| I wrote this a little while back and thought I should | | | | the most money. Look, there is NO better way of |
| just post it here for all those interested in my | | | | getting free traffic then building a website through |
| journey of internet network marketing. It should be | | | | how do I know? Because, I've seen other website |
| noted that this is a short version of my story and | | | | build it programs out there and nothing touches the |
| there are a few details missing. Enjoy! | | | | quality of If you have the time and you want to build |
| Looking back at my journey and all the money I've | | | | a website with high traffic then use them. |
| lost I have to laugh. I guess I wouldn't be where I'm | | | | As I continued looking for information on the internet |
| at today if I had someone tell me what I'm about to | | | | I realized that I kept reading these "sales letters" |
| tell you. | | | | where the authors were convincing me to buy |
| It all began with the thought of making money online | | | | something (usually an e-book- remember my first |
| while I'm sleeping, on a holiday, golfing, or whatever. I | | | | experience with "Rich jerk"). A typical sales letter is |
| learned that the internet had made over 35 billion | | | | usually very personal and convincing. It presents a |
| dollars of sales the previous year and I wanted a | | | | problem, and promises a solution, selling the solution |
| piece of the action. So what did I do? I decided to | | | | with a guarantee and a whole bunch of bonuses. It |
| buy rich jerk's e-book. Ever heard of him? What a | | | | started dawning on me that sales letters must be |
| jerk! No wonder his name says so. Anyway, I read | | | | the best way to market on the internet. In fact, |
| his sales letter (at the time I didn't know that is what | | | | everything I've ever bought from the internet was |
| the particular letter was called) and immediately | | | | from the result of reading a sales letter. So I started |
| bought his e-book. In his sales letter he made it seem | | | | to connect the dots and the light bulb went on. That |
| like internet marketing was so easy. Well, I read his | | | | is when I found statistics supporting my findings that |
| book at least 2 or 3 times and was more confused | | | | sales letters are indeed the best way to make sales |
| and frozen then before. I had no idea where to start. | | | | on the internet. |
| So what did I do? I was suckered in by the rich jerks | | | | So not knowing much more then the fact that I |
| sales tactics once again. He recommended a | | | | needed a sales letter, I decided to write a sales |
| "coaching program" for all the "stupid" ones like me | | | | letter for my product and start promoting it through |
| who couldn't succeed at internet marketing. Well, I | | | | ppc. Wow! Talk about a wake up call. Once again |
| ended up subscribing to this coaching program for | | | | money went out of my pocket and nothing came in. |
| $5000. Yep, you heard me right...I spent a whopping | | | | Obviously, just putting up a few sales letters was |
| $5000 on a program where they promised me that I | | | | not the answer. I must admit that I was a little |
| would make thousands of dollars a month within a | | | | confused. I really really thought that my sales letters |
| short period of time. I later found out that this | | | | were good and I thought that people would by my |
| coaching program was actually a company called | | | | product. I just couldn't understand why it wasn't |
| ecapital training. Guess what? It didn't turn out the | | | | working. |
| way I thought. Talk about a pit in my stomach. I had | | | | Yet, I knew sales letters were the right direction. |
| $5000 on my credit card and I started sniffing a | | | | How did I know? Not because someone telling me, |
| scam. They sent me a course that I was to take | | | | but because I experienced their power. I saw people |
| online and I started wondering why I spent $5000. | | | | like myself and others who were buying from sales |
| By my 3rd week I decided that I wanted my money | | | | letters. If others were doing it then I knew I could |
| back. I ended up only getting around $4300 back. | | | | do it. |
| Was it all a loss? No way. Anytime you take action | | | | You want to know my next mistake (never fear |
| towards a dream or goal it is NEVER bad. Yes, I | | | | mistakes...just fear giving up)? I decided I needed a |
| learned not to get suckered in so easy, but I gained | | | | prettier website to hang my sales letters on. So I |
| something precious from the ecapital training course. I | | | | hired a website developer. Yikes! Good thing I didn't |
| learned that the first thing I needed to succeed in | | | | go that direction too long. Trust me, I learned that |
| internet marketing was a product to market and so I | | | | websites are NOT the problem. Words sell. Words |
| began my search. Of course, an information product | | | | are the most powerful medium on the internet...not |
| is the best. However, I didn't know what to write. | | | | pretty websites. |
| Plus, I didn't know you get get someone to write | | | | As I continued my "quest" for learning a simple way |
| information for you (more on that later). Anyway, I | | | | to market on the internet, I came across people |
| found a health supplement product called Sibu | | | | called copywriters. I learned that these people write |
| Balance. The product was GREAT! In fact, I was so | | | | sales letters for a living! Well, knowing that a good |
| sold on it that I got my family on it right away. | | | | sales letter is 100x better then a pretty website, I |
| There was only one so called down side (at least | | | | decided to give a copywriter a try. |
| that is what internet marketers told me) about my | | | | I found a copy writer named Ray Edwards. Talk |
| product. It was from a network marketing company. | | | | about an answer to prayer. Ray is familiar with both |
| Talk about opening up another can of worms! My | | | | internet and network marketing. Ray began to open |
| brother had been in network marketing companies | | | | my eyes to see things more clearly. Things I never |
| and I didn't care for them too much. But, because I | | | | heard of before like an opt-in page were introduced |
| loved the product so much my mind was open. So I | | | | to me by Ray. Ray taught me that I needed a page |
| started researching network marketing. And | | | | where I capture people's contact info when internet |
| amazingly enough, I found out that network | | | | marketing. I had no idea! Who would have thought? |
| marketing is actually one of the best business | | | | But, it made sense. Then a person needs a good |
| structures around! I had no idea! Up until that time I | | | | sales letter that converts people to buy product. If |
| just thought of it as scams or "childish" jobs. Well, I | | | | the person doesn't buy the product or join your |
| discovered that network marketing allows a person | | | | company the first time, then you should have at |
| to help other people succeed. I couldn't believe it. I | | | | least 10 follow-up emails prepared in an auto |
| could invest time and money in my so called | | | | responder to follow up with them. |
| competitors (my team) and still benefit from it. Talk | | | | So lets recap so far the things to AVOID and the |
| about leverage! Plus, I learned the difference | | | | things to DO |
| between linear and residual income. I learned that the | | | | AVOID: |
| rich take advantage of residual income. | | | | 1. spending money on a pretty website |
| Well, that is when the "BAM" moment happened to | | | | 2. spending thousands of dollars on a course like |
| me or the light bulb went on. You see, I was smart | | | | ecaptial training |
| enough to realize that the reason most people don't | | | | 3. writing your own sales letters |
| make a lot of money in network marketing was | | | | 4. Using your network marketing company's website |
| because of the "traditional methods" used. Such as | | | | 5. Running a pay per click advertisement without |
| writing your list of 100 family and friends and nagging | | | | knowledge |
| them until they become distributors. Well, that is o.k. | | | | Things To Do: |
| for the guy at the top, but I knew that it wouldn't | | | | 1. Get an opt-in page convincing people to give their |
| build my business to the point of making a good 6 | | | | email address |
| figure income. But, I began to think that the | | | | 2. Get a professional sales letter written |
| combination of the power of the internet and the | | | | 3. Get an auto-responder to follow up with prospect |
| leverage of network marketing might be lethal! Even | | | | 4. Hire a good copywriter to do the job |
| though all the internet marketers I knew never | | | | 5. Have a system in place that is user friendly for |
| talked about network marketing and vice versa, I | | | | your downline |
| knew my "vision" was doable. | | | | Easy? Yeah, I wish! Look what I went through to |
| So what did I do next? I decided that a fancy | | | | discover this easy secret to internet marketing. Trust |
| website was all I needed for marketing my network | | | | me, I wish somebody had written something like this |
| marketing product on the internet. I went and got | | | | so I could have saved my money and time. |
| this fancy website (I didn't pay much for it because it | | | | So is that it? No way. There is so much information |
| was a duplicate of another website) and started | | | | to learn with internet marketing. Let me continue |
| marketing it through pay per click (google adwords). | | | | with my story. |
| Man, I couldn't believe that money didn't start rolling | | | | Through Ray I stumbled across a certain individual |
| in. Actually, it was opposite. Money went out and | | | | that had the same vision of bringing the power of |
| nothing came in. It seemed that everyone coming to | | | | the internet together with the leverage of network |
| the website left within a few seconds of clicking on | | | | marketing. He used the simple method above for |
| it. Absolutely NO sales...and only one prospect out of | | | | capturing leads and ended up growing his team by |
| a few hundred visitors. | | | | thousands of people in less then a year! He proved |
| I looked in many places for a solution. I can't even | | | | to everyone that it could be done! Well, this was the |
| remember all of the e-books I bought and all of the | | | | BEST news ever! All I had up until this point was a |
| articles I read as I searched for a solution. What was | | | | vision...and then I saw someone who had made it |
| I doing wrong? After all, I had a wonderful, very | | | | happen. |
| flashy website and nobody was buying anything. But, | | | | So what was the best piece of information I learned |
| I wouldn't let this discourage me. I've learned that if | | | | from this particular individual? Believe it or not, it was |
| you are to obtain your dreams, you must overcome | | | | a product he recommended. It was a course by |
| many obstacles. | | | | Dave Vallieres on internet marketing. |
| One place I stumbled across one day was I bought | | | | It was through this course that I began to see it |
| the course and took it for a few weeks. This was | | | | was possible for average people to make a living |
| the first real good information I received from the | | | | online. |
| internet. The course is absolutely unbelievable. It | | | | If someone would have pointed me to Dave's ebook |
| gives people a simple system for creating a high | | | | I would paid thousands of dollars months ago to just |
| traffic website. And it was the first time I even saw | | | | skip all I went through. If you want to learn from the |
| someone write about internet network marketing. | | | | best and learn what works then order Dave's ebook |
| When I say a simple system, I mean it. I've never | | | | (I know where to get it). You will not be |
| seen a course so easy to use. However, I did not | | | | disappointed. If you think you can learn internet |
| want to write a lot of content and this was | | | | marketing on your own without his book then your |
| necessary. If I had the time I would have continued | | | | FOOLISH! You will spend way too much money and |
| with the course and built a high traffic website. The | | | | time and will probably end up coming back to it |
| problem was I needed a strategy for marketing a | | | | anyway. |
| product that I had in mind without taking a months | | | | So there you go. Now, you have the short version |
| developing a website. The opportunity I had in my | | | | on what to do and what not to do in internet |
| network marketing company required fast action for | | | | network marketing. |