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 		<title>Comment on Automate Your Income in 2008 by: dlovelace</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsquare.com/automate-your-income-in-2008-314#comment-112978</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Affiliate Silver Bullet is an excellent list-building squeeze page system that uses professional video to sell the opt-in. The videos, graphics, and the pre-sell follow up sales copy are above average. Although I believe the large graphics will be a problem on those who do not have broadband.

I would highly recommend it if you’re new to Internet Marketing and do not yet have an autoresponder account or you’re established with Aweber.

ASB requires that you have an Aweber autoresponder account in order to use their system. There are no other options!

So if you have not established an account with anyone yet, this won’t be an issue for you. Aweber is a highly recommended and popular choice. So you’ll need to add $19.95/mo to ASB’s $37/mo fee for a total of $56.95 to make their system work for you. Plus you’ll need hosting to upload the squeeze pages which can start at $10/mo. So keep this in mind.

However, if you’re already doing business online, and you are using any other autoresponder system, you’re out of luck! I can’t imagine what Dustin was thinking in limiting this option to one service. He must be losing sales because of this lack of flexibility.

I would like to think that Dustin will be adding additional options in the very near future, although it is not verified. There is only 1 customer support woman to answer emails (in my experience). The project is brand new and she’s not informed about all details yet. She is very polite. But can take 24 hours or so to get back to you.

Regarding the description “Automatically build your targeted email lists”.. this is not true! This is misleading and requires further explanation.

Just as a previous reviewer said, YOU have to provide the traffic. That’s a no-brainer. What the “automatic” statement is referring to is an option to pay a one-time fee ($97 if I recall correctly) that will allow you to upgrade. When you do so, you’ll earn traffic credits for referrals to ASB which will go to your squeeze page (as I recall the terms). That is not the full story of the ‘traffic credits’, but a quick summary based on memory of seeing the one-time-offer page. Regardless, the point is, Dustin should revise his sales copy.

That’s the ONLY aspect of “automatically building your targeted email list” within the system!

Back to the autoresponder issue. ASB says signing up for Aweber is optional. True! They will automaticallly follow up with the opt-ins you send on your behalf.

But if you do not signup with Aweber, you do NOT own the list!! All the traffic you send is captured by ASB. Yes, the automatic followup will convert browsers into buyers, I’m confident. But after the follow up series ends, that’s it. You no longer have access to the list to make additional sales down the road. And this defeats the purpose of having one!

This is a major flaw in ASB’s system.

That’s why I think it’s a better deal for those just starting out who have yet to invest in an autoresponder, or for those marketers who are already established with Aweber.

They do not have training to help you drive traffic to your squeeze pages. It’s assumed that you already know this. They’re closest competitor offers plenty of training to help the “little guy”. Another negative for ASB.

Side note - Getting started was easy. I just uploaded 2 files to my hosting account and the squeeze page I chose was ready to roll.

Summary - the product is excellent. But Dustin needs to (1) revise his sales copy to prevent misleading visitors about the automatic list-building and (2) make his system much more flexible to accomodate a broader range of marketers. The value is in line with similar services. Support is a little slow so far. Given the current flaws, I gave it an overall rating of 7 out of 10.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Affiliate Silver Bullet is an excellent list-building squeeze page system that uses professional video to sell the opt-in. The videos, graphics, and the pre-sell follow up sales copy are above average. Although I believe the large graphics will be a problem on those who do not have broadband.</p>
	<p>I would highly recommend it if you’re new to Internet Marketing and do not yet have an autoresponder account or you’re established with Aweber.</p>
	<p>ASB requires that you have an Aweber autoresponder account in order to use their system. There are no other options!</p>
	<p>So if you have not established an account with anyone yet, this won’t be an issue for you. Aweber is a highly recommended and popular choice. So you’ll need to add $19.95/mo to ASB’s $37/mo fee for a total of $56.95 to make their system work for you. Plus you’ll need hosting to upload the squeeze pages which can start at $10/mo. So keep this in mind.</p>
	<p>However, if you’re already doing business online, and you are using any other autoresponder system, you’re out of luck! I can’t imagine what Dustin was thinking in limiting this option to one service. He must be losing sales because of this lack of flexibility.</p>
	<p>I would like to think that Dustin will be adding additional options in the very near future, although it is not verified. There is only 1 customer support woman to answer emails (in my experience). The project is brand new and she’s not informed about all details yet. She is very polite. But can take 24 hours or so to get back to you.</p>
	<p>Regarding the description “Automatically build your targeted email lists”.. this is not true! This is misleading and requires further explanation.</p>
	<p>Just as a previous reviewer said, YOU have to provide the traffic. That’s a no-brainer. What the “automatic” statement is referring to is an option to pay a one-time fee ($97 if I recall correctly) that will allow you to upgrade. When you do so, you’ll earn traffic credits for referrals to ASB which will go to your squeeze page (as I recall the terms). That is not the full story of the ‘traffic credits’, but a quick summary based on memory of seeing the one-time-offer page. Regardless, the point is, Dustin should revise his sales copy.</p>
	<p>That’s the ONLY aspect of “automatically building your targeted email list” within the system!</p>
	<p>Back to the autoresponder issue. ASB says signing up for Aweber is optional. True! They will automaticallly follow up with the opt-ins you send on your behalf.</p>
	<p>But if you do not signup with Aweber, you do NOT own the list!! All the traffic you send is captured by ASB. Yes, the automatic followup will convert browsers into buyers, I’m confident. But after the follow up series ends, that’s it. You no longer have access to the list to make additional sales down the road. And this defeats the purpose of having one!</p>
	<p>This is a major flaw in ASB’s system.</p>
	<p>That’s why I think it’s a better deal for those just starting out who have yet to invest in an autoresponder, or for those marketers who are already established with Aweber.</p>
	<p>They do not have training to help you drive traffic to your squeeze pages. It’s assumed that you already know this. They’re closest competitor offers plenty of training to help the “little guy”. Another negative for ASB.</p>
	<p>Side note - Getting started was easy. I just uploaded 2 files to my hosting account and the squeeze page I chose was ready to roll.</p>
	<p>Summary - the product is excellent. But Dustin needs to (1) revise his sales copy to prevent misleading visitors about the automatic list-building and (2) make his system much more flexible to accomodate a broader range of marketers. The value is in line with similar services. Support is a little slow so far. Given the current flaws, I gave it an overall rating of 7 out of 10.
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 		<title>Comment on Automate Your Income in 2008 by: Jennifer</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsquare.com/automate-your-income-in-2008-314#comment-112857</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Wow that site is awesome! I just signup and made my first sale yesterday by following exactly what it told me to do.

You know what? this is the first time since I have been online that I actually witness myself making money. And I thought nobody makes money online... boy was I wrong! dead Wrong. Thanks for the link to the website. It's a God sent</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Wow that site is awesome! I just signup and made my first sale yesterday by following exactly what it told me to do.</p>
	<p>You know what? this is the first time since I have been online that I actually witness myself making money. And I thought nobody makes money online&#8230; boy was I wrong! dead Wrong. Thanks for the link to the website. It&#8217;s a God sent
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 		<title>Comment on Automate Your Income in 2008 by: Paulie</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsquare.com/automate-your-income-in-2008-314#comment-112308</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Is this one of your sites? and who made your graphics? I am looking for a good graphic designer for my website.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Is this one of your sites? and who made your graphics? I am looking for a good graphic designer for my website.
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 		<title>Comment on Automate Your Income in 2008 by: Jeff</title>
		<link>http://www.thirdsquare.com/automate-your-income-in-2008-314#comment-112307</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>This sound like something I could be interested in. I check the site out and I got to say I am very impressed by the quality of the opt-in page setup. 
May be a great product, however stating that it is all automatic is false. You still have to drive traffic to the sites. 10 new sites a month…what a nightmare to manage 10 more different ad campaigns per month. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>This sound like something I could be interested in. I check the site out and I got to say I am very impressed by the quality of the opt-in page setup.<br />
May be a great product, however stating that it is all automatic is false. You still have to drive traffic to the sites. 10 new sites a month…what a nightmare to manage 10 more different ad campaigns per month.
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