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Internet Pay-Per-Click Marketing Strategies

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:16:15 +0000

Feature Product Review:Internet pay-per-click marketing strategies can have a great impact on your business. This article discusses Internet pay-per-click marketing strategies. PPC (pay-per-click) is something we have a lot of experience and knowledge on. We know what works, and what doesn’t. We know some of the best strategies and approaches you need to take to

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Affiliate Profit Pack

BlogPostman — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:14:32 +0000

Feature Product Review: If you are a newbie in the world of Internet marketing, then Affiliate Profit Pack from Oliver D’Souza is for you. The product from Oliver is meant to target the new entrants and those struggling marketers who don’t find any appropriate way ahead in their affiliate marketing career. Affiliate Profit Pack is

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Bryan Winters

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:13:00 +0000

Feature Product Review:Bryan’s story has proven that success doesn’t come overnight and there is no short-cut to it. We all have heard about the Internet marketer Bryan Winters, but we know little about the path he travelled to reach where he is today. He worked in a factory for more than a decade before he

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Copyblogger Weekly Wrap: Week of October 3, 2010

BlogPostman — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:00:00 +0000

I’m going to keep this week’s intro brief because my dog is biting me. My mother says he bites us all because he’s herding us (he’s a collie mix and barks and corrals when anyone runs), but I think it’s because he wants to be on the winning side. If anyone is play-attacking anyone else, he bites the person being attacked. He’s kind of an ass that way. So it really can’t bode well that I’m being harassed while writing the Wrap. Speaking of ass, it’s just like that time he bit Jennifer Lopez while she was busy working on Gigli . Now for the part where I massively fail to tell you what happened this week on Copyblogger (with bite marks): Monday: 4 Simple Ways to Get More High-Paying Clients with Your Blog If you’re not getting clients with your blog, chances are you’re not doing the four things in this post. Or possibly, you’re doing them but are wearing a clown costume. So remember also #5: Don’t wear a clown costume. And off you go. Read the full post here . Tuesday: The Simple Tricks Experts Use to Always Get Paid For Their Time Sometimes the person asking to “pick your brain” isn’t a zombie, and when that happens, you’re really in trouble. Rather than awkwardly stumbling through a conversation containing sentences like, “But my brain is supposed to make me money, you freeloader!”, Laura Roeder has better ways to deal with sticky situations. Read the full post here . Wednesday: Captivate Your Readers with a Marketing Story that Sells Let me tell you a story: There once was a guy named Johnny, and he had the very unprofitable hobby of writing stories. Then he discovered that if you can learn to tell your own true story in business, you can make money… so he did just that, and taught others how to do it, too. Then he hooked up with seven Victoria’s Secret models and lived happily ever after. Read the full post here . Thursday, part 1: The Easy-to-Use Tool that Helps You Build a Breakthrough Blog Apparently there’s this newfangled trend out there in the Interwebz called “being organized.” The way I read this, some people actually plan things out on a calendar and do NOT blog totally randomly. Apparently this crazy new trend has some advantages that you can read about in this post, like “knowing what the hell you’re doing.” Hmm. Interesting. Read the full post here . Thursday, part 2: Two Conferences for Serious Online Marketers Brian Clark will be speaking at the BlueGlass Internet Marketing conference in Florida November 2-3, and at PubCon Las Vegas on November 8-11. That’s pretty much it. Not funny enough? Okay, imagine him speaking in a clown costume. Read the full post here. Friday: Blogging with a Learner’s Mind This post made me think of how people say that kids pick up languages naturally and well, and how my response is, “If you were content to just say stupid and incorrect things and had people tirelessly correct you for months until you got it right, you’d be good at languages too.” Pamela says it best: “A learner’s mind is fearless.” Learn to lose that fear and be content to learn over time and your blogging will become so much more awesome. Read the full post here. This week’s cool links: Three Problems that Make Me Leave Your Blog in Three Seconds : It’s kind of a problem if people arrive at your blog, are really turned off, and leave. Here’s what may be driving them away and how to fix it. Why Free Plans Don’t Work : A lot of software offers a free plan, with the intention being to convert those people to paid users later. But is it a good strategy? Yes, the Internet Is Changing Your Brain : So, the use of Google and the net in general is changing the way you think. The question is, how, and in which directions? Sales Psychology: Why People Won’t Pay Your Rates : The fact that you look expensive or cheap doesn’t have much to do with the price, because everything is relative. Here’s an explanation of what really matters. The Basics : Sometimes we make simple things too complicated, like when a restaurant adds a bunch of things to Macaroni & Cheese. Always remember the basics. (Mmm… basics.) About the Author: Johnny B. Truant specializes in selling through stories and would like very much to set you up with a cheap blog or website . (That’s “cheap” as in “inexpensive,” not as in “tawdry.”)

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Copyblogger Weekly Wrap: Week of October 3, 2010

Blogging with a Learner’s Mind

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:39:00 +0000

“¿Qué quiere para su desayuno?” she asked, inches from my face. I thought as quickly as I could, and managed to haltingly request a piece of toast. “Pan tostado, por favor.” It was the only breakfast food that I could remember from Spanish class. It ended up being all I ate for breakfast for the next week. Clearly, I hadn’t yet found my learner’s mind. Each of the first few nights I spent in Bogotá I curled beneath the covers with a pounding headache. Trying to think and speak in another language was physically painful. Of the six Americans going through exchange student orientation that year, my Spanish was the worst of the bunch. Those first weeks I spoke like a four-year-old. It was excruciating, especially for someone who took pride in her communication skills. Despite the painful beginning, I learned a valuable lesson that year. It didn’t have anything to do with the Spanish language. It had to do with losing my fear of looking like a fool . Public humiliation If you’ve ever tried to make yourself understood in a language you’re just learning, you’ll know what I mean. You’re proficient in your native language, but to learn a new one you need to start from the beginning. You have to be willing to speak like a toddler for a while. Once you’ve learned some basic vocabulary, you might begin to speak like a young child. All the while, you mangle words and raise eyebrows and send people into fits of laughter several times a day. It’s the public humiliation aspect to learning a new language that no one ever mentions. You’ve mastered your own language, but to master a new one you have to be willing to look like a fool for a while. A fool with a tool Fast forward … let’s say “many years.” As a blogger, I find it’s great to feel comfortable making a fool of myself. Blogging is a decidedly public venue to make beginner’s mistakes in, but the only way to become an experienced blogger is to be a beginning blogger for a while. You publish a draft post by mistake. You send out a link that doesn’t work. You discover — too late — that you’ve left out a crucial piece of information. The only way to get past blogging mistakes is to make them in the first place. When it comes to developing products to sell, we go through the same thing. Our first sales pages suck. The first products we develop may not sell . We cast about, trying to get a bite on our lines. Often we head home empty-handed. And it all happens in public. But each failure gets us closer to success, even if the only thing we learn is what doesn’t work. Baby chicks are easy to spot Twitter is another space where it’s easy to see who the beginners are. I know, because I was one of them not long ago. People start out talking about their breakfast. They check into Foursquare incessantly. They try to direct message someone, but post it publicly instead. After a while though, they observe how the power users make the most of Twitter . They figure out a way to fit it into their workflow so it doesn’t consume all their time. They master the language. Here’s the thing: if you want to master a new skill, you have to start somewhere. As uncomfortable as it is, you have to submit yourself to looking like a fool while you master the tool. There’s no use standing on the sidelines analyzing . You can’t study your way through the beginner’s phase. You can’t strategize yourself into mastery of a new skill. At some point, you have to dive in, make your mistakes, get them out of the way and move on from them. That’s where having a learner’s mind will help. A learner’s mind is fearless Children are wired to learn, which is why they make such huge developmental strides in their first years of life. In the space of a year, they go from unable to hold themselves upright to running; from crying to expressing their needs quite clearly. They fall, shed a few tears, pick themselves up, and keep going. They don’t worry about what people will think: they don’t give it a thought. All the while, they’re learning and making great progress. We can apply this attitude to the new skills we’re learning, too. We can expect mistakes and embrace them when they happen. We can pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off, put our chins up and keep going. Plan to fall Blogging, Internet marketing, Twitter and all the rest of these newer technologies present great opportunities. You can learn a lot by studying them before you start to use them. You might be able to avoid some mistakes by doing that. But you can’t vault yourself from beginner to expert just by reading about it. You have to take the first steps, and prepare for the inevitable bumps and bruises that come with making real progress. It’s the only way to learn, really. And it’s the only way to get past plain toast for breakfast every day. Worth it, though, don’t you think? About the Author: Pamela Wilson helps small businesses grow with great design and marketing tips. Learn the basics with her free Design 101 e-course at Big Brand System.

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The Responsible Blogger’s Guide to Dealing with Big Brother

BlogPostman — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:00:00 +0000

“What should I be doing better with my blog?” That’s one helluva question, isn’t it? As someone who blogs to support a thriving business, I think about that question every day. There are a lot of answers, many of which involve sexy topics like traffic, subscribers, and getting one zillion followers on Twitter. But when’s the last time you sat down and answered the question above with: “I should be paying more attention to blogging ethics.” Not so sexy. But as bloggers, we have to face facts about the world we live in. It feels like an anonymous platform where we can do and say whatever we want. But 2010 has a lot in common with 1984, and Big Brother comes in some forms that George Orwell never dreamed of. You need to be aware of one very important fact that many seem to forget: You can’t unGoogle anything When you launch your words into the blogosphere and social media universe, you’re laying a digital footprint in concrete. That concrete is the Internet Elephant, and it never forgets. Old versions of your site are cached. Facebook privacy blunders have ugly real-world consequences. And the Library of Congress is even planning on archiving our tweets. It feels like you can’t be held accountable for your rash words, but you can. Here are some tips on blogging ethics that will help keep your reputation clean. Especially if you’re going to make blogging a part of your business, you need to protect your interests. Your comments policy The bottom line is, it’s your blog and you have ultimate control over what gets posted in your comments section and what doesn’t make the cut. Please realize that whatever policy you decide on, not everyone is going to agree with you. I personally have a “post all comments” policy, except in instances of spam or blatant self-promoting garbage that adds nothing to the conversation. I also hold all comments that include links from first-time commenters for moderation (legitimate commenters are then white-listed). Some blogs allow trash talk, some don’t. Some allow profanity, some don’t. Every blogger needs to figure out what to do with the trolls . It’s your blog and your call. It’s always smart to make your comments policy clear. My developer is working right now on coding my site so my comments policy shows up in a cool style below each post. If you become known for deleting comments just because the reader isn’t a fawning yes-man, your credibility and authority will suffer. On the other hand, letting the trolls run free or allowing spam to trash up your comments won’t do your reputation any favors either. Proper accreditation If you use photos in your blog posts, use legitimate sources for images . (Assuming, of course, you’re not using your own images or photos.) Photos purchased from stock photo houses usually don’t require photo credit, although a few do. On the other hand, images you get under a Creative Commons license do have various requirements, usually at minimum a credit to the image owner. This should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: Don’t steal other people’s images or words and put them on your blog. That content doesn’t belong to you. It’s unethical and scummy. When you love a blog post so much that you want to send it to your readers, it is not okay to copy the post and paste it into your own blog or newsletter (even with accreditation) unless you get permission from the blogger. A better way to show your adoration is to select a handful of quotes (I prefer to stick with no more than 50-100 words) from the post and then provide a link back to the original post, with credit to the author. Understanding libel Ohhhhh — legalese! (The recovering attorney in Brian Clark will love this one.) Some bloggers make a hobby of calling people out for what they consider to be inappropriate practices, stupid decisions, or the like. Other bloggers are just plain malicious. If you’re going to go down this road, get your ducks in a row first. Read up on what constitutes libel . You owe it to yourself. What you might consider “free speech” could get you into trouble, as the line between opinion and malicious intent can be a very fine one. Make sure you have a liability insurance policy in place (this is a must). If you’re a member of The Author’s Guild, they offer Media Liability Insurance . You can also contact your insurance agent for a general business policy, but make sure it also covers libel and slander. You are not invisible Some people imagine that the internet lets them don a Cloak of Invisibility that bestows permission to do whatever the hell they want. It’s simply not true. You are responsible for your words on the web (and in life) no matter where you leave them or how anonymous you think you’re being. I don’t accept anonymous comments on my blog (including commenters who give fake email addresses) and here’s why: it shows me you’re not willing to be held accountable for your words. If you’re running a blog, there are some pretty cool tools you can use to verify identity or lend at least some level of “real world” status to a commenter you might hold in question. Email address verification tools: Did you know you can check any email address to see if it’s valid? Yep. And it’s free and easy. I use this one on a regular basis, but a simple web search for “verify email address” can point you towards others. IP address verification: Most comment systems (Disqus, InstenseDebate, and WordPress’s built-in system) display the IP address of every commenter to the moderator. I use WhoIs to verify IP addresses (I had to do this just last week for an unfortunate situation). If you continuously receive spam comments or inappropriate comments from a particular commenter, you can block an entire IP address from your blog. If you need help with this, just ping your comments system or hit up the WordPress Codex for tips on combating spam and unwanted comments. Disqus and IntenseDebate have built-in blacklist features. The best thing I can do here is to put just a bit of healthy fear into you. You’re not invincible, you’re not invisible, and you have a responsibility to both yourself and your audience. While you might have been looking for a more entertaining post on ethics (given my propensity for, ahem, colorful language), putting your thoughts out there on the web is serious stuff. As I said, nothing can be unGoogled. It’s not like a late-night TP-ing of your least favorite junior high school science teacher’s house. Drive-bys don’t work online. Strong ethical guidelines can keep your brand and keep your blog shop clean. If there are other best practices I’ve missed, lob them into the comments section below. While we don’t want to go all George Orwell, you have to remember that 1984 still applies in 2010 … and beyond (and it’s not such a bad thing). About the Author: Erika Napoletano is the Head Redhead at RedheadWriting LLC, a Denver-based online strategies consultancy. Her blog, RedheadWriting , is a bastion for “unpopular thoughts and blunt advice — delivered” and consistently strives to say what others won’t (but should) about marketing, social media, business integrity, and life in general.

The Last Traffic Secret

BlogPostman — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:56:26 +0000

Feature Product Review:If you have been an Internet marketer, then you would be aware that generating traffic can make you sweat – literally! However, with some effective coaching programs like The Last Traffic Secret by Rob Benwell, Kelvin Houghton and David Raybould, you can master this art. The sooner you learn how to drive traffic,

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Rick Thomas

BlogPostman — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:42:19 +0000

Feature Product Review:If you do not know who Rick Thomas is, then you are possibly missing out on getting to know someone who is very knowledgeable and credible. Rick is a father, grandfather, Internet marketer, and programmer. His online entrepreneurial journey began a long while back, when the Internet was just starting to expand. He

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Turbo Business System

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:27:08 +0000

Feature Product Review:Building a profitable online business looks easy, but it requires a lot of work. It can be especially challenging if you’re a newbie and if you’re not aware of the best systems and techniques for making your business model work. Norman Freeman, a senior Internet marketer, is ready to launch his latest program,

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Traffic Mayhem

BlogPostman — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:09:50 +0000

Feature Product Review:If you are an Internet marketer, then you would know the significance of having massive amounts of traffic coming to your website. Mo Latif, an upcoming webmaster¸ is ready with his latest coaching program Traffic Mayhem that promises to guide you in building a system that brings-in regular traffic to your business. The

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