The Death of Force Continuity?

January 14, 2010

In my 9 years online, I’ve never had the chance to use a “The Death Of..” headline.
I do today.  Scratch that one off my list.
Here’s the deal:
Ryan Lee just posted a short video, and a redacted letter that he got from his merchant account to his blog.
Esentially, Visa and MasterCard are putting the breaks on [...]

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80.9% Conversion Improvement and “Optional” Continuity

December 10, 2009

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Which is why, dear Oliver, I have a “Bookmarks” section in FireFox with about 11,000 “models to copy after”.
2 Things today:
1 – The mad scientists over at A/B Tests just posted a case study that sorta confirms what I’ve been [...]

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FTC Guidelines and Shennanigans

December 8, 2009

December 1st has come and gone, marking the day when the new FTC Guidelines for Affiliate Marketing Disclosure, Compliance, and Testimonial “Typicality” came into effect.
If you sell or endorse ANYTHING online, these guidelines DO affect you – from innocent AdSense to full-on product launch case-studies – the FTC is Big Brothering the HEYELL out of [...]

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Product Launches Ruined Me

November 27, 2009

Yesterday, I sat at a table of 45 people for Thanksgiving dinner. And like some households traditionally do, our group took turns sharing why they were Thankful.
Round the table we went, the answers as varied as the accents that spoke them.
Finally, someone gave thanks for the thing that I think we all take for [...]

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The Silver Fox and Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody

November 25, 2009

What goes around comes around.
Sometimes you get what’s coming around…
And sometimes you ARE what’s coming around.
~Dunno, but I am totally adopting that saying
Turn off the TV, put on your headphones, and witness GENIUS unfold before your eyes…

It is still my passionate belief that every anchor on FOX and CNN (except Wolf Blitzer, because his name [...]

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Playback – How to get ANYTHING you want…(with no pants)

November 19, 2009

Here’s what I want to tell you about today:
It’s my 9 year anniversary.
9 years of selling products Online.
It started with eBay, graduated into eCommerce with Yahoo, and evolved into Information Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, and finally culminating into the pinnacle of all Internet Marketing achievements…
Blogger.
Heh.
In celebration, I’m going to a Childrens Charity Event tonight to get [...]

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Online Scams – The Dirty Laundry Edition

November 18, 2009

Just saw this GREAT Article from a very cool website called “Marketing Vox”.
It seems that a little over 250 MILLION dollars worth of “Shady” continuity income has been made by companies like Classmastes.com, FTD, PizzaHit, and about 450 other retailers that do business online.
Here’s a direct quote from the article:

The report details purchase procedures in [...]

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Playback – My 10 Hour Mastermind with John Reese

November 17, 2009

This is why modern technology ROCKS!
I’m mixing, editing, and encoding the first 4 parts of the ASS-KICKING Teleconference that I did with John Reese last week while traveling a little under MACH 1 at 37,800 feet.
That’s my laptop running Adobe Premiere CS 4.2.0. and I’ve got a pair of noise canceling headphones on so I [...]

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My 10-Hour Mastermind with John Reese

November 11, 2009

Register for this Live Teleseminar with Andy Jenkins and John Reese IMMEDIATELY!
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/352456259
If you had TEN uninterrupted hours of 1 On 1 time with one of the (Perhaps “THE) most successful, ORIGINAL, and visionary Internet Marketers of all time…
…what would YOU ask him?
When that very situation happened to me, I led off with my goofy-foot:

“Hey…. Uh…. [...]

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My Do-Over and How to Make Money with Video (And Mojitos)

November 9, 2009

“Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped”
~African Proverb
Saturday night…
I’m sitting in one of my favorite clubs in the country. It’s called “Float”. It’s the 4th floor roof deck of the Hard Rock Cafe in San Diego. It’s 72 degrees (Of course it is), the DJ has God-Like musical taste, the Mojito [...]

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