If you thought the discussion of training program scams only pervades the internet marketing space, think again. Over the past week, I’ve been following similar talking points taking place within the online poker community. After reading through some of the conjecture, doesn’t it sound familiar? “Thirty dollars a month for something you can essentially find for free at plenty of other places elsewhere…” “You’re stupid to pay for 95% filler just to get to the 5% that may help you…” “If these people were so good, why would they teach instead of just doing it…” As always with these lines of thought, they focus too much on those that are pitching these services instead of the

All the internet marketing gurus will tell you to build a mailing list as quickly as possible because e-mail converts. They’ll say to dangle a carrot in front of a visitor’s eyes by way of an eBook in exchange for contact permission – it’s that important. Of course, once you build up this massive database then you have the ability to easily print money! That’s what they’ll tell you, right? Having an mailing list of any size, promoting the most valuable affiliate products and producing the best exclusive content really doesn’t matter unless the subscribers actually open their e-mail. So, what can you do to increase this rate? The subject line of your e-mail is the most important, if

The importance of e-mail list subscribers. Do you really need them? Of course you need them! You should have known that answer already. Every internet marketer known to man has proclaimed that e-mail converts and they’re absolutely right. But no one knows why except for the talking gerbil that lives inside of John Chow’s sock drawer. Fortunately, I have been given an exclusive interview with the remarkably rich rodent and am bringing you the inside scoop! Q: I only have 12 minutes left to write this post, so let’s cut to the chase. Why does e-mail convert? A: It’s all because of dumb people, Jordan. All because of them. Do you realize it’s the largest demographic of people in the

Chris Brogan has talked a lot on his blog about what it takes to be an overnight success. While I appreciate his candor, I think he’s only speaking to a very small demographic that has the chops to make it happen. What about the rest of us who, despite our pathetic attempts at becoming a super awesome social media uber-guru, will never reach those heights… or even 20 unique visitors to our blog? (fingers crossed!) Has Chris forgotten about the little people who exalt him as their savior while they do the complete opposite of what he says? Well, I’ll speak for you then! For the tens of thousands of wanna-be blogging ninjas and internet rockstars. For the hundreds upon hundreds of fake