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A goldfish is a very poor
learner. After all, if he forgets everything he's been
taught in just three seconds, how could he be expected
to master a simple fact that every time he eats one of
those green and purple-striped worms, he will get sick
to his stomach? He'll just eat the worm, get sick,
forget…

Well, if you're active in the
stock market, you are surely aware that 85% of all
dot.com companies have lost 70 to 95% of their value
in the last nine months. You know what the people who
lost their money in those companies are going to do?
They are going to forget (just like a goldfish) the
consequences…

Here are seven ways to make
sure that doesn't happen to you:

1. Blah, blah, blah.

Finally, how about Interesting Fact #27? You
know, the one about a dime having 118 ridges on its outside.
We could open with something like the example on page 7:

Dear Friend,

As you can see, I have
scotch-taped a dime to the top of this letter.

I want you to remove that dime
from this letter and run your fingers around the edge
of it. Can you feel all those tiny, little
indentations? Not many people know it but, every dime
manufactured by the U.S. Mint has…

Well, I bet right now you're
thinking, "So
what? That's kind of interesting but, what's it got to
do with me?"

My friend, the fact that every
dime manufactured in America has exactly 118 ridges...
and... so few people know about it, has led to a
fascinating situation from which you can profit to the
tune of…

Here's why: Yackety, yackety,
yackety.

Okay, let's stop and take a breather. That
last example may seem a bit far fetched but, it is by taking
the handcuffs off your creativity that allows you to come up
with far fetched, insane, "crazy" ideas. And, many
of these ideas will spark other ideas that are actually
practical and doable…

Or a captivating ad about a dragonfly who only
has a life span of 24 hours? [Interesting Fact #25.] Or that a
cat has 32 muscles in each ear? [Interesting Fact #19.] Or
that Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a
dance? [Interesting Fact #15.] Or that a giant squid has the
largest eyes in the world…

Remember how I told you earlier in this
newsletter a survey revealed the birth of a child is the
number one reason for camcorder purchases? That's an
interesting fact, isn't it? And the way to incorporate that
particular "interesting fact" in a sales message is
a little more obvious than using the other "interesting
fact" instances I've…

Here's three more interesting facts I just
learned this morning:

(1)
Did you know online sales increased by 54% this holiday
season... despite the failure of 85% of dot.com companies?
It's true. Last year during the holiday season, U.S. consumers
spent 7 billion dollars purchasing goods and gifts online.
This year, holiday online purchases were 10…

By the way, the average purchase of those online
consumers was $304 worth of merchandise.

And, all of the online retailers who enjoyed profitable
holiday sales had the same thing in common. I could tell you
what it was but, I'm not going to. If this information would
be of interest to you, it would be a useful and…

(2)
Did you know cops have a database for laundry tags?
That's because sometimes, when they discover a dead person
with no identification, the laundry mark will help them
identify the body.

(3)
Did you know a product called "Dermaplec" is
an over-the-counter cosmetic that is the best product
available for hiding bruises? Therefore, every patrolman
called…

That's it for this month. You know, I believe
the most important job a teacher has is to electrify
the minds of his students. Sure, you've got to give them
facts, methodologies and techniques... but... if you can raise
the level of their own curiosity and show them
"tricks" to jump start their thinking processes, I
believe you…

Unfortunately, many of my readers are so
dim-witted and mentally-retarded, I don't really have a chance
of getting through to them.

So why do I bother? I'm not sure. Maybe it's
because I'm pretty much a dumb ass myself.

Sincerely,

Gary C. Halbert

P.S. My
friend Dan Kennedy has a killer seminar coming up in the near
future. If you are lucky enough to get an invitation to
attend, I have one single piece of advice for you:

Do It!

Peace.

# zdla multi level marketing

From:

South of Jewfish Creek,

Dear Friend & Subscriber,

What I am about to write, I should have
written a long time ago.

You know, hardly a day goes by
that I don't get one or more requests to help someone with
some sort of multi-level or "network" marketing
scheme. Anymore, I don't even…

In *one of my recent seminars, there was a
couple of guys who didn't tell me they were involved in
multi-level marketing until they got up on the "hot
seat." Everything they were involved in was a total scam.
Well, I let them and the audience talk for a while and then...
I let them have it. I…

After the hot seat, we threw them out of the
seminar.

Now look, just in case there is any remaining
doubt in anybody's mind about how I feel on this subject,
please underline the following sentence in your mind:

Multi-Level
Marketing Sucks!

It sucks big time. It's dorky, it's dangerous,
it's sleazy and it's stupid. It is a magnet for slime. It is
true that not every product sold by multi-level marketing is
inferior. It is also true not every person involved in this
nonsense is unethical. I must admit their are some…

Multi-Level Marketing Is

Always Stupid!

The "rap" on one recent multi-level
scam is that, some time ago, there was a product developed
which enhances gas mileage by 30% or more. However, until
recently, this product was not put on the market because it
was too bulky and, therefore, difficult and expensive to ship.
But now, lo and behold…

What a joke. If all this were true, you
certainly wouldn't have to peddle this little miracle by
multi-level. Actually, you wouldn't even need to do any kind
of conventional marketing. No way. If all this were
true, all you'd need was...