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I’m a big Seth Godin fan.

Years back I emailed Seth after reading a blog post of his and he actually replied, with a pretty awesome and in-depth answer. I can’t remember now what the question or email was about but I do remember him actually replying and that struck me as pretty cool. EDIT: I vaguely remember the email exchange was something about mustard and the branding of yellow mustard….

I’ve emailed other people I’ve respected, studied and learned from over the years but only two ever replied personally, Seth Godin and Guy Kawasaki.

I’ve read most of Seth’s books but I haven’t read Tribes yet. I’ll be doing that over the Holidays.

Today however I saw some twittering going on about a pretty unique opportunity posted by Seth Godin. I’d be willing to say this is truly an opportunity of a lifetime for the chosen ones.

Seth has decided to offer the chance for some very lucky people to come work alongside him for the next six months in New York City.

Seth is calling it the Alternative MBA and frankly, this to me sounds a whole lot better than a real MBA. Did I mention it’s Free?

I’m not going to go on and on with details because I think you should read it for yourself. I also think this is the perfect opportunity for any entrepreneur. I can’t think of anything more worth a little time over the next ten days then applying for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Me? Applying? I wish. Sadly I don’t think my wife will take to well to me leaving for 6 months to live in New York City.

Honey, I’m moving to New York City to work with a fellow named Seth Godin.

Who??? Who’s Seth Godin?

You know that funny looking purple cow book on my bookshelf. Ya….. That guy…

I do all the cooking at our house. She’d be lost without me.

Check out this AMAZING opportunity HERE.

Let me know if you’re applying or if you have any creative ways to talk your spouse into allowing you to take on this opportunity!!

Noah

Today is Blog Action Day 2008. According to the site,

“Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.”

This year the focus is on Poverty. I’ve decided to participate today after reading through the site and the suggested ways to participate. One in particular was to donate to Kiva. Many members of my private sites know that I’m a big advocate of Kiva and micro-loans to entrepreneurs.

You can check out my lender page here. To date I’ve only made three loans but I do believe these loans have made a difference in someone’s life. I plan to make another today.

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October 7, 2008 - I’ve decided to completely wipe three years of random off & on blogging and start fresh.

Due to the emails I’ve gotten from people looking for old and archived posts, I’ve decided to restore them back into the archives.

If you’ve been checking in here and there, please continue to do so as I promise the updates will become more and more frequent and focused on your business success. I’ve got a ton of quality information to share with you and you’re going to want to stay tuned….

Cheers & Welcome, again!

Noah

Alright alright.. I’ll offer a bonus..

Many have asked so I’ll respond.

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks then you might not know what’s going on today.

If you’ve been above those rocks and frequently check your email you know that Traffic Secrets 2.0 is being released today at 12:00 NOON EST.

For me, I finally started really watching John Reese over the past few years and  I’ve had a few discussions with him on various forums. Many years back I used to place John in that same old pile of marketers (the ones who view US as Bank Machines dispensing our hard earned cash on a whim) but after talking with John for a while through PM’s and Twitter, I’ve realized, John is the real deal. John kind of reminds me of Paul Smithson of XSitePro (another marketer who truly cares that your investment is actually valued)

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Mark Hopkins continues his public bashing of John Reese

See the latest installment here!
And the comments continue to pour into John’s blog.

Some of Mark’s comments today are pretty wacky.

“affiliate marketing world works is to liken it to a spyware infection.

When you’re infected by one piece of spyware, it often opens the floodgates for a host of other virus, malware and spyware infections. Similarly, you talk to one affiliate marketer, who may be a decent guy and wants to sell you something you need or sell something for you. Unfortunately, just by talking to that one fellow, it seems you soon have (no exaggeration) have hundreds of marketers beating down your door and flooding your inbox with ridiculous offers, pie-in-the-sky schemes, get-rich-quick scams and often outlandish conspiracy theories theory .”

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Internet marketing is a funny business. People ask what we do, and sometimes it’s hard to explain. People don’t get it.

For example…

We create information products and sell them online.

We help people market their offline businesses online.

We help people better there Search Engine Rankings.

We help people advertise on Google Adwords.

We build membership sites.

We help local businesses develop an online presence.

This is an extremely small example of things Online Marketers do.
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Do you think its possible?

Can you create a product or service in only 7 days and actually make sales from it?

For sure.

Do you think it can happen?

I do.

In fact, I know it’s possible. But just to be sure, we’ve got others doing it with us over at this site…This is a 100% Free site. NO forced continuity, no hidden sales pitches, no monthly fees. Nothing, Nada, Zilch.

http://theinternetmarketingalliance.com

Interested in giving it a try? Join the site above. You’ll be amazed at how many other marketers are taking the challenge. Sometimes all it takes is a good kick in the rear! I only started making an income online because I simply started “doing” as opposed to sitting, reading, learning, watching, buying, procrastinating.

Read the latest report on the 7 to 10 day challenge. Pretty awesome stuff.

I’ve been working on my 7-10 day product and I fully plan to profit from it. Read more about it inside the site.

Cheers!

Haven’t posted in a few months. How terrible! I’m working on a new training program to help people get their businesses off the ground.

I’ve also deleted a bunch of old blog posts I wasnt happy with. When I first started this blog I had some great intensions of delivering some amazing posts. I did have some excellent content but then as usual life happened, businesses happen and we get busy. I need to get blogging into my daily routine

Anyways, I’ll try and keep you guys up to date on whats going on. I’m sure you can expect the look of the site to change about 600 times as well
I did buy those slick Revolution Themes..

Cheers

Noah

A quick example of a 1,000% increase in profit

“According to the August 2007 edition of Target Marketing Magazine, “…research indicates that the average conversion rate - that is the ratio of orders to overall site visits - is 2.9 percent.

Since this research didn’t include smaller online marketers, I suspect that the actual average is lower – probably closer to 1% or 2%.

Of course, these studies could never tell us whether 1% is good or bad, because it depends what you’re selling.

For instance, if you’re selling a $50 million jet engine, then 1% would bring in a lot of money! You only need 100 visitors to make a $50 million sale.

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Two posts in one day?

OK I know but I think I need to make a quick note about Google Gadget Ads.

Yesterday, Google launched Gadget Ads.

According to Google,

Gadget Ads are "

Gadget ads enable advertisers and agencies to engage audiences on the Internet’s largest ad network with a rich and interactive new ad format.

• Beyond Rich Media Advertising with "Websites within Websites"
  Think of gadget ads as mini versions of your website in any AdSense ad size.
• Dynamic and Creative Advertising
  Truly useful applications incorporating data feeds, maps, images, audio, video, Flash, HTML or JavaScript in a single creative.
• Largest Global Advertising Network
  Reach over 75% of unique Internet users in more than 20 languages and over 100 countries with no serving or hosting costs.
• Community of Engaged Users Around Your Brand
  Users can post and share your gadget ads anywhere.
• Full Interaction Reporting
  Receive site-by-site interaction reports tracking dozens of actions."

Here are some sample ads. I’m a firm believer and "proven tester" that Ads as such are far more powerful than a basic text ad. Much of peoples AdSense success comes from the blending of ads into web text. Many times the ads are click unknowingly to the visitor.

Gadget Ads are essentially banner ads but they are cool because at least your visitor should know they are clicking an Ad and thus you’ve got a better chance at converting the sale. I for one will be testing Gadget Ads in both sense, both as an AdSense publisher and an advertiser.