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When Should You Build a List?

You should build a list as soon as you possibly can. Everyone is different. Some things are going to work one way for someone and the totally opposite for someone else. One thing is for sure, the sooner you start, the faster you will make MORE money.

I would venture to say that if your an absolute beginner at marketing products online then you may want to start a blog first. This way you can learn a little about getting traffic, uploading files and registering a domain, which are all things  you’ll need to know when building your list. Plus you’ll be able to start making a little money ASAP and actually use your blog to build your list too. Building a list takes a little more patients and if done right will take a little longer to get to a sale.

If you are familiar with uploading files and some of the technical stuff then building a list first might work better for you, but I think more times than not, that people new to Internet Marketing aren’t privy to these things.

So basically to sum up when to “Build A List?” ” The Sooner the Better.”

What are You Going to Need?

The first thing you’ll need is an auto responder. The two more popular auto responders are AWeber and Get Response. Then your going to need traffic just like you would a blog. Just use the same methods that you use to get traffic to your blog, the only other thing that you can do that you may not do with a blog is start a small pay per click  campaign.

You’ll need a product or a really BIG SECRET. You can find plenty of resale rights products out there for free. You may want to look at the product very closely if it’s free, because it’s quality might be really poor and need some brushing up. It might be so bad that you couldn’t pay people to take it, so you really need to take a good look at it first. You could also make a small investment for one, which isn’t too much, yet more likely to be better quality. Consider upgrading when you find a good resource for resale rights products to save time in the long run.

If you just want to give away a “Secret” just offer a video to let your customer in on it. You should make sure that this is something real good though, so your not telling someone something they already know.

How to Keep Customers on Your List

In order to build a list you have to make sure you lose as few people as possible. If  people unsubscribe from your list  more than people are subscribing the building process is going to take a very long time right. So since your trying to build a list as fast as possible there is a couple of things you need to do to manage your list the right way.

1. Start by sending out valuable content right off the bat. Something that is going to help them out. You want to send anywhere from 20 to 30 e-mails before you consider asking your customer to purchase from you. This is something you can test out and see what works better for you, but make sure you build a relationship with them first.
2. Stay in contact with your list on a regular basis. You don’t want to overwhelm your customer either, a good rule of thumb is to send out one e-mail a day, maybe two if there is enough value there. This way you’ll also leave some openings for product launch’s you may be promoting in the future.
3. Keep the content as fresh as possible, so your not just echoing what someone else is saying, always be on the search for the hot content.

Why is a List So Important?

There are several reasons why a “List” is so important. The most popular reason is no surprise. MORE MONEY. When your selling products from your blog one person is going to be worth say $30. When someone is signed up for your mailing list, you now have the potential of  making 2 - 10 more sales from them. So instead of one customer being worth $30 they are now possibly worth $60 - $300 or more.

You are now also developing a relationship with them and promoting products is easier when someone has a bond with you. This trust will translate into more sales without a doubt.

“Social Media” is another way to build your list, although it can be a little tricky. The best Marketers on the Internet are still running tests to see what method works best with “Social Media.”

If your interested in using “Social Media” I would not go it alone. You really should look to one of the experts that have already gone through the trial and error process. Ryan Deiss is one of these people and has figured out a way to build a big list fast with Twitter. The method he has come up with works with just Twitter and nothing else, but it works amazing. Some people don’t agree with Ryan’s  method including his good friend Perry Belcher, but it works and it works really good. I highly recommend you check out what Ryan has to offer because he always puts out amazing products and Twitter is so easy to use you’ll be building a big list in no time.

“Twitter List-Building” by Ryan Deiss

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If you have a blog you are probably looking for ways to market that blog. The first things that probably come to mind are how can you do this online. There are also a lot of ebooks and other blogs out there telling you exactly how to market your blog online. There is everything from article marketing to posting in forums. What a lot of people don’t think of is there is another way to market that not many people are even considering doing that you can take full advantage of right now. You can market your blog offline too. There are some very simple yet, not talked about ways ( from what I’ve seen anyway) too market and advertise your blog offline and be very effective.  So, what are some of these methods you may ask, well here they are:

1. Conventions or Conferences: If you see any of these two things taking place in your area it would be a very smart thing for you to attend. When you get there you may find that your one of the few with promotion of your blog or product in mind. You could even have a shirt printed with your blog URL on it.
2. Business Cards: This may seem like a no brainer, but how many people do you see doing this or talking about it for that matter? The great thing about business cards is you can virtually hand them out anywhere and to almost anybody. One thing you should keep in mind if your going to have some printed up is make sure they stand out and catch the eye. I have even seen business’s that have a board or a place specifically for people to post their business cards. Hell, throw them up in the air and let the wind catch them. ( Just kidding, don’t do this please.)
3. Postcards: You could have some eye catching post cards printed up and either pay to have them mailed out or mail them out yourself. The good thing about post cards is they don’t have to be opened and people will more than likely just throw them over by their computer were it can grab their attention.
4. Blogger Meet Ups: If there are any of these in your area I would take full advantage of showing up. Meeting up with other bloggers is a great way to make new connections and potential promoters for your blog.
5. Stickers: This is another great way to advertise your website or blog. You can put one on your car or I just recently read about a guy who brought some stickers to a gathering he attended and the ended up everywhere, on people and in pictures.
6. Offline Newsletters
7. Flyer’s
8. Newspaper Ads
9. Yellow Pages
10. Radio Advertising
11. Brochures
12. Classified Ads

Now I realize that these may cost anywhere from a little bit of money to a lot of money, but it may be something for you to think about in the future.

The best thing for you to do, especially if your new to making money online, is to just experiment with the least expensive of the ideas and put just a little money in to it to see if it’s going to stick. If it does then you can run with it and invest more money into it.

The main idea of this post is to get you to think outside of the box and not get stuck thinking that all your efforts have to be online. There is a whole market out there waiting for you to grab their attention in the offline world.

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How Can I Save the Economy?

You can save this struggling economy very easily and you can do it making money which is a very good thing, don’t you think? So, your probably wondering how I can make such a crazy statement right? It is because I can see where things seem to be going at this moment. You will be able to jump on this train if you stop, take notice and get started today. This is also going to be helping out your fellow man/woman.

We all know that the economy has slowed down, and why wouldn’t we, we’re reminded of it just about everyday. Due to this slow down people are being forced to look for other means of making a living. So, what you can do to help out, is show someone how to do something and make money by showing them.

Someone might say to themselves, “Maybe I should look in to being a hair stylist.” If you happen to be a hair stylist you can start a blog and post about all the different tips and tricks of being a hair stylist. You could even make some video tutorials to either get traffic to your blog or sell. You could make a study course to help people pass their hairstyling class , if they happen to be struggling. Or you could offer your hairstyling tips on your blog where you will have affiliate links to products that relate to that niche. People may just want to learn how to cut hair so they can do it at home to save some extra money. For an example of a affiliate link that relates to hair stylist  I retrieved from my CBMall,  Click Here.

You can do this with just about any profession or hobby and now is the time. The more people are staying home the more they are going to start getting  on their computer and/ or buy a computer for the first time. A lot of these people are going to search for job opportunities. I can already see this starting to happen. So this is your chance to start your own business online and it is very affordable at the moment. Unless you fall for the bells and whistles, get rich products you’ll spend next to nothing starting a blog where you can sell products from. If you need to know how to start a blog and get it live click here.

You can do this kind of thing with, I believe,  any profession out there. Whether your a mechanic, accountant, bartender,  or construction worker, you can show someone how to do what you do at an affordable price and make great money doing it.

That’s Not the Only Way, There’s More.

The other thing I would like to mention is that it’s not just limited to jobs, but can also be done with a hobby you might have a passion for. Things that you are passionate about make really good niches to make money with. Maybe your a racing enthusiast and know everything there is to know about racing, this would be a great niche to get in to. Taking in account that the niche isn’t over saturated with too much competition.

So, putting products together or taking surveys is not the way to make the big money online. If you can even make money at those things at all. I have never personally known anybody who has made money with these types of programs. Yet, there is a way and you have it right in front of you. Not many people are doing this yet and now is the time if there ever was, because even though making money online is still in it’s infancy, it’s starting to grow and people are starting to catch on, so now is the time for you to catch on.

I have plenty of quality resources on this blog to help get you started on your journey if you choose to consider starting you own online business. I don’t just take any product I find and put it here. I do a lot of homework and try to find the best possible programs and learning tools to help people make money online. So take a look around and see if you can find something that will help you. I have ebooks on how to get traffic to your blog, among other resources.

I talked about how you can help this economy today and mentioned some possible niches. Tomorrow I will discuss how to brainstorm for your niche and things you can do to see if  there is too much competition in that niche.

If you found this post helpful your comments are greatly appreciated. Even if you didn’t find it helpful let me know how I can improve it by leaving a comment below. If you have any tips or advise for people who are thinking about starting their business online you can also leave those in the comment area.

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What Wave?

This wave is the Social Media wave and it’s comin fast. This is where you need to be if you want to build a list and get a following. I just sat in on a phenomenal webinar about social media hosted by a man named Perry Belcher. If your not familiar with Perry he is one of the most successful marketers on the Internet today and uses social media to get noticed. He has a no nonsense approach to social media that you would probably never have thought of. Now that I am practicing the methods that he has outlined I can see a huge difference in the response that I am receiving.

What Social Media is and How to Use it.

Social Media is any outlet on the Internet were you interact with people and socialize. These outlets include, but are not limited too:

• Twitter.com: If you have heard of Twitter and your not participating you are definitely missing the wave.
• Youtube.com: Most people know about this one, but if for some odd reason you don’t, it is a video sharing website were you can find valuable information and give the same information to people to get you and your business noticed.
• Myspace.com: Most people know about this one too, if not check it out and sign up. Start posting valuable stuff and you will build your following.
• Facebook.com: This is probably the big daddy of all the social networking sites. It can also be very viral and very good for your business.

So, these are just a few of the many social media sites out there. Just like anything else you don’t want to try and do more than you can handle, but I do highly recommend that you do at least use the websites listed if nothing else. This is such an incredible way to boost the traffic to your website or blog, in turn boosting the sign ups to your list if done the RIGHT WAY! Especially if you do it the right way, because 99.9% of people out there are doing it totally wrong so this is your chance to get in on the ground floor and totally dominate.

What is the Right Way to Use Social Media?

The RIGHT way to use social media is so easy it’s scary. It’s right in your face and you don’t even realize it. Basically all you need to do is act like you’re at a big party or as Perry Belcher would say abide by the “Party Principle.” That’s right, just cut up and be interesting and the people will come. You don’t want to go on these websites and start selling everything under the sun. People aren’t saying to themselves ” Gee, I’d like to buy a digital product maybe I should get on Twitter.” People go to these sites to get away from the everyday hustle and bustle, not to have some a**hole selling them something at the door. If you went to a party and the first thing someone did was pull you into a room and start telling you about the next big product or program, what would you do? You would surely head right for the door. But if you have fun and share interesting things people are going to want to know more about you and check out your profile. There you will have your blog address were they can see what you do and go from there and they will if you abide by some social media guidelines that Perry Belcher talks about.

1. Be Remarkable, or do things people will make remarks about.
2. Be Fun, don’t be a party pooper. Send out funny stories or just be funny yourself if your good at it.
3. Be Helpful, if someone needs help try to point them in the right direction for advise.
4. Be Supportive, this gos hand in hand with being helpful. Basically if your negative and just want to pee on someones parade, this isn’t for you. Support people whenever you see someone may need it.
5. Be controversial, not just to be an ass, but if you really believe in something that may be controversial don’t be afraid to express that to people. Talk about something that not many others would talk about, you want to be interesting not a centralist. Your never going to please everybody.
6. Be resourceful, find articles, tools, websites that are going to help people and make their day more enjoyable.

That’s it, it’s that easy, just act like your at a party, telling jokes and bringing out the horsdovers. Remember don’t be the a**hole of the party and try to sell anything at the party. So many people are getting this wrong that if you get this one thing right, you’re going to fly past the competition. The people that follow you are going to check out your profile if you do the things listed above and a large percentage of them will most likely buy from you if that’s what they’re looking for. They may even decide to try something new because you didn’t try to sell it to them. Leave the list building and selling up to your blog that should be listed on every profile you have. If you don’t have a blog, get one. Whether it be at blogger.com or your own with your own domain, which is easy to do. If you want to learn how to set one up go to becomeablogger.com.

Please feel free to leave a comment if you like this post or you didn’t. Maybe you would like to elaborate on this topic, any comment is fine. (Well, almost any, you know).

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Getting Someones Attention

When you are writing anything whether it be a classified, a blog post an article or anything else that has to do with selling something and getting someones attention you need to very careful about how you are doing this. I see dozens of people crying out every day in desperation and can tell they aren’t selling anything. We as customers have that sixth sense ( yes we are all customers at one point or another) which is basically our subconscious notifying us when something isn’t quite right. This sense or alarm can be triggered in many ways. If you think your going to copy and paste your way to financial freedom, think again. People will be able to tell when your not being genuine and will be immediately alerted by there subconscious. Your personality is what is going to set you apart from everyone else because there is only one you and you can only be you. : ) ( phew!!) Now , don’t go throw away all those plr articles you have, you can still use them, but instead, read them, learn something, then write about it in your own words. You want to get someones attention, but you don’t want to get it in the wrong way.

Caps and Punctuation

First rule: Bigger letters does not mean bigger sales. If you are placing a classified ad and you capitalize every letter in the title you are not going to get many clicks. If you capitalize most of the letters in the body you won’t get many clicks. For one, putting a word in all CAPS  is the same a yelling, and two, it yells “I’m desperate please help.” The same goes with punctuation, you don’t want to make everything an exclamation because it’s not. You have to strategically place your caps and punctuation in order to grab your prospects attention. Over use of these and you are surely going to trigger the alarm in the head of the prospect. It’s kind of like music in a way, by leading someone into the crescendo. Let me see if I can give you one good example of this with a real program I promote.

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Maybe not the best in the world but you can see how the caps and punctuation can be more effective if not over used. You want to use these at the time your going to describe the product and the best benefit the product or program offers. If you ask a question remember to put a question mark and not a exclamation point. Most ads will be longer than that but just remember to use an exclamation point once, maybe twice, but only if it is a statement that really deserves it. This also depends on what your writing, if you are writing an article of course your going to have an opportunity to place a few more here an there, yet STRATEGICALLY! I guess the main point is, “Don’t Over Do It.” Another way to use caps is to capitalize the first letter of  every word when describing your products name or a quote that you want to hit home, like I have just done. Doing little things like this will boost your click through rate because it says basically “I’m Confident” and everything I write doesn’t have to be overly punctuated or capped because I know what I am talking about. Peoples sixth sense will pick this up and you will see much better results.

The Best Way to Acquire or Learn This Skill

There is one way that I have learned to pick up on the skill of writing, proper punctuation and strategic placement of caps. It is a very easy yet hard thing to do. Actually it is easy to do, but it’s hard to motivate yourself to do it. This is what I think I’ll call O.P.S. This is simply Other Peoples Stuff and  reading it.

If you read a lot of articles and blog posts by people who have been doing this for a while you will be surprised as to how it sinks in and you will slowly start seeing it come out when you decide to write something. Two of my favorite blogs ( there are more of course) are:

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com

Problogger.net

You may have different ones, but if you haven’t been following anyone yet these are two of the most successful bloggers on the Internet from what I have seen and would highly suggest checking out the quality content they put out. Just don’t forget who pointed you in the right direction. : )

So try these tactics out for yourself and let me know WHEN not IF  you see a difference in your results. Just let me know by leaving a comment below. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to put them  in the comment area.

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               Well as you guys no doubt know, to really succeed with our Internet marketing careers, we need to have great digital products that convert all of our qualified leads into real, cash-paying customers.  For many people, coming up with products will involve them creating them on their own, or it may involve them commissioning other professionals to do the hard work for them.

Chances are though, like most smart internet marketers, you probably want to save a whole lot of time and money.  After all, if you were to create your own e-book for instance, expect to spend tens of hours doing the research you need, and then writing the book itself – and that’s if you’re only semi-decent at writing.  If you’re a good writer, it will still take you hours and hours and if you’re terrible, well, forget it, because your e-book won’t sell!

Now, you certainly won’t go wrong by hiring a good writer to create a really good e-book, but think about how much a good writer is going to cost you.  Wouldn’t you rather spend that money on getting visitors to your site so you can make more money?

I’m pretty sure, like me, you’re always looking for ways to save time and money on your Internet marketing business.  I’ll easily spend hours each week just reading up on the latest Internet marketing happenings and news, in the endless search of improving the way I do business.  In my latest search, I came across a really unique website, that’s well worth you checking out if you are serious about time and money saving:

PLR Wholesaler.com

Now the name is pretty self-explanatory.  This site was created by an Internet marketer for Internet marketers, and it’s a one-stop shop for PLR material.  E-books, reports, training videos, e-courses – you name it! 

The really wonderful thing about this site though is that membership is free.  You can sign up as a VIP Member, which won’t cost you a cent, and you can download a huge amount of PLR material for free!

You can sell that material yourself as part of your own Internet marketing business, and of course, you can change any part of the product to suit your target audience. 

Don’t be put off by the free part either, in terms of the quality of the material that’s on offer, because I’ve downloaded the free PLR stuff myself and it’s of a really high quality.

I’ve paid plenty of writers in my time to create digital products, and I can honestly say that the quality of this material is just as good, if not better – without me having to pay the money I would pay a writer.

In addition to the free PLR material you can download as VIP Member, you can also access heaps of great information about how to improve your internet marketing business.

You also have the option of paying a small one-time fee to become a Full Member of the site, and that will entitle you to even more fantastic PLR products to download and sell, plus you can become an affiliate of the PLR Wholesaler website itself, and receive a great commission whenever somebody you refer signs up as a Full Member.

Regardless of whether you’re a paying member or not, you will have access to a regular e-newsletter that gets sent out, and if the testimonials are anything to go by, it’s definitely one e-newsletter that’s worth your while. 

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Until next time, may you keep on selling!

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how-cbmall-creates-autopilot-income                  If you have been looking for ways to make money at home then you have most likely heard of Clickbank. If you haven’t heard of Clickbank let me tell you a little about it. Clickbank is a place where you can sell other peoples digital  products as an affiliate or you can sell your own digital products through Clickbank as a vendor. Being an affiliate is the easiest way to make money online. This is because you don’t have to have your own product. Producing a product can be very time consuming and people that are just getting started with online self employment want to make money as fast as they can. Learning to produce your own product comes with time and experience. So the best way to get started is to be an affiliate. Clickbank is the largest retailer in the world  for marketing digital products. You can set up a free account here.  Another good place to start is learning resell rights and how to rebrand books. Harvey Segal, who is the owner of “Clickbank Success Forum”, has written a series of books dealing with this subject inparticular. Just one of his many very informative books is ”Clickbank for Newbies”and gives you a detailed account of how to sell CB products and not lose commissions.  I have been doing very well with his products and the many tips and tools he provides. So if your interested in generating income online I would highly recommend being an affiliate and also looking into resell rights. Harvey Segal has said that if he had to start from scratch he would definitely start with resell rights and Clickbank is  the place to find a lot of ebooks and sofware with resell rights. OK, that’s a brief summary of CB and it’s benefits it’s now time to go over the “New Opportunity.”

The CB Mall

Now you know a little about Clickbank and how beneficial it can be I would like to tell you about a new opportunity that CB has come up with to help you make even more money online. I’m not sure how long it has been around but I am sure it hasn’t been long. It’s called the CB Mall and basically it’s a website with all the digital products being sold on CB. There are 40,000 digital products here and you can promote them with one link. The good thing about the CB Mall is, ( just like CB itself) is free to join. You can have your own CB mall for free. They do offer upgrades which helps you with getting traffic to your CB Mall among other great tools and tips. Just with the free membership you get:

• Affiliate center where you can create links with the “Link Builder.” This is great for the simple fact that you won’t be displaying  a long, ugly affiliate link when you promote the mall.  Not only can you create a link to the mall front but you can also create links to specific sections of the mall depending on the niche your promoting. Here is my link to the  sign up page. http://www.cbmall.com/to/club
• I have counted a total of 9 ebooks so far but there may be some that I have missed. One of these ebooks is even a rebrander that you can resell. It also comes with a rebranding tool and video of how to rebrand a book. Amazing!
• There is a support center where all your questions can be answered. If you can’t get them answered they have a reliable contact e-mail address.
• A section on CB Mall security and how to test the system.
• Features a video with targeted ideas on using CBmall with your existing web site business.
• Ideas for people without websites. There are many different ways to drive traffic to your mall.
• Banners and artwork
• Different ideas on niche marketing. No matter what your area of expertise you can make money online with this mall.
• How to buy something at your mall and collect the commissions.
• Product codes so you can track what you have sold if it’s a CB Mall product.

That’s just scratching the surface. There are so many more things that come with this opportunity it’s hard to remember all of them. Clickbank definitely knows what their doing and I’m sure this free offer isn’t going to last forever. So if you have been looking for an online self employment opportunity look no further. Your not going to break your bank account and you’ll have plenty of tools, ebooks and other amazing things to show you exactly what to do. I have been doing this for a little while now and know that some of these products that you will get for free other people are purchasing with a high price tag. All you need to do is look and see for yourself. Clickbank is just going to grow even bigger from this so don’t be surprised if two or three months from now you start hearing a lot more about this opportunity and there isn’t  free memberships available.  

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 If you are a Clickbank affiliate or you are thinking about becoming one I have some valuable information for you that you may not know. You can be a successful clickbank affiliate if you know what to look for. Clickbank is the worlds largest provider of digital products. Digital product’s consisting of ebooks and software.  There must be a way to make money if a digital provider can grow to those proportions. In order to be successful there are two things that you must do. Read the rest of this entry »