"The
Dynamic Duo
of Internet Marketing!"
Spotlight
on...
Lenise Ramsey &
Amanda Silver
These attractive
beach bunnies from Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have put their
collective savvy together to deliver an effective one-two punch to
the Internet marketing community!
Lenise Ramsey is 37
years old and a full time teacher at a local college. She has
been married to Randy for (congratulations!) 17 years, and they have
three lovely children. Lenise's 32 year old sister Amanda
Silver has a bachelor's degree in Social Work and, before becoming a
full-time mommy, worked for the Department of Social Services.
She has been married to HER dearly beloved for 11 years, and the
Silvers also have three children.
Though neither has
any formal training in business or marketing, Amanda and Lenise,
working their business together under the name "SisBiz,"
are proving to be a real Dynamic Duo!
Let's see what
insights this dynamic "pair of performers" can give
us.....
Stan:
"So, ladies, you're both obviously well educated, each with a
college degree. What was your previous, pre-Big Dogs, Internet
marketing experience? I guess what I'm interested in is, did
your education enable you to have immediate success on the Internet?
Lenise:
"I have been marketing on the Internet FOREVER - or at least it
seems like it. I'm
embarrassed to even tell you the number of programs and companies
I've tried. And I could
paper my house with the marketing manuals and e-books I've bought
over the years! Before
Big Dogs, my husband referred to my online business as an 'expensive
hobby!'"
Amanda:
"I'm a complete newbie! I've
only had a computer and an internet connection for a few months.
I was interested in what Lenise was doing online, but I never
considered getting involved until I left my job to be a full-time
mom. We needed some extra income, and I was exploring
possibilities when Lenise suggested that we work as a team in an
online business. I
laughed because I didn't even know how to surf the web or the
difference between a CPU and a URL.
Let me tell you - I'm not laughing now.
Big Dogs made perfect sense to me from the beginning.
I even surprised myself at how quickly I learned what I
needed to know. Now I
manage all of our safelists on a daily basis (we send out about
65,000 emails a day on safelists) and help with writing the ads and
headlines. I'm having a
blast doing this!"
Stan:
"I gather then that you weren't the proverbial overnight
success on the Internet. How has Big Dogs affected your
marketing efforts?"
Lenise:
"This is going to sound like a bad cliché, but reading the
Secrets of the Big Dogs e-book was like having a giant light bulb
going off in my head. For
me, the e-book was the missing piece of the puzzle. The advice I had
read over the years suddenly made sense and I could see what I was
doing wrong and how I could start doing things right.
One of the most valuable pieces of information for me was the
Fast-Track Tutorials. It's
easy to get lost in the wealth of information on each program's home
page. By using the Fast-Track Tutorial, I was able to move easily
through each of the programs, stay focused, and get comfortable with
each one. That's
important. So many
times in the past, I have sat staring at my computer, wondering just
exactly what I should be doing.
Now - halleluiah
- the indecision and ambiguity are gone!
When it is time to do my daily tasks, I know exactly what to
do and how to do it. It's
so exciting to realize this knowledge is mine for keeps!
I can market anything I choose...and I never have to feel
like I am in the dark again!"
Stan:
"Thanks, Lenise. I know exactly what you mean. When
I started out and was just learning the 'online ropes,' it took me
days (and in a few cases WEEKS) to learn how to use each of the
C.H.I.P. programs. Then, when I was developing the Big
Dogs concept, I knew that if I was having so much trouble others
would also. That's when I got the idea for the Fast-Track
tutorials, which are designed to help even the newest of newbies to
get up and running with each C.H.I.P. program in a matter of
MINUTES."
"Now
tell me about your ads. All of our Big Dogs enjoy reading how
successful ladies like yourselves manage to put together a winning
sales message."
Lenise:
"In our ads, we try to be real.
There is SO much hype and garbage out there.
People aren't looking for that - they are looking for someone
they can trust, someone they can relate to, someone who will be
honestly willing to help them. That's what we try to say in our ads. We include our main email address and phone number so people
have real contact information if they want to check us out.
The real trick - one that we are still learning - is writing
a headline that is mysterious enough to get people to open it and
yet doesn't make them feel 'fooled' after they do.
Here's one of our ads....."
Subject Line:
"Why are you
sending me emails?"
Sales Message:
"Hello
friend!"
"If you are
trying to promote your business online, the LAST thing you need is
to hear is that someone else’s business is so much better than
yours – or how the only way you will ever make money online is
by quitting YOUR business and joining THEIRS.
BOLONEY! You
can make money online with ANY legitimate business IF you have the
right tools and IF you know how to use those tools!"
"Listen,
I’m going to be straight with you.
I spent the last two years jumping from program to program
– always believing that if I could just find the right one, I
could make it work for me. I
never made a DIME and spent thousands of dollars trying! The hard truth is that I could have made money with ANY of
the programs I joined – if I had only known then what I know
now."
"As soon as
I learned what to do everyday on a daily basis and learned what to
STOP doing – everything turned around for me.
In just a week, I drove over 1,200 unique visitors to my
site and in just two weeks I made six sales.
Now that may not sound like much to you – but for someone
who had struggled for two years without making as much as a dime -
let me tell you – I was on Cloud Nine!"
(ClickBank
hoplink)
"During
those first two weeks, I followed a step-by-step marketing system.
Now, I just repeat those steps over and over everyday, five
days a week. THE MYSTERY IS GONE! I
can show you how to do this as well AND I will support you
REGARDLESS OF WHAT BUSINESS YOU WANT TO PROMOTE!"
"This system
WILL truly turn this around for you and open your eyes to a WHOLE
LOT you have been missing!"
(ClickBank
hoplink)
Sincerely wishing
you success,
Lenise Ramsey and Amanda Silver
aka "SISBIZ"
(Amanda's phone number)
(Lenise' phone number)
(Email address)
Stan:
"Brief, to the point, and most of all, sincere. I like
it! Obviously, your 'shoot from the hip, but feel from the
heart' strategy WORKS!"
"What about
additional forms of promotion, other than the C.H.I.P. program
itself?"
Amanda:
"The C.H.I.P. programs and safelists are the backbone of our
marketing. Safelistworld
has really been a godsend for us.
We were mailing to about 50 safelists before we bought
Safelistworld and that took about 1-2 hours per day depending on the
speed of the Internet. Now,
with Safelistworld, we've been able to expand to about 150 lists and
we add more every week. It
takes about five minutes to set up every day, and then I just keep
an eye on it while I'm doing housework or playing with the
babies."
Stan:
"Whoa!!! Now that's a real testimonial for SafeListWorld!
I hope m'man Trey Koehler is out there listening. (Trey is the
head honcho over at SLW.)"
"What about
you, Lenise. Anything to add in regards to additional promotional
programs?"
Lenise:
"We are also experimenting with a
couple of additional FFA's. AutoFFA
offers a 15-day free trail and Proliferators offers a 30-day free
trial. Since I track
all my ads by source, I can tell in just a few days if the leads are
going to be good or not. Our
next step will be ezine advertising.
We haven't ventured there yet."
Stan:
"Amanda. Lenise. I would like to express the
collective appreciation from the entire Big Dogs community for
generously sharing your experiences and comments. They are
sure to be helpful to the rest of the 'pack.' Do either of you
have any parting words you'd like to add?"
Lenise:
"Big Dogs has done more for me than change my outcomes - it has
also changed my focus. I
always wanted to make money online - that's every marketer's goal.
But now, I am just as passionate about helping other
people see the same success I am seeing.
Hey, I can tell anybody, 'I feel your pain' - both in my
heart and in my pocketbook. But
now, I have the tools, the knowledge, and the desire to help anyone
who wants to succeed do what I am doing!"
"How
cool is THAT?"
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