I try to use deadlines, but I’m not good at reaching them all yet.

However, I am getting better.

And it’s true, I see many bloggers who are really killer and deliver killer content, yet they earn only a few thousands a day.

Those guys would already be millionaire if they followed the advice on this page.

The problem with internet marketers is a that they are (most of them) JUST marketers. Not only do they lack credibility in their tactics and their tone of voice, but worse they lack credibility in their knowledge and content — there are only so many unique personal stories of a total dummies making a gazzillion dollars in 10 days flat, without any real effort, that you can take seriously. That’s not to say that there aren’t enough patsies unfortunate victims born every day to sustain a thriving economy, but this is the main reason for the general distrust towards anyone counting themselves in the Internet Marketing club.

Your approach works for me because your claims and your methods are pragmatic. Sure you need to use marketing tricks, but even when you do you are willing to present them for what they are in an analytical and dispassionate way, as you have done here. There are no mentions of magic formulas, shocking results or secret methods here, just plain old level-headed analysis and fact.

In the trippy fantasy world of Internet Marketing, a little honesty goes a long way. You’re right, bloggers are not necessarily the same as internet marketers. But bad ones in both fields suffer from the same conditions: instant gratification, me to, and no aspirations of true service. I for one am glad that you and a few others act as proof of the fact that alternate paths do exist in both blogging and inter marketing, and that one persaon can indeed balance the two effectively.

However, that being said I’d still like to do a few closed doors promotions with certain affiliate partners if they have a solid list/audience.

Also I was about to promote the product to my list and now I can’t which is a bit dissapointing. I guess I’ll have to find another product to promote instead.

Andrew

The offer has to be legitimate though. One thing that really irritates me is when I see some kind of sales letter that has some artificial deadline attached to it – perhaps a couple of days but more commonly mere hours. You then visit the site a week later and the same deadline is there – it is purely a marketing tactic.

I’m glad to hear the time line worked for you!

This is so true, and you see it in all forms of marketing and it is often a line from the hard sell sales guys you get that are knocking on your door or are on those late night shopping channels.

A deadline is great, but you don’t want to lose any credibility by pulling that string to often. Its best to do it honestly and strategically.

You have to remember that after sales service counts, if you sell a product that is a ‘last ever’ sale, and you sell it again two weeks later.. then your past customers are going to feel duped.

You all have the power.. use it wisely

I completely agree with the fact that bloggers are not marketers. Of course this goes for “normal” one-person businesses too. I think often people start blogging, think they could make money, and assume it will be easy to just add it on to there content!

If a product is already known and is suddenly being pulled off the market, a bit of our herd instinct kicks in as well. If something is so popular the marketer has to pull it to maintain its integrity, I’ve just been furnished with the “social proof” I need that everyone else is buying this, so what kind of slob am I if I don’t?