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Joint Venture Broker Reveals 4 Stealthy Sources Of Powerful Internet Marketing Intelligence

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

4 Stealthy Sources Of Powerful Internet Marketing Intelligence
Copyright 2008 by Willie Crawford

In online marketing it is critical that you keep up with what is
going on in your industry. You do need to know  who is doing
what - and why they are doing it.  You do  need to take the
time to  research potential joint venture partners, products,
and competing businesses.

Here are four excellent tools and how to use them.

1) Internet Archive - Also known as “The Way Back Machine”
at http://Archive.org

There are actually many facets to this amazing site but the
feature  that I use most is the ability to look at  a historical
snapshot of  a website/domain.

There is a box on the site where you can enter any url, and it
will  show you “snapshots” taken of that website over time.

For example, if your were to enter my domain
“williecrawford.com”  you’d see be able to sift through actual
archived pages from my website between December 1998 and today.
Every week or two a new  snapshot of the site was taken and
stored in the Archive.org database.

That lets you confirm how long a website has been online
(provided it was archived), lets you see how a business evolved
over time, and  will even reveal to you things a marketer may
have been testing that perhaps didn’t work out.

I use this tool to confirm how long a site/person has been in
business.  I also use it to confirm how long a person has
actually been in a particular niche or discipline.  I use it in
deciding who to actually form business relationships with.

If you discover practices contrary to your own standards, or
that a potential business partner hasn’t been totally honest
with you, then  you  certainly want to proceed with caution…
or look deeper.

2) Google Alerts - At http://www.google.com/alerts/

You can set an alert to have Google notify you via email any
time that it finds a new occurrence of a term online (on a
webpage, blog, etc.)

I set alerts for my name, my product names, my urls, and
competitors’ names/products/urls.

Any time the system finds someone “talking about” the target
term, it  will send you an email (at whatever frequency you
specify)  notifying  you of the new finds.

Once a day, I get emails notifying me of where my target terms
has just  been discovered. This points you to places where you
are being blogged  about, mentioned in articles, discussed on
forums,  etc.

It could alert you to positive or negative publicity that you
want to  be aware of.

3) Tweet Beeps - Similar To Google Alerts, Only On Twitter.com

Found at http://tweetbeep.com/ I use Tweet Beeps the same way
that I use Google Alerts. Any time that my target phrases are
found in ANY Twitter posts, I get a notification.

That will point out to you discussions that you may want to join
for various reasons, to include “damage control,” thanking them
for a nice compliment, to answer questions about your product,
etc.

One creative way to use Tweet Beeps would be to ask those
“tweeting”  positive things about your product for testimonials,
or to become your affiliates.

4) International Association Of Joint Venture Brokers

Found at http://IAJVB.ORG, The International Association of
Joint Venture Brokers
is a collection of joint venture brokers,
super affiliates,  product owners, publishers, and webmasters
who use the site to keep track of product launches.

The site is a database of upcoming and ongoing product launches,
live events, tele-events, and even free giveaways.

Members of the site enter their events into the database as an
easy way to  recruit new affiliates AND to let other members know
that they are “claiming” a given launch date.

Savvy affiliates search through the database looking for product
launches in  their niche.  They understand that when you know
about an upcoming launch a  month or more in advance, you can do
things to gain a tremendous advantage in  the search engines before
most other affiliates EVER hear rumors of the launch.

During many product launches, your potential customers often go
to the search  engines to see what reviewers have to say about a
given product.

Affiliates  who knew about, and obtained a review copy of a product
a month in advance,  will have their reviews listed at the top of
the search engines, getting sales  from people who are not even on
their lists… or have ever previously visited their websites.

Members pull up the listings of other launches planned in their
niche and use  that information to plan when they will do their own
launch.  This keeps them  from going “head-to-head” with big
launches that would otherwise drown out their own.

This also shows them launches that they could perhaps piggyback on.

They can  often get mention of their product INCLUDED in an upcoming
product, or they can plan on releasing their product just as the
commotion from a big  launch is dying down.

Perhaps your product does the same thing as product with a huge
launch planned,  but your product is cheaper. You could time your
launch to catch potential customers who have a heightened awareness
of the problem that your product solves, but who couldn’t afford
the other product.  You can sell to a lot of customers who actually
feel POWERFUL resentful towards the product that they wanted but
couldn’t afford.

As you can see good intelligence is extremely valuable. You
absolutely must  know what is going on in your niche. Fortunately,
with the above four tools, it’s  very easy.

——————-

Willie Crawford is an internationally-acclaimed speaker, author,
seminar and radio show host, and leading Internet marketing
expert. When not out fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, Willie can
be found sharing his 12 years of online marketing experience
with members of The Internet Marketing Inner Circle.
Join them at: http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com

Product Launch Formula Bonus? Willie Crawford’s Product Launch Formula 2.1+ Bonus ROCKS!

Friday, November 14th, 2008

My friend and mentor Jeff Walker has just launched
a limited release of his Product Launch Formula 2.1+

This is an updated version of PLF 2.0 so if you
purchased 2.0 you don’t need to buy it because Jeff is
giving you the upgrade for free.

Here’s only offering a maximum of 500 copies, so if you
are interested, you should check it out now. Chance are
that it will be closed tomorrow.

Product Launch Formula is where I learned many of the
tactics that I use in mapping out a product launch for
clients.  I charge $20,000 to plan/broker a launch.

I’ve known Jeff since 2003, and been watching him for that
long :-)

A few people have asked me if I’m offering a bonus if they
get Product Launch Formula 2.1+ through me.

Yes, and it’s the best bonus that I can think of…

I just finished up 12 hours of recorded coaching where
I talked many clients through actually planning product
launches… some of which you’ll see in the next few weeks.

They each paid $697 to be on those calls.

You can read about that teleseminar series at:
http://williecrawford.com/JVTeleseminar/

I’ll offer you the recordings to those calls (in PDF and MP3)
plus supplemental materials I gave them..

PLUS a 1 year GOLD membership in The International Association
Of Joint Venture Brokers. You can read about IAJVB at
http://IAJVB.ORG

The Gold Membership allows you to list ALL of your launches,
events, etc., in the database where all of our members can
easily find YOU!

Fully 90% of the failed, or really poor, product launches that
I’ve observed in the past year happened for 2 related reasons:

A) Really poor timing. They were often at the same time as
another MAJOR launch.  IAJVB has a searchable database of
planned product launches designed to prevent that from
happening.

Our members enter their planned product launches into the
database and that puts many others on notice that they’ve
claimed those dates.

B) Not enough high-powered joint venture partners.

IAJVB is designed to solve that problem too by being a
place where our members, many super-affiliates, can search
for upcoming launches in their niches.

Ideally, IAJVB members find out about product launches as
much as 2 months in advance… and are able to plan way
ahead of their competitors.

So, check out Product Launch Formula 2.1+ and if it seems
right for you, order though my link, and then contact me
here:  http://WillieCrawford.com/helpdesk/

Just paste your receipt into a help ticket letting me know
that you want my bonus, and we’ll set you up with immediate
access to the bonuses.

My affiliate link is http://P-L-Formula.com
Willie

Willie Crawford On CNN

Monday, September 1st, 2008

I hope that you’re having a safe and serene day. Mine is rainy
and windy, as we experience some of the effects of Hurricane
Gustav passing abeam my part of Florida.

It’s not bad though. In preparation, I did gather and
inspect/test: my backup generator, bottled water, non-perishable
foods, plywood to cover windows and doors, and my wireless
internet connection. The cars are all full of gas, and I filled
several  10-gallon gas cans… so I could refill the generator.

I’ve had previous hurricanes leave us without electricity for
over a week :-)

Twice in the past 24 hours I’ve had people  contact me and tell
me that they just “saw my face on CNN.”

What they actually saw was CNN anchorman Rick Sanchez showing
his Twitter page as he reported the news. Rick is one of almost
2000 people that follow me on Twitter.

I’m one of 5700 people following Rick.

If you’re not on Twitter, you should be.  It puts you in touch
with so many people… in real-time. As you can see, it even got
my  face on CNN… twice.

Please follow me on Twitter at:
http://Twitter.com/WillieCrawford/

If you’ve never used Twitter, I do have to warn you. It can be
addictive.  You can see someone like my friend John Reese…
post about his travels through Greece or Egypt, and when you
respond, it immediately appears on his Twitter profile, where he
and all of his followers can see it. It’s very powerful!

The storm will keep me inside today, so I plan on creating and
uploading 5 or 6 videos to YouTube and 30 or so other video
sharing sites.   I’m getting a lot of traffic from my videos in
some niches.

The secret to success in business, online or offline, is to keep
doing what works, and to stop doing what’s not working.  So,
I’ll keep making and uploading simple videos using the automated
submission service at  http://EasyPushbuttonTraffic.info

This is actually what I’d planned on doing anyway.  It’s fun,
and drives a lot of business my way.

Check it out.  If you’d like to see a video of me using the
system, you’ll find that here:
https://williec001.s3.amazonaws.com/EasyPushbuttonTraffic.htm

Notice that video is actually coming off Amazon.com’s server.
There’s a story behind that too. I’ll share that with you in the
next issue.

If you do use a service like Easy Pushbutton Traffic to post
your videos to YouTube, I have a free PDF report on how to get
MORE visitors to watch your videos. You’ll find the link to that
free PDF at: http://WillieCrawford.com/blog2/

Feel free to share that report with you friends. They’ll really
appreciate it.

Ok, time to check on the storm again, and then upload some
videos.

Stay dry :-)
Willie

DUMPED from Google - How to make more money with less traffic

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Watch this video to see the frightening true story.

http://www.stompernet.net/jvp/aw.aspx?B=44&A=103

This REALLY Happened:

StomperNet co-founder Brad Fallon’s Wedding Favors site was
DUMPED from Google.

That’s HALF his traffic, HALF his sales, and HALF his entire
business.

Gone!  Just Gone.

What did HE do?

Brad went and had the best 6 months EVER - without a home page
listing in Google.

You can watch how he did it, here:

http://www.stompernet.net/jvp/aw.aspx?B=44&A=103

BTW, this is one of StomperNet’s now famous Going Natural
Videos, a brand new on, in fact.  If you haven’t seen these
kinds of videos before, you’re in for a hard-core learning
experience.

Dan Thies, StomperNet Faculty and SEO Expert, took a million
bucks worth of collected data and developed, implemented and
PERFECTED a PPC strategy that SAVED Brad’s company.

What Dan did is crazy - it’s nuts - it goes against EVERYTHING
in the PPC book.

This is a NEW BOOK, and Dan and StomperNet wrote it.

You can’t read it - but you can watch…

http://www.stompernet.net/jvp/aw.aspx?B=44&A=103

It’s for ALL Experience Levels - Expert and Newbie.

But don’t just take my word for it - go hear about it from the
guys who engineered the strategy - they’ve got the NUMBERS to
back it up.

Don’t miss this video, or you’ll miss the chance to DOUBLE your
income from PPC - or if you AREN’T doing PPC now, this is the
best way to start RIGHT.

http://www.stompernet.net/jvp/aw.aspx?B=44&A=103

Check it out,
Willie

By the way…

They’ve got more videos in this series in the works
already, so if you want to see more killer instructional videos
like this (that you WON’T see ANYWHERE ELSE) - be sure to opt-
in on the video page and confirm your subscription.

http://www.stompernet.net/jvp/aw.aspx?B=44&A=103

I know I already have!

Some Free Videos From A $25,000 Seminar…

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Two years ago, at Yanik Silver’s Underground Online
Seminar, I met Carlos and Lupe Garcia.  They gave
a presentation on how they generate millions of visitors
per month to some of their webpages, and were a BIG hit
at the seminar.

Carlos and Lupe taught something so powerful that
at the end of their presentation, they announced that
they were holding a workshop, and they got a FLOOD of
signups.

That’s impressive because the workshop cost $25,000
per person!

After the seminar was over, I got to spend some time
personally picking Carlos’ and Lupe’s minds.  My wife and
I spent an evening at Ruth Chris’ Steakhouse in DC,
sandwiched between Carlos and Lupe on one side, and Jon
walker  (Jeff Walker’s brother and business partner) on
the other side.

I’ve kept in touch with Carlos and Lupe since then.   I
continue to learn from them via their workshops, etc.
Since they spend most of their time in Florida, only
a few hours from where I live, I frequently drop in
on classes that they teach etc.

I continue to learn from them because Carlos and Lupe
are known by those “in the know” as the “Kingpins of
Traffic”.  They’ve been the “hired gun” behind the scenes
for generating millions of website visitors for product
after product.

what they teach WORKS - plain and simple.

In any case, last year, Carlos and Lupe took on 30 private
coaching students at $25,000 each…
And now these students are reaping amazing results!

One of them is making $2.2 million a month, and another
is making over $500K a month…

I guess you could say $25K was worth it!

I have to admit that when they flashed the price of their
training on  the screen at Yanik’s my jaw dropped.

Now this is the best part…  you can actually get access
to some of the information that these people paid $25,000
to get.

You see they’re launching Traffic University on Monday, May
5th.   That’s basically the $25K coaching program but at a
price that average people can afford :-)

So in order to show people what they do, they’ve released A
LOT of powerful training videos…

I’ve watched these videos… AND studied some of the tactics
as they were being created.   It’s mind boggling how they
generated such HUGE amounts of traffic and online sales.

We’re talking volumes of traffic that most people didn’t even
know EXISTED.

Take a few minutes and  go watch these videos now. This is
full-on, bare bones, big time marketing education from the
Undisputed Masters of Massive Traffic.

Here’s the link:
http://TheRealSecrets.com/CarlosAndLupe/

Your jaw will drop like mine did.   Now I just soak up their
experience-based teachings.

This is good stuff :-)
Willie

By the way…

I HAVE actually gotten a look at the pre-release version of
Traffic University. It’s simply amazing - jammed packed with
real-world tactics that I am going to start using more in my
own business.

Here’s how to get more subscribers and sales…100% commissions too!

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

That was the headline that led me to purchase the latest
ebook that I download, and immersed myself in.

It was a great ebook written by inner circle member Rob
Richards. What was really eye-opening about it though
was how he actually repurposed some of MY material in
putting his package together.

Absolutely ingenious, and value-packed.

Here’s the rest of Rob’s email, except that I changed his
links to mine. You see, after you purchase his $7 ebook,
you are then eligible to resell it for 100% commission,
instantly deposited to your Paypal account!

Here’s Rob’s email:

Yesterday, I told you about my latest release, Giveaway Gold.
In it, you’ll learn how I added more than 1100 subscribers
to my list and more than $800 to my bank account with very
little time and effort.

And it’s something that ANYONE can do.

As my subscriber, you get first shot at promoting AND a 30%
discount (until next Thursday).

I think you’re going to like this…

http://TheRealSecrets.com/GiveawayGold/

In this brand new report, you’ll learn…

1. The ins and outs of how a JV Giveaway Event is run and the
three benefactors of the Event.

2. What you can do TODAY to begin building your list and making
more sales through JV Giveaways.

3. The two most important tools that you need to realize your
full potential through JV Giveaways.

4. The 3 Keys To Success in Using JV Giveaways.

5. What kind of gifts to use and perhaps more importantly, the
three types of gifts NOT to use.

6. The 2 things your gift MUST have in order to build your list.

7. Where to find the perfect gifts to give away.

8. What you need to do to make sure that your gift is seen.

9. Three “Do’s” to improve your click through rate.

10. Two simple principles to ensure maximum back-end sales.

11. A six step action plan that will guarantee your success.

12. How to gain absolutely the most subscribers in any Giveaway
Event

And so much more… :)

http://TheRealSecrets.com/GiveawayGold/

Go ahead and grab a copy now. You’ll love it, and so will your
subscribers. Remember, you’ll earn 100% instant commissions
when you share this very useful ebook with others.

willie :-)

http://TheRealSecrets.com/GiveawayGold/

U.S. Marshalls Raid Website Traffic Generation Experts Offices

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

This is a story you don’t hear every day…

It’s about a young couple (whom I know) that
dropped out of high school after they had their
first daughter at 17 years old…

And over the past 10 years, they’ve become
underground internet marketing legends by
getting more traffic than fortune 500 companies.

But it gets weirder than that…

A giant cable company actually tried to sue them
and called the US Marshalls in to shut down their
office…

Watch this video to find out more:

http://TheRealSecrets.com/Marshalls/

(the amazing thing is that they weren’t breaking
any laws… they’re internet marketing intelligence
was just taking too much business from the cable company)

So they got back on their feet after a long legal tug
and war with the Giant Fortune 500 cable company.

And then (this is what turned them into internet
marketing legends)…

The launched a different campaign that went from
zero to over 5 million a month in only 6 months.

They got 5.3 billion online impressions.

And over 29.5 million visitors to their website.

(They did this all without Google, Adwords, or PPc)

Last year, these two came out from behind their
laptops and took on 30 students at 25k each.

Right now, one of their students is making 2.2
million a month. And another is making over
500k a month.

They’ve released a mind blowing training video
for you to watch.

Watch it:

http://TheRealSecrets.com/Marshalls/

Even if you think making millions a month is
out of your league. This video will show you
how you can double your sales and get tons
of traffic (without SEO)

To your success!

Willie

P.S. This young couple has proven one thing…
And that is that the most powerful thing you can
have is “Knowledge”. They build their business
with nothing but knowledge. And now look at them!

How To Deconflict Your Product Launch Dates

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

As I look at the sheer number of new launches
planned in the Internet marketing niche in May,
and beyond, I know that there will be many days
when DOZENS of people will try to launch a product
or project on the same day.

Sadly, many of those people will send out an
email announcement and get virtually NO response
simply because all of the noise made by bigger
launches will drown them out.

IAJVB-Seal-M.jpg
One tool that you can use in deconflicting
your launch from all of the others is the
calendar tool at The International Association
Of Joint Venture Brokers
.

The IAJVB database contains all of the events
that our members enter, and they are output
on a calendar (via niche), so you can take a
look and see what is already planned.

The biggest drawback to this tool IS that the
database is only as good as the data entered.
That means that YOUR event won’t be listed in
the database for affiliates and potential JV
partners to find you unless you enter it.

It also means that we can’t tell you about
events where the event promoters don’t let
us know… but if the product creator keeps
their launches too much of a secret, when they
do start the launch, it’s likely to be drowned
out by all of the better orchestrated and better
publicized events anyway :-)

You can read more about The International
Association of Joint Venture Brokers
and become
a member today at: http://IAJVB.ORG

Willie Crawford

Ken McCarthy’s System Seminar - Chicago, Illinois, May 30th - June 1st, 2008

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

If you ask many of today’s TOP internet marketers where they
got their real break-throughts they will tell you “The
System Seminar.”

Just take a look at all of the big names who RARELY
endorse others who gave Ken video testimonials and you’ll
see just how many careers he has indeed impacted.

Check out:  http://www.thesystemseminar.com/133-1.html

I’ll be attending this years System Seminar, and hope to
meet you there :-)

The last big price discount does go away THIS Wednesday,
April 30th :-)

See you there. Mark May 30th - June 1st, on your calendar ;-)

Willie

The System Seminar Is Where You Need To Be!

Attention: Product Launch Formula Bonus Mailing To 120,000 Available April 2nd, 2008

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Product Launch Formula 2.0 is relaunching on April 2nd,
and now is when you should be shopping for the best
bonuses.

Many of the bonuses offered with Jeff Walker’s Product
Launch Formula 2.0
(on March 27th) were absolute garbage!

They were really insulting.

Stacks of ebooks, or PLF products, most likely purchased
off Ebay for pennies, and then offered as “bonuses” with
grossly inflated “values.”

You need a bonus that you can and WILL use. That’s why
I’m offering a solo mailing to 120,000. It’s pretty hard
NOT to use that.

On top of that, the seminar that Frank Garon and I are
hosting is designed to gently nudge you towards getting
rid of the excuses and getting into action.

If you’re serious about your online business, then on
April 2nd, you need to grab a copy of Product Launch
Formula 2.0, along with my bonuses. Then we need to
finally get you in gear… and we will!

On April 2nd, 2008, use this link:
http://www.productlaunchformula.com?1724

Willie Crawford