And to be honest, I’m more than excited about it because it’s going to make it super easy for people who have no clue what they are doing with HTML create great looking opt-in forms right inside Aweber.

Here’s a video to explain a bit about what’s coming.

Then be sure to head over to the Aweber blog and wait for their official announcements next week and release of the new features.

Bob Jenkins

p.s. Just getting started with your list building? Check out the first module of my Discover Autoresponders course for free inside the IM Success Library – and learn how to create your first email list.

I interviewed David Perdew about what makes NAMS3 different, and to explain the benefits of the Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced tracks of the weekend that sets it apart.

At the end of the audio, David surprised me and gave out a coupon code to save $100 off the registration. Make sure you get that before you register.

The presenters David has lined up are incredible teachers, and since the event is a no-pitch event, you get some of our best stuff. Plus the sessions are designed to have us teach you what we know, then give you time to implement it right there on the spot.

While you listen the audio below, here’s an unofficial list of speakers:

• Lynn Terry
• Jeff Herring
• Willie Crawford
• Kathleen Gage
• Aileen Bennett
• Ellen Britt
• Mary Wilhite
• Nicole Dean
• Maritza Parra
• David Preston
• Dr. Ron Capps
• Denise Wakeman
• Bob The Teacher
• Sid Hale
• Kevin Riley
• Joey Smith
• Scott Tousignant
• Jimmy D. Brown
• Tawnya Sutherland

I know many of these speakers personally or through Twitter. You’re going to love this event!

In any case, listen to the audio, get your discount code and join me at NAMS 3 in January.

Bob Jenkins

• You want easy to access, short video training on internet marketing topics
• You want help making sense of what’s really important for your business
• You want help from me personally to help with specific challenges you’re facing
• You want help getting more done in less time
• You want help with technical challenges, in case outsourcing is not in your budget or doesn’t work out for you
• You want to know what’s actually working now (and what’s not)
• You want to know the quickest paths to profit and confidence with your business
• You want all this without having a hefty price tag to get it

Then there are a few methods of delivery that you don’t want…

• You do NOT need a CD shipped to your house
• You do NOT need another hit or miss newsletter with theory that doesn’t match your current needs
• You do NOT need a bunch of things to download to clutter up your computer

To address what you want and do not want, I’m excited to announce the upcoming merger of the IM Success Library and IM Success Tribe. The new, streamlined, and enhanced IM Success Library (re-opening next week) brings the best of my internet marketing training courses together with live interactive strategy sessions and mentoring.

Full details are going to be released on Monday, as the last pieces of infrastructure are put in place over the weekend.

Here’s The Big Picture

As a member of the new IM Success Library, you’ll be able to…

• Participate in live training calls about a specific strategy or tool that’s working right now; or a classic strategy that continues to get great results
• Ask your specific questions during live brainstorming sessions
• Learn from any of my internet marketing courses at any time, from any computer
• Watch or listen to video and audio training broken up into 3-15 minute segments
• Finally understand the nuts and bolts of internet marketing so you can quit wasting your time trying to figure it out on your own

I’ll reveal more details on Monday, as well as share some special bonuses that will be available to you.

For now, though, I’d like to ask for a quick favor.

Please Do This While You Wait

You likely have already had some level of experience with my training – either on a teleseminar, a virtual workshop, an online course, or perhaps live group or 1-on1 coaching.

Post a comment below, and share how learning internet marketing from me has helped you in any of these areas:

• gain confidence,
• save time,
• get direction,
• get more website traffic,
• build your list,
• make more sales,
• create information products, etc.

Feel free to mention the specific course or program that helped you the most.

Do this now because it will help others who read your comment know the kind of real results they’ll be able to shoot for when they get inside the IM Success Library.

Bob Jenkins

p.s. If you are an existing member of the IM Success Tribe or IM Success Library, please look for my email this weekend for instructions on how to create your new account.

I’d like to share my initial opinions about it, to give you a better idea if TweetGlide is for you.

In brief:

Pros

• Free
• Works/looks like TweetDeck
• Ads are only seen by other TweetGlide members
• TweetGlide members who see ads are likely on Twitter for business
• Referral program for increased ad views
• Affiliate program
• Easy to remember affiliate link
• URL shortener
• Premium upgrade option special offer is cheap
• Premium ads include longer messages and color

Cons

• Ads
• Works like TweetDeck
• Can not control what is said with the “Tweet my affiliate link” option
• Money and Twitter have been hard to marry openly
• Unproven how long people will use it

I’ll explain more about the pros and cons soon after I’ve tested it out more, but since it’s free and the ads you run are only in TweetDeck it’s worth trying out without fear.

Test out Tweet Glide for yourself and let me know what you think with a comment below!

Bob Jenkins

p.s. Be sure to watch the video on the homepage to get a clearer picture of it.

Does this sound familiar?

You’ve done everything you’re supposed to when it comes to getting people to know about you and your business, but you’re still not seeing the financial results you expected.

When you go to meetings, events, or virtual communities, people love what you do and how much you share, but when it comes to actually doing business with you, they always have an excuse NOT to invest in your services or products.

Well, you’re not alone!

This is a very common issue, unfortunately.

But as luck would have it, I know who you can learn from for the remedy.

His name is Kevin Nations, and he’s holding a special teleseminar October 29, at 4 p.m. Eastern, and again Saturday morning, to share his…

“Prospect Seduction Blueprint:
How To Have Prospects Literally Crave Your Products!”

To make sure this call would be appropriate for you, I pulled my connection card to Kevin, and connected with him for a quick 5 minute telephone call.

I asked him to share why people in the services industry are struggling, and who will benefit from being on his teleseminar Thursday.

You can listen to what he had to say with the audio at the top of today’s post.

After listening in, be sure to register for the call. It’s free, but the value you’ll receive from tuning in can not be exaggerated!

Register For Prospect Seduction Blueprint

Please note that the audio was recorded while Kevin was about to leave from his hotel in California to Las Vegas before heading home to Columbus, Ohio. Even though it’s a bit fast, the biggest takeaway I’d like for you to listen for is turning “admire” into “desire”.

Enjoy!

Bob Jenkins

p.s. Kevin’s helped me a number of times this past year get a better mindset and focus for my own products and services. This call Thursday is a “must-listen” if you want people to pay you eagerly and handsomely for what you and your products can do for them.

Register For Prospect Seduction Blueprint

Obviously, getting more people to see your offer could help, but you can’t always control your traffic as much as you’d like. Plus, you may be in a situation where you’re getting the traffic, but they simply aren’t buying.

So here is my top 10 list for actions you can take today to increase your sales, without focusing on traffic.

#10 – Change your price

Whether you move your price up or down, you may see better results with a price change. Try something subtle first, like going from $17 to $17.95, or from $495 to $497.

You may think you need to drop your price to make more sales, perhaps putting your product on “sale” or “clearance”, but that may actually hurt you. Consider raising your price, or announce that you will in a few days (and then do so). Some people may think if it’s that cheap, it’s not worth it.

Before you change the price, though, consider these other 9 actions to take.

#9 – Change the name of your product

This is a bit drastic, but maybe you should change the name of your product. Obviously, if it’s tied to you domain name, you may have to give this some serious thought. But test different product names in forums, Adwords, etc., to see if you can get a better name than what you came up with a while back.

#8 – Change your graphics for your product

You may have no graphics, or some crappy ecover that somebody made for $10. Take the graphics off completely, or get a sharper image created. People still judge books by their covers, and graphics online can really impact how eagerly people buy your product.

#7 – Add a follow up promo to your autoresponder

This is kind of a traffic tip, but it’s really more about awareness. Perhaps you have not explained to your existing subscribers what the benefits are to your product? Or you told them once in a broadcast, but nobody new to your list ever knows it exists.

Put a problem/solution based email in your follow up series to point to your product, so you can get sales from internal traffic on a regular basis. That, after all, is what good autoresponders are for. :)

#6 – Do a teleseminar

Another action that could be considered traffic, but really, it’s about getting on the phone with a new audience and educating them about you, your product/service, etc. Plus, when you hold a teleseminar you can find out what this audience is hungry for, and then use that information in your sales letter to best match your solution to what the market wants.

Also, the more teleseminars you do, the more visible you are. And visibility in the right circles adds credibility to your brand (i.e., you).

#5 – Add real testimonials to your sales page

Get real results-based case studies and testimonials from your current customers and add them to your sales pages. Obviously you need to pay attention to FTC guidelines for disclaimers, typical results, etc…

But give people a glimpse at what has happened to your existing customers.

#4 – Change your headlines

A very important and easy thing to do is to change your headline. Choose different words, punctuation, color, etc. Maybe a font change or an increase/decrease in size could make a difference. Make sure your headline and subheadings are guiding your visitor through the page in a narrative sort of way. People tend to be skimmers, so make the subheads a story that brings people back into your text.

#3 – Add an affiliate program

Yes, this is a traffic tip, but it’s important for you to turn your existing customers into affiliates. You can also get people to promote your product more easily if they have a monetary incentive to do so. A good affiliate program rewards affiliates, makes it easy for them to promote.

You’ll also find the endorsed messages from your affiliates can pre-sell your visitors.

#2 – Add a bonus

Create more value for your product by adding a related, complimentary bonus. A bonus makes the product even better, but doesn’t make it seem like the program would be incomplete without that bonus. If you don’t have one of your own, ask for someone else to provide a bonus that results in traffic back to your friend’s site. Or offer some personal time or bonus teleseminars to help your customers consume your product.

#1 – Add video or audio to your sales page

People buy from those they know, like, and trust. So get some multi-media onto your sales pages. Use live video to introduce your offer by identifying the key problem that you’re solving. Include a screen video that demonstrates what people get after they buy from you. Or add an audio to welcome the visitors to the page, or address frequently asked questions.

Do Not Make This Critical Mistake!

All of the above actions are supposed to help, but they could actually HURT your sales if you make the wrong change.

So it’s critical that you don’t make this critical mistake: fail to measure the results of the change.

You have to measure if the change to your site helps or hurts your results, especially for the actions above that include changes to your website (10, 9, 8, 5, 4, 2, 1). You may fall in love with a brand new headline, or create what you believe is an awesome video, but the original page may actually be better.

Another mistake you might make is to change too many things at once without knowing which change is actually making the difference.

So how do you measure the changes on a sales letter? You can use expensive, complicated software, or free simpler software like Google Website Optimizer. Whichever you choose, it’s important that you know what you’re doing.

If you’d like to learn how to use the free Google Website Optimizer to split test your changes, check out my Discover Split Testing training. It will make learning and profiting from split testing a lot easier (and faster, too!).

In this step-by-step video course that I’ve personally created for “new to split testing” marketers, you’ll profit from A/B and multi-variate split testing (and don’t worry – I explain exactly what that means). You also get how to test your website opt-in forms with Aweber, so you can grow your email list faster, too.

If your sales are flat (or non-existent), then you can’t afford to be without this skill set.

Learn Split Testing In About An Hour

Bob Jenkins

p.s. So which action will you take TODAY to increase your sales? Let me know what change you make and your results. If you think I missed any actions you’d recommend instead, share that below as well!

I’d like to share a quick case study of a recent split test I did with a teleseminar.

The Test

For my 30 Day Autoresponder Challenge, I interviewed Justin Premick of Aweber, and invited people to listen in. Before I sent out the invitation to the 30 DAC participants, I created 3 different versions of a web form in Aweber.

All 3 forms were exactly the same except for one thing: how much time did it take for the form to show up?

I was using the “lightbox” form on my Instant Teleseminar page, and wanted to see if it made a difference how fast the form popped in.

The 3 versions were set to pop up after 7 seconds, 15 seconds, and 22 seconds, respectively.

Care to guess which one would be the best?

Results

Here’s the report from Aweber:

(note: the form it-pop was set for 15 seconds)

Initially, I thought the 7 second one would be the best, but it was actually the worst.

As you can see, the 15 second form was the winner in this test, and was actually a 22% improvement over the one I thought would win.

Conclusions

First, the number of displays is not high enough to say for sure that 15 seconds is the best choice of the 3. Ideally, I’d have at least 500 displays of each form. But since this was a private invitation sort of teleseminar, I didn’t have that much traffic to test with.

However, assuming those rates hold true over longer time, it tells me that 7 seconds is too much of an interruption from reading the page. My visitors who could take the initial 10 seconds to read the original headline of the page to know this teleseminar was for them could make a better decision about opting in for the replay.

Waiting too long (22 seconds), and they may have already been out the door, so to speak.

What I take away from this test is I’ll use 15 seconds as my starting point, and expect that I’ll get more people to register for my teleseminars in the future!

Bob Jenkins

p.s. Want to learn how to get more subscribers and make more sales by split testing? Check out Discover Split Testing to learn how to do it!

There are many ways, as you know, of getting web traffic to your sales message.

Arranging joint ventures
This works great once you are “in” with other successful marketers, but it’s not like you can just log into people’s autoresponders and mail for them, so it can feel like an uphill battle at times to get people to send promotions for you.

Twitter & Social Media
This also works, but it involves constant daily effort and sometimes it feels just like you’re talking to yourself. Is anyone really listening?

Article marketing
Writing and submitting articles to the article directories still works, but there is so much competition that it’s hard to stand out. EzineArticles.com has, as of today, 212,234 other Authors competing with you for attention. OUCH.

Why not cut out the middle man and position yourself right in front of your potential customers – where they’re ALREADY hanging out?

Nicole Dean, did it. In fact, she pulled off a huge stunt this summer and got featured and endorsed on some of the hottest blogs in her industry – and in their newsletters.

(Including mine – Star Trek Business Lessons, remember?)

Now, you don’t have to go as big as she did, but I’m telling you – her method works. As of right now, she’s got a waiting list of people who want her to “steal” their traffic – and she can’t keep up. Heck, I’m on her waiting list and am eagerly waiting for her to steal more of my traffic, too.

Do you think she’s got something that you can learn from? I KNOW she does.

Check out her blogging tour system here

Nicole is the real deal and is someone who I brainstorm with whenever I can. However, I would not tell you about this report unless I truly believe that her easy-to-follow system will help you.

So, if you want to …

1. Make more sales.
2. Grow your list.
3. Excite and motivate your top affiliates.
4. Get known as an expert in your field.
5. Get lots of links to your blog from relevant sites.

Then
run and grab a copy of Nicole’s blog world tour system today. She will be raising the
price soon, but right now, you can get this for a song.

Enjoy!

Bob Jenkins

p.s. I’ll be opening up my latest course for you soon which will help you convert more of your traffic into subscribers and buyers! Stay tuned :)