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1. By James Penn on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   Hi Lee

   I know how to make money online, I just struggle for the motivation. So my question is:

   How do you maintain your motivation to work so hard all of the time?

   Thanks,
   James

2. By princess on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   Hi Ya Lee

   It seems that membership sites have been growing steadily in 2007. My question is what software would you recommend for setting up a membership site i.e. easy to implement, clear instructions, time bound etc?

   Princess

3. By Gary Evans on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   Hi Lee,

   Here’s some questions for you Sorry that there’s quite a few!

   - how did you start you first business?

   - what capital did you begin with?

   - why do you think you succeeded?

   - what had to change for you - mentally - in order to succeed?

   - what business model do you use? does it change for each business/product?

   - what’s your highest priced product you’ve ever created?

   - what’s the most amount of money you’ve made in a product launch?

   - what are the key elements to a successful product launch?

   - what was your first website?

   - is traffic the key to successful online business or is it something else? (relationships?)

   - if you could only do 3 things to start your business, what would they be? (what are the most crucial elements to starting your business?)

   - how easy is it to make $10,000 per month online?

   - can you succeed without joint ventures?

   - should you always write your own sales copy?

   - when should you hire an expensive copywriter?

   - what are the best 5 sources of free traffic?

   - how do you determine price points?

   - how do you determine what sells and what doesn’t?

   - what is the single most important piece of advise you’ve ever learnt from your coaches/mentors?

   - if you were to start again, what would you do differently?

   Thanks! I look forward to the report.

   Gary

4. By Graham on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   Lee,

   It seems to me that the most profitable way forward is to produce one’s own info products.

   Coming up with info product ideas is not a problem. However, I have been try to source a reliable Ebook compiler that will use Word but retain the links. it should also give good security to prevent theft of the digital products produced.

   Any suggestions?

   best wishes,
   Graham.

5. By Lee McIntyre on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   Wow, some GREAT questions here already!

   Thanks for posting them and keep them coming too!

   Lee McIntyre

   P.S Gary, if you can produce that many questions so fast then I know who to find to interview me for my next viral ebook!!

6. By James Garvin on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   What was the first thing that you tried to make money with and how did you do with it?

   How do you determine what your next project will be ?

   What is your favorite niche and why ?

   How much time per week did you spend builing your business compared to how much time you spend on it now ?

   Do you build your own websites if not who does your web design? What does an average webpage cost to produce ?

   What was the biggest obstacle you had to overcome in the beginning ?

   What do you find most challenging in your everday operations now ?

   How many hours per day do you spend worknig your business ?

   Does your wife contribute anything to the business ?

   What is your long term goal for your business ?

   Do you personally answer emails from customers or do you now have a staff for that ?

   What was your first product launch like ? How much time do you spend getting it ready / How much money did you expect to make compared to what the actual results were ? What were the results ? How many JV partners were involved ?

   Thanks Lee for the help you have given me to this point, I look forward to each of your newsletters

   Take care Jik Garvin

7. By Trevor Emdon on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   Hi Lee

   Great idea!

   Okay - here’s my question(s):

   Having researched your niche and developed a product, how do you a) get sales copy that converts and b) drive the traffic to that copy without spending a fortune?

   I guess what I’m really after here is the honest truthful lowdown on how much “trial and error” there is in the process before you start seeing cash roll in!

   Many thanks for thinking of this.

   All good things
   Trevor.

8. By Martin Luxton on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   Hi Lee

   What was the one thing that changed your mindset from “dabbler” to successful internet marketer?

   Thanks,

   Martin

9. By Terry on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

   Lee, Marketers selling ‘How to do’ books on making a living on the internet assume a certain amount of knowledge from the reader. So normally after the 1st paragraph quoting fabulous earnings, then how they were broke, unemployed, ignorant, hadn’t seen a computer until 6 months ago. Launch out immediatly and go into computer speak showing a level of knowledge that couldn’t be learned in 6 months and promptly lose the “Newbie”. So my question is, what steps would you advise a newcomer to master before becoming more ambitious. A lot of us are floundering in the dark, and some don’t like to admit it.

10. By Jontell on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    SEO,MLM,Affiliate marketing,Info products,Ebooks.Read them all & tried some of my own ideas nothing seems to work
    Each person says the same thing just worded different but it always seems as if the key to make it all work is missing.
    Now nearly out of money & a paycheck away from losing my house I What I need to know is:

    Is there any step by step method that a person can put together to make a decent on-line income;starting at step 1(one)& folowing a series of steps that you don’t need to be a computer programer to figure out that take you to succesfully having the multipul streams of income everybody claims to show you?

11. By Ross on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee, what action is more important, to make a sale or capture a name?

12. By judith on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    what advice can you give to someone who is just starting out & doesnt have a clue were to start looking, as everything seems so complicated & mind boggling. thanks

13. By Carol Smith on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    You have already demonstrated your ability to write. In fact, you have mentioned several times that you love to write. What is your least favorite and how did you conquer that hurdle?

    How versed were you in the technical details of IM? Did you start at ground zero and what resources did you use to move forward in this area?

    You are obviously a giver as shown by your method of operation. You were obviously a giver as a classroom teacher in a “difficult” school. Are there other venues in your life that showed and developed this side of your personality. I believe that being a care giver is a God-given talent. It is up to the individual to use that talent and develop it.

    Thank you for this opportunity. Good luck to everyone in 2008.

14. By Peter Ford on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    G’day Lee,

    My question is in relation to your recent youtube video about Dan Thompson’s new software called, “Boomerang List Builder”. I could tell you were VERY EXCITED about this new innovative software and I thought you may have some good tips for the use of this product.

    I think it will be great for ebooks in pdf format but I am thinking it may make mp3 audio files/products and mpeg movie files/products more useful as a saleable product as we can now at least gain an email contact for List building purposes from these files using Boomerang List Builder.

    I personally find both video and audio products HEAPS MORE ENJOYABLE than PDF e-book products and I generally gain more info from them as a result.

    I often hear/read that, “The Money Is in The List”

    What have you got up your sleeves in regard to the possible usage and strategy using this exciting new product?

    Cheers,
    Peter Ford
    Australia

15. By Eric David on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hey Lee, I have a ton of questions that I would like to ask you about your success and online business.

    1) What resources/products have you bought in the past year that have helped you expand your online business. Have any read any books that added to your knowledge of marketing or product creation.

    2) How do you write your eBooks so fast? Do you have a certain mindset, listed to music (iMusic), etc.? Also where do you find ideas for your eBooks, blog and forum posts? Do you use any tools or resources to help your productivity?

    3) When making your videos, how do you know what to say? Are you reading off of a script, notes/bullet points, or etc? How do you speak with such confidence and with little errors? Do you do practice run?

    4) What strategies have brought you the most visitors? Which have brought you the most paying customers? (Making resell/giveaway products, helpful blog/forum posts, joint venture partners, making videos, etc.?

    5) How do you manage your time with all of your online activities (forum/blog posting, video creation, product creation, research/learning, customer support, technical problems, personal life, etc.)? Do you outsource anything, if so, what do you outsource and how do you do it. Also, how much time do you spend on your computer or spend doing things for your online ventures every day? Do you have any tips to increase productivity? Typing a lot can be a huge drag, is there anything you do to keep yourself going and cure boredom or fatigue?

    6) Do you have a mentor? If so, how did you find this mentor and what have you learned from them? What is the importance of having a mentor?

    7) Have you made any costly mistakes or errors in your marketing journey? If so, what were they and did you overcome them? If you overcame them, how? Is there anything that you wish you could go back in time and change?

    How did you manage to write such a good eBook that it was praised by many gurus? Where did you learn how to do this and is it possible for an average person with okay writing skills to complete? Also, how did they find out about it? What were the steps that you took to get yourself/eBook noticed early on? How did you get affiliates and super joint venture partners to promote your product?

    9) Do you set goals for the things that you do online? If so, what is the importance of setting goals? What are that goals that you have achieved on and off line in your life? Have any of these attributed to your success?

    10) Last question ? for you! If someone has little to no marketing experience and wants to create a name for the selves online, earn a nice income, and eventually quit their day job, what are the first steps he or she should take? What did you do or experience when you were first starting out that made you want to create more products and help more people?

    Thanks for giving me this opportunity Lee. My name is Eric and I am only a 17 year old high school senior in the USA. I believe that internet marketing is a great way for me to learn about business/marketing and hopefully make me money to pay for my college tuition.

    I do not come from a highly educated or rich family and I feel blessed with the opportunities that I have. Thanks again and I wish you the best of luck in your online business.

    Eric David

16. By Bill Davis on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hello Lee

    It seems to me that having a list is really important, but If your starting from scratch how do you get the first person to sign up?

17. By Julia on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    What/Who convinced you to start an online business Lee?..and where did it all start?…

    Julia

18. By Cynthia on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    Having recently stepped into the larger world of internet marketing (who know such a vast world existed?!) and discovering that there are Inner Circle groups, MasterMind groups, Warriors, membership groups and coaches galore, not to mention an extremely vast amount of information and how-to ebooks, courses and products out there, a person new to internet marketing can’t help but feel a little overwhelmed (did I say little?). You seem to have had a bit of the same experience, as you stated in your blog post back in June 2007 -
    http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/so-what-are-the-secrets-to-making-money-online - that you were “knee deep reading ebook after ebook” and “caught up in a whirlwind of hype and internet marketing secrets.” I’ve found myself there and hear from others caught up in this same info whirlwind, searching for the perfect step-by-step to internet marketing riches answer. When this happened to you, you were able to see what was happening to you but you were also able to fall back on your already proven and successful business with Ebay selling. For those of us who do not have that, and who are truly lost in the web of product ideas and creation, we are still swimming in the world of offers and product launches, looking for a firm guiding principle, a truthful how-to plan to help us in our new steps toward our own e-business. What wisdom do you have to share with us to help us break loose of this seemingly never-ending search for our own successful IM career?

19. By Anne on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hey Lee;-)

    Firstly, Happy New Year, and I hope your Christmas was a good one;-)

    Questions, I would have bucket loads, but here are a couple I would love answered..

    1) My top question, is how do you get people to pick up backend sales? I am struggling with this, and it is something I need to master, how long did it take you to sort it?

    2) I have a couple of ebooks I have put together, but I cant for the life of me do designs or sales pages, I also cant afford to pay the prices asked for to get these done, not when ebay fees are so high, so what do you suggest to help the less affluent people?

    Take Care my friend, your an angel;-)

    Anne

20. By Ron on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee. What a fantastic idea!! I’m just hoping that you do come through and give up some of the secrets to this business. I, like the other 13 before me, have tons of questions on ‘how’ to do this business in a way that will generate an income that will at least allow us the luxury of knowing that it can be done, and if we desire, build on that to whatever point we want to.

    Gary and James had most of the questions that I had thought of already and I will build on those:

    Expanding on the best 5 sources of traffic: once you have that traffic, how do you go about getting optins to your list and turning them into customers?

    Do you use a ghost writer for any part of your business?

    How much of your work (website(s), graphics, etc.) do you outsource?

    I, like the others here, will be (im)patiently waiting for the answers to our questions.

    Thanks much for doing this for us.

    Ron

21. By leonard on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Many so called successful internet marketers or gurus or experts NEVER want to reveal the niches they are in. For example, if you see the video tutorials they made, they always blocked some parts that they don’t want others to see. Of course the reason they don’t want to reveal their niches is because they are worried about increasing competitions. But, if they are the experts, WHY are they afraid of competitions or people stealing their markets? I mean if I know your niches, so what? It doesn’t mean that I will know all your secrets. For example, knowing Mc Donalds selling hamburgers doesn’t mean that you know their secrets. Yes, of course you can copy Mc Donalds and sell hamburgers as well… But are Mc Donalds worried about that? I don’t think so! Many so called gurus always say that they’re very keen to help us to succeed but I just don’t understand if they’re so keen to help people to succeed, why they’re afraid to reveal their profitable niches? I would love to hear your comments about this. Thanks!

22. By Joe Lavery on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hey man…

    How important is consistency?

    What part does consistency play in success?

    How do you make yourself consistent?

    How to you keep yourself accountable?

    How do you plan and organize your day and why?

    Thanks
    Joe

23. By Ross on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    Q. If you had to start with nothing. (No list, web space, etc) You only had your PC and an internet connection what would you do from scratch to start building your new empire.

    Bearing in mind you are working a 40hr week already in the rat race and coming home with only a couple of hours a day to put into your new online business. What would you do??

24. By Mark Jackson on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee
    my qusetion is nothing to do with Internet marketing as such but with any new venture.
    As you have said you were a high school teacher which obviuosly brings in a regular income. So how did you juggle your time when starting out and more importantly how did you keep your family on board when you were spending so much time at the beginning with little to show for your efforts. I have come up against this aspect and have had to give up as my wife (who can blame her) only sees money being spent on E books, courses etc and no money coming back. This is very demotivating and demoralising when you are constantly having to try to justify what you are doing with your time and more importantly with your money. The snipers are always out there willing you to fail and say “I told it woudlnt work!!”

    So what is the one thing that kept you going?
    Mark

25. By Roman Zazulak on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hey Lee,

    How did you develop your most successful product and what method or methods did you use to promote it for ultimate success?

    Best Regards and Happy New Years!!

    Roman

26. By Vic on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee,

    All I want to know is how do you evaluate the potential of a project you are working on and decide to FOCUS on completing that 1 project?

    I’m presently working on 4 different niche websites which are no way related. I find myself spinning my wheels promoting each one using all the different methods hawked and not being able to concentrate on one website/method and hence diluting my efforts.

    I cannot decide on which site to concentrate on since all of them are cash producing niches.

    Thank You

27. By Jay on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    It’s not often that I make any posts anywhere but I decided to make an exception this time.
    Question:
    What is the best way to deal with information overload?
    Is it a good idea to delete all info except that which is applicable to the project in hand?
    Also, what about unsubscribing from all newsletters etc. as I find that I am soon distracted from my ongoing project and encouraged to try the latest money-making ideas and this results in my making nothing at all with any project.
    Seems just like treading water to me.

    Best wishes

    Jay.

28. By Lee McIntyre on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks so much to everyone who has posted their questions so far.

    The response has been brilliant and you’ve made my day!!

    I’m really excited about this free ebook, and am already looking forward to answering some of these questions.

    The only problem is that at the moment I want to answer EVERY question here!

    Thanks for the input everyone and please keep them coming….

    Lee McIntyre

29. By Jeff Hall on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,
    My question is: Did you start on your own?
    Or did you have help from eBay/Internet Marketers like eBay expert, Jim Cockrum?
    And if you started on your own at first, how did you go about starting your list?

30. By Gary on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    I am in the beginning stages of setting up my online biz and my biggest stumbling block is content creation. Can you tell us how you did it?

    Gary

31. By Mel Ramsay on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee
    Happy new year mate.I have a million
    questions but here goes.
    1)I sit at my computer about 8 hours per day.Who long did you spend at your computer per day when you first started
    2)how long did it take to build your first list.
    3)I’m really struggling to build my first list.What advice would you give a newbie on starting a list
    4)Would you advise mentorship for a newbie or to just use the forums to gain advice and experience
    5)There are many great forums on the net as you kknow.Which one do you think is the best.I like the warrior forum.
    6)What are the best and worst points about selling physical products.
    Wishing you every success in 2008.
    Mel Ramsay

32. By Kent F on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee - here is my question:

    How do you stay focused on profitable activities and not stay in analysis mode of what won’t work? Thanks! Kent

33. By John Gontowicz on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee,

    I became unemployed in August 1, 2007. Since then I have made two ebooks and videos on how to use your computer more efficiently.

    My sales have been minimal. I tried getting JVs but since I do not have a famous name, I got no interest.

    I have read many books. I became an ebay Powerseller in 90 days, but very little profit, I guess because they were physical products.

    So, my question is “How does someone promote their products and get considered an expert so that people will buy?”

    I have to make a decision to either continue to successfully market on the Internet, or find a real job.

    So far, I have not been successful.

    John

34. By Barry on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    I have a number of questions which have already been asked, so I will try and focus on the most important questions for me specifically. I’ll also keep it as general as possible so your answers can apply to as many people as possible. If I think of any more I’ll include them later. But first, I’ll give some general background so you know where I’m coming from.

    I have a full time job and I’ve been looking, generally, at IM and eBay for some 3 years now and am still not making any serious money. This is my fault, nobody else’s. My hard drive is full of information, courses, notes and other paraphernalia, and there’s enough ‘good’ information there to start successfully. I didn’t know which was good and which was bad at the time though. In other words, information overload.

    I have a method of dealing with this that works most of the time, it is to ‘get off my arse’ and do something, which I did. It cost me a lot but I can now successfully sell on eBay. I’ve now stopped this line as I could only make decent money by working full time. As a part time business it took all of my spare time. I’m now looking for ways to drastically improve profit margins on eBay.

    In addition to that I have a PLR product which is nearly finished and I will be selling this on eBay and generally over the web by the end of January. This has taken me a very long time to get to this stage as I have been struggling with the practical aspects and fighting software. The next one will be a lot faster.

    In ‘getting off my arse’ I determined just to focus on what I was doing and to ignore all the other online distractions. So, all of a sudden, I’m finding information coming to me that seems to be specifically targeted to exactly what I’m doing, either at the moment or which will be very useful in the near future. In other words, information overload. Again.

    OK, I can and am dealing with this recurrence, but it’s not the question I am asking.

    It seems to me that the basic question I should be asking is to do with ‘mindset’, as I’m certain that I would’ve been a lot further along this path with the right ‘mental attitude’, even without the specific knowledge and experience. I have taken an expensive course on this, which just doesn’t work for me. The course went a bit further than ‘mindset’ though. It went on into ‘The Secret’, which I’m sure you know about. In my view The Secret doesn’t work and can actually be dangerous, but it includes a lot of what I’m defining as ‘Mindset’.

    I’ve discussed these problems of mine with a friend who’s a teacher, so I’m sure you’ll know better than me what she’s talking about. It appears that I’m a kinaesthetic learner, which is, apparently, very common, especially with males. This is how I understand it but please correct me if I’m wrong.

    So, my question is (at last) ‘how can kinaesthetic learners achieve the specific mindset required in the shortest possible time in order to make money (that is money equivalent to present salary) on a part time basis online?

    There is an obvious additional question also. Which are the best courses, or types of courses, for kinaesthetic learners to take in order to learn the required information as quickly as possible?

    I’m certain I won’t be the only person who’ll be very interested in your reply if a reply is possible that is.

    Thanks

    Barry

35. By Kate on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    OK Lee -

    If a band of robbers invaded your home and held your loved ones hostage unless you made $1000 USD within the next 14 days online, what would you do? They won’t let you use your established lists or any of your existing products. They will give you $150 for funding. What do you each day to make the money and rescue your family?

36. By Kelly on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    Thanks for the opportunity to pick your brain! My question is a variation on a few that have already been asked, but I’m curious about your very first product. I know you’ve talked about starting in the classroom management niche, was that your first niche? Was your first product something you created, or something you had resell rights to, plr, etc.? Did you sell that product exclusively on ebay or did you have other outlets? Thanks!

    Kelly

37. By Alan Petersen on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    What a fantastic contest and I’m looking forward to this e-book!

    My questions:

    What is a typical day of a full-time successful Internet marketer like yourself? Do you carve out x hours to writing, x hours to research, x hours to post in forums, etc. Even though things come up, do you keep that a tight schedule?

    How do you keep yourself on schedule without distractions? (i.e. spending all day on a forum ). Any tools you use to keep you on schedule? (i.e. to-do lists, software, etc.)

    Thanks Lee!

38. By Marshall on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    It seems using Web2.0 techniques are becoming more and more important in creating traffic and successful sales.

    Do you have a step by step plan for tapping into those Web 2.0 resources when you are launching a new project? And, if you so, could you expound on those steps?

    Thanks! Marshall

39. By Tim on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee

    Thanks for offering to answer our questions. I often hear that if you don’t have your own product yet, a quick way to create an ebook is to interview experts in you area of interest. Then use the information to compile an ebook, video, audio, or any combination of these. My question, why would you or any other “expert” give such an interview? What’s in it for you? Why would anyone want to share the info with a “no-name” like me? What incentive should I offer the expert?

    Same question goes for joint ventures. What would I have to offer someone like yourself to share my product with your list?

    Thanks, Tim

40. By David Rayner on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,
    What was your break-through or eureka project?

    Dave

41. By Danny on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Loving this idea Lee! It’s great! Also, I have that mouse lol.

    Anyway a simple question but very importnat one:

    It is great when you first taste income online but keeping the income coming in week after week and month month after month isn’t so easy. What did you do to make sure you mastered it and had your bank regularly filling up with money?

    Thanks
    Danny

42. By Diana on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee,
    Three questions really…
    1)What was the biggest obstacle you had to overcome in order to be successful?
    2)What percentage of success rate would you give on making it in internet marketing today, given the economic climate worldwide? and
    3)What would you say is the most important quality to have in order to be succesful online?
    Look forward to the answers and your new project.

    Cheers
    Diana

43. By Billy on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    Thanks for this great contest. Here’s my question:

    How do I create a stream of income that is relatively hands-free and automatic? I’d rather not have to constantly “prime the pump” to keep it going.

44. By Joe Watson on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee

    You have made remarkable progress in a very short time and your results have been nothing short of astounding, particularly as you had no knowledge of Internet Marketing when you started.

    Looking back, what do you think are the most important things that you did to progress to where you are today Is there just one - or are there many. What’s the order of importance. Are these the things you will keep repeating in the future. Are they things, without which, you consider you would not have had the success you have achieved up to the present time and will continue to do in the future. In other words, are they imperative? Would you fail without them?

    Have you developed a step by step formula for your business which you can ‘rinse and repeat’?

    Whilst you will undoubtedly have different product strategies for the future, have you developed and adopted a set of rules/standards which will always be a part of every future project?

    Hope your answers will be in your forthcoming book.

    Sincerely

    Joe

45. By rob on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hello Lee,
    Firstly i aggree with Terry on his comments about starting with nothing and being snowballed with information on this and that.

    My question: O.K here goes,

    Do you think it is possible to start any online business with absolutely NO Bank account NO credit cards NO i mean ABSOLUTELY NO spare cash and very little to none internet business experience as myself and many others reading this can probably aggree.

    If you think i and others like me can achieve all this you will have an even bigger LIST than you first thought possible.

    Thanks Rob.

46. By Frank Ruane on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hello Lee Happy New Year, good response to your question (No Suprise there then)

    My Question Lee is: What makes a successful marketer?
    Best Wishes
    Frank

47. By Cheryl on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    I am going to basically repeat Ross’ question from above:
    If you had to start with nothing (No list) and you only had your PC and an internet connection, what would you do from scratch to start building your new empire.

    Time is of the essence - if you had only an average of two hours a day to work (maybe longer on the weekends), which way would you go to begin.

    Maybe a more honest question would be: Is there a “living” in niches outside of Internet Marketing/”how to make money online” niche? I’ve been doing this long enough to notice most big guys started out to write/sell an info product on a specialty niche (yours was/is classroom management), make *some* money at it (but obviously not a living as you didn’t quit your teaching job till you made it “big” in the “how to make money online” niche), then turn around and detail how you made $$ in that specialty niche in an ebook(which becomes your “how to make money online” niche) and there you go! Does that make sense?

    Cheryl

48. By Alan Ackerley on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    Your ebooks and newsletters have provided an excellent insite into the mechanics of making an on-line business work but I am still struggling to identify a niche market to sell to.

    * If you were starting over again, how would you go about finding a good niche market for new and JV ebooks?

    Many thanks,
    Alan

49. By Peggy Baron on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hey Lee,
    How did you, Lee, go about building your list from scratch?

    Thanks,
    Peggy

50. By Peggy Baron on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Here’s another question I have…

    What exactly do you outsource, and to whom?

    Thanks again,
    Peggy

51. By Kelly D on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee!

    What would you do if you had to start all over with no money, no list, no JVs, no product, and all you had was a computer and the knowledge gained from your experience?

    Thanks,

    Kelly D

52. By Vern on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    There is so many questions that has been posted and it could take me some time to see which has not been posted yet but here we go:

    (in no particular order)

    1. How does someone like you who holds a day job which has nothing to do with IM or the computer in anyway get started with an online business?

    2. How were you able to spend time with your family and yet still be able to market online?

    3. What was your first venture in trying to make your first cent online?

    4. You have started with eBay as a seller and then expanded your reputation from there, how will others be able to get started online if they don’t know anything about eBay?

    5. How much money did you spend on your first 3-6 months in getting your business set up? Is there a breakdown in details?

    6. Did you try other free methods to generate money such as Adsense, paid to survey and things like HYIP or money programs?

    7. When you were focusing on your project and had no contacts how were you able to still get to know other marketers and have them promote so willingly for you?

    8. Who were your mentors and how did you they help you during your marketing journey?

    9. Did you find it necessary to go out and network with other marketers to learn and stay up to date?

    10. How much automation software and which services you would say that is essential to your business?

    11. Do you believe in paid advertising or free advertising - which do you condone and how did you go about applying those strategies?

    12. What is your favourite way of generating traffic online (or offline)?

    13. In view of some marketers conducting seminars across the globe, do you see this as a necessary step to “rise to success”? Why?

    14. Is it necessary to learn about the basics of copywriting, HTML or article writing or anything technically to succeed online?

    15. How do you divide your time between tasks and can you show us your typical work schedule (a snapshot) of during your first 3-6 months?

    16. When you started out with no contacts but had a reputation on eBay, how does the newbie with no contacts, no reputation anywhere get to your stage in 161 days too?

    17. Do you know more successful marketers who are business opportunity distributors or are product owners? Why?

    18. How did you find the courage to carry on during your most dissapointing days when you first started marketing online?

    19. Which tasks would you outsource right now if you had to pick the top 5 tasks in your IM activities and business?

    20. How did you find your direction in earning money online? was it during a crisis?

    21. What is the single most important advice you would give to the struggling / new marketer who wants to quit their job and make real money online?

    22. Do you like to wear ‘dressed down T-shirts n shorts’ or formal suits?

    23. what is your favourite food?

    24. How will you make use of your available free time offline these days?

    Thats about all I can come up at the top of my head!

    Hope I win Lee!!

    Vern

    PS: the last few was for fun but please don’t take it personally because I’d thought of adding a little fun element in the interview too..

53. By Robert on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hey Lee,
    I have my own ebook written and domain. Number 2 is in the making and I think I can handle the adwords, seo’s etc.? However, building that first website is a challange.

    All the “guru’s” have thier pitch for “use my host and web-builder”. I have tried Dreamweaver and it’s jsut too hard. Non techie here.

    I would love to get suggestions on how to build a website, easily without having someone recommend something that they are profiting from? Just simple and honest…
    Thanks in advance,
    Bob O

54. By Gary Evans on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    “Gary, if you can produce that many questions so fast then I know who to find to interview me for my next viral ebook!!”

    LOL - Lee, it would be a pleasure

    To your success,
    Gary

55. By davet on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    I agree with terrys guestion.every one must think that everone elseis real knowledgeable about computers and i think that there are are a lot of us out here that are not,where does one go to get some real info on how to set up and use web pages and everthing that goes with in plain understandable english not computer talk . I think this is a big stumbleing block for a lot of people, particuarly for us older people that hasnt grown up with computers. thank you best to everone.

56. By Dan on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    You are truly an inspiration! I have been trying to make a living online for the past three years, but without much success. After discovering you on the Warrior Forum, I have new motivation. I bought your eBook, “Auction Profits Unleashed,” and I must say, it caused me to realize the adjustments I need to make! In fact, over the last 2 weeks, I have put up a new eBook Website and an eBook eBay Store. I have also put together a Free Special Report entitled, “Resell Rights Explained,” where I’ll be promoting your eBook through my affiliate link. Thank you so much for your willingness to share! Here’s a question for you… When you were putting together your online program did you have to make some major adjustments along the way, or were the adjustments reletively minor? For example, did you have a bunch of things rolling only to discover you were barking up the wrong tree… And then had to do all those thing over again? Or, did you just have to make small changes? I look forward to your answer, and your new eBook too! All the best! Dan

57. By Frank Harris on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    How did you manage to stop getting overwhelmed by the myriad of information that you had and are regularly barraged by?

58. By Marty Nicholas on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee,

    How do you plan to use Fantasos™ to help your business?

    Will you use it to streamline, expand, work less hours, improve (something)?

    I’d like to know your motivation for getting this software? What do you expect it to help you achieve?

    Warm regards,

    (Ms.) Marty Nicholas

59. By Charles on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee,

    Was there one single thing that you realized that you need to do to be successful in IM? What was it that pushed you up in such a short period of time?

60. By Tony M on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    HI Lee,
    Cool idea for a contest here!
    In this IM world there are so many gurus and products coming out and touting the greatest way to riches and success, with all these tempting distractions how do you recommend anyone to stay targeted on their first project (when results are usually very slow in coming)in order to have success?

    And what are the necessary skills that an entrepreneur should absolutely master himself and which should be outsourced?

    Cheers mate!

61. By Howard on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee - this is a great offer - many thanks.

    I suppose my question seems like a simple one at first glance, but here it is …..

    when one first starts, how do you best balance out the job and other lifestyle elements like wife and two boys

    it seems like there’s not enough time and sumpn ends up suffering….

    Thank you.
    Howard In Toronto

    P.S. - if I do win, please give the change to your choice of charity - merci

62. By Oliver Antosch on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    How much does charisma play a role in being a successful marketer? In other words do you think that there are a lot of successful marketer out there which aren’t that good, but succeed due to their charisma / likability factor.

63. By Mike on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee you really opened the flood gates inviting all and any questions.
    I will wait to read your answers on the many other and add my own questions;
    1. How can traffic be built without a list, no cost on a fixed income?
    2. How is the best way of sorting through all of the bombardments of overwhelming info when trying to learn by signup on marketing.

    I have spent almost a year wrinting an ebook, building a simple “Sales” web site and am working on a Blog for my web site.
    Now I have to build a list and traffic.

    Yours is one of the very few newsletters I keep. Others Jim Cockrum and John Thronhill.

    Mike

64. By Sealer( tony Gardner) on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee ,
    Most of the trouble in the world today is lack of communication.
    Please let me know how to become an affiliate for your products.
    Can`t fathom it out at all .
    Joined in Oct 2007 but still no income.

65. By Jack on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    What are the 5 biggest mistakes you made in getting to cash flow? If you had the chance to redo them what would you do instead?

66. By Chris Harris on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,
    I seems to me that the breaktrough is getting someone with a large list, who is reasonably well known in their niche, to JV with. So what’s the secret?

    Do you have to have your own product before they will even look at you?

    What is the lowdown on that is not told by the myriad ebooks out there?

    From the dark depths of Kent.

    Chris

    PS Good idea and a Happy New Year to everyone.

67. By Streak on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Lee,

    What is it that sets you apart and seperates you from other online marketers? (i.e. what about you permeates and resonates with others in a way that is conducive to your online marketing success)

    Best wishes.

    Looking forward to the read.

68. By Ken on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Blimey Lee, it took me half an hour to read all those posts
    My simple question to you is this,
    Do you think that a middle aged, overweight, memory deficient, poor spelling, wanabee marketeer, can be just as successful as a young well educated school teacher, at this marketing game?
    After 3 years and about £3000 spent on every great new opportunity arriving in my inbox, Im still no where near being able to give up my day job.
    Is this game just for young well educated people? The average age of the guru’s seems to be about 23.
    Up the oldies, I say.

    Ken.

69. By Daniel Tierney on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    Happy New Year!

    What a great bunch of questions!

    I’d like to read your answers to all of them!
    I’m sure that’s going to be nearly impossible, so I’ll just ask my biggest one:

    Pretend you were a newbie and you were starting all over again. ok?

    You have no list, no JV partners, no product to sell and very little money to spend on this.

    Knowing what you know now, what would you do, step-by-step, to start bringing in the money, to stay focused and positive, to never give up your dream of making better than a full-time earning with the help of your computer?

    I’d like to hear what you consider the easiest way that you know of to start making money online.

    Side questions:

    1- Favorite food?
    2- favorite movie?
    3- favorite TV show?
    4- favorite beverage?
    5- Do you exercise?
    6- favorite sport?
    7- Any children?
    8- favorite vacation spot?
    9- Favorite quick getaway spot?
    10- favorite music?

    Thanks a lot my friend!

    Have a Great ‘08,

    Dan

70. By Pat Graham on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee…I just wrote a short report, an actual test to determine the level of addiction for substance abusers.

    My question is how to market that original product to the ones who are more likely to buy it and use it… the family and friends of the substance abuser, rather than the actual user?

    Pat

71. By Dick on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee…Great Idea. Terry (#9) seems to have asked the most pertinent questions from my point of view. We “Newbies” need to know how you gained the knowledge to achieve your success (especially if you’re a one-person operation)?

72. By Robert Donahue on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    How do you overcome the overwhelm of the millions of marketers, so you can have any time and energy to become one yourself?

    What do you do when you’ve been hitting a brick wall for a year, and you’re still feeling hopeless?

    How do you determine what to focus on?

    What’s the fastest, easiest way to get started making just a little money on the web?

73. By eric on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi, as most of us know, effective marketing, on the internet includiing ebay, involves selecting the right keywords.
    How did you go about finding the most effective ones?
    What was the process, and your rsources?

74. By Paul Duxbury on Jan 2, 2008 | Reply

    Gosh Lee you have a few questions to answer here! I will keep mine short!

    What was the big mistake that taught you most?

    Take care

    Paul

75. By Susan Kaul on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee, I have been reading your newsletter for a few months now. I have decided you are what you seem and I am very happy about that.

    My question is: I am still employed, and time is the issue, not to mention funds.
    How do you get started when you have limited time and funds?

    It seems everything you need is a monthly fee. Aweber, hosting fees, etc. you get my point. What is essential, and where can you cut corners?

    And if you don’t start making money in a hurry, how do you sustain yourself?

    I know you used to be a teacher, I can’t imagine you ever had much spare time. So did you have to quit your job first before you tried to make it online? Or did you give it just what time you had in the beginning to see how things would go?

    I am starting out with moderate knowledge and skills and learning as I go. I could really use your help. Not to mention $172.67 (Seriously!)

    Sincerely, Susan

76. By Bonnie on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    I have read through all the posts and am drawn to the posts by Terry and davet, they pretty much spell out how I feel. There are a lot of us who did not grow up with computers and are lot of us are seniors ( of which I am one of them) who are trying to make some extra money to supplement our fixed incomes. I have found only one marketer who spells out step by step on what to do to create income and that is John Thornhill. My question is where would you tell us newbies to start?

77. By Keith on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    1.) How did you build your list to where it is today and what exactly got it “started”?

    2.) What methods have you used to drive traffic to product sales pages and what has worked the best?

    Thanks for the opportunity!

    Keith

78. By Lynn Norton on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    In spite of your amazing success, with hindsight you would surely have done some things differently. If you knew when you started out what you know now, what would you have done that you didn’t do (or what would you have done earlier than you did) and what did you do that you wish you hadn’t?

    There have been some great questions and I don’t envy the person with the unenviable task of choosing just ten of them! I’m really looking forward to seeing the end product.

    Happy New Year to everyone.

79. By John Szram on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    Some of these are a little mischevious… but did you really expect me to let you off lightly?

    You often talk about the shift towards honest marketing. How will this change affect your business, if at all, once other marketers start to catch on?

    What other changes do you foresee taking place in marketing over the next year? & where do you see your business in a years time?

    How would your approach differ, if at all, if you were to attempt to replicate your success from scratch using a pen name?

    Although marketing online is still work, in what ways is it more rewarding than your 9-5 teaching job? What are your favourite benefits of living your new lifestyle?

    In the time that you have been marketing what is the one thing you wish you had maybe changed or perhaps implemented sooner?

    What is the singlemost important piece of advice you would give someone thinking of embarking on a career in internet marketing?

    How would you sum up Lee McIntyre’s approach to marketing in a single sentence?

    What do you think contributes most to an individuals failure to make money online?

    Since you have many subscribers all with different levels of experience how do you ensure your work covers all bases (Beginner, intermediate, advanced).

    If you had a budget of precisely ZERO dollars what would be the first thing you would do to start generating an income using free resources?

    How would you break the cycle of someone who’s marketing formula is “See big headline + Hit PayPal button = Swiftly dwindling bank balance.”?

    How would you take a prospect who is simply looking for that “magic bullet” & convert them into someone who will take action & make money online?

    What makes Lee McIntyre different from all the other marketers out there. Why should we listen to you? What do you believe is Lee McIntyre’s marketing X Factor?

    And finally just for fun… What do you say to the non marketers who assume you spend your days sipping Piña Colada on the white sands of Waikiki intermittently hitting the send button…

80. By Robert Hill on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    What is the easiest way to use ebay as a traffic generator?

81. By Kim Britton on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    My big frustration has been my lack of computer knowledge, without the capital to hire out the work. How did you learn all you needed to work around the computer and get your business running, automated and successful?

    Thanks,
    Kim

82. By Lee McIntyre on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    WOW and WOW!!

    I am floored by the response to this contest, and I simply can’t get my head around the incredible answers that have been posted here.

    Thanks so much to everyone who has taken the time to post a question so far.

    I couldn’t possibly start answering them here, but I’m itching to get started on this as I have some GREAT answers to some of these questions.

    One thing that I will say now….

    My subscribers have put their all into these questions and I’ll reciprocate my putting my all into the answers.

    This is going to be the best free ebook I can muster, and I’m going to try and answer these questions in as much detail as I possibly can.

    I’m strangely excited about this….I love sharing what I know and this is hopefully going to be fun to write, and fun to read too.

    I can’t wait.

    Keep them coming too please….

    Lee McIntyre

83. By Thomas Wilkinson on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,
    Read your outstanding post on the WF the other night and immediately joined your list. I
    have two questions 1. How would you rate posting on various forums as a marketing tool? 2. Have you ever had a product surprise you and do a big bellyflop? Did you ever figure out why?
    This Is A Really Great Idea
    Tom

84. By Ed S on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    You know how much I admire you.

    And I appreciate all the excellent information
    that you share for free. (And even better gems in the SSP Forum!).

    But I have to ask; until I know enough info to provide a steady stream of high quality content as you do, can I start a bit at a time?
    Or???

    Oh, and in the odd event this question befits many and is somehow chosen, please forward the generous prize to Sian Butterly.

    Every Blessing,
    Ed S

85. By Jim Somchai on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    There are a lot of interesting questions that we look forward to seeing your answers.

    Mine are:

    How do you allocate your time when you start online business? Is it different now than when you started? How long have you tried until you started to see the success? What kept you moving when you started out and saw no result on your actions?

    Take good care!

    Cheers,

    Jim Somchai,

86. By Linda Starr on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    I can’t figure out how to come up with scores of autoresponder emails…do you recommend any software for this?

87. By michele carr on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hello Lee,
    Well I have a more practical question. What kind of computer are you using? How big the harddrive etc? PRocessing speed? What kind of backup? External hard drives? Filing system for works in process.

    Software you are using now, right now for the various income streams: ebooks; video training; viral lists;etc.

    I find that I have had to upgrade twice and still do not have enough juice in the puter to run at any kind of speed. I know you recommend some software that you don’t use because you are used to using one and don’t want to fool around with a learning curve…I can understand that. Just mention that.

    I will be very interested to hear what kind of back up you use. Do you print out hard copies of your ebooks each and every time you upgrade or change anything?

    And do you have any extra staff yet? Outsource anything?

    Thanks, without the correct equipment running this business is impossible. So any info is appreciated.

    Michele

88. By Jim on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Lee,

    I would like to know how you set up your web sites, blogs & membership sites. You mentioned you use Dreamweaver & I see you use Wordpress for blogs.

    Expain the concept(s) of how you develop, integrate and inter-connect all of them together?

    Jim “The Writer”

89. By John on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    I have information overload. I have over 1500 emails saved or not read yet full of information. I spend hours each day just reading emails. The number one question on my mind and everyone’s mind is how do we get started? Please don’t assume that I know anything from reading all of these emails as so many mentors think that I know what they mean. How, when, where, why needs to be included in each and every step. Thank you for this opportunity.

90. By GJ Noswalc on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Going from a school teacher to an online sucess in such a short time, how did you know what software, ebooks, programs to invest in to get a jumpstart and streamline your process and learning curve?

    Everyone is selling something. How did you know what to buy (educational resources) without going broke to get the most bang for your buck for the knowledge to get the results you wanted the quickest?

    Thx

91. By tom on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    What was your “AHA” moment when you first knew that you had discovered a consistent way to make money online?

    Was there any one info-product that turned the tide for you? Or did you gather info from many avenues and finally let everything settle until you had your own original idea to make money online?

    Was the “tipping point” when you made the switch in your thought processes to focus on providing actionable value to others, instead of “making money” online?

    Would you say building trust is at the top of the marketing ladder?

    Tom

92. By David on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hmmmm, Let’s see? …days [spent] sipping Piña Colada(s) on the white sands of Waikiki intermittently hitting the send button… Sounds good to me!

    Is that what Internet Marketers are really selling? A pipe dream? If I am making twenty thousand dollars a month as an IM-er, Lee, …I AM GOING TO BE SPENDING MY DAYS SIPPING Pina Coladas on the beach somewhere, let me tell you right now!

    My question is this:

    Lee, if I am not capable of cloning every step that you or John Thornhill make in order to duplicate the same success - due to lack of similar skills or temperament, or simply because I don’t want to duplicate your methods exactly; in other words, I do not want develop a list, do not want to feed that one-eyed monster daily tips, and sales pitches, do not want to develop JV’s, do not want to launch a product through the Warrior Forum, or become a PowerSeller on ebay, I do not want to start a membership site (why would anyone join if I am a newbie?) or make how-to videos when I don’t KNOW how-to, and I don’t want to blog, can’t imagine myself authoring a product called The Ultimate Mind Ripping Secret to Making an Online Fortune in just Three Days!, I don’t want my inbox clogged with anything but Paypal Instant Payment Notifications, and think to myself - why is the rage with IM-ing just instant digital delivery products, why isn’t it okay to put my digital products on a DVD or on a CD and MAIL it to my customer? Lee, if I am thinking perhaps there is some OTHER way to make a decent living and escape my wage slavery via digital products am I wrong to believe that YOUR WAY is not the ONLY way to be successful with info products online?

    See you on the beach!

    David~

93. By Elizabeth Boyd on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee,

    I think you are a really smart guy. Can you tell me how you cam up with this casual contest idea, to get a name and traffic for your web site, and is it as effective as I think it is.

    Thanks I really would love to know the figures.

94. By David on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Graham - if I may, let me suggest a program that is free (always a good thing) and creates pdf’s with active clickable links from your source files. Google HTMLDOC to find the latest version. Has good security if you want it - and is fast and reliable. You can find tutorials online for it, too!

    Best, David~

95. By AJAY on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Respected Sir,
    My Indian tradition & culture teaches me to address the teacher with respect,as he represents the godesses of knowledge,Saraswati.
    AS a matter of fact,GURU,is an INDIAN word.In my culture,student is not supposed to address the teacher with his first-name or sirname,as that means showing an arrogance or disrespect for the teacher.Hence the term GURU is used with lot of respect.In old days before addressing the teacher as GURU,student had to touch his ears with his fingers,as a mark of respect for KNOWLEDGE.This gesture you will find in the concerts of INDIAN classical music singers even today!
    I am talented non-native writer.We face great barrier in internet world.Non-native writers are forced to do slave jobs like selling articles of 500 words for 1or2bucks.We have poor resources.I work on dialup internet connection with speed of zero to ten kbps and use second hand assembled computer.Converting Indian rupees in to UD$ and sending your own money to your own paypal accont is nightmariesh job.So people like me are forced to start with zero$ capital.You need at least
    a capital of about250$ for getting web hosting etc.Many people can not earn this initial capital after months of slave work and leave
    internet world in disgust& frustration.Consider
    all Asians,Chinese,ex-Russians,as your students.They are looking towards you with hope and inspiration.They feel you can provide
    them economic freedom.What do they want?
    A simple step by step system to earn their first 250$ initial capital in one month,working for not more than four hours per day on their bullockcart speed dialup connections& cheap assembled PCs.
    In the second step you should teach them to make 300$ STEADY income per month.
    In the third step they will have their economic freedom.Now everybody will move in his own field of interest & will require higher level mentoring,which he will be in position to pay for gladly.
    As you have started from scratch,we feel,you can understand our plight sensitively.
    If you can deliver something like this for all those non-english native net users,it will be great service to humanity as a whole and I am
    sure that every INDIAN,will touch his ear with his fingers, will bow in reverence, then address you as GURUJI.
    My question is will you become REAL GURU to
    all your unfortunate students?
    AJAY

96. By Roshan Naidu on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lee, I am yet to make money online but I do believe that the marketing aspect is the most important. Writing articles, I think, is such a great way to get targeted traffic and backlinks. My question is:

    Are there added advantages to owning an article directory website and what is a good article directory script that one can use?

    Thanks

97. By AJAY on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Respected Sir, I do not want to hurt anybody’s
    feelings.I simply do not mean that all native
    english speaker’s are arrogant or show disrespect for the teacher.If I have offended anybody,I apologize from my heart.I do know there are good hearted native english net users. That is why I wrote this piece.I am sorry if you or anybody feels hurt.May be there are some unspoken net-etiquets,which I have not understood.I have always liked western
    value of respecting personal freedom.You have full right to moderate my comment.I will once again aplogize,if anybody is hurt.
    Thanks AJAY

98. By Art Kavanagh on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Dear Lee,
    Lets cut to the chase here.
    When you were selling your ebooks on Ebay you built a list. Were your clients interested in your new ebook about how you made money selling on ebay and what percentage of those people bought your new ebook? In other words was your old list of any use at all when you took the plunge and went into internet marketing? As a corollary to that how did you build your new list?

99. By Abel on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

    Wusup Lee

    I’ve heard from alot,if not ALL Internet Marketer’s, to find someone who has done or is currently doing what I want to do, and do the same sorts of things. Basically, to find a coach….

    Who is your personal coach/mentor? And how exactly do u go about finding a coach, like, what qualities, characteristics about themselves or their business/es do you look for?

    Cheers bro!

100. By Judy on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

     Hi Lee,

     Good idea. I am a US teacher as well, and understand your heart , in genuinely trying to help people get ahead and be as successful . . .if not more successul, than you.

     My question is: How do you determine in which specific direction you will go in your next venture . . . or what specific niche or topic you will pursue next?

     Thanks and keep the “over-delivery” coming!

101. By George on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

     Hi Lee

     I am wondering what are the tools and how do you use them on a daily basis in operating your IM business?

     Best wishes,
     George

102. By Alan Petersen on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

     Holy cow Lee! We’re going to keep you verrry busy with all these questions.

     That’s going to be some ebook!

103. By Keith on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

     Lee,

     I have not taken the time to read all the questions You have gotten quite the response :)… I know I’m not the only one with information overload!! Too be honest I may have read the answer to the following someplace, but with IO I just can’t remember now… So here goes; Is there an ebook, report, paper etc. that lists 1. Get autoresponder 2. Get a delivery system 3. etc. I make lists or I’m all over the place. Heck maybe I’m giving someone an idea for a Ebook or report.

     I know there is room in this for all of us, I’m just having a tough time getting started.

     Thanks,

     Keith

104. By John G on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

     Hi Lee I would be very interested in how you got started and your secrets to your success

105. By Stuart Smyth on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply

     Hello Lee,

     I’m amazed by the response you have had to your competition. I will probably get a few answers to my questions from those already posted and a few more.

     My main questions:

     1. Having seen the number of questions raised will you answer more than 10 in detail?

     2. How much time do you spend answering emails from those on your list?

     3. Have you met John Thornhill?

     4. Is it necessary to have a lot of technical knowledge to do what you have done?

     5. Is eBay an essential part of your success?

     6. Is it essential to have a list and why?

     7. How frequently should one contact those on the list?

     8. Can my ordinary pc from PC World cope if you helped me to be successful too?

     9. There seem to be plenty of ebooks on offer but what are your views on ebook readers such as the one launched by Amazon in the US?

     10. If there is one piece of advice you could give me to be successful too what would it be?

     I have been in direct selling most of my adult life and I once attended a Tack Selling course in London where they said that to be successful in selling you simply had to make it easy for the customer to buy, I think you put that into practice by what you do - please keep doing it!

     Looking forward to hearing the result of your competition.

     Happy new year Lee,

     Stuart

106. By Kevin Brown on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply

     Hi Lee,

     Wonderful idea and you have a lot of worthwhile questions already to answer.

     I was touched by AJAY’s questions above - I would respond to them.

     Regards, Kevin

107. By Denise on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply

     Hi Lee, I would like to know if it is possible to earn a good living with one niche/website or do you need to have several? How do you know when you are ready to move on to the next money making project?
     How do you find the time to put into your business being a mom of two boys and a new neice I have custody of I hardly can find enough time?
     How does one stay focused, Step by Step?

     Thanks
     Denise

108. By Lynn on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply

     Hi Lee,

     This is a wonderful idea! I’ve seen a lot of marketers use surveys to get feedback but this way people get to see the questions that everyone has and know that they aren’t alone in wondering what or how.

     My question is…

     Would there be any chance of you writing about your own experiences - from the very beginning up until now? I mean, in detail including thought processes and reasons why or why not for everything so that it’s kind of a “you are there” experience for the reader.

     The reason I’m asking that is because it would be very difficult for you to give me an answer to my marketing questions that would suit me personally since you don’t know anything about me. But - you know yourself and what you did very well and I always learn so much by reading about or watching other people, what they do (or don’t do) and why.

     I don’t know anyone who has had the kind of success you have so having the privilege of reading your story would be like seeing the beautiful bright sunrise after a long night of groping in the pitch black darkness for me.

     Thank you Lee!

     Lynn

109. By Jontell on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply

     Lee,
     I have a website & domain name now what?
     I look forward to this report I have found you articles & information inspirational Thanks

110. By Graham Cox on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply

     Hi Lee,

     I have 3 questions:-

     1) For anyone creating their first info product, would you consider it’s primary purpose to be to make money or to build a list to monetize?

     2) Although I see the merits in info products because they make money and build a list simultaneously, the actual product only has a limited shelf life before sales start tailing off. Would you therefore recommend membership sites or software products as a better long term business model?

     3) What’s the best way to incentivise people to distribute a viral ebook?

     Cheers…Graham

111. By Lee McIntyre on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply

     Ajay - please do not apologise for your comments. They are from the heart and I completely understand your entire sentiment, and I know exactly where you are coming from.

     You make some valid points, and you’ve raised some extremely interesting arguments, and I hope to address these in the coming weeks.

     I find myself desperately wanting to reply to each and every post, but it simply isn’t possible or I’ll never get the free ebook done!

     I never expected such a powerful response, and I’m so grateful to everyone who has submitted some questions.

     Now I just have to pick someone to choose which 10 will make it into the book, and which 1 gets the cash prize.

     This is not going to be easy, and I suspect that choosing someone to pick the winner will be hard as well!

     Thanks again and keep them coming….

     Lee McIntyre

112. By Tam on Jan 5, 2008 | Reply

     Hi Lee,

     Okay, so here is my question. What was the very first thing that made you a steady income on the internet and what exact steps did you take to get there?

113. By Tam on Jan 5, 2008 | Reply

     What are the three most important things you need to suceed as in internet business man/woman?

114. By Tam on Jan 5, 2008 | Reply

     The