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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