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Its Monday… Sunday went by in a blur and I’m not sure where most of today went either. So who and what do we have in store for you in Bristol?

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We have me of course

Donna Fox the persuasion queen, who is going to give you the skills to communicate and persuade your prospects and visitors into buying your products.

Robert Puddy who is going to teach you everything about driving traffic, and building a list – Including a five minute strategy for building a super-targeted list of eager buyers in under 17 days.

Amit Mehta the lead instructor for PPC classroom Amit has been responsible for over 3 million in sales and it only takes a couple of hours a day to implement.

Jennie Armato Head Coach & Trainer Web Business Academy… This is my secret weapon… Jenny is going to Teach this old dog some new tricks. All this web 2.0 social networking stuff is a mystery, its easy to let it eat up your time. Jenny will show you and me how to turn it into a traffic generation power house.

And not to forget our two special guests Simon Hodgkinson and Tahir Shah, two Brits who absolutely love our vision of empowering more Brits and Europeans to be succesful online. So we can have a shift in revenue, be real nice for the US marketers to send more dollars to the UK and Europe

Plus of course 80 Uk and European marketers here in your own back yard to JV with and help each other grow.

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There are just 20 places left for this event and only 5 Vip Dinner and mastermind seats left, this is important because on Friday we have to give the hotel the final minimum number, after that the price of a ticket will rise to its full price $497!

4 days to get the early bird price of $197, and I reckon less than 24 hours to guarantee a seat at the VIP dinner and mastermind session.

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Oh yes the who your not going to meet…

You are not going to meet negative people who don’t understand what your trying to achieve. Its so empowering to speak to a whole hotel full of people who know what an autoresponder is!

See you in Bristol!
- Soren Jordansen

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Oh it’s been a long time since I have posted here (hint, if you have a blog you are supposed to write on it)… But I’ve been very busy getting Instant Banner Creator done and launched.

Anyway, I finally found the time to write a post… and that give me the chance to wish you all a Merry Christmas

I know we are all busy getting ready for the holiday season (and I have a Christmas party tonight), so I’ll keep this short and sweet, with just a few news and updates.

As I mentioned Instant Banner Creator just launched and it has been a massive success so far. Well over 10,000 members in the first week, and we have been getting some raving reviews. If you haven’t created your free account yet, you should go take a look… I really think we succeeded in creating the easiest way for you to make your own professional looking graphics.

It’s been an amazing year for Dragon Surf, we celebrated our two year anniversary earlier this month. The new Super Surf partnership with the 4 other exchanges have really kicked things into high gear… And we should hit 35,000 members tomorrow on Christmas eve (what a nice present).

Speaking of Super Surf – we have some big Christmas promotions scheduled, starting tomorrow on the 24th. Basically we want to give you more credits, bigger bonuses and better deals – so you can save time and spend it with your family during the holidays. Watch out for the emails and log in to your Dragon Surf over Christmas. We’re also adding a new feature to the 5 Super Surf exchanges… Popping Balloons will hit a computer near you this Christmas

And finally… I want to mention my Internet Marketing Success Formula. This site is 4 months old now, but still spreading like wild fire. If you haven’t grabbed your free copy yet, you can get it here. Print it out, read it and make business plans for 2009 while you digest all the lovely Christmas food.

That’s it for now, I’m off to enjoy that party… But before I go, I want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

- Soren Jordansen

With the launch of my new Tweet My Blog, I have received a lot of questions from my readers and members. These question generally fall into two categories:

1) What is Twitter and why should I use it?
2) How can I use Twitter to promote my internet marketing business?

I have found a great video that explains the first question, you can watch it here:

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And now for explaining the marketing bit…

First of all, as the video above states, Twitter is a place where you can let people know what you are doing, in between emails and blog posts. This will help your members, customers and prospects put a face on you as the marketer. They can relate to the things you are posting and feel like they are getting to know you.

Building a solid relationship with your readers will do wonders for you bottom line. Twitter is especially powerful if you engage in conversations with your followers. Make them feel like they are part of your community, like they are special – and you are on your way to getting customer loyalty for life.

Twitter is also a very powerful way to get noticed by leaders in your industry. You want to seek out people in your industry who are more successful than you are, and add them to the list of people your are following.

When they post at Twitter, you can reply to their tweets and they will be able to read it. Don’t spam them, you need to add to the conversation, offer your help on something, or post an intelligent question. If you do this the right way these “industry leaders” will start to notice you, and remember you – and trust me that’s a great thing

Also sometimes these “industry leaders” will reply to you, and that is where the fun begins… All their followers will see that they have found you worth talking to, and they now have the chance to go check out your Twitter page and start following you. You are in other words becoming “famous by association”, and you can really pick up a lot of new Twitter followers this way.

And then you can of course use Twitter to make announcements to your followers for example when you have put up a new post on your blog. That’s where Tweet My Blog enters the picture. It will automatically ping Twitter every time you post at your blog. And the Tweet My Blog widget will help grow your Twitter following on auto pilot.

Just to sum it up… you can use Twitter to direct traffic back to your blog or site and it can be very powerful for that, especially when you build a huge following. But you have to use Twitter as a networking tool. Don’t just spam your links to the world – engage in conversations, network, build relationships and post tweets that have some value. If you do that, chances are that a lot of people will click your links when you do post a “marketing tweet”.

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Pat Marcello shot a great video about my new Tweet My Blog plugin yesterday. It show you just how simple it is to install and use this Twitter plugin on your Wordpress blog. You can watch the video here:

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What the heck is Derek Gehl up to NOW?!

I got a message from him the other day that was pretty vague, but mentioned something about a revolutionary new training system that he and his team of experts have been working on.

Now I’m *always* interested in what Derek is up to, so I called my “mole” at his company (yep, I know someone who works for Derek, and occasionally I call him for extra insight. Shhh! )

Anyway…

My mole told me that Derek had a couple of his experts holed up with him in their video training center for WEEKS, where they’ve been busy creating an extremely comprehensive, step- by-step video training system.

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And the best part?

This new series is based on BeBiz, the business building system that helps you create a completely automated, hands-free Internet business, including a professional-looking website, a top-quality salesletter, and a payment system that sends profits straight to your inbox.

(Just so you know, my mole mentioned that, at a recent company-wide meeting, Derek revealed that BeBiz has become their MOST successful system EVER!)

What else did I learn?

Well, it seems Derek’s ALSO planning to include FREE use of the BeBiz software with this new training system… and he’s even throwing in THREE months of FREE one-on-one consultations with his team of marketing experts.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t squeeze the price for this new video system out of my mole, but really, it sounds like a few thousand dollars worth of value to me!

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The results from my big internet marketing survey are ready – and as promised I’m going to share them with you along with my comments, tips and suggestions… I surveyed all my internet marketing related lists, and the sample size and response rate should be big enough to consider the data statistically valid – and thus applicable to most lists.

As mentioned before I will use the data (and comments) as the base for an article series here on the blog, but more on that later.

First lets take a look at the questions, the results and what they could mean…

How long have you been involved with internet marketing?

6 Months or Less = 22.30%
6 Months to 1 Year = 22.30%
1 to 2 Years = 22.30%
2 to 5 Years = 21.19%
5 Years or More = 12.27%

No real surprise here, the numbers are pretty evenly spread out, and I have seen similar results before. If anything, it shows us that internet marketing is still in its infancy and thousands of new people are joining our ranks each day… I have heard a lot people say that marketing to the “internet marketing niche” is hard, the market is saturated etc. I completely disagree. I think this is the easiest niche to master, especially if you are relatively new to the game… What do you think?

Are you working full time online?

Yes I’m full time and I make a “full time income” = 7.43%
I’m full time online, but I don’t make a “full time income” = 34.57%
No, I have a job so I’m part time online = 57.99%

Not surprising either, when you consider the stats above – after all you don’t just waltz in an create a full time income overnight. It did however surprise me to see the high number of full time marketers, not making a full time income. I have thought about this, and my guess is that the number includes a lot of “stay at home” moms and dads. They may not desperately need to create another full time income for the household, but they would like to. Would love some comments from people in that category

What is your income goal – why are you in internet marketing?

To make a bit of extra cash to help make ends meet = 10.78%
I want to create an extra stream of income (but keep my job) = 7.43%
I want to create an income that will let me quit my job = 54.28%
I want to be filthy rich = 27.51%

This did surprise me… a lot! I thought (and have been told) that most people who get involved in internet marketing are just interesting in making a bit of extra cash, thus falling in one of the first two categories. As it turns out the vast majority wants to quit their JOB, go full time online and be filthy rich (yeah, I know we all want that).

So, that’s what people want… But what are they actually making?

What is your monthly income from internet marketing?

Zero, zilch, nada, nothing = 50.19%
Less than $500 = 38.66%
$500 – $1,000 = 6.32%
$1,001 – $2,500 = 2.60%
$2,501 – $5,000 = 0.37%
$5,001 – $10,000 = 0.37%
Over $10,000 = 1.49%

Can’t say that the numbers surprise me, but they sure do scare me… Over 50% not making a single cent. The number is too high to fend off with a “it’s all the newbies” comment, so there must be something else at play. And this is interesting… if you correlate the numbers with the “full time” question, you will see that quite a few people consider $500-$1000 a month a full time income. Guess it could be depending on where you live, it wouldn’t be in Denmark. What would you consider to be a full time income?

That was a bit about what people are earning and what they would like to earn. Now lets look at some of the probable causes.

Do you have your own website or blog?

Yes = 71.00%
No = 29.00%

This used to be the “Holy Grail” of internet marketing, in order to make money you need to have your own website and domain. While I can’t argue that it’s still important to have your own site, the numbers clearly show that it’s not enough. We need something else and I think the two next questions will give us the answer.

Are you building your own email list?

Yes = 58.36%
No = 41.64%

Now we’re on to something (not that it surprises me at all). There is a definite correlation between building a list and making an income online, and it’s crystal clear when you look at this…

How many subscribers do you have on your email list?

I’m not building a list = 29.74%
Less than 500 = 52.04%
500 – 1,000 = 4.83%
1,001 – 2,500 = 6.69%
2,501 – 5,000 = 1.86%
5,001 – 10,000 = 1.86%
More than 10,000 = 2.97%

Hmmm… first of all the number of people “not building a list” does not match the previous question. My guess is that a lot of people have tried building a list but gave up because they did not see immediate results, and thus they fall into the less than 500 subscribers category. Anyone got a comment on that, or a better guess?

Other than that the numbers are fairly conclusive. I would bet my entire business that almost all the people not making money online fall into the 0-500 subscribers bracket. The “high” earners (or maybe I should just say earners) correspond well to the lists sizes – however it does look like a few people with larger lists are failing to monetize them to their full potential.

Do you own/sell your own products or programs?

No, I’m only promoting products as an affiliate = 65.43%
No, but I plan to create a product of my own soon = 18.22%
Yes, I sell my own products and services = 16.36%

While intesting, I don’t think this question offers any conclusive data. You don’t have to create your own products/programs to make money online, there are a lot of people making a killing just with affiliate marketing – But (yes you guessed it) these people are building a list.

However, having your own products does make it a lot easier to take your internet marketing income to the next level. It also gives you leverage to utilize JVs, affiliates, integrated marketing etc. But if you look at the numbers there are a lot of people with their own products, who aren’t making any significant income – I’ll just jump on my soap box again and say, probably because they haven’t been building a list.

What are your favorite traffic generation methods?

This was very evenly spread out, no clear winner, and a lot of different ways to drive traffic to your site. If anything, we can conclude that it doesn’t matter much where the traffic is coming from – what matters is what you do with that traffic, and to be more specific how you adapt your marketing funnel to the traffic source in question. It was also very encouraging to see that most people don’t put all their eggs in one basket.

However, there was a slight tendency for traffic exchanges and safelists to rank high for most people. Doesn’t surprise me when you look at some of the other numbers. They are free to low cost traffic generation methods, readily available to the newbie.

If you have an affiliate program, don’t underestimate this… Provide affiliate tools optimized for safelists and traffic exchanges. It’s what a large % of your affiliates use, and if you don’t you are missing out on sales.

Which affiliate network do you prefer?

I tossed this last question in out of idle interest, but the numbers where pretty conclusive – most people prefer Clickbank, probably because it’s so easy to use (both as affiliate and vendor). PayDotCom came in as a strong #2. Hmmm… Do you prefer Clickbank and why? Does that also apply when you are buying products?

Now on to the conclusion…

Your average subscriber is!

If you are in the internet marketing niche, your average subscriber (and/or website visitor) is:

1. Fairly new to the game (less than a years experience)
2. Working a full time JOB and doing IM part time
3. Looking to replace the JOB with a full time IM income
4. Not building a list
5. And thus failing to make any money from IM

So it would be a very safe bet to focus your product/newsletter on teaching newbies (from scratch), how to create that “job quitting” full time income online – And you need to do it by showing them how to build a list and how to monetize said list. There are a lot for fads and buzz words in this industry, but that is really what it all boils down to.

Also, if you have your own products and affiliate programs – helping your users to get that first sale, get the ball rolling on the list building etc. Will very likely generate some very loyal customers, and affiliates who are happy to promote you.

Keep in mind that your affiliate toolbox can give them the best emails in the world and tell people to mail them to their list. It doesn’t really matter, because most of your affiliates can’t use them – you need to provide tools and services that will help the 97% who aren’t making any sales. The cynical voice will say: “If you help them build a list, they will be better affiliates anyway”.

Side note: My good friend Mike Paetzold recently did a similar survey of his list. His results and findings match mine extremely well, you can read about Mike’s results here.

What you want me to write about

As I said I want to do an article series based on this survey, and I asked people a) what they would consider their biggest IM problem, and b) what they would like me to write about.

I was extremely happy to see the responses… The vast majority have no illusions, they know where they are failing. So they want to know how to build a list and how to monetize the process and the follow ups. Great, that just happens to be my field of expertise

Here’s what I will do

I will write a series of step-by-step articles for this blog. Based on the comments and results of the survey, they will be targeted towards the beginner, but there will be something in it for every level. It’s going to be the A-Z of building a list and using it to generate income online. Here’s a rough outline of what I’m going to write about.

1. How to set up your squeeze page and monetize the whole sign up process
2. How to write a killer follow up series and how to make money from it
3. How to drive traffic to your squeeze page and make it convert
4. Advanced traffic generation methods and even more profit
5. How to take it to the next level and become “filthy rich”

Should be good, so stay tuned for that… If you are on my list you will receive and email as soon as I complete each step-by-step article. If you aren’t on my list you can sign up at the top right of this page (and you can also subscribe to this blog’s RSS feed). When the article series is done I will compile it into an ebook and if you are on my list you get to download a free copy. You can then use it as a giveaway to build your own list (I’ll probably make it rebrandable).

In closing

Thanks for reading this post, I now it was bit long, but I hope there was some useful information in it for you. Please leave a blurb below if you have any question or comments – Suggestions for, and comments on, my coming article series are also very welcome – thanks

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We had another great live training session with Russell today. We were talking about the value added business and that touched on a few things I have been discussing with a few other marketers this week – So, I felt I needed to write another post and share my take on this. But before we get started…

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The foundation of the value based business model, and thus Russell’s opening line today: “People will pay more money for the same content packaged in different ways!”

Russell gave his own free DVD as an example. He gives that away for free and it basically contains everything his company teaches. However some of his customers are happy to pay more to get the same information delivered through different methods – all the way up to getting the content delivered via private 1 on 1 coaching.

The Ascension Model

This is what I usually refer to as the sales funnel… In order to maximize your income, you set your products and services up to have different levels provides different content – By the way, this also applies to affiliate marketing:

1. You have a free (or low cost) entry point to you business – This could for example be delivering a free ebook or report
2. Next level (and price point) could be to offer the information via audio files, and probably adding even more content.
3. The you could expand your content and deliver it via video – maybe add step by step video tutorial videos.
4. You can keep adding levels (at higher price points), up to offline seminars, 1 one 1 consultation, or total “we do it all for you solutions” etc.

And this is not confined to levels within the same product. You can use the ascension model or sales funnel to create a tier system of related products or sevices, related to you entry point. The key is to deliver value and results on each level so people will be happy to purchase the next level – under promise and over deliver is a great concept for any business.

The concept ties in with something we have been discussing in the traffic exchange community this week – namely owners launching traffic exchange after traffic exchange without any real difference. These owners are basically shooting themselves in the foot and dilluting their own business model in exchange for some quick “launch money”.

What they should be doing instead is, following the “Ascension Model” – keep building their traffic exchange (their entry point), and then create additional related services and products – that people would be happy to buy, because they are happy with what they are getting from the traffic exchange. You can read more about the traffic exchange discussion in Jon Olson’s Hitexchange News.

Adding Value To Your Affiliate Promotions

Russell also mentioned a very cool example. He was talking about Anik Singal and how he promoted a product called Traffic Equalizer. Basically Anik offered anyone who bought the product, through his link, a set of tutorials on how to use the product. Anik was adding value to the product in order to increase his conversion rate – but here’s the clever bit – he then took the list of people who bought the product from him, and offered them even more tutorials and coaching. He ended up creating his own ascension model around an affiliate program, and made a lot more from the promotion than most of the other affiliates.

The Right Way To Find JV Partners

During the last part of today’s session we were discussing the easiest ways to get traffic and build your list (maybe most effective ways is a better term) – Anyway, there is no doubt that it’s join ventures, swapping thank you page ads, auto responder messages and email promotions.

Russell had some great points about how to get JV partners, and this also happens to be pet peeve of mine as well… Don’t just run around emailing people and telling them how much money they can make promoting you product, that does not work – You need network with people, get on their radar – do something for them without necessarily asking for something in return. Here are a few things you can do:

1. Read their blog and post (relevant) comments
2. If they have a forum, join it and be a contributing part of the community
3. Buy their product, let them know how much you like it, maybe write them a nice (and honest) testimonial
4. Offer to help them with something, you might have skills they are missing
5. Promote their products – that’s a surefire way to get someones attention.

If you follow that approach you will find it a whole lot easier to recruit JV partners – give and you shall receive

Anyway I think I need to round this post off now – this was a short recap of + my take on some of the stuff Russell covered in today’s free live video training. He has another session scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday May 24th) at 11am EST – I highly recommend that you show up, the content is awesome. If you sign up from the page below you will also get access to the replays of the previous training sessions.

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To your affiliate marketing success,
~ Soren Jordansen

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