I've made a lot of mistakes in my life -- some of them pretty embarrassing. But I have to admit, the BIGGEST mistake I made with my business is not automating sooner... particularly my e-mail chores.

If you're a perfectionist like me, you want to be closely involved in every aspect of your business. You want to talk to every customer... send every package... and personally respond to every e-mail.

But holy cow! It doesn't take long for all that time to add up until you're spending 3-4 hours per day on e-mail!

So your personal touch may be nice -- but it may be KILLING your profits and leaving you with NO free time!

A marketing expert by the name of Derek Gehl really opened my eyes about this...

Derek tells this great story about how, when he was just starting out, he and his team AVOIDED automating -- everything! And it nearly killed them.

At first, they worked "regular" hours, but then as the business grew, their e-mail snowballed out of control until he was working from 10 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. EVERY DAY!

That's when Derek says they really "hit the wall"...

But you know what? Fast-forward to today, and they're making a whopping $7.6 million in online sales. And $2.2 million of that is from e-mail marketing!

And you know how they did it? They automated their e-mail using an extremely powerful piece of software called "Mailloop" that they had custom built.

Now Derek is offering this software to other "regular" business owners -- like you and me -- so we don't get trapped in this vicious cycle, and so we get to spend our time "growing" our businesses instead of "running" them.

If you're in the same boat, or you're planning to grow your business BIG, definitely check out Derek's software at:

http://www.marketingtips.com/mailloop/t.x/862352

I know it's made a world of difference in my business, and I'm confident you'll see the SAME increase in profits and sales.

All the best

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