20% Off Tuition at SparkPlugU (Coupon Expires July 31, 2008)

Earlier today, we did an impromptu giveaway of free Podcasting Bootcamp tuition to 5 of my subscribers and the spots were snatched up FAST. Clearly, there were far more people interested in the bootcamp than spots, so I spoke to Kelly (instructor) and Wendy (owner SparkPlugU) and asked if they could offer a little something to those who were interested and didn’t win.

Well, they’ve generously offered a 20% off coupon that is actually good on the purchase of any course or courses, as long as you register by July 31, 2008.

Pretty cool stuff.

If you’re not familiar with SparkPlugU it’s a new learning center with online/distance courses to help you in your work from home. The courses are all very affordable and include courses on business and productivity.

Some of the Upcoming Courses Include:

How to Make Money Freelancing: Discovering the Right Niche

Get Started Freelancing: Writing for the Web

Diversify Your Income Workshop

Organize Your Home Office for Maximum Productivity

Write Press Releases to Grow Your Business

Fearless Financials - Getting Past Stuck

Introduction to Starting a Blog Network

…and a bunch more. Just go to SparkPlugU for all the details.

How to Claim Your Coupon:

1. Go to SparkPlugU.

2. Choose your course or courses.

3. Enter the following coupon code on checkout: ALICELOVESYOU

Just register by July 31, 2008 and your discount will be applied.

FREE Podcasting Bootcamp Tuition

If you’ve been thinking of starting your own podcast, here’s a perfect opportunity for you. Or if you have a podcast you’ve been working on and have become stuck in really getting things off the ground, you’ll want to check this out too.

Kelly McCausey’s “Podcasting Bootcamp: Strategy Through Implementation” class starts tomorrow at SparkPlugU…and Kelly has graciously allowed me to give free tuition to 5 lucky podcasting students.

Details of the Bootcamp

The bootcamp includes 3 sessions that total 4 hours of intensive instruction to get your podcast up, running and getting attention. Kelly gives you the tools to create your podcast, find your target market, line up your guest and develop a profit strategy.

You can learn more about the course here.

ONLY THING: Bootcamp starts on Monday night…so you have to move quickly on this.

Here’s How it Works: First 5 Are In!

1. Check out the course details here to see if it’s right for you and fits into your schedule.

2. Write a comment below with your full name, state/province and country stating that you’d like to enter. Make sure you include your REAL email address with your comment (just put it in the email box…it will NOT be published on the blog). Entries are void if they miss any of this information.

3. The first 5 to enter are IN! We will email you regarding your registration details. If you don’t hear anything by noon on Monday, please email to news @ internetmarketingsweetie.com since emails can get lost…but please, only email if you were one of the first 5.

Good luck!

Available Traffic Secrets Bonuses - Here’s 2 Good Ones

Last night, I posted a review of Traffic Secrets 2.0, but wanted to be sure you knew that there are some extra goodies you can get with your purchase.

By the way the TS 2 site is now live here.

There are actually 2 goodies here…one if you buy with my referral link and one you can have, no matter how you purchase the course.

PLEASE read this in its entirety, so there are no misunderstandings. I want to be as transparent as possible in these offers…and my transparency is only as good as your ability to read.

GOODIE #1 - Ask Me All The Traffic Questions You Want

Obviously, I’m an affiliate for Traffic Secrets and I get paid if you use that link above to buy. As a note of thanks, I’d like to offer the following:

2 Months Access to the Private “Talk to Alice” Forum

Get completely private access to ask me all the traffic-related questions you want. The only catch is - just 1 question per day and questions are answered Monday through Wednesday only.

ALSO: I’m preparing for birth of baby #3 in August, so you gotta cut me a bit of slack, where I’ll be indisposed for a little while…but I’ll let you know when I’m off and when I’ll be back.

EDITED AUGUST 29: Baby is now here and I am doing a bit of logging in here and there. Throughout September, I’ll be logging in every couple of days, but will be back on a full schedule in October. Therefore, I’m giving all bonus recipients until the end of November 2008 to access their private forum.

To get this perk, you MUST purchase through this link only…I can’t do it for free (i.e. if you purchase through someone else’s link), sorry. My kids would be mad at me if I was giving up my time with no toys in return for them.

Please note, this offer will have to be limited and I’ll post updates on the availability here, so you’ll know if it’s still available.

GOODIE #2 - Download my Traffic Secrets 1.0 Notes (Available to ALL TS 2.0 Customers)

Even if you don’t purchase through my link, you can still have my notes to get a taste of the content in the original course. This is a digital download only.

Be Warned: The notes aren’t a summary of the original course. They are just additional thoughts to expand on some of the concepts covered in version 1.0. But hey, I spent quite a bit of time putting them together and they do contain some good ideas…so let me get them out to you.

*** How to Claim The Goodies ***

To claim your goodies, please follow these quick and painless instructions:

1. Go to my support site and submit a ticket in the “Product Support” category.

2. Please use “TS 2 Bonus” in the subject line.

3. Please indicate which bonus(es) you are claiming. i.e. “Private forum and 1.0 Notes” OR “Just the 1.0 Notes”.

4. Please paste your TS 2 receipt in its entirety into your ticket. This is the receipt from John’s company, not a PayPal receipt.

5. We will confirm your purchase and deliver the goods to you via the ticket system.

6. Please allow up to 2 business days for processing your goodies.

Again, you can look at the full course details and decide if you’re ready for TS 2 by clicking here.

It’s definitely worth a look.

Complete Traffic Secrets 2.0 Review

My eyes are getting a little bit blurry as I finally post this review to my blog. As you know, my computer time has been limited due to a topsy turvy pregnancy and I have to be wise with my cyber-time.

Well, when I finally sat down to review the Traffic Secrets 2.0 transcripts that were provided to me as a preferred affiliate of the course, I couldn’t put it down and was determined to get this ready for you before launch time tomorrow.

I was going to post the entire review right on this blog, but it ended up being 10 pages, so I’ve put it all into a PDF document for you. That way you can print it out, read it and consider whether the course is really for you. There is a lot of buzz going around the net about this, so definitely take the time to make an informed decision for you.

If you don’t want to read 10 pages, I’ll give you the summary in just a sec, but the printable review (or just read it on your screen if you prefer) includes a full list of contents of what’s in this 12 CD learning program…so it might be worth a glance, just to get that.

Who’s This Course For?

Many affiliates promoting this program will tell you how it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread, that John Reese is a genius and you’d be an idiot not to accept their bonuses valued at a cajillion dollars and buy through their link.

Out of those three things (the sliced bread, the genius and you being an idiot ), only one is close to being true…and that is that John is a pretty darned smart guy. Not only that, he has the experience and ability to convey information in such a way that it’s easy to digest and apply. That’s just what we need in our Internet Marketing teachers.

But despite him being smart and a good teacher, is the course for everyone? Obviously not. After my review, I can tell you this:

If you plan to buy this course, be sure to dedicate the time to go through ALL the materials thoroughly. Then be prepared to create and execute and action plan.

If you just want to skim through it and see if it’s worth it, don’t bother. This course is intensive, it takes you through a logical order and needs to be consumed in its entirety.

Side Note: After a few people get their hands on this course, there will be a few yahoos will claim how this is “basic stuff” and they “already knew all this”, but I can tell you it’s because they skimmed the material and didn’t take the time to look at in-depth.

If you are a beginner, this course really does give you the fundamentals to be able to make your own massive traffic generation plan.

If you are an advanced traffic strategist, you’re going to get plenty out of this too, but be sure to dedicate yourself to going through all the course materials. It’s easy to skim and I saw, “I already know that,” but only when you look deeply is when you’ll get all the important keys.

If you want to build a business over the long haul and ignore all the traffic fads and short-term methods, this IS the course for you.

If you want push-button stuff and don’t care how long it’s effective for, as long as you make some cash, this course is NOT for you.

How Does It Compare to Traffic Secrets 1.0?

This is a brand new course, built from scratch. And even though it is being sold at less than half the price of the original course, I’d say it’s a much more organized and detailed plan for creating website traffic. In addition, it takes into account recent developments in technology and social media making it a most up-to-date resource for generating traffic.

Personally, I’m a little bummed that the training materials are on CD-Rom, rather than DVD…but the addition of complete transcripts helps that. Personally, I prefer to absorb learning materials away from my computer, but this isn’t a make or break factor for me.

The CDs are well organized and I like how they are divided into lessons with an “Overview” and “Review” component to each and every one of them…making it easier to grasp all the key concepts. They also use interactive technology, so you can get even more out of your learning opportunity.

What’s Included?

The new course includes:

12 Interactive CD-Roms
Training Manual (this is the transcripts of the CD-Roms)
Workbook
Blueprints (John’s blueprints are always highly prized!)
Interactive Traffic Secrets student forum.

Read The Review for Complete Course Contents & Details

The rest of the details, complete course contents etc. can be downloaded in my review. If you’ve read this entire blog post to here, start on pg. 3 where the course contents begin. If you haven’t read a word I’ve said, start at the beginning of the document.
Click here to download and print the review (PDF - 10 pages)

When You’re Done

The course officially goes on sale at noon Eastern Standard Time on July 15 (9 hours from the time of this blog entry publication). Go to the website to get all the details.

John Reese’s Traffic Videos - Are They REALLY So Great?

By now, you’ve probably been beaten over the head with the fact that John Reese has released a couple of new videos to help promote the upcoming release of the 2nd edition of his wildly successful Traffic Secrets course.

The videos are content-driven and include some very practical suggestions for boosting your own website traffic.

Of course, you probably already know this because you’ve been emailed a hundred times, been bombarded on Twitter, Facebook and wherever else affiliates go crazy spreading the word.

(Don’t get me wrong, I AM using my affiliate link in this post - like John needs ALL the money from his sales - but I wanted to wait to tell you about this until I had a chance to go through everything)

So What’s in the Videos? Are They Worth Watching?

To watch the first video, it takes nothing but a few minutes and you aren’t forced to opt into anything, so if you’re concerned about that…you can go right to the video page and get started.

But I know you’re busy and may be wondering what it’s all about before you take the time out of your day.

A Quick Answer: Definitely some solid information there that I’d be willing to bet MOST people don’t use, even if in the back of their minds they think they already know some of it.

A Longer Answer:

The first video (that you can watch at this page) is called “Results Detection” and includes very practical techniques to eliminate much of the trial and error process that comes with building traffic and an online business in general.

There are at least 8-10 specific ideas (I was trying to count, but pay attention at the same time…so may have missed a couple in the count) he provides to help you find out what is ALREADY working for traffic generation, instead of spending time and money to come to same conclusions.

Once you’ve finished watching that video, you have the opportunity to sign up for the Traffic Secrets notification list and view the next video entitled, “Own More of the Internet“.

This is a very powerful concept that I’ve been teaching my own students in a variety of my programs. It’s all about going wide with your efforts and reaching more prospects. I enjoyed John’s discussion of the concept because he has incorporated a good suggestions regarding the latest technology, content formats and publicity tools that are available today.

He also includes a very important advice that he rightly says so many online business owners don’t follow - and it’s all about planning ahead and seeing the big picture in all your content creation and traffic strategies. It may seem simplistic, but until you think about it and look at how you do your own planning, you might be surprised that you’re not really doing it either.

Other Thoughts

If you’ve been around the online business world for a few years, you may know that I credit the first Traffic Secrets course and John’s teachings with a huge boost in my success. In fact, you can still see my original bonus offer and success story when John relaunched the first version of the course.

What’s interesting is that 90% or likely more of what John taught in that first course is still applicable today. There are just a few things about Google Adwords, other pay-per-clicks and search engines that needed some updating. John could have done some minor editing and continued to sell the course, but from discussions with him and seeing these videos, it’s easy to see he’s taking a whole fresh approach and really harnessing the technology and tools available to us today. I for one, am looking forward to a whole lot more.

Take a look at the videos and let me know what you think.

“Lynn Terry is Hot” - How Hot? Smokin’!

As you know by now, the Hot Summer Seminar Series is in full swing at Kelly’s place. Each week, there’s a new webinar/teleseminar on an Internet marketing-related topic…and the series is FREE (but you can purchase recordings & transcripts if you want).

Here was a quick Twittouncement from Kelly today:

To which I had to reply:

Lynn has over 10 years online marketing experience and not only that - she’s a great to teacher who LOVES to share. That’s why the topic for Lynn’s call is perfect - it’s all about Social Marketing and how you can schmooze your way into the hearts of your prospects and customers.

BUT IMPORTANT: Tonight’s call has been postponed until further notice…but it’s still coming. Just sign up now and Kelly will keep you up-to-date.

Where All The Cool Kids Were Last Night - Hot Summer Seminar Series

This one totally creeped up on me yesterday. Kelly and the gang got started with a bang last night.

This is a free yearly online event with great speakers including Lynn Terry, Nicole Dean, Wendy Piersall and more.

If you’re looking for great webinars to help you grow your online business, here’s a perfect opportunity.

Sign up for free here.

Just don’t miss anymore.
CORRECTION: Apparently I have troubles with dates and the series starts tonight WEDNESDAY. So, we still have a chance to be cool. On deck tonight is the CEO and founder of Sparkplugging, Wendy Piersall.

FREE: Triple Your Opt-In Rates - A Jimmy D. Brown Goodie

We all know Jimmy D. Brown produces nothing but great stuff, so you can’t go wrong when Friday’s Freebie comes direct from the man himself.

This time, it’s his free guide “Triple Your Opt-In Requests from the Same Amount of Traffic”

You’ve probably heard the phrase “leaving money on the table” and it’s amazing how many areas of our business where this can happen…and our opt-ins are no exception.

Jimmy’s free guide shows you a 3-step formula to getting more people on your list.

Click here to learn more and download it.

Then look forward to more opt-ins next week.

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