Vol. 10 Issue 1 / Ta-daa!
Vol. 10 Issue 1 / Ta-daa! Don’t Forget to download: My free report “Priceless Advice, Without The Hype”? at –> >http://marketingchick.com/carmardl319.shtml and, my 4-page “Liquid Cash” report, where I show you how I made $1,650 in less than 48 hours, without sending a broadcast to my ezine - or anyone, doing a joint venture, PPC ads, posting on my blog, the stock investment thing, eBay, creating my own product to sell, and not even affiliate marketing. How did I do it? Find out for just $10: http://www.MarketingChick.com/go/go.php/liquidcash ……….. Inside ……….. First, A Quick Note From Carmen ~ Testing testing 123… AimDIRECT RSS Feed ~ Running SOLO ads again, and a discount! ~ Newest LIVE Case Study, Marketing Lab Rat ~ My empty forum… Post your FREE ad! Getting the Most out of FREE Teleconferences What’s Your PERCEIVED Value? > At 16, I was charging $100 for 3 minutes… Ask Carmen! > PDF file cries, “Cannot decrypt file!” > What’s wrong with selling Internet marketing products? > Cool gadgets, cool tools, I want them all! Carmen Approved Internet Marketing Resources AimDIRECT Marketing Toolbox > This week’s username and password ADVERTISE in AimDIRECT ========================================= A Quick Note From Carmen ========================================= Hi ! Does your name above appear properly, or at all? I’d like to address you correctly, so, please use the link at the bottom of this issue if you need to update your information. Just click on “Change Details” next to your e-mail address. Thanks! Okay, I’d like to start by welcoming all of you to the very FIRST issue of AimDIRECT, broadcasted from our new home here at Aweber.com! A special “Thank You!” to my friends who have migrated here with me. This publication would not be possible without your support! And to those of you who have just joined us… Welcome! I hope you enjoy reading AimDIRECT as much as I enjoy putting it together for you! Thanks for being here : ) ~~~ The AimDIRECT Ezine RSS Feed I’m experimenting with Aweber.com’s RSS option with this very broadcast, so, I invite you to try it out with me! Simply add the following feed to your favorite RSS reader, and you’ll be notified when the next issue has been posted, even before it reaches your inbox! Let me know if it’s working for you! http://feeds.feedburner.com/aimdirect ~~~ Running SOLO Ads Again Now that we’re beginning to get settled in our new home, I’m once again accepting solo ads. At the moment, we’re a group of a little over 4,000 confirmed, very eager readers : ) It won’t cost you an arm and a leg either, and the earliest running date is 2/1/05, so, reserve your spot now at: http://AimDIRECT-Ezine.com/go/go.php/advspecial ~~~ Newest LIVE Case Study, Marketing Lab Rat Can I, an average stay-at-home-mom, really make a full-time living off of promoting other people’s products and services like the ‘gurus’ claim? Watch and find out! I’ve chosen Ewen Chia of PowerAffiliateMarketing.com to get me started on the road to Super Affiliate stardom. Get the feed: http://www.AimDIRECT-Ezine.com/go/go.php/imsn-labrat ~~~ My EMPTY forum… Post your FREE ad! I was moving my forum to a different directory, but, decided to move it back to its original location (because I love complicating my life like that). And the powers above have punished me for my time-wasting-ness by making all of the previous posts completely disappear. So, I’m back at square one. Now, I invite you to post an intro and an ad at the forum… if you’re a previous member, there’s a good chance your account is still in tact, so please check before creating a new account. Do you have a link to a free ebook, software, or script? Post them there too, for easy access! Visit the forum at: http://forum.aimdirect-ezine.com ~~~ I think that’s it for now… so, enjoy this issue! Warmest Regards, Carmen Maranon AimDIRECT Entrepreneur Ezine http://www.AimDIRECT-Ezine.com P.S. Go see my blog… stuff I have to say that doesn’t fit in here, goes there. http://blog.MarketingChick.com P.P.S. Carmen’s favorite charities… Your support and generosity is greatly appreciated! http://www.marketingchick.com/justgive “The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps… we must step up the stairs.” ~ Vance Havne ========================================= Getting the Most out of FREE Teleconferences ========================================= If you’re subscribed to as many ezines and newsletters as I am, you’ve no doubt been inundated with daily invitations to free teleconferences, teleclinics, teleseminars, teletubbies, etc. But, have you ever picked up the phone and called in? I used to think, “Sheesh, not ANOTHER one!” until I received an invite for a call held after 9pm when I have free night time minutes on my cell. It was surprisingly informative. I’m easily bored, and not being able to actually speak to the people on the phone was somewhat irritating, but, an audio recording was available for download the following day, so, I took it, burned it on a CD, and listened. Well, I had to listen to it one more time with pen and note pad in hand to *really* get it, but, I finished with several pages of new information to test out! That’s not to say I haven’t dialed in to any bad calls… one gentleman seemed to have thought that sounding like he had swallowed the phone was a bright idea, on top of speaking at a rate of three words per minute. But I digress… Anyway, here are a few tips I’ve found helpful in getting the most out of free teleconference calls: 1) Have a pen and note pad handy. I like to jot things down the moment I hear something useful or interesting, so I won’t forget later. Also helpful if the conference organizers won’t have a recorded copy available for download. 2) Burn the recordings on CD. This way, you can listen to them in your car, while you walk, work, and anytime your ears are free. 3) Keep your ears open for priceless nuggets! No doubt the speakers will talk about something you’re already aware of, but, keep your ears (and mind) open to their unique approach to ‘ordinary’ things. 4) Look out for what the speakers are DOING to make profit. After the call, check out the speaker’s websites and see what s/he’s doing to bring in the cash. It’s one thing to ‘listen in’ on how they’re bringing in the cash, but, seeing them in action is putting this lesson on a whole new level! Refer back to your notes and see exactly how they practice what they preach! Anyway, if you have the opportunity to listen in on a free call, give it a shot! You might walk away with some great ideas you wouldn’t have thought of yourself! * most free calls require you to pay for local/long distance charges, unless they provide you with a toll-free number. ========================================= What’s Your PERCEIVED Value? ========================================= In high school, while my friends worked at the mall and fast food places, I earn.ed extra c.ash as a hula/Tahitian dancer. I performed at weddings, birthdays, cotillions, corporate Christmas parties, you name it - and charged a hundred bucks a dance. The parties would usually request 3 dances, each dance around 3 minutes long, and I always had at least 2 performances every weekend. At $100 per 3 minute dance, and 3 dances each performance = $300 for 9 minutes… twice a week = $600 for 18 minutes My friends were working their butts off, waiting on tables and organizing the stockrooms, 4 hours after school, three times a week… ear.ning $5 per hour. $5 x 4 = $20, at 3 times a week = $60. Who worked harder? Who ear.ned more? One more example… About 10 years ago, my little cousin, who was 5 years old at the time, played the role of “Tam” in the “Miss Saigon” First National Tour. If you’ve seen this breathtaking musical, you know the kid stands there for a few seconds, get carried around by a pretty girl, then bows his head when someone is shot. The little brat ear.ned $2,000 each week. You’d have to work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, ear.ning $50 per hour to make that. It’s like investing years of your life in research, testing, and creating your product, spending hundreds and thousands of dollars in marketing what could be the most brilliant item ever to hit the market, and making just enough to almost break even… while a 22 year old mixes some nail polish colors to match a pair of sandals, and that idea quickly explodes into a multi-million dollar business. “Carmen, you’re rambling again. What’s your point?” My point is… the amount of work you put into your product doesn’t determine how much your market will gladly pay to get it. Consider what products and services have a high perceived value in the eyes of your prospective customers, and cash in! ========================================= Ask Carmen! ========================================= Q1: What’s wrong with selling Internet Marketing products? Why do marketing gurus insist that us regular people not to market these items? Are you all afraid of some competition? A1: I doubt it’s about them (or ‘us’ since for some reason, your finger seem to point at me as well) being afraid of added competition… for those of us who know how to use this to our advantage, competition is a very PROFITABLE thing. However, I personally advise people who have not yet established a presence in the IM arena, to start off marketing non-IM products. The reason is, it’s much quicker and easier to see profit on that road. And the quicker you make a profit, the bigger chance you’ll be motivated into making more, build up your confidence, open your mind to bigger possibilities… and less chances of feeling discouraged… thinking, “I knew this was too good to be true.” And give up. ~ Q2: I tried opening a PDF file and get the error message “cannot decrypt file.” Help! A2: This error message usually means you need to update your Acrobat reader to 5.0 or later. Download a more current version at: http//www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html ~ Q3: I always feel pressured into buying all the latest marketing products, with promoters telling me I’m losing money by not taking advantage of this hot new item. Any advice? A3: There *are* a lot of really cool gadgets and information being released almost daily, aren’t there? That’s why it’s important to always make it a point to write down clear, short term goals and how you plan on executing it. Doing this will help you make intelligent decisions on whether or not to acquire the new products presented to you. For example, if you’re working on Google PPC campaigns, that groovy new talking search engine optimization robot won’t be a wise investment, but, the Google AdWords profit cheat sheet everyone’s raving about might help you improve your results. Keep this in mind the next time you feel like you might miss out if you don’t make that purchase at that moment… People have made insane amounts of money without that ebook, home study course, software, membership site, or script. Weigh your options, pro’s and con’s, and no matter what, don’t let anything (no matter how cool) distract you from reaching that goal… otherwise, you’ll kick yourself for never completing anything! — Submit your questions at: http://www.AskCarmen.com ========================================= Carmen Approved: Highly Recommended Internet Marketing Tools ========================================= Automatic follow-up messages through RSS? Thanks to Andy Peacock, you can send follow-up messages through RSS, based on the date when the subscriber first accessed the RSS feed! The RSSResponders enables you to: ** Send automated, hands-free messages to your RSS readers, based on the day they joined. ** Take advantage of scheduled follow-up to increase your in~come. ** Work with all the industry-standard RSS formats to make sure your entries appear in the right place, at the right time. And we thought followup autoresponders were God’s gift to Internet marketing! This is icing on the cake!! Check it out at: http://marketingchick.com/rssresponder.html — View the complete listing of all highly recommended resources at: http://www.CarmenApproved.com ========================================= AimDIRECT Marketing Toolbox ========================================= I’m sending this week’s username & password in a separate e-mail. I’m moving the downloadable files to a different server to avoid some messy bandwidth issues. Keep your eyes peeled! (Is that the correct phrase? That sounds so disgusting, doesn’t it?) ========================================= Advertise in AimDIRECT! ========================================= Now that we’re beginning to get settled in our new home, I’m once again accepting solo ads. At the moment, we’re a group of a little over 4,000 confirmed, very eager readers : ) It won’t cost you an arm and a leg either, and the earliest running date is 2/1/05, so, reserve your spot now at: http://AimDIRECT-Ezine.com/go/go.php/advspecial — “In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.” - Flora Edwards “Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” - Napoleon Hill ========================================= Legal Information ========================================= Copyright (c) 2005, ALACAR Interactive Media, Inc. and Carmen Maranon. All rights reserved. We accept no responsibility whatsoever for the content, profitability or legality of any published articles or advertisements contained within AimDIRECT Ezine. It is the advertiser’s responsibility to check and abide by the Local, State, Federal and International laws pertaining to the products, services or opportunities they advertise. Although all of the articles have been selected for their content, the publishing of such articles within this ezine does NOT constitute a recommendation of the products or services mentioned or advertised within those articles. Carefully investigate each advertiser’s claims before responding to, purchasing, or joining any offer. This list is powered by Aweber.com http://www.AimDIRECT-Ezine.com/go/go.php/aweber AimDIRECT Entrepreneur Ezine is registered with the Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA [ISSN: 1523-6617]
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