We got this letter from Maritza and Jeff…

Hi Pat & Lorna,

With all the buzz about the launch of The Social Marketing Blueprint, you probably have some questions. So in this email we would like to take the time to address as many questions as we can.

We've poured through about a week’s worth of questions from the blog, email and Instant TeleSeminar and found the most commonly asked questions.

Here they are with our answers…

1. How & when can I get a copy of The Social Marketing Blueprint?

The 7 Module Video Training Course will be released on Tuesday October 27th at 12 Noon Eastern Time (that’s 9 am Pacific and 5pm UK) at this website: http://www.ToSocialMarketing.com

Memberships will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis. It’s important that I tell you that now, because I don’t want to put any pressure on you, it’s just that we are only taking on 212 people in the Training Course, and I’d really like you to have a copy. Now, as you may have guessed, we have a lot more than 212 people on the mailing list, plus some big players like Alex Mandossian, Mike Stewart, Pat & Lorna Shanks (Hey that's us ) , Travis Greenlee, David Perdew and Lynn Terry will be mailing their lists on launch day too. Plus we have sent out over 10,000 direct mail pieces to small businesses.

When you add all this up well over 1 million people will have access to this launch.

So we're just trying to provide as much information now, on the front end, so you can go ahead and make your decision to buy it. And if you decide it is for you, then that’s great. Just please be ready on Tuesday October 27th at 12 Noon Eastern. http://www.ToSocialMarketing.com

2. Why are you limiting it to 212 people? Is this for real or just another marketing gimmick?

Good question. Well, first of all, we don’t do marketing gimmicks. If we say there is a limit, there is a limit. And 2 of those 212 will have already gone to our two scholarship winners by launch time. The main reason we are limiting it to 212 is because of the Bonus 2 Tickets to the Social Marketing Blueprint Workshop at Maritza’s Hacienda in San Antonio – we can only hold so many people there.

So that’s not some Big Glamorous Reason, just a real reason.

3. What if I am a beginner? Do you have a “mind map” or set of step-by-step instructions that even a beginner can follow?

Good news! That is exactly why we are calling this The Social Marketing BLUEPRINT!

When you come on board, you will get immediate access to a pdf version of the actual Blueprint, as well as have an 11 x 17 color copy sent to your address that you can hang right next to your computer and use everyday.

Plus you will get access to the step-by-step instructions for each part of the Blueprint, so you will know exactly what steps to take and when. Each module will guide you through from beginning to end, from setting up your Social Marketing accounts, optimizing them, to making offers and profits, and everything in between.

4. How is the course laid out? Is it all in Video? And how do I get started? Blogging, Facebook, Twitter, what?

The course is grounded in Video Training. Each of the 7 Modules will be Video Training, plus the following:

• Down loadable mp3s of the Videos so you can take the Audio with you
  
• Transcripts of the Video Training
• Other down loadable pdfs
• Down loadable version of the Diamond Deadlines Online Success Journal and the Reverse Engineer Your Income Journal
  
• A hard copy workbook binder of the Diamond Deadlines Online Success Journal and the Reverse Engineer Your Income Journal
  
• Follow up LIVE Q & A TeleSeminars for each Module
  

Here’s how the system will be laid out:

When you come on board you will receive immediate access to the Mindset Module – this is first Module because we have found you have to begin here for the optimal success. Get your Mindset and your Social Marketing Mindset working for you first and you will be well positioned to maximize the many tools coming your way.

You will also receive right away the first part of the Blogging Module, with new parts coming each day in your first week. Here are the Modules and the release schedule for each:

Module 1 – Mindset – Entire Module right away

Module 2 – Blogging – First part of the Module right away and then additional parts each day for the first week.

Module 3 – Article Marketing/Ezine Articles – Tuesday November 3rd

Module 4 – Twitter – Tuesday November 10th

Module 5 – Facebook – Tuesday November 17th

Module 6 – YouTube – Tuesday November 24th

Module 7 – MeetUps – Tuesday December 1st

We have laid it out this way for a very important reason.

You are MUCH MORE likely to succeed if you digest this one Module at a time. Both of us have taken many, many courses, and coupled with our extensive surveys and research with our students, we have found that gradually releasing the Modules step-by-step dramatically increases your success rate.

There are many reasons why this is so, a huge one being that many, many courses that come “all at once” end up being nothing more than “shelf-help” – sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust.

And though we couldn’t prove this, our hunch is that many big time gurus know this and even count on it so they can sell you more “hype & hope”…)

5. Is this gonna be all theory or will it be how to?

We don’t do just theory. That’s the “hype and hope” method mentioned above and used by many big time gurus.

We only do “how to.” Step-by-step from setting up your account to monetizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, EzineArticles, Blogging and MeetUps.

And integrating and automating them into a repeatable system. You are going to learn how to do what we do everyday.

6. With so many choices out there, how did you decide on these 6 particular Social Marketing Tools?

The criteria we used included

- ease of use and the learning curve of each,
- the reach and web presence possible,
- our success and the success of our students and others, and
- the traffic rack of each.

Alexa.com ranks websites based on the traffic coming to a website – a ranking of 1 means a website gets the most traffic in the world…the lower the number the better. Being in the top 1,000 means the website gets an incredible amount of traffic.

Here’s what Alexa says about our 6 Social Media Tools at the time of this writing:

Facebook – #2

YouTube – #4

Twitter – #13

EzineArticles – #149

MeetUp – #834

Blogging – Depends on your individual blog – and we show you how to get more traffic with the Social Marketing Tools and Blog Profit Strategies

What this means for you: You will learn step-by-step exactly how to leverage, integrate and automate these well trafficked sites to send highly qualified traffic to your site!

7. How much will The Social Marketing Blueprint cost?

A lot.

We have not decided on the exact price yet, but it won’t be cheap. We’ve been told we should not release it for less than $1997 because of everything you get in the course.

And the reality is just the Bonus of the 2 tickets to the Social Marketing Blueprint Workshop would be worth more than $1997.

Plus the 7 Video Training Modules complete with mp3s and transcripts, the LIVE Q & A TeleSeminars, the hard copy workbook binder of the Diamond Deadlines Online Success Journal and the Reverse Engineer Your Income Journal, plus all the Bonuses…

All together it’s worth the $1997 and more.

If you are wondering if this stuff works, go back and watch the videos and listen the teleseminar http://www.ToSocialMarketing.com

We’re not going to try to sell you on why this is worth it. Frankly, if you need us to “sell you on it” then this isn’t for you.

If you want to get your Membership you’ll be ordering online, so just be ready at your computer at exactly 12 noon on Tuesday October 27th…

So while the final price is still up in the air, we can tell you for sure that it wont be$1997…or anywhere near that.

Also – you’ll be able to pay in installments if you need to. This way EVERYONE gets a chance…

We’ll be back tomorrow with some more cool info and stuff we’re adding to the Blueprint (like the “Lifeline Pass”), this email has gotten long enough as it is…I just really wanted to answer your questions so you can be prepared on Tuesday October 27th at 12 Noon Eastern…

Until tomorrow…

Maritza & Jeff

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Pat & Lorna here now, but we made this offer to our list:

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We hope to hear you on the calls and that you become part of the Social Marketing Revolution!

–Pat & Lorna

P.S. These two are the real deal and one of the nicest couples you'll meet in Internet marketing. We trust them and are already doing some of this ourselves, and its working great!

P.S.S. If you don t believe us go to Google and search for Pat and Lorna and see how many social sites that we appear on. We can t imagine how much we ll grow once we implement everything Maritza and Jeff teach us, and we can t wait!