iCop Internet Marketing Trade Journal
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ISSN: 1549-036XVolume V - Issue 40: October 22, 2007

Published by: jl scott, Director
International Council of Online Professionals

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I can't decide whether to be happy or annoyed this week. I guess we'll find out as I write. These are crazy times. Sad things happen and terrific stuff happens all at the same time.

The Dancing Cockatoo certainly tickled a lot of you, last week. I'm glad I could amuse you. Thank you, Linda, for sending it to me!


It is with PROFOUND sadness I report to you the loss of one of iCop's Founding Members. Bob McElwain passed away in July.

www.i-cop.org/founders/Bob_McElwain.htm

I hadn't heard from Bob for a while, so I started trying to track him down - to finally find out he has left us.

Bob left the "internet marketing" field to do strict publishing quite some time ago. But, I know many of you remember him. He wrote dynamite articles and was my greatest support and most trusted mentor many, many times. The world is a poorer place without his presence.


Jay Douglas is an old, old friend of mine. We became good friends while he was living in Europe (He's in the USA, now). Since I consider iCop's Founding Members to be the foundation of the organization, I've asked Jay to stand in for Bob.

Jay has graciously accepted, and I'm delighted to have such a talented person working closely with us.

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Does Your Computer have "EZ Firewall?"

My Toshiba laptop came with EZ Firewall installed. I had always used ZoneAlarm - which I love - on former computers. Nevertheless, I left EZ Firewall on there, and I liked it fine.

Last week, it popped up a message telling me I needed to renew the license to use it. No problem. I went to the Computer Associates International web site to do that, using the link the message gave me.

I was told I would need to download new software to do the license renewal after I made the $29.99 payment. Again, no problem.

However, the post-payment page, that was supposed to give me the download link, didn't HAVE a link. BIG Problem!

It could have been an even bigger problem because I had also been told I should remove the old firewall before downloading the new file. If I had gone ahead and done that, I'd have SQUAT - no firewall at all and no 30 bucks.

I wrote to the company. I received a message back stating, “The order is still in process and will take 3-4 working days to complete the order and provide you with the license keys to install.”

Install WHAT? I still didn't have the software!

However, the next time I turned on the laptop, I did NOT receive the message to renew the license. The original software has never stopped working, so I AM covered.

I actually suspect they DID renew the license since the warnings stopped. But, I have NO idea if (or WHY) I even need that new software. MOST confusing!

I STILL haven't heard back from this company. And, I'll not be in a hurry to deal with them, again. I might add ... they put my payment through immediately - even though they couldn't "complete the order."

If you're using EZ Firewall - or anything else from that company - you might want to be a little careful in dealing with them.


I'm as Excited as a Worm on a Hot Rock!

I mentioned Jay Douglas earlier. Jay is a brilliant man. He could barely make a web site before he started working with online videos. I saw his first work, and it was terrific from the very beginning. In fact, Jay's were the first videos I ever saw used online.

I've shied away from using videos on the iCop site - for a couple of reasons ...

  • Some folks don't like them because they tend to be invasive
  • They take up huge amounts of web page space and never seem to work with the site design - they're just stuck on there
As time has passed, Jay has become THE expert in the video infomercial field. His work is - just like a TV commercial - very professional and expensive.

When I decided I wanted to try a video on the iCop site, I took my concerns to Jay and we worked through them. I will be launching our new home page - with the video infomercial Jay has kindly made for us - on iCop's 8th birthday - November 1st.

This video infomercial is an actual part of the site design - and it looks terrific! It is NOT invasive. It can be turned off easily for those who don't wish to see or hear it.

The quality is superb. I don't know about you, but nothing annoys me more than when I DO want to watch a video, and I can barely hear it. PITA! That happens even on the sites of HUGE companies. Not so with this one.

I'm going to give you a sneak-peek. This is our “working page.”

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NOW - having said all that, I want to tell you about a special offer Jay has agreed to make to the Trade Journal readers ... He has a new Membership Site that's just DYNAMITE!

I'll put Jay's letter for you below. Read it carefully - it's TWO TERRIFIC ways for YOU to make money!


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This service is from Jay Douglas who has been producing video infomercials for years for top Internet marketers like John Delavera, Mike Filsaime, Russell Brunson, Brad Callen, Matt Callen, Jeff Alderson, Michel Fortin, Ryan Deiss, Keith Baxter and dozens more. This means he knows how to create powerful video infomercials that are proven to sell.

Typically, Jay charges his clients $1275 to produce just one video infomercial. However, so you'll be getting (10) powerful video infomercials, total value $12,750, each and every month. And that's not inflated hype. It's the price Jay would have charged had the owners of these products approached him to create these infomercials.

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Leaving You With a Smile


When Insults had Class ...

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain

Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!" Winston replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!"
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