Ask Bob The Teacher

Tim Brocklehurst and I spent almost two hours answering the big questions about viral marketing, and how the MyViralSpiral system can be used to grow your list and your business.

For a short time, you can listen to (and download for your personal use) the recording of this call here.

During the call we answered a lot of the questions posed to us, but due to time constraints, not all of them could be covered.

So I’ve answered those questions below.

Can this type of marketing be used in any niche? (Danny, Ottawa)

Viral Spiral marketing can be used in any niche where a person who gets what you give them could be incentivized to give it away to somebody else. The person asking the question specifically asked about his site, www.RawStrengthAndFitness.com, and the fitness industry, so I’ll use this as an example.

If Danny has an ebook that he wants to give away about toning the abs, for example, but he also sells a set of workout videos, he could include affiliate links inside the report, and perhaps a discount coupon. People who give away his report using an MVS system would be able to get paid for spreading the word, while both of them generate a bigger list.

Can this system be used to sell other products, such as a multi-level product? If so, how? (Brian from San Ramon)

Within the ebooks you rebrand and giveaway, you can include links to anything you want. Multi-level marketing products would be a great type of product to include, as the affiliate links for those are easy to recreate. The free report given away explains the value or efficacy of the product, provides testimonials perhaps, and shows the reader how to get it. So you would simply write up a 10-20 page report/e-book, include the links to the product, and allow the subscriber to rebrand the report and the links inside with their own.

This proves to be an effective recruiting tool for network marketing.

How to allure people to visit My Viral Spiral site? (Reinhard Schumacher, Germany)

We didn’t talk about traffic on this call, but the point of MVS, in part, is that your subscribers will create the traffic for you. However, you do need to “seed” your traffic, which can be done in a number of ways.

You can use free methods, which I talk about a lot in my report, The Best Advertising Money Can’t Buy (new version coming soon). These include article marketing, Squidoo, traffic exchanges, email list builders, etc.

You can use Pay per click methods such as Google Adwords.

You can use your own autoresponder or partner with someone who has a bigger list than you to promote your rebrandable ebooks.

The best thing to do long term to learn about Web Traffic is to grab a free copy of Glen Hopkins’ Web Traffic Report (it’s mailed to you), as Glen is a leading expert in the area of list building with traffic.

What is the fastest and best method for implementing this program to generate a large list and using this list to generate cash flow? (Clyde - Chesapeake, VA)

Here are my recommended steps…

1. Install MVS Silver on your website (or get the hosted version)
2. Rebrand the 6 included ebooks right away
3. Set the one time offer on each one to a high converting, and related website, using your affiliate link of course
4. Promote your first ebook all over the place (forums, articles, blogs, ezine ads, etc.)
5. Set up the autoresponder within MVS to bring subscribers back to the site to get the other 5 books
6. Go to the MyViralSpiral forum’s JV Heaven (paid members only), and find joint venture partners to promote each other’s site.

Will this have any impact on Butterfly Marketing, specifically on number of MySQL databases? Erwin - Pace

The MVS software runs with just one database. Butterfly Marketing runs on one database. So as long as you are given two you are fine. Most hosts that are good, give you either unlimited or at least ten. That’s why Tim and I recommend Hostgator and Kiosk for this software.

As I said on the call, MVS is like the Butterfly Marketing software of 2007 — it puts viral marketing power into the hands of every day people, and automates a lot of the processes that hold people back from success.

I want to use MVS to promote my ebook “How To Help Kids Learn To Read”. This has nothing to do with IM. Any ideas? (Ali-Melbourne, FL)

I graduated from Palm Bay High School in Melbourne, Ali…. but anyway…

Here’s what Tim mentioned on the call. Take a chapter of your book and turn it into a rebrandable report. Make sure it acts like a lead in product for your ebook.

Sell your ebook on Clickbank, or Paydotcom.com, and get the affiliate link inside your report. Make it rebrandable so your subscribers can be instant affiliates for you.

Second, make sure your newsletter/ezine is discussed in the free report, so you can get people who read the book to join your list.

Third, develop a higher end product, such as a monthly workshop, or membership site for parents of struggling readers. Provide referral contests, monetary incentives, or some other incentive (such as a limited seat workshop) to members with the most referrals. (The MVS system records the top 10 affiliates for the previous week).

Those are just a few ideas for you.

Are the names and emails I gather in my Viral Spiral System harvested by you if I get the MVS Hosted? (Don - Columbia, SC)

The only person who sees the emails of any MVS System, whether free, silver or hosted, is the owner of the system. So Don, if you set up a system with MVS hosted, only you can see the emails.

Even though your members can email their list, they don’t actually see the emails of the people they are emailing.

Don also asks…

Can MVS be connected with Aweber for the double opt-in ability?

First, what you seem to be saying is MVS is not double opt-in, which isn’t true. When a person signs up through the squeeze page, they receive a confirmation email that they MUST click on before they get their report. Until they do so, they are Inactive in the system, and can not receive emails from the referring member. The MVS system owner CAN email them, but only if they specifically send to Inactive members.

In all emails that go out, from the owner of the system or the individual users, an unsubscribe link is presented.

You offered a bonus for the listeners on the call — what was the email? (Scott Drake, Effort PA)

For buyers of MVS through either of these two website links (www.viralspyral.com or www.mvssilver.com), I’m offering you a 7th book to include in your MVS system, which you can rebrand with your affiliate links to 5 programs and give away to your members. The squeeze page is included as well.
To get this bonus, simply forward your receipt to me at bob[at]getthispdf.com.

This offer is also valid for anyone who upgrades after downloading the free trial from www.mvsfreetrial.com.

More questions and answers will be coming tomorrow…

Feel free to listen and download the call here.

Bob Jenkins

p.s. The price of the MyViralSpiral system is going up on Friday. If this method and system appeals to you, I encourage you to buy it today. Use it for 30 days risk free. Tim honors all refund requests during that first month of ownership.

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