The Sprawl: your work at home guide to internet marketing

StomperNetwork - Brad Fallon and Andy Jenkins Online Internet Marketing

2006-10-03T20:35:00.000-07:00

Today at 9am EST, the internet marketing "mega launch" of the StomperNet internet marketing "coaching" site went live. The price is $797.00 but considering you are getting access, coaching, resources, and networking with this worlds greatest online internet marketers... the price is well worth it. Marketing is so much more than just sales letters and good copy. The major resource of this marketing network is the VAST search engine optimization and SEO ranking knowledge of Brad, Andy, John Reese, Willie Crawford and a bunch of other internet marketing experts.

Well if you want to read more abbout it heres a link to the site (its close to SOLD OUT): http://www.convertlinks.com/

Internet Marketing at its finest!

The 30k Challenge

2006-09-29T17:54:00.000-07:00

Wanting to top the other guy, this internet marketer has created the "30k challenge" where he will attempt to generate 30 THOUSAND dollars profit in 30 days or less from just $100 dollars of starting capital, heres an excerpt:

I do plan on updating multiple times/ day and getting it all out here and apologize for the slow pokeyness.

Well impatient as we are we decided to finish it right then.

Yes I should have updated but we decided to hump this out and pretty much blew off everything else in the world.

I just got back online and will post an update as soon as I know what’ s going on myself.

I clicked to the homepage and found an interesting viral website in which they are selling links in an auction style format.

Also, the current minimum bid to get on the homepage is only$2.01.

If you want to get a nice link for your website click here to make a purchase.

They also have an affiliate program that will pay you 15% for any links sold from traffic you send.

Hopefully we can find a way to make a few bucks with it though as I really feel it is a good deal and a great site.

This is just a quick post for those that aren’ t sure how the hype blog will help build traffic.

1) By linking to other blogs you get a trackback on the page you link to unless they disabled this feature.

This is great for helping SEO as long as you link to relevant pages( which also makes them link back to you) and you will pick up a few stray hits as well.

Bloggers by nature are a friendly group and will sometimes make a post about your site as a thank you for linking to them or just because they like what you offer.

I noticed some hits coming from the forums and I’ ll address some of the questions brought up there as well as get moving on this project then.

I wanted to keep this blog clear for updates only while still working on getting the word out guerilla style.

30kChallenge

15 thousand dollar challenge

2006-09-29T17:50:00.000-07:00

An internet market named Dan has taken a bet with his friends that he can take $150 dollars and turn it into fifteen THOUSAND dollars in just 30 days or less, hers an excerpt:

Given only$150 starting capital, I have to create a site( or sites) in an non internet marketing niche and generate$15,000 in pure profit in 30 days or less

you know, the kind of stuff normal people do without the profit angle( ah for the good old days)

No use of any existing software, scripts, or products that I own.

No existing mailing lists may be used, and I can’ t use any existing sites I own or friends/ friends lists to promote the business.

I mainly sell niche products( both physical and info), but over that time I have also created quite a collection of profitable content sites.

Live stats on sales as well as expenditure will also be available on the site so you can track the progress of the challenge, and as an added bonus, at the end of the 30 days, I am going to give the site and all the profits generated away to one of you.

15kChallenge

Willie Crawford: one million dollars in 90 days challenge!

2006-09-29T17:03:00.000-07:00

Hers a summary of the post Willie Crawford made on the WarrioForum, hes going to challenge himself to make one million dollars from internet marketing in just 90 days!

"As I sift through the posts on online forums, read

Step ONE was merely allowing myself to honestly

Very few of you know me( if any of you do...) But I will hit a MINIMUM of 1 million dollars in 90 days.

I could really use something like this but I don't think I will be able one to have access to your material.

Nope because he is going to make the second million in 30 days by selling a report on how he made a million in 90 days.

I've been working with a Frank Garon recently... I'll be helping put at the Internet Millionaires Bootcamp next month- I'd like to chat with you about your challange in London...

Nope because he is going to make the second million in 30 days by selling a report on how he made a million in 90 days.

the document how-to might be worth a little something to someone

I've been working with a Frank Garon recently... I'll be helping put at the Internet Millionaires Bootcamp next month- I'd like to chat with you about your challange in London...

the document how-to might be worth a little something to someone

Willie, one of the things I really have admired about you is your willingness to swing hard for the fences.

the document how-to might be worth a little something to someone

Willie, one of the things I really have admired about you is your willingness to swing hard for the fences.

I just felt like tackling a bigger fence, and at the same

Willie come on, you are the most Credible IM GURU online, lol Google says like this!

You deserve it as much, if not more, than the other marketers who have done it.

Question- can you give us a hint as to what you'll be selling?

Good luck with yours, I am sure you will achieve it, not sure if I will but I am going to give it all I got and if I don't make it, I will have still learned from the experience.

The book that documents the steps the Great Willie Crawford took to make 1 mill in 90 days, I would sell my house to get ahold of!

I'm gonna try too, but I'll need some help from my Warrior bretheren along the way.

And that is because Willie has build a solid business foundation online which is something most people don't do.

I'm not sure if it would be overly ambitious for someone in my position to be thinking about making a million dollars in 90 days.

It's taken me what seems like forever to get up my first website that actually sells something, and while it's not perfect, it's up...

And with proper feedback, attention, and the right kind of promotion, it just may be able to bring in a million in 90 days all by itself.

But wouldn't it be absolutely amazing if someone like me, followed someone like you, and we BOTH made one million in 90 days!!

Allen Says Powerpack– All real warriors have already read this."

Willie Crawford 1 million dollars in 90 days challenge

Keyword Research Tools

2006-02-27T19:47:00.000-08:00

Are you using the most essential keyword research tools? Jay Stockwell has spent hundreds of hours reviewing keyword research tools so you don't have to waste your money on a tool that will not meet your needs. Keyword research is one of the most important factors of marketing and building your affiliate driven web sites. As stated in an article by Allan Gardyne of AssociatePrograms.com, keyword research is extremely important for:

Niche miners

AdSense publishers

AdWords and other PPC advertisers

Search engine optimizers

Affiliates

Directory publishers

Portal publishers

Ebook publishers

Product creators

So, what are you waiting for? Visit Jay's site, Keyword Workshop.

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2006-02-17T19:31:00.000-08:00

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Super Affiliate - All the Basics You Need to Know

2006-02-11T04:32:00.000-08:00

I came across this article and decided it could benefit any readers of my blog, plus, its 4am and I need to get some sleep so that means no time to type my own post >;)
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Exactly what is a super affiliate? A super affiliate is the person that knows how to find the right material, whether it be ebooks, software or products, to sell on the internet for a profit without ever having to invest a dime. A super affiliate finds the right products, promotes those products through advertising or articles or through email or a web site and then rakes in the commissions at an astounding rate. What does this super affiliate know that you don't?

So here are the basics for becoming a super affiliate:

1. Learn where to find the super products to sell
You can do this several ways. You can do keyword searches. You can search Clickbank for the super sellers. You can join Commission Junction and check out who has the best sales. You can purchase a few ebooks that give you insights into who is selling the best and who to avoid.

2. Learn how to promote the products
Having a web page decicated to a product you are promoting is the best way. Selling in emails is okay if you don't use spamming techniques. It's best to set up your own email list with opt-in subscribers. Buying pay-per-click campaigns is another avenue that works really well IF you know what you are doing and don't cost yourself an arm and a leg. Promoting the products through your own blog is another great avenue and you can get several free blogs out there to help you become a super affiliate.

3. Learn how to write creatively
Make your visitor wants to buy the product. A good book for learning how to write for the web is called "Web Copy That Sells". Can't think of the author offhand but this is one good book for writing good sales copy. Another great ebook on copywriting is "The Copywriters Bible". If you are not a good writer, then for heaven's sake get a book that shows you how. Your sales copy can make or break you.

4. Pick a niche and corner that market
Don't try to just sell books as an example. Pick a certain subject like: Chicken Cook Books, or High School Math Books, or Internet Marketing Books. If you create a niche then people doing a search for that particular subject are going to find you easier. There are literally thousands of niches that can help you become a super affiliate.

5. KNOW your subject
If you are trying to sell something just for the money, then go ahead and give up now. You are doomed to fail. If you believe in your product then you are going to be more convincing to the person you are selling to. If you are ignorant of the subject material, it IS going to show and you are going to lose sales. Take the time to invest some research into the product you are going to sell to others. They are depending on you to give them an honest review of the product or service you are selling.

6. Stay on top of trends
You must keep up with trends. Don't try to sell a dead horse. There is always something new going, something new being developed, something new in the works. Stay tuned!

7. Super affiliates are dedicated
They are dedicated to making that money. They see how easy it is to sell once you have a good product and once you find a formula for what works. You must have goals in mind. You must stick to a plan you have developed. Be dedicated to become a SUPER affiliate and you will become one.

8. Find a super affiliate to emulate
See who is the most successful and then see what they are doing right. Maybe it is something so simple that you have left out of your own marketing plan. Check out super affiliates and make a list of their selling process, then refine it to meet your own needs.

It's not unheard of to make anywhere from 1000 to 10,000 dollars a month just selling other people's stuff. Super affiliates make that and more.

Rebecca Game is a 30 year entrepreneur and founder of the popular online community for women in business at Digital-Women.com Visit her site for free business tips, a free newsletter a free daily-planner and more at: http://www.digital-women.com

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Is The Rich Jerk's E-book for real?

2006-02-02T21:23:00.000-08:00

The Rich Jerk

Well, that really depends on if you allow yourself to get something out of it. I bought the e-book (when it was $97) simply because I wanted to see what he had to say after I had read his sales letter. I was extremely impressed with the book overall and one simple thing he said on one of the pages struck me. I tried it, one simple technique and tripled my sales ever since then. It has been the best $97 I have ever spent. This one tip that helped me triple my sales was worth the price of the e-book alone, and if you add on top of that, the WEALTH of other knowledge and techniques he teaches you in his e-book? Man, he should be selling this thing for WAY more than it is! Right now, The Rich Jerk E-Book is a real STEAL! I highly recommend you pick up a copy and watch your home business take off and soar to higher clouds than ever before!

-Deckard

What is Drop Shipping?

2006-01-30T20:47:00.000-08:00

To understand what Drop Shipping is, you need to first understand all about product distribution.

Businesses have been distributing products for many years, in fact, even since before the first dinosaur hunter traded a fur coat for a stone spear.

And heres how drop shipping works.

Let’s say 123 Reptile Manufacturers makes a product called Mega Snake Oil. We’ll say that Mega Snake Oil has been around for years. It’s a very well known brand name product. It will without a doubt give you the healthiest, warmest snakes on your block, and all herpers (reptile owners) want a few.

123 Reptile Manufacturers makes Mega Snake Oil, but they don’t sell it directly to the public. They’re a manufacturing operation. They’re far too busy making reptile supplies and heating test bunnies to go around building stores all over the place. They need distributors; companies who will take their product and distribute it to the places that will sell it.

For years, 123 Reptile Manufacturers has sold Mega Snake Oil to a company called RTB Distributors. The founder of RTB Distributors knew the 123 Reptile founder herself, back in the old days when she made her Snake Oil by hand, out in the herp shack.

Today, RTB Distributors buys Mega Snake Oil by the truckload. They pay $5.00 a case for it, which is a very good price. It’s such a good price, it has it’s own name: the Manufacturer’s Wholesale Price.

However, RTB Distributors does not sell it to the general public either. They are a distributor. They distribute Mega Snake Oil.

RTB Distributors works with a chain of retail stores called Herps R Us. This place was founded by a retail business visionary who saw the incredible potential of Mega Snake Oil a long time ago. Today there are Herps R Us retail stores on every street corner in every major city in the country. Herps R Us buys truckloads of Mega Snake Oil from RTB Distributors for $10.00 a case.

So, RTB Distributors makes $5.00 on every case of Mega Snake Oil they sell to Herps R Us retail stores. This makes RTB Distributors very happy.

Cases and cases of Mega Snake Oil arrive in the stockrooms of Herps R Us stores everywhere. The Herps R Us employees open those cases, and pull 12 cans of Mega Snake Oil out of each case. With their pricing guns, they stick a price of $4.50 on each and every can.

Herps R Us stores make a total of $44.00 on each case of Mega Snake Oil. (12 cans x 4.50 per can = 54.00, minus the 10.00 they paid for the case = 44.00).

Herps R Us is even happier than RTB Distributors.

However, the happiest people of all are the people who can stroll into Herps R Us and purchase a can of Mega Snake Oil for only $4.50. They think this is a great price, and they’re walking around with the shiniest ankles in town.

Well, that’s it…basic product distribution. The manufacturer sells to the distributor, the distributor sells to the retailer, and the retailer sells to the end user (the customer). The manufacturer, the distributor and the retailer all make money because the customer is willing to spend money for the product.

Drop Shipping has been around for a long time, too. Probably as long as mail order catalogs; maybe longer. If you want to use a buzzword to impress a corporate type, call it “second party addressing”.

Above, we talked about the manufacturer-distributor-retailer relationship. When you use drop shipping to sell products on the Internet, (or anywhere else), YOU become the RETAILER in that relationship.

It should be noted here, if only to keep the Punctuation Police happy, that if you use the method of drop shipping in your business, YOU are not the “drop shipper”. The company(s) who supply the products to your customers for you is the drop shipper. YOU become a “Stockless Retailer”.

Here’s how drop shipping works.

1.) You open an Internet Store, with a shopping cart and the ability to accept credit cards.

2.) You find a distributor who is willing to drop ship the products you want to sell. The best place on the Internet for this is WorldwideBrands. This website, and their Drop Ship Source Directory and Light Bulk Wholesale Directory are recognized as the best sources for legitimate Wholesale Suppliers on the Internet. They are also the only drop ship directory in the world to be certified by eBay, anyone else claiming so is a fraud.

3.) You establish an account as a retailer with the Wholesale Supplier you choose.

4.) You receive images and descriptions of the products you want to sell from the Wholesale Supplier and post them on your Internet Store.

5.) A customer surfs into your Internet Store, and falls in love with a product that you have priced at, say, $80. They purchase the item with their credit card. Your Store charges their credit card $80 plus your shipping fee.

6.) You turn around and email the order to your Wholesale Supplier, along with the customer’s name and address.

7.) The Wholesale Supplier sends the product directly to your customer, with YOUR Store’s name on the package.

8.) The Wholesale Supplier charges you the wholesale price of, say, $45.00, plus shipping.

9.) Your customer gets a cool product from your store shipped to their door, and they tell all their friends about you, and you make even more money.

There you have it. You just made a $35.00 profit on one item. You didn’t have to buy a whole bunch of the product and keep it in your warehouse, hoping you would sell it. You didn’t have to pay to have it shipped to you, and then pay to ship it to your customer. All you did was send an email to your Wholesale Supplier.

That’s the drop shipping process in a nutshell!

James Martell's Affiliate Marketers Handbook

2006-01-29T22:03:00.000-08:00

"James
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A
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Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet

2006-01-29T13:04:00.000-08:00

"Learn how to make a life-changing income of $100,000 to $250,000 with your Internet business... even if you're a computer dummy!"

Review: "The Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet" by Corey Rudl

I have just finished reading Corey Rudl's top-selling Internet marketing system, "The Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business On The Internet," and frankly, I'm overwhelmed by the huge amount of critical wealth-building information he's managed to pack into these two hefty binders and 3 CDs!

But I guess I shouldn't be surprised; after all, when the box containing these materials showed up at my door, it weighed in at over 10 pounds!

That's 10 pounds of the most comprehensive marketing strategies, test results, case studies, tools, and ideas for generating a life-changing income online (from $1,000s to over $1 million) you're ever likely to read!

I'm talking about information like...

* Step-by-step advice for starting your own Internet business in as little as 48 hours!

* How to build a top-selling web site... for less than $100!

* Where to find hot products to sell (in 20 minutes or LESS)!

* 100s of FREE and cheap online tools, resources, and software

* How to get 1,000s of qualified NEW visitors to your web site... for FREE!

* How to get #1 rankings in the search engines and get tons of FREE traffic from the "Big Guys" like Google!

* Secrets to writing sales copy that can increase sales by up to 400% (or MORE)!
And much more!

If you're unsure who Corey is, you should know that he's been a recognized expert in online marketing for a decade now. Not only has he generated $40,000,000 in online sales, his sites also attract 450,000 visitor a week!

What's really great about Corey is that he can show ANYONE how to have a wildly profitable Internet business (that takes just a few hours each day to run)...

... even if you're an absolute computer dummy!

And if you already have an Internet business, he can help YOU, too. The advanced sections of his system show you how you can increase your sales by 400%... 700%... even as much as 1,000%!

I give Corey's system the highest rating possible! Its 1,300+ pages of step-by-step lessons contain the exact SAME tested and proven fast-growth strategies he has personally used to generate over $40 million in online sales -- starting on a shoestring budget!

And it's the SAME SYSTEM that literally 1,000s of his students have used to drive "truckloads" of cash out of the Internet.

I strongly urge you to check out Corey's wealth-building system as soon as possible! Click the link to visit a page with a FREE preview.

Deckard: a 23 year old work at home, part-time student

2006-01-23T03:47:00.000-08:00

Hello, have you ever wanted to earn $3500 weekly and achieve financial freedom? Or own your very own work at home eBay business? How about becoming an Ultimate Internet Entrepreneur? Sit in as Dan Kennedy and Corey Rudl discuss their personal portfolios of WINNING test results from million-dollar marketing campaigns they have EACH been a part of!

My name is Deckard, and I'm here to show you the way to becoming your own boss and work at home making a living from your own home business that most people can only dream about. Now, I am not some Rich Jerk and I don't live in the lap of luxury... yet, however I am well on my way and you can be too. I work part time from home and I make enough to pay my bills, live comfortably while going to college part time and still have time to party with my friends and take care of my pets (I love animals, especially my reptiles/herps). This blog will point you in the direction of home business success via affiliate marketing and associate programs (such as the James Martell method). The freedom of being your own boss and actually making a living this way is amazing, it can't be described cause each of you needs to experience it for yourself. Am I some sort of "expert" or marketing "guru"? Hell no, I'm just an average every day... well... not quite so average, most of my college friends work horrid hours in dead-end jobs just to pay monthly tuition where as I have no bills or stresses to worry about, except that due date for my homework that is fast approaching! I'm not here to blow smoke up your bum or wave a magic wand in front of your face, just provide the map to financial freedom. Many of the self-proclaimed "experts" and "gurus" are more than happy to give you advice and as you have probably seen, much of it is selfish hype or out of date useless crap. On my blog I will give you tips from the top 7% of affiliate marketers, the people who are earning really great money RIGHT NOW, this very moment you read this, all from affiliate programs.

A lot of the internet marketing business "gurus" will advise you to copy other people and hang on to their coat tails. I believe it's better to be original and I don't mean completely re-invent the wheel, just take that wheel and go in a direction no one or very few have gone in before. This is true in most cases, however, some niches you will want to follow the money because there is a huge demand, but only so far. Don't let greed, envy, jealousy or anything like that take you too far down the wrong path. I think for myself and recommend you to do the same as you start your own, brand new, work at home business. Brainstorm topic ideas that interest you and best of all, think of hobbies you know a lot about and do a web site, blog, newsletter, forum, etc, etc, on your hobbies and interests. That's how I began and that's how I think you should begin too. Like many, I too was looking for a way out of debt and crappy 9 to 5 jobs. For quite awhile I couldn't find one, and then I stumbled across Ken Evoy and his web site program called SiteBuildIt!

After visiting the site and reading over every page I could find, I was sold and jumped in head first. I'm proud to say I haven't even looked back once since.

I joined SiteBuildIT only about 2 years ago, but I still get an exciting rush of joy each time I receive a "You made a sale" email or a "commissions earned" screen with a new number in the total profits box!

I used to be a laborer, but the stress of that highly-physical job, and often in the burning hot sun all day, wasn't giving me the quality of life I wanted for my college years, my prime. After some brainstorming and a little soul searching, I quite my job and began working part-time with affiliate programs.

I set up a hobby web site (with SiteBuildIt!) and that's where I began learning about internet marketing affiliate programs and home business. Almost two years later I go to school part-time and I work at home part-time.

I absolutely believe that online home businesses are perfect for my way of living and especially for college students or the "work at home mom" types of living situations. I mean heck, I started out in a college dorm doing affiliate programs from my school computer. After awhile I could afford rent... in a nice, big apartment! The best part is, I LOVE making money while I'm sitting in class or doing homework, cause the work I put into my affiliate business during the off hours continues to pay me 24 hours a day! The money keeps rolling in and the checks keep arriving in my mail box!

Take the next step, what are you waiting for? You got nothing to lose! You will find lots of high value links on the right sidebar, check it out!

Have a great day,
I wish you luck in the near future, and don't forget to bookmark this page so you can reference it again soon.