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How I Made $2,756 Sitting On The Toilet!
Old 01-19-2007, 11:48 PM How I Made $2,756 Sitting On The Toilet!
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exactly how did I do it!

Well first I must say that I wasnt physically sitting on the toilet while I was making the money. What I was really referring to was a common practise of mine, actually its more like a ritual where I brainstromed an idea that made me $2,756 the very next day. Simply amazing, So sit back and let me share with you just exactly how I did this.

I find that when nature calls and I visit the bathroom I alway have my thinking cap on and I take a pen and paper and jot down 3 - 5 ideas I can incorporate to my marketing practises to make more money. It is always important to work on your business and not simply just in them.

I am a big believer in testing and measuring results in the internet marketing world. But this is one of my best ideas that I have ever come up with and I will definatly be doing this again.

Ok, so one night after a big steak and mushroom dinner feast, you guessed it, nature called. While racing off to the bathroom with my trusting notepad and pen i was staring up into space when suddenly it hit me. I was in total amazment that I had not thought of it before. Here was my enlightenment.

I have customers, and they all have wants and needs but they are all different I guessed that each one of them had the same frustrations but were all a little bit different.

with all the people i had opt in i tryed this simple technique ;-

This helped me gain information about each one of my prospective custoemrs...

My quetions:

1) What Country are you from?
2) what day do you drive most?
3) What states do you normally visit for a holiday?

ect ect i guess you get the picture it was just more like a survey.

I did get lots of reponses.

These questions were set on purpose to gather me information so I can send them an email with tips and tricks that will make it feel like I'm talking straight to them..

Below the example.

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Hello Josh

Thankyou for registering!

How are you today? I Noticed that you read my report on XX holiday secrets, and was wondering what you thought about it? I also noticed you lived in New York. Well, just so you know if your on the road this Saturday it is going to be pouring, so be careful if you have a holdiay planned for then.

My suggestion would be stay off the roads until Wednesday and plan your holiday for the next weekend where there will be lots of fun, relaxing events for you to attend If you have time to fit it into your busy schedule. Also, I wanted to let you know that I'm soon going to be making a guide book to "(the questions they above)", if you are interested in seeing a sneak peak at that book, you can just go here: link.

This worked like a charm, out of the 1000 or so subscribers about 200 people bought and when i woke up and checked my paypal it kept increasing for the first few hours, then stopped at $2,756 truely remarkable.

moral of the story, use survey they are priceless, i will definatly be utilizing this again.

hope this helps.
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Old 01-19-2007, 11:58 PM
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Nice tip! And interesting inspiration...
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Old 01-20-2007, 12:08 AM
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Well thought out and obviously the extra work paid off - congrats!
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Old 01-20-2007, 12:26 AM
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Nice work. I saw some Pre-Sales-Page layouts that asked some "friendly" questions before taking you to the sales page that was customized like you described.

Thanks for sharing.

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Old 01-20-2007, 04:30 AM
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Cool job.!
Targeted customers + sample pages + humanly written emails = Sales!!

That is an inspiration for me too. Cheers.
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Old 01-20-2007, 11:34 AM
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Nice tip. Thanks for sharing.

And a funny and catchy thread title
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Old 01-20-2007, 02:41 PM
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nice topic title and congrats on the success.

I guess if your personalise something enough the customer is more likely to go through you then the other bloke who doesnt.
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Old 01-20-2007, 05:35 PM
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Thanks for sharing... interesting method!
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Old 01-20-2007, 05:41 PM
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Nice work. Looks everything according the rules of the game.
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Old 01-20-2007, 07:46 PM
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Nice work. Looks everything according the rules of the game.


yeah its not a huge secret, just common sense really.

its all about the prospect and giving them what they want remember! that will get them clicking the buy button before you can say....show me the money.

cheeres
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Old 01-21-2007, 01:03 PM
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Integrating surveys with autoresponders opt-in forms is a great idea.
I did hear about it a while back, but it's nice to see a real world case
study. Especially a successful one!

Are there any scripts that will help with this sort of thing?
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Old 01-21-2007, 07:48 PM
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yes i did have the option to use a script but a programming friend of mine advised otherwise, some of them are low grade and very buggy. I got a custom script done.

Yes the script will help do you backend work but initally i think that its all about your mindset. Recently I read a book that stated "to be the best...think like the best...resonate and join others that are already successful at what your trying to do...its the quickest way to fast track the success your after" I was totally mesmorized by this.

I think as human we strive to be successful at business but why do a large majority of all businesses fail. I am sure its partly to do with our mindset. Peoples negativity takes hold of them, and in their mind it causes them to question their integrity, intellect and success in life.

But the thing is that we are all born winners. Some dont experience it until they hit rock bottom and this causes them to strive for perfection. Others are late bloomers. Others, well its like everything they touch turns to gold. LOL. You probably come into one of these categories but really your mindset and emotions are the same. A study done on the richest business men and women have a different outlook on life and already picutured themself at the top before they even got there. WHY? their positive attitude and clear focused mindset.

Even on your darkest day when you feel down and out...look for tomorrow. If you are not having a good day, Walk away from the computer go outside and feel the sun, the wind, the rain....experience life. You'll be amazed at how much this will revitalize you. Or you can go and visit a person you like who has a positive persona and feed of his or her energy. This is another great way to reviatlise yourself.

I really believe that my online businesses have been exceeding in the last few years due to constant goal setting, I usually take 5 and revitalise myself each day. I perform constant brainstorming sessions with myself and other marketers, but most of all and the most important point I tell myself that I will be more successful today than I was yesterday. You keep believing and seeing yourself there, And guess what? its only a matter of time and you will be right where you picture yourself.

A positive mindset is one of the most important ingredients for creating success in any business.

you are here and now and the future is what you make of it.
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Old 02-05-2007, 09:37 PM
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You seem like a Born sales man.
Great work.

Will try to see how such work for me.
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Old 02-07-2007, 09:58 PM
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you need to study your market...ok i wasnt going to write the following but its the secret that I have been using for many months...and its responsible for me quitting my job and going fulltime. not only that I am about to reveal to you what you will pay for in any $47 - $97 report on marketing online.

Its so simiple but overlooked by all newbies online out there.

Here the secrets........(my business partner is going to kill me for this)

1) Study niche Markets and pick a hot popular one!

2) Ask them what sort of things they want to know about!

3) Give them all that information plus a little bit more.

This way you will not be able to keep up with orders fast enough.

Does it take time?....YES! Does It take some hard work? .....YES a little

the sad thing is that only 5% of people who are reading this right now will decide to do anything about it....thats why you always hear people crying for help. how do I...... im not making any....... i feel like giving up because.....

the real secret here is to take action and test constantly. If you fail at one of you test get up and start over...try lots of things eventually one idea will be a killer and will bring you in 10 times as much money as your previous ones!

hope this helps.
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Old 02-09-2007, 04:37 AM
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Good job... however you definitely need to have a very specific niche in order to be successful.
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Old 02-10-2007, 08:12 PM
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Sounds nothing more then a hype
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Old 02-10-2007, 11:08 PM
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Good job... however you definitely need to have a very specific niche in order to be successful.

yes the most important part if you dont have a niche that is hot and popular....then your losing out on heaps of profits. Look on the TV, radio, ads, google news, amazon....look for the topics people are searching for, trends in particular areas or major problems people have "like being overweight" "no money" etc etc

the more hot and popular the topic the more profits you will make...

and no this is not hype...this forum has given so much to me, and has been the reason for my success and I enjoy given back as much info as i can when i can.

and yes the ideas on this thread were responsible for me bringing in over $2,700 dollars...i mean not to brag but to really say to people out there with the impression that this stuff doesnt work....well it does.....but the most important bit is that you have to get of you butt and work at it and it will come.
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:34 AM
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lol nice cheezy thread name, and congrats and thanks for sharing those ideas. Have to go to toilet as many times as possible.
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Old 04-12-2007, 01:25 PM
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Integrating surveys with autoresponders opt-in forms is a great idea.
I did hear about it a while back, but it's nice to see a real world case
study. Especially a successful one!

Are there any scripts that will help with this sort of thing?
Where can you get a good autoresponder and opt in forms??

I know nothing about scripts and such.:blink:
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Old 04-12-2007, 01:27 PM
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yes the most important part if you dont have a niche that is hot and popular....then your losing out on heaps of profits. Look on the TV, radio, ads, google news, amazon....look for the topics people are searching for, trends in particular areas or major problems people have "like being overweight" "no money" etc etc

the more hot and popular the topic the more profits you will make...

and no this is not hype...this forum has given so much to me, and has been the reason for my success and I enjoy given back as much info as i can when i can.

and yes the ideas on this thread were responsible for me bringing in over $2,700 dollars...i mean not to brag but to really say to people out there with the impression that this stuff doesnt work....well it does.....but the most important bit is that you have to get of you butt and work at it and it will come.
That is great info and I wrote that down. I've noticed on yahoo they show the top searches/what people are looking for..
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