One thing that absolutely amazes me is the limits people place on themselves. Now I certainly don’t claim to be perfect…not by a long shot. I have fear, self doubt and the odd pity party but I really do strive for excellence in as many areas of my life as I can.

I’m become more interested (maybe that should say “obsessed”) lately and I’m on a quest to better myself in every way I can.

I keep hearing an interesting quote that I just love and have decided to make it a mantra…..

“how you do anything is how you do EVERYTHING…”

Think about that for a minute…think about all the things in your life and the HONEST effort you actually put into them. I’m talking about everything from the big stuff like what kind of wife, husband, father, mother, sister, brother child etc you are right down to the little things like wiping the ketchup goobers off the top of the ketchup bottle EVERY time you use it.

I bring this up because I recently got considerably bummed out…ok I was downright pissed off at a few people in my life that were severely limiting my success in a certain area. I don’t think they were doing it intentionally (although they might have been) but the point is….who cares? I am the boss of me I get to choose what effect I let things have on me.

If I ignore the limits that these Mental Midgets put on me, and I concentrate on kicking ass in every aspect of my life, sooner or later I will leave them in my dust and it will be as though they never existed. They’ll go on living their mediocre shitty little lives and I’ll grow, achieve and excel.

If you’re reading this…you’re here for a reason. You’re a person who most likely is not willing to just sit around and HOPE for things to happen.

I hope you take this message to heart, ignore the limits others put on YOU and live the best life you possibly can…..

See you at the top.

And, did you further know, that a huge opportunity for you to create sales for YOUR product or a product you promote as an affiliate can be the result?

If, that is, you “borrow” the buzz that other people are generating.

Imagine this scenario…

Mr. Marketer creates a new $2,000 product. He “launches” it with his friends. Everyone on the forums is talking about it. Every email sent out within the marketplace has something to say about it. Bloggers are raving. The whole industry is buzzing about the new launch.

The average conversion rate is 2%. And that’s not on $2,000 products. But, let’s assume that Mr. Marketer is the best in the biz. And he can generate something obscene like 25% conversion rate on a $2,000 offer (which, by the way, ain’t likely to happen).

IF that were to happen, the flipside is this: 75% DON’T BUY.

In other words, for every 100 visitors to the “launch” site, 75 of them walk away without buying.

Were they uninterested? If that’s the case, they likely wouldn’t have visited the site in the first place.

In the majority of the cases, they $2,000 price tag was out of their reach. Not in the budget. Don’t have the money. Been there, done that … didn’t have the cash to buy the t-shirt!

So, what can we learn from this?

We can learn…

* These 75 out of every 100 who don’t buy are probably interested to some degree.
* These 75 out of every 100 have heard all of the buzz and have been “presold” on the premise of the product.
* These 75 out of every 100 are strong candidates to buy a lower-priced, related alternative.

That’s where YOU come into the picture.

You “borrow” the buzz that’s been generated for the big product being launched by talked about by everyone as you promote a lower-priced, related alternative!

Here’s how you do it…

1. Look for high-dollar launches in your market.

The first step is to keep your eye on the pulse of your market. Whenever a major new product is being launched, get busy. You’ll usually know days, if not weeks, in advance because that’s how launches work: they do a lot of “pre” build-up work to get people salivating for the eventual launch. Keep your eyes out for anything new in the works.

2. Promote a low-cost alternative.

It doesn’t matter if you write a quick 10-15 page report, promote your own existing product that is related or grab an affiliate link to some other existing product or service. It doesn’t really matter WHERE you obtain this lower-priced alternative. The important thing is that you find one. It needs to be related to the topic of the big product being launched. It can be related either (a) by teaching a similar concept, or (b) teaching a portion of the big product’s concept.

3. Write a mailing that explains the two options.

You’ll want to write a mailing to send to your subscribers or to post at your blog. This mailing needs to contain three important elements…

– Content that presells. Share some meaty nuggets related to the offer you are ultimately going to promote to set the table.

– A small blurb about big launch with your link. Mention the “major” launch briefly. Describe it’s benefits and use an affiliate link of yours to point to the offer. Mention that it’s only drawback is “price”. Express that many people can’t afford it.

– A stronger promotion for your option. Then, really hit home with this “lower-priced, related alternative”. Let them know the benefits are similar at a fraction of the cost. Be sure to point out that it’s priced for everyone — especially those who feel “left out” of the big budget launch because they can’t afford it.

Then, it’s just a matter of getting that mailing out to your subscribers.

Let’s look at what you have in place as a result of this strategy…

* You have two promotions: a minor one for the same “major” launch everyone else is promoting, and a “major” one for the lower-priced, related alternative.

* You have “borrowed buzz”. Everyone in the marketplace is warming up prospects with all of their “talk” about the importance of the subject matter of the “big product launch”. They are primed and ready to buy … something!

* You have a spike in sales coming.

This is a wonderful strategy for getting extra sales.

Remember, there are always a whole lot more people who DON’T buy the product being offered in the “launch”, than those who do! You’ve got a huge pool of prospects in the 75-98% of people who don’t buy the $2,000 offer. Many of them WILL buy a lower-priced, related alternative.

So, the only thing left for you to do is get started.

And if you’ve like a shortcut, let me show you a quick way to do it TODAY.

You have almost certainly seen that Product Launch Formula 3.0 (PLF3) has launched this week. Everyone is talking about it. While there are a lot of different strategies and ideas involved in a “launch”, the backbone is the same…

*** Other people send you the majority of your traffic.

It’s obviously a very *HOT* topic right now. People are scrambling to pay BIG BUCKS for the course.

But…

Do you think everyone can afford it?

What about the tens of thousands of internet marketers who can’t afford it, but who ARE INTERESTED in the subject?

What a shame to let them sit by without getting any sales from them!

But, don’t worry — you CAN get sales from them! Here’s how…

You offer them something for PENNIES on the dollar that provides the same end result: other people sending them traffic for their products and services!

A few days ago Jimmy D. Brown announced a resale rights offer for his SalesArmySecrets.com course.

All the details are at http://immikemurphy.com/ProductLaunch

There are still licenses available for YOU to grab in order to sell a low-cost alternative to the high-dollar “launch” product that everyone is jabbering about.

***BUT IT GETS BETTER — FREE PLR to $20 Report! ***

Jimmy wrote a report several months ago which he briefly made available to one of his membership sites. It’s entitled “How To Get R.I.C.H. With Your Own Affiliate Program”.

(It was pulled after a month and is no longer available anywhere.)

The report is 21 meaty pages in itself, but it also strongly promotes the Sales Army Secrets course at the end.

When you order one of the remaining licenses for Sales Army Secrets, Jimmy is going to give you (no cost!) a free PLR license to the special report!
You can sell the report for $20, give it away, do whatever you want with it (as long as you don’t misrepresent it or mention Jimmy in reference to it)…

…while using the endorsement at the close of the report to promote YOUR COPY of Sales Army Secrets!

It’s a ready-made marketing report to get people to buy Sales Army Secrets from you! You can sell Sales Army Secrets for $97 per order and keep 100% of every sale!

Here’s what you need to do…

1. Order the Sales Army Secrets resale rights license at http://immikemurphy.com/ProductLaunch

2. Register and open a ticket at Jimmy’s support center at http://www.Infoprofitshare.com and provide his staff with a copy of your receipt.

Within 24 hours someone will send you the download information for this special Free PLR offer.

That’s it!

Get one while it lasts…
http://immikemurphy.com/ProductLaunch

There’s only ONE catch…

This special offer is for the next 3 days only. On Friday, July 2nd at 10PM CDT, Jimmy is shutting down the license offer and this Free PLR offer. They will no longer be available. Officially “retired” at that point.

http://immikemurphy.com/ProductLaunch

Then you can quickly “borrow the buzz” of those promoting PLF3!

You WANT to learn how to build a successful online business right?
Learning it right from real live people face to face is way easier than sifting through volumes of Ebooks right?

Then attending NAMS4 is what you’d better be doing in August…and I can save you $300 off the price of admission.

Do this….go to http://immikemurphy.com/NAMS4

Scroll to the bottom and click the “Register Now” button…

Enter NAMS4MAY in the coupon code box and fill your info in.

You’ve got to do it quickly though…the code is only good until the end of May so that’s just 3 more days….

For another awesome sample of what you’ll get to learn at NAMS4, listen in to the audio interview below that I did with Maritza Parra and Jeff Herring. Maritza is teh queen of product creation and Jeff is an article marketing powerhouse. Both are VERY on fire with social media and I can’t wait to learn all I can from them in August. I hope to meet you there as well!

Here’s the interview….

Now if that doesn’t make you want to attend NAMS4, you might want to ask yourself if you’re actually even serious about building an online business!

Get over to http://immikemurphy.com/NAMS4 and use the coupon code NAMS4MAY to save $300 on the price of admission before the price goes up on Tuesday.

I’ll meet you in Atlanta this August!

Mike

Actually, pitching is prohibited at NAMS and the focus is on pure content and what you need to jumpstart your business or take it to the next level. This August will be the 4th NAMS event and NAMS4 is chocked full of experienced marketers and super affiliates ready to help get you unstuck and on the right track.

Have a listen as David explains some of the pitfalls to look out for as a new marketer, how he got past them and what you can expect at NAMS4.

After you listen to the interview, click here to check the event out. Enter the code NAMS4MAY to save $300 off the price of admission but hurry….that coupon is only good until May 31st.

See you at NAMS4 in august!

Mike

I’ve decided to take part in John Stones May 100 Challenge where we have to stick to our diet and exercise regimens 100% for the whole month of May. We start off with 100 points and each time we skip a meal or workout or have an unscheduled cheat meal, we lose 1 point. It’s based on the honor system and the goal is to end up with 100 points.

My plan is to:

- attend the gym 3x per week
- Do home knee/back workout or do cardio at home on elliptical
- eat 6x per day EVERY DAY
- No cheat meals
- Cut body fat down by about 2%

At the end there will be a kick as cheat meal!

Watch this space for progress reports!

I’m a member at a total slick Internet Marketing forum called Superfast Results and I want you to come in, have a look around and say hi.

I’ve put together a short video so you can have a sneak peak behind the scenes to see if it’s something you’d be interested in. If you’re the type that likes to get right into something and actually try it out before you buy it (like me), then I can do you one better….

Watch the video, bask in the sexiness of my sultry smooth voice and then click the link and you’ll be wisked away to a $1 Trial to the most badass Internet Marketing forum around…

G’head…watch the video….

Click Here for a $1 Trial to Superfast Results Internet Marketing Forum

In this 20+ minute audio book, I cover some of the best skills and tricks that I’ve learned that will allow you to squeeze the most out of the time you have available to build your business.

Have a listen and then click the members card below to go check out the Exclusive Super Fast Results forum for a measly dollar for 14 days!

Here’s the audio book…

Once you’ve had a listen, click the big ol’ card below to get inside the Superfast Results forum via my sneaky Ninja link!

Please post your comments or questions.

When it comes to internet marketing, some of the skills and information can be learned and gathered for free online, but there is no guarantee of the quality of the material present or that the author or presenter hjas had any success with the info what so ever.

I’ve stumbled upon an internet marketing forum run by a complete genius named James Schramko. Now, I’ve known James for a little while and he first caught my attention due to his rapid success and constantly delivering high quality products that were clearly not some regurgitated garbage that he’d simply recycled.

James has put together an excellent internet marketing forum that to me, is like a university education in marketing. The forum is usually closed to new members, but you can sneak in the special back door link by clicking this link http://www.superfastresults.com

With a $1 trial, you simply cannot go wrong. James and the other members of the SuperFast Results forum actually do the things they teach. It’s kind of like a safety zone to try out your new ideas as well. I find that it’s a very closely knit community of sharp minded marketers and when an idea is shared within the group, you can bet that other members have already used and profited from the method so you’ll know right away weather or not you should invest the time.

Go check the Superfast Results Forum out via my secret link…it will be the best $1 you’ve spent in a long time. Leave a comment here to tell me what you think.

Here’ s the link again…

http://www.superfastresults.com

Savannah caught my attention because she suffered a series of life changing and quite devastating events that could have caused her to curl up in a ball in the corner and cry herself to death but fortunuately she decided to rise above the challenges and made a HUGE success of herself.

What kinds of challenges you ask?

Well just to name a few…

- She suffered a house fire right before Christmas
- She lived in a motel with her husband and two sons
- Her 6 month old niece died right after the holidays
- Her baby son fell ill and was given 24 hours to live

…and if all of THAT wasn’t enough…

- The teachers union went on strike which caused her husband to lose his income!

So they wound up about as down as anyone could get. Savannah spent everyday by her sons hospital bedside which meant giving up her income as a skin care consultant.

They were facing bankruptcy, tempers flared and they considered divorce and they were buried in self pity, down and pretty much lost all hope.

They decided to contact a real estate agent and ask him to sell their house FAST so they could eat. He asked about their situation and after explaining what was going on, the agent recommended they read the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki.

Since they barely had 2 nickels to rub together they couldn’t afford to just run to the book store and buy the book new. Luckily, Savannahs husband Dave found it at a used book store.

Savannah devoured the information in the book and took massive action…what unfolded in the following 6 months was astounding.

Savannah had secured over $3,150,000 in real estate deals and completely changed the course of their life forever.

On Thursday January 28th at 8:00 PM EST I will be interviewing Rich Mom Savannah Ross on a Live Teleseminar. It’s free and I’d love to have as many people on the call as possible.

2009 was a rough year for many of us but 2010 could absolutely kick ass for those that become determined and driven enough to make it happen.

If you’re reading this, get on the call and let’s make it happen!

Here’s the link…get registered and we’ll see you on the call.

Free Teleseminar- Bankrupt to $3,150,000 in 6 months!

Either way, I hope they/you DO kick ass in 2010 especially if you’re reading this blog!

If you’ve been here before you’ll notice lots of changes and there are a few more to come.

There will be a welcome vidoe and a new Internet Marketing report added to the right sidebar very soon. These will be in the spots currently occupied by the report of my good friend and mentor James Schramko and the video by new friend Mark Lyford.

Both guys inspire me and have a lot to teach and offer. I suggest you follow them as well. I’ll be sharing learnings from both guys as well as many other brilliant marketers I’ve met in the past year and a half or so.

Strap in…it’s going to be a wild year!

Mike