All I have to do at this point is load the app with data. I must now decide on what type of data to use for my first app.

I also need to refactor my code and clean it up a bit.

My app will be a facts based app similar to 6500 Awesome Facts.

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What I am going to do is start making decisions from this point forward that will serve to help me reach my goals in the shortest time possible.

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This blog will change because of my new start. The focus of this blog will be about starting over, setting new goals, and achieving those goals.

I will focus on 3 areas that have always been of interest to me: Fitness and Healthy Living, Money and Debt Freedom, Computer Programming.

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I want you to add a new word to your business vocabulary –

The word is “specialization”.

A new age has dawned in information marketing. And it’s
the age of “specialization”.

Before I explain how this will help you create information
products that sell like crazy, let me give you a very brief
history lesson.

(I promise, this won’t hurt a bit.

Information products online have evolved since I logged onto
the Internet back in 1999…

1) THE SIMPLE AGE.

Times were simple back when I first came online. And so were
the information products. Way back when, information products
weren’t readily available online like they are today. If you
could find ANY information on the topic you were interested in,
you grabbed it.

2) THE SYSTEMATIC AGE.

As more and more people learned how to create and market
information products online, a new era emerged: the
“systematic” era. This was a time when huge information products
were created with hundreds of pages. The idea was to create
comprehensive courses on a particular topic.

3) THE SEPARATION AGE.

As “internet marketing” and other business-related markets
became inundated with product offerings, the birth and rapid
growth of “niche marketing” occurred. People began separating
themselves from the crowd and focused on “tiny niche topics” of
interest.

4) THE SPECIALIZATION AGE.

Again competition came – even in these small niches. While there
is still money to be made by focusing on these tiny, untapped
markets — the well is drying up at a fast rate. Now enters a
new age … the “specialization” age of information marketing.

Which brings us to the lesson -

There is a LOT of money to be made by creating small, 7-15
page reports on PRECISE topics.

Most consumers would rather NOT sift through 100 pages of
information to find out how to do something they are interested
in, nor would they like to pay for 100 pages of information when
they only need chapter 3.

With more and more products available on the market, consumers
are getting pickier and pickier. They want what they want and
only what they want.

Perhaps the biggest untapped information gold mine lies in this
concept of creating small reports on precise topics.

* 17 Ways to Find New Affiliates Using Google.com
* How To Walk Off 7 Pounds in 7 Days
* 3 Ways To Get Your Next Vacation Free Of Charge
* The 15-Minute Guide To Stalling A Divorce
* Top 7 Ideas For Starting A Homeschool Support Group

Specialized information.

7-15 page reports that sell anywhere from $10-$100, depending upon
the information.

And the benefits of writing these small reports are staggering -

1. You can write a small report in just a few hours of one day.

2. The profit per page ratio is astounding – 10 pages for $10 is
a dollar per page per customer.

3. Small reports are MUCH easier to write than full-length courses.

4. There is a never-ending supply of topics for small reports.

5. You maximize the lifetime value of your customer. In other words,
you can sell report after report to the SAME customer.

6. A series or collection of your small reports can be bundled into
premium-priced courses over time.

7. When “hot topics” emerge (almost daily!) you can quickly crank
out a small report to strike while the iron is hot.

8. When other marketers are seeing success with their products, you
can create a complementary report to offer for sale as a supplement.

9. Many people can’t afford to buy (or refuse to buy) high-priced
courses – but virtually anyone can whip out $10-$15.

The list could go on and on.

I’ve been creating small reports for a long time. In fact, I make
over $15,000 in PROFIT every month from just ONE of my sites.

I know this works.

And not just for me.

I had a customer recently email me to let me know he sold 420 copies
of his VERY FIRST small report, during its first month.

So, what I want to convince you to do is this -

***TRY IT FOR YOURSELF****

Create a small 7-15 page report and begin selling it online and see
what kind of results you see.

A new information age has dawned – the age of specialization!

Create your own “special” reports and get your piece of the pie.

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You make a $97.00 sale and you say an emphatic “Yes!” as a smile breaks out on your face. This selling online thing is cool and it feels good to be getting sales.

Then, a few days later you get a refund request. The $97.00 is gone. And so is your smile.

Or, worse still, a month and a half later (after you’ve spent the $97.00) a chargeback hits you. Not only is the $97.00 gone, but you’ve also been zapped $20.00 in service fees.

Instead of making money, you’re losing money.

Now, to be sure, that doesn’t happen on EVERY single sale. If it did, we’d all be out of business. But, it does happen frequently, from 2-10% of the time depending upon your offer.

Regardless of how often it occurs, when it does, it takes money out of your pocket.

So much emphasis is placed on ways to “make money” that many people forget to focus on how to KEEP the money that you make.

In today’s article (with part 2 coming later) we’re going to talk about increasing your profit through the “backdoor” by identifying 10 ways to reduce refunds and chargebacks so you can make the most money possible from your internet business.

The best part is this: most of them take just a few minutes to implement and most of them don’t cost a penny.

1. Be Accurate In Describing Your Product.

Probably the most common “legitimate” reason for a refund is when the product or service doesn’t deliver what was described during the sales process. When you create advertisements and salesletters, it’s important that you be accurate in describing your product.

This involves both…

* “Avoiding hype” which creates unrealistic expectations that ultimately lead to disappointment with the order. Your advertising sets the tone for what “results” the customer feels they can accomplish. If your claims are found to be unreasonable (or downright false) then refunds will often follow.

* “Correctly Define” the components of your product including its type (I.E. digital goods vs physical goods), its size (I.E. 20 pages vs 200 pages) its delivery (I.E. Immediately after order vs within 7 days) its required skills or knowledge (I.E. For beginners vs experienced) its exclusivity (I.E. Common knowledge vs your unique offering) its compabibility (I.E. PC only vs Mac users welcome) and its freshness (I.E. Updated for 2006 vs last year’s news) to name a few.

Perhaps the easiest way to turn back refund requests is to be clear in what your product or service offers without raising false expectations.

2. Offer Several Unadvertised Bonuses.

After the sale has been completed, let the customer know that you’ll be sending them 4 or 5 “unadvertised” bonuses over the next several weeks via email. You can even list what those bonuses are and their delivery schedule.

Example: In exactly 7 days you’ll receive unadvertised bonus one, an 18-page report entitled “27 Ways to Attract Butterflies Year Round”.

These unadvertised bonuses can be extra reports, articles, audio/video, interviews, tools, etc. The important thing to remember is that they should be related to the original purchase (I.E. an extension of the base product or service being offered) and should be desirable enough to add real value to the order.

I recommend that at least one of your bonuses be a “list” report with more than 20 entries (I.E. “27 Ways to Attract Butterflies Year Round”, “Top 20 Shortcuts For Starting A Christian Bookstore” or “The 21 Best Homeschooling Time Savers”). When it’s over twenty entries, it has a tremendous perceived value.

And that’s the point here: add more value to the existing purchase. The more bang your customers get for their buck, the more likely they’ll be satisfied and NOT request a refund.

3. Clearly State The Billing Name.

For most people selling goods online, their name or company name WILL NOT be the one listed on a customer’s credit card invoice or checking account log. Generally, it will be a third party company such as CLICKBANK. Unfortunately, many vendors forget to tell the customer what the charge will appear listed as in their records.

What happens is this: A customer buys a product from Paula J. Brown. In a month or so, that customer gets their credit card statement in and sees “Clickbank / Keynetics” listed. They don’t recall doing business with Clickbank / Keynetics and instead of investigating to see what it is, they either refute the charge to their credit card (resulting in a chargeback – ouch!) or they contact Clickbank and say “I don’t recall ordering this – refund it now.”

Either way, you’re out of a sale.

Always make sure you clearly state what name the transaction will be listed under when the customer receives their statement. Do this on both your “thank you” page AND in your initial email message to your customer.

4. Be Specific In Your Guarantee.

There is a great debate on how to use guarantees. Some people argue that given a lengthy guarantee (I.E. 12 months or even lifetime) is the best option because it shows that you stand by your product and instills greater buying confidence in the customer. Bad news is, in six months when Christmas comes along and the customer needs some extra money to buy gifts, your guarantee comes to mind.

Other people argue that a shorter, limited guarantee (I.E. 30 days or “show that you’ve tried to use the product”) is the preferred way to go simply because it gives less time for refund requests and generally attracts a more quality customer who is less likely to want their money back. Bad news is, if the customer isn’t completely “wowed” with your product or service, they’ll likely ask for a refund very quickly after their purchase to avoid missing out on the guarantee period. And if you attach too many strings to your guarantee (I.E. You must PROVE you’ve tried to use the product without success), you’ll likely lose some sales.

Truth is, there is some truth to both options. And I’m not going to tell you which one is best for you. (Although, if you use someone like Clickbank, it takes the debate out – they REQUIRE a limited, 30-day guarantee period. If you process orders via a third-party, check for their specific terms on this).

But, at the bottom of the page, here’s the conclusion that I’ve come to based on my own numbers: a longer, liberal guarantee works best overall. That is, while you will have a few boneheads that ask for a refund three years after they’ve purchased it, generally you have MORE sales (because they have greater “trust” in you based on your guarantee) and actually have LESS refunds (because people forget all about you and your product after a few weeks).

5. Create A Frequently Asked Questions Page.

Setup a special page with the 10-15 most frequently asked questions (along with detailed answers, of course and make note of this page in your initial follow-up message with your customer (You know, “Hey, thanks for your order…”) AND on the order fulfillment page (I.E. “Download page”).

Just a few of the things you’ll want to include on this page are…

* How to retrieve passwords
* Tips for overcoming common errors
* How to download materials
* When “unadvertised” bonuses will arrive
* How to track orders (If applicable)
* Best way to contact you

How does this reduce refunds?

In a variety of ways, actually. Just one would be: considering the reliability (or lack thereof!) of email these days, you could miss a question from a customer altogether, resulting in frustration or a feeling of getting “scammed” which will result in a refund.

Not only will you reduce your refunds, but you’ll also dramatically reduce your customer support. A surefire winner.
Of course, there are MANY other ways to increase your profit! Check out “The Upsell Report: 24 Ways To Get Your Customers To Spend More Money” by clicking here . You’ll learn an amazing 24 different ideas for getting your customers to spend more money (sometimes 300-400 or 500% more!) Studies show as many as 1 in every 2 customers will automatically buy if you just offer one of these items.

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Every aspiring internet marketer needs a role model. There are many internet marketing “gurus” on the internet right now. Some are good, some are bad, and some are just ok. Some are ethical, some are not, and some believe as long as no one is “hurt” it’s ok. Some make millions from their homes with little more than a virtual assistant or two as staff. Some of them have 50, 100, or more working for them all over the world. There are even the gurus who profess to be “non-gurus”. But, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck. If you’ve been poking around internet marketing for any length of time you will begin to recognize various gurus and their styles.

It is important to find a guru that you can follow and work with initially. Someone who you can model yourself after.

Jimmy D. Brown is one guru who is good at teaching internet marketing. Why is he good? He’s good because he writes his material in such a way that you feel he’s talking to you personally as one good friend to another. His writing has a very intimate feeling to it. The information is presented in a way that is entertaining and interesting. He has a remarkable ability to keep your attention for the entire presentation.

One of Jimmy’s trademarks is over delivering. Jimmy over delivers on every single product that he produces. Whether it’s a $10 or a $697 product, he over delivers! You can always expect a free audio, a valuable checklist, or a free e-course of some type when you buy one of his products. For example I just finished his Six Figure Formula 4 week personal coaching program and he over delivered with some really nice bonuses! I can’t tell you what we got, but let’s just say Jimmy is interested in his student’s success!

Over the next couple of weeks I’m going to introduce you to some of Jimmy’s products. I haven’t bought all of Jimmy’s products, but I can say that I have bought probably 75% of them. I’ve also bought all of his highest priced products so I’ll be able to really give you an inside look at what you can expect to get from Jimmy.

If you don’t want to wait on me you can go to his new SRZone.com website and buy one of his low cost $15 reports. I’ll guarantee that you won’t be disappointed.