Randy’s Ramblings 28th May
HypeFree advice to help us all.

In this Post:

* Did you get the Open Office Tutorial?
* A Duty To Help People…
* Final GiveAweay Results.

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* Did you get the Open Office Tutorial?

A quick reminder before I start Rambling….lol
As a last minute addition – I bought the rights to a
fantastic Open Office Tutorial with video etc.

And I added it to my blog post here
http://www.randolfsmith.com/?p=72

In case you didn’t go to the blog
Here is the download link, as this is a great guide,
in it you can follow the authors link and
buy a brandale version yourself to either sell or
use as a brilliant giveaway for building your list!

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* A Duty To Help People…

I thought I’d write up my results from the IM Giveaway.

The main reason for doing so is to let everyone on my
list know exactly how it did…. That way you can make
a more informed decision whether to join in next time.

It also gives me the chance to explain why You may
want to build your own list…. and I’m not talking
about all the “Usual” reasons!

The thing is – I get emails all the time from people
wanting to build their lists… after all – don’t
we always hear terms like “The money is in the list”??

Now here’s a different slant on that…

It’s not just because you have a list of people who
may of may not buy products you are recommending.
And it’s not because “They Say” that each subscriber
is worth a dollar a month etc.

No – I think it’s important you have a mailing list
of your own for a very specific reason that is
totally NOT related to the above staements!

Here’s why I believe you need a list:
For the same reason I’m now writing this…

I’ve had a lovely holiday weekend with my family,
and I’ve done nothing in terms of my internet businesses!

I had a good month and my cheques are all cleared,
I have ca$h in my pocket and there is no school
for Cameron this week.

So the temptation for me is to just do nothing!

And that would be so easy to do – if I didn’t know
that there are people relying on me keeping them
informed and educated!

SO that is my main reason for having and growing my list!

IT KEEPS ME MOTIVATED!

Seriously – when you have a group of people desperately
wanting help and advice, how can you do nothing and let
them down?

These people have put their trust in you – they have
given their email in exchange for a freebie – yes.
But that email is a precious commodity that they’ve
trusted you with.

The choice is now to abuse it and attempt to make as
much as possible from it by pitching like crazy every
latest guru launch in the hope of big commissions….

OR

To genuinely try and help these people with whatever
knowledge you have, and realise that they won’t all
want help, they won’t all read your emails, and they
won’t all spend anything on any recommendations
you make…..

BUT…
If just one of two do listen… and if they act on
the information your give…
And if by doing so there is a direct result on their
level of success, and that has an impact on their
lives, and that of their families…..

Well isn’t that enough to make you feel like you have
a moral duty now?
And how good would it make you feel to know you have
made a difference to someones life?.. albeit a small
one – but what about the ripples?

Those small differences can go on to spread and affect
others too, and that’s what I’m talking about!

It all comes back to what Zig Ziglar said that is
quoted so often in any sales environment…

“You can have anything you want –
If you just help enough other people get what they want!”

So based on that understanding, the money will come if
we just focus on being genuine and helping where we can.

Therefore it matters not whether our open rates are small
Or whether the people only wanted the freebie….

What matters is that someone on that list of yours
wants help.

And even if it’s just one person – then they are the
reason you sit in front of the pc and write your emails.
Because by helping them you are helping yourself in the
long term.

So going back to what I was Rambling on about earlier -

I get motivated by the fact that I know some people are
relying on me doing my best to help them.

And because of that – they are helping me build my business
which in turn brings in the ca$h to allow me to have these
weekends with my family and not worry about the money
they are spending (well not too much…lol)

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Has that given you food for thought?

Are you doing your best to help the people on your lists?
Whether you have 1 or 1000 doesn’t matter… what matters is
whether you’re helping yourself by helping them.

So while I’m here – I would like to say thank you
to everyone who is on my list, for being on my list,
and I truly hope that you benefit in some way or other.
(And if you’re not there is an opt in box top right )

I care not if you’re someone who never reads my emails
the simple fact that you’re on my list is enough to
force me to take action, and write my thoughts and
experiences down….. and that in turn helps me to
build and secure my online business.

I sincerley hope you’re getting yours built too…
And that you too enjoy the sense of satisfaction that
comes from helping others, knowing it’s also
helping yourself!

Anyhoo – Enough rambling – On with the results…

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* Final GiveAway Results

I will be writing up a pdf with what I’ve
learnt and discovered about these giveaway
events, and I’m hoping it will help ‘normal’
people like you and I to use them to grow
our businesses….

But in the meantime, here’s how this latest one did.

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Lets be honest – we all know it’s
easy for the gurus who have big lists of tens
of thousands to add many more thousands…

They just promote the event – get a few hunded
people to join and their gift stays on page one
where they then get a few more thousand added
to their lists….!
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The giveaway ran for a week, and I had 6 people take my
recommendation to join as contributors, and 32
join as members wanting to grab some freebies.
So as you can see – No Guru type figures there

I paid the $17 for the upgrade
This put my product in a rotator to be shown on
page 1 randomly with other upgraded members -
thereby gaining me more exposure that just being
on page 8 or 12 or where ever I ended up.

By the end of the event I had added another 326
people to my lists, Again – no guru figures -
but still nice for the sake of $17

(I doubt adwords or the like would have that
many hits & signups for $17)

That said – now that the event is over, I have also
been paid for upgrades from my link.

And I’m pleased to say I was paid more than double my
fee.. A total of $39

Again – no guru figures – but in terms of my efforts
it means I’ve added over 300 subscribers AND made a
profit of $22

So even the gurus would have to admit that it’s a
positive result, don’t you think?

(Or maybe not as some of them only wnat to know if
things will make them $’000′s…lol)

As far as I’m concerened though it’s a great result!

Now I have even more pople to answer to.
So I have to get my backside into gear and help
where I can.

And trust me when I tell you – the money is great.
BUT – there is real satifaction in hearing that
someone who is on your subscriber list has done
well for themselves!

Like for example the 6 who joined this last
event as contributors.

Although I haven’t heard back from all of
them yet, I will add their results to my
as soon as I have them.

But here is how Omar and James did…

Omar Martin of
http://www.Omar-Martin.com
got 232 new subscribers to his list,
downloaded $500 worth of products to help his
future business and made a net profit from
the giveaway of $20.

Imagine that – being paid $20 to add over
200 names to a new mailing list….lol

James Teale of
http://www.james-teale.com
got as astounding 466 new subscr’ibers to his
brand new list.

And to quote James
“it was well worth it! – 84.2% opt-in rate
Thanks for the recommendation mate.”

As mentioned as soon as I have the figures
from the other 4 people I’ll post them to
my blog when this is added – or at least
include them in the pdf when I
get it written up

Bear in mind some of these people are new to
list building, so it could as easily have been
any one just starting out…..
Including You !

So how is your list building going?
And are you ready to get involved next time?

Feel free to send me a support ticket if you want
me to let you know ahead of time for the next
JVGiveaway I join.

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That’s it for this issue – Sorry there’s
nothing to buy…lol

I’ll stick something in the P.S. if you feel
the need…hehe

As ever I really mean it when I say -
Here’s hoping you’re …..
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Til next time
Warm Regards to You and Yours,
From Me and Mine.
Randy
www.MonthlyBargains.co.uk
www.RandolfSmith.com
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P.S. With the secret bonus in 7 Key Elements,
You could happily use it as a freebie and still make mone’y
with it… And it’s still only $9.99
http://www.7KeyElements.com

P.P.S. I have a new site I’m putting together than will
really help everyone at all levels who are on my lists.
Filled with products (at least 10 every month) with rights,
AND a member only forum for ongoing advice and help.

I’m thinking it will be around $17 per month
(less than a couple of dollars per product)

BUT – It will be slightly reduced for launch, If you want
a sneak peek give me a shout
Support is at
www.RandolfSmith.com/support