It’s never too early to begin thinking about putting together high quality bonuses. So, for the Frank Kern List Control launch I’m putting something special together.

This is the official location where I will announce my List Control Bonus for people that use my affiliate link to buy List Control.

My List Control Bonus Offer

Please leave your comments below and tell me what you want in your bonus package.

Here’s how to claim your List Control Bonus

Just visit my helpdesk and submit a copy of your receipt and we’ll be in touch about your List Control Bonus

Here’s the helpdesk link:
http://JeffsHelpDesk.com

The Rules for my List Control Bonus offer are, you must purchase the Frank Kern List Control product with my affiliate link. I must receive full credit for the purchase and you cannot refund the product(or miss any payments if there is a payment plan). Pretty simple and straight forward.

Leave your comments for ideas you would like to see for a List Control bonus.

It’s interesting that more and more people are always quoting the phrase “the money is in the list”, but few every figure out how to get the money out of the list they build.

Over the last 2 years, I’ve spoken with many new internet marketers that struggle with the concept of list building.  They aren’t sure where to start, how to start and what to do. In fact, I’ve recently asked my list how had a list, surprisingly, 80% had a list of 500 or less subscribers?

Is that bad? Well, yes and no. It’s not bad if that is a list of 500 buyers, or even 100 buyers. It’s not bad if you’re providing that list with create content, providing value and able to monetize that list.

I’ve found that at one point I fell in to the same trap. Instead of continually provide good, helpful content on a regular basis, I slipped into a “pitch mode”. Why? Because I was told that the money was in the list and I had to sell to them continuously. I can now tell you from personal experience, this doesn’t work.

When you’re building your list, you have to do a few things first. Obviously, you need to have something worthwhile to attract the person. So, you give away something cool, helpful and good.

Here’s where most people make their first mistake. They give away crap. Nothing good. Nothing real helpful. They are basically keeping the good stuff back to “sell” to them later. You should be doing just the opposite. Give something really helpful away. Maybe not your biggest trick, but one of the better ones… Keep them engaged.

Next, you need to give them some more cool stuff. List building is about relationship building. Engaging the subscriber and getting them to understand who you are and trust you. People are not going to trust people that are in their face with their hands out, looking for cash. It just doesn’t work that way.

After you’ve been helpful, given some cool stuff to them, then…and only then… will you begin to build some trust. Give them something cool,and helpful, they are likely to buy something you recommend.

Sometimes it just takes one of those Ah-Ha moments to snap back into reality and see what’s going on around you.

I’ve recently remembered exactly why I got into online marketing and why I’ve created sites that help other marketers… it was about giving back and teaching others.

This past weekend I popped in a DVD from one of the first products I ever purchased, Frank Kern’s Mass Control. I watched the Core Influence video, which is one that changed my thinking at the time…and changed it once again this past weekend. This stuff is just pure good, helpful stuff.

Frank’s getting ready to release a new product, List Control, and I’ll likely get my hands on that just because I’m sure there will be some great new information in the product. And of-course, Frank is going to be giving away some great stuff as well.

If you’re thinking about ways to build your list, then start with thinking about what you can give away that’s truly worthwhile and helpful to the subscriber. Mass Control taught about money magnets, the little things you give away that will bring the money back to you. This stuff works.

As I learn more about List Control I’ll post something about here and I’ll likely put together a cool bonus for it as well.

Let me know what you think…

I’ve heard so much about Facebook advertising that I decided to take it for a spin myself. Before I get into the details, I want to put out an important disclaimer:

I am not a Pay Per Click (PPC) guru. This was only an experiment to see what type of results I’d get.

Now, with that said, I dug deep into my wallet and decided that I was only willing to spend a whopping $25 on advertising on Facebook and I decided I wanted to do that over the course of a few days. So this wasn’t a big stretch.

So what was it that I advertised? A Clickbank product. I picked something with a gravity of around 8-10 (yes quite low), but had a decent amount of search on Google. So I knew it was a popular topic.

Now, I also decided that I would put up a squeeze page and offer  a report that the Clickbank Vendor had provided as a give away already. Total time to put the squeeze page up…15 minutes. That includes getting all of my Aweber optin stuff setup.

Getting Started with Facebook Advertising

I then set to work on Facebook. I set up my ad campaign to run from Feb 10-15th. My ad budget, $5 a day.

I basically knew who my target audience was… people that had certain keywords in their profile.  As an example, let’s say I was advertising a gold product. I would then find people on Facebook that had the following keywords in their profile:

• Playing Golf
• Golf
• Enjoying Golf
• Going to the golfcourse
• play golf

The great thing about Facebook…as you begin typing your phrase, Facebook suggests the words that people have already put in their profile… this is a slam dunk for keyword generation.

Next, I wrote my ad, nothing fancy. However, I did abide by Facebook’s rules for capitalization, punctuations, photos etc. Since they manually review all ads I had to be careful.

So… after approval a few hours later, I sat back and watched. No tweaking. Nothing.

My Facebook Advertising Results

My results… well check out my Facebook Ad Stats over 5 Days:

I spend under $25, got 95 Clicks out of 146253 Impressions.  Basically, my ad sucked… and Sucked bad. I spent about $.26 a click.

So.. I’m sure you’re wondering… what did I get for that $25.00?

Well, I built the start of a nice list in a decent niche… check out the new subscribers over 5 days.

I added 28 new Leads to my list. I spent under $1 a lead. Which in my opinion wasn’t bad. Nothing huge, but I wasn’t expecting anything.

Let’s do some quick math. 95 Clicks and 28 new leads.. That’s about a 29% conversion rate. Not bad at all.

So, what of those 28 leads… did I make any money from them. Well, check out the Clickbank Account for those 2 days.

I made 2 sales, totalling $67.04. Not a bad return on investment, right? BTW, the only way these sales could have happened is if the person opted into my giveaway. So 2 out of our 28 people purchased.   7% conversion rate.

So, we made $42.64 in just 5 days. No, not enough to get rich off of, or buy a fancy car.

However, if we tweaked our ad, landing page copy just a bit, upped our ad spend, we could easily begin seeing some real results.

Bottom line. Facebook advertising works and works well.

How to Get Started with Facebook Advertising

A week ago I literally knew nothing about Facebook  Advertising. Zilch. I was a Google Adwords guy.

However, I watched this video about Facebook advertising and how it was crushing Google adwords for performance and decided to grab the course. Aside from being pretty inexpensive, it went into detail about how to write an ad, what to say in it, how to target it.

Obviously, I didn’t follow the training verbatim. However, I will go back and watch it again and duplicate everything with much better results.

If you want to try out advertising on Facebook you should check out this video here.

Get Facebook Ad Power Here

It’s probably one of the best little sets of videos of seen and has some of the best behind the scenes info on getting started fast that I’ve seen.

If your found this helpful, please retweet or leave a comment.

This is a bit crazy and I’m not sure why I never thought of it… but it works and works well.

Check out the video that provides an overview on how you (even if you’re not technical) can create software to give away, build a list and commission.

Having never seen this or used it before, I was able to use this system in less than 15 minutes…

Click here to view the embedded video.

Check out the software submitter here

Last post we talked about Viral Submitters and how doing a little networking got me hooked up with some marketing power houses.

This time around, I’ve managed to come up with something that can really make a big impact in your business. But before I explain what that is, I want you to understand a few things first.

Why not all programs are created equal

Look, we both know that there is a lot of marketing hype within the Internet Marketing industry. We both see it and and often times, we are both attracted to the same type of exciting offers. Those that promise to show you the inner workings of becoming a super Clickbank Afffiliate. The chances of making tens of thousands of dollars by promoting someone else’s product.

Sure…all of that stuff CAN and DOES work. But the truth is, it’s not something everyone is cut out for. It does require work. It does require getting traffic to a site. Sometimes it requires PPC, SEO and all of those acronyms that most marketers really don’t want to deal with.

So, where should you turn to really understand how to leverage the power of online marketing while not being conned, hyped and robbed of your hard earned and saved money?

You need to think like you are running a  business, not a hobby. Think like you want this to last. Like this isn’t the fulfillment of some dream where a pile of cash is going to fall in your lap.

When you’re realistic, have a plan and follow through, this stuff really works.

How to know who to listen to and when…

So I was out in Vegas hanging out with some of the best marketers online. These people are in all kinds of different niches. They are sharing their secrets, talking about what works, what doesn’t work and just being….well…normal business men and woman.

The best… these people love doing what they are doing. Some are filthy rich and some are living normal lives, making 40, 50, 60k a year. AND.. they are happy with that.

I got the chance to know one marketer really well. And what I mean is, I got to see him outside of his business. Just hanging out with his wife, talking about family, enjoying life in general.

It’s at those times, when people let down their guard, that you get to know them the best. To really understand them.

And that’s what I learned about Jeff Schwerdt. I won’t say he’s normal..because he’s not. He’s not your average guy. He used to fly F-16 jet’s… not something your normal person does.

But… Jeff was forced out of doing that because of an injury….and he ended up learning about Online and Offline marketing.

Over the few days I spent with him, I learned he had no real online marketing experience. That he had the opportunity to work with probably THE best online marketer, Frank Kern….AND that he was able to build a successful business but treating it like a business. Something many people don’t do.

Here are YOUR next steps…

So, my new friend Jeff has put together a very clear cut, easy to follow plan that outlines what he did to build his business. This isn’t some super affiliate, Clickbank style promotion product. This is a well defined business plan. Something you can apply to your own lifestyle and make it work.

Even more, he’s made this even easier. He’s put together a “Business in a box” that you can use to get running quickly AND he’s included professional training, a “done for you” program and proven results.

Your Next Steps are This…. if you do nothing else today…watch this video. Watch Jeff’s story, see what he’s talking about and imaginewhat you could accomplish  if you were able to cut out all of the noise and follow a plan that’s laid out for you.

Here’s What I’ll do for you…

If you think that you can follow through on the steps above, and make use of a plan like that.. than do it now. And what I’ll do for you, is personally mentor you on the technical stuff.

I’ll walk you step by step through any technical stuff you have questions on. Together, between’s Jeff’s program, and my technical assistance, you will find success online.

And because this is taking my personal time to spend with you, at NO ADDITIONAL COST to you, I’m limiting this to only 5 people.

These 5 people will not only get access to me, but I’ll introduce you to some of my close marketing friends. These are introductions that can go a long, long way if you know how to leverage them right.

Here’s what to do right now…

1) Go Watch the Video… you won’t regret spending the time doing this…

2) Get Access to Jeff’s program and the bonus he’s offering for his offline marketing..

3) Email me jeffczyz.bonus[-AT-]gmail.com and let me know you took advantage of this offer so I can put you on my schedule

In case you missed the links:

Watch the Video Now

Networking from Vegas brings Free Traffic Tools

After a long day of traveling and hotel frustrations.. I got settled… It was a long, long day… but it was worth it… check out the view from my room on the top floor of the MGM Grand…

So how does this little trip to Sin City help you?

Wednesday I was up late, testing out some software for a good friend of mine, Jeff “Herschy” Schwerdt. This stuff is awesome software.

Easily Submit to The Top Sites for Free Traffic

This powerful software is really easy to use and works on the most popular sites to submit:

• Articles
• Press Releases
• Video (To Multiple Sites)

Plus, all of your submissions can be blasted out to your Twitter and Digg accounts at the simple push of a button.

I’m sure you think there’s a huge price tag for this… but your are SO WRONG….

All you have to do is go download this tool now for FREE…. yep…FREE…

Grab your Viral Submitter Software Free Now

I know Jeff won’t be keep this up too long, so you’ll want to grab it today.

I’ll be trying to get some more cool free stuff for you this weekend while I’m networking.

This topic is very fresh in my mind. I just finished spending about 15 hours putting the final touches on some videos for a new project.

I’ll admit, that most of that time was spent recording, editing and polishing the video. When all was said and done, the LAST thing I wanted to hassle with was getting everything uploaded and put inside my members area.

Come to think of it, I spent about 5 minutes getting about 15 videos online and setup within my members page. (I outline everything I did to make this happen, so don’t worry)

Video Services You Must Use and Why

One of the biggest recurring themes I hear from marketers online is that their web hosting plan has more than enough bandwidth to support video.

While that may be true, it’s not the best use of your web server or the bandwidth. That’s why I strongly recommend anyone that has video or large downloads to use a service like Amazon S3. Amazon’s S3 service is setup to serve up files and video as fast as possible AND remove the burden from your web server. And the best part is, it costs very little.

How little? Well, last month my entire bill was about $9.00 and I store gigs of videos and have tens of thousands of streaming videos playing…and my site never had a hiccup.

How to Get the Video On Amazon

So here’s a little bit of a challenge. Amazon S3 wasn’t designed for the “Non-Techie”. It was designed for developers and programmers to build applications to interact with it. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use it, it just means that it will take a few extra steps.

There are plenty of Desktop applications you can use to upload your files to Amazon S3. Cloud Berry Explorer is one that I’ve used for a while. It’s free (and there’s a paid version). It works much like an FTP program, but is designed specifically for Amazon.

Again, the challenge with using any of these tools is, that not only do you need to send the files to Amazon, you need to set permissions to make sure they can be used AND that they are not leached, stolen or ripped off my people who should have access to them.

How to get video on your page

If you’ve taken my advice up to this point, you now have videos uploaded to Amazon S3 and they are sitting there, waiting for you to put them on your website or blog. So now you need a video player. Again, there are plenty of freely available players.

Two of my favorites are the JW Player and the FlowPlayer. Both have free and paid versions, each with different features. Both players will allow you to play any H.264 compliant movies (which is what all of the online video services support) . To put that in basic terms, it’s what YouTube.com uses and most new movies with .mov, .flv and .mp4 are encoded with.

I won’t go into the specifics on what you need to do on your webpage to get them video embedded, because each site provides some great tutorials (and I’ll probably be putting a video together to explain this later).

Video Services You Can Use

By now, your head is probably spinning. There’s lot to do between setting up an Amazon S3 account, uploading files, setting up players and getting everything into your blog or website.

And that’s the reason why smart people have create services like EZS3.com.

EZS3 takes all of those extra steps out of the way for you by handling all of the uploads to Amazon S3, Setting Permissions and Putting all of the code together to display your video on your web site or blog. It literally takes no time at all to use this service….and plenty of the big names use this as well.

BUT…as much as I like the simplicity… I don’t like the fact that in addition to paying my hosting and paying for amazon, I have to pay another monthly service to have EZS3.com to create save me these steps. Yes… it is very handy…but there is a better solution.

The Best Solution for Using Video

By far, the best solution I’ve seen and begun using myself, is something that delivers the Best of Amazon S3, the best of the video players and the service of EZS3(without the monthly charge).

The best part about this new solution is the fact that it also has some crazy cool features that normally would require a developer to custom code for you.

What I’m talking about are automatically redirecting viewers to another web site or page after the video is playing.

OR

When the video is done, automatically showing an opt in form right inside of the video player that allows people to opt in right after they watch a video..

OR (AND THIS IS THE BEST)

Showing a Clickable Button or Add to Cart button right after the video is shown to create an amazing call to action.

Of course, to implement all of this takes a whopping 2 minutes. Honestly the longest part of the process is uploading the video to Amazon S3. Which is all automatically handled right inside of system.

So..what is this system and why is it so much better? Well, this new system is the EasyVideoPlayer.

The reason it is so much better is because you can run all of this on your own website. You upload this control panel and it takes take of Amazon Video Uploads, setting permissions, changing the look and feel of the player, redirection to other pages and it provides you the code that you cut and paste into your blogs or websites.

And once you upload this to your one website, you can use the code on any number of websites you want.

For instance, I put the Easy Video Player System on one website and use it with my one Amazon S3 account and I’m able to use it to put videos on my blogs and websites no matter where I host them or what domain they are one. I can even lock down where the videos can be played from so no one can steal the link and embed it on their site. (Of course, you can click a button and Easy Video Player will give you the ability to allow people to do that…just like you tube.

Check out this video system here…. and for a limited time, you can get a full demo of how this system works…in my opinion, this is probably one of the best marketing tools available right now.

Easy Video Player Demo

There seems to be no slowing down in the Social Media industry. Facebook and Twitter are still the rage. However, the problem is still Social Media overload. Some Internet Marketers believe that Facebook and Twitter are the place to spread affiliate links and never share any good, helpful information.

In my own opinion, it’s those people that may never get ahead, learn more and move beyond their current level.

Alright, that may sound a bit harsh. There are good methods of marketing on social media sites, and that is something I’ve taught and discussed in previous training videos, however, a vast majority of the culprits are pimping IM/Making Money products and not providing any value.

The true value of Social Media

When it comes to Social Media, the best use I can think of is connecting with like minded people. It’s sometimes difficult to do in venues like facebook and twitter because there is so much noise out there.

It’s always refreshing to share good ideas, content and information with others in the industry. It’s these connections that lead to Joint Ventures, Ad Swaps and long lasting partnerships.

At the beginning of December, I had the chance to hang out with Chuck Mullaney, the creator of JVMe.com . This is a social networking site that integrates with Twitter and Facebook and is much more Marketer Friendly. It’s a great resource for sharing information, finding great JV partners and learning more about Internet Marketing from experts.

The site is free to join and if you’re the least bit interesting in Internet Marketing it’s something I recommend.

You can check out the details here: http://www.jvme.com/signup.php?signup_referer=JeffCzyzewski

Technology is a great thing. Sometimes. If you know how to use it and when to use it’s extremely helpful.

I’ll typically receive a handful of emails each day from subscribers and friends asking for some programming help or how-to questions.

I know it can be really frustrating, especially when you really want to get something done and just don’t have the answers. That’s why so many people end up emailing me directly.

While I don’t mind answering questions, I’ve found that about 95% of the questions are exactly the same.

It only made sense to begin putting these answers and how-to’s together in one place…and from that, TheThingsIKnow.com site was born.

Since I initially launched the site a few things have changed. I’ve added the main site that your reading now, and I’ve added some advanced tutorials for those that have a few years of techie stuff under their belt.

While I thought adding those advanced features may be something that only seasoned pros would get a benefit from, it’s been overwhelming to see the number of newbies that are getting a ton of info out of those tutorials.

So… I want to encourage everyone to grab their free membership access to the TTIK site.

Inside the members area you’ll find articles and tutorials that cover:

• Getting started with Social Media, including Twitter
• PHP Intros and basics
• How to setup a sales funnel, step by step
• The best ways to manage your autoresponder and advanced tricks
• How to build squeeze pages
• How to manage your Cpanel
• Picking the perfect webhost
• much, much more…

Each month I add new videos, scripts and tutorials based on user feedback and comments. Nothing is off limits no matter how basic or advanced.

Claim your Free Membership

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Well, I took a bit of a hiatus from posting on the blog.

In fact, I took a break from a lot things including updating my Twitter Account, Facebook page and emailing.

It basically came down to need to focus. Too Much Noise…. I mentioned that in my my previous post about Social Media Overload.

Well, I felt I needed to do a quick update and share something cool with everyone.

First, I’ve been working on a TON of new products and updates to existing products. I’m talking about new training videos and new stuff that no one else has really tackled or at least done well. So stay tuned for some new stuff within the next 30 days.

Wordpress Themes Galore

As much as I absolutely love sharing ideas, concepts and technology stuff I had to dive into getting some of my niche projects completed. And unfortunately, that require me to search out some new Wordpress Themes that would easily lend themselves to multiple niches.

Well, I now have 100 very cool, clean themes and decided to let some people get their hands on them for a limited time.

If you’re looking for some themes, you can grab there here for 10 cents a pieces. That’s super cheap AND they’re widget ready.

The best part… you can resell them if you’d like. That means use them for flipping sites or just bundled them up and sell them on your own.

Grab the Wordpress Themes Here

Sorry.. if the page is down then the offer is over… I only plan on keeping it up for a few days at most.