The keys to the kingdom

Posted by admin in Email Marketing tips, Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2009 | 5 comments

Today I’m going to ask myself a tough question and give an honest answer.

I’ll be pretending I’m a skeptical reader of this newsletter and I’m going to come right out and hit myself between the eyes.

Here goes…here’s the question…

“Jim, why do I keep reading your awful newsletter?”

Just kidding…that’s not the question. I’m just making sure you are paying attention.

Here’s the real question:

“Jim, how is it possible to pursue ALL of these great ideas that you put in your newsletter? Aren’t you just encouraging ‘shiny object’ chasing?”

Here’s my answer:

You’ll NEVER be truly successful as an entrepreneur of any kind until you learn and APPLY the power of LEVERAGE.

Leverage is THE key to the kingdom.

Here’s how successful “Multiple-Income-Steam” entrepreneurs treat all good ideas using leverage.

o  They collect good ideas from many places.
o  They gravitate towards RESIDUAL ideas.
o  They sort the ideas by their potential and relevance to their goals.
o  If possible they pay others a few dollars to test them.
o  If an idea works they pay a little more to ramp it up and launch it.
o  They monitor results and continually add new streams to the list.
o  They treat their own time as the most precious commodity

While it is possible to do all of this yourself, it will take YEARS longer to get where you are trying to go if you take that path. It will cost you FAR MORE  if you ignore “leverage”.

I’ve been paying others to do most of my “work” for several years now. I’m committed to ONLY doing the things that ONLY I can do.

A few examples…

o  I don’t run my own eBay biz any longer.
o  I don’t put my newsletter together (I do write it though).
o  I don’t do my own email support

My time is wasted on those necessary yet profitable activities.

I’ve also committed to pursuing opportunities that provide a residual return. I like to work a little now and keep getting paid long after the hard work is done.

The ideas I present in this newsletter are nearly ALL ideas that require minimal work on your part. They are all residual in nature. The “work” can be done by others.

Where can you find such help?

I’ve been learning a lot about the Philippines lately. You can hire full-time help there for pennies on the dollar of value. We have already hired some help from there and plan to hire a lot more!

Here’s a recording that will tell you all about it if you are ready to take hold of the keys to the kingdom:

http://www.offlinebiz.com/johnjonas.html

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Results from my $100 challenge are in!

Posted by admin in Creative Ideas on Jan 12th, 2009 | 6 comments

Toward the beginning of December I put my OWN MONEY where my mouth is and I issued a $100 challenge to my entire customer* mailing list of about 36,000 people.

The challenge?

Simply complete a two hour assignment and if you didn’t get results I’d pay up. The details were spelled out step by step and literally ANYONE could complete the task.

To be honest I was a bit nervous issuing the challenge.

Literally THOUSANDS of people read the challenge and a good number of people took me up on it.

I’ll bet you are wondering how many people bombed out and asked for their $100?

Would you believe that NO ONE wound up seeking the hundred?

Zip, zero, nada.

Now why is that do you suppose?

It’s either because out of the 36,000+ people that saw the offer NO ONE did the work (although I know that’s not true from the pile of email I got), OR…

This stuff actually works.

Need some proof? Check out the newsletter article about the STACK of testimonials we got in just a few days last week!

My challenge seems to have motivated some folks to action and if you happened to notice we had a LOAD of great testimonials in the newsletter last week. People are taking action and getting results.

Want to see the challenge for yourself? It’s on the resource page that is only made available to customers that buy my book at SilentSalesMachine.com.

Bottom line: Check out OfflineBiz.com. That’s where nearly 3,000 people that “get it” are hanging out and helping each other out on the forums. Simply taking action goes a long way when the business model is this solid.

*Customers = people that bought my book Silent Sales Machine and then signed up for my newsletter

The newsletter is online

Posted by admin in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2009 | 2 comments

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In this newsletter:
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1. In just the past FEW DAYS…
2. What to sell on eBay? PRINTS!
3. Quick tips:
- Behind the scenes tour
- Road trip to San Diego

Newsletter on audio and emailed out this week

Posted by admin in Creative Ideas, General on Jan 6th, 2009 | 17 comments

In this newsletter:

  • A great week of success for so many people!
  • A new eBay Niche and free bonus for MySilentTeam.com members
  • Take an “insider” tour of OfflineBiz.com
  • Meet me in San Diego Jan 23rd? (details are on the December 22nd blog post below)

    • This week we emailed out the newsletter and I recorded it for you. Enjoy both or take your pick. Leave me feedback…which do you like? Want both? Click the comment button below to ask a question or leave a comment.

    The newsletter is online

    Posted by admin in Uncategorized on Jan 5th, 2009 | 0 comments

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    In this newsletter:
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    1. PERSONAL: Last newsletter?
    2. Consignment selling on eBay making a come back?
    3. Turn $1 into $50
    4. Quick Tips
    - Join us in sunny San Diego