I have a VERY SPECIAL TREAT for you today.

Linda has a message for anybody who is despondent and/or frustrated with their own “results” or more importantly, perceived lack thereof at this point in time.

Linda’s message was inspired by what she read at Nigel Yip’s blog. As some of you will know, Nigel has decided to quit.

Anyway, have a listen and please post a comment about her message. What are YOUR thoughts on this? Do YOU want to make an affirmation to YOUR success here? Are you gonna quit or has this just re-doubled your resolve to succeed?

Click to listen [time: 5 min 29 sec]

PS: When you read this Nigel – as I know you will, eventually – I want to thank you for all the help that you have given the F500 students with their video production. Your knowledge and assistance in that is first class and it is a pity that you didn’t push past your doubts that you could succeed in this area. There are a lot of people who have benefitted from what you have done to help them. They will go on, of course and you will forever be a part of their success. I sure hope you will one day find what you are looking for. And I say that sincerely to you.

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I managed to take 12 solid pages of notes. So, “Triple Threat Affiliate” – what was it all about?

Well, obviously, he said a heck of a lot more than what I am gonna precis here but I have picked the eyes out of the main body of information and here they are – in point form:

FIRST HOUR:

1. – Concentrate on BUILDING THE LIST – the list comes BEFORE the money,
2. – Work in 90 minute blocks (without interruption) eg 4 x 90 minute blocks = 6 hours,
3. – If you are LIKEABLE and KNOWLEDGEABLE people will talk about you and then maybe even write about you. (web 2.0 marketing),
4. – Set up the list and then reap the benefits FOREVER,
5. – Look at the 80/20 rule – where are your best RESULTS coming from – focus there,
6. – Don’t become a busy FOOL! Focus on ONE thing and become great at it,
7. – List building and email marketing should come high in your priorities,
8. – Write an e-book to use to build a list,
9. – Business is easy, people make it hard,
10. – The two sides of business – RESULTS and EXCUSES,
11. – Check the FREE information on Aweber,
12. – You can be SO close to success and yet NOT see how close you really are,
13. – Relax and move forward – TAKE YOUR TIME – don’t get FRUSTRATED or ANNOYED,
14. – Making mistakes is PART of the process.

SECOND HOUR:

1. – When you are “with” yourself every day you don’t realise how much you are progressing and growing,
2. – Your journal shows how much you are growing (are you even keeping one – tsk, tsk),
3. – You already know more about on-line marketing right NOW than most people on-line know,
4. – Fail forward fast,
5. – People who can see past failure will be successful,
6. – Focus on giving value to your traffic, squeeze that traffic onto a list, build a relationship with the people on the list & then you can “sell” to those people,
7. – Understand the difference between the Autoresponder “follow-up” series and a general “broadcast”,
8. – Don’t use the autoresponder to “hard” sell. Use the “soft” sell approach,
9. – The broadcast is generally where the money is made.

THIRD HOUR:

The third hour consisted mainly on Alex Jeffreys’ explanation of how he separates all his email lists into three categories (ie the “triple threat”). Broadly the three categories are:

1. – the unopened email (email ignored)
2. – the opened email – without link click (partially ignored)
3. – the opened email – with link click (full notice taken)

Alex then went on to explain how he deals with each category of email recipient. The goal, of course is to get every email recipient to move to category 3 – ie to open the email and click on the link, as these are where sales can ultimately be made. A very basic method is to ask those in categories 1 and 2 why they didn’t do what those in category 3 did. Pretty simple, but how many people do it, or will do it? Alex calls this “drilling down into the list.”

You should be able to achieve a 20% open rate and a 10% click-through. This is where your sales will come from.

General information:

1. – Find out what people want and then… GIVE it to them!
2. – Take pride in your work,
3. – Give people value,
4. – The number ONE thing is to TELL your story!
5. – Create your best subject lines so that people actually OPEN your emails as there in just so much competition for attention.

Alex then went on to demonstrate how he does this but I have neither the time nor the space to even begin to replicate that. Just go to the Member’s Area and watch for yourself.

The reason that I have broken this webinar into the three hourly segments above is to allow those who need to watch the training retrospectively to know what was discussed and where to expect it. This precis of the event can only highlight where you will find these things.

Thanks again Alex for yet another informative webinar.

PS1: If you are having “negative” feelings towards other people because they are “seemingly” moving ahead at super-sonic speed then, IMHO, you are totally missing the point. Focus on what YOU need to be doing. Go and listen to the words of the Desiderata for there will always be greater and lesser people than you – NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE! In fact, just go and listen to Les Crane’s 1971 musical rendition of Max Ehrmann’s time honoured 1952 poem anyway. It is powerful stuff!(NB: Desiderata is Latin for “desired things.”)

NOTE: I am still to proof read and tidy this post up. It may include typographical and spelling errors at this stage. Will come back later. Regards Gary.

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Are you sick of the same old results? Change your thinking and change your outcomes. To learn more click the banner below:

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Your JOURNEY to now has created the LIFE you are living.
Improving yourself will enable you to fulfill your DESTINY.
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Well the time has finally arrived…

… I want you to meet the creative genius behind the Gazz-Man’s most amazing blog. You are about to meet “Q.” But first, why did I name this person Q? (There is ALWAYS a “but first,” isn’t there?)…

If you have been watching over the last week or so and reading my blog then maybe you know that I chose Q because, indeed, Q is the code name of James Bond’s technical boffin in the movie series. I thought that was pretty cool. However, Q also stands for question. So, in the way that I think, having two alternate meanings was rather delightful. You will notice that quite often I operate on several levels at once rather than just the obvious.

All along my aim was to take the focus off the person’s identity and put the focus squarely onto the WORK that was being done. This was deliberate on my part. You see, this would allow you to see the incredible transformation that has literally taken place right before your very eyes at this blog…

Yes, the changes have been rapid, extensive, very visual and well, in a word… STUNNING. But that is my friend Q. Everything that Q does is the same. Q also stands for QUALITY. And if you are clever enough to get Q to work with YOU (shades of Alex Jeffreys there!), then you will experience exactly the same thing. It is quite an experience to know that you have such a reliable EXPERT in your corner with you.

Already there have been several “EXPRESSIONS of INTEREST” that have been made by some people (saw yours too Ed on the old thread – hmm, a little rhyme – and it will be registered) and identified in the blog as such. Q has been monitoring these. But it is still not too late to hire the creative genius of my friend.

I want to tell you that design work of this quality is VERY rare. In fact, you just WON’T get it anywhere else. Why? Because NOBODY in this caper (coding and designing) has the brilliant mind of this person. The cost elsewhere can run up to around $2,000 with all the technical gagetry that I now have on board here. I am not paying anywhere near that figure. Further, I have negotiated a FANTASTIC rate with Q for members of the F500 if you want some of this wonderful work done yourself.

No. Just to set minds at ease, I am NOT receiving a cut, commission or anything else for doing this. That is NOT how the Gazz-Man operates. The Gazz-Man would not do that without telling you up-front coz that is the sort of person I am. Unlike some people who have NO HONOUR and will do anything for even small amounts of money I would NEVER do such a thing. My self respect s too good for that and I indeed have a conscience, unlike some.

To that end, many of the members of the F500 know that I have already given of myself – freely, willingly and without riders, favours or expectation of ANY BS “I owe-you-one” type conditions. Nobody owes me anything for anything that I have done to help them here. It has been my gift and gifts do not come with conditions attached – at least NOT from me they don’t.

So, here is the deal (take it or leave it)…

… as soon as the comments here reach the magic number of 100 (as in 100/100) which is how I rate my friend’s work then – and only then – you will meet Q!

Now, I will not be counting any comments deliberately designed to bump the comment count up. If I detect that (and I can assure you – the Gazz-Man, like his friend Q – has powers of perception) then I will discount that comment.

So, what can you comment about? Well, what do you like about this blog? The design, the feel, the name, its transformation, the colours? Or, maybe you would like to comment on the other side of what makes this blog work – ie what I write about, my style of doing things blah… blah… You see, I am very proud to say it is now the total package. This has very much been the result of a symbiotic relationship (JV) of two minds coming together to create something that NEITHER mind by itself could achieve. If you go back to one of the early comments I made about draft horses (LOL!) a couple of threads back then that is what I was strongly hinting at there (I’ll get it and drop it in the comments area below a bit later).

So, you can comment on pretty much anything. It’s up to you.

Over to you.

PS: If you think my occasional swearing – masked as it is – or my references to, er, “other matters” from time to time is a bit over the top then here is your opportunity to rap me over the knuckles. Whether I take any notice of you, of course, is entirely another matter. LOL!

PS2: You may also register an “EXPRESSION of INTEREST” in this thread if you wish. (That is all you have to do – just say “EXPRESSION of INTEREST.” As before it is only an expression. You will not be held accountable if you change your mind after talking to Q. But please, Q is avery dear friend of mine and has been for many years. I would really appreciate that you do not mess around with Q’s time as it is most valuable. As good a friend as the Gazz-Man can be he can also be rather capable in an adversarial manner. And he is very loyal and protective of his friends (and Q is a very dear friend)… if you get my drift. The BEST bit about all that is that YOU get to choose! Good-Gary or Bad-Gary. I know both of these guys really well (DUH!) and I can tell you who I would MUCH rather deal with – LOL!

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Alex Jeffreys - Fan or Hater Tater?

If you Google “Alex Jeffreys Brainstorming” you’ll notice I’m on page 1 – spot 1 & 2.
But, you wanna  hear something really dopey? “Alex Jeffreys scam” is the phrase that sends me most traffic at Google. Knowing what we know, how bloody stupid is that?

It appears I am getting both Alex Jeffreys fans – and hater-taters. So… which are you?

In case it’s not obvious, my goal is to show the hater-taters that Alex Jeffreys is the REAL DEAL. If you think he’s the real deal too, give him a thumbs up. Plus… if you link to this post with the words “Alex Jeffreys,” I’ll turn off  “nofollow” on your link and give you some “link lurve” – LOL!  I guess that could be good for you coz this is a nice big, powerful site now.

Let’s show the hater-taters that not ALL gurus are full o’ the nasty! Cast your vote FOR Alex Jeffreys.