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Ticked Off About Promo Codes
By LizTomey | September 2, 2006
Hi all!
I’ve been in Internet marketing for quite a while now. I run 3 different newsletters, over 144 websites, and do very well. My main focus has never been on the money though. I’ve successfully started and profited from two different businesses since the age of 19. That’s 8 years of good solid business. My focus has never been on the money. My focus has always been on you…
You are my business. Without you there’s no reason to have a business. So, I always put you first when teaching or recommending anything that will help you make money. That’s why I’m writing this post today…
What I’m about to explain is going to piss a lot of people off. Do I care? Nope! Not one bit. And the reason I don’t care is because it’s not going to piss you (my reader) off, it’s going to piss off jv partners, and other people I know in Internet marketing. Again, I don’t care because all I care about is you. I owe you, not them!
Now this all got started when I opened my email and help desk yesterday and today. I got quite a few people who were upset with a promotion I did for Promo Code Secrets.
Basically if you go to Promo Code Secrets, there is an optin form. You put your information in and you’ll get a promo code for a guide that Jordan Hall wrote called Promo Code Secrets. This promo code will allow you to get the guide for $9.97 instead of $27.00.
A few people got really confused about this, and had no idea what was going on. Now you know.. 
So what’s the big deal?
People are pissed because once they pay their $9.97, (or $27 if they missed the promo code) and read the guide at the end they are told that they have to buy a script for $67 to be able to use what is taught in the guide.
Now at first I was a little ticked off by the emails I got. I think that the Promo Code Secrets guide is absolutely incredible. I truly do, and I have already started making money with it. That’s how cool I think it is. I have said that it’s the best thing since Butterfly Marketing, and I truly believe that also. No, it’s nothing like Butterfy Marketing. I look at Buttefly Marketing as a concept, a strategy, a tactic, a technique whatever you want to call it to make money. Promo Code Secrets is that too.
So why were people so pissed off? I decided to not answer any of those emails yesterday. I wanted to think about it. I knew I was giving out an amazing resource so I couldn’t imagine why I was getting these emails. I’ve never gotten so many emails about something I had promoted. I had to really stop and think.
Then I started understanding…
People thought they couldn’t use the strategies within the Promo Code Secrets guide unless they had the script. I knew it could be done without the script, but it never occurred to me that everyone else wouldn’t see this.
Now before I go any further, I do want to say that I do use the script. It does make things easier, and does some cool stuff for you, but if you want to use the strategies and give out promo codes, you don’t have to have the script. You just have to have a little bit of creativity.
So, I’m going to tell you all how to use Promo Code Secrets without the script. Do I do it without the script? Nope. Do I think it’s easier without the script. Nope. I’m doing this to show you that the strategies inside Promo Code Secrets are absolutely incredible and I don’t want anything to hold you back from using them.
Note: I will not provide support on what I am about to teach you to do. I’m doing this because I have a commitment to you, but I simply cannot help everyone individually. Feel free to post comments or questions here, and I will try my best to help here only.
Okay, so the first thing you need is a form that your visitor can put a promo code in on your site, and be taken to a different page with a different price.
Here’s the code you need to put on your page.
It’ll look like this:
The only thing you will need to change si where it says www.YourUrlHere.com is where you will put the url to the page you want your visitor to be redirected to.
The only draw back is that the person can basically enter anything in, and get to your page. And in order to have different promo codes on one page, you will have to put multiple forms on your page.
That’s why I have the script. It saves me time and gives me more functions, but you can still do it the free way. The script is great, and once you actually act on this, I think you should get it, but for now, just focus on what the guide is teaching you. There are some VERY powerful tactics within it.
So, I hope this helps everyone understand now why I promoted Promo Code Secrets. If you can’t see the value in spending $9.97 to get the information, I don’t know what else I can possibly help you with. I didn’t think the Butterfly Marketing Course was worth $997, but it’s made me money hand over fist since I started using it, so it’s worth way more than that to me now.
Like my mom always tells me… Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it…
Liz Tomey
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September 28th, 2006 at 6:42 am
Hi Liz!
I am a bit confused about your suggestions concerning the use of Master Resale Rights.
I always understood this type of licence to give the right to sell the product with the permission to sell resale rights. What you are talking about (changing title, content …) sounds more like private label rights.
Or did I mess up completely? Please correct me, if I am mistaken.
Oliver
October 4th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
Hey Oliver,
I wasn’t talking about resell rights in this post…
You are correct about your understanding of master resell rights. You cannot change the title or content, or anything else for that matter. Sometimes, the owner will allow you to have different graphics made and change the sales letter, but you need to check with an owner before doing that.
Liz