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2007 Seminars In Review, Part 3 2008-02-11 20:36:28 After discovering the world of podcasting, I decided to attend The New Media and Podcasting Expo. Prior to the event I had been thinking about some podcasting ideas and tinkered around a bit with some podcasting tools, i.e., audacity. I had also done some research on podcasting equipment. Read more:Seminars
2007 Seminars In Review, Part 2 2008-01-25 13:00:32 My second seminar of 2007 was the World Internet Marketing Event in September. By this time, I had started my first blog (this one) and participated in the 30 Day Challenge. I had essentially gotten my toes wet and was thirsty for more knowledge to improve my online marketing efforts. Read more:Seminars
2007 Seminars In Review, Part I 2008-01-23 12:00:56 Last year I attended some seminars to jumpstart my internet marketing education. Over the next few posts, I will provide a review of my experiences at those events, reflections on their value and a summary of my learnings. Read more:Seminars
You Know Your Web Host Sucks When… 2008-01-21 12:00:47 If you encounter any of the following problems with your current web host, it’s time to make a change.
10. Noone else has ever heard of your host provider.
9. You have long hold times (over 30 minutes) for phone support.
How to Optimize Banner Ads & Text Links 2008-01-08 02:03:13 In the world of internet marketing, we are often taught to monetize our sites through various avenues such as banner ads and text links. Placement is critical to obtaining a high click through rate (CTR) from these sources. Below are some pointers for placement of banner ads and text links that will improve the chances [...] Read more:Banner
Things to Avoid When Building Backlinks 2007-12-03 02:06:50 Link Farms - Link farms are collections of websites where the content on the websites consist solely of links. Avoid
them like the plague. There’s no value in any of the content. A useful article entitled “Warning!! Link Farm Ahead” by Kimberly Krause Berg goes into a bit more detail on this issue. Read more:Building
Strategies for Building Backlinks 2007-11-30 02:00:34 Getting backlinks to your website for more authority is Stage Four of the 30 Day Challenge process.
Some strategies include: Read more:Building
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A Guide To Backlinks 2007-11-28 01:36:55 When developing a strategy to obtain backlinks, link quality is equally if not more important than link quantity. Static one-way links are better than reciprocal links. A static one way link is a link from a website that points to you but where you don’t have a link on your website that points to them. [...] Read more:Guide
ebay Changes Policy on Information Products 2008-03-25 21:03:15 Recently, I have been exploring ebay as a lead generation tool. After listening to about a half-dozen podcasts, all of which strongly encouraged the use of ebay to promote information/digital products, I decided to give it a try. And at a cost of about $.25, I can setup a 10-day listing optimized around my niche [...] Read more:Policy
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To Premium Or Not 2008-03-27 10:00:42 On any given day you can do a Google search for “wordpress themes” and get almost 4 million results. A search for “free wordpress themes” will yield about a million results. Most of these results provide multiple options, including single-column, two-column, three-column and four- column themes. You can also choose widget-ready, seo-optimized [...] Read more:Premium
Emotions Can Ruin Success 2008-04-01 10:05:32 Running a business is more than a notion. You must spend money, invest time and push outside your comfort zone. And with an online business, you must exercise a level of discipline beyond the typical 9 to 5 j-o-b. Read more:Success
Blogging for Profit Begins With A Plan 2008-04-03 10:13:29 After you establish a “success mindset,” you must then create realistic goals for your business. For many, it is blogging for profit. This goal is not far beyond the reach of most as long as there is a willingness to work hard and obtain a basic grasp of blogging technology. However, very few people manage [...] Read more:Blogging
Internet Marketing Tip - Don’t Try To Be All Things To All People 2008-04-10 10:10:24 When it comes to defining your target market, the more specific you are the better. One of the biggest mistakes is trying to please everyone. In the end it’s an impossible task – and all you end up doing is not truly pleasing anyone. So choose a very targeted audience and work on offering them [...] Read more:Internet
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Five Habits to Online Success 2008-04-15 10:18:57 If you are like me, every month or so you receive an e-mail about a new product launch that you should take advantage of to improve your business. You must be one of the first to purchase to get added bonuses and special pricing. (Heard this before?) Read more:Success
Internet Marketing Tip - Surround Yourself With Highly Effective People 2008-04-19 10:33:27 The people around you have a huge influence on your business. If they are supportive, dedicated individuals who are willing to help you work toward your business goals, you will be significantly more likely to succeed. That’s why you may frequently hear seasoned online marketers suggest that you find mentors. Mentors can help you get [...] Read more:Internet
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Affiliate Marketing: How To Learn The Business 2008-04-22 10:24:06 Affiliate marketing is among the most popular tools used by many online entrepreneurs today. It is a great option for those who want to put up an online business quickly and cheaply. This was certainly my initial online strategy. However, like most new online entrepreneurs, I knew little or nothing about doing it successfully. I [...] Read more:Affiliate
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10 Essential Traits For Entrepreneurs 2008-04-29 10:37:50 Successful entrepreneurs are not born. Anyone can be a successful entrepreneur. However, there are some specific entrepreneurial traits a person must have to be successful. Of course, entrepreneurship is not for everyone. But with these particular character traits, you can see if you really have what it takes to succeed in the highly-competitive, world of [...] Read more:Entrepreneurs
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Internet Marketing Tip - Aim For Progress Not Perfection 2008-05-03 23:45:54 It’s human nature to want things to be perfect before we introduce them to the world. The thought of creating a site that isn’t as good as it can be makes most of us feel like we’re failing. But in reality, your customers will never notice. They don’t know what your ultimate vision is, so [...] Read more:Internet
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Leadership & Marketing Sell Products 2008-05-06 10:44:52 Some people believe that great leaders are made, not born. While it may be true that some people are born with natural talents, without practice, drive, enthusiasm, and experience, there can be no true development in leadership. Good leaders continually work and study to improve their natural skills. Read more:Leadership
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Two Techniques To Create Content For Your Niche 2008-08-06 10:51:27 Talk about bells and whistles. Market Samurai does it again.
Market Samurai on Content
Revealed on Day 5 of the 30 Day Challenge, Market Samurai finds content for your keyword phrase to help with market research and creating your own content. Specifically, Market Samurai can scan article directories, such as Ezine articles, and blogs and return content [...]
How To Test Your Niche 2008-08-05 10:05:33 With keywords in place and competitor research complete, Day 4 of the 30 Day Challenge prepped challengers to test their selected niche market with affiliate products. Clickbank or Amazon are always a reliable source for such products. Alternatively, you can go to Google, type in your “keyword + affiliate” and peruse the search results for [...]
Market Samurai Slays The Competition 2008-08-04 10:37:10 Day 3 of the 30 Day Challenge focused on using MarketSamurai
’s SEO Competition module. This module helps assess the quality of competition in a niche. It includes off-page SEO factors such as:
domain age
page rank
alexa rank
page backlinks
domain backlinks
In the lesson, it was noted that if we can get more backlinks pointing to specific [...]
Thirty Day Challenge 2008 2008-08-02 22:59:20 The 30 Day Challenge
is back. Just shortly after last year’s challenge, I earned my first $10. I went on to apply some of the techniques I learned to take advantage of the Build A Niche Store Script (BANS). Although I still have a bit of work to do all my BANS [...] Read more:Thirty
Google AdWords Mini Course: Part II 2008-08-23 10:08:31 Part Two of the Google
AdWords Mini Course focuses on identifying additional keywords for purposes of split testing. Market Samurai will be used to identify these additional keywords.
Using Market Samurai
Within the Keyword Research function of Market Samurai, select Google Synonym Tool and AdWords Traffic Filter. Click Generate Keywords to continue. Next, you should heavily [...]
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