Are We Just Food For The Sharks?

First off let me say I am starting to feel like I am talking to myself. If I am , well no big deal. Won't be the first time LOL.

However, if anyone is reading this please drop me a comment below. Even if it just says "Hi".

OK on to business.

I don't know about you but I am starting to feel like I am just food for the sharks.

How many of you have received an e-mail with the title:
They Must SHUT THIS DOWN (I'm Sorry NAME)

How many times have you got it?

Do you see a problem with it?

In the past week I have got this one e-mail at least 8 times from 6 different marketers. And only 2 knew my name was Jeff. Or maybe I should say only 2 cared to take the 2 seconds to change NAME to [FIRSTNAME] (or what ever tag their autoresponder uses).

I have no problem with folks promoting to their list, hell I do it. After all we all need to eat (and I eat allot). But show some creativity. Show some interest in me, your reader. By the way Mr/Mrs Guru my name is not "NAME".

So the next time you pitch your list stop and ask yourself "Do I want to be like every other marketer sending this e-mail or do I want to do my own thing and really connect with my subscribers?".

I'm Remarkable Jeff
If I Can Be Remarkable So Can You!

The Beginning Of The End For CPA

WOW what is with all of these CPA courses popping up all over the place? Let's see we just had the launch for Zero Friction Marketing. There are at least 2 other big CPA launches taking place this month. Mike Hill's CPA Tsunami. Then there is also Mike Filsaime's Affiliate Jump. Now I am not bashing these programs. In fact I am an affiliate for CPA Tsunami. I think it is an awesome product and Mike giving so much free info during pre-launch.

But I would love to get your take on all these CPA courses that keep popping up lately. Are the "Gurus" killing the CPA market for the small guy?

One advantage I have over many others is that I have been online for a very long time. In fact I started out "online" back before there even was a World Wide Web. So I have seen allot of ideas, markets, and programs come and go.

One thing I have seen over the years is that whenever a group of gurus start teaching on a new marketing tactic it makes it harder for the newbie and little guy to get into that marketing technique.

Just look at what happened with AdSense. People that know about it back when it first came out where able to make good money from it. Then Joel Comm came out with AdSense Secrets & The AdSense Code. Well next thing you knew everyone and their brother was an AdSense "expert". Ebooks, courses, and made for AdSense web sites were popping up all over the place. Now most sites with AdSense on them are lucky to make a couple cents a day. Can you still make money with AdSense? Sure I do it every day. But no where near the money I made with them 3 years ago.

Will this happen with CPA marketing? Only time will tell. I hope not but I am hedging my bet they will. What about you?

I'm Remarkable Jeff
If I Can Be Remarkable So Can You!

Google Could Care Less...

Google Could Care Less...

Care less about what? I hear you ask.

CONTENT!

That's right folks the Big G don't care about the content on your site. At least not when it comes to PR. I new report put out by the guys over at The InternetMarketingBlueprint shows that 80% to 90% of the time your content has absolutely no effect on your PR whatsoever. PR is solely based on the number & quality of back links you have pointing to your site. Well this just proves what I have been saying for the past 2 years PR don't mean shit when it comes to the reader.

Go check out Steve's and Tim's free report Does Google Really Care about Content?

Just remember,
I'm Remarkable Jeff
If I Can Be Remarkable So Can You!

Where Have I Been

Abra Kadabra Re-appear. And here I am. Sorry about that disappearing act. As some of you might know I some back problems. Well they have really been acting up as of late making it very difficult for me to sit at the computer let alone concentrate.

Secondly I am not used to working here at Blogger and am finding the limitations to be annoying LOL. So don't be surprised if I move this blog over to a WordPress blog on my own domain.

In the mean time I will try to post more regularly here.

I would like to congratulate the winners of the imRemarkable Challenge. WOW you guys really put a new meaning to "Git-R-Done!". OK so I am a fan of Larry The Cable Guy. I started this blog for the imRemarkable Challenge but I am keeping it because I think I have some interesting stuff to share and whou knows maybe someone else does as well. Then again it just might be a good way for me to talk to myself and not be called crazy.

Well that's all for now.

I'm Remarkable Jeff
If I Can Be Remarkable So Can You!

Why Start On Day 9 of 10

OK so why am I starting this challenge now? BTW I promise not to say "challenge" anywhere near as many times in this post as I did in the last LOL.

After all in 2 days time no one will care about it.

Right?

Wrong!

2 days from now the most important people in the world will care about it. In fact 2 weeks from now, 2 months from now, even 2 years from now they will still be caring. Who are these people you ask? They are my incredible Wife and 3 wonderful kids. They are going to remember this challenge in one of 2 ways.

1) This was the start to a whole new lifestyle for them.
2) This was yet another project that could have done great but just never went anywhere!

Now I am not going to bore you with my life's story. Suffice it to say I have been working online in one way or another (webmaster, web designer, marketer, infomarketer, graphic artist, etc) sense 1995. I have had some ups, had some downs, but in the end never lived that elusive "Internet Marketing" lifestyle. Well after putting up with me for over 10 years now my wife wants her beach front mansion LOL. And I want to give it to her!

So that is why I am starting this challenge on day 9 of 10.

For us it is really day 1 of the rest of my life!

Howie's Challenge

This blog came into being out of a challenge that was put forth by Howie Schwartz. This challenge is part of his prelaunch for his up coming imRemarable program http://www.imremarkable.com/. This challenge is also a contest. The most "Remakable" marketers to take place in this challenge will win a ton of cool stuff. But that is not why I am doing it.

See I have no intention of winning any of the cool prizes. In fact I am starting this on day 9 of 10. Yep, this is a 10 day challenge and as I type my first post for it the challenge has allready been going on for 9 days.

So what is the challenge?

To take ACTION!

Prety simple huh?

Well not really if it was I would have started on day 1!