Your Blog Won’t Survive Without Targeted Traffic, So Here’s How To Get It!
Posted: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:34:31 +0000
Everyone needs people to land on their website otherwise it’s pretty hard to make money. The only thing you have to watch out for is traffic that’s never going to convert. If you love having your ego massaged you could easily go out and get a hundred thousand visitors per month. Just look for keywords with huge searches that nobody wants to rank for. You’ll find they have absolutely no adsense value and will be for generic words that don’t mean anything. All those visitors will land on your site, but instead of making money you’ll just end up paying more in hosting costs.
The other option is to target traffic that you know want to find your website. They are somewhere out there in cyberspace just waiting for you to find them. Once they land on your website they will become a loyal follower and read all your stuff. They will also probably buy all your products, so you can see how important it is that you find them. We’re going to look at how you can find them without using the search engines, but bare in mind that each of these methods will improve your rankings anyway and you’ll get even more traffic.
Check out special forums
When you think about what a forum actually is it sounds like the perfect place to find traffic. People spend their own free time speaking with other people about a certain niche. You need to find forums in your niche and start making your presence known. You can’t just start spamming them or it won’t work. You’ll get banned and told never to return. You need to start leaving great advice for people to read and if they like you they will click on the link in your signature.
- Where Do You Get Your Daily Affiliate Marketing Fix?
Send out a press release
There’s going to be people that don’t read blogs. Not because they don’t want to, but because they don’t yet understand what they are and that they get updated all the time. You can find them through something as simple as news websites because they might read those. You can do that by releasing press releases of special articles you write on your blog. If news websites pick them up they will get splashed around everywhere.Get a mention
A great way to drive lots of targeted traffic is by getting mentioned in a post by some popular blogger who has lots of traffic. The only way this is going to happen is by getting on their radar. For that you’ll need to take action on something they said and email them about all your fantastic results. They will be so happy they will tell all their readers about you and give you a link.- How to Get Guest Bloggers to Flock to Your Blog
Write a guest post
If you can’t get a mention the easy way by someone mentioning you, perhaps you’ll need to do it the hard way by writing the actual article and letting them publish it on their site. You obviously want to write a post for a blog that has your ideal readers as fans already because there’s much more chance of it being a success. Just email the blogger and ask nicely if you can write a post for their site, but remember that it always works better when they know you.- Guest Blogging Services and Must Use Strategies
Are comments still effective?
Blog commenting is still an effective strategy to attract some readers. It’s definitely not going to set the world on fire, but you will get some people coming through to your site. You just have to be careful about what blogs you post on. Don’t bother with the ones that attract hundreds of comments because no-one will find you. Also don’t bother with blogs that pump out rubbish information.- One Simple Trick to Increase Blog Comments
This guest post was written by Ben, who is the managing director of SEO Positive Limited, an innovative search engine optimization company based in UK.
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ShoeMoney Book – The “Exposed” Life of Jeremy Schoemaker
Posted: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:34:12 +0000
Do you know Jeremy Schoemaker?
Sure you do… he’s the guy with the $100,000 Adsense check and has the Superman dollar sign logo!
Ok,… if that’s the answer then I guess we all really know Shoemoney, but how many people really know the story of Jeremy and how he went from a 9-5 slacker/worker without a care in the world or idea of what he’s going to be doing next week, to becoming one of the most well known bloggers and internet entrepreneurs in the game today and named the “Most Influential Person on the Internet” by Fast Company magazine in 2010?
Well, it all started back in… Nevermind, that’s what the book is for!
Yes, Jeremy has finally released his new book “Nothing’s Changed But My Change“!
As someone who has been a good friend of Jeremy and spoken on many panels with him, I’m very excited and thrilled to see that his new book is out. I just released my first book last year and truly can appreciate the amount of time, effort and frustration that goes into writing a book and finally getting it published.
I remember the first time I saw Jeremy at a conference several years back and I introduced myself for the first time. We knew each other already from our blogs, but never got to meet in person. Even though it was just a quick meet in the exhibit hall, that was all that was needed to connect. Jeremy is another one of the good guys in the industry that will go out of his way to help the newbies, the veterans or anyone who just wants to talk.
I’m currently reading my way through the book now, so I won’t wreck any of the details for anyone.
The important thing to remember is that this isn’t a “make money online” type of book, but the “Story of ShoeMoney”, which walks through Jeremy’s younger life and how he got to where he is today. Though it isn’t a make money guide, many of the lessons and stories can relate to many of us in the online marketing and business world.
Be sure to grab your copy of The ShoeMoney Story: Nothing’s Changed But My Change on Amazon.com or Kindle.
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Sure you do… he’s the guy with the $100,000 Adsense check and has the Superman dollar sign logo!
Ok,… if that’s the answer then I guess we all really know Shoemoney, but how many people really know the story of Jeremy and how he went from a 9-5 slacker/worker without a care in the world or idea of what he’s going to be doing next week, to becoming one of the most well known bloggers and internet entrepreneurs in the game today and named the “Most Influential Person on the Internet” by Fast Company magazine in 2010?
Well, it all started back in… Nevermind, that’s what the book is for!
Yes, Jeremy has finally released his new book “Nothing’s Changed But My Change“!
As someone who has been a good friend of Jeremy and spoken on many panels with him, I’m very excited and thrilled to see that his new book is out. I just released my first book last year and truly can appreciate the amount of time, effort and frustration that goes into writing a book and finally getting it published.
I remember the first time I saw Jeremy at a conference several years back and I introduced myself for the first time. We knew each other already from our blogs, but never got to meet in person. Even though it was just a quick meet in the exhibit hall, that was all that was needed to connect. Jeremy is another one of the good guys in the industry that will go out of his way to help the newbies, the veterans or anyone who just wants to talk.
I’m currently reading my way through the book now, so I won’t wreck any of the details for anyone.The important thing to remember is that this isn’t a “make money online” type of book, but the “Story of ShoeMoney”, which walks through Jeremy’s younger life and how he got to where he is today. Though it isn’t a make money guide, many of the lessons and stories can relate to many of us in the online marketing and business world.
Be sure to grab your copy of The ShoeMoney Story: Nothing’s Changed But My Change on Amazon.com or Kindle.
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Top Five Reasons to Attend Affiliate Summit Parties
Posted: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:16:55 +0000
Affiliate Summit in Vegas is just a few days away. Not only does this mean thousands of internet marketing will be flocking towards the same destination to connect, network and learn some insider tips, but it also means some of the biggest industry parties of the year are going to soon take place.Whether it’s your first or 10th Affiliate Summit conference, it’s important to understand the value in attending network parties and not just having a killer time. Every attendee should know the top tips for get the most out of Affiliate Summit.
Before shipping off to Vegas in the next few days, remember these pointers when attending your favorite conference events and parties.
Meet with the Big Wigs of Online Marketing
As mentioned, there are thousands of attendees at Affiliate Summit conferences and you might not get a chance to meet up with everyone you planned to. Fortunately the biggest attractions at these events are the after parties. You never know who you might be standing next to, so make sure you have a pocket full of business cards and your iPhone camera ready!Experience Events that Would Usually Cost You $1,000
There aren’t many other jobs or industries where you could go to a conference events and enjoy the whole time you are then. Even more crazy is the thought that you could attend killer parties that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and have celebrity names and music artists performing at them!Unlimited Free Food and Drinks
To go along side with having a great time at huge parties that you get free access too, you also will get to experience nearly an unlimited amount of free food and drinks during the parties. Once the parties end it’s not over. Networks love to have their own private dinners through out the conference days.Form Better Relationships with Sponsors & Networks
The ad networks have all the money and they are willing to sponsor up with other big name networks to make these killer parties possible. In the end the ad networks want to help make more money for all of their party attendees. Don’t forget to take the time to talk with some people from the companies hosting the parties and how you can get hooked up with some nice payouts and tips on how to run their best offers.Motivation to Get the VIP Treatment!
Why is every one going to Affiliate Summit in the first place? To better themselves and their business of course. With ad networks spending all of this money on mega parties for everyone to attend, imagine how they treat their top affiliates and partners!Take what you learn this year at Affiliate Summit and come back even more excited and motivated then ever. Not only will your motivation be to improve your business and make more money next year, but you might even make the VIP list at many of next year’s conference parties and events.
This year’s Affiliate Nation party is definitely one that should be on your list. ClickBooth, CPAWay and MaxBounty have all partnered up as the major co-sponsors of this year’s Affiliate Summit Vegas 2013 “Affiliate Nation:The Future is Now” party. Be sure to get on the RSVP list before leaving for Vegas.
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One Simple Call to Action that Works!
Posted: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:14:29 +0000
As online marketers we are the masters of persuasive writing.Even better, we can truly appreciate when we see a killer new commercial or ad campaign online.
Not from a product standpoint… but for it’s persuasive language, colors, hidden meanings and everything else that makes the campaign convert.
Advertising is as old as time itself. No matter what you are selling and when, it’s the call to action that does the work for you.
With new years resolutions now in effect, weight loss and self improvement products are everywhere.
The driving force behind many of these products are the benefits of offering a free trial.
The landing pages are amazing themselves, but just one simple phrase continues to be seen on nearly every sales page out there.
“Tell Us Where to Ship Your Free Trial!”
The wording may occasionally change, but the message is always the same.Giving the consumer LESS CHOICES and a DIRECT COMMAND will greatly increase your conversions.
Just take a look at some of the landing pages out there currently using this same wording and tactics in their ad campaigns.
As you can see, the call to action wording among weight loss and trial offers is clear…
Asking “where to send” isn’t your only option. The most important thing to remember is that you want to relate with the user and ask them to provide information based on what they are looking for.
This is an approach another weight loss offer has taken, by asking “Choose the amount of weight you need to lose” to start the registration process.
When creating your ad campaigns, make sure you are creating landing pages and a call to action that limits the amount of choices the user has and simply gets them started with the sales / funnel process.
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What Do The Top Gravity Products on ClickBank Have in Common?
Posted: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:12:26 +0000
There is nothing amazing about having your product listed on ClickBank. However it is quite the accomplishment if you can get listed among the top GRAVITY rankings out of the thousands of different products and services on the site.
ClickBank has paid out nearly $2.3 BILLION to their affiliates and clients over the year. Having a top ranked gravity product on ClickBank is serious business!
For those who have no idea how ClickBank’s gravity system works, here how they explain it.
While recently looking through the top gravity ranked programs on ClickBank, I came across a familiar trend among their landing pages.
Take a look at the TOP 4 programs and their landing pages below and see if you can figure it out.
The $4 Million Monster – $135.00 Avg Commission! Lowest Refunds On CB
http://gsniper2.com/affiliates – Grav: 369.42
The Tao Of Badass – Dating Advice For Men – 75 Percent Commish!
http://www.badassjv.com – Grav: 315.37
Blogging With John Chow
http://www.bloggingwithjohnchow.com/affiliates – Grav: 278.81
The Fat Loss Factor : Guaranteed Highest Converting Front End On CB
http://www.fatlossfactor.com/affiliates – Grav: 263.57
I’ve posted about those crazy cartoon drawing videos in the past and how effective they are. Two of the top four programs on ClickBank are using these same types of videos to drive thousands of leads every month through their landing pages.
For the most part, these are dead simple landing pages with a convincing video that starts the sales funnel process. This can be as simple as collecting the users email address, or pre-selling them while pushing them over to the order form page.
It’s not a coincidence the top four rated programs on ClickBank are all using video. It’s proof the system works!
If you still aren’t using video in your landing pages it’s definitely time to start split testing against your boring text based pages!
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ClickBank has paid out nearly $2.3 BILLION to their affiliates and clients over the year. Having a top ranked gravity product on ClickBank is serious business!
For those who have no idea how ClickBank’s gravity system works, here how they explain it.
Grav: Short for GRAVITY™ performance statistic, this number represents a unique calculation by ClickBank that takes into account the number of different affiliates who earned a commission by promoting this product over the past 12 weeks. Since more recent transactions are given a higher value, this number can give you an idea of what products are “hot” at the moment, in terms of being promoted by many affiliates and making a good number of sales. However, high gravity can also indicate that there will be a lot of competition in promoting this product.In short… usually the better the gravity, the more successful the program.
While recently looking through the top gravity ranked programs on ClickBank, I came across a familiar trend among their landing pages.
Take a look at the TOP 4 programs and their landing pages below and see if you can figure it out.
The $4 Million Monster – $135.00 Avg Commission! Lowest Refunds On CB
http://gsniper2.com/affiliates – Grav: 369.42
The Tao Of Badass – Dating Advice For Men – 75 Percent Commish!
http://www.badassjv.com – Grav: 315.37
Blogging With John Chow
http://www.bloggingwithjohnchow.com/affiliates – Grav: 278.81
The Fat Loss Factor : Guaranteed Highest Converting Front End On CB
http://www.fatlossfactor.com/affiliates – Grav: 263.57
The Answer: THEY ARE ALL USING VIDEO!
Yes my friends… video is still king and it’s convert audiences like never before.I’ve posted about those crazy cartoon drawing videos in the past and how effective they are. Two of the top four programs on ClickBank are using these same types of videos to drive thousands of leads every month through their landing pages.
For the most part, these are dead simple landing pages with a convincing video that starts the sales funnel process. This can be as simple as collecting the users email address, or pre-selling them while pushing them over to the order form page.It’s not a coincidence the top four rated programs on ClickBank are all using video. It’s proof the system works!
If you still aren’t using video in your landing pages it’s definitely time to start split testing against your boring text based pages!
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Create a Killer ClickBank Landing Page in Minutes
Posted: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:56:56 +0000
The backbone of any successful ad campaign is your landing page. You can target any audience or demographic you like, but if you are using a poor landing page, then you are just begging to lose money.
ClickBank has paid out BILLIONS of dollars to their network affiliates, all thanks to the driving force behind these killer landing pages their vendors and affiliates are using.
The problem with using landing pages is that they can be confusing, hard to make or even costly for anyone who doesn’t know how to create their own sites or sales pages.
Fortunately there are services like PitchMagic that have made the creation process as easy as “Drag and Drop”. Instead of having to mess with code and learning WordPress or even HTML, you can simply log into their site and create an effective landing page using one of their templates or by creating your own.
I recently was playing around with their site and was able to create a fake landing page using their system. I was extremely happy with how easy their site was to use and learn. There is nothing worse than joining a site and getting to the members area only to be frustrated with the learning process and never actually getting anything done.
Obviously the landing page below is fake and simple enough, but more than anything else it’s to show you the different features and formatting that you can create with their system. Note the headlines, ad copy, call to action areas, image use and testimonials area.
The magic at Pitch Magic happens behind the scenes one you are logged into your account. Since the system is setup with a drag and drop system, all you need to do is select the type of content you want to add to your landing page, then drag it to the area of the page you would like it to be seen. Once it’s on your page you can add/remove and move it to any other area of the page as well.
As great as screenshots are, video is even better. Head over to the PitchMagic site and you can watch a quick video that shows the actual creation process of a landing page and how the backend looks.
Lastly, let me mention that there is nothing to install and this is not a WordPress application. Pitch Magic has taken the time to build an all in one system that allows you to create landing pages from within their site, which includes over 300 different templates, designs and images to choose from. Vendors are also given access to thank you pages and download protection to increase security of their products from unauthorized downloads.
Pitch Magic currently offers two different member plans. The affiliate plan is $12.95 a month and offers 1 landing page with 5 secondary pages. The vendor plan is $24.95 a month offers the same page amounts but with the added thank you and download pages and product/storage delivery. Both packages include access to all templates, unlimited visitors, hosting and email support. To try either or these plans you can sign up for a 7 day trial for just $1.
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Why do landing pages work so well? Easy…
- Effective Headlines and Ad Copy
- Call to Actions Right in Your Face
- Long Sales Letter that Pulls Users In
- Presells the User Before the Sales Page
- Ability to Recreate for Any Audience
ClickBank has paid out BILLIONS of dollars to their network affiliates, all thanks to the driving force behind these killer landing pages their vendors and affiliates are using.
The problem with using landing pages is that they can be confusing, hard to make or even costly for anyone who doesn’t know how to create their own sites or sales pages.
Fortunately there are services like PitchMagic that have made the creation process as easy as “Drag and Drop”. Instead of having to mess with code and learning WordPress or even HTML, you can simply log into their site and create an effective landing page using one of their templates or by creating your own.
I recently was playing around with their site and was able to create a fake landing page using their system. I was extremely happy with how easy their site was to use and learn. There is nothing worse than joining a site and getting to the members area only to be frustrated with the learning process and never actually getting anything done.
Obviously the landing page below is fake and simple enough, but more than anything else it’s to show you the different features and formatting that you can create with their system. Note the headlines, ad copy, call to action areas, image use and testimonials area.
The magic at Pitch Magic happens behind the scenes one you are logged into your account. Since the system is setup with a drag and drop system, all you need to do is select the type of content you want to add to your landing page, then drag it to the area of the page you would like it to be seen. Once it’s on your page you can add/remove and move it to any other area of the page as well.
As great as screenshots are, video is even better. Head over to the PitchMagic site and you can watch a quick video that shows the actual creation process of a landing page and how the backend looks.
Lastly, let me mention that there is nothing to install and this is not a WordPress application. Pitch Magic has taken the time to build an all in one system that allows you to create landing pages from within their site, which includes over 300 different templates, designs and images to choose from. Vendors are also given access to thank you pages and download protection to increase security of their products from unauthorized downloads.
Pitch Magic currently offers two different member plans. The affiliate plan is $12.95 a month and offers 1 landing page with 5 secondary pages. The vendor plan is $24.95 a month offers the same page amounts but with the added thank you and download pages and product/storage delivery. Both packages include access to all templates, unlimited visitors, hosting and email support. To try either or these plans you can sign up for a 7 day trial for just $1.
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How Split Testing Won the White House
Posted: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:30:31 +0000
The 2012 presidential election is over, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t learn from it.
With social media and online marketing now more important than ever, stats and details are coming out about just how effect the President’s email marketing and social networking teams really were.
For anyone that was a fan or follower of Obama/Democrats, you probably received a bunch of emails during the months leading up the election. There’s also a good chance that you even donated money to their campaigns.
I say “a good chance” because all of the emails that were sent out where specifically built and written in a way to be extremely effective.
Business Week came out with an excellent article that shows just how effective split testing different titles and wording email campaign emails is.
None of this information was released during the campaign, but now that it’s over, all the information is out there. It’s a great article to read and really shows the importance of split testing in small groups before sending out to your massive lists.
Want another gem from the article without having to read through the whole thing?
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With social media and online marketing now more important than ever, stats and details are coming out about just how effect the President’s email marketing and social networking teams really were.
The Science Behind Those Obama Campaign E-Mails
For anyone that was a fan or follower of Obama/Democrats, you probably received a bunch of emails during the months leading up the election. There’s also a good chance that you even donated money to their campaigns.I say “a good chance” because all of the emails that were sent out where specifically built and written in a way to be extremely effective.
Business Week came out with an excellent article that shows just how effective split testing different titles and wording email campaign emails is.
None of this information was released during the campaign, but now that it’s over, all the information is out there. It’s a great article to read and really shows the importance of split testing in small groups before sending out to your massive lists.
Want another gem from the article without having to read through the whole thing?
The bottom line: Obama’s e-mail fundraising team tested hundreds of grabby subject lines. The most successful—“Hey”— brought in millions of dollars.And even though the election is over… don’t even think you will stop seeing emails from the White House any time soon!
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Increase Productivity and ROI with CDW Cloud Collabration
Posted: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:03:11 +0000
Running a business on the internet is amazing. Not only do you have the opportunity to work for yourself and easily connect with others around the world through email, video and online chat, but you also find out the latest advancements in technology and business as well.
Sometimes it may seem like you have the world on your shoulders when it comes to running your business. At the end of the day it comes down to productivity, whether you are a one person company or a 1,000 person company.
Let's take a look at some quick stats and start thinking about how work actually gets done with so many complications and dead time in the office.
As online marketers we know the importance of building a team around our business and having to connect with designers, programmers, our media buying contacts and anyone else on our team.
CDW Cloud Collaboration is quickly becoming one of the most sought after solutions for businesses to increase productivity in the work place and keeping everyone connected. CDW is at the forefront of communications and changing the way business is done in a new technology based era.
CDW created the Cloud Collaboration to unify all of the communications of your business and bring them into one seamlessly integrated system. It doesn't matter if each of your business contacts and team members have different mobile devices and applications, they can all be setup to work with each other through the system CDW has put in place. Best of all, members can connect with each other through desktop PCs, smartphones, tablets from anywhere around the world at any given time.
The "Cloud" in Cloud Collaboration is also what makes the whole process special. With so many people talking about the cloud, it only makes sense for businesses to actually start using it. The actual hosting and infrastructure is all securely managed through CDW and their massive 485,000-square-foot data center. With this type of setup businesses can rely on having a safe and secure system while also having the option to scale in size without the need to invest in their own equipment.
CDW would never have been able to get to where they are today without their own communications system that they have in place, which they are now expanding to other businesses of all sites. Having the ability for your employees to connect through messaging, video conferencing and sharing data means everything in the scale of productivity.
From the video you can see how important it is for your business team to be able to access information and team members at any given time, especially when they are all operating off different communication systems and mobile devices. Just like retail and shipping businesses span across the country and globe, online business and marketing teams do the same. In this age it's very rare to have all of your staff and business in one location, but staying connect is still priority.
If you've ever wanted to expand your business to another level and increase productivity, the communication between your team is crucial. CDW services start with one device per user, then your business can ramp up to 10 devices per user if required. This includes everything from desktop video, unified messaging, softphone clients and even a contact center. Packing and pricing varies based on the size of your company and needs, so it's best to contact a product expert for a custom tailor package for your business.
CDW is a current advertiser on my blog. All opinions are mine.
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Sometimes it may seem like you have the world on your shoulders when it comes to running your business. At the end of the day it comes down to productivity, whether you are a one person company or a 1,000 person company.
Let's take a look at some quick stats and start thinking about how work actually gets done with so many complications and dead time in the office.
- The average worker now has 2.8 mobile devices
- 75% of employees work somewhere other than corporate hq
- 62% of people working in an office have to connect with people outside of the office
- The majority of workers in an office usually aren't in their office or same place through out the day
As online marketers we know the importance of building a team around our business and having to connect with designers, programmers, our media buying contacts and anyone else on our team.
CDW Cloud Collaboration is quickly becoming one of the most sought after solutions for businesses to increase productivity in the work place and keeping everyone connected. CDW is at the forefront of communications and changing the way business is done in a new technology based era.
What is Cloud Collaboration and Why It Matters?
No matter the size of your business, there is a good chance it's made up of many individuals. You may run the day to day operations, but you still need to call your web designer on the phone, check web stats on your mobile device and connect with that team, then you may have a web developer you connect with on Skype. After all of that is done, you also have your customer support and other marketing buddies contacting you through email. The bottom line is, your contacts are all over the place and there must be a better way!CDW created the Cloud Collaboration to unify all of the communications of your business and bring them into one seamlessly integrated system. It doesn't matter if each of your business contacts and team members have different mobile devices and applications, they can all be setup to work with each other through the system CDW has put in place. Best of all, members can connect with each other through desktop PCs, smartphones, tablets from anywhere around the world at any given time.
The "Cloud" in Cloud Collaboration is also what makes the whole process special. With so many people talking about the cloud, it only makes sense for businesses to actually start using it. The actual hosting and infrastructure is all securely managed through CDW and their massive 485,000-square-foot data center. With this type of setup businesses can rely on having a safe and secure system while also having the option to scale in size without the need to invest in their own equipment.
Communication is the Means of Business
Take a look at any successful business in the world today. They never would be where they were if they didn't have an excellent communications system in place. CDW has been the leader in communication for decades now and have been around since 1984 and is currently ranked at the 31st largest private company in America by Forbes. You can learn more about the company through CDW’s Solutions blog.CDW would never have been able to get to where they are today without their own communications system that they have in place, which they are now expanding to other businesses of all sites. Having the ability for your employees to connect through messaging, video conferencing and sharing data means everything in the scale of productivity.
How Does It All Work?
This is a lot of information and probably even a little to tech based for some of us. I always like to see a visual example of how something works, and when it's in full video that's even better. Take a moment to watch the video below that gives you a full overview of how CDW Cloud Collaboration can improve your business and productivity.From the video you can see how important it is for your business team to be able to access information and team members at any given time, especially when they are all operating off different communication systems and mobile devices. Just like retail and shipping businesses span across the country and globe, online business and marketing teams do the same. In this age it's very rare to have all of your staff and business in one location, but staying connect is still priority.
If you've ever wanted to expand your business to another level and increase productivity, the communication between your team is crucial. CDW services start with one device per user, then your business can ramp up to 10 devices per user if required. This includes everything from desktop video, unified messaging, softphone clients and even a contact center. Packing and pricing varies based on the size of your company and needs, so it's best to contact a product expert for a custom tailor package for your business.
CDW is a current advertiser on my blog. All opinions are mine.
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Using Scare Tactics to Increase Conversions
Posted: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:18:46 +0000
How many times have you made a purchase, clicked over to another web site or even changed your daily regimen because of simple scare tactics?
The other day I was listening to Pat Flynn’s podcast series and he did an interview with Glen from ViperChill. What was interesting was how Glen said he likes to choose his niche markets based on three different angles… them being passion, fear and problems.
Obviously picking a niche in any of these areas can swing drastically depending on the audience and niche market. However, all three are extremely important and effective ways to target your audience and build ad campaigns that work
There is an offer called Instant CheckMate available on the LeadSmack network that has an interesting pre loader that grabbed my attention.
Instant CheckMate is one of those sites where you can look up information any person or name that you come up with. It will then look through the millions of public records out there and compile results for you. The majority of people will come across the site when they are doing phone number or people searches through Google, then probably see their banners through Adsense while they are browsing other sites.
The bottom line is… the majority of people don’t care or need this info, but the ads and notices on their site MAKE you want to find out.
Take another look at the notice in the picture above and read the last sentence in the top paragraph.
But wait… that’s not all!
Getting back to striking fear into users… what about your personal data?
How many people are going to sign up for this web site and see what information is listed about them? It’s a perfect marketing ploy.
Running a simple Google Image search for “InstantCheckMate.com” images will also prove useful. Take a look at all of the banners and ad copy that you have to choose from. Most of the targeting towards curiosity of who is living around you, and “fear” with the keep your family safe banners.
As you can see, there are plenty of ways to use fear and information to increase conversions and attract and audience that was never really looking for this type of offer in the first place. How many parents or people with past records will be browsing the internet and see one of these banners, than click over to their site.
Now that I have your brains churning with ideas on how you can promote this offer, you might want to know more about it. The offer is currently available on LeadSmack and currently paying out in the $20+ sign up range. After using the Google Image search, you will see a lot of other ad copy being used by marketers and it looks to be getting some nice activity among the social networks.
The post Using Scare Tactics to Increase Conversions appeared first on Affiliate Marketing Tips from Super Affiliate Zac Johnson.
The other day I was listening to Pat Flynn’s podcast series and he did an interview with Glen from ViperChill. What was interesting was how Glen said he likes to choose his niche markets based on three different angles… them being passion, fear and problems.
Obviously picking a niche in any of these areas can swing drastically depending on the audience and niche market. However, all three are extremely important and effective ways to target your audience and build ad campaigns that work- Passion is what keeps people driving and what one is truly interested in
- Fear can be what keeps people achieving their goals or holds them back
- Problems need to be solved and are always being searched for online
There is an offer called Instant CheckMate available on the LeadSmack network that has an interesting pre loader that grabbed my attention.
Instant CheckMate is one of those sites where you can look up information any person or name that you come up with. It will then look through the millions of public records out there and compile results for you. The majority of people will come across the site when they are doing phone number or people searches through Google, then probably see their banners through Adsense while they are browsing other sites.
The bottom line is… the majority of people don’t care or need this info, but the ads and notices on their site MAKE you want to find out.
Take another look at the notice in the picture above and read the last sentence in the top paragraph.
“NOTICE: Learning the truth about the history of your friends and family can be shocking, so please be cautious when using this tool.”If that’s not a perfect pitch for increasing conversions, I don’t know what is. How many people will end up joining the site just in hopes of finding something juicy? This notice alone will get a ton of people to join the site just from pure interest.
But wait… that’s not all!
Getting back to striking fear into users… what about your personal data?
How many people are going to sign up for this web site and see what information is listed about them? It’s a perfect marketing ploy.
Running a simple Google Image search for “InstantCheckMate.com” images will also prove useful. Take a look at all of the banners and ad copy that you have to choose from. Most of the targeting towards curiosity of who is living around you, and “fear” with the keep your family safe banners.
As you can see, there are plenty of ways to use fear and information to increase conversions and attract and audience that was never really looking for this type of offer in the first place. How many parents or people with past records will be browsing the internet and see one of these banners, than click over to their site.
Now that I have your brains churning with ideas on how you can promote this offer, you might want to know more about it. The offer is currently available on LeadSmack and currently paying out in the $20+ sign up range. After using the Google Image search, you will see a lot of other ad copy being used by marketers and it looks to be getting some nice activity among the social networks.
The post Using Scare Tactics to Increase Conversions appeared first on Affiliate Marketing Tips from Super Affiliate Zac Johnson.
How to Find the Best Affiliate Products to Promote
Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:13:55 +0000
According to recent data, ecommerce on the internet has grown to around $300 billion dollars in the US and over 1 trillion dollars in the world.
The internet has also experienced more than a 100% growth in the past 2 years in terms of sales generated.
In other words, the internet is a serious marketplace with huge potential for businesses that can capitalize on available opportunities.
When it comes to making money online, there are two categories of people:
Those who market products for product creators on an agreement that they receive a percentage of the sale are affiliate marketers, and affiliate marketing is one of the most profitable ways to make money online.
Zac has pretty much gotten affiliate marketing covered on this blog; he not only gives practical tips that have resulted in millions of dollars for him over the years, but he also gives actual examples of products you can promote as well as opportunities you can capitalize on.
As we’re almost in the New Year, I’m following Zac’s footstep and will be sharing a few tips with you on how to find the best affiliate products to promote.
The New Year is when most people make commitments to do new things, start afresh and take new leaps. It also presents one of the best opportunities for affiliates and this post will not only be sharing how you can find highly profitable affiliate products you can promote, but I’ll also be giving examples of great affiliate products you can get started with.
Let’s get started!
When it comes to affiliate marketing, most people believe that the ultimate determinant factor is how much traffic or marketing you can get.
That is very far from the truth.
While traffic is important, knowing your target is much more important.
Knowing your market properly will determine whether you get a 5% conversion rate for a product you promote or whether conversion will be nonexistent.
In my own experience promoting affiliate products on my blog, I’ve promoted affiliate products that didn’t result in a single sale even after sending around 500 hits to the affiliate site and I’ve also promoted products that resulted in dozens of sales with the same 500 hits.
When I analyzed my best performing and my worst performing affiliate offers, I noticed that the reason the products that didn’t convert did not convert wasn’t because they weren’t good but because they were irrelevant to my audience.
Selling a list building product to an audience of freelancers that don’t believe in the value of having a blog, let alone an email list, will result in poor conversions; selling the same product to an audience of active internet marketers will result in a lot of sales.
While your offer is also important, knowing your audience is the most important thing you have to do as an affiliate to get the best products to promote.
When you’re promoting an affiliate product, analyzing your offer is very important if you want to get results.
Not only should you make sure that the products you promote are relevant to your readers, but you should also ensure that the offer is a win-win for both you as an affiliate and your audience.
For example, getting 100 people to sign up for an offer that only pays $5 per sale will make you $500 while getting 20 people for an offer that pays $50 per sale will result in you making $1,000.
When it comes to analyzing your offer, you shouldn’t only ensure you get paid well for your efforts as an affiliate. You should also make sure that the product has better conversion rates.
You can determine how effective a product will be at converting customers by calculating the need for the product in the market, what the product can do as well as its perceived value, how much the product costs and how well written the sales page for the product is.
If all these things are in place, you can’t fail by promoting a particular product as an affiliate.
Here are some affiliates offers that I think will have great conversion following the formula I explained above.
Here’s how it meets the formula I outlined above:
The Need for the Product in the Market: While a lot of people starting out today decide to start a blog, a lot of small businesses are started by people without technical knowledge and who want an easy way to create good looking websites.
If you’re selling to a group of small businesses that want to create a website, compared to the technical software that has to be installed on your computer and having to learn how to use ftp software, Easy WebContent is significantly easy to use. There’s a great need of this product.
What the product can do as well as its perceived value: Without having to design your website in HTML software, uploading your content via FTP and going through the process again whenever you want to update your website, Easy WebContent makes it easy for you to edit your website as if you were using WordPress.
It has a site builder that helps you build and design a website from scratch as well as an HTML editor that can be used to edit existing HTML websites.
You also have access to variety of themes that can be easily customized to suit your taste.
Furthermore, you get hosting with your subscription to the site; considering the fact that it costs around $10 monthly to use the service, you get both hosting, design and a tool that helps you create simple websites without stress.
It has great perceived value.
How much the product costs: At $10 a month, the cost of the product looks a lot lower than the perceived value. This means a lot more people will take on the offer.
How well written the sales page for the product is: Upon landing on the product homepage, you know exactly what Easy WebContent can do and whether it is for you. Based on what I can see on the homepage, the message is “If you want to design beautiful websites without technical knowledge, this is for you!”
The sales page of the product is well written since it makes it clear instantly who the product is for and what you can benefit from using the product.
With the above factors met, and with a $50 – $80 commission for affiliates, this product seems like a great product to promote.
Visit Easy WebContent’s affiliate page!
Here’s how WebNetHosting meets the condition for a great affiliate product:
The need for the product in the market: Whether you want to create a blog, an HTML website or an ecommerce site, you need hosting.
You can’t have a website that is not hosted, so WebNetHosting meets the criteria as a product that is needed in the market.
What the product can do as well as its perceived value: With unlimited domain names allowed, “unlimited” hosting space and the ability to install dozens of software applications directly to your website, and at $4 a month, WebNetHosting offers a lot and costs less compared to most of its competitors in the market today.
WebNetHosting has a higher perceived value compared to what it costs so a reader’s chance of signing up to use it is very high.
How much the product costs: WebNetHosting costs less than $4 monthly for “unlimited” hosting, which is easily affordable for most people and also a great offer for the service offered.
In this case, the price of the service would not prevent people from signing up.
How well written the product’s sales page is: The sales page is simple. No big texts or red highlighters, just a simple homepage that makes it clear what you’ll be getting if you sign up.
The offer is presented quickly and the reader has less time to read and more time to take action; this in turn increases your chances of conversion.
After analyzing all the above, by paying affiliates a $75 – $135 commission for every customer referred, WebNetHosting seems like a great service to promote.
Visit WebNetHosting’s affiliate page!
While the product you have to promote differs for every niche, the above two products should give you an idea when it comes to choosing products to promote as an affiliate.
When you’re promoting the same products a lot of people, especially top bloggers, are promoting in your niche, your chances of making a sale will be slim.
You can take advantage of this situation and make more affiliate sales by only promoting exclusive products.
In other words, look for high-converting affiliate products that meet the criteria I explained earlier in this article and that very few people are promoting.
Sometimes, these products don’t have a default affiliate program set up and sometimes very few people promote the offer.
You can get in touch with the product creator to ask about the process you have to follow if you want to be an affiliate; being the only one, or one of the very few promoting a great affiliate product in your niche will result in more sales for you on the long run.
While affiliate networks will often remove the exclusivity advantage you will have when promoting a certain product, they have their own benefits sometimes.
A major benefit that comes with using an affiliate network is higher payouts. With Hostgator web hosting for example, depending on how many users you refer monthly, you’ll be paid $50 per referral if you sign up directly through them. By using Commission Junction, however, you’ll be paid $100 per referral.
The same thing goes for Bluehost; by promoting Bluehost via Commission Junction instead of directly as an affiliate through their website, you’ll be paid $100 per referral instead of $65.
Most affiliate networks are also well known and trusted, and this can be advantageous in some niches.
You should always look out for great products on affiliate networks but don’t be too reliant on them.
This guest post was written by Joseph. If you want to build better websites or edit existing websites to help you make more affiliate sales, Easy WebContent’s site builder and HTML editor can come in very handy.
The post How to Find the Best Affiliate Products to Promote appeared first on Affiliate Marketing Tips from Super Affiliate Zac Johnson.
The internet has also experienced more than a 100% growth in the past 2 years in terms of sales generated.
In other words, the internet is a serious marketplace with huge potential for businesses that can capitalize on available opportunities.
When it comes to making money online, there are two categories of people:
- The product creators
- The affiliate marketers
Those who market products for product creators on an agreement that they receive a percentage of the sale are affiliate marketers, and affiliate marketing is one of the most profitable ways to make money online.
Zac has pretty much gotten affiliate marketing covered on this blog; he not only gives practical tips that have resulted in millions of dollars for him over the years, but he also gives actual examples of products you can promote as well as opportunities you can capitalize on.
As we’re almost in the New Year, I’m following Zac’s footstep and will be sharing a few tips with you on how to find the best affiliate products to promote.
The New Year is when most people make commitments to do new things, start afresh and take new leaps. It also presents one of the best opportunities for affiliates and this post will not only be sharing how you can find highly profitable affiliate products you can promote, but I’ll also be giving examples of great affiliate products you can get started with.
Let’s get started!
Tip #1: Know Your Target Market
When it comes to affiliate marketing, most people believe that the ultimate determinant factor is how much traffic or marketing you can get.That is very far from the truth.
While traffic is important, knowing your target is much more important.
Knowing your market properly will determine whether you get a 5% conversion rate for a product you promote or whether conversion will be nonexistent.
In my own experience promoting affiliate products on my blog, I’ve promoted affiliate products that didn’t result in a single sale even after sending around 500 hits to the affiliate site and I’ve also promoted products that resulted in dozens of sales with the same 500 hits.
When I analyzed my best performing and my worst performing affiliate offers, I noticed that the reason the products that didn’t convert did not convert wasn’t because they weren’t good but because they were irrelevant to my audience.
Selling a list building product to an audience of freelancers that don’t believe in the value of having a blog, let alone an email list, will result in poor conversions; selling the same product to an audience of active internet marketers will result in a lot of sales.
While your offer is also important, knowing your audience is the most important thing you have to do as an affiliate to get the best products to promote.
Tip #2: Analyze Your Offer
When you’re promoting an affiliate product, analyzing your offer is very important if you want to get results.Not only should you make sure that the products you promote are relevant to your readers, but you should also ensure that the offer is a win-win for both you as an affiliate and your audience.
For example, getting 100 people to sign up for an offer that only pays $5 per sale will make you $500 while getting 20 people for an offer that pays $50 per sale will result in you making $1,000.
When it comes to analyzing your offer, you shouldn’t only ensure you get paid well for your efforts as an affiliate. You should also make sure that the product has better conversion rates.
You can determine how effective a product will be at converting customers by calculating the need for the product in the market, what the product can do as well as its perceived value, how much the product costs and how well written the sales page for the product is.
If all these things are in place, you can’t fail by promoting a particular product as an affiliate.
Here are some affiliates offers that I think will have great conversion following the formula I explained above.
1. Easy WebContent
Easy WebContent is an easy to use site builder that offers robust affiliate commissions.Here’s how it meets the formula I outlined above:
The Need for the Product in the Market: While a lot of people starting out today decide to start a blog, a lot of small businesses are started by people without technical knowledge and who want an easy way to create good looking websites.
If you’re selling to a group of small businesses that want to create a website, compared to the technical software that has to be installed on your computer and having to learn how to use ftp software, Easy WebContent is significantly easy to use. There’s a great need of this product.
What the product can do as well as its perceived value: Without having to design your website in HTML software, uploading your content via FTP and going through the process again whenever you want to update your website, Easy WebContent makes it easy for you to edit your website as if you were using WordPress.
It has a site builder that helps you build and design a website from scratch as well as an HTML editor that can be used to edit existing HTML websites.
You also have access to variety of themes that can be easily customized to suit your taste.
Furthermore, you get hosting with your subscription to the site; considering the fact that it costs around $10 monthly to use the service, you get both hosting, design and a tool that helps you create simple websites without stress.
It has great perceived value.
How much the product costs: At $10 a month, the cost of the product looks a lot lower than the perceived value. This means a lot more people will take on the offer.
How well written the sales page for the product is: Upon landing on the product homepage, you know exactly what Easy WebContent can do and whether it is for you. Based on what I can see on the homepage, the message is “If you want to design beautiful websites without technical knowledge, this is for you!”
The sales page of the product is well written since it makes it clear instantly who the product is for and what you can benefit from using the product.
With the above factors met, and with a $50 – $80 commission for affiliates, this product seems like a great product to promote.
Visit Easy WebContent’s affiliate page!
2. WebNetHosting
Another product that demonstrates the qualities a great product must have is WebNotHosting, a great web hosting company.Here’s how WebNetHosting meets the condition for a great affiliate product:
The need for the product in the market: Whether you want to create a blog, an HTML website or an ecommerce site, you need hosting.
You can’t have a website that is not hosted, so WebNetHosting meets the criteria as a product that is needed in the market.
What the product can do as well as its perceived value: With unlimited domain names allowed, “unlimited” hosting space and the ability to install dozens of software applications directly to your website, and at $4 a month, WebNetHosting offers a lot and costs less compared to most of its competitors in the market today.
WebNetHosting has a higher perceived value compared to what it costs so a reader’s chance of signing up to use it is very high.
How much the product costs: WebNetHosting costs less than $4 monthly for “unlimited” hosting, which is easily affordable for most people and also a great offer for the service offered.
In this case, the price of the service would not prevent people from signing up.
How well written the product’s sales page is: The sales page is simple. No big texts or red highlighters, just a simple homepage that makes it clear what you’ll be getting if you sign up.
The offer is presented quickly and the reader has less time to read and more time to take action; this in turn increases your chances of conversion.
After analyzing all the above, by paying affiliates a $75 – $135 commission for every customer referred, WebNetHosting seems like a great service to promote.
Visit WebNetHosting’s affiliate page!
While the product you have to promote differs for every niche, the above two products should give you an idea when it comes to choosing products to promote as an affiliate.
Tip #3: Promote Exclusive Products
When you’re promoting the same products a lot of people, especially top bloggers, are promoting in your niche, your chances of making a sale will be slim.You can take advantage of this situation and make more affiliate sales by only promoting exclusive products.
In other words, look for high-converting affiliate products that meet the criteria I explained earlier in this article and that very few people are promoting.
Sometimes, these products don’t have a default affiliate program set up and sometimes very few people promote the offer.
You can get in touch with the product creator to ask about the process you have to follow if you want to be an affiliate; being the only one, or one of the very few promoting a great affiliate product in your niche will result in more sales for you on the long run.
Tip #4: Leverage Top Affiliate Networks in Your Niche
While affiliate networks will often remove the exclusivity advantage you will have when promoting a certain product, they have their own benefits sometimes.A major benefit that comes with using an affiliate network is higher payouts. With Hostgator web hosting for example, depending on how many users you refer monthly, you’ll be paid $50 per referral if you sign up directly through them. By using Commission Junction, however, you’ll be paid $100 per referral.
The same thing goes for Bluehost; by promoting Bluehost via Commission Junction instead of directly as an affiliate through their website, you’ll be paid $100 per referral instead of $65.
Most affiliate networks are also well known and trusted, and this can be advantageous in some niches.
You should always look out for great products on affiliate networks but don’t be too reliant on them.
This guest post was written by Joseph. If you want to build better websites or edit existing websites to help you make more affiliate sales, Easy WebContent’s site builder and HTML editor can come in very handy.
The post How to Find the Best Affiliate Products to Promote appeared first on Affiliate Marketing Tips from Super Affiliate Zac Johnson.
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