02 Mar 10 Thanks Daylynne!
Just a quickie for today…
I thought I’d let you know about something that’s happening on Tuesday March 9th 2010…
I’m doing an adswap with the one & only Daylynne Starr!
“Big deal Cliff”
Agreed, it won’t be the most earth shattering of joint ventures in the Internet Marketing world but to a marketing puppy like myself it really is GOLD! 
“Ok fair point Cliff, how did you manage to swing that then?”
Well, as i mentioned in this post, the first giveaway event I entered was the “Bargain Basement Giveaway” just over a month ago, Which was organised by former students of Alex Jeffreys, Paul Hooper and Daylynne Starr. Ms Starr responded to a forum post of mine regarding giveaways (in Alex Jeffreys’coaching private members forum) and she generously offered a few of us newbies who contributed to her event, an adswap in which she would send emails to twice as many subscribers as us!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not expecting too many subscribers through this swap (my list will probably be no bigger than about 130 by 03/09/10), it’s just a pleasure to be involved with, and learn from a Marketer, who I have so much respect for.
“So who is Daylynne Starr then Cliff?”
Check her out at http://daylynnesblog.com/ and see for yourself. You won’t be disappointed!
Thanks Daylynne!
Until next time…..
Cliff
18 Feb 10 How to Contribute to Giveaway Events…
…And Build Your List in the Process!
Click here for a regularly updated list of giveaway events for you to join.
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Ok, so I’m now a seasoned giveaway contributor….NOT!
I am though, currently contributing to my third giveaway event and my fourth is starting in four days time.
I have gained 50 subscribers to date from these 3 events in 18 days.
“Not Bad Cliff”, I hear you say…
Problem is, 14 of the 50 subscribers have unsubscribed from my list! From what I gather, the unsubscribe percentage rate for giveaway events is higher than average….which, when you think about it, isn’t surprising.
My aim is to have a list of over 100 by the end of Feb from giveaway events.
So, here’s my step-by-step guide to contributing to a giveaway event.
Domain Name
If you haven’t already done so, you will need to register a domain name (preferably www.yourname.com) and build your own Wordpress Blog. Whilst this isn’t essential for contributing to a giveaway, you will need a blog if you’re serious about forging a career in the Internet Marketing niche.
Well are you?
Good! 
You will also need your own space on the internet in order to offer free gifts for your subscribers to download so you may as well get a blog anyway.
I won’t be covering how to set up and build your Wordpress blog in this post but I would advise you to use Namecheap to register your domain and Hostgator to host it.
Namecheap costs around $9.69 per domain, per year and is just about the cheapest there is. Plus you can easily find a discount voucher of $0.88 if you know where to look…
“88 cents? Big deal!”
No it’s not a lot but would soon add up if you were to buy multiple domains.
Just google “Namecheap coupon February (or whatever month it is) 2010″ and you will find the discount voucher. Currently the voucher code is ILUVNC which will expire by March 2010.
If you need assistance in setting up you blog then do as I did and follow Tommy McLaughlin’s Blog Set Up Tutorials
Hosting
I use Hostgator and have absolutely no complaints with their service. I signed up with their “Baby Croc” package, which costs around $90 for the year, which allows for the hosting of unlimited domains for the year. Hostgator are quite simply the industry leader when it comes to domain hosting and their customer service is second to none. I have used their live one-on-one chat facility on 3 occasions now and have been completely satisfied on each occasion.
A 20% discount is available right now by entering the coupon code, “SNOWMAN”. If this doesn’t work by the way then ask Mother Google for help as there usually is a discount coupon available.
Change DNS
“Change what Cliff?”
So you’ve got your domain and hosting sorted. But because you’ve used 2 different companies in this process, you will need to change Namecheap’s Domain Name Servers (DNS) over to Hostgator’s. This isn’t as technical as it sounds and you can view Hostgator’s tutorial video by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
Autoresponder
Ok, you’ve now got your very own space on the internet. Next up is attaining an email marketing autoresponder service to manage your own list of subscribers.
Look no further than AWeber who are the best at what they do. Again, their service isn’t free but it’s hard to imagine being a professional Internet Marketer without an effective autoresponder.
AWeber costs around $16 per month and the first month is only $1
Product for Giveaway
You now need to have a product, or products to offer as gifts in the giveaway event(s) so that you can start to build your list. If you haven’t got your own product, there are plenty of free and low cost eBooks available to use on the internet. Look for products with MRR (Master Resale Rights) or PLR (Private Label Rights). If you haven’t already got them, I have some eBooks with MRR that you could use;
If you decide to get your own product, then take your time finding it, as there is a lot of rubbish out there.
Create Squeeze & Download Pages
This is where i hand over the reins to my friend and former student of Alex Jeffreys, Paul Hooper.
So there you have it….your step-by-step guide to setting up as a contributor to a giveaway event.
Take your time, get it going, and most of all have FUN!
Until next time,
Cliff
PS:
Listed below are links relevant to this post and the video;
Filezilla
Nvu
Namecheap
Hostgator
AWeber
Tommy McLaughlin’s Blog Set Up Tutorials
How to change DNS via namecheap tutorial
Paul Hooper’s Blog
Oh, and if any of this is unclear to you or if i’ve missed something out, then please reply to this post and I will help you out to the best of my ability.
Likewise, please feel free to leave any comments you may have.
08 Feb 10 I’ve Won!
Yes it’s true…
I entered a little competition on fellow Alex Jeffreys student Marcus Passey’s blog about 8 days back now. All that I had to do was leave a comment on his blog post saying why i thought i should win. So i did, and he mailed me back yesterday with the good news.
“What did you win then Cliff?”
Oh yeah…the prize is….an adswap with Marcus Passey
“Congratulations!! What’s an adswap?”
It’s when 2 Internet Marketers (usually with a list of subscribers of similar proportions) form a Joint Venture. They both agree a given date and exchange URLs to their prospective squeeze pages of what it is they want to promote. Then, on the agreed date, they both promote each others products to their list of subscribers. It’s basically a way of increasing and building that all important list.
“I see, so it’s a win/win situation then?”
In theory yes, but it’s obviously very important that both sides of this Joint Venture are completely honest with each other – especially about the size of their lists.
So, as i said, I will be soon doing an adswap with Marcus Passey, as will the following 3 other lucky winners:
- Anthony Smits
- Estani
- Kennon Fort
Well done you guys
My list currently stands at 28 after 8 days of giveaways whilst Mr Passeys was a whooping 2,400 at the beginning of 2010.
Take another look at that.
- My list = 28
- Marcus Passey’s list = 2,400+
And he’s prepared to send 2400 emails out telling his subs about a product that I have on offer for free! (I will, of course return the favour but it’s not quite the same is it?)
Marcus, you’re a true Gent my friend!
What i need to do now is prepare the right product for this adswap as i don’t want to let marcus down and be responsible for anyone unsubscribing from his list.
That’s all for now except, take a look here www.marcuspassey.com to see what he’s all about.
Onwards & Upwards
Cliff
03 Feb 10 Review of Post Launch Profit Secrets by Alex Jeffreys
I’m guessing that, from time to time, on your internet marketing journey, you’ve wasted your precious time after reading, watching or listening to some of the thousands of free information products available on the internet? Yes? Then Post Launch Profit Secrets, a free product from Alex Jeffreys may just be what you need.
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Raising the bar in the free information products niche, Post Launch Profit Secrets contains such potentially valuable content that it truly could be a catalyst for making some serious cash on the world wide web.
The fundamental foundation in all of Alex Jeffreys’ teachings is building a warm, responsive and cash rich list of prospects. You will always hear him repeating the mantra, “The Money is in The List”. He is the number one authority on listbuilding and is sharing all of his secrets so that you can get a start in building your own list.
Within this free audio is some phenomenal information, given to us by Alex. He takes you step by step describing how he discovered this proven money making system. He then goes into great detail about how we can do it for ourselves, without having to spend thousands of dollars, as Alex did to set him on the road of success he is on now.
Along side him on the audio is Michael Cheney who also gives some invaluable insights into the very same money making system that also makes him millions of dollars.
Alex likes to mention the names of the internet marketing gurus that he has met and he’s not shy in letting us know how many vacations he has a year and all of the countries he has visited. But who can blame him? He’s living the dream right now and I find it inspiring.
The information contained within this audio will inspire you if, like me, you need some help in developing a master plan of marketing success. My short term ambition is to use these strategies in order to start building a warm list of prospects and be in a position to send them all an email to make some proper cash.
Wouldn’t you like to be in that position too?
Onwards & Upwards
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03 Feb 10 Giveaway Events Explained
I recently signed up for my first ever giveaway event.
Why?
Because i need to start building my list of subscribers and giveaway events are the best way to get started.
The event i’ve joined is called the Bargain Basement Giveaway and you too can join as a member by clicking on the link. There are just under 400 free downloads available so what are you waiting for? You gotta be quick though as the event is ending Saturday 13th Feb at 3pm CST (whatever that is!).
Still not sure? Want to know more about giveaway events? Then read on.
Giveaway events are a great internet marketing concept for two main reasons;
- They give the contributors an opportunity to build their list of subscribers. And,
- They are a fantastic medium for the signed up member to gather as many free products as he or she can handle – all from one area.
A little bit more detail:
- The organisers of the event let their lists of affilliate marketers know about their upcoming event and invite them to contribute to it.
- The affiliates who decide to join, then have the opportunity to add their free gifts to the event. Normally contributors can add one gift for free or they can upgrade for a small fee (typically between $7 and $17) to add a further two gifts.
- The affilliates then promote the event to their prospective joint venture (JV) partners so that they can contribute if they like. Steps 2 and 3 are then repeated and rinsed out as much and as often as possible in order to get as many contributors as follows. The more JV contributors an affilliate can persuade to sign up = the higher ranked in the event he or she becomes = the more exposure their products will get = the more subscribers to their list.
- When there are 4 days to go before launch, all of the JV contributors will promote the event to their own lists of subscribers. This creates a pre-launch buzz about the event and generates a lot of interest.
- If after 2 days post launch, the JV contributor doesn’t promote the event or is unable to persuade any members to join, he or she will be downgraded from contributor to member = no listbuilding
So to summarise, these giveaway events are cool for the contributors as they offer a fantastic oppotunity to build their list. The members are also happy as they are able to obtain tons of free products – all from one area only!
Onwards & Upwards
If you would like to be regularly updated about contributing to, or becoming a member of these giveaway events then please leave your contact details in the box below and I will personally keep you informed.
26 Jan 10 Training Module 1 – Forward to Basics
So, the first module on the Marketing with Alex coaching course is curiously entitled, “Forward to Basics”.
Forward?
The concept being that to run an online business, or any business come to that, implementing the business basics is a step in the right direction. It’s a step forward. It’s a crucial & fundemental requirement for anyone serious about starting and running a business. The basics are the foundations of a business, without which the business will fail.
So, what kind of basics are we talking about? (In no particular order).
- Plan ahead i.e. have a plan of attack. Not just planning tomorrow or the week ahead – plan the next 12 months. Then break the 12 months down into manageable periods.
- Set yourself business goals and targets. Visualize yourself acheiving those goals and start planning back from that time. For example in 12 months time imagine being able to quit your job. Then track back from that time and imagine where you will be 1 month prior to this – how much will you be earning? What kind of projects will you be working on? How big will your subscriber list be?
- Not just business goals but entrepreneur goals and personal goals too. Holidays? Cars? Skills? Training?
- Identify your constraints to being successful. It is more important to identify what you’re bad at then to realize what you’re good at, as it is these constraints which are holding you back from success. Identify them and take action to improve or remove them.
- K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid. Don’t over complicate things.
- Above all TAKE ACTION!
You get the message i’m sure. There is obviously a lot more to it but it’s quite simply BUSINESS BASICS that we’re talking about here.
“But it’s obvious”, I hear you say…
“Tell me something I don’t already know”.
As Alex says in Module 1, “If you already know this, then why aren’t you a success?”
One of the enjoyable things I have found about Alex’s coaching is his, what I like to call, “ALEXISMS”. He admits himself that they don’t all originate from him but some of them are a joy to behold…
“If you don’t know where you’re going…How are you gonna get there?”
“An idiot with a plan will always beat a genius without one”
“Don’t be a busy fool”
…To name but a few examples of his Alexisms.
Another noteable part of this module is Alex’s continuous reminder about the following popular Internet Marketing Mantra…
“The Money Is In The List”.
If you’re unfamiliar with this concept then read on…
Quite simple really, in Internet Marketing, the most important part is to build a list of “warm” prospects. You then build relationships with them and give them value. You mustn’t take your eye off the ball – keep building the list & building relationships with that list. They come one by one – remember that every person on that list is a real person.
If you want to find out more about Alex’s Listbuilding Secrets then click on the image in the sidebar or Click Here for your FREE eBook.
Last, but not least, I need to thank Alex for recommending the movie “The Secret” which you can view now at TheSecret.TV . It’s a great motivational movie about the “Law of Attraction” and if you haven’t seen this movie then may I suggest that you watch it straight away. Even if you find it difficult to agree with the concept of the Law of Attraction, it is a fantastic motivational tool.
Have a look at the trailer.
That’s it for now. Look out for my next blog about Training Module 2 – Profit Pulling Platform.
Bye for now.
Onwards & Upwards
29 Dec 09 Hello and welcome to my Blog!
Hello and welcome to my first ever Blog and my first ever blog post!
My name is Cliff, I have just turned 40 (ouch that hurt!). I live in Croydon, Surrey in the UK, with my wife and two young sons. I have been trying to make money online, on a part-time basis, for about 5 years now, with little success.
To be honest, up until about last September / October 2009, my online efforts consisted of nothing more than buying & selling whatever i could get my hands on on eBay. I then stepped up my efforts , paid for some eBay coaching videos, took action and started generating a decent 2nd income.
But it wasn’t enough.
Then, in November, whilst researching another eBay Guru, i accidently stumbled upon the concept of Internet Marketing and all of it’s various guises. The first IM “Guru” i found was none other than Alex Jeffreys, a young man from Cardif in the UK. I watched a couple of his promotional videos and was very impressed by him - I think it was because he somehow seemed real to me - I could relate to him. I nearly signed up there and then for one of his products but decided that i needed to do some more research.
I decided not to sign up and then went on a mission to find as much information as possible about Internet Marketing.
That’s right, I didn’t know at the time, but I was ON THE ROAD TO INFORMATION OVERLOAD!
Sound familiar?
If you’re in anyway like me then i’m sure that’s a very familiar place to be. Opt-in list after opt-in list, free eBook after free e-book. You could literally spend the rest of your life researching Internet Marketing and gathering info without really getting anywhere.
So i decided ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
I always had it in the back of my mind that i would check out Alex Jeffreys again – his name stuck in my mind – despite the information overload so I did and found the Marketing with Alex coaching programme.
So here i am, at the beginning of my journey to become an Internet Marketing Superstar (Alex’s words – not mine – but why not eh?).
In the coming weeks & months, I will be blogging about the coaching course as well as any other Internet Marketing subjects that crop up.
Join me on my journey.
Onwards & Upwards.
