Mike Filsaime's "The 7 Figure Code Internet Marketing Millionaire Strategies"

"Mike Filsaime giving an inside look at how he built a 7-Figure business utilizing the techniques shared in The 7 Figure Code."

Are You Frustrated by Your Online Business?

In response to our question, "What is your single most important issue regarding marketing your products and services?" one person wrote:

Hi Vincent,

The one thing that I can't stand most is all of the misinformation. I've spent 100's of dollars on paid advertising, free and paid safelists, free and paid TE's and countless hours trying to market various programs and all for nothing. I'm told I need a list. I'm told I don't need a list. I'm told I need a website. I'm told I don't need a website. I'm told I need to create my own blog and then the opposite. Banners, splash pages, forums, articles, bulk mailings, opt-ins, double opt-ins, nothing works and yet everywhere I turn everybody else claims great success using these very same tools. Pish Posh! All baloney & hype! I'm ready to throw in the towel but I'm not likely to spend more money on advertising until the day arrives when I know my money is actually earning its keep.

Stewart

Boy, do we feel your pain! After all these years online, one thing is obvious to us: Creating a business is like having a baby - you've got to be in it for the long haul. It sounds like you, Stewart, have been in it for the long haul. Be assured that you are not alone in your difficulties - in fact, we showcased your message because it so perfectly encapsulates the problems some 95% of internet marketers are having.

While we can't go into every detail on how to succeed online, because it's a very complicated issue, we are actively working to find things that DO work. At this point, I - Jamie - have tried almost everything available to the average person and then some. We have had enough success that we can sustain our business, but those who skyrocket to the top with little effort are very few and far between. And many of them have engaged in clearly unethical and distasteful behavior to get there. From our studies, it seems that it takes at least two years of hard work for the majority of those who have succeeded. Others have figured it out much quicker, but even their success is not so easily reproducible. For one thing, as soon as something that works becomes popular, it often stops working!

In the meantime, consider these truisms:

• If you want to be truly free of search engines, you will probably want a list. There are many ways of getting traffic, other than search engines, but most of these are in the "nose bleed" section cost-wise.
  
• If you want to create some "easy" money, you will probably want a blog and an Adsense account (or Yahoo Publisher Network, MSN, etc.).
  

We have found these to be the "easiest" routes to make at least a little change to defray costs for other business endeavors. The first one - list building - is substantially harder to do, and in general it will take some time. There are many promises of quick list-building and so on - these methods are always worthwhile checking into, but almost nothing will be as easy as it is pretended to be.

Stay tuned, as we are always (time permitting) examining these problems and exploring the options.

Willie Crawford's "Really Fast Money"

For $5 you can have internet marketing superstar Willie Crawford's musings about how to make a decent amount of money fast - that is, $1,000-$2,000 in 24 hours. For this price, the product "Really Fast Money" is worthwhile having, as it provides some ideas that many people may not have encountered or considered.

That being said, however, few newbies will be able to implement these techniques in order to make the kind of money we're talking about here in that amount of time. To wit, Willie thinks we should be able to make 420 sales of our own product in one day! His methods of selling this product - which we are to create from an already-existing private-rights label (PLR) product - are fairly pedestrian, which means that everyone and his brother have already tried to use them.

For instance, a couple of months ago there was a "new" fad of placing $7 offers in sig lines and essentially spamming forums. Well, it worked great for the first person or two who did it, but I'd be surprised if anyone else had much success.

"Really Fast Money" is pretty good and probably worth the spend, as it contains some ideas to add to a new or intermediate marketer's arsenal.

Rich Jerk at the Playboy Mansion

So, I see from Mike Filsaime that the notorious "Rich Jerk" (TM) is throwing a party for charity in August at - ta dah! - the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills. All the top names are falling over themselves to be there, frantically reminding us that they are going there for the charity, not the Bunnies.

I (Jamie) have actually been to the Playboy Mansion, many years ago, watched a movie in the inhouse theater, sat next to actor Robert Culp of "I Spy" fame at dinner, saw the toy-filled pool in the infamous "Grotto" and checked out the live flamingos on the lawn. I was most impressed by the live flamingos. Heff's very short.

It was nice to see how the other side lives. I'm sure the guys will have a blast.

The Carlos & Lupe Traffic "Scam?"

If you're one of the tiny percentage of people who've suddenly heard of Carl Garcia and his wife, Lupe, count yourself lucky to find yourself at this blog. These two have managed to send millions of hits to their websites over the past several years, not using search-engine traffic. And, according to their videos, they have been making $5 million a month. Alas, the reality behind this stunning success is not as attractive as it seems.

The Garcias have a site called Traffic Tactics, where they will be releasing products to teach their methods. These methods appear to be complicated to learn, but the results promise to be far more spectacular than the highly complicated search-engine optimization. SEO is incredibly time consuming, and as the Garcias show, the yield is miniscule compared to the traffic sources they use - this fact alone is important to know, as it puts Google into a whole new light.

There are several problems with this model, however. Firstly, few people will be able to reproduce the Garcias' success, even in part, without obtaining sufficient credit. Do many people even know what are "trade references?" Also, risking that sort of credit is like gambling or trading commodities - can you afford to lose it? Because if you don't have a product that will take off, such as what the Garcias have been pushing, you will lose your shirt.

The reason the Garcias are showcasing data from 2004 and 2005 - an eternity ago in internet marketing - is because these are their best products and promotions. These products were pretty scammy, from what we can tell. The "cable boxes" Carlos refers to are allegedly descramblers that didn't work; nor did the diet patches, which is why that site has disappeared - and why there have been lawsuits against the Garcias.

As many know, online marketing tactics and products go out of date very quickly, and once a bunch of people jump on a bandwagon, the novelty factor and potential for making money are lost. In reality, it appears that the Garcias flew too close to the sun, burned out and crashed, and it's possible that their recent promotions are designed to help replace the income they lost when their previous products fizzled out.

The skinny on this system is not good for the average person - take a look at Eric Holmlund's blog on the subject.