Mentorship Program Exploding: Is It The Season Or Economy?

In early 2006, I started looking at online marketing as a possible way to provide for my family and simplify my life. I was tired of employees and all of the usual struggles of traditional business. I spent a great deal of time surfing the net. I checked out companies like EDC Gold, Liberty League, Jay Kubassek (pre carbon copy pro) and others.

I ended up joining a company called Big Ticket To Wealth. I did very well with Big Ticket and learned a lot about online marketing. My experience with Big Ticket has enabled me to branch out into many other areas of online marketing…………….and I have been successful with every nearly everything that I have gotten involved with.

An interesting thing started to happen this past summer. My Big Ticket traffic started to pick up. At the same time, Gerald Van Yerxa changed his approach to marketing Big Ticket and loaded up his system with tons of new trainings. This confluence of events has turned his mentorship program into a system that truly converts. It is exploding on a daily basis and I am back promoting it with all of my heart. Here is a copy of the simple video that I did that has been converting so well. Let me know what you think about it. Comment, rate, stumble and digg it………………………and if you are interested in having some 5 figure weeks……………perhaps you should check it out. It is doing well for me!

I created a new landing page just to see what would happen and could not believe the traffic. The video I put on it was very basic, but people obviously are attracted to the whole concept of learning how to effectively market online.

All online marketers know that there is a traditional increase in activity online in the fall, but I believe that the bad economy is also encouraging people to look for alternatives to make money.

Proof That Longtail Keywords In Videos Rank High On Google

Thought I would show people how well longtail keywords can rank in Google. I took some keyword research that my friend Gerald Van Yerxa did for his company Big Ticket To Wealth, and I made a video about those words and used the words in the title of the video.

Here are the results!

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Importance Of Surfing Other Opportunities For Your Own Marketing Success

I get emails all of the time from people that are “reverse marketing” me for their opportunities. This is a shrewd and effective practice because many people are so used to failing at their home business efforts that they will often jump from program to program. It is not that hard to get people to think that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

I welcome these attempts and try to at least scan every email and offer that I receive. If it looks like the “new revolutionary” business or product has legs and may become something big, I’ll often study it a bit and make a video about it. One good example is a mlm product that launched in the spring of 09 called “Alive Max”. It was a nutritional product that you sprayed into your mouth………….and it seamed to be well funded and there were a ton of people getting into the binary “power line”. I made a few videos about the product and posted them on youtube. I didn’t join Alive Max, but I have enjoyed a fair amount of traffic from those videos since I got them online so quickly.

If you learn about the launch of a new product or business before a lot of the youtube or search engine real estate is taken, you can put a review out there and enjoy the traffic for a long time. The really great thing about getting positioned well in those businesses is you can go in and actually change the links in the videos without losing your place in the search engines. Now sometimes fiddling with things may change your rankings, but I have successfully marketed a number of products just by changing the links in videos that I put on the internet a long time ago.

Just yesterday, I learned of two new MLM’s that were in the process of launching. I did one video for each of them, and within hours I was at the top of youtube and even had thumbnails on google for some of the targeted keywords that I had chosen.

Yes, I have Been Neglecting My Blog……………….

I have not been posting in this blog as much as I should. For those regular readers, I apologize. I have been getting emails from this blog daily saying “so and so has subscribed to your blog”. Each email has made me feel a twinge of remorse……………….and I am going to rectify that.

I have been totally concentrating on learning how to help others SEO their websites and on improving the effectiveness of my marketing. Testing pay-per-click campaigns, changing the psychology of my videos, working with other marketers in their online endeavors………………have been totally consuming.

Now that the fall is here, and there is a palpable sense of excitement for what the future holds…….I am back!

Look for lots of stuff from me over the coming weeks and months. Comments and discussion is welcome. I am here to learn, share and make money. None of those are mutually exclusive. I have seen newbies to online marketing make thousands in there first few weeks since last July (yes just 5 weeks ago) and I am very excited about what the next few months will bring.

My BrandBuilder Pro Makes Self Branding Available For Everyone!

The My BrandBuilder Pro platform officially launched on Thursday, April 16, 2009.  I had access to the platform for a few days prior to that and I was very impressed.  The one thing that kind of nagged my mind is whether or not it would be truly “user friendly”.  I was hoping that any newbie could figure out how to create totally customized landing pages quickly.  If a newbie could build customized landing pages, I knew we had a veritable gold mind with My BrandBuilder Pro!

The answer to that nagging question is YES.  Approximately 36 hours after the launch, a gentleman who had jumped into the My BrandBuilder Pro platform called me up and told me he loved it.  He said that all he did is watch the videos and did exactly what David Edwards and Scott Jay Ringle told him to do…………and he got set up.

I will provide more updates about the My BrandBuilder Pro platform, but here is a video that I put on my first landing page (which can be seen here or by going to my first landing page at http://SelfBrandedNow.com).  Go look at the page after the video anyways cause you need to know it only took me about two minutes to build it!

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My BrandBuilder Pro Launches – Self Syndication Marketing Is Now!

mybbprologo The My BrandBuilder Pro platform is now here.  Unlike other popular platforms, this brands individual marketers and allows them to achieve a level of marketing prowess once left to the 50k per month crowd!

It took me about three hours to get my two URL’s and a few landing pages made, but it was beyond easy for this experienced online marketer.  I would guess that the average newbie will spend many more hours than I did getting set up, but the time will be VERY well spent.

This platform allows you to run up to three separate businesses from one site and monitor/track all of the traffic, conversion rates and a whole host of other data.  Once it is set up, you will be able to create a new landing page within minutes.  You could, for instance, be marketing a MLM product and decide you wanted to target work at home moms.  It should only take a couple of minutes to set up a keyword maximized landing page for that demographic and it would be instantly SEO’d with the articles that you would link to it in the hyperlinks at the bottom of the page.

Now that may sound like mumbo-jumbo if you haven’t been mired in the realm of pay-per-click, but trust me……….the savings in your PPC costs alone are worth the effort and investment in the platform.

Now, on to the coolest part:

The whole concept of the My BrandBuilder Pro platform is for it to work as a “fully funded proposal”.  The goal of the platform is to brand yourself online, get people into the system, and then, once they have begun their online marketing adventure, you let them know what your primary business is.  This is the whole “funnel” concept whereby once people actually become a lead for you, they are already invested in you and you are profitable from your lead gathering efforts.  The people that don’t join you in your primary business will still provide you with income from the affiliate portion of the My BrandBuilder Pro platform.  The cost of the platform is $57 per month and members need Aweber for their auto-responders so the total cost is about $77 per month.  This is a pittance considering the power of the system and with the affiliate commissions from the My BrandBuilder Pro site and Aweber, you only need three customers to be in the black!

The likely scenario for this platform is that you will probably average around $30 to $40 per month from each customer as some of the affiliate products are likely to be purchased by any serious online marketer.

One of the first things you do when you get into the system is set up affiliate links with over 15 different services or products.  Some of the services are Traffic Geyser, Tube Mogul Pro and PR Web Spy.  There are also one-time purchase products or training materials that are all chosen for their quality and value to marketers.  There is a heavy emphasis on the free social media methods of marketing like Twitter Marketing, YouTube or video Marketing or websites like Facebook, but Perry Marshall’s book and PPC is also in the system.

When it comes to PPC, there is a whole series of modules within the system to manage and set up PPC campaigns in a matter that drastically cuts the cost.  This will be the subject of a future post as I have not totally gone through that package.  Suffice it to say, that part of the system is probably worth hundreds of dollars per month in reduced cost and time for the PPC afficianado.

Scott Jay Ringle and David McIver Edwards from Empowered Brandbuilders have really outdone themselves with the My BrandBuilder Pro platform.  I cannot wait until I can begin to reap the benefits of a more simplified and profitable online marketing lifestyle.  I am confident that it is just days/weeks away, though knowing me……………..I’ll find something else to complicate things…….perhaps I can start on that training package of my own!


Empowered Brand Builders Launch Of MyBrandBuilderPro

I have seen some of it, but the much anticipated launch of the “self branding” website is very close. Rumor has it that it should on April 8, 2009 (not much of a rumor as that is what I was told).

I am very excited about this incredible site as I know that the weak link for most marketers is how to attract people to themselves.  Since most marketing “opportunities” give people a replicated corporate site, most people in these companies are competing with thousands of people on the same slice of internet real estate.

Why should anyone join YOU in YOUR opportunity when there are THOUSANDS OR MORE other people with the exact same product, payplan and website?

Every person with an online business is special and has something to offer someone!

That crazy little bit of knowledge can make ANY person stand out.  Think about it for a second; almost 7 billion people on planet earth and the internet is growing at light speed.  There has to be a ton of people with similar life experiences to almost everyone.  There must be a way for almost any wannabee marketer to use the “attraction” marketing  methods of the web to “Brand” themselves.

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Scott Jay Ringle

The answer is in having the right knowledge and the correct tools at your disposal.  Scott Jay Ringle and David McIver Edwards have created this answer through their Empowered Brand Builders platform and the My Brand Builder Pro platform.

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David McIver Edwards

The ability to create totally unique, personal and self branded capture pages (also called squeeze pages or landing pages)combined with top notch training will make this the one of the top platforms on the net.  As an online marketer I get very frustrated that I cannot just insert my brain into people that are on my team so that they can know what I know about driving traffic.  Scott Jay Ringle and David McIver Edwards will now be able to do that for me (I will help of course because it is MY brand that I am marketing) and I will have more successful people on my team because of the mybrandbuilderpro platform and the empoweredbrandbuilder team.

If you have not gotten on the list for this launch or want to know more about mybrandbuilderpro and the empoweredbrandbuilders, you can get that info HERE.

I will post more in the days to come.


Alive Max Review – Is it a Scam?

For the past two weeks I have been innundated with people pushing a new MLM called Alive Max.  I decided  5 days ago to do some research on it.  I spent a little time looking for who was possibly the most successful marketer in this “Pre Launch” opportunity and got my position in the Alive Max “powerline”.

Alive Max was founded by Nauder Khazan who is a successful marketer with hopefully very deep pockets (I am told that they are indeed deep).  The website is another one of those Ben Glinsky creations that online MLM marketers are familiar with.

I was impressed with the website.  The layout was decent and it did a good job presenting the intra-oral spray nutritional products.  The concept is based on the fact that if nutrients can be absorbed through the membranes in your mouth, they will be far more bioavailable and will go directly into your system where they will do the most good.  It is a very compelling presentation. Since we have all heard that red wine is good for you, the scientific presentation about Resvereratrol (a substance found in the skin of grapes) and its effectiveness in combating aging should help bring many customers to the Alive Max family.  This is why Alive Max is growing at a frenetic pace and people are jumping at the chance to preserve their positions before the powerline flushes on April 1, 2009.

Of course it does not hurt having Barbara Walters on video talking about Resveratrol either.

The Alive Max marketer that I found has signed up over 100 people and created many hundreds of pre-enrollees under me in just days.  Few people can match that kind of explosive growth unless they have a substantial list or some incredible self branding online already.

The powerline pressure is immense for some as they see an opportunity to get tons of paying members under them through no effort of their own.  As the co-creator of another powerline system, I know that this type of marketing is VERY effective.  If, however, you want to join a company like Alive Max, you need to learn how to “Brand Yourself” so that people will choose to join YOUR team rather than someone else.

There are many people on the leaderboard of the Alive Max powerline site that have been in numerous MLM’s in just the last two years.  These people have HUGE lists and can quickly sign up 50, 100 or even many hundreds of people.  If you don’t have such a list, you will need to build the weak leg of your binary tree quickly to keep up with the intense volume created by the Master marketers above you in the powerline.

If you fail to recruit enough people, you will not gain any type of momentum and your business will simply atrite to nothing.  Proper branding and marketing will prevent this and will enable you to drive traffic to your powerline site and get the momentum every marketer in this type of system desires.  It is by no means get-rich-quick, but such self-branding is the only effective way to build any type of MLM business.

In most cases, training offered by the “master” marketers lasts only as long as their interest in the system they are currently pushing.

As I write this review, I am days away from announcing the launch of an incredible “self branding” platform that will not only give marketers the tools to market online in a self branding fashion, it will also train them in the most cutting edge online marketing methods available today.  I have seen training offered by some of the top Guru’s in the industry that do not have the integration of effective tools that will be available with this platform.

I have done a number of videos for Alive Max that should let marketers know about the launch of this platform.  I plan to use this platform in all of my online marketing efforts as it includes a “self funded proposal”.  This basically means that I will drive traffic, build a list, and get paid to do it.

To learn more about this soon to be launched system you can go to www.SelfbrandedSite.com and get in on my announcement of the pending release.

In summary, Alive Max is a compelling product with a powerline system that creates a lot of hype and excitement.  I hope that this review helps people realize that while Alive Max is not a scam, it will require work for people to make significant incomes.  The products are hopefully as effective as the advertising indicates as this will give the company real staying power.  Many people will experience success with Alive Max, but the marketers that take the time to brand themselves will be the ones that truly hit home runs.

I Am Not Treading Water Any More

I don’t do the rant thing, but I have been involved with Local Ad Link for a couple of months now and………………

Here is the “non-rant”:

The customer service that they have does not work.  I have sent in repeated tickets and have received replies many days later that were inept and incomplete.  I still like the concept but it is hard to push something that you don’t feel 100% confident in.  They are still in pre-launch so I hope they get the bugs ironed out.

A few days ago, I logged into my MAX GXL account because I needed to order more product.  I had tried the product back in November 08 and really liked it.  I felt the difference almost immediately.  I put my 73 year old father on it and he was able to do 20 more sit ups within a few days.  He also gained mobility in his hands that he hadn’t had for years.  I believed in the product, but was not excited about marketing a supplement.

When I logged into my Max site, I discovered that my volume had more than doubled every month since December.  It went 2k, 5k, 11k…………………It kind of blew me away.  I guess I was prejudiced against supplements, but since I believe that the product works, I am now actively marketing it.  I’ll put a link on the main page of my blog.

So it is off to the races for another couple of weeks or so until my friend launches his new marketing “hub” website.  I will post more about it later, but it is going to be an incredible training/marketing platform that is unlike anything out there.  People will be able to generate income from this hub through totally self-branded and customized landing pages.  There will be a “funded offer” included and a few other streams of income.

It is going to be a revolutionary website that will cause many people’s online business to explode!

Warriors, Marines And The Ethos Of An Online Marketing Victor

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As a former Marine, I  was ruminating the other day about my days in the Corps and the great guys I knew.  It got me to thinking about the character qualities that are instilled in every Marine.  The online world is full of sharks and charlatans, and it is very challenging for newbies to find that group, team or opportunity that really delivers as promised.

As I thought about those things, I decided to take some of the warrior “ethos” that Marines are taught and apply them in the online marketing world.

Look forward to a series of posts and videos in this regard. To whet your appetite, it is said that the  deadliest weapon in the world is a US Marine and his rifle.  This is because Marines are renown for their marksmanship (read skill at their craft).

Is the most deadly (read effective) marketer, an online marketer with a fully engaged brain?  Or is it an online marketer with a level of character that will always tell the truth……..even if it results in negative consequence or financial stress to themselves?

Another thought, a famous quote from the “frozen Chosin” in Korea was by MajGen Smith, “Retreat Hell! We’re just attacking in the other direction!”   This was said when the Marines were surrounded by 10 Chinese divisions.

When I re-read that quote, I thought about the whole concept in online marketing that you move in many fronts. Paid traffic, article marketing, video marketing, social media marketing ect.  When one of the marketing “fronts” appears to be unprofitable, a good marketer goes in another direction with all of the confidence of a Marine in the “attack mode”.

There is another Marine saying that I remembered and that is that, “Paperwork will ruin any military force”. One nice thing that I have found about online marketing is that, other than a few “post it” notes, I have no paper on my desk!

Finally, there is the statement, “We’re surrounded. That simplifies the problem!” In today’s economy, each and every one of us are surrounded by people that are looking for a more secure financial future. Not everyone can be an online marketer, if they were, who would do all of the other stuff?  That said, we have an incredible opportunity to take advantage of the increased need and to help provide people with a solution. 99% of people who try to work online fail. Our job is to take some of that Ethos that Marines have and “leave nobody behind”.

More Later………………And I welcome any comments and input from you warriors and non-warriors out there!  This could be fun!!!

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