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Questions?

Q.: What happened to the Music Decor and More site?

A.: Several things:

  • We did not do proper research on the topic before introducing the site, and therefore we did not get the traffic to it that we had hoped for.
  • It was not paying its own way.
  • The site builder that we used (a free one) had too many glitches in the program, and was causing us too much wasted time.
  • There were way too many products on the site and way too many pages, making it a nightmare to maintain.
  • The look of the site needed updating, partly due to the (too simplified) web builder that we were using.

However, some of the products are still on the blog site, at http://www.musicdecorandmore.blogspot.com 
and if proper research shows that others are needed, we will add them there as we have time.

Q.: In this new marketing information program that you are starting, why should we believe what you tell us in your recommendations and teachings?

A.: That's a very good question. We have been involved with internet marketing since the beginning of the year 2000. You can read our "About Us" page and see what we have accomplished during that time, and prior to it. I left my job as a master electrician and robotics technician around that same time, and have been studying information and techniques from over a hundred different professional marketers ever since. Every spare minute of time has been spent studying the various aspects of online marketing, through books, reports, videos, audios, and seminars. That is combined with over 40 years of real life business experience. Now I feel as though I have finally caught up to the rest of the world (and in some areas surpassed it) in the internet marketing knowledge gained. Since I had a head start as a robotics technician, I feel that the technical aspects of it are my strong points. The psychology of it, I'm still learning!

In most other areas of education, eight years of learning would be equivalent to at least a Master's Degree! But that doesn't mean that a professor who teaches finance is going to be a multi-millionaire, either! Everyone has their own level of expertise, and students all have their own level of learning. When the center line has been crossed, and nothing more can be imparted or learned, it's time to find a new teacher or new student!

(My wife worked on our business part time until Spring of 2005, when she left her job with a major bank when we moved to Arkansas, and has been working side by side with me ever since.)  

Q.: If you are so knowledgeable, why are your sites so plain looking, and why don't we see your name mentioned in the marketing arena more?

A.: Like the majority of the marketers in the world, we have struggled to get a feel for what path we wanted to follow, and in the process, tried many that didn't work out. It has only been in the last couple of years that we have really put a plan together for where we want to go from here. Also, we have still had to make a living, and our service business still takes a lot of our time, keeping us from implementing many of the things we have learned. It's not that we don't know how to do them, we just haven't had time. I can easily advise a person what they should do in much less time than it takes to actually do it. Therefore I can share my knowledge with a great many people without going out and performing that activity myself. Also, there are many things that I have learned that are in areas which I do not care to pursue, because they are not on my own path.

Take one look at our new site map for the pages we are in the process of building and see how each category has many subcategories under it. And this is only a start. Other pages will come along that we haven't thought of yet! Like the web, marketing on it is a very complex issue. If we can help some new entrepreneur get started with it, then why not? No one person is an expert at everything, not even the top rated "gurus". They are all in a constant state of learning, as are we. But we all have knowledge that someone else doesn't.

Some people have fallen into one aspect or another of marketing and have done EXTREMELY well, especially if they had a mentor to help them. However, as in everything else, those people are in the minority. Less than ten percent of online entrepreneurs ever become millionaires, but many manage to make a comfortable living from it. Some young "go-getters" may thrive on creating a multi-million dollar business, while "older folks" may only be interested in meeting their budget, and anything beyond that is a bonus. As with any money making venture, it takes work, and you only get out of it what you have time to put into it.

We have learned one thing in life, and that is that you don't have to be a millionaire to be considered successful. If you can meet the goals that you set for yourself, and accomplish what you set out to do, then you are successful. If all you want to do is make enough extra money to supplement a regular job, you can be successful at it. Just make sure that your goals and expectations are realistic, and grow from there.

The internet is a vast wasteland of useless information for the most part. It is VERY hard to stay focused on one particular avenue when you are getting started, because you may not know what path you want to follow. One link leads to another link, and yet to another link, and before long you are lost, both in direction, as well as valuable time. If the knowledge we have gained can help guide a new entrepreneur and save him much of the time that he would waste on his own, then why shouldn't we offer that help? Much of what we offer is free, and if we make a little from some of the other products, then why not? That's what marketing is all about.....making sales, and making money. And we can show you how to do that. The rest you will learn as you go at whatever pace you have set for yourself. We can provide the tools and the knowledge. We can't make you work or give you more time. Your own success depends upon YOU and the decisions you alone have to make. 

Q.: What if I am not satisfied with the product?

A.: We will refund your money to you. I fit's a physical product, we'll make the refund once we receive the product in original condition. However, you must pay the return shipping costs. For downloadable products, we will just take your word for it.....for now. 

However, we are working on converting all of our digital products to a format that will allow us full control, including shutting off access to many of them if necessary.  

Q.: What if I don't want to use a credit card to pay for the product(s) I want?

A.: PayPal also has the ability to pay by electronic check online. We never see your payment information. That is all handled on PayPal's secure servers. They send us the information with what to ship and who to ship it to....that's all. 

We no longer process credit cards offline, both for security reasons, as well as expense. The few times a year that we processed credit cards by phone did not justify the costs for the service. You can send us a check or money order, if you wish, but we must wait until the check clears before we ship your order. Also, we are working on getting a printable order form online for some items, which you can print, fill out and mail to us with your check or money order.

 

Other Comments:

Are you still afraid of purchasing on the internet?

If you have heard anything on the news about people breaking into websites, please don't be alarmed by such things. Why? Because nearly every web site that processes orders online are protected by an encryption process on the servers, and credit card transactions are nearly always handled by third-party companies that specialize in such things.
 
An encryption process is many, many times more complex than you can imagine. One of our suppliers once told us that the process they use is "forty times more complicated than the protection applied to government radio transmissions used during operation Desert Storm."

Now, I don't know about you, but if a much less complicated process is good enough to keep vital information out of the hands of our nation's enemies, then what do you have to worry about? Absolutely nothing!

Also, we do not obtain or store any of our customers information except what is necessary to know that we have been paid (PayPal verifies that) What you have ordered, and your shipping information. Your actual payment information (card number, etc.) goes through PayPal, the largest and most successful payment processor on the web (plus it is owned by Ebay, the largest and most successful online auction house on the web) so you know it will be processed with the tightest security available. We never see your payment information.

Your chances of having your credit information stolen at a store or restaurant is probably 10,000 times greater than someone getting it from the internet! Nearly every store on the internet uses systems supplied by a third party who specializes in credit processing, so the store where you make your purchase (including ours) will never see your credit information.

Don't like shipping fees?

Look at it this way. How much gas (and maybe parking fees) would you have to waste running all over town trying to find the things that are accessible to you on the internet? The IRS doesn't allow nearly enough of a deduction to cover the cost of operating our vehicles, and if you can't deduct your mileage, you don't get anything back! 

When I was still making payments on our Dakota Quad-Cab, I kept good records of all the expenses incurred (payments, insurance, taxes, maintenance, fuel, etc.), and the mileage driven every year. I was surprised to find that the total expenses came to 75 cents per mile! Obviously, I chose to take the actual expenses when filing our taxes, rather than the standard mileage deduction the IRS allows, otherwise I would have been losing money!

If you live in a rural area, where you don't have much of a choice in stores, the problem gets even worse! You have to drive even farther to get what you want! Most stores on the internet have LOWER PRICES because their overhead costs are lower, so even if there were shipping added, you're still paying a lower price than you would by driving to the local mall!

If you shop internet stores regularly, you will find that they have frequent sales, rebates and free shipping on many of their items. Plus, there's the added benefit of (usually) NO SALES TAX* when you purchase on the web! So relax, sit back, and enjoy your shopping! Let someone else fight the traffic and the added expense!

* (Check with your tax person, but internet purchases may be subject to sales tax if purchased in your own state, or your state's "use tax" when you file your taxes at the end of the year.)

 We pride ourselves in providing a quality product, and we offer a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with your purchase. If you have any questions about our products before you place an order, please Contact Us or call us (on our toll free number) at 1-866-782-9355, and we will be glad to answer your questions.

 

 
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A new site will soon be added to our "family" which will feature our first digital product produced by Azgrand. It will be a book on internet coaching, to help you decide if you need it or not, and what to avoid if you do want it. This new product could save you thousands of dollars, because we have already tried many of these coaching programs, and can tell you where the "money pits" are.
We'll announce the site here as soon as it goes online!

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Azgrand Internet Marketing
John W. and Sharon M. Abert, owners
16 South Wichita Circle
Cherokee Village, AR 72529-5910
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