Online marketing
Hopefully you are the exception to these mistakes. If you’re not, take heart: 9 out of 10 online marketers make these very same mistakes. Here’s how to rise above your competition and increase your bottom line simply by NOT making these 5 mistakes… Spamming on social media. You opened your X account with the best of intentions to Tweet valuable content and answer questions, but now nearly every[…]
A hot online business model is to build a membership site and sell those memberships for $27 to $97 a month or more. It sounds like a great idea – theoretically just 100 members paying you $97 a month will gross $9,700 per month and $116,400 per year. But it’s not as easy as it used to be to get someone to sign up for a hefty monthly[…]
There’s a common theory that you’ve got to warm up your list for a few days, or even a few weeks before you try to sell them anything. But if someone came to your website looking for answers and opted into your list – then they are a hot prospect right NOW. That’s why you should go ahead and make them an offer within the first 7 days.[…]
As marketers we write headlines all the time, whether it’s for a blog post, an article, an email, a sales letter or an ad. As you know, the better your headline, the more people will read your words and possibly take the action you seek. Here are 15 ideas for headlines. Next time you’re stuck for what to write, simply refer back to this page. In fact, you[…]
Have you tried offline marketing yet? If not, why not? Odds are you’re hesitant to offer offline services because you’re afraid of sounding less than super intelligent when talking to business owners. Maybe approaching them makes you nervous. Maybe you just don’t feel like enough of an expert. Whatever the reason, take heart. Business owners are just people who need help, and you are there to do exactly[…]
Tony Robbins is fond of saying that “Success leaves clues,” and he’s right. Let’s look at how to use this to your advantage so that you can reverse engineer your way to success. Say your goal is to make $10,000 a month with your online business, since that’s a very popular goal among Internet marketers. How do you want to make that income? Perhaps you want to create[…]
f you’re not outsourcing some of your work yet, you might be wondering what the benefits are. Obviously you’ll save time, but you’re trading money for the time saved. So is it really worth it? Here are 7 benefits of outsourcing you may not have realized: 1. Not only are you saving time, but the time you save can be put to a higher use. For example, instead[…]
We are all familiar with social proof – placing positive testimonials on your sales pages and websites to show what others think of our products. However, there is a form of social proof used by many marketers that actually backfires and causes sales to drop dramatically, and it’s what they call “negative” social proof. It works like this: You want to create a sense of urgency, so you[…]
I got out my trusty calculator and did a little math. Assuming you make your own information products, what would it take to earn $100,000 in a year if you work with affiliates and pay them 50% commission? $47 Ebooks: You’d need to sell 355 of these a month, or 12 per day. $97 Teleseminars and Webinars: You’ll be selling 172 seats a month, or 5.7 per day.[…]
Social media platforms offer a great way to create new connections and strengthen existing relationships. Here’s 10 simple ways you can engage people on social media to develop more meaningful, and potentially profitable friendships and partnerships. 1. Acknowledge. It’s no accident that this is #1. Comment on your friends statuses and posts. Reply to their tweets. Interact. Acknowledge when they say something bright, funny or helpful. The fastest[…]
(You Just Don’t Know It Yet) Think you don’t have anything to share? Think again. Your life experiences along with what you’re learning can make great content. All you need to do is take notice of it, seize it before you lose it, and transform it into an article, blog post or video. For example, what mistake did you, one of your clients or one of your colleagues[…]
Your logo represents your business and serves as a signpost to the world. It’s not just a luxury – it’s a necessity and a business asset. In fact, if you don’t yet have a logo then you’ve got to ask: ‘Are you serious about your business or not?’ Here are 9 reasons to consider getting your own logo as soon as possible: 1. To promote your business. Logos[…]
You’ve likely heard of a technique called YouTube Traffic Hijacking. In a nutshell, it’s finding YouTube videos that get a lot of views but don’t display a URL in the more information section. You contact the video owner and offer to either buy the video outright or lease the “more info” section. You then insert your own URL that leads to a product sales page. Pretty simple, right?[…]
You work hard to get traffic to your blog or website, and you provide great content they can use. Yet you’re not getting as many of your visitors to join your mailing list as you would like, right? Be sure you’re not making any of these common conversion mistakes. Convert more More Visitors Into Subscribers. 1. Not placing your opt-in form on every page. Don’t hide your opt-in[…]
There’s always going to be a small percentage of your customers who are more than happy to pay more to get things done faster and better. Case in point: If you’re not familiar with it, there is a giant ferris wheel in London that is absolutely huge and offers spectacular views. It was built for the Y2K celebrations. Ironically, it didn’t open in time for Y2K, but that’s[…]
