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May 18, 2012

“Mr Martins Gets His Revenge” – The April Fools’ Joke Is On Me”

Hi Everyone

Tomorrow is April 1st and traditionally it’s time to play
a joke on someone.

In my day, many, many moons ago, you could only do this
until midday. Don’t ask me why, you just could.

I grew up in the Western Suburbs of Sydney and I would
come up with some of the funniest (to me at least) jokes I
could play on my teachers.

I remember Mr Martins my science teacher.

Mr Martins had great plea-sure in introducing the class
to the fine art of dissecting rats.

This skill could be learnt in a one 40 minute period

but – NO…

Mr Martins thought the fine art of rat dissecting should be
learnt over many lessons and many alc*ohol-drenched
preserved rats.

To a class of 14 year old boys, once you have seen one
dead rat you have seen them all.

So, naturally I got bored pretty quickly and I came up with various new methods to, well, let’s say, ‘explore’ them.

Now to this day, I do not remember what the purpose of
rat dissecting is, but I do remember vividly how brightly and
explosively they flare up when the alcohol soaked rat meets the
science classroom bunson-burner.

I also discovered that if you light a strip of magnesium metal
and place it inside the soaked rat with a few selected
chemicals the magnesium continues to burn from the inside
out and eventually ‘poof’ – the rat explodes leaving a frightful
hideous concoction of mattered mess. (this is in the category
of “KIDS, I AM A PROFESSIONAL -
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME”).

So, now it’s time for me to introduce Mr Martins to my new
experiment.

I grabbed his attention when I explained to him my rat was
obviously rotten as when I put my scalpel to it I could not
penetrate the outer fur and skin.

Unbeknown to Mr Martins at the time, the magnesium strip,
fuelled by the chemicals dropped down the rat’s
gullet, was burning brightly inside the poor dead rodent.

and…

as he was prodding, touching and ready to show this
obviously inept 14 year old how to meticulously
dissect a long-tailed-sewer dweller using the hands
of a science teacher-surgeon

the rat …well…um…

yep,

you’ve got it…

all over over him and his well groomed, 15 times an hour,
hand-combed beard.

He looked at me with rodent fragments dripping from his brow.

I looked at him clean and stoic from a position three steps back
(you don’t think I was going to be alongside him do you?)

and I did…

what any honourable 14 year old boy would do in the circumstance,

I said,

“Mr Martins, what have you done to my rat ?!”

“I thought you knew what you were doing ?!”

To this day, “God rest his soul”, Mr Martins was not made aware of
the untimely April’s Fools’ Joke I had orchestrated.

Actually it wasn’t untimely.

It was only the second period and a clear
two hours within the midday cut-off for April Fools’ jokes to occur.

but…

I AM REPENTING.

Tomorrow, I am going to send out an email which
will make me a fool and you a winner…

because…

it’s time for me to take the punishment for playing
that April’s fool joke on Mr Martins many, many years ago.

So come back to this page tomorrow – there will be a special
Aprils Fools’ Day Offer.

It’s Mr Martins’ time to get his revenge.

Cheers and Great Selling

Kurt
Kurt Johansen
“Australia’s Email Marketing Guru”
kurt@johanseninternational.com.au
Direct: 0412 94 77 33
Grab my book “7 Killer Tips To Get Your Emails Read” over
to the right.

PS: The offer will be available ONLY on April’s Fool Day

PPS: Because that’s the rules of Aprils Fools’ Day.

PPPS: And to think I have been carrying this secret with me
for all these years. Good on ya Mr Martins, you deserve your revenge.

“Email Marketing Response Rates For…”

Hi Everyone

“Email Marketing Response Rates For…”

Many people couldn’t resist the temptation.

The curiosity just got to them.

Were they reliving their childhood or was there another compelling
reason to discover which cartoon was voted the
best of all times?

46.27% of people who read my email:
“This cartoon was voted the best of all times…”
clicked on the link to find out what it was.

How do these statistics stack up.

Well…

a 1% -2% click through rate is Ok.

3%- 5% you should be very happy.

6% – 10% you are getting good at this game.

10% – 20% give yourself a great pat on the back and ‘high-fives’, whoooo.

20% – 30% you ARE a master marketer.

But…

46.27% – boy oh boy.

Doesn’t really matter why they did click through though -

* curiosity;
* intrigue;
* a cartoon fan

The fact is they did.

and what this means is…

if you can create enough intrigue and curiosity in your marketing
campaigns to get a 46.27% click through rate -you will be
extremely happy – Like I am.

Email Marketing WORKS and MAKES sense.

Cheers and Great Selling
Kurt
kurt@johanseninternational.com.au
Direct: 0412 94 77 33
Grab my book “7 Killer Tips To Get Your Emails Read” over to the right.

PS: If you would like to know more about exploring email marketing
or indeed video marketing – contact me. I can help.

PPS: If you missed out finding out what the cartoon was you can – look below this post and click on the screen

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Email Marketing Was Her Key

Janine Allis’s success was aided by Email Marketing.

In my last post I revealed the lady behind Boost Juice and her phenomenal success.

Janine Allis had a background in advertising and marketing as did her husband.

With all this knowledge they used Email Marketing as their prime source of getting their message to their clients.

Janine collected email addresses and constantly informed her target audience of their expanded product range.

Janine also had a passion and a determination to succeed.  This is crucial in any business venture.

If you have a passion and determination to succeed it is a start.

You also need to have a plan and marketing mechanism to succeed.

Janine Allis used email marketing – it is a key to her success.

For your passion to succeed consider email marketing it is the tool you cannot do without.

Cheers and Great Selling
Kurt

Australia’s Email Marketing Guru
kurt@johanseninternational.com.au
Direct: 0412 94 77 33

PS: If you wish help with your email marketing, contact me – I would be only too happy to help.

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“A Must Tool For All Email Marketers…”

Hi Everyone

I can’t believe what has happened over the past few days
which is going to change how you up-skill your email marketing knowledge.

Let me explain.

I recently ‘Googled” the words “email marketing” which I often do,
to see what’s happening.

As I scrolled down the first page I came across this:
Blog posts about “email marketing”

“What is it ?”,  hear you ask.

Try it – Click here to go the Google page and look at the bottom.

Well, it got to be one of the best marketing and educational
tools on email marketing you are likely to find.

Google now is highlighting Blog Posts on email marketing.
Blog posts about “email marketing”

This has tremendous oppor-tunities for the email marketer.

  • You can keep up to date with trends;
  • See what’s happening;
  • Take advantage of some cool copy; and
  • leave meaningful posts and get backlinks.

If you are not into email marketing that’s OK.

Check out your spec.ial niches.  Google may have blog posts
for your market too.

Don’t forget to leave a comment of my website what you discovered.

Cheers and Great Selling
Kurt

Australia’s Email Marketing Guru
kurt@johanseninternational.com.au
Direct: 0412 94 77 33

PS: This is really a very spec.ial event – make sure you check it out
Blog posts about “email marketing”


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Be Strong With Your Email Marketing

Hi Everyone

Be strong with your email marketing.

What I mean is not everyone is going to like you.

Be true to yourself and BELIEVE what you are doing is helping people.

Most people fear rejection…

and that’s ok as long as you do not let it inhibit you.
Not everyone will like you.  That’s life!

But…

there will be enough people who will like you and those
are the ones that will stay with you over the years and be good
customers.

I get the occasional unsubscribe from my email marketing lists- and that’s fine.

But I get more sign up’s from people wanting some tips and tricks to help them with their business as well.

Now, let me ask you, “Should I be disappointed that some people
unsubscribe?”

“No. It’s Ok.”   They are in need of someone or something else at this stage of their life.

And…

should I be patting myself on my back every time someone says they like what I do – again the answer is “No”.

The bottom line is, you have to do what you feel is the most
benefit, the most help to your customers and subscribers and
listen to honest feedback, but ignore everything else.

That’s the blunt truth. You have to be strong.

You can’t let a little praise go to your head and you can’t let a little blame
or dislike of what you’re doing discourage you in anyway.

You have to be yourself and whenever negative or positive forces
try altering your path, you must ignore them and keep building
value and usefulness into everything you’re doing.

Learn how to create VALUE…

Tangible, functional products and services that are REALLY USEFUL to
your prospects and customers.

You create “value” by being yourself and building a little piece of “YOU” into everything you do.

And that will expose you to take a hit from someone.

But…

I guarantee it WILL NOT be a knock-out blow.

Just pick yourself up, brush yourself off and keep going.

because…

YOU ARE STRONG !

Cheers and Great Selling
Kurt
Australia’s Email Marketing Guru
kurt@johanseninternational.com.au
Direct: 61 412 94 77 33

PS: I am putting together some new videos for you to watch so stay tuned.

PPS: I have just posted another article on stats.  You can go to it here,  http://www.kurtjohansen.com/businessstrategy/%E2%80%9Cemail-marketing-brings-in-the-best-return-on-investment%E2%80%9D/

If You Are Trying To Conduct Email Marketing Alone Then…

Hi Everyone

Are you conducting email marketing alone?

If so, you may find this video about Geese interesting.

To achieve success you need help and to be around like minded people.

Contact me – we specialise in helping businesses with their email campaigns.

Cheers and Great Selling

Kurt

kurt@johanseninternational.com.au

PS Email Marketing Makes Sense:  Check out my post on stats:

http://www.kurtjohansen.com/businessstrategy/%E2%80%9Cemail-marketing-brings-in-the-best-return-on-investment%E2%80%9D/

Before You Write A Word You Must…

Hi Everyone

A friend asked me the other day, how I come up with content for my Email Marketing.

The answer once known is easily teachable if you follow a simple system, it should work for you too.

Before you write a word you must be able to satisfy these 5 questions in the recipients mind.

1. Who  Are You ?

2. What Do You Want ?

3. Why Should I Care ?

4. What’s In It For Me (W.I.I.F.M.)   and

5. What Do I Do Now?

You need to appreciate you will be an intrusion in someone’s day so be prepared to give them useful information.

It won’t matter what line of work you are in – it’s these 5 questions people want answered when they receive  correspondence in any form.

So get to it, make sure when you send out an email, post a letter, create a video or make that telephone call you know you should you can answer these 5 questions.

Cheers and Great Selling

Kurt

PS: If have any other questions you believe people need to have answered leave a post.

“What’s The Difference Between P.T. Barnum & Sylvester Stallone?”

Hi Everyone

What IS the difference between these two incredibly gifted men.

Read what Phineas T. Barnum wrote 128 years ago

and then…

listen to Tony Robbins tell a 9 minute story about the man who wrote Rocky.

Leave a comment and tell me what you think the difference is

because ….

well I’m truly interested.

Here’s what P.T. Barnum wrote in “The Art of Getting Money” in 1880.

Quote:

“DO NOT SCATTER YOUR POWERS”

Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until your experience shows that you abandon it.

A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched.

When a man’s undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain was occupied by a dozen different subjects at once.

Many a fortune has slipped through a man’s fingers because he was engaged in too many occupations at a time.

There is good sense in the old caution against having too many irons in the fire at once.”

P.T. Barnum 1880

UNQUOTE

NOW…

Grab a comfy seat, sit back, relax  and enjoy another Tony Robbins video.

This one’s  about a man who knew what  he wanted.

So, do you know what you want in life?

Do you know your OUTCOME.

If you do…

Go and chase it with all your heart.

Merry Christmas everyone and may all your dreams come true.

Cheers and Great Selling
Kurt
Australia’s Email Marketing Guru

An Email Sales Template You Can Use

“I Was Asked Yesterday What Do I Actually Do For A Living”
And It Took Me By Surprise


so much of a surprise that as a Very Merry Christmas present from me;
when
you read this email and grasp it contents you will receive a valuable
marketing and sales template.

Read, Digest and Enjoy !

Hi Everyone

This person surprised me with this question because they have been receiving my emails over the past 18 months and had even replied to me at times with,
“I love getting your emails Kurt, they brighten up my day.”

These are terrific emails for me to receive but this person must have some bad workdays – don’t you think.

Then the words of P.T. Barnum began ringing in my ears.

And I “quote”:
“Your object in advertising is to make the public understand what you have
got to sell, and if you have not the pluck to keep advertising, until you have
imparted that information, all the money you have spent is lost.”
P. T. Barnum 1880
“Unquote”

Well, I am going to indulge in this email.

and…

Yes, there is a line here as many may well say I do this all the time !

because…

I may not have “made the public understand what I have got to sell”

But…

I am going to provide you with a copy of an email I sent to a prospective client.

I have taken out the ‘confidentiality parts

It’s my ” Christmas Present” to you – Merry Christmas.

Read it , Digest it and Use It In Your Business !

Email Sent To A Client:

Hi ………….

It’s Kurt Johansen.  (Referee’s name) ………. from (Referee’s business) …………, introduced us yesterday.

I am confirming us getting together on Monday at 10.00 am.

As asked, I am including a spiel on who I am and what I do.

More specifically this email contains:

    1. My introduction.  It’s my ‘elevator pitch’, not too personal in an email but it gets the appoint across;
    2. What we do;
    3. How ABC can benefit from this;
    4. An additional Massive benefit for ABC;  and
    5. The Fees;
    6. The No Risk Guarantee; and
    7. The conclusion.

    Let’s start:

    1. Introduction:

    My name is Kurt Johansen. I am known internationally as Australia’s Leading Email Marketing Strategist.

    I teach business people world-wide a step-by-step process to get their marketing
    emails opened, read and acted upon.

    It has worked for me and many others and if you learn it and use it as described there
    is a good chance it will work for you too.

    If you would like a free book valued at $29.95 titled “7 Killer Tips To Get Your Emails Read” explaining my system simply go to www.kurtjohansen.com and register your details.

    A copy will be sent direct to your in-box, free of charge.

    Google my name, Kurt Johansen, and you will find me in the number one spot against 1.6 million competing pages.  Often I appear on the first page of Google up to 5 times.
    This is because of the expertise I have in marketing. My personal website
    www.kurtjohansen.com is actively read by followers around the world.

    2. What We Do

    As a business coach I have continually heard business people tell me they suffer from
    one or more of these frustrations.

    • I don’t market to existing customers;
    • Besides it costs too much to market;
    • I don’t have the time to market;
    • I’m a ….. not a marketer.

    Business people concentrate so much in their business they neglect to work on the marketing of their business.

    And…

    the growth, expansion and maintenance of a business is in the marketing.

    Marketing used effectively attracts people to continually return to a business
    and not go to competitors.

    So, although I provide all the tips and methods how to use email marketing profitably for a business in my book, most people do not ACT upon the information.

    They are not alone and it is not their fault – it’s just a reality of business.

    What we specifically do is to help conduct and maintain email marketing campaigns for our clients to bring in cash splurges they would not have had.

    This is done by using our unique software which allows clients to maintain unlimited customers in unlimited databases.  These databases can be segmented into different areas of a business so we can match the marketing message direct to the correct customer.

    We call this “Email Mastery” and it’s about sending the right message to the right person at the right time.

    We can also add  ‘a name capture box’ on a business’ website so new people
    can sign up for a ‘VIP Club’ or ‘Birthday Club’ depending on the needs of the client.

    In your instance it could be a box on ABC Outlets web-sites which says:

    “Join the ABC VIP CLUB here”

    Marketing messages can then be sent to these customer which contain specific messages or offers.

    Three elements exist to make sure email marketing works:

    1. The List of names;

    2. The Relationship a business has with their list;

    3. The Offer being made at the time.

    We then systematically and strategically keep the customers up to date and
    informed about events which are happening in our client’s businesses.

    3. How Can ABC  Benefit From This?

    Depending on your existing marketing methods, email marketing is a powerful addition or simply a huge godsend to enable a message to reach your customers quickly, easily and cost effectively to bring in more profits – profits you would not have had.

    Messages can be sent on a daily, weekly, fortnightly basis, depending on your requirements.

    Messages can also be sent to a certain type of client if you do not wish to send to everyone.

    Messages generally contain fabulous offers to attract your customer into the outlet.

    It could be to gain more clients on a less-patronage item, it could be to introduce a
    weekly supplier special.  It could even be to offer a free birthday offer.

    (Customer’s name), I am not informed of your specific marketing methods or campaigns, although I do see the ABC ads in print, TV etc. so I won’t go into specific marketing messages but we have strategies and methods to assist your particular type of business.

    And yes, we have clients using our Email Marketing system which are clients of ABC now.

    ABC can specifically benefit using email marketing by using our unique web-based software system, and utilising our comprehensive marketing strategies (client’s pay us $5,000 a quarter to benefit from these) to bring in extra sales, profits and customers.

    The way to conduct email marketing is by utilising the list, building a relationship with your list and offering insatiable deals customers will jump at and come rushing through your doors with oodles of cash.

    4. A massive benefit for ABC is:

    We are able to inform you which customers opened and read your emails and what time of the day they did.

    This is a unique service we provide.

    Most of your outlets would not have lists at this stage and hence missing out on enormous sales and profits to both them and ABC.

    This is another major reason to engage us so we can show them and you how to obtain a list quickly to help more money flow to you both.

    It is often said in marketing – the MONEY is in the list.

    5. Fees

    Two specific fees exist to include email marketing inside ABC.

    1. The cost of creating ABC’s unique email marketing platform containing unlimited names and lists;

    2. The cost of regular email campaigns being forwarded direct to your outlet’s and
    their customer’s inbox.

    On Monday I would like to take your through a PowerPoint slide on our system, and
    discuss fees in person.

    More importantly to explain exactly what is being offered and the huge potential upswing in profits which our email marketing system and strategies can bring to ABC and it’s members.

    6. No Risk Guarantee

    Our  system also comes with our guarantee which I will explain on Monday.

    PLUS

    I am happy to add an extra one in for you.

    This will be MY PERSONAL EXTRA GUARANTEE:

    7. Conclusion

    When compared with other forms of marketing -Brochures, TV, Radio, Messenger, Advertiser; email marketing is by far the most economical and very quick ‘message to market’ marketing which can be done.

    My company ‘Johansen International’ is a specialist in this field.

    (Customers Name), I am pleased to be able to show you the system.
    We  will need about 60 minutes.

    I thought I would also bring along ……. (see if you can take along a customer to act as a referee/testimonial).

    He/She is the (company title..) at (company name) and is conversant with the system and how it can benefit  ABC best.

    If you would like any further information before Monday, then please give me a buzz or email.

    (Customers Name), I am looking forward to having a sound and solid working
    relationship with you.

    Cheers
    Kurt
    Kurt Johansen

    Johansen International

    Direct: 0412 94 77 33

    Grab my new book “7 Killer Tips To Get Your Emails Read” at

    http://www.kurtjohansen.com

    ——————————————————————————

    Back To Kurt
    There you go.  A sales and marketing template which when used and massaged inside your business will set you up prior to the sales call.

    It’s all part the pre-call plan you should have in place in your business.

    If you would like help with your email marketing, please contact me.

    I know I can help.

    Cheers and Great Selling
    Kurt
    kurt@johanseninternational.com.au

    PS: You may know somebody who could benefit from this email template
    or our services and I would be only too happy for you to pass it on.

    “We Have R*oom To Help Another Seven People With Their Christmas Sales”


    and bring in extra ca*sh to your business RIGHT NOW !

    Hi

    We have just finished sending out email campaigns for the last two businesses who signed up for our spec*ial $197 (plus gst) offer I sent out last week.

    This is where you sa*ve a whopping $2,497 by not having to build your own email marketing system
    but use our “Missile Marketing” platform to send your emails from.

    The offer we are giving is:

    • we will upload your database into our unique email marketing software system and
    • then help you create,
    • format,
    • edit and
    • send the email campaign direct to your clients.

    There is no need to worry about how this works we can do all the leg work for you.

    The latest two email campaigns we arranged for clients under this arrangement have received these type of responses all within mere hours of sending:

    Business #1 – Restau-rant – Adelaide South Australia
    An ‘Open’ rate of 33.3%

    and the ‘Read’ rate 91.7%.

    Business #2 – Pump Supply Company – Melbourne Victoria
    An ‘Open’ rate of 17.54%

    and the ‘Read’ rate 37.3%.
    These stats are crucial to know in any marketing campaign so you can gauge its effectiveness.
    Can your current marketing provide you these stats?

    And what is your current marketing or advertising?  Are you the victim of this?

    Here is a recent article I clipped from the Adelaide Advertiser:

    It may be difficult to read but the last paragraph is the MOST important.

    It says…

    “Adverting is losing effectiveness, people are switching off … and companies are starting to ask: How can we … connect better with our audience?”

    Well, the answer is SIMPLE.

    Email Marketing.  It WORKS.  This is where we create a marketing message direct to your clients who are happy to receive it.

    It fast, it’s simple, it’s easy and above all it’s cost effective.  In fact it can easily be seen as the most economical way of keeping in contact with your clients.

    Call me or email and let me help you.

    We are taking on another 7 new marketing campaigns right now.

    But…

    Like last week when these 7 positions fill we have to stop so we can concentrate on the email campaigns.  We won’t overload ourselves and dilute the quality.

    So , if you are looking at generating extra Christmas Sales, or need more income immediately to flow into your business then contact me NOW so you can get your email marketing campaign out to your clients now.

    Cheers and Great Selling
    Kurt

    kurt@johanseninternational.com.au
    Direct: 0412 94 77 33

    PS:    Only 7 spots are open and you need to act fast so we can send the campaign for you.
    PPS:  At the very least grab my “7 Killer Tips To Get Your Emails Read” valued at $29.95 for FR*EE – it will show you how to conduct email marketing.