Provocative Copy - Latest Comments

Re: What Is It We Really Want?

Alexander John — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:35:48 -0000

"Human Emotion" Is The Driving Force Behind Anything Now'n Days. Provoking Emotions About Your Products Is A Powerful Tool!

Sweetness Up In Here!...Great Post!

Isn't That Why The Name Of Your Website Is "ProvocativeCopy"? To Provoke Emotion?

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (12 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:34:11 -0000

Here is another long comment that will be longer then the post itself.

great post keith.

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (11 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:54:31 -0000

you guys should check out the promo video i just made for keith.... http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Making the Sale Lesson #2

SpeedThrough Marketing — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:46:17 -0000

personality is one thing that is missed with any beginner making any type of website, they tend to sound to resumey (keith's words).

writing your emails or a blog post with personality is giving a story. you want to write a good story with all your points in it.

sounding professional is not always better. giving a personal story behind the information is a great way to keep people reading.

what i like doing is to start my emails with something we all can relate to like:

"Ok, we can all agree that we have had this thought once in our life time. In a church or in a fancy restaurant we look up at the hanging chandelier and think, “what if that chandelier fell on me?” I'm I right? Of course I'm right!"

i do this so, people know that i'm human and not trying to sell sell sell. not here to sell i'm here to give you more information. and what the heck it's just for fun to!

uniqueness can be good for any type of online business. what i think is the more unique the better. when you watch the super bowl it is not enough just to see the game right? we all love the commercials to! why do we love the commercials so much? because companies pay millions of dollars to make there commercials stand out. it's always funny and unique right? we can learn a lot about huge companies and how they market there products.

mt. dew always seems to be the type of company that loves to have a carzy unique commercial for the young people. good onld mt dew is a great teacher for me! (i have a mt dew commercial i have been thinking about some time that i always wanted to see, hehe)

all in all, great post by keith! is it just me keith or are my comments really long?

Re: Why You Should Write Your Own Copy…

SpeedThrough Marketing — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:17:13 -0000

copy writing can be learned, but it takes time to write good copy. knowing your market is great but knowing how to put the right words on your website is even better. if you have the time to learn copy, then do it! if you don't have the time or one of the three things keith said, don't do it!

as keith once told me, "copywriting is the language of marketing."

Re: The Myth of Beautiful Website Design

SpeedThrough Marketing — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:08:35 -0000

his a graphic designer and a marketer! the only website i would say that design kills everything is jim carrey's website: http://www.jimcarrey.com (i couldn't think about how much it would cost to do something like this.

but other then jim carrey's diamond website design, he is absolutely right nothing can top great content! focusing on your content are who the poo you are talking to is the first thing you should think about. website design is just the cherry on top.

superly amazingly super wonderful great find keith! (try to top that oakie! jk)

Re: A Unique Email Trick That Gets Response…

SpeedThrough Marketing — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:57:49 -0000

that is a great idea keith! what a great relational way to get someone to respond to you. not only are you giving that person an email but you are giving them face to face contact with you.

the online world is seeking to be face to face more and more. facebook and youtube are huge! why because it is relational, something we all seek as humans.

putting text mix with video is a genius idea! i would love to see an email like that in my inbox. it would tell you a lot about that person!

just think about this! what is every promotional video online said your name! how carzy would that be for sales.

if you made a video with someones name in it, it would be a powerful tool. i have only seen something like this about a year ago. it was an animation video that in the beginning it had you put your name and it took you through saying your name about 20 times...i couldn't stop watching it was talking to me!! what a great way to get your message across.

that's why in email marketing when you can personalize your emails with there name, you will see the great responses it brings. the more personal the better!

super cool post keith!

Re: The 4 Biggest Factors in Email Marketing

SpeedThrough Marketing — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:44:37 -0000

the old sales tips for email marketing, you put it in great well thought out words keith!

calling people to action is one that people make the most mistakes.

here is a tip about calling people to your link in your email:

don't say, "click here to learn more"

say, "see the mistakes that every marketer makes"

do you see what i did? don't you think people would click on the 2nd one more then the 1st?

calling people into your link is an easy thing to learn, keep what i said in mind when calling people to action to your links in your emails.

ps. if you are an article writer and you want to know how to get a better click through rate read this:

tip 1:

at the end of your article don't say, "good luck" or something silly like that just to end it. try saying something like this, "what next?" that will point them into your resource box. don't stop writing your article, call them to action in your resource box.

what next?

you can visit this website for more information about traffic getting tips:________
(use something a little more creative then what i just said)

you will see your click through rate increase by a lot! you are calling people to take action, that is a sign of a good salesman.

that's it for me! another well executed blog post by the one the only keith gilmore!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (11 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:27:48 -0000

how true is that! everything takes more time then you would every think!

two thing i have learned is:

it takes 2times as long as i think no matter what i do

and take your time with what you are doing

it's to easy to do things a blackhat way and try to build your business as fast as you can. (a lot of people think like this) but what you really need to do and what works is to take your time with high quality information. when you give high quality information and put passion behind your words, you will see the power of it.

there is power in content and there is power in passion.

take your time, it's not called an business for nothing. with any business it takes time for anything to happen. if you owned a farm, you wouldn't want to give half of the carp or a carp that not in harvest, would you? NO!

like farming it takes time for things to grow. when the harvest is ready you will see the wonderful results. you are feeding the people with good food and not half butt food.

give people what they want and take your time.

wonderful post!

Re: Connect

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:33:54 -0000

i have a few questions:

i have tried and tried to learn about rss and feedburners but i have no idea what they do, why do i need to burnfeeds for my website?

what the poo is rss?

i have tried to ask people but no one really gives me a "for dummies" answer. (if you know what i mean)

what's the best way to write an email, an email asking someone to network with you?

so, what's the best way to write a networking email?

what's up with pinging? what does pinging your blog do?

last question:
what's the meaning of life? (jk)

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (1 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:14:31 -0000

oh yes, all to aften it's all to easy to be lazy! i'm mean come on, that's why we are in this business in the first place....to be lazy not having to work!

start working on it till all of the above is fulfiled and even more! then you can set on your butt watching the money roll in.

there's a time for work and there is a time for play!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (2 or 12)

SpeedThrough marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:09:53 -0000

funny you should say that, i just learned how to do that.

where do most ideas end up? the graveyard! (not saying that to creep you out, i mean come on halloween is not for a wail)

i'm saying thing because keith is right!

entrepreneurs are the best dreamers. we most likly always have are heads up in the sky, right?

sweet tips worth tweeting about!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (3 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:04:21 -0000

yes!

i want to read more and more. just not enough time doing!

i for sure need to step up my doing and take what i have learned and put it into doing.

the most successful people out there, jump right into the game. people who think about it forever will take longer in being successful.

jump in the game! what is the worst thing that could happen?

a quote from batman the movie, "why do we fall master bruce? so we can pick our selfs back up."

good old batman can teach you a lot about your online business ;)

i just can't stop reading your blog! (i'm not just saying that)

i'm running out of ideas in how i should end my comments soooooo...

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (4 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:55:24 -0000

i'm a bad egg when it comes to my ideas!

i almost have to write it down, then want to work work and work on it, then another idea comes and i do the same thing over and over agian. (let me say, it is the kiss of death!)

it is so hard to focus on one thing then. what i learned from this post is:

write your ideas do
think about the plan for a little
but don't let that take away the task at hand
and then save your great idea for a later time

ALWAYS write down your ideas!!!!

all to many times i have forgoten, what i though (or so i think, but i forgot) the next big idea. it is painful to say the least.

this post is great! it really puts it into a step by step thing and not a do everything in the world thing.

another instant classic by keith!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (6 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:48:20 -0000

what a great post about people's focuses. bigger is not always better i think. your point is right on the money! focusing on the little stuff that will make you money is always a good way to go.

yes we all know how great it is to have "the next big idea!" but it's always good to take it slow and take it one step at a time.

one more time, (can't say it enough) great post keith!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (7 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:43:50 -0000

email marketing is a great way to network and build plane old relationships with people that are in the same niche. email marketing doesn't always have to be about the sale!

they are real people signing up for on your list, talk to them not as a customer but as a person on the other side. people are people.

does that mean you should just talk to them like your friend?

no and yes. you don't have to talk to them like a friend, you just need to give people value. the more value you give people the more people want to give something back to you.

don't sell sell sell

do give give give

you don't have to give away everything but give enough where your people group (thanks keith) will come back to you over and over agian.

like what keith has said to me, "people will always ask, whats in it for me?!"

email marketing is a great thing and can help you ten fold, with your business.

here is a few tips about email marketing: (not trying to take away from your great tips keith! haha)

make it fun

give give give

be helpful

that's it for me, haha

great tips as always keith!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (8 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:35:34 -0000

you bring up a very good point keith. it seems like what a lot of what i think is, "i need it!" what i mean by that is, my money is gone before i earn it. i think that it would be helpful to have the lastest and greatest software when i get the money. then where is my money? gone before i earn it!

taking your time to think, "do i really need it?" is a good thing to ask yourself before you have money and after.

great tips keith!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (9 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:28:57 -0000

very wise of you keith, i was just asking in my mind, "how the poo i'm i going to do my taxes when i start making money?" you bring up a great point and helps me think about it more. i will for sure do my reseach when it comes to taxes. thanks for the push in the right path.

i can see myself doing two things when i start making money:

getting super pumped and getting off track

also forgetting about what to do with the money i'm making

thinking about what i'm i going to do when you make money is a great thing to keep in mind. if you think about it this can be related to what people do now n days. people spend more then they make. money is a great thing but it can be a hard thing to deal with.

lots of money = very excited + don't know what to do with the money = very poor money chooses.

it's easy to get carried away when it comes to money (i should know!)

great tips keith, its a great thing to keep in mind when thinking about money and what to do with it!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (10 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:46:27 -0000

interesting take on home offices. i believe that you don't need much to be successful not only in the online world but in the real world to. you hear to many time stories of the poorest of the poor having an idea that makes them rich.

it all starts with an idea, and ideas do not need a home office to be successful.

with the growing numbers of people looking to the online world, it is not that hard to find people that are like minded that would love to work with you.

great post keith!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (5 or 12)

SpeedThrough Marketing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:39:24 -0000

taking any business one step at a time is always a good thing. a lot of the times (i know i had this) people get infomation overload, about there online business. if you take it one step at a time do something that you are passionate about online you will be successful. a lot of the time people think they can take on the world, because people tell them, "you can do it to!" (how many times have you heard that?) and we wonder why 97% of online business fail. anyways my point is that you need to start small like keith said, "No one has ever made a million dollars in sales without generating $1 first." start slow, start one step at a time, and like what keith said to me a long time ago (still holds true today!) do something you are passionate about.

great post keith! keep up the good work!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (6 or 12)

Sandy — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:20:23 -0000

How often I delay the necessary for the unnecessary.

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (2 or 12)

Matthew — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:12:43 -0000

Yes, dreams are a good way to prompt you to go. The best way to take action is to be held accountable by people by setting a hard date as to when something will go public. To save face you will have more of an incentive to get it completed. It is just a trick to make you do what you actually need to to get what you want.

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (4 or 12)

Matthew — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:10:48 -0000

I wholeheartedly agree. finish one project before starting another. learn to batch tasks. Great post Keith!

Re: Most Valuable Mini-Lessons For Your Business (3 or 12)

Matthew — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:09:29 -0000

The funny thing is that most people have the knowledge. Nothing happens without taking action. You can become a professional student of someone or something and still be a complete failure if you don't do anything with the knowledge.

Re: The Myth of Beautiful Website Design

Oakie — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:11:02 -0000

A great find Keith. The way I know design is good is if it grabs the attention of the viewer, and then steps aside to the content shine. Design might be ugly or pretty, but if it's not functional that what good is it. Thanks for this article man.