Ask for what you want!

Posted on June 8, 2008
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Erik Stafford The Faster Webmaster reminding you to ask you what you want… and showing you a good example of what happens when you do!

To your success,

Erik

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Live From JVAlert: Ross Goldberg

Posted on June 6, 2008
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Ross Goldberg Discusses The Power of Live Events. Recorded at JVAlert Live in Philadelphia.

Enjoy!

Erik

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Perceived Value

Posted on June 6, 2008
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Here is a quick video that discusses perceived value and the importance of understanding your audience, what you sell to them, and what it’s worth to them. I hope you enjoy it!

To your success,

Erik

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Tell your story!

Posted on June 4, 2008
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Jerk Chicken. Beans and Rice. Fried Plantains. What do these things have to do with building a successful online business? Watch the video above and you will see that they have plenty to do with my business!

To your success,

Erik

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Build Your Business Like… A Palm Tree?

Posted on June 2, 2008
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Build your business like… a Palm Tree? I know it sounds crazy, but yes: absolutely. Watch the video above for an explanation.

To your success,

Erik

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The Secret to Hidden Profits…

Posted on August 23, 2007
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Erik Stafford here.

Yesterday I posted about something that turned out to be one of the major components of my business… and it happened by accident.

This one technique “accidentally” nets me anywhere from $3-$4k each and every month. Did you take a guess what it was? Many of you sent in your guess by email, or posted it on my blog…

I stumbled on it by accident, and it turns out that it’s one of the same techniques used by the “gurus” to explode their profits…

Here is a clue: Did you ever wonder how people manage to get wealthy selling $7 and $27 dollar products? Or even giving them away for free?

Well, here is how they are doing it:

They are making their money from “Hidden Sales” (Back-end processes like up-sells, cross-sells, one time offers, etc. etc) and not from the first initial product that people see being offered.

Want to apply these same concepts to your business?

http://www.thefasterwebmaster.com/hidden-sales

To your success,

Erik Stafford

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My First Podcast!

Posted on August 16, 2007
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Erik Stafford here. I posted a couple days ago about “Podcasting Unleashed” by Scott Paton. Scott was one of the speakers at my very first “Internet Marketing Seminar”, and he blew me away.

I came home from JV Alert in Philadelphia determined to start my very own podcast.

I knew nothing about audio editing, or iTunes, or podcasts… but I was determined to do it.

So I did it. And guess what? It was totally easy!

Here is the proof: I am proud to introduce you to my first podcast… Drum roll please! Introducing “The Mike and Erik Show” podcast:

http://www.themikeanderikshow.com

I really can’t speak highly enough about Scott’s program. Get it today, and start your own podcast tomorrow!
http://www.thefasterwebmaster.com/itsabreeze

To your success,

Erik Stafford
http://www.thefasterwebmaster.com

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1 Phone call, $1,020.00 bucks

Posted on August 3, 2007
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Erik Stafford here. Two weeks ago I got on the phone for about an hour, and talked about my passion: helping people build websites. When the dust cleared I checked my ClickBank and realized I had cleared over a thousand dollars.

$1,020.00 bucks. From one phone call.

Want to know how I did it? The Immortal Ross Goldberg has just released Affiliate Marketing 2.0, and I was asked to participate in the product itself…

Discover the secret methods I use to get conversions upwards of 20% - 30% on teleseminars, and how you can replicate it:

http://www.thefasterwebmaster.com/web2

To your success,

Erik Stafford
http://www.thefasterwebmaster.com

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Laughing all the way to the Clickbank…

Posted on June 24, 2007
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Erik Stafford here. There were a million ideas and worries rolling around in my head when I was trying to start my online business… and they were all fighting for space. How to build a product. How to build a list. How to design graphics. How to drive traffic. On and on and on… They were all things that I knew I needed to learn… and things that I knew nothing about.

The thing that worried me the most was how to accept payments.

Well, I am about to let you in on one of the biggest secrets to my success. I found (and still today use) a system that removes these “payment” worries forever:

  • You can get started in minutes. There is no “Account Approval” process;
  • You can accept creditcard payments with no monthly fees;
  • The system handles taking payments from customers and directing them from your sales page to your “thank you” page, all automatically;
  • You will be notified automatically by email each time you make a sale, so you never have to log in and dig around for the information yourself;
  • The system handles refunds, commissions, and affiliates for you, so you don’t have to track it or worry about it!

It really is a no-brainer:
http://www.thefasterwebmaster.com/no-brainer

To your success,

Erik Stafford
http://www.thefasterwebmaster.com

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Feedback III: What Would Best Help You Achieve Your Goals?

Posted on June 23, 2007
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I do not have a very large budget to do all the necessary marketing that I would like to do. I am at this time using adwords and yahoo advertising on a very small budget. I would like to know of other types of advertising that would be of help, but not cost an arm and a leg at this time.

The right way of getting traffic to your affiliate website to make some money!

By giving guidance step by step…

I can achieve my goals sooner I feel if the information is in it simplest form. If you’re sure that the basics are known.

Instruct me on how to set up my website?

I am on dial up and until I get a website that i feel like it is legitimate and secure and of the better business bureau and then I probably want ever start nothing that I am not sure of. I have to make some money to spend some money. That is where I stand as of now. With the dial up I can’t get the videos to come up and play.

Be patient with beginners.

You can give me more audio coaching.

I am going crazy with info overload! Would really like to just delete all the garbage, but realy don’t understand the difference between garbage and important at this point.

Any advice you can give RE: Internet Marketing-how to get customers - keeping customers interested while still working on getting new ones will be appreciated . It would be good to receive tips on keeping a home business on an even keel. Thank you.

You’re doing a good job. The free information and mentoring are terrific. I also appreciate that you are not constantly trying to push products, yours or anyone elses. You are one of a very small number of professionals who actually help others without the constant bombardment of buy this, buy, buy. Offering your knowledge for free is truly a service to newbies like myself. God bless and reward you for efforts at giving back. Operable word: giving!

Your letters have given me a great opportunity to learn about profits online and make my goals a reality, just keep up with those great emails.

I know how to build a Web site, but I need information on uploading Camtasia, Sony Sound Forge, and Sony Vegas movie files to Web site.

As far as sending emails, some people just send them way, way too much. Information can come at ya so fast that you can’t keep up and then you fall behind. If it is something that I do full time, it would be one thing, but when I am trying to get things going part time, it is overload. This probably does not help you any, but it is the case. I want solid, step by step information that I can do in maybe a half hour in the evening when my brain is already exhausted from the day. In otherwords, very spelled out, nothing to guess, the video step by step sounds good. I want to put up a website for my ebook that looks very nice, very professional without having to spend gobs of money that I am not even earning yet with the book. But, with all the time it takes to keep my blog going, and creating book and workbook, etc., I have put off “forever” doing a website because of cost and or the time it will take me to figure out how to make it. So, if you can address this issue for me, it would be great!

Where do you find good Ezines to advertise in ? Where are good Opt in lists to use to get started? How to Build my own opt in list Auto responders usage and the drip system. It takes 7 to 10 contacts to make a sale. Writting those follow up e-mails is a problem. Who has the best Auto Responders service?

Gee, let’s see. Well, you could make me a gift of an amount in excess of 3.6 million dollars. Yep, that would help me achieve many of my goals!

I need to be led by the hand and spoon fed. I hate saying that but it’s a reality. Learning from one of the marketing gurus of today is like trying to learn basic math from Einstein. They don’t know how much they know that I don’t know so they skip lots of things. And I HATE it when the promo says it’s going to be simple and it’s NOT. I get into the meat and potatoes of one of these programs and it turns into a monster. Go here, go there, do this, do that, click on this, click on that. Spin away for a minute and look at this. You need to upgrade to this and then buy this in addition. What a pile of crap!! Whatever happened to going from a to b to c, etc in a straight line?

To your success,

Erik Stafford
http://www.thefasterwebmaster.com

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  • About Erik

    Erik formed Stafford Marketing, LLC in late 2006, launched The Faster Webmaster in early 2007, and has been helping people get started building online businesses ever since.

    Erik currently resides in SouthWest Florida with his wife and two young children. In his spare time Erik enjoys swimming, drinking rum, and playing chess.

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