Forget The Da Vinci Code which made Dan Brown millions, forget the so called hidden codes that lead to the treasures of the Pharaohs or the secret treasure of the Inca’s. What if there were a code that would ensure success on eBay or Amazon. Well there is and I am about to reveal it now!

 This must be the easiest way of making real money on Amazon there is, this well known 10 digit code can make the difference between failure and success.

 Amazon is a world wide brand, its core business is still books CD’s and DVD’s, the thought of even competing with them would send a shiver down most peoples spines. But you can compete and what’s more Amazon actually encourages you to do so, so why would they do that? Well Amazon deal with new stock so if you are selling the same article used (or even new if you can offer a competitive price) then you can compete.

 Amazon allows you to trade in its market place selling most of the things that are sold on eBay. Amazon allow you to set the price and you can also see how much other sellers are selling the same item for, it also has the great advantage that the postal charges are set so everyone is charging the same amount. When the item sells, Amazon takes a percentage of the sale, they do not charge a listing fee. No sale no fees!

 Here’s how it works, every book has an ISBN number (the 10 digit code) just try entering this number in a search and you will see all the sellers selling the same item and also the price they are selling it at. Now notice the prices, try a popular book, how about The Da Vinci Code? Selling for a few cents right, no good to us, so try this then. Academic, Hobby and Specialist books sell for much much more and the great news is they are cheaper to buy used.

 So where do you find these gems, try your local charity shops, garage sales, table sales, the free ads papers. Picture this in your local charity shop, on the shelf Dan Brown and “The Geology of Scotland” selling at the same price just a dollar or two, there is no big demand in the charity shop for The Geology of Scotland no one will be queuing around the corner for this! Resale value Dan Brown a dollar or two at best, The Geology of Scotland $60 resale value. It’s a no brainer, this is a real example of a sale I made recently and there are literally hundreds of these gems to be found. All you need to do is to search them out.

 Use the 10 digit code to unearth your own treasures to sell on Amazon.

Rob

“Ok Rob what is Freebie Friday?”

 “Well it’s very simple, when people search online for ways to grow their online business, or are just looking for great advice on how to get started, the major problem is information overload.”

 If you are like me your e-mail inbox gets filled everyday with dubious offers to buy this, that or the next best thing that will allow you to start your business or catapult your business into the stratosphere. A lot of the information being offered is already available free on the internet. The major problem is where do you start looking for quality information that will allow you to make the informed decisions that you need to make.

 Well you won’t need to do all these hours of searching online, getting distracted by one thing and then another because I have done it all for you. You see after doing this for some years it has become easy for me to separate the online wheat from the online chaff.

 Basically with Freebie Friday I will be giving you access to all the quality information you will need to start and grow your own successful business.

 “Ok Rob that sounds great, but what do you class as quality information?”

 “Right this is simple, it’s information that I have used, applied and found useful in building my own business, just pure quality information, no fluff no rubbish.”

 “So what types of information will be available on Freebie Friday?”

 “The very first offering will is a complete video course showing you how you can start to profit from trading on Amazon starting today for only a few dollars and I do mean a few dollars. This is a complete business plan for starting and growing your Amazon business, I could easily charge $67 for this product but to launch Freebie Friday it’s FREE of course, plus some great information products that you can download and start profiting from.”

“Hey that sounds cool, what else will you be offering?”

 “I will have available some top products for the some of the very best marketers such as Lee McIntyre, Ray Johnson, Stephen Pierce, John Thornhill and many many others (including me!).”

 “Stick around it will be one hell of a ride!”

 Put this date in your diary, Freebie Friday launches Friday 26^th Feb. look for my e-mail.

 Rob

Impossible for the ordinary guy, I thought so to, that’s why I was amazed when my good friend Steve King revealed how he got his golf website and blog into the number 1 position in Google. Now I thought that he must have spent thousand on pay per click advertising, or had paid some search optimisation guru to work on his site full time.

But no he did this himself and it cost zero dollars, now that is seriously clever stuff. I have no idea why he does not offer his paid services to others, but now he has done the next best thing. Steve reveals ALL the secrets he used to get targeted traffic to his websites and to build a responsive list on the back of this in his book Web Traffic Evolution .

Now I have read this myself it is seriously good stuff and I will be using all these techniques in my own business, this product is fantastic value.

There is one essential component in the success of every online website, or marketing campaign regardless of niche or industry.

As Steve puts it.

“The need for targeted, relevant and consistent traffic.”

Without a steady stream of quality traffic, there is little chance of successfully launching a campaign, selling products or services or in building brand awareness. In fact, without traffic your website serves no real purpose, aside from personal interest or in being able to showcase your work to family and friends.

When it comes to making money online with your own site however, you need to give your product or service an audience, a purpose, and maximum exposure so that you are able to build a profitable business by successfully penetrating your niche market and directly tapping into your target audience base.

If you are relatively new to online business, launching your website may seem like a daunting task, if not exceptionally intimidating. With so many traffic generation strategies, techniques, programs, and options available to you, it can be overwhelming when deciding what approach to take, or what method is likely to yield the best results.

The Web Traffic Evolution guide was written exclusively for the online marketer who is interested in maximizing their websites exposure with proven techniques that will jump-start your launch with less costs and time involved. Every method taught within this guide is easy to implement, regardless of your experience in online marketing.

In fact, all you need to do is follow along, taking action along the way, as we cover the proven strategies used by the most successful marketers in every niche market online.

Within just a few minutes, you will know exactly what you need to do in order to drive consistent, high quality, targeted and unstoppable traffic to your website, quickly and easily. Every one who wants to make it online NEEDS this book!

I have had a word and being the top guy that Steve is he is offering a massive discount to my subscribers, normally this sells on Clickbank for $47 but for a limited time you can buy this for a massive discount of 50% off the price, that’s right for just $23.50 you can turbo charge your websites and get all that traffic you always wanted to have. Click the link for your copy of Web Traffic Evolution

Rob

Have you taken advantage of Lee McIntyre’s insane offer yet? If not you should really check this out! Lee held his one time “How To Do Things Inside Out and Upside Down” workshop in Manchester in August 2009. Delegates paid up to $997 for the 2 day event not including travelling and accommodation.

Now if like me you could not afford to attend the event then this will shock you! Lee had made some professional video recordings of the event he was going to sell this as part of a big boxed set for $1997. Believe me having obtained my own copy I can say that the content is not worth that! Its value is priceless; this is seriously life changing information. Over 10 hours of top quality contents.

Lee built his own business from scratch and quit his High School teaching job in only 56 days using the methods he reveals in this workshop. You see Lee    built his business differently from everyone else. He decided to ignore the gurus and did things his own way. That’s why this stuff is so powerful, that’s why it works and that is why Lee can teach this so well. He invented this system.

So what can I expect from the Lee McIntyre Free Workshop DVD? Starting off with basics of how and why, he shows how he built his business in just over 2 ½ years from nothing to over $120,000 a month!

Starting off with the 7 Rules of Momentum Lee shows how he built his business in just over 2 ½ years from nothing to over $120,000 a month!

How would you like to get paid 4 times for every piece of work that you do? Not possible? Lee reveals in this session how it is possible. This is so simple but how many people do this or even know about it?

Deep Connection Dynamics the powerful strategies you can employ to build a rapport with your subscriber list and become a trusted adviser.

How would you like to be paid 4 times for every piece of work you do? Stupid question really, it cannot be possible but in this amazing session Lee reveals how using some very simple strategies you CAN get paid 4 times!

The Lee McIntyre Free Workshop DVD yours completely free, ok its not completely free you will have to pay a measly $6 shipping and handling to get the DVD sent to you, if you cannot wait that long then there is some great, news when you sign up for the DVD you will have INSTANT online access to the videos. No need to wait a few days for the snail mail.

Rob this sounds too good to be true, why give this away for free when it clearly has so much value?

Well its simple, Lee knows his market and has always championed the ethos of giving first and selling second, that’s how he built his business so fast. He knows the value of giving quality content. Lee over delivers on everything and he knows by doing so you will want more and more of his products. You see Lee is committed to the success of all his customers, the better you are doing the better he is doing.

Is this for everyone? Sadly not, unless you are prepared to take action, to be the change you want to be in your life you really are doomed to failure. The most important step you can take is the action step, without the action step nothing will ever happen. It doesn’t matter how many e-Books you have, or DVD sets or coaching programs you buy unless you act on the information you will never make progress its ALL about taking action.

If you are prepared to take that action well done, click the link below to obtain your copy of the Lee McIntyre Free Workshop DVD, you will not regret it.

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Remember the best investment you can make is the investment you make in yourself, let Lee McIntyre be part of that investment.

Robert Corrigan

How often have you heard “I’ve tried to sell on line but it didn’t work.” Lots of times I bet! There may be many reasons for the lack of success, the wrong market, the wrong product, too much competition, no market at all, a poor listing, you’ve guessed it I am talking about eBay.

The reason being that most people think that online selling begins and ends with eBay (occasionally Amazon) and never consider any other options. The thought of setting up a website on the back of eBay sales never occurs. Often it is dismissed as being too complex to do or too costly. The skills needed can only be used by the practitioners of the dark arts of HTML or FTP!

Well it need not be like that, about 18 months ago my business faced a crisis due to one of eBay many rafts of change. I learned from that that I needed to diversify into other markets and methods of selling I had no plan B. So I looked at other products and other methods of selling.

I have written a report that details how I did this; it is called “Successful Online Selling” how to get it right first time every time. I am giving it away Free, Gratis and for Nothing to thank all my subscribers. Click the link or the graphic to download your copy now!!

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment on the blog.

Enjoy!

Rob

“Hey Rob can you explain how these JV (Joint Venture) giveaway events work? I’m really confused.”

“Yeah no problem, these are simple events that allow IM (information Marketers) to showcase their product by giving away one or more of their offerings in return for a signup to their subscriber list.”

“Very good Rob but I can see there is a catch, so come on fess up what is it?”

“Honest your honour there really isn’t one, you see all subscribers have to confirm their interest in receiving the product. So no unsolicited spam.”

“Ah, so when you optin that’s when you get caught and you get lots of sales pitches every day.”

“That’s where you can separate the good from the bad, you see the very best marketers offer lots of free content, tips, and advice and even mini courses because they value their subscribers. So its worth checking them out and seeing what they deliver before you hit the unsubscribe button.”

“But why would they giveaway this free content?”

“Many reasons, some marketers will have the option of a OTO (One Time Offer) as part of the gift, these often offer incredible savings on quality products.”

“Hey I’m beginning to see the value of these events, tell me more!”

“There is an amazing amount of quality information available free if you want to build an online business and need quality information that you can read and test without risking a penny then I know of no better place to start.”

“Ok, I’M sold! Where can I find out more?”

“Funny you should mention that because this is just the place! Checkout the banners for the latest live and coming soon giveaway events.”

Coming soon! Why not contribute your own gift?

As a loyal subscriber of mine look out for a very special freebie coming you way this week. Make sure you check your e-mail for this.

Rob

Starting any business is a big step particularly if it is your first. How often have you spoken to or heard of people who have gone ahead into business without any real experience or a definite plan? They just think of an idea and do it, not many of these ventures succeed.

No matter how much we research an idea, spend months planning and preparing there really is no substitute for experience. The information, insight and advice you can get from someone who has been there and done that is invaluable. I guess what I am saying here is that if you are serious about making money whether online or offline you need a mentor to show you the way. Someone who will teach you the skills you need to learn, tell you how to avoid the pitfalls.

Last year I decided to look for a mentor, you see I already had a highly successful eBay business selling physical products which runs on complete autopilot. A chance remark from a friend who I helped with his now very successful eBay business set me thinking.

“Why don’t you write a book and show people how they can setup their own business?” This sparked a thought, so I set to writing it but after a few weeks it had stalled, I did not have a clue how to write it or lay it out. That is when I got an e-mail from John Thornhill about the launch of his Masterclass program. I had known of John for several years and had bought a few of his eBay products. John has an enviable reputation amongst marketers for his honesty can commitment to his customers. These sorts of things go a very long way in inspiring confidence.

I read Johns program outline, it was exactly what I was looking for to help me write and sell my book. I signed up for the 36 week course (which is now at week 42! with more to come). As ever John over delivered  both in content and duration. Read my review of the 2009 program HERE.

Johns 20101 program has just launched and already a third of the places have been taken. If you want this year to be the year you make the change and the break through then to find out more click the link and see the unique bonus that I am offering to any of my subscribers that sign up for the Masterclass through my link. http://robert-corrigan.com/masterclass_bonus/

My dad used to say you cannot buy experience, he was wrong you can you just need to choose the righ mentor.

I wanted to let you know today about a Self Improvement site that will allow you to download 100’s of self help gifts. And the best part is that it is absolutely FREE!

If you’ve had enough of plodding along year after year and you want to improve yourself to make 2010 your BEST ever year, then you need to go HERE

Self Improvement 4 will be open only for a VERY LIMITED TIME from January 5th to January 19th 2010. When you go there you’ll find a multitude of products – all FREE – provided by Self Improvement and Internet Marketing experts from all over the world. Here is just a small sample of what you will find:

    * Personal Development Tips – Paul Klein

    * NLP – Love Your Physical Self – Elizabeth Benson

    * Dynamic Personality – Alex Perez Pratt

    * Transformational Fitness – Amy Lundberg

    * Anger Management – Giovanni Farotto

    * Managing Stress – Heather Step

    * How to Stay Focused – Piet Venter

    * Unlimited Abundance – Gary L Glasscock

    * 110 Self Help Super Tips – Jack Brown

    * Outrageous Health – Charly Leetham

    * Secrets of the Subconscious – Alvin Huang

    * Law of Attraction – Dechen Lau

    * How to Reinvent Yourself at Midlife – Iyabo Asani

    * Peak Performance – Frank Bauer

    * Personal Transformation – Tony Dovale

    * Easy Meditation – Esdee Penn

 Get all of these and 100’s more HERE!

The organizers of the event are Stephanie Mulac, Rodger Hyatt and Gary Simpson.

Just briefly, this is Stephanie’s 4th Self Improvement Giveaway. Stephanie started this style of event in 2006. It’s in the form of a “Giveaway” which is sort of like a giant electronic trade fair where 100’s of experts offer their products free to the public.

Because it has become so popular, this year Stephanie has enlisted the services of Rodger Hyatt, a very experienced internet marketer, and Gary Simpson who has a copyrighting and self improvement background of some 20 years.

You only have to walk into any book store in any country to see how popular the subjects of self improvement, self awareness and personal development are. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry churning out hundreds of new books, audios, CD’s and other paraphernalia every year.

These can be very expensive but HERE you can pick this information up completely FREE.

With 2010 upon us, what better time is there than right NOW to set yourself and your business up for future success? This event is a life-changing experience for those who take it.

Come and join Stephanie, Rodger, Gary and me and see for yourself.

If you want to grab the largest collection of self improvement and internet marketing products you’ll find ANYWHERE – all FREE – then go to

 NOW!! And claim your bounty!

Watch out for the Naked giveaway starting on Mon 11th Jan!! 

Rob

Build your list with Giveaway Events

What is the best way of building your list? Well there are many ways and the savvy marketer will have many tools in their armoury to help them do this. One of them is the free giveaway events, its premise is very simple you add a free gift to the event organisers website, in return for an optin to your list you offer a free gift of (and this is important) value to your subscriber.

 The great part of this apart from list building is the information that you can download as much free stuff as you wish in exchange for signing up to the contributors list. In my last blog post I mentioned 2 of these events; the first one went live yesterday the 5^th Jan.

So what is it like? Well I have been massively impressed with the number of gifts on offer nearly 500 at the time of writing, but the most impressive part has been the sheer quality of the gifts on offer. Yes I admit it I have downloaded a fair few of these; I can see where I can use some of this information to expand my own business and improve my websites. 

Its not too late to contribute a gift to the event, but hurry as it closes on Tuesday Jan 19^th click the banner to find out more about the event.

If you think that you cannot get a gift ready in time then there is also the Naked Giveaway event which runs from Jan 11^th until Jan 25^th. Get in early and setup your own gift. Even though the gift you offer is free offer excellent value. I am offering my own directory of wholesale sources that I use to source stock for my own eBay/Amazon business. Click the banner to find out more.

John Thornhill would say “The Money Is In The List” Or as Captain Picard would say “Make It So”

See you soon

Rob

Have you ever taken part in a Joint Venture? Not sure what one is? There are many different types and these are often very varied in how the Joint Venture is managed.

There are several different types. The most straight forward type of Joint Venture (JV) is where you promote another persons product in exchange for an affiliate income, this is often set by the owner of the product and is typically 50% of the sale price of the product.

It is possible to promote other persons products by a simple e-mail approach, you may get no response but all you have lost is the time to compose an e-mail. On the other hand your proposition may be welcome and you can engage in a profitable JV partnership which may well last longer than the promotion that you start with.

There is another type of JV which is banner exchange, here you exchange banners for each others websites which promote each others products.

Another type is the giveaway event which is a way of promoting your product by giving away a gift or gifts in return for an optin to your mailing list. This type of venture is an easy way of getting your product noticed in the market place. Each giveaway has different rules and there are many such events that run during the year, so that you will have to take note of the specific requirements for each one.

Today I want to promote giveaway events that will take place in January 2010 (it’s nearer than you think!). In essence you need some form of gift or gifts to giveaway; it can be eBooks, video, and audio whatever. Make sure that it is useful; I always try to give incredible value. In return you get to capture the e-mail address of whoever wants to download your gift.

If your gift is an eBook you can put in your own affiliate links and/or make the book rebrandable. Rather than got into any more detail why not click the banner and read all about it for yourself?

I am giving away some of my products in two giveaways, you can get the information by clicking the banner links. The first one is Self Improvement Gifts which runs from Jan 5th until Jan 19th 2010

The second one is called the Naked Giveaway and runs from Mon 11th Jan until 25th Jan 2010

Try them out and reach a wider market for your products

Rob