Don's blog

Whether we're writing copy for a sales letter or answering support messages, Internet marketers need to be understood. Without direct human intereraction, it's very easy to write in such a way that confuses, distracts, misleads, or downright offends.

I've posted a new article by Dr. Loren Ekroth on the subject of e-mail conversation problems. Besides helping me vent about the support messages I get, it prompts me to remember how to write when I'm conversing by e-mail.

So, the biggest thing hitting the Internet today is Joel Comm's Secret Classroom. To be honest, I wouldn't even be giving all of the messages flooding my inbox today a second look, except that Jon Leger's promotion of this product is rather unique.

It seems Jon is giving away any profits he earns from promoting Secret Classroom; you can read why if you visit the link above (and you might get some of the moolah he's giving away).

I came, I saw... I wasn't impressed.

Back in October, I let you know about a new software toolkit to help you create profit-pulling sales letters for your products that use the $7 Secrets scripts. My friend, Jorge Sampson, offered a great deal on Cash Copy Generator and a number of you took him up on that.

Several weeks ago, I let you know about the One Dollar Ideas concept that Jon Leger introduced. The latest of those ideas is a short (3 minute) video that demonstrates how to build a list of Wordpress blogs in your niche. You'd want to use this to post comments that increase your search engine ranking and lead to more traffic for your site.

Today Cara and I put up our Christmas tree. Although traditionally our extended family puts up Christmas decorations the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, we usually get our tree the following week. (Cara's mother and dad and sister and brother-in-law put up fake trees; I refuse to go along with that tradition.)

The Conversion Magic teleseminar was a success! I was a bit nervous, never having hosted a teleseminar/webcast before, but (fortunately) Rob Toth was the main event.

There was a slight hitch, in that my sound level was quite low, even when I switched lines, but again, it wasn't about me. Other than that, the audio is clear and, as of moments after the event, is available from the link above.

There's a teleseminar I'm hosting on Thursday evening that I'd love to have you dialed into. It's called "Conversion Magic: Same Traffic. More Money" and it's presented by Rob Toth, an accomplished marketer of Internet-based information products.

Want some solid advice on how to increase your profits without increasing your traffic? Even if you don't have a product?
So do I. So join us on Thursday, November 15, at 6:00pm Pacific.

Please don't tell him I called him that! I think he's crazy because he keeps doing something totally insane like giving away his hard work.

One misconception some people have about the $7 Secrets scripts is that you have to sell you products for $7. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

You can use the scripts to sell your products for any price you want!

I was talking with someone yesterday who's doing very well with a $97 product, sold through the scripts. Then there's the other extreme...

It's funny how people outside of California think that the whole of our state is burning, although I suppose it's not unusual when the TV news channels are covering the fires 24/7.

Several relatives have asked me where we are in relation to the fires; I've created this Google Map to show the area: