We all know that article marketing is one of the most effective, white-hat SEO strategies. To get the largest number of articles submitted in the shortest amount of time the use of article marketing software is growing in popularity. This software can help you distribute your article to hundreds or thousands of online sites. Not only will more people have access to your articles (and hopefully read them, like what you have to say and click on the link in your resource box and get taken to your website) you will also have the ability to build a lot of incoming links to your website.
Search engines use a lot of different parameters when they decide what
rank your site will receive. One of those parameters is how many
incoming links you have to your site. The more you have the higher you
can rank. If the links coming to your site are from another site that is
ranked very high, the link will carry even more weight and will help
you even more.
In order for any of this to happen though you’ll need a lot of articles
in circulation. A well written article that is targeting a good keyword
can stay in circulation for months or even years. But it is a numbers
game and to get the most out of this process you need a lot of articles
circulating the web.
It takes a lot of time to do keyword research, write and submit all those articles by hand. That’s why using the available tools can help you get all the results you want in a lot less time and with much less effort.
Now there is something to be aware of when it comes to software submission programs. some of them are not well liked by the search engines. The search engines generally aren’t big fans of anyone who takes ‘shortcuts’ to submit a ton of articles. The biggest reason is that they don’t want the same version of the same article submitted four hundred times. When it comes time to pick out a good software program be careful which one you choose and carefully monitor your results. Don’t just assume it’s working.
The best way to do that is to carefully monitor your traffic before you submit the articles. Than watch for any change, good or bad. If you have access to your control panel for your website you can get pretty in depth statistics about where your traffic is coming from. This will help you determine just how many sites your article has been distributed to.
Whether you choose to use article marketing software or not, there are some things you can do to greatly increase the effectiveness of your online advertising. For one thing, make sure you target the best keywords possible. You don’t want the most highly searched for keywords since they’ll have too much competition. What you want are keywords that get decent searches a month, around 1,500 but don’t have too much competition. Next write your article in a clear, easy to understand format. Provide a strong call to action in the resource box and submit multiple versions targeting several top keywords for your niche.
Can you pick a topic, build a list of 1,000 and even promote your first product in just 7 days? Yes! Here’s how…
First of course is to choose your topic or niche. If you want a head start, pick something that will interest your friends – preferably both your friends in real life and your social media friends. Let’s say you’re interested in marketing, and you’ve got some business friends in your hometown as well as more business friends online. This is a good topic choice to hit the ground running.
Next, reach out to those friends you already have a relationship with. Let them know about your new endeavor. In our example case, you might write the following:
Hey George,
Quick question for you: I’m starting a new project where I give out the latest marketing tips for small businesses like yours on how to cheaply get more customers.
Traditional advertising just isn’t cutting it anymore, and we need alternatives that don’t cost a lot and flat out work.
Anyway, thought you might be interested.
I’ll be emailing the latest ‘how-to’ info as I find it.
Want me to include you?
Jill
When they reply back, manually add them to your list. Yes, this takes a little effort, but it’s an excellent way to get started. Go through your phone, email and social media contacts and get as many people as you can this way. Don’t stop until you have a bare minimum of 50. 100 is better.
Next step – create a contest for your new subscribers.
Brainstorm a list of 3 to 5 things you could give to the winner of your contest.
Do a quick poll of your list to see which of those 3 to 5 items they would most like.
Put up a giveaway page and announce it to your list. Use one of the contest sites to make this easy. Your goal is to get them to share it with everyone.
In our example, you might write something like:
Thanks for joining me in my new project!
To kick things off, I’m giving away the book, “How to Get More Customers Than You Need.”
In fact, I’m giving away 5 of them!
And since this email is only going out to 100 people, your odds of winning are pretty darn good.
Here’s what you need to do:
Enter the giveaway by clicking here to leave your email address.
Take the special link you get when you register, and share it with your friends to improve your own odds of winning.
For every friend of yours that joins, you get another entry. Good?
Great! Here’s the link.
Jill
You might be concerned about the cost of the prize(s). You can either give away something you own or have rights to, or you can get a sponsor who gives their products away in exchange for you promoting them to your growing list. Or you can simply buy them yourself.
The point is, don’t let obstacles get in your way. There’s always going to be something – web hosting, web design, copywriting, etc., that tries to throw up a roadblock to slow you down or even stop you in your tracks. Don’t let it. Just keep moving forward and tackle each bump in the road as you get to it.
The main thing is to always stay focused on your objective. In this case, it’s 1,000 subscribers in 7 days, followed by the immediate promotion of your first product. (And don’t sweat this part, either. If you don’t have a product, I have two work-around’s for you coming up.)
Continue to promote your contest. Let other list owners know, let blogs know, let the world know about your contest. If you get one good list owner to tell their list about your contest, that alone can snowball into a 1,000 subscribers. Remember, those who enter the contest can then promote their own link for more entries, thus further increasing your list size.
The next step is key: Immediately start building rapport and delivering great content to your list. Give them exactly what you promised and a whole lot more. What you send them is of course going to depend on your niche. Just make sure it is info they can use to solve problems and you will do well.
Also inject humor when you can, write like you’re having a conversation with your best friend and enjoy yourself. If you’re having fun creating content, your list is having fun reading or watching it. That’s right – recording videos for your list is a great idea and can work to build rapport far faster than simply sending emails.
Finally it’s time to promote your first product. If you don’t already have a product of your own that fits this list, don’t worry about it. Choose something that your list wants and be an affiliate for that product. If you don’t know what your list wants, take a poll.
And here’s an even better technique than promoting an affiliate product – sell a product you haven’t even created yet. That’s right. Take a poll to find out exactly what they want. Then sell it to them. Let them know if it’s a book or video series or what. Let them know exactly what’s in it for them. Let them know that if you don’t get “x” amount of orders, you won’t make it. And lastly, let them know that because they are preordering before it’s even made, they get special bonuses and / or a special discount. Make it an offer they cannot refuse.
Just think: If you get 50 sales from your new list for $30 each, that’s $1,500 for a product you haven’t even created yet. Your results will vary.
Things to remember:
Your friends want to help you. Sometimes it’s easier to ask strangers for help than it is your friends and family. But the people who know you are the ones who will join your list first and promote your contest first. They get the ball rolling for you because they want to see you succeed.
Don’t hide. Yes, you can email until you’re blue in the face, and you will get results. You can also pick up the phone and call people to let them know about your new endeavor. Guaranteed, those you call will be far more likely to promote your contest and buy your product.
You might even randomly call people from your list just to thank them for joining. They will be blown away. In fact, send out an email to your list telling them you will call them on Skype for a 2 minute chat if they like – just reply with their Skype ID and you’ll call. Even those who don’t answer will be intrigued that you would do something like that. It shows you are a real person who wants to make real connections. And that counts for a lot.
You can also send private messages to people on your list through Facebook and Gmail if they have a Gmail address. Ask what kind of help they might need and what they want to accomplish.
If you want to make more sales of your first product, wait another week or two before promoting to build more trust with your list. Build rapport. Build a relationship. THEN promote your new product or future new product. Sales will likely double the amount you would make by promoting after just the first week.
Continue to build your list. 1,000 subscribers is a good start. Now go for 3,000. You can do it. In fact, it gets easier and easier as you go. Do lots of guest blogging – it’s a great way to list build.
Create a list-building incentive that drives people wild. This will take some brainstorming, but the perfect incentive is one that people would gladly and eagerly pay for with real money. When you figure out what this is for your niche, your list building will skyrocket.
Don’t get lazy. Building a good list quickly takes effort. Building rapport with that list takes even more effort. But in the end it can pay off big. VERY big.
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I’ve been working online for years and I have seen people come and I’ve seen people go. It seems so often that people don’t find what your looking for in your Internet marketing business. And I think that is sad.
Sometimes it’s just a case that someone is what we might refer to as a “wannabe”. Someone who wants something but either just isn’t willing to put in the work or just isn’t cut out for it. Also known as a “tire kicker”. Whatever the case may be, an internet marketing business just isn’t for them.
But other times, and this is where I get angry and frustrated, it boils down to the “newbies” getting overwhelmed with the hype and not being able to figure out which way to go so they give up. Don’t give up…
That, to me, is the true shame. The truth is that you can find what your looking for in your Internet marketing business but only if you don’t allow the distractions to sidetrack you or worse, overwhelm you to the point where you give up altogether.
In order to greatly increase your odds of success and decrease the chance that you will get overwhelmed and give up, here are some simple tips. If you truly follow these consistently for as long as it takes, you can have enormous success online. If not, then…
1. The first thing you need to do is get educated. Online that can be pretty easy. you don’t have to go back to school. There are many courses online that will teach you everything you need to know about starting and building a great business. There is a lot of good “free” training all over the internet too if you just look for it. Also just sign up for your free internet business here on my website and you will get a 30 day free internet marketing course with your free website. It is a proven system that will show you how to make money step by step.
For a very small amount of money you can find many courses that will teach you everything you need to know too. Ask around in the internet marketing forums for recommendations on some top notch courses.
2. Once you’ve gained the knowledge you need put it to work for you. Start doing what you have learned to do. This is such an obvious step but one that is often overlooked. Some people just get too intimidated to start. Start small and don’t expect to be perfect, you won’t be. Just start!
3. And last but not least, set your course then stay on it. It can be very tempting to buy that great new product or service especially if you’ve been working and haven’t seen any results yet. That is when you are at your most vulnerable, but don’t do it.
Treat your business like a business and work at it daily and you will see some results. If you’ve been doing everything you have been told to do for months on end consistently (and you really have and you’re not just lying to yourself) and you still don’t see anything it’s time to ask the person who trained you or someone else for some guidance.
You may not be doing things in the right way. Sometimes a small “tweak” can be the difference between success and failure.
As you can see, it’s pretty simple. No, it’s not easy, it will take time, determination and hard work but there really aren’t a lot of moving pieces. Find what your looking for in your Internet marketing business by following these simple steps to success.
This is so basic, a lot of people might dismiss this without another thought. However if they do, they’ll be missing out on one of the single greatest secrets to continuously increase their income month in and month out, for the rest of their lives…
Here’s how it works: Look at what you earned last month. Whatever it is, write it down.
Now set a goal to earn a certain percentage more this month. 5% works well. For example, if last month you earned $500, this month your goal is $525.
Now track what you earn every day. That’s right – every DAY. If you’re not on target to beat last month’s total, then do something. Send out another promotion. Create a viral report. Do another guest post. Whatever it takes, make sure you reach your new goal. Odds are you will not only reach it, you will exceed it.
Now rinse and repeat month in and month out.
“But this is too hard!” You might be thinking. Nope. It’s not. You’re taking 2 minutes a day to record how much you earned the day before. You’re keeping track of whether or not you’re on target. And you’re pushing yourself to do a little bit better each month.
The alternative is to flounder around like a dying fish, hoping you somehow land back in the water. Odds are most months you’re not going to. A year passes, and you’re making the same amount of money each month as you are now – or maybe you’re making less. Not pretty.
But increase your income just 5% each month, starting with just a current income of $500 a month, and it can look like this:
12 month mark $900 a month 18 month mark $1,200 a month 24 month mark $1,600 a month
What if you’re currently earning $1,000 a month, and you increase your goal by 10% each month?
12 month mark $3,100 a month 18 month mark $5,500 a month 24 month mark $9,700 a month
Now do you see the power of setting goals and continually tracking your results? Two minutes a day can produce riches. Or, you could spend those two minutes watching a cat video on YouTube. Your choice.
Let’s say you write and sell a fairly successful monthly newsletter. How can you get your subscribers to bring you new subscribers? Or maybe you have a growing membership. How do you get your current members to bring you more paying members? The answer might be as simple as giving your existing members certificates to GIVE to their friends…
In the case of the newsletter, let your subscribers give away 1-6 months for free. Limit the number of gift subscriptions they can give away to keep the perceived value high. Make the gift certificates look like they were paid for by your current subscribers, so that when they give them out, it appears they’re giving a valuable gift (which they are.) This also makes it more likely your subscribers will give the certificates out because there is a sense of pride in the giving of the gift.
When the gift recipients sign up to get their free subscriptions, you can offer them the chance to subscribe for a longer period of time at a reduced rate. Some will accept your offer, others won’t. Those who opt only for the free subscription will receive your offers to renew before their subscription ends. If you’ve provided a great value to them, some will subscribe. And when they do, you can then offer them certificates to give to their friends as well.
Remember, since your newsletter is delivered electronically, it costs almost nothing to give out gift subscriptions. And even if your newsletter is printed and mailed, the cost is still low compared to the number of new subscribers you are likely to get using this simple method. Of course, you’ll want to track your numbers to be sure it’s profitable.
Memberships can work the same way. Let your current members give away limited-time memberships to a small handful of the people they think will appreciate it the most.
You might even do special promotions using this method. For example, you give out certificates in late April for Mother’s Day with instructions to give them to moms who would enjoy the subscription or membership. Or prior to Christmas as gifts, and so forth.
If your membership or newsletter delivers a high value, using your current customers to bring in more customers can be the easiest, fastest and most cost effective way to get a continuous stream of new, happy customers into your business.
Therefore, instead of only thinking about how many of your paid newsletter subscriptions or memberships you can sell, start directing your creative juices to finding ways you can leverage your existing subscriber and customer base’s enthusiasm for your services to start GIVING AWAY everything you have to offer. As you do this, your business and influence can start growing exponentially, and with less overall effort and advertising investment on your part.
With the internet becoming more mainstay and replacing more traditional forms of media, it should come as no surprise why so many people are trying to start online businesses. Having an online business allows you to be your own boss, work from home, set your own hours, and it can be set up for very little money. But to ensure you can get the most out of your online business, there are a few simple Internet Marketing Rules that you should follow.
1: Be focused. There are all types of ways to make money online and it can be easy to get sidetracked as you try to be a jack of all trades. It is important to decide what, exactly, you are going to do and then stick with it. This applies to all aspects of your business. Changing when something does not work is one thing, but people often tend to hop from one thing to the next. They do not stick with it long enough for it to work, and you can not afford to do this.
2: Market yourself. One aspects of owning an online business that many
people overlook is what exactly you are selling. In a lot of cases, it
is you yourself that you need to market. Whether you are offering your
personal services, or simply to make people more inclined to buy from
you. Do not be afraid to reveal some information about yourself and show
that you are a human being as well.
3: Work offline. Continuing off that, one of the Internet Marketing Rules you should follow through with is working offline as well as on. While marketing your business online is important, you can not neglect the real world. Put business cards around town, spread your business via word of mouth. Also give your clients ways to contact you outside of the internet, such as by phone. The more exposure you get the better your chances of success.
4: Focus on your own specialty. We are all good at certain things, and if you find that you have a knack for something, stick to it and make it one of your strong points. Whether you are highly knowledgeable about a certain product, or are a good speaker. Highlight these aspects and use them to your advantage so that you can more easily make sales.
5: Be patient. One of the most important Internet Marketing Rules is to simply be patient. People go into the internet expecting it to be some miraculous wonderland of easy riches. While it has its advantages, it is still a business and it will still require a lot of time and effort to get going. No matter what you do, you will not see a lot of money overnight. Do not let yourself get discouraged and give up, as happens to so many people.
These five rules can help you get on the road to success. There are many other tips and tricks out there to further help you refine your business, but these five will give you a good foundation.
Guaranteed, you’ve been on the customer side of this equation. You buy a product and you think you’re going to be directed to the download page. Instead, you find yourself on an upsell page trying to sell you another product.
No problem, you scroll to the bottom and click the ‘no thanks’ link, thinking you’re about to get to the download page.
No such luck. You’re on another upsell page. You scroll down and click ‘no thanks’ again, and you’re taken to…
… yet another upsell page. Now you’re getting irritated. You scroll down, click the ‘no thanks’ button, and you’re finally taken to…
… another upsell page! @#$%&
You’re no longer just irritated, you’re annoyed, mad and even downright ANGRY. Odds are you are talking to your computer and what you’re saying is not very nice.
Who can blame you?
Now then, let’s look at this from the marketer’s standpoint: The more offers you as the marketer can make, the more money you will make.
Today, that is.
But when you make your customers angry, what happens? They remember how you made them feel. In fact, they will remember how you made them feel long, long after they’ve forgotten your product. And the next time you try to sell them something, they’ll decide they’re going to stay far away from your offers because they do NOT want to get caught in upsell hell ever again.
So what’s the solution? Offer ONE upsell. Just one. Then take your buyers straight to the download page.
On the download page, you can offer them another product with a nice discount. You’re not holding their purchase hostage at this point because they’re able to download it. So they’re not going to resent you for making them another offer, especially if they get it at a reduced price.
Then in your autoresponder sequence, you can offer them all the upsells, down sells and cross sells you like interspersed with helpful info, news and so forth.
The bottom line comes down to this: If you want to be a flash in the pan and make all of your money today, use a ton of upsells. No one will buy from you again, but it won’t matter because you’ll be living on the beach somewhere carving coconuts.
But if you want to build a long term business, then respect your customers and never, ever put them through upsell hell again.
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First, the bad news: If you’re telling customers that you’re only selling “X” number of your digital product, they’re going to think you’re a scammer.
Think about it. Back in 2000, you could tell people you’re only selling 1,000 copies and they would believe you. But it’s 2020, and people have seen this tactic so many times, they not only don’t believe you – it makes them question everything else you say.
Plus, how shortsighted can you be to limit how much money you make? Let’s say you put out a truly great product, but to create scarcity and make sales you decide to limit either the number of products sold, or the time during which you will sell them.
You make the sales, you pull the product, and your income goes to zero. That could be a big long-term loss for you.
Or worse yet, you claim you will pull the product but you don’t. Or you say you “may” stop selling, but you don’t. Or you stop selling for 2 days or 2 weeks or 2 months, and then you open it up again.
And your credibility goes out the door.
So how do you create scarcity of digital products without losing sales and credibility?
You need to have a legitimate reason for creating the scarcity. For example, if you’re selling PLR, then obviously you can’t flood the market with thousands of copies or the PLR will lose its value.
But most products can be sold forever without causing the buyers a problem. So in that case, what do you do to create scarcity? You use the second method, which is…
… Bonus packages. And the good news: It’s easy, it’s highly effective, and done correctly it can create sales for you for a long time to come.
Here’s how it works:
Go to other marketers who sell products that compliment yours. These should be products that have only been sold and have never been given away. Otherwise they lose their value.
Ask these marketers if you can do a deal: You get to give away their product to your next 50 / 500 / 1,000 customers or all of your customers during the next week / two weeks / month. In return they get a percentage of your profits, along with the email addresses of all the buyers.
Not many marketers will say no to this offer. They get paid for sales they’re expending no effort to make. PLUS they get the email address of every buyer so they can sell them more products later.
And the best part is, you can repeat this as many times as you like, always offering new products as your limited bonuses. Maybe you offer the “XYZ” product to early bird buyers during the first 10 days only. Then during the next month you offer the “ABC” product, and the month after that, the “DEF” product and so forth.
True, in theory you could offer this bonus forever, except that in reality the owner of the product you’re giving away has the final say on how many copies you can give out. And as you tell your customers, you have to follow their rules or you can’t give away any of their product.
See how this works?
Added bonus for you: You’re creating alliances with these product owners. If you treat them right you’ll be able to do more deals with them in the future as well.
Bottom Line: By using REAL scarcity in this manner, you can continue to sell your product for a long time to come. And your customers will respect you for it, too.
Working online has become more and more popular as people are starting to realize you can make a lot of money owning your own internet business. It is far easier and cheaper to start up than a conventional brick and mortar store and can yield a lot more profit. However, while it is true that it is fairly easy to get into internet marketing online, many people fail and give up.
To help you out and keep you from stumbling over hurdles and giving up here are some very simple steps to getting your business off the ground. These steps will give you an idea of where to go so that you are not just blindly stumbling around.
1: Pick a niche. This is where you first need to start when looking to get into the world of the internet. You need to find out what exactly you want to sell. Health, a service, money, self help, these are niches. What you want to do is find a niche that is popular, but does not have a lot of competition.
2: Choose a business name. Once you find your niche and are ready to get into internet marketing online you need to figure out what you are going to call yourself. You want your name to be related to your niche and product, but also something simple and easy to remember.
3: Look into domain names and hosting. Everybody knows this but just in case you didn’t know. A domain name is what you see when you go to a website. For example, Google.com is a domain name. When choosing a domain name you want one that reflects your niche and also contains keywords related to your niche, that way when someone does a search your domain name comes up first.
Hosting is when all the files related to your website are stored somewhere, such as a server or computer. This is not feasible to do from your home computer so you need to look into purchasing a hosting account from a company, this will ensure your website is always online and easily accessible. Hosting fees are actually very reasonable and you can set up your own website without any technical skills.
4: Build your website. There are certain criteria a website must meet in order to show up properly on search engines. Things like SEO and backlinking are important to get your website ranked highly. This can be time consuming and cumbersome to learn but it is not difficult but if you have the money to spare there are a lot of services out there willing to do this for you. Most hosting services have easy to follow “build your won” website so don’t get discouraged.
5: Promote your business. This can be a little tricky and is usually where most people fail. An internet business is no different than any other business, you need to market it and make sure people know it exists. You will have to put unique and new content on it regularly and make sure it is working as intended. It is not some fire and forget sort of affair. Don’t give up.
These steps should provide you with the building blocks necessary to succeed online. For more detailed information on each step there are a variety of blogs and training programs that can tell you exactly what you need to do. Get your own free money making website here with 30 days of free training included. Ask me about it.
