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September 26, 2005
Thanksgiving Seminar In North Carolina
Here's a nice seminar sponsored by some very sharp individuals.
It's in Charlotte, North Carolina in November.
Focus4TheFuture no limits thanksgiving seminar, first 50
people get free rooms and the chance to Sit down to dinner
with Craig Perrine, Gary Ambrose, Mike Filsaime Joe Robson
and Joel Comm Limited seating book now!
Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.
Willie
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For A Greater Cause - Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser - September 27th!
Here's an easy way to help out the Hurricane Katrina victims and improve your internet marketing at the same time!
http://www.foragreatercause.org
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September 20, 2005
Can You Really Strike Gold Online
Here's an excellent article by Jim Edwards.
Read and head...
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Can You Really "Strike Gold" Online?
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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I guess human nature leads us to this about every 30 - 50
years.
As a history major, I studied the gold rush of 1849, the
19th century oil booms, the stock market hustles of the late
1920's, the get rich-quick mail order schemes of the 1950's
and 60's and now the "Internet" gold rush of the late 1990's
and early 21st century.
When people perceive someone else getting rich with little
or no effort, they jump on the band wagon seeking fame and
fortune.
In reality, in any "gold rush," the ones who really get rich
represent the exception.
Unfortunately, people perceive those "exceptions" as the
rule, rather than the special cases they actually represent.
But, if you're bound and determined that you can be one of
the "chosen few" who get rich online, the following tips
will save you years of frustration.
** Little Oil Wells **
Don't try to get rich online with one gold
or oil "strike!"
Most people I know who do very well online
operate multiple websites targeting multiple niche markets.
They sell many products and make their money by creating
multiple streams of income rather than depending on a single
website to stake their claim for online riches.
** Solve Problems **
People go online to solve problems.
Whether they need to improve their job interview skills or
find a winter coat and hat for their Chihuahua, they want to
find products or knowledge they don't currently possess.
The more pressing the problem, the easier and faster these
people will buy.
The easiest way to make a fortune online involves finding
the most severe problems you can and charging for the
solutions.
** Sweat, Not Money **
Most people want to throw money at a problem and hope that
will get them what they desire.
This fact keeps the "get-rich-quick" schemers in business.
However, the best way to make money online involves getting
your hands dirty, learning a market inside and out,
discovering what they want to buy and why, and then selling
it to them.
Contrary to popular belief, throwing money at a problem
often won't solve it.
** Don't Compete **
The fastest way to make a fortune online involves persuading
other people to sell your product or service for you as an
affiliate.
However, nobody sells a product or service for someone they
perceive as "competition."
You must position your product or service in such a way that
others will eagerly promote it for you because they see you
as someone who complements what they already offer.
** Wants vs. Needs **
Circus and publicity guru, P.T. Barnum, expressed it best,
"People will spend their last nickel to have fun!"
People always find a way to buy what they want, but often
avoid spending on what they need.
** The Underwear Myth **
The "make money in your underwear at the kitchen table
working only 1 or 2 hours a day" represents the biggest
crock of !@#$% ever foisted on the public.
Anyone I know who makes a lot of money at anything, busts
their buns to get their projects off the ground.
Once they get a business up and running, it might only take
a couple of hours a day or week to keep it running, but they
worked their fingers to the bone to get things rolling.
And the real secret to their success: they repeat the
process over and over again!
--
Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-
step and click-by-click how to finally create your own
money-making mini-sites...
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Your OWN Moneymaking 'Mini' Websites... Without Being a
Computer Geek, Buying Expensive Software, or Paying
Outrageous Fees To A Webmaster!"
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September 19, 2005
Hurricane Katrina's Impact On Smaller Towns
Miguel Llanos and David Friedman, 2 MSNBC reports
have a nice blog here where they report on some of
the Katrina disaster not receiving as much coverage.
They check out more of the small towns, etc.
You can check it out here:
http://katrinablog.msnbc.com/2005/09/small_blessings.html#comments
With Rita bearing down upon the keys, these stories show that
you don't really know who along the Gulf Coast will be affected.
Willie
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September 18, 2005
A Spam-proof, Virus Proof Email System?
Here's an email system that I recently started
experimenting with as a way to cut down on spam.
This system ONLY allows you to receive email from
other users of the system. Those users have to be
on your approved list in order for messages from
them to get through.
I see this as ideal for a close network of friends,
and business partners that you want to make sure
that you never miss an email from.
I didn't see a practical way to use this with say...
a mailing list or ezine since each subscriber would
have to be a user of the system, and add you to their
approved list.... although I guess that's possible.
There is a small annual fee for using the system, but
if you need an email box that is absolutely spam free,
check this out. I'll likely use it primarily with
consulting clients and partners I'm working on large
projects with.
Willie
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Have You Taken The Ethical Business Pledge
I have. I'm part of movement to get 25,000 business people to adhere to the highest ethical level. Read more about it here, and maybe take the pledge too.
Willie Crawford
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September 14, 2005
Triple C Workshop - Participate From The Comfort Of Your Own Home!
I did a workshop with Becky Hagel about a year ago. It was EXCELLENT. Here's some background and news of her next workshop!
Have you ever bought an ebook or online course thinking this was finally going to be your meal ticket -- the holy grail of making money online -- but time passed and you sadly realized nothing had changed? You still had a job because your website sure wasn't paying the bills.
If this sounds familiar, you're not alone.
But things are about to change for you. And it all goes back to a rant Rebecca Hagel had about a year ago. I've copied and pasted her brilliant brainstorm below:
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"I'm tired of the hype and scams online. Seems like every two-bit marketer who can put a sentence together is peddling their own "guru" ebook. That would be fine if these "gurus" had ever made a dime online...other than selling these how to get rich books!
The other problem is that even the good stuff goes to waste. People buy $1500 courses and then never open the UPS box! Ebooks gather virtual dust. Seminars give a superb show with a jam-packed weekend of ideas and a shot of motivation, but that too fades away when the marketer gets home.
So no matter what route an aspiring marketer takes, they can't win.
Screw that. There's a better way. And I'm going to prove it.
Here's my idea: an intensive ten-week, hands-on product creation and marketing workshop where I work closely with every student to build their business and custom-tailor their marketing plans. Plus I'll bring in a whole bunch of experts to do live teleconferences on topics like copywriting, product launches, multi media tools, tracking and testing, product creation and more.
The students simply can't fail because I'll personally make sure they walk away from the workshop with their own niche product and website... And maybe a profit!
Maybe I'm nuts. I mean no one else is doing anything like this. No one else guides their clients through the entire process!
But that's the problem -- those selling ebooks *expect* their customer to go from reading their ebook to making a mint, and it's just not happening. There are too many missing links.
If people have a coach like me who's "been there, done that" -- and is ready to show them how to do it too -- I KNOW they'll succeed.
What do you think?"
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Needless to say, I thought the workshop was a fantastic idea.
The good news is that Rebecca's made this idea a reality. And due to the high demand of this unique and successful workshop, she's already done it twice. Starting October 6th, you can take part in her third (and perhaps final) Triple C Workshop.
She's got a great guest speaker line-up, tons of interviews, weekly lessons, chat sessions on the phone, and more... All of this aimed at keeping her promise that you'll walk away from this workshop with product and the tools and know-how needed to start earning a living online.
This is the best deal I've seen in a long time. Go get your seat now before they're all gone...
https://paydotcom.com/r/1941/williec/30091/
Cheers,
Willie
P.S. If you're serious about getting your business off the ground this fall, don't wait another moment! Register now because seats will go fast:
https://paydotcom.com/r/1941/williec/30091/
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September 08, 2005
My Personal Creed - Best Expessed By The Prayer of St. Francis
Many years ago, I actually established a creed and
mission statement for my business. It was the prayer
of St. Francis. Many of my friends and students
will agree that it's pretty ambitious,but I believe
it's what God wants me to aim for.
Where I fall short, I need for YOU to remind me!
Here is my creed and St. Francis' Prayer:
Lord, make me a channel of thy peace,
that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
that where there is error, I may bring truth;
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
that where there is despair, I may bring hope;
that where there are shadows, I may bring light;
that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted;
to understand, than to be understood;
to love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.
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September 07, 2005
Reprint Rights Scams And Shams
Reprint Rights Scams And Shams
Copyright 2005 by Willie Crawford
The Internet marketing landscape is littered with the
profitless websites of those buying worthless reprint
rights packages! They buy these rights, put up a
website, and scratch their heads in bewilderment when
the sales don't come rolling in.
Yes, you can make a lot of money with reprint rights.
I've earned a small fortune with them.
However, you have to know what you're doing. It's not as
easy as the ads lead you to believe. Most of those I
consult with who've purchased reprint rights products
haven't had much success with them… At least not until
I show them what they're doing wrong.
The problem is that most of the people in Internet
marketing most-likely to buy reprint rights DON'T know
how to market the products. Most of the old-timers have their
own products that they are promoting. So they ignore
reprint rights. Therefore, most of the reprint rights
products are purchased by beginners and intermediate
marketers... who have trouble selling these products.
They are told that it's as easy as just plugging in
your Paypal or other payment link and collecting the
cash. It's NOT.
Most newbies buy reprint rights for the wrong reason.
They see a huge package with a product list so long that
they never even finish reading the description before they
whip out their credit cards. The sheer size of the package
overwhelms them, beating them into pressing that order
button.
When considering buying reprint rights, you need to look
VERY closely at what's in the package. How old is the
information? How many others are selling it to your market?
Are these same products being sold dirt cheap on Ebay
or even being given away?
Many of the reprint rights products I see advertised are
also 'flawed,' and that why I call them "scams or shams."
Many of these product are being offered as reprint rights
BECAUSE they no longer sell as stand-alone products. It's
a way for the product creator to breathe new life into a
dying product.
Many of these products were created just to offer TO
those looking for reprint rights products, and to produce
backend sales. They come with cookie cutter websites,
and copy so poor that your visitors will laugh at you if
you use it. If you just use those products/websites as-is,
you'll have a very difficult time making a profit.
It's not entirely impossible to profit from these
products, but you often need to repackage them and
bundle them with other products. A perfect example of
how I did this can be seen at: http://WriteACookbook.com
Most of the bonuses I offer from that site were GIVEN
to me with reprint rights. I combined them with an
existing product, tripled the price, and more than
DOUBLED my sales!
Some of the products offered as bonuses from the site
above are also sold as stand-alone products. In every
case, I revised the poorly-written sales pages.
Provided the product contains current and accurate
information, you can sometimes get some very good products
in reprints rights packages. I'll show you how to sell
these products in a second.
Please don't think I'm completely down on reprint rights
products. I've conducted several tele-seminars on how to
profit from them. The recordings from one of these
tele-seminars is available at my website at:
http://amazingprofitsbuyingandsellingreprintrights.com/
I teach people how-to profit from reprint rights!
When you buy a reprint rights product take the time to
actually look through the product, and verify the accuracy
of the information it contains. Otherwise, you may be
selling out-dated and inaccurate information. In that case
you should sense a personal ethical dilemma. If you're
putting your name on it, you should care that your
customers are getting good information.
Bad information that gets passed "from generation to
generation" dooms a lot of online businesses.
Now, when trying to market reprint rights products, most
newbies face two problems:
1) They have no traffic.
2) The poorly written site doesn't convert.
The traffic problem is fairly easy to solve quickly and
inexpensively. The thing I advise most clients to do
is:
1) Use pay-per-click search engines.
2) Write lots of articles with the resource boxes
pointing back to your target website.
I cover how I implement this 2-pronger strategy in another
one of my articles called "Amazing Secrets of A Traffic
Generation Master." You can read that article at:
http://williecrawford.com/traffic-generation-master.html
In that article, I also show how blogging can generate a LOT
of traffic in a short timeframe.
Another strategy for effortlessly marketing products
your have reprint rights to is to set them up on
Clickbank, and allow Clickbank affiliates to sell them
for you. If you have the right, you want to modify
the product, and create a unique product/package if you
are going to do this. Always confirm this doesn't
violate your resale rights agreement.
You essentially want to create a NEW product from the
old one if you're going to use the Clickbank strategy.
Even if others are selling the same or similar product,
and read the Clickbank strategy here, you have nothing
to worry about. 99.99% who read this won't implement
it. They will have just read an absolutely brilliant
idea, and then they will continue searching for a
non-existent easier way :-)
The other major problem you may face is that the sales copy,
or website, provided with the reprint rights is extremely
poorly written. Here you either need to revise it yourself
or hire someone to revise it for you. It may only need a
little work. In rare cases, you may even get a salespage that
will make you sales. This is something you need to test.
Read through the salespage provided first and ask yourself
if you'd buy the product from that page. If not, you need
to revise it. If you’re not a copywriter, you need to learn this
skill. I mastered it through Yanik Silver’s home-study course
that you’ll find at: http://www.ultimateonlinecopymanual.com
Yanik was selling very expensive medical equipment to doctors
as a teenage - via mail order - so Yanik understands copywriting!
His home-study course is very comprehensive.
The bottom line is that when you buy one of these reprint
rights packages, it will rarely be ready to go. You
will often need to refine the product. Then you will need
to do a lot of promoting, just like with any other
product. Buy these packages with this understanding. If
you buy them with any other expectation, you're setting
yourself up to be scammed.
Willie Crawford consults with some of the most successful
direct marketers on the Internet. Grab a copy of the
somewhat controversial ebook that he considers required
reading for all his clients at: http://WhyJerksWin.com
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Send Our Cards
Send out cards, at http://SendOutCards.com had now become the #1 business that I recommend to people looking to start an online or homebased business.
If you've seen our television commercials, you understand why.
Need more information? Contact me about Send Out Cards, or just visit my site here: http://SendOutCards.com/willie
NOTE: This company is only currently accepting representatives in the United States.
Willie Crawford
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September 06, 2005
Best of eBay is Open for Business!
I just got the okay from Dave Lovelace to swing open
the doors and let YOU in to be one of the first to
get your hands on the Best of eBay Limited Edition
Auction Toolkit!
The countdown starts right now and expires at midnight
on Monday, September 12.
7 days from now, the dust will settle and the cowboys
and cowgirls will have left Dodge ... and the fat cow
will begin to sing.
Some will get left behind holding the cow chip. What
will YOU be holding?
:: The clock is ticking ::
Go here right now:
The Best Of Ebay
Good luck,
Willie Crawford
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CNN Correspondents Blogging After Hurricane Katrina
You get an idea of how big and main stream blogging has become when you see that CNN has set up one for it's correspondents covering Hurricane Katrina.
You'll find the CNN Hurricane Katrina Blog here.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/05/scene.blog/index.html
Willie
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September 05, 2005
Helping Hurricane Katrina Victims
Both the Red Cross and The Salvation Army have special funds set up to help the Hurricane Katrina victims. If you haven't contributed yet, I encourge you to do so today.
Here are the URLs.
http://www.SalvationArmyUSA.org/
Any Donation Can Make a Difference
Franklin Grahman, President of Samaritan's Purse- Son of Billy Grahman, also has a very good organization at:
http://www.SamaritansPurse.org
"If every church in America would take in 10 families for three months we would put a big dent into the problem. If every church in America would take in 10 families for three months, that would solve the problem and lift the burden. If the US Government would hire every able body man in the Houston Superdome and pay them $20 to $30 per hour, and take them back to New Orleans to clean it up, we would begin to get the job done"
- President George Bush's Call to America on TV 9/2/2005
"If You Can Give Cash, Give to the Red Cross and Salvation Army Right Now.
There are also THOUSANDS of blogs dedicated to helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I even have one at http://AboutHurricaneKatrina.blogspot.com
Feel free to share your Hurricane Katrina story there, or post the name of a loved one you're trying to locate, or tell someone how to locate you. Many people are searching cyberspace trying to find a loved one. It helps to get those names out in cyberspace.
Willie
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A Swift Kick In The Butt?
Check out Mark Hendrick's latest project here.
I think it's funny. It's also just what a lot of people need...
It's what I need sometime.
Willie
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Really Nice Product For Ebayers!
Dave Lovelace is releasing a package tomorrow that makes it virtually
impossible to fail as an Ebayer.
Dave Lovelace
It won't officially be available till tomorrow morning but now is a good time to check it out. You'll find it here.
Willie Crawford
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September 03, 2005
2005 Hurricane Names
Not sure if I shared this with you earlier...
For the curious, here's a list of the names picked out for the first
"few" hurricanes of 2005. The links below are actually to blogs where
you can discuss the particular storm.
Hurricane Arlene
Hurricane Bret
Hurricane Cindy
Hurricane Dennis
Hurricane Emily
Hurricane Franklin
Hurricane Gert
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Jose
Hurricane Katrina>
Hurricane Lee
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Nate
Hurricane Ophelia
Hurricane Philippe
Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Tammy
Hurricane vince
Hurricane Wilma
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Do Events Like 911 And Hurricane Katrina Make Us Crazy?
Dave Pollard asks on his blog, "Do Events Like 911 and Hurricane
Katrina make us crazy. Then he provides a lot of deep food for thought...
What do 9/11 and Katrina have in common, and what is that doing to our heads?
They were both preventable, but the cost and challenge of prevention were (and are) massive, almost overwhelming
Unlike the tsunami, both 9/11 and Katrina represented or brought out the worst in humanity, and raised serious questions about human nature (negligence to prevent a predictable disaster, incompetence in dealing with it, and exploitation of the misery afterwards)
Check out Dave's blog.
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Lawyers Saying Positive Things About Send Out Cards
I make no secret of the fact that I'm a big fan of the Send Out Cards company. This is the company that lets you compose and physically mail greeting cards right over the internet.
Here's a big secret...
I use these cards to actually sell seminar seats. You can upload digital images to the cards, so what I do is create digital images of "coupons." Then I mail cards to appropriate prospects for seminars and give them a discount coupon right in the card. I get around all of the email clutter and it works like a charm.
Here's a blog where lawyers are even saying nice things about SendOutCards.com
Willie
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September 02, 2005
Limitless Marketing Ezine - September 2nd, 2005
Limitless Marketing Ezine September 2nd, 2005
ISSN: 1525-8459
Publisher: Willie Crawford - willie@williecrawford.com
2345 Whispering Pines Blvd, Navarre, Florida 32566
Phone 850-939-5794
Or 877-262-3367 (Toll Free in the Continental U.S.
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Content:
Editorial
Seminar Schedule
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Editorial:
Thursday, August 25th, 2005, I left town flying to Phoenix to
speak at a seminar. As I left town the news showed Hurricane
Katrina crossing southern Florida, and the forecasters
predicted it would be a fairly minor storm as it traversed
the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall again.
I felt very comfortable leaving my wife at home as I left for
this conference because she had lots of friends nearby, and
we've been through a number of major storms in the past year.
Hurricane Ivan hit us with 140 mile per hour winds, rocked
our house, and left us without electricity for nearly a month.
We didn't even have drinkable running water or mail delivery
for nearly 2 weeks.
Hurricane Dennis was a category 4 storm when it was only 20
miles away from my house. Fortunately, it weaken tremendously
as soon as it made landfall.
After riding out those two hurricanes, I did promise myself
that I would evacuate from now on whenever a storm is
forecast to be a category 3 or higher.
We all see on television how unpredictable Hurricane
Katrina was. We also saw how quickly lives can be
completely destroyed by the forces of nature. It has certainly
changed my perspective.
You're probably wondering what you can do to help. You're
maybe even feeling that there is nothing you can do to help.
There are two things you can do to help.
First, you can make a contribution to an organization like
The American Red Cross. Given that this is perhaps the biggest
natural disaster to ever strike the U.S., every little bit
help. I say "perhaps" because the U.S. did have one other
hurricane that killed an estimated 10,000 - 12,000 people.
The second thing that you can do is not stay glued to the
television set all day. It's better for you to do something
productive. Watching the news 24/7 will also just depress
you and generate a lot of negative energy. You need to
be generating positive energy.
Do what you can. Pray for those affected. Don't focus too
much on the part that is outside of your control. Tune in
periodically for updates and to look for other ways that
you can help :-)
Back to the seminar in Phoenix...
We had about 12 speaker... practically all multi-millionaires.
What was really unusual about this seminar was that the
audience was mostly children. The seminar was for families.
My friend Rhea Perry, who hosted the seminar, home-schools
her children. Most of the families at the seminar were
home-schoolers. Rhea and many of these families believe
that entrepreneuralism should be an essential part of their
children’s education. The school "field trips" are to seminars
and conferences.
The speakers at this seminar covered topics as diverse as
buying and selling real estate, the stock market, Internet
marketing, Ebay, and I showed them the greeting card business
I'm involved in.
My presentation was well-received and a number of families
are now building their futures in the greeting card industry.
If you want to check out what I showed them, it's at:
http://sendoutcards.com/willie
Donald Peters, who has sold missile silos and jet aircraft
on Ebay, was one of the featured speakers. I first read
about Don in the ebook Success Alert. I brokered the joint
venture that launched that ebook. As a $47 ebook, it sold
nearly $60,000 in the first 30 days. I didn't think that was
bad. Don's a neat guy that I got to chat with a number of
times.
You can check out Success Alert if you'd like to at
http://success-alert.com/ It tells the stories, and lays out
the business plans, of people earning between $100,000 and
$18,000,000 per year selling "stuff"- outside of the
Internet marketing niche - online.
Another speaker, not originally on the lineup, was Orrin
Hudson. Orrin teaches kids life skills by teaching them
to play chess. He teaches them that "every move has
consequences," and how to stay focused on a goal. You can
check out Orrin and his non-profit organization at:
http://besomeone.org He spends much of his time speaking
at schools and encouraging "at-risk" kids.
During the seminar, Orrin was finishing up an interview
series with National Public Radio. He's had a LOT of
media interviews and I picked up some publicity tips
from him.
The seminar was one of the best that I've attended.
There were around 300 people there (2/3 of them
under the age of 18). It was very inspirational to see
so many young people learning about business. An over-
riding theme at the conference was being your own boss.
Since these were families, another prevalent theme
expressed was getting dad away from the office or factory
job and back home to help raise the kids. Many families
had accomplished this and shared their stories.
After the seminar, I headed home on Monday morning...
August 29th. At least that was my intention. When I got
to the airport and attempted to check in, they told
me that all flights to Pensacola, Florida had been
cancelled due to the hurricane. They forecasted that
all airports within a hour of where I lived would be
closed for the next several days.
Being the stubborn person that I am, and knowing that
my wife wanted me back home to help prepare for a big
birthday party she had planned, I elected to fly
into Atlanta. I spent the night in Atlanta and checked
the next day to see if I could get home. Still no
flights to Pensacola or nearby Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.
There was a Greyhound Bus Station adjacent to the
airport, so even though I hate riding cramped buses, I
check to see if I could take the bus. They weren't
going any farther west than Tallahassee.
Being the stubborn person that I am, I elected to go
for the adventure of a bus ride to Tallahassee. I
called my wife and told her... so that she could
meet me there. She drove over with a friend, and
that ended that adventure. The bus was filled with
frustrated travelers, many from Mobile, Alabama, and
New Orleans, who couldn't get home. The Mobile bus
station was under water, and some of the ones in
New Orleans were undoubtedly gone!
My town didn't experience any major storm damage this
time... just high winds, but I acknowledge that Hurricane
Katrina could have just as easily made landfall where
I live. It all depends upon the ocean and wind currents.
So now, like you, I'm watching New Orleans fall into
total chaos. I'm also preparing for my next trip. I
travel to London on September 16th to speak at a
seminar my dear friend Frank Garon is hosting. We'll
get a house sitter, and my wife will travel with me.
She'll probably be out shopping while I speak :-)
If you're from the U.K. or anywhere in Europe, I'd
love to meet you there. You can get full details on
the seminar, and register at:
http://williecrawford.com/willie-in-london.html
It's less than 2 weeks off, so you need to go ahead and
get registered.
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Only two other things I wanted to share with you this
issue. First, we won't have the networking and brainstorming
call this weekend. We'll be hosting those less frequently,
and need to work out the schedule. Some of the people who
normally help me with these calls had to evacuate for the
hurricane. I'll plan on the next call being next weekend,
September 10th.
The other things I wanted you to take a look at is a
product called "Affiliate Battleplan." This is a three
volume ebook set that will knock your socks off. My friend,
Robert Plank... one of the most brilliant young programmers
that I know, has created this toolkit that WILL make you a
more effective affiliate marketer.
Robert told me about the product maybe a month ago, and
I'd been waiting for him to release it. I already consider
myself a fairly good affiliate marketer. I routinely have
days when I make over $1000 in Clickbank commissions alone.
My secret there is that I market niche products that are
proven strong sellers. I also have an incredible "bag of
trick" ... little things that increase conversion rates.
When I read Robert's salespage, I knew that with some of
the tools in "Affiliate Battleplan" I could probably
double my commissions. I'm only about half way through
Affiliate Battleplan, and I'll go through it several time.
Each time I read through a product something new jumps out
at me... and I implement it... or at least test it out.
Anyway, I'm very impressed with Affiliate Battle Plan and
do recommend that you take a look at it. It's at:
http://williecrawford.com/affiliate-battle-plan.html
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Willie's Seminar And Tele-seminar Schedule:
I'll be at the following events over the next several months:
I'll also be in London, England at Frank Garon's seminar,
September
17th - 18th. This seminar is going to be very hands-on. We will
only have FOUR speakers during the entire 2 days, so the focus
will be on YOU the attendee. It will be a "roll up your sleeves
and get you online business problems solved" seminar! You can
register now at:
http://williecrawford.com/willie-in-london.html
I'll be in Manhattan at Kamau Austin's "Selling Online In Record
Time" Seminar, October 27th - 28th. We're still working the copy
of this website too. You can also find detail on this seminar
soon at:
http://internetmarketingseminarschedule.com/
On November 5th - 6th, I'll be in Sydney, Australia. Details of
that seminar will be forthcoming. Australia should be a lot of
fun that time of the year!
I'd love to meet you at any of these events! As you can see
from my blog, these events are great photo opportunities. Lots of
BIG partnerships are also set-up at these events (during
after-hours).
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Affiliate Battle Plan - A Winner
If I showed you my Clickbank control panel... with COMMISSIONS in excess of $1000 per day some days, you'd wonder how I do that. First of all, I sell only products that I KNOW are currently selling well. I have a way of determining that. Secondly, in many niches, I market higher end products, so I don't earn just $15 per sale... it's more like $100 per sale.
I also use dozens of little "tricks" and tools to improve my sales. For weeks I've been waiting to implement a few more tools. I stumbled across the sales page of Robert Plank and his product called Affiliate Battle Plan. After reading that page I was chomping at th bit to get my hands on a copy. I had to wait until yesterday because that's when he made it available.
Robert is an absolute genius and is going to probably DOUBLE my commissions for many of the products I sell. I'm still working my way through the 3-volume Affiliate Battle Plan. I'll write up a full review next week, but give it an early thumbs up.
My wife has a birthday party over the weekend, and that's why it will be early next week before I get the full review done. She has me doing a lot of preparations for the 50+ guest we'll have over :-)
Go take a look and get a jump on your competitors.
Willie
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September 01, 2005
Marketers Profiting From Hurricane Katrina
Here's an email I received from one well-know Internet marketer
today. He's the first to send me an email like this and he makes
some very good points. Here's his email with his name removed:
Re: Hurricane Katrina
I normally don't write about things like this, but sometimes
you have to speak up about things that are just plain wrong!
I have been watching the news about Hurricane Katrina as I am sure
you have been too. My heart goes out to these people and I pray
they get the assitance they need as fast as humanly possible.
What makes me sick are the emails I have been receiving over
the past few days from people "claiming" to help. Maybe they
are sincere maybe not. I don't know.
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Case #1 - A Scumbag Marketer
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One marketer sent out information about how you can help. I
clicked on the link because I want to help out as much as I
possibly can.
Here's what made me sick to my stomach...
He had the nerve to actually require you to enter your name
and email address into an optin box in order to get the info!!!
What a marketing SCUMBAG! I normally don't talk like this, but
this one really got on my nerves. Why not just give the info?
Is this guy really that bad off that he has to profit
from these poor people? That's about as low as it gets!!!
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Case #2 - Buy My Crap and I'll Donate (I don't think so)
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I am certainly not going to buy anyone's stuff and HOPE that my
money goes to these people. Think about it, it first has to go
to this person and then they have to take out their supposed
costs and then, MAYBE, they'll forward they money on to a worthy
charity.
I DON'T THINK SO!!!
What is this person thinking? Hmmmm... if I use this DISASTER
which has left thousand of people HOMELESS... I can get my
product into the hands of more people... YOU IDIOT!
Again... another person who seems to be high on crack!
If you want to by a product, then buy a product. If you want
to donate, then donate directly to the source. PERIOD!
You don't have to buy a product in order to donate your
money to worthy charity or organization. Just do it.
Let me make my stance PERFECTLY CLEAR!
YOU DON'T PROFIT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S MISFORTUNES!
These people are devastated, they lost their jobs, their homes,
some lost their loved one's lives, or maybe even their own life
due this major catastrophe...
How dare these people try to profit from this distaster!
I urge you to NOT support these SCUMBAGS!
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If You Want To Help The Hurricane Efforts
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Here's two links to legitimate organizations to donate you
money to if you want to help.
FEMA - http://www.fema.gov
Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org
Feel free to pass this message on to someone else.
Take my name off of it... I don't care. I just want to make
sure your kindness goes in the right direction and you are not
putting faith in people who are trying to profit from this.
Help someone and donate what you can today.
Willie
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Send A Real Greeting Card To A Hurricane Katrina Victim For Free!
If you have friends who were affected by Hurricane Katrina,
they'd love to know that you're thinking of them. The problem
is that their utilities and phone may be out. When I went through
Hurricane Ivan, we were without drinkable running water, electricity,
cable or phone for around 3 weeks! We also didn't have mail
delivery for nearly 2 weeks.
If you'd like to send some type of greeting card... to be delivered
whenever they start mail delivery, if it stopped, you cand send
one free here:
http://MakeLoyalCustomers.com/willie
The way this works is that you visit this page and click on
the get a free sample account button. Fill in the form and we'll
set up an account for you to send 2 greeting cards at our expense.
We pay for the stamps and cards.
After the account is set up, you get an email telling you that it's
ready. Then you log into a webpage, choose a card, enter your
message, enter the recipients address, and click send. The company
that we work with will print your card in full color (looks like
a regular greeting card), put it in a regular envelope, put a
first class stamp on it and mail it for you. The card can be sent
any where in the world, but I'm suggesting sending it to a
Hurricane Katrina vicitim.
Why am I doing this?
I'm doing this to help spead a little cheer. Telling someone
that you're thinking of them always lifts the human spirit. I'm
also hoping that you'll enjoy using this system and want to
send more cards through it. If you do, I can set it up so
that you can send an unlimited number of cards for less than
$1.50 each... and that includes the first class postage!
Anyway, click here to visit the site. Fill in the form and
send a few cards at my expense.
Willie Crawford
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