Less than 24 hours left... let the countdown begin

URGENT: The Internet Money Club sessions begin in 24 hours! Only 7 spots left! Sign up now or miss out on guaranteed success!. Dear Early to Rise Reader, It is now the last day of 2009. I don't know what you've done this past year, but no doubt there are some great things behind you... and some not so great. Such is life. 2010 is a clean slate and just waiting for you to make it the best year of your life. In less than 24 hours, we are closing one door and then immediately opening another. Both doors are very important to your success in 2010. But, you must act now to get it done. Here are the two doors: Door #1 is Closing - Sign up for Internet Money Club ends. After today, we are shutting the door and closing the club. You will lose any chance you had of signing up and being part of those that are guaranteed to have an online business up and running in the next 30 days. I can't imagine that you want to let that kind of golden opportunity slip through your hands. Door #2 is Opening - First Day of the Internet Money Club Tomorrow morning, more than 243 ETR readers just like you will open their email box to find a private email. Inside that email will be all the details they need to log onto the Internet Money Club "Member's Only" website. It will have exact instruction on accessing the phone conferences and webinars... including private phone numbers, access codes, and the complete schedule of events. A few days after that, they will receive a huge package on their doorstep of materials, resources and the exclusive Internet Money Club library. A few days after that, your fellow Early to Rise readers will know more about starting and running a successful money-making online business than most people will ever know in their lifetime. They will be handed high-tech tools that practically make a website appear out of thin-air. They will get marketing strategies that have been tested and mastered by several multi-million dollar companies and dozens of the world's best online business gurus. They'll sidestep the entire frustration and learning curve and instantly move forward in making their dreams of owning an online business a reality. They will be told exactly how and where to find highly qualified buyers... and how to get them to come to their site, begging to pay them money. They will have the opportunity to speak with a personal mentor, ask questions, and brainstorm with fellow entrepreneurs on product ideas, market research, and well-hidden money-making secrets. And that is just the beginning of the treasures that are sitting inside the Internet Money Club. You don't have to be sitting behind the closed door, you know. You don't have to be imagining what dreams these people are turning into reality. You don't have to wonder how it is possible to build and entire automated cash-flow engine in just 30 days. You don't have to wake up on January 30th and think how everyone else in the "Club" now has a fully operational online business... and you don't. No, you don't have to think of any of those things. You can be living them instead. It's not too late for you to step through the door that is opening and join the Internet Money Club. Yes, the time is very thin - less than 24 hours to go - but it's not forever too late... not like it will be tomorrow at this time. If you're still having a hard time deciding, then I've got a suggestion for you... Take out a piece of paper and jot down 10 of the most important things to you in your life. Now, put a star next to each one that would benefit from you having an online business that brings you automated cash-flow. Looking at that list, you need to ask yourself how much longer you're going to let life go by without making it happen? How long before you get an online business installed and bringing you money so you can totally enjoy and enhance all the things you starred? If you sign up for the Internet Money Club right now, the answer is January 31 and no later. That is the day when you are guaranteed to have an online business up and running. And then, just 28 days later, at the end of February, you'll be making money. And, after that - every month after that, in fact - your cash-flow will grow and continue to grow. How many things did you put a star next to? You've got less than 24 hours to decide how long you're going to wait before you start living your dreams and enjoying life to the fullest. If you act right now, you'll know for sure. You'll know because we are guaranteeing your success. We are promising you results. So, really, there is no reason to wait any longer. Click here now and stop the wait. Oh one more thing, before I let you go... and this is a biggie... When this program was outlined, we all decided it should really be a $5,000 product (or more). You get a lifetime of powerful marketing ideas from the top players in the industry, an almost instant online business and the guarantee of success, with zero risk involved. There's nothing like this that I know of... But, because we know times are tough, we decided to radically drop the price and put the program within reach of just about everyone. It was a generous move and I'm 100% certain that in the future, there is no way you'll see the Internet Money Club at this price. It will likely be double. All the more reason to move forward and make your dreams a reality today. Click here to get started... Here's to your Success, Jessica Kurrle Associate Publisher Early to Rise           You are receiving this e-mail as a part of your subscription to Early to Rise. Nothing in this e-mail should be considered personalized financial advice. Although our employees may answer your general customer service questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address your particular investment situation. No communication by our employees to you should be deemed as personalized financial advice. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in any security recommended to our readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after on-line publication or 72 hours after the mailing of printed-only publication prior to following an initial recommendation. Any investments recommended in this letter should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. _____ To unsubscribe from Early to Rise and any associated external offers, Click here To cancel or for any other subscription issues, write us at: Order Processing Center Attn: Customer Service PO Box 7835 Delray Beach, Florida 33482

ETR: Success Loves Speed

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Issue No. 2845 - $1.00	Thursday, December 31, 2009
Your First and Most Important Goals for 2010 By Michael Masterson Before you rush into setting a bunch of goals for 2010, there is something you must do. You must identify one significant goal for each of the four most important areas of your life: 1. Your health -- without which most of the others don't matter 2. Your wealth -- which is undeniably important, so treat it as such 3. Your personal self -- your hobbies and interests 4. Your social self -- your friends, family, and community Make each of these four goals very specific. Let's say your health goal is fitness-oriented -- maybe to become measurably stronger, leaner, more flexible, and to have greater endurance. Specifically, that would mean adding three pounds of muscle to your body, taking off four pounds of fat, being able to do a proper Sun Salutation in yoga, and running a mile in seven minutes. You see how it works? Your job today is to set these four big goals. To set them and commit to them. The upcoming year can be the healthiest, wealthiest, and wisest year of your life. It starts today. -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended ----------------------------------------------------- Having Trouble Getting Motivated? - It happens to the best of us. But if procrastination becomes a habit -- you're doomed! Let success mentor Bob Cox share with you his strategies for avoiding this pitfall. And that's just a small taste of the techniques he's got on offer... "You must take action now that will move you toward your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life." H. Jackson Brown Jr. Success Loves Speed By Robert Ringer I've written a lot about the importance of acting sooner rather than later, without waiting to figure out everything in advance. Human motivation certainly plays a role here. Nothing says this more succinctly than marketing guru Joe Vitale's aphorism: Money loves speed. When I mentioned this in a recent teleseminar, one of the callers asked if I could be more specific. He wanted to know why money loves speed. Before I answer that, let me say that this is not just true about money. It's true in all areas of life. I don't recall ever succeeding at something because I got there last. If you want to buy tickets from a scalper for a big game that's sold out, get there first. Tickets love speed. If you want a job that you just found out about, get there first. Jobs love speed. If you want to win the guy or gal who has your heart pounding, get there first. Guys and gals love speed. If you want to get the investment property that just came on the market, get there first. Investment properties love speed. And so on. Because success, in general, loves speed. So, why does success love speed? The answer is to be found in the dictionary. Action is defined as "the causation of change." Whatever result you want, it's a change from what you now have. By definition, then, a change has to take place for you to get from your present status to that result. Following are some of the more important reasons why I believe action begets results. 1. When you do too much planning, there's a tendency to think of one reason after another why what you're contemplating won't work. Many of the reasons you come up with may be correct. But the important thing is that it doesn't matter. Why? Because, as you move forward, circumstances continually change -- and those changes often render irrelevant many of the concerns you may have had before taking action. In other words, don't try to figure out steps two, three, and four before taking step one. The legendary Joe Karbo once told me that he ran his first ad for The Lazy Man's Way to Riches (a million-copy seller) before he even began to write the book! In fact, he told me that the ad he wrote served as an outline for the book itself. Talk about going against conventional wisdom... 2. When you procrastinate, you tend to lose your enthusiasm. Homeostasis -- the tendency to live with existing conditions and avoid change -- sets in. You get comfortable with the way things are and allow your great idea to fade into the comfort zone of oblivion. But when you take action, your creative juices flow faster, your resourcefulness kicks into high gear, and the things, people, and circumstances you need to accomplish your objectives are drawn to you almost like magic. As a result, your motivation to succeed becomes elevated. This is not hocus-pocus. I've done it enough times to be able to assure you that it really works. 3. Even though changing circumstances often negate many initial concerns you may have had, they can also place new obstacles in your path. If you wait too long before taking action, the opportunity may become less and less appealing to you as those obstacles start to make their appearance. I wrote about this danger in my book To Be or Not to Be Intimidated? under the auspices of the Fiddle Theory. The Fiddle Theory states: "The longer you fiddle around with a deal, the greater the odds that it will never close." Time is your ally when you take action, but time is a two-sided coin. If you hesitate or procrastinate, time becomes your worst enemy. As a general rule, I assume that if I take action, perceived problems will tend to disappear and that the more I hesitate, the more time there is for new obstacles to make their appearance. 4. Perhaps the most important reason of all for taking action now is that time is finite. No matter how proficient you are, you can only accomplish so much in a lifetime. Every second that's wasted reduces the totality of what you can accomplish by one second. Some people maintain that a constant feeling of urgency to accomplish more is stressful, but I find the opposite to be true. I feel more stress when I procrastinate -- when I'm not doing what I know I should be doing. There's not a worse feeling in the world than to be conscious of the fact that your finite supply of time is ticking away while you focus on straightening your desk drawer. Of course, nothing in life is perfect. There will be times when moving too fast can end up hurting you. But, on balance, the empirical evidence derived from my own experience has convinced me that what I gain from moving fast far outweighs the losses I may incur as a result of too little planning. That being the case, when you fall -- and you will fall -- simply pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and take more action. Success could care less about mistakes. Success loves action -- and human motivation leads to action. [Ed. Note: To learn how to survive and prosper during the turbulent years ahead, check out Robert Ringer's powerful audio series Succeeding in a World of Chaos. And be sure to sign up for a FREE subscription to his one-of-a-kind e-letter A Voice of Sanity in an Insane World.] -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended ----------------------------------------------------- Ready to Get Started on Your Business? - With the Internet Money Club, you'll greatly reduce your learning curve. Even if you know nothing about doing business online, IMC will get you up to speed -- and making money -- in a matter of months. Find out more here... How to Become Wealthier in the Next Year by Creating a Second Income By Michael Masterson I have a suggestion for your 2010 wealth goal: To create a second stream of income by starting your own business. This is not the only way to get rich, but it is -- far and away -- the most reliable way. It's also the way that most wealthy people got that way. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of small businesses you could start. With the Internet, there is virtually nothing you like to do that can't be turned into a business. And there is no limit to the number of new businesses the Internet, with its worldwide reach, can absorb. If you have an idea for a product or service that is needed or simply wanted, you can be successful. And you will be successful if you make a commitment to become the smartest person you know about the business you want to start. You do that by reading the industry press voraciously, taking home-study programs, seeking the advice of experts, networking, and more. Make yourself a promise to devote a good part of your time next year to starting a side business. Allocate learning time every week. Develop a business plan. Make at least one new contact every month -- a contact that can help you build your business. Set a specific financial target for your first year in business, and reach that target by figuring out what you have to accomplish every month to get there. Break those monthly targets down to weekly objectives, and the weekly objectives down to daily tasks. Get going. Choose a business you like. Learn everything you can about it. Have fun with it. And make some money. -----------------------------------------------------Advertisement----------------------------------------------------- When was the last time you slept (uninterrupted) for 8 straight hours? Dr. Jim LaValle (known as the "Doctor's Doctor" because of his packed educational lectures to physicians) has just released a report with the secrets of how to get back to sleeping straight through the night... without drugs... in just 14 days. In it, you'll discover: How to eliminate the #1 reason why you toss and turn for hours (Your spouse will thank you, too!) Tested psychological "tricks" that are guaranteed to knock you out cold How to "burn off" the hormones that are keeping you wide awake at night (and half asleep during the day) If you're ready to sleep like a baby all night... and wake up bursting with energy... click here for your report. Holiday Fun Facts: New Year Superstitions By Michael Masterson There are many New Year superstitions with ancient origins that are still held by some today. For example: Empty cupboards on New Year's Eve mean a year of poverty ahead. To drive away evil spirits, make as much noise as possible beginning at the stroke of midnight. Opening all the doors of the house at midnight will ensure that the old year can leave, making room for the New Year. A baby born on New Year's Day will bring good luck to the whole family. Do not let anything, even garbage, leave the house on New Year's Day. Latest News There is something you definitely cannot put off until next year... even though it's only a day away. We are closing the Internet Money Club Class of 2010 today at 5 p.m. We guarantee you will make money with your own online business by your second month in this program. And you'll be starting from scratch. Find out more -- and get in before the deadline -- here. Another Early to Riser Writes In... "In response to your ETR article about rising early, I definitely think that early risers accomplish more. "As I write this, it's 5:17 a.m., and I've been up for over an hour. I've already eaten a healthy breakfast, reviewed my goals for today, and started on a major project. I know the phones won't start ringing for hours, and I have a jump on my day. "Most people think I'm nuts. But, let's face it. While most of them need to commute to a drab, cubicle office, deal with petty, office gossip and schedule vacation time way in advance, I work from home, set my own hours, and create the career I want -- so there must be something about working in the early morning that leads to success. "Early mornings provide a special time when all is quiet and you can hear yourself think. Now many people are just not programmed to get up early. But for those of us who are, it's a great time to be creative, finish projects fast, and get a jump on the competition. "I think the early bird not only gets the worm, but a big paycheck too!" Melanie Rembrandt -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended----------------------------------------------------- So Where Do You Invest Your Money? - Making money with traditional investments is a bit haphazard these days. If you haven't noticed... But certain "off the Street" investments are booming. Why? Because they make money whether the market goes up or down. Find out more about them here. Today's Words That Work: Empirical Empirical (em-PIR-ih-kul) -- from the Greek for "experienced" -- means firsthand, gained by experiment or observation rather than by reasoning alone. Example (as used by Robert Ringer today): "The empirical evidence derived from my own experience has convinced me that what I gain from moving fast far outweighs the losses I may incur as a result of too little planning." We want your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Email us at: AskETR@ETRFeedback.com
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2 Days and it's over...

NOTICE: Guaranteed Online Success Begins in just 2 days... It's not too late to register. Click here for full details. Dear ETR Reader, If you are like most of us, you've spent a lifetime making the New Year's resolutions... and then promptly falling off the bandwagon a few months, weeks... or (gasp!) even days later. Today, I wanted to make sure you knew that in just a few days we are starting the most exciting program we've ever done... The Internet Money Club. Unlike everything else you considered doing in your life, this program guarantees success. It promises you that in just 30 days, you'll own your own online business. 30 days after that, you'll have cash flowing into that business. After that, you'll enjoy continued streams of cash, that only increase with time. Guaranteed. So, if owning an online business has been a dream of yours... and actually living a better life because you have an automatic income stream... then here's a resolution you can make right now that you're guaranteed to accomplish with our new program: "I will have a money-making online business by the end of February 2010. Plus, I will grow that business larger every single month for the rest of the year." But, you must act today to make this resolution a reality. The Internet Money Club starts up in just 2 days and seats at the table are almost gone! Consider what we're giving those that sign up for "The Club"... We have destroyed all the barriers to starting an online business. We've eliminated the possible road-bumps to making cash, fast! We've taken out the confusion and uncertainty that most new online business owners face with marketing and growth strategies. We've totally removed every ounce of risk, because we are guaranteeing your success. As an Internet Money Club member, you'll finally be able to look your dreams in the eyes and know, without a doubt, that they could become reality in your life. That is what this is all about... turning your goals, your hopes, and your dreams into reality. But, there is no way we can do it, if you sit on the sidelines and keep dreaming, hoping and wishing. Before January 1, 2010, you've got to be signed up... and that is just 48 hours away! Otherwise, you're on your own. "On your own" is a sad place to be... and statistically it is very dangerous. It's just a fact that most mavericks just don't make it. That's why we've put this program together for you that helps you every step of the way. Now is the time. Your success as an online entrepreneur is guaranteed if you take action today... right now. By this time next Tuesday over 200 of your fellow Early to Rise readers will be making their dreams happen. They'll be starting a zero-risk, no-fail online business... and what will you have if you don't join them? Just dreams... and regrets. I wonder if it is time for you to join them... time for you to have your dreams and goals turn into reality? If it is, then get signed up today as an Internet Money Club member and enjoy a rare, guaranteed shot at owning a money-making online business. NOTICE: The door to this guaranteed success program is closing on December 31, 2009. If you delay signing up, you could miss out entirely. Click here now to finally have a successful online business... and a shot at all the dreams you've been thinking about for years. To Your Success, Jessica Kurrle Associate Publisher Early to Rise           You are receiving this e-mail as a part of your subscription to Early to Rise. Nothing in this e-mail should be considered personalized financial advice. Although our employees may answer your general customer service questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address your particular investment situation. No communication by our employees to you should be deemed as personalized financial advice. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in any security recommended to our readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after on-line publication or 72 hours after the mailing of printed-only publication prior to following an initial recommendation. Any investments recommended in this letter should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. _____ To unsubscribe from Early to Rise and any associated external offers, Click here To cancel or for any other subscription issues, write us at: Order Processing Center Attn: Customer Service PO Box 7835 Delray Beach, Florida 33482

ETR: 7 Steps

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Issue No. 2844 - $1.00	Wednesday, December 30, 2009
A Foolproof Program for Achieving Your Goals in 2010 By Michael Masterson According to polls, almost all Americans -- about 88 percent of us -- plan to make New Year's resolutions this year. That's good. But this isn't: More than half of those resolutions are abandoned (or broken) on January 2. Another 10 percent will be forgotten (or broken) on January 3. By April 1, more than 90 percent of those good intentions will have mutated into regrets and rationalizations. It's a shame... but this isn't going to happen to you. I am 100 percent sure that 2010 will be the best and most productive year of your life. You will make more money, enjoy better health, and accomplish more than ever before in a single year. And you're going to start today. Not tomorrow. Today. You do it by making a simple commitment. So do that right now. Take out a piece of paper and write: "2010 will be the best year of my life." Then sign it and put it someplace where you will see it every now and then. This a contract with the part of you that wants to succeed -- the part that keeps you reading ETR. Making that commitment is the most important thing you can do today. It is the step that sets you in motion, the critical first step on the path to accomplishing all your major goals. But the next step -- and this is critical too -- is to have a proven system to accomplish those goals. To help you, the folks at Early to Rise have created a program that incorporates just about every success secret I have discovered and used. It will give you daily and weekly guidance in setting and achieving your goals. It will also provide you with a mentor who will coach you along the way. You'll find out what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong. You'll get specific advice on how to accomplish more by working less (but smarter) and becoming more focused. I'm talking about the Epiphany Alliance program, helmed by success mentor Bob Cox. It is amazingly powerful -- and I strongly recommend it. -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended ----------------------------------------------------- Need Help Actually Achieving Your Goals? - We write about goal setting all the time in ETR. But we can't personally coach you. Bob Cox can. He's the creator of our Epiphany Alliance personal success program. Not to mention a millionaire business consultant, record-setting pilot, and co-founder of the original home shopping channel. Find out how Bob can help you here... "We are still in the first few minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution." Scott Cook 7 Steps to Your First Website, Subscriber, and Sale By Brian Edmondson If you could create a steady side income by putting in just a few hours a week, would you do it? Listen, it's entirely possible. And today, I'm going to show you how. I very recently started an Internet business in a niche market that I am very passionate about. I've already started to collect names to build a subscriber list. And I've even made a handful of sales! A handful of sales might not sound like much, but I'm excited. Why? Because the hardest part -- setting up my new site and starting to drive traffic to it -- is out of the way. I'm using the proven business model that helped ETR triple its revenues in three years... the same model that helped ETR's parent company explode into a nearly $300 million Internet juggernaut. So I know I can realistically expect my site to (eventually) churn out significant income on virtual autopilot. By no means am I putting a full-time effort into this project. (And most would argue that I'm not even putting in a part-time effort.) It's just something I'm doing on the side. Of course, that's one of the major benefits of Internet and information marketing. You can get started as what Michael Masterson calls a "chicken entrepreneur"... without quitting your day job. You, too, can create a home-based Internet business that will provide you with a steady side income. Here are the seven simple steps: Step 1. Identify Your Market The biggest mistake I see budding Internet entrepreneurs make is to start by trying to figure out what they're going to sell. And that can be tough. There are hundreds of thousands, even millions, of possible products and services. It's more important to decide what market or niche you are going to target. When you identify your market, you will know who your prospects are, what problems they have, and what solutions they are looking for. And once you have that information, it's not hard to find a product to sell to them. So how do you decide which market to go after? My recommendation is to make a list of all the things you are interested in and choose from that. Why make a list and not just zero in on your number one passion? Because you want to give yourself some options. Just because you have a strong interest in something doesn't mean there are enough people out there who share your interest and (very important) have money to spend on it. Golfers, for example, are passionate about their game. They also have a lot of money and like to spend it on golf-related "stuff." On the other hand, though teenage boys may be into sports and cars, you won't have much luck selling them anything anytime soon. Here's the formula: Your Passion + Profitable Market = Great Niche Website Step 2. Choose -- and Purchase -- a Domain Name Another mistake that online entrepreneurs make is to try to come up with a domain name that is cute or creative. Your domain name should be descriptive of your website topic and benefit-driven. Ideally, it should also include your main keyword. And, of course, it should be easy to spell and easy to remember. A good example of a domain name that is easy to remember, easy to spell, descriptive, benefit-driven, and includes the main keyword of the website's topic: FreeCreditReport.com. Step 3. Put Up a Website If you can use a word processor, you can create a website. The software is similar. I use and recommend XSite Pro (which ETR includes with the Internet Money Club). This is one of the best website content management systems out there. Another option is to use a website HTML editor like Microsoft Expression Web (formerly Front Page) or Dreamweaver by Macromedia. These two programs aren't as powerful or easy to use as XSite Pro, but get the job done. There are many lower-priced and free programs. But, as with most things in life, you get what you pay for. Step 4. Add an Opt-In Form to Your Site When you visit any of ETR's websites, including EarlyToRise.com, InvestorsDailyEdge.com, and TotalHealthBreakthroughs.com, you'll notice that there is a sign-up box -- an opt-in form -- near the top right-hand corner. Having an opt-in form is one of the things that separate successful online businesses from those that fail. It allows your site visitors to give you their name, e-mail address, and any other information you may want to collect. By capturing their contact information, you can follow up with them on a regular basis via e-mail. You can send them valuable content, build a relationship with them, and bring them back to your website to sell them products they are interested in. Step 5: Offer a Freebie The best way to get people to give you their contact information is to offer them something of value in exchange. At Early to Rise, we offer a free subscription to the newsletter you're reading right now. You could also offer a free special report or some type of tip sheet. Putting one together can be as simple as coming up with 10 questions that people in your niche are likely to ask and answering those questions. It can be just five or 10 pages long. Better yet, unlike a daily newsletter, you only have to write it once. Then you upload it to your autoresponder (the same software you use for the opt-in form) and have it automatically sent to everyone who gives you their name and e-mail address. I recommend using a third party autoresponder service such as Aweber. Step 6. Drive Traffic to Your Website There are many ways to drive traffic to your website. But when you're starting out, you'll want to focus mostly on free traffic. One of my favorite ways to get free traffic is by writing and submitting articles to article directories. I submit most of my articles to EzineArticles.com. (Make sure you include your website's URL in the blurb or bio that runs with the article.) Another good way to get free traffic is through social media marketing. Search for blogs and forums that are related to your niche and answer questions and post comments. Most forums and blogs will allow you to link back to your website. Just be sure that you are providing good content and that what you have to say is relevant to the forum's or blog's subject matter. Keep in mind that most of the people you attract to your website by submitting articles and through social media will not purchase anything from you. At least, they won't purchase anything on their first visit. But that's why you have the opt-in form -- to capture their contact information so you can keep bringing them back. Step 7. Follow Up... and Start Making Sales The final step is to follow up with the people on your opt-in list and start selling them products. These can be your own products or products you are promoting as an affiliate. This, too, can be done with your autoresponder. For example, you could write a series of five to seven e-mails, each one promoting a different product. And as soon as people opt in to get your freebie, you have those e-mails automatically sent to them, one at a time, every couple of days. Those are the seven steps you can take to quickly and easily launch a new online business. Once you have this basic system in place, you continue to build on it by learning more ways to bring traffic to your site, building a bigger opt-in list, and starting to promote what we call "back-end" products. [Ed. Note: You can help speed your newly created online business to profitability with the Internet Money Club. Director Brian Edmondson will be your mentor and coach for the next six months, helping you navigate every step of setting up and running your business. And he guarantees your Internet venture will be making money by the end of February. The IMC Class of 2010 will be closed to new applicants tomorrow at 5 p.m. So check out the Internet Money Club today.] -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended ----------------------------------------------------- How pinpointing the "Missing Link" can kick your online business into overdrive Every inefficient system... whether it's an overweight body, a sputtering old car, or a losing football team... has a "missing link" that prevents it from operating at full capacity. It's the same thing with a floundering online business. There's a "missing link" that keeps it from bringing in big-time revenues. The good news is, once you pinpoint this "missing link" and get it handled, you can make more money online than you ever dreamed possible. And the best part is, it is so simple to do, you'll kick yourself for not thinking of it first. Who Are You? By Clayton Makepeace When someone asks, "What do you do for a living?" there is only one correct answer. It's not "I have a business." A business is something you own; not something you do. The correct answer is to declare loudly and proudly... "I'm a marketer! My specialty is attracting new customers... persuading existing customers to make ever-larger purchases... convincing them to buy more often... and making sure they keep buying from me forever." When you define yourself as anything but a marketer, you are setting yourself up to make huge mistakes in the way you run your business that will limit your success. Remember, every business and every non-profit organization is first and foremost a marketing enterprise. And nothing happens until the cash register rings. [Ed. Note: Master copywriter Clayton Makepeace publishes the highly acclaimed e-zine The Total Package to help business owners and copywriters accelerate their sales and profits. Claim your 4 free moneymaking e-books -- bursting with tips, tricks, and tactics that'll skyrocket your response rates -- at MakepeaceTotalPackage.com.] If You Want to Eat Better, Cook More By Michael Masterson According to a recent survey, the typical American spends about 14 minutes preparing breakfast-type foods, 16 minutes making lunchtime salads or sandwiches, and about 22 minutes cooking dinner. Why are the averages so low? Because most Americans eat pre-made (often frozen) convenience foods. I think that is especially true of hardworking entrepreneurs and superstar employees. They are driven by their work 24/7. Taking time out to prepare food seems like a waste to them. So they opt for speed -- but at a significant cost. Jon Herring, Editor of Total Health Breakthroughs, says busy people should put aside a little extra time every day to prepare healthy meals. You don't have to have home cooked meals three times a day, he says, but even one really good meal a day is a great start. "Cooking at home," he says, "is not only better for you, it can be fun." Here are some tips from Jon: Get some interesting cookbooks with nice pictures. Take a cooking class at a local restaurant or culinary school. Get the whole family involved -- and play some music while you chop and slice. Holiday Fun Fact: About "Auld Lang Syne" By Michael Masterson "Auld Lang Syne" -- a very old Scottish song -- is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country to welcome the New Year. The title translates to "Old Long Ago." In English, we would say "The Good Old Days." Bandleader Guy Lombardo is said to have added the song to his repertoire after hearing it sung by Scottish immigrants in his hometown of London, Ontario. Lombardo played it at midnight during a New Year's Eve party at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City in 1929. A tradition was born. Since then, his version of the song has been the standard. Latest News If you're at all interested in making a few hundred extra dollars a month (or even replacing your current salary) by working just a few hours a week from home, check out the Internet Money Club. But time is running out. The Class of 2010 is closing tomorrow at 5 p.m. Go here to find out how you can have your own Internet business -- and be making money -- by February. ETR reader Gregg Sanderson one-upped Michael's little parable about the professor and the bucket. He wrote: "You didn't finish the story, Michael. After the professor poured sand into the bucket of rocks and stones, the student popped open a bottle of beer and poured it in the sand. The sand absorbed every drop of the beer. Which just goes to show you that, no matter how full you are, there's always room for beer! "Happy days, Michael, and thanks for all your valuable insights." Gregg Sanderson -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended----------------------------------------------------- Want More Clayton Makepeace? - He was a featured speaker at ETR's recent Info-Marketing Bootcamp. And we caught every minute on tape. He revealed the marketing strategies he's used to push his clients' profits through the roof. If you're interested in getting the details on one $2.5 million day in particular, go here. Today's Words That Work: Juggernaut Juggernaut (JUG-er-nawt) is an overpowering, unstoppable force. The word is derived from Jagannath (Sanskrit for "lord of the world"), an avatar of the Hindu god Krishna. It is said that worshippers -- in a fit of religious fervor -- would throw themselves under the wheels of a huge cart that carried an idol of Krishna in an annual procession in India. Example (as used by Brian Edmondson today): "I'm using the proven business model that helped ETR triple its revenues in three years... the same model that helped ETR's parent company explode into a nearly $300 million Internet juggernaut." We want your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Email us at: AskETR@ETRFeedback.com
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Issue No. 2843 - $1.00	Tuesday, December 29, 2009
You Don't Need to Be a Creative Genius By Michael Masterson You don't need to be a marketing genius to have a successful entrepreneurial business. You can get by very well by identifying marketing genius in someone else and leveraging it. I had lunch recently with "John." He owns and runs one of the most successful direct-marketing jewelry businesses in the country. They sell their products directly to their own customers and indirectly through the catalogs of some very large and well-known chain stores. When I met John, about 15 years ago, his business was doing about $10 million or $20 million annually. Today, it grosses more than $150 million and is very profitable. He credits his success to a database marketing program that he developed over several years. "I'm no marketing genius," he told me. "I don't write copy. I don't come up with amazing ideas. I'm just a careful thinker who looks at the numbers and tries to understand what they mean." For John, the numbers are customer-response results: how much and how often certain groups of customers make purchases. By reviewing marketing and sales reports, he can identify which advertising campaigns bring in customers with the greatest lifetime value to the business. "When I find a copywriter or marketer who improves lifetime value, I reward them with a slice of the pie. That gives them an incentive to work with me in the future. They do the hard work of coming up with the new ideas and offers. I just have to keep track of their performance and make sure they are well compensated when they succeed." In the time I've known John, I've seen him build his business exponentially. I've seen him do that while many of his competitors have struggled and even failed. Included in that group of losers are several bona-fide marketing geniuses. But they made critical marketing mistakes because they didn't pay enough attention to the numbers. In the direct-response business, nothing is more important than the math. We all like to come up with the creative breakthrough. But if we neglect the quotidian work, all the bright ideas in the world will not save us. -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended ----------------------------------------------------- How pinpointing the "Missing Link" can kick your online business into overdrive Every inefficient system... whether it's an overweight body, a sputtering old car, or a losing football team... has a "missing link" that prevents it from operating at full capacity. It's the same thing with a floundering online business. There's a "missing link" that keeps it from bringing in big-time revenues. The good news is, once you pinpoint this "missing link" and get it handled, you can make more money online than you ever dreamed possible. And the best part is, this is so simple to do, you'll kick yourself for not thinking of it first. Let me show you how... "Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you." Roger Ebert What Are Your Prospects Feeling? By Clayton Makepeace Before you can write an effective piece of marketing copy, you have to know what your prospects are feeling -- understand what we call their "resident" or "dominant" emotions. How do you do it? There are several techniques I use. But one of the best is to put myself in their shoes. As I sit down to write, I simply close my eyes and let the people I'm about to speak to speak to me first. I did exactly that with my first Health & Healing promotion. I leaned back in my chair, closed my eyes, and mentally inserted myself into the shoes of our target demographic -- a 50- to 70-year-old man with chronic health problems... enduring endless doctor visits... taking fistfuls of costly prescription drugs every day... suffering horrific side effects from those drugs... and never really getting any better. I saw myself showing up at the doctor's office on time, cooling my heels in the waiting room and reading magazines for an hour until my name was called. I vicariously experienced being ushered into the exam room. And then, being made to wait even longer. Finally, I saw the doctor hurriedly burst through the door, ask me a cursory question or two, make a few chicken scratches on a prescription pad, and vanish as quickly as he had come. As I saw myself experiencing what my prospects experience every day, I started to feel the emotions they were feeling: Frustrated by health problems their doctors couldn't seem to cure. Afraid of the consequences of failing health. Worried about the cost and side effects of conventional medicine. Embarrassed by the intrusive poking and prodding. And disgusted with doctors who never seemed to take a personal interest in them. Wow! Did that exercise ever bring my copy to life! Being the prospect is even easier when writing for the investment and finance markets. You don't even need an imagination. You can experience precisely what your prospects are feeling every day of the year. Here's what I tell every young copywriter who's eager to break into the investment field -- before we even begin talking about the writing process or the principles of great direct-response copy: "The first thing you do, open a brokerage account. Take all the money you have in the world and put it into that account. No fair using a few hundred bucks you wouldn't miss if you lost it. You've got to have enough at stake so that you'll be thrilled when your principal grows and crushed when it declines. "Then, start investing. "Get advice from a broker and follow it with some of your money. Subscribe to a couple of investment advisories, and follow their gurus' advice with another chunk of your money. Do some research on your own, and put the rest of your money into stocks and mutual funds that you like." That's it. I don't have to say another word. Nobody who takes that advice, and follows it to the letter, ever again has to wonder how investors feel. Suddenly, CNBC is the most riveting channel on TV, and the thrill you get from reading Forbes makes Playboy seem dull by comparison. The announcement of a quarter-point interest rate hike sends chills down your spine. A half-point hike gets you quaking in your boots. When someone talks about an investor who struck it rich, you hang on every word. And you have an irresistible urge to knock on wood when you hear about someone who was taken to the cleaners. And the rumor of soaring earnings at a sexy young company gets you almost excited as... well, I'll leave it up to you to fill in your own metaphor. Then, things really get interesting. You get your first monthly brokerage statement. How does that make you feel? Are you eager to open it? Or do you feel like hiding it quickly before your spouse sees it? You open and read the thing. How does that feel? Are you thinking that plastering Xerox copies all over your bedroom walls will get you lucky tonight? Or would burying it along with Rover's droppings in the backyard be a better idea? Or, do you just feel disappointed -- like you took a huge risk, suffered through intense emotional highs and lows, wasted a whole month of your life, and have nothing to show for it? Now, imagine that you have all these feelings and you're just a few short years from retirement. Every month that flies by brings you 30 days closer to having to live on income generated by the paltry balance on that brokerage statement. How do you feel? How do you feel about your broker? Is he a saint? Or a bum? What do you want to do to those gurus whose advice you followed? Kiss them? Curse them? Does this experience -- whether good or bad -- leave you wanting to find other investment advisories and give them a try? Or does it convince you that you could do better on your own? Whatever your answers, chances are they're the answers the vast majority of your prospects would give, too. Since they were investing in the same markets you were, at the same time, odds are many, if not most, of them shared similar experiences -- and have similar feelings about those experiences. Because I write mostly for the health and investment markets, I drew the above examples from what I know. But no matter what you're selling -- no matter who you're selling it to -- the process is the same. Putting yourself into your prospects' shoes can get you a long, long way toward connecting your product's strongest benefits with their most compelling emotions. [Ed. Note: Master copywriter Clayton Makepeace publishes the highly acclaimed e-zine The Total Package to help business owners and copywriters accelerate their sales and profits. Claim your 4 free moneymaking e-books -- bursting with tips, tricks, and tactics that'll skyrocket your response rates -- at MakepeaceTotalPackage.com. Clayton Makepeace was a featured speaker at ETR's recent Info-Marketing Bootcamp, along with a dozen other experts in Internet marketing and business building. If you weren't there... bring the conference home with our Bootcamp Home Study Program.] -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended ----------------------------------------------------- Who Do You Listen To? - When it comes to financial news... who do you trust? The cable news talking heads? Newspaper and magazine columnists? Well, guess what? They're biased at worst. Incompetent at best. Why not try an independent voice? Don't Read Investing Books By Michael Masterson Over at our sister publication, Investor's Daily Edge, they've just interviewed resident bond expert Steve McDonald. And if you're the type of investor swayed by cable news hype or what's on the bestseller lists, you should take a look. Here's an excerpt: Andy: What investment book would you recommend to our readers? Steve: I stopped reading investment books in the early 80s! I started investing as a hobby while I was still flying for the Navy. I began investing because that was all anybody talked about in the "Ready Room." It was the Reagan Revolution, and for the first time people were putting money into IRAs... buying mutual funds... shares of stocks. The guys I flew with were all reading investment books. And I tried reading them. But most of the books had the same introduction and same conclusion with maybe one or two ideas in between that might work. I didn't get much out of them. When people ask me, "Is there anything I could read that could help me?" my answer is "No. The best thing you can do is take $2,000, start a portfolio with a few shares of stock, and follow some solid fundamental rules. You learn a helluva lot by putting your own money at risk. You learn those lessons when you see your money going away. And when you see something working that you'd thought would work before you did it, that teaches you more than any book. That's the way to do it." For more of this interview and Steve's unconventional take on investing (including the influence of long-legged blondes), go here. Then sign up for Investor's Daily Edge to get a truly contrarian take on today's markets. -----------------------------------------------------Advertisement----------------------------------------------------- Sleep Like a Baby... Then Wake Up and Kick Butt! Has it been a while since you've been able to get 8 hours of deep, restful sleep? The kind of sleep where you hop out of bed refreshed and ready to kick butt? Now you can, thanks to a breakthrough finding by Dr. James LaValle. He's identified how to eliminate the hidden "stress hormone" that keeps you awake at night. Reader Cindy Collins writes in to say, "Within 24 hours of starting my new program, I was sleeping 100% better and feeling better." If you're ready to finally get a good night's sleep, click here now to get started. E-Mail and Return Buttons By Michael Masterson I used to make this mistake all the time -- copy a "sensitive" e-mail to the wrong person. And then try to explain that I didn't really mean what I had said in black and white. It's so embarrassing! And so unnecessary. The last time it happened, I belittled a colleague's proposition, calling it "insane." I thought I was speaking only to my partners. But I had neglected to check the "recipient" box before I sent it off. He had been copied on the previous e-mail. And so he was unintentionally copied on mine. There's an old bit of wisdom that goes something like this: "Always speak about other people as if they were in your presence." I've never been much good at following this advice. An amazingly high percentage of the calumnies I utter find their way back to the victims. It's never pretty. When you say nasty things in print, it's worse, because it's permanent. And with e-mail, it's worst of all, because it is so easy to broadcast the recrimination yourself... and it happens so fast... and you have no control over who forwards what to whom! I did it at least 50 times before I finally trained myself to be more careful. When writing e-mails today, I follow three simple rules: 1. Never write anything about anyone in an e-mail message that you would not want that person to hear about. 2. When you simply can't resist a witty barb, think twice before clicking on any button that allows you to send the message automatically to a group of people. 3. Double-check the recipient list every time you send an e-mail. Check the last name, not the first. What you want Paul Smith to read might infuriate Paul Jones. Latest News New Year's Eve is in just two days. With the holidays, things are no doubt a bit hectic -- maybe even chaotic -- right about now. But resist the urge to put off everything you possibly can until after Jan. 1. Don't wait to take that first step that could change your life. You can get started right now. Let's Hear It for Our Fellow Early Risers We got a flood of responses to Michael's recent article on rising early. Here's what one reader had to say: "Well, it is 6:10 a.m. here in the mountains, and my early morning purpose today is to get my bills paid, my e-mail cleared, and some self-paced training done before my family rises and needs their breakfast. You see, I work from home -- so adhering to my most productive hours is very important to my success. "For Early Risers, I believe the early hours are the most productive part of their day... that it is like a built-in clock. In my situation, I am most productive in the early hours from 5-10. In the case of a special project or something with a timeline, I have learned to discipline myself to just do whatever it takes. But my CLOCK is definitely set for 'early productivity.' "Be Blessed and Pass it ON, and thank you for your inspirational articles. I am always learning with you." Trisha Donaldson -----------------------------------------------------Advertisement----------------------------------------------------- "As of today, my account stands at approximately $123,500..." - That's how much novice trader K.N. made in six months, according to bestselling author Keith Cotteril. And, Cotteril says, Terry Hodgkinson racked up more than $2,700 in his first seven days alone. These are just two of the dozen people he says have profited from a new trading program. It's from Agora's U.K. partners. You can read their stories here... Today's Words That Work: Calumny A calumny (KAL-um-nee) -- from the Latin for "to deceive" -- is a maliciously false statement intended to disparage or discredit someone. Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): "An amazingly high percentage of the calumnies I utter find their way back to the victims." We want your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Email us at: AskETR@ETRFeedback.com
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