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Do You Have An Opportunity for Me?

A couple of times a day, I get an email like this one

Warren

Thanks for all the great content you share.

I just heard about an opportunity and want to share it with you. This company is just getting started, has a unique compensation plan and my friend tells me we can make a lot of money.

They are growing fast and have 57,000 on board. .and they haven’t even launched.

Call me right now so  you don’t miss out

Your Friend

I don’t like to delete emails sent in good faith from subscribers, so I send something like this:

Dear Friend

Sounds very familiar.. I’ve heard this story about 43,127 times.

not to burst your bubble.. but the illusion of getting in on the ground floor is so common that taken alone, it’s ceased to have any meaning.

I hope you’ll get back to me when you make you first $100k on this. I assume there will be more past that, will sign up, and buy you dinner as my appreciation for teaching me a lesson.

For now, I’ll go with a strong business plan, marketing with ROI, and build my business on solid facts.

I look forward to hearing how this goes for you. I wish you success in whatever you do

Warren

There are so many good opportunities in the world, and there is always a chance that your cousin’s brother-in-law has a former boss that is going to create the next billion dollar business. So keep your eyes and ears open.

However, the chances are pretty well stacked against anyone starting a business.

Don’t forget that a great business will take years to build. Vast fortunes can be made in companies that started a few years ago and have a proven product and track record of paying out as promised.

Just a little math can show how sound this strategy is.. whether it’s a start up stock or a multi level marketing sale plan.. the GROWTH of a $100,000,000.00 company at 10% will be more than a million dollar company that doubles sales.

It’s as simple as that.

Lot’s of opportunity on the way to that billion dollar empire. Get to know the players. Do business with people who have a sound product and business plan. There will  be risk involved (always is) but the good people to always be gravitating to the best deals…

.. and there will be more deals.

GUEST POST: How to Prosper with Google Buzz

Search engine giant Google has released a new Web 2.0-style service called Google Buzz. The service combines features like a comment stream for your followers, the ability to follow others, and a profile page to give you more exposure. So how does that help your Internet marketing or affiliate marketing efforts?

Let’s start with the obvious – it gives you another avenue of exposure, helping you brand yourself wider online and hopefully get your message in front of additional new prospects. Any time you can find a major site that lets you add your name, photo and bio, including your marketing information, is bound to help add to our overall online presence as a marketer, right?

Less obvious to newbie marketers is that it helps magnify the effects of tools you’re already using. Because Google Buzz lets you add your Twitter stream and your Blog’s RSS feed, it’s almost instantly additional exposure for your blog marketing and Twitter marketing activities.

With it’s Twitter-like system of following and followers, our stream only appears to those who choose to follow you on Google Buzz and those who visit your profile page. As such, this now presents one more way to get your internet marketing and affiliate marketing message, and links, out in front of another targeted audience. No doubt Google hopes that Buzz will grow to the size of, or larger than Facebook. Think of how much additional exposure this could mean for your marketing if that does come to pass?

But like any such opportunity, you’ll have to work to build your following at Google Buzz, especially in the early days of the service. Use the same advanced Twitter marketing strategies you used to build your Twitter following and keep it targeted for optimum results.

One aspect particular to the online Web 2.0 sites is that no one can predict which services will flounder and which will grow wildly – the actions of the potential audience are the sole determining factor – whether they choose to sign up for the site, use it regularly or abandon it. So as online marketers, we have to give it a shot with each of those showing the most potential if we want to be sure and get a great position in those that make it to the top.

For the sake of an hour’s investment of time, don’t risk your affiliate marketing or Internet marketing efforts being weakened by your competitors getting in and building a following first. Add Google Buzz into your online marketing toolbox and with time it may just grow to be a very powerful marketing weapon in your online arsenal!

Doug Champigny is a world-famous Internet marketing coach, mentor & speaker and the creator of the PowerStart Marketing 4-week Internet Marketing Crash Course. To learn more about Doug or to book him to speak at your next event, contact him through his blog athttp://DougChampigny.com.

Profitable Social Media Class in Whittier

We had a great class of social media savvy business people today in Whittier.

Be sure to follow @FixAutoSam @TheTurbanator @TravelingPam @DrBrianG

Get Happy.. Happy Enough to Dance

You are going to start watching this video and think it’s kind of dumb.. I know I did.

But pretty soon I was into it.. by the end I was dancing.

I started a campaign on Twitter for New Years Day. It was simply sharing a few gift to one person that shared the promotion with others through tweets (Twitter messages). By the end of the day.. we were the top term used on twitter (#Happy09) and had been shared with many thousands

I know one short idea or phrase can change lives. I’ve seen it with the Validation Movie and every day on Twitter.

While you are dancing.. think of someone you can share this with.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

twitter, social media, dancing, happy09, validation

How to Get Anyone’s Attention For the Price of a Book

I spent an hour with the Guerrilla Marketing Association on Wednesday and shared some of my best tips for book marketing and online promotion and publicity with them.

Roger Parker let out one of the tips on his blog

Read that tip, plus Roger’s Free report

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Once the call is completed, there will be a recording at that site.

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How Matt Made Millions From a Simple Formula

Today I’d like to share the story of an client who leveraged a dream into new revenues of millions of dollars, with the formula you can use to model his success.

When I first met Matt Bacak, he was already known as The Powerful Promoter, working with up and coming speakers and authors to draw a crowd or boost their book sales.

Matt developed a formula that would works as a step by step system to generate all the leads a business needs. Over the next couple of years, he took on hundreds of clients, helped them set up his system, a turnkey package that an author or business can use to make sure they never have to chase down business again.

Imagine how you could grow if your prospective clients were contacting you.. asking to buy. It changes everything.

So when Matt told me he was sharing the system in a book, I knew we would have something people would want. We immediately made plans to launch The Ultimate Lead Generation Plan as a #1 best seller.

From December 29-31, 2005 we had millions of emails sent to opt in subscribers on hundreds of email mailing lists. The first day, we shot up to #1 at bn.com, the Barnes and Nobles online store. Thousands bought the book to read about Matt’s system. Thousands got excited by the 207 bonus gifts that were offered from people who purchase the book during that promotion.

When Barnes and Nobles stock was depleted, we switched to Amazon.com.. where the book went to the top as millions more emails were delivered.

A here’s the rest of the story..

You have seen the emails from our partners in these promotions. We regularly put together teams of authors, online entrepreneurs, newsletters and bloggers to launch a new book. The details vary, we add virtual book tours and media appearances and social media marketing to the mix, but the basic principle in a cross promotion is the same. We create buzz of all the partners, and grow together as we launch each best seller book to the market.

I want to tell you about two things that Matt did that resulted in massive success from this promotion:

First off, Matt understood that the book was not the income generating event for this promotion. In fact, donated the proceeds of book sales to Habitat for Humanity. We helped a good charity, and they were happy to let us promote using their name. This resulted in additional sales to readers who were interested in the work of Habitat for Humanity and attracted even more partners to the promotion.

But the biggest benefit to the Habitat connection was that it allowed us to remain focused on the real money making opportunity. The readers of the book were the best prospects for the course Matt taught and the systems his team put in place for authors and businesses. We knew that we would be investing in long term business growth for Matt’s business when he became a best seller.

The second key difference in the promotion for The Ultimate Lead Generation Plan was the tie in to Matt’s sales system.

Each book buyer was given a free consultation with one of Matt’s senior strategists. His whole team cleared their calenders and focused on spending time with any reader who accepted the invitation, providing many times the value of the book.

The results

New Prospects We had thousands register for a package of gifts, before the book hit #1

More Customers Thousands each day of the promotion.. thousands more as word of the event traveled.

Online Recognition New partners and co-promoter started asking to work with Matt and promote his programs

Publicity Matt got additional coverage about the book and the donation to Habitat

Sales Revenues Sales tripled in the first month, and doubled again the next month.

When you put a system in place to allow readers who want more to connect and buy, you will see much more income from those clients than you will ever make on sales of your book. In Matt’s case, we were able to compare the conversion process to other working lead generation systems.

There was a big difference in the quality of the new leads and business. Book buyers were 3-5 times more likely to buy the program and training connected to the book. Once they had made the commitment to Matt and his book, they were more likely to buy, and more likely to get results from the program.

Matt has gone on to author another book that creates leads for his business, and implemented his formula in other businesses with annual revenues in the millions.

I have worked with authors using the formula and our best seller promotions to launch successful businesses around their book, or generate new leads and increased revenues for their existing businesses.

Today, you can’t just call Matt and buy this system. He spends most of his time doing implementation of the formula in his other businesses. However, you can have my Book Marketing Strategy course fore free. Just tell me where you want it at my free book marketing course

If you are on my mailing list, or sign up today. I also have a gift from Matt that will blow you away… I’ve been working with him for the past couple of months behind the scenes, and want you to be the first to see this. As an author, you are a business owner, and this is going to be the easiest business decision you make this year.

Watch my blog from and announcement.. or to make sure you don’t miss out, sign up now for my free book marketing course and you will be on the priority announcement list.

Do You Have People Working To Create Your Wealth?

As you begin to build more wealth, you can be overwhelmed with new projects and ideas

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Do People Know How Great You Really Are?

As you become more successful, you will want to share your expertise with the world, and leverage your personal brand.

Today, that’s best done online

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I wrote a course for authors who want to become best sellers.

• Attract new readers and people
• Sell books and other products
• Zero Cost publicity

If you have a book, are working on a book, dream of writing a book, discover how authors get famous, I invite you to get this course.

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While there are many advantages to becoming a best seller authors, you can achieve more leveraged success in every thing you do when you follow this strategy.

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If Your Are Not A ‘Natural Born Marketer’ – This Will Help

If you are like most of our readers, you are looking for a marketing approach that feels right to you.

Most of the ‘how to’ books out there are full of hyped up strategies that doesn’t really appeal to people who aren’t marketing to other marketers if you know what I mean.

That’s why I’m so impressed with the new book launching today by Joe Vitale and Craig Perrine called, “Inspired Marketing.”

What’s especially interesting is that instead of filling their book with theories, they actually went out and interviewed real people with real success stories in all kinds of businesses.

Whether you are a man or woman, beginner or advanced, artist or seasoned entrepreneur, you will find something to relate to in this book.

Oh, and don’t just go to Amazon.com to get your copy, by the way. Because the book is launching today, you want to go to their site and see all the genuinely cool extras you get from Joe and Craig’s website.

See the book here