Posted on 26 January 2010
Beginning in the year 2002, blogs molded the online marketing world. While most people at that time started with various blogging systems, eventually most of them shifted to WordPress. WordPress has become so much more than a powerful website CMS, it's literally a game changer that emerged from the need for a better blogging systems.
If you've read any popular blogging tips online, WordPress is often positioned as a tool that simply creates a blog. But an increasing number of marketers are finding
Posted on 14 December 2009
Powerful new WordPress theme has just been released, and by giving you a little background, you can realize how important this action is. Whether or not you use this theme, you HAVE to create a list to be able to monetize your web efforts. In the past, creating a squeeze page meant hand coding and tweaking, something I'm not so happy to do. Now with Squeeze Theme, any wordpress site can be changed to a squeeze page style site, giving you complete freedom to focus on content. Take a look at the sales page and see whether it can be the solution for you.
I'll be purchasing this for several sites and offer a full review for our readers.
Posted on 10 December 2009
So more and more people are realizing the power of being an "Affiliate". In my humble opinion, affilates will be as common as any retail store, any newspaper ad or any of the other traditional methods of selling now.
An "affiliate" is an online representative of a company, individual product or service who gets a commission ranging from 1% to sometimes 100% of a products price.
Usually, affiliates have very little if any interaction with a particular product as far as delivery. On the internet, many of these types of products are digital and require only driving traffic to a link that directs the person clicking the link to a place either describing or directly to purchase said product. When the product or service is purchased, the affiliate is paid a commission through paypal or direct with a check. The product is delivered by the company, serviced by the company, and any returns are handled by company. Usually, in the event of a return, commissions are reversed, but in my experience, this is not too common.
In the end, affiliate marketing has serious upside potential. Some of the best methods are to have a blog focused on a particular niche. Then going to sites such as CLICKBANK or others that are basically a marketplace for all types of digital download products.
All these represent products that can be represented online by you, for free on your virtual real estate (web pages, emails, etc) and you earn a very respectable commission! Many sales can result in $30 - 50 each sale, and you can make these sales while you sleep, work or play. It's a truly powerful method to earn online. At the same time, the top earning affiliates understand the power of website traffic, and what it means to truly PROMOTE an offer and drive sales. Imagine you had a high profit item in your retail store, but you sat in the office, reading comics instead of promoting? Would you make sales? Possibly...but the difference is DRIVING sales to your site using combinations of social media, expert blogging, PPC advertising, or other methods and making substantial commissions.
Posted on 23 November 2009
I have really turned on to Russel Brunsons content, here is just a quick newscast he was on...
Posted on 23 November 2009
I've been discovering the writings and video with an expert marketer in the internet space named Joel Comm. I first discovered him through his many TV appearances, and a friend and myself quoted from his recent book, Twitter Power at our last seminar entitled "Mastering Virtual and Reality Networking" that we did in early 2009.
While Joel has made a fortune online,
Posted on 04 May 2009
I'm a huge fan of Yaro Starak...he's an Australian Blogger who makes a very FULL TIME income by blogging and coaching. He literally a few minutes ago, launched his new coaching program that I'm joining in five minutes. Watching his launch strategy, he uses great home made videos to drive traffic to his pre-launch pages, and obviously gets you to know him.
Take a look here...