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Internet Marketing – An Addiction
I admit to being addicted to what I do. looking back, this has been going on for over 10 years. My blogs and websites are my babies. I tweak, blog, write and learn how to squeeze some money out of them. AdSense, affiliate marketing – whatever. The big thrill is seeing the money coming in. Some sites I own surprise me with good earnings, others that I thought would do well sit there gathering cyberdust.
I have tried dozens of schemes. Most have failed me, others worked for a while and then became either overused or just plain didn’t work any more. I have bought into the gurus, purchased manuals, books and systems. Looking back I have probably spent a couple of thousand in guru stuff. But that’s a minor investment compared to what I have learned to do, and more importantly – what NOT to do. I spent many hours writing my own domain/sites management software. Just the way I want it. Works like a charm, saves me tons of time now. All in all my little business is profitable. In all businesses you have to spend some money and take some losses to get to what works for you.
The sites are my drug. The income is my euphoria. Once in a blue moon I take some time off, but I get withdrawal pains. Even if the sites run themselves I can’t help it. Technically I could stay away for months without hurting any income. But I can’t.
What does that mean? Simply – I have found my niche. My work. I have been doing this for over 10 years and the need to “work” the internet hasn’t worn off a bit. I would have thought it would be boring by now, but it is stronger than ever. What motivates me? The income for sure, but to be honest – I was hoping for a lot more after years of working it.
No, what motivates me is the fight. The challenge. The need to win. To figure out what works. I’ll take the losers, as long as I get some winners. And I have that. It’s like gambling I guess just that I have full control over the outcome. I just have to outsmart the system….
My internet marketing income pays rent and more. Hour for hour I probably work more than most people. So it is disappointing to see the income not being what it should be. What am I missing? One thing I do notice that things work today, not tomorrow. For example, a few years ago simple content sites worked like a charm with AdSense. Not so any more. Sites need to be fairly unique for Google to even index them. I still have some content only, static sites and because of their age they still produce.
Setting up new sites with just old content – no good any more. Now a days you need sites with fresh, up-to-date and unique content. Like blogs you write to yourself. Sure, you read about auto-blogging. I set up 6 sites a year ago, I feed them with plr articles and rss feeds – and the results are dismal. The top one makes about $ 10 a month. Ok, so if I had 100 of them I’d make $ 1,000 a month. I get that.
I think there’s a middle road to take. Sure, buy into the auto-blogging thing. But I realize now that pretty well the only thing that really works is good old writing your own stuff. And I find it refreshing to create content that is 100% mine. I realize of course that now my content gets distributed to plenty of people, but that’s ok. I was the first to use it.
Bottom line, to make money you still need to spend time and some money. Nothing is free. But – if you are addicted to it – it’s not work.
Ingvar is getting close to “the golden age”. He writes about entrepreneurship
after retirement.
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In 2011 I will be 60. Unbeliavable. I am “semi retired”. Whatever that means, no regular paycheck I guess. No 8-5. No commuting. No boss, except my clients, mind you. I love what I do. I can’t see myself NOT working. I don’t even call it work, it’s so much part of my life. However, I, like most people my age am thinking of when I can’t work, or I really get tired of it all.
Internet Marketing Training Programs
The key to an internet marketer’s success is to choose the right affiliate programs. These programs must employ excellent marketing techniques in promoting and selling the marketers’ products and or services.
Marketing products and services on the internet is much easier and more rewarding compared to traditional offline marketing methods. With the millions of people around the world getting online everyday, a marketer could sell his or her products and services and generate a lot of money.
But before we dream about being financially independent, we must find good internet marketing programs that will teach these marketing skills.
It is helpful when you have already focused your search on a specific area of interest. In this way you would be able to direct your efforts towards internet training programs that match your needs,wants and resources. Trying to promote products or services you have no interest in, is a recipe for failure.
Here are a few things to look for in your search for internet marketing training programs
1. Look for programs that are of high quality – Try to check their sales records, performances, benefits, products, and services.
2. They must have products and or services that fit in with your targeted audiences.
3. The programs should have a generous commission structure.
4. They also should have a solid track record of paying marketers on time.
5. The programs should train you on the different types of internet marketing.
6. They must have a good support staff.
Here are just a few of the many programs on the internet
1. Wealthy Affiliate University
2. Commission Junction
3. Clickbank
4. Linkshare
5. Instandollarz
Since internet programs are easy to join, you might be tempted to join a lot of them to maximize the money you will be getting. However, joining multiple programs and trying to promote all of them at the same time will prevent you from concentrating on each one of them.
Keep in mind there is no quick path towards success on the internet. It takes a lot of hard work and persistence. But if you stick to it, the rewards are great. So take your time in finding great internet marketing training programs
If you want to learn ways of making money online, you can learn more about internet marketing training programs at The Wealthy Affiliate University and it’s affiliate marketing school. Click here: http://WealthyAffiliateTrainingProgram
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Email Marketing – Why It Is Used By So Many Forex Affiliates
If you look at the leaderboards (showing which affiliates have generated the most sales) of many of the big product launches in the forex niche, you will often see the same old names every time. This is because all of these guys have one thing in common – they all have big email lists and make full use of email marketing.
The fact is that if you are not utilising email marketing at all when promoting various different forex products and services, then you will never make the kind of returns that you dream about. In fact you will often find that a simple broadcast email to your list will generate more sales than all of your other promotional methods added together. This has certainly been the case for me most of the time.
There is nothing wrong with some of the other methods. If you are promoting low cost items, for instance, then writing reviews of these products on your website or blog can generate a decent amount of sales, particularly if you manage to rank highly in the search engines for some of the products’ main keywords.
However if you want to make the big money, then you really want to be promoting the big ticket items that cost several thousand dollars. These can be slightly harder to sell, but this needn’t be the case if you make full use of email marketing.
By sending multiple emails over the course of say one or two weeks, you can keep emphasising the main features of the product you are promoting. You can also convince your subscribers that they will make more profits from their forex trading if they go ahead and purchase the product (providing that you know this to be true and have checked out the product yourself).
You will also find that some affiliate programs in this niche have a really good sales funnel themselves. So all you have to do is send a few emails to your list and encourage your subscribers to opt in to receive free content from the product vendor. They will then take care of the rest, with any sales you subsequently get from these leads being correctly credited to your account.
Anyway the point is that you absolutely must have an email list if you want to make decent money as a forex affiliate. It is really easy to do with the help of an autoresponder, and it will have a dramatic effect on your overall earnings provided you keep adding new subscribers to your list at every opportunity.
John Robertson is both a forex trader and an affiliate marketer. Click here to find out which forex affiliate programs he most recommends and to see which forex affiliate program he has found to be the most profitable.
The Power of Leverage & Affiliates in Internet Marketing in Boosting Your Bottom Line Profits!
Not everyone has the same interests and passions. Likewise not everyone will make a good affiliate. If you are promoting your product finding people who make good affiliates is crucial to success in internet marketing.
Knowing how to select and manage your affiliates is often the difference between a successful and mediocre campaign.
Here are some useful tips to get the best from your affiliates.
1. People often place a great emphasis on quantity. While it is nice to have a large number of affiliates, having quality rather than quantity is far more important and relevant. Three or four dedicated and experienced affiliates are more likely to make you more sales than 100 casual and inexperienced affiliates.
Knowing the difference between the two will be the key to having a successful product.
2. One of the best ways to select your affiliates is to screen them. If you already have a list you can send out emails looking for affiliates to promote your product. You can then screen interested applicants. Here are some questions you may like to ask.
What experience of affiliate marketing do you have? How do you intend to promote the product? What strategies do they intend to use? What personal interest do they have in the product? If these criteria are met to your satisfaction, you will know that you have high quality affiliates.
3. Once you have established that you have dedicated and enthusiastic affiliates on your books you need to give them the best chance of being successful. Train them. Give them all the steps and strategies needed to succeed.
Give them copies of emails that they can send out to potential prospects. Give them a guide on using adwords strategies. Another valuable thing you could provide is tutorials.
Camtasia is a brilliant tool for video capturing your desktop activity. Create your own videos on your Affiliate Marketing campaigns and give them to your affiliates to implement. There are even free versions of Camtasia available online. A hands-on approach to managing your affiliates delivers best results.
4. Offering bonus prizes to your top affiliates creates healthy competition. Offering prizes can be a great motivation for affiliates to do well. Earning a reward is also synonymous with being appreciated for your efforts. Choose a prize that is relevant to the theme of the product that you are promoting. Try and think of prizes that are not too common. Having a prize that your affiliates will truly appreciate is a great incentive for them to do well.
5. Create a leader-board. Similar to giving rewards, creating a leader-board fosters healthy competition. Nobody wishes to come in last. Having a top ten or top 20 leader-board is a great incentive for motivating affiliates. Everybody likes to be a winner and you can tap into that winning mentality.
These are just some of the ways to pick and manage your affiliates. It is very important that once you have selected good affiliates that you keep them motivated and show them how to promote your product. Everyone needs to be encouraged. Implement some of these strategies and you will be well on your way to being a successful internet marketer.
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Internet Marketing is Easy
First I want to applaud you for taking the first step in learning how to avoid costly mistakes as an Affiliate Marketer. You may want to start right away but you need to get some knowledge before starting your Affiliate Marketing career.
You need to know some marketing myths and a few different ways to enhance your opportunities to become a very successful marketer, so let’s get started with it.
Every day thousands of people go online to make money but most of them are unsuccessful because they either truly believe one of the Internet Marketing Myths or all of them. I would explain some of them for your satisfaction, below is the one of them.
 Internet Marketing is EASY
 Without any doubt this is the principal myth of all, and let me tell you Internet marketing is hard, takes time, effort, not to mention money and anyone who suggests otherwise is demanding to sell you a bouquet of baloney. Of course that it’s reasonably easier to conventional stores in that there’s no inventory to carry, no shipping of goods no sales staff and virtually no operating cost, but some work is still implicated.
 Can you make a good living online? Absolutely, you will need to put effort and you should have a BIG desire for success otherwise you wouldn’t make it online. I intend to show you how you can make the most of any Affiliate Marketing program.
First you need to start with making the decision of how you are going to brand your name, are you going to use a fictitious or your real name (I recommend your real as you can see mine is the real deal) whatever route you choose is up to you but need to have your own brand to market at your prospects and perhaps convert them to customers.
Branding your name, company or your undercover name is paramount to your online success; you need to develop trust between you and people. Building the customer – vendor relationship is very important to your long term career and to finally be your own boss, yes, if you do it properly you can quit a job that you despise, or maybe you are just looking for a way to increase your income.Â
Regardless of the motive that got you in to the Internet Marketing you need to brand your self in the Internet, how you may ask, there are many ways of doing this, Forums, social sites, there are many out there, Google pay per click but that cost money, build your own blog and start blogging away, is one of the best methods to drive traffic to your site thus starting the branding process.
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Aggressive Affiliates – The Digital Tweak to Marketing
Not everything that is new on the internet may be useful for marketing purposes, but having a degree of knowledge of the latest technology that is out there, how to use it, how to direct it to suit your purposes; are things the serious marketer needs to know and always be updated on if he wants to keep one step ahead.
Aggressive Affiliates will be launched on September 1, 2009, and people who are marketers should be interested in what they have to offer. To give you an idea of what they can do, go to the Google Search Engine and type “Aggressive Affiliates”, and you will see pages and pages with stories all about them. That is what the digital marketer wants to do-discover the strategies that can put a client at the top of search engines and dominate the pages.
One advantage to Aggressive Affiliates is that it is mainly a private coaching program with Peter Parks, an expert on web 2.0 content, who can navigate you on the lesser known marketing strategies and secrets that can give your client a competitive advantage. More so, in a scenario that includes not only a global market of buyers, but of sellers as well. As Friedman once said in his book, “The World is Flat” we live in an equal opportunity environment produced by the internet, and having an understanding of how it all functions will enable one to use this new environment to suit one’s purposes. The competition is just as great as the number of users. Having an insider view of a customer’s mind, knowing how to link key words to search engines in a productive way, knowing how to use the vast area of websites, blogs, social networking sites, and tools like auto responders, links, etc. are things the serious marketer needs to know.
Knowing all of the above and more is what Aggressive Affiliates has to offer. But this product is not just for people in the marketing business. It is also available for online businessmen, or people who want to start an online business on the right foot. For more information, check out http://www.banner-exchange-network.com/2009/08/aggressive-affiliates.html
Nice And Easy Does It Every Time, When You’re Following An Affiliate Marketing Course!
If you’ve decided to try an Affiliate Marketing course, there exists a multitude of training programs, ready to help you. However, it’s important to find one that’s going to show you how to master the essential skills, in the correct manner. By this, I mean, a program that will teach you step by step, in a structured way, so that your training follows a logical course of events. In this way, you will master fundamental skills, and know how to apply them, before you tackle more advanced techniques. Learning this way will increase your chances of long-term success.
In order to make a success of this business you have to set about your tasks in a structured way right from the outset. This will save considerable time and money in the long run. You may be starting your online business with a tight budget, but by investing a relatively small sum in training and mentoring, you will reap the rewards after a while – as long as you take consistent action. Whatever you may hear, you won’t succeed without considerable work on your part. If you are looking for big money with little effort – guess what? It doesn’t exist.
When looking for the ideal Affiliate Marketing course, you should be asking questions such as: –
* Does it give you time to learn from the ground up, in a carefully planned, step by step approach? Otherwise you can get bogged down with too much information too soon – which can actually lead to you taking no action at all
* Is it within your budget? A decent training program is a wise investment. Choose carefully – the cheapest product, as with most purchases you make, is not likely to be the best, and could turn out to be money simply thrown away
* At the outset, are you given a clear idea of what the program will teach you, and where it will lead?
* If you subsequently find that it is not for you, are you able to either stop the course, at no further cost, or claim a refund?
* If you need assistance, will you get this – and if so, is it on a one-to-one basis?
* Will you be shown techniques, and systems, that can help to accelerate your success rate?
* Will it teach you how to develop your mindset, in order to stay determined and focused when things get tough (and they undoubtedly will)?
Whilst Internet marketing seems a dynamic and exciting business, please don’t be fooled by stories you may hear of almost instant riches. From experience, I can tell you that you must put the hard graft in (especially in the first few months) if you want to see long-term gains. This is where many people setting out on an Affiliate Marketing course fail. However, by being patient, and following a structured program, you will give yourself the very best chance of succeeding in a competitive industry.
Check out Summers Online Solutions affiliate marketing course, at http://www.summersonlinesolutions.com . Here you will find FREE Internet Marketing Training that takes you step by step through a complete and easy money making process.
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Why in Affiliate Marketing Must I Use the 4 H’s of “Hurdle Higher Hustle Happier” On-line?
Technology is moving at the speed of mind. Business is moving at the speed of sales. Online Businesses and Affiliate Marketing are the power of both. In internet sales can you use the 4 H’s of “Hurdle Higher Hustle Happier” to make money on-line?
The World Wide Web has become the focus of our daily lives. The reason this has happened is multi-faceted but for sure one is that it provides the new paradigm for businesses to make money. We all have a choice to make; learn to make it a part of our life sooner or later but you will eventually have to make that choice. So why not make it sooner and then “Hurdle Higher Hustle Happier”!
We all understand that “hurdles” or obstacles are always put in front of us. We can hurdle ourselves over them and do so with hustle and a smile on our face (happier). One absolute “guarantee” in life is that there are no “guarantees” . There are no guarantees what we consider a stable, secure life won’t be rocked. Heck, we have gone from the worst financial crisis in our lifetime to the hugest boondoggle that is grown out of control in our health care system and tomorrow you will read about another crisis. So stability and guarantees don’t exist. What are you going to do about it? I say “Hurdle Higher Hustle Happier”!
Put a smile on your face and be the creative human being you are and “reinvent” yourself by finding something you really enjoy doing, or as we have discussed find your “niche”. Then tell the world all about it on the “world wide web”! Sure not everyone will be as excited about your “niche” as you but through aggressive effort and “hustle” you will “hurdle” yourself “higher” and above the competition to make your “niche” successful. What a wonderful thought and by doing so you will reap the benefits of making money on-line because you did “Hurdle Higher Hustle Happier”!
Next time, I will discuss the 5 I’s of Affiliate Marketing Incompetence “Indifference Instills Instant Ineffectiveness Immediately!”
The world of internet marketing is a vast untapped frontier. Everything is moving at an exponential rate. Your success is directly proportional to your effort. What you need is a coach to help motivate you to a successful online business. If you want to learn more go to 4-Day Money Making Blueprint or Quick Ways to Make Money
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Get Excited About Affiliate Marketing – The 2 Z’s of “Zap ’em” With “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” For Success
If you are in the generation that can remember the Walt Disney movie “Song of the South” (released December 2nd, 1946) you can appreciate the wonderful magic Disney brought with the tales of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit. I still remember watching Brer Rabbit hop in the flowers and Uncle Remus singing, “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay; My, oh my, what a wonderful day; Plenty of sunshine headin’ my way; Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay.”
I bring this up in today’s article because with Affiliate Marketing and actually with anything in life, you need to have a “passion” and “peace” in all that you do that will personify how happy you are at what you are doing. I call this “Zap” ’em with the “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” for success. Uncle Remus personified the melodious “peace” in the song and Brer Rabbit the “passion” of smelling every flower in the grove.
I’ve learned through the years that people can see, hear and read right through you. If you doubt who you are and are not comfortable with your beliefs, position in life or in any way portray “insecurity”, people will sense this. Some (usually family and friends) will be forgiving, others will likely walk away and go look for someone who provides that sense of “peace” and “passion”.
If on the other hand, and hopefully you personify this, you are happy, upbeat, love what you do and know you are doing the right thing with your life and life’s purpose, people will listen and want to share in your enthusiasm. It will rub off. It will excite them and they will want to be a part of it. This “law of attraction” will pass from you to all the people in your “community” or “upline”. Remember my article on “Affiliate Marketing and the 4 U’s of “Unlimited Upline User Utopia”. If you “Zap ’em” (your clients) with the “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” of excitement you will attract an “Unlimited Upline User Utopia”! Good luck in your Affiliate Marketing quest and I sure hope, “Ev’rything is satisfactch’ll”!
The world of internet marketing is a vast untapped frontier. Everything is moving at an exponential rate. Your success is directly proportional to your effort. I have over 17 years experience in computing and the evolution of the internet. What you need is a coach to help motivate you to a successful online business. If you want to learn more go to Quick Learn to Make Money or Top Money Making Websites.
New to Affiliate Marketing? Why Using the Default Headline is a Kiss of Death
I can always tell when a major Internet Marketer is launching something big. Do you want to know how I can tell? I’ll start getting 30 million emails all with the same headline. Okay maybe not 30 million, but I do get a lot of emails when someone is launching a product. Once I figure out that it’s a product launch I usually ignore the subsequent email messages. However every once in a while, I’ll slip up and open one. Do you want to know why? It’s because that affiliate took the time to create a different headline. This article will give you more reasons why you should use your own headline when you are marketing someone else’s products. You will also learn how to come up with your own headlines.
You should create your own headlines to stand apart from the crowd.
It’s a known fact that people are inundated with marketing messages. People may be subscribed to several different newsletters all related to their interests or business. So by the time they see your message, they may have already seen several messages like it. If you create your own headline, your email message stands a better chance at getting read.
Creating your own headline doesn’t have to be hard.
What does the product you are promoting do? What is the best feature about your product? What problem does this product solve? These are the types of things that headlines are made of. You only have a few minutes to make a first impression. Be sure that your headline sparks a sense of urgency. You want your headline to tell the reader that they are about to read some valuable information.
Affiliate marketing is a great way to earn extra money. It can be a bit challenging, especially if you are in a highly competitive niche. You have to be creative in order to get people to click on your links. One way to do that is to use unique headlines that no one else is using.
And you can get a free ecourse on traffic generation. Just go to http://www.learnsmallbusiness.com and click on the words get free ecourse now.
