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[19 Dec 2010 | 15 Comments | ]

Sunday, 3:37 PM
Dear Friend,
I didn't want to admit it… but it's in my genes.
Everybody on one side of my family was an alcoholic.
And that always scared me because they say addiction/alcoholism is hereditary.
I thought I got lucky and that gene bypassed me… but I was wrong.
Allow me to elaborate:
I've been an entrepreneur for so long now I don't even really understand how the "sheeple" live.
Sometimes when I'm totally absorbed in a new project, working for hours and days almost non-stop, I often ask myself, "I wonder what the 'normal' people …

Product development, Self Promotion, Videos »

[11 Apr 2010 | 5 Comments | ]

Saturday, 11:35 PM Pacific Time
Dear Friend,
I left my house today at 8:30 AM Eastern time and have been traveling for over 16 hours to get to San Francisco for a mastermind meeting with John Carlton.
I'm beat!
But I still had to get a video done for my YouTube 30-day challenge… and it's STILL Saturday here in California so I'm not too late.
It seems I can dig up opportunities and really good contacts wherever I go. The contact I made in the Los Angeles airport this afternoon could turn out really interesting.
Here's …

Direct mail, Market research, Product development, Videos »

[31 Mar 2010 | 21 Comments | ]

Wednesday, 11:05 PM
Dear Friend,
There's been some weird stuff going on with YouTube tonight.
It looks like they've been doing some upgrades and making changes but it wasn't allowing you to upload videos for a while.
It looks like it's fixed now… so heeeeeeeeeeerrrrrr'es the next video from my YouTube 30-Day Challenge.

Market research, Product development »

[23 Feb 2010 | 32 Comments | ]

Tuesday, 9:39 PM
Dear Friend,
I've always got my antennae up looking for new opportunities.
You'd be surprised at all the different places I've discovered unexploited opportunities. You can find them everywhere… if you keep your eyes and ears open.
Lately, I've been most interested in affluent markets.
Why?
Because it takes about the same amount of work and investment to sell a $5,000 product as it does a $30 product… so which would you rather sell?
Anyhoo… check out this article I saw on on Yahoo News the other day.
After I read that, I looked this …

Copywriting, Product development »

[19 Feb 2010 | 20 Comments | ]

Thursday, 11:07 AM
Dear Friend,
I just tore into my Dan Kennedy newsletters for the month.
Not only did I get some inspirational material to swipe for the welcome webinar with my new Kitchen Table Business proteges… I also ran across THIS in Dan's Marketing To The Affluent newsletter:
 

 
 
It's always nice to be recognized by your peers… especially someone like Dan Kennedy.
Anyhoo… here are the lessons of the day:

Opportunities are everywhere. You just have to constantly have your antennae up. (BTW, I found this article in the Robb Report. I read it fairly …

Copywriting, Gary Halbert, Kitchen Table Businesses, Product development, Success mindset »

[4 Dec 2009 | 16 Comments | ]

Thursday, 9:28 PM
Dear Friend,
I received an offer yesterday from someone who wants to buy one of my "kitchen table" businesses for one million dollars.
Yup… a cool million.
A "1" with six zeroes after it.
Seven figures.
One MILLION dollars. (Spoken in my best Dr. Evil accent.)
Now I realize that the gaggle of gurus will laugh at that as "small change". After all, those guys allegedly make that per MINUTE on the Internet. But dag nabbit, for a poor kid from a broken home in Barberton, Ohio… that's still a lot of money.
So I …

Direct mail, Gary Halbert, Offline marketing, Online marketing, Product development »

[9 Nov 2009 | 7 Comments | ]

"Gentlemen, this is a football."
– Vince Lombardi
Dear Friend,
I know a little bit about weight training.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to do much since breaking my L-5 vertebra in my lower back last year and rupturing three disks.
But I do know how to gain muscle and lose fat. (I would hope so. I've been working in the musclehead niche for 15 years!)
It's a weird niche.
The truth is, building muscle and strength isn't all that complicated.
You need to lift heavy weights and eat a lot of the right foods.
It's pretty simple.
I didn't …

Direct mail, Market research, Offline marketing, Product development »

[8 Aug 2009 | 12 Comments | ]

Saturday, 3:39 PM
Dear Friend,
A short time ago I did a new video and revealed the jealously guarded secret of the richest direct marketers in the world.
In that video I revealed one of my most successful secrets for finding hungry markets with cash in hand, ready, willing and able to buy your products or services.
But that's just one of the many money-making secrets I've got up my sleeve.
Today I'm going to show you how to start with practically NOTHING…
… No niche or market…
… No product…
… Hardly any money…
… And STILL start …

Market research, Product development, Videos »

[19 Jul 2009 | 18 Comments | ]

Dear Friend,
During our recent teleseminar, a very successful "Mr. X" online marketer in a competitive consumer niche revealed several successful methods he uses to research markets online. It's worked out very well for him.
I think online market research tools like the Google Adwords keyword tool definitely have some merit.
But when I'm looking for a hot market to develop and sell products to, I want to know that there are BUYERS… people who have actually "voted with their wallets".  And I want to know EXACTLY how many buyers there really are.
Don't …