Newsletter Changes – please give your feedback
Yesterday I spent some time looking back through my old ezines/newsletters and discovered that I’ve only written 67 “Letters From Phil” in the past four and a half years.
I didn’t realize it was so few, and I almost feel ashamed about my output.
What it does go to show though, is that unlike the majority of people who write marketing and online business ezines, I don’t rely on them to make an income, so I don’t have to send you 3 or 4 ’sales pitches” a week J
Probably (and I haven’t done the figures, so this is only a guess) 90 percent of my earnings come from non internet marketing niches. It might be an even higher figure.
To cut what could be a long story short, because I want to give you the chance to get Adrian’s software before they’ve all gone (you’ll never find a lower cost toolset, so grab it) I want to say that things are changing around here and I’m going to start passing on more of more knowledge, and more frequently.
So I hope you don’t get sick of too many newsletters from me 
What I’d like you to do, if you can spare a few minutes, is give me some thoughts on what you’d like to see from me, what you’d like to see me write about or do for you.
Do you simply want more newsletters which are a mix of product reviews, news, and advice?
A low-cost member site where I pass on all my knowledge to you?
Ebooks, reports, and other tutorials?
Let me know
phil
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I think how you achieved, arrived at making a living even though it would seem not to be on the web in its entirety, for 90% of your income.
What you do to maintain that and how (possibly taking us back
in time and starting from there.)
Showing an entrepreneurs way of thinking as apposed to
the monthly pay check collectors train of thought.
The only subscription sites I thoroughly enjoyed where Bill Myer’s about video and two Jimmy Brown used to do, about how to niche’s, and writing sales letter’ etc.
Bill’s is still a $10 a month worth while expense on video products.
But who knows what you could do Phil?
Byron
Phil said: “I’ve only written 67 “Letters From Phil” in the past four and a half years.”
It’s quality, not quantity, that counts. I’m happy to always recommend your newsletters and products because of the quality.
If only certain marketers would send out one email per month instead of one per day… :p
Neil
http://www.NeilShearing.com/
Hi Phil:
Just a comment on the newsletter frequency… Out of the many newsletters that I subscribe to, yours is one of the few that I anxiously await to arrive in my inbox.
I could always count on you to provide information that was both timely and shoots straight to the point without a bunch of bullcr*p thrown into the mix.
Over the past few years that frequency has drastically diminished… Perhaps because of an osmosis you’ve been going through or just perhaps your more happy to lurk in the shadows… after all, you’ve certainly earned it.
Anyway, I can’t help but feel that a huge part of my I.M. experience has been ever so slowly eroding away.
In a nutshell, I really miss the regular occurance of my dose of Phil Wiley’s thoughts and insights but I am still happy when the occasion newsletter pops in. I know that it is always a great read.
Thanks,
Jim Lorenzo
http://www.garden-buffs.com
http://www.fungrxringwormtreatment.com
Hi Phil,
I have always loved your newsletters, and I know
I can trust your recommendations.
Please forgive me for using your blog to remind
you to email me the report you promised to write
for the people who bought SpeedPPC via your link.
It was a report on how to profit from NON-internet
marketing stuff.
I’ve sent you 2 or 3 emails about this, with no
response, but I guess the spam filters have eaten
my emails.
Therefore this is a sure way to know you get
my message.
All the best from
Charles
Ouch!
I wasn’t smart enough to include my URL
in my post, just like all the other guys.
Well, better late than never…
http://www.2CentsaDayVideos.com
Charles Jahren
Phil, I’d be interested in a presentation from you on creating mini-sites to promote products as an affiliate.
Yes… I have your Mini-Site ebook, however, I suspect that it may be somewhat dated by not (or maybe that’s still your approach ?).
Specifically, it would be very helpful to see a mini-site design or template. It doesn’t have to be one of your real promotions… just something to give us a decent clue about what an effective mini-site looks like and what the important elements are.
So please give it a thought. Thanks!
Dave p.s. Your newsletters have always been the best and most useful (along with Andy Williams)
I think you should keep doing what you’ve been doing with your newsletters – only more of them. I’ve been reading your letters for years and I like them, my only complaint is that they arrive too infrequently.
And then I’m wondering about a membership site. If you have a good plan for such a thing it could be a real benefit for your followers, and a substantial boost for your income. I’d join.
Anyway, thank you for providing the 67 fun and informative newsletters. Looking forward to more of them.
Kendall Smith
Hemet, California
http://www.KitchenDance.com
online kitchen store
Phil,
always enjoyed your letters. More would be better as long as the quality remains the same.
I have one question from your last post. “90 percent of my earnings come from non internet marketing niches. It might be an even higher figure.” What exactly does this mean?
Thanks again,
tony
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Tony
what it means is that the bulk of my income doesn’t come from promoting “how to make money” type products to internet marketers. Instead I focus on a core group of niches that over the years I’ve discovered can bring in regular income. I’m not going to name them here, because I don’t want a bunch of savvy marketers discovering my sites and (almost) duplicating them. But, in general, they’re sites about topics that most online marketers never think about.
I’ve also got successful affiliate sites on medical/health products where I make a sale once but as long as people keep ordering the product I get commissions. Examples: eczema treatments where people who order a product from my link and find it works as long as they keep applying the cream, so they continue ordering it.
phil
>even though it would seem not to be on the web in its entirety.
Byron, my income is entirely off the Internet. Just in niches not related to my newsletter and the how-to-make-money-online niche.
phil
You asked about topics for the future.
How about on choosing a model for earning on the Internet. That is, there are so many ways to make money, but some of those ways are a better fit for certain personality types, and certain tasks will turn people on or off if done repeatedly.
Thanks.
>…my income is entirely off the Internet.
That’s the trouble with language – it’s so easy to be misunderstood.
Off the Internet, as in away from the Internet? Nah, you meant FROM the Internet or ON the Internet.
Keep up the good work.
Allan
AssociatePrograms.com
You are quite correct Allan. I meant that my income is entirely earned on the Internet.
Trust an ex sub-editor to pick up on a mistake, or lack of clarity, in the copy of an ex journalist
phil
Phil,
Many entrepreneurs go through a long phase in which every “latest, greatest” product seems like must-have. Some of them – gradually – learn to concentrate on their own business model and filter out anything that isn’t important to the direction they want to go.
I’d love to see more about how to weigh new purchases more wisely, so that we don’t get pulled every direction but forward.
Sometimes I still feel like a hound dog that’s been dropped into the middle of a field of rabbits.
Cheers, Charles