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Seeing Some Success
I recently found a cheat code. It is a real life one and it feels insincere when explained…
Reporting results and gains on email open rates can be manipulative.
With email segmenting you can select only a certain segment of your subscribers get your message.
When you create a segment of the most active subscribers, you end up with open rates that are off the charts.
But, unless you have a follow-up system to nurture those subscribers you end up with a bunch of people on a list who open your emails and that’s it!
How do you get clicks on email links?
That is the problem I am solving right now for myself and my subscribers.
Here is a link to my most recent squeeze page:
This shows how to get the right messages out to your new subscribers to build rapport and trust with them.
I bought some kind of traffic system that cost me around $20 to see if it works or not.
It is some kind of rotator that my link gets show on and I’m a little confused but I did get some traffic and maybe even a sale when I bought a similar product in the past.
We’ll see and I need to go and buy more Solo ads to get more signups for sure.
My opt-in rate has been through the roof but my click through rate to emails opened is 0.
I have no clicks from my emails.
It is safe to say that I am failing at email marketing right now.
I think that the people who continuously open my emails are doing so automatically, which is nice because it keeps my emails in their inbox, but it does nothing as far as tell me what makes people click on email links.
My links are not what they are looking for or compelling enough to make them stop and be interested.
Regardless, I am making progress and I do have ideas to make more money in the future using these concepts.
This time around I am not going crazy building a huge list until I start getting more link clicks but I also need subscribers to test my skills so I am building as I go but using what I have to find what it is I have that works!
I know that email marketing is a legitimate business plan but I don’t know how to capitalize on it.
I am making it happen but it sure takes a ton of time.
See you around and as always, comment or email me with any questions or anything you want me to discuss with you.
Pondering on Story Selling
Just the wording on that is vague, at best. What is story selling? Is it selling a fictional story about a fictional character and selling it as a recreational read or do you tell your own story and mention how people can copy your story to have the same success you’ve achieved, or you can pretend to be something, and live that “story” to profit from the “believers”.
I could use AI to make this better, to come up with a better more eloquent and articulate conveyance of my message but this is just a pondering and is not professional. It is being thought out as you are reading. I am correcting or rephrasing, so self editing as I go but nothing that’s being polished up for the long term.
One of my biggest interests is passive income. The less dependance on interaction the better.
Over the years I’ve developed habits and realized some of my motivations.
I am developing a step by step business plan to set up easy to fund LLCs that disseminate this same info to others so I have an army of “drones” that have access to “cheap” money to use to acquire assets.
It sounds confusing and I am still working on a flowchart to show what I mean, at least a diagram of some sort so my words can make better sense. If you’re reading this and that would be of interest to you too then comment below or send me and email ghernandez@gilberthernandez.com.
Having an LLC with large lines of revolving credit, especially at 0% APR, is a valuable thing on many levels.
First of all I am talking about credit cards at 0% for a short promotional period.
I am also talking about that credit not being tied to your personal credit in any way.
There are steps to be taken to set up a business and it can be done systematically.
There are other, more detailed steps to ensure fundability.
My first “product” is a lead magnet giveaway that doubles as my automated money-maker.
In the lead magnet are instructions to download and set up your own biz-in-a-box give-away that signs up your list subscribers under your AWeber account and then through your Udimi affiliate link your subscribers buy solo ads that you also give them in the box, not the ads, just the biz to buy the clicks, the squeeze page, thank-you page, and a short welcome intro series all able to be set up and get you 25-50 subscribers today!
Once I get the skill down to make the system work, get sign ups and have a compelling enough offer, that I can actually perform on, and be consistently making money then I will move on to step 2 which is to set up an LLC.
I may have jumped ahead a bit but there is a point where I begin selling my own products and I am doing that withoput a business. I mean there is a business but I am not registered and licensed, I am not a professional.
I already laid out my building credit and capitalizing on bank/credit card welcome bonuses for my business so that is going to require setting up the biz and making it all legit. I want to avoid as much government as posssible but I understand it is still a huge part of the game, I must pay tribute to the master or armed men will kick in my door, kidnap me, and throw me in a dungeon.
Aside from that nonsense, the system has a structure and by working the system properly you can open up a great deal of credit that otherwise stays locked away from you.
I have a ton of paths to explore on this journey but having a destination in mind is nice.
I’m working specifically on getting clicks on links in emails.
My pain point is that, having people opening my emails and never interacting with them at all!
It’s likely that the people who are opening my emails are just opening it because it is on auto feed, once the prior one is dealt with the next one automatically opens, so they aren’t really opening it because my headline was great or anything like that but because they have to since they set up their email dashboard that way.
Anyway, that is just a theory.
I’m sending out daily emails to people on my list and trying out new angles over and over again to see if I can crack the code and I have tactics and explanations should anyone ever ask…
Study on Getting Email Links Clicked
I had a low response to my most recent email today and so I sent another. I fear that I used a no-no word in my subject line and may have ended up in the spam or promotions tabs and I want to see if I have done damage or what.
I took the opportunity to use a tool I hadn’t used before, the AWeber survey tool.
I am struggling to get my subscribers engaged in my content and specifically I have been unable to compel responses from the opened emails I send.
So, I sent an email today after I screen shotted the email, which is the survey asking if they want to see the email they were just sent…
For the first group who get it and click they will more than likely be disappointed but in the future, when I have more of these types of emails or at least other emails that get a better response rate I can send it out as an update to the people interested in this topic that I have tagged through AWeber’s system.
With the low open rate this morning I am a little nervous about the state of my deliverability.
I am impressed with my persistence on this task.
I know that people are using email lists to make a considerable amount of money, consistently.
I know that I can build a list of subscribers that are, at least, opening the emails I send out.
I know that with the help of AI there are too many solutions to try, meaning that I will never run out of ideas to make what I want to happen become my reality!
It is also important to me to maintain a high level of integrity since I am doing business with people and I want more business and being a person of low integrity will put a swift end to my efforts to build a long standing profitable business.
I don’t have to use AWeber’s survey template to create my own surveys but I have to figure out how to use the results properly, just like with the AWeber template.
My focus right now is making sure that I am able to be giving the right advice, especially as a consultant, to make sure I am leading my subscribers to profits.
The path is through email marketing my own digital products to my subscribers and teaching them how to build this type of affiliate marketing business and get it funded by having credit lines available.
I am working on all sorts of avenues to gain more credit lines for myself and my businesses and I am working on making it into a course that I sell to show others how to do the same.
It is like the 90’s marketers that would put ads in marketing or make money from home types of magazines that would teach people how to make money selling information about how to make money selling information.
It is exactly the same but using email instead of physical mail!
Building credit for a business and that credit being 100% independent of your social security number, is a valuable thing and having a profitable info biz that runs on autopilot with large lines of unsecured credit is a valuable product that can reasonably quickly and extremely easily be replicated so selling can be done right away for quick cash and that can be replicated multiple times in the first year of implementation!
I can build a business and build its credit lines up in under one year and sell it for a hefty profit.
I can charge a healthy fee to set up and set in motion this business model.
I can run this business model profitably for as long as I want.
Eventually, I will have a responsive subscriber list that I can sell my businesses or my services to and I will make them a lot of money and me even more!
As I employ my own skills and tactics I learn and adapt and I am finding the path to delivering my messages and getting them heard by the right audience, I am learning what works so my package will only become better and better in the next few weeks.
How to Your Email Links Clicked
In the past, my email list suffered from a familiar problem. I have a squeeze page that converts solo ad traffic into email list subscribers but my ability to get links clicked from inside my emails is a difficult task.
My next email, how am I going to get clicks?
One thing I need to check is if traffic from a different source, not solo ads, gets traffic too and gets sign ups at a similar rate and see if I get the same problem.
However, if I get lots of cheap sign ups and still no link clicks thaen it’s my emails, if I do get a significant improvement to my CTR then it is the traffic source, I’d guess.
My next move is to test some Propeller ads and see what I end up with. I have never used them and I don’t know how they work.
Part of my next project will include the results report of these trials.
So, enough talk about getting more traffic and more traffic getting!
Segmenting My Email List – Demystified
I made 3 simple segments in my email list today after the realization of a “hack” that improved my open rates from 10% to 75% in 3 emails…
There are ways to write these progressions as huge percent gains and the rate of gain…
The bottom line is I sent my messages, broadcasts, to only those subscribers who opened the last email, twice, and it resulted in a huge explosion of open rates from just over 10% to exactly 75% in my last email.
That doesn’t mean that I am consistently getting all my sends opened at this rate it just means that by manipulating who gets my emails I can make my numbers do something phenomenal sounding while still getting 0 clicks on the links in those emails.
For now, I am only culling the subscribers who are non-responsive, meaning they haven’t opened an email from me in over 90 days even after being sent my re-engagement series.
In the future I may end up removing the subscribers who don’t ever click even though they open my emails.
Presently the opens are giving me positive numbers but I am not getting the reactions that help me get money.
That is why I have an ulterior motive in the processes of building business credit.
Regardless of whether or not anyone ever subscribes to my email list or ever clicks a link, even if they never open one email my business will still have huge lines of credit that can be used to invest in other assets that make money or in better ads and messages to make the biz successful.
The point is I am building a valuable resource/asset regardless of the success of the actual business, it is successful before it has a customer, in my eyes, if it has a line of credit, unsecured and over $25k!
With my patience, willingness, perseverance, and knowledge, I can leverage the credit to start more of these simple LLCs and invest that income in dividend-paying funds.
This is the process I am working on, not the one I am following, yet, just a rough idea that I am sending traffic to and seeing what sticks.
There are many aspects I can comment from and there are many processes I can explain but I don’t know what my list wants and today I don’t even know how to get my list to respond to me at all.
I am using AI to help get me through some rough spots, create content, and keep me moving forward.
The credit angle keeps me going and I believe if I keep sending my message out to the public there will eventually be someone who hears me.
I can explore YouTube but first I am looking into Propeller Ads, and it is new and confusing but looks to be affordable. I am gathering data, seting up a plan and writing a short guide on how to copy my success, when I get there.
For now that’s all, stay tuned. I will keep monitoring my traffic and improve/scale where I find siuccess.
Why Start a Consulting Llc.?
Let me give you a little backstory first…
I am one of those info junkies, one of the ones who spends too much time and effort searching for the magic bullet or the holy grail to save me and I want to believe the hype of every powerful sales page I come across, but…
The process I have come up with, based on my years of study and endless seeking of the easy button, is to show others how to also start an llc, get it funding without the use of personal guarantees or using a social security number.
There are some ideas and paths and things that can be broken down and products or guides made for almost anything and I have to decide what to include in all my marketing and offers.
Long ago, at a seminar in a Las Vegas hotel I was introduced to credit, business credit to be exact.
The guys were giving me a blueprint to building business credit and how to use it but I didn’t get it or have the money to invest in it at the time.
Fast forward 15 years and here I am back at credit building as the key to building wealth.
I didn’t have a business that I could dedicate myself to that would also meet my demands for freedom and minimal input.
This sounds like an infomercial or a sales page now…
This is my actual true story, the timelines may be a little off but it was a long time ago, more than 10 and probably more than 15 but that’s enough to get the point across…
I watched a bunch of Youtube videos about credit building and read a ton of books on the subject and I still couldn’t figure out how to implement what I’d learned in a productive and profitable manner until now, with the advent of AI, I can help tons of people or just build for myself, and either way I can be productive and I believe I will be profitable.
Credit, bank bonuses, and aged corporations are a few of the topics I am delving into and the how and why of starting an Llc even if you don’t have a business right now.
One thing is that you can use its credit to invest in another business of your choice, and with any biz that needs customers you need to advertise. That adds up fast and if you are starting with a business that has a profitable stream coming in already then it is a no brainer for investors to want in which gives you, the business owner, lots of options.
My job is to get businesses to the point where I can’t put the money in a place to make it grow fast and safe enough then I can sell the biz, start a few more to do the same thing and do what I know over and over as long as it keeps making me money.
Here I am going to go into why I am choosing to open a digital-based biz in Wyoming, why it’s a consulting firm, and how I am progressing through the steps in the process to obtain large lines of unsecured credit.
I am starting my funnel where I am, getting people interested in what I am doing and building a list of them to market to.
Affiliate marketing, email marketing, and content marketing are all part of it.
Today I am working on understanding segmenting and tagging my subscribers and why.
It is a daunting task and I haven’t found a simple guide or process yet.
A.I., particularly Copilot, is an immense help to figuring stuff out.
I am looking into propeller ads to see if I can get a better response or at least get a better customer there, and it is fairly cheap, I think, to get started, we will see.
There are processes and plans for so much stuff and it gets deeper and deeper but the thing is that you can make money all along the way by figuring out how to get through it and show others how to do the same.
I know they could just as easily use A.I. and if that’s the case then they probably won’t want or need my help, and that’s ok.
I just had Copilot put together a guide to help me segment my subscribers so that they automatically go to a certain part of my list. I can’t let it go dormant on my end or I will ruin my own list but I can’t let the ones who do not participate pull my whole biz down.
By sending emails only to the people who open them is important to my deliverability rates.
I am thinking that this might be helpful to the people on my list that wanted to know how to build a list now need to know what to do with the people on their list.
I build lists well. I can teach what has worked for me.
Implementing My Own Advice – Email Marketing
Many years have passed since I first found out about sending an email and making money, and I have been obsessed ever since.
There have been many failures and false hopes crushed along the way but I still can’t shake the belief that it is possible to make money with emails and now I am including building my own info products since I’ve learned a ton along the way…
My current project is an actual implementation of the PLR product I acquired many years ago, about how to nurture your email subscriber list.
The problem I faced in the past and is again showing itself here is a generic list of subscribers, which is easy to build, but nearly impossible to sell to.
I don’t have a clear path from subscriber to customer.
I am able to get people to open the emails I send but no one ever clicks the links in the emails.
Since I know about the psychology used to get people to click on links I feel empowered and obligated to not use it in a way that would make me feel used or betrayed in some way if it were used on me.
Giving value is another one of those tips or tricks that everyone offers to people but no one really steps up and shows how to actually provide that value!
With the advent of AI and its widespread use and its amazing capabilities there is a unique situation where I can figure out how to do something, like start and run a legitimate consulting firm, and deal publicly, or at least in my group, with the problems I face and how I am going about fixing the issues I have something valuable to share and eventually will have something that generates the income I need to go on doing what I do every day.
Right now I am working on building an audience that responds to the emails I send out, figure out what they want and cater to them while simultaneously creating a flow of traffic to that “funnel” that finds and leads people who need my help to me and creates a win-win situation for those involved.
The nuts and bolts can be arranged in a beneficial manner in numerous ways.
What I have difficulty figuring out is probably similar among others wishing to traverse this path too.
My daily activities center around me dealing with difficulties, getting advice from AI and figuring out which advice is actually worth following, implementing the strategy, getting results, and deciding which way to go next, following the same back and forth with the AI and my own desires and judgements to make a decision and do the dance again and again implementing more of what works and getting rid of what is holding me back.
I have a cheap source of solo ads I found a few years ago and I get the same results from it as I do no matter who’s solo ads I buy. I get a great opt-in rate always over 30% but then I get no interest in the content of my emails.
It is as if people opt in to receive my emails then treat it like junk mail.
So far, in the past 16 minutes of sending my last broadcast email, there have been 3 people who’ve opened the email and still no clicks.
I keep mentioning it to myself and to the AI but I am not making any real progress yet into what the real problem is.
I am not trying to send out a message of complaining but I do not like being ignored and I want to figure out how to get my message heard.
It is possible that my emails are just not that interesting or my list is just not that interested inn what I am saying.
I know there is a market for what I am offering because it has been here for a long time and it has been making people money for a long time.
Mailing lists, info products, and make money from home have all been big businesses for many years, and I know this because I have been in it, unsuccessfully, for quite some time.
For my next project, or a continuation of the same project, I am implementing these tips and tricks that the AI helps me come up with and dealing with the results.
I am perfecting the end product I’d like to sell and as I do that I am working on the delivery of it.
I have read so many sales letters that talk about this struggle and then the breakthrough that changes it all happens and here it is…
Then, you see all the happy pictures, in words and photos, and how easy it is to have all this stuff if you just follow these three steps to instant wealth. When I get those instructions it feels as if so much is missing and I feel let down which makes the next guys job to sell me that much harder because even if he has something that could actually work for me all my skepticism and disappointment come down on him and make me blind to what will actually work.
I like this idea of having a blog that I can write about stuff without relying on AI because it is more like a public diary, a place where I can share real life without sharing my whole life.
You can see that I struggle but I am also getting by just fine.
I don’t trust anyone online and I don’t expect anyone to trust me.
There are improvements happening but the ones that make the magic happen are still in the works.
I am getting closer and closer to the place where my actions and words are going to get the money they have been working so hard to earn.
I want to have money coming in with little time and effort. I want to spend my time worrying about how to spend my time and money in a fun way and less worry and time on how to get more time and money!
Credit is good but having an income is a necessity that make everything difficult.
My desire is to have a business that I can sell to my client that has access to funds that can be loaned to another business of theirs to make them both money.
This post is getting too long so I am going to sign off for now but if this interest you then leave a real comment not one telling me about your only fans page!
Let me know if you’d be interested in hearing about a step-by-step process to start a consulting firm, in Wyoming (due to its favorable laws), build up its credit profile and credit lines, and how to use the credit to make more money!
Oh yeah, did I mention that all this I am building requires little to no interaction with other people, by phone or in person, all email or text messages.
Steps to Launch a Wyoming LLC for Consulting, Marketing, or Advertising
Use this checklist to form a Wyoming LLC that’s perfectly primed for your consulting, marketing, or advertising venture. Track each service you use—those links become your affiliate pipeline later.
1. Choose Your Business Type & Name
- Pick one of the three core models:
- Consulting (strategy, audits, coaching)
- Marketing (campaign management, content, funnels)
- Advertising (paid ads, media buying, retargeting)
- Brainstorm a unique LLC name that ends with “LLC” (or “L.L.C.”).
- Check availability on the Wyoming Secretary of State website.
- (Optional) Reserve the name for 120 days if you’re not ready to file immediately.
2. Appoint a Registered Agent
- Wyoming law requires a physical in-state address.
- You can:
- Serve yourself (must be a WY resident, available business hours)
- Designate a partner or employee who meets the same criteria
- Hire a commercial registered-agent service (ideal for privacy and compliance)
3. File Articles of Organization
- Go to the Wyoming Secretary of State’s “Start A Business” portal.
- Complete the online form (or mail in the PDF):
- LLC name
- Registered-agent name and address
- Principal business address and email
- Pay the $100 filing fee online (plus $2 card surcharge) or by check.
- Processing is instant when filed electronically.
4. Draft an Operating Agreement
- Not legally required in Wyoming—but critical for:
- Defining member roles, profit splits, and decision processes
- Proving separation of personal and business assets
- Keep it simple: single-member or multi-member format
5. Obtain Your EIN
- Visit to apply for a free Employer Identification Number.
- An EIN is needed to:
- Open business bank accounts
- Apply for business credit cards and vendor lines
- Hire employees (if you choose to)
6. Set Up Your Business Infrastructure
- Register your domain name and point it to your chosen hosting platform.
- Build a one-page site or simple multi-page site with a form embed to capture leads.
- Get a virtual business address (mail forwarding) and a business phone number (VOIP).
- Create a professional email address using your domain (e.g., you@yourllc.com).
7. Open a Business Bank Account
- Take your EIN, Articles of Organization, and Operating Agreement to your bank of choice.
- Choose a bank that:
- Pays a competitive APY on checking balances
- Offers a solid welcome bonus for new business accounts
- Has easy online/mobile banking
8. Launch Your Email-Only Consulting Workflow
- Embed a form (Typeform, JotForm, etc.) to qualify and onboard clients automatically.
- Use your email platform (AWeber, ConvertKit, etc.) to send:
- A welcome sequence with your “How to Start in ___” guide
- Fill-in-the-blank audit templates for each service type
- Deliver all analyses, reports, and action plans via email attachments or shared docs.
- Offer a 48-hour “email office hours” window for follow-up questions—no calls required.
9. Apply for Starter Business Credit
- Once your account shows a few deposits, apply for:
- 1–2 introductory business credit cards
- Vendor credit lines (payment terms with software providers, ad platforms)
- Track each approval, credit limit, and bonus offer for your ongoing “credit sprint” playbooks.
10. Document & Affiliate-Enable Your Process
- Keep a centralized “Resources” document with every vendor link you used.
- Turn your journey into:
- A free DIY guide (PDF or email series) filled with affiliate links
- A paid DFY setup service quoting a flat fee + pass-through costs
- Encourage subscribers to plug in their own preferred tools and follow your proven blueprint.
By following these steps, you’ll have a credit-stacked Wyoming LLC that’s ready to deliver high-value consulting, marketing, or advertising services—all managed via email, with minimal overhead and maximum affiliate upside.
Day 1 Results – What to Expect from Our List Segmentation & Re-engagement Test
Baseline Metrics (Before Any Changes)
- Open rate: 10%
- Click-through rate: 0%
- Reply count: 0
These are our starting points. Tomorrow morning, I’ll post the “after” numbers so you can see exactly how these shift.
Today’s Action: List Segmentation & Re-engagement
- Paused the bottom 20% of dormant subscribers
- Focused our send on the top 30% most recently active readers
- Sent a simple “Still with me?” re-engagement email
Why this matters:
- Cleans out dead weight so your main send lands in the inboxes that actually open
- Improves deliverability and engagement signals for later tests
- Gives us clearer data to judge subject-line and content tweaks
What You Should Watch For
Over the next 24 hours, track these in your own account:
- New open rate (expect a 5–10 point bump)
- Any clicks or replies (even 1–2 clicks is a positive signal)
- Unsubscribe or spam complaints (should remain minimal)
Note your “before” and “after” so you can compare.
Your Turn Today
If you’re following along:
- Segment your list exactly as above.
- Send your re-engagement email.
- Note your baseline metrics and what you see after this send.
Next Up
Tomorrow morning I’ll update this post with my real results—open-rate lift, any clicks, and insights on timing. I’ll also share screenshots from my analytics so you can compare.
Share Your Expectations & Questions
Drop a comment below with:
- Your own baseline open & click rates
- The lift you’re aiming for (e.g., “I’m hoping for at least a 15% open rate”)
- Any questions about today’s segment or email copy
Let’s compare notes and keep each other accountable. See you here tomorrow with Day 1 actuals!
The Simple SLO Plan
I have had success using solo ads to quickly build an email list. I have another plan to help new marketers get started right away making money with a plug and play business. The business is literally copy me and make money… Super basic concept.
The hard part is to make sure and perform good on the offer.
I will send solo ad traffic to a squeeze page and convert them into subscribers. They will be sent an email course that gives them emails of their own to be sent out to their email lists to make money as an email marketer.
Everything will work out of the box and my other sites, PLR products setup to make me money, will be my practice at selling and developing products and services to make me money.
All my money will be put into an investment account that I will develop an easy to use tracking worksheet to show my profits and losses with my options sales. I can turn that into a newsletter and send credit card offers or special banking offers maybe even financial products that pay a commission.
There are so many options that I get stuck in indecision.
It is too hard to get through the tough parts.
Sometimes it is worth it but the thought of doing the same thing over and over for years is too much for me to consider. I still do the same stuff too much that doesn’t make me any wealthier but I do it anyways.
The simple SLO Plan, self-liquidating offer plan, that pays for itself is where you place an ad that pays for itself by selling what you’re offering.
Part of me wants to work on SEO but I like the idea of buying traffic because it is so fast.
Since the plan I have been working on uses solo ads I am going to use them.
In the future I may make a new landing page where I use Facebook, Google, Pinterest, or Youtube ads- if this is succesful then I may make them all!
The idea behind this first product, aside from making me money, is to help my subscribers find an easy path to making money consistently.
I need to keep what is working and what I already have available which is AWeber, and also expand to other providers that also pay a commission.
If I could get paid using affiliate links for products I don’t use that would be ok with me.
My thank-you page is where I show subscribers how to get my landing page, thank-you page, and then how to set them up with their own affiliate links and where to buy traffic that also pays me a commission for sales I refer.
When one of my subscribers buys traffic I will send them a $5 Udimi gift card so that I can make a small commission when they buy more traffic.
Hopefull there is a way to know when someone uses the giftcard I give them so I can send them more to make even more.
Having AWeber subscribers pay for AWeber services earns me a recurring commission which is really nice.
So, giving them something that works will help me be trusted when I sell them my other products.
Since I already have PLR products I can easily set them up with buy links and send them to my list.
The ones that get the most attention and make the most money will get the most upgrades to make it even better.
I have a list and good enough plans to start making money with it.
I can sell this idea to people.
It is simple, but not easy…