I did it with the Flip camera (Non – HD)…. not quite sure how it will turn out but the quality is the minimum required for DVDish quality.

I think the biggest thing that can get you is the sound quality. The FLIP has a omni-directional microphone (picks up everything) so it has a tendency to pick up background noise and echos.

I ended up using a mattress + box springs + a few other material to help absorb the echo I was experiencing from the large tile floor room I was in.

The changes made a noticeable improvement in the sound quality.

I’ll be using the automated DVD fulfillment service of Kunaki.com… I will be doing a full write up on that later.

Direct Marketing:
Direct marketing is a sub-discipline and type of marketing. There are two main definitional characteristics which distinguish it from other types of marketing. The first is that it attempts to send its messages directly to consumers, without the use of intervening media. This involves commercial communication (direct mail, e-mail, telemarketing) with consumers or businesses, usually unsolicited. The second characteristic is that it is focused on driving a specific “call-to-action.” This aspect of direct marketing involves an emphasis on trackable, measurable positive (but not negative) responses from consumers (known simply as “response” in the industry) regardless of medium.

If the advertisement asks the prospect to take a specific action, for instance call a free phone number or visit a website, then the effort is considered to be direct response advertising.

Internet marketing is nothing new… it’s simply a new MEDIUM to send a sales message.

For those who wish to learn “Internet Marketing” will spend months or years running around in circles… simply because they are trying to understand the technology, the latest website trick, google adwords, affiliate marketing, etc, etc…

You need to learn “real marketing” a.k.a. Direct Response Marketing if you want to learn the underlying reason why people buy, how to hit their hot buttons, how to persuade them to take action and how to track results…

I’ve always been a big fan of Gary Halbert and I recently purchased every single book + tape + lecture on him I could from Seminar.org (currently sold out)

It’s good to see big internet marketers like Frank Kern give major props to Gary Halbert… these big guys like Joe Polish and others learned the basics of direct marketing and ONLY THEN went on to become big time in the internet marketing world…

Because I’d prefer to redundant instead of remiss I’ll say it again… FORGET INTERNET MARKETING… and concentrate on DIRECT RESPONSE MARKETING and then you don’t have to worry about the latest and greatest software, google’s new search engine change, etc, etc.

Knowing how true marketing persuades people to action…that knowledge transcends any and all marketing MEDIUMS… and at the end of the day – that’s all the internet is: just a way of getting a message across to people.

Joe Polish and Frank Kern giving props to Gary Halber:

The trick about the road to success is that it may not appear to be a road at all… it might actually look like a jungle!

Everyone else is on the paved road and they question you as to why you’re not on the road with everyone else.

They don’t understand why you’re heading off into the jungle, machete in hand..

The road to success doesn’t always HAVE to be a jungle but if jungle lays between you and your goals you had better start sharpening your blade!

Since I’m self employed I don’t have any “real” dental insurance and I had neglecting to go to the dentist for longer than I would like to admit.
I recently booked a trip to Costa Rica to get some dental work done – I documeted the whole process and I’m going to create an information product on it.

I have about 2 hours of audio/video interviews with the dentist and many of his US patients.

Information product creation is easier then you think!

“Chris Blackerby brings it home with this amazingly well articulated commentary on what making money online is really about. It’s not what you think either. At 2:40 seconds into the video he spills the beans big time. A must watch for anyone who’s serious about creating an on line income.”

This is a nice little post STOLEN – from www.TonyTGarden.com

Check out the post here:

http://tonyteegarden.com/secret-making-money-online/#comments

I’m sure you’ve heard her in the backround so here she is…

I just watched it and realized, “Wow… I sound like an idiot when I talk to my bird.” So YES I KNOW… but alas it’s too late.

Here is a direct mail critique of a 2nd follow up piece I got from one of the companies. This piece was very similar to the first piece.

If you are a true copywriter you understand sales, you understand marketing, you understand how to get a person to take action. I course in copywriting is really the best way to learn persuasion of any kind.

The Copywriting Grab Bag

Great seminar that I purchased from

http://www.seminar.org/nicholas1.htm

You can also download the first MP3 for free:
http://seminar.org/magicwords1.mp3