ETR: More Products... More Quickly

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Issue No. 3017 - $1.00	Friday, April 30, 2010
More Products... More Quickly By Jason Holland In his video today, Brian Edmondson, director of the Internet Money Club and featured presenter at our upcoming 5 Days in July Internet Business Building Conference, shares a strategy for creating profitable products and content for your websites and newsletters very quickly. Here's a hint: You shouldn't start from scratch. Just click on the screen below to watch the video. [Ed. Note: This is just a small taste of the Product Creation session Brian Edmondson will lead at our upcoming 5 Days in July Internet Business Building Conference. Come to the conference with nothing... no website... no technical knowledge... no marketing or business experience... and leave just five days later with your own fully operational online business. Find out more here...] -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended ----------------------------------------------------- Success Comes in All Shapes and Sizes Success coach Bob Cox helps people achieve what they want in any area of life. But he has one stipulation. They don't have to be nice (although most are). Or good looking (though they may very well be -- but he hasn't seen most of their faces). All he asks is that they listen, learn, and stay committed to work with him for just minutes a day. Find out what they've achieved here... "I always recommend ETR." "Great story in the last Michael Masterson Journal. I wonder if the wit has become more generational, found more often in people 'of a certain age.' I've been a dentist for 35 years. Like any trade, you'd better have developed a sense of 'what works and what doesn't' after this amount of time, so I find myself using humor, and spending more time visiting. It has only helped in our production levels. "I always recommend ETR, and your books as well.  "Thanks for all of your great lessons. Even after 35 years, I still feel like I'm trying to grow the business. I owe it to ETR."  Jeff Marshall Spokane, WA -----------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended----------------------------------------------------- "I truly left as a near-expert Internet marketer!" Sharon O'Day admits that she was skeptical when she signed up for our 5 Days in July Internet Business Building Conference three years ago. After all, she says, "I knew NOTHING about websites or Internet marketing." But she stuck with it, came to the conference, and got everything she needed to start her own Internet business. "I learned the simple-to-use website software, how to design my site, SEO, copywriting, and list building," says Sharon. "And that's just scratching the surface. I truly left as a near-expert Internet marketer! It was an intense experience and a lot of work... but ETR delivered. They had all their top people there, flown in from all over the world, and everyone was so accessible!" Find out how 5 Days in July can change your life here. The Language Perfectionist: A Chrestomathy of Misuses By Don Hauptman Whenever I encounter an interesting linguistic error, I toss it into a folder. When the collection becomes large enough -- which doesn't take long -- I have the raw material for a column like this one. Review the following mistakes, and you'll avoid committing them. "We're in the halcyon days of smartphone growth, and it won't last forever." The word halcyon (pronounced "HAL-see-un") means calm, peaceful, tranquil. The tech guru quoted here meant that phone sales are currently booming. Ironically, if sales decline precipitously, as he suggests, the market will then really be halcyon! (Some dictionaries sanction a secondary meaning of halcyon as happy or prosperous, but this sense is often criticized. In light of the ambiguity, it's best avoided.) "In the 30 days allotted for public comment, this decision, and all of its permeations, must be fought for the sake of our students...." The word wanted here is permutations, meaning changes or variations. The word permeation means a passing or spreading through, as a liquid permeates a cloth. "The judge's decision had clearly extended the protection of First Amendment rights to online writings of a non-threatening manner." Maybe the writer can get away with the word manner in this context, but a better choice would have been nature. Or, more simply: "First Amendment rights to nonthreatening online writings." The hyphen isn't needed. "It's not a bad movie. But the plot meanders, development stagnates where it should've been moving forward (right around the middle, to be precise)...." If the story bogs down around the middle, which indicates an approximation, it can't be precise. Finally, two editorials recently appeared on the same day in a major newspaper. One included the comment "That is not a surprise, but it is still worrying." The second expressed the view that some recommended changes to textbooks "are very worrisome...." The adjective worrying is a Britishism. In America, worrisome is standard. But the more serious problem here is that both words appeared on the same page. Most publications provide written guidelines regarding "house style." Writers and editors are supposed to refer to them to ensure consistency. In this case, that didn't happen. [Ed Note: For more than three decades, Don Hauptman was an award-winning independent direct-response copywriter and creative consultant. He is author of The Versatile Freelancer, an e-book that shows writers and other creative professionals how to diversify their careers into speaking, consulting, training, and critiquing.] We want your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Email us at: AskETR@ETRFeedback.com
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5:00 PM Today - Time's Up

Dear ETR Reader - What are you waiting for? You only have until 5:00 PM TODAY to take advantage of one of the biggest discounts we've ever offered to get income for life... Of course, I'm talking about our upcoming 5 Days in July Quick Start Internet Bootcamp. Between Monday, July 12, and Saturday, July 17, seven of the world's top experts in creating and growing Internet businesses will give 100 wealth-minded individuals personal, hands-on, one-on-one instruction in how to create a website, pick a product, write persuasive sales copy, and make money. Since we opened registration, dozens of Early to Risers have snapped up a spot at this intensive, five-day seminar. On July 17, each and every one of them will have a fully-functioning Internet business up and running, ready to start bringing in a steady stream of income. Today, we have just a few spots left. Act quickly, and you will not only reserve a spot at this comprehensive business-building event... but you may also be able to get in on one of the biggest discounts we've ever offered. That's right - if you sign up now, you will get over 51% off the cost of admission. But you must hurry. This special deal ends today at 5:00. Hands-on guidance. Personal, expert instruction. And income for life. Sign up for 5 Days in July right now. I hope to see you in July! Jessica Kurrle Associate Publisher Early to Rise P.S. Remember - you must grab your spot right now before time's up. The price of admission jumps promptly at 5:00 pm. P.P.S. If you are reading this email AFTER 5:00 pm Thursday, please click here. We do have a special bonus set aside for attendees, one that includes $394,510,000 in powerful, proven advanced secrets for building and growing your Internet business. Act right now, and this incredible bonus may be yours, free.                 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: What "Type" of Investor Are You?

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Issue No. 3016 - $1.00	Thursday, April 29, 2010
--------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- "Fast Responders" Get It for FREE If you act right now to claim your copy of Ready, Fire, Aim... you qualify to receive the special offer we're reserving exclusively for "Fast Responder" readers... folks who are used to getting in on the best ideas early... and having the opportunity to make money from them the fastest. Respond today and you'll be rewarded right away. You'll receive Ready, Fire, Aim absolutely FREE of charge! (Others will have to pay $27.95 to buy it at their local bookstore.) But please keep in mind: This special offer could expire at ANY time. So it's important for you rto act quickly to lock in your FREE copy of Ready, Fire, Aim. Let me show you how... "Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms." Kahil Gibran What "Type" of Investor Are You? By Bob Irish In the world of pop psychology, people are often divided into Type A and Type B personalities. An oversimplification, of course. Still, your "type" label says a lot about your approach to life. And guess what? It also says a lot about the way you approach investing. Type A personalities tend to be aggressive and impatient. Their approach to investing can be summed up with "You snooze, you lose." Type B personalities tend to be more relaxed and easygoing. Their approach to investing might be described as "Good things come to those who wait." Which personality type makes for the better investor? Both types can do well. But they could learn from one another. Profiting From the "Good Things Come to Those Who Wait" Approach The idea that "good things come to those who wait" has been the basis for several advertising campaigns, including Heinz ketchup in the '80s and, more recently, Guinness. But is patience a virtue for investors? Yes, it is. At Investor's Daily Edge (IDE), ETR's sister publication, we believe that long-term trends are what make you money. And long-term trends, by definition, take time to develop. For example, imagine that it's 1973. Israel has just won the Yom Kippur War. OPEC retaliates against the West by launching an oil embargo. You see the newly united oil cartel for what it is -- the start of a powerful long-term trend. You invest in oil stocks. Oil goes from $4.50 a barrel in 1973 to over $39 a barrel in 1980. You make a bundle. Oil made investors rich once. But can it do it again? You bet it can -- especially when you consider another long-term trend, one of the biggest in the world today. What does this chart tell you? Our Exploding Population Growth Right. We're in the midst of a population explosion. The world's population cur­rently stands at 6.6 billion. We are projected to reach 7 billion by 2012 and 8 bil­lion by 2025. An undeniable long-term trend. Now, what does this chart tell you? Right, again. Despite an increase in prices, world crude oil production has basically flat-lined since 2005. (Note the shaded section.) And production is not going to increase anytime soon. Meanwhile, with a growing global population, demand is increasing. Put both trends together, buy oil stocks, add some patience... and you'll make money. In fact, with the right stocks your payoff can be sooner rather than later. In our Sound Profits portfolio, for example, Andy Gordon's oil company pick is up 40 percent since last July. Profiting From the "You Snooze, You Lose" Approach Is being patient the only way to make big returns by investing in the world's increasing demand for energy? Hardly. The Type A investor, too, can make money in this sector. And more quickly than his Type B cousin. Last month, for example, some of our readers made over 30 percent in less than a month in Chevron. Those same readers made 49 percent on a Chinese energy company in 34 days. How Did They Do It? Instead of buying the underlying stock, they bought an options contract. That's it. Investing through options gives you more bang for your buck. And, amazingly, it also limits your downside. Aren't Options Complicated? The prospect of locking in short-term, double-digit profits with options is certainly attractive. But many investors figure this is a strategy they just don't have the time to master. They're right. It takes years to develop the expertise necessary to deliver returns like the ones I mentioned above. But Ted Peroulakis, IDE's options guru, has paid his dues. Ted has worked for some of the biggest names on Wall Street, including Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney. A millionaire himself (many times over), he has been successfully guiding investors for over 15 years. Will It Take a Lot Of Time? No. All you need to do is fire up your computer in the morning and open and read the e-mail from Ted's Options Power Trader service. Click on your online brokerage account and follow the instructions given in the e-mail. Then shut down your computer and enjoy the rest of your day. This is the only investment strategy I'm aware of that can produce big returns for investors who like making serious money but don't want to risk a fortune to do so. No patience required. If you're interested, click here to learn more. The Best Investment Personality By the way, in addition to Type A and Type B, there is the Type AB personality. Type ABs understand the importance of being patient, but also understand that opportunity seldom knocks twice. If that describes you, give yourself a pat on the back. You have what may be the best personality for investors. Obviously, you can't change your personality. But you can change your investment approach. If you are a Type A, why not adopt some Type B tactics -- and vice versa? After all, no one can complain about mixing short-term profits with long-term gains. [Ed. Note: Bob Irish is the investment director of Early to Rise's sister publication, Investor's Daily Edge. Before coming to IDE, he enjoyed a decades-long career in the financial services industry.] --------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- The Greatest Dirty Little Secret of the Internet To make money as an entrepreneur, you've got to constantly scour the earth for high-quality, in-demand products. You could create new ones. But that can be expensive. Time-consuming. And after all the work... you might wind up with nothing. But a few of the Internet's top marketers have found a way around this problem. They don't spend time (or money) on products that may or may not sell. Instead, they pluck moneymakers from a reserve of pre-made products and sales promotions. A martial arts expert from Florida has turned this strategy into a small fortune. He estimates that one "pre-made product" made over $20,000 in one month... Another has gone on to pull in over $332,250. Discover how he found these moneymakers... And learn how you could use this secret to make anywhere from a few hundred bucks a month to a few hundred thousand bucks a year right here. "All I can say is thank you." "May this note greet you in good health and strong Spirit! Michael, you continually offer your finest thoughts and techniques to the world. Each time I receive your e-communications, I am thrilled and my business awareness, and for that matter awareness of all that is, expands exponentially. "All I can say is 'thank you' for the opportunities you present to us and keep 'em coming. Your kindness and generosity are greatly appreciated." Will Southern    New Hampton, NY Today's Words That Work: Fungible Something that's fungible (FUN-juh-bul) -- from the Latin for "to perform the office of" -- is exchangeable, in whole or in part, for something of like nature or kind. Example (as used by Frank Bruni in The New York Times): "Her success so far suggests the way celebrity begets more celebrity and fame is fungible, in a matter that allows, say, a figure skater to convert Olympic gold into a Food Network show. 'What Would Brian Boitano Make?' just entered its second season." We want your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Email us at: AskETR@ETRFeedback.com
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ETR: You Can't Make It on Your Own

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Issue No. 3015 - $1.00	Wednesday, April 28, 2010
--------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- Is There a Shortcut to Success? When it comes to starting your own Internet business, the only REAL shortcut to success is to follow the step-by-step lead of masters who've already "been there and done that." They know where the landmines are. And they know where the buried treasure lies. When you meet the experts we've brought together for our 5 Days in July Internet Business Building Conference, they'll show you both. When you walk out the door Saturday afternoon... You'll know more than 99.9% of all the Internet start-up entrepreneurs out there... You'll have a business that's completely functional -- up, running, and ready to churn out a steady side income... And you'll be prepared for a lifetime of financial success in a way that very few entrepreneurs ever are, online or off. Bottom line: Give us five days in July, and we'll give you your own REAL Internet business. "One's mind, once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions." Oliver Wendell Holmes Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own By MaryEllen Tribby "You're crazy! Why would you schedule meetings that early in the morning?" Ted asked. "You're the president of the company... Why don't you make it easy on yourself?" Ted's reaction was not unusual when I mentioned to colleagues that I had a standing phone meeting with my top copywriter/marketing strategist at 7:30 a.m. every day, Monday through Friday. The two of us had those conversations for about three years straight. Like Ted, most people thought I was crazy. However, I was well aware of the benefits those morning meetings had for my business. Just as important, that one-on-one time was critical for my own knowledge and expertise. More than marketing strategy discussions, the meetings were personal mentoring sessions with one of the smartest and most successful direct-response experts in the world. Did I HAVE to do it? Of course not!  Did I WANT to do it? Of course I did!  In fact, 7:30 in the morning was the perfect time for me. Why? Because any time when I can get specific, useful advice and information is the perfect time. The Power of Collective Brilliance I've always been serious when it comes to building my knowledge base. I make it a point to try to learn something from every person I meet and every experience I have. I seek out people who could help me grow my business or advance my career. I ask for their advice. And the lessons I've learned from these personal success mentors have had a profound effect. When I've had the chance to team up with or learn from successful people in my industry, I've been able to skyrocket my knowledge, my earnings, and my business revenues. Here are a few examples... Success Mentor #1: Dick Benson From the start of my career, I attended conferences and seminars as often as possible. In New York City, there was a plethora to choose from. In 1985, when I saw that Dick Benson -- a legend in the world of direct-response marketing -- was holding a very intimate roundtable, I knew I had to attend. Well, wouldn't you know it... the company I worked for had recently hired a new VP of Human Resources who wanted to show the higher ups that she could save them a boatload of money. She thought that $500 for a two-hour session was excessive and would not approve the expense. This was my first job out of college. I was making a whopping $12,000 a year. But I had a gut feeling that meeting Dick Benson would have a powerful impact on my life. So I paid for the seminar myself.  Sure, I had read every book that Dick Benson had written... In a sense, I'd already read much of what he had to say. But when you are able to ask a guru questions that pertain to your specific situation, the advice takes on new meaning... and you can more easily take action and implement what you have learned. That is exactly what I did. I took one little idea I'd learned from Dick back to my employer. The idea was to include an 800 number on renewal offers. (Until then, we had only included a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) in our renewal letters.) And that one little idea brought in so much extra revenue that I was promoted and my salary jumped to $20,000 a year. But going to see Dick Benson was not only life-changing in that it helped boost my salary and advance my career. It taught me the tremendous value of getting -- and implementing -- advice from already-successful businesspeople. Success Mentor #2: Jeff MacDonald My career in NYC went along fantastically for years. Then, sadly, I suffered a devastating personal loss. My father passed away. Though he had been ill for quite some time, I was not prepared for the pain. My desire to escape New York was overwhelming. So when an offer came my way to become vice president of a publishing company in Boca Raton, Florida, I grabbed it. Little did I know how much I would learn from my new boss, Jeff McDonald. He taught me about business. He introduced me to the works of Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, and Stephen Covey. He showed me how the principles they taught applied to our business.  Each evening, we would review a lesson together. And it was on one of those evenings that Jeff spoke one little sentence that has stayed with me: "A good executive has the ability to face the facts." This is a mantra I've repeated to myself for years. Whether I've had to face up to a partnership that wasn't good for my business... or kill a product that wasn't making money... or fire an employee I really liked... Jeff's words helped me make the hard decisions. Success Mentor #3: Clayton Makepeace  It was master copywriter and direct-response legend Clayton Makepeace who taught me the anatomy of advertising copy. It was Clayton who showed me the importance of digging deep to understand the emotional needs and desires of my prospective customers. It was Clayton who taught me to concentrate on the end result and not get caught up in the reasons why something can't get done. It was Clayton with whom I spent morning after morning on the phone, going through the needs of our company and how our marketing plans and advertising copy would exceed those needs. Together, we made beautiful music and our company flourished. Success Mentor #4: Michael Masterson  I'm one of the lucky ones. For nearly four years, I've been spending time with business builder and marketing expert Michael Masterson. Michael is the person who helped me become a better thinker, a better writer, a better marketer, and a better businessperson. He's the one who helped me put it all together. And he's the one who taught me the concept of tipping-point ideas. Not only how to recognize them, but how to develop them and implement them in a business. Success Mentor #5: Richard Branson  When I made the decision to start my own business, Working Moms Only, my friend Joe Polish invited me to a brainstorming session with Richard Branson. That invitation did not come cheap. However, I knew I needed to be there. So I paid $10,000 to attend. Yes, $10,000 for 60 minutes! And you know what? I would do it again!  There were about 10 of us at the session, and we all got to ask Sir Richard for advice about our businesses. When we discussed my business, not only did he give me great advice, he offered to review some of the materials I was using. He also directed me to a few people who could help me going forward. I have since contacted those people, and they have, indeed, been extremely helpful. The Push You Need to Succeed As you can see, I have had the opportunity to learn from some of the best marketing and business minds in the world. Each of these men contributed a critical piece of advice or information that helped me climb the ladder of success. That's why I take mentorship so seriously. It is 100 percent worthwhile to have a phone conversation at 7:30 each morning or spend $10,000 to get advice from someone who can help you expand your knowledge... build your expertise... and grow your business. [Ed. Note: MaryEllen Tribby, ETR's former publisher and CEO, followed her lifelong dream and started a new company, Working Moms Only, to help working women balance work and family life. Keep an eye out for her columns in ETR on the challenges facing working moms, on marketing, business building, and more. And check out the Working Moms Only website and sign up for her free e-letter, here. Looking for your own mentor to help you reach your most treasured life goals? Bob Cox, creator of our Epiphany Alliance personal success program, has coached thousands in his own unique brand of goal achieving -- including four billionaires. And he has dozens of success techniques he wants to share with you. Find out more here.] --------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- FREE... Why? What's the Catch? Let's cut to the chase: Michael Masterson has agreed to give you a copy of his Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling book, Ready, Fire, Aim, just for accepting a trial membership to the Liberty Street League. Try the Liberty Street League newsletter for 90 days (paying less than the cost of a "decent" restaurant dinner for two)... If you don't like it, just let us know. We'll give you your money back -- and you get to keep the book! Get in on this incredible offer here. "ETR is a veritable goldmine at my fingertips. Merely reading this first issue, I can see the world opening up to me. I wish I had made my subscription to ETR earlier. I can't wait to receive the next issue." Ignatius Ngoma Zambia Leveraging Social Media for Leads, Sales, and More! By Wendy Montes de Oca Although many marketers still don't understand how to take advantage of social media, I'm here to tell you that it's a crucial strategy. It's a key element of my marketing plans. And it deserves a lot of credit for the six figures in revenue that my consulting business was bringing in -- only 10 months after I got started. I have fully utilized social media -- for myself and for my clients -- with sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, Twitter, FaceBook, and more. It's cost effective and casts a wide net. Where else can you get your message out to the masses for zero advertising dollars? These "communities" are filled with like-minded individuals who crave information. Your job is to target those communities and release your message. To promote my consulting business, I've had the most success with LinkedIn, a professional networking community, as well as doing press releases that got republished by bloggers, social pages, and online news aggregators like Yahoo and Google News. On LinkedIn, I simply joined several "marketing and small business groups" where my target clients would be. I then repurposed relevant, useful articles from my blog and uploaded it as "News" or "Discussions." This is a great platform to create awareness, build expert credibility, drive website traffic and generate leads. Disseminating that repurposed content through LinkedIn -- which took less than an hour per week -- generated an average of 25 qualified consulting leads for me per week. It cost me absolutely nothing to get those leads -- and when you consider my minimum 3-month retainer fee, we're talking a profit margin of more than $10,000 for each lead that turned into a client. For my clients, especially those with little to no advertising budget, I've made social media tactics a staple in their marketing strategies. By leveraging social media, I helped one client, for example, a best-selling author and well-known anti-aging nutritionist, increase website traffic and signups to his newsletter. In just four months, we collected nearly 5,000 e-mail addresses at $0/CPL (cost per lead). In addition, his revenues increased year-over-year by nearly 40 percent. If you learn to think outside the box and harness the power of social media marketing -- before you know it, what started out as a "hobby" or side job, just may turn out to be your cash cow. [Ed. Note: Wendy Montes de Oca has nearly 20 years of marketing experience with Fortune 500 companies and top publishers. She is president of Precision Marketing and Media, LLC and publisher of Precision Marketing,one of the Web's best free e-newsletters, packed with powerful and cost-effective secrets to market or grow any business on a shoestring budget. Click here now for your free subscription!] Today's Words That Work: Plethora A plethora (PLETH-er-uh) -- from the Greek for "fullness" -- is an overabundance; an excess. Example (as used by MaryEllen Tribby today): "From the start of my career, I attended conferences and seminars as often as possible. In New York City, there was a plethora to choose from." We want your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Email us at: AskETR@ETRFeedback.com
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Scientific breakthrough makes meditation easy!

Dear ETR Reader, You can hardly open a major news publication these days without seeing yet another scientific study raving about the incredible benefits of meditation. Meditation has been proven to extend your life...create more happiness...increase inner peace...lower stress levels...increase mental clarity...resolve long-standing emotional problems, including fear, anxiety, depression, anger, and substance abuse...and... ...it's one of the best things you can do for your brain! With nothing but bad news everywhere you turn (the economy, politics, health scares), people are smothering under a blanket of stress, and meditation is one of the best ways to raise your threshold for stress. Unfortunately, many people don't have the time (or the patience) to invest the years of practice required to master the art of meditation. Now, thanks to ETR's friend Bill Harris, you don't have to. Bill's company, Centerpointe Research Institute, has created a proprietary audio technology called Holosync® which instantly (and effortlessly) puts you into states of deep meditation--literally at the push of a button. If you've had trouble meditating, or just want to accelerate (and deepen) your current practice, you can start enjoying the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of deep meditation instantly... ...the very first time you use Holosync. Many Zen monks and at least two Zen masters use Holosync--as do many of the world's top personal growth teachers, including Jack Canfield (co-author of the New York Times Best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul books), best-selling relationship authors Gay and Katie Hendricks, and meditation teacher and Yoga Journal columnist Sally Kempton. Not only is Holosync recognized as a super-effective "brain tool," it's also powerful enough that Centerpointe has 14 Patents Pending for specific health related problems including ADD, chronic fatigue, traumatic brain injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, addictions, anxiety, depression, and several others. Over the last 20 years nearly one million people (in all but 3 countries in the world!) have used Holosync to accelerate the meditation process and improve their mental, physical, and emotional health. As you know, one of my goals here at ETR is to make available to readers like you the very best and most effective ways to... Dramatically improve your mental, emotional, and spiritual health... Help you create real happiness in your life, regardless of your past or present circumstances... Improve your creativity, intelligence, and mental functioning... Significantly improve your overall sense of well-being and inner peace... Help you create your own success in the world, along with the personal satisfaction and sense of fulfillment that comes with being successful. Well, Holosync will help you do all this and more--much more. So I'm writing to encourage you to try Holosync for yourself. And, since it comes with a full 365 day money-back guarantee, you can see for yourself how amazing Holosync is--without incurring any risk. In fact, trying Holosync really is a "no-brainer." Look. I've already recommended Holosync several times over the past few years. Each time, I get a flood of comments thanking me for doing so. I don't have room here to tell you the full story about Holosync. You really need to go to Centerpointe's website to get the full details. By the way, Bill has agreed to include some special, unannounced additional bonuses exclusively for ETR readers. To make sure you get these extras, please make sure to visit this page. When you use Holosync, you'll... Effortlessly reach states of super-deep meditation--even the very first time... Accelerate your mental, emotional, and spiritual growth, giving you results you THOUGHT you were supposed to get from meditation (but probably never got)... Heal emotional trauma, even if other methods haven't worked... Stimulate production of neurochemicals associated with longevity, well-being, and better health... Dramatically raise your threshold for stress... Increase your self-awareness, inner peace, and happiness. If you've tried meditation but found it difficult--or just want to go MUCH deeper, with faster results...or, if you just want to grow and improve your life more quickly, you'll love Holosync. And, there's no risk to try it. Why not get started TODAY! Or, call Centerpointe at 1-800-945-2741 or 503-672-7117, ask for Operator ETR103, and start enjoying Holosync NOW. Warm regards, 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. 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ETR: Do You Bond With Your Customers?

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Issue No. 3014 - $1.00	Tuesday, April 27, 2010
--------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- Is There a Shortcut to Success? When it comes to starting your own Internet business, the only REAL shortcut to success is to follow the step-by-step lead of masters who've already "been there and done that." They know where the landmines are. And they know where the buried treasure lies. When you meet the experts we've brought together for our 5 Days in July Internet Business Building Conference, they'll show you both. When you walk out the door Saturday afternoon... You'll know more than 99.9% of all the Internet start-up entrepreneurs out there... You'll have a business that's completely functional -- up, running, and ready to churn out a steady side income... And you'll be prepared for a lifetime of financial success in a way that very few entrepreneurs ever are, online or off. Bottom line: Give us Five Days in July, and we'll give you your own REAL Internet business. "The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but the signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through." Sydney J. Harris How to Double Any Company's Revenues in 12 Months By Clayton Makepeace Pretentious headline, right? A little "hypey," no? Actually, no. Not at all. See, all you have to do to double your revenues is... (1) Bring in more new customers... (2) Compel customers to come back to you more often... (3) Consistently increase the amount of money each customer is willing to spend with you on each purchase, and... (4) Keep each customer with you longer. Now I'm no good at math, so you're going to have to help me here. But if, by sharpening your media selection, sales copy, and offer, you can... Cause 30 percent more new customers to make their first purchase from you this year... Cause existing customers to buy from you 30 percent more often... Cause customers to spend just 30 percent more on each new order than they've spent in the past, and... And cause customers to stay with you 30 percent longer... Wouldn't you increase revenues by at least 100 percent in a single year? Sure you would. You'd double your revenues. That's why every promotion designed for existing customers must accomplish two critical objectives... FIRST, it must produce a sale. DUH, right? Every promotion is designed to make sales. But when you're talking about promotions for your customer list, they do more: The number of promotions you send to your customers -- and, equally important, the quality of the copy in those promotions -- increases the number of times each customer will order from you this year. So how many times should you contact existing customers? Great question! Well, back in the bad old days before the Web, nearly all of our contacts were through the mail. My theory was, "Out of sight, out of mind" -- so I made sure my customers had something from me in their mailboxes every blessed week. First, we mailed to them only on the first of each month. When we added a mailing on the 15th, response and average sale notched higher and cancellations dropped. When we added a third mailing -- more improvement in ROI and longevity. Finally, we went to a weekly mailing schedule and, once again, all our numbers improved. Put simply, by quadrupling the number of times each customer heard from us, we more than quadrupled our orders and revenues -- AND, miraculously, our cancellation rates declined. Why? I'll get to that next. First, I should mention that we had a high average sale and good margins, so we could afford to spend a fortune on printing and postage in those days. But today, with e-mail that costs you nothing, there's simply no excuse not to talk to your customers every week. Heck. You're a Early to Rise subscriber. And ETR e-mails you nearly every day! "But wait," you say. "ETR doesn't send me promotions every day! They only send me promotional e-mails a couple of times a week." Ah... good point. About 70 percent of the e-mails you get from ETR are the free issues of this newsletter. Which leads me to... The SECOND objective of every contact you have with your existing customers: It must make them feel closer to you... intensify their loyalty to you... and make them eager to hear from you again. We call it "bonding" -- and it's a major part of the strategy in every promotion my agency creates for our clients. It's also a big part of my own online publication, The Total Package. Six days out of seven, some of the sharpest minds around deliver valuable advice and ideas to our readers in The Total Package. For free. Plus, every chance we get, we deliver more free stuff that has tremendous value to them. Like the 908 mind-blowing back issues -- each one a goldmine of response-boosting ideas -- in our archives. So tell me: How do you think all this makes our readers feel about us? Doesn't it separate us from the vast armies of online pitchmen who only want to sell them something -- whether it helps them or not? Doesn't it prove we're sincere in our desire to help them get ahead? And since we really do have their interests at heart... and since we give them so much for free... don't you think it makes them wonder if the products in our Online Store just might be worth checking out? There's a supremely valuable principle here, and it can be applied to every kind of business you can name: Do everything in your power to be a friend to your customers, and they'll return the favor by becoming the best friends you ever had. That said, here are my four rules for creating maximum-response promotions to your customer file: RULE #1: Provide value with every contact -- something that brings value to your customer's life, whether he makes a purchase from you OR NOT. When planning campaigns to my clients' customer files, I try to make sure that the e-mailed and snail-mailed letters contain valuable, actionable information -- and in some cases, three-dimensional gifts -- to reward the customers just for reading the promotion. One of my clients -- a financial publisher -- consistently invites his customers to free online video conferences, webinars, and teleseminars to help sharpen their investment skills. And, of course, all of my clients give away valuable, content-rich e-letters, e-books, and even printed special reports. Why? Because it works! The cost of adding a value component to our promotions increases our open rates, raises response and ROI, drives customer loyalty through the roof, and keeps our customers with us much, much longer. RULE #2: Be a real, three-dimensional person with your customers. To make a friend, first show that you're willing to be a friend. See, people don't bond with corporations. They bond with other people. That means we want to connect a face with the companies we're dealing with. And that face should have a personality. It should have passion, principles, a fiercely pro-customer viewpoint -- and yes, even a sense of humor. Show your affection and passion and concern for your customers at every contact. Share little stories with them... empathize with them... take them into your confidence and reveal your little non-fatal flaws to them. You'll be amazed at how much more positively your customers will respond to you. RULE #3: Create drama. Okay -- so you're contacting your buyers often... you're including something of value in most of the e-mails and snail-mail pieces you send them... and you're making sure your spokesperson seems like a real person, not a cardboard cut-out. Now, what is the result of doing all of that? Well, for one thing, you're creating kind of an ongoing story line that engages your customers and keeps them reading what you send them. This is a valuable concept. I always think about what the customer has experienced with us over the last few weeks before beginning to write a promotion. What have we been telling them? Where did we leave them when last we spoke? What has happened in the news relative to our area of interest? I use that as a springboard -- then sit back and watch as readership and response rise. RULE #4: Make sure every purchase makes the next sale easier. It goes without saying that it's critical to make sure your copy never raises false expectations -- and that your product delivers everything you promise, and more. You don't need to be a PhD to figure out that if your product disappoints, you may have lost a customer for life. Or that losing customers isn't exactly a good idea if your goal is to increase customer lifetime value. Conversely, if your product over-delivers, you not only create greater customer loyalty -- you make it much more likely that your customers will buy again... and soon. And over time, that naturally increases your response rates, average sale, ROI, and customer lifetime value. Lots to think about... [Ed. Note: Bonding with your customers is just one of the strategies you'll learn at Early to Rise's upcoming 5 Days in July Internet Business Building Conference. Every year, we bring in experts like Clayton Makepeace to give you the tools and techniques to be successful. Build your own fully operational Internet business in just five days. Registration at our low introductory price just started last week. Find out more here. 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 www.MakepeaceTotalPackage.com.] --------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- Get Michael Masterson's Bestselling Book, Ready, Fire, Aim... for Free Ready, Fire, Aim is considered a business-building bible by countless readers of this New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week bestseller. "If you're thinking about starting a business don't, do it -- until you've finished reading this book. It will save you thousands of dollars and years of time and effort," says Scott Martineau, founder and CEO of ConsciousOne.com. And Brent Jones, founder of Affinity Lifestyles, says, "I am going to grow my company to over $100 million! Now I know I can do it. I have a clear roadmap." Ready, Fire, Aim contains the secret blueprint that Michael Masterson used to craft not one... but TWO $100 million+ business empires... And now this breakthrough business book is available totally free to readers of Early to Rise... Find out more here. "Very clever and refreshingly straightforward."  "I really liked the article on upsells. It seems like an easy way to get more sales. I can see there is a lot of potential when this technique is used correctly.  "It seems that every ETR article I've been reading lately is very clever and refreshingly straightforward. ETR has become an important part of my life, and I use what I read to improve my personal life and my business."  Justin Kander Today's Words That Work: Retronym "When planning campaigns to my clients' customer files," Clayton Makepeace said in his essay today, "I try to make sure that the e-mailed and snail-mailed letters contain valuable, actionable information -- and in some cases, three-dimensional gifts -- to reward the customers just for reading the promotion." "Snail mail" is a retronym -- a new word or phrase coined to differentiate the original version of an object or concept from a new one. In this case, "snail mail" was coined to differentiate mail delivered by the post office from mail delivered instantly via the Internet. Other examples: acoustic guitar/guitar, analog watch/watch, landline phone/phone, cloth diaper/diaper We want your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Email us at: AskETR@ETRFeedback.com
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ETR: The Best Way to Make Money

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Issue No. 3013 - $1.00	Monday, April 26, 2010
--------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- Wouldn't You Love to Be in on That Conversation? Imagine stepping into a room filled with half a dozen of today's most successful business owners. Michael Masterson is relaxing on a couch at the center of this high-profile group. (They are some of his closest friends and business associates.) Everyone is chatting comfortably. But make no mistake... some of the hottest business deals, investments, and money-making strategies are being discussed. 1. The latest hidden-profit opportunity that could generate over $28,000 in just a couple of weeks... 2. The real estate deal that could generate 100% returns (or more) within a few weeks, without ever owning a single piece of property... 3. Playing into the "Great Diamond Hoax" that has the potential to return 15% to 40% ROI in a single transaction that takes little or no time... (And that's just a tiny taste of the deals they're talking about.) And now you can be right there with them... "The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them." Peter Lynch The Best Way to Make Money By Bob Irish Can you imagine turning a few hundred bucks into $900 in just three days? Or turning $360 into $720 in just seven days? Fantasy? Hardly. Some investors have found a way to book triple-digit gains without spending hours in front of a computer screen. Today, I'm going to show you how to be one of them. Time is money -- true or false? Well, of course it's true. But it's misleading. Actually, time is far more valuable than money. You can always earn more money. But you can't ever earn back more time. We all have just 24 hours in a day. It's how you use that time that makes all the difference. So let me show you a simple strategy for turning small amounts of cash into big profits in less time than it takes for your morning shower. Lather, Rinse, Repeat There are just three steps. Every morning, Monday through Friday: Open the e-mail we send to members of the service I'm telling you about today and read our simple investment instructions. Go to your online brokerage account and follow those instructions. Shut down your computer and enjoy the rest of your day. Can It Really Be That Easy? In a word, yes. Once you place your instructions, there is nothing more for you to do until you get an e-mail alert to sell. Can It Really Be That Profitable? Again, in a word, yes. Here are some actual profits taken by our members: Members were told to buy contracts on a Chinese energy company for $700. Thirty-four days later, they were told to sell them for $1,040. That's a $340 -- or 49 percent -- gain! Members bought contracts on a deepwater energy driller for $180. Thirty-five days later, they sold them for $530. That's a $350 -- or 194 percent -- gain! Members bought contracts on a big copper company for $470. Seven days later, the contacts automatically sold for $940. That's a $470 -- or 100 percent -- gain! Members jumped into contracts on a pharmaceutical stock for $110. Four days later, they sold them for $270. That's a $160 -- or 145 percent -- gain in four days! Members bought contracts on a discount drug maker for $85. Seven days later, they automatically sold them for $170. That's an $85 -- or 100 percent -- gain! Members bought contracts on an emerging market for $365. Twenty-one days later, they automatically sold them for $730. That's a $365 -- or 100 percent -- gain! How Is This Possible? Instead of buying the underlying stock, you're buying an options contract. That's really all there is to it. Investing through options gives you more bang for your buck. And, amazingly, it also limits your downside. So What's the Problem? For many investors, just the word "options" conjures up visions of sophisticated software programs and carpal tunnel syndrome. Not to mention having to learn a whole new language ("strike price," "in the money," "out of the money," etc., etc.). The prospect of triple-digit profits is obviously attractive. But they figure this is a strategy they just don't have the time to master. They're right. It takes years to develop the trading acumen necessary to deliver the types of returns that this service targets. And Ted Peroulakis, our options guru, has paid his dues. Ted has worked for some of the biggest names on Wall Street, including Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney. A millionaire himself (many times over), he has been successfully guiding investors for over 15 years. Why Options? In a conversation I had with Ted earlier this week, he made four key points about options: Affordability. With options, you can control a stock for pennies on the dollar. Profit potential. A stock might go up 10 percent while, at the same time, the option (on the same stock) could go up 100 percent. Limited exposure. When you buy an option, you know exactly what your downside risk is. You can profit in any type of market. The right option can be profitable whether the market rises, falls, or stays the same. Why Now? It's too late to go back to March '09 and enjoy the 70+ percent gains we've seen in the market since then. A similar move over the next year would take the Dow to 18,700. Ain't gonna happen. Smaller moves are the order of the day. But small moves can translate into big gains with options. For example, in a trade made just last week, Ted recommended call options on Chevron. The stock moved up 5 percent. The options increased 31 percent over the same time frame. And you didn't need big bucks to get this return. One contract cost just $340 and 28 days later was worth $445. Why Now, Part II Ted says that he's getting great prices for these options, better than just a few months ago and much better than a year ago. For stocks and for options, the name of the game is to buy low. Ted believes these low prices are going to last at least until the end of the year. "The market," he says, "is setting up perfectly for the kind of investing I do." Why Now, Part III It's not uncommon for some options to go up 500 percent or more during earnings season. Ted has identified several candidates that are capable of these kinds of three-digit gains. And he's planning on putting out a recommendation on one of them next week -- right before they report on their earnings. If it goes the way he expects, the option could surge overnight. This is the only investment strategy I'm aware of that can produce these types of returns for investors who like making serious money but don't want to risk a fortune to do so. If you're interested in this simple big-profit strategy, click here to learn more about Ted's Options Power Trader service. --------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- Learn How to "Walk the Walk" Join Early to Rise this July and you will be personally guided every step of the way... by a dozen of the world's most accomplished and knowledgeable Internet business-building masters. These experts have already "walked the walk" -- generating tens of millions of dollars in sales in their own businesses. And when you join us at our Quick-Start Internet Bootcamp in July, they'll give you your own personalized blueprint based on what they know works online. Find out more here. "Let him know." "John Forde's article today on brainstorming was great! Very specific as applied to copywriting. He also made it easy to see how you could use the method to brainstorm on other topics, without pointing that out directly. "Let him know that I think he should consider rewriting some of his essays and commentaries into a book (in all his spare time :-). Joe McCaffrey Today's Words That Work: Acumen Acumen (uh-KYOO-mun) -- from the Latin for "to sharpen" -- is shrewdness; keen insight. Example (as used by Bob Irish today): "It takes years to develop the trading acumen necessary to deliver the types of returns that this service targets." We want your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Email us at: AskETR@ETRFeedback.com
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