In my post Flipping with Amazon, I told about buying Amazon Gold Box & Lighting deals and re-selling them on eBay for a tidy little profit.
Normally these deals are great but from time to time, they aren’t. At least they aren’t the lowest price Amazon has offered before or even the lowest price on the ‘net.
Needless to say, you should do a little research before you just buy it. So here is what I do before I purchase something from Amazon to flip on eBay & in general.
Determine if Amazons current price is a deal.
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Garrie Wilson Amazon, ebay, flipping, Strategies
A certain marketer use to email me constantly. Which wasn’t a big deal because I did opt-in to his list. But then one day, I decided to click the remove link and it went to a 404. So I replied to the email and never heard anything but the emails kept coming.
After sometime, they just stoped. I thought I was finally free from the crap he was sending me. That he finally read my emails and removed me from his main database.
Sadly, today, it started again.
So I, once again, clicked the remove link to only be greated by yet another 404 page. I then shot off an email and received a reply to use his help desk to contact him. Then upon clicking the support link, I discover I have to create an account to contact him.
Well, instead of creating an account to contact him, I created a SpamCop account and reported him. I also reported him to his host.
Maybe I’ll finally be rid of this “marketer” for good.
Lesson 1. Make sure your opt-out links work.
Lesson 2. Read replies to your blasts.
Lesson 3. Make it easy for people to get help.
Lesson 4. Follow Can-Spam guidelines
Take care,
Garrie
Garrie Wilson
Today GetResponse launched it’s latest version boasting of 100+ new features such as:
- A totally new interface
- Video email marketing
- Surveys
- Split-tests
- Email analytics
So I wanted to take some time and let you know what I think about the main ones so far.
Let’s get to it.
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Adding a signature to your sales letters, optins, etc. can increase responses but it can take hours to find the perfect font, spacing, etc. And that’s if you actually have a graphics program and know how to use it. But you can make one in a matter of minutes at MyLiveSignature.com, for free. It uses a simple step process that anyone can use.
Check it out. http://www.mylivesignature.com
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ClickBank has rolled out a new order form today and boy is it ugly.
While they kept the layout the same, they changed the blue to a brown but left it on a blue background.
On their blog they said the new one outperformed the old in split testing. Which I am sure that it does over-all but it might not for your market. So keep an eye on your conversions
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Garrie Wilson ClickBank, order form, preview image
I’ve just installed two WordPress plugins that are just great.
The first one, Admin Drop Down Menu, takes the vertical admin menu and replaces it with a compact, horizontal menu.
If you, like many people, don’t like the huge, default menu on WordPress, I highly suggest it.
The other plugin I installed is the All in One SEO Pack. It makes your blog more SEO friendly. You should get it if you want more traffic from the engines.
Garrie
Garrie Wilson menu, plugins, seo, WordPress
On a popular marketing forum I visit, perhaps to much, the topic of PayPal and buyer complaints on digital items & services come up a lot.
Generally, the person is asking what to do about the complaints and multiple always reply “refund it as PayPal always finds in the favor of the buyer.”
Well, this is far from the truth.
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Garrie Wilson buyers protection, PayPal, seller protection
After my trial of IE 8 I have finally gotten my shortcuts to once again open in new tabs instead of reusing windows.
So here are the ways to do it. Each one may or may not work for you and if you screw something up, don’t blame me. 
Method 1:
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I took the plunge and download IE 8 when Microsoft let me know about it via the updates manager and I un-installed it shortly after.
Anyway, at fitst IE 8 seemed to be OK but then it started freezing when I opened multiple tabs.
Then when I clicked an email link, it would keep reusing the same window and sometimes freezing if it wasn’t loaded already. And this would cause Outlook Express to freeze.
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When using ClickBank to process your payments, you have to expect more refund requests because they will honor any refund request within 60.
I know this. It doesn’t bother me like it does some people.
However, it does bother me when a person asks for support, the download again or replies to a receipt asking about a different order and ClickBank REFUNDS it.
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Garrie Wilson ClickBank, refunds
