$7 Secrets

Occasionally a sale for $7 Secrets will come through where the buyer attempted to change the price (usually $0.01); fortunately $7 Secrets Scripts has fraud protection and will prevent the download when the amount received is less than the price set by the merchant. I usually just add the buyer to The $7 Blacklist and let it go at that.

A support request earlier this month started out amiably enough, with an affiliate asking "I was wondering how long it take for me to see payments to my paypal for my sales? I know I have made sales already, I was in person watching the book getting purchased."

Of course I was concerned, since payments on referrals of $7 Secrets are paid immediately and directly to the affiliate's PayPal account, so I asked the affiliate (let's call him "Jeff") to tell me who made the purchase and I'd look into it.

How do I know that $7 Secrets is still relevant after nearly two years? The copycats come out.

 

Yes, there does seem to be a downturn in the economy, at least by looking at certain indicators. However, I must take issue with the commentary recently published by a fellow marketer:

Any IMer that doesn't admit that the current economic conditions have cut deeply into their sales are simply not being truthful.

So I must be lying when I say

One of the great things about running help desk software is getting support tickets that serve as fodder for my blog posts. Tickets like this one are not common, but probably represent a number of buyers of Internet marketing products who haven't yet taken the steps necessary for success:

Got a support ticket today from Pepe, with the subject you see above:

As I "talk" with buyers of $7 Secrets, I find that many of them just don't fully comprehend the process of developing a system for promoting, selling, and distributing an information product. This is particularly evident when I buy their products and I find they...

When Internet marketers talk about their business, they often use the term "niche marketing." What is a niche -- and how do you find yours?

A niche is a distinct segment of a market, a special area of demand for a product or service. To find yours, ask yourself these questions:

"What do I know about?"

"What are my interests?"

"What can I share with people?"

Yesterday Mike Filsaime told me about a new project he's just released into beta, based on an idea that sounds vaguely familiar.

(You remember Mike Filsaime right? From Butterfly Marketing?)

Here's how he describes the project:

"... it has to do with

• Using Free Reports to build a list.
• Branding the reports with your ClickBank affiliate Links
• Making money by giving away reports.
• Or even making your own reports to drive traffic to your site."

Last weekend the hard drive hosting 7dollarsecrets.com decided to start giving problems, so a backup drive and a replacement drive were scheduled to be installed.

I didn't find out in time to let you know that the work was being done yesterday and the site would be down for a couple hours. And I figured that by the time I got back to the office and sent you a message the site would be up anyway.