It’s been about a month now since I started my Twitter push with The Twitter Traffic Machine. I have 3,760 followers, and I should hit 4,000 followers late tomorrow.

This is a very powerful way to build traffic for your website(s) and your email list for an extremely low cost.

www.waycooltweets.com

Here’s a video that you can send your mom on Mother’s Day. She’ll LOVE it, and you’ll make a whole bunch of points. You can send it to the other moms you know too.  You won’t regret checking this out. It’s free and great fun.

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Last week I purchased a product that promised 16000 followers in 90 days. I have been following the procedure now for 7 days. My followers were at 165 when I started this program. At the time of this post, they’re at 672.

That’s over 500 for the week. If I average that, I will have 6500 in 90 days. The thing is though, the more followers you have, the faster you will get even more. It’s an exponential increase.

The money is just beginning to roll in, and I haven’t even implemented much of the process. I was afraid to get going too fast, too soon, because Twitter penalizes accounts that grow too fast, especially at first. I’m going to ramp this up and see what happens next week.

This system will grow virally, and most of it is on auto-pilot. I definitely recommend it. It only costs 27 bucks, and it’s well worth the money. It’s a series of 6 videos that anyone can follow and understand. It also has a checklist in your choice of MS Word, or pdf format to help you track things.

Check out www.waycooltweets.com today.

I just ran across some really cool stuff. Tools that allow you do do some really cool things using Twitter. First is Tweet Deck at http://www.tweetdeck.com. This is a control panel that runs on your desktop and shows the Twitter updates and replies in an easy to read manner.

You can also send info with it along with a lot of other things.

Then there is friendorfollow.com. This site will show who you are following but are not following you and vice versa. Lets you get rid of the deadwood in your Twitter account.

Another great tool is Qwuitter at http://useqwitter.com/. It send an email when someone stops following you. That way you can keep track of what your followers think of your tweets.

Hope you find these links useful. More to come.

If any of you are going to Key West in the near future, and enjoy shrimp scampi, you will have to stop by Chef Gregory’s booth in Mallory Square during the evening Sunset Celebration. He has fresh shrimp scampi and shrimp cocktail, which is some of the best I’ve ever had.

He’s a little crazy as you can see in the photo below, Gregory is on the left, but he takes his food VERY seriously. The scampi is to die for.

Ever so slightly off topic, but I wanted to share a photo I took from Mallory Square in Key West.

I want to give you a few simple techniques that can easily increase your profit by as much as 68% - just like it did for one of the Formula Five clients, Dave Lorrez.

You should block out as much time as you need to execute these techniques because -- well, you'll make a lot more money if you do them.

First of all, I want you to think about this statement:

"Shoppers think that their needs are different from everyone else's".

Do you agree?

Tell you what: The next time you go shopping for a discretionary product (one that you wouldn't normally buy unless you had a special need or there was a special
circumstance), try to write down what's going through your head as you consider a purchase.

I do want you to try that, but I'll go ahead and spare you the suspense.

Shoppers think that their needs are UNIQUE.

They Are Not. Let me explain...

Here's a list of what your prospects are thinking about while they consider making a purchase:

1. Will it do what it says it will do?
2. Will it be easy for me to use?
3. Will it take a lot of my time to work?
4. Is this the only solution to my problem, or will it require others?
5. What if it doesn't work?
6. What if something goes wrong?
7. Can I afford it?
8. What will my friends, family, or peers say?
9. Do I really need it?
10. Am I sure that I know enough about it?
11. Am I sure I know enough about the company selling it to me?
12. What if this is not the right version?

Please notice the following about those questions:

There are virtually no questions about the "up side" of ownership. They're all based on Failure or Risk Scenarios.

Now I'll ask you the Sixty Four Thousand Dollar Question:

Are you letting your prospects into your sales process without answering all of those questions?

Here's another one - are you trying to answer those questions
with just the features of your product?

If you even hesitated answering (BTW - no one wants to answer 'yes' to a question that makes them feel silly) then you're losing a LOT of sales.

Not to worry - I have a solution.

Sell your H.O.E.

Your job is to sell a "Heroic Ownership Experience"

There's 2 parts to this:

Before you can even begin to "close a sale" (and this goes for online AND offline companies) you have to persuade the prospect of these 2 things:

Their purchase is SAFE, and it is SMART.

Answering every one of those 12 questions will leave the prospect feeling that they've made the right decision, and that they've eliminated as much risk as possible because they're buying from you.

But that's not all you have to do to "Sell the HOE".

In our case study, Dave did a half-days worth of work on product positioning and his company's sales process.

The result was an extra 68% Net Profit from one of his product lines.

Here's what he did:

He worked on his Company Value Proposition AND his Product Value Proposition. Very simply, he answered all the questions that a customer has (from that list above), but he answered them in a very sneaky way...

He simultaneously made the customer feel SMART and SAFE all while introducing the feelings of Excitement and Desire. When you do that, you have sold the Heroic Ownership Experience.

You've sold your HOE.

Here's a little template for you to use:

Say that the prospects question is "Will it be easy for me to use?" The answer is not JUST "Yes"...

You tell them:

Advantage: "In our tests, the vast majority of customers are up and running within [a short time frame]" Advantage: "We've create an easy set of Step-by-Step instructions that will get you [benefit]" Benefit: "Using this [product] is so easy that you'll [get a huge benefit] so you can [get more time to do more or something else with another benefit]"

Here's a practical example:

You're thinking about buying a Learning Remote Control.

* "And don't worry, this LRC is so easy to use that the vast majority of our customers are up and running within 7 minutes!

* That's because we've created simple, step-by-step illustrated instructions and put them in every package - just follow the steps, and in less time than it takes to make a cup of coffee, your LRC will make that clutter of other remotes obsolete!

* With your LRC, you'll save 70% on those expensive batteries, never have the frustration trying to find a stray remote at that critical moment, and automate your media or home theater experience just like those huge & expensive custom
installations have - but at less than a fraction of the price."

Do something like that (and BTW, a half-hearted attempt is superior than no attempt at all), watch your conversion rates SOAR.

Once that's done, you've got to...

PIMP your H.O.E.

When you offer "Positive Impressions from Multiple Persuasions", the Heroic Ownership Experience becomes MORE REAL.

It's very simple to do - simply run down that checklist and create Excitement and Desire by making your prospects feel SAFE and SMART.

This is truly a step-by-step process. Don't over think it. You don't need to worry about its effectiveness. It works every time like gangbusters.

You just PIMP your HOE. (Look, I'm already headed to the lake of fire... I'm just sealing the deal with this newsletter... :)

Dave Lorrez Video Case Study is quick and to the point, and you should check it out. Just a heads-up warning: The handful of people that have seen it usually respond with "He makes it sound kind of too easy..."

GOOD! Because this stuff IS easy!

What's not easy is overcoming the innate human proclivity for non-action.

Meaning - Just do it, and worry about figuring out why it works later. Trust me - I've done this before.

Have a look at Dave's Video Case Study here.

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Question from a Subscriber:

"Rusty, I'm already impressed with Margin Magnifier (Module 1 from FormulaFive), but can you tell me a bit more about Module 4 - Conversion Control?"

Sure thing:

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* Have secret-agent quality intelligence about your prospect's true needs, goals, and exactly what will make them buy from you now.

There's a ton more info about FormulaFive right here.

Hope that helps!

Till next time!

Rusty

P.S. This is why you never give up. I just got this from a
client:

Matthew Jones of Brisbane AUS - in his first week in FormulaFIVE:

"I made just a minor change to an email that I send out - the additional paragraph that I added was... attempting to get them thinking about how long (hours and days) they spend now and what it would be worth to them if it only took 5 minutes - well this
worked a treat.

The product usually brings in $15,000 per month but after the email has brought in 24 sales in just a few hours and $7,488. Not bad for 10 minutes work to tweak my auto-responder emails.

This is on top of the $8,000 I did during the Formula5 pre-lauch with the 'Zombie Reactivation' email. So the 2 emails combined have given in 1 week what would normally take 4 weeks."

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I have to tell you about a new product that could change the way you do business. In fact, when I made my first post about this, I spent 3 days responding to emails that told me how much everyone appreciated hearing about this system.

The forces are aligning. You have an opportunity to hit the ground running at the start of the new year. There will never be a better time to ramp up your internet business. It is the right time to start a new business. Especially one that requires such a small initial investment, both in time and money. While everyone else is looking around trying to figure out what to do in light of the economy, you will have an opportunity to blow right past the bystanders.

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Dedicated to your success.

Warm regards,
Rusty Campbell

"Bucket brigade" is a copywriting technique that has been around for over a century, and probably goes back to before the invention of the printing press. It's not magic or some secret skill, but instead is a simple copywriting technique that works really, really well.

What is the bucket brigade?

It is the thing that makes a 16 page sales letter be read all the way through, by reader after reader. It is an extremely simple concept that is unbelievably effective. In fact, it's so effective that it almost seems like magic. Want to get your pitch delivered? Use a bucket brigade!

So, what am I talking about?

Every copywriter worth his salt uses the bucket brigade to get his sales letters read. It has to be one of the most effective tools in a marketer's toolbox. Copywriter's ignore it to their peril. The good one's always use it in some form or another.

Here's one example...

If you've been around internet marketing for very long, you have heard, or read, about Yanik Silver's Instant Sales Letters. When Yanik released them some years ago, they were an absolute sensation.  In fact, Yanik's still selling them. The sales letter for the product is over 15 pages long, and it's quite effective.

How do I get people to read 15 pages of sales pitch?

Aren't you listening?
THE BUCKET BRIGADE!

I use it to write all of my sales letters in one form or another.  Sometimes I'm a bit more subtle about it, but it's always there. I use it to pitch my best selling products.  Shoot, I use it to sell ALL my products.

For crying out loud... exactly what is the bucket brigade?

You guessed it! It's what you've been reading all through this article. the bucket brigade is words that grab folks and force them to read the next paragraph. They are emotionally charged words that grab the reader's interest.

Where did they get this unique concept?

When a bucket brigade is used to put out a fire the bucket is passed quickly from one person to the next until the water is thrown on the fire. Then, the buckets are handed back up the line to be filled again and again.

It's a fact...

With copy writing, the reader is passed from one paragraph to another by high tension words. Words like you've seen in this article. "What is ", "So, what am I talking about", "Aren't you listening? ", "For crying out loud ", "Where did they get", "It's a fact" are all hooked into the bucket brigade. There are tons more.

So obviously, years ago copywriters adopted the term bucket brigade to describe the work of the "high tension" / "keep reading" words and their placement in their sales letters. They are used at the beginning of important paragraphs.

Here’s the scoop: These words tell the reader one thing. Don't quit reading now, or you'll miss the most important point of all. Just keep on a little bit more and the secrets of the universe will be revealed. This part is really important! Don't miss it!

See if this rings a bell...

The television industry even picked up on this in the early days, and it continues yet today.

So, what is TV's answer to the bucket brigade?

Yep, you got it, the cliffhanger. How many soap operas, or weekly serials have you watched when the story was interrupted in the most exciting part, to be continued in the next show? The networks use it everyday to keep interest at a highly charged level.

Can you believe it? TV even uses the bucket brigade with news shows. They'll give you a little taste of the piece, then switch to a commercial. When they come back, they might give you the whole thing, or you might have to wait until after the NEXT commercial. It all depends on how diabolical the writers are feeling that day.

Be sure and stick around... were going to show you Jessica Simpson's big secret... right after this commercial break.

Bottom line; good copy writers know that the instant you bore or confuse the reader, he's gone. The pitch is over and the sale is lost. You have to avoid this at all costs.

And check this out...

You don't have to memorize a whole bunch of high tension phrases. There are just two things you need to do. The first one is, keep your sales letters. When you read a bucket brigade phrase copy it to a list of phrases for future use.

And it gets even better, the second thing you need to remember is to just keep in mind an old journalism trick. "Who, why, what, where, when, and how. "Who is important in your life?, " Why do you need this?", "What is important to you" , "Where did they get this", "When will you ever learn?", "How is this done?".

One last thing...

Use the bucket brigade in your sales letters, and you WILL see you conversion rates soar. It will keep the tension high so that your reader HAS to finish it.

The Black Ink Project is a course on how to create and develop an affiliate marketing campaign. It covers everything from site design, to keyword research, to monetization. For some, it might be slightly technical, but I found it to be refreshingly detailed.

Rather than use generalizations about this method or that procedure, as most of the marketing courses on the internet do, Jeremy Palmer takes you through the whole process, step by step. If you follow his video tutorials to the letter, you will undoubtedly end up with a website, indeed web sites, that will have a professional appearance, and more importantly, make lots of cash.

I've been designing web sites for years, and Jeremy taught me some new ways to create web sites that is faster, easier, and have a nicer presentation than the methods I've been using. His information will be valuable to the beginner as well. He also gets into outsourcing your website design to others, so that you can spend your time working on the marketing aspects of your campaign if that is your preference.

The basic part of the course is thirteen videos, and various supporting files such as Power Point presentations, spreadsheet files, and .pdf files. It is broken down into days. Each video along with it's supporting files covers a day's lesson. Of course, you can cover the information at your own pace, but dividing the course into days give it an easy to digest framework.

The Black Ink Project includes:

If you are into the comparatively simple world of being a Clickbank affiliate, you may be more interested in The Commission Blueprint. You can read about that here. The Black Ink Project deals with more general affiliate programs like The Pepperjam Network or Commission Junction, but it will work with Clickbank as well. These affiliate networks will allow you to find a niche with much less competition.

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