The Most Important Part of Internet Marketing

When you hear the term “internet marketing“, what do you think of?

For many, that term conjures thoughts of websites or spamming or search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. For others, it’s all about graphical design, writing fancy code or even affiliate programs. All of those answers correct, but the essence of internet marketing is much simpler.

At its core, internet marketing is about these things:

* Understanding the target market to which the product/service/cause you’re marketing will appeal
* Determining exactly how your target market interacts with the internet
* Positioning your content on the internet to attract the attention of your target market
* Collecting information about your target market (also known as “leads”) for follow-up and conversion into sales
* Design of offers or incentives to induce the desired actions from your leads


Since there is insufficient space in this article to give all of these topics adequate attention, let’s focus on just one specific topic with the realm of internet marketing: Email Marketing.

My best payoff has always come by focusing on permission-based email marketing. Permission-based email marketing refers to the practice of collecting information (including email addresses) from website visitors and communicating with them via e-mail with their direct consent. The “permission” aspect of permission-based email marketing is what separates legitimate email marketers from the spammers that everyone despises.

My love of email marketing is strong for one reason: It works very well. Email marketing has been much like a never-ending goldmine: It enables us to produce income on demand simply by sending a good offer to our list. When you have thousands of loyal subscribers – as we do – and you put a strong and compatible offer in front of them, income becomes nearly automatic.

However, the key to successful email marketing is the development of a legitimate trust relationship with your subscribers. If you opt to send your subscribers a request for purchases every single day, they will likely tire of your badgering and cease reading your emails altogether.

Alternatively, if you take the time to provide good content to your readers on a regular and frequent basis, you’ll discover that your readers take all of your emails far more seriously, and as a result your emails will be opened, read and acted upon with greater frequency. Essentially, email marketing is really an exercise in trust.

Even though there are more sides to internet marketing than just email marketing (permission based), email has been the foundation that our business sits on.

Commission Blueprint Teaches Affiliate Marketing

2 guys you have probably never heard of have been doing some big things behind the scenes in the affiliate marketing world. Is this the item everybody has been looking for or is commission blueprint a fraud?

Lately, we’ve seen a lot of ebooks come out such as the very new “top secret magic code” which soared to the top of the ranks in 5-10 days. But, commission blueprint has gone up to number 2 in the clickbank marketplace in less than the period of one day. Because this was virtually unheard of before now I went ahead and purchased one.

Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey are the people who brought the commission blueprint to us and these underground workers earn a lot under their radar. Please explain the meaning of the term “commission blueprint”. This is an online class that will teach you what underground affiliates do. I can’t describe in detail the content of the lessons, but let me just say that they are stellar!

Commission Blueprint is broken down into 14 basic steps that are explained vividly through 18 videos which equate to over 5 hours of training footage. “Opt in Page Secrets,” “Pre-sell Page Secrets” and “Review Page Secrets” are available as ebooks through the commission blueprint.

These 3 ebooks are utilized to assist in providing more information over and above what the videos provide, a few more ideas and tips to help you a little more. Oftentimes these days ebooks will pad their page count by including overly long introductions, but these ebooks do not suffer from this problem.

I am a member of the commission blueprint site forums, and I can tell you that I have already had some luck when using them. Here is a sample extract from a lot : “I am happy you created this forum, just like to tell you that you made a fabulous commission blueprint product.

Additionally, commission blueprint has three sales which are not advertised, I won’t tell you what they are, but they possess some value and are worth more than 0, last commission blueprint have allowed four templates that we can utilize to whilst implementing what we found out. Whenever you’re setting up a campaign you’ll have to use different info than your other campaigns. The blueprint allows for this flexibility with advice for different markets.

What’s good about commission blueprint? Many people looking to purchase items from online sources should first research past reviews and comments posted about the products offered by that source.

I truly think commission blueprint is a fabulous product, one of the greatest, if not the greatest, it is selling at right now, but is going to increase to tomorrow and then later it will go up to 7, so act now.

The commission blue print includes a money back guarantee for 60 days so if you are not satisfied with it you can return it risk free.

Lastly, commission blueprint has a money back guarantee with no questions asked so you don’t risk anything for 60 days.

Free Mindmapping Software

I started making a new project today that I’m very excited about. The great new service for business owners that will help them get their new website online and active, and get their face out there for their prospects to see. I started to think about all the different options and features I want to include in how it was in a work together, and I got all confused in my head. There’s a lot that goes into building a product online or a campaign for your followers and readers. It can be a pretty big web full of ideas.

If you are in a similar situation, or have been in a similar situation before, I found a great tool that will help you organize your thoughts and actually get the job done much more efficiently than before. The website is bubbl.us.  They call themselves brainstorming made simple. It’s a creative and colorful mind mapping service that you can share and collaborate with your friends on. You can actually in bed my map on your website or blog, e-mail and print the mind map, or save the my map as an image. The best part about this website is that it is free.  Don’t we all love FREE stuff?

I have used quite a few other mindmapping software and sites out there, but this one is very easy and convenient.  Check it out and let me know what you think.

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Squeeze Pages and Landing Pages Oh My!

Throughout my years of marketing on the Internet, I’ve discovered that there are a list of 5 to 10 things that marketers must do to be successful. Getting traffic, building links, affiliate marketing, PPC, and networking are all important, but it keeps coming back to the same thing over and over for many Internet marketers. Building a list is it and using nice landing pages, squeeze pages, and optin boxes is an integral part.

If you can build a list of people that are interested in a certain niche or topic, and give value to that list, you can make money on the Internet. I heard this was started marketing online the didn’t really believe it until about two years later when I was not near as successful as I thought it would be that point in time.  I would either have a hard time getting people to sign up for my list, or I would fail to give value once they were on my list.  Very frustrating.

About 8 months ago, I found some great tools that I just have to share with you that will give you a huge jump start on building your list.  Professional squeeze pages, video landing pages, and optin boxes.  I have had these custom made for me in the past at a cost of about $100-$250 per template.

I hope this helps you if you are looking for some really nice landing pages or squeeze page templates.  They are pretty easy to customize and work with.  You could have a professional looking page up in 20 mins.  Just edit the HTML and embed your video from Youtube or another video sharing service.

Check out these templates here. HotVideoSqueezePages
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Top 10 Steps To A Super Effective Blog Post

When you’re writing a post to your blog, you won’t make it easy and fun for your readers to take a look. A post with a list of items is very easy for your readers to read, scan, and enjoy. There’s been some hugely popular list posts about online business and Internet marketing in the past. Let’s go through the steps.

1. Decide on the number of items in the list.
First you have to figure out how many items you going to post in your list. Yeah keep in mind that you don’t want to have the list of 100 items or 200 items because it just makes your reader take less value from each item listed. Instead have a short list. Anywhere from five to 25 should do the trick.

2. Make each item in the list flowed together.
Keep your items in your list in the general same structure and about the same topic. This may seem like common knowledge that there are tons of blogs out there that missed the step up.

3. Start a think about what you know and what your readers want to know.
If you’re an expert in a certain area, you typically get a lot of questions from people inquiring about your expertise. This should give you some great ammunition for your blog post as you think about what people usually ask along what lines they asked the question.

4. Order your list
make sure that you put the items in order to make the most sense. This means start from the very basic, and move to more advanced. This will help work your reader into the subject and help them build their knowledge as they go.

5. If you have a really long list break it into sections.
There’s nothing worse than trying to find the golden nuggets in a list of 50 items. Either bring some of the main points together and include them in one item, or get rid of any items that you don’t need.

6. Think about making your list a series.
It’s advantageous to give your readers or followers your information in small, easy to remember chunks. If you do it this way, you will get to put your face in front of your prospects are readers more often, and they will typically appreciate your knowledge even more because they can digest each section at their own rate.

7. Consistency in your writing
Make sure the structure of each item in your list is easy to read and structured in a way that is easy on the eyes. Think of bullet points, or highlighted sections of each point.

8. Always number your items
Trying to find the main points of someone’s list that are not numbered, it can be a pain. Make sure you make it easy for your readers to understand your blog post and pull out the main points that they want to take from the information.

9. Invite your readers to give their input
Your list is never to be perfect and your readers can be a valuable resource for you. Make sure that you give them the ability to comment on your post and add their own spin of what they think you may have missed on. Or they might just want to add what has worked for them in the past.

10. Make sure you have a great title
Just like any marketing out there your title is going to sell the reader on reading your blog post. If you have a crappy title, no one is even going to take a look.

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FTC Starts The Internet Marketing Crackdown

On December 1st, 2009 the new marketing on the internet regulations to into effect.  Yet another government interference in our daily lives.  Don’t get me wrong, I am glad that we can clean up some of the false marketing and lies out there, but it is just sad that the government is involved.  It isn’t the regulation that scares me, but once they get in it can be a slippery slope.

Since we have to work with the rules, let’s talk about some of the specifics and how they will effect your business.

The FTC has really stressed some the regulation on bloggers and what you say on your blog.  But where do you put your disclosures on your affiliations etc.
Read FTC Responds to Blogger Fears: “That $11,000 Fine Is Not True” .  The summary is
“Disclosures can be made in different ways, whether you make it outside of the text but in proximity to blog, or incorporate it into the blog discussion itself–those are the issues that bloggers will have discretion about.”

The FTC said that “We just want to bring some transparency to the process.”  Which is good in some ways as long as they don’t overstep their boundaries.

We will have to see how and when they start to crackdown on internet marketing blog, sales pages, squeeze pages, and more in the coming months.

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How To Get High Quality Backlinks

Backlinks are very important to the longevity and effectiveness of any websites out there in cyberspace. However, just because you have 17,000 backlinks is not mean that you’re going to rank above someone who has 1000 backlinks.  When you’re thinking about your link building strategy, you really need to think about the quality of your links and not just the quantity.

I wouldn’t say it easy to get thousands and thousands of links but anyone can really do it using tools like Unique Article Wizard, Myarticlenetwork, or SENuke rather really getting gives you high-quality links. When I say high quality links I don’t mean to links on domains that happen to have high page rank on their home page, I am talking about getting backlinks on pages that actually have page rank on that page.  remember, Google scores websites page by page not site by site.

Scoring You Backlinks

Anchor text - Your anchor text is crucial when it comes to getting ranked for the keywords that you want to bring for.  This is the text that is clickable on any page and links to your page.

Relevance of the page you are on – If you get a backlink from a page that is about “electronics” and your page is about “real estate” you are not going to have high of quality for that link.

Number Of Outbound Links - If the page with your link on it also has 30 other outbound links, the quality score of that link will be diminished.

Where on the Page Is Your Link?  When Google scans a page, they read it from top left to bottom right.  If your link is the first thing that Google spiders see, you will be rewarded.

Age of Domain: If you can find a domain that has been around for 10 years that will backlink to you, you can really get a boost.

Follow vs NoFollow Status.  When you get a link, it is great.  If it is a “follow” link it is much better.  There is talk about Google abandoning their rule of not giving link juice for nofollow links, but that is just rumor.  In the meantime, go after follow links as much as possible.

PAGERANK - This really matters.  If a page linking to you has a 7 page rank, you are going to get spidered fast and probably rank up quick too.

My recommendation for building links through a network is Linkvana to accomplish these above.   Check it out.

The best way that I have found to build high-quality backlinks for free is to comment on dofollow blogs, guest blog, press releases, and even buy backlinks through some of the available networks. Just don’t tell Google about the buying links part.  Link baiting is also a good way to go.  That means writing a blog post of very high quality or of some sort of controversy post to get people talking and linking to your page naturally.

Linkwheels and SEO: How To Use Them

I got a question recently about linkwheels. It’s a little bit of a buzzword in Internet marketing community these days even though and has been around for a while. I guess you need to ask yourself is creating a linkwheel important for your SEO or is it something that you don’t really need to pay attention to.

What is a linkwheel?

When you are building links or backlinks to your website, the most standard practice is to have every link linking back to the page on your website that you want to bring link juice to. Keep in mind that most people don’t even do this. A lot of website owners people trying to do their own SEO can to send all of their links to their index page rather than to the page they are really trying to index for that search term.

In linkwheel,  you are not linking every page to the page that you are looking to index whether that be your home page or one of your sub pages. What you are doing is creating a series of articles or links, that links to each other in a sequential fashion. For example, your link on a website A was linked to website B, your website be linked with link to your website C link, your website C link would link to your website D link, and your website D  link went links to your page you are trying to get indexed.

So essentially what you’re doing is getting your link juice to each sequential page in the series. By the time website D links to your page that you are trying to rank for, website D has much more link juice than website A had originally. So you are creating more significant link to your page that you’re trying to rank for in the end.

Is it more effective?

I haven’t seen any research yet on the effects of linkwheel’s versus traditional link building as of yet. But you can see some of the benefits that it might bring by just looking at the structure of the practice. Rather than having 50 zero page rank links coming to your page you might be able to build up a few other pages that have some page rank does giving you higher quality links.

I will give you any updates I care about link wheels and their effectiveness.

Tips On Google AdWords

Before advertising with Google, it is important that you know the basics of Google AdWords. It is an undeniable fact that Google played a major role in the web today and Google AdWords has bring in billions of dollars to Google each year. But despite that, not all advertisers profit from Google AdWords.

To make sure that you are successful in your endeavour with Google AdWords, you do not have to bid on expensive keywords. All you need is some market research so that you will be able to identify the right niche keywords to match your website. Here are a few Google AdWords tips that you can put into use.

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Always Include Keywords

Keywords are important, so make sure that it’s there in your ads. An average person glance through their Google search results very quickly, so you must place in your keywords strategically to grab their attention. Otherwise, your ad will be missed and lose a chance for sale. You must also make the ads appealing and compelling. It can be difficult to create compelling ads on such a short space. Make the most out of your ads by placing your keywords in them, or else your time and effort are wasted.

Tips on Bidding Strategy: High To Low

Lets take a look at how Google ranks your ads. Your ads are ranked according to your bid price and your click through number (Click Through Rate or CTR). CTR is the total clicks your ad receives over a period of time. Being new to AdWords, your quality score is definitely low, so to be on the first page is more difficult . Thus, you should start bidding a little higher to get visibility. Bidding higher gives you initial exposure your ads need. When your CTR is a higher, then you can slowly lower your bid price. Ultimately, the goal is then to keep your ad on the first page with the lowest bid price possible.

Low to High Bidding Strategy

Another method of bidding is by starting with low bids. This is very useful for keywords that aren’t so competitive or popular. If your budget is limited, you can also use this method. You begin by bidding low and then slowly increasing your bid price until you land on the first page. Again, you must try to land your ads on the first page with the lowest bid possible.

Make Use of Negative Keywords

Negative keywords are used in order to prevent your ads from showing up in searches that are unrelated. You have a specific audience to target and you want to make sure that your ad gets to them and no others. If you don’t use the negative keywords function, your ad could appear on the wrong place and wrong people. For example, you might be selling a dog collar and “collar” is your keyword. When a searcher type in the word “collar” into the search engine, he may not be looking for dog collar. He may own a cat and looking for a cat collar. This is where you used the negative keywords, add “cat” into the list and your ad would not appear. You must use the negative keywords to target your ads. This helps you target the necessary audience only, and helps increase your CTR more.

Ad Testing

Testing your ads is important,but you don’t have to do much because Google AdWords can test your ads for you. By placing in two different ads in each AdGroup, Google AdWords then alternately displays the ads in search results. After running your ads for some time, based on the CTR results of each ad, you can choose which ad to use. As you continue to test different ads, eventually, you will find the best performing ad.

Being the biggest search engine in the entire world, Google has millions of ads placed everyday. If you want to make sure that your Google AdWords campaign is successful, all you need to do is to know what is important. Follow these tips and continue to improve your knowledge Google AdWords.

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Maximizing your Blog

Becoming a top blogger is a topic that has a lot of experts, information and advice, but has very little real strategy. With the huge army of self-proclaimed blogging experts out there, it can be difficult to know who to trust, what path to take, and how to effectively market your blog to turn it into a popular and profitable online enterprise.  You need to know whats the meaning of blogging.

You need to maximize your audience and personal exposure to become a top blogger. While it’s possible by doing interviews and blogging for other people the best way to build a massive subscriber list. As with many types of business, the conventional advice and method isn’t always the most profitable, and a small amount of research into alternate routes to a massive subscriber count can yield great success further down the line. These 3 tips are designed for two things: to greatly increase your subscribers and keep them with you long term. Long-term appeal always wins out in the blogging world, and those subscriptions are the most valuable and lucrative of all.

Tip #1 – Find your optimum update times, and stick to them ruthlessly.
This is a tip from Tim Ferriss, one of the most popular and successful bloggers on the internet. With over 50,000 Twitter followers, Tim is a powerhouse in the internet marketing world, and is renowned for his highly time-optimised strategies and blogging advice. One of his best strategies is experimenting with several posting times and using the times that get the most subcribers. This process is as simple as micro-testing 12 different blog posts to determine which hour of the day is best for subscription increases.

Tip #2 Give people a reason to subscribe.
This one is a simple psychological exercise more than it is a blog optimization. Would you join a club that had no benefits? No, of course not. But you’d definitely join one that allowed you to access exclusive offers, content and resources that nobody else could access. You need to put yourself in this mindset when you design resources for your subscribers. Offer something exclusive and valuable for your subscribers and they’ll reciprocate your generosity by subscribing and sharing your blog with friends.

Tip #3 – Partner with other bloggers to create cross-subscriber traffic.
This one is a slightly more advanced strategy that requires a larger time commitment to blogging. Once you’ve built a decent audience, build relationships with other bloggers. Once you’ve built a friendly relationship, send them a quick email offering to guest blog for them, and in exchange offer them the same opportunity on your blog. You’ll be surprised at how many bloggers will eagerly accept the offer. This strategy brings multiple benefits — you increase your subscription count, expose your blog to a new audience, and build valuable back links to your blog page. All for free, and all because you understood blogging strategy.

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