Hey guys,

Here’s a few people’s comments about what I bluntly told John about his website.

Hi Joe,

BRUTAL ! I love it though. You really told him how it is.
I don’t understand why people go for stuff like that??

I totally agree with your marketing philosophy
-Squeeze Pages
-Email Follow Up
-Sales Letters
-JVs
-Affiliates

Thats it. Those are the secrets. Oops, I just spilled the beans.

Very Interesting Email Today -

Dustin
www.marketingorange.com

I for one have to say You are the Man.
Most people today are so friggin worried
about not hurting somebody’s feelings….
Nice to see there is SOMEBODY left that will
just tell it like it is… to hell with those
that can’t take it.

Ron Borg
www.AskRonBorg.com

Joe,

This cracked me up.

Very well said.

I don’t know if I’m ballsy enough to send that to a reader, but very well
said.

One other thing to add, in your advice to him:

What kind of value are you bringing to the person who visits your site?

How could you bring more value to the person visiting your site?

Thanks for sharing your email to him with me.

:)

Jonathan Kraft
www.strive4impact.com

hey joe . you have bad language !!! ( JUST KIDDING ) teasin ya o course …
anyway - wow - my eyes are still recovering from that guys web site !
it made my head spin . and ARGhhhh uHHH hhh iiiaaachh !! oh i just threw up !!
LOL … have a good one …….

-john silveira newbie, but up and comin

You’ve already got a good thing going. No need to imitate “The Rich Jerk”. If you do what “The Rich Jerk” does…..who’s going to do what YOU do??

K Williams

Sure was a throw up site!!

Jonathan

Joe:

Thanks, I’m sure my guys will love reading your response. That is a classic IMHO.

-Floyd
www.scriptclone.com

After I sent that email to John (and everyone else) he wrote me and said something that you can gleam a very valuable lesson from.

Check it out directly below.

If you think you know WHAT the lesson is, please post your comments on the blog.

You can also find my now infamous butt chewing in the previous blog post.

Sometimes I even surprise myself.

Kick Butt, Be Bold!

Joe Lavery

John’s Response after I tore him a NEW “you know what”

thanks for the honesty

Oct 31, 2006 8:13 PM
Joe you are right. i have been playing around way too long and now it’s time to get serious. but i just wanted to get a feel of how to construct sites, html code and the like. you’re advice is right on and it has been taken seriously.

thanks Joe,

john

ps. how about if i keep you updated as to my next moves? squeeze pages, joint ventures, sales letters, daily emails, and affiliate programs.

MY RESPONSE:

Hi John,

YOU KICK-BUTT for taking my advice to heart.

I would love to be kept updated on your progress.

If you get stuck on something, let me know and I’ll do my best to help point you in the right direction.

Kick Butt, Be BOLD!

Joe

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Stealth Pages Are Coming Soon…

www.stealthpages.com

OMT - You can see the website critique that started it all here.

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I tore this guy a new you know what because no one else was going to do it.

Check it out, but beware that I use offensive language.

So don’t email me saying I have bad languagae or whatever - it’ll be your own fault for reading on despite my warning.

Kick Butt, be Bold!

Joe

On 10/31/06, john XXXXXXXXX < XXXXXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com> wrote:

Joe Lavery joelavery@musthavetips.com

hi joe,

it’s about time i surfaced.  thanks for the tips.  i was wondering if you could help me for a second.  take a look at my website and i would like to know what you think.
http://www.jovall.bravehost.com/index190.html
i am currently with several companies for traffic exchange but nothing much is happening:  trafficswarm, listdotcom.com, yourluckylist, thelistmachine, instantbuzz,
126hits.

thanks joe your help and time will be greatly appreciated.

john XXXXXXXXX

John,
I can see why you’re not having success - that is all CRAP.

No wait, let me tell you how I really felt when I visited your site.

I wanted to VOMIT, PUKE, and HURL at how terrible it was.

Hold on a sec, I have to vomit now… ahh ghhh AAHHHHHHH.

Back.  Thanks a lot - my stomach acid is now eating my throat away.

Please do me a favor and more importantly - yourself a favor.

STOP focusing on traffic exchanges - and everything else you’ve been doing on the site -please.

The ONE good thing you’re doing is the list building - but I’m guessing it’s a TINY TINY list.

Here’;s my sincere advice, do what you will with it.

Use Squeeze Pages to Build Your List.

Use Sales Letters and DAILY emails to convert your prospects to customers.

Use JOINT VENTURES and Your Own Affiliate Program to get MASSIVE traffic.

Do that and you’ll be heading in the correct direction.

What you’re doing right now is wasting your MFing time.

You must get your head out of the sand, and do things that work! (see above)

If you continue focusing on this ineffective CRAP (like u r now) - you will get frustrated, discouraged, and give up.  - Is that what you want?

I didn’t think so.

I hope you take this advice to heart.

I really AM trying to help you and I’m very blunt because someone needs to WAKE YOU UP before it’s too late.

Joe

PS: The ONLY people making serious coin form traffic exchanges, and any other bs traffic scheme you find is the one who owns the site!!!!!!!

PPS: Get some FOCUS on your site too - forget about a shopping site and trying to be all things to everyone - you’ll never get ahead doing that as a little guy - leave that to HUGE companies.

And the colors, design and feel of your site all suck too!

Find a decent template - there’s TONS of high quality free ones everywhere you turn!

It’s called Google.

Peace.

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