these chemicals.
So go for it! Smile. You’ll feel better. People you meet will feel better. It’s a winner all the way around.
I gotta think that you are interested in finding a way to make money online…am I right? Well, I am one stubborn guy when know I’m on the right path and I believe I am on the right path.
What path is it?
I picked the niche of Internet Marketing because I came from offline marketing and so much of this is the same. The big differences between marketing online vs marketing outside is the tools used and the cost to operate them.
Online marketing is incredibly cheap. With a little bit of labor I can set up a full fledged Internet Marketing business for under $200. That’s impossible in the offline world.
How can I say that? I have an offline business www.rileysrealwood.com/ Yep, that’s mine. Take a look. It’s named after me!
The overhead (cost of doing business) on that nice little store runs $40k - $45k per month) So, if you are using the 45,000/mo figure that means you have to PROFIT $1500/day to break even. That takes between 90 and 100 thousand in sales per month. Phew! No wonder so many of them go broke.
When I discovered Internet Marketing(IM) I was fabbergasted at the low operational expenses and at the same time overwhelmed with new terminology and equipment.
The marketing was about the same though.
I got thrown out of the store quite a while ago, so I had some time on my hands. And I had a laptop. And I saw IM as a fun opportunity.
So much money…so many ways to make it.
This morning, the morning after Christmas, I got up determined to do something for my readers in this post.
I’m going to tell you exactly what I did to get money going INTO my paypal account.
I’m also going to make you an offer that I am fairly certain a lot of you will want.
And then, if there’s is time I’m going to show you a “Biz in a Box” that I rigged up
But you are going to have to know how to do some things. The same things I did.
So, I barged right into Internet Marketing. I learned how to build a webpage.
Then I bought a domain name/ hosting package for it, and I put my webpage online.
I used FREE FTP and loaded some files by hand!
Then I started a blog. This one. I wanted to use the blog to detail my experiences going from knowing nothing about Internet Marketing to actually having money going into my paypal account. What a thrill!
You gotta get there! Don’t let the rush of making money out of the air… while you sleep, slip out of your grasp. If you are cut for this sort of thing then, by all means, do it!
Well, this happens. I’ll get a quick start tomorrow and finish this up.
Remember I’m going to tell you how I did it and what I used.
Then I’m going to make you an offer that I am sure you’re going to like.
And, I’ll show you that “Biz in a Box“ I rigged up so you can look at it thoroughly. I’ll show you the “kit and I’ll show you the kit deployed and working.
Biz in a Box - Everything you need
You May Be Able To Make Money Online By Yourself…But… December 22, 2008
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Removing The Barriers
Hello again!
In the last post I detailed one of the “stumbling blocks” I have encountered in some of the “Do It This Way AND You’ll Have Big Cash In Two Weeks!” type programs.
Yes, I have fallen for the siren salespage that made it all sound so easy. Hasn’t everybody?
My main point in the last post was that they always seem to leave something out. That is…that their “step by step” plan is missing a step or two!
It seemed to me that, no matter how hard I tried to follow the plan, that I would invariably get to that place where I didn’t know how to proceed!
In my case it was when I got to the step that started with “Open a Google Adwords account.”
For a lot of folks, opening an account is achievable, but actually building an ad campaign that earns money faster that it costs money is practically impossible.
There’s too much that can go wrong, especially for beginners.
So that’s one example of a place you can get hung up and even hurt, financially, if you don’t at least have some familiarity with the “step”.
And almost all the programs that claim to be “The Way” to making money online will have these “steps,” that a lot of people won’t get past. Be it for reasons of patience or whatever people hit points they don’t want to go past. It becomes too difficult for them and they either quit or look for another way, which is going to have the same problem.
I fought that a while. When I first started looking into this it all seemed so reasonable.
You see, I’ve been in marketing a long time…say 35 years. But NOT Internet Marketing, and, naturally, it has it’s own unique methods. And tremendous growth potential.
One thing I can say for certain is that ALL the current sales techniques were being taught to me by the world’s best in the late 70’s. BEFORE we had computers we used TV, Radio, Newspaper Display ads, and most important, cheap rate snail mail. (If you’d like to read a bit about it I have a free book offer here - a book that I contributed to.) If you want just go past the sales pitch, get your free ebook which is unlike all others, and sign up to get your FREE, PUBLISHED, NO BUGS VERSION as soon as it is out.
So, I saw this problem for what it was and I decided to eliminate my ignorance of all things mechanical in Internet Marketing.
My theory is that, as long as you don’t understand the mechanics (which I often refer to as “Infrastructure”)…the specific ones you don’t understand are going to stop you.
Well, I didn’t want to be stopped.
So I joined an Online Internet Marketing School and I immediately set about learning what I didn’t know and making a list of those things I had to have down pat so that I could do what I wanted to do.
And THAT’s Direct Sales by means of the Internet. At that time I knew Direct Selling but I didn’t know Internet Marketing Infrastructure.
Prior to this I really didn’t know what I didn’t know.
Things like “Building a Web Page.” I didn’t know how to do that and was seduced by those who said, “You can make money online without a website!”
Same with blogs, only I had heard that Google loves blogs AND now, every day, I get visitors to this blog from SERP’s (search engine page results) that Google served up to their query. (the words they typed in) A blog makes Traffic!
Other things I knew very little about were simple things like Domain Names and Hosting.
I avoided FTP (file transfer protocol) for a long time because I found a harder way first that was simply loading my website files up to my Hosts servers one at a time - by hand!
I could understand that. Then I found out later that FTP is FAR easier and will do other good things for you,too. Like back up large numbers of files or just transfer them someplace. Or duplicate or delete them!
I didn’t understand the autoresponder, list building, and email marketing. (Also known as “back end sales.”
Now I was on my way but I felt I needed to understand this at a higher level and I found that higher level training in a program run by Ken McCarthy called “The System.” I go into that a bit more on my next post. It’s important.
But, before I quit today let me tell you what my goal was, besides the obvious one of understanding Internet Marketing.
I wanted an online business that made money even when I wasn’t there to watch it!
Tell me that doesn’t sound great.
Now, I know what that takes and I am doing it…if at a low level. More on that later, too.
One more thing…if I had found this PDF when I started I would be a lot further along than I am. So, go there and get that. I’ts FREE!
Once again, it’s been fun…comments welcome,
Here’s to your success,
Riley West - An Oregon pioneer making his way in the trade.
PS: More on developing skills and finding your way in the next post. - rw
Now That’s Good Coffee! The Sky Above, The Mud Below. December 14, 2008
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Montana Cowboy Coffee
I talk to you all the time and I want to tell you a little about me.
I have some history. I’m 60 years old and have been in sales and marketing in the bricks and mortar world for 37 years.
I was a pilot and flew all over the Western United States and sometimes I landed on a little road out in the middle of nowhere to adjust the plumbing.
Whenever I was traveling I considered it a high level honor to be among the aviators. What a group they are!
Before that I lived in Montana and swam the horses across the river.
Later, while they were in much better pasture, I made that coffee that is still the best there is!
Try it!
Aluminum camp pot full of water. Get it boiling. Over a small fire.
Toss ordinary Folger’s into it. Don’t bother measuring.
After 1-2 minutes pour the hot coffee full of grounds through a t shirt in to another pot. Toss the grounds on the ground!
Throw some sugar into it. Pour into metal camp cups.
Sit back and look at the horses and the river you’d swam across.
Damn, that’s good coffee.
And look at the big beautiful sky with those huge white cotton candy clouds that came every day in August. Just before the lightning. Man, I loved it.
I forgot to tell you about my dog! Oh well…next time. rw
Merry Christmas.
Riley West - An Oregon Pioneer making his way in the trade.
www.makinganinternetmarketer.com - Have fun!
My Favorite Ebooks on Internet Marketing! December 3, 2008
Posted by Riley West in : The Making of an Internet Marketer , 5commentsHello again…Riley here:
There are a lot of Internet Marketers out there that will show you what they want you to buy, usually based on the products sales volume and commission structure.
I bought and absorbed a $2000 marketing course. I learned a LOT! I don’t recommend it for people who are looking for an easier, softer way into the world of Internet Marketing (IM).
Looking back, I think a person could get into this, including getting to the “make money” stage for less than $500 bucks and a LOT of homework!
But I have to tell you, that for me it was hard, costly, stressful, and, at times, I thought about just stopping. But then I realized that, if I stopped, I’d never get there. See that’s the secret. If you start down this road…don’t quit!
I’m in that old situation where if I’d known what I know now I would have been in the money a lot sooner.
I bought and read Butterfly Marketing and Google Cash and I qualify as an affiliate salesperson for those two very popular titles. But I won’t recommend them.
They aren’t presented in the personal, personable, casual way I want my information to be. I always was like that and won’t change. When I met these Marketing Mavens in England I was so taken by their style of instruction that I bought ALL of their books (about 20) and had them printed.
As soon as I started applying what they showed me, things started to happen for me. For example this blog was at their urging and it has kickstarted my sales like non other. If you would like the book of theirs that I purchased to start this blog, email me at riley@rwestdotcom.com and I will send you the very same book…FREE!
I’m certain they are the best and they might be for you too! So, for starters, here are four of their books I think no one should miss.
1. The Smart Marketers Handbook.
4. Licensed to Quit (Your job)
And finally, their very good and compehensive Kickstart Marketing Course.
Finally, If you have any questions about these recommendations.. pop me off an email to riley@rwestdotcom.com and I will answer as many as I can!
Thank you Again,
Here’s to Your Success,
Riley West - An Oregon pioneer making his way in the trade
PS: There is one other very high quality info site and I can honestly say that I have benefited greatly from just their FREE INFORMATION. The free info you’ll get there is better than 95% of the “Paid For” Stuff.
You have less than nothing to lose and you have a lot to gain. Go here!
Listen, I have to tell you this…this link is to The Man who invented Internet Marketing and he is a very cool, down to earth guy, and that’s why I like him.
His name is Ken McCarthy and he is the real deal. Be on his list.
Go there….be unafraid.
Here’s to your success,
Riley West - An Oregon pioneer making his way in the trade.
The Hottest Selling Stuff on the Internet! Redux! November 9, 2008
Posted by Riley West in : The Making of an Internet Marketer , add a commentHello Folks:
This post has been reworked a little to give the visitors more of what they need.
Selling physical products online is huge AND a huge opportunity for those who feel writing is not their thing.
Yes, you can sell physical products online more easily AND with very little writing. The companies will supply most of the advertising material - even easier yet!
If you are looking to get into Internet Marketing you might be interested in what the hottest selling products are in the Internet Marketing world.
If you are not interested you may not be a good candidate for Internet Marketing.
Here’s a shock for some folks. The biggest category of products sold online may not be what you thought.
It isn’t information… or ebooks…or videos.
My guess is that ebooks are a VERY small slice of what gets sold.
Take a look. If you drive down the street, a business street, what do you see?
Tire stores, cleaners, sports shops, furniture stores, pharmacies, clothing, electronics. It goes on a long ways from there. I forgot groceries, shoes, and appliances.
These alone are bigger than the whole info biz.
Every once in a while, when you are driving down that business street you’ll go past a bookstore. Tell me , what’s the ratio of bookstores to other stores?
You see, a bookstore is selling info products.
Info products small, physical products big!
If you go look at the Fortune 500 you won’t see info biz’s. Maybe after this recession shakes out you will! But not now.
Although I sell info products it is my opinion that it would be easier to get started selling real stuff. Why? For one thing people have heard of Sony so when they search for a Sony csx-2, They’ll want to see what you sell it for, also!
Hard goods…physical products…things you can hold in your hand!
You hardly ever run across a “guru” type with a headline like “Who Else Wants to Get Rich Selling Golf Balls While Sitting in a Jacuzzi with No Clothes On?”
It could be done. Fairly easily.
So, if you are thinking about building a real business selling real things for real money, AND having it be rendered down to a doable idea then please allow me to introduce you to a man who really know this “selling physical products on the net” biz.
And then there’s Chris Malta, head of Worldwide Brands. He is a fellow motorcycle rider and head of Worldwide Brands, who knows every way there is for YOU to get ANY merchandise to sell that you could want. At prices that easily compete with the Big Guys.
I’m talking Name Brands. Like Coleman Stoves, Sony, and a thousand others
Just go have a look. Get ready to see something big! Get Chris’s Free ebooks on the business.
You don’t have to buy anything…just sign up for their promotional literature and you will get the picture.
You know…it might be in my head but I think I hear the stirring of entrepenurial boots on the ground.
Go for it. There’s a whole world out there.
Thanks Again - Comments Welcome
Riley West - An Oregon Pioneer making his way in the trade.
Testing for Targeted Traffic With Article Marketing November 1, 2008
Posted by Riley West in : The Making of an Internet Marketer , 2commentsHello Folks:
When I got up this morning this idea was already in my head. The idea I have is to write this post documenting what should be a positive traffic generation exercise.
It’s good old article writing.
I’ve done it many times but I never did it enough. I didn’t distribute enough articles. There are experts in this field who say that 3 articles a day is needed. Wow! And, when you take that times 25 article distribution sites that’s 75 articles per day.
Well, the gloves have left my face red, and the gauntlet is thrown down. We duel at dawn. I hope it’s nice weather.
I don’t yet know how I’d accomplish that but I am going to find a way to make article marketing bring targeted traffic to an offer on this blog and make money.
After all, this is a blog about making money!
So, first of all I am going to drive traffic to my tutorial on Article Marketing that is sprinkled around these pages. You can see it here.
If nothing else I get a few more sales BUT I’m going to tell you exactly what I did, which will include a professional article submission service.
There’s a lot to this and I am no way an expert, but there are issues.
Some people worry that you can’t put the same article out there to various article distribution outfits because of the duplicate content penalty. If there is one.
Other people are concerned that links back from a bunch of low page rank article sites will negatively impact you directly resulting in lowered page rank for you!
I’ve heard it argued both ways and I’m tired of it.
If duplicate content is punished by Google in some way how can it be that there is so much of it out there? Look at the news sites…they all have the same content!
Oh well, all I want is buying traffic and I’m going to go get it this way for now and if you want to follow along here I’ll post almost daily about it…BUT…I don’t want this blog to become an article marketing only blog.
A couple of years back, way before I was ready, I put up a website that had pretty good content around Internet Marketing and a few affiliate offers. I also had the basic autoresponder building a list and I felt like I was giving it a good try.
Then I ran into a Google Adwords gig that tied me up for months! I just let the site die. I don’t recommend that. Now I’m a believer that you should have a core business and that any work you do should be to build that business!
At least for a while! If it’s hard to succeed at one business how hard is it to succeed at two? I think the difficulty for me, at first especially, would be exponentially more difficult. I’m only guessing but I have two dogs. Little wiener dogs.
For a while we only had one. Then we lost him! One of our relatives rushed us over a replacement wiener dog. Then we found the lost one! Now we had two.
Why am I telling you this? Because I sometimes have trouble staying on track, but this dog thing made me state that one dog is the hassle of one dog but two dogs is 4 times the hassle since we imputed that dog hassles go up as the square of the number of dogs.
Then our son, who has a wiener dog, had to board the little devil at our house while he (our son) tried to recuperate from a horrible motorcycle accident. It took him a whole year to get back to 90% of what he was before the crash. And we had his great little wiener dog for six months!
That was when I discovered that 3 dogs is 9 times the hassle of one dog but only about twice the hassle of two dogs.
Anyway, for now at least this blog and it’s attendant work load are the only thing I’m doing for a while.
Believe or not this post is about article writing for targeted traffic. The only experience I have with this is the 30 articles I wrote and submitted in the course of two months about a year and a half ago.
Even though I did it as an amateur and without guidance the posting of 30 articles to about 8 directories caused lots of traffic. But I didn’t do it right and now I know that. More important is that I now know where to get the exact advice on how to do it right so I’m just going to follow that and report to you the results.
It should be interesting. I’m going to put the reporting on a page and not a post. It’d get too messy otherwise.
So, yesterday I submitted the first two articles written in the way this new tutorial tells me to so we are on the way. Now, I only started and only submitted to Ezinearticles. I have accounts at the top ten article distribution outfits that i set up a couple years back so I’m good to go, and, in a few days, I’m going to use a professional article submitter outfit and try to amp this thing up!
So, let’s see how it goes. Here’s the Tutorial sales page.
Thanks again - as always…please leave comments.
Riley West - An Oregon pioneer making his way in the trade.
How to Get Started in Internet Marketing. October 31, 2008
Posted by Riley West in : The Making of an Internet Marketer , add a commentHello again:
There are undoubtedly many ways to start in Internet Marketing (IM) and the one I picked was to go to a sort of Online Internet Marketing School. Actually, more than one.
It was here that I was exposed to concepts such as Markets in general, specific markets, and how to reach them.
I was overwhelmed at first by too much information. There is a lot to learn. I wanted simplification. Slowly, I learned to simplify things for myself.
If you want to indulge in a super simple description of IM there is “Sales by means of the “net”.
And there’s others such as…”Put a good offer in front of the right eyeballs” or the shortest, and most succinct is “Traffic + Conversion = Sales.”
At first, because I knew so little, I was attracted to the affiliate sales method because it is so straightforward. But I was put off by Google Adwords. It intimidated me.
As an aside, I dug into Google Adwords last year and fired up some campaigns. Several were dogs and a couple were great. I had one Google campaign that generated a net profit of $60,500.
I am going to go into detail on how I made that happen in a future post. (I’m still editing it) If it worked for me there is no reason why it wouldn’t work for others.
But, back to the subject of this post which is how to get started in Internet Marketing. I recommend going to school (Internet Marketing School) and getting an education under you belt.
After acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to engage in IM you’ll be able to see what I see now. That is that there is a LOT OF WAYS to make money by means of the ‘net.
I’ve heard a lot of advice and one recommendation now sticks in my mind. If I had heeded this
guidance further back I would have done much better.
And that advice was given to me by one of the Guru’s I hold in the highest regard, and that man is named Ken McCarthy, the creator the System Seminar Internet Marketing Training.
He said, (may not be a perfect quote) that once you have the basics learned and are “in the game” in any way you are a player and way ahead of the masses.
So, the take away from this is…Learn the Basics, pick a way you’d like to go, and go do it! Once you are up and running you are probably only a few “tweaks” away from really hitting it.
One other thing. As you are acquiring your knowledge and skills, demand quality.
I think, if I was doing my best to guide someone to quality education and help it would be
1. Ken McCarthy’s System Trainings. His free info is better than most of the stuff you can purchase.
2. Sara Brown and Tony Shepherd’s “KickStart” program. This big folks - just go look!
3. And, for general education and support for a one time small fee for life - Profit Lance.
These are the one’s I settled into and I am still using all three. Probably always will.
By the way, this blog contains lots of pointers and advice geared to the Newcomers and some more advanced as well. I am the only voice in this blog at this time and have only been at it for a short time. The blog I mean. I say that because it surprises me how much good content, actionable information, and well considered resources are posted here.
I am also surprised at the amount of traffic coming to this blog.
This blog contains only that which I have actually done. Some of it was good, some just stupid and, fortunately, my Internet Marketing efforts are improving almost daily.
If I haven’t used it and benefited from it (or failed!) you won’t find it in here. More on that later.
Go get what you need!
Oh…one more thing. I have a FREE PDF titled (appropriately) The 10 Basic Things You Need to Succeed in Internet Marketing. Just click on the title to download! You are going to like it.
Well, that’s all for now - as always comments welcome.
Riley West - An Oregon pioneer making his way in the trade.
I Did It Myself and So Can You! October 24, 2008
Posted by Riley West in : The Making of an Internet Marketer , add a commentHello Folks:
I can’t get over how many people are coming to this blog.
I did follow the instructions to a “T” and, apparently it works!
Thank you blog readers! Thank you for a really great e-book!
Anyway, if you’d like to see the book I followed to get this Wordpress blog up and running you can just click these words.
Interestingly enough, I am using a combination of This blog and simple HTML salespages. Yes I said simple!
When you get to that webpage above you’ll be looking at what I call a salespage. I made that one in a half hour and had it up on the web.
Now there are a lot of little attendant tasks that have to be done. These consist of things like ‘links” and testing those links.
There are download pages to attend to but really all that is is another webpage with links for the downloads.
I risk boring you. I know that. But I am excited to be able to offer people who want it The Tools they need to create a traffic generating blog with links to webpage offers.
Here is a FREE copy of my Ebook that includes not just a tutorial but also the software to do it with! It’s called 24 Hour Web Page Guru. That’s exciting. Take one.
Oh, and here’s the salespage for the website thing because the PDF, as good as it is, isn’t the only thing included. There’s a cool money making opportunity and I’m not kidding. You can check it out right here.
By the way, let me tell you what I do with ebooks, especially the ones I want to work out of and reference back over and over again.
I have them printed at Office Max and spiral bound with a clear sheet of plastic in front and a black sheet in back. Works for me.
And it’s quite cheap.
Thanks Folks - Please leave a comment
Riley West - An Oregon pioneer making his way in the trade.
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A Killer Resource That Doesn’t Take an Arm or a Leg! October 23, 2008
Posted by Riley West in : The Making of an Internet Marketer , 2commentsHello Folks:
I have bought and paid for a LOT of how to ebooks and about half of them were OK to good and a few of them were totally excellent. The totally excellent stuff is what you’ll find in the blog.
You might want to slap me around a little for not telling you about this sooner.
You see, back in the day, when I was careening from one ebook to another I fell across one book (not an ebook) that literally changed the way I saw marketing on the net. I could see clearly now. I understood. The big picture.
The man behind this is named Ken McCarthy and you would do very well to hear him. (or read him) He’s a great writer and makes it fun! But, there’s a catch. Isn’t there always?
The catch is that a big part of his information is FREE.
As it turns out this guy is one of the pre-eminent teachers of Internet Marketing Skills in the world.
I hadn’t heard of him a couple of years ago and it wouldn’t be a surprise if you haven’t either. You may not have heard of Ken but all the big name marketers have. Many of them studied under him.
Every year he has this big gathering called the System Seminar that people from all over the world come to attend. A $2500 event. Plus travel and incidentals like food.
So it’s high end stuff but it’s presented in such a way that totally sets it apart from the other things you may have read about or attended.
But I’m getting ahead of myself! Here’s the nugget! This guy hands out free information like he has to get rid of it fast!
And this information is better, often, than anything you can buy and it’s all about how to Market on the Net.
Here’s what I did. He gives out so much info in the form of mp3’s (ipod) that I just put them on my ipod and listen to them when I’m out for a walk or driving somewhere.
Each of these tapes (not really a tape but I don’t know what to call them) is about an hour long and is an interview between Ken McCarthy and one of the people who is going to be teaching their specialty at the System coming up.
What’s really great about these interviews is that they are not a pitch-fest! They are an in depth look at a certain area of Internet Marketing skills with lots of good useable, actionable tips and skills that you can take away (FREE) and use to build your business or skills or both!
I love what this man produces! I think many of you will too. This is both bedrock action info and advanced techniques that will blow you away. Exciting stuff.
Go here and sign up for the Free Pre-System Seminar. A free information series you will not regret! This will really add to your arsenal of good usable knowledge. I did it and I won’t quit doing it! It’s Free and it’s Good!
They also sell products, too. Who wouldn’t? And this Internet Marketing information is absolutely top drawer. But that’s getting ahead of ourselves. Go get the Free Pre-System Seminar right now and, please, come back here and tell me what you think. I’d love to hear it. As always you can email me at riley@rwestdotcom.com/
Thank you - Please leave a Comment!
Riley West - An Oregon pioneer making his way in the trade.
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How to Kickstart Your Way Into Internet Marketing -1 October 22, 2008
Posted by Riley West in : The Making of an Internet Marketer , 2commentsThis is the first chapter in what will be a multi-chapter detailed review of the new Weekly Lesson Plan program offered by Sara Brown and Tony Shepherd. It is called The KickStart Course.
This is a training program is produced by a couple of people I have been lucky enough to work with for quite a while now, and I still do. I consider them to be very high caliber instructors of Internet Marketing processes. So far, for me, they are the best.
Plus, they are easy to get along with, these two. They are folksy to a point and approachable. What I appreciate most about these two Brits is that they are very good at making money on the web and uniquely capable of telling you how to do it, too.
There are thousands of people out in the world of “make money online” that offer plans ranging from $47 to $2000 plus that are “Guaranteed” to teach you the ins and outs of marketing on the ‘net. In my experience there are none better than than these guys.
And, their program is just plain inexpensive. it might just be “Your Way“.
Before I really get going on this I’d like to demonstrate how a seemingly simple thing can get out of hand and cause frustrated newcomers to quit in droves.
First I should admit that I have bought over $5000 worth of ebooks and instructionals and, while I learned a lot in all that study, I still had to figure out dozens of little details myself.
And some of those little details can be a deal breaker.
That’s not a bad thing. it’s just the way it is.
Case in point…one day (I might have a bad nights sleep the night before) I got into a big clustercrunch about the paypal buy now buttons.
Really! I was setting up another salespage and when I got to that part of building the page that required me to go into paypal for code, I hit a brick wall.
Now, mind you, I made paypal buy now buttons before, and successfully. It would have been funny if I wasn’t in some sort of self imposed rush. I’m self employed! I don’t have to rush very often
Anyway, I got into paypal and had trouble with the code. That drug out for a while and frustrated me a little but then…then I really hit trouble.
See, after you buy something on paypal they end you up on a return to merchant page. There is a button there that says “return to merchant” on it.
Well, it would just take you back to your sales page if you let it and I knew darn well that I wanted my customer to go to the download page when he/she punched the button.
I couldn’t figure out how to do it! I couldn’t find the place in paypals extensive site that allows you to assign the “return to merchant” button a url that has your download page on it.
Simple if you can find it…impossible if you can’t.
No problem…I called paypal help! By the way that is a feat unto itself. They make finding the phone number damn near impossible and when you do find it and call you are looking at a pretty good wait!
I can practically recite their “Your phone call is important to us..blah,blah…” spiel.
Finally I got a gal who was hard to understand. Her English was a heck of a lot better than my second language is but I still had to have her repeat herself over and over.
As I tried to explain to her what I was hung up on she had to keep putting me on hold while she ran and asked someone who might know. What a horrible job. I felt sorry for her and kinda mad at the same time!
After a LOT of that, the gal came back online with an answer I knew she was reading. The essence of the answer was that there was “No way to achieve changing the url on the return to merchant page unless you resort to a custom software developer!”
I sort of raised my voice a little and said “There sure as hell is a way! It’s done all the time and even I have done it before but I guess I forgot which trapdoor to fall into.” She just read me the same answer over again..like I didn’t get it.
I said again “There is a way and it’s simple and I just can’t find it! The fact that it’s easy and you can’t even help me with it is mind bending! Can’t Paypal do better than that?
She read me the answer again! I hung up before I said something untoward.
I gave up. I had a snack. Drank a beer or two. Watched a movie. Went to bed.
I got up in the morning and said something like this to myself “I’m getting past this stupid button thing! I’ve got things to do!
So I called them again. I got a gal who was little easier to understand. Things were looking better.
I told her I couldn’t find the place to change the url in the return to merchant button.
Without hesitation she said “That’s under the profile dropdown.” There will be three columns of preferences and that feature is in the third column. It’s down toward the bottom and it’s called “website payment preferences”
I haven’t had a problem since. But that was a toughie and it shouldn’t have been.
I would bet , like a lot of other little details, that some fledgling marketers would throw up their hands and walk out mad determined to stick with their job.
Internet Marketing has lots of little details like that. I know for a fact that stops a lot of folks from getting anywhere. They just give up.
Don’t let that be you. You can learn any of the mechanical stuff like building webpages and uploading files and setting up autoresponders. You may have trouble with copy writing…some do. But you can find a workaround for copy writing.
But I think what kills off so many prospective Internet Marketers is that they just couldn’t get to that point where they could see it all, how it works, and put it together.
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Riley West - An Oregon pioneer making his way in the trade
