Lee McIntyre went from overworked high school teacher to full time marketer in just 56 days. He is the founder of Aim Higher Marketing where he shows others how to use honest marketing to build profitable Internet businesses in record time.
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112 posts, 352 comments, and 2,037 blocked spams
By Lee McIntyre | December 31, 2007
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Well 2007 is fast coming to an end, and this seems like a good time to review the year that has just gone. This blog came alive on the 23rd June 2007, and at the time I had my internet business would become so successful in such a short space of time.
I remember writing that first post, and I was filled with a mixture of excitement and trepidation, but deep down I suspected that I’d blog for a few weeks, get no visitors, and then leave the existing content to gather digital dust.
I know I always say that you should ‘think positive’, but when I hit the publish button for the first time I certainly didn’t expect that it would be the first act in the explosion of my new business.
Fast forward six months, 112 posts, 352 comments, and 2,037 blocked spams, and things couldn’t be looking more positive for the new year ahead.
Below is a summary of my five favourite posts of the year that was.
From Zero to $20,000 a Month…Here’s How
This was a reproduction of one of my Warrior Forum posts where I explained how my business had grown, and how yours could do the same too.
The original Warrior post attracted over 100 replies, and now proudly sits in the Best Warrior Thread archive.
In this post I announced to the world my decision to become a full time marketer. This was one of the hardest decisions that I have ever had to make, and I was heartened to find so many of my readers providing such brilliant advice and support.
I’ve since received lots of emails from people saying that this post inspired them to work towards reaching a position where they could make a similar decision, and that has provided me with more motivation to continue marketing than a thousand Paypal receipts ever could.
Behind The Scenes At Lee-McIntyre dot com
This was the first time that I posted any pictures to my blog, and I did so as a few people were beginning to suspect that I wasn’t actually a real person!
Posting pictures of myself and my house was a watershed moment for me, and until that point my internet marketing tasks felt like a hobby. Posting pictures was like crossing a fictional line in my mind, and from this point the work that I did online felt more like a business, and less like a hobby with each day that passed.
Boost Your Profits With My Thank You Page Secrets
In this post I explained how I was making large affiliate commissions through the use of subtle links on the thank you page. Like most of my videos, this was made with the sole intention of giving away solid free content in the hope it could help take your business forward.
A lot of people tell me that I give away too much free content, but my very definite experience has been that the more free content I provide, the bigger the subsequent response when I do decide to sell something.
Make Money Online With Flick Switch Income
In this video I explained how I was using systems to automate traffic generation to my sites, and I’m still getting daily emails asking for more information on this.
I have a note on my desk to write this up, and hopefully I will get round to this as soon as I clear my current projects. I enjoyed making this video even if it was a little different to some of my previous content.
Internet Marketing and Crisp Sandwiches
When I posted this to my blog I had no idea that crisp sandwiches were a food specialty consumed almost exclusively in the UK! An interesting debate followed, both here and on the Standing Start Profit forums, about what the heck a crisp sandwich actually was.
Putting the joking aside, buried within the crisp confusion was actually an interesting point about the dangers of assuming that your target market understands the different throwaway terms that you might use in your marketing.
Mailing Lists Unleashed and a $200 Contest
When I posted this contest I really wasn’t expecting such a strong reaction! I asked my readers to help me decide upon a tag line for my popular Mailing Lists Unleashed ebook, and 41 comments later I was left with the extremely difficult job of picking a winner.
This post was a lot of fun, and was also an excellent community builder, and I’d recommend for you to investigate doing something similar on your blogs in the future.
And that’s pretty much it!
Listed above are my favourite posts from 2007, but now I want to hear from YOU! Which post did you particularly enjoy, and which pieces of advice helped you the most in your online business?
I really need you help with this, and if you can let me know which pieces of content you really enjoyed then I can do my best to provide even more of the good stuff in the future.
So now it’s over to you. Post in the comments below and let me know what you think of my favourite seven posts, and which posts you would have liked to have seen included in the list.
I can’t wait to hear your thoughts….
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December 31st, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Thanks for this post Lee, good to have a look at some popular posts!
I really enjoyed the video where you talked about really giving value to your customers, it was right around the same time as the zero to $20K post. It just really made me think about what I’m OFFERING to my potential clients and customers instead of what I’m trying to take away.
Just went back and found it here:
Stop Selling and Start Giving - http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/stop-selling-and-start-giving-the-power-of-free-content
Happy New Year!
Angela Wills
January 1st, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Thanks Lee, that’s a nice collection you picked as your top posts!
I went back and had anohter read over them…
But I have to say, that I do enjoy all your posts and videos!
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Thanks Angela. I like that post too, and I’m glad it was of some use to you.
It’s weird how some content just grabs you sometimes isn’t it?!
I remember watching a John Reese video once on his old blog and for some reason it made the penny drop.
Hi Mark - glad you like to content and I’ll try and keep up the good stuff as the year rolls on!
Lee McIntyre