Re: HELP...I need more info to give to NEWBIES, what have you got?
 

> Let's say a person comes on-line. And they
> actually WANT to make money, not just talk
> about wanting to do it.

> What would YOU advise? Now, I'm assuming
> your experience is based on what you have
> done...

Hi Gordon,

One of my clients was GIVEN a computer last year. The gentleman is a retired lawyer. He can barely send email and has no idea what browser he is using. Yet the first thing he did was "hook up" with Bob Serling. This gentleman's web site was bringing in sales even before I finished it and before it got promoted to any search engines.

Our family business, which is managed by Mom and Pop, used offline and online advertising which made their website responsible for 30% of the business they received one year. Mom, still has trouble sending email and navigating the web. I live 3500 miles away so it is hard to just "pop over" and help.

It seems to me that what you are speaking of is a niche within the newbie market. You've segregated the two by pre-qualifying them on the basis of those who WANT and those who WILL.

> Personally, I don't find people to willing
> to do what needs to be done, they seem to
> spend a lot of time getting ready to do, but
> never get around to it.

Getting a "roundtoit" is very important. We should sell these to newbies. For example, I knew from selling offline it was important to follow up. And I heard it PREACHED everywhere on the net. And although I KNEW this, I still didn't do it. It wasn't until I actually started doing it, and realized how many sales I had missed, that I realized should have got a "roundtoit" a lot sooner.

(he-he)

> but what is it that you feel a NEWBIE really
> needs to know about the Internet?

For those who WILL make money online, they need to know how to focus their attention so they are not distracted. I think this can be done by helping them setup some type of schedule to adhere to. Something like a day planner, except it is an Internet planner. This would help people focus on what is important and spend less time randomly surfing.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

So in order to benefit the newbie that WILL, we need some way to motivate them into following the schedule. Products and services that HELP people organize, plan and implement will always be good sellers because it appeals to a person's desire for money, success, saving time and avoiding hardships.

Anyone who is thinking of marketing to this group might want to take a look at http://www.suarez.com/guidelines.pdf. Gordon told many of us about this a couple of years ago. This is a 17 page workshop called "SGS Guidelines and Project Development Form" which is a free download from the Suarez Corporation Industries. It is certainly worth the ink to print this off.

> I'd appreciate whatever help and/or advice
> you can render.

Well I doubt this is much help to you Gordon. Perhaps it may help others though. I think it is important that we keep in mind that not all newbies are equal. This can be broken down into different niches, some of which will be more profitable to market to than others.

> I'd be glad to include your web site in the
> resource section if you want.

> Thanks,

> Gordon Alexander

> PS. My next e-book will be
> about 8 Hours or Less??

> Any ideas?




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Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing...
 

...poorly, at first. I would encoiurage a newbie to begin the process of doing something, anything?

Start a discussion board, build their own site, start a newsletter, but do something.

Places to visit would be the various helpful boards, the freewell, associateprograms.com, williecrawford.com, Julie's excellent site, and of course here and Steve MacLellan's site too.

Jay Abraham has a great site as well as Mike Enlow too.

Taylor

> Hi Gordon,

> One of my clients was GIVEN a computer last
> year. The gentleman is a retired lawyer. He
> can barely send email and has no idea what
> browser he is using. Yet the first thing he
> did was "hook up" with Bob
> Serling. This gentleman's web site was
> bringing in sales even before I finished it
> and before it got promoted to any search
> engines.

> Our family business, which is managed by Mom
> and Pop, used offline and online advertising
> which made their website responsible for 30%
> of the business they received one year. Mom,
> still has trouble sending email and
> navigating the web. I live 3500 miles away
> so it is hard to just "pop over"
> and help.

> It seems to me that what you are speaking of
> is a niche within the newbie market. You've
> segregated the two by pre-qualifying them on
> the basis of those who WANT and those who
> WILL.

> Getting a "roundtoit" is very
> important. We should sell these to newbies.
> For example, I knew from selling offline it
> was important to follow up. And I heard it
> PREACHED everywhere on the net. And although
> I KNEW this, I still didn't do it. It wasn't
> until I actually started doing it, and
> realized how many sales I had missed, that I
> realized should have got a
> "roundtoit" a lot sooner.

> (he-he)

> For those who WILL make money online, they
> need to know how to focus their attention so
> they are not distracted. I think this can be
> done by helping them setup some type of
> schedule to adhere to. Something like a day
> planner, except it is an Internet planner.
> This would help people focus on what is
> important and spend less time randomly
> surfing.

> You can lead a horse to water but you
> can't make him drink So in order to
> benefit the newbie that WILL, we need some
> way to motivate them into following the
> schedule. Products and services that HELP
> people organize, plan and implement will
> always be good sellers because it appeals to
> a person's desire for money, success, saving
> time and avoiding hardships.

> Anyone who is thinking of marketing to this
> group might want to take a look at
> http://www.suarez.com/guidelines.pdf .
> Gordon told many of us about this a couple
> of years ago. This is a 17 page workshop
> called "SGS Guidelines and Project
> Development Form" which is a free
> download from the Suarez Corporation
> Industries. It is certainly worth the ink to
> print this off.

> Well I doubt this is much help to you
> Gordon. Perhaps it may help others though. I
> think it is important that we keep in mind
> that not all newbies are equal. This can be
> broken down into different niches, some of
> which will be more profitable to market to
> than others.




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Taylor, that's very true.... this is one of the "secrets" of success in ANY endeavour....
 

> Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing poorly,
> at first. I would encoiurage a
> newbie to begin the process of doing
> something, anything?

Taylor, those are wise words.... I wholeheartedly agree with you....

Many of you know my earlier web site, Entrepreneur-Web at www.entrepreneur-web.com .

I had little idea what I was doing when I started Entrepreneur-Web. But it was a great learning experience. I learned how to promote a web site in various different ways, and I know there's a group of people who use Entrepreneur-Web regularly.

> Start a discussion board, build their own
> site, start a newsletter, but do something.

Exactly, you must get out and DO something.

It doesn't really matter that much if it is not a big success, or even if it is a failure (as long as you don't lose too much money, of course). The point is that by DOING you are also LEARNING, which means you can then keep doing it better and better.

Thanks Taylor, excellent advice! Of course you didn't mention your own web site and forums at www.the-illuminati.com, which is also a great place to visit.... :)

I've seen Taylor rise from obscurity to having his own fantastic web site, and while I haven't communicated with him directly very much before, I've always noticed and respected him from afar because he was out there DOING, and doing it better and better as time goes by. :)

Thanks Taylor!

Cheers,

Dien