Pitch and putt - ah all those wasted hours doing something I knew I was never going to be very good at. 

I'm really sorry about SmartDD v3 taking so long.  We were going to release Kunaki support via v2.1 (which I still have on my hard drive) and Paul said "It shouldn't take too long to do all the stuff for v3, why don't we wait until that's done?"

Never again.

We kept adding stuff and changing things to make it a little more flexible and a little more easier to use based on what people were asking for.  The outcome is a product that's in layers.  You can ignore most of things it can do and just focus on a few to get you up and running quickly, like the "create products, add to item, tweak email and sell", and then use the more advanced stuff as you get to grips with it.

Plus we found a few bugs along the way which we think we've squished in our own testing, so I hope we'll be releasing a very stable product.  Time will tell when we release it into the wild which we're very VERY close to doing.  In fact I'm waiting for Paul to get back from holiday on Thursday and then we'll start the wind up to it.

Not long now.

-Frank

YOU HAD ME AT HELLO!!

Where is SmartDD V3?  You've already trained us to respond to the pitch - now let's putt (pitch and putt - groan!) our money where your mouth is. Launch the payment button, please - people are queueing up!

Please don't keep telling us about the extra facilities it has. That's like showing a starving man food and I know you're not that cruel.

As to your leaked text, it's done everything I've come to expect of you so well done on that.

Using the key learning points from tomorrow, you’ll be finding out who will be one of your customers and who will be just a freebie seeker almost straight away.

That, on its own, can be worth a fortune to anyone who pays attention. If what you're promoting goes even halfway towards doing 'what it says on the tin' it will have the power to change lives radically.

I wonder how many people are actually ready for that?

I didn't know about that thread, thanks for that.

I think it's worth me pointing out here that SmartDD v3 (I believe) will do everything that Disc Mojo and Auction Acrobat does, plus a lot more.  I say I believe it will because I haven't bought either of the other products.

From what I can tell that DM and AA do, if you want to sell Kunaki based products either via eBay, your blog, other site or wherever, then SmartDD v3 is the product to use.

I think I've also mentioned on here that v3 also does free sign ups and integrates with almost any autoresponder (service or self-hosted).  And one time offers too.  Oh and we've thrown in a web store, plus 3 web templates you can use with your store, sales page, download page etc.

And apart from digital downloads and Kunaki based products, you can also use it with any other physical products too.  Via eBay if you like.

With the templating system we've added, it's very VERY flexible.

The downside is, it's a little more complicated than the original version of SmartDD we released nearly 2 years ago, but that's only because we've responded to requests for change.

Oh and as soon as we've released v3, we'll (finally!) add ClickBank support in a minor release.

You know what?  I think in many respects SmartDD v3 is also better than RAPS now.

When we add subscriptions and then later on memberships in v4, it will be an extremely strong all round product.

Hmm…  You could sell a one month trial membership on eBay and upsell to lifetime membership via a One Time Offer.

-Frank

"You guys and gals know I put out decent products.  You know they’re something that you wouldn’t be ashamed of promoting (many other products out there fall in that category I’m sorry to say), and you know I always try to give good support.  So you know that any prospects you send me are going to have a good time"

I wondered if anybody was watching this launch of "Auction Acrobat" on the Warrior Forum, It starts off with enthusiastic buyers and slowly you can see the doubt set in. I see my co-worker John Wilkes even got a mention in for "Smartdd" bless him. He has got a bee in his bonnet about it been "totally, hands off, automatic".

http://www.warriorforum.com/internet-marketing-product-reviews-ratings/4947-auction-acrobat-paul-ponna-any-reviews.html

"Free" ebooks and products are good, but the issue there is that you collect freebie seekers who are unlikely to become customers.

Using the key learning points from tomorrow, you'll be finding out who will be one of your customers and who will be just a freebie seeker almost straight away.

-Frank

The principle behind this is something I've known for quite a while, but sometimes you just lose sight of things that can be very important to you through no fault of your own.

Distractions can do it…

I hope that when you read the full text, you'll get a "aha!" moment, and shortly afterwards do something about it.

I've said it before, and I'll repeat it now.

You guys and gals know I put out decent products.  You know they're something that you wouldn't be ashamed of promoting (many other products out there fall in that category I'm sorry to say), and you know I always try to give good support.  So you know that any prospects you send me are going to have a good time.

If I can do things to help you build your own list, then hopefully you'll send some of that traffic my way too.

The learning points I'll be covering tomorrow will help you see how to build your lists and make them pay.  In time things can only get better.

-Frank.

I like the idea of changing the numbers…A LOT!

Great TIP and I'm looking forward to the continuation of this article series

Cheers
John Cussons
"Mr Emotions"

I wonder how many websites that didn't perform well were just abandoned that could have been goldmines with a little work to improve conversion rate.

Looking forward to seeing what you have for us - maybe it can help me resurrect some of my forgotten under performing sites.

Mike