My Favorite Web Stuff

If you liked the Faster Webmaster I (you know the one that helped Erik’s Grandmother create a website from scratch, and his Mom too), then you’ll LOVE The Faster Webmaster II.

The new one is a total internet marketing blueprint and solution, and all of it in Erik’s special take-you-by-the-hand step-by-step method, which is friendly, unintimidating, and this time helps you actually build a whole business from scratch.

What questions did you have? Chances are, it’s covered.

Check it out right here: Erik’s New Course

And even though Erik Stafford has made quite a fortune over the last year (so he knows of what he’s speaking!), he’s still as nice as he was when he first came out with the Faster Webmaster Version I.

He actually answers his own emails, and gives helpful advice. How’s that for cool?

Anyway, go take a look at the new Faster Webmaster. and build that e-biz already. You’ll be glad you did.

The second day of Pat O’Bryan’s UnSeminar5 is almost over, but not just yet. At the moment, there’s the blues show featuring Pat O’Bryan and Joe Vitale and others. They rock, and I’ll be back there in just a minute.

But I just wanted to tell you about a little embarrassing snafu. Turns out, some of the opt-in forms here seemed to miss the “submit” button, and I hadn’t noticed (just wondered why so few people signed up!).

I fixed it now, though, and unless this blog messes with my forms, it’ll stay fixed too!

So if you want to get on my Internet Marketing Step-By-Step Newsletter, here’s where you can sign up:

And yes, I will respect your privacy completely. Your name and email address will be neither sold nor otherwise shared. And of course, you can unsubscribe at any time with the handy-dandy unsubscribe button at the bottom of every single email.

Now back to the show!

Elisabeth

I’m here at UnSeminar5 where I learn to build and expand my portable empire

You know about Pat O’Bryan’s “Portable Empire,” don’t you? One of my favorite books (sitting right next to Tim Ferriss’ “4-Hour Work Week” and, like that book, inspired me to take my economic fortune into my own hands.

Arrived late last night (lots of delays due to assorted “weather” across the country). In fact, I almost didn’t come because I was so worried about the hurricane (I’m a chicken!), but there wasn’t any hurricane there when I got here!

Just had breakfast in the very nice Drury Hotel in San Antonio and getting ready for the first session. Can hardly wait for it to start. Will report back!

P.S.: Why the long delay between the last post and this one? Relapse of the flu! Details on my self-help blog.

What happens if an English professor discovers internet marketing? Or at least THIS English professor, technically a linguistics professor teaching in an English department at the time?

Well… I was fascinated! For two reasons:

First, I’ve been studying persuasion and how people get other people to do things with words (or at least try to), and so when I found myself reading marketing emails and salesletters and couldn’t get my credit card out of my wallet fast enough, I started wondering….

How in the world do they do that? I have great respect for masters of persuasive writing, and so I started studying the techniques they used to make me feel like I simply HAD to have whatever they were offering, and have it NOW. And not only that. Many of the dozens of people who fill my inbox on a daily basis are starting to feel like they’re my friends. This is copywriting artistry!

After a while, my scholarly interest turned quite practical. Hey, I wanna do that too! And once I started earning my first affiliate commissions, I was hooked.

And as I started learning about internet marketing and saw what worked, cleaned up my mistakes, and gleefully put up blogs and websites (this from someone who used to hate computers not so long ago), I had yet another idea…

See, I spent years teaching grammar, and had made it my mission to explain it in a way that makes sense. I liked to empower people to discover how grammar works from the inside out. So what does that have to do with the internet?

Plenty! Learning about the internet can be daunting, and it involves quite a bit of complicated technical stuff. Like grammar And I’m good taking complex technical information and breaking it down into small, digestible parts. Sooooooo…

Why not teach what I’ve learned (and keep learning)? And thus was born my new email course on internet marketing step-by-step. At the moment, it’s in its beta version and you can actually get in for FREE. Eventually, I’ll turn it into a paid fixed term membership, where people will have to pay to get their once or twice weekly lessons.

So this is what’s in it for you: If want to make money online and you’re new to internet marketing, or if you’ve tried your hand at it for a while but haven’t gotten results, or you’re just really confused and/or frustrated, this is your chance to learn for FREE from someone who has plenty of experience explaining complicated stuff in a nice and friendly step-by-step format.

How can you get in on this? Simple! Just fill in your first name and email address in the box below and make sure you look in your inbox for the confirmation email. Open that and click on the confirmation link. And that’s it!

And of course, your email address will NEVER be traded, sold, or otherwise given away. I hate spam as much as you do, and I’ll safeguard your privacy. And if you ever want to unsubscribe… every single email will come with a handy-dandy unsubscribe button. Naturally, I hope you’ll never want to use it

There’s even a free ebook for you once you’ve confirmed your subscription.

See you on the other side…

Elisabeth

Yup. That “secret” technique is not something you hear a lot about in all those “how to build a list” books and workshops. Why? Maybe they want to keep it all to themselves?

When I first found out about it, I was a bit concerned. Was this legit? Would it work? It sounded almost too good to be true. I mean, the last thing you want is a spam complaint, so it’s generally a good idea to be very careful about services that promise tons of subscribers overnight, especially if those subscribers come in the millions for just a few bucks. That’s a spam disaster waiting to happen.

But in this particular case, the answer to both of the above questions turned out to be a resounding YES! It is possible to accelerate your list building process and there are legitimate ways to do so. And yes, those legitimate ways are considerably more expensive, but, well, you won’t have to worry. And I found a service that meets both criteria and works really well.

I tried it, and now I’m a convert and my lists (note the plural!) are growing at the sort of brisk clip I had been hoping for all along.

Is it free? No. Is it expensive? Not very, especially not when you think of building your list as an investment and consider what it will help you earn over time…

Okay what the heck am I talking about? I’m talking about an organization, owned and run by a major authority in list building, where you can advertise your newsletter and people will sign up for it. Yes, really. They will. It’s a process called co-registration. And it’s totally legit.

Every day you’ve had sign-ups, they’ll send you a file with your new subscribers and you then add them to your autoresponder service.

And there’s the rub… Aweber, the most-used autoresponder service won’t allow what they call “purchased leads.” Technically, these leads are indeed purchased insofar as that you pay for them, but what you really purchase is the advertising and the logistic arrangement of having them gather up the leads, making them confirm their subscription and then passing them on to you. That’s very different from those other offers floating about on the internet (you know, the millions of email addresses for ten bucks kinds of offers).

So where CAN you import those links? Fortunately, my favorite shoppingcart system does allow you to import them. And yes, they’ll make them confirm AGAIN and only about a third or so of them will do so, so you’ll lose a few.

But hey, those people probably would have unsubscribed sooner or later anyway and probably wouldn’t have ever bought anything. So it’s not THAT big a loss. And on the bright side, that extra layer of protection will protect YOU — from spam complaints — so I’m not complaining.

How much does this cost then? Thirty-seven cents a lead, counting those they send you by email. Eventually, every lead I’m getting out of that co-registration system (i.e., every lead that actually confirms again and makes it onto my personal list) costs me about a dollar, maybe a little more.

And with expert opinion being that every subscriber on your list eventually averages you a buck a month in income (and potentially considerably more if you treat your subscribers well, which includes providing them with quality information and building a relationship with them), investing in leads through a co-reg service is such a no-brainer I can’t believe it took me so long to finally figure this out.

So that’s the secret. Obviously, I’m using the other list-building strategies too — I publish articles, and post on forums, and yes, I’m getting subscribers that way too, but co-reg just works like a charm and so much more quickly.

And that is important because I’m going to start launching my first teleseminar very soon (stay tuned), and I do want some people to show up!

So if you too want to turbo-charge your list, check out http://www.turbo-list.com, and if you need a shoppingcart system to go with it, get a FREE 1-month trial at the best integrated shoppingcart system around, which also happens to be the one that allows you to import your shiny new subscribers.

Happy list building!

I’m really excited! I have just started a NEW newsletter, which is really an extended e-course. And it’s FREE! For now anyway

Clarification: If you sign up now, it will be free for you as long as you stay subscribed! But eventually, I may start charging it by making it into a paid e-course. But as I said, if you get in before I made that change, you’ll get all the info for free.

Why? Oh, out of the goodness of my heart of course. Seriously, I love teaching stuff I’m excited about, and so if you enjoy it and find it useful, that’ll be my reward.

It’s also new, so any feedback you might have will be helpful to me and I’ll incorporate your suggestions into future issues and into the future paid version. In fact, occasionally, I’ll send you a quick survey (just a question or two) and that’ll help me to make it relevant to you.

What is it? It’s a course where I will walk you step by step through the process of how to build your own online business and make money on the internet. For real! No tricks!

Another clarification: This is for you if you’re NEW to the internet. It’s easy, friendly, and technical stuff explained nicely and clearly and in terms as untechnical as I can possibly make them.

You’ll even get a FREE ebook if you sign up:

Rob Toth’s “Dear Employee: Your Job Sucks!”

I love that book! It’s VERY inspiring!

So where can you sign up for THIS particular list:

For now, right here:

And just in case you wondered: I will not share your name and email address with ANYONE. I hate spam as much as you do. All you’ll get from me is my lessons and occasional news and recommendations, and they’ll appear about twice a week.

Many of them come with a little action step. And there will be the occasional freebie too!

If you decide you don’t like it, you can easily unsubscribe. Just click on the handy unsubscribe link that each and every newsletter comes with.

But of course I hope you will absolutely LOVE my newsletter/ecourse and will send all your friends!

So please check it out.

Thanks a bunch, and have a GREAT day!

I recently discovered PayDotCom, a great alternative to Clickbank. Well, not really so much something I’m going to use instead of Clickbank but in addition to Clickbank, at least with respect to Affiliate Marketing. More products to choose from is always a great thing.

And when it comes to actually SELLING products, that Clickbank Alternative looks even better! If you want to sell on Paydotcom, you’ll have to upgrade to Platinum Status, and yes, there’s a one-time fee, but it’s only $29 (at least for the moment — they say they’ll raise it soon, but of course they all say that so you COULD take your chances with waiting…).

What wil that $29 buy you? Unlimited listings! Yes, that’s right. You can list as many products as you want, for no additional charge! Does that rock or what? You probably know what Clickbank would charge you for that, every single time for every single product! For those of you who don’t, last time I checked it was $49 for EACH product!

Where does PayDotCom make its money? Well, they’ve got to eat and pay their hosting fees, so yes, they charge fees when you sell, but they’re not bad and pretty similar to those you get charged at other venues.

Another big bonus? And, you know, this is the one that first got my attention to be honest:

When your product sells through PayDotCom, YOU get your money right away. ‘Nuff said.

BTW, I’m going to add my updated and upgraded (with workbook!) version of my stress ebook to Paydotcom’s Marketplace to recruit more affiliates. If you sign up, I’ll soon be sending you checks (or PayPal deposits) too.

And, by the way, once that new version is out, it’ll be quite a bit more expensive. So if you want it now, before the price goes up, go right to Instant Stress Relief Strategies and get your copy while the getting is good.

What about the workbook? Anyone who buys the book before the new version comes out will get ALL the new stuff FOR FREE as soon as it’s available!

And just in case you wondered: Instant Stress Relief Strategies is a new and updated version of Feel Better Quickly. You’ll get the same deal no matter which version you buy. So the little teddy up on the right hand side (or is it a dog?) still works to get you the same deal (for now).

Have a fantastic, stress-free day!

Elisabeth

Can you really make money online easily and effectively?

If you’re like me, the gurus have buried you under serious information overload. You can’t see the forest for the trees. And every week, there’s another expensive next big thing that you absolutely MUST have to avoid impending obliteration in the wonderful world of internet marketing.

Well, I found something VERY different: The Rhodes Brothers and their Simple Cash Blog.

At first, I was afraid I’d be taken for yet another ride. But no….

The brothers, Matt and John, are no-nonsense, and CLEAR! And their site presents us with step-by-step walk-throughs. Plus examples freebies, and how-tos, etc.

What exactly?  Several step-by-step paths to a working, money-generating online business.  Ways to bring in traffic that doesn’t require big up-front investments.  Ways to set up websites that work without the services of a fancy web designer. Ways to set up membership programs without fancy programming.

It’s the antithesis of the kinds of programs being plugged in the million dollar launches that have been clogging up my inbox.  My only regret:  I wish I had found the Simple Cash Blog a whole lot sooner.

Want to know more?  Want in on it?  You can find it here:

My Favorite Cash-Generating Blog

If you too are tired of all the gimmicks, you owe it to yourself to at least take a look at John and Matt’s Simple Cash Blog:

My Favorite Cash-Generating Blog

I bet you’ll like it as much as I do

Elisabeth

I LOVE WordPress Lessons. I took them (for the first time) last fall, and they changed my life!

Seriously. I was a total techno newbie and felt intimidated as heck. That has changed A LOT lately.

And there is one person who deserves a whole lot of the credit and just about all the credit when it comes to blogging and building blogs, driving traffic to blogs and all that stuff. That person is Mike Paetzold.

How did he do it? It came with the program, and that program was:

Wordpress Lessons.

Mike teaches WP Lessons in small groups, a few times a year. There’s a membership area with all the files we need to have a perfectly optimized WordPress blog, ready for download. Plus detailed instructions on how to download it all and install it. The instructions come in the form of videos plus PDF checklists.

But that’s just the start. In fact, that’s all there before the official lessons even get started. So what’s left to do in the lessons? A lot!

In the lessons, which are 4 weekly meetings with extensive Q&A, Mike helps us optimize our blogs. He tells us what to turn on, how to drive traffic, and how to make sure our blogs show up high on Google. And so on.

There’s also a forum for trouble shooting and such.

And if you can’t bring yourself to install your own blog, Mike will do it for you, for a big discount over his usual fee.

And, and, and… You get to talk to the guru directly, get personal help, get feedback on your blog, and more.

And the best part? You get to do it all over again, and again, and again, for free. For the price of admission once, you’ll get lifetime membership and get to take the course over again as often as you like.

I’ll be back when it starts over. There are always new developments, I keep building more blogs, and Mike always has more info that will help me make them better and better, and get more and more traffic.

Where can you sign up? Right here!

And if you already have a blog, and would like to just get more traffic, Mike has a little extra something that will help you with that: check it out here.

But the timely stuff is WordPress Lessons. They sell out. Fast. Mike limits his class — after all, you get individual attention. He personally answers his Help Desk questions, and fast. So there are only so many people he can handle. Especially since all the alumni get in for free.

Here’s that link again: WordPress Lessons.

Yes! Marlon’s Info Product Dashboard is still the best! And if you’ve held off on getting yours so far, NOW is the time to go for it.

What’s to lose? It’s a steal, especially considering all the great stuff that comes with it. PLUS, right now, there’s a REALLY special offer!  Read on to discover how YOU can get a FREE copy of my shiny new barely off the presses ebook on how to make yourself feel better fast!

You know, in order to create great products, you have to be in good emotional shape. By now you know that like draws like, so you’ll want your spirits be sky-high — so your new info products will find many buyers.

And my new book will help you with it. Why buy it when you can get it for free just by buying Marlon’s Info Product Dashboard and sending me the receipt?

Act now before I change my mind

Oh, and once you’ve bought Marlon’s Info Product Dashboard, just send me the receipt at “support AT myfavoritewebstuff.com” and within just a few days, you’ll have my ebook in addition to Marlon’s fabulous dashboard.