After weeks of planning I finally recorded my first interview.
My victim was traffic champion and all round nice person, Sally Neill.

When I first asked her she had not yet won the competition and I had just read her blog post
about her David Walker interview. I think she said yes out of sympathy but hey, if it works…

Actually, I wonder if you could get a great sales letter that would get sales by sympathy? Maybe not.

Anyway, After Sally said yes, the long preparation began. Here were my steps.

How I built an instant membership Site

Even a child could do this!

Ok, as part of my goal plan, I committed myself to building (or rather having built for me)
at least 3 membership sites.

My last post announced the arrival of the first of these sites

http://contentgoldclub.com

However, I have had several requests from fellow marketers asking how I built the site,
the scripts I used, who writes the content, etc.

So, for the benefit of anyone who wants their own membership site, here are the steps I took.

Ok as promised, here is a review of my new site.

My new site is called Content Gold Club and it solves some of the common problems new marketers face.

1. I don’t have a product!

With Content Gold Club you get new, fresh reports every month on hot topics, which you can rebrand with your details. They come with sales pages and download pages ready to be edited with your details and uploaded to your website.

Each month you will also get a video set with website as before. Videos are very popular these days as a teaching tool so this is a valuable feature.

OK in a mad flurry of activity I have taken action on several of Alex’s suggestions.

First, I am driving traffic like mad to Alex’s traffic training site using Twitter.

I have set up some automated tweets directing people to his site. I do, however keep up my normal tweets as I don’t want to be accused of spamming.

The unfortunate thing about Twitter is that you get loads of clicks but very few sales.
To date I have 685 clicks and no sales. Not to worry though:-)

Glad you asked.

What do you do when the very thing you are working towards seems to sabotage your attempts to succeed?
Since my last post I have welcomed a new member to my family in the form of a golden retriever puppy.

If anyone out there wants to avoid sleep and pick up poo, I highly recommend it. It’s not all bad of course, it just disrupted my schedule for a while.

Or, perhaps I was looking for excuses again?

Well, they say it’s hard to climb a smooth mountain!

Yesterday I sent an email through the Perfect Traffic Storm email system to 2000 subscribers, inviting them over to my blog. I was sure it would increase my traffic.

After I sent it, I realised that I had forgotten to add a link to my site or even tell them the address. D’oh!

I did get one reply asking for the link though. That made my evening

Anyone else had a ‘moment’ on their journey?

All the best,

Dave

OK, so you’ve set up your website, posted a few posts on your blog and visited others’ blogs. You’ve made the commitment to yourself that this time you’re going to be a success and you’re raring to go.

With all this enthusiasm and time on the keyboard, you can’t fail. You will succeed. Follow the plan and you will achieve your dreams.

But now you fall into the trap. If you haven’t already, keep reading. It may happen to you and it’s important that you recognise it when it happens. How you handle the ‘trap’ will mean the difference between success and possible failure. This is the ‘trap’ that has stopped me in all my previous attempts to succeed.

Hi friends,

I didn’t actually hit a wall. I was checking my stats and, although I have been doing everything I have been told to do, the numbers weren’t as high as I had hoped, so I got a bit disheartened. Then I stopped myself and gave myself a good shake, which is a lot harder to do than it sounds

What is the difference between success in your new online venture and failure?

There are many answers to this of course, but for the purposes of this article I am referring to the mindset of the individual entrepreneur. A decision needs to be made up front, before the practical steps of getting an internet presence are established. But what do I really mean by a decision?