I was shocked when I saw the photo of Mr. Storm Trooper… but when I saw the video…
I fell on the floor laughing like a crazed Wookie… or even an Ewok!
Yes, that’s right ladies and gentleman. Someone finally took me up on my offer and picked himself up a WhackedOut Marketing tee-shirt and sent me a photo of himself wearing it. Not only that, but he also recorded a video! It’s hilarious!
Now the deal is that anyone who takes a photo of themselves wearing a WhackedOut Marketing tee-shirt Continue Reading »
What’s the matter, spending $3,000,000 for a commercial to air during Super Bowl XLIII sound a little too steep for you?
How’s a measly $100 sound?
Yesterday, a new website, HundredDollarSuperBowlAd.com launched and plans on dropping $300,000.00 from the sky during Super Bowl XLIII.
Where’s the $300,000 going to come from? It’ll come from the money generated from selling a TON of $100 ad spots on their website.
To advertise your business, all you need to do is select your state, city, click on an open ad spot, pay your $100 bucks and send them in image you’d like displayed along with your URL.
It sure is a WhackedOut Marketing idea that puts a spin on the whole Million Dollar Home Page craze awhile back… But will it work? Let’s dig into this One Hundred Dollar Super Bowl Ad idea a little more… Continue Reading »
You just never know when these WhackedOut Marketing ideas are going to appear. Oddly enough most of my ideas come while I’m in the shower and I often find myself in some interesting situations. (Remind me to share one of the stories with you sometime…)
Even while I wrote the above, an idea for a waterproof notebook that you could hang in the shower appeared to me. Think about it… Just imagine being able to capture all of your ideas that come to you while in the shower! I may be onto something here…
I quickly did a search online to see if any such thing exists. Darn… thought I had some new WhackedOut idea here. They already make waterproof notebooks. See here and here. I may have to get a few of these…
Anyway, I had another WhackedOut Marketing idea come to me and I thought I’d share it with you. Normally all sorts of wild and WhackedOut ideas pop into Continue Reading »
UPDATE: Want to know how I’ve made seven-figures marketing online in a unique way and why I’ve decided to pack up and leave the ‘traditional’ internet marketing business? Go to: http://www.robert-hawthorne.com Note… yes, that is ME… the guy behind WhackedOut Marketing.
Before I dive into everything you need to know when it comes to learning how to change your Twitter background, here’s the inside scoop as to how this Twitter backgrounds post came to be…
The past few days have been an all-out WhackedOut work-a-thon. In other words, I’ve been crazy busy. However, yesterday I did take a few mental breaks and decided to see how difficult it was to change my Twitter background.
Edit: I just finished writing the post below. This very well could be the most WhackedOut blog post I’ve made yet - and could very well change a family’s life during the Holidays. That is of course if someone is willing to get out of their comfort zone and take action!
I accidently glanced at some headlines this morning and saw some crazy numbers as far as retail sales numbers, November jobless stats, etc.
Photo Of A Pine Cone Relaxing.
Now I’m not here to talk about the economy and doom and gloom all over you. The media does enough of that to you.
What I do want to do is wake you up a little.
Here, step into my lab and take a seat.
Now r..e…l….a…x….. deep breath. Again. Relax.
There, nice and relaxed. All the worries and stress melting away. Are you feeling relaxed and comfortable? Well, if you are then…
Wake The &#!* Up!
You want to make it out there? You got to get up and start hustling. If you want to thrive Continue Reading »
If you found another blog or website that stole an image (or several of them) from you and they’re using the images (which are being hosted on YOUR server) on their blog or site right now, here’s how to perform a Digital Whack Job on them.
First, a little background… This idea was inspired by a recent post I wrote called, “Attention Fellow Bloggers: People May Be Stealing From You!“, and the comment posted by Erum. Basically, someone just copied an image from my site and posted it on their blog. The image is still linked to my site, so I’m basically hosting the image for them and it’s eating some of my bandwidth.
Yesterday Erum made a comment on the above post and said:
“Pssst don’t just change the image name. Replace it with one that says ‘This image is stolen’.”
What a great idea Erum! I jumped on it this morning. Below are the images that I created, Continue Reading »
If you’d like to know the whole story, check out the video I just recorded (seen below). Now as I mention in the video, there are some important marketing lessons learned from a Christmas tree that falls not just once, and messes up all of the lights, but later falls again and shatters 30-40 glass bulbs, breaks limbs, and nearly gives my dog a heart attack.
So without further ado, here’s what I learned starting from when we first purchased this Christmas Disaster tree…
Fallen Christmas Tree Lessons
Lesson 1: When someone is trying to sell you something, bigger is not always better.
When talking to the Christmas tree dude at Home Depot, we discussed the size of the tree we needed. The conversation lead to how high our ceiling is and how great it would look to have this massive tree in our living room. Before we knew it, we left with one of the tallest trees they had.
When it comes to purchasing “how-to” marketing products online, sometimes buying the biggest course you can find on the subject matter you’re interested in isn’t the best move. Some of the best information comes in easy-to-swallow bits of information via ebooks, videos, blogs, etc. And of course, when it comes to Christmas trees, sometimes bigger isn’t always better.
Lesson 2: If a product launch fails once, find the problem fix it, then try again.
When the Christmas tree fell the first time, (just after I had spent a couple of hours stringing 14 or so strings of lights almost perfectly and hiding all the wires) I realized the tree must have not been as secure in the base as I had thought it was. I had to pick up the tree and really work hard to secure the tree in the base so it’ll stay in there for good.
If your product or business launch fails (or falls) on the first try, pick it up, and do whatever is needed to build a more solid foundation (think Christmas tree stand), such as recruiting more affiliates and JV Partners, ensuring the copy on your website is top-notch, etc.
Lesson 3: If your entire business crashes and things break, you may have set up the wrong foundation.
Once we spent another couple of hours hanging countless boxes of red and gold glass bulbs on the tree, we finally got a chance to take a step back and awe our work. We had our Christmas tree. Finally after multiple trips to Garden Ridge, Home Depot, Lowes, and other stores, the frustration, dealing with Christmas tree lights that contained lead, and many other factors, it was all worth it.
An hour later, I was up in my office and heard a loud CRASH, SMASH, BANG, and pops from the glass bulbs shattering on our tile floor. I knew the tree had fallen… I just didn’t know how bad it was. Glass was everywhere. About a gallon of water was everywhere on the floor. It was a mess.
I was amazed to see that the Christmas tree was still connected to the stand and that the whole tree, stand and all had tipped over.
This makes me think about the many product launches we’ve seen where servers crash on launch day. The proper foundations were not set up to handle the traffic to their site and the servers and site crashed and burned. As you learned in # 2, having a secure foundation on the marketing side is important. But here, you also want to have the proper foundation (servers), not to mention the right size (bandwidth) foundation in place before you launch a new website/business.
Lesson 4: If all else fails, toss it aside in your backyard and move on.
After 5-rolls of waterlogged paper towels, 3 shopping bags full of glass, and a garbage back full of hundreds of pine needles and branches, it was time to throw in the towel. We removed the few bulbs that remained on the tree, ripped the lights off, and then I carried the tree corpse to it’s current resting place… our backyard.
How did all this happen? I did not do my proper research when looking at tree stands. Although the box said that it could support up to a 10-foot tree, they must have only tested it with a small, skinny 10-foot tree. I should have went with a stand that could support up to a 15-foot tree, just to be on the safe side.
Do your research before setting up a Christmas tree and of course, before you launch your business/website. Too many people dive right into a niche without doing their homework. Research the niche, then set up your foundations both on the marketing and technical side to ensure your business (tree) stands tall.
Sometimes we get excited about an opportunity, dive right in, only to crash and burn a few days, weeks, or months later. I’ve been there and done that many, many times back in the day. If for whatever reason that opportunity or business crashes, get out the broom, pick up the mess, then seek out a new opportunity or market that you’ll do our due diligence on.
Lesson 5: Opportunities often arise after a crash.
One example here is the economy. We’re in a recession which is one of, if not THE best times to launch a new business.
Now take my Christmas tree incident here. I was able to find an opportunity to build my business a little because of the crash. I posted some comments on Facebook, Twitter, and of course, here on my blog about our mishap. I tried to make what would normally be a frustrating time a little amusing for others at my own expense.
And because of that, over the last couple of days I have exposed myself and my blog to many new people, and the number of new viewers is growing every minute. Even as I write this I see an email has just come in letting me know someone new is following me on Twitter. How cool is that!?
Lesson 6: It’s the Holiday Season and it’s time for me to launch…
“The Limited Edition WhackedOut Holiday Sales Letter And Consulting Super Saver Special!”
Need a sales letter for a new product you’re working on or recently completed?
Well you’re in for a treat! For the month of December, I’ve decided to take on three or so new clients at a totally WhackedOut discounted price for a sales letter.
I’ve written many salesletters over the years and had some big homeruns recently that allowed one of my clients to bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in pure profit thanks to the sales letter I wrote for him. The conversion rates have been crazy. You wouldn’t believe me even if I posted them here.
Over the years I’ve written sales letters for myself and my clients that have brought in over a million dollars, over $700,000 in the first week, over $300,000 the first week, and many others that generated numbers into the six-figures, along with many smaller small niche salesletters that generate thousands of dollars fo my clients.
Anyway, contact me and I’ll show you samples of my copywriting. Let me know what you need, when you need it, and I’ll offer you my WhackedOut Holiday Super Saver Special discounted price.
Need some consulting for your product or business launch?
I’m known as the “Idea Guy” in a few marketing circles I frequent. My consulting services are also included in the WhackedOut Holiday Super Saver Special discount I’m running this month. Contact me and we can discuss your needs.
If you’re doing any sort of keyword research, this is a really cool free keyword tool that you can use to do some snooping around.
All you need to do is type in a website address and Google will show you a large list of keywords that Google feels the website is about. Now understand that this is brand new and in beta, so you may get some strange non-matching results for a few keywords I noticed.
You can also see how much it would cost you per click on AdWords, and you can also add your own keywords or phrases to your search to get laser-targeted keywords, phrases, etc.
If you want to dive down even deeper, you can change the categories on the left and also click on “More Filters” to really get down into the nitty-gritty.
Pretty cool stuff.
I typed in one of my niche website addresses and was AMAZED by some of the keywords and phrases that were displayed - some of which gave me a few new ideas. :) Check it out! http://www.google.com/sktool/
Alright, so I broke the rule of not posting on my blog daily. Shame on me. The reason is because I’ve been quite busy working with some copywriting clients and some top secret projects. (I know, that is no excuse.) Besides that we went on a trip for by 30th birthday and we’re headed out on another trip in a few days to Mexico for another top secret project with the Government.
So many secrets…
Sadly, I will not have Internet access at the undisclosed location we’re staying at in Mexico for several days, so it looks like this blog will be sitting here quietly for a few days again.
However, I have a backlog of totally crazy WhackedOut Marketing information that I need to share with you ASAP. So when I return, get ready for many new posts that will no doubt make your head spin.
Two Top Secret Reports
One of the things that I’ll be sharing with you is two reports that I wrote a couple weeks back. One of them is a top secret method that I’ve used to make as much as $5,000 in profit on eBay using a truly unique method that can be duplicated in ANY niche. Other times I’ve used the top secret method, I’ve made a few thousand here, a few thousand there… and sometimes only a few hundred.
It’s been something that I’ve been doing off and on for YEARS and I’ve never ever disclosed HOW I do it with anyone. But one day while I was in the writing mood, I wrote a quick report on my top secret eBay profits method that I’ve been thinking about making public to just 97 people. I’ll fill you in on the details when I return.
The other top secret report was written after I wrote the eBay report. It’s about a new Product Launch Method I created - and it’s something that can be used in your on-going marketing for any product or service in any niche. So it’s not just for product launches…. it’s something that EVERYONE should be using if they market any product or service on the Internet.
I have yet to see ONE (besides the one I did a little while ago) marketer using this method in their marketing.
In fact, it’s so profound that I firmly believe that once you read the report, you’ll say “I get it!” and you’ll spend a couple of hours putting everything into place.
Now, I’m doing my best not to “hype” this up - but it’s very, very exciting. I know it works, I’ve seen the results, and you’ll nearly kill your competition in any market - and they won’t know what hit them.
In other news…
Blog makes $600+ profit in first 30 days
I mention on a page somewhere on this site that I’ll not be providing income stats like many other blogs out there today. However, I just wanted to point out something to you and you will never ever see me post anything like this again.
Ever.
This blog that you’re looking at right now made over $600 in profit within the first 30 days of going live. I think that’s pretty cool and adds a little spice of motivation for me to keep posting daily (when I’m not traveling the world on top secret missions).
The only reason why I decided to share this with you today is simply because I wanted to provide a little motivation for you to start your own blog on any subject. Do you collect sand samples when you travel to different beaches? Blog about it! Do you like to garden? Blog about it! Do your neighbors drive you crazy with their very, very odd behaviors? Blog about it!
Just think… if you have a few blogs making $100 or so a month, you’ll never have to worry about gas prices and you can ignore the conversations instead of bitching and complaining like the rest of them. Instead you can tell people that whenever you want money for gas, you sit down and write for 10 minutes. That’ll really make their heads spin.
Alright - I’ll be back soon…
-R
P.S… I received my Nitro Quattro course in the mail yesterday. I’ll be providing a complete review of the Internet Marketing Course with you soon. It’s HUGE and HEAVY. I’ve thumbed through some of the manual this AM and I’m VERY impressed!
