Marketing With Rob

I sort of reached a cross roads with my online business.   Maybe you’ve asked yourself a similar question.    How do I make good steady money online and what would I enjoy doing?

Everything I look at to do, always ends up much more complicated than I originally thought it would be.  But I’ve also realized there is no easy way, at least at first.

So if I’m going to plunge into something that even seems fairly simple, it will take concentration, effort, determination and some smart decisions for it work out.

In looking at simple it’s brought me back to e-bay at least for awhile.  So that’s what I’m doing at right now.  Setting up buying products both locally and nationally and re-selling them on e-bay.  Also checking sites like Sam’s Club, Costco, and JC Penny’s for hot products that I can turnover on e-bay for a profit.

Now that is work too, because e-bay is a bargain hunters market so it’s not always easy to find products to flip for a profit.  But I assure you they are out there.  I’ve found them many times.

I had a good talk yesterday with Chris Malta.  Chris is the founder of worldwide brands and is regularly on e-bay radio as their product sourcing expert.  He’s made millions on-line.

I’m considering working with Chris on a one to one basis.  He’s not a hype guy and will work directly with me on my own business.

So lets get focused and not multi-task or we’ll get nothing done.   It takes great focus just to not get sucked up into information overload and jumping on the next big launch.

In a few months I’ll be somewhere else in my on-line business.  And it’s all good because I know I will have money making systems in place and be ready for whatever I want to focus on then.

If I can ever be of any help, leave me a comment.

Talk soon- keep on keeping on,

Rob

Well alots happened since my last post.   I lost my job of 38 years as a projectionist in April.  My theater went all digital.   Since the two major theater chains in New York City went all digital at the same time.  About 40 people lost there jobs. 

Now don’t cry for me, as this was really the push I needed to do what I really wanted to do which was go full-time in Internet Marketing.

I did accomplish something good last week, which was my first week full-time.  I wrote an e-book about youtube that I believe will be very helpful to anyone who is or wants to make simple videos that get results for anything they are doing on-line.

You can pick up a free copy in the upper right hand corner here.  Let me know what you think of it and if there is anything I can do to be of help to you.

 Keep moving forward,                                                                                                                  Rob

I write this post just hours away from 2010.  Strictly from an Internet business reflection point I ask myself- What did I accomplish in 2009?  What do I believe I will accomplish in 2010?

My work as a projectionist in one of the world’s busiest theaters in NYC kept me, well busy.  I’m talking most weeks were over 60 hours and some 70, 80 and more.  So juggling family, church (where I teach 5th graders) and my Internet business was a balancing act.

Thanks to Alex Jeffery’s coaching early in the year I was motivated to write my first e-book which was about how I was making a steady clickbank income making short amateur video infomercials.  Wow! was that ever a good thing to do.

Jim Cockrum liked my e-book so much he promoted it 4 times to his massive list.  Also because of opt-in’s into the bonus pool of Jim’s membership site “My Silent Team” (link under Rob’s Favorites) to get my e-book, my list exploded very fast with many really great people that I got to know personally. 

Next my love of videos got me excited to join Maria Andros coaching last April.  I loved Maria’s coaching as she is an outstanding teacher.  Just following a few of her pointers my youtube account grew from 3 subscribers to close to one hundred.  There’s so much more from Maria’s coaching I still need to implement.

Then in late May it was off the Las Vegas for an exclusive get together for just 25 of Alex Jeffrey’s 1st coaching class.  There I saw the power of making connections with others in the Internet Marketing community.  We had such a blast and learned so much.  Alex amazed me as he taught in such depth for many hours and never asked for a dime or anything from us for it.  I’m proud to say that if you type in Alex Jeffreys on youtube my video of the event has been #1 out of close to 19,000 other videos for the past 6 months.

Next up to bat was my e-bay Diabetic Test Strip Business.  This business took off like a rocket.  I’ve sold $20,000 of these little jewels the last 4 months of 2009.  So what’s up for 2010.  Well I’m focusing on 3 things at the start anyway.

1- Ebay  Of course continuing and expanding test strips.  Adding new products which I already have started.  And in Feb taking my good friend from the UK Dan Briffa’s e-bay coaching course on finding fertile markets on e-bay, buying from China and rebranding the products with my own brand.                    

 2- Affiliate marketing I’ve already enlisted Pauline who edited and formatted my e-book and even put up this blog.  She is going to be putting up affiliate word press sites for me.  Video marketing will be a big part of this.               

3- List building I have really enjoyed my first year as a guy with a list.  I’ve stayed true to my instincts. Write as myself, not use swipe copies when promoting something.  Only promote products or coaching programs that I actually paid for myself, used and found great benefit from.  On Jan 24 I’m heading out to Vegas again to attend Alex Jeffrey’s coaching get together for his 2nd coaching group from this past summer.  Part of why I am going is because the main focus is going to be on list building.

So there you have it my 2009 and my very optimistic look into 2010.

Share with me what you’re plans are for Internet Marketing  in 2010 and how I can be of support.

Blessings,                                                                                                                                                        Rob

I’ve been hearing about the importance of outsourcing in internet marketing since I started 2 years ago.  I guess I thought like most people do that it is for the people who are really making some good money and just can’t handle all the work themselves.

Well now that I’ve started outsourcing I see things different.  It’s the outsourcing that allows you to grow your business to make the really good money.  If you develop an area like e-bay that you have some success with on-line, but don’t outsource anything.  You are really working a job, not managing a business of unlimited potential.

I learned that years ago when I had my own carpet & upholstery cleaning business.  Sure it was my own business,  but I was working so hard myself there was no time to make more than a decent salary.

So now my e-bay business is say 80% outsourced.  What’s great is this frees up time to expand my e-bay business and also get busy on-line doing things like list building which is what grows an internet marketing business like nothing else.

Success breeds more success.  When people see you’re having some success they’re going to pay attention to you and your offers.  I can see how this is really fun.  But it’s when your not wearing all the hats in your business, then your freeing up time to discover possibilities and be creative to develop your own unique internet marketing business.

A number of people have asked me what is the easiest way to find success on e-bay.  My number one recommendation is arbitrage as taught by Diana:  Check out the incredible successful buying and re-selling method she has developed here:  http://tinyurl.com/ya9tzpg

Talk to you soon,                                                                                                                                               Rob

Wow is this weird. Tonight I start Alex Jeffrey’s coaching program. Dejavu. I took Alex’s coaching last winter so how did I end up here.

Alex has given a FREE admission to his students that were in Las Vegas with him last month. That’s a saving of $1,000. But still so why am I here; is it because I want to be, will I do the work or just do I just like a bargain.

I have a lot on my plate. Well good problems compared to when I started Alex’s first coaching last winter. I mean I have a very responsive list growing everyday. Last winter I couldn’t even imagine it. Rolling through my mind are decisions about doing webinars, coaching, more videos. I mean yelps, my coaching from Jim Cockrum, Alex Jeffreys and Maria Andros have really been the right decisions.

I have received what i have put into them. And I have not advanced at all in the areas I learn’t from them that I haven’t worked at.

So why am I hanging in with Alex 2.0 when with very limited time I want to do so much. I didn’t even mention my huge affiliate marketing plans and mindset training and and and.

Well I had a front and center seat to see Alex the man with $293,000 in his paypal account up front in Vegas. Got to talk alone with him and just hang as friends.

I missed too much the first time in the coaching. Partly I was lazy. Sure my business took off right after the coaching. Because I did apply some things. And yes it works big time. But I was lazy at the first and most important module forward to basics- the business planning module. Didn’t even touch the blog traffic modules so my blog didn’t get much traffic. (fortunately my videos did)

I’m at a place where good things are happening. Now I’m seeing if I really do what Alex tells me, with my experience and taste of success I have now.  My on-line business growth will be huge dude.  This coaching is certainly worth 2 good months of serious effort. That’s why I’m here. I am meant to be here right now. I am excited. I am looking forward to meet many new students. I hope to be of help to you if you are in Alex 2.0 and if your not.

It’s a new day. Great things are about to happen. Alex is a great leader. Lets learn and become great leaders ourselves.

Best,

Rob

I just finished Maria Andros coaching program titled “The Social Media Traffic Blueprint”.  So instead of using the usual words of great, awesome that don’t tell you anything real.  This is what it did for me.

It gave me knowledge I really don’t think I would find or find in one place together elsewhere.  Knowledge about ways to really enhance myself in Social Media.  Actually when I heard Maria say the blueprint is a 2 year plan to implement.  I stopped feeling guilty about not getting too much done.  You see the course was like a rich chocolate cake.  Filled with intense deep teachings and it all can’t be implemented that fast.  But it’s all very powerful.  If you’ve followed her at all you’d see she knows whats she’s doing.

The most important part for my own direction and growth was my half hour one on one time with Maria a few days ago. (this was part of the course)  She peered deep into my spirit and let me know what I could change in my mindset.  What is the most important direction to go in my business.  And what exactly I can do to make both of these happen.  Just what I needed as I was feeling lost on my own Internet Marketing direction.  Also certain thought patterns were holding me back.  Now that was an eye opening half hour.

You know my youtube channel has gone from 3 subscribers to 53 in the last 2 months just by following some simple advise by Maria.  This increase in views and a following is a great boost to me because I know I want to specialize in this niche.

My you tube channel is here:   http://www.youtube.com/user/MarketingWithRob

So now I’m taking Harlan Kilstein’s class.  Harlan is a top copywriter that has worked for the likes of people like Frank Kern.  This class is a lot more than copywriting.  It’s a program to change your mindset and a step by step instruction to not just find a niche but build a 7 figure business.  I’m 2 weeks in and I’m real happy with it.

So my wife Laurel wanted to know why I keep going from coaching program to coaching program.  My answer is I need to learn and I feel really good about the choices of mentors I picked.  I mean Jim Cockrum, Alex Jeffreys, Maria Andros and Harlan Kilstein.  There all enormously successful and great teachers that don’t hold anything back. If I wasn’t making progress then you’d have to say it was a mistake as they all cost money.  But I am moving forward and I feel so great and empowered because I really have the knowledge and tools to soon go full time in this.  How about full time in early 2010.  Do you think I can do it?  Well I do.

My organizing my business is now done on a white board.  I needed the simplicity to organize my thoughts, planning and work.  So the white board has worked better for me than other methods I tried.

What do you think?  Where are you at on this journey?                                                                                        Rob

Recently on Theresa Mayhew’s blog I found a unique and effective way to use humor in our internet marketing businesses. In fact I can’t even stop laughing everytime I think of a very funny character named Laptop Louie.

Andy Moore does what he calls a fauxmonial. It’s a great way to relax potential buyers on our blogs, web sites and sales pages. In fact you can check out the one Andy just did for me on this blog on the right side under my opt-in box.

He also did a very hiliarious fauxmonial for my e-book sales page. I’ve isolated it so you can hear it right here: http://www.videoinfocash.com/fauxmonials.html

The best way to check out what Andy does is to go to his site here: http://www.fauxmonials.com/go.html

We all can use a good laugh. Now we can have one in everything we do in Internet Marketing.

TalkSoon, Rob

Recently I was fortunate to have the great pleasure to interview Shannon Lueck. Shannon is a stay at home. She also is a successful Internet Marketer.

Shannon was personally mentored by Michael Cheney. She now has developed her own product named Video Cash Explosion. This is a very easy to use full system that makes for you simple 1 page web sites that use video. Great for beginners and experienced Internet marketers.

In just 4 months of making just 10 of these websites Shannon took in close to $20,000.

That’s good enough for me. I’m going to outsource the work so I can get a ton of these video websites out there myself. Here is a first draft of the interview with slides that I added. I am going to re-edit everything for my marketing campaign because it is too long for youtube and most other sites.

So enjoy the interview you’ll learn an easy way to really make money (probably for a change from all the hype and not so easy ways) and it’s with video. Shannon’s turn key money making system can be found at: Video Cash Explosion

Blessings, Rob

My internet business is really starting to take off.  More and more affiliate sales and about 30 opt-in’s a day to my newsletter.  This can all happen for you too and much more very fast.   Today I am sharing something with you that has been essential to me for this kind of growth.

Since I started in Internet Marketing outside of e-bay in Jan 2008, I have learned the foundation of my success from Jim Cockrum.  Jim has a huge list of 100,000, but most important he is a very personal, caring,  a real guy who is really helping thousands of people like us make a living on-line

Jim is one of the Internets most sort after experts.  If I could only be on one mailing list I would be on Jim’s because of the incredible content offered.   Pick up Jim’s mailing list at silentjim.com

What I mostly want to let you know about is Jim’s Member’s Site which is called: My Silent Team.   It is a site where you learn many different strategies for making money on the entire web and e-bay.  These strategies really work and are not hard to learn. (I like that)  What I really like the best is the forums. They are very active. You can ask just about anything and Jim and others will answer your questions.    Many well known Internet Marketers also are on the forums.  Here is a snap shot of the different forum topics.

My Silent Team Forums Welcome to the My Silent Team Forums
	Forum	Posts	Last Post
	Welcome Start here. This will help you navigate the site	1	11:46 Jun 10, 2007
	New Members Forum Rules for posts and say “hello”	1279	04:45 Mar 15, 2009
	General Internet Forum Internet marketing/ affiliate Forum	4013	05:47 Mar 17, 2009
	Ebay Ebay discussion forum	4419	08:49 Mar 17, 2009
	Ask the Experts Forum Ask the Experts	5106	12:00 Mar 18, 2009
	Personal Life Personal stuff, no business allowed	1084	05:43 Mar 02, 2009

Also the Bonus Pool has a wide selection of super quality e-books and other teaching methods. This is the only place you can get them for FREE.  And guess who has this weeks featured item in the Bonus Pool. That’s right it’s good old video-go-to-guy Rob.  So like me when you have your own product developed, you will have the ear of someone who can really help your business take off.

You can join me and many others like you on My Silent Team The question is not can you afford the small monthly investment to join, but can you afford not to join.

This is what my big moment in the My Silent Team Bonus Pool looks like today.

Current announcements and updates
3/15/2009 – Rob is a recent graduate of Jim’s coaching class and he’s got a great idea going! He’s creating simple videos that promote affiliate products and it’s working very well . . .keep reading

Shining in 09,

Rob