Sounds like a gift for christmas. I never read about how or why this newsletter was ever called the total package and perhaps I’ll ask one day…Perhaps I’ll take a stab at why this is the total package for me.

But first, I’ll tell you why I decided to pay attention to this man. No, it was nothing that he wrote (of all things). It was someone elses link - Frank Kern of the Mass Control fame no less.

“Okay, yeah more copywriting stuff on audio - another person selling some other mega-buck program I don’t have time or funds for”.

Then they got to talking a little about Clayton’s (yes, Clayton Makepeace no less) Harley.

A Harley Davidson…that ol’ hog with that thumper of an engine. It was 1982 and I had actually bought one. I can’t recall the model, but if any of you are Harley hogs maybe you can write in a post.

It was something like a 1978 model year bike - the last one, brand new in the showroom. It came with flame paintwork, high handle bars, an old army style helmet and a flame design leather jacket.

It was fun only for a few months before the vehicle ministry in that part of the world banned it from the roads and I gave it to an Australian bloke. He was a racing car mechanic.

So, Clayton rides a Harley huh? Interesting guy.

Then I got reading his newsletter. My eyes nearly popped out of my head. This man grabs your attention right away and never lets up until you are at the very end of what he had to say to you.

This man’s the real deal, working and developing his very special ability for writing copy for a launch period, typically a 6 week launch process. How he does it is even more entertaining and conversationally engaging than selling throughout the whole process.

Ordinarily, with that many e-mails coming to my in-box I would simply click “spam” and that’s that. Instead, I find myself waiting for the next daily installment.

He really packages the whole marketing process from the e-mails, the conversational and interesting ideas in the blog topics, then skillfully leading you and interesting you in the sales process without the now participant realizing it!

Now, that’s quite the total marketing/sales package.

He now also teaches what he does too. That’s his latest project with a whole cadre of his “Cubs” that he had personally coached. As I write this, the offer of his “Ultimate Desktop Copy Coach” is still live if you care, go take a peek at http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/ .

If you don’t know Jack, you must have been living in the dark internet ages.

And Static web sites is your game. The vast majority of websites are still static - meaning they simply do not allow interaction with other people - a very anti-social act I must say. And if you stay there, you are out of internet luck. These days, it’s akin to being adrift at sea well off the shipping lanes. No one will find you.

If you know Jack at all, you will understand the power and value of being social and interactive websites. Check out how not be left behind with this simple trick to get links - Jack Humphreys Track Boost: 5 Minutes to Killer BackLinks.
In fact, it’s social sites - websites that are by their very design become naturally interactive. Most popular are the blogs and sometimes specially designed membership sites or social networking site giants like Facebook or Myspace. These days, You Tube or Metacafe or Google Video and a host of others get the lion’s share of the world wide web’s attention. Social marketing is simply the best way to go.

The best way I can demonstrate how it all works is by introducing you to one man that describes it best of all. Well, this is a strange way to write about an Online Community or a social network but Jack Humphrey.com epitomises social networking. He through his site is a social network of followers. Let’s see why: to begin, just type into the search engines Jack Humphrey and you’ll see that he has already developed a Guru personna when it comes to Social Networks and Social Marketing.

There’s the Authority Site Center which has over 400 members when membership sites were still in it’s infancy.

Then there’s the Content Desk which he co-founded with Mark Braunstein, Power Linking series of courses, the Authority Black Book, consultant for Netsmart Media, and…and…I don’t want to post his resume here but here’s a list of his coaching and articles he has written about: Online marketing, linking, buzz, PR, search engine optimization, coaching, consulting, project management, brainstorming, technology breakthroughs, and looking to the future of online marketing every day of the week for the past 10 years and counting. Of course we won’t forget that he is all over the internet’s social networking and bookmarking sites. Phew!

How does one find him? It’s easy. He’s everywhere. You can learn from his tips (these alone are worth their weight in gold) on his blogs or sign in for his Friday Traffic Report - this is his central site. Also, join his community like Social Marketing Central - a Ning community he’s developing.

Now, one great piece of advice Jack gives is to help each other out as a community of independent website owners, regardless of whether you have a blog or not. Just favourite each other on bookmarking sites. Check out “Powerlinks” on this site and you’ll see what I mean. It’s a win win win situation for all.

Social Networking websites and Online Communities

are all the rage these days. They are coming online by the thousands worldwide every day.

So, what’s your News? What makes your Social Website unique? What makes your Online Community so special? Tell the world about it.

To make what you have to say that much more fun, we hold weekly contests for the best blog.

What are Social Networking Websites and Online Communities?

Essentially they are both the same. Just a couple of years ago, some people may have divided them into the two categories mainly from the way they operated.

Social Networking Websites tend to be dominated by free to sign up sites that are hosted by huge corporations, e.g. Facebook, My Space, and even You Tube has become just such a mega-site via video stories and commentaries.

Online Communities tended to be websites with special content that people would pay for. For example you will find courses, specialty memberships, paid membership sites, events and anything else you care to name these days. But lately, there have been websites that have really become free membership sites and are really mini Social Media sites like Myspace or YouTube websites. Thus the roles and the terms have become somewhat blurred and used interchangeably.

This Blog site is thus to allow anyone report their favourite Online Community or Social Networking website.

Please post according to the following guidelines:

1) Your favourite Social Network or Online Community websites; we allow 1 unique URL link per post.

2) Tell us in 250 to 1,000 words about the uniqueness of that website and why you like or love it.

3) Strictly no porn, drugs, ware-z, pharmaceutical/drug, spam websites. All posts of these sites will all be deleted without notice.

That’s it! Have fun and be as creative as possible. It’s your chance to demonstrate and showcase your sites. We will be actively using the search engines to promote this site for your benefit.

Admin.

P.S. All posts and comments will be moderated. No naughty words, no name calling, no rudeness, otherwise, your post will go poof! Far more quickly than you can post it. OK?