Do you know if they let you host the sites/pages on your own server? And did they get things worked out where you can use your own Aweber acct? Also, do you know if they provide sites for other niches than just IM? I'm not really wanting to get into that for obvious reasons.

Thanks,
Terry

Using a free autoresponder and then later shifting to a paid autoresponder will lead to loss of subscribers, because you'll have a hard time convincing your existing subscribers to re-subscribe to another mailing list.

If you wish to treat internet marketing as a business, you will need to invest in a domain name, web hosting, and paid autoresponder services.

Yes, there's always the free route, and the successful ones I've heard about do not make use of mailing lists. They only use free blog sites and AdSense (and a bit affiliate marketing, too).

In your March 15, 2008 response to me, you stated:

"2. The ASB system allows you to use only Aweber. My team of techies, however, knows how to incorporate a non-Aweber autoresponder. May I know which autoresponder you use?"

Would it be possible to edit the HTML code in the ASP
landing page so it could use a FREE autoresponder, such
as freeautobot.com? The paid autoresponders, such as
Aweber, are too expensive for beginners and until a person
really improves their abilities to promote, the free
autoresponder is probably all they need, for a while anyway.
They can always advance to the paid autoresponders if they
start to get good at promoting and getting a lot of paid
customers.

Thanks!

Nancy

WOW, thanks for the info, I didn't realise the phrase was worth that much. Oh well I will put it down to being a newbie and still learning the ropes. It sure helps to get feedback from experts like you. Very much appreciated and I will keep trying to improve my blog and sometime in the future, when I know a bit more, I will set up a website.
Thanks again,
Con

I checked your 5-page Blogspot site, and only found two pages listed in Google. No wonder you didn't get as many clients as you had hoped for. And as far as the phrase "australian visa" is concerned, online advertisers are estimated to spend $20 to $170 each day (according to Spyfu).

I haven't conducted the required keyword research, but something tells me your visa site, when fully developed, will earn much more than a site about home biz.

Okay there is no doubt some that have made good money but before I hand out my hard earned cash I would like to see a lot more positive reviews. There are so many money making ideas on the web that it is hard to establish what works and what doesn't and it can be rather confusing to a newbie like me.

Actually I have found web marketing to be rather frustrating because there is so much hype that makes a person think that you can put up a site one day and be instantly flooded with customers overnight.

I am ashamed to admit that I fell into that trap. About two months ago I established a blog, http://australianpathwaysmigration.blogspot.com/, thinking that it was the easiest way to get on the web and make my fortune. Sure putting up the blog was easy getting clients was entirley a different matter. I have no idea why it hasn't been very successful. Maybe because visas and migration aren't an everyday search topic.

I am considering another blog featuring home businesses and other money making ideas and hopefully this time I will be more successful. I was also thinking ASB would be good to promote but I will leave it alone for now.
Regards,
Con

Nancy

[From Manuel] You're welcome, Nancy! Good to see the comment box is now working.

1. If you refer people to ASB using your affiliate link, you will earn a 75% commission, less processing/transaction fees. ASB is selling at $37 a month right now, so you will earn around $25 per month, for every referred subscriber who continues being a subscriber.

I hear that the $37 monthly price will be increased to $97 in the coming weeks. If that happens, your referral commission will be about $70 per month, for every referred subscriber who continues being a monthly member.

2. The ASB system allows you to use only Aweber. My team of techies, however, knows how to incorporate a non-Aweber autoresponder. May I know which autoresponder you use?

3. I'll make a post about how to build Video Squeeze Pages (works for those who do not use the pre-built video opt-in pages created by ASB).

So I am trying to gather the info for ASB too- My question other than list building since it was said that you can use your own autoresponder so thats answered my first question but my second question is duplicate content - if we all have the same squeeze page - video and articles (which i assume you are allowed to use your own or at least rewrite them? Then other than ppc wouldnt the duplicate content make it difficult to rank?? I mean it does seem there is a lot of work done for you but to me its all dupilcate so wont that hurt you? First time to this blog manuel and love it!!!

Krista

Thank you for your inside and also all the people for comments. I was considering ASB for 1 of my IM sites, but now I have my doubts about it. Especially if I don't like my own list building/ezine marketing.
(yeah, yeah, I Know Your comments, so spare it please! I Always made More money just by promoting Affiliate programs than some stupid time-consuming email marketing)

Anyway, does anybody know/could recommend any other program WITHOUT a list building?

Thanks

Dagmar