Prosperous Bum’s Internet Marketing Blog

Hi All,

A quick announcement here. Joel Christopher is coming to Singapore again this month (Nov 2007) to speak at the Asia Internet Congress. As such, we are holding a networking session with Joel again for anyone who might wanna come. The details are:

Date: 27th Nov 2007
Time: 7.15pm to 10.00pm
Venue: Kaplan City Campus, 51 Cuppage Road, #02-01, StarHub Centre, Singapore 229469, Room 305, Level 3.
Admission: FREE (No cost)

At the last session, many great ideas were exchanged and business networks were built. The session lasted way over our stipulated time because of the many discussions that had to be concluded and the energy was great! We believe this upcoming session will be equally as wonderful. Please let us know if you’d like to join us. You can leave me a comment on my “contact me” page.

For now, here is a slideshow of the pictures we took at the last session. Enjoy!

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What’s it with this guy Joel Christopher? He’s known as the Master List Builder, he made his fortune through internet marketing, he networks with people of significant influence, has joint ventures with numerous “Big” names in the business, personal development, internet marketing industry (to name a few). And yet, there is something about this man that is beyond comprehension. What makes him tick? Why does he, in spite of all the wealth, fame and fortune that he’s accumulated, decide to spend time nurturing people to become successful entrepreneurs? Knowing that many of these students are “energy vampires”, simply waiting to plug in their fangs and suck his energy (and resources) dry. The ultimate question I’m trying to figure out here is… What’s it about this man that makes people resonate toward him?

When he arrived in Singapore, he appeared wearing Bermudas and T-Shirt. A warm welcome, a quick hug and we were off to his hotel to help him get settled into Singapore and prepared for our evening networking session. Details of the networking session you can get from Martin, Sam and Jag. The objective of my post is to share with you the things that others don’t get to know about Joel.

Through the journey, we chat about “stuff”, business and social, had a few gossips and a few good laughs. Later into the journey, I realized something strange about the man. He doesn’t flaunt his wealth, did not wear any ‘branded’ goods, doesn’t wear jewelry, doesn’t wear a watch and Oh My! Doesn’t carry his cell phone??? Not a Prima Donna kind of speaker? He flies economy class but when he’s with his family, he flies first class because he wants to give them the best? At this stage, the busy / kiasu Singaporean in me starts to wonder, is this how a successful business person carries himself? Cos the interpretation I have of successful people look like Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey. So what then is this kind of successful person? Is it the kind that is reflected in “The Millionaire Next Door”? Let’s find out. Read the rest of this entry »

Aside from timing your responses and incorporating your joint ventures after a 30-day period as previously discussed in part one, you can also harness other means to make conversion a natural part of your internet marketing business.

One of the tools you can use is autoresponse plus which requires more creativity. This way, you get your prospects to opt-in again and then add them to one list. When you do have masterlisttools, it will automatically arrange your lists for you.

With regard to an affiliate product, you can also do something else. If you will be promoting somebody else’s product then you will do your business good if you offer a bonus along with it. And in order for them to claim that bonus, prepare a form for them to fill up. This puts them on buyer list and out of prospect list.

In the business, it is best to really have a very selected group of joint venture partners to promote products with. Classify your JV’s as A-listor B-list, and adjust your conversions accordingly. Make the B-list go to the don’t buyers and the A-list to buyers. Read the rest of this entry »

Essentially, internet marketing comes down to two key components: traffic and conversion. If it may be likened to a game, traffic is like offense and conversion is like defense. Ultimately, it’s the conversion that wins championships.

Taking Agora as a perfect example, they use direct mails, postcards, banner ads, pay per click, and search engines in order to be able to convert effectively and build traffic. Now, using direct mail, postcards or banner ads usually requires a big lump sum investment of money.

Unless you are really good and seasoned enough, you want to have the opportunity to test both your ads as well as to see if your landing page actually converts. This way, you get to maximize your profits.

As for search engines, it can be quite tricky. Everybody likes free traffic but it is tedious and does not happen immediately. Even with the case of affiliate deals, people are not going to promote you if you cannot convert. Read the rest of this entry »

A guru is both a boon and a bane to Internet marketing. But for one thing, the anatomy of a guru is classic example of Internet marketing strategies at its finest. You may learn a thing or two about internet marketing from a guru.

Effective Marketing and Promoting: Creating an Outrageous Demand

A guru is not necessarily the most excellent in the field, but he or she is the one who is best able to market and promote his services. They just have this knack for creating an outrageous demand to customers, and strange enough, they garner so much popularity on the field they have chosen to specialize in. More and more people just consult them once they have established that outrageous demand. Read the rest of this entry »