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I’m Mad As Hell And I Can’t Take It Anymore!

by Puppet Master

I’d like to share my views about the recent developments in Twitter Marketing that have made me sick to my stomach. You see, there’s a lot of misinformation and even some utter nonsense out there on “Twitter Marketing”.

There are a lot of inaccurate assumptions and statements that just get me stark, raving mad. There’s actually 2 types of people I’d like to take to task here.

The first are the non-marketers; the second – surprise surprise – are the marketers. And both are guilty on different ends of the spectrum.

The non-marketer says… On one hand, there's people emphasizing the quality and on the other hand there's people emphasizing the quantity, but no-one has ever really found a balance the balance that will make Twitter become the weapon that Guy Kawasaki purports it to be, to become the weapon that just a select few are able to tap into online.

  • Follow your own friends,
  • It’s “quality over quantity”;
  • I mean, 10 people who give a rip about what you say is better than 100 who don’t care -
  • Numbers are not meant to be inflated, or
  • Numbers do not mean a thing.

I say that’s rubbish. They do not make a dime on Twitter.

Why are YOU on Twitter?

Because Twitter will affect your bottom line. Twitter will boost your profits. Twitter is a viable marketing channel. And if you listen to these guys, you’re never going to make a dime because they don’t make a dime.

Because what is a direct marketing fundamental 101? Marketing is a numbers game. And even on Twitter, you need the numbers to justify your efforts. You need the numbers to increase your conversion rates or to get even better results on your conversion rates.

After all, everyone agrees on the 80/20 rule. But the bigger the %100 — the bigger the initial pool, the bigger the 20% will be; 10 people who like what you do and 100 people who like what you do make a lot of difference towards how successful you are online. But the only way to get those 1000 fans or those 1000 evangelists is to spread your net wide.

Most non-marketers don’t get it. But we can go easy on them; we can forgive them, because maybe they really don’t know how good it can get.

But what about the so-called marketers?

I believe that for the longest time, (no offense), a lot of online marketers have not had much direct marketing knowledge or marketing fundamentals. They see what other people are doing, and they just copy without seeing the fundamentals behind it.

And on Twitter, you see that proven time and time again.

They may see the value of followers, they may emphasize a lot on the value of followers, but they don’t emphasize anything on value or on pre-selling those followers. Like, how many of you get automated DMs (direct messages) that say “Here’s how to get 20,000 followers and make money in the process, affiliate link here”, but when you click on their profile, they only have 100 or 200 people following them?

They’re not even living the example they’re trying you get you to follow. They’re probably pushing some product to you that not even they themselves have used.

In short, you can’t just blast off links.

These people are trying to proclaim themselves Twitter gurus and trying to jump on the bandwagon because yeah — Twitter is getting more popular, Twitter is becoming mainstream, there’s a tipping point to Twitter, but they just don’t have a clue about how to use Twitter for marketing. And they use their old-school, pushy, ineffectual marketing principles and try to push them onto a social space that will instead get the fried and booted off the playing field and out of the game. If you listen to these guys, you're never going to make a dime because they don't make a dime.

These kinds of marketers give all of us a bad name and send automatic DMs and unfollow and refollow using all the robotic scripts for what, $3? $5?

You’re not going to make a lot of money from this if you do it this way.

That’s not the right way to make money on Twitter, that’s not the right way to monetize Twitter as a marketing channel.

How many of you (raise your hands), have made a sale from an automated DM? Not that many I’m sure.

On one hand, there’s people emphasizing the quality and on the other hand there’s people emphasizing the quantity, but no-one has ever really found a balance the balance that will make Twitter become the weapon that Guy Kawasaki purports it to be, to become the weapon that just a select few are able to tap into online.

And that is why I am setting the record straight. The Puppet Master is doing a call, the Puppet Master is doing a teleseminar to reveal the right way of using Twitter. The right way that has created me an army of 15,000 followers, most of them — a lot of them are fans, a lot of them REtweet my stuff, a lot of them like what I have to say, and A LOT OF THEM BUY.

And as a result, I want to teach you the same. I want to clear the misinformation and hype because all these lies have been going on for far too long.

If you’re interested, sign up for the call. It’s only 60minutes, and it’s free — that’s the best thing.

I’m going to teach you how to use Twitter the right way; how to be the Twitter rockstar you deserve to be. So come on board and hear what the Puppet Master has to say. The same secrets that financed my wedding, launched my business, and created a 5-figure business in a month will be yours to have.

 

 

Sign up today and cut through the Twitter hype. Talk to you soon.

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Is Your USP Hurting You?

by Puppet Master

One of the benefits of Twitter is spreading your personal brand like wildfire.

However, if you don’t have a compelling personal brand to begin with, you’re just wasting the immense word-of-mouth potential of Twitter.

here’s the thing–the marketing experts tell you all about the USP, your Unique Selling Proposition. Heck, even Jay Abraham credits himself for popularizing the term. So you use the USP as your branding device.

But is it really giving you the attention you deserve?

You see, when DM legend Rosser Reeves invented the term around half-a-century ago, the world was still relatively competition-free. So those who implemented the USP then went on to be wildly successful.

However, in a world of sheer clutter and information overload like hours, the USP is as good as gone. I mean, every other brand and personality has the same features and benefits as you do!

If you’re a life coach, there’s probably a million of you out there with the same benefit of empowerment.

If you’re a chiropractor, there’s probably a million of you out there with the same benefit of healing.

If you’re a marketer, well, don’t get me started. :)

As you can see, having a USP really doesn’t cut it in a world with nearly zero barriers of entry in every niche.

How bummed out are you feeling right now?

Good news. There is life beyond the USP.

You see, I worked in one of the biggest ad agencies in the world as an award-winning creative. And scoff all you like about “the big players don’t get marketing”, because when it comes to branding and positioning, Ogilvy, Saatchi and the rest of the gang are gods. And they have spent BILLIONS of dollars to get there.

And the biggest challenge they attempt to overcome everyday? How do you make a brand stand out in their niche in a world of saturation?

What I’m about to reveal to you is the Madison Avenue secret, a result of years and years of expensive research.

Here it is.

The Unique Selling Proposition is dead. But the Unique EMOTIONAL proposition is very much alive.

What is the UEP?

It’s  a concept that differentiates yourself in the prospect’s mind by a specific emotion you trigger, and not by a mere benefit.

When the prospect think of you, they associate you with a SPECIFIC emotion.

Let’s take the running shoes market for example.

Nike, Adidas and Reebok should have a hard time, shouldn’t they? I mean, a running shoe is a running shoe is a running shoe. Yet, you can tell them apart in your head.

Why? Because each of them manifest a different feeling within you.

For Nike, it’s “Just Do It”, about taking initiative and making something of your life.

For Adidas, it’s “Impossible is Nothing”, its the tenacity to overcome to most imposing of obstacles.

For Reebok, it was “I Am What I Am” and this year it was changed to “Your Move”. It evokes the feeling of the ball is in my court, and I ain’t going to drop it.

Are you getting something out of this already?

So have a think about the UEP and strategize on how you can apply it to your business.

In the Twitter Salvation System, you’ll be learning far deeper things about the UEP–how to generate a compelling one, how to tie it in directly to your prospect’s dominant emotion and how you can put your personal branding on steroids with just a few 20 second tweaks.

In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the videos and posts about using Twitter as they get done.

Don’t forget the contest to impress me still continues.

Just tell me how the UEP (or any of the blogged) principles can help your business and I might give you my Twitter Salvation System home study course for free.

Thanks, hope you got something out of this post today. Get emo with your prospects now!

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