How To Start An Internet Business On A Shoestring Budget

January 27, 2010

Wednesday, 8:46 AM
Dear Friend,
I’ve never really had the luxury of having a lot of money to start most of my “kitchen table” businesses.
Even later in my career when I DID have a fair amount of capital to invest, I still did it on the cheap.
In fact, I started my very first direct response business (which [...]

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Catholic Copywriting

January 26, 2010

Sunday, 5:34 PM
Dear Friend,
I love the Catholics.
I better! I’m married to one.
Seriously, I love their faith, their traditions, their prayers, the rosary… and all those saints.
They’ve got a saint for everything.
I’ve even heard there’s one named St. Wrigley. He’s the patron saint of chewed gum stuck under desks and tables.
I’m not Catholic so don’t quote [...]

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The Hope For Haiti Telethon

January 25, 2010

Saturday, 2:04 PM
Dear Friend,
I was watching the Hope For Haiti telethon Friday night.
There was a stellar lineup of stars performing, presenting… and even just answering phone calls.
Imagine calling to make a donation and speaking with Ringo Starr or Stevie Wonder!
They paired up some interesting combos of singers, too.
The one that struck me as most unusual [...]

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The Gary Halbert Method For Getting Clients

January 21, 2010

Thursday, 10:07 AM
Dear Friend,
I’ve got so many marketing courses, swipe files and other goodies that I sometimes forget about a lot of the stuff.
Here’s a little gem I ran across a couple days ago.
It’s an e-mail Gary Halbert wrote in response to a prospect who contacted him about writing copy.
He wasn’t personally taking on any [...]

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An Online Marketing Secret I Learned From Terry Dean

January 19, 2010

Monday, 3:39 PM
Dear Friend,
A few months ago, I found out Internet Marketer Extraordinaire, Terry Dean, had recently relocated to a town about a half hour from me.
I hit him up on e-mail and we had lunch the other day.
He’s a sharp cookie. Heck of a nice guy, too. I knew I was gonna like him.
In [...]

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How To Become An Overnight Copywriting Success

January 18, 2010

Dear Friend,
I’ve had most of my CD’s packed in boxes for the last couple years.
It made it a pain in the butt every time I wanted to listen to a CD and had to dig through boxes trying to find it.
So the old tightwad DD finally bought a couple CD stands this weekend and took [...]

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Happy 2010!

January 4, 2010

Monday, 1:42 PM
Dear Friend,
Happy new year!
I always feel a little sad when the holidays are over but I’m also glad to get back on schedule and working towards some new goals.
So this morning after I woke up and took my Athletic Greens (thanks to Chris the Kiwi) I strapped on my trusty six-string and practiced [...]

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Doberman Dan’s Christmas Wish

December 24, 2009

Christmas Eve 2009, 1:33 PM
Location: Cali, Colombia
Dear Friend,
I’m celebrating Christmas in South America this year.
If you’re on my e-mail list you also know about the other little secret that brought me down here.
(If you’re not on the e-mail list you missed out on some pretty big news… and a very valuable life lesson.)
Over the past [...]

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Affiliate Marketing Sucks

December 8, 2009

Tuesday, 10:59 AM
Dear Friend,
Something has been stuck in my craw for a while… and I can’t keep quiet about it anymore.
Wanna know what’s got me all tensed up like a tightly coiled spring?
All these people constantly hitting me up to promote their product launches.
They’re so damn arrogant about it.
First of all, in almost all cases, [...]

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From Kitchen Table Business To Million Dollar Buyout

December 4, 2009

Thursday, 9:28 PM
Dear Friend,
I received an offer yesterday from someone who wants to buy one of my “kitchen table” businesses for one million dollars.
Yup… a cool million.
A “1″ with six zeroes after it.
Seven figures.
One MILLION dollars. (Spoken in my best Dr. Evil accent.)
Now I realize that the gaggle of gurus will laugh at that as [...]

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