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“Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?” Pickup lines are an attempt (sometimes a very lame one) at making a strong impression on somebody when you have a hit and miss chance of getting their attention. Having somebody visit your website is similar. Just for fun, here are [...]
Here’s an overview of how all the different internet marketing strategies that are out there can all work together to increase website traffic. Supporting tutorials: Social marketing: How to Profit on Facebook Email Marketing: How to Build a Profitable Email List Web Site Tune-Up: How to Increase Your Web Site’s Effectiveness Competitive Analysis: How To [...]
While the most important part of your video is the content you provide, the more professional your video is the better response you’ll get from it. Here are a few inexpensive things that will dramatically improve the look and overall impression of your video. #1) Lighting: Many people underestimate how much light you need to [...]
I coach hundreds of business owners on internet marketing topics, and after most of them failed to get an ROI on their Facebook pages I sat down to figure out why. For the record, I do not recommend you spend any significant time right now building up a list of people who like your business [...]
LinkedIn is a great way to drive traffic to your website. I usually have 10,000 to 20,000 visitors a month, most of whom originate from LinkedIn. LinkedIn is my number one traffic tool, and here are 7 ways that you too can use LinkedIn to zero in on your target market and bring the right [...]
There are many places where you can post your articles and pull in all sorts of good traffic and give your site a search engine rank boost. The first place to submit articles is on this list of the most popular article submission sites on the internet.
There are many places where you can post your articles and pull in all sorts of good traffic and give your site a search engine rank boost. The first place to submit articles is on this list of the most popular article submission sites on the internet.
Creating a web site to attract opportunity seekers (for example) is great. People are online all the time looking for ways to supplement their income and start a business and you can bring tons of them to your web site and turn them into leads for your business. But if you look around at what [...]
If you’re got great content for your emails and blog, it’s time to get it in front of as many people as possible in as short a time as possible. Welcome to Article Marketing…
“Blogging” is more than just an unpleasant sounding word. It represents a new era of the internet where you can easily communicate with your site visitors, get their feedback, and gain an online following.
By now you’ve heard that a blog is essential for any business to thrive online. But if you’re like most business owners, so far all your blog has done is demand you stop what you’re doing and sacrifice your time and energy to it like an evil pagan god. What’s the big deal with blogs? [...]
Facebook is a great place to find prospects for your business. It’s free, it’s easy, and it can deliver great results if you know how to use it. Here’s how to use it, and use it effectively. Advanced Tutorials for Premium Members: How to quickly create an effective Facebook profile (coming soon) Cashing in on [...]
The first step to successful Twitter marketing is knowing how to attract a lot of followers. Here are the top tips to building a huge followers list: Learn more about automating Twitter here (affiliate link–see my warning on the left). I spent several months and many hours finding a Twitter application I was comfortable promoting. [...]
If you’re going to be in business, you are going to need to own your own domain name. Here’s a collection of tips and advice to help you make smart domain name choices. It use to be that having your own domain name added to the professionalism and legitimacy of your organization, branded you as [...]
And you thought espionage was only for fortune 500 companies and American action films. Break out your tinted glasses and pull up your trench coat collar–we’re going hunting for the information your competitors would rather you not know about…
You know that sick feeling you get when you’ve worked so hard to build a web site and then labored to get traffic to it…only to have nothing happen? You know what I’m talking about? You know people are visiting your site, but they’re not doing anything you want them to: they’re not joining your [...]
As you consider branching out into new opportunities, I recommend two things: First: Find businesses that will take your own learning to the next level. I mentioned this in the video–the route to wealth that I chose looked like: learn internet marketing –> learn to run a business –> learn real estate [...]
As you consider branching out into new opportunities and creating a suite of businesses that make you money, I recommend a couple things: Network marketing is great, but there’s one major problem you run into. Many companies have rules against combining your business with other businesses, which stops you from capitalizing on the business building [...]
I now present the first edition of “Doctored Baby Photos”. I know what you’re thinking–and you’re right: “More than one edition of this would be too many…”
When it comes to building an email list, should you make your visitors “double opt-in” (make them go to their inbox, open a confirmation email, and click on a link to confirm they want to be on your list)? Or is the “single opt-in” strategy the best (where they are added to your list as [...]
Ever have a potential customer make a decision to not purchase from you before they got all the necessary information? You’ve said to yourself “If they’d just stick around long enough to understand everything I have to offer, then they’d love it!!” The answer to this situation may be the fact that nothing captivates an [...]
This is not your grandma’s email list. Here’s an inside look at what you can accomplish with an email list on steroids.
After creating quite a few email lists I’ve found there are certain things you want to ask from your visitors and certain ways you want to ask them that will make it much more likely that they’ll fill out your form: You want to ask for their name and email address, of course. Their first [...]
I hold a daily Coaching Call where business owners ask me internet marketing questions, and the topic of “Facebook Business Pages” has come up repeatedly. For the record, I do not recommend you spend any significant time right now building up a list of people who like your business page. Here’s why: The whole idea… [...]
I hope you enjoyed my “Thank You For Being My Facebook Friend” video. Videos are a great way to introduce yourself and your business to others on Facebook, and here are a couple tips if you’d like to create something like this yourself. How to not annoy people with videos If you’re going to reach [...]
Millions of people use search engines like Google, Yahoo, and MSN to find information, products, and services. Somebody right now is searching for what you offer and, if you know how, you can get your site to pop up at the top of the list of web sites they find. It doesn’t have to be [...]
This video will show you how to give your marketing budget a huge boost, as well as give you ideas on how to identify your best customers and increase your sales. All at the same time…
Syndication is the act of creating something once and then having it automatically broadcast all over the place. The whole idea is that you want to get maximum exposure for the least amount of work. Newspapers do this with popular columnists and comic strips, radio does this with well known radio programs and personalities, and [...]
Testimonials are one of the key ingredients to successfully launching and selling any service or product. That being the case, you have to be proactive about collecting them. Here are some ways to go about doing that… Prep for the launch First off, you want to collect testimonials for your product before it goes live. [...]
Here’s an example, from one of my web sites, of the 3/10/30 Rule in action… RealEstateInvestingForBeginners.com, is a real estate education and mentoring site. People are online all the time looking for ways to put their free time and money to work and real estate is a great place to do it. But if you [...]
If you do things right, a web site can do all the dirty work for you and your business–all the selling, telling, convincing, pitching, and explaining. So what’s left over for you to do at that point? Why, exactly what you want to be doing of course… Building a relationship with your customer. Because in [...]
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
As long as you have a blog up and running, you might as well make another stream of income with it… If you have people coming to your blog on a regular basis, you could make a pretty penny with the following: AdSense With one snippet of code you can place Google ads on your [...]
As long as you have a blog up and running, you might as well make another stream of income with it… If you have people coming to your blog on a regular basis, you could make a pretty penny with the following: AdSense With one snippet of code you can place Google ads on your [...]
There are two ways to get marked as spam–one way is by the people you send your emails to and the other is by the mail services themselves. You need to be aware of both of them to get your messages delivered and read.
The first step to successful email marketing is actually getting your emails delivered so they can be read. This means you need to stay in the good graces of Yahoo, Gmail, and other email service providers so your messages get to see the light of day. Here’s how to do that… Email content no-no’s It [...]
The first step to successful email marketing is actually getting your emails delivered so they can be read. There are several things you want to keep in mind when sending out emails to make sure you stay on an email provider’s good side. If you make too many mistakes, your emails will be sent to [...]
If you have several different products, but only one web site to sell them with, there is a lot of potential for improvement. Even if you only have a single product or service, there are probably many different groups of people who buy from you for many different reasons. Here’s what to do about that… [...]
There’s a lot of tutorials here on things that search engines like. It’s equally important to know what kind of things will get you banned, blacklisted, and shunned by search engines (such that they won’t return your phone calls or text messages, and they’ll avoid you in public settings…). These are sometimes called “black hat” [...]
People will buy from you when they’re ready to buy, not when you’re ready to sell. That being the case, you want to keep in touch with your prospects on a regular basis. Very few things compare to the ease and cost effectiveness of email marketing when it comes to keeping in touch with people. [...]
Facebook is a great place to find prospects for your business. It’s free, it’s easy, and it can deliver great results if you know how to use it. Here’s how to use it, and use it effectively. Note: Lately Facebook has been limiting the number of unanswered friend requests you can have. If you invite [...]
I’ve got a great idea–I want to write a program that will instantly create the perfect web site for every business.
The first step to successful Twitter marketing is knowing how to attract a lot of followers. Here are the top tips to building a huge followers list: Learn more about Tweet Adder here (this is an affiliate link–see my warning on the left). I spent several months and many hours finding a Twitter application I [...]
The first step to successful Twitter marketing is knowing how to attract a lot of followers. Here are the top tips to building a huge followers list: Learn more about automating Twitter here (affiliate link–see my warning on the left). I spent several months and many hours finding a Twitter application I was comfortable promoting. [...]
Search engines find your web site using little programs called “robots” or “spiders” that search the internet for new content. These are busy little beavers, continually scouring the internet for the latest and greatest information. If you know how to cater to them you’ll get your site noticed by search engines.
If you’re going to be in business, you are going to need to own your own domain name. Here’s a collection of tips and advice to help you make smart domain name choices. It use to be that having your own domain name added to the professionalism and legitimacy of your organization, branded you as [...]
WordPress offers a great option for creating a web site that is manageable, professional looking, and inexpensive to build. But if you’ve never created a site using WordPress before, it can take a lot of time to figure out just what WordPress has provided you with. If you know what to expect, you can get [...]
You could sit down and brainstorm key words about your business, but why start from scratch? Why not start by seeing what key words your competition is using? If a number of your competitors are using certain key words, it’s likely because they’re getting results with them. Here are a few ways to find out [...]
Testimonials are one of the key ingredients to successfully launching and selling any service or product. That being the case, you have to be proactive about collecting them. Here are some ways to go about doing that… Prep for the launch First off, you want to collect testimonials for your product before it goes live. [...]
Want to know how to find new customers before your competition even knows they exist? Here’s how it works: For most actions that we as human beings take, we generally go through a research phase (where we think about and study up on things) and then we go through the action phase (where we actually [...]
Sometimes you’ve got traffic coming to your web site, but nobody is biting. After spending so much time and effort getting people to your site only to have them leave again, how do you figure out what the problem is? Here are some steps you can take today to get some answers. Quizzing existing customers [...]
After researching a variety of techniques and measuring the results, here are the best ways to bring traffic to your website through facebook. Because none of us, as business owners, have time to waste, I’ve broken these strategies down into steps you can accomplish in under 10 minutes a day. Facebook and other social networking [...]
“Web site optimization is achieved through monitoring core statistical values to up your conversion metrics.” Up my what?!? What did you just say??? Nobody has time to decipher the “geek” language, but that’s usually what you have to deal with when you’re learning how to monitor and improve your web site. That’s often what happens [...]
Web site optimization is achieved through monitoring core statistical values to up your conversion metrics. Huh? What does THAT mean?? Nobody has time to decipher the “geek” language, but that’s usually what you have to deal with when you’re learning how to monitor and improve your web site. That’s often what happens when you’re trying [...]
This is an excellent video that changed my marketing in a fundamental way. We, as small business owners, need to find a way to stand out from among our competitors. We need to move our prospects and site visitors to action and help them choose to do business with us. But that’s hard to do [...]
There are a couple of ways you can get a quick feel for a web site and how important it is. If you want to compete in the search engines with a competitor, if you’re deciding whether to try and get backlinks from a particular site, or you want to get a feel for how [...]
You could sit down and brainstorm key words about your business, but why start from scratch? Why not start by seeing what key words your competition is using? If a number of your competitors are using certain key words, it’s likely because they’re getting results with them. Here are a few ways to find out [...]
Here are several different ways you can create a video for you business. These ideas will run the whole gamut–from creating professional quality work (more expensive) to making video that looks like something out of “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (very inexpensive). Remember: content is the most important aspect, and anyone can create good content. [...]
As long as you have a blog up and running, you might as well make another stream of income with it… If you have people coming to your blog on a regular basis, you could make a pretty penny with the following: AdSense With one snippet of code you can place Google ads on your [...]
Search engines find your web site using little programs called “robots” or “spiders” that search the internet for new content. These are busy little beavers, continually scouring the internet for the latest and greatest information. If you know how to cater to them you’ll get your site noticed by search engines.
Here is an invaluable exercise to go through as you create your web site. I do this religiously. It’s time to play the “who do you know” game. If you want to sell to dentists, who do you know that is a dentist? Is your target small business owners? Who do you know that’s a [...]
The first concern most people have when it comes to blogging is: “What do I write about in the emails I send out?” Don’t worry. After reading this, you will never want for topics to write about again. In fact, if you follow what I talk about here, you’ll quickly run into the second concern [...]
There are two ways to get marked as spam–one way is by the people you send your emails to and the other is by the mail services themselves. You need to be aware of both of them to get your messages delivered and read The spam button The thing that immediately comes to most people’s [...]
There are two ways to get marked as spam–one way is by the people you send your emails to and the other is by the mail services themselves. You need to be aware of both of them to get your messages delivered and read.
The first concern most people have when it comes to blogging is: “What do I write about in the emails I send out?” Don’t worry. After reading this, you will never want for topics to write about again. In fact, if you follow what I talk about here, you’ll quickly run into the second concern [...]
The first concern most people have when it comes to email marketing is: “What do I write about in the emails I send out?” Don’t worry. After reading this, you will never want for topics to write about again. In fact, if you follow what I talk about here, you’ll quickly run into the second [...]
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer…” We all know we’re supposed to keep an eye on our competitors, but how is this supposed to help us compete with–and beat the socks off–our competition? Advanced Tutorials for Premium Members: How To Organize And Use Your Competitor’s Information (coming soon) How To Raid Your Competitor’s [...]
Facebook is a great place to find prospects for your business. It’s free, it’s easy, and it can deliver great results if you know how to use it. But it can also be a huge waste of time. “I don’t have time to figure this stuff out!” Of course you don’t. None of us, as [...]
Backlinks (links from other people’s web sites that go to your site) are a major contributor to how well you rank in search engines. Here’s a method to get more links coming into your web site through finding out where your competitors are getting theirs.
The pages you see on your competitor’s web site are just the pages they want you to see. Very often there is a lot of information on their site that they think you can’t find (and they wouldn’t want you to find), but you can find it. You’ll be surprised what you’ll learn about them… [...]
How do you set up your own web site? This video will show you how domain names and hosting companies work, where to find the best deals when you’re first getting started, and what to do if you don’t want to learn web site code (i.e. have your social life gene extracted for the next [...]
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer…” We all know we’re supposed to keep an eye on our competitors, but how is this supposed to help us compete with–and beat the socks off–our competition? The internet can make this very easy. Here are some tips on how you can take advantage of the work [...]
What are the search engines looking for on your web site when they decide how to rank your site? The place to start for a search-engine traffic magnet is on your own home page… If you only do the things talked about in this tutorial, your site is not going to get a top position [...]
Social networking sites are not only a great way to drum up new business, but they’re a great way to find out how to get more people to buy what you offer. You see, I can use any number of different marketing strategies to drive traffic to my site, and then I can see what [...]
Social networking sites are not only a great way to drum up new business, but they’re a great way to find out how to get more people to buy what you offer. You see, I can use any number of different marketing strategies to drive traffic to my site, and then I can see what [...]
If you do things right, a web site can do all the dirty work for you and your business. So what’s left over for you to do at that point? Why, exactly what you want to be doing of course… …building a relationship with your customer. Because in most businesses that involve sales, there’s a [...]
Let’s go over the foundation of successful search engine optimization. For all the work you can do on your own web site to make it search engine friendly, most of what you need to do takes place off of your web site. The best way to get your web site to rise to the top [...]
Let’s go over the foundation of successful search engine optimization. For all the work you can do on your own web site to make it search engine friendly, most of what you need to do takes place off of your web site. The best way to get your web site to rise to the top [...]
The beauty of Facebook and LinkedIn is that there are methods for finding and building a relationship with potential clients on a couple of different levels. Most of the time you’ll start out by getting to know people one at a time, which is just fine when you’re new to social marketing. Start to build [...]
What’s the secret to successful article marketing? What do the pros know that the rest of us don’t? Is it really worth the time and effort? If you market your articles the wrong way, article marketing is a big waste of time and won’t increase website traffic. Luckily, we won’t be talking about the wrong [...]
By now you’ve heard that a blog is essential for any business to thrive online. But if you’re like most business owners, so far all your blog has done is demand you stop what you’re doing and sacrifice your time and energy to it like an evil pagan god. So what’s the big deal with [...]
There’s a lot of talk about getting to the top of the search engines. Millions of people use search engines like Google to find information, products, and services. Somebody right now is searching for what you offer and, if you know how, you can get your site to pop up at the top of the [...]
There are a couple of ways you can get a quick feel for a web site and how important it is. If you want to compete in the search engines with a competitor, if you’re deciding whether to try and get backlinks from a particular site, or you want to get a feel for how [...]
You’ll hear the term “keywords” used a lot on this site. If you don’t understand the meaning then you could spend a lot of time feeling like you’ve missed something important. Because your keywords are the basis of everything you’ll do online. This part is worth repeating: Your keywords are the basis of everything you’ll [...]
You’ll hear the term “keywords” used a lot on this site. If you don’t understand the meaning then you could spend a lot of time feeling like you’ve missed something important. Because your keywords are the basis of everything you’ll do online. This part is worth repeating: Your keywords are the basis of everything you’ll [...]
If you have several different products, but only one web site to sell them with, there is a lot of potential for improvement. Even if you only have a single product or service, there are probably many different groups of people who buy from you for many different reasons. Here’s what to do about that… [...]
If you have several different products, but only one web site to sell them with, there is a lot of potential for improvement. Even if you only have a single product or service, there are probably many different groups of people who buy from you for many different reasons. Here’s what to do about that… [...]
LinkedIn coach Michael Yublosky teaches us how to get our prospects to hunt us on LinkedIn instead of us hunting them. He uses my profile as an example, and I score a 38/100 on the “making myself huntable” scale. I obviously have some work to do, and you’re welcome to watch below and compare your [...]
How do you take somebody that you just met online and make a great impression on them, such that when they’re ready to purchase what you offer they’ll come to you? Taken from a recent webinar, this is a great example of how to put your best foot forward and impress your prospects that you [...]
How do you take somebody that you just met online and figure out, without coming across as pushy or “salesy”, if they’re ready to purchase what you offer? Taken from a recent webinar, this is an example of how to convert your contacts on LinkedIn into clients (an example from my business). One thing to [...]
Is bigger really better? When it comes to the size of your LinkedIn network, there are many reasons to want to connect with as many people as possible. Having more connections puts you in touch with a greater variety of skilled professionals, gives you access to more information, and having 500+ connections just plain looks [...]
Here are several different ways you can create a video for you business. These ideas will run the whole gamut–from creating professional quality work (more expensive) to making video that looks like something out of “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (very inexpensive). Remember: content is the most important aspect, and anyone can create good content. [...]
Here is an invaluable exercise to go through as you create your web site. I do this religiously. It’s time to play the “who do you know” game. If you want to sell to dentists, who do you know that is a dentist? Is your target small business owners? Who do you know that’s a [...]
What’s the secret to successful article marketing? What do the pros know that the rest of us don’t? Is it really worth the time and effort? If you market your articles the wrong way, article marketing is a big waste of time and won’t bring you the traffic you’re looking for. Luckily, we won’t be [...]
Meta tags are little bits of code usually inserted between the <head></head> tags on your web site. There are some very useful meta tags out there while others are a waste of time (one of which surprises most people). With the exception of the title tag, people don’t see your meta tags unless they look [...]
Meta tags are little bits of code usually inserted between the <head></head> tags on your web site. There are some very useful meta tags out there while others are a waste of time (one of which surprises most people). With the exception of the title tag, people don’t see your meta tags unless they look [...]
There is no end to the things you can write about in emails to people about network marketing (or any other group of people). In addition to the suggestions in the article above, here are some more that I use specifically in my business opportunity. Just put yourself in the shoes of the person you’ll [...]
This video will show you how to give your videos and other marketing materials the punch they need to stand out and gather a loyal following of viewers and customers.
Videos, MP3′s, Podcasts, Webinars–each of these mediums can be used to bring traffic to your web site and increase visitor conversion once they arrive. Nothing captivates an audience like a good video or an entertaining / informative audio piece. The main issues… But it takes a while to put something like this together, right? And [...]
It had been a while since I’d played a good April Fools joke on anyone. Only three past April Fool’s jokes even come to mind–one time I went into my two sisters’ bedrooms and turned everything upside down, once I turned the water main off at my college dorm house for the day, and once [...]
We’re going to take a quick look at online advertising, including the basics of tackling the 800 pound gorilla of web marketing…
Here are some questions to ask yourself when you plan to build a network marketing web site. Remember, you can build a web site for any number of purposes and you can certainly build more than one.
The pages you see on your competitor’s web site are just the pages they want you to see. Very often there is a lot of information on their site that they think you can’t find (and they wouldn’t want you to find), but you can find it. You’ll be surprised what you’ll learn about them… [...]
Backlinks (links from other people’s web sites that go to your site) are a major contributor to how well you rank in search engines. Here’s a method to get more links coming into your web site through finding out where your competitors are getting theirs.
There’s a lot of tutorials here on things that search engines like. It’s equally important to know what kind of things will get you banned, blacklisted, and shunned by search engines (such that they won’t return your phone calls or text messages, and they’ll avoid you in public settings…). These are sometimes called “black hat” [...]
a.k.a. “Don’t put the shopping cart before the horse” There are a lot of neat things you can do with web sites nowadays that will save you time and help your business grow. From highly interactive to highly automated, if you can dream it up then it can be built. But if you have big [...]
a.k.a. “Don’t put the shopping cart before the horse” There are a lot of neat things you can do with web sites nowadays that will save you time and help your business grow. From highly interactive to highly automated, if you can dream it up then it can be built. But if you have big [...]
How do you set up your own web site? This video will show you how domain names and hosting companies work, where to find the best deals when you’re first getting started, and what to do if you don’t want to learn web site code (i.e. have your social life gene extracted for the next [...]
Let’s talk about web 2.0, and how to be the life of the social media party (and how to not be “that one guy” that everyone at the party avoids).
People will buy from you when they’re ready to buy, not when you’re ready to sell. That being the case, you want to keep in touch with your prospects on a regular basis. Very few things compare to the ease and cost effectiveness of email marketing when it comes to keeping in touch with people. [...]
Here’s a walk-through of how I and many other business owners successfully use sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to bring a lot of targeted, interested prospects to our web sites. Unlike a lot of my videos that just focus on a single tip or strategy, this is a beginning-to-end blueprint for finding new clients and [...]
There comes a time in every web site owner’s life where you’d like to improve the productivity of your web site. You have the feeling that if you changed a few things around, your site might do better, but how do you know if your changes made a difference? When you’re planning on making a [...]
Syndication is the act of creating something once and then having it automatically broadcast all over the place. The whole idea is that you want to get maximum exposure for the least amount of work. Newspapers do this with popular columnists and comic strips, radio does this with well known radio programs and personalities, and [...]
There’s a list of tutorials below, plus a bonus video–an overview of how all the different internet marketing strategies that are out there can all work together. You’ll receive more tutorials by email as well. Enjoy! Bonus Video: 12 Ways to Explode Your Business Online Tutorials to view immediately How to Set Up Your Web [...]
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