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September 10th, 2003
Hello everyone;
I hope you all had a great weekend!
Check out this poll at:
http://www.sqlpronews.com/poll.php
It contains some great statistics gathered from a poll they have at:
http://www.webpronews.com
Be sure to check out these stats.
Did you know (These are a few of the 21 questions they ask):
What Promotion Tactics Work Best For You? -
Word of mouth - 35.9% (The most)
How Many eBusiness Sites Do You Own?
38.5% own 2-5 sites.
Do You Use Guerilla Marketing Tactics?
What's Guerilla Marketing? - 66.4%
Which Search Engine Do You Use?
Google 81.5%
Yahoo 6.6%
MSN 3.5%
None of the above 2.3%
Dog Pile 1.9%
Again the link is:
http://www.sqlpronews.com/poll.php
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SoBig Virus:
Well I'm still getting emails and our bandwidth is still being eaten
up by this virus. Hopefully it will cease to exist on September 10th
(today), or it is supposed too anyway.
If you are infected you can get a free tool to remove it at Symantec's
security site at the below link:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/
If you would like to learn more about viruses and firewalls check out
my ebook at:
http://www.hackers-ohmy.com
As always, when using or installing ANY new software such as an anti-virus
or firewall program always have a BACKUP of your data. Remember
all machines are not created equal, so what may run fine on one machine
may not be the case on another machine due to the many configurations
of various computers...grin...
Of course for the most part, commercial software does work on most computers,
but always better to be safe than sorry.
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Ok, onward we go, as you may have noticed (or not) I have changed my
publishing schedule. It's still weekly but just not on Fridays. What
I'm doing is testing various days to see if the response varies for
various days. I'm sure I'll settle on a specific day soon.
Then again I may just publish weekly, but not on a specific day, but
rather what fits my schedule better. It depends upon the response and
comments...
grin...
So while I'm on the subject of testing, let me share my experience from
my last teleseminar's advertising. This time around I decided to make
it more descriptive and deviate from my usual sales page that I use.
I also used a very simple graphic for the header at the sales page,
rather than a colorful full blown graphic.
You can view it here (Yes I'm tracking this too) :
http://wetrack.it/budgetware/af.cgi?aid=38&ent=6
The results were surprising!
I had about a 50% higher conversion rate this time around. This time
I tried to make the site even more personal than I usually do, plus
I went into more details about each of the speakers and specific products
and success they have had. I included the usual bio, but I decided to
take that a step further by writing about them in the body of the sales
letter as well.
So more personal, descriptive and longer does seem to work better for
sales pages. How many times have you read this folks?
However I still have to do some more research to be sure. I do have
to take into account that one speaker alone generated 40% of the signups.
So it might not just be the sales page, it could also be attributed
to the speakers "connection" with their list as well.
Many may have signed up anyway, however I find that hard to imagine
if the sales page had been a total fluke...grin...
So again it goes back to testing.
DO YOU track your results from ads, such as clicks, sales from
those clicks, total targeted circulation of your advertising campaign
and other such details?
If not, then how do you know what is effective or what is a waste
of time?
Test, test and more testing. Then target the most effective methods
from those tests. Then test some more to see if you can beat those results.
This should be an ongoing method in your daily promotions.
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Many of you know I consider "taking action" and doing
something very important. I also consider attitude very important. If
we have a lousy attitude then how can we reflect a serious or positive
attitude in our promotions and in our dealings with others?
Geesh, I'm sure many of you have been on the bad end of an email, or
conversation with a client or customer who obviously was in a bad mood
or maybe even just had a bad attitude...grin...
With that thought in mind I want to include the the below short article
about how to get the most out of your day.
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"7 Quick Tips To Help You Get The Most Out of Your Day"
By Kathy Gates
Professional Life Coach
www.reallifecoach.com
Copyright 2003
Every day is a gift, but some sure don't seem like it, do they?
Try these 7 tips to help you get the most out of even the wettest, hottest,
traffic-clogged, broken appliance, overdue bill, out-of-milk, loud,
cranky boss days.
1. It's not always so much what
you do, as "how" you do what you do. Seek out - via articles, newsletters,
other people -- simpler, easier, better ways to accomplish the everyday
tasks in your life.
2. Attitude is the beginning. If
you give up, nothing can possibly change. Keep trying. Keep learning.
Keep looking for your slice of the pie.
3. Be your own friend. Treat yourself
like you would treat a friend. Take care of yourself. Get enough sleep,
eat in moderation, love yourself, and be kind to yourself. Reward yourself
for a job well done.
4. Commit to stop dwelling on bad
things from the past. Playing over and over good things in the past
makes sense. It helps to motivate you. But if it hurt you, what's the
point of playing it and hurting over and over?
5. Life is fluid. Be ready to take
advantage of the good things that come your way. Could you accept a
better job or Mr/Mrs. Right into your life right now? Build your own
dock, so you can be ready when your ship comes in.
6. If you think the world is a bad
place, that's what you will see. Every day you create your life, minute
by minute, thought by thought, action by action. If you eat candy all
day, you'll be sick. If you put bad thoughts into your mind all day
you'll be sick. Feed your mind good "food".
7. Accept yourself, warts and all.
A happy life is being able to accept that you aren't perfect, and "they"
aren't perfect, and taking responsibility for how it affects those around
you. "This is my problem, and this is how I'm handling it." Others
will be encouraged by you.
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Professional Life Coach Kathy offers books, programs, teleclasses, workshops,
articles, and other resources to help people who are burned out, stressed
out, and fed up to get back in touch with the foundations of their life.
http://www.reallifecoach.com
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I mean hey folks, I think everyday is a good day when I don't read my
name in the morning paper's obituaries for that day...
Funny thing how life goes isn't it. There are good days, bad days, and
some that fall in between...grin...
Let me relate an incident that happened last week. Right when last week's
teleseminar (paid) was starting I received an email asking if I could
let them join the event and they had a credit card and included their
phone number.
Since I was already doing the introduction live I couldn't process the
order, so I shot them the phone and access information. They emailed
back and said thanks and I could contact them for the payment information
the next day.
Ok, so I'm a "trusting type of person" and don't mind giving
people the benefit of the doubt. I emailed them the next day to see
when would be a good time to contact them, and so far no response after
6 days... hmmm, go figure.
So NOW, I'm not sure if I am a "trusting type of person" or
a fool kind of person.
...big grin...
Even if they didn't like the event (read money back guarantee), then
they could afford me the courtesy of a reply saying so. Oh well I guess
that's one for experience I can add to my list.
Needless to say their name is etched in my memory, so now I'm waiting
for another such request in the future, or maybe a request for a JV
from them in the future...grin...
Now don't get me wrong, I have given away more than my share of my products
to people in difficult or cash crunched situations, but it was by my
own choosing. This is different...
But hey, I can live with it, if they can. I'm sure at some point in
the future I'll do it again... just not the so close future. Yep, I'm
human and have feelings too.
Of course I'll probably get an email about the time I send this out,
making me feel bad too. No they are not on this list, so I didn't mean
it that way.
:-)
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May you and your family have a very blessed week.
Thanks for joining me and my ramblings!
See ya next week.
:-)
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Last but not least, please send any comments, suggestions,
tips, hints and so forth to:
gary@crazywebguy.com
I do appreciate your comments and input.
Till next week;
May you and your family have a blessed and safe
week.
Thanks for joining me;
Gary Knuckles
Crazy Web Guy News
http://www.crazywebguy.com
BudgetWare, Inc.
5531 Youngville Rd.
Springfield, TN. 37172
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