When I was first trying to get my internet business off the ground, I spent a LONG time using trial and error to get a web page up and running.
I then spent a fortune buying pre-made graphics that I could edit. The software I used was PhotoShop, and even though I got a second hand copy on eBay for a couple of hundred dollars or thereabouts, it was still a relatively big investment for something I knew nothing about.
Then with another long period of trial and error trying to get to grips with Photoshop, I eventually splashed out on some videos to show me how to do it.
The total cost to me I guess has been about 150-200 hours, and about $2,500 if you count I also bought the Macromedia Suite 8 which cost me about $1,800 (most of the suite I’ve never used).
I was prepared to spend all this time and money because I know it’s a skill we all need online. Even if you don’t get good at it, I feel it’s still important to know how it all works, and be able to put together a simple page.
So for me it’s a given fact that in order to be successful online, you need to have at least some web page and graphics creation skills.
But rather than spend weeks of your life and thousands of dollars, how about learning how to do it all in a couple of hours using FREE tools to achieve the same thing? NO Photoshop, NO Dreamweaver.
Yeah, I know. Great isn’t it? That’s progress for you…
The other day Stan Craigie contacted me to let me know that he’d finally finished putting together a set of videos on how to create your own sales page graphics using a free graphics tool called The GIMP.
So I took a look at what he’d done, I was impressed (I didn’t know you could do that with The GIMP), and then I suggested he top it off by creating an additional video showing how to create your own sales page, which he’s now added to the set.
I won’t go through all the details, but the videos will show you how to create ebook covers and software boxes WITH reflections and shadows. He’ll also show you how to create sales page objects such as order buttons.
Now I can remember paying $97 for a set of Photoshop videos to do the same thing, and that’s without the sales page video.
Stan has decided that his launch price will be $27, BUT…
As Stan is a customer of mine, he’s decided that it’s a good idea to pre-launch his product using the Nickel Script in a nickel sale. So tomorrow at 3.00pm GMT (10.00am EST), Stan will be opening his site for a pre-launch of his video set, starting at $5.
This is NOT something you want to miss out on.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now. I don’t promote every single product that pops up. I don’t jump on the big product launch band wagon – I’d probably make a lot more money if I did.
But this is definitely something worth having and using. And starting at $5.00, you really can’t complain about the price!
Think about it. If you’re quick off the mark, then for less than $10 you can have over two hours worth of video that will propel your knowledge forward, and also give you the skill set to offer a graphics and design service to other web users.
Yeah, that’s a nice thought isn’t it?
So tune in tomorrow at 3.00pm GMT (10.00am EST) for a blog post here pointing you to Stan’s nickel sale.
-Frank Haywood
P.S. I predicted that we’d begin to see lots of nickel sales appearing now that it was easy to do so using the Nickel Script. Didn’t I?
Well, here we go…
