When I first started online I thought that success online is all about coming up with a groundbreaking idea that on one has ever thought about.

I also thought that one has to register the perfect domain name and have the best looking website in order to be successful

Yet, as time went by, I have found out that all those things will not determine the level of my success.

Often times I see people online who have really great ideas, and create outstanding websites around those ideas, yet at the end of the day don’t make a lot of money from their websites.

Usually, it is the other way around.

Many times, I see poorly created websites with really bad graphics and domains which were created by dishonest Internet marketers who give a very bad customer support, yet “surprisingly” those marketers make all the money.

Why you ask?

Very simple….those marketers understand the importance of building a relationship with other marketers in their niche – which results in getting quality traffic to their websites.

Success online is not a man show (read this sentence at least 3 times).

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I always like to be honest and transparent in my reviews, so I will start this review by admitting that I am biased.

I know Daniel and John personally, and I have bought almost of all their courses over the years. Usually when they release a product, I just go to the sales page, scroll down, click the ‘Add To Cart’ button, and pay.

Yes, I don’t even read the sales page.

I don’t know if that’s good or bad, but this is what I do.

You see, I am not a technical person, and it’s very hard for me to learn new things, so whenever I want to learn something new, I am looking for courses
that will teach me things step by step.

Now, what do I mean by step by step.

If the product creator asks me to register a domain, for example, in his / her training videos, I don’t want him / her to tell me something like:

“All you need to do now is to take a few minutes and just register a domain name at your preferred registrar, which is very easy to do”

No way!

If registering a domain name is an important part of the course and it is very fast and easy to implement, then why won’t you take a few minutes, and show me the process in a step by step video?

This is how Product Development Control is built – in step by step videos which will teach you everything that you need to know about creating information products, and generating cash from the sales of the products.

Let me now start the actual review of Product Development Control.

When I first landed on the Product Development Control member’s area I immediately saw a video which played automatically, and gave me a very nice introduction to the course.

In this video Daniel and John welcome you to the course, and explain how the course is going to be delivered – jam packed modules which are already available in the Members Area.

Daniel and John also explain about the bonus items and support that you get as a Product Development Control member.

John also explains about the PDC Alliance in which John and Daniel will share with you amazing tips on a monthly basis.

Now, after the video ends all you need to do is just to….again…follow the steps.

Step 1 – Register for updates – it is very frustrating when you don’t get lifetime updates to products that you bought, yet Daniel and John will always keep you updated when they have new tips and strategies to share with you.

Step 2 – PDC Alliance  – in step 2 all you need to do really is to sign up for additional training (optional).

Step 3 – Join John Thornhill’s Marketing Facebook Group – I always like it when the creator of a product gives his / her members a platform like a forum or a Facebook group to bounce ideas, and that is exactly what Daniel and John did.

You are not left a alone after your purchase Product Development Control.

You are getting an outstanding support from Daniel and John, and ALSO support and guidance from the Product Development Control members.

Not to mention that you can now build a relationship with LIKE MINDED and ACTION MINDED people.

I have spent so much time talking about the extra benefits of Product Development Control that I forgot about the meat of the course – the training modules.

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In many of my training programs I show how to do market research on eBay Pulse, yet it now seems that eBay has decided to shut down eBay Pulse.

If you will go now to pulse.ebay.com you will be redirected to the eBay.com website.

I admit that I really liked eBay Pulse, because it really was a great tool that enabled me to see what people, who are looking to spend money, are looking for.

So, what now…

How will we be able to know what people are searching for on eBay?

Here are a few great alternatives:

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If you have been selling websites on Flippa for some time now, then you already know that Flippa keeps changing their site’s interface.

This is why I have decided to show you how you can relist your Flippa auction under the new site interface if your auction ended unsuccessfully.

Let’s go.

Step 1)   Enter your Flippa auction listing

Step 2)  Click the ‘relist your listing’ hyperlink at the top of the page.

Step 3) Click the green ‘Relist’ button

Step 4) You will now need to tell Flippa what you are selling (an established website, a domain, a new website), and end by clicking the ‘Next’ green button (in this example, I want to sell a new website, so I am going to click the  ’a new website’ option, and click ‘Next’). 

We are already half way there!

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I am just so thrilled to share with you this interview that I have recently did with Youtube star Mike Boot who has created the amazing character of Graham Murkett.

If you struggle with getting Youtube views and subscribers, then I know that this interview will be very helpful.

Mike has received millions of Youtube videos, and he has more than 50k Youtube subscribers, so I am sure that each one of us can learn something new from him.

I have a huge HUGE fan of Mike, and I am truly grateful that he has taken the time to answer so many of my questions.

Enjoy the interview!

1. Can you please share with my readers a little about you personally, and about the great character that you have created: Graham Murkett.

I’m a 42 year-old sometimes professional animator and scriptwriter. In the 1990s I worked on a lot of stop motion productions at Aardman Animations in Bristol, and this century started getting into applications like After Effects and Flash. Graham Murkett I guess came about because of anxiety about aging. He’s really just a projection of a me who’s a bit older and has less hair and is very slightly more naive.

2. What has made you decide to start uploading videos to YouTube?
I thought it’d be funny to see a cartoon character chatting with real people, so originally GreyBloke was just going to reply to other people’s video blogs — but the first video I put up got a lot more views than I expected and that kind of instant validation is gratifying and pushed me to do more with the character.

3. You have more than 50,000 Youtube subscribers, and you have received millions of video views. If you were starting again, with a brand new Youtube channel, no subscribers, and no views, what three actions would you take to ensure the popularity of your Youtube channel quickly?

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If you are a bulk website seller, and you know that you usually sell your websites for under $200, then you will probably be very happy to know that Flippa has recently reduced its listing fee for new websites from $29 to only $9 (relist for $5).

I specifically said that this option will only be relevant if you sell your website for under $200 because Flippa has increased the success fee for new websites from 5% to 15%.

So, as the commenter Fox has rightly said in his comment:

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I suggest that you will make it your goal to give the best customer service that you can to your website buyers.

This means that when you sell a website you don’t only transfer the domain, and send the website files to your buyer, but you also go the extra mile by helping your buyer set his / her website.

Personally, I tend to sell ‘Clickbank Ready’ websites, so once I have a winning bidder I just contact my buyer, and explain to him / her that I am going to set the website that he / she has just bought from me on Clickbank.

This is not just good customer service, and a great way to get repeated buyers, but also an amazing opportunity to receive commissions from Clickbank.

Not sure what I mean?

Let me explain…

Did you notice the hyperlink that I have planted inside the word Clickbank above?

If you will click this hyperlink, and open a vendor account with Clickbank I will get a commission from Clickbank.

Not only will I get this commission, but I will also get a commission from each sale that you will make for one year!

You see…It’s a  WIN-WIN-WIN situation.

My website buyers win because I save them time, money, and effort by putting the sites they have brought from me on Clickbank.

Clickbank wins because they gain new vendors.

And I win, because I give amazing support (thus get recurring buyers), and also get commissions from Clickbank.

As I have said in my ‘Flippa In NOT Your Business, But Your Business CARD’ post:

“…What happens DURING the auction and AFTER the auction is much MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than the ACTUAL SALE of the website…”

Many of my subscribers ask me how I am able to make money from the sites that I sell for a low price.

The answer is:

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I always say that I have started taking my online business seriously in 2009 when I have started selling websites on Flippa, and released my first product: ‘The Flip Course’ training program which documented my progress.

Yet, even though, I have started taking my online business seriously in 2009, I have actually started trying to make money online  in 2003.

It is now only a few days before 2013, and I thought that it might be helpful if I will use this opportunity to go over the 10 top mistakes that I have made in my online business in the past 10 years.

So, without further ado, here my top 10 business mistakes:

1. Product Creation – I really wish that I started creating my own products right when I started online, and that I was consistent in doing so. I currently have 7 products (that I have created after taking John Thornhill’s coaching program), yet if I have been more consistent with product creation I could have had many more products under my belt. Each product that you create is a potential stream of passive income for you, so the more products you create the more passive income streams you will have.

2. Building a Mailing List – I wouldn’t say that you will fail online if you will not build a mailing list, but surely you will struggle greatly, and build your online business in the wrong way. Nothing is more important than building your mailing list. I have only learned the importance of building a mailing list in 2009 when I have joined John Thornhill’s coaching program, and I am so grateful for that).

3 Build a Responsive Mailing list – it is very important that you will grow your mailing list, yet it also important how you will grow your mailing list. Will you grow a responsive mailing list or a mailing list which is not responsive, meaning, will the people on your mailing list be ecstatic whenever you send them an email, and take action when you tell them to perform a certain action, or will they delete your emails the moment they see them in their inbox. Sometimes a person who has 50 subscribers on his / her  mailing list makes more money than someone else who has 500, 5000, 50,0000 subscribers or even more.

4. Build a Blog – I really wish that I had started a blog 10 years ago, and started adding content to the blog on a regular basis. As I have said in my ‘Blogs Academy’ training program:

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It is very important that you will find a mentor if you want to make money online.

I am not suggesting that you must have a mentor if you want to have success, but surely having a mentor helps a lot.

According to the dictionary, a mentor is a person who guides and teaches another person, so as you can see, we are actually using mentors all the time in our daily life.

When we are walking down the street, and we are trying to find a specific house, for example, we sometimes stop, and ask for directions.

The person who gives us the direction actually guides us, and we accept his guidance because he knows more than us about the area.

If we are studying at a university, for example, the same thing happens.

We accept the authority of the lecturer because he knows more than us about the certain subject that we want to learn about.

Making money online is no different.

Even though you need be very suspicious if someone promises you success if you just follow his / her methods, you should follow a person who you trust, and offers to give you a doable plan of action.

By following a trustworthy mentor you are shortening your learning curve.

Instead of wasting years of trial and error, you simply learn from the experience of another person who has already made all the possible mistakes.

Sure, nothing in life comes for free, and you will usually need to invest money if you want to be trained, yet in most times you will invest much more time and money if you will try to figure out things on your own.

I can take my own life story for example.

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