Randy’s Ramblings 7th March 2011
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* Catch Up
* 14 FUN Marketing Lessons….(with Pictures)
* This Weeks Cool Site
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* Catch Up
Hi All,
This will be a quick catch up, as I couldn’t be bothered to make seperate headings…lol
I have a poorly child and a poorly Rachel in my flat at the mo – so my attention span is limited…lol
Between making coffees and smoothies, plus changing the childrens channels on TV – I don’t seem to be getting much else done!
Oh and before I forget, THANK YOU for all the feedback on the free pdf report I linked to in the last post (The Beginners most Important Skill), I’m thrilled it went down so well and seems to have helped so many 
Therefore I have had some fun with some pictures I received in an email or two… see below 
Re catching up.
The software I’d hoped to be giving you free by today has been delayed by at least another day!
It works fine – but as ever there are more pages and video instructions to sort.
Especially as it was initially going to be for members of InternetMarketingApprentice only to make life eaier for when they start an online business and want top cloak their links etc.
BUT – now we have decided to give it free with personal use to all our readers (Craigs and mine), and give IMA members the Master Resell Rights so they have a cool tool to help them build their lists
How is that for cool!!
Watch this space for the easiest link cloaker I’ve seen coming to your computer very soon!
OK – another quick mention is that next months Northallerton meet up will be on Saturday 2nd April,
This months was another intimate event with a lot of info being exchanged between the 5 of us in attendance
Right – I’ll get straight into the fun stuff, as well as a mention of a cool product at the end that you might want to take a look at
Meanwhile – enjoy the pictures and errr.. lessons …lol
Chat soon
Randy
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* 14 FUN Marketing Lessons….(with Pictures)
I’ve been working so hard on our site at
http://www.InternetMarketingApprentice.com
That I thoyught it was about time I took a breather and had a giggle… so..
I thought I’d make a quick post to see how many marketing Lessons we COULD learn from everyday life
So here are some everyday pictures that were emailed to me, and the lessons I’ve tried to attach to each….lol
As you scroll down – I hope you get a smile or two
(and I’m NOT trying to offend anyone, so please… take them with the pinch of salt they are served with)
Let’s start with Lesson 1 and see how far we get
1 – PLANNING!
One should always consider ones plan of action before undertaking a new venture!
Unlike the signage planners at this hospital:
2 – TAKE Your TIME!
Don’t rush to get your sites online if your products aren’t finished!, Far better to take your time as advertised by Republic Memorials .. People would rather WAIT than see you rushing to launch a bad product!
3 – NAMING Your Site!
Yet another thing NOT to rush into, Do try and get your keyword into your site name, But at the very least… ask a few friends how your name looks and sounds!
And you might give a thought to the web being world wide – so you want something everyone will see as a great name!
4 – Keep it RIGHT with google etc.
It’s always best to give google what they want, so add good content to stay on the RIGHT side of the search engines!
5 – Decide on your working hours
Don’t try adding content or installing scripts when you’re tired or otherwise unable to think about what you’re doing properly! Set aside a time for everything
6 – Don’t take on the Impossible
You should only tackle tasks you have full confidence of finishing. Otherwise it might pay to get more training before jumping in!
7 – Use Original Content
Stealing someone else’s content is the same as entering their property and taking their stuff… It’s wrong and you wont get ranked highly for it… Think of it as TRESPASSING .. don’t do it!
Besides – it’s always said Better SAFE than sorry as far as your content is concerned! (you wouldn’t want to SICKEN anyone)
8 – Think About Your Pricing!
You wouldn’t want to become one of those people who have a reputation for OVERCHARGING or Having SPECIAL OFFERS that don’t seem that special to your subscribers!
9 – Don’t fall for the Cash Cow Sites!
Stop believing money will RAIN down on you with those Cash COW sites … build a real business – or you might just make it RAIN COWS!
10 – Obey Rules (Laws even apply to websites)
Some laws are there to protect you!
So make sure your site is fully compliant with all the FTC rulings!.. In other words – whatever you have – Make Sure You are Fully COVERED!
And take heed of any warnings!
11 – Take Care of your Passwords!
Be sure to keep passwords in a safe place, after all – you wouldn’t want just anyone getting hold of them… A lot like your kids – You should never let your passwords out of your sight!
Who knows what people might do to your sites (or kids) if you left them for just anyone to mess with!!
12 – Expect the UNEXPECTED!
Things don’t always go the way we’d like them to – so always expect the unexpected and be PREPARED for it!
13 – Don’t go it Alone .. Outsource
Once you’ve started having some success =- be sure to outsource to a professional to get things done right and quicker… It beats getting confused on certain tasks and making a mess of it!
14 – Don’t Make A fool Of Yourself!
Above all else – get the right help at the right time from the right people. The last thing you want is to monkey around and make yourself look like … a monkey?
So there you have it.. Valuable lessons (I hope) to help you in your online adventures
Though at http://www.InternetMarketingApprentice.com – None of these lessons have been covered to this extent!
But I’d love for you to take a Trial of our membership to see how many really great benefit our members do get – it’s less than five dollars to have a weeks worth of looking around, why not give it a go?
Or at least try our free coaching – that’s, well err FREE
You can grab that here:
http://www.InternetMarketingApprentice.com/freecoaching/
(OK – it is free – but I will ask you in every lesson to risk the five dollar trial and explore the main site and benefits… fair enough?)
Right – That’s me done for this quick update. I hope it gave you ‘some’ value and lots of Smiles
(BTW – do let me know which pictures … Lessons – You liked the most, I’m torn between the ’giving kids espresso and a puppy’, and the ‘washing instructions’…hehe)
Randy
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* This Weeks Cool Site
OK – this IS a promotion
But it is one you may want to look at!
OH – being sidetracked for a second… How many of us got a promo for the best thing since slided bread re ads on facebook for FREE…
ONLY to get another email telling us to ask for a refund cos the promoter only just had chance to go through it and discover it’ll be outdated in 4 days time?
STRANGE how I got that same email from 3 different marketers – telling me how sorry they were for promoting it and if only they’d checked it out first…!!
THEN 24 hours later I get another one saying it’s OK – as the product created who launched it will be sorting some updates to make it relevant again!
For crying out loud – WHY LAUNCH if you know it’ll be out of date in a week?? .. (oh yeah – cos you put a lot of effort into creating it and need a return on investment.. sorry never thought about that… I just figured you’d scrap a product that was no longer working and start over… Shows how NON Guru I am… Far better to launch and take peoples money, then you can pay for it to be sorted hopefully in the future!!)
Ooops.. let’s get back to the cool product!
So this promo came about because I’d seen so many people now telling me that we should all be taking advantage of Amazon!
The thing is – the promos I’d seen all showed a very quick video on how easy it is to add an ebook to Amazon via their Kindle or even Create Sapce sites.
Then they went on to offer to sell me hundreds of PLR articles and eboks I could upload (SO QUICKLY AND EASILY)!
Well on searching – I couldn’t find the ones they added or any sales etc.
So I looked more into it as it is something I have been meaning to do for a while. (I say I – I actually mean Rachel… but I know she’d want my help) we have some non IM ebooks that we think would do well on both Kindle and Create Space!
ANYWAY – long story short…
It would seem that there is a little more to it than just “Whacking” an ebook up on the sites!
There is a whole STEP by STEP procedure that needs to be followed to get it all uploaded correctly and available for people to buy!
THANKFULLY – I happened across a lady who works for someone I know very well. She accidentally let slip she was in the process of uploading some of this marketers products to Kindle for him. So when I spoke to the guy concerned he said it was true... nothing dodgy, just part of his plan this year and something I’m sure he’ll create a product on at some point…
Meanwhile – I figured this was a great chance to get a head start for both myself and my readers!
So rather than wait for him to create a product on how he outsourced adding products to kindle, I asked if the lady (Val by the way) had a guide we could all follow?
She did, but it wasn’t really for sale… However, after I asked her for a review copy and went through it (Again I should point out I read it to check it was easy enoyugh for Rachel to follow) she immediately uploaded it to a site so I could write her a testimonial and mention it to you ….lol
talk about taking action… haha
So without further ado, I happily recommend that IF you have thought about the advantages of having some of Amazons traffic to your eboks – or the benefits of being a published author…
Then you may want to take a quick look at Val’s product!
Especially as she has it uploaded as a two for one offer just now!
So you get both the instructions for Kindle AND for Create Space for the price of one!
Definitely worth buying and definitely worth following through on before all the gurus get their online and sell us a high priced course on how to do it!
And definitely worth grabbing as a proper step by step guide rather than just a quick mention in order to sell us some of their PLR!
http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/ValsKindleGuide
Take a look, and don’t ignore it just because Val isn’t some IM guru.. she really has made it an easy to follow step by step guide that Rachel is using!
Well that’s it for this update, I hope you found value and had a laugh, I wont labor the link above. If it’s something you’ve thought about and can see the benefits of – check it out. If not … enjoy the pictures and feel free to comment on what you thought were thre best ones
Later
Randy
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****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****
Til next time
To You and Yours,
Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!
Warm Regards
Randy
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I hope my female readers don’t think I’[m being sexist for liking the Rule 13 on Outsourcing….lol
Randy
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Hey Randy
What a fun post. I wish I had the creativity to come up with posts like this.
I can imagine you now scrolling through photo, after photo, after photo, and trying to apply some marketing lesson to it. It’s an image to behold
James
I agree this post is very creative – and I believe due to this there are many readers, aren’t there? For me this post is like an example of how to write posts. It’s really creative and fascinating. Good job!
LOL… That’s just what I did mate
Everything can be adapted to Marketing …lol
But yeah – I figured it was time for a fun post and had so many images in a few emails sent to me that made me laugh
So which was your favourite?… or daren’t you say for fear of being branded sexist too….lol
Randy
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Perhaps not the funniest, but the 2 drinks for the price of 2 I thought was very clever.
It would make me look twice and perhaps even consider going inside. Good marketing, that!
Here’s number 15:
http://tinyurl.com/4l8mm9u
Don’t forget to flesh out your back end to squeeze more money from your customers!
Hi Randy
Just got this email through after a long day in front of the computer -the 14 fun marketing lessons certainly woke me up and gave me a good laugh – I can’t decide on my favourite!
I’ll definitely be checking out the kindle info as well – its about time someone came along with an up to date, no nonsense product on how to make money from eBooks thats not eBay.
Hope everyone gets well soon.
Bev
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Hey Randy. I’ll take lessons 2, 5, 6, 12 and 13 please! lol. Seriously, nice post and I did giggle at some of the pictures! As an ex sailor I have a tatoo on my shoulder (it’s a nice little dolphin, awwww), I wish I’d thought of the monkey one though!!
Cheers
John Chadwick
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Hi Randy
You certainly know how to come up with interesting blog posts that catch your attention and make you laugh.
Love number 2, 5, 6 and 11
My favourite being number 2 – Republic memorials drive carefully we can wait.
I don’t like number 13 for obvious reasons and if my hubby said that to me he would be definitely washing his own clothes (lol).
Which one do you like best?
It’s not the one that says make sure you are fully covered is it????????????
See you in the Internet Marketing Apprentice forum
Dawn
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@ James, Nice addition….lol – backend…pmsl
@ Bev, Yeah – Amazon gets a lot of traffic, but so many just tell you to slap something up…lol
@ John, I’ve seen one funnier that the moneky – but couldn’t be shown on a public site…lol
(It involved a stick man with a lawn mower)
@ Dawn, Sorry – but it has to be the Washing one… I’m not sexist and rachel doesn’t do my washing (My cleaner does…I actually outsource my cleaning to my eldest daughter! – she does get paid!!)
My Second favourite had to be the 2nd on number 11 – A kid hyped up on espresso and given a puppy did make me laugh
Randy
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LOL!
Thanks mate, this was just wanted I needed to end the day on, as the day started with my Windows XP having a serious meltdown…
It’s been a long day, but I’m now up and running on a new HDD, a new version of Win7 64 bit, and I’ve even got pretty much all the files restored and programs up and running, thanks goodness for a recent backup (and a great techie mate).
so here’s another funny pic –
http://www.gitt.net/bmw-no-windows/
and my tips is make usre you not only do backup, but you do it regularly!!
cheers,
Matt
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Thanks for the laugh, Randy. I sure needed it after the afternoon I’ve had! I can’t decide which one I like best. But the one I like the least is your favorite!
Peggy
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Hi Randy,
No 7 made me laugh the most.
Even though I’ve also received most of those before (and No 1 had me guffawing the first time I saw it) I’d never thought of applying them to marketing tips!!!!!
Well done mate, you definitely have a great eye for Marketing opportunities!
I’d like to publish on Kindle too, but have decided to hold back and not buy that as I just can’t see how to fit it into my overcrowded schedule…………..
John
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Lol excellent stuff mate. I have never seen marketing attached to something so funny! Nice touch Randy keep it up mate.
Also I hope everyone gets better soon. I know how you feel, I had two poorly kids last week!
Speak soon
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@ Matt, Cool bmw ad you linked to mate
(OH and speak to Mr. Kinder – he may be able to have someone do the organising for you for the Bristol thing we discussed!)
@ Peggy, Yep – it would seem none of the Ladies like number 13 (could be be due to it being an unlucky number…hehe
@ John, Yeah – it was a bit risque – but hey .. blame the planning dept.!
@ Daniel, Fingers crossed they do get better soon…. I got next to nothing done playing nurse maid…lol
And yeah – it’s surprising, but when you lived a life in sales, it’s easy to see the marketing in just about everything – once you start looking for it, you’ll find it easier every time (That should help with future content for OIA …lol
Cheers for all the comments – It would seem none of the guys are brave enough to admit to liking number 13 …lol
Randy
Hi Randy and thanks for the “Fun” lessons!
I liked them all and hope I can come up with something as clever
for my site!
Blessings and “keep it covered”!
Helen
Well I laughed out loud at the first one and don’t think any after that were better, but all good and raised the vibrations, much needed after a day when the hosting provider for my blog disabled most of the supposedly “malicious” files & put it offline. Good side is I’ve been intending to move it for a while, so now is the time.
Hope your girls are on the mend now and you can come off babysitting duty to get some washing done!
Trish
@ Helen .. cheers
@ Trish, lol @ the washing…hehe
Randy
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Hi Randy
Great article – I was very amused
I regards to rule 13, I can only say that maybe
that’s the reason, I am NOT Married (LOL)
I hope you and Rachel are doing fantastic – you cetainly
have your great humour up and runnning
Big hug
Tina
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Hi Tina,
Long time no see – where’ve you been hiding?? (I’ll pop by your blog and see if it tells me
Rule 13 – … lol – yet another independant woman… what is the world coming too….hehe
(I betta be careful or strangers might think I am sexist!)
Randy
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Hey Randy,
Great post and thanks for the laugh. I love reading signs and thought they were all really funny! I am always up for a good laugh.
I will definitely check out Val’s information. What a cool concept and I’d be interested in learning more about that as well. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Hope everyone gets well soon. My best friend (and next door neighbor) just had bypass surgery and got home yesterday. Have already been over there twice today so I know how it is when you are caring for someone who is sick. Hang in there, the end is in sight…
Thanks again my friend,
Adrienne
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Hi Randy,
Great Step by Step Tips on Marketing. I guess Step 1 – Planning is the most important step that most people fail to do. I was guilty of it in the past as well. Which is why I know the importance of planning now. Anyway, this a great article that I would like to share with my readers.
Regards
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@ Adrienne, Heart Surgery!!!!… Tell me to stop complaining about a few sniffles and aching tummys!
There always IS someone worse off, So I’m grateful our lot just have a bug!
As Rachels girls imrpove, Rachel now has something… My Ex’s sone is off school too now, and Speaking to Sally Neill – her daughter Jade was poorly too, and now Sally has it..
There’s definitely something going round!
Here’s hoping it’s finished it’s rounds soon….lol
@ Edmund, that looked like a spam link attempt, but hey – you kept it on topic, so enjoy the link juice
Randy
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Hi Randy,
Your explanation is detail, great, and easy to be understood. Addition funny pictures make it is interesting.
Your post give motivation for me and give me more spirit to build my blog and making me fighter.
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Hi Randy,
I was giggling all the way through! And boy can I relate to sick child right now! Taya is only just getting her spark back the last couple of days.
Plus I really liked the “Girly Gang’ mention in the recent email!
Hope all is great.
Speak soon
Jacinta
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Glad I gave you a giggle Jacinta
, and also that Bubba is on the mend 
Hopefully now you’ll have time to join the rest of the ‘Girly Gang’ in http://www.InternetmarketingApprentice.com forums and get stuck into the threads …hehe – We’re missing you!
Randy
RandySmith@InternetMarketingRambles recently posted..14 FUN Marketing Lessons…Short and with Pictures
Hi Randy,
I am getting there slowly. Will get around to joining up with in next week.
Have been working like a tojan revamping my niche website/blog on spray tanning. I discovered that the site had earned some adsense just sitting there as a one page site for 2 years. Now imagine what it might do if I actually add content on there!
And would you believe I didn’t even have a banner on there to my actual sales site! DOH!
At least I live up to calling my self a bimbo!
Speak soon!
Cheers
Jacinta
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Hi Randy,
Fun stuff, it’s good to see this now and again, it leave reading a post nice and easy.
My wifes into reading and was actually talking about buying the kindle to source out books online. Also, she’s always been wondering how I produce eBooks and get them online
I’ll have to show her the offer you have here to see what she thinks 
.
Good stuff Randy
Eamon.
@ Jacinta … How does a trojan work … not seen one since I last watched Troy …lol
@ Eamon … Cheers for stopping by Glad you enjoyed the fun pics
Randy
As usuual Randy great content ready to learn @ IMA thanks Wally
Hi Wally,
Great to have you join us at http://www.IntermetMarketingApprentice.com , we look forward to more posts from you in the forum
BTW – Did members see we added the Free Link Cloaking Tool?
Randy
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Hi,
This is the funniest and most informative blog post I have ever read!
I am new here but I am sure I’ll come back again!
Keep up the good work!
Kindest regards.
Mouh
Hi Mouh,
Cheers for the comment, Glad you enjoyed the post
Randy
Hi Randy,
I like 3, 5, 7, 11 and I DO like 13. Men can be sexist, but then so can we. (Come on ladies, be honest!!)
I have been dejunking my email today so I can get my free coaching emails. Very painful for me as know at the moment, but I can’t make things any worse than they are.
I think Inetrent Marketing Apprentice is the most FANTASTIC value for money I have ever seen and an absolutely terrific website. I think I saw something in an email about trading membership of MoreMonthly?
(I did some ego boosting for Dan the other day and said on his blog that I woud have to do some for you too. However, all my comments are sincere.)
Regards
Dee
Hi Dee,
I appreciate you typing when it must hurt your hands so much… thanks for taking the time
And I hope it’s easing up now!!
Randy
Yeah! Keep it right with Google! This plays a very important role in SEO.
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LOL I laughed so hard I had to excuse myself. I am definitely sharing these with my co-workers.
Lol. Thanks Randy! It’s nice to get some sound marketing tips that don’t bore the pants of people for a change, like other websites I could mention!
I’m glad I stopped in here, I’m been in IM for a few months now am I’m not quite sure when to make the cross-over to doing some out-sourcing for my campaigns (mainly link-building, I think). I guess its a questions of ROI–I’m aware that I will eventually make so much more profit quickly and easily by employing helpers who could help me get top rankings quickly, but I’m just not sure I can take the risk financially right now. Plus, I’m not quite sure where to go to find information of prices, people, etc.
Do you recommend anywhere particular to go when I’m interesting in looking into out-sourcing?
Hi Randy, great pictures mate, loved them
I couldn’t say which was funniest but they all raised a smile and didn’t they just tell it as it should be ha ha.
Thanks for taking the 7 link challenge mate, without it i wouldn’t have seen this post
Barry
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Thanks, Randy! Love the photos. Great out-of-the-box presentation of important internet marketing lessons. Thanks.
Man, this is hilarious! HEHEHE! I like the photos, especially the tattooed belly. These are some great tips on marketing basics. Business people will surely appreciate your awesome post!t!