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Gary Halbert · whole document (44)

2005 - 09-30-05

You know, I have a little-known way (I'm
going to reveal it at both my Orlando and LA seminars) of telling just
how popular a website really is. You've heard of Wal-Mart, haven't you? They're
the biggest retail chain in America. They have a website
www.walmart.com which
gets an enormous amount of traffic. And you've heard of CNN,
haven't you? They have a news website
www.cnn.com which also
gets an enormous amount of traffic. I recently checked these
sites and both were listed in the top 100 websites in the
entire world.

Well, here's something I can hardly believe:
Do you know my little, pitiful, one-man website has 10% as
much traffic as both of these giant websites? I
can't believe how many people read my newsletters on my
website. I've done almost nothing to promote it. I've never
done anything like "website optimization". I've never bought
"Google ad words". I've never joint ventured with anyone
else to promote my website. I've never sent spam
email either. And I've never bothered to do anything to get
a lot of other website owners to link to my website.

All I've ever tried to do was write an
honest, humorous and informative newsletter. Yet
somehow, my newsletter has become one of the most
highly-read newsletters in the world.

The truth is...

The People Who Made This Possible,

Are You, My Readers!

I want you to know that even though I don't
have time to answer them all, I really do appreciate the
thousands upon thousands of unsolicited email letters and
rave reviews I receive thanking me for
publishing my newsletter.

Therefore, I think it's high time I
thank you back. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you
from the bottom of my heart.

So there. Enough of that mushy stuff. Just
because I appreciate my readers, doesn't mean I have
forgotten you are all, in fact, nothing but a huge pack
of shitweasels.