Results from my $100 challenge are in!

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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

  • http://rboczkogmail.blogspot.com/ Reg Boczko

    Hey Jim the book is GREAT and love Off Line Biz… Keep up the good work of helping us all to be a successful as you…

  • Brittany

    Hey Jim, where on offlinebiz.com can we read about Mr. Orr's success with working with the real estate agency and being paid $3k/house to create video on ebay and youtube? Would I have to be a gold member to read how he did it?

    [[reply from Jim]]: Yep – gold members (paying members) of offlinebiz.com get access to the "members only" discussion area. That's where his discussion is. It's well worth the price of admission to join as a paid member of OfflineBiz.com

  • http://hillbillydirect.com Jeromy

    I am not surprised you didn't have any 'winners'. Well I suppose you actually did, chances are folks that implimented the plan you put together made more than the prize amount (for not making anything).

    I have not tried the process myself, but read the steps. I know here in my community, there are loads of businesses that either, don't have a website, or aren't using it to the best of its ability.

    I wonder if you could reference that letter again that Willy did? I do intend to start inplimenting this. But first I am trying to learn to stay focused on the task at hand.

    I think one of the most common reasons people fail in the Online business world is information overload, lack of focus and action. If you are looking for a business model to start online, check out the challenge, even though its done, the information is helpful. If you have capacity to add this service, do it.

    I am in the midst of finishing my main website http://www.hillbillydirect.com . Once done, I will have this listed as a service (either on this site or a more location specific site). The cool thing is you really don't need to be a web designer or programer to impliment Offline Biz. eLance and many others enable us to simply find the job, pass it on to a freelancer and profit from it.

    Thanks Jim, your posts are always top of my list for reading and value!

    Cheers,

    Jeromy

  • http://beginnersmakeownwebsite.com Ian McAllister

    I can see why you said it would be worth $100 to you to get the cleaned list that we have tried.

    I've been working through the 64-page local directory, and reached page 28, and only found four people that meet the requirements. Most businesses are either broke or franchises.

    However, I can see that it would work, and will continue creating a list. I'll eventually reach the 30 for my first week.

    [[reply from Jim]]: There are far too many people getting results the first few days to allow those negative comments to stand! Just because it's a franchise does not prevent them from being a client either. The easiest businesses to work with aren't franchises, but don't get stuck on that point! You need to talk to a handful of people that own their own businesses and you'll quickly see how little they know about Internet Marketing and how useful your knowledge could be to them. OfflineBiz.com is full of people doing amazing things and getting started quickly. It all starts with talking to a couple people. Don't worry about "knowing it all" or contacting only the perfect clients. Start talking…it's that simple. The success rate in this business is huge for those that take a simple step of action.

  • http://runningandnutrition.com Mike

    I guessed it! Before reading through about the results, I figured that no one would ask for the $100. A lot of skeptics are turning to believers!

  • http://waterworks4fuel.com Jim Terry

    Hi Jim. I am retired from the daily trading of hours for dollars. One of the reasons is my age, but I hope to do something with my time as I enjoy working on hobbies too.The reason I am writing to you is that I hope that I can get an insight from you in how to work the site into a business and not just a hobby. I am not sure of the technical steps to take to make this thing pay. I have sold 4 product sales through clickbank since may of 2008. its now March 09. Its not impressive but it is a start. Its all in the nich of hho fuel concepts. I am still looking for the keys to success. If you use the search terms waterworks and fuel you should see my site on google. Well at least I am trying. Well its late at night so I will be in touch again, so I will tell you I'll be back again in the future.

    Maybe I can learn something from you by reading your stuff.

    Jim T.