Revenue Tools

Rumors are circulating about the reported death of organic SEO, and in my opinion, they’re true.

You see, instead of optimizing, submitting, re-optimizing, tweaking and building pages like we’ve all done in the past, we have new technologies that can get us near instant top search engine rankings.

How?

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admin :: Dec.21.2007 :: Web 2.0, Traffic, Internet Marketing, SEO :: No Comments »

I noticed this article by Yaro Starak and thought it contained excellent tips for newer bloggers looking to increase their traffic. Enjoy!

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In every bloggers life comes a special day - the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone else’s blog chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader - you. Maybe a few days later you received a few hits when you told your sister, father, girlfriend and best friend about your new blog but that’s about as far you went when it comes to finding readers.

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admin :: Dec.09.2007 :: Traffic, Education, Blogging, Inspiration :: 1 Comment »

Traffic.

It’s what every web site, and especially every blog needs. But how do you get more traffic?

There are many different ways including leveraging content, using comments, focusing on keywords, tagging, rss feeds, niche blogging, email list and more, and I suggest working on a few at a time to build up a steady stream of traffic and then move on to other strategies. By working on a few at a time you can measure their effectiveness, make changes if necessary and then continue to build.

And traffic is only one factor to a successful blog. Monetization, pillar articles, design, marketing, branding, sourcing content, publicity, newsletters, rss feeds all play a part in a blog that’s successful, both your visitors and you will enjoy and only takes you a few hours a day to maintain.

Well known blogger Yaro Starak has a mentoring program where he teaches how to work part-time to make a full-time living from your blog. He’s been blogging successfully for years and shares his strategies on every aspect of blogging and regularly does case studies with his members. He’s put together a BluePrint for Bloggers that goes over his strategy for profitable blogging and is available for download at no cost.

Check out his case study on getting more traffic to a blog as well as a complete lesson from his blog mentoring program, Marketing with Conversations where you’ll learn the important aspects of communicating effectively with your visitors to keep them coming back. Grab the audio MP3 of the entire lesson as well to listen while you workout or drive. These are full case studies and lessons straight from his mentoring program.

Update: Yaro is closing BlogMastermind on Monday Dec 10th for some time to make upgrades to the membership. He’s indicated that when the membership reopens next year, pricing will increase to reflect the additional content. This won’t affect current members, new members won’t be able to join until upgrades are completed.

To your profitable blogging!

Mark Idzik

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admin :: Dec.08.2007 :: Case Study, Education, Blogging :: No Comments »

Have you heard about the fellow from Florida that was living with his mom in a tiny bedroom, sleeping all day and staying up to all hours of the night searching for a way to make a living on the internet? (this may sound familiar to some of you)

The weird part is that in his search, he even tried to raise dairy goats and ended up losing it all, watching g-men come to repossess the goats and still get stuck with the bills.

Now, just a little over a year later, he’s doing 7 figures online, without spending a dime on advertising.

Is it hype?

The reason why I’m writing about this is because what Mike is doing here is different and can help you, especially if you’ve been struggling to get going online. His goal is to get anyone that is interested to replace their full time income in as little as 12 weeks by going through his program.

I receive dozens and dozens of emails every month and the theme is the same. ‘I’m struggling to make some money online and confused with all the email offers I get every day!’

And you’re right, it can be confusing.

You see, there are a lot of programs in the internet marketing field that focus on specific income generating techniques or strategies, which are great if you’re already up and running online and know your way around. And they can be great addition to your online marketing arsenal.

But the BOA Method is different. Mike’s put together a complete strategy and tools to get you going, especially if you’ve been frustrated and spinning your wheels online.

Did you know just 4% of online marketers make more than $500 a month? And 44% have never earned more than $100, even in their best month? Those numbers surprised me.

Grab Mike’s now infamous PETE report to learn more and find out how you can finally get over the hump and get rolling.

And here’s what I really like about what Mike’s doing. He offers not only the tools, a complete 10 step blueprint as well as one of the most important aspects to any business (or anything in life for that matter) … your mindset. Mike teamed up with Lisa Diane, a leader in personal development and brings what no other program can offer you, all the components necessary to succeed online.

One of the other reasons that some get stuck is the technology. Let’s face it, not all of us are technically inclined to figure out how to setup up autoresponders, blogs, themes, plugins… all the details that are essential in running a business online. Again, here is where what Mike’s doing is different. He has what he calls ‘the magic button’. It basically gets your blog setup automatically, with everything you need to get started up and running, literally with a touch of a button. Now there are automatic blog installers out there, but this one is different. It not only sets up the blog, but also the theme and everything you’ll need as well. Not something I’ve found online before and a huge benefit to you.

Mike also concentrates on an essential key, getting traffic. He includes a three part strategy of tools and a special community that help each other get more traffic to their sites. All with little of no work on your part.

Take a minute to check it out and grab Mike’s free report, it could make the difference you’ve been looking for.

It’s also a great example of how to launch a product. Read it over and see how it was done…it’s a lesson in itself.

To Your Best Success!

BOA Method

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admin :: Dec.04.2007 :: Automation, Internet Marketing, Blogging, Review :: No Comments »

One of the less productive ways to spend your time in your online business is manually fulfilling product orders. If you sell information, music or digital products, making copies of your CD, DVD or books, labeling them, packaging them and driving to the post office to drop them off is often quite time consuming. Doing this really isn’t the best use of your time.

I recently ran across a tool that will take care of the entire process for you - automate your CD and DVD fulfillment, at about $1.60 for each CD/DVD as of this writing. I know, I was surprised myself as well.

You see, it’s a script that integrates your order page with a web site service that fulfills your orders. Basically, this script will:

• create an order page for you with your CD/DVD products
• collects your client order and shipping information
• collects the payment through PayPal to your account
• sends your client a receipt
• sends you an order notice
• sends the order to the fulfillment service to burn, package and ship your client order, normally within 24 hours

and all this is done automatically. No intervention necessary. Just link to your generated order page and you’re set.

It automatically interfaces using XML with the fulfillment center at Kunaki.com. You can use Kunaki manually, but that would mean entering each order by hand, processing them one by one. And if you decided to list your product at their marketplace (among everyone elses), you would have to wait to receive your monthly payment from them and you can only sell one CD or DVD on a page making it difficult for your clients if you offer more than one or bundles.

The script can sell individual products, or multiple products from the same page, your choice. Your client pays the shipping and handling and gets your products faster, which will normally result in happier clients.

And no worries on setting it up, there is a complete video installation guide included that walks you through step by step.

It’s certainly a better use of your time to work on creating more projects, spending time with your family and friends or doing anything you want… rather than copying, packing, labeling and driving to the post office every day.

Check out the CD DVD Automator Script and see if it can’t save you time and money in your online business.

To your best success!

Mark

And if you don’t have your own information product on CD or DVD, no worries, get started now. Having their own product is one of the things most successful online marketers have in common. Check out my recent post about how you could have your own product in six weeks or less working just 30 minutes a day (much faster if you have more time).

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admin :: Nov.30.2007 :: CD/DVD, Product Development, Automation, Internet Marketing, Review :: No Comments »

Believe me, I’m not a slacker and I don’t shun hard work. (I’ve done my share of sleepless nights cranking out projects!)

It just comes down to this. If you can earn more money working less, working smarter, why spend hours, days, weeks or months slaving away for much less?

I’ve just had the pleasure of going through Project Quick Cash, a project that has taken quite a few affiliate marketers by surprise (including myself). Maybe you’ve heard about the almost 2,000 visitors Jonathan Leger got to a brand new site in less than 3 weeks using these techniques. Or the $13,150 Alok Jain earned for 2 hours of work, or the $585.50 he earned in one day for 20 minutes of work.

This all came from 5 techniques that even most seasoned marketers hadn’t heard about and I almost guarantee you haven’t heard of most of them presented this way either (especially the Breaking and Entering technique on page 80, Super Targeting on page 48 and Cashing the Spike #2 on page 24). They often take less than an hour to implement, don’t require any technical or HTML skills, and all are no or low cost to implement. And better yet, they generate affiliate commissions fast, often in minutes.

Check out this video for more:

Not everyone will be able to attain 5 figure returns from some of these techniques since we all have different abilities, although they can return a significant amount of extra income if implemented.

Overall, it’s a real pleasure to see something come out that’s different that what you see everywhere else, is well written, and most importantly really works.

Learn more at: www.ProjectCashFast.com

To your best success!

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admin :: Nov.30.2007 :: Passive Income, Traffic, Video, Education, Automation, Affiliate Marketing, Internet Marketing, Review :: No Comments »

Do your friends and family wonder what you do all day?

Is it hard to explain to them what internet marketing is?

Well then you’ll like this. Jimmy Brown just released a bunch of free comics just for internet marketers. You’ll enjoy them, but your friends and family won’t have a clue!

Internet Marketing Comics

Enjoy!

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admin :: Nov.29.2007 :: Internet Marketing :: No Comments »

It’s unusual that I’m writing about this since it has nothing to do with internet marketing, although it has everything to do with making money.

You see, I’m a firm believer in having multiple streams of income.. not having all your eggs in one basket. In case one or two drop off, you always have several other streams that keep coming in. As an online marketer, this is essential in my book.

For example, if you relied on one income stream (maybe your job or your online marketing income) and suddenly it dried up overnight, what would you do? Would it cause you and your family significant stress? By always adding additional income streams, you’re insulating yourself from market changes that can affect your financial well being as well as stress over money. And money is one of the top things most people worry about today.

Now I’ve been watching this strategy for the past month and have to admit that I’m stunned to say the least (I can’t say that too often). It’s one thing to read about something, but to actually see it, well, you have to see it for yourself.

Especially yesterday, when I saw $1,100 turn into $1,680 in less than a day, that’s $580 in profit. Not bad for about 5 minutes of ‘work’ (if you call it that). This isn’t a fluke, there is proof of it working most every week of the year.

You don’t need any experience, it’s quite easy and you can often double your money
every week. Using the power of reinvesting profits, you can quickly build up a serious cash flow. Some would say an income to rival top earners in most every profession. But of course you’re not working, just working smart. That’s the strategy the wealthy use, invest once and compound your profits. Let your money work for you, don’t work for the money.

I touched on this the other day in my ‘Stop Trading Time For Dollars‘ post. The only way to truly take the lid off your income potential is to let information and money work for you. And there’s always some risk, but of course nothing worth getting is completely risk free, right?

You may have seen this newsletter and software reviewed on some television financial networks and it’s been praised for it’s simplicity and stunning accuracy.

While you’re reading, grab the report Michael offers, he gives away lots of great information at no cost.

Check it out for yourself

Hope this helps!

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admin :: Nov.28.2007 :: Investing, Passive Income, Education, Tools, Review :: No Comments »

There are basically two ways of earning money online.

First, you can trade your time for money. If you’re working by the hour or on salary, then you are trading your time for a paycheck. This is how most folks make money, by working for others by the hour. Although this seems like a dependable and ’secure’ income, it puts a cap on how much you can earn. There are only so many hours in a day you can work. And the income is never really secure, your employer can decide at any time to let you go.

Second, you can trade products or information for money. This usually involves buying rights to a product or creating your own information product. This method gives you unlimited income potential, you can create something once and continue to get paid, possibly for a lifetime (at least the lifetime of the product).

If you look at most of the top earning marketers online, what do they have in common? Most, if not all, have at least one or more products of their own.

If you don’t have a product you can sell, or don’t know how to get started, Marlon Sanders has introduced a resource that walks you through creating an information product, step by step, called Info-Product Dashboard.

Marlon’s created something I haven’t found before, a complete blueprint of how to create an information product, an ebook, CD, DVD, audio program… any type of information product in 6 weeks or less. The way Marlon designed it is that you take an action each day, normally around 20-30 minutes, by following his dashboard of steps. He uses easy to follow outlines, screen captures, and video where needed and makes this dead-easy simple.

If you don’t have any of the software tools he recommends, no worries, there are also free alternatives he provides as well. If you don’t have any specific knowledge on a topic to write about, he has a solution. As Marlon puts it, he wants to remove all obstacles that may prevent you from creating your own information product. And I believe he’s accomplished that and more.

If you follow the steps as he’s outlined, you’ll have an information product of your own before you know it. It doesn’t need to take 6 weeks to do it either. Depending on how much time you have available, you can be done in a week or just a few days.

Many times when you mention creating a product it sounds like a huge project and we often feel overwhelmed. Where do I start? What to do next? How do I do that? One of the things I like best about Marlon’s Info-Product Dashboard is that it breaks up the process into a step by step blueprint that’s easy to follow. Six steps a week, follow the dotted lines. As Marlon says, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! And that’s how you create an information product of your own, one step at a time.

If you’re ready to start trading information for dollars rather than your time, and take the cap off your income, I highly recommend Info-Product Dashboard. Marlon’s mission is to help others break through any limitations and obstacles in being able to create their own products. I’ve been using his products since Marlon started online and like his other information marketing products, the Info-Product Dashboard is no different, TOP NOTCH!

To your best success!

Mark

P.S. You may be saying hold on, there are other ways to make money online! Yes, there is a third option that includes affiliate marketing and related strategies. These also normally fall under trading information for money since your income isn’t tied to how much time you work, but to the results of your (often) one time marketing efforts.

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admin :: Nov.21.2007 :: Internet Marketing, Education, Product Development, Ebooks, Tools, Inspiration, Getting Started, Review :: No Comments »

When considering how to monetize your blog, one of the more effective (although sometimes controversial) ways is to get paid to blog. You get to write about things you enjoy and are topical to your audience… and get paid for it.

When researching the market, I found several web sites that have come out over the past few years that help match advertisers with bloggers. I chose to try PayPerPost.com. They have an efficient system that helps you chose the blogging opportunities that make sense for you and makes the process easy. After you find a suitable opportunity, you write the post, add the links to your entry as requested and submit it. It’s all on one page and easy to follow. You’ll notice the image below this post as disclosure that you’re writing a sponsored post, but not all advertisers require it.

Of course, to use the system, you’ll need to have (or start) a blog that has some content (preferably original content) and is getting some traffic. The opportunities available to you will be based on the number of posts you’ve made, your ’score’ at PayPerPost (called a tack rating) your Google PR and Alexa ranking. If you’re just starting out, no worries, there are some opportunities that have minimum requirements.

Many of the blogging courses I’ve reviewed on the market recommend this method. To me it’s seems natural, you write on topics that are of interest to you, let others know about it and get paid to blog!

I’ve also used the advertiser side of the PayPerPost.com system to test getting the buzz out on a blog. It was straightforward and I received exactly what I was looking for, some good posts about the blog using the keyword links I requested. The bloggers that posted were honest, fast and wrote well.

This will be an interesting test. I’ll write more on my experiences and report my results.

How is your experience? Let me know!

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admin :: Nov.16.2007 :: Blogging, Review :: No Comments »