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Magic Bullet Syndrome

May 12, 2010 By Gary Leave a Comment

These days it seems like we’ve become accustomed to things happening overnight.

I was just watching Modern Marvels on the History Channel and they can get a modular house up in 6 hours and have the entire thing finished in three weeks!  Car factories turn rolls of steel into cars that are read to drive in under 24 hours.

And of course the modern conveniences of fast food places (open 24 hrs a day), microwave ovens (a meal in 6 minutes) and the notion of taking a pill to fix what ails you.

It’s all lead to a disturbing trend, one I like to call Magic Bullet Syndrome:

Hope you enjoy the video -- please leave a comment and let me know what you think or feel free to “like” us on Facebook :-)

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Affiliate Marketing Webinar Replay

March 30, 2010 By Gary 2 Comments

Discover what it takes to make a full time income with affiliate marketing… the essential mindset to build and sustain success… how to make money without selling your soul… three examples you can take and use right away… and a 2 minute trick you can use to double conversions of nearly any affiliate page.

Show me all the details of the advanced training – click here

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Your Goals, The Moon, And Getting Off Course

March 26, 2010 By Gary 6 Comments

Another new video for you today.  This one is called “how to get to the moon.”

Watch it and please reply in the comments with what you think.  Should I make more videos like this one or something else -- let me know.

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Fed Up With eBay?

March 24, 2010 By Gary 4 Comments

Fed up and frustrated with eBay?

Perhaps it’s time to make the leap from eBay seller to online marketer…

Let me know what you think of today’s video -- please post a comment below and let me hear it -- I read all the comments personally and I always appreciate your feedback.

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GPS Like Direction For Your Business

March 18, 2010 By Gary 3 Comments

Ever wish you could buy a GPS device for your business just like the one you’ve got for your car?

Now you can -- watch the video for details:

Here’s the link I mention in the video.

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List Control by Frank Kern

March 9, 2010 By Gary 2 Comments

Before you buy List Control…

***Updated 3/15***

Well, we’ve witnessed yet another masterful launch orchestrated by the illustrious Frank Kern. I don’t know about you but Frank could be selling tomato slicers and I’d still watch all of the videos and read all the pre-launch materials just to see what he’s doing and what kind of NLP sneakiness he’s using.

Honestly, this was a pretty standard launch for Frank – 3 valuable pieces of material given away during the pre-launch and then the big launch. In case you missed them, they were “Four Day Cash Machine,” “Mysterious Stranger,” and the software, “Good Karma List Machine.” While the methodology is certainly similar to early launches, the production value of the videos has really improved since Frank launched Mass Control a few years ago and the pre-launch content is head and shoulders better than the stuff he gave away for his early launches.

And today is the day your inbox will be bombarded with blatant pitches and lame bonuses by Frank’s JV Partners.

I’m going to take a different approach, though.

I’m not going to make some lame pitch here. I’m not going to claim to be the only one providing an “objective” review of the product either. Look – it’s a live class meaning that it doesn’t exist yet which means anybody providing an “honest review” is lying out of their teeth.

Instead, I’m going to give you some of the background information you need to know that nobody else is mentioning, specifically, costs and time commitment required.

Is A List Really That Valuable

Look, there’s no doubt that Frank knows how to build a big list in a big hurry… and while he does have a tendency to oversimplify complicated steps once in a while, I think you’ll be hard pressed to find a better teacher on the topic of list building.

But is a list really that valuable? Well, yes. If built correctly, it’s almost equivalent to being able to print money on demand. And building a gigantic list really isn’t the key but the trick is to build ones who will respond to you.

However, I’m going to tell you right now that building a big list fast requires significant investment. If you think that your only cost is going to be the List Control course itself, you’re deluding yourself.

I’ll tell you right now Frank is a big proponent of PPC, Media Buys, and JV Partners. All that stuff costs money. So if you’re thinking that by merely investing in List Control, you’ll get a big list, sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. The product will simply teach you the methodology to do it. So if you’ve only got $2,000 to invest, this product is NOT for you.

The other investment you’ll need to make is time. It’s not just the hour or ninety minutes or however long each class is each week – the real time commitment is the length of time it’s going to take to implement the stuff you’re learning. If you don’t have at least five hours a week to completely focus on list building (or don’t have an employee who can), then again, I’d recommend

If and only if you meet the above criteria, and you really want to focus on increasing the size of your list (or building one from scratch), then go for it. Frank has a fun and relaxed teaching style that most people really like (i.e. it’s not like taking a class in high school or college).

I’m not going to make a big pitch for the product here – plenty of other people have already done that. Either it’s for you or it’s not and either way it’s totally cool. If you decide to get List Control through my link, I’ll give you a free month of my personal 1 on 1 coaching (limited to 5 people since 1 on 1 coaching is really time consuming).

Have A Great Day!

Gary Ruplinger

Compensation Disclosure: Although I think it’s obvious, if you do decide to purchase through my affiliate link, I will be compensated for that action. And if you think affiliate marketing is some evil thing, then stick to being and employee – being an entrepreneur isn’t for you.  :-)

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Magic Bullet System Review

December 29, 2009 By Gary Leave a Comment

Okay, as I’m writing this you probably actually haven’t heard about this system yet – it’s very much below the radar… today.  By the end of the week, however, a lot of people will probably have heard about the Magic Bullet System.

Information on what is actually in the product is a little spare but to be honest, I don’t really care about the information.  I care about the software.

CPA marketing as a publisher is how I’ve been earning a living the past 15 months and I’ve been doing so quietly, but it’s not the easiest thing in the world to do.  In fact, it can be a major challenge to find a profitable campaign to promote.

And that’s where the Magic Bullet System comes in.  I’ll update as soon as I know more about the training – like I said, I’m way more excited about the software since I already have a wealth of knowledge on how to do CPA.

Here’s some of the info I’ve uncovered so far about the Magic Bullet System…

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2009 – It’s not over!

December 3, 2009 By Gary Leave a Comment

Now that December 2009 is upon us, it’s pretty common to see year in review stuff come up.  And since it’s 09, plenty of decade in review stories as well.

But if you’re packing it in and calling it a year already, you’re doing yourself a pretty big disservice.  2009 isn’t over yet!  In fact you can still get a lot accomplished this year if you really want to.

If you’ve had a bad year so far, you don’t get to call it a lost cause just yet and pack it in for 2010.

I was recently having this conversation with a friend and I was a little stressed out because 2009 has definitely not been a banner year for me.  However, I’m the first to acknowledge it’s not over yet… but there is limited time.

She mentioned it’s just a number.  While I do agree – it is just a number, it’s also a way of keeping score and I’m not ready to let 2009 slip away without a few more tries at ending on a high note.

So what are you going to do this month?  You’ve still got 24 days left (you can have the 24th and 25th off).

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Sales Tsunami Review – Formerly CPA Tsunami – Mike Hill

October 11, 2009 By Gary 1 Comment

Today is the day that Sales Tsunami opens up and if you’re on this page, you’ve probably heard about it over and over and now you’re wondering if it’s really any good and would like to read something that isn’t a thinly disguised sales pitch.

I’ll do my best to give that to you here.

Here’s the big thing I want you to remember – this product isn’t for everyone.

This product really isn’t targeted to or priced for people who just want to make a couple extra grand each month.   It’s very much designed for those who want to be one of the “big guns” in the online world.

Fast Action Bonus – First 100 People

Here’s the must have bonus for the product and it’s being provided by Mike Hill himself but only to the first 100 people who buy the product.  It’s a video consultation with him.  If you decide it’s for you

Links:

Sales Page (the page where you can get the product)
Webinar Page (I think they’re taking this down today or tomorrow – cliff note’s version of the product – even if you’re not buying, I’d listen)
Free Stuff Page (not sure how much longer they’ll have this page up either)


Here’s my original overview of the product that I posted on the 11th of October if you’re interested. :

Here’s a video I found that’ll give you a pretty good idea of everything that’s in the box – I don’t actually have mine yet so I can’t do my own review of it just yet:

Click Here To Visit The Official Sales Tsunami Site

I’ve been running an online business for the past 8 years and as someone who has spent in the neighborhood of $100,000 on products and training, I can tell you there are a lot of bad and useless products being shoved down your through.

They don’t really give you the information you need to run your business and many of the ones that do provide solid information only give you a small sliver of the information you need to actually run a successful business.

Sure, most of these products have been proven to get results for the guru selling it, but frequently it’s not a system that can be duplicated either due to a unique skill set the guru has or can’t be understood because the guru is a poor teacher.

I think that’s what really drew me to Mike Hill’s Sales Tsunami course.

First of all, rather than just covering the “sexy” and fun parts of being a business owners, he covers the minutia and details others conveniently leave out.

Let me give you an example. Instead of just explaining the mechanics of building a landing page for your offer, Mike actually explain the psychology behind what’s going on in your prospects mind so you can get a far better conversion rate. And because you probably can’t read minds, he explains how to split test your page until you have a winner on your hands.

It’s that kind of attention to detail that will end up saving your bacon in the long run.

There are actually 19 different sections to the course so don’t expect to be able to understand the entire business model in just one day. I would actually recommend you treat this like an intensive summer school class. That means you study the material at least 5 days a week for 5 weeks.

It is far better to approach this system the same way you’d treat a 400 level college course. You’ll need to take the time to study the material if you want to do well with it.

Here’s the link to check out the product – Sales Tsunami

Have a great day.

Gary

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Tell Me Where You’re Stuck

June 15, 2009 By Gary 15 Comments

Today I’m doing something that I should have done a long time ago…

Better late than never, right?

Anyway, what I’d like to do right now is find out what YOU need help with… and then, get this, answer your question. (no tricks, I promise)

So here’s what I’d like you to do – there’s a link that says comments on this blog post – please click on comments and post your questions, dilemmas and places where you’re stuck, and I’ll do my best to answer your specific question. (I’ll reply in the comments and if you leave your real email address, I’ll send you a copy.)

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Why am I doing this?
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The first is obvious – I actually do care and want to see you succeed. I have a lot of niches that I’m involved in but this is the one I’m truly the most passionate about, and has a lot of awesome people in it that are struggling for one reason or another that I think I can help.

I don’t want to come off as some kind of arrogant “marketing god” or anything like that. I’m just a guy who loves marketing trying to help out my fellow marketers. (We gotta stick together, ya know.)

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I want to help YOU!
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Now the second reason I’m doing this is because I’m cookin’ up a couple new training products here at the Command Center and I want to make sure they directly address your problems and potential hang-ups. The advantage to you is that I’m personally going to respond to all your questions and give you the best answer I can.

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Here’s what to do next
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Just click on the comments and submit yours. I’ll personally respond to the questions every few hours (and if you leave your real email address, I’ll send you the reply as well so you don’t need to keep clicking the refresh button).

Feel free to ask comments on anything related to running an online business – getting traffic, conversion, affiliate marketing, eBay, whatever! If you ask a question that I can’t answer, I promise I’ll do what I can to at least get you pointed in the right direction.

-Gary

P.S. I can’t keep replying indefinitely, you can keep commenting, but if you want an actual answer, please make sure you ask your question within the next 72 hours (that’s 3 days if you’re “math challenged” :-)

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