Helping the Doc Help the Kids Helps YOU!

Randy’s Ramblings 17th August 2010
HypeFree advice to help us all.

In this Post
* Catch Up
* “Dollars for Pennies, Diamonds for Coal!”
* BUY ME…lol – A Fun Social Site
* New Giveaway Site Helping Kids – Contribute & Build Your List!
* Northallerton Meet Up Sorted – Sat 4th Sept
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Here’s hoping you’re having a great week
I’m about to head off for a BBQ with Rachel and some friends and family.
But before I did I wanted to get this post out. Yep – working on a Sunday again…lol
(when I wrote and emailed this…lol)

I don’t normally like to work on a Sunday – But as well as Dr.Mani’s link now being live, I had some updates that had to get done.
(Especially as Rachel and I are taking the girls to the seaside for a weeks holiday on Friday!)

I finally managed to finish moving all my downloads (nearly a thousand) from http://www.MoreMonthly.com onto some space at Amazon S3!
It’s taken weeks – but will save me a heap of cash on the hosting.
The site was so big it needed a dedicated server of it’s own!
And with already having one for http://www.WizardResponderPro.com
I didn’t want to be paying for another.. So now we will be downsizing our other sites to a smaller hosting account while keeping the dedicated server for WizardResponder!

(All our sites would have fit on the same one – but Pete and I are very aware that we didn’t want anything to upset the delivery rates of our clients email marketing… hence we keep Wizard completely separate!)

Anyways – other than that I have been doing a lot of blog hopping, as I’m sure a few of my readers will have noticed, as part of the 100 blog challenge I’ve mentioned.
http://creatingmybusinessonline.com/the-100-blog-comment-challenge/

It was great to see people like John Thornhill and Jim Cockrum mention this too… so it’s going really well for all who’ve joined in!
(Not too late if you would like the extra free traffic!)

I’ve also joined a new social site that I’ll mention further down…
But first things first – check the next section and go spend the $20 I told you to earmark (I know… cheeky git aren’t I?)

Chat soon
Randy

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* “Dollars for Pennies, Diamonds for Coal!”

Re:
http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/DrMani

Dr.Mani’s link is live….
Here are more details about it
(Just so you know it can and will help you as well as the kids with CHD!)

This was difficult to create – but it turned out ok!

He started out with a $1,997.00 home study program.

Kept the most critical core concepts intact. Modified some of the content so that it summarized most of the material.
Addressed every single major concern the bigger program deals with.
All this so that the condensed version, though not as thorough and powerful as the full program, still packs a pretty punch!

Why did he bother?
Because for some people who need this coaching, $1,997 is simply too much.

Like you, most of my subscribers and clients KNOW that products and services I recommend are worth the price – and more.
But even if it IS ‘value for money’, sometimes there simply isn’t enough money left to get it!
You may have other expenses. Stuff takes priority. Maybe you’ve even got your eye on another product to buy!

If that’s YOU, I still don’t want you to miss out.
But if a low 4-figure price-tag is out of your budget, then grab this special deal – because you’ll get most of the value at a TINY fraction of the cost!

It’s DOLLARS for Pennies, DIAMONDS for Coal!

Discover How To Create Your Profitable Information Business
With These Five Step-by-Step Training Courses

* Do you want to profit from information products?

* Would you like to turn words into wealth?

* Are you fascinated about becoming an infopreneur?

‘Think, Write & RETIRE’ is just what you need!

Learn more about the program here:

=> http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/DrMani

And get your copy soon, Not only do you get a great value product…. But the profits help save childrens lives!

Randy
P.S. As mentioned last time, I received a review copy from Dr.Mani – but I’ve just been and paid for one too! I really want to know that as this product helps me, I’m helping some poor kids live a life they couldn’t have!
http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/DrMani

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* BUY ME…lol – A Fun Social Site

This is new to me, so I’m not sure how much it will benefit us as yet….
But Dr.Mani recommended it so I took a look:)

It’s a new social site that is fr’ee to join. AND – it’s yet more links back to my sites,
(So it can’t be a bad thing)
What makes it somewhat fun is that you can buy and sell shares in each other (NOT real ca$h!!)

It also links up with your twitter and facebook feeds etc.

So initially I think it’s another chance as some publicity for free, backlinks, and a way to waste a few minutes that might actually benefit us from making more contacts and getting more traffic.
The site is called Empire Avenue, here’s my link:
http://www.empireavenue.com/randy

Be sure to endorse my blog and buy some shares in me…lol
And here is Dr.Mani’s link as he mentioned it to me in the first place:
http://www.empireavenue.com/drmani

I see he’s worth more than me already…hehe But hey – I now own a piece of him…lol
Check it out if you have some time to kill, as i said – I’m not sure how valuable the backlinks will be yet but it doesn’t cost anything but time, so it may be worth a play

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* New Giveaway Site Helping Kids – Contribute & Build Your List!

Hey, I know you’re busy, and I know I’ve already mentioned Dr.Mani a heap today….but please read this!
(Yes most of it is copy and pasted – but it’s all true and can benefit you as well as the Kids with CHD!)

I wanted to make sure you had an opportunity to participate in this special event, especially after you hear the whole story. Don’t miss this. This is one of those times you can help yourself and feel really great about it!

Plus you’ll save lives.

Kids lives.

You can have the satisfaction of knowing that you -yes, you - have saved a kid’s life today. These children have fatal heart diseases that require open heart surgery to survive.

But, these kids are incredibly lucky because they’re in great hands – yours. And you are even luckier because you’ll have the satisfaction of saving lives first, feeling the warmth that comes with having a huge impact on real lives.

And if that’s not enough, you’ll also have the opportunity to drive traffic to your websites, build your lists and make upsells for additional income.

There’s an ancient Greek philosophy called “Enlightened Self Interest”. Basically, it translates into: What’s good for you is good for me, so I’ll always do good for you first.

Here’s your chance. Don’t believe me, take a look at Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian.

You do know Dr. Mani, right?

If you’ve been online for any time at all as an information marketer or student of online marketing, you’ve probably heard of Dr. Mani or purchased some of his products. He’s one of the most successful and respected information marketers, coaches and sought-after instructors working today.

And If You’ve read my numerous mentions of him, you also know that he is a practicing pediatric surgeon in Chennai, India?

And did you know that he has raised more than $137,200 from donors and portions of his profits to sponsor heart operations for more than 70 children with congenital heart defects?

And did you know that the Niche Affiliate Marketing Workshop (the fastest growing internet marketing workshop in the U.S. today) has adopted Dr. Mani’s foundation as the focus of a listbuilding and joint venture workshop during the week of NAMS4?

From Aug. 20 to Aug. 27, 2010, we plan to raise at least $10,000 that will go to the foundation to directly fund open heart surgery on at least 7 children.

Here’s the thing:

You can help drive traffic to this monster giveaway to encourage folks to donate to the Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation with just a couple of emails.

Here’s what super-fundraiser Beth Kanter says about Dr. Mani:

“Dr. Mani is simply amazing in his passion and dedication
to his cause. His knowledge and ideas about personal fund
raising have also helped and inspired many other people -
like me.”

We’re expecting more than a million emails to go out that week to promote this event. You can step in front of that stream of traffic by joining us today.
Contribute a product to the event to drive traffic to your website and build your list.
And you’ll be in great company with these contributors who’ve already signed on:

Willie Crawford
Kevin Riley
Kathleen Gage
Jeff Herring
Lynn Terry
Bob “The Teacher” Jenkins
Maritza Parra
Nicole Dean
Sid Hale
Denise Wakeman
Dan R Morris
Roger Carr
Cindi Dawson
Joe Marsh
Karon Thackston
Paul Evans
Doug Hudiburg
Traci Knoppe
Doug Champigny
Mark Hendricks
David Perdew

oh and me, as well as some of the great guys (&Gals) on my moremonthly.com forum…
plus 185 NAMS attendees, and……we’re holding a spot right here for you !

Don’t have an expertise in internet marketing? No problem? We’ll have software, reports and books from all walks of life, especially in self help, education, self improvement and building business online.

I was invited to be part of this great JV and now, I’m inviting you too.
We’re shooting for 1000 contributors and 100,000 members during that week.

To get the “by Invite Only” private JV details, just go here:
http://nams4kids.com/go/302/jv

There is only a few days to get involved.

Thanks,

Randy Smith
P.S. They made it so easy. It’s all dynamic. You set the text and logo’s yourself it it is automatically and instantly added to the sales pages and members area.

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* Northallerton Meet Up Sorted – Sat 4th Sept

For those who are local enough:

I now have confirmed the details for the NEW (and improved) meet ups
Thank you for replying and answering the questionnaire – it helped a great deal!
So now I hope that more people will be able to benefit from our get togethers!

So here’s the low down:
The New Details Are, we meet up on the First Saturday of each month – 1pm til around 5pm

Hence Sat 4th September 2010

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel: (01609) 773018

Ann the landlady has a good sized private room upstairs for our use, and will lay on a buffet of Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.
There will be a charge of around £5 per person to cover the costs.
Naturally, because we now have a private room and buffet, I need to know numbers in advance,…

So if you intend to join us I’ll need you to visit:
http://randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/
to get on the list, and then book your spot here:

http://randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html
And pay the £5 fee…
You’ll them be directed to a page with a map to help you find parking and the venue.

Any overnight arrangements will need to be made yourself if you plan on staying over. Just google ‘northallerton accommodation’ for a list of places.
If you want to talk to me about anywhere before booking a room just give me a shout either via my support desk:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support

I look forward to seeing you soon

Randy
P.S. – I’m also going to try implementing a semi-structured talk on a topic of interest each month…. I guess I’ll start with a chat about the “7 Steps To Successful Selling” on the 4th

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* Sign Off

Oh – before I go – a quick thank you for all the comments I’ve had after the negative review last post…
I’m happy to have saved you your ca$h (But now I want you to go splash out $20 of it on Dr.Mani’s ebook…lol – so scroll up and check it out… cheers)

****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Warm Regards
Randy
www.MonthlyBargains.co.uk
www.RandolfSmith.com
www.YourCopySmith.com
www.SuccessAndYourHead.com
www.7KeyElements.com
www.SalesLetterAbc.com
www.MagicAuctionWords.com
www.MoreMonthly.com
www.FreeMarketingGifts.com
www.WizardResponder.com
www.GuruBypass.com
www.IM-Phd.com

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A Negative Review, MobileMonopoly – Don’t Buy It! Plus other news

Randy’s Ramblings 9th August 2010
HypeFree advice to help us all.

EAVB_DTILRUXZEC

In this Post
* Catch Up
* A Genuine Review Of Mobile Monopoly
* Better Places To Invest in This Week
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

How are you? – I’m hoping you’re well, and I hope you checked out the 100 Blog Challenge?
http://creatingmybusinessonline.com/the-100-blog-comment-challenge/

I’ve been blog hopping all week, and I’m amazed at some of the great posts I’ve come across!
I’ve also met some new people who may go on to become good friends… so although it takes a little time – for me the benefits far outweigh the time it takes to make new friends.

PLUS – as a by, the extra traffic I’m getting is nice too…lol

Don’t worry – I’ve not been working too hard
I just neglected other activities…hehe

Actually – I had two days practically stuck at home and suffering with a tummy bug (not nice at all)….
Thankfully that’s cleared up now so I thought I’d write on a Sunday evening to catch up a little.

OH – and I got my new glasses too!
Or was that over a week ago?… Either way I’m getting used to them now (Varifocals) – around $350 for a pair of specs!!!
It seems I have to wear them all the time now and not just for reading (I guess I’m getting older)

On the home front, I’ve had time off to ‘babysit’ Cameron due to the school holidays, and time out for some social fun with Rachel… (see – how could I fit much work in?)

But I have kept up as ever with my emails and support tickets…
Well mainly www.WizardResponderPro.com questions and customer support, I did leave a couple of JV requests unanswered for a couple of days.
I also wasted a good few hours changing all the passwords and login info for www.GuruBypass.com admin – as it seems we had a visit from a skilled
marketer who has no scruples!
He managed to hack into the site and use the mailer to send a promo for some PPV program (I sincerely hope no one visited it)

I did get an email to let me know, so it was just the one…. But the clever ‘BarSteward’ (me trying to write illegitimate person) had deleted my own membership – so I didn’t receive a copy of the email or I would have acted sooner!
(That knocked my confidence in the LFM script)
Oh well – what’s done is done and is now rectified – and I hope you knew it wasn’t me if you got one of the emails… I NEVER sign ADMIN, I always am happy to sign my name to my emails!
(Future hackers take note if you’re on my lists! – You might be clever but it’s short term… Use your skills for good and you might make your mothers proud!)

Anyway – I’m rambling already and I have some important stuff below, so I’d best get on with it
Let’s see if we can’t save you from wasting some of your online budget and give you some news of where it might be better invested!

Randy

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* A Genuine Review Of Mobile Monopoly

I saw this product being promoted by so many people, I figured it had to be a major launch!
And with reports of doing over a million and a half last week already – it seems it is…lol

Now I was invited to JV on it – BUT…All I had seen was the prelaunch videos – and they are fantastic… what a great presales job!
I was very tempted to promote it as it all made so much sense… or at least the sales pitch did!

BUT
Yep – a large one..

I then started asking some more techy people what they thought of it?
When Martin Brock (www.vtctalk.com) wrote a full review on the warrior forum my eyes opened !

So much so that I asked Martin if I could steal his review and use it to show my readers!
He’s a tech and doesn’t yet have an IM site, but you can follow him on twitter here:
http://twitter.com/martin_brock

Anyway – here are his words:
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I actually spent a few hours on this review, so I hope it is ok that I post a new thread about it.

I apologize for the poor grammar/writing – I wrote it very fast.
As I stated in the other thread, I am only reviewing this product because a friend of mine bought two of this guy’s previous products. I paid for this one myself, and I will be refunding it out of sheer principle. I would have refunded the two others as well if I had paid for them.

There are 11 modules and some extra videos in the members’ area.

Module 1 – A lot of mobile stats and data in this one, most of which should not be surprising to most people who regularly follow industry news.

Module 2 – In this module he seems to go on and on about sending traffic to mobile optimized squeeze pages. What if 30 people converts, then I just made $150”, “this can really start to add up”, “Alright so I send them a Clickbank offer, and boom” – that last one is just classic, timeless relationship building advice! (I hope you can detect the irony). He goes on with “I get a huge list that I can market to forever”, “CPA stands for..” and so on..

He keeps talking about his conversion rate, and various numbers, and how much money you can potentially make, and yet fails to explain how to accomplish it – is it by any chance because sending traffic straight to affiliate links is THE most fragile business model in existence? The rest of video 2 contains more pipe dreams and “think of the possibilities” moments, again without any tangible, actionable direction.

Module 3 – Here he explains how the interfaces of the ad platforms work again peppered with regular “just think of the possibilities” moments (sorry if I repeat myself, but monkey see, monkey do, or whatever the appropriate saying is in this context.. I am speed writing here! – this is very basic stuff.

Module 4 – More from the same drawer – and then the big secret is revealed. I don’t even own a cell phone, and even I know that a mobile browser is different from a standard browser. At this point the “just think about how much money you can make” filler is getting more than unbearable.

Module 5 – “Clickbank is amazing, you can make a lot of money with it” that is not an exact quote, but close. He spends a long time explaining the basics, and includes regular mentions of “big money”. He also talks about his squeeze page software – which comes at additional cost (67/month) – but he never provides any tangible proof that the squeeze pages presenting the mobile offers are the true source of his income, or that they have any sort of real effect.

Module 6– In this one he shows how to get affiliate links from Amazon in order to sell physical products as an affiliate – the most creative part about this module is the title: “let’s get physical”. I noted that his account shows no sales activity. This is generally another uninteresting video that covers very basic stuff.

Module 7 – In this module he explains how to get pay per call offers. Pay per call is really just another way of tracking an affiliate sale, but through a phone number instead of an affiliate URL. Again, the information provided is very basic “how to find an offer” interspersed with even more “easy, easy money” comments, but no real guidance or insight is offered.

Module 8 – In this one, the “just think about the possibilities” moment deals with mobile marketing for local businesses. Sure, you could go out and manage mobile campaigns for local businesses – they may not be tech savvy, but you can be sure they want to know exactly what they get from their advertising dollars. And what do they get? Is there even enough volume to support very specific local offers through mobile advertising? He just mentions this as an idea, one of many, that is not supported by anything tangible in the form of how to do it, or what results he has accomplished (I know what my guess is).

I did see the remaining videos, but found no reason to mention anything further about them.

Oh, except the Iphone app module. That was the first video that actually made me laugh out loud. Again, completely in line with the rest of the product – he talks about possibilities and potential, and how a lot of people make a killing with apps – but again – with no with real direction.

I will just let these links speak for themselves:
So, You Want To Develop iPhone Apps, Eh? You REALLY Want To Read This! Dvorak Uncensored: General interest observations and true web-log.
Is The Rush To Develop iPhone Apps Creating A Bubble? | mocoNews

And a quote from one of the articles:

Supercollider Blog reports on several levels of paid app downloads, the relevant number is that half of all paid iPhone apps get less than 1,000 downloads. The median point is under 1,000. Lets call it 999. That number times $1.95 per paid app gives the ‘most typical app’ the total revenues in its lifetime – the full two years of App Store existence – of $1,948 dollars. This is before Apple takes its cut of 30%, so we are left with $1,363 over two years or $682 per year. This is so ‘successful’ that half of all of the developers of the 164,250 apps – will actually earn LESS THAN THIS. Before you start to cry, remember, there is that Angry Bird game that had 4 million paid downloads and the Bewelled 2 game with 3 million paid downloads. Thats your math there, they are totally skewing the averages, and you are stuck in the ‘long tail’ indeed. Half of all developers will earn less than $682 per year. Do you still think this is a good business idea?

The overall verdict

There is a lot of filler and basic stuff where he spends time on the usual suspects; Clickbank, what is CPA offers, and so on. “Clickbank pays high commissions” and “Amazon pays lower commission”.

Most of the content has been regurgitated in 100s if not 1000s of products since. The few things he mentions that some people may not have heard of (such as pay per call) are covered in an extremely superficial way.

He almost never (if at all) mention aspects of real online marketing (relationship building, improving conversion rates, pre-selling) – stuff that is vital – but maybe that is because that sort of thing requires real EFFORT which would be more than 99% of his intended audience bargained for (judging by the sales letter). To fill out the holes it is apparently much easier to just have tons of “how to sign up for Clickbank” videos – yes, I think that is actually a title of one of the videos.

In regards to getting low CPCs – you can not by any standard compare the CPC of display ads and search ads. Getting a positive ROI is by no means guaranteed just because you get clicks at just a few cents. As an example, it is relatively easy to get clicks from Google (Adsense), and a number of other platforms from 3-10 cents (I have nothing for sale here or anywhere else), in some markets higher. I have done that several times. The key however, is conversion, as most of us know. And on top of that, it seems that most people are paying much more than the few cents he talks about.

He does not go in and show concrete tangible examples of winning campaigns – sure he has “proven” campaigns. But anyone who knows anything knows that any CPA network or affiliate network will throw their best performing campaigns at you like they were dead rodents (I realize that was a pathetic analogy . No solid proof that he makes money from the mobile offers is ever presented – why does only Clickbank and Paypal earnings show on the sales page? He is particularly generous in showing his Clickbank earnings in the sales videos. But he does not navigate to the pages in his various accounts that show proof of earnings in the videos inside the members’ area. For someone who likes to talk so much about how much money he makes WHY does he not show any real tangible results achieved promoting these offers? And why do all screenshots/videos that involve his campaigns show all campaigns on pause?

As someone else have already hinted – which is completely on par with my own sentiments – is the fact that you get a very distinct feeling that the author is not actually applying most of these things, he just explains the “potential” and how this is “easy money”, and adds in various random potential earning scenarios, conversion rates and so on. A critical voice might infer that the results shown on the sales page could very well come from sales of his previous “make money online” offers in Clickbank (which also supports Paypal), and not from real b2c affiliate marketing offers on mobile phones. The author has so far been unresponsive in terms of submitting the proof I emailed him for.

In reality, it is not as easy as he makes it out – as also already pointed out earlier in the thread by someone who is doing it – and several other posters who have posted results from their campaigns. And those who make the wildest claims, including the author, does not seem to want to or be able to provide irrefutable evidence of their alleged quick, easy, and significant earnings.

Now – I could probably write another 5-10 pages about this product easily. But the time I have already spent is more than enough time wasted. I think is a shame that this type of product can “break through” in these circles. Of course, people can get a refund – but they can not get their time back, and the money invested in campaigns that don’t produce results.

And if this is by any means the industry standard, a lot of people will end up in a cycle where they jump from one quick fix to another because the product is carefully constructed to give the illusion that it does really work with no effort required…”but just not for me”. And so, the story repeats itself with no one the wiser because “quick fix” authors refuse or lack the skills to educate people on the true principles of Internet marketing.

Martin
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I hope this helps you save some ca$h!

And be sure to follow Martin to see when he gets around to getting a site up with more grreat reviews
http://twitter.com/martin_brock

Or if you are techy – take a look at www.vtctalk.com

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* Better Places To Invest in This Week

Well now we’ve seen that we might not want to believe the hype follow the mass sales just because other have….
I figured I’d best mention a couple of sites that I believe are worthy of a serious look:

The first is available now and provides some great options:

In fact as part of my own testimonial for Rob I wrote:
“If people study your blueprints, I’m sure they may find
that they lean towards something they may not have thought
of before….. And yet they find so much more fun, and profitable!”

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/12roads

Rob’s course is actually a complete set of 12 business blueprints that will take you to business success in a series of easy to follow steps.

Robert shows you how you can use very simple and cheap solutions to sell more products to a very targeted audience who will return to you to buy time and time again.

Complete with pdf and videos, Using the information in 12 Roads to Success you can build a series of low cost start up businesses that will provide you with an income for years. Or choose one or two that you may not have thought of before to focus on.

At the silly low price (with no hidden extras) I would suggest taking a look for yourself:

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/12roads

I hope you find this recommendation useful

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My Second recommendation would be to grab a bargain that will help Children with CHD…

Yep – Every once in a while I try my best to send some traffic to Dr.Mani’s sites like:
http://www.chdinfo.com/chdaware/howdonate.htm

But today – I’m actually promoting one of Dr.Mani’s products

It doesn’t launch til the 15th,
but I wanted to get you to earmark $19.95 now so you can grab a bargain and help save a child

When Dr.Mani’s “Think, Write & Retire” launched on Amazon.com, it raced up the charts to hit #83 in the Business & Investing category within 16 hours!
This book was written for a worthy cause, one that I believe you will want to get behind, too.
You see, ALL profits from the book launch were donated to his Children Heart Foundation, to sponsor a child’s life-saving treatment.
Over the years, the Foundation has raised over $130,000 and sponsored SEVENTY surgeries up to now.

“Think, Write & Retire”
Will be available as a digital ebook from the 15th August 2010 that can be instantly downloaded – and I hope this will raise even more money to help more kids live!
Like a ripple, word will spread – and a lot of folks are already excited about this launch. (hopefully I beat them to it in telling you well in advance)
By buying your copy on the 15th, you’ll help raise money to heal a child’s heart.

Will you do it, please?

There’s also another reason I’d like you to buy your copy…
You’ll Get Over $120 In Gifts & Bonuses!
Get your copy on the 15th August from here:

=> http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/DrMani

Oh, and please tell your friends too.

Thank you
Best wishes

Randy
P.S. – The Good Dr. will have an upsell… Your choice to look at it or not, all I can say is it will be a great product!
(He doesn’t do hyped up fluffy stuff!!)

P.P.S. - If it helps, I have a review copy of this BUT.. I’ll still go and buy it again because I want to know I helped too!
AND the product is easily worth more than the cost!

P.P.P.S. Dr.Mani just recommended I look at EmpireAvenue.com (a new sort of social site), So I have looked and joined (More details in my next post) – but I need to add this code EAVB_DTILRUXZEC in order to activate my blog feed (so now that’s done…lol and my profile is http://www.empireavenue.com/randy)

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Here’s hoping you’ve enjoyed your weekend.
I hope I’ve given you some food for thought in this email?

Do Check Rob’s 12 roads, and
Earmark the 15th for ThinkWriteRetire

And don’t forget to get blog hoping in the challenge to up your traffic and contacts

****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Warm Regards
Randy
www.MonthlyBargains.co.uk
www.RandolfSmith.com
www.YourCopySmith.com
www.SuccessAndYourHead.com
www.7KeyElements.com
www.SalesLetterAbc.com
www.MagicAuctionWords.com
www.MoreMonthly.com
www.FreeMarketingGifts.com
www.WizardResponder.com
www.GuruBypass.com
www.IM-Phd.com

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Sharing A 4 Tier Philosophy, – It’s Vital

Randy’s Ramblings 11th April 2010
HypeFree advice to help us all.

In this Post

* Catch Up Again…. lol
* Sharing A 4 Tier Philosophy – It’s Vital!
* Alex Or John & Dave?
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up Again… lol

Randy here with yet another email
I’ve literally just updated my blog a couple of days ago
I did add a few edits and updates, then got it posted…

Then I remembered that Alex Jeffery was launching his coaching today, and at the same time – John and Dave have launched yet another product very quietly!

What are they like?…lol

I only just managed to chat to Dave yesterday about his last one! – But it seems these are all being soft launched,
No Biggy promos or guru offerings as they are evergreen products to add to mailing lists etc.

So I’m sitting here wondering if I should be promoting these products, and realising that I’ve not done enough work the past few days to be in a position to ‘warm up’ my readers to know what to expect…

Why – Well frankly – it’s because I had other prioritys!

Rachels girls have been to some Dance/Performance Arts classes during the holidays, and on Thursday they did their
show. So naturally – we all (Rachel, her Ex and Myself) all popped along video camera in hand to watch and record it.

Plus we’ve had two days of Sunshine now – so I really wanted to get out and about in it
(Today we had a lovely day at Monk Park Farm, and a very satisfying carvery dinner up the road from there)
So yeah – I’ve neglected work for Family stuff!
(And I am very grateful that I’m in a position to be able to)

Here comes the coincidence that leads to a VITAL lesson:

One of my emails today was a personal reply from Dr.Mani to one of my autoresponder emails.
(If you remember back in Feb I promoted his 47 hearts book to help raise funds to pay for life changing operations on children with CHD)

Well After congratulating Dr.Mani on his pace of work and the number of operations he’s done recently, I reminded him to ensure he kept a balance in his life.
(Not my place – but hey, I care about all my readers and I’m not backwards in speaking my mind)

What he wrote back in his reply IS what I believe to be a FANTASTIC philosophy to live by!
Hence I’m sharing it with you below

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* Sharing A 4 Tier Philosophy – It’s Vital!

Dr.Mani wrote:
“Randy, I will *always* make sure I have time for the special people in my life
Have I shared my 4 tier philosophy with you before?

Level 1 is ME.
Unless I take care of myself, I can’t deliver value to anyone else, so my health, fitness and time take first priority, over anything else.

Level 2 is my family.
I can’t focus on much else if they aren’t doing well, so given a choice between family and other stuff, family will always win.

Level 3 is my professional work.
That, outside me and mine, gets top billing over all other distractions.

Only later is Level 4 the “rest of my life”
- including online business, friends, entertainment, travel and other luxuries!

This set of ‘rules’ has served me very well over the years, and makes deciding about what to do so much easier.

Far too many of my professional colleagues get confused, and put their medical practice ahead of other things – and end up in bad health, with broken relationships and in the end, feeling unfulfilled and frustrated (even if rich)

Just a ramble to share some thoughts. Thanks for listening, Randy “

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Me again now – I told Dr.Mani I would proably share this and credit him…
And the more I read the last part – the more I wanted to send it straight out.
So I hope you find value in it.

And please do visit Dr.Mani’s sites to see what his work is all about:

Here’s a little more copy & paste:

http://www.DrMani.com
http://www.chdinfo.com/

“We’re all about results. $137,220 raised. 68 children heart operations sponsored. Over 1,019 donors contributed between 5 and 15,000 dollars.
Every little bit goes to save a child’s life. Help us – if you can.”

GIVE – you will help a child live.
http://www.chdinfo.com/chdaware/howdonate.htm

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* Alex Or John & Dave?

OK back to the link I should have more info on
(especially if I hope to earn a commission for recommending them)

Well I don’t have a lot to say.
I will add link to Two Launches here, and I will say that both are proven marketers who have helped a lot of people to gain success online.
Of these two – one is a higher ticket price and one is very cheap.

I recommend both for not for everyone!

Hence I’m putting both link sand asking you to take a look and decide for yourself if either is a good fit for you right now.
I personally know people who have taken this coaching and are earning 4 times what I do: (if earning is your thing)

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/Alex

I also know some people wont be ready for that yet either financially or commitment wise.
If you fall into that catergory you might like to check this out:

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/GettingStarted

I know – there should have been more info getting you and my other readers excited…

But I revert to my earlier excuses
I haven’t had time to write a bunch of presale copy, and I did want to share Dr.Mani’s 4 Tier Philosophy.

So yes – it’s all last minute – But can I also add that I think I have enough intelligent readers like yourself, who can check things out for themselves without being lured into spending when they don’t need to.
So I am happy to link to the sites and leave you to decide if either product is a good fit for where you are now.

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/Alex

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/GettingStarted

Cheers
And I hope you too, had a great weekend !

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I’m looking forward to meeting faces old and new at tomorrows Monday Meet Up In Northallerton
(search the blog for more details if you’re local enough to attend)

****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Warm Regards
Randy
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Free Plugin, Free Audio Library, Free video…!

Randy’s Ramblings 11th February 2010
HypeFree advice to help us all.

In this Post
* Catch Up
* Free Plugin
* Free Audio Library (& More)
* Free Video
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Not much of a catch up today as I don’t feel I’ve done much this week….lol
Well not online stuff anyway!
I’ve actually had two days out to ‘learn’ stuff

Hopefully we all learn a little daily.
I actually had two of my subscribers come to my home to show me stuff I wanted to know about. One to teach me more about video, and one for some
techy stuff I’ll be using in a new project I’m about to start.
And what I hope will be Your lesson for the day, is to get active on forums and get to know people, that’s part of how I first met the two guys who came round.

I respond to my emails personally, I post and try to help on forums – this lead to relationships with people who I now call friends… To the point that they both were happy to travel to my home and help me!
OK – short lesson – but worth repeating because I see so many lurkers in forums who I just KNOW could advance their own business if they just got involved

And if that was a boring lesson, I’m sorry… But it’s so important to build relationships online that I’d rather risk boring you and giving you real advice – than preach some fancy technique that you’d probably not understand anyway.
So have a serious think about whether you’re helping yourself by getting involved with people

Speaking of getting involved….
Did you check the Valentines Poems on my squidoo page?

http://www.squidoo.com/KidsHeartDefects

I’d love it if you did and got involved with Supporting Dr.Mani with his CHD day events and visiting his 47 Hearts site to help some children
http://www.47hearts.com

Not only will it help a child – but you and all my other readers can learn a lot from his words of wisdom about your online efforts
Cheers

OH and before I mention the new freebies and launches, And for those still interested to know….
My new twitter account at RandysIMRambles now has 2406 followers who are clicking on the links I post
It’s still doing what it claims it will and I love it!

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/twittollower

On with the freebies
(and yes – some of these will try to sell you something after you grab the freebie – but hey, Your Choice! Only grab what you may use as usual )
And yes – I may even get a commission if you do buy…lol But please note – NOT every launch that’s happening this week gets a mention!

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* Free Plugin

This one is from Tony Shepherd, who I have a lot of time for!
He is giving away a Plugin for WordPress blogs.

So straight away you should know if it may be worth looking at

http://randysmith.co.uk/CookieFire/Free

I wont go on about it – just take a look and grab it if you can use it

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* Free Audio Library (& More)

I just thought you may want to know about this cool site.
http://randysmith.co.uk/VoxFlair/FreeAudioClips

They give you free audio and video clips to use on your websites..

It’s not launched yet, and will be a paid site, but you can get a library of clips for free just for taking a look and getting on the prelaunch list
For people like me who aren’t too techy – this will be a great time saver and make us look good at the same time…hehe

You’re gonna love it:
http://randysmith.co.uk/VoxFlair/FreeAudioClips

It is cool and I knew you would want to see it too.

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* Free Video

I mentioned ClickBank Stealth a few days ago with a full review that you can find on my blog.

Well it’s now launched and Ray & Robert are giving away some valuable & educational content to try and tempt you to buy
You can grab that here:

http://randysmith.co.uk/ClickBank/Stealth

HOWEVER:
Being a JV partner of Ray’s – He has also provided me with some bonuses to further tempt you
So if after checking out the site you think you might want to learn about selling on clickbank, Do check out the massive bonuses you can claim by using my link…
They are on this page with instructions on how to claim:

BONUS PAGE–>> http://randysmith.co.uk/CBStealth/
Quite comprehensive I’m sure you’d agree!
(As ever – only grab what you’ll use)

OK – I’ll get this posted as I’m off to my ex’s for tea, but I’ve got an errand to run for Rachel before I go.
(She’s making us some masks for a Valentine Masked Ball I’ll be taking her to on Saturday…. Hope you have a nice romantic weekend too )

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A quick P.S.
No Room to mention them fully – but… Did you check these sites yet?
http://randysmith.co.uk/watch/crazybonus
http://randysmith.co.uk/Best/ArticleSpinner
http://randysmith.co.uk/Monthly/Help
Definitely worth a look.

****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

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Free ‘Blurb’ for Success, Twittollower Results and Reviews

Randy’s Ramblings 5th February 2010
HypeFree advice to help us all.

In this Post
* Catch Up
* Download Your Cool (Free) ‘Blurb’
* Twittollower results – A Month Tomorrow!, bonus reminder
* JT Coaching Now Closed… Did you miss it?
* Clickbank Stealth Reviewed – Launching today!
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Well January was a busy month for me,
(I hope you were busy too!)
And February doesn’t look like it’s going to be any quieter!!
Is it just me or is there more and more happening in the online world?

PLEASE – Take a little advice here and try to STAY FOCUSED on your own goals and plans.
It’s so easy to get caught up with all the new launches that we sometimes get carried away and get nothing done for ourselves. (I know I’m guilty of this a lot!)

Todays ramble does have a few links to freebies and promotions – But as ever – I would advise that you just take on board the things that will help with your own direction and use the others purely as examples of how others are marketing their products.
We can learn from watching and don’t always have to spend!

Anyway – I’ll get on with the email and offerings in a second, BUT FIRST I wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to Dr.Mani for his blog post about me…. He made me blush and feel a little bad that he had taken time away from his great work to talk about me on his blog here:
http://www.ezinemarketingcenter.com/blog/why-i-read-all-of-randy-smiths-email/

So if you go to read it – The IMPORTANT link is the one to 47 Hearts!
http://www.ezinemarketingcenter.com/47hearts/

Be sure to grab the free download and try to think of a way to support his cause come the 14th of Feb

Cheers
Randy

www.47hearts.com

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* Download Your Cool (Free) ‘Blurb’

Here a link to a report I liked because of it’s simplicity

What would you say if I told you all you need to run your online business could really be boiled down into just one tiny little ‘Blurb’ and take you under 60 seconds to read?
Call me crazy?
I know, I know. Same here…
But as crazy as it seems, a trusted friend of mine (Zech Smith) has just released a brand new guide that I sincerely believe will help you along in your business, and get you closer to the success you deserve.

It’s only 444 words, and it’ll take you less than a minute to read.
No fluff. No filler. Just the essentials.
Click here and Grab it:
http://randysmith.co.uk/Zech/FreeBlurb

FAIR WARNING: Zech says this thing could go down at any time, so if you click the link above and it’s gone, well I guess you missed it…Don’t miss it.
Click here and grab your success:
http://randysmith.co.uk/Zech/FreeBlurb

Here’s to YOUR success!
(And Keeping Things simple)

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* Twittollower results – A Month Tomorrow!, bonus reminder

I joined Twittollower on the 5th Jan and said I’d keep you updated on my results.

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/twittollower
I’ve not done any fancy videos like some, In fact I’ve not even told anyone the name of the new account I set up to test it!
(I did this because I didn’t want people following me and giving spoilt results by adding hundreds that didn’t come from twittollower!)

Well with one day left of the month I’m now up to 2012 followers
So they lived up to the 2000 Guarantee with nearly 24 hours to spare!

More importantly:
I have tracked the clicks I’ve had to my blog from my tweets and they are currently at 253

Some of those have subscribed to my ramble and some have bought products!
And that is the whole point of using twitter and the twittollower service.

Today (time zones considered) is the last day to grab this at the intro price before Tahir & Matt increase it by $10
So I would suggest anyone waiting to see if it worked, seriously get over there and grab an account without hesitation.
And don’t forget to send me a ticket so I can give you the autopost software I mentioned as a bonus
Pop along to:
http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/twittollower
And be sure to watch the video to the end!
Then submit a ticket to claim your bonus software

This thing works, and it works well
…just as it should considering it costs..lol

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* JT Coaching Now Closed… Did you miss it?

If you’ve been to my bonus page you may have noticed that the promotion for John Thornhill’s Masterclass is now over

http://randysmith.co.uk/JTMCBonus.html
It will launch again in 2011 for those patient enough to wait.
Well here’s a chance to get some help every month without the actual coaching…

Back in November last year John Thornhill and Dave Nicholson launched a brand new program called Multi Profit Monthly. At first this was a monthly program they offered to Multi Profit Websites customers only. (See my blog for MPW details)

http://randysmith.co.uk/Monthly/Help

Basically each month John and Dave reveal what is currently working for them online and provide a ton of content each month to help you succeed online including Training Videos, PDF’s, PowerPoint Presentations, Audio’s and a whole lot more.
The feedback from their current members has been INCREDIBLE, and as a result they have decided to make this new program available to everyone.

And to make things even better, you can get in for a special trial price of only $4.95,
Not only that you will also get to access the first 2 issues as well as the current issue that they are working on right now.
This means you will receive access to 3 months worth of content for only $4.95.

However, I must point out John and Dave will be taking the first 2 issues down in 72 hours time so if you want in you need to consider this right now.

John and Dave say they aim to make Multi Profit Monthly one of the best resources on the net and I’m sure once you see what’s on the inside you will agree they are doing an AWESOME job so far.

http://randysmith.co.uk/Monthly/Help

Well worth 5 bucks to take a look

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* Clickbank Stealth Reviewed – In Pre Launch!

In Prelaunch Now – Freebies Available!

It’s not often that I am asked to review products online, usually I just get offers to promote the “next big thing”, but today this post is very unique.
I have been asked by Ray Johnson to review his brand new course, entitled “Clickbank Stealth”, so I’ll try to give you an open and honest opinion below.

Clickbank Stealth by is a complete step-by-step 100+ page ebook, and 14 VIDEO training course that teaches you his previously unseen secrets of some Clickbank guru’s to create TOP TEN Clickbank websites each and every time…

http://randysmith.co.uk/ClickBank/Stealth

Basically, the course is web based and is made up of 14 training modules plus an eBook which walks you through the entire system and leads you to each video so you are ALWAYS in TOTAL control and have 100% confidence at every single step.
You simply CAN’T get the system wrong!

Soon afterwards, Ray, follows up what he teaches you with step by step screen capture videos so you can learn how to actually APPLY what you’ve learned from the eBook.

Inside Clickbank Stealth you’ll learn:

—> Why the domain name you choose has a DRAMATIC effect on your profits…

—> Why poor copy will KILL your website, and how to write Clickbank CASH-COW copy that will FORCE top marketers to promote you…

—> Why NOT just any old graphics for your product/site will do, and why you may as well QUIT before you’ve begun if you FAIL to use this method…

—> The #1 secret of product creation that is CRITICAL for your long term success online that COULD bank you a fortune…

—> Why download pages ARE CRITICAL to your success online (yes, DOWNLOAD PAGES!) <– Sidenote – This is making me an extra $3- $500 a month since I implemented it!

—> How to get a TON of JV partners/affiliates to promote your site, even if you have NO contacts, NO list and all in just minutes!

—> How to craft the perfect page to maximize the number of affiliates who ACTUALLY promote your site come launch day

—> How to build a LASER targeted list of affiliates that stay with you FOR LIFE and are HAPPY to promote every single site you ever create!

—> How to create the perfect affiliate promo tools page that leaves your partners DESPERATE to mail their subscribers HARD…

—> How to test, without the boredom, that could QUADRUPLE
your earnings within minutes…

—> The one secret technique to create MAXIMUM buzz for your product through the launch week, and get REPEAT MAILINGS (guaranteed) from EVERY JV partner…

—> PLUS A TON MORE!

Once you’ve grasped the basics in the eBook, the video series moves on to help you IMPLEMENT all the processes step by step, and is very detailed! There’s way too much to mention here.
I’m so glad this wasn’t some out dated course where the links don’t even work anymore. This is really cutting edge stuff, and Ray makes it possible FOR ANYONE to bag a Clickbank top #10 spot with ZERO experience…

All I have to do is follow Ray’s easy advice.
In all honesty, “Clickbank Stealth” gets a thumbs up from me

CLICK BELOW TO CHECK IT OUT NOW

http://randysmith.co.uk/ClickBank/Stealth

Randy

P.S. Once you have experience of the course, please feel free to leave your comments when I get this on my blog.

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A quick P.S.
Did you check these two yet?
http://randysmith.co.uk/watch/crazybonus

http://randysmith.co.uk/Best/ArticleSpinner

Definitely worth a look.

****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!