MarketingSherpa reports that consumers are takign 34 hours from the first click to conversion which is up from 19 hours at 2005.

Here are some of their recommendations.

1. Add “About Us” blurbs to every conceivable entry point
2. Grab emails early on — before the shopping cart
3. Content: give more product info than the competition does
4. Exclusive here-only bonuses

Thats from MarketingPilgrim

However, this is quite the opposite of what were taught by marketers. We were usually told to remove any possible ways to exit except for the close button, even that we were also told to put up a pop up message to tell double confirm with them if they want to close it. So whats your take?

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As you may already know, The 7 Figure Code will be launched this coming Saturday, 7th of July 2007. For this very special launch, I have taken time to prepare a very special bonus as well for those who is buying through my link. It is called The 7 Figure Decoded at http://The7FigureDecoded.com (site is not fully ready at press time).

The 7 Figure Code is by Mike Filsaime who happens to be my mentor as well. The product drill DEEP into his business, how he ran the business up to where it is today, what were some of the sales, launches and so on is like and what he has discovered from those statistic and how he reshape his business model to perfection.

I need to tell you that this product is for ANYONE. From newbie till expert. You will learn a lot. For newbie, you will get to see how he run his entire business and methodology and apply it when you go into your own Internet venture. For intermediate and expert, you will learn a lot as well because there is no way this product can be rehash of any other stuff. This is about Mike Filsaime and his entire business. Loads of DVDs and materials for you.e

And The 7 Figure Decoded worth $297 will be a bonus which is an original product that will help you in figuring out The 7 Figure Code which you have just purchased. Not only that, you will have the RESELL rights to The 7 Figure Decoded as well. So you can very quickly monetize on “The 7 Figure” buzz word and sell The 7 Figure Decoded. This will only happen at The7FigureDecoded.com. There are fast action bonus by Mike Filsaime so you better be ready
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Yep, the platform that I have been using since I started doing Internet Marketing is now available for only $97.

==> http://VinceTanOffers.com/jvmanager/

As most of you know that my Internet business is centralized around JV Manager. The reason why I chose JV Manager from the very beginning is because of the vast amount of features.

- Universal Payment Manager
- Download Manager and URL Protector
- Sales Manager
- Membership Manager and Automatic .htaccess / .htpasswd Generator
- Refund Manager
- Affiliate Manager
- Joint Venture Manager
- Charity Manager
- Autoresponder Manager
- Email Marketing Manager
- Shopping Cart System
- Automatic JV Package Creator

and way much more…

Instead of paying $50 - $100 for a few different scripts to do 1 or 2 functions, you are better off getting JVManager. I can assure you that you will not regret a single bit It allows you to sell MULTIPLE product and manage MULTIPLE membership sites! Even if they are hosted in some other server or domains!

==> http://VinceTanOffers.com/jvmanager/

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Yep. Finally! They now offer monthly recurring billing. The initial bill must be equal or higher than the rebill price.

Here’s the cost to publishers.

Initial Bill = 7.5% + $1
Rebill (less than $40) = 9.9%

So start churning out recurring profit funnel using this new feature! Membership sites… newsletter… or any other info products that you can keep providing monthly updates!

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Many times we hear things like “Oh, thats because you have connection with the Gurus”, or “I don’t think the Gurus will bother to reply to my email” …etc

You probably would have the same thoughts as well when it comes to getting in touch with top marketers.

I started from scratch 5 months back with zero connection with the so called “Gurus”. Now, I am in contact with probably 50 marketers and most of them are huge marketers like Jeff Dedrick, John Delavera, JP Schoeffel, Edmund Loh, Liz Tomey, Chris (DJK), Ben Shaffer, Gobala Krishnan, Bob Bastian, Ian Del Carmen and many more. They were also my JV partners when I launched VinceTanReadyEBooks.com last month.

So the question is how did I got in touch with them? Let me tell you this, the most important step to take is “JUST ASK”. Yep, simple as it may seem, you must first ask. If you just assume that they will not reply you, well you are probably right cause you did not even ask in the first place.

Few other quick tips I would like to share with you is this

• Check out their blog, products and if possible their photos. Look for possible things you could use to start a conversation such as “Hey you have a cat! I have one myself… ” , “By the way, this product ___ is something i’ve been referring to all these while, great job” .. Things like this will grab their first attention. Remember, they are very busy. So there will be very little time for you to grab their attention. So in a way, writing your email to them is like writing a sales copy. You need to have a good headline, follow by subheadlines, and just keep getting them to continue reading your email.
• Secondly, if you can, find out if the marketer that you wish to approach is closely related to who. Then check and see if you can first get in touch with the marketer’s friend before you get directly in contact with that marketer itself. Once you get acquainted with their friends, then it will be easier to slowly move yourself up to the Guru itself.
• Do not think that marketers are arrogant if they don’t reply you. The problem is they are afterall the “Guru” and also probably swamp with tons of emails everyday. If they reply each one of them, they will probably not have enough time to try out news things or create new products for you to use. So remember to approach them with an open mind.
• Never ask a silly question. How do you tell if its a silly question? Just go to Google and do a search for the answer you looking for. If you can find it in Google, that is a silly question. If you still ask the Guru, that means you are basically asking them to search in Google on your behalf. That is a real turn off. Make sure you have done your homework prior to asking them. I’ve also gotten rude emails like “Can you tell me how much you really make?”. Gosh, when will people learn.
• They are *&(#@&#@ cause they do not want to JV with me. Yes I hear this statement way too often. Its simple. Why should they JV with you? Is there no one else in the world can offer them what you just offered? If your answer to this question is yes, then maybe the Guru is really a doodoo. They get tons of JV request everyday. Even 100% commission offers, etc… you name it they probably gotten it. So they definitely will have to be picky. They will need to make sure that the offer is suitable for their list. I would suggest that you should start building a list by giving reports away, some form of viral marketing (refer friends), etc. Then do some adswap with marketers of similar list size, and then join giveaway event. You can easily reach anywhere between 1,000 - 3,000 subscribers with just this few methods. After that just rinse and repeat.
• Offer help whenever you can. Do not say things like “but I don’t know anything”. Thats crap. There are many ways you can offer help, from product review, testing, design, technical, etc. By helping others, you establish yourself as someone people can look up to and in time, you will find that people will help you as well. These very people who have gotten your help could one day be big marketers and will in turn help you too. The law of reciprocate.

Well, thats enough for today
I’ve been actively building relationship since the very beginning. It takes a lot of time but it will take you further.
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Sorry that I haven’t been writing much lately. Been so caught up with work.. mmm… I’ve been mentioning that pretty often huh
But I am. Right now is 5.13am and I just finished installing Butterfly Marketing script and before that I was doing a rigorous test on CMSInfusion and also another different product.

Hardly got much time off since I came back from WIS Singapore. Had to work on a user guide for VinceTanReadyEBooks.com to help out the members and also follow up on Project Angel, Project Warehouse, Project Lego and also a new project was spawned from the Singapore trip which is top secret at the moment. (If you have no idea what all these obscure Project name is all about, check out this thread at VinceTanCommunity.com)

Question of the day : How many marketers out there that you know of really test software or read the materials that they recommend to you?

As I was so caught up testing CMSInfusion prior to its launching tomorrow so that I know what I am talking about when I email you, it makes me wonder how many actually do that. Not many people have CMSInfusion to play with. So I would think the recommendation is based on the video demo and also the fact that it is from Simon and Jeremy. Thats fine but what about products from less known marketers?

Shall leave you with that for now… I will put up WIS photos and stories shortly..

Remember to visit http://VinceTanOffers.com/mme3
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Yep, its going to be your day because VinceTanReadyEBooks.com will be launching in a few hours time! And VinceTanReadyEBooks.com will empower you with fresh products every month and tools that will help you make good money!

Over 200,000 people will receive the email about the launching but only 600 membership slots available. This is to protect the members and ensure that the products stays exclusive.

If you have not downloaded the 10 Killer PLR Profit Techniques, head over to the link below now to get your copy

==> http://VinceTanRecommends.com/readyebooks

VinceTanReadyEBooks.com will be providing you ebooks, audio books, sales page, squeeze page, articles, mini email course and lots more. You can immediate take it and start making money. Use article marketing, adwords marketing or any other niche marketing technique and you can easily make a good profit.

There are also lots of training material and bonuses within the membership area that cost more than 2 years of the membership fee!

Thank you and hope you will be able to grab your membership spot
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Today I would like to get you to grab this ebook at zero cost at http://vincetanrecommends.com/readyebooks

Yes, that will introduce to you the first membership that is made for you. It is a complete package that is ready for you to make money. The launching will be on 22nd May, 10 AM EST.

Over 200,000 people will receive the link but membership will be very limited to protect the members.

It is nothing like you have seen and I will notify you again hours before the launch.

Have a great weekend!
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Yes thats right. Finally its available to Malaysian. I think they once used to allow Malaysian to sign up but then later stop accepting application. Now its back
I think maybe several more countries has been approved along with Malaysia. So you might want to check it out if you couldn’t open Clickbank account previously!

Thanks to Zharfan for the news.

Update: A day after I posted this, Malaysia was removed from the list in the sign up form. I am not sure why and Clickbank did not explain as well. Anyway for Malaysian, you can setup a virtual office in Singapore, get a bank account there and then setup your Clickbank account This will set you off by about RM 600~ but that will be quickly offset with your Clickbank cheques

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When structuring an online small business, you will need to do a lot of work on your own. If you do not possess a skilled writing for your articles this may indicate you will have to write them physically. This, in the end, may be counter rewarding and leave you very little time to the significant keyword exploration, not to point out the force of such work on personal time.

For that reason, if your business is increasing quickly enough outsourcing may be your only alternative. One of the solutions in bum marketing is quantity over quality (though if you outsource you can get both). Adding up, when you need tens of articles on one matter alone thinking about letting your individuality shine through your marketing information is pure narcissism or sheer materialism.

Therefore, if you can pay for it, outsourcing can save you a lot of irritation and time. This means you can waste most of your time for keywords research and finding products to sponsor, and not writing dozens of articles. Subscribing on www.Elance.com, or going on http://www.forums.digitalpoint.com (no payment required) can get you plenty of citizens that are eager to write 10-20 articles for as short as $100.

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