So SteveO thinks this site looks like a porn site...

So recently I got some feedback from a blog reader named SteveO who thought that this blog looked a little too much like a porn site. As much as I wanted to disagree with him, I had to admit that I definitely need to touch things up!

You see, when I was having this new blog designed, I had my graphics guy do a bunch of changes and never really finalized several parts of it. As such, I have three pictures of myself all over (I feel narcissistic having so many all over now) ... and at least one of them does look a little too porn-like for my tastes ... and the one on the right just looks creepy ... so I think I'll have to get that changed around, as well as take out several other unfinished parts of this blog.

Once that's done, that might make me less embarrassed to post here more again. :)

I should get back to offering the latest reviews, tips, and so forth on this blog.

So thank you, SteveO, for mentioning that to me. And I hope you didn't get too much enjoyment out of this blog.

Product Launch Formula 2 -- Cash Bonus

I'm sure many of you have gotten a ton of e-mails today on Product Launch Formula 2. PLF has been a must read for any online business, while PLF2 covers tons of new information that you can't be without

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Not only does Product Launch Formula 2 come with a ton of bonuses (including the original PLF), but I'm including some insane bonus options below. I know many of you have gotten tons of "crap offers" for bonuses from other marketers, and I also know that many of you have different wants and needs. As such, I'm giving you a couple options to choose from (one of these is a HUGE opportunity that is worth far more than the price of PLF2).

Here are my bonus options if you use my affiliate link:

Bonus Option 1: $500 cash refund (I know some of you hate bonuses, so hopefully this is an appealing option for you). This is to be paid via Paypal after the refund period is over.

Bonus Option 2: 100 professionally written articles on ANY topic of your choice by my team of U.S. writers. These guys write top notch articles, have degrees, and have proven track records for writing for web content, SEO, or any type of article or review you want. For the same quality articles, you'd easily be paying at least $2,000 for this alone.

Bonus Option 3 (MY FAVORITE): $250 cash refund AND guaranteed access into my exclusive apprentice program where you will not only help me launch one of my new products with a couple other apprentices, but you'll also be a part of the decision making AND you'll get a cut of the profits. I'll fund the entire thing from the copywriting, web design, and product creation -- you'll help with the decisions, the launch, etc. You'll not only get to see the inner workings of how to research, create, and launch a product, but you'll get a cut of the profits as well. If you want in on this, you have to have at least five hours a month free to discuss the various parts of this (we'll use parts of PLF and PLF2 obviously to help us). If you have more time available, there will be positions within the program for larger cuts. Best of all, for the few hours I'm asking you to help, you'll not only walk away with a cut of the profits, but you'll also get the $250 for your time.

However, if you want any of these bonuses you MUST use my affiliate link below before purchasing Product Launch Formula 2 and it must go through. Be sure to clear your cookies to make sure that it does, and then e-mail me to let me know that you're in and which option you'd like best.

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I'm super excited for those doing option 3, as I already have a handful of lucrative products and ideas lined up for those who are in it.

To your success,

Brian Koz

P.S. Seriously, Product Launch Formula 2 is not only offering a 100% money back guarantee, but they're throwing in an extra $500 if you can show that it just didn't work for you.

P.P.S. Although I'm giving you a few bonus options, I encourage you to really consider the third one. I know it'll be a blast and an awesome learning experience for you. Heck, where else can you get a learning experience and an apprentice program that PAYS YOU!?!

Valentine's Day Relationship Advice for More $$$

First, I want to wish those of you celebrating it a big happy Valentine's Day! I hope all of you taken guys and gals are enjoying your time with your significant others.

And now, I want to say that if you read this whole e-mail, you'll walk away with one of the biggest secrets in this industry.

Since V-day is all about love and relationships, I thought I'd share a bit of free advice (yep, no promo here) of how you can successfully use relationships to get more money.
In fact, I think that's one of the easiest ways to get more money is to know who and how to get the right business relationships with.

I've seen way too many people go about this wrong. Whether it be in finding potential business partners, finding JV partners, etc..

Too many people will often just look at how the other individual can benefit them, and not enough about how they can benefit the other person! Even when some people think that they're benefiting the other person, they usually have a twisted view of it that won't get them anywhere.
It kind of reminds me of some average joe going after a rich, sexy super model.

Sure, everyone may want that rich, sexy super model, and we all know what that person could do for you. But do you honestly think if you tell them that you can give them lots of love in return that they'll just jump right onboard to get in a relationship with you? No!

And with JV partners and business partners, it's the same way, especially if they're already very successful. Why would they partner with you just for a normal affiliate cut when they can be a JV for ANY product and get the same (if not more) money? You don't stand out.

But don't worry, there's hope! Listen up, here's the big secret to exploding your online profits (notice there's not an affiliate link here or any link?): either find partners at the same level as you or offer larger names something that will REALLY benefit them.

Think you can't do it? Think again!

There are tons of marketers out there that are at the exact same level as you. Find them, team with them, and stay together over time and you'd be surprised and what you can accomplish together.

If you're looking to partner up with a larger name on your product, don't just come to them with an idea -- come to them with a finished product, proof that there's a market for it, and a willingness to do anything that they want to bring in to market for you (and offer them a substantial cut of the profits). Be willing to accept that you might not be able to call the shots, but know that you WILL stand out to them for this.

Want to keep it all to yourself because you think it's the "next big thing?" Fine, but you better be able to market it, form all those JV relationships that you need, etc. just as good too. If you don't, that next big thing will be taken up by someone else or will forever just remain an idea.
Believe me, when I get a JV request, I'll look at it and see what I can do if I think it's a quality product, if it fits what my list is looking for, and if I don't have to spend a ton of time figuring out what the product even is. However, if someone approached me with an offer of a partnership and I could see that they were willing to work, you bet I'd be interested! Or even if it's just a JV request, if I see someone going out of their way to make my life easier just to consider their product, you can bet that I'm more than happy to do so. Others will too.

And you don't have to go to the biggest guy out there. If there are things you need to do but can't, find the right people to team up with who can, be generous to them, and you'll start finding more success and more money in no time.

One of the Easiest Paths to JV Success and Making Money Online

Many of you probably know that perhaps the hardest part about making money online isn't coming up with a good product, sales copy, or website graphics ... it's getting JV partners, forming business relationships, and all about getting the people who can help you make more money to actually help you.

Well, I'm about to share with you one of the biggest tips I have that have led to a lot of my own online successes.

Too many people go about forming business partnerships the wrong way (whether you're looking for more JV partners to promote your own stuff or finding the right partners who can help bring your idea to life). They'll only focus on what OTHERS can do for them. The key is to also focus on what YOU can do for OTHERS.

I'll say that once more. Before you go trying to see what others can do for you, try to see what you can do for them.

It doesn't matter if you don't have a huge list, no marketing experience, etc.. If you can offer something that makes their lives easier, brings them the potential for more money, or helps them in any other way, you'll stand out and will be much more likely to be considered.

If you just go up to them, ask them to promote your product or partner with you without laying out how you can REALLY help them, you'll probably never be able to land a good partnership.

And let's be realistic with ourselves here too -- you don't want to offer them something that you realistically can't do. I've seen complete newcomers talk about how if a big name JV's with them, the big name will benefit by making soooooooo much money from them.

Let's get real. They can make money off of any product they promote. How are you different?

Or I'll see people wanting to partner up on a project, but the only thing they'll bring to the table is an idea. Let's get real again. Am I or anyone else going to want to waste time, money, etc. on something and share the profit with you if all you do is come up with an idea?

Give them a product instead of just an idea, offer to do the manual labor, etc. and you'll surely get MUCH more attention and be much more likely to land a successful business partnership.

So change your thinking to reflect this and start making some serious dough.

Fun times in Vegas

I just got back a few days ago from speaking in Vegas, and I sure had a blast. Not only was I excited to talk more about my internet marketing techniques, but it's Vegas!

On the last day, I put $25 in one slot and won $750 -- the highlight of my gambling there.

I'm going to start making some major changes. I'm very close to finishing up some very big projects, have others on the drawing board, and totally revamping some of my methods. As such, I'll be starting to fix up things like this blog. I've been neglecting it too much and decided to not only post to it more, but to spice it up a bit.

More details soon...

Surprising Results from Co-reg Leads

I was shocked the other day. Literally, I was blown away at how well some of the lists we have going at Co-op Lists were performing. I know I know ... why would I be shocked if I knew it was a great deal?

Well, I knew that we had top of the line co-reg leads (and direct sign-ups), and I knew that we'd get good results with them. What I didn't know is that some of the lists were out-performing MY OWN MAILING LISTS that were created from those who bought my products and direct sign-ups to my own newsletters from my websites.

We just launched Co-op Lists a few weeks ago, but I was curious as to how well the open rates would be. I suspected that we could get about 25% tops. And before you think 25% is bad, it's not! 25% is insanely good for co-reg. In fact, a 25% open rate for your normal e-mail list is good.

To be honest, many of my normal lists get around a 33% open rate depending on the offer (some more, some less). This is to be expected. Not everyone is interested in a particular offer, and not everyone will take the time to read one of my e-mails.

For Co-op Lists, I was hoping for a 25% open rate, but I wouldn't have been disappointed as long as it was over 10% (again, for co-reg leads, this isn't bad). To my astonishment, many of the lists had an open rate of around 50%!

And it wasn't just one or two lists -- it was several of the lists. Others had a 40% open rate (and others had over 50%), but overall, all of the lists outperformed my own high expectations for them.

This completely made me re-think co-reg leads. I mean, I know I've used them myself before and got decent results, but I spent much more time making sure that the ads for Co-op Lists were good (I wanted Co-op Lists to rock -- I spent much more time on that than my own campaigns).

I know I had a respect for these leads to begin with, but this is making me look at it even more. All I have to say is that it's too bad there are so many crap co-reg services and myths out there!

Good Co-Reg, Bad Co-Reg: Coregistration Myths

Many people will cringe when they hear the word "co-reg." If you don't know what co-reg is, it stands for coregistration and it deals with a method of getting subscribers. Usually, people signing up for something (even another mailing list) will see a list of available newsletters/mailing lists that they can sign up for. They check off the ones they want and then hit submit to send their details to all of them at once.

That's the good form of co-reg if it's done ethically. But co-reg has a dark side to it.

Some marketers will sell HUGE lists of subscribers who have NOT signed up for an offer from your list (so they are much less likely to read your messages and much more likely to report it as spam). Even more so, some marketers will sell the same list over and over and over again to dozens or even hundreds of others. On top of that, many will put in fake e-mails and such or have non-English people signing up and getting paid to do so.

Obviously, that second scenario isn't going to work out too well, and it may even get you into a lot of trouble. Unfortunately, many people buy into the second option and not the first for a variety of reasons.

First, the first option (the legit one) isn't cheap. A decent co-reg lead might cost 50 cents to a dollar or more per lead. The second option, on the other hand, might be for a penny or less per lead (although when you factor in all the fake sign ups and such, the second option might be $50 or more per real lead). With the first option, you can buy a list of 1,000 subscribers for the same price that you might be able to buy a million subscribers with the second option. Which one do you think will get more attention?

Years ago, there was a lot of buzz about co-reg leads. A lot of it was just a marketing ploy while a lot of co-reg programs were being promoted. Since then, the buzz has died down and it's viewed mostly as a horrible form of marketing ... and sometimes even as a scam. However, several of the biggest companies around STILL do co-reg, which should tell you something. It can work.

The trick is in going for the good co-reg services. Several of the biggest websites around offer their own co-reg services at $1 or more per lead, but their openings are often filled months in advance. Other websites might have private offerings at 50 cents or so per lead, but you have to make sure that you test each one out to make sure you know which ones are profitable and which aren't (this can take a couple of weeks to often several months or a year or more).

But most importantly, you want to make sure that subscribers are signing up for OFFERS GOING DIRECTLY TO YOUR MAILING LIST and not one that will go to dozens of other lists.

I partnered up with Pat Lovell and Robert Puddy to bring you a unique solution that offers an affordable price without sacrificing the quality. It's Co-op Lists at www.Co-opLists.com.

What we do here is simple. We take top quality leads (yeah, those expensive ones that sign up directly for our offers) from a massive co-reg and non-co-reg advertising campaign and get them to sign up for several of our mailing lists linked up to Co-op Lists. Then we let small groups of marketers in the same niche as one of the lists send out a promo e-mail once a month. We still review each e-mail to make sure that it's not spammy and is relevant to the list's interest.

This way, we can be assured that the subscribers to the lists aren't getting bombarded with tons of e-mails, they're getting what they asked for, and members of Co-op Lists can get an affordable solution to e-mail marketing.

You're not going to get rich overnight, nor should you plan on living off of your income just from this, but it's a viable, inexpensive solution to bring the best of both worlds -- good co-reg leads with inexpensive prices.

Check it out at www.Co-opLists.com