Vol. 9 Issue 4 / Get Their Undivided Attention

Ingredients

    * A Quick Note From Carmen
      > Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me How Annoying My Voice Is?
    * Internet Marketing Action Plan
      > Quickly Boost Your Marketing Response
    * Down ‘N Dirty — Carmen **UNCENSORED**
      > Why Pay For Information You Can Find For Fr.ee?
    * This Week’s Feature Article
      Raising The Bar with Social Proof… or, you didn’t think of
      doing it because you didn’t know it was even possible.
    * Webmaster Resources
      #1. “Custom PDF Maker” by Louis Allport ($0)
      #2. 60-Min CD by #1 Best-Selling Author Mike Litman ($S/H)
    * What We’re Talking About…
      > Am I REALLY screwed if I don’t dish out the $1,000?
      > Google Ad Bot in Forum?
      > Abused by Carmen?
      > My Cameo Appearance…
    * AimDIRECT Marketing Toolbox
      > I’m Stumped This Week… 

A Quick Note From Carmen

Hi!

I’d like to welcome all new subscribers! I’m so pleased
to have you here with us, and hope you find AimDIRECT
insightful, informative, as well as entertaining!

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I originally sent this issue on Friday, but, didn’t receive
it at ANY of my seeded e-mail addresses, so, I’m resending it
again. I doubt anyone is getting duplicates, but, just in
case - now you know the reason why.

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Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me How Annoying My Voice Is?

I had a recording for this week’s “Carmen Uncensored”…
thank goodness this issue didn’t go out last week, because
when I listened to it again just now, I couldn’t believe I
was about to put you all through the agony of listening to
me screaching for six (6) entire minutes!

Gotta do my AudioC4 vocal exercises again… sheesh.

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Just an FYI: Monday, September 6, was Labor Day here
in the US. If you sent me a message over the weekend and
haven’t yet received a reply, that’s because Monday was
a no-work day   Replies will be sent shortly.

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Okay, let’s jump right in!

Respectfully Yours,
Carmen Maranon
AimDIRECT Entrepreneur Ezine

P.S. Feast your eyes on the Marketing Chick Diary!

http://blog.marketingchick.com

“The vision must be followed by the venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps…
we must step up the stairs.” ~ Vance Havne

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Internet Marketing Action Plan…

Quickly Boost Your Marketing Response

In my latest post on my blog, I talk about getting a piece of that
oh so precious, “undivided attention” nobody seems to
have time for anymore.

You know it’s true… there’s so much information and
choices around us, we tend to ignore a good part of what’s
presented to us every day.

Think of your drive to work, the mall, anywhere… how
many commercials do you immediately respond to with an
action favorable to the advertiser? How about when you’re
surfing the web? Do you stop and subscribe/buy at every
site you visit? I don’t think so.

You gotta get your prospect’s undivided attention! Make
them respond with a, “That’s What I’ve Been Looking For!”
and guide them to take action.

Take a look at what I’m talking about at my blog and tell me
your thoughts by leaving a comment by clicking on the
“talk to me” link below the post, would ya?

FYI: A blog is short for “web log”, and mine is always
absolutely fr.ee to read anytime you have nothing better
to do with your time.

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Down ‘N Dirty — Carmen **UNCENSORED**

Why Pay For Information You Can Find For Fr.ee?

Our friend “Dano” started a thread at the Achievers Forum asking…
(don’t let the grammar and spelling distract you!)

“If you are the dizen of others can help start of my own
business, why do you need money for purchase? Why do you not
let me try yours system and allow me to pay for your system
after I make money since everyone can seem to claims to able
to make me momey? Uncless you are all scam?”

Read the complete post & the heated responses at:

http://www.aimdirect-ezine.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=96

Anyway, a subscriber sent me a private message regarding that
post, asking, “If you can find just about any info on how to
build and promote your business on the Internet for fr.ee,
why would anyone need to spend $29.95, or even $1,000 for
any marketing product?”

And here’s my answer —————— >

“As I mentioned in several of my posts, you don’t *need*
any one product, service or tool to build or improve your
business. You can always do your own research and do
everything from scratch.

Just like you don’t NEED a plane to travel overseas.
You can chart the best route to take and travel by boat,
or even swim across.

Or, instead of buying a car, you can learn how to build one
from scratch yourself, take the finished product for a ride,
and if it stalls or falls apart on you, go back and make
the necessary changes.

Just the same… You can surf the web and collect all the
fr.ee information you can about running and promoting a business
on the Internet. But, finding the right information takes
time… you must weed out the junk and figure out what to do
with whatever useful information that’s left - on your
own. And we haven’t even started testing, tracking,
and fine-tuning yet!

So, whenever you find yourself infected with the Fr.eebie-Bug,
keep in mind that if you have the proven tools to guide you to
where you want to go, you’ll reach your destination much
quicker, without all the effort it would’ve taken you to do
it alone from scratch.

It’s like a joint venture… You select the item to help you
reach your desired results, pay the appropriate fees to purchase
that item… and in return, the product or service owner shares
with you, the results of *THEIR* research, testing, tracking
and fine-tuning.

Of course you will still have to invest some effort and
apply the information to your own needs, but, this works as
your foundation… giving you a head start and saving you
time, money and frustration.

Basically, a shortcut to your destination.”

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Raising The Bar with Social Proof… or, you didn’t think of
doing it because you didn’t know it was even possible.

by Carmen Maranon of MarketingChick.com

< note 9/7/04 >
Subscriber, Fred Engh, posted this quote at the Achievers forum:
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe,
the mind of man can achieve.” - W.C.Stone

What a coincidence… this issue’s Feature Article
concerns failure to take action on your desires because
you didn’t know it was attainable.
< /note >

Dr. Robert Anthony, author of, “The Ultimate Secrets of
Total Self-Confidence” writes:

“The most important thing to remember about desire is
that if you have the desire to do anything creative,
you also have within you the means of fulfillment…”

“In other words, whatever desire you have, no matter
how far-fetched it may seem, carries with it the
ability and mechanics to make it become reality.”

Let’s take my 3 year old, Joshua, for example.

He’s a very cautious little guy… I admit, I’m to blame. Never
wanting him to get a ‘boo boo’, I taught him to always be very,
very careful to avoid getting an ouchie.

When he plays Power Ranger, he pretends to leap from tall
buildings by jumping off the very bottom step. He never jumps
off the couch like most other kids, but, instead, he escapes
from the monsters by sliding off the couch and rolling across
the floor.

Too young for preschool, and being the only grandchild from
both sides, he’s never exposed to children his age, and
‘carefully’ plays with his mommy, day in - day out.

And then it happened. I was asked to babysit my friend’s
two children, ages 1 and 3. The 3 year old, Jayson, is
one month older than Joshua.

I played with the 1 year old as I watched Joshua and
Jayson play “dinosaur, monster, police truck”. Running
around the family room, screaming and laughing, jumping
and dropping… when suddenly, they climbed up the sofa,
yelled, “Power!”, bent their knees, and Jayson jumprf up
into the air, then dropped down on the floor on both feet -
as my Joshua looked on, his eyes wide with excitement.

Keeping in mind that my poor sheltered son’s definition
of taking a risk is, jumping from the fluffy bedroom
carpet, onto the bathroom tiles…. imagine my surprise
when Joshua followed suit without batting an eyelash.

Now he’s a mean, green, jumping machine. Constantly
jumping off sofas, beds, coffee tables… you name it.
If he can climb it, he’ll jump off of it.

This is “social proof” at work.

Dr. Cialdini, author of, “Influence Science and Practice”
writes: “The principle of social proof operates most powerfully
when we are observing the behavior of people just like us”
“Therefore we are more inclined to follow the lead of a
similar individual than a dissimilar one.”

There’s no doubt jumping off the big, fluffy, couch has crossed
Joshua’s mind, even before Jayson came along. He just never
witnessed anyone doing it… let alone a boy just like him.
He didn’t know it was possible… how could he? For the past
three years, he did exactly as his mommy did. And mommy
never jumped off the couch like that.

Let’s move the focus to the adults. How many times have
you fantasized making a million dollars a day? That would
be fantastic, wouldn’t it? But it’s just a fantasy, right?
Or is it?

Recently, a virtually unknown man by the name of John Reese,
made over one million dollars within 24 hours of launching
his product. Many of you will quickly point at his large
network of Joint Venture partners. But the truth is, we
don’t care exactly *how* he did it at this moment… only
that he did.

John Reese, whose name and reputation has not yet widely
circulated as those of Gary Halbert, Jay Abraham, and Dan
Kennedy, proved to us that our dreams do not have to be confined
in our thoughts… it can be unleased and transformed into reality.

Have you ever imagined making five million dollars in 24 hours?
Or buying a $150,000 sports car as a surprise gift for your
husband? How about that spectacular ten million dollar,
60-room, 12-car-garage mansion?

You don’t have to wait for someone else to come and ‘prove’
to you that it can be done. You thought it… if you truly
believe it… you can do it.

Be the proof, others will follow, and you’ll be a hero.

(c)2004 MarketingChick.com. All rights reserved.

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What We’re Talking About…

Beth Hwong asks if she really *Needs* the $1,000 traffic
course launched a few weeks ago to succeed with her business.

Dawn Wentworth wonders how Google Ads keep appearing
as ‘posts’ in the Achievers forum.

Jack Humphrey checks in to see if I’m abusing
anyone on my site.

Fred credits my cameo appearnce in the “30 Days
To IM Success” for bringing me into his life  

Read these and more at the Internet Marketing Achievers Forum:

http://www.AimDIRECT-Ezine.com/forum/

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AimDIRECT Marketing Toolbox

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I’ll send you a notice in a day or two with the product
name and access info.

Any suggestions or ideas? Let me know….

http://www.aimdirect-ezine.com/contact

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—
“In helping others, we shall help ourselves,
for whatever good we give out completes the
circle and comes back to us.” - Flora Edwards

“Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they
are the children of your soul, the blueprints of
your ultimate achievements.” - Napoleon Hill
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