Here Are Some Answers!
I was somewhat overwhelmed at the responses I got from my last post. I have tackled a few of your questions in the video below and will record more in the next few days. I hope you find this information useful!
A Question For Part-Time IMers……
Hey gang,
I have two weeks until school is out for the summer and I can’t wait. I am the Technology Trainer for a local elementary school. So during the day I get to teach teachers as well as maintain my network of 300 computers.
Believe me, in many ways teaching the kids was easier. 
So you see, I do this “IM stuff” part-time. I’m not going to lie to you and try to sound like some ULTRA GURU who sits on the beach all day and think up ways to get you to pull out your credit card.
At the same time, I do make a very nice part time income from my IM work and when the summer comes (and I can basically do IM full-time) I will be able to replace my teacher salary fairly easily.
So why don’t I quit and do IM full time? Well, there are several reasons. Most health related. But my #1 goal is that I want my wife to be able to quit her job first! That will be a fun day!
Having said that, This summer I really want to focus on helping others who are also part time make some nice extra money as well!
So here is what I am asking:
If you are part time in your online business and NOT making at least $2,000/month, I would like you to imagine that you are in my living room right now…
You pull up a chair and I tell you that you have 10 minutes to ask me any question you want related to running a part-time IM business and making a couple grand a month.
10 minutes. That’s it.
That means that you will need to make the questions direct and to the point.
10 minutes.
You would probably have time to ask two, maybe three questions during that 10 minutes because I would be giving answers as well. So you need to really prioritize your questions.
10 minutes. Do you know what you would ask?
Now, send me those questions to my mail account admin [at] marketingtoolstoday.com
I read every email I get anyway, but I will really be looking forward to these!
Go ahead..send it to me.
I’ll have all summer to answer these!
He Actually Sent This To Me!
I was notified the other day that I had a new comment to approve on my blog and so I went to check it out.
Now, I don’t know this individual, but below is his message in full and then I am going to comment on it below….
I have your videos on AWeber. I too thought they would convert.
I sent them to my list of a mere 700 (hit a brick wall 4 months ago and not one sign up since) but not one click. I’m not surprised - I’ve been emailing offers since October 07 and still have sales of $0 from the list.
The money is in the list - yeah, right - and pigs fly.
I have no idea what PLF2 is - some guru thing I guess.
I also have no idea what a product “launch”is. You build a page -upload it and hope someone will buy - that seems to be it.
Oh well - the rich do things a different way to us peasants.”
And now for my commentary. 
First of all, I haven’t decided if I’m going to approve the comment or not. The guy may have been having a bad day or real frustrated or whatever…
So let me start here when he says:
“I sent them to my list of a mere 700 (hit a brick wall 4 months ago and not one sign up since) but not one click.”
Well, 700 isn’t “mere”. It is very possible to make some good money with a list this size DEPENDING ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. But if you have it in your head that it is a small list, then it will perform like a small list.
If you suddenly stopped getting optins 4 months ago, SOMETHING IS WRONG. Find out what the problem is and SOLVE IT. It might be as simple as your software stopped working.
Also, how did you obtain this list? Were they optins? Co-reg? Have you communicated with your list other than with offers? People don’t like to be treated like ATM’s!
Did the mailing even get to them? Who is your autoresponder system? Have they whitelisted themselves with all the major ISP’s? There could be lots of reasons here…
“but not one click. I’m not surprised - I’ve been emailing offers since October 07 and still have sales of $0 from the list.”
You’ve been emailing offers but have you been emailing USEFUL CONTENT?! If you’re “not surprised” then also remember this…WHATEVER YOU FOCUS ON GROWS!
I stated way back in January that my major focus was going to be list building. Every product I have made, every post I have made, every email I have sent has been with that goal in mind. Since then I have added 2,500 to my IM list in the past four months and I am not doing anything special.
“The money is in the list - yeah, right - and pigs fly.”
It’s also about attitude. You attract what you think about!
My list is a group of amazing people! I seldom mail out an offer and when I do it is something that will help GROW their business not distract them. For this reason when I send out an offer it is no surprise that 17-20% make a purchase.
The money isn’t in the list! The money is in your RELATIONSHIP with your list. BIG DIFFERENCE!!
“I have no idea what PLF2 is - some guru thing I guess.”
This is a sign of trouble. If you are going to be involved in a market then you need to be up to speed about the happenings of that market. Pet peeve of mine…
“I also have no idea what a product “launch” is. You build a page - upload it and hope someone will buy - that seems to be it.”
hmmm… The “If you build it, they will come” marketing hasn’t worked since ‘94. Maybe not even then. It requires WORK.
“Oh well - the rich do things a different way to us peasants.”
Yes, they do. That’s WHY they’re rich. But you know what else? The rich also THINK differently.
The author of Proverbs said it best in my favorite Bible verse: “As a man THINKS in his heart, SO IS HE”
Here is the part though that I want everyone reading this to understand:
Be honest with ourselves for a second… what this gentleman wrote IS NO DIFFERENT than what many of us say to OURSELVES everyday! He just had the courage to write it!
And it is this type of thinking that is one of the major causes for us not having the level of success that we want. It’s time to change that! If we are not getting the results we want, we have to change what we are doing!
“If we always do what we have always done, we will always get what we have always got!”
If you are not making money online then try this..
Do ONE THING…TODAY that will DIRECTLY result in a deposit into your bank account. Anything else is just screwing around.
Quit giving yourself BS excuses! Everything you need to make $$ online is already on your hard drive.
Isn’t that why we’re here?
-Michael
PS- Sorry about my rant. This is something I’m REALLY passionate about in case you can’t tell. I am seriously considering putting together a step by step course showing part-timers how to make 1-2 grand a month part time like I do, but I’m not sure yet. I honestly don’t know if people would be interested because its not “HOW TO MAKE 17 GAZILLION DOLLARS IN 3 MINUTES” kind of stuff.
Not sure….
