The following is a guest post by  Dan Massicotte, aka Mr. Positive.

Most e-books measure up to the sales letters that are written to sell them. 33 Days to Online Profits however takes it a step further. I followed the day-by-day guidelines expecting to make hundreds of dollars with my product.

Unfortunately I did not follow through with my e-book. Still, Yanik Silver’s book opened many doors regarding internet business and marketing that I never would have known about otherwise.

33 Days is at least 95% about marketing, which is a key component to internet business.

No traffic = No customers = No sales = No business

Ezines

Yanik’s approach to article marketing is very simple. Write one good quality article that informs the reader. Submit it to a few online ezine databases like ezinearticles, goarticles, articlebase and article dashboard and give them some time.
However upon taking his advice I discovered that some people write hundreds of articles to establish credibility online and create long-term traffic to their website. Robert Plank, a marketing PHP guru led me to his website from an article he wrote on ezinearticles.com about how to sell a written report. I’m probably one of thousands.

Auto Responders

Probably the most popular auto responder is Aweber. Aweber costs a mere $14/month allowing you to capture some of the readers who come to your site. If your sales letter has a conversion rate of 4.5%, then 95.5% of your customers could be leaving your site without any incentive to come back.

To increase your conversion rate, Yanik encourages you to install this e-mail capturing system so you can continue building a relationship with a prospect until they are ready to buy from you.

Ever hear someone say “I made $45,000 in three days!!”? This is usually because they had an e-mail address list of 2000 contacts they built a relationship with over time. The best time to set one of these auto-responders up is now.

(note: by blog owner. Other email reviews here at the bottom of the page.)

Value

The value you add to your product is what will make your customers decide whether they will ask for a refund or not. While this is a topic that is covered lightly, in proportio to everything else in ‘33 days’, it is vital for the long run. I did not make any profit with my ‘muse’ a few months ago. But I set the ground work for the next 100 projects I will be doing.

Yanik’s “34 Rules for Maverick Entrepreneurs” puts as his second point:
“Strive to create 10x – 100x in value for any price you charge. Your rewards are always proportionate to the value you provide.”

I’ve heard Tony Robbins say this many times before as well: The only way to get a lot of meaning out of life is to add more value to other peoples’ lives than everyone else is adding.

Yanik Silver’s blog can be found here.

Guest Author Bio: Dan Massicotte is perhaps the most positive oriented individual you will ever meet. You can learn more about him on his website: http://danmassicottespositiveliving.com/ Join his newsletter to be informed of new articles and major website developments.