Rudy_G
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Hello everybody, been gathering info and lurking around for the past couple months. I feel its time i make myself and goals known. I'll be posting a couple of the things iv'e found over these past couple months, so if you're just getting started on your journey, or you're just interested, please read on. You may find something of value.
I'll spare you all the long personal details, that's not whats important right now. I want to keep this as short as possible, i know were all busy.
Similar to most of you, I read Fastlane(Thanks MJ! Love you brah. You changed my view on what is possible.), got inspired, and iv'e been rolling with it ever since. MJ's book has led me to read much on these forums and many articles around the internet, and many business books. Quite frankly i'm tired of speculating and want to start something, seriously this time, which is why i'm posting here in hopes you can help guide my next move a little bit.
After reading MJ's book, i looked into a lot of things from self publishing, to web development, to penny stocks(Tim Sykes), to ecommerce, to B2B Marketing(Dane Maxwell, seriously check this out). You name it, iv'e probably considered it. I invested time into learning about all these but never really executed anything(Analysis paralysis+fear of losing funds=no action).
I didn't have much money at the time and was pretty short on ideas and i felt my options were limited. That is until i ran into Likwid24's thread about video sales letters(look it up if you haven't) and wow, powerful stuff. I remember a couple years back before having been exposed to all this i ran into a couple of those vsl's and they always had me by the hair, id watch some till the end and was always on the edge of buying. They just really knew how to grab your attention and entice you to make a purchase.
This is when finally a good idea struck and if i could combine it with good copy and a video sales letter, I think it could make a lot of money and help a lot of people. This is a very big niche and i have something to offer to it that is a little unorthodox, but just what people want. Unfortunately, this where my predicament comes in.
Basically, iv'e heard building a website or blog to confirm the need before launching any kind of info product would be best, but to be honest if i did do that i could probably give most of the information away and i doubt id gain much attention.
If i combined my offer with clickbank and had affiliates bringing me in traffic, i think it could work. I already know how to create a landing page, blog or website via wordpress, so info products look like they could be my thing since its relatively simple, for now.
Iv'e also come into some money and should be financially stable for the rest of the year(unemployment from old job) and can fund any small costs which i could not before, so the timing couldn't be better. I'm really trying to become financially independent before this runs out. I think its very possible if i use my time and resources wisely. Iv'e heard of people making a couple thousand per month 6 months in, i hope to do the same or better.
My question is, build blog/website and collect emails while giving out free information? But if i did that i could just sell an ebook/guide on the site, the problem with that, that i see is it'd take away from the benefit of having the video sales letter landing page since the information and other site would be there, wouldn't it? Should i just then launch a landing page with a video sales letter and wait till my conversion rate is solid before paying for traffic? Or just do the website and sell info products on the site? Which course would be best to take?
Also when naming this site, should i focus on the benefit, the website/brand name itself, or the product? What i mean is if i'm doing a dating site, should the site name be getmoredates.com(benefit of product/site) Guidetogettinmoredates.com(product that would be sold), or Tripleyourdating.com(brand name)? These are just examples of course, but you get the picture.
I tried to keep it as concise as possible, so if you read all that, thanks. Love this site, love the people, love the motivation. Hope to help many others once i have more experience, but in the meantime ill share what knowledge i do have to pay it forward.
Looking forward to hearing from you, I really value the expertise of people on this site.
Also if this is in the wrong section, let me know. I kind did an intro and ask advice at the same time. Also thinking about going to INSIDERS, heard its worth it. Would INSIDERS help at this point?
I'll spare you all the long personal details, that's not whats important right now. I want to keep this as short as possible, i know were all busy.
Similar to most of you, I read Fastlane(Thanks MJ! Love you brah. You changed my view on what is possible.), got inspired, and iv'e been rolling with it ever since. MJ's book has led me to read much on these forums and many articles around the internet, and many business books. Quite frankly i'm tired of speculating and want to start something, seriously this time, which is why i'm posting here in hopes you can help guide my next move a little bit.
After reading MJ's book, i looked into a lot of things from self publishing, to web development, to penny stocks(Tim Sykes), to ecommerce, to B2B Marketing(Dane Maxwell, seriously check this out). You name it, iv'e probably considered it. I invested time into learning about all these but never really executed anything(Analysis paralysis+fear of losing funds=no action).
I didn't have much money at the time and was pretty short on ideas and i felt my options were limited. That is until i ran into Likwid24's thread about video sales letters(look it up if you haven't) and wow, powerful stuff. I remember a couple years back before having been exposed to all this i ran into a couple of those vsl's and they always had me by the hair, id watch some till the end and was always on the edge of buying. They just really knew how to grab your attention and entice you to make a purchase.
This is when finally a good idea struck and if i could combine it with good copy and a video sales letter, I think it could make a lot of money and help a lot of people. This is a very big niche and i have something to offer to it that is a little unorthodox, but just what people want. Unfortunately, this where my predicament comes in.
Basically, iv'e heard building a website or blog to confirm the need before launching any kind of info product would be best, but to be honest if i did do that i could probably give most of the information away and i doubt id gain much attention.
If i combined my offer with clickbank and had affiliates bringing me in traffic, i think it could work. I already know how to create a landing page, blog or website via wordpress, so info products look like they could be my thing since its relatively simple, for now.
Iv'e also come into some money and should be financially stable for the rest of the year(unemployment from old job) and can fund any small costs which i could not before, so the timing couldn't be better. I'm really trying to become financially independent before this runs out. I think its very possible if i use my time and resources wisely. Iv'e heard of people making a couple thousand per month 6 months in, i hope to do the same or better.
My question is, build blog/website and collect emails while giving out free information? But if i did that i could just sell an ebook/guide on the site, the problem with that, that i see is it'd take away from the benefit of having the video sales letter landing page since the information and other site would be there, wouldn't it? Should i just then launch a landing page with a video sales letter and wait till my conversion rate is solid before paying for traffic? Or just do the website and sell info products on the site? Which course would be best to take?
Also when naming this site, should i focus on the benefit, the website/brand name itself, or the product? What i mean is if i'm doing a dating site, should the site name be getmoredates.com(benefit of product/site) Guidetogettinmoredates.com(product that would be sold), or Tripleyourdating.com(brand name)? These are just examples of course, but you get the picture.
I tried to keep it as concise as possible, so if you read all that, thanks. Love this site, love the people, love the motivation. Hope to help many others once i have more experience, but in the meantime ill share what knowledge i do have to pay it forward.
Looking forward to hearing from you, I really value the expertise of people on this site.
Also if this is in the wrong section, let me know. I kind did an intro and ask advice at the same time. Also thinking about going to INSIDERS, heard its worth it. Would INSIDERS help at this point?
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