Koli Bandyopadhyay   Free Training on promoting your business using our
I visited your site. When I clicked on "first step" link the page did not open.
thanks
Rana
www.earnforclick.com
Jun 22nd 2007 22:41   

Dave Fullmer   Internet Marketing Mentor/coach
Thanks Rana,

For the Heads up. I'll go there right now and check to see why.

Dave
Jun 23rd 2007 07:55   

Dave Fullmer   Internet Marketing Mentor/coach
Hi Rana,

I found the problem rather quickly. All I had to do was look at the link in my browser and see that I had missed putting in the y on the money part of the link.

It works now.

I had a computer programming professor once tell us that computers really are dumb. Fast dummies, but they can't do anything except to count from '0' to '1'. Also, you know what they say, "GIGO" Garbage in, garbage out.

In this case, the guy who coded the page was the dummy.

Dave
Jun 23rd 2007 08:07   

Dave Fullmer   Internet Marketing Mentor/coach
No one wants to comment on my first chapter?

At least tell me if I am way off base and that it stinks.

I would really like some constructive (or destructive) comments about it.

Thanks,

Dave
Jun 24th 2007 09:07   

Thea Westra   Adding Wings To Our Unique Life Journey!
No Dave, don't stop. Your first page does not "stink"!

It is excellent information and you really must continue with this book.

I've been online a long time, have much experience and have read a great deal. Your information is spot on.

The only thing I'd say, at this early stage is to keep the paragraphs brief as you did with the first half.

The final paragraph was too long and I had to re-read to get the info.
That's from being online a few hours and so need snippets rather than lengthy sections of text. Probably common to most internet travelers! :)

Your experience and knowledge shines through in your writing. So does a sense of your genuine wanting to helping others being successful online.

Namaste, Thea
www.forwardsteps.com.au
Jun 24th 2007 11:07   

James L.  Advertiser
Dave,
Your information is very informative, I will read your book!
Jun 24th 2007 11:47   

Dave Fullmer   Internet Marketing Mentor/coach
Thanks All,

I appreciate the comments, especially Thea's. I guess I forgot to go back and read it.

Next question: I have 8 or 9 chapters put together and am thinking about using it as the hook to get people to join my list for "Newbie's Tips and Guides".

What would you use for headlines and subject lines?

Actually, what would you use for an ezine title?

Dave
Jun 24th 2007 17:07   

Dave Fullmer   Internet Marketing Mentor/coach
Thea,

You are absolutely right, I got way to much in a hurry on that last paragraph.

Actually, my Word document was OK. It was when I put the html code in it that I screwed up and didn't follow through.

I would put it in PDF format on the final edition. And for my helpful readers here, I will post the download link (for editing purposes, of course)

Dave
Jun 24th 2007 17:12   

Dave Fullmer   Internet Marketing Mentor/coach
Well, I fixed that last paragraph. Thanks Thea for the heads up. That makes 2 of you that pulled my hinder out of the fire.

Great bunch of friends. Thanks.

Dave
Jun 24th 2007 17:19   

Thea Westra   Adding Wings To Our Unique Life Journey!

My pleasure Dave.

With regard an ezine title, personally I'd give it a one or two word title because you will find yourself typing it out often when sharing it online!

With regard a 'hook' you might like to read Valerie's group discussion:
~ http://www.apsense.com/subject/7605.html ~

Offering part of the book for people to purchase the full version is an excellent idea. My experienced e-book publishing friend Christopher Westra does this very well, see this example:
~ http://freemoneyebook.com/dlthea.html ~

For any titles try to use vocabulary that people are most likely to use in a Google search and a title that gives clear indication of content you are offering.

I learned that in hindsight - after I'd named my coaching business Forward Steps and named my ezine Triggers. Both are good, crisp names with regard communicating what I provide though unlikely to be searched.

Nowadays I make sure that my meta tags in my web source code have good keywords and that a couple of keywords are included in the website title plus content on the page.

Namaste, Thea
www.forwardsteps.com.au

Jun 24th 2007 21:30