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You’re Missing Out on this Powerful, Secret Business Relationship…

Joshua Black — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:55:17 +0000

Your business is your baby.

Your business is your passion.

No one else can share the enthusiasm that you’ve got bottled up inside you, to the point where you’re scaring away women (or men) and children.

…but I guarantee that I share that enthusiasm with you.

That’s why I’ve created the Underdog Maverick Insider’s Program.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not getting rid of the the FREE, Underdog

Millionaire Tip Sheet. That’s here to stay for the long-haul.

I will continue to deliver power-packed small business tips a few times a week until my little fingers can’t type any more.

…but “free” only gets you so far.

For one thing, no matter how much work I put into a free email, 98% of

my readers won’t do anything with the information.

Why?

…because when you get on a free email list there isn’t a lot of incentive for change. There’s a very low barrier to entry and there are zero risks to take.

You wouldn’t believe how many times I get freebie-seekers that are just begging for more, trying to squeeze every last bit of advice out of me with a barrage of email questions, only to unsubscribe the following day, complaining that I pitch my products too much.

So, I decided to separate those that REALLY want it (success and growth) from those that just want to pretend (freebie-seekers and entrepreneurs with zero drive)

About a week or so ago I let you in on my latest, little secret. The Underdog Maverick Insider’s Program. http://www.underdogmillionaire.com/blog/finally-grow-your-small-business-strategically-in-3-6-months-without-wasting-a-penny-on-traditional-advertising

This is a monthly course, where I pour out my heart and soul, showing you every trick in the book for one, specific growth technique each month.

I have no room for that in the Tip Sheet. It wouldn’t be appreciated, so I decided to find the true business owners that would REALLY want to take action and quickly grow their businesses.

You’re invited.

This is a pilot program, so I’m asking for a pilot-sized investment. For just $9.95 a month, you’ll get the following:

A huge PDF lesson covering a single growth topic from every angle, with nothing held back.
Each lesson recorded to audio MP3, so that you can digest the information in your car, on the bus, or while you’re sitting on the toilet.
Access to me. Once you’re part of the team I will personally answer your small business growth questions via email, where I normally charge hundreds of dollars an hour in consulting feed.
Access to the team. The Underdog Mavericks are a select few. We’ll use this group as a way to help each other and get the toughest small business marketing problems taken care of.
ZERO sales-pitches for any other products. Occasionally I may provide links to free tools, but that’s about it. Nothing but pure, unadulterated, powerful marketing strategy.

As I said before, I’m LOSING money on the pilot program, but I want to make sure that’s it’s the best in the World for what you get.

If you aren’t satisfied that each lesson isn’t worth $2700 to your small business, you can cancel at any time and there will be no hard feelings.

If you want to know more you can sign up here: Underdog Maverick Insider’s Program

After the program goes LIVE the subscription rate goes up up up!

After the program goes live, you could get left behind, because the REAL stuff, the actual magic will be happening behind closed doors amongst the Mavericks.

I know that times are tough for a lot of business owners, so that’s why I decided to kick the program off with this crazy rate and if you sign up at that rate, you stay at that rate… FOR LIFE!

…even if I raise the subscription to $97/month (and it’s a bargain at that investment too).

So I just wanted to take a few minutes of your time to let you know that the train is leaving the station soon and I don’t want you (and your business) to get left behind.

We’ve got a ton of people on the list already, but there’s still room for a few more.

I plan to fire this baby up in late February/early March. Once it starts, the program will go up.

Check it out here. Sign up for the notification list and get ready for some of the most innovative ways to grow your small business in 3-6 months without wasting a penny on traditional advertising.

http://www.underdogmillionaire.com/blog/finally-grow-your-small-business-strategically-in-3-6-months-without-wasting-a-penny-on-traditional-advertising

I promise you that this will be the least-expensive, most profitable thing that you could ever do for your small business and, if at any time you’re not happy, it’s real easy to get out.

If you’re already on the Underdog Maverick’s list, I thank you and we’ll talk soon.

In your service,

Joshua Black

-Chief Underdog Maverick Insider

P.S. I wasn’t kidding about the low rate. I will NEVER offer this course at this rate again. In just a few weeks the “early train” will leave the station and the $9.97 rate will be gone to you forever.

http://www.underdogmillionaire.com/blog/finally-grow-your-small-business-strategically-in-3-6-months-without-wasting-a-penny-on-traditional-advertising

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Ouch! 5 Ways to Find Your Customer’s Pain and Solve It with Your Small Business

Joshua Black — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:00:32 +0000

A little bit ago I asked for your most burning question… you know, that one that keeps you up at night, sweating through your sheets, just hoping it will go away.

Well, I got one back from multiple folks that seems to sum it up quite nicely:

How are you supposed to find out what your customer’s pain is and then where do you find those customers to sell them lots of stuff and get rich?

I wish there was a single, simple answer to that. Then no entrepreneur would have to go through the five gates of hell to try and figure out how to make their idea profitable.

However, since I’ve gone thought those gates a couple times with my own lame-brained ideas, I can give you a few shortcuts on the matter.

Here are 5 tricks that you can use to find your customer’s pain:

1. Use the Google keyword search tool. Just do a Google search for it. It will be number one. Type in the word or phrase that you thinking about turning into a business and you will get all the associated keywords, along with their search frequency, in return.

If you want to use AdWords (gasp!) it will also tell you how much competition there is for each keyword.

It doesn’t matter if you have an on-line business or not, you MUST have a web site, because the phone book is almost dead… (although I did just use one to find someone to cut down a tree that just fell on my house, but I went straight to their website before calling).

2. Survey the customers that you have already… even if there are only four of them. Just like what I did with you. I asked what keeps you up at night, and you told me… now we’re here with this Tip Sheet… see how that works?

3. Improve a HOT idea by just 10%. Facebook wasn’t first by a long-shot. The iPod wasn’t first by a long shot. These are the ones that waited for hot market to develop and then just tweaked the idea and made it better. It’s A LOT easier to improve on something that people are already drooling over like zombies, instead of trying to create a market out of nothing.

4. Ask EVERYONE that you know. Don’t be the person that thinks they have an original idea and refuses to share it with anyone because you think that it might get STOLEN… horse poop I say!

Tell everyone. If you have no business yet and you think you might be onto something, then ask the people that will be straight with you about whether or not your idea sucks. If you see them go from a glazed-over look to a look of “WOW!” then you might be onto something Sherlock.

If you see that look change, then you have found a pain to solve.

5. Get that thing in front of a REAL customer NOW. There will always be a 2.0 and a 3.0 of your business. It’s never going to be perfect, so it’s important to get it out there ASAP to see if people want what your selling.

You can do all the research that you want, but people will eventually vote with their wallets. If they likey then the buyee… if they no likey, well you need to fail fast and get back on the proverbial horse and try another idea until you get one that sticks.

If you have an idea that solves a burning pain for your customer, they will buy it like hotcakes. Solve the pain and they will come.

Products that are a pleasure provider (vacations etc.) can be easily put off until later. Pain, on the other hand, must be solved now, and at almost any cost (aka. the tree on my house).

So, now that you found something that people like, something that cures their pain… how do you go about matching those silly customers with your awesome, game-changing idea?

One word.

Marketing.

That is where I come in. If you opt for a one-hour marketing consult, or one of my other services, I can help you create a way to get new customers and bring them in front of your business, all on an Underdog Millionaire’s budget.

Now, I am not cheap, but the ideas that I will deliver to you on customer-grabbing will be worth much more than the price of admission.

I will create a custom marketing plan for your business that will help you grow in ways that you never thought possible, using techniques where you can compete with the big guys, while keeping a little guy’s (or gal’s) budget.

If you want to find out more about my consulting services, click on the consulting tab at the top of the Underdog Millionaire blog and you will also see a few sample consults as well, where you can steal a few saucy ideas for your own business.

Click here to go straight to the consulting area: http://www.underdogmillionaire.com/blog/services

Until next time…

In your service,

Joshua Black

www.information-product-report.com

www.ultimateUSPcreator.com

www.sales-letter-system.com

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Joshua Black is Gettin’ Married…

Joshua Black — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:57:58 +0000

Hey there… I thought I would write y’all one more short and sweet post before call it quits for the next few days. On Saturday, my gorgeous fiancee and I are getting hitched, so I won’t be posting the Underdog Millionaire Tip Sheet for a little while.

I want to thank all of you for the nice wishes that I received through email. If you want to leave us any nice comments, it would be great to have a bunch of blog comments to read when we get back. I’d like to do that as a nice little surprise for the missus.

…and, if any of you felt the inclination to see us off in style, and you were interested in purchasing one of the fine Underdog Millionaire-branded products from the “gift shop,” now would be an excellent time to do so.

I could not ask for a better group of people to work with.

You’ve made the Underdog Millionaire a great place for me and my fiancee, and I thank you for all of your support over the last few years, on and off the blog.

In your service, with gratitude…

Joshua Black

http://www.underdogmillionaire.com/blog/products

P.S. Don’t forget to please help me out with some well-wishes for the missus and I. I really want to surprise her with a ton of comments when we get back from honeymoon #1 (yep, we’re going to take 2… what can I say).

The Birthday Roundup-Other Blogs I REALLY Like

Joshua Black — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:00:41 +0000

Today’s post is going to be the last of the birthday blog posts. I thought I would share a few blogs with you that I think are really going the extra mile.

These guys (and gals) don’t just re-hash the current flavor-of-the-month content that can be seen on many of the blogs out there. Instead, they are hard-hitting, unique business owners that have really developed a niche name for themselves.

Many of these blogs are geared towards small business owners, but not all. I think that if you are going to be a competitive entrepreneur, you really need to look at a variety of sources for inspiration.

Now, I am not going to over-load you with the over 50 different blogs that I try to follow on a regular basis, but I do have a special handful for you that really do something above and beyond.

So, without further adieu, here they are:

Heavy Hitters That Blog About Blogging:

If you have been in the blogging world for any length of time, then you already know about these guys, but if you are just getting started, this is the kind of blogging that you can aspire to.

Problogger- This is a site started by Darren Rowse. He has been blogging for years and has grown his empire to over a million dollars a year, just from blogging, advertising, and selling products.

Entrepreneur’s Journey- This site is run by another Aussie, Yaro Starak. He is a real underdog story, who is now one of the biggest independent bloggers out there, providing TONS of free content and audio interviews from rags-to-riches stories of Internet entrepreneurs all over the world.

Specialists:

This is a group of bloggers that have picked a successful niche and have gained a really solid following, due to the content they provide, the atmosphere they create, and the personality that really comes through in their blogs.

Ittybiz- This is the marketing blog of Naomi Dunford. She has created a cult-like following all based around her razor-sharp personality and her sailor’s mouth. This is not re-hashed marketing advice. Almost every blog post that she writes should be printed out and saved as reference material. Plus, she’s freakin’ hilarious.

The World’s Strongest Librarian- This blog is home to one of the most eclectic guys on the blogging scene. It’s run by Josh Hanagarne, a strong-man/librarian that is also battling with a cure for Tourettes Syndrome. His posts range from spectacular book reviews, to random thoughts, from weight lifting advice, to sage wisdom. Always worth a look on a daily basis.

Men With Pens- This is a site for writers. Not only does this group own their own web design and consulting company, but the frequent posts here offer some really good advice for fine-tuning your writing and improving your value to your market.

ProCopy Tips- This is a copywriting blog that, in my humble opinion is a place that is a hidden gem, discovered by only a few. It’s run by a life-long direct-response copywriter named Dean Rieck. He gives away some great basic copywriting advice and even posts frequently on Copyblogger.

The Simple Dollar- This is a personal finance/money blog by Trent Hamm. He has a cult-like following as well. He covers everything from investing, to debt removal, to bankruptcy and has authored a few books. Great site if you like money at all.

My Friends and Underdogs:

This is a group of up-and-coming bloggers that is really trying to make a difference in their respective markets. They haven’t hit the big time just yet, but I know they will, just based on the content and services they provide. These guys are definitely people to keep and eye on.

Tommy DePietro- This guy is serious business. He runs a MLM marketing advice blog, has a ton of videos and is very passionate about his work. Tommy is really going somewhere. He has been a frequent commenter on the Underdog Millionaire since the beginning.

Alex Whalley- Alex is a really honest guy with a big heart. His blog focuses on keywords, SEO, and niche marketing. His posts are very thorough and he has come a LONG way in a short time.

The Big Red Tomato Company- This is a small business blog run by Matthew Needham. He’s got some great ideas about consulting, small business marketing, and creating information products. Matthew is a real stand-up guy and we occasionally bounce ideas off each other since we are in the same niche.

Josh Garcia- This guy is another one that has slowly grown alongside the Underdog Millionaire. Josh is all about generating leads and giving great marketing advice. Definitely worth a look. You will see his blog comments all over the Internet.

I think that should just about do it. Hope you enjoyed the list. Of course I’m sure I missed a few great blogs out there. Give me the name of someone that you really think is doing an amazing job of creating content?

Help your fellow Underdogs out and let’s get this post Tweeted all over the Net!

Until tomorrow,

Joshua Black

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Happy 1st Birthday Underdog Millionaire Blog-A Year in Re-Cap

Joshua Black — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:06:57 +0000

Well, today is the FIRSTofficial birthday of the Underdog Millionaire Blog. We’re celebrating all week and I thank everyone for all of the pre-birthday wishes yesterday.

It has been quite a year over here at the Underdog Millionaire. I’ve made a ton of new friends, created some great new products to help you grow your business and sold a ton of those products as well.

In case you weren’t around yesterday, this is day two of birthday week and as a thank you to all of you loyal Underdog Millionaire fans, I am giving away a free report that contains 10 different ways that you can get FREE customer traffic.

This report comes from ideas taken straight out of my new book, Underdog Marketing 101, which contains 101 different FREE ideas for generating traffic to any business. I don’t pay for traffic and neither should you.

To get your sweaty, little paws on a copy of this bad-boy, all you have to do is make a comment on the blog during birthday week and either sign up, or already have signed up for the Underdog Millionaire Tip Sheet (upper left hand corner of your screen). There’s even MORE FREE STUFF available when you subscribe.

Well it’s a big day over here, so let’s get on with the blog. I though that I would dust off the old archives and grab a handful of my favorite (and hopefully yours too) posts over the past year.

As this little guy has learned to walk, feed himself, and most importantly, operate a blog with tons of raving fans, there have been a few key posts that I would like to share. So let’s hop a ride in the Way Back Machine and get moving…

There are 10 posts here altogether, so bookmark this puppy because you might want to come back to it.

1. I really like to beat up on my ex-dentist, so start here with this Marketing for Dentistry post and how NOT to do it.

2. Now we move on to another follow-up post about my new dentist and his money-losing marketing mistake that you can benefit from.

3. This next post is a little motivational tip from Dwight Schrute, my favorite character on the TV show, The Office.

4. Now we move on to a great sales lesson from Dwight Schrute.

5. This was also the past year that we lost a music icon, so I couldn’t leave out a pricing strategy lesson from the King of Pop.

6. From here we learned how to shoot your customers with a Taser and how many small business owners are doing it without even knowing.

7. Here I share with your the single most important technique that I use to help build my business and stay on top of everything that is going on in marketing. I build my empire by enrolling in Automobile University.

8. Now, a re-cap of this past year would not be complete without a few posts about my dog, who as you know, is a total marketing genius.

9. Here are some insane customer magnets that my dog wouldn’t even touch.

10. Last, but not least. I thought I would share with you my personal favorite post headline of the past year.

So there we are. It’s been a fantastic year and I thank you all for stopping by. Don’t forget to tweet about this birthday extravaganza and I would love to hear about some of your favorite posts as well.

Until tomorrow (for even more birthday fun),

Joshua Black

P.S. don’t forget to leave a comment in order to get your FREE customer generation report, straight out of the yet-to-be-released Underdog Millionaire 101. I will send the reports out at the end of the week.

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Customer Research from A True Karate Master

Joshua Black — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:27:06 +0000

As you may or may not know, I am a martial artist in my spare time. I practice a certain style of Okinawan Karate.

That is pretty irrelevant except for some
of the great wisdom that my teacher
occasionally shares with us.

This latest one is a great tip for
finding exactly what you want from your
customers.

We were teaching a group of children and
one of the kids was particularly noisy that
day.

My teacher asked him “how many ears do you have?”
…kid says “2″

My teacher asks “how many eyes do you have?”
…kid says “2″

My teacher finally asks “how many mouths do you
have?”
…kid says “1, of course”
My teacher then says “then you should always be
watching and listening twice as much as you are
talking”

This is exactly what you should be doing around
your customers. Each time you interact with them,
you have the ability to gain information about
what they like, dislike, and ideas for future
projects.

Instead of just shuffling our feet and hoping
that you can get out of there and go play golf,
try to REALLY listen to what the person is saying.

Maybe your widget has a fatal flaw.

Maybe your customer service needs some tweaking.

Maybe your customer is just dying to tell someone
the greatest, million dollar idea in the world.

…or perhaps you just want to know where you
stand with them and whether or not they are looking
for a new supplier.

You can find out all of this stuff by watching
and listening twice as much as you are talking.

Your customers will think you are wise and you
will gain some really important research intel
in the process.

Until Tomorrow,

Joshua Black

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I Need Your Valuable Opinion…

Joshua Black — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:26:36 +0000

I don’t have a tip today in the usual
fashion.

Instead, I’m asking for your opinion on
how you feel about your business currently.

I have been working hard at updating the
Underdog Millionaire Blog and I’m trying
out a new survey feature.

Please check out the new blog format and
I would really appreciate if you take
the survey.

Vote for as many items that pertain to you.
It will only allow you to take it once.

Click here:
http://www.underdogmillionaire.com/blog/take-the-survey

…or just click on the survey tab at the top of

the blog.

After a few weeks I will post all the results
so that the entire Underdog Millionaire community
will benefit.

This will also help me steer the future
direction of the Tip Sheet.

Thanks in advance for your opinion.

Until tomorrow,

http://www.UnderdogMillionaire.com/blog

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Bartering-An Underground Way to Get Free Stuff

Joshua Black — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:35:57 +0000

Yep, it’s a censored word in many circles, so
censored that I couldn’t even print it in the
subject line…

Well, I guess it’s not that censored at all.

But, what if there was a way to legally get all
of the services that you normally have to pay for
in your business?

What if there was a way that you could trade
your craft for the work of others and not have
pull a penny out of your pocket?

What if there was a way that you could do this
and NOT get in trouble with the law?

Well, there is.

Welcome to the world of bartering, a huge, integral
part of the bigger universe of networking.
http://www.how-to-business-network.com

With bartering, you are going to take a service
that you provide, say it’s lawn care and you
are going to trade it for something that you need,
say it’s legal work.

Now, here’s where it gets really cool.

Maybe the lawyer doesn’t need any lawn care done,
so you give him a credit for a certain dollar
amount worth or lawn care in exchange for his
services.

Now, he can trade that certificate of lawn care
for a different bartered service, or even sell
the certificate for a certain amount of cash.

It’s like a gift card for work at a later date.

Then you will reimburse whomever brings you back
the certificate with that amount of lawn care
eventually.

Yes, this does seem complicated but there are
many different bartering organizations that do
this on a national level.

In fact, I have a local store in my hometown
takes barter credits as payment, kind of like a
debit card.

Yes, this is quite advanced, but it’s a great way
to keep your business moving when you are just
getting started or you are relatively cash poor
and resource rich.

Maybe you own a print ship with some down time.
Now you can literally print cash by doing some barter
work for others.

This works for almost any business and this is only
a piece of all the benefits that you get from
creating or joining a network.

If you want to really ring in the new year the right
way, with a prosperous business, then scoot your
green elf shoes over to:
http://www.how-to-business-network.com

Until tomorrow,
Joshua Black

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Is Your Castle Vulnerable?

Joshua Black — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:28:09 +0000

I just got back from my second black belt
test in Nebraska and I’m really energized…

It was a whole week of training for about 8
hours a day, followed by the test on the
last day.

I learned so much this past week my head is
still spinning…

I picked up a ton of martial arts metaphors
that totally apply to small business, so you
will have to bear with me for the next few
days as I proceed to regurgitate them.

Today’s Tip Sheet is all about protecting
your castle.

In martial arts, your main torso is your
castle and your arms and legs are your soldiers.

These guys are meant to take a beating so that
your internal organs remain ok.

Well the same is true for your small business.

Your castle is the livelihood and prosperity
of your business, while your soldiers are your
marketing tools, USP, and customer service.

All of these soldiers go out and take a beating
for the business.

Sometimes they come back victorious and sometimes
they come back with an arrow right in the heart.

That’s why we constantly test, that’s why we NEVER
give up as true Underdog Millionaires, and that’s
why we continue to tweak things until they are
just right.

Protect your castle and the sales will come rolling
in.

If you want more information about protecting your
castle and creating a Unique Selling Proposition
(USP) that will have RIDICULOUS staying power to
suck up customers like a shop vac, swing on over to

www.UltimateUSPCreator.com

Until tomorrow,
Joshua Black

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