Thomas H. Keoppel

After being a full time internet marketer for more than 5 years,there is one thing I know beyond any doubt:All that pretty charts and graphs and videos can really proveare things that have happened in the past. Just because it happened yesterday,is not proof it will happen again today,or tomorrow or the next day. The truth is: You just never know whereyour next sign up or sale, or whatever your campaign goal is,will come from. In order to give yourself the best chance for success,you need to get your ad or site in front of as many eyesas possible. Study the charts and the graphs, they show valuable information.But never pass up the chance to expand your advertising reach. And the answer to the question: Can (insert any number here) people be wrong? The fact is, YES THEY CAN! Best wishes for success,Thomas H. Keoppel

Let me paint a picture for you: Imagine you want to open a business account at a bank.You are not asking to borrow money, you just need an account to handle your money. The bank will first want to review your business plan anyway.That being done, they approve your account. After a about a month, the bank notices you are doing some pretty large transactions, so they decide to review your business plan again.Still good. A few months pass, and your business has been having phenomenal growth. The bank takes another look and decides because you are doing so well, to give you a special account with lower fees. A couple more months pass, another review, even though there has been no change on the part of your business other than constant growth, the bank wants you to increase your reserve funds.Just to make the bank comfortable, so you do. Then a couple weeks later, out of the blue, the bank calls to invite you to come in for a meeting.They tell you they have changed their policy, and you will need to change the way you do business in order to comply with these changes. After about a month of trying to negotiate an agreement, acceptable terms can not be reached between the two parties.So the bank freezes your account, you will not be able to touch any of your money for 180 days!How convenient that you just made a rather large deposit at the banks request. This may sound like a nightmare fiction story, but Paypal did just this,minus the initial review.They would rather let people use their service, and then decide at some later point in time, if that business meets their terms.If it does not, that account gets frozen. This practice has caused thousands upon thousands of people like me to lose untold amounts of money, because most business are forced to fold. And who knows how much time has been wasted in the building of those businesses. I am no expert, but I doubt a bank in this country could get away with this.Who would do business with a financial institution like that? Now the point of all this: Is there anything that can be done to compel Paypal to change the way they do business, and stop killing internet businesses? I am afraid to put my name on this because Paypal may find a reason to freeze my account, but what the hell. Best wishes for success,Thomas H. Keoppel P.S. I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it any more!

I am glad things worked out for you. Many times people start out with good intentions, but end up in over their heads. Then things like that happen. When things like that happen to me; I send emails on that mailer warning the other members not to risk it. Posting scam warnings on G+ will have an impact.

Your question about Worldprofit. I jumped through their hoops to get some of the free advertising they offered. I endured abuse from Dr. whats his name. (told me; if I could not send him $100.00 within 24 hours, I should just give up.) Ended up sending a support ticket. Then after all that, I only got 1 hit from their "huge free advertising" To say the least, I have very strong negative feelings toward that program.

Watch the count for memberships on Pennies 4 Profits. I know they reset it at least once. The price is supposed to go up after a certain number are sold. I just have a feeling it came from the same people as TCT, Twice Confirmed Traffic. As a matter of fact. I would bet money it is. This is the 4th program they have put out, and the 2 main people promoting them keep using different names. Some sites tell you the names of the people sending the ads though. Use at your own risk. Thomas H Keoppel

I try to make sure NOT to promote sites that offer less than 25% for free members.

After what happend to the last site from this owner, it blows me away to see certain people promoting Kore4. Do not take my word for it, ask around and try to find any satisfied members from his PTC fiasco. (Or if the new owner is happy about the sale details) I care enough about my reputation NOT to put my name on anything from Tim Tech. When I make mistakes, I do my best to fix it. Telling Tim Tech about a mistake could get your account deleted. I am not worried about mine, never had any and never will. Due dilligence is more than just a good idea. Happy marketing, Thomas H. Keoppel

I have just figured out; using quotation marks in email subject lines, and in text emails, that everything from and including the first quotation mark is automatically deleted. Site owners would be well advised to remove quotation marks from all email swipes in the affiliate toolbox, and to warn members not to use them in subject lines or text mailings. There does not seem to be an issue in HTML mailers, in the body of the email. I do not know if you are aware of this, I have never seen any warning about this. I have been wondering why I kept seeing emails that were obviously missing the ending, then when it happened to me I figured out why. If he does not already do it; someone should tell Robert Puddy to warn all site owners about this. ( I think he sells the scripts) Have a beautiful day. Thank you, Thomas H. Keoppel

I see lots of great points and pointers. Here is 1 I am sure most of you know: Create subject lines that compel people to click. Speaking from my own pattern of usage; on most of the mailers where I am upgraded, I do not need to read emails for credits, but I do need to open at least 1 in order to log in. If your subject line captured my interest, that was the one I clicked. A simple lesson, but it all starts there. You want readers, not just credit clickers. Thank you for reading, Thomas H. Keoppel