Listbuilding.com Business Marketing Online Success Report - Issue 5

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December 30th, 2010

Hi there,

Welcome Back to Listbuilding.com Business Marketing Online Success Report!

There are two types of people in this world. There are those who succumb to setbacks and those who persevere through them.

Personally, I work every day to be the latter. In my business and personal life, setbacks and challenges happen every day.

Take my run across the country, for instance. When I left NYC in September, I was hoping to run at least 20 miles per day. In fact,

according to my plan, I should be on the other side of the country by now. Well, my body, specifically my left heel had a different plan.   A few weeks ago,

I started experiencing extreme pain in my heel and went to see a doctor to check it out. He told me that I had injured it to the point that if

I didn't  take a 2 week break from running and then resume at a very slow rate (3-5 miles per day), I might not EVER be able to complete my run for youth homelessness.

Wow, talk about a set back!  That was a kicker!

But what could I do?  Things happen and the important part is to focus on what IS going well and what you HAVE accomplished.

So, instead of throwing in the towel, I took the doctor's advice and didn't run for two weeks. Instead, I used this time to do charity events to raise

awareness and other promotional-type of activities.

As of today, I am up to 5 miles per day and will be able to add 1 mile per day each week. So, it is a slow start, but I will get there and my efforts will make a positive difference.

Meanwhile, I am going to focus on what I have accomplished so far.

I hope that when you come across challenges in your online business, and I KNOW that you will, that you take it in stride and remember that

you have come a long way, even if there is still a long way to go! Focus on what you HAVE accomplished, even if it is something small...it's still more than most

have the courage to do! You are fierce! You are smart and you will succeed!!!

As always... if you like this report and you want me to keep writing it for you let me know by sending me an e-mail at feedback@listbuilding.com .

Shabambo,
--Tellman

P.S. - Exciting News!! We are starting Achievement Levels. Keep reading to find out more!

P.P.S. - I am giving away every product I've ever made in an unbelievable package to help "Fund My Run" across the country.... If you're smart you should grab it before its gone (and you'll be helping a great cause too!!) Click Here to learn more!

Listbuilding.com Quote of the Week

"Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve one's condition."

-Unknown

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1/19/2009 from 8:00 - 9:00 PM EST - LBC GOLD 'Website Spotlight' Call ListBuilding Club Gold Members: Join us for tonight's Website Spotlight call with Pat & Brian at 8 p.m. EST. They'll be interviewing and reviewing three LBC members' sites, and giving them suggestions on making them better. Be sure to bring your pad and paper to make lots of notes!

IMPORTANT LBC UPDATE!

Achievement Levels Coming!

The ListBuilding Club is proud to announce its newest innovation! We have developed distinct levels of achievement that are inherent in our training, and we want to know about your successes in regard to them. The accomplishments stretch all the way from just completing the quickstart videos to making your first $1 million online.

As you progress through each level, go to the "Share Your LBC Success Story!" forum in the ListBuilding.com Discussion Forum, and let us know what you've achieved. In exchange, we'll mention your name in this newsletter, along with a link back to your website.

These are the levels you need to achieve:

Level 1: Set Up a Blog
Level 2: Get Your First Subscriber
Level 3: Write and publish your first article
Level 4: Write and publish your first press release
Level 5: Get Your Squeeze Page up and running
Level 6: Make Your First Dollar from Online Marketing
Level 7: Create an upload your first online video
Level 8: Secure your first joint venture project (ad swap, interview exchange, etc.)
Level 9: Get your first 1,000 subscribers
Level 10: Create your first product
Level 11: Write your first long-copy sales letter
Level 12: Get your first 5,000 followers on Twitter
Level 13: Hold your first teleseminar series
Level 14: Be a guest speaker on someone else's call
Level 15: Make your first $1,000 online
Level 16: Make your first $5,000 online
Level 17: Get your first 10,000 subscribers
Level 18: Make your first $10,000 online
Level 19: Make your first $50,000 online
Level 20: Get your first 50,000 subscribers
Level 21: Make your first $100,000 online
Level 22: Have a major product launch and make your first $1 million online

Don't worry. You don't have to remember all of them, as they will be posted in the forum. However, these awards are not retroactive, so if you already have a blog up and running or have posted your first article, concentrate on achieving the next level! It will help you to make your business more powerful, your list stronger, and your bank account bigger.

Here are this week's achievers:

Corey Lewis, Black Diamond Member quit his fulltime job and is working fulltime online on http://EasyTechVideos.com (Congrats Corey!!)

Bernadette Greggory, Gold Plus Member, set up her blog: www.nomorefoodaddictions.com

Kevin Levine, Black Diamond Mastermind Member, held his first teleseminar series: www.askmrselfhelp.com

These folks are doers! And that's why they'll be successful. Are you a doer? Show us now!

Send an email to feedback@listbuilding.com with your accomplishments!

'BIG' Marketing Idea For The Week

The 7 "S's" You Must Have In Place
To Sell Information Products Online
By Kyle Battis
www.MyFirstTeleseminar.com

Selling products on the good old 'inter web' is one of the best ways  to make money online and I am a huge fan. With a bit of market research and some time in your word processing program you can be well on your way to having your very own high profit info product to sell. But before you can sell your product and start making money, there are a few things you'll need to be an effective infoproduct seller.

1. SITE.

Although you could definitely try to sell a product without a website, you wouldn't get very far. Your website and domain name will give your  product a home online. Working without a website is just an exercise in futility. Try to find a domain that represents your product or is your product name exactly. My colleague Brian Edmondson has a great video on how to pick a good name inside the Listbuilding Club…

2. SALESLETTER.

To be successful, you need a sales letter on your webpage and a link to your payment processor…and that's it! Don't link to other websites or show paid advertising on your product's website. (that's one of the biggest mistakes I see newbies make- they have too many random marketing messages and their sales letters are "leaky").  A good direct response sales letter will catch the attention of the visitors and convince them why they need to purchase your product. Read up on creating winning sales letters or have one created by a master copywriter for maximum success.  A great, super cheap book you can get that will give you a basic copywriting education is Dan Kennedy's "Ultimate Sales Letter" and you can probably pick it up on Amazon.com for the cost of a cup of coffee. 

3. SHOWCASE.

You don't really need to have super duper graphics but in some instances header graphics do out convert sites with no graphics.  You'd be surprised how far a few quality graphics can get you when it comes to selling online. People are very visually oriented. If your site looks drab and boring, your website visitors will click away pretty quickly. You can find headers and ecover graphics for anywhere from $50 to $500 depending on the experience of the designer.

4. SOFTWARE.

Information products are delivered as PDF files. They are easy to read but they can't be edited so the content of your product will stay intact. You can purchase Adobe Acrobat or use a free PDF creator to change your Word document into an easy to read file.  I use a cheap $20 program called www.PDF995.com that allows me to convert Word Docs to PDF documents. 

5. SALES.

You can't sell products without a payment processor. Lots of people use Paypal, but there are other options as well like Google Checkout, PayDotCom.com, or even Clickbank.com. Before you start driving traffic to your sales letter, make sure your payment system is working right. Buy a copy of your own product to be sure that the payment processor is working correctly. This way you can be sure that your visitors are able to buy.  I did this process using www.Clickbank.com with the www.MyFirstTeleseminar.com product I created. 

6. SYSTEM.

Although not every information product has a high enough price point to support an affiliate program, you should certainly move toward writing products that will attract affiliates. With affiliate marketing, you can have master marketers driving traffic to your website and creating sales for you.  Its pretty cool to have an army of affiliates telling everyone how cool your stuff is…

7. STRATEGY.

Successful infoproduct creators know that once they create the product and build the website they have to drive traffic to the sales page. If you start out with a complete strategy of marketing your website, you'll be able to put it into place as soon as your website is ready to go. Article marketing campaigns, joint ventures and pay per click advertising can all be part of your strategy.  The Listbuilding Club shows you step by step instructions on how to implement all kinds of traffic driving methods. 

By combining these essentials with your winning product, you'll have a formula for bringing money through infoproducts. 

- By Kyle Battis, Marketing Manager
Creator of The My First Teleseminar Program

Listbuilding.com Forum Highlights

Here's some of the latest discussions over at the Listbuilding Club Forums! Swing over and chime in - rumor has it that my staff might be randomly giving out prizes for people that are posting in the forums.... Get in there!

Click on any of the links below to be brought to that particular Forum Thread:

• How Often Do You Blog?

• David Allen's "Remembering 2009 and Planning 2010"

• Free Video - How I Use Anchors To Help Keep Me Focused On Success

• How To Figure Out Amount Of Site Visitors?

Listbuilding.com Featured Success Story Of The Week

"After losing his brother in a tragic bike accident the tragedy sparked Eric to transform his life and go from an underpaid web designed to a very successful Internet Marketer. Today Eric has multiple high profile internet sites and has built a big list, a successful company, and is living an amazing life.To see Eric's Success Story video interview Click Here"

Watch This!!!

Closing Thoughts

Hopefully you liked this issue of this weekly newsletter. I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Drop me a line by shooting me an e-mail at feedback@listbuilding.com and let me know if you liked the newsletter and what you liked about it.

I want to end this newsletter today by talking about the upcoming New Year. 2010 is here and you should be looking ahead to the New Year with excitement and anticipation. I'll wrap up today's newsletter by asking you the following questions...

• What financial goals do you want to hit in 2010?
• What will your ideal life look like in 2010?
• What would you like your biggest triumph to be in 2010?
• What do you need each month, each week, each day, each hour to do make that vision a reality?

Time to get to work and take massive focsued action my friend...

Keep up the great work, keep striving for success, and keep your eye on your target!

To Your Success!