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How To Get Testimonials For A Brand-New Product

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

A reader writes:
When launching a new product, what is the best way to get your initial testimonials for the site? Can you launch without them?
Yes, you can release a new product without testimonials… If you have previous products with testimonials, you can list them as a “character reference”.
You can also use the fact that it’s [...]

What New Training Videos Do You Want Or Need?

Monday, September 1st, 2008

I’m about to make a bunch more training videos and need your feedback on what would help you the most with your online business. (As a reminder, past marketing training videos can be found here)
Please give me your requests by either adding to the comments below, or using the http://www.timgross.com/contact form.
Note: You’ll need to be [...]

How NOT To Advertise A Sale…

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

The reason I haven’t been posting lately is that I’ve been on a 2-week cruise in Italy, Greece and Turkey.  No Internet.  Good times.
On the island of Mykonos, Greece (great place by the way!), there’s this sign, painted on the storefront itself:

Heh, heh… If your “Sale” sign is painted onto your building, it’s [...]

List Of Top Ways I’ve Made Money Online

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

There are (luckily) many different ways to make money online. To give you an idea, here’s a list of some of the things I’ve done:
Create & Sell “How To” Training Products - The number of sales I’ve made of downloadable ebooks is in the six figures. If you can teach people something valuable [...]

test post using my iphone

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

I just got the new iPhone,and since I’ll be doing some extensive travelling in a couple of weeks, I thought I’d try making a test post to the blog using it to see what I’m in for.Verdict: it takes longer to type. I know, shocking.

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addthis_title [...]

What Element Is Most Important For YOUR Customers’ Satisfaction?

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Everybody theoretically wants their customers to be as satisfied as possible… Higher satisfaction equals less refunds and more repeat purchases.
But have you ever tried to figure out what factors are the most important for your customers? Most people don’t… and if you ask them, their answers may surprise you.
I’m in the market for a new [...]

User-Generated Websites Being Held More Liable

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The Viacom v.s. YouTube lawsuit indicates that online companies are starting to have more responsibility for their users’ copyright violations.   Here’s the quote:
The legal tide may be turning against many of the most popular companies on the Web. Numerous Internet companies, from YouTube and Flickr (YHOO) to eBay (EBAY) and MySpace (NWS), have built their [...]

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