You ever get off the phone with someone and just feel like you can rule the world?

Well, I did when I interviewed Todd Brown the other day. this guy is the master. He call’s himself a self-proclaimed “knucklehead” (that’s a technical term by the way), but I can assure you he’s far from it. In my eyes he’s someone to listen and take notes from - Todd knows his stuff.

Anyhow, I spent an hour on the phone with Todd and we talked about everything from building businesses NOT incomes, front-end & backend marketing, and the types of businesses that Todd builds for long-lasting income.

I’m a big fan of Todd and give much credit to him helping me “see the light.” So grab a pen, a pad of paper, download this call and take some serious notes.

Let me know what your biggest takeaway from the call is by leaving me a comment.

thanks,

Chris

P.S. I’m going to be offering some killer bonuses for Jeff Walkers Product Launch Formula so keep your eyes peeled for Monday!

 

So you’ve hired a website designer, but want to CYA. A great way to do that is to give them a ‘work-for-hire’ agreement prior to signing the contract.

The Definition:

work for hire - A type of agreement in which the writer or designer sells the complete rights to a work to a publisher.

You can download it here:

Work for Hire Agreement

You know I’ve been thinking. forget abotu making money fast, I want to make money slowly.

I just got Pablo’s Program and I gotta tell you - now I know how to make money as slow as possible.

Hey everyone,

I’m writing this from Orlando at Rich Schefren’s Strategic Profits event and good lord is this a killer conference. Back in July 2007, I went to Rich’s event here in Delray and that rocked my world, but this is by far one of the best conference that I’ve ever been to.

I left Sunday morning pretty early in the morning, like 5:30am, and arrived in Orlando at around 7am. you know, everytime I come to Orlando I get lost and end up paying an extra $10 in tolls because of all of the wrong turns.

Anyhow, I got to the hotel and instantly felt the energy from the people in the room. I began to meet entrepreneurs and business owners from all over. Some people who I’ve heard before or knew from seeing them on the web. (”on the web” sounds like were’re in 1996)

So the day started out going right to Frank Kerns’ presentation for his Mass Control students. It was funny, since I was so early I struck up a conversation with a cool guy Mick from the UK and Chris from Canada. After that conversation, I knew the weekend was going to rock.

Frank Kern’s Mass Control Presentation

So I took a seat and 5 minutes later, Frank “the dude” Kern walks in with a surf t-shirt, jeans, and sandals. He said, “All right, all-right, all-right.” that’s the line Matthew McConaghey said in the movie, Dazed and Confused. I knew I was in the right place.

I can’t go into the presentation but I’ll give you one tidbit…

“Find the CORE of your market.”

After Frank’s presentation, he was instantly bombarded by the huge crowd in the room. So instead of talking to Frank, Jeff Walker, the creator of Product Launch Formula 2.0 was standing alone, so I decided to chat with Jeff. We chatted for a couple of minutes and exchanged cards.

What a cool dude. (nice meeting you Jeff)

Here’s the speech from Frank’s Speech (not his Mass Control speech)

Rich Schefrens’ Presentation

Man, Rich truly knows how to build a business. Everytime I hear him speek I’m always blown away with his thoroughness in each marketing piece he puts together.

Rich went over his entire business and how he went from ZERO to an 8-Figure business in less than 18 months. He talked about each marketing piece he gave away over this time: Internet Marketing Manifest, The Missing Chapter, The Final Chapter, Startup To Freedom, and the many other FREE info he gave away.

It’s that time of year that you get to reflect and look back on the past year and either say, “What the hell did I do?” or “Wow, that was awesome!”

I’m in the “Wow, that was awesome” category. 2007 was a great year. A year of connections. A year of establishing a brand for myself. A year of ideas. A year knowing that I can do anything.

But this year is going to be a little different…

This year is going to be about challenges and missions. A challenge to test marketing ideas and concepts.
Let me ask you a question.

Have you ever started your day not knowing what you were going to do to grow your business?

Have you ever wanted to know the results form different marketing strategies and techniques?

If yes, then great! Because starting next week I’m going to put a new marketing strategy to the test and share my results. I want you to join me with each marketing strategy.

The reason: When I have a mission or when I challenge myself to something, I find myself doing whatever it takes to complete the mission. I need to have that sense of accomplishment for that project. You may be the same way.

To take part in the Marketing Missions:

• Blog about the mission by linking back to this post with the anchor text of: “Social Marketing Blog” 
• Leave a comment on this post with the link to your post about this contest.

Ok, so stay tuned for next week’s Mission.

Later,

Chris

I get this question ALL of the time…

“How do I drive traffic?”

Well, it’s quite a broad topic because there are literally thousands of ways to drive people to your website. But using video is the easiest and the cheapest. It’s actually free when you use YouTube and the other sites.

Here’s my story on why and how it’s so freakin’ easy to drive people to your website…

So today I was looking for videos for my new FaceBook group, “I bet I can find 1,000,000 people who want $1 Million Dollars” and I came across this video on YouTube. First off, the video has received well over 37,000 views!

Now you may be saying ok, it must be some good content… NO!

It’s a video of this person going over a TMZ report on how Chris Crocker is being sued for $1 Million Dollars. Folks, it’s a 1:07 video of NOTHING! But it got 37,000 views and counting!

Ok so what’s the strategy?

It’s well known in the public relations field. It’s called “Piggybacking.” Piggybacking is when you “piggyback” off of a current event and tie it into your marketing message. By capitalizing on current events you can gain HUGE amounts of traffic to your website.

Your Mission:

Look at the current events everyday. Create a 1 to 2 minute video on that current event and tie it into your marketing.

Use Camtasia. Windows Movie Maker. Upload to all the video sites using TubeMogul.com and watch your traffic numbers and sales soar!

It’s as easy as farting. No joke. Try it sometime. The video, not the fart.

Ok, if you like the post, leave me a comment… I’m out

Cheers,

Chris

Here’s the cheesy video that’s driving tons of views.

Post Launch Profits

A couple of days ago, I got my copy of Alex Jeffreys, Post Launch Profits, not to be mistaken by Jeff Walker’s Product Launch Formula, and I must say that this is one of the most concise, step-by-step guides to making easy money online.

Alex’s website launch on December 4th and the buzz around this product is already stirring up.In Alex’s Post Launch Profits he shows you how he built his business, Easy Auction Profits, to a $100,000 business in less than one year and how you can do the same. I read the report and it’s a very simple and easy to follow plan for success.

Alex talks about:

How to create highly profitable and successful product launches and how to create an income stream that lasts for years to come, not the typical one-hit wonder.

How to search for joint venture partners and score deals left and right using his simple 5 step approach.

You’ll learn about targeted traffic and how to acquire partners that continue to throw traffic into your sales funnel day after day.

Alex reveals how he became an instant success on the internet and famous with the Internet Marketing community and how you can follow in his foot-steps to do the same.

I learned how to automate my business and and outsource menial tasks to enable me to focus on scoring big Joint Venture deals. Set It and Forget It!

I then found some great information about how to organize myself more effectively.

Alex taught me exactly what to do after the launch to actually sustain a real business. It’s one thing to launch a product and make a bunch of money and then not make money 2 weeks from now, but it;s another to have a huge launch and a business that generates sales and profits day in and day out.

This is what Alex teaches you in Post Launch Profits.

My recommendation: Grab a copy now. It’s really good and will show you exactly how to score the big, the huge joint venture deals just like Alex.

Flippin’ the bird?

No. It’s called The Flip.

It’s the latest buZZin’ thing on the net right now. It’s the sultan of swat, the big bambino of easy cam-corders. It’a simple, easy-to-use, fit in yo’ pocket cam-corder with a plug and play USB plug that goes right into your computer.

Here’s how to use it:

1. Record Something

• Record a testimonial for your latest product at a Seminar.
• Record a video with you and George Clinton at a Regea festival.
• Get a video of you playing a prank on your girlfriend. (video coming soon)

2. Open your laptop. Plug in your USB.

3. Goto youtube and upload the video.

Here’s a special link where you can get $5 off $100 Coupon at Buy.com

It’s that easy. If you don’t have a cam-corder like me, than you should get this. Let me know how you like it by leaving me a comment on that box below that say’s “leave a comment.”

Cheers,

Chris

I’m laughing right now.

Not because of the craziness that’s happening across America as people from all walks of life flood the local Circuit City, Best Buy, Target, and the glutinous Wal-Mart, to take advantage of the Black Friday deals. (Whatever they are… Apple doesn’t really care, they give you a whopping $51 off a Macbook. WOW! No discount on the Macbook Pro though. errrrrrrgghhhh.)

I’m laughing because at 11:32 last night my girlfriend and I decided to make a trip to our local Best Buy in Boynton Beach, FL to see this so-called Black Friday madness in action.

Here’s how it went down…

So we take a left on Old Boynton Beach BLVD to turn into the parking lot. To our amazement we saw at least 600 kids, momma’s, momma’s babies momma’s, daddy’s, either playing cards, playing basketball, drinking booze, and sleeping. Most of the kids were trying to find chicks.

At that moment, Alex and I said in unison, “What a hell of a product launch!” (She knows this stuff because I talk about it non-stop.) Thanks to Jeff Walker for introducing us to the Product Launch Formula.

The laws of persuasion appeared in front of us…

Social Proof

What’s this? “Well, if everyone else is doing it, then it must be good.” It’s just like when you go to a club and see no-one at the front door. You say, “It’s dead, let’s check out somewhere else.” You then find a club that has a huge line because, “it must be good.”

I used to work at the front door of a club here in West Palm. My job was to help “control the door.” Controlling the door meant that I had to keep the line slammed with people and have it wrap around the building.

Why?

Social Proof. How can you do this on the internet? Blogs. Forums. A place where people can leave comments and add a social aspect (dynamic) to your webpage.

You see it in every big product launch.

The next law we saw in action double B was…

Scarcity

There were only a limited quantity of their “door busters” items so you have to get there early. This is another social influencer to get people to take action. For example, “We have 15,000 people on our list and selling only 300 copies. You better get in fast before they are all gone.”

This works wonders when you do it right when launching your product on the internet. You can base your scarcity on quantity and time. I use both when launching a new product or service.

Those were some of the most apparent laws of Influence. If I ever do it… I’ll get there at 5am when they open and run through the door.

Here’s a vid of the madness…

Here’s to your Black Friday,

Chris