I just put up a new site on Stamp Collecting. This isn’t really a marketing site per se, it is just something that I created for the fun of it and learned a lot on the way.

I am pointing it out because this is the type of thing you can do for a niche that you are interested in. Stamp Collection is a term that is searched numerous times so it is possible that is could bring in some money in the long run.

If you have a topic or niche that you have a passion for you could create a site like the one I did for Stamp Collecting and set up for both adsense and create a product for sale and just let it go. Add to it when you have something new and all of the sudden you are making a few bucks every month just by doing something you like.

You can see the site at:

http://stampcollecting.startingsteps.com

Randy The Hermit

The Seven Dollar Secret! What is it? How does it help you?

This is a simple answer and for anybody just starting out this is a product that you must have.

Jonathan Leger explains the true power of charging $7 in his report but here is a quick overview.

You get a person on your list that is a confirmed buyer. Instead of building your list with 10,000 freebie seekers that will never purchase a thing you get some one you know will actually spend money online. The price of $7 is cheap enough that almost anyone can afford it so if you are offering a good product and they don’t buy you probably don’t want them on your list.

This no only comes with the report but also with the script that will let you sell the $7 products!

That means that you can have your product up and for sale and start building your list with confirmed buyers in no time at all. You are provided with all the tools.

You can find out more at:

http://www.SevenDollarsSecret.com

Because this product is only $7 and it gives you all the tools to get started I can only give this one review.

5 out of 5 stars

For those of you that are just getting started this is a great place to start.

Let me know what you think.

Are you looking to put video on your website?

I have been playing with this one all weekend. This makes it easy to take almost any video file and turn it into a flash file and put it on your website.

You have the choice of multiple players so you can choose the look you want for your site. And it truly is easy. Just import the file that you want to convert and click a button and you are done.

For those of you that want to go deeper with the video, audio and appearances you can with just a few clicks but you don’t have to!

You can turn out video for your site in minutes!

Here is a little secret that can save you $20!

When you go to the site, towards the bottom there is a 2 minute demo video of the product. Watch this demo! When it is done it will take you to a page where you can get a $20 discount on the Easy Web Video.

You can find out more at:

http://www.easyweb2video.com

Because of the ease of use and low price I give this 4 out of 5 stars.

Let me know what you think.

This is a $67 dollar product that I don’t recommend.

It doesn’t show you how to get free ads as it shows you in the sales letter instead it shows you how to monetize the site by selling adspace on your pages.

To me this would have been a good $7 report but it comes up lacking because you need to have high traffic PPC ads already running to use it. To get these ads you will spend some money maybe even a lot of money.

If you can’t figure out how to sell advertising on your web page this book will just barely cover the basics that you might need to get going.

But my recommendation is that if you receive an email telling you that you can get free google ads delete it.

I give this 1 out of 5 stars

Let me know what you think

This is a course for people that use adwords or pay per click advertising by the author of Adwords Miracle and Affiliate Project X.

It is for some one that already knows how to use their accounts and it give you step by step examples of what you need to do to drive your click through rate through the ceiling.

I found it to be very, very useful in writing the copy for my ads and driving up the click through rates on my ads while at the same time bringing down my cost per click (only with Google Adwords).

Yes the price on this is $97 but to me it is worth all of that and more. There are other products out there right now that don’t give you the step by step knowledge that is provided in this course. This is a must have for any one that is planning on running an Adwords campaign for anything other then their own product!

If you don’t already own Affiliate Project X then I would recommend you get both of these products. The best way to do that is to purchase Day Job Killer and then in the One Time Offer you will get a discount on Affiliate Project X

Yes, I know this is pricey but I give it 5 out of 5 stars

To see Day Job Killer use the link below:

http://www.DayJobKiller.com

Let me know what you think.

This is the most comprehesive course I have seen on adding audio or video to your site.

Video in conjunction with YouTube has been proven to be an excellent way to get traffic to your site.

These are video and text tutorials on how to do this. They take you from the very beginning step by step through the entire process.

What equipment you need

What software you need

How to edit audio and video

How to convert it to a web format (like flash)

They show you the most economical ways to do all of this.

Over all, the content at this site will give you everything you need to get audio and video on your site.

The only reservation I have on it, and it is a small reservation, is the $147 price tag. Don’t get me wrong, if you want to learn how to get audio or video up on your site this product is worth the price. But I would like to see it a little lower so more people could take advantage of it.

You can see this at: http://www.audiosvideoriches.com

I give this a 4 star out of 5 rating

Let me know what you think.

Hermit Internet Marketing Review

This is Michael Cheney’s video course on getting traffic to your site.

I have to give this one high marks because these are the techniques that I used to get over 4000 members at my site Marketing Beginners.

I didn’t even use all of the techniques that he shows only some of them. You see I am in Michael’s coaching program and in that program he taught me some of these techniques that I applied to Marketing Beginners now I didn’t apply all of these techniques just a few of them but it took me from about 1800 unique visitors per month to over 10,000 per month.

I actually gave him a testimonial to put on his site that shows exactly what happened when I applied some of his techniques. This was a video and he pulled it off of his site because it was about 1.7 megs and with all the traffic he was getting at the launch it created problems for the server. But if you want to see it you can by clicking here

Basically, you get video lessons on how to get traffic using the following sources:

• Cost Effective Pay Per Click (PPC)
• Hot Lead Deals
• Offline Wizardy
• Link Exchange Madness
• Avalanche of Affiliate Traffic
• Content Fly-Catchers
• Press Release Magic
• Search Engine Optimization Shortcuts
• Social Networking Clout
• Google Video Profits
• Blog Power
• Viral Traffic Tornado
• Repeat Visitor Blitz

As you can see it covers a number of ways to get traffic and it consists of 49 videos so you can go into the area you want to study instead of wading through all of them looking for what you need and at only $97 I think this is a great buy. If you are looking for traffic I highly recommend this BUT only if you are actually going to do the course and do what he says. If you do then you will see a large increase in traffic like I did.

You can see this at http://www.MichaelTrafficVideo.com

From me this gets the highest rating 5 out of 5 stars.

Let me hear what you think!

Hermit Internet Marketing Review

There are a lot of elements to copywriting. They are all aimed at one thing.

That is to get your visitor to take the desired action, whether this is a signup or a purchase doesn’t make much difference.

There are a number of elements on your web page that do this but in my opinion the most important is your headline.

This software created by David Watson automatically creates headlines for your website and a good headline will keep your visitor reading the copy on you site.

Just fill in a couple of blanks with the benefits of your site or product and Website Headlines Wizard will automatically create hundreds if not 1000’s of headlines. Just choose the one(s) you like and plug it into your site and it is done.

Another important factor is that you can also use it to create the sub-headlines that you sprinkle through your copy to keep your visitors interest. This provides the information for those people that like to scroll a web page quickly and keeps them reading your page.

In my opinion this is a great piece of software for people like myself that have a hard time with the copywriting part of the sites. The only downside is the price. At $137 it is a little on the high side but it is still cheaper then paying an experienced copywriter to create a sales page for you.

You can see it at:

http://www.WebsiteHeadlinesWizard.com

Because of the price I can only give this 4 out or 5 stars.

Let me know what you think.

Hermit Internet Marketing Review

I have been playing with Joel Comm’s My Contacts Station since yesterday.

My personal review is that this is a great program for $7. It is a good way to have contact from multiple sites with one installation of the script.

That’s right you set it up on one site and you can put the links on as many sites as you like and it will send the email to the email address you specify.

The Pro’s are:

• Multiple Site Coverage (noted above)
• Protects Your Email Address from spam spiders
• Pretty easy to install and use (not the easiest but no bad)
• Offers anonymous feedback.
• Has a nice Web 2.0 look to it.
• Only $7

The Cons:

• You need to make sure that you have GD library support enabled on your site for the captcha to work. If you don’t know you will have to check with your host.
• The install instructions can be confusing. I pesonally had no problem installing this but I have been installing scripts for a number of years. If you are just starting you might get confused by the way the instructions are laid out.

http://www.MyContactsStation.com

I have set this up so that you can see the one installation working on two sites. You can see it at:

The Hermit

Marketing Beginners Contact

Because of the low price and the fact that it covers a function every website owner should cover. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Let me know what you think!