In this Post
* Catch Up 
* Amazon Bits
* New Cloaker News
* Next Meet Up – Sat 4th Feb!
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Hi Everyone
Well here we are half way through the month already.
And yep – I’m up to my usual sillyness already. I don’t think I’ll ever learn from my own advice!

I’ve lost count of how many times I tell others to stick to one thing and see it through, and yet I keep ‘Flitting’ from one thing to another myself!
Quite honestly I shouldn’t complain… after all we’re only a couple of weeks into the new year, and yet I sit and wonder why ‘stuff’ just isn’t finished yet?

Granted some projects take time, and we do need to wait until they’re complete before we can move on…. But boy oh boy it FEELS like I’ve been working on some for an age…lol

Does that affect you too?
Does it feel like you’re ‘flitting’ from one thing to another and making very slow progress?
Do you have 3 or more projects on the go, and as you ‘flit’ between them – does it feel like you haven’t moved forward?

If it does – here’s some food for thought:
I’d bet that if you have been chipping away, progress will have been made ! (It’s just that sometimes it doesn’t feel that way)
If you check on where you started and then where you’re up to – you will have been moving forward!

Sometimes it’s like we’re on a journey, but we forget to look at the map!
All we can see is how far we still have to go – and it’s so far away that it feels like we’ll never get there!

This is then compounded by the fact that all day and EVERY day we get email after email telling us of yet another new product we should check out and buy!

Now we all know that we should be avoiding anything that doesn’t fit with our business plan and marketing objectives. so that’s a given….
BUT – what these constant launches do – is make us feel like every man and his dog is making more progress than we are – doesn’t it?

So here’s what I’ve realised.
We ALL need to STOP from time to time and check our MAP!
NOT to see how far we have to go – but sometimes to see how far we’ve come!

Only by cutting out all the noise from the constant launches and feelings of everyone is moving forward except me…… Can we take some time to see how much progress we’ve actually made!
This then helps us to stay motivated and keep plodding forward!

I say plodding forward – because sometimes we don’t make leaps and bounds towards our goals….
Sometimes we take one baby step after another …. literally belly crawling forwards to our final destination!

But Hey – I can tell you from both online experience of keeping plodding until I get a project finished, and from an analogy of a time when I was in uniform doing my bit many years ago…
Online – I just need to remind myself of the stuff I have gotten finished and the regular money those items make (check my links if you need to)

My Analogy from past offline experience is taken from a time I was on a military exercise.
This one night, myself a small group of ‘specialists’, were given the task of keeping our enemy awake all night by launching probing attacks on them every couple of hours. (the idea being to ensure they were sleep deprived prior to our forces launching a ful scale attack the following dawn)
Unfortunately, due to their having patrols and sentry posts forward of their front lines – this meant we had to be very very quiet and take our time moving forwards for each probe.

Yes I’m getting to the point…lol
What we had to do was use techniques such as ‘ghost walking’ ‘belly crawl’ and ‘doubling back’ throughout the night…..
We would move forward literally inch by inch until we were in postition to shoot.
Then a hasty retreat after we had woken them, only to repeat the procress again an hour later!

Each time we moved forward we had to go so slowly it honestly felt like we’d never get into position – and yet each time we eventually did.
We’d be laid hidden in the undergrowth while their patrols marched past us, watching as they took just a few minutes to move over trerritory that we would take an hour or more to move over.
But because of our patience and checking exactly where we were on opur maps – we knew we’d get there and we did.
On every occassion we would surprise them and make our escape. (we even captured two of their sentries and a front line gun team…lol)
Come the morning the full scale attack was a resounding success and we got to sleep for a large part of the morning, as well as getting a great meal as a reward for our small part of the exersice.

The lesson being that sometimes those extremely long times of feeling like progess was so slow, We did need a look at the map and the overall plan to remind us that what we were doing was the right corse of action, and even then if we can only ‘Belly Crawl’, we’re still mo9ving forwards!

So if you’re feeling like everyone is rushing ahead of you …
Check you map!
See how far you’ve come,
Take note of any detours you’ve had to make,
And make sure you give yourself a pat on the back for any progress.

Then just stick at it until!

Remember – if you never give up – you can’t possibly lose.
Just keep it moving forwards

OK – that’s enough story telling for today, now back to what’s been feeling slow for me…lol
And maybe you’ll see some progress and I might realise I have actually got some stuff done…haha

Chat soon
Randy
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* Amazon Bits

Strange title I know, but let me explain…..
I’ve called it Amazon Bits because there literally are a few bits to mention. – Not just one aspect or element or product
This also in part covers some of what I was just talking about in terms of the time it takes to get stuff done!
With the first part of ‘time’ being no ones fault – but still a heck of a wait (or at least that’s how it felt)

Before I go on, I guess now would be a good time to add the fact that Amazon is one of the key areas of growth I want for my own business this year, I still have other online stuff to get done too – hence the multiple projects that I advise against…lol
And here’s one reason for having multiple projects on the go too…….
The Waiting!

First bit:
I’ve been meaning for ages (and I mean more than a year) to get a physical book created with Amazon Create Space.
This allows anyone to publish their own book and have it for sale world wide via Amazons Print On Demand Service. (Also worthwhile because unlike old fashioned self publishing – you don’t have to order a minimum print run of hundreds of books in order to see your name on a book cover)
So long story short – I finally got around to adding something.
It started out as some PLR I bought the rights to, and I edited it to make it my own.
(As it turns out it’s proving popular with my family and friends – because they can finally understand what it is that I do….lol)

But from a TIME point of view – I hadn’t realised just how long it would take for people in the UK to actually have a book shipped!
I submitted my work, created cover graphics etc. – and then had to wait around a month for the proof to be shipped to me! – ALL BEFORE I could approve it and have it listed!
Hence I had no choice but to move onto other projects while I awaited the postman, after all – just sitting around waiting wasn’t going to kep my business moving forwards….lol
So I got on with other things like the new link cloaker mentioned below.

Anyways – finally my proof copies arrived!
(Here’s a vanity part…. no matter how many ebooks I have out there that are making me regular monthly incomes – there really is NO DESCRIBING how it feels to see a physical book with your name and picture on it as the Author!)
My intention isn’t to make a fortune from selling this book, it was more to use the book as a ‘business card’ in effect. to give a free copy to local business people who might be interested in using my services from my offline site. After all – how much easier is it to consider using someone who is a published Author of a book about online marketing, when making a descion on whom to give a contract to?

But just in case you’d like to buy a copy – here’s the link:
Help…. I’m Addicted To Internet Marketing….. Will You Be Too?

And if you do buy a copy – let me know by sending a me a support ticket, and I’ll happily throw in any of my paid ebooks/products as a bonus, as I could do with some buyer reviews…lol
(that only applies to products/sites that are my own, and not ones where I have a partner or co-author… naturally)

So that’s create space, a great tool to get your name on a book and give you a larger than usual head when you chat to family & friends ;

Moving on…. – Do you own a Kindle Reader?
Kindle

Next bit

As well as Create Space, I’ve also been revisiting Amazon Kindle Publishing.
I already had some titles published on kindle - Randy Smith On Kindle  But I did them a good while ago and forgot about them.
Long story short – I’ve seen so many people promoting ‘Kindle’ products over the last year, and I actually promoted one myself  ages ago. On a personal level – I stopped looking at most as I saw the shear mess people were making, as well as the useless products that were just videos saying “get your ebooks on kindle”, and then making an offer of a heap of PLR to upload!
Where they failed was in actually showing people how to do the job properly!

For a start - Amazon didn’t take long before they started the ‘Kindle Slap’ - removing all the duplicate content poor quality PLR junk from the site!
And secondly – I didn’t see the hundreds of daily sales all those selling the plr claimed was so easy to make!

Well – as with all things – the Kindle guides have evolved!
Plus Kindle has continued to grow and grow! – It even got a mention in my MENSA magazine that I get sent out every month!, and that reminded me to take a look at my own products!

I can say that I was pleasantly surprised to see I have made a handful of sales (not the hundreds people talk about), but nevertheless – sales coming in from nothing other than listing 4 items in the kindle store!
Hence I’ve been on a mission to grab as much info and training on Kindle as I could find!…. and trust me when I tell you – there is LOADS of it! .. lol

One reason I’m mentioning it today is that I finally found some great training that has opened my eyes to why I haven’t made more sales…. And also teaches me exactly what and how to start doing in order to get more from my Kindle products!

What I love about kindle is that it’s actually easier than creating IM products with all the pages that a typical ebook site needs in order to make money from it!
(So the work load is a heck of a lot less, and less techy too!)
Anyways – If you’re still reading this far in, then I assume you might also be interested in taking a serious look at getting some products into the Kindle Store.

So here’s my strogest recommendation and a couple of others that I’ve bought recently and been pleased with.
I’ve learnt something from each of these product, so feel free to check them all out.
But if you ask me for just one – then I’d have to plump for Geoff Shaws Kindling membership right now

Here are the links:
Geoff Shaws Kindling Membership
Geoff alrwady has some fantastic info in this membership that is a one time fee – BUT – He is also adding more and that will increase it’s price as time goes by… So the best time to grab this is now!
ALSO – If you do buy it – Please contact me… as I’d like to set up a small groups of us to help each other as per geoff’s training on the section about Instant Social proof … yopu’ll know what I mean once you’re inside
This is my Strongest recommendation – because I learnt more about what I personally did wrong or missed out from this, and I haven’t even been able to get through the extra content he’s added since I last logged in!! Now, this is slightly higher priced than the WSOs I normally recommend, but having compared the value, there really is a complete and modern Kindle course in here. Just check my testimonial on Geoff’s page
Very Impressed!

Others I’ve bought:
Kindle Content Miracle
Happy enough with the content, but I would add that Cory seems to be a marketer who promotes stuff daily!

Kindle Pack
A Great basic guide to ensure you get set up correctly on Kindle itself, and some further study in the cheap oto Also the product that got me looking for more and more Kindle info

Vals Kindle Guide
This is the product I used when I started adding products to Kindle, and Val also did me a special offer page for my readers

Perfect Publishing System - (I’m awaiting affiliate approval – so in the mean time search the warrior forum if you don’t want to wait – Seems daft that after over 48 hours he hasn’t logged in to approve affiliates!!)
This one from Jonny Andrews was recommended by Geoff Shaw so I bought it… It’s more about how to make money rather than how to set up your ebooks etc. Also packed with info and videos to guide you through the process! – Highly recommended.

Kindle Publishing Kit
Another very useful offer – In this guide you get links to free software to help get the formatting right with kindle (Which also happened to be one of my biggest hurdles!!)

So there you have some of the kindle products I’ve bought and am happy to recommend. I wont try and tell you which to consider other than repeating that Geoff Shaws membership is what I’d consider to be the most complete and valuable, but some of the others have useful parts in their own right  like the Kindle Publishing Kit, so do check them out if you’re getting into Kindle, and grab what you feel will help you

And don’t forget to contact me if you buy Geoff’s one, As I seriously do want to have a chat to benefit us all

Moving On
Randy
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* New Cloaker News

OK – This has been a lengthy post with a lot of info about Amazon.
So I wont get into too much detail from here.
Re the new cloaker – all I will say is that after going through the comments and ideas given in reply to my last post.…..
Simon and I have been tweaking, testing and adding all sorts of extra features and facilities to the ‘extras’ that were already built in.

This has made the cloaker much more than just a link cloaker and tracker!!
We’ve wrapped it up now and encoded it ready for adding it as a product for sale – and just have the remainder of the sales copy and what it can do to write, along with some affiliate tools etc.

In the mean time – Here’s a link to a ‘HotPage’ I created in around a minute or so complete with header graphic title, links in boxes and footer etc. for those Amazon links I’ve recommended above.
Basically just showing off ONE of the amazing features the software has built in…….
Not forgeting to mention that this is the easiest software I’ve ever installed – with just ONE simple install file to upload and NO databases or database users to add and remember etc.!

So here’s the ‘hot page’ – Randys Recommended Amazon Kindle Links

Do take a look at the whole of the page, and remember – All I did was fill in some blanks and push a button!

More Soon…
Randy
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* Next Meet Up – Sat 4th Feb

Finally – Here are the details for our next meet up

1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 4th February 2012:
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers
Randy
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* Sign Off

****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

In this Post
* Catch Up & Controversy
* A Round Up Of WSO’s I’ve looked at
* Last Meet Up of 2011 (with special guest)
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Here we go again……
Another post full of excuses as to why I haven’t got much done….lol
OK – we had our November meet up on the 12th, which was a great event as Mandy Allen took over and put on a great workshop that everyone enjoyed and benefited from.
Speaking of which – the December one is close now too – see below for details.

Then I fully intended to get busy last week….but… (;))
I ended up taking time out to help a daughter complete her move, more time out to help my Step Mum with some chorses that were too difficult for her now, and more time out to start the Christmas shopping!
Add to that the usual dose of webinars and work for John Thornhill, updates to my membership sites, starting a new site for Rachel to sell some handmade craft items on, buying a heap of plugins and wso’s that I hope will come in useful sooner rather than later…… and I’m left wondering what to mention in this post

I guess I can start with a mention of Internet Marketing Apprentice and RandysMoreMonthly, as it’s those whom have the new downloads added for members

Also worthy of a mention is a freebie video John has just added to his brand new blog – It shows how he has installed and configured his cool looking new blog with a free theme that is certainly flexible!
I’m very tempted myself – but it’ll probably get moved down my priority list… lol
Do feel free to watch the video on John’s blog though, as he even shows you when he messes up – which proves we’re all human….haha

CONTROVERTIAL:
I also spent far too long trying to finish reading an ebook that fascinated me… totally NOT  Internet Marketing… but if you enjoy a fascinating read – check this:
Earths Fobidden Secrets by Max Igan of thecrowhouse.com …..

WARNING, This contains some controvertial information that some wont want to read or believe. Of particular concern is the Sumerian writings section – The Sumerian writings are perhaps the oldest record of an actual civilization that we have any real knowledge of and, through clay tablets, cylinder seals and stele, the Sumerians have provided us with a graphic and richly detailed version of mans early histories including the story of creation, both of the earth and of man. ….

EVEN THOUGH – It has now been universally agreed by both scholars and Theologians alike that the biblical story of creation does indeed have its basis in the Babylonian ‘Enuma Elish’ which itself is undoubtedly an abbreviated versions of the much earlier Sumerian texts. This can be easily confirmed as a great many parallels that can be seen in the Sumerian account when it’s compared to the Babylonian and Christian creation stories. It appears obvious that both of the latter accounts were heavily influenced by the much longer and more detailed Sumerian story.

I’m sure some people will take offence at what theologians and historians believe. So please – if you are a creationist, I’m happy to respect your right to believe whatever you wish, I merely said I thought this was a fascinating read. And yes – I am aware that one archbishop or pope centuries ago said that ‘The Devil came to earth early to duplicate the Bible so that when the bible was written it would look like a copy’… so everyone can feel sound in their own beliefs
(If anything – creationists may love parts of this ebook, as it certainly knocks Darwin into touch with some of the Out Of Place Artifacts found over the years! )

Anyways – You’ve been warned, and I’m only saying I thought it a fascinating read
Moving on:

Anyways…. It’s happened – I saw the TV commercials with CocaCola’s Santa and truck with lights… So I’m guessing it really must be nearly Christmas!
So if I don’t email again… I better wish all you USA readers a happy thanksgiving … as for the rest of us… Do we chill with the Yanks, go Christmas shopping or try and get stuff done before it really is Christmas??
With only 6 weeks left of this year – I figure a bit of everything is in order

Randy
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* A Round Up Of ‘Some of the’ WSO’s I’ve looked at:

Yep – Once you’re in the WSO section of the warrior forum, It’s hard not to notice stuff that seems very useful and really cheap!!
I wonder if anyone remembers the post I did ages ago that said more and more people would be promoting these just to earn comissions?

Well I could list a hundred here quite literally, but rather than jump on the me too bandwagon, I figured I’d just list the ones I’ve bought or am seriously interested in over this last week or so:
Whether they fit with your own business models etc. – I don’t know … hence as usual, I would onbly suggest buying stuff you will actually use!

Here’s a few to check:

My & John’s “7 Key Elements” report for $5 with an upsell to buy the PLR to it

John & Daves CB Affiliate Master Software (mentioned last time )

52 Weeks of Autoresponder messages for Offline prospects (if you do any work for small business owners building their sites etc. – thsi would be great as a list builder

G+ Offline Arsenal =- More for offline stuff (can you guess I’ve been focused a lot on adding to my wizardwebservices site…lol)

PennyProduct creator – Only available til the 26th! – Heaps of useful videos showing how to do expensive stuff for cheap or free!!

On Demand Backlinks: Power Posts – Another cool WSO by David Walker – here you get the links to heaps of good PR posts you can get backlinks from!

I also wanted to add Rob Corrigans 12 Roads Blueprints, (Now Added)
(I would suggest that’s a weakness of the WSO pro thing…. at least with clickbank you can promote what you want without having to wait for approval!!…. never mind all the hush hush let’s not mention how many have had their paypal accounts frozen issue that is still a worry with these type of WSO’s) <- Just as well I know I wont make thousands from mentioning these…LOL

OK – I don’t feel so bad now… At least you have a few links to check out, so I haven’t just rambled on and bored you to death

[EDIT]

Here are a few more I’m adding while I edited Rob’s links above:
These are this weeks WSO’s that I’ve bought or am going to:

WSO Domination (John Thornhills Full On Course)
http://randolfsmith.com/checked/wsodomwso

A Bargain Price for comprehensive training!
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WP Instant
I love this – all the pages and plugins easily added
to a WP blog with just a mouse click or two instead
of an hour or two messing about!

http://randolfsmith.com/checked/WPInstant
And at a great price too!
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OR – If you want EVERYTHING DONE FOR YOU
Take a look at this Drip Fed Blog offer:

http://randolfsmith.com/checked/DripFedBlog

Not cheap and I’m still considering it myself
to be blatantly honest…. But it does look so
tempting… especially if you tweak it once it’s
set up
But hey – decide for yourself
It certainly seems to have a lot of potential!

I’d better stop at that or you’ll be telling me
off for spending too much instead of taking action
with what I have bought…lol

Chat soon

Randy
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* Last Meet Up Of The Year

Here are the details for our last meet up of this year
1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 3rd December:

I can confirm we will be graced with the presence of John Thornhill again, which is bound to make a few people rush to grab a last minute ticket to get the chance to network with John and friends…..
So I have put a limit, based on the room size, for the number of tickets available…
Hence I suggest getting booked early to avoid disappointment!
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers
Randy
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* Sign Off

****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

In this Post
* Catch Up
* The Free Gift I Promised You
* Competition Feedback
* Don’t forget the Meet Up
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

I’m sorry to say it was a sad weekend for me and mine
I stayed over at Rachels house saturday night, and on Sunday morning her girls got up at 8.30am ish and let the cats in and the chickens out as they love to do most mornings.

Rachel and I were watching TV in bed and the girls came back up to play in their room.
At 9am I went downstairs to make coffees, Only to find that in that short time span someone has entered the house
and helped themselves to over a hundred pounds out of my wallet. My uniquely made engagement ring (inscribed with out initials and a heart), and my 48hour old iPad, along with Rachels tobacco and the girls savings jar!
Naturally this lead to a good part of the day speaking to the police and csi.

I doubt we’ll see any of the stolen goods again. But what’s worse than losing some property – is the thought that someone chanced it and entered the house.
Too many “what if’s” to think about, so now Rachel is scouring the internet looking at cctv and alarm systems!

We shouldn’t have to worry to live in this world, Or feel violated when we’ve done nothing wrong, but hey…
It’s not a perfect world.

I rarely discuss religion, but for now I will say that my thoughts going out into the universe, are that the thief gets what he deserves 3 times over!
Now I’ll get back to allowing the universe to right the situation and restore the balance.

[Added Note] – I have had so many emails from subscribers and answered them all, but just in case you got caught in a spam filter and didn’t get a reply… THANK YOU to everyone for their concern and thoughts. PLUS, An update on the searching Rachel did for alarm and cctv systems…. After browsing a lot of sites and forums, she had finally convinced me that she should have a dog! – she’s wanted one for an age, but I always talked her out of it, as they are not a pet to be taken lightly, they come with responsibilities!… That said – As she found one she loved the look of in an online classified ad, Hours later…I happened to bump into my gardner from many years ago, and while chatting about the weekends events he told me of a dog he could no longer care for due to work commitments… lo and behold.… The same one Rachel had seen… so guess what, We’re off to see it today! – Perhaps the universe decided it was meant to be??
And if so – then it’s already working on the karma aspect of the weekends events.. so watch out criminal – Your time is running out!

Meanwhile - I have the freebie I said I was preparing for you. It’s taken a little longer as I didn’t much feel like doing anything Sunday!
But regardless – It’s done now and I sincerely hope it helps you.

See below for the details.
There is also a reminder in this email about the meet up on Saturday, along with some details of a competition I will be running to allow 3 of my readers to get a camtasia license as a prize, and 3 to get a snagit license.

So on with the show

Chat soon
Randy
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* The Free Gift I Promised You

OK, now for some good news
I have just put the finishing touches on a bunch of wordpress themes I bought the rights for.

And knowing how big wordpress is, I’m giving you some free professional themes, with all the rights to use them, sell them or give them away yourselves

I’ve set the pages up to give 100 themes free just for landing on my squeeze page.

Then for an optin the reader can claim another 200.
So they get 300 professional wordpress themes FREE
(exsisting subscribers don’t need to optin – just look for yesterdays email with the subscriber gifts page link in it)

Then there is a small upsell of just $7 to download another 700 themes making a grand total of 1000 pro themes!

AND….
I think this is a major advantage for all my readers who invest the $7…
You also get all the pages to edit and copy the same system yourself.

Hence you can generate goodwill with the free themes,
Build your list with the extra 200, And monetize it with the $7 sales.

I’ve also created 3 videos for the buyers to show step by step how to set it all up

Part 2 and 3 are private for buyers, but part 1 is on youtube here:

For those who might be wondering how to get some traffic to the page and build their list…
I would suggest things like

Mailing whatever list you may have,

Posting on Twitter, Facebook and other social sites.

Adding a forum sig to your forum profiles,

Or better yet,
Join some giveaways using Keiths Push Button Giveaways 2.0

Or learn how to run your own giveaway free with Kerry & John’s course at The Giveaway Masterclass

Anyways
You can see the first page here:
http://randysmith.co.uk/FreeThemes/

Naturally it’s up to you to decide whether the $7 investment in the extra themes and the website will help in your online efforts, So I’ll leave it to you to check the page and the video
I hope the themes come in useful even if you don’t use them to build your business

Pop over and collect your 300 free wordpress themes now:

Enjoy
Randy
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* Competition Feedback

I mentioned that I have 3 snagit and 3 camtasia licenses up for grabs and asked for feedback on what to have as a competition for my readers and subscribers,
Most suggestions involved things like
Who could generate the most traffic to my site,
Or make the most affiliated sales of my products,
Or create videos linking to me,
Or guest posting on my blog

etc.

What I really wanted to try and do was to ensure that even newbies who are struggling to get started could stand a chance of winning, as I know many struggle and would love a camtasia or snagit license, but could never afford one.

So I have come up with something that will help me to know what you find useful, AND will help people take action,
AND may help others in the process. All the while giving everyone a fair chance to win. (everyone that takes action that is)

So watch out for my email in a few days that will give you the details of how you can enter and win

Trust me – this will be something for everyone

And hey – even if you already have copies of these products
You could win another, and hold your own competition to give away your prize

What I also want to do is ensure that loyal readers like you get a better chance of winning….

So here’s a heads up:

When you’re on the subscriber gifts page after joining my list to grab your free wordpress themes… or reading yesterdays email if you’re already on it
Do take note of any other freebies you’ve downloaded in the past!
The competition will be based on telling others which freebie you found most useful and why.

More details to come – but you might want to give that  question some thought
(Just don’t do anything yet til I announce the competition)

It’ll be a fun one

Warm Regards
Randy
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* Don’t forget the Meet Up – THIS Saturday!

http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/
Hit the link above to join the email list
Quick reminder, A few have already booked and paid, but naturally I could do with confirming numbers so there are enough chips to go round…lol

Here are the details for next month:
1pm til around 5pm, Sat 1st October 2011

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers

Randy
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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

In this Post
* Catch Up
* RandysMoreMonthly updated
* Video Tour – Fill in the blanks affiliate pages!
* Northallerton Meet Up Reminder
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* Catch Up

Wow, nearly two weeks since my last post??!!
Time does fly doesn’t it?
To be honest, I don’t even know where it went! – There always seems to be something to get stuck into online, I just hope if it’s flown by for you, that it’s been because you’ve completed some tasks and are making real progress!
(It’s so easy to get started on something and then get sidetracked onto something else – BUT – if we never finish things we’re unlikely to make any real progress, and certainly wont make any money from our sporadic efforts flitting from here to there and back again!)

Personally, I had a few days free of anyone shouting me to get stuff done…lol (I think that’s actually one reason I like to partner up with other marketers … it helps me get stuff finished because I know other people are replying on me!)
So while I was free and clear – I decided to get a couple of old sites, that I lost in my October 2010 hacking incident, back online.
So as of now – Free Marketing Gifts, and Northallerton Ads Business Directory are back online and running!

That also got me starting a new site to offer offline stuff to local businesses. (Not finished yet, but I’ll show you once it’s online)
There does seem to be a wealth of information about pitching to offline businesses and making money with our online skills, so I figured I might as well have a little of it. Maybe it’s something you might want to think about too?
There are always a heap of WSO’s in the Warrior Forum to chose from that would give you some ideas of what and how to make a few extra dollars in the offline niche – not that I subscribe to the beliefs that you can make thousands of dollars per client…lol – most of our local business is looking to spend as little as possible, but that doesn’t stop us from building them a basic site for a couple of hundred dollars and then enjoying the recurring income from their hosting from there on in

As for online stuff, Terry is currently working on the advanced training video for NMPLR, so I’m waiting for him to let me know when those are done.
Meanwhile, I’ve again used Push Button Giveaways 2 to join another few giveaways and add some new subscribers to my lists, and I’m looking forward to the re-opening of Keith and my Original Products Giveaway on the 24th! so do feel free to get in there as a contributor and build your list before it’s reopened to the public:
http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/OPG

Or join Push Button giveaways, to help automate this and more giveaways! http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/PBG2

Don’t forget to check the video on my latest product… if nothing else it should give you a smile or two
Video Sales Letters ABC 

OK – I reckon that’s enough of a catch up, as I’m still recovering from a tummy bug that had me in bed (or should I say between the bedroom and bathroom) all day yesterday. Yeah – too much info really – but it does seem to be going around the country again!
Prior to that it was a great weekend! – I enjoyed a few movies and a party on Saturday night that thankfully wasn’t spoilt as my ‘bug’ didn’t hit me til Sunday morning.

Here’s hoping you don’t get it! – it wasn’t pleasant at all!, AND it delayed me getting this post done as I just couldn’t face creating a video or writing all day!

Anyway – I seem to be OK now – thank goodness it was only a 24hour bug!
So I hope you enjoy the vieo below

Chat soon
Randy

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* RandysMoreMonthly Updated

Before I get into the video I just made, I did want to mention that RandysMoreMonthly has been updated with another 20 ish IM products with MRR & PLR rights!

So if you’re a member – do log in and download what may prove useful to you.
And if you’re not a member – You could join and pay your $14, grab what may help you and then decide if there’s sufficient value to remain a member and get new products every month!

No big pitch – the site sells itself to those who recognise abargain

Later
Randy

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*  Video Tour – Fill in the blanks affiliate pages!

OK – here’s yet another video I’ve created.
This one is to show you around Keith Purkiss’ new Super Affiliate Page software!

If you have you ever spent months creating a product, weeks writing the sales page, then just as you thought you’d finished found you hadn’t created an affiliate resources page ….
Or if you want the top affiliates to promote your product and make sales for you….
Then you MUST give them the best tools presented in a professional way.

Many people get this wrong, maybe it because it gets left until last and is just gets overlooked?
Or in MY CASE – maybe it’s cos there’s lots of elements of it that get quite technical?

Well now there’s a quick and easy way to create a professional resources page just by filling in a few forms…
This does exactly what it says on the sales page! 
In fact I’ve been inside the members area and it does a LOT more.
This has everything you need to a fantastic supply of tools for your affiliates.
If your looking to save time and effort, and attract more affiliates who will earn you more money, then you have to join this site right now!

Keith Purkiss’ new Super Affiliate Page software!

BUT before you do, I wanted to show you how easy it it by doing a tour inside the membership area!
I actually got access to this while it was being built (When Keith mentioned it I begged him to let me use it for my affiliate pages on VideoSaleslettersABC.com/affiliate) because I was dreading trying to link up various bits of software and techy code to create the page.

What a fantastic tool Keith created (Early feedback even has a big name switching from an expensive program to use this because IT’S BETTER than the costly one!)

Anyways – rather than pitch it – take a look around, and then if you think it can help you, use my link to get a special price

Here’s the special discounted link again:-

Super Affiliate Page

Hope that helps guys
Randy

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* Northallerton Meet Up Reminder

http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/
Hit the link above to join the email list
Quick reminder, A few have already booked and paid, but naturally I could do with confirming numbers so there are enough chips to go round…lol

Here are the details for next month:
1pm til around 5pm, Sat 3rd September 2011

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers

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

In this Post
* Catch Up
* John & Daves WSO for $5
* The Meet Up Verdict
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* Catch Up

Well it looks as though I still haven’t got used to being back at work…lol
The weekend and meet up came and went, and suddenly it’s Tuesday already?? What happened to Sunday & Monday?? lol

Being perfectly honest, I have kept busy, but it’s all been maintainance and site building mainly. I still have some sites that I’ve never rebuilt since last Octobers hacking incident, so I’ve been messing around rebuilding those.
Naturally I’ve also been catching up on my usual forum visits and comments to see what I’ve missed while I was away, and I’ve also enjoyed a couple of late mornings too…. just to help with getting back into normal routines…hehe
Craig collared me for a little help with a daily coaching program he’s putting together for IMA members!
http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/IMA

As for NicheMarketPLR
http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/NMPLR
Terry is wanting to add some advanced training into the membership, the feedback from my videos has been fantastic (you can see most of them on my youtube channel) http://www.youtube.com/user/RandolfSmith  or see the 3 individually here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FfyjGl3xPw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7upbU3iHTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTXyZlgGBSs

It may take another couple of weeks to get the additional resources and training sorted – so do optin to the list to get notified as soon as it becomes available!
The funny is – that the site started out as such a simple idea and concept – but with it being such a fantastically simple to use piece of coding, it would seem a shame not to make it an all round major resource for anyone wanting a easy way to start getting sites online and making some money! … especially when so many programs get launched that don’t do as they say they will!

Anyways…. I’ve also used Push Button Giveaways 2 to join another few giveaways and add some new subscribers to my lists, and I’m looking forward to the re-opening of Keith and my Original Products Giveaway on the 24th! so do feel free to get in there as a contributor and build your list before it’s reopened to the public:
http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/OPG Or join Push Button giveaways, to help automate this and more giveaways! http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/PBG2

And if you still haven’t (which I supect a good few haven’t looking at my stats)…. Don’t forget to check the video on my latest product… if nothing else it should give you a smile or two Video Sales Letters ABC http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/VSL

As for promoting any of the biggies this week – I still haven’t had time to go through the ones I’ve been given access to, and besides, I can’t match the bonuses of other marketers who I speak highly off – so chances are you’re on their lists and can see what they think of them

I reckon that should do for a quick catch up, so I’ll close this section here and move on to tell those interested about last Saturdays meet up, as well as another mention of John and Daves Crazy $5 deal saving 99% on one of their sites!

Chat soon
Randy

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* John & Daves WSO for $5

I did send an email about this on Friday, so apologies if you’re seeing it again…. BUT, I did want to make sure everyone saw it! Talk about a crazy deal being offered!!
John Thornhill and Dave Nicholson announced that they were giving full access to their MultiProfitsMonthly site, that normally costs $47 PER MONTH….

For Just a ONE OFF FIVE DOLLARS!!

Yep – just $5 for everything with immediate access!
Basically, as I mentioned in my email,  I think it’s daft not to look at the deal. Totally up to you whether you invest the one time $5, Obviously I hope you  do so I can get rich from the commissions – HAHA
(I said that tongue in cheek – but actually, I’m pretty amazed at the response I got! – Considering the commission is around $1.80, to make over $100 in just a couple of hours shows how popular this WSO actually is!)

Seriously, I’m mentioning it because if you just picked up one piece of useful info from the whole 12 months of training, well you wouldn’t complain would you?
Anyways – here’s the link:
http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/DNJTwso
Just take a look at the comments already!!

And in you’d rather know a little more about it first – here’s the promo copy …
Actually stuff it, why pitch it, just take a look and if you want to take advantage of 12 months worth of training and videos, then invest the $5 and see what you can pick up from the product, at 99% off it has to be one of the best WSO’s going!

And hey – notice how most of the people who promote WSO’s haven’t bothered mentioning it??… maybe they don’t realise that subscribers and readers appreciate an honest recommendation, and we marketers shouldn’t be concerning ourselves at the low commission rates if we believe the offer to be of value to our readers??
All those dollar eightys do add up – or hadn’t they figured that out yet?

OR – Maybe I’ve finally found a price point my readers are happy with …lol – My Yorkshire Ways must be rubbing off on you all… hehe
Yes – even a scrooge of a Yorkshireman can recognise a real bragain when he sees one – so pop along and see if you agree:

http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/DNJTwso

Later
Randy

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*  The Meet Up Verdict, & Next Months Dates

http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/
Hit the link above to join the email list

At the last minute I did have a few regulars book a ticket and turn up for the meet up. (I thought it was just going to be two of us…lol)
The rain came down heavily and even stopped Bev’s train a mile away from town!, but we did all get there in the end.

SO – having blatantly asked those in attendance whether we should continue as we are, or whether they would prefer to pay more and have a bigger event in John’s Sunderland offices…
The consensus was that we should continue with the Northallerton ones.

It was unanimous that people preferred the friendly chatting style with an occassional presentation on topics they can ask to be covered, rather than a planned structured day or weekend. And they also preferred to keep the price down at the £25 level rather than pay around £97 for something more formal.

So who am I to argue?.. if everyone feels they’re getting value and are building better friendships with other marketers, then I see no reason not to continue.

Hence next months meet up is now taking bookings. There is a limit to how many can attend, so if you get a sold out page – just be sure to book early next time. (by all means email me and I’ll let you know if anyone pulls out and frees up a space)

Here are the details for next month:
1pm til around 5pm, Sat 3rd September 2011

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers

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