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The Other Four-Letter Word

Jody G — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:38:49 +0000

I know we have all used many different and colorful four letter words in setting up our online businesses, but the one I’m talking about, the most important four letter word you need to know and use, is FREE! Whatever you are selling, providing, promoting or blogging about, offer free gifts to your customers, and watch your traffic and response rates really launch. Who doesn’t like free stuff? As I said, it’s of little importance what type of product or service you are marketing, giving away free stuff is a promotional tool and it will build your online credibility.

There are many things you could give away for free, my preferred gift is an ebook. In giving away an ebook that is related to your product or service, your advantage is threefold:

1. You generate free publicity for yourself and your website
2. You build online credibility by ensuring your ebook is useful and relevant
3. You now have a good reason to use the word FREE in your advertising campaign

Remember though, the content of your ebook must be relevant to your site and your target market. Do not give away ebooks about dog-grooming on your site that promotes golf tips. Common sense right? Also make sure the ebook is more than just a feeble attempt to promote your stuff. Relevant material, otherwise you could potentially harm your online reputation.

There are lots of websites that allow you to download ebooks, some charge a little and some don’t, do a little research. A lot of ebooks will come with resell rights, meaning the ebook is now yours. You can sell it or give it away, whatever you like. So why not sell one, and give one away as a free gift? Simple. All of the products I sell come with a FREE gift to my customers. So get to it, find out what your target market is interested in, find or make a book that fuels their interest and give it to them! Here’s one for you, a FREE ebook called “Awesome Ebook Ideas You Can Profit From”. Click HERE to download it right now for FREE!

Internet Business 101 – Back to Basics

Jody G — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:08:29 +0000

So you wanna start an online business…..great! I think one of the main reasons people are looking in this direction is the freedom it can provide. Twitter-painted dreams of working an hour or two a day, and making $20K per month sounds more than a little appealing. An online enterprise can provide you with a recession-proof business which, given the current situation, is another huge benefit. I have spoken at length about SEO, and how to maximize and monetize your blog or site, but let us take a step back to the beginning. What you need to realize before you start is that your success probably will not happen overnight. This is not bad news, chin up, it takes time to build a solid and reputable business. I know I know, we’ve all seen the capture pages of those who make claims of 6 figures per month, and $1000/day. I actually do not doubt these claims, but what I do know is that these people failed a lot before they were succssful. The ones who succeed are those who get back up on that horse and move forward, learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others. Did you know that Einstein was a shunned laughing stock when he came up with the theory of relativity? Did you know that Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team? Wha?! Yes, it’s true. People also used to believe the sun revolved around the flat earth. The point I’m trying to make is that you’re going to have to experiment with your business. Learn what works and what does not, your business will evolve and you will get better and better at running it. Check out this video……..

Why Internet Marketing Provides Perfect Opportunity

I’ll be adding more videos in the near future, but hopefully you learned a little something from this. There will be a progression in learning the ropes, so one step at a time. Most people know WHAT they want to do, but they do not know HOW. Stay tuned, I will guide you through this.

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Generating Free Website Traffic

Jody G — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:39:11 +0000

The first step to driving massive traffic to your site is understanding the difference between traffic and targeted traffic. You only want targeted traffic visiting your site or you’ll get loads of ‘tire-kickers’ who may look around, but rarely purchase your product or service. Targeted traffic consists of visitors who are already interested in your niche market. Having highly targeted traffic will increase your conversions exponentially.

So, you want to promote your website, but don’t want to spend a lot of money. Truth is, the strategies explained below, are not only free but they are some of the most effective ways to getting that targeted traffic.

Ezines. These are free, although it may take some time to build a good list of subscribers. If there is one thing I have learned, it is patience, and you should too. Your ezine should be of relevance to the topic of your website, and should give readers lots of information. The more you contribute about a particular topic, the sooner you will be regarded as an expert….take it from the expert.
Article Marketing. Positive changes are abundant when using the article marketing method. This is a terrific strategy for increasing targeted traffic to your site and seeing a rise in profits. Be sure to write quality articles with good and unique content. They need to focus directly on your niche market, just as I mentioned above, relevant content speaking directly to the niche of your website. It’s also important to learn the importance of keywords when writing your articles, and use them effectively. There are many free resources where you can submit articles, and in doing so regularly, publishers may want to use your information in their publications…nice!
Viral Marketing. One of the best ways to get more traffic to your site is by giving out freebies. Most consumers will stampede if you’re giving something away. Chances are, they will let lots of people know about this, and so on. It is kind of like the equivalent of word-of mouth advertising.
RSS. This stands for Really Simple Syndication. If you have a blog, then using RSS feeds has become an invaluable tool in getting traffic. Input some RSS feeds into your blog and watch the targeted traffic come flowing in. If you’re not sure how to do this, I’m sure whatever service you use to post has information on how to add it to your blog, it’s really simple.
SEO. You need to learn the importance of search engine optimization and how it works. Search engines rule, and you have to know how to optimize your site in order to get your pages noticed. I go into this deeper in other posts.

Getting targeted traffic to your site is a continuous process that you will have to maintian. Experiment with different methods, but don’t lose hope if you try one and it doesn’t work as well as you’d hoped. Good things take time, exercise patience and determination and you will see results.

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Why You Need It

Jody G — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:59:07 +0000

It goes without saying, that the internet has revolutionized the way we live our lives. I won’t go into how, I think it’s pretty clear, but obviously it has changed the way we do business. Having said that, many people are striving to merely get noticed on the world wide web. So how does one go about getting their site past the multitudes of others and be recognized by their target audience?

Search engine optimization – hereon referred to as SEO – aims to help you get more traffic to your site, by aiding it in getting a higher ranking. A high-ranking site ensures you will be among the top results when using a search engine to find a product.

Two methods exist to help you get recognized by search engines; Pay-per-click advertising is one. Google Adwords is a perfect example of this. Here, you can place bids on their ads to be shown when a keyword is searched and is relevant to your site. Quite simply, the highest bidder gets the higher page ranking. Some people spend a small fortune on this, but can be worth it if your site has a high conversion rate.

Organic searches is the second technique. Your site ranking is evaluated by ‘spiders’ which scan sites and gather information about them. They use the information and pass it on to the search engine, which will list the websites based on ranking determined by the spiders. It’s important to have good relevant content on your site, or your ranking will be lower.

Do not underestimate the power of search engines, it is one of the fundamental concepts of the internet. A recent poll revealed that 90% of web surfers use search engines to help them find what they are looking for. Do you know how to use the Google on the internet machine?

SEO is vital for the success of your website. It determines the position of your site in relation to your competitors. It generates traffic from target audiences, but more importantly, it’s a cost-effective way of promoting your website.

Making Money Through Affiliate Marketing

Jody G — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:56:33 +0000

Sometimes when affiliate marketing is being offered to you, it may seem to be too good to be true. Sometimes it is, but sometimes it is not. If you are interested in an online enterprise, then certainly you have heard the claims from the multitude of programs offering the best of the best.

I have done a lot of research, I mean a lot, and I can tell you how to separate the winners and stake your own claim in this growing and potentially profitable industry.

It’s likely they will give you the impression that you don’t have to do anything other than just place a banner ad or two to start seeing more money than you could ever think possible. While this may be true, this comes from those who already have a flourishing site and have built a name for themselves. For most of us, affiliate marketing requires a little more time and effort.

Wring every drop out your creative juices and post up some original content. Enough to keep them interested, and most of all, from leaving your site. Some hosting companies can help you with this, and many even do it for you. Having good and unique content will ensure your comfort to offer anything from tiny to big ticket deals. Remember, patience is a virtue in affiliate marketing.

Including a summary describing your product or service can intrigue your readers and excite their interest. This works well, but keep it simple. Too much information all at once can distract and turn off your readers. Lots of existing affiliate marketing campaigns have already blinded some people with their sales and marketing pitch, and who could blame them? If you were pummelled by these things daily you would feel the same. Your summary needs to be simple and should contain a hyperlink to an ad article on your website. With this, you’ll be able to promote your business, and give readers the opportunity to check out other parts of your site.

Again, try to be unique and interesting, and be patient.

Some affiliate marketing strategies that have been successful for you may not be the way to go in other campaigns. It’s worth the effort, but don’t expect the same results every time.

Should you experience ongoing difficulties with your program, you can get in touch with the parent company, and if they’re dedicated to the success of their business, they will assist you in every possible way to guide you in the right direction.

There is one affiliate marketing company that I found to stand out, and that is Shawn Casey’s Gold Affiliate Program. It’s geared towards ‘newbies’ and has a very simple step-by-step approach. Remember, I wasn’t able to research ALL affiliate marketing companies – there are far too many – but this one does work for sure.

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Google Adsense Broadens the Scope of Internet Marketing

Jody G — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:41:23 +0000

It has become clear that Google Adsense is dominating the internet marketing business and is presently considered the simplest way to earn money online.

Placing ads on webpages that already receive high traffic volumes for high demand keywords is the key to success with Google Adsense. The formula is simple; higher cost-per-click to the advertiser equals higher earnings received per click from your website. Having said that, it evidently does not pay to target lower cost-per-click keywords and then post them up on webpages that don’t receive a significant number of hits.

People are now becoming aware of new techniques on how to optimize their earnings on Adsense, so it comes as little surprise that Google is frequently updating and improving their Adsense interface in order to maintain their already stellar image. With the number of people now using it, and possibly even more about to, little doubt remains the Adsense will continue to improve.

There is one money-making feature on Adsense, that is especially useful, and that is the ability to filter out up to 200 url’s, which now gives webmasters the preference to block out lower valued offers from their pages as well as competitors to their sites. So now they can take only the profitable, and discard the ones that are not. Quality vs. quantity. Smarter not harder.

The possiblities are endless with Google Adsense, and for now, it is here to stay. So long as people want to earn an income online.

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