Randy’s Ramblings 29th March 2009
HypeFree advice to help us all.

In this Post

* Twitter Freebies & Mega Useful Tool
* Freebie link make a signature & Tip for your salesletters
* A Free Squidoo Guide and recommended Product.
* Northallerton Meet Up 6th April
* Sign off

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It’s happened again hasn’t it?
We blinked and another month is practically over!

I can hardly believe where the time goes these days,

That said, don’t waste yours….  do check the section titles
and feel free to scroll through, and I know not all of the
sections will be of use to you.
(So much for my attempt to keep things in short chunks ..lol)

Oh, and before I get started, I wanted to give you a silly smile

I was just at the back door having a cigarette and noticed the
weather here. We’ve had it blustery and showery for a few days now.
As I gazed at the fine blanket of rain that you would hardly notice
unless you stared, I thought to myself …

“Oooh – it’s that ‘Wet Rain’ again!” …. Then Smiled!

I don’t know how many times I’ve laughed at that statement, but
it amuses me every time..

I hope you know what I mean by it – that rain that is near
invisible – but soaks you to the skin before you realise it’s
even raining.

I think the term was inherited from my parents or grandparents,
and I guess I’m wondering if you say ‘daft’ things like that too?

‘That Wet Rain’ – as if there is any rain that isn’t wet! …LOL

OK – you’re now either staring at your screen in disbelief and
scratching your head wondering why you’re even reading this…
OR
You’re smiling at how many times you may have heard similar
comments within your family or friends…

Either way – I suppose I should get on

Oh – before I do, I’ll be moving house again first week of April,
but I’ll update you on that next time, as I’m hoping it will be
a lot smoother move and with no loss of connection this time around.

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* Twitter Freebies & Mega Useful Tool

First up – I mentioned last time that I had finally
given in to the constant shouts of people saying we
should all be on twitter.

Well it’s very early days yet – but already I’ve learnt a
valuable lesson and want to pass on some important advice
and freebies.

First the advice:
The first thing you might want to do if you are going to get,
or have already got a twitter account, is this:

Go to Robert Planks blog and watch the video:

He shows you how to set up a free application called Tweet Later
(Talk about a useful app!)
This will save you a LOT of hours you might otherwise have wasted
messaging each and every follower you get.

I kid you not I was ready to delete my account at the thought of
sending everyone a message. I have over 200 followers already, and naturally,
I would think it rude not to follow them back… So I’m glad I came across
Roberts video and implemented it.

Also – here is a link for some more twitter stuff.

It’s all free (love the price) from David Cheyne.
No Opting in or anything.

All you do is add your twitter name & password and the software
‘Tweets’ about it. David get’s you as a follower and you get taken
straight to the download links.

A novel way to gain followers – and you can add your name too.
Here’s the page:

I still don’t know enough to figure out if  all this twittering is worth it,
but as a way to gain more exposure free it seems to be worth a go

[Edit]
I’ve also had an email from a reader (Josh), with a couple more links he
thought we might find useful – I’ve not had chance to look them over yet
but I’ve known Josh for a few years and don’t doubt they will be worth checking.

“Just wanted to let you know about this since you’re on a twitter
thing at the moment:
http://www.viraltweets.com/

http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/
They aren’t aff links or anything mate, just thought they might be
cool to share with your list as a follow on.
Both pretty useful.”

So that’s one lot of useful free stuff,

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* Freebie link, make a signature & Tip for your salesletters

A little copywriting advice for you now .
Naturally this one only applies if you have a sales letter online.

Without getting into the whole mumbo jumbo of the psychology
involved, I’ll come straight to the point.

Have you noticed how all the top marketers have a signature
image on the bottom of their letters?

Instead of signing:

Randy Smith

You’ll see something like my sig seen here:

The reason is because it’s a simple fact that -
A hand written signature adds more power to your sales letter!
Further to that – testing has shown that a blue signature
generates more response from the readers than any other colour.

Hence, why I have a blue signature on most of my salesletters

Here’s the thing.
I know most people can’t afford to just go straight out and get
a signature made when they are starting out – it’s just yet
another added expense!

The alternative is usually to try and find a font that
looks OK and will do until you get around to it…
Well here’s your second freebie/useful link today:

http://www.mylivesignature.com/
If you go to that page and click on proceed.
Then click on Using wizard and again on the wizard link.

You’ll then be able to Enter your name and follow the pages
to choose font, colour, size etc. Until you have a signature
graphic.

Then either complete their instruction – or do it this way:
Right Click and save image as,
Save to desktop
Then rename the image to whatever is easy for you to remember.

From here on in you can just add it as an image to your salesletters
whenever you want to look more professional – and all at zero outlay

If you’re wondering how come I found this and mentioned it -
It’s because I’ve been working hard along with Anton on
getting a salespage written for ‘The Guru Bypass System’,
and I need to add his sig to the page.

It’s not quite there yet – but it’s close, and Anton is
doing a heap more testing this weekend.
Rest assured, once we’re close to having a draft completed
I will let you know as we’ll need some feedback and testimonials.

And this time around I figured we’d do a very special offer
for every one on my lists instead of just getting more experienced
marketers to review it
So be sure you’re on my lists
(as the saying goes – watch this space…lol)

Here’s the one I created for Anton using the link above:

[Sidenote]
Be sure not to have a signature online that looks anything like the
one you use for your banking…lol

Hope you found that useful.

[Edit]
And another link from Josh
Hi, forgot to say thanks for the signature page, that’s really useful, cheers.
Here’s one in return, you can do full sentences and even choose the background.
Just save the preview image with a right click and you’re sorted.

Big timesaver for people making sales letters that aren’t into the whoel designer thing.
http://www.vletter.com/design_visitor.htm

Like I said before, got enough links off you recently so thougt I’d share some love!
Cheers,
Josh

Next onto a recommendation/review with freebie:)

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* A Free Squidoo Guide and Recommended Product.

Here’s a great freebie you’ll need to optin for:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/recommends/SquidooGuide

It’s being given by Jennifer aka PotPieGirl in order to help
promote her product ‘One Week Marketing’

The guide in itself is well worth grabbing if you’ve ever
wondered about building a squidoo lens in order to get into google!

However – on this I want to go a little further, I have actually
shelled out $47 on her course for two reasons:

1) because she was highly recommended by one of the guys who attends
my Northallerton Meet Ups, and with a face to face recommendation it
had to be worth a look!

and 2) because I have been checking out anything that claims to
allow the reader to build an income from no money down, as part
of my research for Anton and my upcoming new product.

Long story short - after reading through the 5 pdf’s that come in
the package, I had already decided to add it to my list of keepers
and recommend it at some point.

It’s very well written and I love Jennifers laid back style of writing.
Now only does she give a step by step with detailed instruction of
something she actively does to rake in thousands.

But my favourite part is the pdf called ‘A conversation with Nick’
Where she has pasted a complete conversation of messages back and forth
between her and a subscriber who has followed her teachings.

This conversation was actually the basis of the product, and I love how
we can see for ourselves exactly what she had Nick do every step of the way.

It’s like spying on someone who has paid a fortune to be coached
and mentored from nowhere to making money…
and we get to see the whole thing

I’m very impressed with the quality of the product, everything about
it basically – definitely one I would happily tell family and friends
to invest in! (Hence why I’m telling you)

Normally I would promote the freebie and allow Jennifer to ‘pitch’
the product herself…BUT
Right after I paid the $47, read through it, and thought about
promoting it… A MoreMonthly.com forum member recommended it
and mentioned that Jennifer has a special on it til 1st April!

Typical – I could have saved HALF!
Anyway – I’m not griping, I got great value for money, and I will
promote it in future – However… I’ve since been and registered as
an affiliate and asked about the discount.

It’s true – She is having a special and it does end on the 1st!
So if you would like to check it and grab it for $23 - get there quick
on this link:

http://www.randolfsmith.com/recommends/OWM/

I do highly recommend it – especially as a product that can be implemented
without spending more on various ads and other expenses.

It’s a seriously good product at $47 – at $23 it’s a no brainer!

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* Northallerton Meet Up 6th April

Finally…
Just to confirm the next Northallerton Meet Up is arranged.

Monday April 6th – 11am -around 4pm
Venue – Elders Bar, Elder Road Northallerton.

Any issues – give Randy a call …
skype – randolf.smith
msn – randysmith321@hotmail.com

Please do contact me if you are attending
Cheers

I’m expecting some new faces -
so I’m sure we’ll all have a great day

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* Sign Off

Hope that lot wasn’t too much to take

I missed a couple of sections as time is moving on,
so at least I know I have more still to tell you…lol

And it’s stopped raining now – time to enjoy the rest of Sunday
have a great one  :)

****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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