Marketer of the Day with Robert Plank: Business Growth & Entrepreneur Stories

I'm going in for surgery on the ankle today (Friday) and it has me thinking a lot about being negative (or rather, avoiding or "fixing" that negativity that creeps up), being honest and owning up to things like procrastinating without labeling and feeling sorry for yourself, so you can actually make progress on yourself -- because no one else will do it for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQ...

I broke my ankle in two places this past Saturday evening. I was dancing at a wedding and walked over a wet spot on an already shiny, slippery, coated cement floor. There was water (or maybe wine) spilled in a little spot that I didn't see, and I slipped and landed on it with all my weight. The technical term is a "fibular and medial malleolar fracture" and they had to reset (or I guess "reconfigu...

Find a new product idea, build a course and implement a repeatable system for a constant revenue stream. When you're creating a product, you need to have WWHW in place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwlrqcsXYQ WWHW is your "system." You need to have a system in place so you stay on point, lay out each point you promised in your sales letter, and know when you've gotten to the finish line. What-...

The good, the bad and the ugly about solo ads vs. affiliate networking... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qyFtzutPww There are many ways to get traffic. Some of the older ones include fads such as: Joint Venture Giveaways: someone would sign up and have access to multiple giveaways that they could then send to their list. Everyone in the network would be cross-mailing their own lists, offering th...

It's very easy when you first start your internet business, working from home, to fall back into those habits that you have from working for an employer, where you have to fill up 8 hour days one after the other and no "project" really ever has to be done for you to make income. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZPawBfENA Or, some of those very things that led you to develop an internet-based busi...

One of the best ways to make money online is to create content that solves problems but a lot of us struggle with writer's block. The answer to that "blank page" is to have a system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXBSyziCmMA Don't be afraid that using a system or a template will result in something that is bland and not unique. It's quite the opposite. The best thing about using a system is that...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma-oRzCV8EU Setup Your Site the "Right Way" Namecheap: Get your domain name at DoubleAgentDomains.com. HostGator: This is for web hosting. After you buy your domain name, your site has to "live" somewhere. This is web hosting and fou can get this at DoubleAgentHosting.com. AWeber: This is an autoresponder, your essential tool for building a list and keeping in conta...

Just like anything in life, it's a good idea to know WHY you're doing something, as opposed to only "going through the motions"… And if you're only dabbling, if this "internet marketing" thing is only a hobby to you, then it's likely you haven't found very much success because you rarely finish the things you start. If you actually want to make money, it's time to stop dabbling and actually create...

When we run our own businesses and don't have a "boss" to answer to, it can be easy to fall back into old habits of goofing off. It's easy to fall back into the habit of filling up time because when you worked at your "day job", the objective was to fill up 8 hours a day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU5a_MIfaD0 Today, we're going to talk about getting all that clutter that we're used to from a...

Webinars are the best use of your time and the best way to make money. You've probably wondered out of all the things that you do, can you outsource some of that? Can you just be the creative person and do the few things that make the most amount of money? When we're talking about webinars, we're not talking about a Google HangOut or a YouTube video or a Periscope broadcast or anything "fancy." We...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JThfbR--BbM Most problems in Robert's business are not fixed by a crazy solution or a fancy piece of software. It's so easy to think that the reasons that you're not doing well or that you're not happy with your business is because you don't have one-click upsell, or because your website is not mobile-responsive, or your prices don't end in some magic number. It's t...

At one of the earliest internet marketing events Robert ever attended, he went to one of the Q&A panels. Usually, in these panels, people will have these really vague, generalized questions and in turn the speakers will have really "big", generalized responses, answers that don't really give any specific, overly helpful answers. During one of these, an attendee asked "Where can I get graphics made...

Whatever project you have going on, what would it take for you to complete, round out or get to the next milestone of that project today? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JrIQNZQqaY Turn that project into a product. A project is something that you're just always tinkering away at, an ongoing venture that is never going to be completed. You need to complete it. Robert comes across so many people wh...

An action-packed 50th Episode Anniversary Special with 50 Game Changing Internet Marketing and Online Business Breakthroughs from 37 Mentors... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4fBZupbT4 Four Daily Tasks You need to be completing 4 Daily Tasks. Before he realized this, Robert would have days where he'd knock out 20 or 30 tasks and then weeks would go by where he was burnt out and couldn't get the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5zNx1LxoKQ Like the Robert Plank Show on Facebook Having a membership site is the best option for recurring revenue on your products. Say that you have something for sale, usually a course, and you want to know how to get the best "bang for your buck" on monetizing that product. Join Our Webinar Crusher Program Today You could write a report or an e-book but there'...

Remember this: Your customers get trained to open your emails. Your customers get trained to buy from you. Your customers get trained to attend your webinars. Whoever has the biggest email list wins. Facebook and Twitter followers are not that list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA_ajtl4Z7g Think about that for a second. You can post all day but who has the biggest list in the world? Facebook. W...

Don't be another statistic! Run your online business model, product, and sales letter through "The Mom Test" to discover how to sell faster and easier without resorting to painful "copywriting" or piling a lot of extra money into your business. It'll simplify your internet marketing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ8Q59TnP1g Bad situation: A lot of internet marketers too caught up in ‘jargon’...

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you're still way ahead of anyone who isn't trying. Very few marketers even make the effort of doing Thank You cards. Should this be part of your everyday routine? Are there tasks that are a "better" use of your time? Maybe. But, what if, no matter what niche you're in, you just singled out 4 random customers today and just jotted down...

The steps to get you to that magical $10K level... There's a problem with people wanting to take shortcuts to get to that $10K per month level. We want to get you out of that way of thinking. You have to do 3rd grade before you go to college. If you jump right in without the warm-up, you stand the chance of the whole venture falling in on itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mpu2Si6IXE You wan...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U_SjGZxSkI The Difference Between an Offer and a Product The Product: This is a solution to a problem. Also called an "information product"The Offer: Is the whole package grouped/stacked in a way that's really "sexy" Let's Break Down Information Products Here's a little exercise for you: Go to ClickBank.com. At the top there is a tab that says "Marketplace." Click...

An online web-based digital membership site... you have a web page (a sales letter) where you offer to solve a simple problem: play guitar, reduce man-boobs, get your ex back. People click a button to buy the solution (a set of videos that play directly in their web browser) and they're taken to a member's area where they watch videos solving their problem. A membership site: you need it to handle...

Do you find yourself struggling with when you should be Hands-On vs When You Should Outsource? Robert shows you how the E-Myth can help you make the most effective decisions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFrUselgze8 Robert is the author of Double Agent Marketing-a book about how to do the "day job" while starting up a successful online marketing business. When you're starting an online business...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZlOkYp8LQI Tune in today (in fact, right now) to discover how to "get your head on straight!" Get your business built up to the level you want, as fast as you want, while you're excited each and every day and growing bigger and bigger every day... Someone who hates you normally hates you for one of three reasons:1. They see you as a threat2. They hate themselves3....

If it's important, you'll find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse. -- Jim Rohn If you don't build your own dream, someone else will hire you to build theirs. -- Tony Gaskins, Jr. Join us on today's episode of the Robert Plank Show where we discuss passive income, your point and click online funnel, and more, including: 8 things to give up: 1. self rejection, 2. negative self-talk, 3. criticising...

I'll admit it, I DON'T have it all figured out! But I'm right there with you when it feels like, as a home-based entrepreneur, no one else seems to be on the same track as you. In today's podcast I'm going to share a few tools with you to avoid burnout, information overload, fear of failure, and more. It's easier to edit crap than air! (Lots of show notes this time around, please scroll down a lit...