I’ve Come a Long Way Baby

I love doing WSO’s (Warrior Special Offers) on the Warrior Forum - the thrill, the excitement of money to be made and people to make happy, the not sleeping at night because of the temptation to check email for PayPal notifications… it’s a rush for sure!

But I didn’t always feel so comfortable running a WSO. My insecurities made me worry that no one would buy or if they did, they’d leave mean comments about it. I was anxious I wouldn’t even make enough to cover the $20 cost of the WSO.

In fact, my best selling WSO did get a couple comments that made my heart plummet. They weren’t  mean but I thought my WSO was sunk. But I took their constructive criticism and made the product better. I sold even more after that!

So I didn’t die or shrink into the wall or anything, and that gave me confidence to do more WSOs.

I remember the first time I did a WSO for my PLR articles, which was before my best seller WSO. I was an unknown and untried PLR writer who had no social proof. I thought deep down that I was a good writer, but no one else knew that and I offered that WSO kind of apologetically. That’s no way to market yourself!

I’ve come a long way baby. 

I just put up my latest PLR WSO http://cli.gs/HhQWJn and I did so with lots of eagerness. I know my articles are well-written and I’m glad people will buy them and put them to good use.  Sometimes people email me and show me what they’ve done with the PLR – a new blog post, a PDF, etc. That is so cool!

That’s it for this post, I’ve got to check my email to see if PayPal is calling.

Twitter Success Stories

So you may (or may not) be wondering what the new product I launched the other day is.

It’s called Twitter Success Stories.  

It came about when I realized there were people using Twitter very successfully to market their businesses and they all had a fantastic story or two to tell.  They’re using Twitter to brand themselves, increase their lists, sell products, and to get all sorts of lucrative business offers.

 

So I spent a couple months rounding up their stories and bundled them up for you. Here’s who graciously gave me their stories:

 

Felicia Slattery
Bev Clement
Jack Bastide
John Taylor
Dana Willhoit
Willie Crawford
John Yeo
Beverly Mahone
James Francis
Heidi Richards Mooney
Thom Scott
Craig Ballantyne
Connie Ragen Green
Coffee Groundz
Paulette Ensign
Sean Malarkey

Not only did they share their stories, they gave their favorite Twitter tips too.

I can honestly say their stories inspired me and have shown me some cool ways to use Twitter to grow my business.  Check it out – it’s an awesome ebook! (and I can say that since I didn’t actually write it – I just bundled up the stories and tips all pretty like.)

And if you’d like to be an affiliate and make money selling this book to others, click here. I’ve got some tools for you to use.

Internet Marketing vs. Vacation – Which One Wins?

Last week was spring break and we went to Florida – Disney World and the coast.  Now, maybe you think an almost 15 year old boy and a 17 year old girl are too old for Disney World but I’m here to tell you you’re wrong.  We had a blast!  I guess we’re all kids at heart when it comes to make believe.

I did have a problem, though, and I’ve learned a valuable lesson.  Don’t schedule to release your new product 2 days after your vacation.  It will cause you nights of little sleep on your trip as your mind kicks into overtime thinking about what all you have left to do, who you need to still contact, if you should tweak the product yet again before it goes live, etc, etc.

It wasn’t bad during the day, but when the outside world around me calmed down at night, I wasn’t thinking about Mickey Mouse, I was thinking about my business. I had that feeling in the pit of my stomach… you know the one you got when you were school-age and you were doing something fun when you should have been writing your big essay?

So my question to you is:  How do you COMPLETELY let go of work while you’re off having a much deserved vacation?  How do you totally turn off your marketing mind when it shows up at inappropriate times – like when it’s supposed to be going night-night?

Tips and hints appreciated.  Just hit the comment button and let me have them.

Thanks,
Peggy