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Beware The Internet Marketing Value Vampires

December 26, 2008 in Articles, Internet Marketing | Comments (0)

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Here’s a very interesting article I came across while doing some research,
that you may find valuable. I hope it spurs you on to greater success.
- Nando

Thousands of aspiring Internet marketers come online
every year, filled with hopes of earning a full-time
living from the Internet. They learn HOW to actually
accomplish that, yet they never reach their dreams.

Many get so close, and yet they are stopped by ONE thing.

They are stopped by an insidious poison that is so subtle
that it kills all chances that they have of success in a
way that leaves them with a smile on their faces.

That success killer is a “class of poisons” called “The
Value Vampires.”

Value vampires are people and things that allow you to
gradually master a valuable skill, and then act as if
that skill has no value. It’s people and thoughts that
cause you to undervalue things that you create.

Symptoms of value vampires operating in your universe
include:

- You spend countless hours writing ebooks and then give
them away, or don’t even distribute them, because you
become convinced that the information that they contain is
“common knowledge.”

- You host teleseminar where you teach people things
that they need to know, and you don’t charge anything
for the teleseminars or recordings because you consider
what you teach “common knowledge” or “common sense.”

- You record interviews or teleseminars and then give
away the MP3’s, and PDF’s that you pay to have
created, because you become convinced that the
information they contain is “common knowledge.”

- You spend countless hours creating Camtasia videos
showing how to do things such as configure scripts,
generate website traffic, or create products, and then
you give the videos away because you assume that
“everyone already knows what you teach.”

STOP for a moment and examine what you’re doing!

You’re undervaluing your unique knowledge,
experience, and skills. You’re concluding that because
what you’re sharing is actually easy for you now, it
can’t have any real value.

After acknowledging what’s keeping your from actually
earning a living from sharing your knowledge and skills,
you need to ask WHY you behave that way.

If you are like many Internet marketers with a wealth
of valuable information, but aren’t earning a decent
living from it, the problem is very likely caused by
value vampires that you can readily “identify.”

These are people that you interact with everyday who
tell you “point blank” that you should give away
your hard work.

They imply that it can’t possibly have any real value.

They subtly hint that you should feel guilty having
the audacity to charge someone for your ebooks, audios,
videos, teleseminars, and even LIVE events.

At the same time, these value vampire consume virtually
EVERYTHING that you produce. They value what you produce
enough to ask for a steady supply of it, yet lead you
to believe that it has no value.

Do you see the inconsistency?

I’m not implying that you need to charge for everything
that you produce and share.

I AM pointing out that if you’ve been in business online
for years, know how to do lots of things, and teach others
how to do lots of things, and you’re still struggling,
you MAY be a victim of the value vampires.

I AM pointing out that if people are constantly asking
you for files that you create, then they’re confirming
that your “output” has real value, and that you should
probably be charging for some of it.

Step back and examine your online activities today. Ask
yourself if you are falling prey to “the value vampires.”
The first step to protecting yourself from them is
learning to recognize them.

After recognizing the problem, the next logical step to
finally building a profitable online business, is treating
it like a business. Ask yourself if you’d behave the same
way if your products were meals in a brick and mortar
restaurant.

Now that you’ve become aware of the Internet marketing
value vampires, the only reason you need be victimized by
them is that you enjoy it :-)

Willie Crawford is an internationally-acclaimed speaker, author, seminar and radio show host, and leading Internet marketing expert. When not out fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, Willie can be found sharing his 11 1/2 years of online marketing experience with members of The Internet Marketing Inner Circle. Join them at: http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com


“How To Get Traffic To Your Blog Fast!”

December 24, 2008 in Blogging, Traffic Generation | Comments (5)

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Hey there,

Want to know how to get traffic to your blog fast? Do you think you can handle a massive torrent of targeted visitors? Well you’re gonna love this.

1) Create a blog and have each post “pre-sell” to your squeeze
page, and…

2) Set your feed up on My.Yahoo.Com (to increase SEO)

3) Find comments from other blogs and use trackbacks

4) Ping it with Pingomatic.com (no affiliation)

5) Post comments on other blogs

6) Join blog communities and blog carnivals – a simple Google
search will bring up many.

7) Make a Squidoo Lens based on long tail keywords

8) Post videos on YouTube with a link to your squeeze page, or
another “pre-sales” page.

9) Submit articles to article directories, such as EzineArticles,
GoArticles and more.

10) Use Facebook groups to link to your pre-sell squeeze pages. (Be
unique on Facebook, and you’ll be seen.)

11) Use Facebook flyers to advertise your squeeze page – if it’s a
mass appeal product.

12) Join Twitter and start posting as much as you can and following
as many people as you can. You can find me on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/webword/ …then you can post links to your
website casually.

13) You can also ask your followers on Twitter to Stumble your
pages at Stumbleupon, resulting in a surge of traffic. (You can
also get stumbles other ways, too.)

14) Make an affiliate program out of your squeeze page (offer a cut
of the backend products you’re promoting, if they’re yours) and…

15) Create a brandable, short report that your affiliates can use
to distribute your product.

16) Hit up big names in your niche and ask them if they’ll promote
your squeeze page in return for high backend profits.

17) Create a free video and then redirect it to your squeeze page
at the end. Encourage your affiliates to link to the video.

18) Join a giveaway. Give away a high quality free product on one
of these giveaways and you’ll have a list that will believe in the
quality that you give.

19) Create a wiki at Wikidot with highly optimized pages.

20) Create a forum and link to it – remember, all forum members are
basically on your list.

21) Use PPC ads from Google Adwords, Yahoo, MSN, Adbrite (I admit
we haven’t had good results with them, but some people have.)

22) Post high quality information to forums with a link in your
signature to your squeeze page.

23) Post high quality information to forums with tons of affiliate
marketers, and post a link to your affiliate program.

24) Write a press release about sites you release that pre-sell
your squeeze page, and maybe even your squeeze page itself.

25) Answer questions on Yahoo Answers related to your niche,
linking to your pre-sales pages or your squeeze page.

26) Interview well-known people in your niche. They will likely
link to the interview, and it will earn you more prestige.

27) Try to link to your blog from Wikihow and Wikipedia…but be sure
your links actually provide value.

28) Submit your “pre-sales” sites to directories such as dmoz.org.

29) Post ads on Craigslist for your pre-sales page.

30) Create classified ads on USFreeAds.

31) Create low cost eBay products and when people purchase, have
them opt-in to your list for a bonus.

Did you like that? Wait til you see this Simple Cash Blog


How To Beat Information Overload In 3 Steps

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Aargh! The frustration of having a million thoughts go off in your head and not knowing which one to tackle first. All these thoughts are swirling around in your head raising your blood pressure and causing anxiety because… you have INFORMATION OVERLOAD.

You know what makes the situation even worse? Not taking any action. This causes your anxiety level to build up to a point that makes you want to give up because you feel overwhelmed. Have I hit on any hot buttons yet? So what can you do to alleviate the pain and the stress?

I’ve outlined 3 simple steps you can take to regain your sanity and start feeling hopeful instead of hopeless.

1) Focus – In order to get your mind and emotions under control, you’ve got to stop for a moment. Try to prioritize what’s most important right now. If there were only one thing you could do right now to move your business forward what would it be? Whatever you’re answer is… do that.

2) Get everything else off of your desk. Turn off your computer if you have to. Get away from your email. Each of these could all be a step in themselves, but they all contribute equally to the problem. If you’ve got a million things around you, it’s like they’re all calling out to you at the same time like a room full of small children looking for attention. I don’t know about you, but that really stresses me out.

3) Take Action. Do Something, doggonit! The one thing that you felt could help your business grow is the one thing you need to be doing. The power in taking action is the sense of accomplishment that follows and this can spur you on to further action. The key is to take focused action-oriented steps. By doing this, the other distractions that caused you to feel anxious and overwhelmed will fade away allowing you to feel refreshed and re-energized enough to keep going.

Warning: Each day is sufficient for it’s own anxieties, meaning that tomorrow you will have to exercise these same steps all over again in order to fight off the frustration of Information Overload. With consistent focused effort and taking one day at a time, the success that may have eluded you up to this point will materialize right before your very eyes.

Cheering for you,

Nando

P.S. Been there, done that. Still have to fight it sometimes.


A Kick In The Pants From The Inbox

December 20, 2008 in The Inbox | Comments (0)

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So much email, so little time. You probably have thousands of messages sitting in your inbox right now, most of which you haven’t read. You know what determines which email I open?

The previous content.

You see, when I optin to a list I usually read at least the first one or two emails and based on the value presented, that will determine whether or not I will bother to read future mails from that person.

O.k. so having said all that I want to share with you some motivation I received from the Rhodes Brothers, John and Matt. They run an awesome blog at IMSimple.com. I don’t get a commission for telling you about, but the information that they so liberally share with me makes up for it. Here’s the letter:

Today I want to talk to you about success. But to talk about success, I first need to talk about failure. You
need to avoid failure to achieve success.

Let’s get started…

Many people fail because they don’t take action. That is, they have a solid plan and plenty of tools. They
probably even have a great support network in place, but they fail because they don’t take action.

Here’s the plain truth: Procrastination has the power to kill any business.

You cannot sit idle and expect to make money, at least when you’re starting out. You must put in the time, or you have to spend money to get others to do work for you. There is no other path.

So, I have to ask -

Are you sitting on your butt? Are you just waiting for success or are you making it happen with hard work?
Are you properly focused and are you prepared for success?

My point is that you have to keep taking action. Again, you have to be in the game to win. If you’re not
fighting for profit, it won’t come. You’re the engine of wealth. You cannot procrastinate – you cannot sit
idle.

Let’s shift gears…

Another cause for failure – very similar to procrastination – is giving up too soon. If you’ve ever made any money online, you have the potential to make a lot more, by building on your success.

It’s true!

Our friend Dennis Becker explains this with his concept of making just 5 bucks per day. This is an idea that’s been around for a while, but Dennis really spells it out, in every detail. It’s a great model and it works.

Oh, and what I like is that it isn’t “theory” – no way. Dennis shows you what has worked for him. And, he shows how his students have pulled in the cash. They know how to grow over time.

What I really like is that he shows you how to focus and take action. It’s concrete stuff; step-by-step. I just love that he’s a real guy with a real success story.

You probably didn’t know this, but we’ve done several joint ventures with Dennis and he’s one of the most
honest guys we know online. There are a lot of scumbags out there, trying to take you for a ride. Dennis is sincere. He’s really a nice guy, and yes, that’s a key reason we do business with him and recommended his products.

By the way -

Don’t worry I’m not trying to convince you to buy the “5 Bucks Per Day” report that Dennis offers up.
Sure, if you’re interested, here’s the link to his sales page…

http://uxreports.com/DigitalGoods/5buck.php

But seriously, I’m not trying to get you to buy his report. I’m pointing to his sales page because he tells you his story. Every time I need a little motivation, I visit his sale page for a kick in the butt. It’s great stuff. I’m sure you’ll identify with his story.

Let’s keep moving…

I want to wrap this up with my own little story. Like you, I still do battle online. Every single say I hunt for profits. I seek wealth. Every single day I look for new ways to generate cash. It’s this focus and dedication that drives results.

About 1 year ago, I was only making a few thousand dollars per month with my brother. Now we make over
$10,000 every single month.

Now, I’d like to tell you there is one simple secret to success, but that isn’t true – It’s due to having plans. It’s from working hard.

And…

It’s from having focus and taking action day after day. If I did nothing, I wouldn’t be pulling down thousands of dollars month after month. I just want to encourage you to keep working on your dreams. Work hard, stay focused. You can do it, like we have. And, like Dennis Becker has done, along with his students.

All the best,

~ John S. Rhodes of “The Rhodes Brothers”

p.s. One quick note. Many of our Simple Cash Blog members enjoy success. They started small. They were
slow. But now, many of them are making a killing online.

Hope you enjoyed that as much as I did.

Here’s to you!

Nando

P.S. Check out their blog at http://www.IMSimple.com it’s very cool.


Has Mike Filsaime Outdone Himself?

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Holy Crap!,

Mike Filsaime just came out with what many (including myself) are calling his best product ever.

And I am not saying that only because he gives it to you free.

I am saying it because when you see the video demo at the link below you will be blown away by what is probably the best produced “Plug and Play” software ever given to beginners to start their online business.

Visit: Instant Affiliate Website Here

Words like “Drag-N-Drop” and “Instant”and “Easy” have finally come to Internet Marketing Beginners with no hype.

Mike is giving you free hosting, as well as 30 of his own products to sell as his partner.

Yes, you are actually partnering with Mike Filsaime and he is giving you the site to do it!

Also, Mike is also giving you some other items for free like his 7 Figure Secrets report shipped to your door and his $97 best seller “The Butterfly Marketing Manuscript”.

You get ALL THIS as a free trial to his print monthly newsletter that he will send to you for free too. Just tell him where to ship it and pay the small s&h charge.

Anyways, you must get access to this if you are starting out and want a website that converts and allows you to earn a real income online with some of the Internets best selling programs!

Visit: Instant Affiliate Website Here

To Your Success,

Nando

 

PS – Mike is not sure how long he is giving this away for free to his newsletter members. He said it may go as an additional $97 / mo stand alone product so make sure to get it now while you can for free.

Check out: Instant Affiliate Website Here


Are You Achieving Your Goals As An Affiliate Marketer?

December 17, 2008 in Articles, affiliate marketing | Comments (0)

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As an affiliate marketer the opportunities to promote the next “hot thing” are everywhere. The simplicity of promoting an affiliate link on one of your many websites is just to good to pass up. Isn’t it awesome?

Despite the simplicity of it all, the money doesn’t seem to roll in like you expected. What happened? Well, part of the problem is that you might not have nearly enough traffic to make any sales or the product may not be as hot as you thought it was. Did you check to see what other people had to say about it? In the forums perhaps?

Well before we go any further, now may be a good time to do a gut check and see if we’re on track to meet our goals that we wrote out in the beginning of our journey. What?! You didn’t write down your goals? You may have heard this a million times before, but goals are like a roadmap and without them, there can be no reasonable expectation of success.

Having goals in and of themselves is not enough. In order to get anywhere near to achieving your goals, they must be clear and defineable. To illustrate: If you were going to take a trip to sunny Florida, is simply defining Florida as the destination enough? Where exactly in Florida are you going? Got an address? What time do you expect to reach there? What are going to do there? How long will you be staying? Get it?

The same applies to affiliate marketing. As an affiliate marketer, you need to have clear defineable goals. What products are you going to promote? Why? Have you used them? What methods will you use to promote them? What time frame have you given yourself for success or results in general?

How much money do you want to make? Are you looking forward to a relaxing vacation? When? And the most important question of them all is… drumroll please…. What kind of effort are you willing to put forth to reach your goals. Achieving your goals won’t happen until you know what your goals are. Make them specific, chart a course for yourself that will allow you to gauge your progress and then get to work.

To Your Affiliate Marketing Success,

Nando