In my opinion, selecting the right affiliate product to sell or market has nothing to do with the commissions they offer, what promotional materials they have, their EPC’s (earnings per click), or any such nonsense that most affiliate marketers tout as being so important. While those metrics can give an indicator of the popularity of […]
Smart Ways of Increasing Traffic to Your Blog Instantly
The success of a blog lives and dies by its traffic. If your blog has traffic, your chances of getting more traffic, more revenues and more exposure are very high. On the other hand, with low traffic, it really won’t matter even if you do everything else right. Here are a few smart ways of […]
The Ultimate Facebook Ads Guide
Facebook is ever evolving and there are a numerous different types of Facebook adsworth spending the time to test and master to get the most bang for your buck. Different ad formats can be used to maximize conversions based on your marketing goals. Here are some of the main ones. Facebook Photo Ads As the […]
Get Traffic & Build Rankings with Social Bookmarking
Can Social Bookmarking boost your search engine rankings? Social bookmarks are a way of storing, managing, and sharing publically links to your favorite content on the Internet. That means that others searching for the same kind of information can see which resources you found useful and have bookmarked. Tagging and the use of hash tags, […]
Affiliate Marketers: How to Increase Conversions (and Sales)
Your conversion rate is the most important factor to improve if you want to create a successful affiliate marketing or sales campaign… besides having a good solid offer (of course!). If you have a 2% conversion and your competitor only has a 1% conversion it becomes very hard for them to compete… and lets face […]
Blog Comments: Which Ones to Keep, Which Ones to Delete?
One of the tough decisions bloggers must make on a day-to-day basis is which blog comments to keep and which ones to delete…. assuming you encourage and receive comments, of course! Some comments are obviously spam and can be deleted without hesitation, but some comments fall into a grey area that beg the question… how […]
Easy Social Media Efficiency in 5 Quick Steps
Easy social media efficiency could be defined as “how to have the maximum impact possible with the minimum time and energy investment.” It takes a little bit of effort to set up your life and business for maximum social media efficiency. Once they’re set up, however, these tools and habits will pay off for the […]
Marketing Yourself – Let Your Personality Shine
Personality marketing is one of the simplest ways to market and brand a product or service. Take Oprah Winfrey for example. Oprah is one of the most powerful women in the world. She can take any unknown author into a top New York Times bestseller just by giving her endorsement. Her entire business, and businesses, […]
Smart Ways of Maintaining Your Online Search Rankings
Once you’re ranked in the search engines, the game isn’t over. Ranking in the search engines isn’t a one-time endeavor. You need to keep working on your rankings to make sure that you can and do improve your traffic. If you aren’t regularly working on improving your rankings, your competitors will be able to overtake […]
Business Processes and Systems – Mindmaps Your Key to Success
Your systems are what make your business run, and more importantly, run smoothly and efficiently. They’re the day-to-day processes that fit together to create effective methods of creating products, managing people, getting customers. sales, development, and so on. Your business systems may be clearly written out, or they may just be your day-to-day actions that […]
Smart Ways of Boosting Your Business on Foursquare
Foursquare is not a household name, yet but it soon will be. It’s a mobile app but it can be of great use for your business if you know how to capitalize on it. Here are some ways that businesses can turn a profit off of it. What Is Foursquare? In simplest terms, it is […]
Seven Ways to Market a Self-Published Book
When you self-publish a book, you’re responsible for 100% of the book’s marketing. If you want to make sales, you have to get the word out there. Here are seven different ways you can market your book. #1: Go to Book Festivals Go to book festivals, where avid readers and other authors congregate. This is […]
Top 5 Sales Funnel Mistakes – Maximizing Sales Conversions
A well-designed sales funnel is the backbone of any successful website or business. If you have a strong sales funnel, you’ll be able to maximize the amount of sales you make per visitor. This allows you to funnel money into future products, advertising, staff, etc. Having a good lead generation system that leads your opt-ins […]
Tips for a High Converting Squeeze Page Video – Split Test!
A video squeeze page is a fantastic way to boost your opt-in rates. When done right, a video squeeze page can as much as double or even triple your opt-ins rates thereby potentially increasing your conversions and potential profit. But, if done incorrectly, or with too much thought, it can take considerably more effort to […]
Taking Advantage of Google Instant
Google has done it again. You can help people to find you faster with the use of Google Instant. Keep reading to find to all about it if you haven’t used it already. What Is Google Instant? Perhaps you have noticed that when you use Google to search for information on the internet, something different […]
Take Stock of Your Finances: Cash Flow, Assets, Receivables, Expenses and More
How is your business doing? The only way to truly know is to get a good overview of where your finances are currently. Public companies release statements every three months letting the public know how they’re doing. Likewise, you should periodically check the numbers in your business to see how you’re doing. How often should […]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Outsourcing
When it comes to outsourcing I am an expert. I have made every mistake possible costing me tens of thousand’s of dollars or more over the years. If outsourcing some of your business overseas appeals to you, and it should, then read-on to get a small taste of some of my 20+ years of experience. […]
Should You Pre-Write Your Blog Posts?
There are two primary ways you can do guest blog posts. You can write a base of guest blog posts and simply send them out to blogs and offer to let them post it. Alternatively, you can contact bloggers and offer to write them an article – without sending them the article itself. The question […]
Stop Struggling and Find a Niche That Works for You
Are you struggling to find a niche for which you can find a hot info product to sell or create? Well don’t… seriously. Most entrepreneurs spend too much time looking for “hot” product to sell and to maintain engagement with their lists, but first you must have a clear focus on what your niche is, […]
Should You Outsource Your Business Accounting?
One very common question business owners often find themselves wondering is: “Should I outsource my accounting?” The answer depends in large part on the complexity of your accounting, on how much bookkeeping you need and on your office culture. So how do you decide whether you should outsource or hire an in-house accountant? ==> The […]