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		<title>Backlink Battleplan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backlink Battleplan is my first &#8220;premium&#8221; product. Actually, that&#8217;s not a very good way of putting it, because my free stuff tends to be pretty &#8220;premium&#8221; as well. Backlink Battleplan is the first product I&#8217;m actually going to ask you to pay for, then. Right now, though, it&#8217;s not available yet. And to pass the ...<div><a href="http://imimpact.com/backlink-battleplan/"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://imimpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Battleplan200-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Battleplan200" title="Battleplan200" /></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Backlink Battleplan is my first &#8220;premium&#8221; product. Actually, that&#8217;s not a very good way of putting it, because my free stuff tends to be pretty &#8220;premium&#8221; as well. Backlink Battleplan is the first product I&#8217;m actually going to ask you to pay for, then.</p>
<p>Right now, though, it&#8217;s not available yet. And to pass the time until it is, I&#8217;m going to be giving out some free tips, tools and techniques.</p>
<p>You can <a href="http://products.richquickreview.com/backlinkbattleplan/1/index.html">sign up here</a> to go get them.</p>
<p>Backlink Battleplan is all about building links and there are two things that really set it apart:</p>
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<ol>
<li>It gives you a clear, step-by-step site promotion plan to follow. Basically, you repeat all the steps in the Battleplan until your page reaches that #1 spot for your target keyword. Then you move on to the next site. <br />
 <span style="color: #ffffff;">-</span></li>
<li>It relies on automated link-building systems, but all of those systems are free. In other words, the Battleplan can save you a couple hundred bucks a month in paid tools. Or, you can add the free tools to your arsenal of paid ones and get even more links, even more quickly (hint: that&#8217;s what I do).</li>
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<p>Anyway, to get an impression of what this thing is all about, head on <a href="http://products.richquickreview.com/backlinkbattleplan/1/index.html">over here and sign up</a>.</p>
<p>Also: Please leave a comment below the free videos, letting me know what you think. Thanks!</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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		<title>Free Keyword Research Training</title>
		<link>http://imimpact.com/free-keyword-research-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just finished putting together a free keyword research training program, called “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Keyword Research, But Were too Afraid to Ask”. I know, silly title. You can get it by checking out the “Free Stuff” tab in the navigation bar, by clicking here or you can watch the video ...<div><a href="http://imimpact.com/free-keyword-research-training/"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://imimpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/DVDandCase200-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="DVDandCase200" title="DVDandCase200" /></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ve just finished putting together a free keyword research training program, called “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Keyword Research, But Were too Afraid to Ask”. I know, silly title.</p>
<p>You can get it by checking out the “Free Stuff” tab in the navigation bar, by <a href="http://imimpact.com/free-stuff/keyword-research-guide/">clicking here</a> or you can watch the video below to get some more details. Actually, you should really watch the video below, because there’s a catch to this deal and in the video, I explain what it is…</p>
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<p>Click here to get access the the <a href="http://imimpact.com/free-stuff/keyword-research-guide/">Keyword Research Training</a>!</p>
<p>If you’ve already seen the guide, I’d love to know what you think about it. Leave a comment below (also increases your awesomeness by 126%).</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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		<title>The Free Line</title>
		<link>http://imimpact.com/the-free-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eben Pagan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Vaynerchuk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post is about the concept of the “Free Line”, the line that separates stuff you give away for free from stuff that you charge for. The Free Line is a concept that I first heard Eben Pagan talk about (though I don’t know if he coined the term) and it’s one of the things ...]]></description>
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<p>This post is about the concept of the “Free Line”, the line that separates stuff you give away for free from stuff that you charge for. The Free Line is a concept that I first heard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Pagan">Eben Pagan</a> talk about (though I don’t know if he coined the term) and it’s one of the things that is drastically different in online marketing, compared to “traditional” offline marketing.</p>
<p>Read on to learn exactly what the Free Line is and how it’s placement can dramatically impact your business.</p>
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<h2>The Basic Concept</h2>
<p>As stated above, the Free Line is simply what separates your free products from your “premium” or paid products. The first interesting point about this is that there <em>is </em>a part of your product range that’s available for free. I’m sure you’re no stranger to this: In online marketing, everyone’s trying to give away free stuff, right? The typical example would be a short ebook report or a freebie to download (free theme, free sample, demo-version of a program…).</p>
<p>When we’re talking about the Free Line, it’s about more than just having some stuff that you give away for free, however. The question is <em>where</em> you are placing your Free Line, in other words: How much stuff you give away and how valuable that stuff is.</p>
<h2>Value</h2>
<p>Value and amount of freebies is where we see the big difference between online- and offline marketing. Offline, most things you can get for free are purely promotional (e.g. brochures, product catalogs,…). Online, you’ll often be offered real value. A brochure is something you wouldn’t pay for if you didn’t get it for free, since there’s almost no value in it. On the other hand, a limited-time trial of a piece of software has real value – as much value as the full program, during the time of the trial. And the same goes for free information products: Many businesses give away very valuable and useful information in the free guides they offer.</p>
<h2>Business Application</h2>
<p>Giving away free things is valuable in three ways:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Reputation<br />
</strong>By giving away something of real value for free, you position yourself favourably with your potential customers and the better your freebie is, the more likely people will remember you.</li>
<li><strong>Sign-Ups<br />
</strong>Most freebies are offered in exchange for an e-mail address. In fact, giving away free things is the most popular list-building technique out there.</li>
<li><strong>Trust<br />
</strong>The prospect can get an idea of your quality standard by checking out your free offering. If you’re giving away something really awesome for free, then your premium products must be worth looking at.</li>
</ol>
<p>Eben Pagan says that you should give away your best stuff for free, then create something better and sell that. He recommends that you push the free line further back, offer more things and more valuable things for free and then scale your prices in the back end. He himself lives this principle in his businesses: He always gives away a lot of valuable stuff and on the premium side, he holds $10’000 seminars, among other things.</p>
<h2>Your Free Line</h2>
<p>Are you aware of where you have placed the free line in your business? If it doesn’t exist yet (common in e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses), how can you create it? What is the best thing you can afford to give away for free? If you already have a free line, how can you push it back? How can you give away more value?</p>
<p>Whatever you do, don’t be afraid of the free line plunging you into poverty. If you’ve been watching the recent big launches in the make money online market, you’ve probably seen very generous free offers in the pre-launches. For example, Frank Kern gave away one of his earlier big courses and a very interesting list-building script during the pre-launch of List Control. We’ve seen many examples, lately, of marketers pushing back the free line and still raking in millions with their premium product.</p>
<p>What has your experience with free giveaways been? Do you appreciate them as a customer? Do you like to give things away to your prospects? Let me know in the comments!</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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		<title>WordPress Websites Made Easy: Free Guide</title>
		<link>http://imimpact.com/wordpress-websites-made-easy-free-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WordPress Websites Made Easy is the first free downloadable report made available on RichQuickReview. This is a very easy-to-follow guide on how to build your first website, completely from scratch, even if you’ve never done something like this before and can’t code (hint: neither can I). Check out this page for more details and the ...]]></description>
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<p>WordPress Websites Made Easy is the first free downloadable report made available on RichQuickReview. This is a very easy-to-follow guide on how to build your first website, completely from scratch, even if you’ve never done something like this before and can’t code (hint: neither can I).</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://imimpact.com/wordpress-websites-made-easy/">this page</a> for more details and the download link!</p>
<p>Obviously, I’m very excited to finally publish this guide and I’d love to get some feedback from you!</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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		<title>CRewriter &#8211; Free Article Spinning Application</title>
		<link>http://imimpact.com/crewriter-free-article-spinning-application/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software & Apps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I’m generally not a big fan of article spinning, I still make use of the technique here and there and I’m still going to be testing article marketing and rewriting software. Enter the CRewriter. This is an online application that you can use to make the article spinning process a bit simpler. Best of ...]]></description>
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<div class="message_box_content"><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>Unfortunately, CRewriter doesn&#8217;t exist anymore. As an alternative, I recommend you check out the free version of <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://spinchimp.com/" target="_blank">SpinChimp</a></span>.</div>
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<p>While I’m generally not a big fan of article spinning, I still make use of the technique here and there and I’m still going to be testing article marketing and rewriting software. Enter the CRewriter. This is an online application that you can use to make the article spinning process a bit simpler. Best of all, this tool is completely free to use.</p>
<p>Below, you’ll find a video showing the CRewriter in action and some more details about what it does and where you can find it.</p>
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<h2>Summary/Conclusion</h2>
<p>The CRewriter is a very neat tool that basically inserts the spinning syntax (curly brackets and pipes) for you. You still have to do the actual rewriting yourself and that’s a good thing, because it means no one is going to create horribly unreadable garbage like most automatic spinners produce.</p>
<p>Most importantly, <a href="http://crewriter.com/">CRewriter</a> lets you enter alternatives for entire sentences or any amount of text you like and it supports nested spinning. If you are serious about rewriting complete articles, you’ll get the best results by starting out with spinning large sections of text and then spinning sentences and words within those variations. This will result in the best kind of unique articles, if you can keep the overview over what you’ve spun and how the variations come together.</p>
<p>If it could handle larger portions of text without slowing down, this would be a flawless little tool. As it is, it’s still amazing value considering that it’s free to use.</p>
<p>What are your experiences with article spinning? Do you know and/or use tools like the one above or do you know a better one, perhaps? I’d love to hear your take on this!</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2336" title="signature" src="http://imimpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sigfirstname.png" alt="" width="107" height="51" /></p>
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		<title>The Keyword Minute (How The Hell Did I Miss This?)</title>
		<link>http://imimpact.com/the-keyword-minute-how-the-hell-did-i-miss-this/</link>
		<comments>http://imimpact.com/the-keyword-minute-how-the-hell-did-i-miss-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just today, I stumbled upon a small ebook/report by Brad Callen (the guy who made SEO Elite, Keyword Elite 2, the Article Submitter and lots of other Internet marketing goodies). This is a free, 36 page report that basically lists three quick and easy money-making tips. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Really? Some free ...]]></description>
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<p>Just today, I stumbled upon a small ebook/report by Brad Callen (the guy who made <a title="SEO Elite Review" href="http://imimpact.com/seo-elite-v4-0-review/">SEO Elite</a>, Keyword Elite 2, the <a title="Article Submitter Review" href="http://imimpact.com/article-submitter-review/">Article Submitter</a> and lots of other Internet marketing goodies). This is a free, 36 page report that basically lists three quick and easy money-making tips.</p>
<p>Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Really? Some free and easy ways to make cash? What else is new?”</p>
<p>I know that this kind of thing is a dime a dozen (if that) and free “secret” reports are being flogged left and right. This case was a little different though, for two reasons:</p>
<p>1. Someone recommended it to me (someone I trust).</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>2. I’ve general had very good experiences with Brad Callen products. So I didn’t dismiss this off-hand.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">&#8211;</span></p>
<p>To make a long story short: I downloaded the Keyword Minute, read it and was (slightly) amazed.</p>
<p>Yes, Callen’s software Keyword Elite 2 is pitched in the report. But there’s still really good value in there, even if you ignore the KE2 stuff. The three ideas are as simple as they are effective and somehow, they manage to be novel.</p>
<p>I should have gotten this report a long time ago, but somehow, I missed it. The way to get the report is to go to the <a href="http://imimpact.com/KE2">KE2 sales page</a> and wait for a few seconds. An opt-in box will pop onto the screen. Fill that out and you’ll get the Keyword Minute mailed to you.</p>
<p>It costs nothing and it’s good. Go for it and apply what you learn. <a href="http://richquickrevie.com/KE2">Click here</a> to get the Keyword Minute.</p>
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