I have to admit - I was a little nervous…
April 24, 2008
The video series I just finished really put me to the test.
Here’s why:
1) I took the challenge, but I have to admit… I was a little nervous.
See, the video series was 100% unscripted…
When it was time to shoot the first one, I walked in front of the camera without any idea of what I was going to say.
And no business idea, NOTHING.
And my first thought was… "What if I can’t come up with one?"
My stomach was churning.
I’ve spent pretty much all of my working life in the niche I like best - helping people start their own moneymaking Internet businesses. But I knew it wouldn’t be fair to build a business on a niche anywhere close to Internet marketing…
Talk about getting out of your comfort zone!
2) I had to put myself in YOUR shoes.
Having dedicated the last 6 months to developing BeBiz, I couldn’t think of anything better than doing this video series to really test the full arsenal of its tools and resources from YOUR perspective.
The result?
I’m REALLY pleased and amazed by what my development team has created!
So now what?
Well, I said I’d build an Internet business before your eyes in just 4 days, and I’ve achieved that.
Now that I’ve completed my site, I feel a real sense of accomplishment knowing we’ve created something very unique designed for ANYONE who wants to start their own Internet business from scratch.
But now that you’ve seen me do it, I want to prove to you that YOU can also create an Internet business in 4 steps…
Now I am getting ready for my 28-day challenge. Back to the studio to create another 4 videos for those taking it up.
May is going to be a landmark month. My goal is to see 250 new sites come alive in 250 niches.
I have one more video for you next week.
I’ll be doing a final summary of the site I created and will let you in on our advanced strategies you can use after your site is up.
If you haven’t seen the series, I have re-opened the signup for another week - and it will close by May 5th - when we begin The 28-day "Build A Biz Challenge"
I’ll be back in the studio creating another 4 videos for those who choose to take it.
I’ll be letting just 250 people in the door, and I’m stoked. May is going to be a landmark month. My goal is to see 250 new Internet businesses come alive in 250 different niches.
But before I start the 28-day "Build A Biz Challenge," I’ll have ONE MORE VIDEO for you next week…
A final "tying it all together" summary of the website I created, where I’ll also cover some advanced strategies you can use to drive swarms of targeted traffic to your new Internet business!
You won’t want to miss out on these strategies.
If you haven’t had a chance to see the first 3 videos in the series, I’ve re-opened access for one more week… but only until May 5th, when we begin the 28-day "Build a Biz Challenge."
(If you haven’t checked out the challenge details, You can sign up by clicking here.)
I seriously encourage you to block off an hour each day, watch the series, and know that in the end you’ll have a SOLID understanding of all of the aspects of starting your own Internet business!
To your success,
Derek Gehl
P.S. Let me if I have overlooked anything. Your input will be used to make sure that the final video answers any questions you may have.
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Videos 1-3 didn’t open. Where the image should be is a black screen.
Funnily enough, video 4 worked fine.
Any ideas??
Eoin Baxter
PS Video 4 was very useful!! Fantastic in fact
Your video had no sound
None of the videos came on; I just got a black box, on each video, that didn’t have buttons or anything else on it. Could they be sent again? Michelle
I’ve watched all 4 videos and I’m curious to see here how many other people also watched them and what their thoughts are. Overall, I thought they were OK, but more of a commercial for BeBiz but that’s sort of what I expected to a degree. The first video was a bit too long and didn’t cover important details like how you could research your niche outside of BeBiz, quite easily in fact. The sales copy video was the weakest one in my opinion. Not enough content from a copywriting perspective and much too much reliance on BeBiz preformatting. Video 3, website building was light weight but offered yet another way to quickly build a templated website unlike so many other offerings out there today. At $47 per month, you could do essentially the same thing for 1/3 the cost per month or less including PayPal checkout for digital subscriptions.
Overall, a decent job, but if you look at www.mountainbikerepairtips.com and Google it, you’ll see that there are some high cost elements (PPC) useage, etc.
On a scale from 1 - 10 I’d score it a 6, maybe a 7 depending on ones perspective.
Hi,
I thought the videos were comprehensive. It was difficult to see what was on your computer screen (blurred), that may have been deliberate?
My major concern is that I signed up to the 28 day challenge today, and my confirmation e mail did not contain my username or password, and I am wanting to get started.
Hi Derek,
Nice video series. The product you are going to sell, is it a membership?
Did you create the product already because this is not explained in the video’s (I think).
Overall, I am a big fan of yours and like your emails and blogposts a lot.
Keep up the good work,
Ilse
Great series of videos Derek - well done! Even if people aren’t convinced of the technical competence you and BeBiz has, they are inspirational. So I am going to have another go at this.
One thing I wished I’d seen you do on video 4 is - when you were talking about making ads out of the key words - I wanted to see what you did (technically and linguistically). What happens technically on the screen (you didn’t show this) and what does the finished ad look like?
Also, does this mean you have to write literally hundreds of small ads for the key words?
I am a Management Consultant/Trainer. Up untl now I’ve just used my site as a vehicle for people to contact me. But I now want to make it much more.
I have a Management coaching ebook which I am giving away free on the site at the moment. But I want to see if people will pay for this. It’s How to be a Management Coach’ .
I need to know just two things:
how to set up a payment scheme and (cancel payment scheme), and
how to get people to the site (optimization)
Should I still go for BeBiz or would Insider Secrets be better?
I trust your advice on this.
Thanks for a great set of videos (hope you’ll keep them up there for a while)
Michael
Saw you are already indexed in Google, wow that’s pretty fast. Wonder how you do that.
Greetz,
Ilse
I never got the other three videos. Where were they? Please resend them. I got #1 and your last email and that was it
I just think it’s a bit off that you promised a valuable lesson in building a business from scratch - but what you actually delivered was almost entirely an informercial for your pre-existing BeBiz software. If it’s a commercial at least just come out and say ‘hi, watch my commercial ‘ - don’t try to convince us you’re doing this for the good of the startup biz community. Try to have more integrity.
Hi Derek
I agree with Mark in that we didn’t see much of your actions on your computer screen as you were working through the programme. Does the software allow me to create numerous web pages per website or only one salesletter web page? eg using your mountain bike repairs as an example - could I build one web page on tyre repairs with makes of tyres being promoted, then another web page on seats to promote these sales, etc
Please can you clarify your offer. I note there’s a set up fee and an ongoing monthly fee. What happens, after being set up, if I decide not to continue with the monthly fee? Do I lose my access to BeBiz? Will there be free upgrades to the software?
Your videos are great but you make me quite dizzy with your quick hands, head and body movements! Also your coffee mug is right in my face!
Looking forward to your answers.
Fran
As a former sales training film producer for Metropolitan Life, I am puzzled by the need for 4 long videos in covering elements of niche, sales letters,making a website,etc. when your training books with illustrations would do far better, in less time.. Videos seem static with you just sitting at a table, leaving the viewer unable to see in proper size what you are talking about
I would suggest easy charts and visual aids in the films. Also,less rambling.More to the point.
With the money you’ve made in this business,wouldn’t more highly budgeted and shorter productions be of greater training value? You could put in scenes with you doing some voice overs as “eye candy”
I’d also allow for the viewer’s ability to move the film back to key areas with the mouse, as a review of points,rather than see the whole film again to hunt for reinforcement. As in other videos which you can move ahead or behind,one can’t do this here.
Hi Derek,
Watched all 4 videos. Can I use Aweber in the templates for autoresponder?
Can I add more articles and links below optin box area?
Does bebiz come up with action words? Not clear on action words? Are they like buying phrases?
I seemed to get confused on keyword selection. How do I know which keywords to keep and throw out? How do I know which are considered buying keywords? Tell me how do I know what keywords to keep or get rid of?
Can we use video inside bebiz below header? I know camtasia and want to submit videos to youtube, then insert code below header. Whats your opinion on using video inside bebiz templates?
You notice in last week tons of offers on list building. Whats your opinion on using bebiz to build sites for list building versus sites to sell a product? Is this list building strategy covered in bebiz?
Will I be able to call somebody with questions?
Robert Reuter “Black Belt Bob”
http://www.CarDealersExposed.com
I’m just starting video #1 and I see that I’m already doing the steps albeit manually. I might require these videos to be watched by my staff and then regroup and discuss how we are going to launch our sites. You should do a video of one or more of your STUDENTS (customers) trying this out. I’m game. I know I’m about to dive into the internet and come out a celebrity with or without BeBiz…I just wish I had one of you guys (you know the ones) in my circle to help. Oh well, plugging along…
Videos were OK. I ended up learning about BeBiz more than general knowledge & tips about how to start a website and its structure. But it’s OK. I guess this is your first aim at making the type of videos. Like you say, for next ones (if you do), it’s a must to do a little tweaking on how you want to approach us, the viewers.
Now… the hardest part, as from my experience, its not making a website. It’s how you market it and convert that market momentum in sales. Perhaps, with your expertise, you can end up launching something like a Webinar or a series of videos in marketing techniques from beginners to advanced. I’ll gladly pay for that.
Keep up the good work. Cheers
I followed the 4 videos and the experience was fine.
I had to hunt on the site for vid#3 but it was there, so minor hassle.
Singed up for BeBiz Challenge and frankly if you do have a business that delivers, the price tag is close to nothing.
Just running the software and thinking about the way to do things in BeBiz justifies the cost. Any training will cost you more.
Furthermore, we get the book as well as part of the subscription.
Video’s are a blatant sales pitch and I am brand new to IM.
If the product works that well and you want feed back why not take a group of 15 Newbies like myself , give them the software with an expiration date and see what happens. That would be impressive!
I have enjoyed your newsletters and products for some time now and I dont mean to complain.
There are a LOT of us out here that need real help getting started and not another “buy or try this and all your questions will be answered” product.
I have to disagree with Rich - the videos show me that your BeBiz can be used to create a website, but that it also has very specific instructions - something I haven’t been able to find.
I signed up for it and your challenge is a great way to prove it works - and the training you will be doing in May should make it very easy to finally get a website up.
Thanks for everything
Marie
HI DEREK,
I thought you did a great job!! Seems like a lot of people didn’t listen up very well when they watched you videos.
The information i got was that with BeBiz that all the rest of the information was in the product itself plus all the rest of the videos that everyone will need to accomplish their goal of setting a web site that will sell their niche of choice!!
Also with a money back guarantee no one loses.
Plus the live help that you offer during the 28days of set up. If in 28 days it’s not working all they have to do is contact your office and all is well!!
Thankx Again—
Hi Derek:
The most challenging part of starting a successful Internet business is FIRST finding “a hot and hungry market” that wants your product or service and is willing to pay for it.
Your software’s searching and competitiion capabilities struck me as very valuable. I’d like that part of your software program alone, to research markets and evaluate opportunities.
Would you consider breaking off the market research tool and offering it for sale? I’d buy it in a heartbeat. It would save me time and money.
Thanks,
Barbara
Derek,
I think BeBiz is a profound software package and will help to keep one on track especially if you are new to the game. It is of course possible to find a lot of free material which can do about the same but it will take a newbie a lot of time to figure out.
I enjoyed the sales copy part. It is very important to get it right and it seems to give you a good structure as far as I can tell.
I would have loved an longer discussion on how to create good headlines.
I got a few new ideas for business when I watch these videos - but I will not tell you ….
It would be good to have a video on how to make a budget for your project. Obviously you will have to use some money for advertising as you would in any business. You should simply have a business plan.
And if it really takes of and a lot of money comes in then you better study the tax laws in your country and really get good advice on this. It is easy to get lost. Believe me, I have experienced it myself in a very painful way. Over here in Europe the sales tax part (18 - 25 %) paid every second month might get you into a cash flow problem so you need to know all the time where you are going.
This is in a way outside the scope of BeBiz but it would be good to include a few words about and some useful links, if you would.
Best wishes
I´ve watched your videos, learned a lot of new stuff, but in the end, if i don´t have money for using BeBiz, i´m practically screwed…for example how can i really make a good niche research, or build my costumer list without the bebiz software?
The summary of it all, is that if you don´t have BeBiz on your corner you´re in big trouble.
Thanks for the videos and all the info Derek, i really appreciate it anyway.
Diego.
Derek,
The videos and your software seem nice, although as another responder had mentioned it might work better without video. It’s hard to read the screens, etc.
It seems like the purpose of the site is to sell memberships and ultimately the DVD set. Maybe I missed it, but I don’t recall your ever mentioning how to come up with that product. That would be the “challenge” for most I would feel.
Scripting, shooting and editing a DVD is no small accomplishment. Personally, I’ve raced and ridden bikes all my life, as well as owned a bike shop and a bmx video production company. So, I can tell you that in order to have a quality product that people would buy, it would take some serious time and money.
Thanks,
Barry
Hi Derek,
I am a little confused about that 4 day video series. Was it really to show us how to start a business or just promotional material to sell us BeBiz Challenge PLUS a monthly fee to go with it?
Now, I see. It won’t be as easy as using your BeBiz software, the software does most of the work. So in general, the videos were a sales pitch for the offer we are receving now?!
And once again, as always, it’s about sucking us in with videos, showing how easy it is, but for the people who really need the money, it’s, as always, too expensive for the people who really need it to make money online.
This is like the forth or fifth time I have wanted to jump at one of your offerings just to get to the bottom line, again, just to find out that it is out of my financial reach.
It getting to be quite dissappointing, all the hype, and so many can not take advantage of your offers.
You do good work just remember only the financially secure can take advantage of this opportunity, the poor people are again and always just left out.
To your continued success,
Barbara
The challenge is a great idea- it will light a fire under my a#!.
The price is surprisingly modest given that you’ve included the course and some software.
Don’t let complainers get you down. This is the first time I have seen something like this - usually people are selling expensive courses or videos - you’ve put it all together
Thanks for this
Gerry
I liked the first 2 videos, although the lettering in them could not be seen throughout.
Looking forward to seeing the other 2 videos over the weekend.
Thanks. Looks good so far.
The first three videos do not play. The fourth one does. Strangely enough it’s the one where you do some selling. Couldn’t get an answer from any one either- emails were ignored. I’m thinking twice about you and your organisation.
I never received the videos.
Hi Derek, and thanks for the videos. I thought they were quite entertaining, but the blurred screens prevented me from seeing this amazing software in full action, which I found to be annoying.
I am a junior senior and have a great number of challenges to overcome trying to “make it” on the Net (measly pension income and technology, just to name a few). I was all gung ho by the time #3 came, saw and conquered, but with #4, I felt left out once again, since all the traffice you’re talking about revolves around Google PPC, which is dangerous and too costly for most folks. In my opinion, this requires far more in-depth knowledge and should not be attempted by a brand-new IM.
You did not go into any other traffic details, so I’m assuming the software, BeBiz, isn’t handling the traffic portion. Too bad, because it’s exactly this part that most of us have trouble with, among other things, of course, such as website creation, keywords, copywriting, product creation, etc., etc….
As I said before, I would have loved seeing BeBiz (and you operating it) better in order to find out if a technically challenged person like me can figure it out. The price is good, even for a pensioner, but what good is it if I can’t operate it, just like I tried so many other products/software before???
Eva
Walk Your Talk
hi derek i am very impressed by this software and its many capabilities. this was what i was looking for a very long time. I am in network marketting and i want i dynamic site that i can use to promote the product servives and compensation packages offered by these companies to earn my income. i also want to sell other wondeful resources. IMPORTANT: 1. CAN I MAKE MY WEBSITE CREATED BY BEBIZ, AN AFFILIATE SITE? I NEED TO KNOW, I WANT MY SITE TO BE AN AFFILIATE OF AMAZON AND EBAY ETC, IS THIS POSSIBLE. 2. HOW WILL I BE ABLE TO GET MY MONEY WHEN PERSONS PURCHASE USING THIER CREDIT CARDS OR PAPAL? YOU’R A GENEOUS!!!
Hi Derek,
I got thru the first video, and liked what I saw, it was easy to understand. However the buffering, stoppping and starting is annoying, you lose the impact of what u r saying, as it cuts the video in mid sentence. The second video has so much of it happening, it took 15minutes to watch 8 minutes of video. If you could watch the video uninterupted…would be so much better. I ended up exiting from video 2 as it was wasting so much time. If you could mention how to watch video without buffering happening…..(I dont know how u can eliminate this from happening and am sure it would be happening to others) this would have made it all ok. I guess its something on my system, to adjust, not your videos fault, but I dont know how to stop it happening. Good work and great idea doing what your doing, thanks.
Having struggled for a year to build ONE site on another “build a business” site (They don’t sell the software separately.), building an e-product with YOUR program to sell on it, AND working through a “Dummies” book to learn more, I found your videos very enlightening. I understood and can use much of what you said without needing BeBiz, although I can see it would make life easier in many ways. (Can’t join the challenge because I’ll be concentrating elsewhere, next month. But thanks.)
My one concern is the legality of building traffic without actually having a product. Isn’t that skirting “Truth in Advertising”? I certainly would not return to your bike site, even with a refund and apology, if I had gone to the trouble of signing up and paying, then not having the promised access/videos/e-book/whatever. There has to be a better way to do market research.
Look forward to your “This is what happened next” video.
Hi Derek,
I thought these videos were great. I have been searching for a program that actually shows you all the steps you need to take in order to get a successful business set up online. And thankfully this one was not about how to set up an internet marketing business and it didn’t show you how to set up a business just promoting your business! I think that you accomplished your goal of acutally showing how to set up an internet business and, of course, how easy and helpful your software is. I’m surprised people would think you would not show us your great software.
The price is very reasonable considering what you are getting. I have probably spent more than that on all these cheap end products, eBooks and membership sites that really didn’t help me to see the whole process. For those who do not have the money, there is so much information in the free videos that you should be able to add it to your knowledge base and start setting up a plan. I have been adding info to my knowledge base for over a year and it has cost me a little here and a little there. But this program is different and is worth the investment. I havn’t seen anything that comes close to putting the whole process together like this one does. I have sacrificed to get in on this one because I can see the benefits.
That said, I would have to agree that some of the images of your laptop screen were not clear enough to see what you were talking about. But, I for one, am glad that I was able to get on board. I plan on setting up an online business in 28 days using BeBiz.
After a year of trying to work through another company’s “build a business” program to get ONE site up, using YOUR program for my e-book product, and now working through a “Dummies” book to better understand, I found your videos enlightening. I won’t be taking your challenge, but I did appreciate all the tips and tricks you shared (lots of notetaking).
I am concerned your bike site skirts “Truth in Advertising”. I know I wouldn’t come back to your site, refund and apology notwithstanding, if I had gone to the trouble of signing in and paying for nothing.
Looking forward to the final video of this series, to find out “What happened next!”
The videos were interesting but left me with too many questions. For example, I am working with a software package that builds a website and I am having a lot of trouble with FTP and other technical issues. Your videos don’t mention these subjects so I am afraid if I sign up, once again I will get stuck with things I don’t really understand.
Hey Derek,
The videos were great and you really did well
“under fire” as it were.
You gave a good overview of the entire
process needed to create an online business,
and that alone was worth watching the videos.
Your Be Biz Challenge is very reasonably
priced, and offers a lot more than what you
pay.
I think it was important to see how Be Biz
related to the whole thing, so I didn’t mind
hearing how it works.
As a matter of fact, Be Biz is exactly what most
newbies need to get started. It’s the closest
thing to an automated “accountability partner”
that I have seen out there.
Thanks for creating these and can’t wait to see
how the traffic strategies worked.
Keep ‘em coming,
Carolyn Carey
The Carefree Entrepreneur
PS It might be fun sometime to have a contest
where you give away 1-2 Be Biz memberships
to the most serious contestants.
I know this has been done with other promotions,
and it’s great for getting everyone involved.
Earlier I was unable to access this blog (it kept timing out for some reason)so I sent it in an email: These four videos missed a lot of things. For one when the camera was at the computer screen you could hardly read anything it was almost completely out of focus. For another you only gave us a very vague idea of what you were doing in each step, so it was very hard to understand what you were doing especially the things that were time consuming that you did off camera. It might be better to show screen dumps of what you are trying to show on the screen because it is difficult to film a computer screen. Since the view of the computer screens was so out of focus I couldn’t really understand what you were doing with the research tools to investigate whether the niche market was viable or not. The sales copy and web setup seemed rather straightforward but I’m not sure I completely understood all the things you briefly highlighted with driving traffic because you skipped over many details. Some things I have sort of a vague idea about but I don’t know if I understand the concepts completely. I think I would be a little lost if I tried to do that from what that video showed.
I wish I could do your 28 day challenge, except that I just lost my job and can’t afford to invest money into a business until I have some kind of source of income. I could never be certain how long it would take to get a business making enough money to live off of. If I can solve that problem, I’d like to eventually try using BE BIZ but I don’t know when I’ll be able to get to that point.
I did not receive videos 1-3 - could you please resend
thank you heidi
I received video 4 - any idea why I didn’t receive videos 1-3?
could you please resend.
thanks
mel
The videos WERE a bit of an ad, but i’ve finally figured something out.
Someday, i DO want to become an expert at each individual aspect of internet marketing. WHEN that time comes, I’m sure I’ll be able to create my own system using different resources for different things - such as hosting, seo, email marketing database, blog, etc…. AND i’d be able to save a lot in the process I think.
But right now I want to actually START something! finally! So I think the all-in-one thing is PERFECT for getting started, and I think the outside requirements (such as paypal) are very well recommended. (instead of sending us all to get merchant accounts right off the bat!)
So I signed up, and you better bet I’m gonna DO this!
btw: my “username” & “password” were blank too, but i was able to get in through username being my email, and I tried a long numeric password. Not too intuitive… but maybe we were supposed to wait till the 28 day challenge??? oh well…. suckers…….
I SIGNED UP FOR THE 28 DAY CHALLENG!!! I am reading alot of griping about how the vids had tons of advertising. I enjoyed how your bebiz system can show someone that dosent want to spend all day and all night researching everything you need to do first to build a website. Thanks for selling me on joining bebiz. P.S. I also purchased the insiders secrets to top it off! I am looking forward to winning….
Best Wishes,
Dallas
Focus Only On What You Want!
Finally I saw this product launch going to be launched. I like this very much especially for the newbies like me. You should give a try a no risk as money back gurantee as 30 days.
This system has step by step guideline that will guide you the from market research till product launching. If you are doing this manually, trust me you will need may be 10 to 15 pcs of software, now all in one system. All yuo need, just sign up and try it.
Visit here http://www.wiabootcamp.com/bebiz for more details.
Oh my God, what is the world coming to??
I mean when will mere entreprenet or wana be interpreneur mortals understand the major differences between the two sides of each of the following coins:
- Short Term Tactical vs Long Term Strategy
- Principles vs Techniques
- Idea vs Action
-Fact vs Fiction
and dare I say explore the Forest rather than analyse the Tree????
Hello Internet beginners some of you may see but have no vision, intelligent yet egotistic and definitely those who want to move mountains without lifting a stone.??
Has it NOT occured to MOST of you that there were TWO main, major, explicit, implicit, imperative (need i go on) and damn good reasons of why Derek put out this generous exercise in the First Place?
Oh in case most of you forgot yr glasses and didnt read the small print -
ONE to silence those idiots who write in saying…”Oh you have 69 analyst and programmers and copywriters, so thats soooo not fair, but im just a one man marketer blah blah blah…..”
and TWO, to outline an almost FOOL PROOF 4 point Long Term Strategy which when Followed (with VARIATIONS to a THEME) You can GET from point Duh! to point Hooray!!!…in some element of TIME!!!
I mean i feel like pulling my hair just reading some of the above, but let me finish off with a few points to Dereks defence…
(before I do yes I applaud YOU Derek, and Thank You-for You have SOLIDIFIED my general knowledge of all aspects that was taught and more so VALIDATED the wisdom techniques or principles taught else where as well as given yourself FURTHER CREDIBILITY that you are a genuine Marketer AND you actually understand what its like to wear our shoes, so Thanks again I took notes on every video session & where I didnt understand, I researched deeper and together with my notes of other Marketers ie Mark Ling, Perry Marshall , Joe Vitale, the Affiliate Bois etc,,,there is NO REASON I cannot SUCCEED in this amazing journey and industry …and neither can most of you)
Now My friends I leave you all with these final comments:
* Those who analyse the leaves and try chopping the trees, please step back and view the whole Forest. Its from there You will see the essence of this whole video entourage and ENTIRE Process
* VIDEO 1 - Guys, so what if it was long? stop complaining….I was damned upset it should have been longer. But Derek Showed us TWO important principles to follow. PRINCIPLES guys. thats the essence. To do your damn research Find a NICHE and thus MARKET or environment. FIRST……AND THEN use that as the BASIS to ascertain a Product. Derek could have taken a week to do it, but you will still complain. He wasnt there to try take your hand, read your mind, get yr fingers on the computer and enter I WANT MY PRODUCT NOW abracadabra….If you arnt prepared to sweat and wipe your own brow, DONT begin a site or even think about a sales pitch.
* VIDEO 2 - As for the SALES COPY…people…this information is PRICELESS….enterwieve this flow chart process of ad copy with Hypnotic info from the likes of Joe Vitale OMG!! are you kidding….I will charge people to give this information AWAY. Think about it….From my notes, I will elaborate and apply some variation but the general Gist of giving us a point by point general flow of Sales Copy that is preached by hundreds of other Marketers why even question it?…… please, TRUST IT if you arnt going to use it.
* VIDEO 3…Guys. I dont know about you but, Derek didnt even need to DO this video …I just saw it as a bonus… You see I use a Hosting that has a Website Builder. I even have other sources to create a simple or basic 1-3 page site. You could have used a Blog but the point was made….AFTER you create your SALES Pitch or sales Copy, get it out of the way, then just move onto the HTML or site part….And it doesnt have to be fancy….keep it simple….(Dereks point or purpose here was not to teach you programmers and ‘genious’ of how to Design and build a html Flashy site….Why do that when you can just leverage other resources???
* VIDEO 4 Traffic generation… Again this video is also a bonus….We all know the dozens of traffic generation techniques available… From this video Derek was trying to get three major points across.-
CONTENT is King, KEYWORDS are Queens and IF you have these two amunition in the right mixture placed in the right location of your site, and believe me you have intstant Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to rank ‘BETTER’ within the Organic or Natural listings in Google Search..!!! at least people, begin the SEO process with these elements….Derek was NOT trying to teach you what YOU can again, outsource or play with at home. Its principles. get it. Principles. From Principles you will find Strategies. Once you have a plan and strategies, your techniques will fall on your lap IF you believe in doing your research and apply the principles.
Oh final note. Who cares if Derek was promoting BeBIZ? So what if he spent his 4 days using BeBIZ? And why shouldnt he? He could have opened up Cpanel in Hostgator and done the same thing. He could have enlisted SqueezePage3 and done the same thing. Or he could have used Google Search Engine to find the tools needed to get from A to B to C to D….So whats my point?
My friends if you think you can achieve success in the internet marketing world sitting at home with Oprah on, with pen paper and just your keyboard and maybe your laptop hooked onto the net to access google search, well go ahead. A plumber uses tools. A builder uses Tools. Nurses and Doctors use Tools. And therefore sunshine and those still wanting justification, Internet Marketers ALSO NEEDS TOOLS. It just so happens and thank GOD, that the tools Derek used, were all compact and in ONE PLACE. And to have it come from the source of the VIDEOs Im proud to look forward to using it soon.
Friends, we are all so lucky. We are in the KNOW at this Dawning of the online, internet and ecommerce generation. And we should be even more so lucky IMC and Derek has provided such training and platform (and the NEW EBIZ TOOL) to LAUNCH what I believe will make us bloody wealthy and happy in the not too distant future…..if not at least its a start. I mean I DONT even have a computer. Thats the truth. I am learning my trade for the last 6 mths at internet Cafes. Anyway
I better go and find me a proper Niche Market for the weekend.
Thanks All and Best of Luck
Victor Tamyan
www.vtonlineempire.com
www.luxurygoldsilverjewelry.com
I have 2 comments/questions.
First, can a tech challenged person do this? It looked fairly simple to implement in the videos but there were SO MANY components to it, it found it kind of overwelming.
Also, the thing about 1000 adwords is not very feasabe for most of us who aren’t 6 figure interent gurus. What would be a more logical solution for the little guys on a budget?
Thought the videos were a great marketing strategy. I think a great next step for you, would be to actually take someone who does not have an internet business at present, and lock them in the same room, and get them to do a video diary for you. That I believe would be the “true” proof that this would be a great product for those looking to get started.
The only thing that I thought the videos lacked was how you actually create the product at the end. IE, how you upload an ebook, or create the membership site for access to the videos you are selling, and what wasn’t clear was whether BeBiz has these functions built in to make it as easy as creating the website.
Your sales copy states that Bebiz was created to work in unison with ebook pro, so I am guessing that ebook’s are easy to “upload” to your new site. But what about membership sites, or other products.
Overall; impressive from a marketing point of view.
Michael Webb
PS; I am guessing this weeks traffic stats for mountainbikerepairtips.com are going to be fun to analyse, because a load of your visitors are just going to be checking the site out to see what you have created, and not going to be targetted to mountain bike repairs at all!!
All I can say again, is that if I had the confidence to tell me that
I would not be lost somewhere and beating up on myself
once again, I sure would try it, albeit having to scrape up
every last penny to do so.
BeBiz could be the answer to a lot of us wanna-be marketers’
prayers, but only if you know how to read, understand and implement
software. It is MY biggest problem.
I have tried other “supposedly” all-in-one programs, and they were quite
easy to understand, but they, too, were lacking the all-important aspect
of traffic integration into their otherwise fully functional systems.
I think that an all-in-one system should have detailed steps to tried
and proven advertising and traffic generation as well, easily accessible
from within its system… that would be ideal and eliminate the need to
go all over the net, from site to site, tab to tab, trying to find suitable
advertising and traffic. Newbies get lost, confused, frustrated and tend
to side-track. With all that stuff thrown at them, they almost never stay
focused, jump from place to place, and eventually give up.
EVERYONE NEEDS ORDER in their lives, which applies most definitely
to working on the Internet; and such IDEAL software would provide a
peaceful haven for us to work in and give us the ability to ignore all outside influence. A membership site containing such a high-class software would
then be considered as an outstanding site to be associated with and to pay
for handsomely… and would most likely be a goldmine for us newbies… Utopia???
Eva
Hi Derek
Just wondering if I can add video? … if I want to add more than one site will i pay an additional premium ? I was ready to sign up using my pay pal account … but you only accept the regular method?
The video’s were brilliant well done!
Paul
Hi Derek
I actually watched all 4 videos tonight. I found this to be of great value, thanks!
To those of you that did not receive all the videos, if you scroll down to the bottom of the 4th video, you will find links to the other 3 from there.
Bjorg
I was a little disappointed when I thought you said you could “sell anything” but it moved from golf to gaming to mountain biking.
Also, after your first day (20th april) of ‘live’ video release, i did a check on the domain name that you suggested “mountainbikerepairtip.com” and found that it was already registered 16th april. So was the video really ‘live’ and ‘unscripted’?
I thought I found someone honest to show me something that works, something that was less scammy, but I guess I hoped too much. A domain that was registered 4 days earlier and presented in a ‘live and unscripted’ video left a bad after taste.
Hi Derek,
I thought the videos were an excellent advert for your BeBiz business and I got to know a great deal of new stuff at the same time.
BUT, the original storyline was if I remember “…build a business for next to nothing…”, or words to that effect.
So taking that in mind, you can could do everything the BeBiz software does using a few separate programs though albeit take a lot longer perhaps.
Now, we saw you put up your website mountainbikerepairtips but there is NO PRODUCT.
You are, according to the videos, driving huge amounts of traffic to the site by every possible means I assume….but there is NO PRODUCT.
If you’ve spent all your time tweaking this BeBiz software, where are the videos on mountain bike repairs coming from?
Where is the free report advertised on the sales page coming from?
Where did the professional looking graphic come from for the product you didn’t have at the outset?
No way on this earth would I drive tons of traffic to a sales page when I haven’t got anything to send them.
May be I’ve missed something during this video series but that’s what it seems like to me…NO PRODUCT!!
Other than that a pretty good all round piece of software!
Colin.
Greetings Derek,
I enjoyed your 4 video advertorial segments (even though your demo screen was fuzzy and unreadable). I learned a few things from the videos and I am thinking of signing up for the package A and maybe the package B - but I have some questions.
Can I use BeBiz to build more than one website business, or do I need to sign up for each website business I build?
If I build a business on-line with BeBiz and later decide not to continue with the BeBiz monthly subscription, can I edit my web site with some other software?
If I sell my business, including its BeBiz website, does the new owner take over my subscription or does he/she need to subscribe to BeBiz himself/herself?
When the inevitable upgrades come, will there be additional upgrade fees?
If I go with package B, and later become well enough versed in BeBiz that I don’t need the on-line BeBiz support, can I revert back to package A?
One of the BeBiz benefits listed on the sales page is a discount on other Internet Marketing Center products. What are the product discounts?
If I subscribe to Bebiz, can I opt-out of any on-line advertising from BeBiz and still get the good stuff in the BeBiz benefit list? I just find it too time consuming to always have to skim through a long e-mail only to find out it only contains sales promo material and no usefull new information that can help me in my business.
Thank you.
Enjoy your day…
Brooks
Hi Brook,
Here are your answers..
Can I use BeBiz to build more than one website business, or do I need to sign up for each website business I build?
We are adding a multiple site in the next version - as most want this feature…
If I build a business on-line with BeBiz and later decide not to continue with the BeBiz monthly subscription, can I edit my web site with some other software?
Yes.
If I sell my business, including its BeBiz website, does the new owner take over my subscription or does he/she need to subscribe to BeBiz himself/herself?
All you need to do is let us know and customer service will help transfer everything to a new owner.
When the inevitable upgrades come, will there be additional upgrade fees?
The upgrades are free and we have a team of developers that are working full time to bring new features on continually.
If I go with package B, and later become well enough versed in BeBiz that I don’t need the on-line BeBiz support, can I revert back to package A?
Yes.
One of the BeBiz benefits listed on the sales page is a discount on other Internet Marketing Center products. What are the product discounts?
We discount every product to the Internet Entrepreneur Club - and we have an annual seminar also. The discounts vary - but generally are 20%+
If I subscribe to Bebiz, can I opt-out of any on-line advertising from BeBiz and still get the good stuff in the BeBiz benefit list? I just find it too time consuming to always have to skim through a long e-mail only to find out it only contains sales promo material and no usefull new information that can help me in my business.
We are upgrading our email platform to allow this - but you’ll find we rarely promote other products other than ours.
Thanks
The IMC Team
Hi Derek,
I must say that I agree with what Colin and a few other people have said:
‘Where’s the product?’
Also, to even consider selling a non-existent product for market research well, sorry, no way. The fact is that you were NOT able to create an internet business in a few days, because you don’t have a product to sell. Although this fact is disappointing, I suspect however that your video project was probably just a bit rushed and not thought through properly, so I doubt if you were being deliberately deceptive.
However I can understand why you avoided talking about PRODUCT CREATION because obviously that is not what BeBiz has been created for. It has a lot of other essential tools for setting up an internet business, but it is not a product creation tool.
But you see, my only concern regarding the 28 day challenge is to come up with the actual product in time and you had very little to say about this. You simply skirted around the subject and moved on!
Maybe in 28 days it WILL be possible for some people to write an ebook or have it ghost-written; create some software; create the content for the membership site; CREATE THE VIDEOS (…for mountainbiketips.com hint hint…); source the physical product etc. etc. or whatever the product is going to be.
The reality for me is this: when I received notice of your new BeBiz product and an invitiation to watch the videos, I was ALREADY working on an ebook, and I know it won’t be finished in 28 days - I’ll need another couple of months as I have a day job as well. So what do I do?
I like many aspects of BeBiz and I’m very interested in taking a look at it, however I know I won’t meet the challenge in time. I also don’t want the distraction away from finishing my ebook. Does this mean I’ll just have to wait until you release it as a product away from the 28 day challenge? I guess it looks that way. But on the other hand I’d really like to see it earlier so that I can make a judgement as to whether it would benefit my upcoming ebook project or not.
I fully understand that this is a promotional video for your product, and I also appreciate the whole concept of BeBiz, because this kind of integrated package is exactly what I and many other potential internet business newbies are crying out for. But is it exactly what I need?
I have a general idea from the videos what BeBiz can do, but what would be really useful before I make a decision, is to see a detailed list of exactly what BeBiz DOES and DOES NOT do.
My thanks for the opportunity and your continuing innovation at IMC.
Regards from England!
Michael
After reading the comments I have one thing to say - get real people.
This is a $177 program that offers as much (or way more) than any other program out there. I have been following the “gurus” for the past 4 months and not one of them offered anything for less than $2,000. And not one would do what BeBiz will do for me if I want to start up a business.
As far as your product goes Derek, I get it, You are showing me how to do it - not really creating a long term business for yourself. As if you need anther LOL
I see BeBiz as the merging of your course, a sitebuilder and a management center. Can’t wait to get going - and thanks for throwing in the course ebook and ebook pro - those alone pay for the Bebiz for 6 months.
Jeff
Derek the most impressive part of this is that you are so real and believable. You are an easy man to trust. Thanks for that integrity!
Now, a question I don’t recall you answering on those great videos demonstrating your seamless BeBiz system.
How big does the market need to be to sell something (assuming the searchers are hungry for it in the first place)?
I note that Google estimates 5 clicks a day on “mountain bike repair”. That seems awful small to me! So I guess the question behind the question is this. If your ad draws only 35 clicks a week how many of them would you be happy with actually purchasing a membership? I get that at 1 sale a week on a $40 membership site that would grow to $2,000 a month over a year which is substantial. But you have a lot of content to create for that kind of coin! You mentioned that you will just give the money back at first until you know there is enough traffic to create the content — a great approach. But when, assuming you were Joe Average, would you kick it into gear and actually do the work to build the members area and fill it with content? I am struggling to see the business viability here. Obviously, I must be missing something.
Very interesting… The critism of the vidoes being just a sales vehicle for the BeBiz, also ocurred to me, however… do we not all mention our products at every opportunity. I still intend to sign up and take the challange… My resistance is purely “bad timing” as in 2 weeks time I am on holiday, (I coming over there ! Edmonton, Canada and a long way from the Oxford, UK) so the challenge period will be reduced, to just 14 days. (i also have a full time job, pending hitting the big time!) I wonder if this offer to take up the challange will be around when I return? Hope so!
Unlike Derek, I have a specific product in mind, ( although I do not have that product produced yet!) and want to see if my expectation of a demand for it stands up to reality of the research BeBiz could offer. I have a vague map of a growing product range and earning opportunities, and I need the structured research BeBiz offers to prove to myself that there is a demand now and into the future.
I do not need to be convinced, I am a big boy, and feel that the product is worth the investment, but I think that it would help others if a few more points raised in this blog were addressed by your team by answering the critisms raised?
Several more comments if I may!
Please remove at least 4 visits from the stats you claim next week! I guess everyone else who watched the videos also visited the site to take a look.
Is it usual practice to test the market in this way? Eg sell something you do not have?
I also think that offering several people access to test the system, ( as long as it incudes me!) to test the system with a “REAL” novice user, (rather than an expert trying to be a typical novice user) would give the system a far better test run. I for one would be willing to put together a diary on how I am getting on.
one question you did answer.. well actually i dont think you did!
Can I use BeBiz to build more than one website business, or do I need to sign up for each website business I build?
You responded…We are adding a multiple site in the next version - as most want this feature… I read into this that the system at the moment does not allow for mulitple businesses, It will in the furture, but you missed out whether it will cost extra?
Hope this helps
Barry Hopkins aka Uncle Wiggy (google me!)
Hi, can someone please clarify exactly whether you can build more than one website with BeBiz? I want to sign up but its a bit of a restriction if it only does one site. I think most of us who want to try internet marketing will want to do more than one site, so does this mean we will have to sign up for each one?
Hi Derek-
What you could have done was shown a sampling of some of the help features; like a tip and a tutorial video, perhaps, to add a bit of depth to those benefits.
All in all, it does appear to be a pretty amazing system. 100% yes to being able to make more than 1 site from it would be another great selling feature.
I am not sorry that I am currently committed to another project that starts the same date, yet, in a way, I am.
So, very curious to know if you will run another group after this second group is finished? Or if someone just purchased outright later as the product is available on the market to hear how much support would be available at the time.
Thanks
Hi derek , your video presentation …great ..
Need to produce web site with .. different languages ..does your bebiz do this or your other sites ?many thanks
Hi, Derek,
I recently purchased “The Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business On The Internet.” I have been certified as a Retirement Coach since 2003, holding free teleclasses and helping professionals 45 - 70 to make their most cherished dreams clear, then bring them to reality. I’m preparing to take my business online so I can help more people (there just isn’t enough hours in a day!), which is why I purchased the course.
I, too, have questions as above, wondering if the program can have multiple sites. Also, have you thought of some way to help those of us who have recently purchased the paper version? I would appreciate your thoughts on this, and any ideas you may have.
I’m updating my current website (can I use this in the BeBiz program?), and creating an ebook for people who will be retiring within the next 10 years, or who have retired in the past 5 years (the ebook Pro may be helpful with this). The assessment I use has been extremely valuable, opening eyes to the areas people forget to plan for in retirement. Everyone plans for the financial aspect, and although that can be important, many find ‘the grim reaper’ come knocking at their door shortly after they retire. You have to wonder why? I think its because they haven’t planned for other aspects in retirement, giving them a purpose.
I wish I had know the BeBiz product would include the course I ordered in ebook format, I would have chosen the BeBiz opportunity instead, had I know, since I am very familiar and comfortable with online information (the coaching course I took was delivered with eBook Pro in 2003, it worked very well for the information portion, and used live teleclasses to discuss what we’d learned in the ebook or to practice coaching and be coached).
I’d be interested to know if there are options for those of us who have the paper version of the course to participate in BeBiz, without receiving duplicate information and paying twice for the same product.
I look forward to any information you can supply.
Thanks, Derek.
Hi Derek, Even if the BEBIZ program cost money, I understand that you spend a lot of money on these things and you have to pay your people top money because they are highly educated in this field. I admit the monthly fee is a little steep. After one begins to make money with their site, then it want be bad. However, it could take time to do that, especially for the people (self included) that have to go the organic optimization route for advertising. I personally want to thank you for your sincere concern to help other people.
Hi Derek
I found the material very informative and userfriendly so I signed up. I have been learning how important it is to develop an email list - will you cover this? There is a school of thought that says this is more effective than PPC and SEO. Would appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks, Louise
Hi Derek,
I watched your first video with great interest, and looked for videos 2 - 4 but they were never sent … at least I didn’t receive them. I also searched to find the software product you were using but came up empty there too. Please send videos 2 through 4 and let me know where I can purchase the software. Thank you, Donna
HI Deryck
thanks for the videos - however #2 never arrived. please can you forward it to me. thanks.
Hi Dereck,
Just saw your results video and it is awesome to make already 10 sales with a website that only is a couple of days on the internet.
You are a real internet marketing expert. Congrats.
Wim
Love your work Derek. I agree with Diego that if you don’t have no money you can’t get Be Biz in your corner. Not asking for charity here, and your product is well worth the outlay. But you must look for other payment methods. Not everybody can have a credit card. I am sure there are people out there who have great potential to succeed though have run into trouble with money in the past. If you really want to get your product out to the public, offer more payment methods and I’m sure you’ll see more people buy your product.
Isle/Derek,
You mentioned you saw the “results video”. I have been following Dereck’s emails but did not see a results video. I might have overlooked it. Was it sent in an email? If so, could you give me the date and subject so I could go through my emails to see if I missed it? Thanks!
I did sign up and have had a chance to peruse through the Be-Biz program and am thoroughly impressed with the organization and ease of the step-by-step program. I especially like the pages he provides with instruction and detail about what you are about to do and how to do it. That together with his team-support help should give anyone the ability to create a decent website - nut just a “funsy” site, but one that has real potential to be monetized.
My main challenge is to learn to properly pick, and test, a market so that I can build a site for a viable market, so the test for me will be to see if the support system works when I get stuck. I have tried on my own to pick a market but I end up with questions and no answers-or nowhere or no one to go to for help. More than any other area, I am certain I will need some guidance in picking a market, and am hopeful the support system will work. One the market is picked, as Derek said, that is probably the hardest part of the whole thing and I am sure I can get through the rest.
I am hopeful to be successful and if so, I know others who I think would be interested in this program, but are waiting to see how I fare.
The best of luck and prosperity to all those who signed up. Hope to meet up with you in the forum. Together, we can get through this - and make it.
Diane
Enjoyed videos 1-3. Could not get video 4 to play past 2 minutes which was disappointing as I think this would contain some valuable information. If anybody has any ideas how to get it working or a different link that they could recommend it would be much appreciated.
Well I have just one thing to say here. If that person who got your feathers rufled is still not convinced, Then Perhaps you might take someone with extreamly little experience in Internet Marketing, with no income, and show them that Anyone could do this, as this is my situation now, No Job and looking for someting to put money on the table just for living expenses and luxury items Like Food, yes Food would be nice.
Just my littel story, Good luck and I think this BeBiz is a Very good product from the videos I wantched a couple of times now.
Philip Buskey
Hello,
I have several things to say:
First of all I liked the 4 videos and the information they gave, I was doing all this, and already knew it, so it still is good to refocus on the main things.
But- after watching the 4 videos a realized, that you cannot create an internet business in 4 days. And Dereck showed that. I have an internet business, ant I know that the most important thing is not the “sales letter”, not the “website design”, and not the “bringing trafic” (the last 3 videos). It is the content, the thing a person gets after paying with the credit card.
My definition of a business is something “that brings money”, and what Dereck created brings losses, that is I pay for trafic, for the program, for the domain, for the hosting. Whet I get? I get the payments, that I have to refund, and still pay the paypal commissions
So it is 5 times losses. Where is the business?
If the content, that Dereck will create for the site will be crap, he will still need to refund ALL the customers, because they will not like what they learn about bicycle repair. And If he makes sales, It will still show that “x,w and z” keywords have the best conversion rate and bring most customers, that finally leave nevertheless
So people, who want to create a business- firs of all create valuable content!!! And what Dereck created is a 5 times loss. You can ask him how long will it take to create content, e.g. 20 ar 30 videos on how to repair bikes, and at least 20 written tutorials, or whatever. It is not a 4 day job, if you want it to be a quality content.
Firs of all Dereck performs in front of a camera really well. But would I look good in a video? And You? I have to buy a camera (he already has one), and someone to film me (who? my wife? she has a normal job and is not a videographer
do I need to employ a camera man? a 6th loss 
Here I am talking about video tutorials.
But what else can I sell? A book? Can I write a book in 4 days? I can, but it would be crap and no one would read it
I would have to refund everything and would be in a total loss. 
Anyone can suggest what else can I sell, that I can create in 4 days? 
What I want to say is- This is the easiest part- the sales letter, the website design, advertising in google. I can do it in 4 days. But what do you advertise? nothing. First of all- the product- what is the product? is it worth 30 $? 50 $?
I want to emphasize that FIRST OF ALL you have to focus on the content, and to create the best content that is available! not a good enough content, but the best of all! then one person will buy for 30$, and if he likes the bike repair tutorials, more precisely- he is fascinated and amassed, when he meets his friends in the bicycle race, he will tell everyone! and you will receive +10 or +30 customers. for no money and no advertising!
But if you create crap and then advertise it
and have a 100% money back guarantee 
then you will earn 0$ minus advertising and other things- total loss.
On the domain: I myself have a long domain, and I can say that this domain is good for google, but It is worthless in the real world! You cannot put it on your business card, you cannot tell it through telephone, you can do nothing with it! It is total crap.
-Hello, what do you do?
-I am working on the internet?
- And what do you do?
- I administer a website, the domain is www dot mountain bike repair tips dot com.
Do you think someone will remember it? or has written it down? noooooo! simply stupid. The main thing is to create things not for google, but for people.
something like this would do better- dereckbikes. com or dereckbiketips. com or derechbikerepair. com dereckbiketips. com
My suggestion- create the best content and you will not have to advertise it. These 4 videos are about the skin, but what matters, is what is inside it. Of course if you prefer the clothes, not the brain or the soul, then you should do the way you do. Then I would still use the 100% money back guarantee
I see that there are many similar comments, that is why I guess there are more experienced people here, not only the early starters, who want to find a “secret” to the first million. The secret is not shown in these videos. It is in the content, that is even not created yet!
Derek,
Yes, great job on the video series and for what they are “Free Show & Tell of How to Use Be-Biz Software” the videos were informative in presenting a general overview of a few basic steps for newbies.
However, I agree with points made by “ddirectory” and “Tom” above. This video series would have been best titled, “How I Made Extra Income With My Hobby Using Be-Biz Software”.
The information contained in the series is not adequate enough to start an actual business. Many seem to believe that setting up a business on the Internet equates to Millions in the bank - nothing could be further from the truth, These videos are about the set-up with a part-time interest, that I refer to as a ‘Muse’, to make a few extra hundred dollars (At best) .
Starting an actual business that makes real money (Rather than cost of maintaining an interest) requires providing content of value.
While watching the videos, my constant questions was “What are you selling?” and “Where are you getting the product/content?” and “Why would someone pay an on-going monthly membership to watch these videos, when they can purchase a manual or find it on the web for free?”. The videos did not get into “Product or Content creation” and as mentioned, that would certainly exceed 4 days.
On a side note, there are more than enough “Special Reports” and “Secrets Revealed” that people are hawking all over the Web - show me one who is making substantial income and maintaining an infrastructure (Office Lease, Employees, Payroll, etc…) that a real business requires.
How is an Infopreneur going to compete in an oversaturated market (Meaning in the sea of information available for free on the Web) or spend enough money to create demand in a special niche market? Again, this will quickly become an investment with very little return profit.
Note, many great Web-based companies (Of which I have worked as a Marketing Executive) did not begin as “Hobbies” or “Interests” - They began by creating online based communities around a common interest, rather than selling info-products. The focus was not making money here and there - the focus was to build a community of users.
My suggestion to anyone who is serious is to treat your online venture as an investment:
1. Rather than selling information, build a community around a subject that is FREE to the user (You can initially seed the content, with time the users will contribute their own - this becomes the content of value),
2. Your community should be minimal cost to maintain (Domain, Hosting should be the only real cost),
3. The idea should have tremendous upside potential for profits (This can be accomplished by selling ad space to advertisers - NOT by charging users membership fees).
Derek, as a Marketing Consultant, your videos should be about Case Studies and Internet Business Models - what worked and what did not. Show us examples of the strategies that you have used to help your clients reach success on the Web -create a community around this subject.
My challenge to YOU - is to show viewers how actual real online businesses were created (Without Be-Biz software) that are of value and making real profits on the Web.
Good day Derek,
Finally someone that knows what to do and how to teach it. I am really glad i purchased BEBIZ. I am still trying to find the right niche but i do not succeed within a few days i know that your group won’t let me down. I spent a lot of money on gurus that are just talk and crappy content. So i am proud of the young man from Vancouver that delivers. I am very confident that i will have a good business on the net very soon.
Thank you very much and have a good time
Real
My advice to DDIRECTORY is to check someday how much it cost to start a brick and mortar business and compare the cost and implications involved. But the main thing to check is the mindset you need to start any business. Some people should try to be more positive about it or forget it all together.
Hi Derek,
I never got the results video.
Can you please show me where to find it.
Thanks
Naomi
Had a terrible 2 months, but if I am not too late, I plan on starting early in July… Once I bought my own computer.. So far I have watched your videos during the night when no phones can interrupt, and the husband is asleep -so I can use his computer.. and find it extremely challenging and positive and energetic.
Thank you for explainig everything so clear that even grannies like me can understand and get exited about starting something new. I really do appreciate it!