Guys… Are You Making Friends?…..
Randy’s Ramblings April 18 2007
Hi Peeps,
How are you?, — Well I hope.
So Easter time has been and gone, I do hope you enjoyed the
break “regardless of any beliefs etc…”
I had a Great Time with my family.
(Unlike most internet Guru types,
who still seem to be typing ads like crazy at 3am or from an
airport waiting room…lol)
As far as the net is concerned all I’ve done is bought and
read a few products
I also answered a few emails, other than that I’ve left
most things on auto pilot to spend some quality time with
Sara & Cameron……..(isn’t that what it’s all about)
We had some lovely family days out, I had a couple of days
at a local beauty spot with Cameron (Our 8 year old boy)
- he loved it playing with his fishing net in the stream
that leads to a large lake.
We built a small dam, caught some ‘tiddlers’ and a toad,
had picnics and generally relaxed while enjoying spending
some time together before releasing the fish and toad back
to nature.
We also had a couple of days out slightly further afield.
One to the seaside, where the sun beat down whilst the
winds nearly blew us along the coast ….lol and another to
Eden Camp, (a military museum set in an old WW2 POW camp),
Cameron had been there recently with his school, but
didn’t get round everything – so we took him again,
accompanied by Sara’s Parents.
Seeing the ‘hardships’ of the time, the ‘sacrifices’
made by so many, and the shear volume of people around the
globe that were involved on all sides of the conflict – did
make me appreciate how similar the world is in some ways
(There never seems to be a day go by when there isn’t some report of conflict).
It also made me appreciate the ability the internet has to
connect so many people!
To be able to chat to people I know and tell them that NOT
everyone from cultures supposedly different to our own is
out to destroy ours!!,
And explain to them that I communicate with so many people
from different cultures and countries arould the globe
every week, and ALL the ones I know may have different
beliefs, different cultures, different customs, and hey -
even different languages…… (thankfully most speak English, albeit American English…lol)
**BUT** do you know what Guys?
Nobody I know wants to destroy anything! – everyone I chat
with just want to improve the lives of their families or
people they care about.
Whether that be to make extra income themselves, or raise
money for a cause they care about, and some just to make
more friends!
Which brings me to the subject line…. (At Last I can hear new subscrbers sighing)
Hey now you know why it’s called Randy’s Ramblings….lol
So – Are You Making Friends, Folks?
And what has that to do with making extra income
online….?
**EVERYTHING!!**
Come on be honest….. we’re all on different lists from
different people whom we’ve either bought a product from
or grabbed a freebie from, and they keep writing to us
telling us how they’re thinking of our best interests in
promoting the latest ‘must have’ product!
But how many of them do we really know?
And do they really know us?
Likewise – We post in forums and groups, or even use the
latest ‘social network’ sites in an attempt to promote
whatever it is we’re selling?
So what’s the point to my question?…..
It’s simple – but important..
~~Whatever line of “online business” each of us is
involved with,~~
I can wrap it up in one easy statement –
***WE ARE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS, — BY WAY OF (Insert your opp here)!***
It’s people who part with their hard earned ca$h to buy
our products!
It’s people who pay monthly into whatever scheme others
promote!
It’s people who send us emails and ads and promotions for
their latest link!
It’s people who grab our details on their squeeze pages
before sending us to an affiliate product!
It’s people who fallen victim to the many scams and scam
artists on the net!
And it’s people who think they can fair better by scamming
the newbies out of their ca$h!
So good or bad — It’s all down to people.
**AND THE POINT IS?**
The point guys, is that ‘IF’ you’ve never
really thought much about it before,
Hopefully you can improve your odds by giving it some
consideration.
Get to know who you’re buying from and selling to…..
email them,
Find out about the people who answer your posts in forums
….. and whose posts you comment on.
Build relationships – because you can – and not just for
business.
I have been fortunate to know this lesson
(I was taught it many years ago when I first got into sales),
But many ‘People’ I’ve come across online don’t seem to
have realised it yet.
I’ve found it a great help to me in my online activities,
I’ve ‘gotten to know’ ‘people’ in the forums I
participate in, and some of the ‘people’ on my lists.
I’ve discovered things from ‘people’ who’ve bought from
me and people who haven’t.
I’ve had honest appraisals of products I’ve considered
investing in from ‘people’ I trust that have helped me
decide either way on the choice to buy or not.
I’ve had real honest to goodness help from ‘people’ with
more expertise than I, in all sorts of things.
And I’ve had ‘people’ help me promote my products, or
offer advice on improving or tweaking them, and others
whose products I’ve bought, bending over backwards to help
me make the most of them,….. etc. etc.
Likewise – I’ve spent time and energy trying to help
‘people’ I’ve gotten to know.
So Back to the Question ,
Are You Making Friends?
Ca$h cost = Zero….. some time and effort is required
Rewards = Priceless… both in future business potential
and in life benefit!
So the advice here would be to communicate with people
you’ve bought from (an interesting exercise in seeing if they really care),
Communicate and participate in forums and groups and get to
know ‘people’,
Help where you can, and you may be surprised at how much
you really do benefit BY MAKING FRIENDS!
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Well Peeps, I seem to have done it again…..
Had one of those Rambles where I totally didn’t think
about getting any links in there…lol
And after all – the point of newsletters is to attempt to
recommend stuff that may be worth you looking into….lol
Tell ya what guys,
How about I give you a quick list of things I’ve invested
in over the easter period, and whether I think it’s been a
useful buy?
Just a quick couple of lines for now, as you probably feel
the need to click something (LOL)
Firstly I mentioned Michael Cheney’s Traffic Video’s last
time and a few of my people mentioned the cost was more than
they could comfortably afford.
*However*
I did find a cheaper alternative Folks 
Ewen Chia is selling these for $47 here
****BUT****
Go to Daves site and grab the same set of Videos for $9.97 !!
It’s from a guy called David Bullock,The nice thing about
Dave is the fact that his emails are honest and straight to
the point.
He also tends to ‘Give’ his subscribers stuff that others
are charging money for and he does appreciate that not
everyone has ca$h to spend all the time, Hence his much
better deals. (He’ll even trade you…lol)
An eBay guide that way over delivers from another forum
friend and fellow ‘Ramblings’ Subscriber Brian
I’ve mentioned this before, and I’ve still not finished
reading all the info in it – There are seperate sections
for Buying and for selling….. well worth the $7
Speaking of $7 ,
Paula who wrote the Take-Me-By-The-Hand ‘Mailing Lists
From Start To Finish’ ebook
that I bought and thought excellent Value (I even linked to it in my Magic Auction Words),
has just released another ebook called ’21st Century Email Marketing’ -
(More of a Complete Business Blueprint)
She’s also selling this one for $7 and you keep the ca$h
if you sell it on…..
Another purchase that I don’t regret is James’ Short
Report Profits, Some really great info if you want to
reasearch a niche and then profit from short reports about
it..
It’s only $27 but will be $47 soon – well worth looking at,
even if it was just for the niche research stuff alone!
And Now for something a little different Peeps.
A couple of Higher priced products that I bought….
Firstly – the one you’ve probably seen every guru tell you
about over Easter…..Andrew Fox’s – GuruSlayer
What do I say about this one Peeps?
Well – If you can afford it, I would say that I sort of
don’t regret buying it, and yes I did learn some good
stuff from it.
However for all the hype on the salespage and what I
actually learnt – I do think it’s a bit pricey…… so if
it stretches you at all – I wouldn’t get it ’til it’s
more easily affordable to you.
The other higher priced item I did give a link for last
time I Rambled…lol, I mentioned about the FREE Training
Site Amy had set up for anyone that is on her ‘A’ List,
and gave you a link to look at and Just Join her list to
get access to the site.
Well I bought the SE Clicker and have been letting it run
most days while We were out over the last couple of weeks.
The Results, although I haven’t given it much of a chance
yet, are already looking favourable.
Ignoring google (which takes a while longer to crack -
Although if you leave the “speech marks”, I am on page two!)
do feel free to check MSN and Yahoo search engines
for the phrase “make money with my computer” and you’ll
find my MonthlyBargains.co.uk site listing well now.
So on this one it’s a definate – If you can afford it,
it’s working for me, and if not still get on her list
Peeps!
As I always tell ya Peeps, …. ONLY grab what
you can both afford to,.. and what you really think will help
in your endevours,
**Don’t just spend your ca$h to let things sit on your pc
doing nothing!**
(Unless it’s a freebie, and even then read it and then either ditch it or save it)
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Well I’ve managed it again haven’t I Peeps?
You don’t hear from me for a fortnight – and then when I
do write — it’s another novel….lol
So I’ll call it a day here, and wrap it up.
Don’t forget to check the blog (I know – You’re on it) and leave a comment
As ever I love to hear from my peeps
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Finally,
As usual – I do hope you benefit from the time you’ve
invested in me and my Ramblings
So here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!
Til next time
Warm Regards to You and Yours,
From Me and Mine.
Randy
http://www.monthlybargains.co.uk
http://www.RandolfSmith.com
P.S. My ‘Magic Auction Words’ has been doing Really Well,
so thanks to everyone that’s been promoting it.
http://www.MagicAuctionWords.com
Getting More Views, More Clicks, More Sales….
Randy’s Ramblings April 1 2007
Hi People,
I’ve finally got good news on my new product launch, after weeks of frustration with the flippin’ script – it finally all works! Way Hey
And no april fools either
So keep reading, ‘cos I promised you’d be amoung the first to hear about it.
Typically tho, – just when I wanted to concerntrate on Just My new ebook, There’s all sorts happening this week in the IM world! So I’ll probably get lost under the feet of the ‘guru’ launches…lol
I notice that there’s a couple of big name backed new products going on. One I certainly won’t be bothering with is anything to do with trying to create content for websites, I actaully read a really good newsletter from Dan Cauthron on the subject [look him up - he's a genuine guy, I had dealings with him 4 years ago and he was very helpful], He mentions that every year google find a way of slapping people back down the rankings when they’ve used some sort of ‘Easy Solution’, and then the next years big seller is a ‘New Product’ to get round it…lol – It made a lot of sense as I’ve seen it with my 7 years online.
There are a few Products I do want to mention tho, One naturally being my own, It’s called ‘Magic Auction Words’ but it’s not just for people using auctions. The info in it will be a great help to any advertising you do and on any websites you build {!firstname_fix}. As well has having over 1000 ‘Magic Words’ that draw people into your site, listing or advert…… it goes on to give some direct comparisons – including how 2 near identical items compared, 1 had 28 views and No Bids while the other Sold for 350% more than the starting price after 168 views!
Buying it will teach you how to make your site, ad or listing draw in the maximum number of readers and hold them on your page, On top of that, you get to be able to promote the link and keep all of the $7 sales price and 50% of the $9.97 oto sales.
I’ve already had comments from people who’ve reviewed it like “It’s and Excellent Product”, “Just what a newbie needs”, “You have a Product there you can be Proud of”, and others of a similar vain.
So here’s your first link to check out the sales page
Instructions for making it Your link are on the last page of the pdf, and in the read me file.
BTW – in the ebook I also make mention of a few other recommended resources, in case you hadn’t seen them all before, they are these-
The Forum I love the most – available through this offer
A great $7 offer of a comprehensive course on building Mailing Lists by a good forum friend Paula
An eBay guide that way over delivers from another forum friend and fellow ‘Ramblings’ Subscr’ber Brian
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and finally the script used for the ease of you getting your ca$h, $7 Secrets.
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So that’s My Launch covered
On to my other hand picked recommendations.
This next one is a very time limited chance to grab a heck of a Report that I actually gave a testimoial for.
It’s not something everyone will need, but again – for the price peeps, it could well be worth grabbing for future reference.
If you think you’ll EVER want to have a membership site, – then you have until the 15th april to get this Report by Chris Lockwood.
After that he’s pulling it off the net [He really really doesn't want too many people knowing the details, and nor would I.....lol]
It’s headline is
“How I Got 1296 Active Members to a Brand New Membership Site in 44 Days, Starting from Scratch”
with no experience running membership sites
with no affiliates
without spending a penny on advertising
without mailing to my existing lists (or anyone else’s lists)
without tell-a-friend scripts or other typical viral marketing techniques
without writing articles, blogging, press releases, promoting in forums, social network sites, FFAs, safelists, or other typical free traffic techniques
I bought it based on some really trusted names saying it was very good,
Then I wrote back to Chris to confirm I was glad I had! At only $9 – he gives a blow by blow account of starting from scratch right through to 1296 members without paying for any advertising etc.
Nuff Said – If you have ever considered having a membership site - get this report here
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Well People, Not too bad so far….lol
Okay – here comes the biggy
On this one I could use all the fancy sales talk that I was provided with, but if you know me by now you’ll know I’m not into the guru speak….lol
Basically Michael Cheney somehow accidently added me to his ‘Advanced Notice’ JV list [don't tell him by the way] – so I got wind of his new venture a few weeks ago, and it’s due to go live on the 3rd of april.
Now doing my usual and cutting through all the BS, I am actually giving this serious consideration.
Yes – the big names will be pushing it like crazy , and I’m sure we’ll get sick of hearing about it, and yes it’ll be a $97 ish product with an oto built in.
So why am I happy to mention it?
That’s easy peeps, – - Because I trust you now NOT to buy it if you don’t need it.
What is it – it’s a Complete set of 50 videos showing and teaching every successful way to get Traffic to your sites.
The thing that goes well for Michael – is that he really does tend to show beginners how to go about things, I have his 11 days to list profits, and although I do think the product is hyped right up on the sales page – it does give a good level of knowledge on the subject [just forget the 11 days crap ..... it'd never happen that quick], so with this new set of videos I’m expecting a good product with solid info in it, BUT I’m not going to be drawn into the mega hype of selling it.
If you are not getting enough traffic to your sites – take a look, if you’re already happy then why spend ca$h you don’t need to?.
Here’s a link to his site that’s worth a visit,
If nothing else you can grab an mp3, watch a couple of vid’s and grab his freebie ebook, then take a look at his offer and decide for yourself!
Once I’ve bought it I may well tell you it’s really good [I do expect it to be], but by then the price will no doubt have increased, So do use your own judgement on this one guys…….. but only spend the bigger bucks if it’s going to help you acheive your goals!…..ok
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Crikey People, I’m starting to hate myself here…… It feels like I’ve been writing for ages, so this must be getting long!
I do apologise if it seems like I’m trying to get you to spend your money….actually my ebook is cheap and so is Chris Lockwoods, so maybe it takes longer to write than read through….lol
Anyway peeps, you know I always try and find something that’s worth my subscribers time to investigate that is also free, and this issue will be no different
In my last ‘Ramblings’ I mentioned all the resources and training available from ‘more niche’ completely free
I’ve had some people write and thank me for mentioning it, and they agreed with me on how flippin’ good the resources are,
and that they are better than some I’ve paid for.
I’ve also had a few people tell me they didn’t get the email?…. So I’m wondering if it got filtered away before they saw it??
So if it’s ok with you , I’m going to start to send a note out once I’ve posted my ‘Ramblings’ onto the blog, so that if you didn’t get it – you’ll at least be able to keep up with me and ask what special I may have had in the email.?
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Right back to it …..
Here’s this weeks mega freebie.
Some absolutely amazing free training and tips….. Stuff that the guru’s really do keep secret,
In fact some of it could even be frowned upon as cheating, so you’ll have to decide if you care or not,
Lets just say I have a contact I’ve known online for around two and a half years or so, who is a dab hand [is that just an English term for very good at?] at the grey and black hat stuff, She’s a programmer and really does know her stuff.
I first encountered her when I was referred to her by another friend, I needed a site to get ranked rather quickly, anyway long story short peeps, She produces some great tools that sometimes only work for a year or so ….. but when they do they’re really good. They’re not always cheap and some of her stuff is quite expensive, but anyway the point is this. …..
I’m on her ‘A’ List, and as such in order to help me sell some of her products she has built a site with some very very good tips and tricks that are usually kept hush by the big names, who only share the info once you’re in their inner circle…… Am I ‘Rambling’ on again?, Sorry Guys.
In a nutshell – she has decided to get a little more ‘respectable’ and come out into more of the open….. so I’m able to send you to her site where you can have a look and join her ‘A’ list yourself,
You don’t have to buy anything now….. Just visit the link and then register for her ‘A’ List – then she’ll send you details of the site as a prospective future customer, as well as further details of the products she has.
Worry not tho Peeps, She and her partner are nice people – and she won’t pester you ….. but it is worth knowing what’s available in the ‘darker’ areas….lol,
All that said – I’m sending you there because I know you’ll love the down to earth training she gives.
She even has different sections for whether you chose to build a business with some investment, or whether you need to do things free to start.
So go here and have a look at this product…… then fill in the box to join her ‘A’ List, Again – if you buy the product is up to you ….and as always – Only get it if it’s going to help you.
But do get on her list!
If this all sounds cloak and dagger and very dramatic, please just trust me on the fact that the training is excellent, and only some of it would be considered ‘naughty’ ….and Amy doesn’t say do it – she just tells you straight what some of the guru’s do and how they do it
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Well by now it really must be wrap up time, This must be reading like a flippin book…lol
Do be sure you’ve checked everything I’ve mentioned, and only grab the freebies and anything that is really of use to you. Â :-)
Finally,
As usual – I do hope you benefit from the time you’ve invested in me and my Ramblings
So here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!
Til next time
Warm Regards to You and Yours,
From Me and Mine.
Randy
http://www.monthlybargains.co.uk
http://www.lotteryprofits.ws
http://www.RandolfSmith.com
P.S. In case you lost the links in my Ramble here they are again
My New Product Sales Page
Chris’s Membership Site Report – only til the 15th
Michaels Freebie and a look at his traffic Videos offer
Free Training Resoures at More Niche
And Amy’s ‘A’ List from one of her sales pages and offers
P.P.S. If you’ve only recently join me, or just didn’t have time to check some of the freebies and ‘Friends’ Offers from previous Ramblings Email Me Here
I always look after the people on my ‘Ramblings Newsletter List’
