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Have You Got Low CTR But OK Traffic?
Posted by: | CommentsIn OK to Make Money Online today, let’s look at why your CTR (click through rate) just dropped to the floor. Maybe a friend, co-worker, or an article you read told you the latest thing was the new social networks, and that these networks could drive loads of traffic to your site. Then it occurred to you — more traffic, more money. But your CTR starting dropping just after you started getting tons of traffic from one of the social networks! Why?
Traffic that is purchase-oriented is on a hunt or quest to find that product or service that fills their current need. They may be doing research, product comparison, or pricing. They are looking to get in, purchase, and get out. Until a store has places where people that know each other can have an in-store, online conversation, they are there to shop, or at least that is what the store owner wants and how you make money.
When you direct traffic from a social networking site to your site, you must make it the latest buzz. The “must have that thing” to be cool. Again, you are directing a buyer. Who cares if it’s the latest pet rock craze they are a buyer. Nevertheless, if it is not a craze or the latest “got to have,” then Google will detect this and so will the advertiser. When this happens, Google will place low performing ads in your Adsense slots and you will not make money.
This makes sense to the advertiser and is good business for Google. The advertiser (and therefore Google) wants the people that click the ads to be purchase-oriented, not social. They want to turn that click into a purchase for the advertiser, and so do you so you will make money. If you are driving social traffic to your site, they are looking around, and not likely to be buying anything the advertiser is selling In response to this, Google will steer this traffic and the advertiser away from you by placing low performing ads on your site.
So the best thing you can do for yourself is write good articles that promote your keyword, and hence the advertiser’s product or service. Then Google rewards you with better performing ads. Remember: Google wants you to be the leading expert and the most popular guy/girl on the block. Not for the social network groups, but for the purchasing groups or groups that will be converted to buyers. And isn’t this what you want to do to make money.
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Getting to Know Carbon Copy Pro’s Mike Dillard: A Review
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re in the MLM industry, it’s almost a given that you would know Mike Dillard. He has proven to be Carbon Copy Pro’s Golden Boy. Mike Dillard is a marketing genius who not only writes books but also gives seminars all over the country. His goal has always been to bring positive changes to the traditional MLM business.
So just how does this visionary plan to bring about these innovations?
Mike Dillard is a young professional marketing trainer who hails from Austin, Texas. He started out as a surgeon recruiter, but soon quit to become a part-time waiter. This sudden change in lifestyle became a financial downturn in his life. He recalls a time when he has pawned his prized possessions just to survive.
He then decided to dabble in MLM. After six years in the MLM business, he went from broke to millionaire, thanks to his revolutionary technique called Magnetic Sponsoring. The idea came about after he got an e-mail from a marketing giant from Chicago who shared details on how the Internet can be a rich source for prospects. It was a very strange concept because it doesn’t need calling your prospects or giving out ads.
He started preaching about it, and soon people flocked to him just to be his downline. The money started coming in. It became a domino effect, as other people started generating record number leads to their business. He says that you don’t have to be working all day to be successful in networking; you only have to learn how to attract people, and they will make it easy for you.
Which now brings us to the hard part: saying “no” to the number of people who you attract but really don’t see as being part of your network. Just because leads are generated, now all are qualifying – that’s your job to decide who best fits within your company model.
How To Build Your Own Article Information Publishing Empire!
Posted by: | CommentsBack in the day, aspiring authors hoped to have a book published, get a big advance, and become a best selling author. But that’s old school!
Now you can build your own publishing empire without the help of the “big boy” publishing houses because the birth of the internet and digital printing has now dramatically changed the playing field. In fact, even non-writers are getting in on the action!
If you know how to write simple articles that are filled with information that potential prospects in your market would love to read, then you have the serious potential to build a real information-based publishing empire. One that brings your profits and I’m going to show you step by step how it’s done.
I’ve designed this article info-publishing product pyramid based on cost to the client. For example, the first product is free for the client, but the cost of each product increases as you continue – making the most expensive product the weekend workshop. As your customers follow along the pyramid, you grow your empire, and best of all make more money. All originating from articles.
Product 1 – Write an ezine or newsletter.
Offer a simple one page electronic newsletter on a weekly or bi-weekly basis and center it around information in your niche. This is important to get right, because subscribers will probably decide whether or not they will want to buy from you based on the quality of the information you provide in this newsletter.
Product 2 – Write a book
It may surprise you that a print book lies this early in the publishing outline, but the truth is that most people aren’t making fortunes writing books. Sure — maybe the Twilight and Harry Potter authors are, but they are exceptions. Traditional books should be used more as marketing tools, especially for folks like us who are in the information business. Think of it as a high-class calling card which adds more credibility to you and your business.
Product 3 – Write an ebook or ecourse
Once you have several articles (at least 5-10) based around one particular topic, you can create an ebook or course that you can easily charge way more for than a traditional book. Think about the last infoproduct you bought? Did you pay for it then a supermarket paperback? The answer is probably – absolutely yes! People will pay more for specialized information. That’s what an ebook or ecourse can do.
Product 4 – Home Study System
Again you are taking articles, ebook chapters, audios, and video articles and compiling them into a step by step and easy to follow system for your prospects. This is the natural next step for people who have bought from you before, and they are usually ready to learn everything you’ve got at this point. The great thing about this is that you can design your home study system using content that you already have plus any other bonuses or offers you may want to add from JV partners or affiliates.
Product 5 – Build A Membership Program
All membership sites or programs are created with the first essential ingredient – content a.k.a. articles. You are simple delivering spoon-fed doses and holding members hands as they move through your program. I use this model in my article marketing training program – Articology. It’s a great way to learn and a great way to build a community of “fans” who are interested in learning all that you deliver to them.
Product 6 – Live Workshops
Who doesn’t love live events? You get to hear and absorb massive amounts of information in a live setting where you can ask questions and understand the material. This is what many of your devoted customers and clients will want from you. More one on one connection with you. Again – all you are doing is taking your existing content and delivering it a more hands-on way. One that you can charge a great deal of money for.
*Optional Service – Coaching Programs
In traditional coaching, there becomes a relationship with client which is based around what kind of business or life that client wants to create. But some coaches also create a curriculum based type of coaching program. Where the clients are going to learn some aspect of their business (or all aspects of their business) through the use of content coupled with one-on-one coaching. What this essentially means is that you will coach the client through a curriculum or series of lessons that you create.
You also have the additional option of selling a hard copy of that curriculum once you no longer private coaching around that particular focus of your business.
While you may not be able to complete all of these products overnight, you can absolutely get started creating your first product if you have at least 5 articles on tap.
**Remember that all of these products can be created from articles that you have already written and even published – cool huh!
Overnight Cash Gifting Secrets of a Successful Home Business
Posted by: | CommentsStarting a home based business is one of the best investments you can make. I have run my own company since 1994 and I can tell you from experience it can be a wild ride. I spent many years in the 9 to 5 corporate world and can tell you that owning your own business is really living your dream life. Overnight Cash Gifting is one home business I am having tremoundous success with.
Starting and running a home based business can be scary and overwhelming. Having the right system to do it can make a lot easier. The 7 Secret steps is why is so important to pick the right business. I have reviewed the Overnight Cash Gifting business and found it to meet all 7 criteria to the tee.
1) Set up a separate working area in your home. All you need is an area that you can maintain your focus in and get your work done. I remember a person whose home based business was doing 7 figures a year say to me,” Ron when I work I work, but when it’s time for family time it’s time for family time, you have to separate the two.”
2) Set Goals that you want to achieve in the coming year. Make your goals crystal clear, put them up on the wall, and set annual, quarterly and monthly goals. The clearer your goals are the better chance you have of achieving them. Put up a Vision Board in your home office, look at it everyday and see yourself accomplishing your goal.
3) Marketing is what business is about. Research your target market and fit their needs not yours. Create a Dream lists of 100 perfect customers and market to them.
4) Time management is motion management. Spend your time wisely. Follow the ABC Time system of A most important, B do this week and C try to delegate.
5) Networking and making contacts has shown to be one of the fastest ways to get your business off to a great start. Make it a habit to try to meet one new person a day online or offline that can help you promote your business.
6) Look the part. If you want to be treated professionally, act like a professional. Set up a separate bank account for your business. Have a dedicated phone line and fax line for business. Outsource the creation of your marketing materials so your business has that high tech look.
7) Computer Automation is the wave of the future. It is possible to contact thousands of people each month for a very low cost. The more people you contact the better your chance of acquiring new clients.
These seven secrets will jump start your home based business so you can become the the success you have always dreamed of.
Online Money Making Opportunities – The Most Profitable Internet Businesses To Persue
Posted by: | CommentsWriting may seem like something best left to stuffy English majors and pro writers and students, but the internet has given the Average person just as much effectiveness to make himself heard as any one else. The increase of blogs, personal web pages, social networking, and other internet phenomena have led to virtually everyone verbalizing their opinion about virtually everything online and there are many web firms that not only advocate this, but are well-prepared to pay for it.
In this article, we’ll talk about paid blogging, content writing, and search optimization – three online money making opportunities that you can get into with small or no professional writing know-how.
Paid blogging includes kind of more or less exactly what it sounds like – you can get employed by Internet companies to form a blog, but it is an example of the most popular online money making opportunities. The themes of this blog are most often assigned by the company that hires you, though the terms are generally reasonably broad. As an example, an organization that reviews consumer goods might hire you to write about the products on their web site, but leave which products up to you.
They might prefer for you to link to their product reviews at the end of your articles, or to market their website in your blog, although these are on average loose suggestions and for the main part, you’re able to write about whatever you want.
Content creation is a more specific type of writing, and another of the popular online money making opportunities, where websites will hire content creation companies to write enough content for an entire website, or compose a blog specifically for a certain aspect of the web site.
These have a tendency to have stricter guidelines, and many content creation consultants who are excellent at their job are skilled not only at writing, but at quickly researching diverse aspects of a given subject. Thetrick with content creation is to make enough unique and engaging content for a user to read on a given point the writer may not know anything about to start with.
Search engine optimization refers to any method, often in the form of articles and blogs, that is planned to increase traffic to a website by having it appear earlier in search engine results pages. Writers incorporate key terms and phrases so that when a search engine user searches for those terms, the site with their content has a better chance of getting ranked on the search engines earlier on. These positions are all growing in popularity, and are great online money making opportunities.
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How To Build Your eBay Business The Right Way
Posted by: | CommentsOrdinary people just like you are jumping at the chance to start an eBay business. However this doesn’t mean that there’s too much competition on eBay. There will always be room for your listings.
Even with the thousands of eBay listings that are listed at any moment there is still a great deal of room for you to make money. It is all about supply and demand. There are always going to be people looking for certain items and there are always going to be impulse buyers.
There is a lot to learn when it comes to selling on eBay. Those looking to learn how to sell on eBay need to know everything from the ground up. Things like listing an item, customer service and shipping needs to be learned properly. But there is something else that will make or break a person when it comes to learning how to start an eBay business. That key aspect is business dedication. Too many people fail at their dream of working from home and running their own business simply because of a lack of discipline.
New eBay sellers tend to relax a little too much when they are starting their eBay business. Your eBay business is fragile at the beginning and needs extra attention. You need to give your eBay business the attention it needs. You always need to be learning how to improve it.
Until your eBay business is off the ground and running successfully you do not have any time to spare. You need to learn everything there is to possibly know about how to sell on eBay. You will also want to learn about various ways to save money while running your eBay business. Doing things such as reusing bubble wrap from things you purchase to shopping for shipping supplies in bulk will save you an incredible amount of money. Also, to make sure that you are truly making a good profit you need to make sure that you are saving your receipts for everything. This will help you at tax time.
Consult with a tax professional when filing your income taxes after your first year selling on eBay. They will be able to walk you through what tax deductions you can take and which ones you can’t. This will make a world of difference for you during tax time.
As you can see, learning how to sell on eBay is not something that is done overnight. However, if you’re dedicated and constantly learning, you could be ready to go within a couple of weeks.
The Only Long Term Website Traffic Solution
Posted by: | CommentsYou have a website built, everything set up, looks good and now you want traffic, and lots of it. What do you do? Well, theres really only one way to generate website traffic thats gonna produce results and will only increase over the long term.
This is what you need to do. Write your very own unique article and submit it to all the major article directories available online. This is where you broadcast yourself and/or your business. If you don’t know how to write an article, these article directories will even offer you tips and guidance on how to write an effective article.
Now your probably wondering, how do I get massive amounts of website traffic to my site or blog? Well, people that are interested in your article will read it and at the end of the article, see a little resource box with your website link in it. If they are interested, they will click through to your website for more information. The resource box is where you pitch your business or service. So give them a call to action and convince them to visit your website.
This will not only produce alot of website traffic, publishers who read it and like it, will post it on THEIR website or blog. This gives the publishers fresh, new content for their readers and in return for your article, provides addiltional website traffic from their site to yours. A great bonus for you.
Once they post it to their website or blog. They must agree to the article directories conditions that the article stays completely intact along with your website URL in the resouce box. As I stated earlier, this is additonal website traffic for you.
Now they post it to their website, but as a condition of taking your article and posting it to their site, they must leave the article completely in its original form along with your website link in the article. This is a great benefit to you as you will get additional website traffic from their website as well.
With all of this activity revolving around your article, you will have accumulated hundreds of one way baclinks to your website. The search engines see this and deem you an authority on your particular niche and shoot you up the search engines ranks. Over time, you will get to the first page on the SEs and generate even more free website traffic.
As a result of all this activity swirling around your article, you get hundreds, even thousands of backlinks to your website. This shows the search engines you are an authority on the subject you write about and then your website shoots up the search engine ranks. Resulting in even more website traffic.
So start writing those articles and get them submitted to the directories. This is the only solution to generating massive website traffic over the long term. Just writing and submitting one article a week will have dramatic results on your website traffic, search engine rankings, backlinks, and ultimately, an increas in sales.
Looking For A New Job Online or Finding Ways to Work Online?
Posted by: | CommentsThe financial crisis has hit the whole world and many people have been laid off from their jobs. It is not only you. There are many others out there who are jobless and looking for a new job. Both big companies and small companies are closing up its stores or cutting out its branches, there have been many losing their jobs as a result.
How will you pay your bills? You should look for a new job. But getting a new job nowadays is really harder than before. The question is, would you prefer a new job or a new home business?
Have you ever considered working at home and being your own boss? Being jobless is the right opportunity for you to go into a new home business. This could be the best time ever in your life. Think of being jobless as an opportunity to be financially free by working at home.
The best home business opportunity is offered by Global Domains International. If you do not know anything about Global Domains International, do not worry. Now is your chance to be a part of it, and earn an income working from home.
Global Domains International is a legitimate home business opportunity. The business is selling domain names and web hosting. If you become a business affiliate you will get your own domain name, hosting, ten email addresses and the home business opportunity.
People who are serious about starting a home business buys a domain name. There are many people buying domain names everyday. In fact, domain names sell like hotcakes. If you want to start your own home business, you would need your own domain name. This opportunity gives you your own domain name, plus all the tools you need to build your home business fast, all for only $10 per month. Where else can you get a complete business for only $10? Only Global Domains International can give you the best internet business opportunity online. If you want to start right now, you will get the first full week free!
Selling On eBay – How To Make Feedback Work To Your Advantage
Posted by: | CommentsYou’ve probably heard the success stories about those who have made it big on eBay. Maybe you’ve wondered if it could really be true. Well, the truth is that it is possible, and more than that, it can really happen for you too. You just need to know how to sell on eBay properly. How do you learn? Well the good news is it’s not that hard to learn how to sell on eBay. But there’s a big difference between learning how to sell on eBay to make a little bit of spending money and selling on eBay to make a living. Regardless of why you want to sell on eBay, one of the most important things to concentrate on when you start is customer service.
If you have poor customer service on eBay, your odds of being a success are little to none. This is because eBay has a well-established rating system. This rating system allows buyers to rate the people they have bought from on different key factors. Examples of these key factors are communication, shipping time, and whether the product was properly described. This rating system is how buyers determine how to trust certain sellers. With so many charlatans out there, it’s important for buyers to be able to review the seller’s reviews from their other customers.
If you have low feedback right now, a great thing to do is build your feedback as a buyer. Having both buyer and seller feedback shows that you are a trustworthy person. Buy inexpensive items on eBay to gain experience. Read the reviews and feedback of the sellers you want to buy from. As a buyer, see if you can trust them.
The feedback reviews give buyers a good indication of whether or not a buyer they should do business with someone. When starting to learn how to sell on eBay you have to make sure that you are pleasing your customers. This could mean that sometimes you will have to go above and beyond for your customers. While this may seem to be a little time consuming it is vital to your success. Selling on eBay will gradually get easier as time moves on. As you gain more and more experience and get more feedback from satisfied customers you will be able to relax a little.
Although you can relax a little, you’ll still find you need to keep learning how to sell on eBay because policy changes are happening all the time. Don’t get confused with these changes, just be prepared for them and try to stay on top of them. It’s all part of being in business for yourself.
How To Sell On eBay – Dealing With Problem Customers
Posted by: | CommentsAll of the eBay selling tools in the world cannot prepare a person for the confusion, anger, and frustration that will come when the first problem customer comes along. Knowing how to sell on eBay is much more then just learning how to create an auction and how to properly mail a package. People who do not take the time to learn how to deal with problem customers end up getting angry and saying things that they wish they didn’t.
You have to be able to keep a cool head no matter how the customer talks to you. To see if an eBay course is complete, see if they cover dealing with customer problems. One key thing is making sure you are professional at all times when dealing with problem customers.
Many people who just start out learning how to sell on eBay often make the mistake of thinking that if they are hassled by a problem customer, they don’t need to treat them nicely. If you deal with the problem correctly, the customer could actually appreciate you more for solving the issue and be a satisfied return customer in the long run.
In these situations you have to make sure that you don’t do anything you might regret, so that current and future customers won’t look upon you poorly. Remember that eBay buyers can check to see if you replied to feedback that was left in a positive or negative way. Others might not want to do business with you if they see that you don’t handle support calmly and professionally.
So what is someone who is just learning how to sell on eBay supposed to do when they get a bad customer? Try to repair the situation. If there is no indication that this is a cycle for this buyer then see if there is something that you can do to resolve the situation. You want to put the fire out without making too much of a big deal out of it. Of course, there are always going to be those situations where things simply cannot be fixed. Keep in mind that this is not the norm, and after thousands of eBay transactions, we’ve had hardly any problems, it’s just good to be prepared.
