Completed my demand generating website with autoresponders, free report and all!

Following Henry Baker's teachings, I created a special website that is educational in nature, and designed to teach people how to manage their finances in such a way that they are able to come up with the $1000 it takes to start their Passport to Wealth business, as well as a respectable marketing budget. Here it is!

Financial Plan to Wealth

Here is how this website works:

1. Prospect sees the link and ad on Craigslist or PPC
2. Prospect visits the landing page and reads some simple, compelling copy that motivates them to go on to page 2
3. Prospect sees testimonials to build credibility, and a time limit to gain some urgency, and leaves their details so that they can have the promised free report.
4. Prospect's details are loaded into Aweber, which automatically sends them the free report, as well as additional educational sales letters at set intervals thereafter.

It really is a cool automated process. Click the link and try it for yourself!

Rob
Passport Mentors4U Team

The Birth of the DEMAND GENERATING Website

I have been studying Henry Baker's workbook and video tutorials on 'How to Generate OBSCENE Amounts of Demand'. I am astonished at how simple it really is! The video tutorial showed me click-by-click exactly how you do it...not just what the key elements to include are, but HOW to include them, and the words that you need to include!

The way the marketing system works is this:

• Prospects find your site on Google Adwords
• Prospects click on your site and are directed to your 'Landing Page'
• Landing page has an attention-grabbing title, then shows the direct benefits of your product or opportunity
• Landing page offers a free gift, and creates Urgency to click to the second page to claim the gift
• Prospect clicks on the second page, which starts off with testimonials to build credibility
• Second page creates more demand and urgency, and prospect leaves their details in the capture form
• Prospects details appear in the autoresponder, which automatically emails them their free gift and begins sending them educational emails that will help them sign up!

So there you have it...simple yet *incredibly* powerful! Take a look at my first demand-generating page for the keyword, 'Home-based business'

Rob's First Demand-Generating Site

Rob Hunter

Passport to Wealth Mentors Team

My Passport to Wealth

How to Avoid Getting Your Ads Deleted on Craigslist

The Immense traffic and loyal following of Craigslist makes it an ideal place to put advertisements for your products or business opportunity. Yet anyone who has ever tried Craigslist has no doubt experienced the dismay of the following situation:

After typing out your carefully-worded ad, you insert your product picture, preview it, hit Submit, and sit back. You wait on the edge of your seat for the confirmation, and five minutes later there rolls in an email saying, 'YOUR POST HAS BEEN FLAGGED AND DELETED.’

GAH!

How and why does this happen?

In this article I am going to teach you two important tips for how to avoid this. To begin with, let's look at the two questions we asked above:

Why does this happen? In the words of the great Jim Rohn, "I wouldn't register for that class." Don't spend your time pondering WHY Craigslist operates this way, "It's just the way it is." Instead, consider,

HOW does this happen? In order to serve its readers Craigslist strives to offer as much content that is
a) UNIQUE, and
b) RELEVANT to its readers' interests.
c) NOT SATURATING the same market

If you can submit your ads in a fashion that fulfills these three criteria, you will be able to successfully post Craigslist ads every day. Let's go through each of the three so that you can learn how.

I. UNIQUE CONTENT
Submitting the exact same ad will get your pitch tossed out faster than a strip-club advertisement on an elementary school bulletin board. In fact, it may be bounced as soon as you hit Submit, if the Craigslist database can match it to an existing ad you already have out there. How to Generate ‘Unique’ Content for Craigslist Purposes Without Having to Write Lots of Ads
1) Start a Word Document
2) Copy and paste in any ads that you already have
3) Go to your back office and copy any and all sample classified ads, AND sales letters, and paste these into the document
4) Have your sponsor email you all of his/her classified ads and sales letters, and paste these into the document too.
5) If anyone else’s names or contact info is on any of these ads, Hit CTRL-H to Find and Replace. Type in their info in Find, and Your Info in Replace. This will automatically take out the other person’s info and populate the document with yours instead. Example: If my website is http://yourwealthbeginshere.com/ and the ad shows http://passportmentors.com/, I would fill in the Passport Mentors site in Find and fill in my Wealth Begins Here site in Replace.
6) Go over all the ads in your document and double-check that each has your name, phone number, website, email, or whatever business contact information you want to provide.
7) Add to this list whenever you feel inspiration to write an ad, or when you see one you like and want to copy!

You now have a veritable DATABASE of ‘Unique’ (and by Unique, I mean
Different) advertisements that you can post to Craigslist! You will want to build up a list of at least 30, all with different catchy titles.

Now you will want to start posting ONE per day. Start at the top, and do a different ad each day. That should take you through the month, and at the end, you can just start over at the top!

That’s right. It varies, but generally 30 days is a safe enough period of time for Craigslist to have ‘forgotten’ your ad. If you want to be extra cautious, you can also make a few minor changes, like adding an extra link, putting in a different picture, etc.

VOILA! You now have a source of endless daily Craigslist ads that you can use over and over again instead of having to sit and wrack your brain for a new ad every time you want to post one!

Question?

BUT BUT ROB…I did what you said, I compiled a whole mess of ads, but Craigslist is still deleting them!!

That’s because you just went and started posting instead of reading about the other reasons that Craigslist deletes your posts! Congratulations for those of you who exerted the patience to keep learning instead of running off like that trigger-happy marketer.


II. Content RELEVANT to Channel Posted

Craigslist has many different channels in which to post your advertisements. If you are posting ads for your business opportunity in Beauty Services or Clothing, then Craigslist will deem them irrelevant to the reader and delete them. So not only must you be posting different advertisements, but you must be posting them in the proper channel.
How do I know what the proper channel is?
Let your common sense guide you. If you are trying to sell a sofa, then post your ad in the furniture channel. If you are trying to sell a business opportunity, then post it in the For Sale: Business of Services: Small Biz Ads channels. I alter back and forth between the two and get good results from both.
If it isn’t clear-cut where your ad should go (and it usually IS), just give it your best estimate of what channel interested readers would most likely be found.

OK, I DID THAT, I’M POSTING IN THE RIGHT CHANNELS, I’M DOING EVERYTHING YOU SAID, BUT CRAIGSLIST IS STILL DELETING MY POSTS, ROB YOU @%@!

Calm down, Beavis. Read on for the final secret to finding love on Craigslist (and by love, I mean tons of sales).

III. Content that is Not Saturating the SAME MARKET
Craigslist gives us the option of posting our ads in every major US city and several other countries as well. But, if you keep posting your advertisements in the same city, they will be deleted. Craigslist does not want their readers to have to see the ‘same thing’, even if it is a different ad. So if posting day after day in the same city is out, how do you decide where to post?
Do a little demographic research. A quick Google search should help you. For example, if you are selling weight-loss products, then Google “America’s Most Obese Cities”. If you are selling a business opportunity, then Google “Top US Cities for Entrepeneurs”, or something similar.
Write yourself a list with the top ten or fifteen cities. This will accomplish two things:
a) You will be getting your advertisement in front of a targeted audience
b) Craigslist won’t be deleting your ads!
Post a different ad in a different city every day. When you reach the end of your targeted cities, restart at the top, rinse and repeat!

So, to recap: the secret to success with Craigslist is as follows:

Post UNIQUE content in the APPROPRIATE CHANNELS and don’t saturate the SAME city.

I wish you much success with the incredible marketing tool that is Craigslist. Please feel free to contact me with any questions and I will do my best to reply.

Kind Regards,


Rob Hunter

Passport to Wealth Director

My Internet Business

My plans for the ULTIMATE Passport to Wealth video

I probably shouldn't blab about this in advance, but this is just too cool to keep quiet about. So, you've seen all the videos for internet home-based businesses? Well how many of them start off with a furious swordfight between knights, where the victor stoops down and retrieves his paycheck from the loser's body?? The victor then goes on to talk to the audience about just how similar it is holding a J.O.B. where you work so hard for so little?

This is where I weave in one of my hobbies with my Passport to Wealth business. I'm going to have a video made of me fighting in full armor, like in the picture above, and after I finally defeat my foe after a grueling battle, I talk about how it is just not worth it to risk so much and work so hard for a meager paycheck that barely pays the bills. I'll have some good lines like,

"Does it feel like a battle just going into work?" or "Are you tired of having to duel your boss to the death just to get your paycheck?"

The idea being that people will be fascinated and interested right away in the violence part of the video, which then leads into the logical sales presentation.

Now THIS is going to be a YouTube video that will catapult my home page up the ranks of the search engines!!

Looking forward to sharing it with you,

Rob

http://YourWealthBeginsHere.com

Forced to live like the barbarians for 8 hours!

It is amazing how much we rely upon electricity in this day and age. For example, last night the power went out in my entire neighborhood, and much of the city of Savannah, at 10:30 pm.

It didn't come back on until 7 am or so the next morning. So what does one *do* without electricity?

I went outside to see what the devil was going on, and saw then that the lights were out across the entire neighborhood. It wasn't raining, but the winds were gusting fiercely and the sky was alight with pulses of heat-lightning.

It was an eerie tableau to watch; the lightning cast flashes across the night sky, yet there was no thunder to follow. It was like a silent 4th of July fireworks show.

My wife came out and joined me as I stood out on the driveway, and we watched the lightning show for a little while. We assumed that the power would return quickly, but ten minutes turned into twenty, then thirty.

Locking the door behind us, Sarah and I decided to go for a walk around the neighborhood. After all, it was less dark outside with all the lightning then it was inside. So we went for a walk, amusing ourselves by observing how all the neighbors were coping.

Many were sitting in their cars with the lights on, while others had brought out Coleman lanterns. One neighbor even had a fire going in a hastily-erected pit of stones on their driveway!

The winds were beginning to pick up fiercely, and we could see the trees themselves bending. It was becoming harder for Sarah to walk against the wind, since she is so small! So after going around the block one we went back inside.

Sarah decided to take advantage of the fact that our laptop still had some charge left on the battery, so she played some Neverwinter Nights until the battery fizzled out.

Needless to say I did not get any work done yesterday evening on my Passport to Wealth business. I was very glad when the power switched back on this morning.

So, how did people ever get by WITHOUT electricity??


Rob
http://YourWealthBeginsHere.com

Part III of Top TEN Resources for Home-based Business Success

Ok, thanks for your patience! Here is the next and final installment of the Top Ten Resources that every current or prospective home-based business owner should have.

8) TrafficSwarm!
This is a fascinating FREE system that brings an absurd amount of traffic to your website through 'viral' marketing. In order to have your site marketed you earn credits, which function kind of like 'Jeffrey Bucks' for Trafficswarm. These credits are free, and there are various ways you can earn them, such as setting Trafficswarm as your home page, using it to view other pages, use their search engine, etc.

This is a must-have for any home business owner.

9) Advanced: Pay-per-click Advertising
Search Engine Optimization is the holy grail, but for most new businesses this can take a while. With pay-per-click advertising, you can be on the front page right away. Pay-per-click (PPC) ads are the ones you see on the right of the screen when you do a Google search.

It is easy to drive targeted traffic to your website with PPC. It is even easier to waste a lot of money on it if you don't know exactly what you are doing. Consult your mentor for training on how to effectively do a PPC campaign for your business. I also recommend doing your own research and reading the how-to guides included with most PPC providers. Here are the PPC services that I personally use:

• Goclick
• Yahoo Search Marketing
• Google Adwords

10) Advanced: Veretekk

Veretekk is a powerful lead generation tool. There ares no better prospects than what you get with Veretekk. Inviting these leads to join your business will surely do good things.

Veretekk lets you download free leads, blast your advertisement across multiple search engines, and creates 'Ad Portals', which it would take a looong time for me to explain. You'll have to see it for yourself.

There are educational training classes privileged only to subscribers (by some of the top networkers in this industry). IF your serious about marketing and home business, then this is a tool you should not miss.

And we are done! I hope that this Top Ten listing has been helpful to you. If you have any questions about any of these resources, or home business in general, feel free to shoot me an email. Good luck with your businesses!!

Kind regards,

Rob

Proud Member of The Hottest 2008 Home Business on the Net

The Controversial Tax Rebate

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day...
Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime!

THE BAD NEWS

Let's be honest. You've read about how the government is going to be sending you a tax rebate, somewhere between $300 and $1200. But ask yourself...how much is that going to change your life? Rent for a month, pay down your credit bills, help with groceries?


The government is giving you a fish. It is feeding you for a day, but that won't improve your financial situation for tomorrow.


The reality is, that money will be gone before you know it and you'll be back where you started. What if you put it in the bank? It might earn $10-20 before you have to pull it out again to pay bills? Put the money in the stock market? You might earn or *lose* a few hundred dollars before you have to pull it out again to pay bills.

Maybe with the increase in spending there will be more jobs, and you can get a better-paying one? Maybe the nationwide layoffs in January were just a fluke?

And maybe you'll find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow! It *could* happen, but it probably won't. If you are lucky, your job will not be outsourced or laid-off, and you will be able to keep scraping by.

But is that what you really want? Isn't there more out there? What about those self-made wealthy people you see on the talk shows on TV? At the very least, wouldn't it be nice if you could deal with some of the biggest problems you face as a member of the workforce? Such as...


*Feeling like you're not being paid what you're worth?
*Dreaming of being your own boss?
*Worrying about your family's financial future?
*Needing some extra spending cash?
*Wishing you could get out of debt?

I hate to say it, but it is up to you to change your life for the better. No one will do it for you, definitely not the government.

If you keep doing what you've always done, you keep getting what you've always gotten!

THE GOOD NEWS (finally!)

The goods news is that the government rebate you have coming in CAN change your life.

TEACH YOURSELF TO FISH, AND YOU FEED YOURSELF FOR A LIFETIME!

The way I see it, life is NOT be about living paycheck to paycheck, wondering if you'll ever catch up with your bills. It's NOT about spending most of your days away from your family and children. And it's certainly not about working hard... to make somebody else rich!

INTRODUCING THE FUTURE: The Home-Based Business

Around the world, thousands of people have changed their lives with Home-Based Businesses. From setting our own hours, to achieving financial independence, the lifestyle of our dreams is finally within reach.

There are many companies with home-business micro-franchise opportunities. So how do you tell the good ones from the bad? If you are going to spend 10 hours a week growing your business, how do you choose one that you can be successful with and start making profit from the very beginning?

More to come...




Rob Hunter
My Passport to Wealth Video contains more great info about how to build an entirely automated home business.