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Hello Codrut,

Prashi here from Wordcloudgenerator.com.

This email (review of your "opt-in list confessions")
is going to be lengthy. I have written it in an
in-formal tone as if i was speaking to YOU pesonally.
"IF" you'd like to use this review on your site or
anywhere else, you may by all means use it and even
CUT/EDIT it to suit your requirement. (so the tone
changes from me speaking to you TO me speaking to
your website visitors).

First and foremost, thank you for giving me an
opportunity to read and review your ePackage. I had
immense fun reviewing it...

(1) Because i could simply listen to the experts reveal
their secrets, lying down on my favorite sofa, rather
than glue my eyeballs to the PC and watch them grow
red ;-)

(2) Because the experts were sharing my favorite
subject and my fascination - List Building through
Joint Venture marketing. (which i beleive is the
quickest and surest way to IM success!)

I discovered so many golden nuggets, that i ended up
with Three full pages of notes and my head was
bursting with ideas on how i could implement them in
promoting my current product!

One idea was so powerful, after reading it, i
literally jumped up and down with joy like Tom Cruise!
I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper and
pasted it right on my desk. I'm ABSOLUTELY SURE that
this ONE SINGLE IDEA is going to skyrocket my list
into 10X my current size (Yes!) when i implement it
after Version 2 of my software is released.

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But on the same token (i.e. apart from the good stuff),
i felt there were some areas which could have been
expanded so the end users (customers) could put their
knowledge into ACTION. ("nothing moves until you take
action", right? {Thank you for saying it Einstein!})

For example, every one talks about how important is JV
marketing and how it changed their lives, but they
fail to explain the step-by-step method they took into
getting their Joint Venture partners to say "YES" when
they first started out.

Also, the entire course could have been condensed into
(another) small DO-IT-NOW Action Guide (like how the
NitroMarketing guys do it), so people who buy your
course dont get put off by having to read (or listen)
so much. Because, that's one reason people fail in
Internet Marketing. Information Overload! {& ofcourse
Lack of Action). Even if people read it, they might
not understand what they need to do next. (Believe me,
I have been in that situation before. I used to buy
every info product i could, read a little (most ebooks
would run in hundreds of pages) and I would say.. i
know it already. It wont work. (but in reality, it
would bore the hell out of me to read so many pages
on my PC). I never took any Action.

A simple action guide, could help your customers take
one small baby step at a time. Like in case of JV
marketing...

Day 1: Open a new email account. Visit 10 of your
favorite marketers website and simply subscribe to
their newsletter.

Day 2: Read the newsletters (or give it a quick glance)
and reply to the marketer and say... "Hey XX! Thanks
for the info. I particularly liked this XX idea of
yours. I'm going to use it. However i have a small
question. [List your genuine question here]"

To People Who Want To Earn Money Online, But Can’t Get Started:

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Note: the idea is to get a reply from that marketer
and then carry on that conversation to build an
initial relationship. (this is one way to show them
that you exist on the internet and you have something
to offer too. (could be your product). Just do it, you
dont have to be perfect, 

Similarly, Day 3, Day 4 ... Day 7.
(you know where i'm going with this...)

Here are some of the things (nuggets) i personally
liked and picked up...

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Michael Cheney:
================

I listened to him first. (Couldn't help it, I like him
so much. See... relationship marketing works!)

When everyone said Money's is in the List, Michael
said "Money is not in the list, it's what you do with
that list!". It sounds funny now.. but a few years
back when i was getting started on the Net I saw this
website which was selling 10 Million email addresses
on a CD. He said, even if 1% respond to your offer you
can make $10K or something like that. I got hooked
and bought it. I was so excited that i sent about
100,000 emails on day 1 (for an MLM product) and you
can guess what happened next! *LOL*

Some of the nuggets i picked from him was...

* Have an objective to build a list (e.g. your product)
and a valuable bait to get the Opt-ins.
* Stepping stone philosophy - Strategy to get a
stranger from the other side of the lake to your side
(free info = stepping stones to building relationship)
* Dont make the mistake of not monetising your list
* Dont forget that everybody on your list is a person!
(how obvious, yet something to think about)

===============
Harris Fellman:
===============

His story was so inspiring! I mean, it really amazed
me how someone with no list, no product like harris
grew into an IM success. When he said, he interviewed
experts into revealing their secrets and promoted
their series (and in turn used their resources to
build HIS list), i thought what an ingenious idea :-)

Now, i see you're doing the same with your "Optin List
Confessions" (and your other products too) and I must
say it's really a smart move ;-)

I liked him when he said: "the most powerful method of
generating a list when you have absolutely nothing is
create a joint venture event. A multiple joint venture
event, basically like i did."

This really sparked off an idea in my head and it was
so powerful (atleast that's what i think) i jumped up
and down on my couch!

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Paul Colligan:
==============

Some of the nuggets i picked from him was...

* squeeze page idea - focusing on building a list
even before you show your product. Providing too many
options to a visitor could confuse them and even shoo
them away from your site. Providing a 'Optin Or Leave'
option is good, in that you can weed out tire kickers
& time wasters easily ;-)

* podcasting - using technology t0 add "personal"
touch to your marketing. What a cool way to build a
relationship. This shows that there's indeed a human
behind that salesletter and not a robot :-)

* Try not to be perfect - The whole nature of email is
one piece of action, one-step, one thing to do. When i
first started building a list, i think this is one of
the mistakes i did. Spending 6 hours to craft a
LENGTHY newsletter wherein i tried to cram all
possible benefits and make the sale, instead of simply
asking them to click a link and let the sales letter
do its job. (action oriented approach, which should be
figured out in as less words as you can)

========
Sean Wu:
========

I was wondering what does a Kid (he really looks like
a kid!) know that i dont? And was i wrong! Age has
nothing to do with knowledge, is what i concluded
after listening to him.

Some of the nuggets i picked from him was...

* If you have a unique, quality product (like his
Tag and Ping course) (with no competition) word gets
passed and even big time marketers would flock to you
to JV with you!. Wow!!!

* His 2Tier idea (leveraging your relationships) - get
the word out to your friends and get them to pass on
the word to BIG time marketers with HUGE lists. Wow
again!!!

===========
Seth Chong:
===========

When he said he had only 200-300 subscribers, but JV's
boosted his list to around 2-3K in a very short period,
it strengthened my belief in JV further more :-)

I especially liked his unique idea of WIN/WIN JV
marketing wherein if his customers need to download
the JV partner's product, they need to go to THEIR
site and optin!

His recommendation of Five top things to focus:
mindset (relationship), offer, benefits, copy, web
design gave me a clear idea on splitting the work
load.

His idea of asking JV partners to promote your
product through THEIR affiliates (2 tier program) was
again Ingenious. That's what you call LEVERAGE!

He revealed a powerful idea when he said.. "the secret
in getting JV partners is, they dont need money (i.e
it's not their primary interest, they need subscribers.
Get them subscribers (so they can make money for years
to come with that list) and they'll JV with you!"

Wow, Wow, Wow! (Now I understand why you asked me
about cross promoting. Smart strategy ;-)

================
Tellman Knudson:
================

He gives away so many nuggets in his interview, you
could possibly sell this interview alone for $69.97!
(yeah, you could easily upsell it. Think about it!)

He's another guy who built (exploded?) his list by
interviewing experts and get them to send him traffic
and build his list! (smart!)

Some of the nuggets i picked from him was...

* Focussing on 3 areas: list, traffic, conversion.
* I liked his squeeze page secrets. (forced opt-in
page strategy)
* His major TRAFFIC generators > Integration Marketing,
SEO, PPC, Paid Advertising, Blogging, Viral Marketing,
Articles, Press Releases, JV, Affiliate Marketing,
Co-Reg, Direct Mail, Postcards, Voice Broadcasting,
Radio, Podcasting, Bonus Traffic.

It was so inspiring and motivational to hear him say,
"people who win are the ones willing to fall first,
willing to make mistakes as quickly as they can." :-)

* copywriting skill - I personally feel that every
marketer should learn copywriting, because most
copywriters maybe good at "words" but only we
understand our product in and out, it's benefits, our
niche, expectations of people in our niche etc. (I
hope you understand what i'm trying to say!)

[Btw, i wrote the copy for Word Cloud Generator! Tell
me what you think about the copy when you visit the
site :-)]

* My jaws dropped when he said, he sqeeze page
converts at 50~70% even when he is not giving away a
freebie! (convincing copy) and his desert-water story
is great! (it's about the offer.. it's the core, match
up your offer to your market. (not always the copy is
wrong.. the offer, propostion, the target market might
be wrong!)

* UPSELL - best type of traffic!

* Being interesting + relevant = responsive emails!

* Teleseminars - best ways to create products.
(tellman has not written a ebook so far! He just
converts his teleseminars into eBooks. What a great
way for people to create products, who hate to write)

*******************************************************

At the end i feel that your product at $69.97 is
grossly underpriced! It should be something like $197
minimum and you could even PHYSICALLY SHIP the product
(it's a little pain to download those huge audio
files).

When people pay a high price, they (most) will feel
obligated to read and TAKE ACTION on the
information :-)

And you might aswell think about putting together an
ACTION guide, for people who are fed up  of Info
Overload. This will help them take one baby step at a
time and unleash their true potential.

Codrut, that's what I think about your "Optin List
Confessions" :-)

Thanks again,

Prashi
wordcloudgenerator.com

PS: I'm sorry, I didnt get a chance to download
the videos. Else, i would have reviewed them too!

PPS: If you rather want a short review, i can convert
this into something short (and sweet)...

PPPS: Phew! that was one lengthy email. I'm going to
take a break now :-)

To People Who Want To Earn Money Online, But Can’t Get Started:

"You’re About To Get Access To Red-Hot *Secrets That Most Experts Will Never Share About How You Can Start A Huge Cash-Sucking Opt-In List From Scratch And Make $20,000 Per Month In Net Profits...

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