http://www.tony-shepherd.com Fri, 11 May 2012 15:53:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/05/11/free-internet-marketing-advice-the-hot-seat/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/05/11/free-internet-marketing-advice-the-hot-seat/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:49:29 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1324 If you’ve ever been to some of the bigger internet marketing seminars you might have heard about something called ‘The Hot Seat’ Basically, it’s where you show the rest of the group your website. Maybe one you’re struggling with or that isn’t performing as well as you’d hoped, in order for the attending experts AND]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/05/11/free-internet-marketing-advice-the-hot-seat/feed/ 28 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/05/04/how-to-find-out-what-your-customers-really-want-my-survey-results/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/05/04/how-to-find-out-what-your-customers-really-want-my-survey-results/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 10:20:07 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1318 The survey we conducted a week or so ago threw up some pretty fascinating results. So much so that I thought I’d share them outside my own blog readers and Affordable Mentoring newsletter subscribers. I was also a chance to try out something I haven’t sone before, which was to have a FREE front end]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/05/04/how-to-find-out-what-your-customers-really-want-my-survey-results/feed/ 0 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/23/survey-to-find-out-whats-really-holding-most-people-back-from-the-success-they-want/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/23/survey-to-find-out-whats-really-holding-most-people-back-from-the-success-they-want/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:24:56 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1295 I’ve just launched a survey to find out what’s REALLY holding most people back from the success they want (and deserve) in their online businesses. I’ll be sharing the results with you when they’re in. I think it’ll be quite eye opening for people to find out: What’s been holding other marketers back Which areas]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/23/survey-to-find-out-whats-really-holding-most-people-back-from-the-success-they-want/feed/ 8 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/17/the-im-dream-running-your-online-business-from-a-beach-yeah-right/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/17/the-im-dream-running-your-online-business-from-a-beach-yeah-right/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:56:16 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1245 You know that I live the internet lifestyle right? Running my business from a deserted beach while the kids play happily? Yeah well sometimes it works well and you feel like Richard Branson. And sometimes it doesn’t and you feel like a PROPER tit. Guess which one happened to me last week? Yep – I’m]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/17/the-im-dream-running-your-online-business-from-a-beach-yeah-right/feed/ 6 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/03/to-upsell-or-not-to-upsell-is-it-such-a-hard-question/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/03/to-upsell-or-not-to-upsell-is-it-such-a-hard-question/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:55:18 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1229 I got an email the other day from a pretty furious chap who called into question one of my marketing techniques. Now obviously being an opinionated bugger (me not him) and also being extremely comfortable with how I conduct my business I thought I might be missing something because I couldn’t ‘get’ why he was]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/04/03/to-upsell-or-not-to-upsell-is-it-such-a-hard-question/feed/ 71 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/14/7-day-accountability-challenge-the-results-are-in/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/14/7-day-accountability-challenge-the-results-are-in/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:45:23 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1161 Well our 7 day challenge is over. EDIT: 50 comments for the accountability challenge, only 16 (so far) for the results. C’mon guys – if you posted a goal last week please grow a hairy pair and share the results!! I’m really excited about this. So all you who posted your 7 day challenges please]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/14/7-day-accountability-challenge-the-results-are-in/feed/ 30 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/06/7-day-accountability-challenge-get-involved/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/06/7-day-accountability-challenge-get-involved/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:56:35 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1139 OK guys well I’ve spent weeks agonising over what software I could use to run my accountability challenge. I thought about forums, plugins and shedloads of other stuff. Nothing seemed right for what I wanted Then last night I woke up around 3am and realised ‘You need to practise what you preach mate – just]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/06/7-day-accountability-challenge-get-involved/feed/ 52 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/03/offline-business-blueprint-who-are-you-kidding-sunshine/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/03/offline-business-blueprint-who-are-you-kidding-sunshine/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:00:32 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1113   I reckon one of the big attractions of running an online business is that you don’t often have to deal with real people face to face. If you write an email saying ‘I’m sorry I won’t be refunding you because you purchased my product more than 30 days ago, and I only offer a]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/03/03/offline-business-blueprint-who-are-you-kidding-sunshine/feed/ 9 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/02/07/anyone-want-to-get-involved-in-an-accountability-group-focus-motivation-and-gentle-arse-kicking/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/02/07/anyone-want-to-get-involved-in-an-accountability-group-focus-motivation-and-gentle-arse-kicking/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:15:39 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1069   Check out these genuine comments you sent…. The question I asked was: What are the main challenges you face building your online business? Eg: Product creation, list building. You said…. ‘Staying focused…’ ‘Confidence good solid training list building someone to trust’ ‘FOCUS is the main one, I have many projects that are giving me]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/02/07/anyone-want-to-get-involved-in-an-accountability-group-focus-motivation-and-gentle-arse-kicking/feed/ 30 http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/02/02/internet-marketing-2012/ http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/02/02/internet-marketing-2012/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:52:32 +0000 Tony Shepherd http://www.tony-shepherd.com/?p=1025     I think we’re in for a rollercoaster ride this year. It looks like the USA and it’s mates (including the UK) are going to invade or attack Iran in some way. There are a couple of aircraft carriers and a shedload of warships down there at present. They’re not there to get a]]> http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2012/02/02/internet-marketing-2012/feed/ 21