I found a new, old way to market my website without forking out cash.

It is a traffic exchange and it is building my list.

Many years ago I found these surf for traffic sites, a place that’s a “you look at mine and I’ll look at yours” type of deal.

It is extremely time-consuming. And when I used it before it was fruitless!

You are probably wondering now why would you ever go back to something that seems so much like a waste of time?

The reason is that I found a new perspective, have new skills and I made more progress in one day than I made in months before!

What changed?

I realized that, like me, all the folks surfing for views are not interested in your promotion as much as they are interested in getting you to see their promotions.

Everyone is trying to hurry through the promos to earn credits for displaying their offers!

What is the point of offering anything else aside from a how to get more traffic type of offer?

I setup a landing page in AWeber and made the headline about driving more visitors and more list sign-ups and I am getting more list sign-ups myself.

Don’t run out and start doing what I’m doing unless all you want is a big list. There is still a lack of sales conversions… But I am on the right path.

I am getting the first “YES” by getting them on my list. As far as conversions I still need work but I can’t get a conversion without a prospect, right?

I just wanted to report on my progress, which is a huge success to me.

Traffic Exchange Traffic is hard to convert to a subscriber. With the idea that you are helping them solve their traffic problem you are offering the solution they are actively trying to remedy you are positioning yourself for a higher likelihood of getting a subscriber and if I can now position the affiliate products properly as the solution they are looking for then the conversions should follow.

The exchange is TrafficAdBar.com and with the right offer I know you can build your email list without forking out your hard-earned dollars.

Now, my mission is to find the right delivery to help my subscribers see the power of the tools I am using to get results.

I am getting the skills necessary to convert subscribers into customers from my book, Killer Web Copy, and the advice on what to say on a landing page to get subscribers is working really well I just need to practice my copy in my emails.

If you are struggling to build an email list check out Solo Ad Professor and to really get the most out of it you should also pick up Killer Web Copy.

The latest internet fad is A.I.

There are countless Youtube videos about it.

There are tons of social media posts about it.

Talk show hosts like Joe Rogan are even talking about it.

It can be used to build and run a successful email marketing company.

Here’s what I’m talking about:

It can help you with keyword research.

Content ideas

Researching topics.

It can even help with copywriting.

There are countless ways to implement A.I. such as ChatGPT to help you set up and run a successful email marketing business.

Here’s what I am doing:

I am using ChatGPT to get ideas for email subject lines, landing page headlines, and email content. The contents I usually end up doing the rewrite but there are surely ways, with better prompting, to get better results and I am learning how to do that better too.

Direct response copywriting is a powerful and effective marketing tool for businesses of all sizes. It is a form of copywriting that is designed to elicit a direct response from the reader, such as an immediate sale, a call to action, or an opt–in. This type of copywriting can be especially beneficial for businesses that are looking to increase conversions, build relationships with customers, and improve their overall marketing strategy. In this blog post, we will discuss the basics of direct response copywriting and how it can help you achieve these goals.

1. What Is Direct Response Copywriting?

Direct response copywriting is a type of writing that is designed to produce an immediate response from the reader. This can be in the form of a sale, a call to action, or an opt-in. It is typically used in marketing campaigns and is a powerful tool for driving conversions and improving ROI. Unlike other forms of copywriting, direct response copywriting is designed to be more direct, persuasive, and action-oriented. It is usually focused on a single product or service and is often used in combination with other marketing tactics, such as email campaigns and social media posts.

2. Benefits of Direct Response Copywriting

Direct response copywriting can be a great tool for businesses of all sizes. It can help you increase sales by prompting customers to make a purchase or sign up for a trial. It can also help you build better relationships with customers by providing them with relevant and useful information. You can use direct response copywriting to create targeted campaigns that will appeal to specific customer segments. Finally, it can improve your overall marketing strategy by allowing you to create more personalized and targeted campaigns.

3. Tips for Writing Effective Direct Response Copy

Writing effective direct response copy is not as simple as it may seem. Here are some tips to help you get started:

• Keep it Short: Your copy should be clear and concise. Try to keep it under 500 words and avoid using too many complex words or technical jargon.

• Know Your Audience: Understanding your target audience is key to writing effective direct response copy. Know what type of language they respond to and use it to craft your message.

• Use a Call to Action: A call to action is a key element of direct response copywriting. Make sure your copy includes a clear call to action that encourages the reader to take immediate action.

• Test and Measure: One of the best ways to optimize your direct response copy is to test different versions and measure the results. This will help you determine which copy works best for your audience.

• Focus on Benefits: When writing direct response copy, always focus on the benefits of your product or service. This will help to convince the reader to take action.

• Use Emotion: Emotional language can be a powerful tool for engaging the reader and driving conversions. Use emotionally charged language to connect with your readers and evoke a response.

• Pay Attention to Timing: Timing is key when it comes to direct response copywriting. Make sure you are sending your messages at the right time to ensure maximum impact.

• Optimize for Mobile: Many people now access the internet via their mobile devices, so make sure your copy is optimized for mobile. This includes using shorter sentences and larger fonts.

In conclusion, direct response copywriting can be a great tool for businesses of all sizes. It can help you increase sales, build stronger relationships with customers, and improve your overall marketing strategy. By understanding the basics of direct response copywriting and employing the tips outlined in this blog post, you can start writing effective direct response copy and see the results for yourself. With the right approach, direct response copywriting can be a powerful tool in your marketing arsenal.

I am still working on tracking and organizing. I must make more sales in order to keep testing. Maybe I can create a product where I test ad campaigns and having subscribers and giving them access to my test results at a much lower cost than doing it all themself could prove invaluable.

How do I set this up?

Maybe, ChatGPT plus its popularity and utility can help me create that course and be a part of it.

Would you be interested in, what I mentioned before,

• a squeeze page,
• a report that shows my results using that page,
• the products I promote,
• the email follow-ups, and the reports for them
• All my testing to promote PLR and affiliate products (if I create my own product I’ll show that too) plus
• the solo ad vendors I use, their answers to a series of questions aimed at optimizing my chances of earning a high return on ad spend

I want to test different landing pages, sales page variations, and different vendors, and products.

While I have put in years of study there has not been as thorough a testing as I would like. I have to spend money to buy ads and I need those same ads to sell for me so I can show what works.

I need to produce results that work if I intend to keep subscribers and it has to pay off or else I won’t have funds to continue testing.

Maybe I should actually create a page that has what I intend to provide, as a live example and put a signup form on the page.

Or, I should officially announce what exactly I will provide.

Or, another option is to find out what my subscribers actually want.

That seems simple but I need the data to come to me in an easy-to-understand and organized, so I think I am going to do a survey.

I can set up a survey to get opinions.

I have been going over some organizational methods for my data. I need to make sure I track certain metrics in order to know if my efforts are making a difference or not.

I have encountered PLR products for both topics.

I will create a PLR product of my own and give it to my subscribers along with the results I have mentioned above as a “teaser” for what you’ll get when you subscribe to my Solo Ad Tester service.

In the service I will promote products via email and report my results.

My mind is working hard here but I think that it is important to create multiple websites each on its own domain, unless it is part of a test, that I can report the results of as part of my product.

The results of my testing is my product.

Also included is the link where you can copy my AWeber squeeze page and email campaigns.

If you sign up for my service for $19.97/month I will create and test 4 new products each week. The product may also be an affiliate product, which you get to see my results and copy what works best for you.

It will be almost as easy as opening an email, looking at reports, go to the link for the landing page I used and the follow-up email campaign.

You will also get the Solo Ad Professor 8-part video course and the 3 Volume ebook, “Killer Web Copy” so you can see where I am starting from for this project.

I have a simple funnel setup right now that consists of a squeeze page, a sales page, and a download page.

On the download page, I promote another, more expensive, course. The products are related.

As I learn and grow I will be adding down sells, and a service (like the one I’ve outlined above), and I will reveal my decision on how to organize my list to be able to continue interacting and promoting new, useful products.

If I were starting over I think I would start by offering this service rather than trying to sell just PLR products.

The setup of these PLR products mostly follows the same template so you can use one and edit it to any info product you want.

With ChatGPT and this new understanding of how the PLR products work I am driven to create my own products. But, in order to build an income stream quickly I think that testing out my own landing pages and email follow-up sequences to promote affiliate products and report my results for a cheap way for you to see what has worked, copy it and have the best chance for success.

I need a way to get this service to you.

DUH!

I can email it to you!

I can put a special tag on your email so you receive the broadcast that has my results for your eyes only.

Maybe that could lead me to some other opportunities in the future.

But… in order to show what results I am getting now I have to find a way to report the results without bugging you if it doesn’t interest you, OH YEAH! – EMAIL!

I will send out an email with an offer to see my campaigns and my results, add you to a special segment or give you a special tag so you get insider information.

Gotta get to work…

Peace

Gilbert

Am I being manipulated or persuaded to buy?

Being in marketing and also being a consumer of goods and services I have gained a new perspective on sales and marketing.

I just read a suggestion from a sales book about adding bonuses when a purchase is made and setting up a test for a double bonus when a higher spending level is achieved.

As a consumer, I think about being manipulated because as a marketer it feels like sales tips tricks and tactics are all about doing whatever it takes to make a sale.

Then, I think about it as a consumer, I am being offered a deal, more of what I want plus something that extra.

As long as I am honest in my marketing and give what I promise, and don’t intentionally misrepresent my products and services I should be fine.

That being said, I must also disclose that I am a student of copywriting. I bought a huge pack of PLR products based on copywriting. I am practicing what I study and I am passing some of my knowledge here in my blog posts and in my email.

I need lots of work to make myself successful and I am focused on doing that work. I have to find a way to make this work.

Marketers have found ways to sell products and services to fill their own pockets and live the high life (at least the good, successful ones!)

They seem to effortlessly write down some words and put them in strategic places to get others to give them lots of money.

When they promise to let you in on the secret… and explain it to you… it always seems like they just took your money and left you with a bigger debt and more questions…

Have you ever seen those courses that give you EVERYTHING you need to make a killing online, landing page, high value ebook and an email campaign that subscribers can’t resist so you have only 2 choices – Succeed and make money or Succeed any make TONS of cash!

You think to yourself, “This sounds like a great, no-brainer deal I had better not pass up!”

You get the course all eager to put the landing page up loaded with all your info ready to be rich by tomorrow…

Then it says you just need to read these 300-pages of top notch sales training. Then you have to test your landing page and your offer and you price…

It ends up that they used their one successful campaign to show the results of and make it seem like all their results are guaranteed to make you money like their one successful campaign!

In reality, you have to do the work to get good at what you are doing. If you are lucky and you are able to see the big picture from the get go and you have a good product and a good plan plus a good sales message then you should do ok.

The magic words work in conjunction with each other when you can guide your prospect from becoming aware of you and your product or service to believing your message that they should buy from you.

It is rare that you send out a solo ad as an unknown author and get people to just trust you and buy on the spot, especially if it is a high priced product or coaching program.

They say, be yourself, write like you speak, talk about the benefits of your “stuff”, know your customer…

You do all that and no one ever reads more than your landing page and probably only opted in because they are also part of some traffic exchange that only clicked on your page because they earn traffic to their shitty offer that they were also bamboozled into creating by following directions that aren’t really effective.

Long ago I learned about PLR products and was shown a plan to sell PLR products as a business… It didn’t work.

Now, some 5 – 7 years later here I am again looking at this business plan with renewed hope!

I kept getting emails and reading articles talking about taking these products and “rebranding” them and making them mine. That sounded like a lot of work. Didn’t really seem like it was going to make me rich overnight!

Instead of following their instructions and doing the work I thought I knew better so I went about it my way, spent years and lots of money to figure out that I should have just done the “hard” work up front and I’d be that much further ahead.

The other thing I failed to realize because it seemed like too much work is that I could have done that work in a couple of days, a month or 2 at the most, and been on the right path but instead I bought the hype that it was going to be easy and fast.

That brings me to now, where I have options, all of which take time to implement. I’ve realized that I have to continue down the path and see what is going wrong and implement some fixes. I must be patient and I must be persistent.

I have to test, get results, optimize and test more.

I also must learn that sacrifice is a must. I have to get over the fact that I can’t see everything and I must use what I have and optimize to the best of my ability and move forward in a calculated manner.

Right now, I have to decide to promote my own products (PLR) or affiliate products.

They both have their plusses and minuses.

It is less work up front to promote affiliate products but you have to keep up with it. When you stop promoting or the products change and your marketing doesn’t work anymore you have to find something new. Your subscribers are not really yours, they move on to the product that you promoted to them for a commission but they don’t need you anymore and you can’t track what they are doing on someone else’s website!

It takes more planning and time to set up your own product or service but now you can promote to and see what your subscribers like and do.

I always like the idea of saying some “Magical” words and out of nothing your desire manifests. The closest thing to that I’ve found is copywriting.

Similar to stories of magicians conjuring up special spell that require limited, rare ingredients be collected, ancient texts in archaic languages must be studied relentlessly, and then, if you are prepared and have the right energy inside, the proper belief system and all the parts exactly where they need to be then “Magic” happens.

Sales letters skip the study and work part and sell you the magic effects only. They give you a fish and then sell you the course on how to fish!

That doesn’t mean that all sales people are bad and are trying to trick you out of your money. That doesn’t sound like something I’d want to do or someone I’d want to be!

That’s the dilemma, you need to sell your products and services to earn a living but you don’t want to sell garbage because once the people realize what you are doing they will expose you and your income will all go away, but you have to sell to have an income…

That means, in order to build a business and earn a healthy living in sales it is in your best interest to be genuine and always be adding value so people will want your products or services even more.

How do you do that?

That’s what I’m figuring out and sharing through the products I’m selling and the service I’m developing.

Back to the choice between affiliate products or my own:

I am talking specifically about the information market. I am working on getting traffic from solo ads to promote a program that teaches about the whole process of using Solo Ads to promote a product or service.

A useful and necessary tool, in the solo ad angle of driving traffic, is the ability to “sell” with your written copy.

So, in addition to my course on how to buy solo ads that sell effectively I also sell a course on how to write effective sales copy.

Knowing about the pains of struggling to understand how to make all this work profitably I am aware that a coaching program or a done for you service is needed or will be very beneficial to my customers.

Since I don’t have a clear understanding about how I can best help my customers, without overwhelming myself, I am struggling with an offer to benefit customers and myself.

While I figure that out I can spread the knowledge and experience I do have to help my customers get started now and earn a profit from that, get feedback and find out what my customers want and need so I can develop my product.

One last report on something I found out last night…

I have used Udimi.com for buying and selling Solo Ads. One of the vendors I used is one of the vendors I am asking the questions from Video 2 in the Solo Ad Professor course.

In the video the narrator describes a “dodgy” solo ad vendor who doesn’t want to answer your questions and gets defensive about them.

When I asked those tough questions the vendor answered quickly and eagerly asked how else he could be of assistance. That made me both happy and confident. I know more about this vendor than I did before, know more about his list and have a better plan of action to market to his audience.

I haven’t come up with a campaign yet but the wheels are turning.

Yesterday, all this studying of copywriting, all this focus on solo ads and vendors has made some progress. First of all, my open rates for my emails has gone up more than double what I was getting prior to this knowledge. The other part really got me excited and that is the fact that I got 3 clicks to my offer.

It could be a fluke and it just happened that 3 of my subscribers suddenly became interested at the same time or the work and study is paying off with greater response rates and more site visitors.

In my mind, all this work is finally paying off. The turning point… it came when I realized that just going ahead and doing the work starting now will be better than trying to figure out a shortcut before I even know where I’m going!

I hope my little successes will be felt through my future communications to help my subscribers understand and implement so they can have success faster than me.

Peace,

Gilbert

I have been sending emails to my list for a few months now, off and on. I have had issues with making decisions, sticking with any decisions and getting people to interact with my communications…

Until now that is!

I finally decided to delve seriously into copywriting.

I followed some advice and cut lots of unresponsive subscribers who hadn’t opened anything in over a month. That increased my open rate substantially!

I also started writing my own emails.

I used ChatGPT to write lots of emails but I decided to do it myself and use what I am learning from the courses I set up for sale on my subdomains.

I have initiated a few conversations on Udimi.com looking for the right seller and the right offer I can promote by strategically putting the two together.

Copywriting works!

The latest broadcast I sent got a measly 2 clicks on the link inside but that’s more than I’ve been getting – EVER!

Maybe It was coincidence but only time will tell. It does give me hope and some excitement to keep going and put up more products and run more campaigns.

But… I have a funnel set up. I have a mission. I really like solo ads and I am becoming a believer in the power of effective copywriting.

I just realized that I need a front-end product even if I promote an affiliate product, or do I?

I sometimes try and follow the advice of too many sources at the same time. That leads me to do or not do certain things because I get my methods or strategies crossed up.

For right now I have what I need to send out a solo ad.

I still have some down-sells to add in and some higher priced products or services or put a campaign together to promote a related affiliate product. I am curious to see how my squeeze page does.

I am exploring my options and I am moving forward. I am expanding on what I have or what is available to me.

The vendors I am researching have the info I’m looking for listed in their profiles – at least most of it.

Yesterday I came to the conclusion that I would start with affiliate products to promote through solo ads. That means I still have to build a squeeze page and an email follow-up campaign and I may end up sending buyers through the whole follow-up because I don’t know if they buy or not.

So, I thought about it and decided to finish setting up what I have and make the affiliate products side campaigns for when I don’t have a new offer for my list ready.

That sort of messes up my idea of sending my campaigns to my customers for as a service since all my campaigns are for my own products.

That means I have to come up with another way to promote affiliate offers and organize the way my list gets them.

It came to me that since I am going to be sending out questions to my potential solo ad vendors asking them for info on their list’s interests and the products they buy gives me insight on what to promote to that list.

If the campaign is in the make-money-online niche and there is a solo ad vendor whose list likes these offers and responds well to them it is a no-brainer for me to promote that type of offer to them and record my results.

What I will do is set up a campaign and broadcast it, one by one, to my list and then build a squeeze page that will automatically put new opt-ins into the new campaign I just sent to my list.

On AWeber, I will set it up so that the new subscribers will get the usual intro to my list campaign and the current one I just broadcast to my list.

My next campaign will be sent again to my original list plus all the new members just recently signed on. Once I have it set up for my current subscribers to receive it I will set up a campaign to get new subscribers who will automatically be sent the current campaign and be put on my autoresponder that will send out the other 2 campaigns, in the order they were sent to my other subscribers, then get on to receive the new campaigns as I release them.

This takes some planning…

I have to set it up for them to not get the same campaign twice. Also, the swipe that I send to my list will be the swipe I plan on sending out to the solo ad vendor’s list and those who open or click the link will be added to the new campaign.

That leads me to another topic, do I send the follow-up series of emails to all whether or not they open the first promo email or just put them in the campaign once they show interest? – And can I send it out more than once to try for more sales?

Anyway, the whole point of this post is to announce that I am changing my plan again, before even implementing anything. I think it is more that I am working out what I think is best and most practical in my situation.

So, this is my plan:

1. Finish setting up my current funnel with all the follow-up emails in place and the upsell placed in my Killer Web Copy pdf’s
2. Create automation that takes subscribers off the promo list for products they’ve already bought
3. Get my questions out to some vendors and start segmenting them too!

Once I’ve got a list of 10 vendors with answers to my questions it will be time to start sending solo ads out…

My Rolodex of vendors, segmented by list likes, will be a valuable commodity for other solo ad buyers.

As a Solo Ad reseller I can charge a premium to my clients for sending their campaigns to the right solo ad vendors. I can also send their offer to more than one vendor.

My lists will be curated and that is way better than what I am working with by questioning them and figuring things out on my own. I will be able to offer clients a quick match to the right vendor for their offers.

The other side is that I can sell or give away my list to get subscribers or to create an income stream.

Here’s another product I can sell now and offer free updates every time I update my guide, my Rolodex with my questionnaire filled out by many solo ad vendors along with the stats, promotion, squeeze page and swipe used with each vendor.

I need that info for myself!

How much would that be worth to other buyers of solo ads?

I sure do lots of what-if scenarios in my head and not a whole lot of finishing up what I’ve already planned.

I just want to create an income stream that I can tap into and not have to spend all my time and attention to nurturing and growing it. I want to spend time playing with my kids and not worrying about making a living by working for someone else.

I am tired of being sold on these easy ideas then being lazy and not doing the tough stuff that it takes to get the ball rolling. It is easy to buy into the idea of making money online but it’s not that easy to actually make it happen! The push button pay day systems require loads of time and effort to set up and run properly and they forget to mention that it will be months before you will be able to actually get things moving and start seeing any income from your efforts.

My own plan is coming together in a nice way. I am seeing results, getting ideas and finding out that there is a way to make money for myself, help others make money and pay for the services I need to keep my business afloat.

If you’ve been following along then you know that my most recent products are about copywriting. Copywriting is a fascinating subject with some “magical” properties.

It is a skill that permeates many markets. I am learning this art and practicing it too.

ChatGPT and PLR are helping me create the content that I needed when I was first starting out and this blog is helping me workout what I need to do while I create content.

I created a spreadsheet to track some data check it out here.

Keep coming back here for updates, previews and tips on making money online!

As a “teaser,” I will publish my results without revealing my squeeze page, email swipe, solo ad vendor or the offer I promote. Of course, this only works if I am showing good results but the bad results are sure to come and to show credibility and improvement or at least adjustment I will post them too.

All these ideas take loads of planning. There are so many options available. There are so many combinations and products to promote that I have to be able to focus on one thing, test it and optimize and do it again.

Testing is not cheap so I am depending on my own products to help me succeed.

Success in a solo ad campaign is to break even on the solo ad cost – while building a buyers list – and also building a list of prospects – both are potential profit sources that didn’t cost you any money.

I am about to embark on a new journey. I am, seriously, entering a new realm where I set up and sell my own products.

My course, Solo Ad Professor, has training on how to use solo ads to promote affiliate products too. That means I have another side of the business to explore and test against (or add to) my current plan.

It is an idea I have for a future product that will be a charge to copy my current campaigns as I send them out or wait and see the results and only copy the most successful campaigns and leave the failures behind.

Seeing my campaigns as I send them and being able to copy me right away may not be the best idea but you can see what I’m doing and have a starting point and change it if you see it as no good from the get go.

You can wait for the results and then copy exactly what I do.

Once I have an accumulation of successful campaigns I will sell a premium list for new subscribers that has all my past (break-even or profit) campaigns.

I need to find a way to get a poll about which path you want me to explore.

I think I can create an AWeber broadcast and put a couple different links where you can vote which path you have more interest in, affiliate products or do-it-yourself PLR products, and when you click a link you will get a tag that will add you to a specific email campaign.

You will be allowed to choose any or all campaign types you’d like data on. I want to do both but I’d like to do the one that has the most interest first.

My first campaign about to go out is to promote Solo Ad Professor that is a PLR product I set up on a subdomain here:

https://SoloAdProfessor.SoloAdsProfit.com

It’s part of a “funnel” that promotes my other PLR product, on another subdomain, Killer Web Copy, that you can check out here:

https://KillerWebCopy.InBoxCopywrite.com

I am still working on my backend product. If someone were to buy my front-end offer and my upsell then I would miss out on revenue because I am not prepared. Writing that down has me deciding not to buy an ad yet.

That means I need to decide on a path to start testing for my subscribers.

I will put together an email broadcast and see what you want.

Then I will decide on a specific report to create that will bring value to you. It may also be called a service where you subscribe to see what I am promoting and copy my successes.

I will run a solo ad 2 or 3 times, 100 clicks each, and report my source of solos and my results. This is my first attempt to promote my own funnel where I set everything up myself. I am using my product to use solo ads to build my list and generate revenue from my list by continuously promoting new products.

Should I broadcast my results now as an example, you give me feedback and see what is the best direction to follow.

One thing I’m not sure how to track is affiliate purchases.

When promoting your own products you can see where every click comes from and where they go – if you know how. If I promote an affiliate product as a front-end product, how am I going to promote an upsell?

I am sure there are creative ways that are waiting to be discovered for solving both of the stated issues and make a good profit by doing this.

I am also reading a Dan Kennedy, kindle book and learning from that work as well. The book I’m reading is about direct mail as in snail mail. It still has plenty of copywriting lessons and templates that are still relevant today.

Oh, I can also use the AWeber share a campaign or landing page to give my MEMBERS a new campaign for clickbank products along with results of solo ad campaigns. I will make a list of data to track and what I can show without violating privacy, make it available as I create it and start my test run.

I can maybe set up a specific website or blog where I discuss how I’m optimizing and why plus how I’m implementing my testing.

I think I am fairly well mapped out on what to do right now:

1. Set up a place to display my results where everyone can see
2. Since I am a rookie at copywriting I am going to start with affiliate campaigns
   1. I will gain experience promoting products without having to deal with customers and complaints or technical issues
   2. I have a systematic approach ready to go

My System:

My first promotion for an affiliate product will require me to create a squeeze page and a follow-up email sequence. Whether or not they buy I will need a new promotion, eventually.

Here’s another opportunity for me to add a guide to my PLR locker and that is one on building landing pages that convert, a guide on how to choose an affiliate product to promote and a service to do this for you!

I guess I’ve sorta chickened out on my own product because I don’t have everything ready. I think there is less work in promoting an affiliate offer. And I just had another idea on a test…

What if I post an SEO advertorial under my squeeze page to generate organic traffic too?

That would add lot’s of value to a website for sale!

This is exciting but I keep on getting too far ahead of myself. I have to be consistent in order to be profitable in affiliate marketing.

I will email my list when I am posting my results from my first experiment as well as what I am setting out to accomplish each step. It may end up being a set of emails or a series of blog posts or maybe a spreadsheet – we’ll see. I may practice my own swipe files and create a new list for people who really want this info and have a “segment” that I can send specialized emails to.

One more thing I’m thinking about is how I am going to send out my next campaigns and get my new subscribers on my prior campaigns, systematically.

I think I will promote my first product and send each follow up as a broadcast. Then I will create a campaign that my next round of subscribers will be sent automatically while I manually send them and my first batch of subs the promo emails for the new product, put those in a new campaign to be sent to the next batch after they are sent through the first 2 campaigns and are being sent the 3rd promo now…, rinse, repeat…

As long as creators keep creating products (or I start creating affiliate products myself) I will have something to give my subscribers.

I can run split tests too and improve some parts of my sales emails, landing pages and solo ad vendor selection.

Asking a simple question to a list of top producing Udimi.com solo ad vendors and giving away a free pdf with their responses may be a good lead magnet I can throw out on Facebook somewhere. Maybe I can find a good keyword to rank an article and give it away too so I can get subscribers without spending money.

I’m off to get to work!

Planning has not ever been my strong suit.

Now I’ve tasked myself with providing a service to my customers.

How do I create the report I want to give?

What information would I like to know before I invest in a solo ad?

What info do I need to track to make sure I am performing at the proper levels or at least to be able to see where I am succeeding and where I need to improve – OPTIMIZATION.

How do I organize the info to make it easy for me to use and make it easy for my subscribers to use and benefit from?

I guess I first need to ask the sellers my series of pre-qualifying questions, record their answers and decide how I am going to use the info to make my business better.

Then I have to decide which seller is most likely to give me the most desirable results at a reasonable price.

I also have to find out what a real reasonable price actually is…

The main thing is for me to get a list of sellers and their answers to my questionnaire and start analyzing them to make a decision.

Wheels in my head are turning, it HURTS! I have to actually think! OUCH!

Right now, in order to make sure I do this right, I am setting up a Questionnaire Results Page where I will premier my services and ask for input on what you want me to give you…

Here it is:

Questionnaire Results Page