Randy’s Ramblings 31st August 2010
HypeFree advice to help us all.

In this Post
* Catch Up, back from hols
* Another Don’t Buy… am I too late?
* Feedback on last recommendations
* New Recommendations & A New Freebie Added!
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up, back from hols

Hi All, …How are you?
I’d bet all the UK readers are looking forward to this last week of the school holidays…lol

Rachel, myself and her two girls got back from our week away on Friday… and what a shame it was to come home

We all had a great time on holiday (Vacation).
We did some simple things like playing in the sand and sea on the beach. Discovering shells and sea life in the rock pools and waters edge.

And we had some lovely evenings watching some live shows ranging from magic shows to singers, comedians, circus performers and dancers, as well as a few disco dancing partys for the girls with all their favourite party tunes.

And we mustn’t forget 3 days of trips around shops!!! (Actually – it wasn’t that bad thankfully… in fact Rachel doesn’t like shopping with me much as I like to browse everything, and she just wants to buy stuff…lol)

One thing I did notice was how much ‘Marketing’ is done on holiday!
It seems as though every show, every event and every bit of fun that was planned for the children involved some form of upsell!

Be it photos with the stars, soft toys of the kids fav characters, even spray on tattoos related to the events!
(These guys know how to design fun to make money!- AND they know the psychology of getting the kids to emotionally blackmail parents into spending money time after time…lol)

So now we’re home and there were 3500 emails to get through! I only answered support tickets that needed answering while I was away, as I promised not to spend all my time on the pc!

The downside being that it creates a new habit of doing nothing…lol

So now it’s taken me all weekend just to catch up and get through my emails… and try to force myself into spending more time at the pc again! – So hopefully by tomorrow I’ll be back up to my 3 hours a day or more…hehe

OH – BEFORE I FORGET
I’ll be confirming the numbers for the Northallerton Meet Up sometime today or tomorrow…

So I’ll need anyone who was thinging of coming to get their booking made asap

For future ref – here is the notification list:
http://randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/

And for booking a place for this Saturday 4th Sept:
http://randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

So please get booked as soon as you can so I have accurate numbers for the landlady of the venue
Cheers

Right – back to online stuff I suppose?
While I was away I had a ticket letting me know that 7 of the 40+ download links in next months updates for
http://www.MoreMonthly.com were corrupted or not working.

Those have now been re-uploaded so they should be fine now. I’ve also been asked if people can somehow get access to the previous 300+ downloads.
So I will be trying to set a page up for that with a one off price for all.

Meanwhile – In this email I have a mentioned some (not all) of the things that caught my attention in the heaps of emails I’ve been through since we got back….

Starting with another ‘don’t buy recommendation’ to save you wasting your ca$h!
In case you missed my last email – I mentioned that one sale that was on before I went away was for products that have been around for 2 years… and yet they still pitched it like it was an exclusive offer!!

Randy

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* Another Don’t Buy… am I too late?

One of the things I saw promoted a heck of a lot while I was away was something with the initials ATA

Straight away I noticed one big name I respect (Kevin Riley) promote it and say how great it sounded….
Only to get another email explaining that he felt he should let people know about it as part of his service to subscribers…BUT that he wouldn’t be using it himself due top the ‘shady’ aspects of it???
That lit up the warning lights straight away for me!
So on getting home and seeing an email from one of our reader
(Thanks Sandra)
Where she had bought the product and wrote:

“Dear Randy,
I bought the ATA and have just asked for a refund,
I feel that this is going to get all that use it
banned from Face book as soon as the method is discovered.

I don’t like using illegal means to generate traffic,
I will say they explained  how to make ads in face book
and plenty of fish very well but I can foresee
many affiliates getting into trouble with this..

They did not say what it was until after buying it.
Its all about uploading a script to your hosting and
cloaking your url so face book staff approve your ad
I have had emails from everyone asking me to buy this
even Tony Shepherd who I thought would have more sense

Regards
Sandra “

And This One JUST IN as I was about to post:

“Hi Randy

I don’t know if you’ll get this and see it before it comes off sale if it does! Yes I bought ata as well plus the upsell to Affiliate website. I have asked questions to all the owners of these sites and received no response and I agree that FB won’t belong before they wake up too so I’m going for  a refund on both,

Bob”

I must admit I was surprised to see Tony Shepherd‘s name mentioned? As well as Kevins, the marketer I saw the email from initially.
I have to admit I was pleased to see another good guy, whom I’ve promoted in the past,  Stuart Turnbull, steer well clear and even sent a video out to his lists warning against it.

You can see that here:
http://www.saturnbull.com/video/buyerbeware.htm

So although I’ve not bought and checked the product, On the strength of what I’ve seen from people I respect and trust – I would certainly steer clear myself and recommend you are careful if you were considering it!

Hope that helps
Randy

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* Feedback on last recommendations

I had a few people buy Dr.Mani’s “Think Write Retire”
http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/DrMani
And email me with praises for it, and only one say it wasn’t for them.

And with the ca$h going to a good cause I was happy that most people liked it.

www.EmpireAvenue.com/randy is still confusing me a little as
to what it’s for other than having some fun with and making some new
connections – but then I suppose that is what social sites are about …lol

I am happy to pop in and have a play as it is a good source of backlinks to my sites, and it is free

A couple of the other offers I mentioned have now finished,
But one that I have a permanent link for a $20 saving is the one for Dave Nicholsons Your Own Software Site
http://www.yoursoftwarewebsite.com/

As mentioned – If you’d like an easy software website of your own with links to some CB products as well as some of your own… This is an easy one to set up AND the link I gave has a $20 discount off the normal full price

Personally – I would use this as an extra site to link from my blog etc. Rather than hoping to generate all my income from it, and as such I believe it could and would make a good ‘extra’ income for those who grab it.

That just leaves me to mention anything new I am impressed with…..
See Below:

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* New Recommendations & A New Freebie Added!

I’m gonna miss out all the big name big promos (as I really haven’t had chance to check them out)

Instead I’ll make mention of two links below… unrelated but worthy of a mention:

The first is for one of John Thornhills products:
Profit From PLR

This now sells for $97 on clickbank….BUT – I have a link with a $60 discount!
So if you wanted to watch John show you step by step what he does with PLR you can grab this course for just $37 from this link:
http://randysmith.co.uk/discounted/profitPLR

The other one to mention is really cheap at only $10 …BUT – it’s a great report from James Penn who I’ve seen rise from teenager to experienced 20 yr old making more in his part time than his uni course will net him once he’s finished…lol

It’s called “Six Figure Sales Machine.” and details how he’s built up his own 6 figure business step by step.

http://randysmith.co.uk/recommends/JamesPenn6Figures

The report is very detailed and nice and clear, so I’m sure many of my reader and you would benefit from it.

Finally - I’ve added a new freebie to the subscriber gifts page:
(You need to be a subscriber to access it)

It’s a report on content syndication.
Basically getting your links on other cool high ranking sites.
It does pitch a plugin that will automate the process, (which I have started using myself) – but the content will teach you what is involved even if you don’t want to buy the plugin. (I must admit – I like just pushing the button and having it all done for me…lol)

So there you have it… My catch up, and my own attempt at getting back into the swing of things…lol
(if you ever thought reading my rambles was a lengthy task…. imagine writing them! ..hehe)

Here’s to a great September for all of us 

Randy

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* Sign Off

Right – back to yet more emails and hopefully some work
(If I can get fully back into the swing…lol)
And don’t forget to get booked to pop along to the Northallerton Meet Up If You’re close enough

****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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