Hi,

I am Diogo Nogueira from Brazil. we have an e-commerce (we export handicrafts worldwide. our business is just starting to grow. i have beenn visiting your blogs for a week only. i am just finishing reading your book (twitter power, very interesting book). The most helpfull articles to me are the ones about online marketing, social media articles. how to market on the web in general.

best regards,

Diogo Nogueira

1) Who are you and where are you from?
Patrick, Denver, CO

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
Not officially a business yet, but I have paid a good portion of my university expenses over the last several years doing internet marketing.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
tbh, I rarely read it, just too busy. Since I follow you on Twitter, I occasionally check out posts you make.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
I'm interested in seeing case studies more than anything (for example, the post about your iFart sales).

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
Managing a company, Colorado adventures, upcoming, current, and future projects (without exposing too much of course), etc.

I'm Chantal Sukel, campaign manager of Eurail.Com, worldwide online sales of European train passes Eurail and InterRail. Headquarters in the Netherlands, that's where I'm from. I started to follow you after reading Twitter Power. I've been an early adopter of corporate Facebook with Eurail and InterRail but am still struggling to find the best way to make Twitter worth while. Being only 24, I find conversations about so called 'new' media very interesting. So keep on writing about that! It's a pity the blog reads a bit slow on mobile. Thanks for all tips so far! Hopefully speak in the near future. Chantal (@chantalsukel)

Hi Joel,

we've chatted in the past but I'll stick to the questions

Im Phil Henderson and I live in a beautiful mountainside village in Scotland, although I'm originally from north east England.

I have my own Internet business around the area of SEO. I offer offline companies the opprtunity to take advantage of the boom in local search marketing and the power of social media.
I also promote affiliate offers, products and services using my Stupidly Simple SEO system.
This system is also in beta test just now in readiness for our launch at the end of March.

I measure my success not just monetarily but also in the success I have helping others to increase their profits and also develop new skills to ensure business success.
I'm driven to help others, that i would say is my calling in life.

I've followed you and your publications for a good few years now and always enjoy and value the content you deliver. Even iFart lol

the articles that really interest me are those that cover the experiences, trials and tribulations of other marketers.
I'm more interested in their mind set, personal strengths and ability to adapt

if I could have you write about one thing it would be a simple easy to follow success guide/blueprint designed for newbies to Internet marketing and online business as I feel their is so much clutter and confusion around and many, many people are given the wrong advice and direction.

I believe that you have the kudos and track record to help these people as they do deserve a selfless mentor not money grabbing tricksters.

I hope the above is ok?

I also hope you are well and life is treating you great!!

All the best

Phil Henderson

My name is Debbie and I live in Israel.

If truth be told, I'm only here because I just saw your tweet encouraging me to read this.

So I came over here and liked that you want to know who I am. That's refreshing.

I've interacted with you a couple of times on Twitter and appreciate that you actually encourage conversations. Nice.

In real life I'm a marketing consultant working both in the real world and online.

I'm not into the Internet millionaire stuff at all. I'm far more interested in finding ways to help out the little guys, the small businesses who stand or fall on their business decisions.

I view my responsibilities as a marketing consultant very seriously. The advice I give can not only make or break a business, it can make or break the families behind that business.

So I'd like to know more about what you think about marketing ethics and best practices. I'd like to know how you measure success and what your plans are for the future.

Now that I've been lured over here (in the nicest possible way!) I'll hang around for a bit and explore.

Debbie

Hello,
My name is Duygu and I'm from Turkey. I am currently working in a private shopping website. I have read your book twitter power to optimize our account and I found it very useful indeed.
I would love to read more on road maps for beginners, especially about social media.
Thanks a lot.

1) Who are you and where are you from?
Jeremy from IL
2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
there are a few and have had some success but always learning

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it? 6 months

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
instructional posts and advice on internet marketing and driving traffic

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
the best resources to use for an internet business..ie autoresponder, drop ship, etc.

thank you for your time and energy

Jeremy

http://www.top5autoresponderreviews.com
Top 5 Autoresponders and Reviews from real people

1) Who are you and where are you from? Diana, living in East Texas.

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
I am working on my first web site now. I intend to promote products rather than IM,
3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it? Received first last week. Downloaded all your free books and ordered your AdSense material.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you? Anything involved with a template for setting up a web site. The order of setting up.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be? It would be as above. Steps 1 through however many to completion of a new web page and site.

Have enjoyed articles I've read so far. Heard of you before I actual came to the blog. I believe the first time was through Affilorama.

Thanks.
Diana

My name is Tiffany Newman. I am the Client Development Coordinator at Jameson Management. Jim Quillen recommended that I read your book-Twitter power. That's how I came to know you. I enjoy reading any blogs you write on Social Media, marketing and sales.

1) I am Troy Rutter from Ames, IA

2) I am currently an employee at a web design / web application compamny. However I dabbled in Affiliate programs, Adsense and stay active in social media circles.

3) I first read The Adsense Code several years ago. Ive been subscribing to Top One since last September. I also purchased Elevate which I try and re-watch a session or two weekly. I enjoy reading and learning about companies like yours that are truly creative and are actually DOING something in the space.

4) I enjoy all the articles, but the ones I enjoy the most are the ones that relate to your business. For instance I loved the dot com story videos, and the peeks into your business atmosphere. They are very inspiring. I also enjoy the interviews such as a feature about eZineArticles with an interview with its founder, etc. These are very insightful.

5) I would like to hear a genuine case study (or studies) about say implementing adsense on something you are passionate about (the Joel Comm way) vs niche-hunting (like cashing in on "the latest thing.") Maybe a story on how your interest in _________ led you to build a site on it and leverage adsense ... etc. We all know the big one - video games - that led to Yahoo Games, but there must be more. Did you ever try chasing a niche you really weren't interested in and what were the results?

Thank you again for being "real" - it does make a difference.

Hey Joel,
Nice that you would bother to ask:
I am Debra Matthews - Originally from the UK but now live in South East Virginia USA

I am an Internet Business Broker with Quiet Light Brokerage- Specializing in representing income generating [exclusively] web based businesses for sale. We are doing very well establishing ourselves as a top resource for high quality, verifiable, web based business opportunities.

I also own a couple of sites myself and have been aware of you since I read AdSense Code in 2008 and your blog for a little over a year. I read and follow because you provide easy to follow, accurate, well researched information that helps me help my clients and has great value to my own businesses ventures too.

I especially enjoy articles about brand building, AdSense and marketing. If I could ask you to opine on anything, I would really like to hear your thoughts on the pros and cons of starting from scratch vs. buying an existing web business.

Thanks for providing invaluable information and for keeping it easy to understand, honest and for asking who your readers are.

Cheers, all the best to you and your readers too.
Debra

Hello Joel,

Mark P-R here, from Beautiful Beloit, Wisconsin.

Yes, Joel... I do have several websites that I do business from. I've been doing business online for the past decade, and love it. My most recent venture is distributing health machines that really helped me (that's why I decided to start distributing them). That website features the Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine (as seen on the Doctors TV show) - http://www.HealthChiProducts.com I also have several motivational poster websites featuring over 600 designs I have created over the years. My most popular is my Print-A-Poster website that features all of my designs sized as 5"x7" mini-posters, and available for Free immediate print-out. It's very popular. http://www.Print-A-Poster.com

I've been involved reading your materials since back in the day when you opened your "AdsenseChat" forum (4-5 years ago). I love to keep up with your thoughts about business online. You have helped me earn literally thousands of extra dollars - Thanks so much!

I personally prefer articles that express your intuition as to where the course of doing business online is heading in the future. I want to stay forward looking.

As far as writing about one thing... I guess I'd like to hear more about your early days when you were negotiating the sale of your gaming business. How did you as a less experienced entrepreneur deal with the big boys?

Anyway, Joel... thanks for asking our input. I will continue to monitor this thread to find out more about the fans you've gained over the years.

You are an inspiration...

Hi Joel,

Michelle Hoffmann from River Falls, WI here. I am a photographer, website designer, writer, internet marketer and I own and publish The 24KaratMarketer Ezine and have been doing so since January 2001.

I stumbled across your blog a couple of weeks ago and have been checking in every so often to get great information and advice.

Great questions, Joel!

1) Who are you and where are you from?

Eric M. Larson from Eagan, Minnesota (a suburb on the south side of the Twin Cities); "emlarson" on Twitter and most other places. The tiny bio is "Husband, father, podcaster at Ericast.com, Academic Technology Consultant at a big private university."

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

No Internet business (yet). I've got a passion to "support learning" using technology (where appropriate) and I've always wanted to start a "video production for the little guy" business, but that market is a lot more saturated (thus, in my opinion, healthier -- I want to see the "end" and don't care if I'm the "means" to it) than it was 6 or 7 years ago when I first started working on that idea.

"Success" in this "social media" world has an interesting measure; it's all about engagement and conversation, but the reality is that most "engaged" people don't actually contribute, so you have no measure of how many are truly engaged and how many aren't. Look at this post; when I started writing this entry there were 18 comments (probably a few more by now) and that was two hours after Joel posted his Tweet about the post. I'm betting that in those two hours there were a whole lot more than 18 hits to this post. Yet, most people didn't take the time to comment -- to share their views and to get the ear of THE Joel Comm. Why is that? Same thing with my podcast; even though it's a really casual one, I know I do have a few dozen listeners out there, yet I get almost no calls to the "listener feedback line." Does that mean I've "failed"? I don't think so... but I think we need to keep talking about what "success" means when we're trying to engage people in a conversation and build a community (where we don't have the advantage of selling widgets and counting the dollars that come in as a metric).

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

Probably 3 or 4 years; I keep up with you, Joel, because you're one of the "big players" with a proven track record and decent personal character, so when I want to refresh myself on what's happening in internet marketing I can refocus on where you're at as a "thought leader" and get caught up-to-date on recent trends.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?

Anything that talks about internet marketing for something "real"; I'm so burned out on the usual hype out there of "Check out my product launch on how you can make money on product launches!" or "Use Twitter to learn how you can make money using Twitter!" or whatever. Making money by telling people that they can make money by telling people that they can make money is lame.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?

Personally, I like hearing about people's values and beliefs and what makes them "them" -- not 100% of the time, and not "My dog just ate a second bowl of dog food!", but something that gives insight into the people behind the site/marketing/book/project/product. Don't forget that side of yourself!

1) Who are you and where are you from?

Heya Joel. Ask you'll receive. :)

1) Daniel here, from Singapore.

2) Yeah, just started building Internet businesses (offline products, marketing everything online). Since Jan 2010, I've done 5.

Only the 1st was a flop---"no one gets it right in the first jump".

2nd's a Singapore Otah, dealing with wholesale BBQ in Singapore (it's an instant hit, and we aren't doing offline marketing yet), the remaining 3 are an expansion of my parents' already existing businesses (The Mannequin Shop, The Hanger Shop, The Hair Wig Shop). Currently building up on my 6th, which is a web hosting in Singapore under the name of AGrowthMedia.

All is good. :)

3) You caught my attention with The Next Internet Millionaire show---I remembered waiting days for each new episode to be aired on the site.

4) I was wondering how the long sales letter thing came about. Oh! And ... (this next suggestion should appear better in #5)

5) Please do share out on how you grew an audience prior to the Facebook and Twitter era. Donald Trump mentioned something once about a business can still be built without the use of the mobile phone. Yeah, a post or two about that would be neat. :)

Keep in contact Joel.

Hi Joel -
One thing I need to do more of is give - and ask for comments on my website. Thank you for this post!
Viv

1) Who are you and where are you from? Cindy from Gilbert AZ

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success? Yes, I'm just starting an internet biz....in the development stage. My measured level of success would be navigating through all the web technology, social media, pulling it all together. Challenging and frustrating

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
Just started reading your blog, as I'm hoping to educate myself and continue learning. I find your entries lengthy, and I'm a big controller of my time.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
I find everything relative to business online helpful. Much of it is beyond the current state of my business, yet very helpful for future planning. Social media and technology related topics helpful.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
Simplify technology, speak in layman's terms; illustrate a solid social media plan; continued education about social media.

1)I am a graphic designer in Fort Collins

2) No, not yet anyway.

3) Only a week now. I met Brian Means who works for you and got his family addicted to Settlers of Catan, where I found out about your company.

4) Right now I am not sure. I have dove to the depths of your archives yet, but I will.

5) I am coming by your office in Loveland tomorrow for a brief tour. Maybe I will have the opportunity to meet you in person.

1) A regular guy who learnt a lot from your books and blogs (north of you)

2)
there is an internet business, could be at much higher level, so that could be a reason that I am reading your blog in order to find some answers from an EXPERT like yourself

3) since the moment you have open it
WHY do you read it? Honest answer is under 2.) but can
sometimes I put a link towards one of my sites,
and very often somebody from your team removes it from comments.

4) about promotions, also advice, traffic..

5) Traffic, possible JV, and

thank you for this post

Great way to pull more comments.

Im a blogging entrepreneur have a online business and blog. Live in Mass.

Visiting your blog for few months. I find any article within blogging, social media, SEO traffic tips, community building and any psoyt that makes me laugh..lol

Joel,

Joseph Ratliff here from Lacey, WA.

I'm a direct response copywriter, and online marketing strategy consultant for both online and offline businesses.

I visit your blog only rarely (not because of you)...and have your Click Here To Order book and read that cover to cover several times.

I would like to read more entrepreneurship-style articles, not the "get started" type, but for a more seasoned entrepreneur.

Hi everyone -
I'm Marijo Tinlin and I live in Boulder County. I have a website I've been running for about 8 months called www.teachingyourtoddler.com. I have been building organic traffic and run AdSense but I'm not making any money yet. I've learned a TON about building websites and content marketing through this site however.

I have read twitter power, The AdSense Code and I've been skimming the e-books you've recently sent out. I subscribe to Top One Report, which I LOVE; started getting that probably last summer. I dog-ear almost every page, it seems.

The best article in the lastest issue is the Web Design Health Check-Up article - fabulous! I follow Joel on Twitter and I read the blog sporadically. I do visit www.joelcomm.com pretty frequently and I'm a part of the Top One Network.

The one article or series of articles I would like to see would be around the legal side of anything internet-related, such as copywrite laws, laws affecting blogs, website content, etc. I realize this isn't legal advice, but at least it would help know what's ok and what's risky in terms of content building as well as what's protected (or not). Thanks for listening. Trying to do good stuff.

Read yours and many other emails every day. Most are selling or 'marketing' their latest dream machine!!

Don't they realize that some of us, like myself, are making LOTS of money; but aren't busy promoting it or how?

Life is much more simple than many of these promotional emails project, then attempt to 'close' every warm email!

Disturbing to say the least.

Thank you,

Ross

I just finished watching Mari Smith's presentation on Facebook and was blown away! Clearly social media can generate a lot of traffic, and therefore business to our websites.

The problem is most of us do not have a mailing list with thousands of names on it. If we did, we could leverage Facebook, Twitter and so on to generate even more traffic.

I am working on my two websites: http://realkidsphotography.com and http://all-things-aviation.com all of the time, but the traffic is slow.

My opinion? Traffic requires a lot of work to acquire, but it is definitely worth the effort! And, I don't think there is any magic pill or program to make it happen overnight!

John {JetAviator7}

1) Who are you and where are you from?

I am in Seattle Joel. Michael Hartzell but most recently they are calling me Big Loser Mike at www.biglosermike.com

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

I have an online presence to complement and support my offline business. People walk and live in the dirt, grass and pavement. Using the virtual world as a tool to enhance this keeps people smiling. (We aren't the Matrix quite yet) :)

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

Over a year now Joel. I read it because you have a different spin and usually ahead of the curve just a bit. However... as everyone, I have dozens (and dozens) of emails / RSS and thus I too scan titles and do not read as many as you would like. If something connects with my current need? I grab it. If not? I save it for later. (never delete so that should make you smile)

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?

Latest trends / tools / bizarre events / risks and how they will apply to the current market. You have a knack to see between the lines and help to connect it to others. Too many business owners do not have the time to read feel good dialogue nor do they want to spend time research. CNET offers a buffet of software with rating but it is generalized.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?

Stop for a second. Life is not so simple. That is partially my point of www.biglosermike.com. Each day changes dramatically. One thing? hmmmm. How about this Joel. Why don't you tackle the core reasons of perceived barriers to creating an online business success? Not the symptoms everyone sees. Once the perceived barriers are removed? A man such as yourself could turn the tide of unemployment person by person, group by group.

More importantly. What is your mission? Your vision? Is your next step to change the world? Write about that. Interested in what battle / war / mission you take on next.

I appreciate what you do. Let me know if you want more. Happy to connect.

@michaelhartzell

Hi

I'm Simon from Wolverhampton UK

I have a couple of information websites which I have tried to apply your adsense secrets to with some success (ie increased ctr etc.)

I enjoy reading your blog as it is straightforward and not full of BS.

David Reynolds, ex-journalist and one-time reviewer for the Sacramento Book Review (I read and commented on "Twitter Power") from the great Sacramento, Calif. area here.
My interest is learning more about social media as it applies to marketing communications. I want to generate more traffic to my communications blog with the goal of eventually turning that traffic into a marketing communications job.

Damn! I thought you were going to ask if I would like you to post a comment on MY blog. But it's only fair, after a couple years of reading your posts that I leave one on yours, huh?

I read it for ideas and for facts about what works, what doesn't, when selling via the internet.

What I would like more of is how to spread the word (in this case, an alternative to the traditional tit-for-tat approach to marriage building) and (perhaps you are not the one to ask about this -- yet) how to get useful feedback from those who are listening. This would be in addition to all the great stuff you offer on how to get them to support my devotion to this mission financially.

And what would you like to know about great marriages and life partnerships?

I'm looking for co-conspirators (founding participants) for using a simple online process (ASK4) to solve global issues and share the created value and revenue of a self-governed innovation community (U-Netted Nations). It is a means to re-purpose both the process and the content that is wasting away in the loose threads of multiple social network conversations - and to turn them into "Collaboration On Purpose". I read everything I can find about process improvement and affiliate remuneration (trading common sen$e for non-sense).

Hi, my name is Hari and i am a regular reader of your posts. I must say i have learnt a lot from your blog and your ebook about google adsense.

I am a blogger as well but my blog is more of a journal than to create revenue. But I am planning to host a website (actually a blog). I'm planning to do my MBA this year and my new blog would (hopefully) be my view of the business world and its intricacies, and my way to network with millions of other people (MBA students) in the business world. And if things go well, I would like to make some revenue out of it for the occasional beer!!

If you ask me what i really really love to read is about anything that helps me to stand out from the crowd. For example, the Presentation Zen and Made to Stick are two books that i've read more than 2 times.

Looking forward to reading more fun stuff here.

1) Who are you and where are you from?

Hey Joel, no introductory about me is necessary, you know who I am. :)

Dan Nickerson's buddy of 12 years or so now. You keep him so busy I hardly get to chat to the guy...lol
But glad he's having fun all the same, you come across a good guy to work for.

Any ways, Who am I (just so your readers know)...

Loz Lawn, 35 years old. 36 end of April. Man, time sure flys by. Is it me, or what, but doesn't there seem to be that many hours in the day as one gets older? Or am I just slowing down...lol

I'm from the U.K. Hertfordshire, 45 miles North East of London. Spent most of my life there. But was born in Australia, N.S.W.

I'm what is referred to as a "Aus-POM" :) (dual nationality)

2a) Do you have an Internet business?

Yup, serveral, some not as good as others, but I guess you know that not all ideas pan out the way one hopes, but always moving on to other ideas, projects... Mainly now I'm in the industry of helping others.

2b) If so, what is it all about?

My current one is: Forex Signal Mentor at http://forexsignalmentor.com

I help a group of people, currently around 168 so far to learn the Foreign Exchange Industry by trading currency pairs such as EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, etc, etc, using all sorts of Technicial Analysis strategies to predict where the Currency Pair will end up after entering the market based on BUY or SELL Signals that are created using some of my techniques to spot these entries.

Over 90% of my students are new to the ForEx Industry, and I'm extremely proud of each and everyone of them, they're doing quite well taking into consideration their experience level.

It gives me a sense of achievement that I have helped another person to find something else to fall back on since we're in such bad shape globally regarding our Economic status, with U.S.A alone hitting 10.1% or so in unemployment, another 4% or so more and they'll be where Germany was about 10 years ago with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world at that time.

2c) What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

It's hard to pin point that to a degree of saying how do they compare to me, but I will say this.
They do learn very quickly, while others not as quick. I offer 1-on-1 help (mentoring), which comprises of emotional control, ie, over greed, and how to reward ones self if a job done well, and also to learn how to stay on keel if one were to make a mistake. I love encouraging people and letting them know that it's ok to make a mistake; as it's all apart of the learning process.

Once they get out of their normal shell of being timid and hestitate, their true potential really blossoms and shows in their work / results as they make each new trade.

I have students now as in a little as a couple of months who are on live accounts, trading real money and doing well at that too.

So I guess, with the level of committment I am showing my students, unlike some Marketing Guru's who have a tendancy to leave you in the arms of their support guys, but don't really offer the true support / coaching that most of those who come to the internet for the first time to learn a trade, really need. Some, just ignore you after a while, quite annoying. I wish there was a new level standard that these I.M people would ahere to, rather than treating them like some gold mine knowing that over 90% of people who buy products will never follow through.

I remember reading your article the other day how you were quite upset to the fact that one guy you left unnamed was not worried about knowing that they wont follow through on buying the guys product. I hear ya.

I'm always on the case with my students, giving them that extra nudge of encouragement, and keeping it real. "You bought the product, NOW, take action. If you want to be like those who constantly make money, put some time to one side... And I'll promise ya I'll be there by your side to help you"...

I rarely see others always on the case to their customers to ask them "are you taking action? or did you just waste the $67, $97, $1997 product you just bought, you know, you would of been better off giving it to charity, like waterislife.com I'm sure Ken Surritte would appreciate it"

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

Since inception, not all the time, quite busy mostly, but I like reading ya blog cos you're always out there and about, doing your seinmars, showing your sense of humour, i guess it's like reading the local gossip column of a newspaper, generally most of the time it's entertaining.

So keep up the good work :)

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?

To be honest, I know a lot about Marketing as it is, but it's good to pop by and read up on other tips that I may of missed from time to time whether that be Marketing, or something you have picked up on the way to the air port and noticed something of interest that could spark a product idea, or how to get more followers to your twitter account - which coincidently I have a new project up and running very soon, I've told Dan about it, maybe he'll pass it on to ya to check out, I think you'l like it :)

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?

Well, you know Joel, I like the videos you do. I know you have a camera guy, et al, but I would like to see more tips and tricks, software one uses for Windows, compression software, and what have you. Most of the stuff I do, product wise are in video format and I'd like to learn how to create better presentations for home pages, or even review products like Lon Taylor has.

If you can tap into the brain of your camera guy, that would be most awesome.

Keep up the good work

All the best

Loz Lawn
CEO & Founder of Forex Signal Mentor
http://forexsignalmentor.com
Lawnwell, Inc - Corporation of Nevada

Q: Who are you and where are you from?
A: Barbie Iman, Southern California

Q: Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
A: www.KidsThatRide.com is a community resource/free forum dedicated to BUY/SELL/TRADE used sports equipment on a local level within each county in the United States.
A: Every single time I get a new member I feel a rush of success!

Q: How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
A: About 2 weeks because I need help!

Q: What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
A: ALL OF THEM! I am brand new and learn something everyday from your articles. Even this post today gave me the idea to send out a Q&A to my existing members!

Q: If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
A: Free resources in marketing. Being a free forum I need ways to let communities know our services are available to them.

Hi Joel,

My name is Neb and I am from Victoria, BC...
I wouldn't say that I have an Internet business. I am just trying to make some cash with affiliate marketing. I would say that I have no success in doing so.
I am reading your blog for some time now. I was hoping to learn more and maybe find out what mistakes I'm making in affiliate marketing. Also, maybe I am missing some other good ideas that could benefit me.
I like the articles that are more to the point or even step by step guides from ones personal experience.
I would enjoy a more in depth explanation of Twitter or maybe a road map to Twitter automation as much as it's legal.

Cheers!

Neb

Hi Joel:

1) Who are you and where are you from?
Steve from Pittsburgh, PA

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
No and Yes. I have a business that has a web presence. I earn a very small amount from that web site from Google Adsense. My earnings improved when I bought your book AdSense Secrets a year ago, but I am not getting what I want.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
Over a year for the newsletter, occasionally for the blog. I want solid tips

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
How to maximize income

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
Solid information about attaching niches 9in my case technical niches) and not about IM sites. I am bombarded by people who want to sell me their course on how to be an IM selling IM stuff - not interested. Not interested in selling the same old acne, ringtones, etc etc etc stuff.

My name is Brad Fuller from The Woodlands Texas. I have a website that is mostly content about camping. I haven't tried to sell anything yet, but might later on. I have been doing the website for almost two years and had hoped to be able to make some money from Google Adsence and affiliate marketing. I guess because of the nature of the website, I don't get a lot of traffic so therefore don't make much on the ads. I need more information on how to drive traffic to the website. Maybe I need a different website? I have been visiting your blog for a few months now and have read most of your book on Adsence. I have a few of your other books that I need to read. By the way, I have a blog on my website that gets a fair amount of traffic. As you said in this blog, not many people leave comments.

1) Who are you and where are you from?

Hi! My name is Cheryl, I'm a granny from Sussex, UK, a career parent and part time menial.

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

No. I'd love to, but not doing what you do. Too many wannabe gurus out there now I think, and too easy to grab half of what a real expert says and reproduce it badly and join the Dark Side of Internet Marketing without even meaning to. For instance I started following you on twitter yesterday and increased my total twitter following by 50% in what felt like 20 minutes. All of them were small business promoters who added me thinking that because I followed you, I must be one of their own kind and up for a bit of back-scratching and reciprocal list building; or at least could as a potential punter. All power to them, but en mass they inadvertently say irritating things about the whole concept.
I think I'd suck at internet marketing just as much, because I have so much to learn. Product or service, first.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

Initially why - curiosity, heard something a year or three back about you being on some entrepreneurial TV show in the US, your information & guidance was the prize? It put you on my mental list of people it would probably be good to follow. Then I found you on Facebook and joined your page, signed up for your newsletter (don't know when). I signed up for loads of newsletters and it took me a while to sift them and chuck out the formulaic ones. I read your blog for the first time the other day.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?

The last one you wrote. Genius. Restored my faith because quite honestly the loudest sector is the 'Dark Side' and I was feeling harangued, especially on facebook. Like trying to run to the shops and buy something with all the friendly little stall holders hitting me over the head screaming 'buy mine' - made me want to go home empty handed just for the silence.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?

Oh PLEASE just keep doing what you do. Keep on injecting more of your humour and your sensible, rational, professionalism into this game, give people a sense of balance and an understanding that there is room for personal growth and social responsibility and honesty. Just be you. You are on the other side of this huge learning curve and you can see what needs to be said better than we can. You have the advantage of 'height'.

Short version of that: not a clue.

I'm sorry if that's no help!

My name is "Jay" from Atlanta, Ga.
I have several websites selling physical products, a blog or two on internet marketing, and teach when someone will pay me :-)

Perseverance is not my problem--stagnation and boredom are. I can get started on marketing several "profitable niches" only to run out of steam--just can't seem to keep interested in so many, sometimes unrelated things.
I would like to hear more about making fewer things work well, rather than dozens of subjects that require tons of social networking to see any success. Quality not quantity.

If you can address those issues, along with ways to be rewarded with more income doing those things, you have a happy camper...:-)

Hello Joel,
I am Sarah Pritchard of Angel Cuddle Publishing.
Let me introduce myself as a lady with a mission. That mission is to share Angel Cuddles. They are real. They are love, knowledge, enlightenment, positive energy, healing energy, support......and the list goes on. I connect with the angels and I follow their guidance. The angels are there for all of us, waiting. What are they waiting for? They are waiting for us to demand their help.
Man is on the Earth to act as servants, to take care of the Earth. We all have our part to play. Some of us are more creative, some are more physical and so on, but we all share in the tending of the wonderful garden that is Earth.
Co-operation between angelic beings and men play an important part in the task of looking after Mother Earth's garden. I have just given that introduction to show you where I am at and why I am promoting a world peace formula and environmental solutions.
I'm proud to say that I'm a part of the Elite1 Team and one of the musketeers in The 6 Musketeers Agency.
My Peace Dot page will give you all the rest of the information. While you are there, I invite you to e-sign the world peace petition for a better future for our children.
Thank you for the downloads. I am looking forward to all that reading and learning from your experience.
Angel cuddles,
Sarah Pritchard
My Peace Dot page: http://peace.angelcuddlepublishing.com

Hi,
My name is Peter Hupuczi and I'm from the UK. I have few eBooks what I'm selling on my website what I have made my self. I'm just started to build my internet business and I have made few sales already. I feel I have to learn so much more to make everything work smooth.

I have watched the DVDs from the O2 Bootcamp back in 2009 where I have saw you in live so after I have put your name in to the "brain" (Google) and found your blog. As a blog owner, I have went back for the very first post of yours and started to read them just to get some ideas how to maintain a good blog. I think I'll come back often to see what's going on.

By the way the presentation what you have made for the O2 Bootcamp ( The Upside down thing ) it was really cool! Loved It.

P.S.: I know my English is not the best but hopefully everyone can read my post :)

All the best
Peter

Hi Joel,

I am Rick from Indianapolis, IN. I have an online day trading site at www.efuturevision.com. I offer regular video updates on the markets I follow and those are available to anyone who opts-in. I also offer a basic trading course using training videos I created. I am currently working on upgrading the course to a more comprehensive trading course. I have a strong desire to provide high quality education to allow a trader to become an elite trader. I would rate my current success as modest but plan to hit it out of the park with the new course.

How long have I been reading your blog/newsletter... I have read the blog only recently. I use to receive periodic emails from you but haven't heard from you in quite some time. I own two of your products...Adsense Secrets and Secret Classroom, as well as your adsense ebook. I consider you a no hype guy which is a breath of fresh air in the IM world.

Articles....what to say to persuade someone to buy. I prefer using a video sales letter, so any techniques or tactics would be great. The one thing I would ask you to write about is where do I go or turn to to get my questions answered? There is so much to putting together a successful web site and questions always come up. How do I structure my site for traffic purposes....do I send viewers to my blog or my video podcast site? How do I brand myelf effectively? Which flash player do I use? How do I segment my email list? Which blog theme do I go with? Tons of questions and more often than not, I don't know where to turn to to get answers. How do I put it all together?

Many thanks!

Rick

Hello -
I have been visiting your blog for several months now and at the same time hoping to pick up important Internet Marketing information to help me build my online business to the level that I'm surly on my own!
But due to unforeseen circumstances, this must be accomplished almost free.
Is this possible?
Susan

I've been reading your blog for just a couple of months now. Mostly I look because a particular headline has caught my eye in the email newsletters I get from you.

Mostly I'm looking for non-scammy ways of earning money on the internet. I don't want to sell viagra or acne cures, or useless ebooks or rip-off marketing courses.

I do earn a little from adsense on a couple of sites, but it's never enough, and has fallen recently.

Hey Joel,

That Sneaker Wearing Guy here from Enid, Oklahoma. I started a website in 1999 to help sell my cartoons and now have several online businesses making a nice six figure income. About half of that from AdSense.

I design cartoon logos (curtoons.com), sell clipart (freeclipartpics.com), license characters (lifesacharacter.com), sell greeting cards (chuckleberrys.com) and upload tons of stuff (funnylittlesayings.com) on many different sites (shaggyduck.com).

I've been reading your info for a couple of years now always looking for new nuggets of how to earn more income with up and coming ideas (twitter.com).

I'm mostly looking for money making ideas that work without having to spend money (adWords) and without having to manage a large email list. I'm also always interested in new website ideas. Looking for one or two sites that I can turn into gold.

Your humor keeps me coming back just to see what's up.

Chuckles!

1. Keith Jacob, St. Louis, MO
2. I am starting an internet business.
3. I have been following you for a couple months now.
4. Anything about getting going and increasing web traffic is helpful.
5. The easiest way to get started.

1) Who are you and where are you from?

Hey Joel, my name is Joni from Wisconsin

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

I do, Three websites. But only one is finished and up running. naturalremediesforpets.net I went with what I love natural health and pets. The others not done are dcpetsupply.com and naturalbeautyandnutrition.com
Not doing as well yet only one sale so far. I know it takes awhile to really get going. I have worked very very hard and taken an SEO class. I have a hard time putting in the hours I want because of physical problems. But I am a worker and determind to make it. So I push hard and keep trying to learn all I can. On good days I work all day and night if I can. On bad days like today I am lucky to type this.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

Not very long a few weeks.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?

Marketing. Really anything that helps me learn more in building and marketing for very low cost. I tried the adsense, great artical. It is only working as long as adwords does. But I can see the good in it. Only
I wonder if I am losing any sales because of it.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be
Succses on a dime. Most of us are broke and need to do this with out any or no more then a small investment. I am talking very very small. I feel you can do most of the work yourself, it just takes longer then paying for software or someone else to do it for you.

I must study why do I have a great traffic on my site , and no earnings by ads .

Jon from Florida. Yes I have had a small IM business going on for a few years but seem to have "plateau'd". More than 90% of my income is from Adsense and my most successful marketing & traffic has been from article marketing. I have not been able to crack the affiliate or CPA nut, and Adsense income has been dropping off steadily.

Information overload is a huge thing. I am on several lists and it seems like 10 different people want to give me something new for free every day, but the majority of it seems to be garbage, at least the stuff I have had time to actually read.

How do you separate the good stuff from the junk? How to really take an IM business to the next level and increase revenues?

I am Corena. I am from the U.S.A We have met several times and I have benefited everytime.

www.writerwrangler.com is my Internet business and has been for about seven years, you have even been a client:)

I love your blog and ustream.

I like your candid posts about what is real and what we should watch out for.. I would like more honest reviews of the newest and coolest.. What I do not want is political statements and rants.

Unless of course you start a blog with that theme then of course I will add it to my feed. I just like business and politics separate.

There you go .. A comment

Thanks Joel

~Corena

Well I guess it was actually too difficult, Joel.
Not a gripe, just an FYI.
I failed the re-Captcha validation and ended up losing all my comment.
I really don't have the time unfortunately to retype it all. I need to get back to work.
Best of luck to ya,
Bill Kisich

Hi Joel,
Kym from Australia. I have just started in IM. I have mostly Adsense sites up and a couple of product sites. My level of experience when I started about 3 months ago was zero.
I have been on your list for a few weeks after getting your adsense book (great read). Not visited your blog. I haven't been visiting anyones blogs... I become easily distracted. :)
As someone said earlier, a blueprint for noobs to follow, something to help sift out what we need and don't need, know what is good to buy and what to stay away from. :) Info overload has nearly drowned me a couple of times :)
I love step by step at the moment, pause the video, do the task.... That may change as I become more experienced.
cheers
Kym

What's up ducks!?!

If there's a place where I'm glad to post my first blog reply ever, it really is in here! On Joel Comm's blog!!

My name is Mathieu, I'm 26, and I'm a Frensh Canadian from Montreal. So excuse my PERFECT English!

Since I'm 12, I've always knew that Internet was (or would become) "THA BIG THING". But some people are slower than other to capitalise on what they believe... I'm one of them!

The first thing I did was on december 22nd of 2009. I bought "Adsense Secrets" from Joel (well, no really bought, it was free). I did not read it all the way, cause I kept on digging for new info about more specific subjects of internet marketing. Which led me to "The Secret Classroom". So sick...

Now that I know what was in there (cause I've watch every single minutes of it), I seriously would be ready to pay 25K for it. No kidding. Maybe it's because I'm a newbie, and everything in there was new to me, but still. It was at minimum an incredible short-cut to the info needed to start flying on your own on the internet. Avoiding many "not to do" and "not to go". So Joel, for that, thank you, and your a sick human being to give that away! Cause yeah!, 47$, it's a freaking gift!!!

So where I am now... Oh yeah, level of success in my buisness.
I got none... But my sister have a health store for baby product (bio and ecolo stuff on everything, to help babys, kids, and families to grow in a healthy environement), and she got a website, and she's about to launch her e-commerce of her product (well, it's not her's, she's a reseller). And I talked to her about what I've learned and the ideas I came up with, and she's flabbergasted. So she want me to make her "shop launch", but I'm gonna make her a complete marketing plan, from A to Z. Thanks to you Joel.

From no concept of anything about marketing, I'm fearless and full of confidence about that project. In less than a month! But I know, nothing is done yet. But hey, I got nothing to lose! Neither does she!

OK. Enough about me. About you! Joel! Why do I read your articles? Cause of your transparency. And you know, after a "product" like "The Secret Classroom", I'm ready to engorged anything that come from you (and you guys don't think twisted!).

But about what help me most, what kind of content... I don't know, I feel like I got everything I need.

But there's one thing. SEO, or anything about how to get your website higher and higher on the ranking. Feel like nobody really got into this deeply (on "The Secret Classromm"). Ned a little more explanation about how it work and how to use it to our advantage (I know, I could googled it, but I want to learn from the best!).

Well that's it! I hope I didn't bored you guys with my long, no point, PERFECLY WELL WRITTEN text! ;-0 haha

Have a good one. And the closer you are from that guy (Joel), the closer you are from success.

Mathieu

Warning no edits,
Read at your own risk!

1) I am Brad West from Las Vegas, NV.
Love Colorado by the way one of my favorite states along with Montana.
Was going to go to school on Greeley ended up in Seattle. That was 12 years ago when I was 38.

2) I was in business for 18 years as a general contractor back east made some great money. When you ask do we have a business I am assuming that you are talking about interaction with others with a monetary benefit in our direction. If so, not yet, been working a long time to make it work out though. We have blogs that get some good search engine traffic but evidently don't have them monetized correctly. We have leverage engines or index drivers to push sites to rank better. We studied hard and figured out the SEO end of thing very well. But we have no product, I think we have focused on how to so long our brains are numb to the what to. Great success with SEO!

3) Don't know for sure I do know it has been a long time. I wish I could be more specific but I just can't remember a time that I haven't been reading stuff from you. I can say this though. I have been on tons of lists over the years and every so often I get a wild hair usually when there is the Guru Circle pounds me with a stupid promotion and I'm getting 50 messages a day with some crap and they are all trying to out do each other with bonus offers. Like this next money harvest from the masses that starts tomorrow with Andy Jenkins. Not looking forward to this one. Don't get me wrong but only the Gurus allow their Guru friends to the Great Harvests. Sorry! Got Out of Hand There a Little A long ass time that's all I know.

4) OK here we go on the article thing. I will answer you and say most of your stuff has been great. I have to answer your question in a general way because I read selfishly, I read to learn. If your content sucked I would have been gone a long time ago. As a matter a fact Sheryl and I were discussing this again yesterday. How the heck can some of these people, and bigger name people some of them write an article that after I read it I ask myself what the heck? Is there a point? Did I miss something? And they get comments like crazy! "Ooh that was great," "I learned so much from you today thanks." My god people there is more intelligence in the comments than the post, sad. When you write you say something, it has value like I said or I would be gone. Sheryl's Blog is like that, kind of sarcastic at times to, Wow!

5) One thing, Yes, How the heck do we come up with a viable product! That's it.

Thanks for having me on your site.
I will also say this to you as I do most people, is there some way I can help and be of value to you!
Brad West ~ onomoney

Reima here from Dublin, Ireland. I have had an Internet business for some time and I own several AdSense web sites and promote different affiliate products. I have been able to make money with these, but in order to achieve a full-time income would require more work and/or outsourcing.

I have received your newsletters before, perhaps 5-6 years ago and then there was some break. Naturally, I am interested in creating passive income with AdSense and you provide helpful information in this field.

Articles which help to solve some kind of problem or which inspire thoughts are the best ones in my mind. Creating an Internet business is like placing pieces of puzzle together.

I'm from the UK where I maintain a number of small websites for friends and acquantances.

Typical of The kind of sites I produce are for churches, for small businesses like Bed and Breakfast and for a few charities.

None of them are intended to be big money spinners in their own right but as far as possible I want to achieve as wide a readership as practicable and provide an entertaining and pleasant experience for visitors.

I read your blog because I pick up tips here and there that help me achieve the goals as expressed above.

Thanks for the service. Not many people might express their gratitude but I would wager that the vast majority are really appreciative.

Hi, I am student and entrepreneur doing research for some projects.

I have besides me your new book, Twitter power, and am reading the introduction. When I logged on to check my emails, I saw your email. I must have signed up on something sometime ago, as this is my first time on your blog. Interesting coincidence.

Your book Twitter power sounds interesting, and am looking forward to reading it and coming back often to your blog.

Thanks for writing the book and for sharing your passion for social media

Hi Joel (and team). I originally met you at Big Seminar a few years ago and have been one of those "under the radar" online guys for 15 years. I'm one of those rare people who create products of my own and promote them on my own websites as well as affiliate marketing (about 100 or so sites total) AND have a team to do work for clients under my company fittingly called HereNextYear.com. Usually Internet people seem to either do the work for others OR focus on their own sites, not both. I'm just not much into the "coaching" thing and traveling all over the place as a speaker, but we do work with authors and speakers as well as business owners.

My wish is that you would focus some articles on the importance of having a team of helpers. Trying to do things all by oneself is such a recipe for destruction. You have a team. I have a team. Armand has a team. Everyone I know that makes more than $50K a year online has a team of people to help them get there. And, most newb's miss that very important point thinking they have to learn everything.

And, I don't mean jumping immediately to outsourcing to India or wherever. "Team" does not have to mean "outsourcing" anymore. In fact, someone who advertises as being from India could easily be in a basement apartment in Chicago.

1) Who are you and where are you from?
Gordon, from the USA, living in Japan
2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
I have an experimental website directed at adults who are learning English. I'm going to redesign and expand it in the coming months. I'm interested in ways to market the new site and support the costs associated with it. The site will offer original content that will be free to the users but expensive to produce.
3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
This is only the second day, so it's really too soon for me to answer the WHY part. I downloaded your free e-books (thru a Twitter link, I think) and the emails started coming.
4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
Probably articles on marketing and monetizing content-based sites.
5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
How do we approach a worldwide market? My users will be scattered around the globe and will not understand English very well.

Hi Joel, loved the game show. When you gonna do it again?

I am Chris Endres and I'm from San Diego Ca right now.

Do I have a business? Well I have sure been pretending I have one very effectively. I have done a significant amount of web work for several well known people, but I am only now standing up for my real potential.

First time I've been to your blog, but now that I know it's here I will be back :)

I would like to know what you have to say about Adsense for domains. Is there a secret tech there or is it junk?

~Chris

Hi Joel
1) Who are you and where are you from?: My name is Dominic Valentine and I live in south west England.

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
Not quite yet - I'm reckoning on 3-5 days more work and then I'm good to go.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it? 6 days! I saw a post on a forum (Resell Rights Weekly.com) for the books you were giving away and I signed up for them as soon as I saw them.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?: To be honest, I haven't read any of yours yet as I'm still devouring the books

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be? Joint Ventures and how to do them properly

Thanks for everything so far Joel

Just picked up a closed Christian bookstore. Have some wonderful items at great prices. Anyway, my question is what is the best way to make residual income off Amazon? What have you done?
Thanks for all the information. John 14:6

Hi Joel,
I am from Malaysia.
1.Anaesthetist by profession.

2.Soon launching Affiliate Marketing with Social Media marketing.

3.Reading your blogs for more then 2 years.

4.I love your frank and no hold barred--talk on Internet
marketing. You give people something of value rather then 'Hype'
With so much information overload,hype,over sell of ebooks,
everyone claiming to be internet gurus, your opinion on these
matters caries a lot of value.Especially the last 3-5 blogs,when
people started selling software for a USD3,000 and two individuals
promoting each others products......you know who.
Especially "Dark side of Internet"
and "Innovation is the Catalyst for Success"

5."If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?"
"JV WITH ME PLEASE"

Cheerz,
Dr Radha Krishna
I am half way round the earth, Joel keep going.
We love you always.
www.oleworld.com

1) Who are you and where are you from?

My name is Cody Lettau and I live in Milwaukee, WI, USA

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

I have recently started a blog/website focused on college, mainly preparation and tips. My goal is to provide future college students and parents of those students with all of the information they need when preparing for college and while in college. This could range from studying for standardized tests to buying textbooks to study habits.

As of now, I would have to say my success level is fairly low because I attract VERY few readers right now(I did just start it up and am still working on getting the pillar articles up). So really, I am not disappointed with my level of success right now. If I responded the same way in a couple months, I definitely would be though!

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

I have been visiting and reading your site for a couple of months. I read because I would like to have success with my blog.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?

Anything and everything regarding obtaining success from a blog/website(traffic and financially wise).

Thanks for all the free content and tips!

Cody Lettau

Hi Joel,

1)Who are you and where are you from? Las from the UK
2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
I have a business designing photographic items on Zazzle. I also market affiliate programs including your own. I promote my business from my blog http://t3ck13.posterous.com/
3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it? I first came across you on Twitter last year.
4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you? Tips for gettng more traffic, better marketing techniques.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be? How to promote websites so you can get more traffic and thus more business.

Hi Joel, I'm actually just reading your Twitter Power book right now. I've been following you for a while but really only started paying attention lately (since reading the book)...sorry :(

Anyways. I'm from Toronto, Canada. I have a number of online businesses.

If I could ask you to write two blog posts that I think would help me that would be great. The first would actually include some sort of tool in the form of a schedule. There is so much to do with internet marketing on a day to day basis..it gets overwhelming. I need a plan. A specific plan of action. For example. Monday 30 minutes to write a blog post or make a video. Tuesday...do this...etc.

What are the best tools to use with Twitter and how much time during the day should I spend on it. I have a blackberry but to be honest it suck. Do I need an iPhone? or something that will make it easier to tweet with while not at my computer. Everyone I talk to emphasises focus to get anything done. I am distracted all day long...to add twittering to my day would just make it worse. I need tools that will allow me to use Twitter to it's fullest yet take the minimum amount of my day with the least distractions.

You rock! Tracy

Could you advise me how to market thru clickbank?

Hey Joel,
My name is John Michael Christian and I live in Ft. Collins, CO.

I have an online "business" of 15 websites that currently is not in the black. Why? Very little traffic, and what I do have isn't converting.. which is why I put the word business in quotes. Right now it's just a liability that's costing me money.

I've been either on your list or visiting your blog since around the time that I purchased your adsense sites as I recall. I also have a hard copy of your Adsense book btw.

I stay on your list and read your emails and blog posts because I respect you and believe you're one of the few honest Internet Marketers around.

What I would like to read is more specific information on getting traffic and getting conversions. Basically how you market yourself and your products and what you do, step by step.
The best,
John

I regularly read your blog, and i started my blog http://www.outofdream.com/ from last month only after see your adsense video on youtube.

Prajal
http://www.outofdream.com/

Thanks for asking us what do we want...we want to hire people that do what they say they will. We need SEO people and they all leave the planet after a week...after we pay them their high fees...we have gone through a ton of money with web people and SEO people and still spending without the results they say they can bring to our business...are all the people in the internet crooks or just the ones in Los Angeles? HELP with someone responsible and a good price who is internet poor...this is serious we need your help but actually thought you were to big to ask...we read all your books and still trying to understand them...this is why we need help...Thanks so much...

1) Who are you and where are you from?
I am Kevin Knebl from Colorado Springs, CO.

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
I am a speaker/trainer/coach regarding online and offline networking. I have been speaking professionally for over 14 years and speak 2-5 times per week on stages all over the country and internationally. I am recognized as a LinkedIn enthusiast and have been training individuals and organizations for over 6 years on the most effective uses of LinkedIn. It was recently brought to my attention that I have more LinkedIn recommendations on my profile than anyone else on LinkedIn (over 55M people).
I specialize in integrating offline relational people skills in an online environment.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
For one month. It has great content.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
Figuring that out.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
What YOU think we should be asking you to write about.

Thanks for taking the time to do this. You rock!

Kev

1) Who are you and where are you from?
Hi Joel, My name is Amit Bhagria and I am residing in New Delhi (India). I have a blog that is related to my profession. It is about HR and the web address is www.younghrmanager.com I read your bible on Adsense in 2007 and since then making a decent income month on month, however still tasting the tip of the iceberg as there is so much which needs to be explored online. I have my personal constraint on account of work hence my time investment is not much. However, I religiously check your blog and also follow the product recommendations.
2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
I have a number of blogs on different topics however the earnings are not consistent. As already mentioned by me I am yet to explore what lies beneath the world wide web and the opportunities.
3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
Getting true advice is a challenge today in the internet arena as we have so many millionaires and their claims of making a fortune. I have identified few people whom I find genuine and I also follow their advices. Out of those you are also highly respected and followed by me.
4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
As I am engaged in a profession, I like advice which does not require my time investment. I don't like to run away from hard work, however my professional commitments sometimes becomes a barrier for me.
5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
I would request if you can guide how to make affiliate marketing easy for working professionals. Most of the products that are there online require some work or your time. Claims of leaving job etc only arise when I can see a fair amount of my online share. Further, an advice I have ebooks converted to mp3 which I can follow while driving or resting. Hence digital info products in audio versions are very helpful.

You can mail me at amitbhagria@younghrmanager.com

HI JOEL.IM MAGGIE CAVAZOS AND IM FROM SAN ANTONIO TX. I RECENTLY STARTED VISITING YOUR BLOG TO GET MORE INFO ON WHAT I AM DOING WRONG. I WATCHED ALOT OF YOUR VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE BUT I COULDNT GET THEM IN ORDER. I HAVE A BLOG IN BLOGGER. YES IT WAS FREE AND IN THE SITUATION IM IN, THATS ALL I CAN GET. I HAVE DONE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED. I ALSO DOWNLOADED YOUR FOURTH EDITION EBOOK. I AM BARELY ON PAGE 70. VERY INTERESTING. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT MY BLOG AND TELL ME WHAT TO DO DIFFERENTLY. I HAVE HAD IT SINCE JUNE OR JULY OF 2009. I EVENTUALLY WOULD LIKE A REAL WEBSITE WITH TABS AND EVERYTHING. I WAS WATCHING ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS AND I WANTED TO KNOW HOW I CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH A GROUP THAT HELPS EACH OTHER.

WELL I COULD WRITE LONGER BUT THEN I WOULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

MAGGIE

Hi Joel. Thanks for the great posts,

1) Who are you and where are you from?
Jeroen from The Netherlands, living in Belgium

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
Yes. In the long tail of aviation. It's more than I can chew.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
Since several months. I am reading your blog because the niche I operate in is very competitive and I need professional advice/service in order to learn and be successful.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
All of them actually. But I like the ones most that are SEO and Customer related.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
How to scale up a tiny longtail online- (with offline roots) business -trough seo for example- to rank into the top segment.

Good day sir,

I am Amadi uchenna, a Nigerian and an undergraduate.

am only into adsense, but the success so far is not encouraging at all haven tried all i got from your adsense secret. Moreso, I am interested in most of your products but do not know how to purchase it because my country is not included in the paypal list. Please how do i go about it. I sincerely wish to learn under your tutorship. Please, be my mentor. Thanks

Hi Joel,

First off, thanks for all of the invaluable information that you share in your blog. I think the small percentage of responses relative to posts is just the nature of the beast of blogging :)

Here are my snswers to your questions:

1) Who are you and where are you from?

Steve. We're located in Miami, FL.

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

Yes. New e-commerce venture is AwesomePlanters.com (shopping cart not enabled yet). It's a Niche website that will sell modern planters to the public when fully enabled. Existing company website is FosterPlants.com and that's where my blog resides.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

I've been visiting and learning a lot your blog for about a month or so (since purchasing twitter power) and it has been instrumental in motivating me to add a blog to our website, which incidentally has already had an effect on our traffic :)

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?

Anything to do with SEO and general online marketing strategies.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?

Me. Ha... just kidding! Couldn't narrow it down to one thing if I tried. Just keep sharing the immense knowledge that you have.

Steve

Hi Im from Czech Republic so exuse me for my English.I red your book about Adsense and its just great.Thanks a lot for your good job. Lukáš

Hi Joel,

My name is Michael Wilson and I'm living in northern Virginia. I've only recently started reading your blog on a regular basis, though I did read an Adsense book of yours a little while back.

Call me a recent fan. I like your straight-forward approach and genuine delivery. You come across as someone that really wants to help people succeed ... and that's a little rare in internet marketing.

I retired young from a corporate job several years ago to work full-time on my offline business. About a year ago I started a new venture helping people develop and implement effective marketing strategies.

My online business is alive and growing but I readily admit that the results have been less than stellar. I'm still in business, which is a level of success, but am still looking for better methods and a way to get the traction to move to the next level.

I'd like to see you write about monetization techniques and strategies - not just 'how' but also 'when'. I know it's important to employ the right timing as well as match monetization strategies to specific businesses or markets or my own market presence. I'd like to have access to more expertise in this area.

I love reading your stuff - keep it going!

Michael

Joel, I have been following you since the Internet Millionaire days. I work from home as a graphic artist and editor for small projects. I have several online sites but am not making much money with them. It has been a slow process. I recently downloaded your adsense tips and will study that. Like others, your best tips for monetizing sites and blogs is what I'm looking for.

1. Hi Joel, my name is Dusan and I'm from Serbia.

2. Yes I have an internet business. It is an online store. Although, I'm not too satisfied how it goes, it could be much better :).

3. I've been visiting your blog since December 2009. as I want to get more knowledge about internet marketing.

4. Whatever article is helpful, but I'm mostly interested in sales articles and AdSense.

5. I'd ask you to write about optimizing website and how to have a good content to get the best AdSense ads.

Greetings from Serbia, Dusan Bordjoski

1) Who are you and where are you from?
Hi Joel, I'm Debbie from the east coast of NC
2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
Yes, I have a home based business, BeachBotanicals, which I am currently learning to market on the internet through websites, blogging and social media. I'm a beginner... still. It is a slow go trying to teach yourself. I have learned a lot from reading your material and listening to you Joel, and I appreciate that.
3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
I attended your social media boot camp sessions about a year ago. Took lots of notes and learned a great deal. Purchased Twitter Power and got on your blog about the same time. I read it because I enjoy your wit and I always learn things I should implement.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
Articles relating to SEO, blogging, and social media.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
SEO, and other ways to gain more website traffic.
Thanks for all you have shared with us. You really help a lot of people.
Debbie www.BeachBotanicalsOnline.com

Dear Joel,

Thanks for all the good works you have been rendering to humanity.

I know many have made it in life through you and much more are going to testify to this fact.

Please accept my apology of my "inaction". I really desire to learn from your wealth of experience but still having some constrain which you'll still need to help me out.

- How do I get started from zero?
- Am a Nigerian and would'nt like to deny/hide my personality
- We seems not to be recognised
- How do i finace this business?

Remain Blessed

1) Who are you and where are you from?
My name is Annaliza Pacho

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
NO
3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
Two weeks this week. I have been always been interested on the online business, yet uncertain what action to take or how much money or time I need to give. I started something four years ago and spent a lot more than I actually gain at the same time came out exhausted.

The reason I have been reading your blog is to establish whether you would be a trustworthy person who can actually help me to get to where I want to be. Establish who could I really work with that will actually assist me to built an online business that I can be absolutely successful in doing, rather than taking my resources - money and time - and run. I am seeking for guidance and clarity how to start an online business, what area would I be good at and love in doing at the same time bringing value to individual who comes across my path, what can I expect in regards to costs (would love it to be minimal start up costs as possible), what attitude or mindset do I need to have every day in order to enjoy and doing it every day. I want something that I would love and be excited in doing every day. I want the flexibility in being able to work anywhere in the world with just a laptop and a phone, the ability to be able to have more than enough resources when I start a family of my own, be able to give better future for my future children, be able to have whatever I want knowing I have plenty of resources to do it, be able to take the time off whenever I need it.
4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
Onine Business
5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
Clarity - how to establish or identify his/her content for online business or identify what online business would be ideally for me (or individual). How do you tap into your mind and understand what you truly capable to do and will bring value.

There are so many marketeers out there that I do get a lot of their email, yet become sceptical whether I can trust them, as I feel it is one course after another, where does it stop and when does it actually start producing something.

Thank you for the space and for asking the question.

Hi there

I am Marco Ferrer and I bought your book, thats why I am here.

I want to do business in Tweeter but I do not know how to promote my website:

http://www.manatweets.com

This is a Tweeter tool manager ttrying to replace Mutuality of Huitter

Any advice will be welcomed

I enjoyed your book and quoted you in my book on business writing, Get to the Point!. The new edition is due out soon and I would like to send you a review copy. If you like it and can include it and a link in a tweet and/or blog, I would be very grateful. To what address should I send your review copy?

Beyond that, I'm interested in getting someone to help me produce a custom twitter background as you recommend in your book, and I'm always looking for ways to increase my mailing list for my monthly writing tips, Writamins, and monetize the names I already have. I do writing training, which is a fairly high-ticket item, so marketing is always a conundrum for me.

Thank you for asking for feedback. I see you are following Covey's principle, "first seek to understand, then to be understood" (Actually he did not invent that but he sure made it famous!)
Best wishes,
Elizabeth Danziger

Hello Joel,
I am TKG Namboodhiri a social media enthusiast interested in meeting and conveying ideas on the net. I do not yet have an internet business, but would like to offer my specialized consulting service. I am from India. I have been receiving your newsletter for the last one month or so, and this is my first visit to your blog. Keep on sending good advice on how to be a good person.
Thanks.

My name is Jeremy Shuey and I am from Ono/Palmyra, PA. I don't have an internet business at this moment in time. I actually have some rental properties and am a real estate investor. A long time ago, (early 90's), I built a website for my fathers business. I loved doing that and I had it in the top spot on yahoo and google whenever you searched the key words that where in the website and in the code. I was happy with it. I was looking at getting into pay per click at that time, and yes, I do wished I would have. I just didn't know how to get people to come to my website and click on my banners to give me the money.

I have been following you for about 2 years now, and love reading all your success in your businesses. I also follow you on twitter. I don't know what to say about what kind of articles for you to do or post, because I like reading most everything you have. If you could write one thing, it would be, what could I do to make some money online, with limited time and resources available to me at this point. Maybe I am just not looking in the right places all the time, but I have a 40 hr/week job that honestly, I have to rely on to get through life right now. I am an RN, and although most days I like my job, there are things happening in this day and age that frustrate the hell out of me. Personally, I wished the hospitals, insurance companies and Obama's health care program would stop making us do more with less all the time. What is your life really worth? Evidently, according to the insurance companies, most peoples lives are only worth a little bit of money.

I guess I just get frustrated in keeping people alive in the intensive care unit and for what? Peanuts? Stress levels are high, maybe I should just blog about things and make more money by writing about things instead of actually saving lives. What do you think?

Jeremy Shuey RN CCRN, Realestate investor, Billionaire to be!

Hi Joel,
My name is Rick Ng. I am staying in Penang, Malaysia.

My profession is IC design engineer. IC is the short form of "integrated circuit", which got something to do with electronics. I work for Marvell Semiconductor Inc.
Even though I got a daytime job, I still got a few of my own businesses that I am involving in. One online business and 2 offline businesses. As for online business, I am selling software that help people generate their sales letter for their products to sell online. As for the offline business, I own an indoor soccer center business and one software company expertise on accounting software and some other business software. Except for the software company, the other 2 businesses are profitable.
My plan is to sell more stuff online and thus I think copywriting skill is what I need to excel in. I am not good at it right now but I hope I can master it in the future.
I have been studying about internet marketing for the past one year and I want to keep learning it.
Anything that's about internet marketing, business, entrepreneurship, and copywriting are what I am eager to read and learn.

I wish one day I could quit my daytime job and just focus on my businesses.

Thanks & regards,
Rick Ng
From Penang, Malaysia.

Hi
I live in the North of England and run three businesses from my website. I own but have not finished reading your Twitter Power book and love the immediacy of the internet. However the tit-for-tat networking leaves me cold just as it does in non-virtual life. I believe the potential we now have to self-publicise needs to be firmly rooted in living a life of substance. Weeding out those offerings by people "positioning themselves as an expert" is life-consuming...Genuine connections are really important and we can make more of these now.

Dear joel,
1) Who are you and where are you from?
I'm a work-at-home 53 year old from West Malaysia.Work-at-home means a newbie in internet marketing biz focusing on earnings through Google Adsense.
2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?
Started a website with an experienced local Adsense mentor who is a friend in year 2005/2006.The mentoring stopped early 2006. And since then going in alone learning the ropes.
3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?
Visiting your blog and newsletter since late 2006. Why? I find your articles most informative and helpful and HONEST.They've helped me understand what doesn't work as I work through the newbie level.
4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
What to do, how to do things and the why's in the world of Adsense.And your forums on feedback on our website reviews.
5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
How to find a niche that fulfills a passion and make money eventually. I'd researched on one of my passion i.e. starting a website on Christian Bible stories for kids, but this gets very little traffic. Where's the balance; to start something leveraging on your passion with little/no traffic or to research what the world is looking for and zoom in on something that can make some money.
cheers

1) Who are you and where are you from? I am Sandra known as SandrasACRE across the net. I am from TEXAS.

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

I operate over 55 venues, blogs, social sites. My id on all these different store/auctions/networking sites is SandrasACRE.

Since we are living in such a bad economy, this has affected the results of my business.

I began as an internet marketer in 2005 on eBay. In 2005 - 2006, I was kept real busy with just the one internet venue. It started slowing down after 2006, and I started adding more and more venues to sell on. It has never picked back up to the original speed.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

I have been visiting your blog for about 3 - 6 months. I read your blog for the internet marketing tips.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?
Articles which are useful to me are: business building tips, network marketing, low cost products to resell, finding other ways to make money online, new venues/blogs which are successful, etc.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?
How to make money online without any start up cost.

HI, Joel!

I'm Phyllis from Lovejoy, GA. My internet biz consists of a fine art photography gallery (I'm the photographer) consisting of matted and optionally framed prints in various sizes for home decor and office accents. I read your blog because 1) I heard you present at a Peak Potentials event about two years ago, 2) I attended your Elevate conference in Denver, and 3) because the above two gave you enormous credibility in my eyes, I value your opinion. What I TRULY need right now is someone to help me identify ways of creating a sales funnel consisting of related info products (including someone to help me IDENTIFY such products)in order to create multiple streams of income during 2010. Thanks!

Hi Joel,

My name is Alaia and I'm in Los Angeles. I was actually mentioned in your Twitter Power book, which to this day gets me a tweet every now and then saying "did you know you're in Twitter Power?" from someone I know who has just purchased your book.

I don't have an internet business, but I am working on incorporating more online sales into my business as I transition from One Organized Life (http://www.oneorganizedlife.com) to One Organized Business (http://www.oneorganizedbusiness.com ) over the next few weeks. I help business owners create solutions and strategies that help them make their business work better. From space organizing and filing systems to contact management, email marketing, and overall strategies to tie everything together - I help bring more efficiency to my client's lives. I'm looking forward to offering more products and services through my website so that I can work with more clients outside of the Los Angeles area.

I read your blog every now and then to keep up with what's going on in the industry. Maybe over a year and a half now? I mainly follow you on Twitter.

There isn't specific content I find most helpful - I can glean insight from all kinds of things. I also run a networking group in Los Angeles and come across many people involved in MLMs (in other networking groups, not my own) and it has been interesting to read the ongoing dialog over on the Arbonne post. But then, on the other hand, I get a lot of value out of what you write about social media as well.

As for what you could write about, I second the comments of Matt Stevens:
"If you could write about one thing, it would it be on how to map out a marketing-focused blog content strategy (we are on the verge of launching our revamped blog). Added bonus: most efficient wayts to promote that content at no cost other than people time."

Hi Joel;

I am Ria Wallace, from Alabama. I am a landlord who strives to help have safer, drug free neighborhoods.
I am also the owner of a soy candle company, www.riascollectables.com. Prior to going on-line, I was and still am successful within the loacal market and in the neighboring State of Tennesee. What I have seen in the past several years after opening the e-store, is alot of traffic that just simply does not convert. As a result, now is the time to back up and re-evaluate just how much value does the internet really bring.
As far as how long have I been following your blogs, well I must admit, since Tim Knox joined FB. I am however one of those guilty parties that loves to read and simply does not take the time to respond.
The reason I love reading your blog is because of the no BS approach you take. In today's blogging world, it is hard to build trust. Therefore, I would much rather follow a blog that is blunt and to the point vs one that puffs air.
I like your recent approach of being open and willing to share. Many small business that are now joining the ranks of being online are at a disadvantage or I should say, we have obsticles that we have to overcome. I have found that by following blogs that teach openly, is a great fit for me personally.
Your question about if I had to write about one thing what would it be? The answer simply is, real life.
Thanks for being open enough to ask the questions.

Great stuff Joel, really helped in planning in what to do.

Hey Joel,
Got to read "Twitter Power" and a piece on your blogging experience in "Blogging Heroes" but never had the chance to check out your blog. It'll take some time to go through heaps of articles in this blog before having an idea what you'd never covered yet.
I'll be a regular at your place from now onwards, hope you don't mind :)
By the way, it's Chinese New Year, day 1 (of 15) at my side of the world - Malaysia.
Cheers!

Hi
This is Cecilia from Malaysia.
First of all, thanks for the commission that I earned from "My Contact Station" which has been wonderful in keeping spammers from my website and giving me my first income on the internet. Your adsense book has been a great help too.
Been reading your blog since 2006 and I find most of your articles helpful, sometimes funny but most importantly down to earth. Keep up the good work.

1) Who are you and where are you from?

Victoria Ring, Colorado Springs CO

2) Do you have an Internet business? If so, what is it all about? What level of success are you experiencing by your own measure of success?

Yes, I have owned nine (9) successful internet businesses since 1994. I consider myself to be "seasoned" but there is still a lot I can learn.

3) How long have you been visiting my blog or receiving my newsletter, and WHY do you read it?

I just found your blog and website through LinkedIn so I am unable to comment at this time.

4) What kinds of articles are most helpful to you?

Tips and success stories of people like you, me and the thousands of others who read your blog. When I trained marketing, I brought in comments and suggestions from a wide variety of successful people and it helped to field many new marketing ideas.

5) If you could have me write about one thing, what would it be?

Tips of marketing strategies that worked for you and why they worked. Also, marketing strategies that did NOT work and why.

What an interesting question.......What do you want? Seems we get asked this question alot, well maybe I get asked this and the rest of you have it figured out. Recently I stopped in the see the new Narnia movie. Queen Lucy in this show was struggling with her own beliefs and got caught up in her own illusions of what she was and wanted. I find myself doing it too. Asland shows up in the mirror and gives her some advice. "We have nothing if not belief! and You doubt your value, dont run from who you are!" Perhaps its that simple. What am I choosing to believe about me? What value to I have? This has inspired me to go back to the basics and look in my own mirror and ask the question. Just for fun, typed the question into a google search line and ended up here. Ive discovered truth in the mirror is good. I am remembering who I am, and not listening to the judgmental, challenging and angry voices of the world. I know God did not create anything but a masterpiece. Now I know that I need some weight off and Im seriously out of shape physically, emotionally and spiritually but Im here, im in, im playing, life is good and the guy looking back has never been more honest. Maybe its just that simple.

Hello,

I know you from your mails and twitterpower book, but right know I was looking for sites regarding "what do you want", and interesting you showed up (in google).
I live in Israel and have a blog in hebrew and spanish about awareness of financial education,
now I started this new blog in english in which I offer the card that keeps you on track.
Try it!