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MY IBIZ WEEKLY
Vol.10, Issue 6
October 21, 2003
Editor : Donesia Muhammad
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Table Of Contents
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>> Editors' Notes.....
>> Voice Your Opinion Is Back.. What is Your Online Vent?
>> My Top Gripes of Life Online 2003 By Donesia Muhammad
>> Spotlight Ads
>> My IBiz Ads ( Classified Free Ads )
>> Ezines On Parade
>> Article: Expect Nothing, Stay Happy By Donesia Muhammad
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every Tuesday. How do you enter, look out for the latest solo ad
and enter to win.
Today we have some great feedback for our Voice Your Opinion
column on what are some of your biggest gripes online. I have
also included my own gripes and vents as well. I also figure that
this was a good issue to reprint one of my older articles, Expect
Nothing, Stay Happy. This was originally published in April 2003
and it fits in perfectly today.
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an outrageous fine. So look out for that issue on Friday.
The classified edition is set to run on Sundays. When I first
started out, I published on Sunday's so it's good to see it back
to the good old days.
REGARDING FREE ADS
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Voice Your Opinion..What Are Your Online Vents?
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From Denise Hall
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" I think this is a great subject for readers feedback. My
biggest gripe is lack of customer service. Too many times I've e-
mailed someone I've made a purchase from (or I'm thinking of
buying from) or I'm an affiliate for and they don't bother to
reply.
Maybe they never got my e-mail or they've been sick, so I give
them the benefit of the doubt. I usually wait a few days to a
week then e-mail them again. If I still get no reply, I figure I
probably don't want to do business with them anyway.
But if I've already purchased a product or service and they don't
reply, I just don't bother to give them any repeat business. I
think if they can't take the time to answer customer questions,
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Getting someone other than an autoresponse to answer simple
support questions. It's not about the little guy trying to keep
up with his emails, but the big companies where you know it is
not a one person business. Never forget your customers, or your
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marketing methods. Next time you try to start a conversation in
the line at Walmart about the new sp^am laws and see if someone
has a clue about what you are talking about.
Don't forget to send in your vents, good bad or ugly for the
Voice Your Opinion Column.
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My Top Gripes of Life Online 2003
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What drives me crazy online?? Hmm, let's see if we have the same
vents.
Please Note: My Vents are real but this is all in good fun, so
please no crazy emails about anything, thanks.
>> Sites With No Contact Info
For the last time, if you sell anything online, include a contact
email address, address, and phone number.
Don't want to use your own number, get an 800# from Ureach.com
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>> The hidden implication that if you do not buy a certain
product, sign up for a certain private site then you are doomed
to stay poor forever.
>> Trying to find the price of a product while scrolling through
what seems like endless pages of a hyped up sales letter.
>> Sites that don't give me the option to turn the audio off.
Ever checked out a site early in the morning, before you even had
that first cup of coffee and hear some music surprisingly
blasting from your PC speakers.
>> Reading through an ezine and not having a clue as to who the
publisher may be or what is the url for their website.
>> Looking in your mail and seeing an affiliate check for less
than $20.00 and then wondering why do I even bother?
>> Realizing that the grass isn't always greener on the other
side.
>> Realizing that it is not about:
The size of your list, or a flashy website, or the amount of
money you have to spend on promotion and advertising, its all
about how you treat your customers and your potential customers.
>> Realizing that no matter how many times you play catch up on
your email or your site or promotions, you still haven't finished
all your work at the end of the day.
>> Murphy's Law Through Procrastination
Ever notice when you are goofing off and just generally being
lazy with your work, everything is running smoothly but when you
finally decide to tackle tons of work in one day, everything
breaks down. No Internet Connection, no email, yada, yada, yada.
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Expect Nothing, Stay Happy
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By Donesia Muhammad
Copyright (c) 2003 KDM Publishing
If there is one thing that is very hard to maintain online is
integrity and honesty.
And also patience..
Patience in waiting for those sales to fly in.
Hoping that you do not get so frustrated that you close up shop
and never venture online again.
We all go through this every now and then. The frustration sets
in and you just don't know what to do.
We all learn through various methods how to get started online
but there are a few things that people don't teach you.
Normally when you look at other ways to make a profit, the first
thing most people do is to go to those sites and publishers who
they believe can steer them in the right direction.
But then you start to see certain sales tactics that you become
hip to and wonder why they do it in the first place.
Some are ethical and some are not.
The legality is not the issue, but it does raise a few moral
eyebrows.
Although I am sure it is billed as a good sales tool, what I get
tired of seeing sometimes are the ezines that start out by giving
you a good speech about changing your life and making money and
to not fall for the hype, and it all ends with a link to some new
ebook or a new private site.
As if that is supposed to be the answer to all your business and
financial problems.
It is at that point that I think to myself, " did this publisher
even care about me in the first place to actually give me free
advice or is it
"FREE WITH A CATCH MARKETING "
Oh I see what you want. Sucker me into thinking you really have
the fix for a great business online when you are just trying to
sell an ebook or a course.
Now of course one of the main goals in a free ezine is to
hopefully generate an income through advertising and other forms
of back end sales
But at what cost.
I grow tired of some people telling me this is THE book for you
when last month you were telling me about another book that was
THE ONE.
Remember of course the one has to be an ebook priced at least $90
so they can get a great commission from it.
No one says you are not supposed to sell ebooks, I have sold
enough in my days, but it is just the way you present yourself.
I know that there are marketing methods out there that I have not
even begun to understand but I understand common sense and that
alone knocks out a lot of the so called marketing methods.
I know from a stand point, anyone who has been online for less
than 2 years is a Newbie and they prey on this.
I don't like that method, thinking we are too stupid to figure
out the basics.
Now I do feel that you should learn the basics of human behavior
to understand the psychology of why people buy and what helps
them to buy. People do buy on emotions and it just depends on how
bad you want to play on that factor.
Just as when you are looking to see what is wrong with a person,
you have to look at their background ( childhood) first before
any assumptions are made.
That is just plain old business common sense right there. But I
am not talking about that but the whole concept of :
"You are too stupid to know why I am selling you this over hyped
book which contains nothing more than a bunch of fancy words and
still no real help"
I can't tell you that the money is in the list and then expect
you to just figure out how to start a newsletter.
I can't tell you to join every high paying commission affiliate
program and then not tell you how to market the site.
I can't tell you that this book will make you rich when all it
may do is lead you down a path that you didn't want to take in
the first place. ( We have all been there, you wanted to sell
some teddy bears online, next thing you know you are members of a
bunch of forced matrix programs that have nothing to do with your
original purpose)
I know most of us want an easy way of living so they assume that
they can find it online.
Remember a lot of these "experts" became that way years ago when
no one knew any better. No one knew about spam, pyramid schemes,
and other cons, so it was easy back then.
When there was free web hosting, free internet service, free
everything.
Now folks are trying to make us pay to send email. It has become
a mad rush to grab everyone's attention because the next month
our brains will no longer have an interest.
NOW I SEE THE PROBLEM
Remember in the beginning, you have all your morals and ethics
intact and they are not changing.
6 months down the line, you are getting discouraged and you start
to look at those other programs you were not going to get into.
12 months down the line, you are running yourself ragged trying
to build a downline.
18 months later, you wonder, what the heck am I doing.
I am still broke, and I can't figure out where I went wrong.
But all your morals and ethics flew out the door about 9 months
ago and you didn't even realize it.
There is nothing wrong with reading ebooks, eCourses, or any
other type of help to get you started online
But do not expect it to solve your problems.
EXPECT NOTHING, STAY HAPPY
Instead of complaining about how many people DID NOT sign up for
your ezine this week, be grateful for those that DID sign up.
Instead of complaining of low traffic, low sales, be grateful for
what you DID get.
Am I established?? Some big marketer going around buying flashy
cars, and going on expensive trips.
Oh please I am just getting started.
Even after a year and a half I am still learning the ropes.
I still have my no sales days like everyone else.
But this gives me a chance to take care of things that I wouldn't
have the chance to do when everything is hectic.
Like they always say.. Everything happens for a reason.
Don't try to figure it out just stick to your goals.
THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK AND WATCH YOUR BACK
Now here is a topic you don't hear about much often. As with any
business, there is always competition and competition is rough
out there.
It can get pretty cut throat at times.
Remember in the office when you had an idea to tell the boss but
you told your co-worker and they in turn took the idea to your
boss before you had a chance to even print out your proposal.
Same thing online.
WATCH YOUR BACK ON DISCUSSION LISTS, CHAT ROOMS, MESSAGE BOARDS
You never know who is reading. Remember most of these forums are
public forums. Just because you don't see that person post
doesn't mean they are not reading.
I have seen people talk all types of trash about others on these
boards only to see their same words come back to haunt them later
on. Be careful
Don't be so quick to throw names with situations
Don't be so quick to respond to certain sticky situations, it
comes back to haunt you in the worst ways.
This isn't like in high school, if you talked trash, kids were
waiting for you at 3 o'clock in the playground ( Hey I'm from
Brooklyn, it's a New York thing)
Well now they wait to get you where it hurts, your business, and
therefore your pockets.
False spam complaints
Server Issues
Stealing Customers
You know... the business version of Backbiting.
Because we are online, our words count for our reputation, our
business, our livelihood. You are judged by your words first,
everything else comes second.
Remember that the next time you want to:
Trash a competitor
Develop a new product or service
Reveal information about yourself that can give someone access to
your accounts and your PC.
It still takes a lot for me to trust anyone, sending a few emails
back and forth does not mean that you are now my buddy and you
should have access to my business deals. The ones that I trust I
have known for years, so just keep certain things to yourself no
matter what.
THE ONLY TRUE PERSON STOPPING YOU IS YOU
If you want something done, you are going to have to rely on
yourself
DIG DEEP DOWN to find the strength to continue.
When another day goes by without a sale and you are ready to
seriously just cash in your chips and bow out, hold tight
DIG DEEP Within Yourself And Pull Yourself Up.
No one can do it but you.
No one knows what you really want but you, so who is going to
help you first and foremost. you
Of course you should have a great support network of friends and
family who are there to help you and guide you.
Not those who are happy to see you fail.
Those are the toxic people you need to avoid.
So for all my online friends who are always there to help me and
to pick me up when I am down, thank you.
Trust me when I tell you I get to the point sometimes where I am
ready to just completely throw the towel in and just accept
failure and stand still.
To accept failure is to stand still in your emotions and goals.
Me, nope sorry I will never stand still, no matter how hard it
seems.
EXPECT NOTHING, STAY HAPPY
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