Rarely do I get into any politics here on this blog. That being said after watching what happened this past week in Egypt I am a bit concerned about some pending legislation in the US Senate.
The Egyptian government shut down the internet and more with the troubles last week and the Senate is dealing with a bill that has the possibility of allowing this country to do the same.
The potential to do that scares me and even though it is meant to help “Homeland Security” one of the great parts of the internet is the free flow of information.
This has the ability to allow the government to do what Egypt did with the internet in this country. Turn it off temporarily.
Each person will have to make their own mind up as to how serious a threat this is.
Traffic is one of the keys to having a healthy business. That is why so many of the latest Clickbank hidden offer type sites address it. It is one thing that everyone needs so they play on that with there push button, secret loop hole, instant commissions crap.
They sure do and it pisses me off. Read a damn letter and still don’t have any idea what the hell you are buying except for it is the latest and greatest.
That is not what Relentless Traffic is. No secret push button solution here and it comes from a marketer, Joel Osborne, that I have met and talk to regularly. He is someone that uses what he talks about regularly.
Joel does make a big promise as you can see from his headline below.
Instead of offering you the latest and greatest methods, Joel covers 6 ways to generate free traffic that worked in the past, work now and will continue to work for you.
You mean there are no loop holes or instant riches offered? Gee why are we discussing this? You gone soft in the head old bald one?
Because there are all of those others that are exploiting people with the latest loop holes. Rather talk about the things that I use every day that work.
Hmmm. Hard for me to argue and you know how rare that is.
Now the thing is that these tactics will take that 4 letter word that people hate to use and are not a big red button. But…
They worked in the past and they will continue to work in the future.
This report is 23 pages and lays out a solid plan for getting free traffic and doing it consistently. It covers the basics and allows a new marketer to understand what they need to be doing regularly.
It is done in broad strokes and the only complaint I would have is that it covers just the basics. At less than $10 though it is well worth the investment.
WTF? Why are you reviewing something that is that cheap? No money in it for us at that rate? You are wasting my time.
The reason is simple my angry twin. People need the basics and helping them with that is what we do. It is not always about the money although I know you disagree.
This is for the person that is not getting much traffic and is just confused on how to proceed. It is not for the experienced marketer that is getting good traffic although they might find a tip or two that would be worth the investment.
It is important that people get solid information without ending up in up sell are exit pop hell.
Besides if you help people they will come back and trust that you are recommending things because they are worthwhile and not because you can make a good buck with it.
Well you wrote this much so I guess I will go along. It will help new people and that aint all bad but I really would like to make a few more bucks on it.
Now that I got permission from the evil one let me sum it up.
If you are confused about all the information on traffic and want something that will work now and into the future this is a good investment.
If you are experienced in traffic generation, afraid of that work thing, looking for an instant solution, then this is probably not for you.
Okay I am doing my best Jim Mora impression while reading the title. It is a constant wonder to me when I talk to people and they have absolutely no idea what is working and what is not.
Oh you never heard the Jim Mora Playoff rant? Get ready to laugh and watch this quick video below.
There can’t be anyone that has not seen this you old bald bastard. Even made it into a commercial you see every damn week end.
I’ll ignore that and get back to the point of this discussion. Tracking is something that all too many people just a) don’t understand or b) are too lazy to do it.
That is not the point here. The point is for me to make fun of you – chrome dome.
No you are over stepping again. Your job is to provide your non PC (politically correct) view point to what we are talking about. Keep it up and I’ll go back to blogging with the turtles.
Oh! You mean I am supposed to tell the reader they are an idiot if they are not tracking in some way shape or form what is working and what is not?
Not exactly how I would word it but that does make the point. May offend them a bit which is not a good thing. Will have to track the traffic here to find that out.
So now I am subject to what people like. That will be the damn day.
We all are if you want to get better results and create a better business. If you can’t measure it you won’t know whether any changes you make improve things or make it worse. If you make it worse then you get muzzled. If you entertain and people like it better than you get more leeway.
Hmmm. Not sure I like this tracking crap if you try to muzzle me.
Well if the reason you are not tracking is you don’t know where to start then check out this free report – Tracking Your Way To Profits.
There are a variety of services that will help you to track including quite a few free services like Google Analytics. Taking the time to check your results can save you a lot of time and money.
Guess I’ll be quiet now before you censor me.
Good idea so lets close with a question. Are you tracking what works in your business? Leave you comments below.
One of the things that makes me shake my head is all of the gimmicky crap you see each week.
You mean you don’t want to push a button and be doing 6 figures a month?
Sure I would love to but it is a pipe dream. I am sure there are some things that can be used to tweak what you have to make it explode but that only works when you have the basics covered.
If you don’t understand the basics you are in trouble and nothing helps you. You need to understand certain things first.
Ah you spoil sport. People love the idea of instant riches and you, you old fart keep using that 4 letter word with people – WORK. You know people don’t want that.
Yes that is true but you do need to understand how to build a list and then drive traffic to it. Then you need to understand how to improve the conversions from there. Do that and you have the ability to become successful.
Back to that damn work thing again. Doesn’t sell so people offer all the crap.
No there are people that do offer the real thing. One of the reasons I like Marlon Sanders. Real information that you can apply. His step by step courses like Promo Dashboard walk you through what you need to do.
May not seem sexy but it is what people need to do to be successful even if it does include that work thing.
Good luck old fart people prefer easy even if they don’t work because they get to avoid work.
So what do you think is the evil one right and gimmicks will sell while real information won’t?
Time to get back to writing regularly again. Maude’s doctor visits slowing down so should not be spending as much time in waiting rooms as we have been.
I sure as hell hope so getting tired of the damn places.
Me too oh evil one.
That does not mean though that there is not a lot of stuff to rant about. The crap never seems to end.
Getting tired of the latest launch hitting my inbox. Occasionally I find something worthwhile but…
You mean you tired of the damn exit pops, salesletters that promise instant riches and no idea of what you are buying except it will make you rich?
Yes that is true. Unfortunately though it works so that is what we are seeing more and more of. Hate when I can read a whole sales letter or watch a video sales letter and don’t really know anymore about what they are selling than what I did when I arrived.
You mean like the one yesterday we looked at that talked about the software they paid $25000 for that made hundreds of thousands and then they were gonna sell a 150 @ $37?
That kind of thing?
Yes. Now I may be old and bald but if my math still works 150×37 is a lot less than $25000. Add in an exit pop to buy the same thing at $27 as one of 3 left. The whole false scarcity ploy. Then another exit pop after that although by that point I was just trying to escape. The offer had no credibility with me.
Damn hard to do at times with all of those exit pops. Unfortunately too many are sucked in by that crap kind of marketing looking for the big red easy button. That is why they are being used more and more every day.
Evil as I am not even I would recommend marketing that way.
Yes as long as people buy through this stuff guess we will only see more and more of it. The good thing though is it is making it easy to keep my inbox clear.
Every time I get an email that sends me to one of these types of offers it is an easy unsubscribe.
Oh yeah we canned 5 yesterday how many will we get today? Can I hit the unsubscribe? Can I? Can I?
That is our take and we would love to get yours on this type of marketing. Leave your comment below.
Yes with the start of the New Year had great plans to post here regularly. Looks like Mr Murphy had other ideas but we will get there.
Yes We definitely will OBG but the damn Doctor’s visits suck big time.
After planning to post here much more regularly got interrupted with taking Maude to the docs. There was a problem with her blood counts so we went to go see a new doc. Now learning about Bone Marrow and Cat scans so the week has been a bit long.
Least we should have answers by next week and then I can talk a lot more.
That is true so once we find out exactly what is going on here we can then get back to writing more regularly.
Well at least we are learning new things. Unfortunately we weren’t really interested in learning about things like platelets, CBC, blood counts and all of those things that scare the hell out of us.
So we will probably not be as regular here over the next week or so as we planned.
It may be a new year but on this blog it is time to turn the clock back and go back to our roots.
Many years ago this blog started out as a conversation with the good part of me (The Old Bald Guy) and the other side of me (The Evil Twin).
Over the last three years this blog has gotten away from that and it is time to get back to it if only for my mental health. At least that is what I am thinking.
You don’t think OBG and that is why I need to be back. Good lord it feels great to be able to spew venom once again. About damn time we got back to what we do best.
So the evil one will get to give his view point and I’ll continue to give mine.
Look for the content to come much more regularly as the evil one has a lot of venom to spew on a variety of topics and now that he has been unleashed again you can be sure that I may have a hard time keeping him under control.
You bet your sweet bippy I am ready to start going off a couple times a week and there will be hell to pay if you try to keep me quiet again. It is a holiday though so I will wait for Monday but only til then.
So you have been warned and if you are looking for politically correct content this is not the place any more.
This blog allows me to let my split personalities rein free. Sometimes you get Mike Paetzold the nice Old Bald Guy and sometimes you get the evil twin.
He is easy to tell as he likes to type in red as he rants about whatever is bothering him.
Either one will provide you with quality information and differing view points on various products and things going on about the place we call the blogosphere.
