How a Fluke Domain Name Mistake Turned Into $250,000
Paul Colligan is a veteran internet marketer and membership site pro. One of his first big successes in making money online came as a fluke – a fluke he turned into over $250,000 in one year. It’s a great story anyone who owns domain names will enjoy. I also talk to Paul about the dreaded long sales page and if video sales pages are replacing those in terms of conversion rate success.
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Transcript:
MemberCon: All right, I’m here with Paul Colligan. He’s one of the veterans first of all of Internet marketing, knows everybody and has tested a lot of different things, know what worked and what hasn’t worked. And so, Paul, I want to start and I told you I was going to hit you with this. I want you to start with one of the very first stories you told me about your first experience making money online and because it’s a fascinating story. Why don’t you just take it?
Paul Colligan: Well, it wasn’t my first but it is a fascinating story. Back in ’95, I grabbed the domain name get the job. I had a dream of competing with Monster and it never made it. It never happened but domains are cheap and so I held on to it. Into ’99 and early 2000, a buddy of mine calls up and says, “Paul, I heard the ad for Get a Job.” And “What?” you know, I said, “Oh man, I probably let the domain name go,” and I look it up. No, it’s still my web site. “What you mean you heard–?” “No, no, dude you’re on the radio for Get a Job.” “No, I wasn’t.” I go in, I look it up and there were 5000 visitors that day. It’s like about 2 o’clock in the afternoon so probably 5000 more to come. I’m like, “Man! What’s going on?” And that will tell you if they came from a web site, it will tell you what web site they came from. So, all right, okay, where are they coming from? I look it up and, well, they typed it in. They either typed it in or it was a bookmark and it couldn’t have been a bookmark because why would somebody bookmark a site that never worked?
The Interview Income blog is written by Tim Bourquin and Emile Bourquin, brothers and owners of Ideas For Download. The Interview Income Blog is your front row seat to see what we've done that worked and failed in selling content online. Thankfully, we've been pretty successful but we promise to always show you the reality of building an online business.
