Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 41 October 28, 2006
Posted by Mike Paetzold in : newsletter , add a commentWelcome to the Opt In Master Course Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 41 .
Thanks for subscribing to the Opt in Master Course.
I have moved the newsletter to the blog. One of the big advantages of a blog is the interaction. Feel free to leave a comment about what you like and don’t like. Have a suggestion to improve this program? Feel free to let me know.
We will be publishing a weekly newsletter to keep you abreast of changes and aware of the seminars we are having. Here is the info for this week’s conference:
Date and Time - Ocyober 31, 2006 8pm edt
Speaker - Mike Paetzold
Topic - “What steps do you need to get started”. Last week we did things a bit different. We ended up brainstorming a follow up series for someone with a gaming site to improve his upgrade percentage. You may see the seminar here. This week if you leave a comment on what is holding you up from growing your business that will be the discussion. The topic will be entirely up to what you would like to know.
Click here to access our conference room software and save it to your desktop. This way, when you get the reminder e-mail on Tuesday, you can just open the icon from your desktop and come on in.
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The article this week is from Mike Paetzold. You may use this article for your newsletter, blog, etc. as long as it is used in its entirety and the links are maintained intact. You may substitute your link for Opt In Master Course in it if you have rebranded the course.
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A rant and 3 steps to overcome inaction
by Mike Paetzold
I usually try to make my articles informative but today I think a bit of a rant is in order.
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One of the absolutely most frustrating things with trying to help people is the lack of inaction. I can’t count the number of times in various seminar rooms there have been nuggets of gold laid out for people and they DO NOTHING!!!
A perfect example was 6 months or so ago. There was a seminar given in Focus 4 and the topic was creating tutorials for the programs you liked and using them to build your list. This is something I have done regularly and still do today.
Well there were 30+ people in that seminar. One person - just one - took action on that idea. Now that person has a list, leveraged other programs to create a membership site, just opened a second membership site. His business is growing. Why? He took action on the information. What happened to the others? They are still wondering why their business shows a loss.
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If you are one of the others (and most of you are) here are 3 tips to overcome that.
Start. Take the chance and do something. It doesn’t have to be perfect and quite truthfully it doesn’t have to be that good. There are lots of people that will help you if you are taking action and willing to take advice without having your ego crushed.
Share it with others. Ask for input from those that you trust. Again, though leave your ego at the door. Look at the advice in the way it is offered. One of the biggest problems most of us have is that the project becomes you. Any criticism is taken as criticism of you. This is not the case but we all tend to feel that way. After all that project is your baby and nobody can talk bad to you about your kids.
Don’t quit. Adapt if need be but don’t stop. Keeping an object moving is much easier than getting it started.
Use these three steps the next time you are given one of those golden nuggets and you’ll be surprised at how fast your business can grow.
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Mike Paetzold is the co-creator of Opt-in Master Course and specializes in helping people build a profitable list.
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There are a couple of seminar videos available for download further down on this blog. If you would like to see more videos from the weekly seminars please leave a comment on the blog. Last week’s seminar is available online. . View it here. The video is 30+ minutes so be patient when allowing it to load.
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There has been the first of many important changes to Opt In Master Course. If you use AWeber as your autoresponder you can now use Opt In Master Course as a vehicle to add your subscribers directly into your ar there. Look for some more important updates over the next few weeks. One of the major reasons for making Opt In Master Course an online course was to be able to always keep it current.
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Another item that will be addressed in Opt In Master Course rewrite will be using membership sites to build your list. I am in the process of building two additional membership sites of my own. (Yes you can be sure I will let you know.< wink >) Part of the advantage of using membership sites in your business model is that you can leverage one to help populate the next site.
The problem to date has been that the scripting can be quite expensive. You see quite a few of the Butterfly sites but that software and info costs almost $1500. A bit out of some peoples price range but definitely worth it to those that have used it. Robert Puddy has just launched a new script that I am personally using. I wrote about it in a special update Friday. If you are interested in using this business model he is offering a $200 discount for the launch. I am not sure how long you will be able to get this so you should check it out here and through Friday will still add my bonuses I offered for OMC members. (Installation of it on your server and one hour of consulting.)
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I just wrote a report on blogging. It is titled “Why do I need a Blog?” You may download a copy here.
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Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
OMC is a great educational resource, and anyone who wants to learn how to build a professional mailing list is welcome to use this service at no cost what-so-ever. But the real power of this system is the explosive viral potential of our rebrander option.
Remember, when you make the very wise decision to rebrand your copy of the Opt-in Master course, you’ll earn $27 every time you sell a rebrander package to another marketer. This payment will go directly into your paypal account. Mike and I never even touch these funds.
Plus you’ll be able to insert your own referral IDs right into your own copy of the Opt in Master Course before distributing it. So anyone you give the free course to will join our recommended programs list through your referral URLs!
There are currently 23 programs in the Opt in Master Course that YOU can earn viral traffic and affiliate commissions from. Even more great programs will be added over time.
And of course as a rebrander you’ll have access to six list-building splash pages and your own OMC sales page that sends prospects straight to your auto responder after they request your customized copy of this course.
Open up your copy of Opt in Master Course right now and click on the ‘Make Money w/this Book’ link to learn more about becoming a rebrander.
Thanks for your support and we are here to help you build a profitable list.
Mike Paetzold
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Just a quick commentary
Posted by Mike Paetzold in : Commentary , add a commentYou have joined Opt In Master Course so you have decided that building a list is important to your business.
One of the things that will be addressed in the update to Opt In Master Course is the tactic of using a membership site to help build your list.
There has been a lot of information and products launched to do this over the past 6 months to a year. It probably started back in January with the launch of Butterfly Marketing.
Every newsletter for the last month I have offered a copy of a free report on how to use a membership site as your business model. It really is a powerful way to build a list. This is why I created Opt In Master Course and I am in the process of building two other membership sites.
The business model works but the problem has been that it is expensive to get the scripts to build a membership site. The backend of Opt In Master Course was built by someone else because I don’t have the technical knowledge to do it.
Butterfly Marketing costs $1497 and includes the information on a business model but that part can be picked up for just $97 as a Click Bank product.
Well, there is a new script for membership sites launched today. It comes from Robert Puddy. Robert is one of my mentors and Opt In Master Course would not exist were it not for him and the Focus 4 seminars.
I have been using this script as a beta tester and it is easy even for a techno phobe like me. If you have considered using the membership model to build your list this is a must have.
On this early launch you can save 40% of the price of the script.
Check out the site at
and if you decide it is for you use the code LFM001 to save $200.
This is a business model that I have come to embrace whole heartedly and it is one of the reasons I no longer head out to the factory anymore.
PS I forgot to mention this. For OMC members only I am offering 2 special bonuses. Free installation of the script on your server for you if you need it. (Actually it is quite simple and you may not need this.)
And 1 hour of my time to help you brainstorm the monetization of your site. Remember only for OMC members that buy through my link.
