Our Internet Secrets, Andrew and Daryl Grant

Using Personal Influence To Build Your Internet Business

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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How To Get Free Publicity

Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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Hi folks … Andrew Grant here and I’m excited because I’ve just got off our teleconference call for Our Internet Secrets. Now, this week our special guest was Sue Gardiner. She’s Our Internet Secrets Faculty member who is a specialist in media and journalist skills. She is also the person who gets us free publicity. She got us onto A Current Affair and into other publications all for free.

She has made it possible for us to get thousands and thousands of dollars worth of publicity for free.

How does she do that … well she has an actual formula for getting free publicity and there are some tips and tricks that she’s developed from her skills of not only putting out press releases, but from her experience as being the person who reads press releases. She spent over a decade as a journalist.

Sue was the person who made the decisions in the media outlets she worked in as to what press releases would get through and what wouldn’t get through. So she has the insider knowledge of what it takes to get free publicity.

Now, Sue covered a few things on the call. She talked about why free publicity is a powerful thing for any business, small or large, and how it can actually drive you truckloads of traffic, give you heaps of credibility and put your business ahead of the competition.

Sue spoke about some of the mistakes people make with trying to get free publicity and how they mess it up at times. The key thing is you’ve got to know what you’re doing.

On the call, Sue shared her secret formula for what’s required in any press release story for any TV or newspaper or a radio show or any type of media to get hold of it.

There are 8 things you need to look at to make it practical or possible for you to get free publicity for you. She shares those with you on the call.

If you’re interested, I suggest you go into www.ourinternetsecrets.com and go into the member’s area and into the teleconference section and listen to teleconference #92 where Sue reveals all of this information there for you.

Talk to you soon.

Andrew

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Jewels of Wisdom – Revised Ebook System

Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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I’m sitting in the workshop with Andrew and Daryl on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia … and my head is buzzing with the new details that Andrew and Daryl are sharing.

I’ve just had a chat to some of the members attending the workshop – and their brains are exploding !!!! But Andrew has just told them … “Don’t worry, we’ve recorded all of this for you … and you can go back and review it and practise, till you are confident to do it without guidance.”

This is one of the fabulous parts of the Our Internet Secrets program … we record our systems on camtasia and load them up to the members area where they can watch the video and do the same thing in tandem with the video.

Jewel of Wisdom #11 – Get Yourself A Virtual Assistant To Crank Up Your Online Marketing Business

I don’t know about you … but my brain has gone into overdrive with projects that I want to get done – and there simply isn’t enough time in the day for me to do it all. So, I’ve decided its time to hire a virtual assistant. This is a bit scary doing it for the first time … but Chris Whitrod, a colleague of Andrew and Daryl’s, has run through this process with us today and made it simple. Chris has a team of virtual assistant’s all around the world working for him, and has a lot of experience in this area.

Chris’s tips as an employer of a virtual assistant:

Be clear about the tasks that you want your virtual assistant to do for you
Give them a 2 hour test job to do for you
Be proactive in giving feedback during this job so that you are confident you have given them ALL your requirements and assistance
If they are not meeting your performance criteria, have the strength of character to “let them go”
Give them fair feedback
If you find a good assistant – LOOK AFTER THEM!!!

So, where do you find this genie who is going to change your life forever?

This is the list that Chris shared with us today:

http://www.odesk.com/
http://www.guru.com/
http://www.elance.com/
http://www.vworker.com/ (previously known as www.rentacoder.com)
http://www.firstpagewebsearch.com/

You can get a virtual assistant to do your research on your topic for you … wouldn’t that save you a stack of time. Are you as amazed as I am … that you can pay someone else to find out the fears, wants, frustrations, needs and desires of your market while you do the things that you want to do? Plus a whole host of other things to make your life easier.

Jewel of Wisdom #12 – Online Marketing Tools To Research Your Niche

If you want to find out what your competition is doing … these are some really great tools to use.

Now … Andrew and Daryl are not saying that you should go out and use all of these tools tomorrow … they’re sharing these with you to let you know that there are sites available to give you a greater insight into your market.

These sites could also fall into the category of “BSO” – if you’ve heard Andrew and Daryl talk – you’ll know that this means “Bright Shiny Objects”!

Make sure you have a plan and work to your plan – and if using these tools are part of your plan … put a time limit on using them – so you don’t get distracted and fall into procrastination symptoms and not get all tasks done as planned.

That’s it from me today …

Julie
Help Desk

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How to come up with killer converting headlines

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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If you’re looking for a way to get the edge with your direct online marketing … Bret Thomson is the man to ask. He uses his creative genius to help businesses everywhere get their internet marketing essentials in place.

He had a great tip for us on the call today for testing your headlines cheaply and effectively by using your Google Adwords campaign to test your headlines and get the best out of your internet advertising.

Have a listen to Bret and Glenn to get more copywriting strategies to boost your sales.

Get killer conversions from your marketing strategies today … go to the Our Internet Secrets members area to have a listen to the full teleconference call or read the notes.

Regards,
Andrew

PS … LAST CHANCE for our 4 day workshop 3-6 September … if you’ve wanted to come and haven’t made it before you need to book now … http://ourinternetsecrets.com/2010/lookinside/

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Glenn Walford on behalf of Andrew and Daryl Grant talks to Paul Blackburn about how to overcome subconscious blockages on the way to success

Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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Paul Blackburn shares his top tips on how to overcome your subconscious blockages on your way to online success.

This is what we did to overcome our subconscious blockages and earn US$250,000 in our first year. It wasn’t that we weren’t doing the right system … how heads weren’t in the right place.

If you want to know more about getting your head in the right place … go to the Our Internet Secrets members area have a listen to the full teleconference call or read the notes.

Regards,
Andrew

PS … We have our LAST 4 day workshop in its current format coming up on 3-6 September … if you’ve wanted to come and haven’t made it before – this is your last chance …
http://ourinternetsecrets.com/2010/lookinside/

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Jewels of Wisdom – $4500 From One Hot Seat Tip

Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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Wow!!! What an exciting couple of weeks we’ve had at Our Internet Secrets. We’ve got stacks of new members who’ve come on board in the last few weeks. Welcome to you all.

I know you are going to enjoy your journey with us and our buzzing community of internet marketers.

Here’s my favourite learnings for the last couple of weeks:

Jewel of Wisdom #8 – $4500 Success In 3 Days From One Hot Seat Tip

I received an exciting txt from Annette Corrie, owner of www.fashion-design-course.com – after having a hot seat with Andrew and Daryl last week, she immediately took action and started phoning the people who had asked for an information pack about her product. In 3 days, she made 3 sales … just by following up!!! That equalled $4,500. Could you handle a couple of hours work and being paid $4,500?

This is a really valuable lesson … follow up. If you are sending people information – you need to follow them up. When using an offline marketing strategy of posting information to people – the highest percentage of conversions are made when you phone them.

Jewel of Wisdom #9 – What You Must Do Before Starting Your Copywriting

This morning I listened to Janet Beckers, one of our faculty members, interview Lisa Manyon, copywriter. These are the key points that I learned from her.

You must know the purpose of your website
You must know what you want your visitor to do when they get to your website
You must have a logical order and flow to your website

I also will add here one of Andrew and Daryl’s Rules to copywriting for online wealth … have one purpose per page. And, write to that purpose.

Jewel of Wisdom #10 – Check Your Links On Your Website

It is very important that you check all of the links on your website regularly. If you have a broken link, particularly on your Order Now button – you will be losing customers.

And make sure that your links are going to where you want them to go.

If you are running a google adwords campaign and you have a broken or incorrect Order Now link – you will receive a scary email from google – saying you are in danger of having your adwords account closed.

I hope you find these “jewels” helpful. If you have any questions you’d like answered on the blog … send me a comment and I’ll do this next week.

Have an awesome week.

Julie

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Website “Hotseats” with Andrew and Daryl Grant

Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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www.icantpoo.com – an ebook site about infant and child constipation
www.homestayaustraliabook.com – a website with a hard copy book selling mainly into China
www.fashion-design-course.com – a site that is using a combination of internet driving strategies and off-line marketing to promote a home study pack

Have a listen to the key points we believe would improve these sites dramatically. You most likely will find some tips and strategies in here to improve your site as well.

Folks, just a reminder about the 4 day workshop coming up on 3-6 September 2010 … if you haven’t booked in for it and would like to here’s the link:

http://ourinternetsecrets.com/2010/lookinside/

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Regards,

Andrew

PS … if you are a member of Our Internet Secrets, you get two tickets to the workshop as part of your membership – you can register online in the members area or click on the link in the email that Daryl has sent you.

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How to come up with a twist, so your product stands out from the competition”, with Andrew and Daryl Grant.

Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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Hey folks … its really great to see and hear how much you are enjoying picking our brains.

As you can tell … we love sharing what we’ve learned over the last five years with you all … and there’s plenty more to share. Here’s a taste of what Our Internet Secrets members learned today about making your product outstanding in the market place. The thing you don’t want to happen is to be the best of a bunch!

Why’s that, you might ask? Well … when you are outstanding … you and your product stand alone. There is no competition … and you are the obvious choice!

Have a listen to the video below and Daryl and I summarise the key points that we covered in our weekly teleconference call today.

If you are a member of Our Internet Secrets, you can jump onto the members only area and have a listen to the full call and download Julie’s fabulous notes. And, thanks so much everyone for sending in your great feedback about how much the notes are helping you … we love to hear that we’ve been able to add another powerful benefit to the program for you.

Talk again soon.

Regards,
Andrew

PS … don’t forgot … we have our members only workshop coming up on 16-17 August where we’ll be sharing with you our upgraded ebook model. If you’re interested in or already doing ebooks … this is a must attend workshop!! You can register online in the members area or click on the link in the email that Daryl has sent to you.

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Jewels of Wisdom – Buying Online Businesses

Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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Oh my goodness!!!! What a fabulous workshop Matt and Liz Raad had on the weekend.

My mind is still buzzing with all the great information that was shared. I took half a notebook full of notes !!!

The thing I loved so much about Matt and Liz’s workshop is that they have shown everyone that you can start an internet business or a bricks and mortar business, whether your budget is $1 or $1Million+ … and whatever your entry point – you need to follow the same rules.

Its hard to pick out a few key points – as there were so many … but here’s some of my favourites:

Jewel of Wisdom #5 – Back Up Your List

I can’t imagine how devastating it would be to lose my list!

Your list is one of your most valuable assets. Make sure you export your list off the server and put it in a safe place.

Don’t rely on your list service provider to have a back up of your data.

You would be gutted to hear that your list service provider’s servers were destroyed in a hurricane or a fire.

Make sure that backing up your website, your list and your documents to an external hard drive dedicated to back ups is part of your system.

Jewel of Wisdom #6 – How To Find Out What Your Niche Market Wants

Have you wondered how you can find out what questions your market is actually asking?

This is one of the questions I get asked a lot on the Our Internet Secrets help desk. Go to this link:

http://labs.wordtracker.com/keyword-questions/

type in your keyword, and you will see what people are actually typing into the search engines.

This is a vital part of your research when trying to find out what answers your market is looking for.

Jewel of Wisdom #7 – How To Get New Leads

These are the tips I learned at Matt and Liz’s workshop for getting new leads:

referrals
sales consultant / rep
advertising
direct mail / lumpy mail
website – opt-in box
joint ventures with other list owners
seminars – networking or speaking from stage
radio
yellow pages
get on page 1 of google for your keywords

Well … that’s it from the help desk for another week.

If you have any burning questions you’d like answered … send me a comment and I’ll answer it for you.

Kind regards,

Julie

PS … if you want to know more about the amazing business building secrets Matt and Liz are teaching … they’ve got something great to share with you. Check it out here: http://howtobuyandsellabusiness.com/

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7 Steps to Keep Your Ads Alive in Google in 2010 – really its about quality score

Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Our Internet Secrets.

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Hey folks … we had another fantastic teleconference call today. Greg Cassar, one of Our Internet Secrets faculty members, joined us on the call and shared with our members how to keep your ads alive in Google in 2010.

Now … I have to tell you, Greg lives, breathes and sleeps his craft in helping businesses comply with Google’s policies and guidelines. So when he speaks he’s sharing from his current experience of what’s happening with the internet today.

There have been a lot of changes over the past few months with Google … and Greg is our expert on how to manage advertising on Google to get maximum return for your internet marketing.

These are the 7 steps you need to be aware of when you design a website, especially if you are wanting to use pay per click search engine management strategies:

Relevance – make your keyword relevant to your ad and to your landing page
Transparency – the purpose of your website must be clear to the viewer
Navigation – it must be easy for your viewer to navigate around the site
Footer – its important to have a footer on your site and that there is a link back to the home page
Unique content - you need to have original content on your site – this can be in articles relevant to your niche
Click Through Rate – you are aiming for at least a 1% click through rate – the higher your click through rate – the better your cost per click
Hope and Pray – don’t confine your online web marketing to pay per click advertising

If you want to know more about these 7 steps – Julie has taken notes of the call and they’ve been posted up on the website in the teleconference area.

Greg told us that banner ads are making a resurgence on the internet at the moment. You can run banner advertising for as little as $20 per day and that http://www.adbrite.com/ is a great place to start if you’re a new player in the market of banner advertising.

Special News: If you’re a member of Our Internet Secrets … and you missed the call today … make sure you log in and have a listen. Greg is writing a special report for members that is being uploaded to the teleconference call for this week.

If you’re serious about your internet business, you’ll download this report and use it wisely.

Let us know how this great information has made a difference to your internet sales …

Regards,

Andrew

PS … Our next 4 day Our Internet Secrets workshop is on 3-6 September 2010. Here’s the link: http://ourinternetsecrets.com/2010/lookinside/

PPS Remember … as part of your membership to Our Internet Secrets you get two complimentary tickets to attend this workshop, but you’ll need to register within the Members area to take advantage of these tickets

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