The Direct Response Marketing Fast Lane
A FREE Learning Center to Teach the Basics of Online Marketing So You Can Earn More
Are You Feeling Overwhelmed?
Our mission is to help flatten your learning curve, increase your understanding and provide a resource center where you can learn about Online Direct Response Marketing via articles, tutorials, video series, as well as amazing interviews with some of the biggest, brightest, and most successful online marketers, copywriters, offer owners, and others in the space.
Although everyone at nearly all experience levels will find something of value here, we are geared towards the newer marketers (think grades K-8) who are looking to learn, grow and expand their businesses.
We want to help get you ‘up to speed’ so you not only learn the basics, but you also begin to understand the big picture and move more quickly to becoming solidly profitable.
All of our resources are free and we are adding more all the time. If you find an interview particularly helpful, please be sure to reach out and thank the interviewee.
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The Starting Line
Masterminds & Webinars

Maximizing Affiliate Revenue with Your Email List (Audio)
[Audio] Anna Gita of MaxWeb joins the Shockwave Solutions, LLC team to discuss how to navigate the wide world of affiliate marketing and just how easy it can be to start generating revenue from an email list once it’s been warmed up.

Compliance: Who Cares? (Audio)
[Audio] In this Shockwave Solutions podcast, Emma and Travis are joined by Damon Wright & Ryan Poteet of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as they help navigate tons of compliance topics from Price Gouging during COVID-19 and FDA/FTC complaints to better ways to navigate marketing claims without landing in jail or spending massive amounts on legal fees.

VSL VS. TSL: The TRUTH You Need To Know (Audio)
[Audio] The truth is nobody knows for sure about anything until you test VSL vs. long-form text. The bottom line is, you have to test to know for sure if a VSL will work better than the alternatives. Listen as Travis and Emma talk to Max Fata about VSL vs TSL.
Rev Your Engines!
Making Bank with ClickBank
[Interview – Thomas McMahon] Thomas delves into what makes ClickBank one of the top platform choices for both affiliates and offer owners and even shares some major secrets of ClickBank’s Platinum Partners.
How to Successfully Navigate the Media Buying Jungle
[Interview – Adam Feldman] Navigate the media buying jungle with Expert Media Buyer Adam Feldman of Kendago. Learn what media buying is, why it’s important to scale, how to find the right media buy company and pitfalls to avoid.
Starting an Affiliate Program and Finding Affiliate Partners (Video)
[Video] East 5th Avenue Superstar Lenee Gill takes you through a comprehensive overview on how to start a successful affiliate program, including how to find quality affiliates. This one is a must watch!
3 Little Known Email Hooks That Can Triple Your Sales
[Interview -Justin Goff] The hook is a unique angle that you’re using to grab someone’s interest. So if you’re talking about how to lose 15 pounds, that’s not really interesting. There’s no unique angle that’s not been heard 500 times before. But if you’re talking about the new “forbidden fruit” …
Know Your Numbers: What Reporting Do You Need?
[Interview – Cody Bramlett] We are going to share what we do to help people understand what’s happening in your business day in, day out and long-term so you can make your affiliates happier and you can make more money…
How to Rent Email Lists and Profit From It
[Guest Article by Scott Palat] According to Scott Palat, you are either begging for JVs or you are not! “For years, I’ve been begging affiliates to promote my offer and for years, it’s been the biggest pain in my ass.”
The Pit Stop
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5 Strategies to Avoid Burnout [Video]
[VIDEO] More than likely, you’ve already experienced burnout to some degree or another. I encourage you to create a list of what your usual signs/symptoms are and share it with your loved ones. They will probably detect the early signals before you do and can help get you back on track before burnout actually happens.

How to Boost Course Completion & Engagement
[Video Series] Getting your course students more engaged and motivated of course increases course completion rates, but did you know that increasing those completion rates also increases backend sales?

Learn How to Split Test to Increase Profit (Video Series)
Split testing has been known to drive some pretty compelling results, but that all assumes one thing: that it’s done correctly. There are numerous aspects that you can look into for split testing, and they can get complicated.

17 Ways to Build a Responsive and Profitable List (Audio)
Now, think about list building and the approach I suggest you take, is the concept of making friends. You’ve got to give people reason why they should become a friend… These are the words of Mark Hendrix in this hard-hitting and educational audio series.

6 Psychological Sales Triggers (Video)
By using these six triggers in every ad, sales letter, website, you quickly get people to go through the three steps of what? Know you, like you, trust you… Now, okay, what is the expert authority? Liking, commitment, consistent behavior, reciprocation, social proof, and scarcity.
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