Are Bulk Mailing Services Worth it?
By Matt Bacak

Often times I’ve been asked what the best opt-in service that also has a bulk email sending service that’s either inexpensive or free. Now I know there are a lot of marketers who do this kind of thing. But if you’re a real seasoned marketer and not a “dirty” marketer, you will have no need for this. Buying bulk lists in a given niche and sending out email messages to these lists were very popular back in the day when the word “spam” did not exist. However, now with the Anti-Spam Act established in 2003, doing this sort of thing is in my opinion very, very risky.

You can no longer simply buy a list in any given niche and send an email to that list. Nowadays you have to have permission from each individual. And the only way to get their permission is if these individuals actually opted in or signed up for your list by going to your website and entering their name and email address.

Any bulk mailing service that you’re considering using to purchase lists from can create an IP issue. Now with the Anti-Spam Act in effect if a bulk mailing company decides to pursue this type of marketing, they’re going to get their service shut down. Personally, I don’t care how clean they may claim that their list is. If those individuals in the list didn’t opt in to your list, then you’re pretty much going to be seen as a spammer and may be banned. Taking a risk like this is not worth it as it can ruin your future earning potential and your online livelihood. If you want to build an online business this is not the way to do it. In fact, this is actually the best way to kill your business and your dreams.

Basically one thing you need to remember is to set up your own opt-in (aka squeeze page) and begin building your list. Write articles, do pay-per-click advertising, pursue joint ventures and solo advertising from sites. Rome was not build in a day and neither has any profitable successful online business. It takes time and dedication. You too need to take the time to put in a little elbow grease. Once you do this, I assure you that you will soon reap the rewards of your efforts.

So, be persistent and spend a bit of money and put in some time and soon you’re online business will purrrr it’s way all the way to the bank!

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Basically, if I’m planning on having a long-term business relationship with my JV partner I create a corporation with that individual. It may sound extreme but it’s not. This is what I do when I plan on making several deals with this person over a fairly long period of time.

What I do is we open a corporate bank account together. All the money from the merchant account goes into that bank account and then it gets divvied up from there. This is a good this to do because we have the corporation stating who owns what, so that way we make sure that everything’s getting taken care of properly and equally.

Now if you were going to do it what happens is whenever anybody purchases from you, your merchant account will send an email to both you and your JV partner at the same time to let you know that you’ve both got orders. Merchant accounts are excellent at tracking this type of information which makes it fairly simple when doing partnerships like these. However, it also can be taken care of at the shopping cart level. If you share access to a shopping cart, this can also track orders and notify you both of sales. So that’s another option as well.

But one major point I want to make very clear is to make sure that one thing you do when you are splitting the money is that you are taking out the merchant account fees. It will cost you about 3% on the way in for each transaction and 3% on the way out. So, if you have any refunds or anything like that, you want to make sure you take out that money on the way in and the same goes for the money on the way out. It’s really important for you to do that.

Either way,having a system to track orders is the best way to ensure a smooth business partnership where you can easily track what’s going on. This is the best way to keep a tab on your business.

Warmest regards,

Matt Bacak

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Once you have begun to think positively and use decisive language, you will need to learn how to move from thoughts and language to action. When you begin to take action there are two important “F” words. The first word, FEAR, can stop you from reaching your goals, stop you from super-sizing your lifestyle.

You may have heard this before – probably from Brian Tracy. You hear many speakers saying it…

They say that FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real.

FEAR

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Well, I thought about that and they are right. But here’s my spin on it, it’s not only False Evidence Appearing Real, but it’s also, False EDUCATION Appearing Real.

FEAR

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Some people are educated the wrong way. That is why I want to share this information with you. If you live in FEAR, you will never get the results that you want.

The other “F” word is FAITH. You’ve gotta have faith. Have faith in yourself. Have faith in you husband. Have faith in your wife. Have faith in your kids. Have faith in your business. Have faith in your idea. You will see results! Have faith in other people, too. Not having faith in other people is a huge problem that many of us have. You have to have faith. Your Faith moves you forward through action and leads you to the result that you desire.

Let me ask you a question. Do you know your personal cost of not developing the Internet Millionaire Mindset? Do you know the actual hard cost? I’ll tell you one of the costs for me, was looking in the eyes of my child and my wife at Christmas and knowing that I couldn’t give them what I wanted to give them. I couldn’t give them what they wanted or needed.

The thing that changed my life, and I do not often share this story. I grew up in a small town outside of Youngstown, Ohio, a hard working steel town called Cortland. We didn’t have much money. My parents gave me a budget. My parents told me, “If you want to buy expensive shoes, and the cool clothes that the other kids are wearing. You have to earn the money for yourself. You have to go out there and make it happen.” I said, “Okay, I will.” I went out and got a couple of paper routes.

One of the last stops on my paper route was an assisted living community (or as I called it then, an old folks’ home). I would sit around and talk to them. The old people would say, “Boy, if I was your age” and “I wish I would’ve done this” or “I could’ve done this and I should’ve done that.”
They were telling me all the things and they wished they had accomplished in their lives.

I remember many of them saying to me “If I had the money I would have invested in stocks, or I would have started business because I could have made a lot of money.”

I remember one day, I was on my way home from my paper routes. Instead of passing by the waterfall at the old mill, I rode my bike down to the water with my paper-bag on my shoulder. I threw it on my bike; I ran underneath the waterfall and made a promise to myself: “I will never end up like those people – full of regret. I do not want to end up like that. I don’t want to ever say, ‘I wish I had done this, or I wish I could’ve done that.’”

I want to live life without regrets. I want to emphasize that to you. Think about all of the things you could have done, you should have done, and you would have done, but you did not. It was fear that stopped you from doing those things. I want to challenge you to start moving in faith, because absolute miracles will happen for you.

Warmest regards,

Matt Bacak

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Victory Tip #1: To be successful you must overcome your fear or failure and its kissing cousin, the feeling of rejection. This can be difficult, but is necessary. You have to have the optimism to trudge forth regardless of how many obstacles jump in front of you. You have to ask for things even if you might be rejected.

Victory Tip #2: Since the world’s most successful people fail more often then they succeed we try to look for ways to be immune to failure. They may have failed a lot, but have succeeded more times than anyone else. For example, you may be happy if 3 out of 10 direct email sales letters are successful. The successes make up for the failures. You can still make loads of money with more “failures”.

Victory Tip #3: Put yourself at risk often. The secret is not to go below the waterline. If you put a hole in a boat below the waterline then the boat will sink.
Positive risks include: dating, door to door sales

Victory Tip #4: The number one fear in America is public speaking. Practice public speaking. You will be more successful if you can present your ideas well. Join a public speaking group like “Toastmasters”. 56% would rather face death than speak publicly.

Victory Tip #5: People fear that entrepreneurship is to risky. This is a fallacy. You are at more risk of being fired by an employer. Try getting a job when you are over 45 years old. It is difficult. So becoming an entrepreneur is sometimes your most viable option. Running your own business will actually provide you more security than working from somebody else. You don’t have to worry about being fired because you are the boss.

Victory Tip #6: Send an email to your list about you, your business, and your products, and services. Send emails to people that you want to work with even if they are rich and famous. What’s the worst that could happen? The person simply doesn’t respond. Send several email postcards and/or direct mail postcards to increase the chances that you will have a “yes” response to your requests.

These six victory tips should convince you that you can run your own business and achieve your dreams. These tips will guide you through the process and provide the best environment for triumph.

Warmest regards,

Matt Bacak

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Basically, thoughts are what cause action. Energy always causes thoughts.

If you can convince yourself that you can become a multimillionaire by the end of the year then you might become one. Your belief might not be correct, but it might happen. Visualization is an extremely powerful skill. It lets you control reality with your mind alone.

Success Tip #2: Burn a few bridges. This means that you quit your job so you have no choice, but to succeed in your own business. A lot of people aren’t successful because they have something easy to fall back on. For example, they have the security of their “day” job that prevents them from realizing the full potential of their dream. There is a very powerful psychological aspect and motivator when you have burned bridges.

Success Tip #3: When anybody tries to put you down understand that they are wrong. They don’t know that you have it in you, only you do. You know that you can succeed and that’s all that matters. So don’t listen to them!

Success Tip #4: Have you read “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. Read this book over and over again. It chock full of valuable inspiration and advice.

Success Tip #5: Be bold and strong forces will follow. You will find that people who told you that you couldn’t succeed now follow you after you’ve been successful. It’s funny how once you lead the pack; people change their minds about you. This type of confidence is very, very powerful.

Success Tip #5: Look at end results. “Dream like you’ll live forever. Live like you’ll die today.” Set short goals that you can accomplish today. When you set your dreams set them big.

These five success tips helped an 18 year old start a million dollar online business. He was steadfast in his goals and determination. Learn from his advice and turn your business into a million dollar venture as well.

Warmest regards,

Matt Bacak

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