Firefox sucks, find out how it could be killing your sales July 23, 2008
Posted by Robert Puddy in : Business , 13 commentsA rant…
Firefox sucks
I know I know..
The debate over Firefox versus Internet Explorer is one that brings out a whole lot of passion from each camp. But let me tell you something I’m sure not a lot of people know.
First let me pre qualify this rant…
I have absolutely nothing against Firefox itself as a browser, personally I hated it, but there are thousands of Im’ers who love the thing and use it religiously.
That’s fine it’s a completely personal choice and we all make them every day. We use a particular tool get used to using it and anything else that comes out isn’t quite the same we all have preferences
So the normal IE versus Firefox is not the issue here
It’s the add ons… and one in particular that’s costs IM"ers thousands of dollars and thousands of subscribers every day.
Because people have no idea of the detrimental effect this add on has to their bottom line and this insidious little add on continues to deprive you of sales and subscribers every day.
In a recent conference room I let rip my feelings over this nasty little add on, and suggested if someone took the time to research and document all the ways it cost you and me money and subscribers I would gladly tell the world about it.
One very sharp individual saw my outburst as an opportunity and did just that, they researched and documented every situation where it cut into your list building and sales.
And in the spirit of my offer that day I want you to go look at the report, The report is free and available for you to use as a list builder giveaway for your self.
And its in everyone’s best interest to get this information out to all you subscribers and members.
So here’s the link to the site
http://robertpuddy.com/reccommends/firefoxsucks
I was so passionate about this I donated a copy of Launch Formula marketing script to help Sunny put this together, I will also be actively recruiting my friends and colleagues to help with the promotion in order to get this into the hands of as many people as possible
Some of the things this nasty little add-on does to hurt you
- stops people seeing your payment buttons (ironically her first customer support ticket was from someone who wanted to purchase the OTO but couldn’t because they had this add on turned on)
- restricts which autoresponder subscribe forms you can use
- totally blocks out payment pages from some payment processors so even if they see your payment button when they click on it they only get a blank white page
Want to know which add on and how to combat it?
visit
http://robertpuddy.com/reccommends/firefoxsucks and help Sunny get the word
out
Tweet your blog and twitter your list July 21, 2008
Posted by Robert Puddy in : Business , 14 commentsTweet My Blog - A Free Twitter Plugin For Wordpress
Ever wondered how you could harness the power of Twitter to drive massive amounts of traffic to your blogs - and how to convert that traffic into cash?
Together with John Merrick, Soren Jordansen have just come up with the perfect solution for you… Their new product called Tweet My Blog.
It’s a Wordpress plugin that makes it super easy to combine the powers of Wordpress and Twitter - driving massive amounts of traffic to your blog.
And the best part… It’s 100% FREE!
TweetMyBlog will automatically…
- Post a tweet whenever you update you blog. The tweet will link back to your blog, driving a ton of interested readers your way.
- Highlight your latest Tweets on your blogs sidebar - increasing your Twitter following.
- Promote your affiliate link on auto-pilot, whenever you use the plugin and sidebar widget. Earn commissions just for posting to your blog.
- This is far more than just another Wordpress plugin - This is a fully fleshed out marketing plan that will put the power of Twitter at your finger tips.
And… Even though they are giving this plugin away for free, you should take a close look at the special offer they have in store for you when join. I know they are very proud of that one and so they should be because it can skyrocket your marketing power when using Twitter and Wordpress.
So here is the link
www.robertpuddy.com/recommends/tweetmyblog
Helping your affiliates to build their own list instead of yours should increase your profits June 22, 2008
Posted by Robert Puddy in : Business , 9 commentsFrustrated with the way some members are not listening and using Traffic exchanges in a completely innapropriate way, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and give Advertising Know How members a purpose built squeeze page to run in traffic exchanges with a product I sell for $47 as the hook.
If they use it, then they cant help but build there own list, and i’m even supplying the AR series for them to put into their autoresponder. Over the years I find I pay out the most in affiliate commissions to those people who have a list of their own.
So the new affiliate links instead of promoting Advertising Know-How now promotes the members own list building, kinda goes against the grain of all other affiliate programs out there by not promoting my site directly.
But giving them a way to build a list of their own should mean my affiliates will sell more of my products, So I made it go live today lets see if I’m crazy or a genius
Here is the sample url to the new link you have in your affiliate tool box
Build your list with this exclusive affiliate page in Advertising Know-How
To take advantage of this new exclusive AKH strategy you need to log in and read the new welcome page, and add in your autoresponder code, press save then click on the link to the affiliate tool box to get the link to your new list building page.
Remember you can use this list to promote any product you wish to, promoting AKH is not compulsary, you can use the squeeze page and the special gift to build a list to promote what ever you want to. We do hope some of you choose to promote AKH using the 7 pre written emails that you will also find in the affiliate tool box area.
Good luck with your list building
Robert Puddy
Internet marketing is a game so play to win June 9, 2008
Posted by Robert Puddy in : Business , 11 commentsThere is an old adage in offline sales that every sales manager worth his salt will use to judge his sales force… “If your not getting complaints and cancelations your not pushing hard enough” and its true online too. Here’s another little tidbit…
YOU CANT WIN EM ALL, SO USE THE METHODS THAT GET THE HIGHEST SCORE
(disclaimer i’m talking legal methods)
Want another one…
Dont make the customers mind up for him, you dont know him/her so dont presume they cant afford it, or dont need it, or dont want it. And don’t presume because they said no to the first offer they wont be interested in the next offer because in In selling no doesnt mean no forever it just means you haven’t made the right offer yet. So keep making offers untill the customer either buys or leaves the site. Even if they do purchase your first offer dont presume they dont want the upgrade or the kewl add on that goes with it etc etc.
Its not your job to make the customers mind up for them, its your job to keep selling to them, if you were a salesman offline working for an employer you would soon lose your job if you didnt hit targets and quota’s. Its the same with online marketing, if a prospect is on your website then its your job to sell them as many of your products as you can persuade them to buy.
Once while training a new salesman for the company I worked for I watched him get up 5 times from a presentation because the customer said no, 5 times I countered the objection and the end result was the prospect became a customer and bought 2 units for every workshop he operated from (and he had 3 locations making 6 sales in all). Had the trainee got up and left at the first no then that sale wouldn’t have been made.
If you never get cancelations then you wern’t pushy enough, make the sale deal with buyers remorse afterwards. If you let go to early yes you wont get to many complaints but conversly you will have left some sales behind that would have been fine if you had only pushed a little harder.
Robert
PS: If your a member of my forum at http://forumknowhow.com we have a thread there discussing this blog post so hop on over and join in, once you left a comment here of course 
