Building a list should now and always be your biggest business goal and strategy.
All your efforts online should be geared toward getting new people on your list and then building a relationship with them. Give them value instead of just hammering them with offers to buy.
Ultimately the formula for a successful business boils down to just 3 things and that is:
With the New Year here it is the PERFECT time to set your goals for 2012. Have you done that yet?
You can’t aim at something that is not there. Just going over it in your head does not count. They need to be written down SPECIFICALLY on paper.
I am sure you have felt like pulling your hair out sometimes trying to figure out how in the heck to get some kind of daily routine that is nice and easy.
What you need is a daily routine that becomes a habit. You do it first thing everything single morning without fail.
BEFORE checking your emails, facebook, or ANYTHING else. You need to eat that frog so to speak. (more…)
Are you as confused as I was when I first started looking into Google+?
I was so used to Facebook and was resisting Google+ but then I came to realize that Google was not just going to sit back and let Facebook take over this area of the internet. So I decided to dive in and low and behold, I actually started enjoying it WAY more than Facebook. There is WAY less privacy invasion going on which is AWESOME!!
I hope you really enjoy this infographic that I had made for you:) (more…)
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I trust you are having a ROCKING day? If not than change what you are focusing on right now and take a minute to read this as it can change your life if you allow it too AND take action!
Are you branding yourself as an expert or just another Sally internet marketer?
Branding yourself keeps you current in your arena, opens doors for you, and creates a lasting impression on your clients. By developing your own brand, you’ll have control over people’s initial perception.
If you don’t brand yourself in the way that you want then someone else will come to their own quick conclusions. This may or may not be true and the professional that you are.
Why should you be list building?
List building is the most effective marketing method because almost everyone use emails. In most forms, both online and offline, you are asked for an email address so that the information is sent to you almost instantly.
List building is also known as permission based marketing, because you can’t send emails to everyone because it is illegal. Asking for permission to send emails is not new in the field of email marketing.
If you are able to collect thousands of email subscribers on your mailing list whom is interested in your products then it will give you a very high return on your investment.
Here are some widely used methods to list building!
1. Websites are the mostly used tool for building email lists. Website owners use opt-in forms to capture email addresses and putting subscribers to their lists.
2. To get more traffic, webmasters also take help of newspaper, online advertisements, TV and radio. They also offer rewards to those who bring people to their websites also known as affiliate marketing.
3. Giving away free stuff is the most common way of getting subscribers. You can offer free reports, ebooks, videos, tutorials, music and plugins to get people on your list.
4. Offering freebies is a double-edged sword. If the people don’t like your stuff, they will immediately opt out of your list and won’t come back. But if they like your stuff, then you will be able to win immediate trust of them. Please remember that building a relationship is extremely important!
5. People generally swap lists. It means you ask your subscribers to opt-in to your partners list and he will also do the same for you. It is useful when both of you only a small number of subscribers have and are in complimentary niches.
Opt-in list building is fabulous!
Email marketing is spreading really fast especially in the offline world. It truly is replacing postal mail. You don’t have to put long physical addresses, you don’t have to pay postage charges and the best thing is that the message is delivered within seconds.
Promotional emails are being used to deliver the contents. In the world where people avoid printing, emails are also playing a role to save paper and environment.
Opt-in marketing is a surefire way to send your message only to the targeted people who are interested in your product. Yes! You save a lot of money by avoiding advertising to those who don’t bother about your product.
List Building Fast!
To create your email list fast, you must have a website. Creating a website is really simple. For less than $10/month you can have your website running 24/7.
Some websites are just the work of cut and paste. If you search on the net then there are thousands of FREE templates out there which can be used to make professional websites.
Thousands of companies are there who are ready to give you free hosting and auto responder services. My personal favorite is Aweber. By having your own website, you can ask your visitor to register with your website and enter his or hers email address to be kept updated.
Make your opt-in procedure hassle free for the subscribers. Some of the webmasters make it too difficult to subscribe by putting unnecessary presells. If you seems too pushy to the subscribers then they won’t subscribe to your list.
If you can find a partner to create opt-in lists with you then it will be great! An experienced internet marketer can help you a lot with its experience.
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Recent trends in permission based marketing!
As the trend of online marketing is increasing so the internet marketers are expected to have skills and knowledge using which they can grow their share of market. Getting subscribers has become a more challenging task now.
The demand for free tutorials, reports and e-books have increased too much. A lot of companies are there who are providing their subscribers the required stuff free of cost. Big companies providing great products free of cost has harden the marketing task for the small internet marketers.
Big companies subscribers are getting emails on daily basis. These emails include:
- Updates in the company.
- News about the new products.
- Changing policies.
- New features in the existing products.
- Promotion & marketing.
- Appointment of affiliates.
- Awards won.
Becoming an expert list builder!
To be successful in your area, you need to be an expert list builder. Whether you are an expert or not will be estimated from your contents. Before you write about anything, do a proper research about that topic. Write as many articles as possible. Take the help of forums to gain more knowledge about the topic.
Don’t write anything you don’t know about just to send your subscribers. Stick with your niche and the needs of your subscribers.
To show that you are an expert, join forums and give people recommendations using the knowledge you’ve about the topic. When you feel that people trust you and you are getting reputation then ask people to join your list to gain more.
Don’t hesitate in asking help from other marketers in your niche. Don’t think of them as competition. I like to think of them as partners instead and have brainstorming sessions and such.
Keeping your subscribers happy!
Keeping your subscribers on your list is a difficult task. To write interesting emails, providing valuable contents and keeping your subscribers happy is a difficult task. People can unsubscribe from your list if they find that you’re not offering anything valuable.
In closing, always remember that this is all about building relationships and trust. Don’t EVER treat you subscribers badly or take them for granted. If you do it will certainly end your all your list building efforts overnight.
Cheers my friends and have a fabulous day!!
All I keep reading over at Facebook is what IS Google+ and what the heck does it do or not do??
Well the gang over at The Tech Haven did an awesome Infographic that will make easy for everyone to digest.
If you at all in the marketing arena then you really need to pay close attention to Google+ because they are coming on strong and are on the rise in a FAST way.
Enjoy:
Facebook Vs Google+
Ok guys, seriously I LOVE this new article spinner. I usually don’t use spinners because I tend to spend more time making the sentences make sense instead of just mumbo jumbo, however with this new software I am changing my mind quickly.
Here are just a few difference things that Spin Rewriter does:
It actually makes rewriting your articles as easy as pressing ONE single BUTTON.
It understands the text and only suggests meaningful synonyms so they make sense.
It rewrites your articles by using its growing collection of 750,000+ synonyms AND it will continue to grow as more and more time goes by.
It comes with paragraph, sentence, phrase and single-word level spinning.
It exports hundreds of unique articles in all popular spintax formats.
It adapts to your personal style of writing and gets better every day as it gets used to you.
It tells you the current uniqueness of spun versions of your article.
It works on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, your phone, … everywhere!
And last but certainly not least it allows you to dominate everybody else with tons of unique content!
Can’t get any better than that my friends. But heck don’t listen to me take a look at this video and see for yourself. Also just so you know, since it is new and just being launched they are giving all the new subscribers 70% OFF!
Well the kids are back in school now and fall is right around the corner. You think to yourself that you now have a little time to relax before the Holiday Season kicks in, right? Not a chance if you are an affiliate or an eCommerce marketer.
Now is the time to get all your websites in order if they are already built or get them built quickly if you don’t have them completed yet. If not you will be missing out on a lot of awesome search engine juice. That is if you are trying for organic rankings that is. If you are doing paid marketing than you don’t have quite the rush but why not still go for some free traffic as well though…
All the analyst are predicting that people are going to start buying all the holiday gifts and supplies early this year. They also will be doing a lot more searching for the lowest prices and of course the best shipping prices. You are much better off charging a little more for the product and give them FREE shipping.
I will be posting tips and tricks over the next couple weeks. If you have any questions that you would like to ask about marketing or anything else in the marketing arena just post a comment and I will be more than happy to give you an answer to the best of my knowledge.
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