Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Internet Marketing: "Is There A Fool Proof Way To Grow Your Business Online"

by Keir Smith
http//optinlistbuilder.wordpress.com

Do you know how to use internet marketing to grow your online business?

If you don't, then don't worry.

There are thousands of people out there who don't have a clue as to how to market their business online.

And the really sad part is that there are more and more people coming online who don't have a clue either.

I'd like to say that it's the business owners fault as to why they can't grow their sales online.

But, honestly...it's not totally their fault.

Part of the reason for their lack of success is that they have fallen victim to greedy online marketers who pray on the Newbies. When you come online and start asking lots of questions about in internet marketing circles about how you do this...how you do that..the sharks start swarming. It's like they can smell blood. Your money that is.

They will point you in the direction of what to do. But never giving you the how.

That's what will make the biggest impact on your sales. The how.

I can easily tell a newbie that you can grow your business using pay per click, or pay per leads or whatever is hot at the time. But unless I show you how to use those tools in a way that helps your business grow...you will just be spinning your wheels.

Next, after that didn't work, what they will do is tell you there was something you didn't do right. And of course people before you have made that same mistake. Oh..and by the way..you can solve that problem by buying this new product.

And the cycle continues. Until finally they have sucked your credit card dry.

However you can make money with your online business without getting taken in by the marketing sharks. Even if you are a newbie.

With the right attitude and the right help you can grow your business online even when the odds seem to be against you.

You can have a business that brings in repeat business month after month.

It's not impossible.

The idea is to stop looking for the newest and hottest thing-a-ma-bob.

The easiest way to seperate you from your money is to keep coming up with **NEW** products that will solve your old problem.

Here's something for you to do.

Set up a business model - and work it.

Pay close attention to those who are doing what you are trying to do. Even ask them to mentor you.

If they say no, no harm - no loss..move on to the next person.

You have to be determined that someone else will not decide on your future.

Ceate a sales funnel for your business.

Don't know of a good sales funnel?

Go to google and type in sales funnel.

Next start to educate yourself on what sales funnels are and how they work.

Then once you have built a business model and created a sales funnel...try this.

STOP TRYING TO BE PERFECT!

You will be way more successful if you put action to work in your business rather than waiting for things to be perfect. The perfect time. The perfect place.

Let me tell you this. The pefect scenario doesn't exist.

You've got to get out there and get your feet wet.

Learn from your mistakes and make adjustments. You must always be moving forward.

Internet marketing isn't hard once you take on that type of mind set. You will see that not only will you be successful online, but you will be successful in anything you choose to do.

Saturday, December 9, 2006

Get the latest reviews on the hottest internet marketing products before you waste your money

There's a lot of great sounding products on the Internet, but
you can't help but wonder, "Can I trust them to deliver what
was promised in the sales letter? Will I get ripped-off, or
is this really a good deal?"...

Well myself and over 1,000 Internet Marketers decided to get together
and finally do something about it and make it totally free for
anyone who wants to join us.

That's right ...over 1,000 Internet marketers (gurus and newbies
and everyone in between) decided that something had to be done,
but we're not selling access!! But you can ONLY join when you
are referred...

This incredible resource for Internet marketers has been our little
secret, until today.

Look, we've been living in the dark ages when it came to getting user-based
feedback and information about the hundreds of Internet marketing
products available online.

With more coming out every day who could possibly keep up?

Buying this, buying that... many times wasting our hard-earned money
based on sales pitches that sometimes failed to live up to promises.

We also missed out on those really good products that no one ever
promotes because there's no affiliate program!

We were all asking the same question: "Why isn't there someplace
we could go to get reviews of Internet marketing products by those
who have actually purchased and used them? Real reviews, by real people?"

...Now there is a place you can go, a safe place, a totally ad-free place.

Over 1,000 Associate Editors and real people, just like you, review
and rate Internet marketing services and products they've purchased
and used on the site...

This brand new site, a well-kept secret of to those 'inside' the Internet
marketing inner circles, is opening to the public today!

Already you'll find hundreds of reviews on:

= Courses and Seminars
= Software Products (Desktop and Server Side)
= Membership Sites
= Ebooks
= Free Resources
= MLM/Network Marketing
= 3rd Party Payment Processors
= Automation Tools
= Forums and Discussion Boards
= Hosting Services
= and much more...

And you can rate the person actually doing the review to keep them honest.

Users also can 'report' reviews they feel are in bad taste or full of
you know what so they get deleted fast...

And if you don't see a product listed that you'd like to review or be
reviewed, you can always "suggest" a product using the easy to find
links inside the site...

This is a limited opportunity to join a totally ad-free site that is
100% dedicated to helping you avoid scams and wasting your money on
really bad products, find great products you never knew existed and
rate them!

Sign up now because I don't know how long this offer to join for
free will be available,

Just go to:

Ratingshub.com

And enter Code: playmaker

To get more information and to join!

That's all there is to it. I'll see you on the 'inside'

Keir

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Internet marketing tip of the day

This internet marketing tip is a niffty one.

I learned about this one when I was first starting out online several years ago.

Here is how it works.

Create a How-to course on your subject of choice. I like to have at least 5 lessons. Anything less than that just won't cut it.

If you don't know how to create an email course...than don't worry. I'll show you an easy 123 method that you can begin using shortly after reading it. That will be in a future post so stay tuned.

After you've created your course. You want to make sure that you leave out something from your first course that you can now ad to a second course. A logical next step.

This will become your part two. Or you may want to call it a sequal.

Doesn't matter.

You just want to make a reference to it at the end of your first course. That will be your "coming soon" part of the deal.

You can have the course all ready to go and just give your readers some time to consume the first one.

Once you think that they are ready for part two. Begin to let your readers know that you are preparing them another follow up course to go with the first one.

If you gave them some good quality content...they will love you for doing this for them...

Now to really glue your readers to your course...before you give it to them..let them in on the process.

Let them know how you had to change the title several times before settling on the one you did.

Let them know how late you stayed up to complete one of the lessons.

Your readers want to know that you are like them.

That you make mistakes.

That it's not always perfect.

Then...you just give it to them.

You have got them prepared...now they will want what you have.

That's it for now.

Monday, November 27, 2006

Internet marketing tip of the day

If you are looking for a quick and easy internet marketing tip to generate a boatload of traffic to your site then this message is for you.

Here's why.

Over the past couple of years right around christmas time I noticed a trend in marketing circles.

The holiday gift.

This is when a bunch of marketers get together and pool the products together to give away for free.

The only requirement was usually something small like signing up to their email list...or adding your product to the list as well.

Anyways...you can use this same tactic for generating traffic to your website.

You can either create your own information products that you can give away for free or partner up with someone and make an offer to your market..

(Quick note: whatever you give away should hold value in the mind of your customer. It should be something that they would have been willing to pay for but is more than happy to get for free. Now is not the time to pass on junk.)

Gather up 10 or so products that will help your customers solve a current or future problem. Then give it away. Link your gift with christmas...and your done....

You will also want to give it a catchy name as well.

Like the 12 days to a digital christmas or something.

Be creative.

Next..tell your market.

It will do you no good if you have something that can help your customer but he never finds out about it.

Also..make sure you stress the benefits of what they'll be getting.

I know you are offering something for free but you need to make it stand out in the minds of your customers.

I usually do that by launching directly into a bullet list.

1. Benefit
2. Benefit
3. Benefit

Enjoy!

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Double your sales by tweaking your internet marketing strategy

Well the thanksgiving holiday is over with... so I guess it's time to get back to work huh.

I want to share with you an internet marketing strategy that can literally double your sales just by making one simple change to what you are currently doing.

This works regardless of whatever business you are in.

You don't need a gazillion years of experience to make it work either.

Are you ready for it?

You are probably not - but I'll give it to you anyway.

What can I say, I'm feeling kind of nice today.

Here it is.

Make an offer where you will be giving a way a bonus.

The trick is that your bonus will have to be better than your intial item offered.

Read that again.

Write it out on paper by hand.

I first came across this strategy when I saw an offer for sports illustrated magazine years and years ago.

I didn't really want the magazine. I could easily get it at my local book store.

But what the marketers for sports illustrated did was offer a limited edition helmet of your favorite team.

I wanted that. Being a sports nut and all.

The entire commercial spoke mainly of about the helmet. There was only a slight mention of si.

Yet, there was only one way to get it.

It couldn't be found in the stores.
It couldn't be found in any magazines.

Only by ordering SI.

So there's your big idea.

Add a product or service to what you are currently offering that out weighs your upfront offer in the mind of your customer.

Keep your mentioning of your intial product to a minimum.

Focus on your bonus offer. Sell that.

And at the end, after you've sold them on your bonus offer...then you mention how they can get it.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Internet marketing site of the day

Okay here's my internet marketing site of the day.

I know its the day before thanksgiving, so think of this as my treat to you.

Before I tell which site I'm recommending today, I just want to say that this will be a new feature I will be adding.

From time to time I will recommend what I think are up and coming websites, or trends that you should place on your radar.

I can't say that this will be a weekly daily or even a monthly thing I do.

How come?

Because good quality websites or blogs aren't always easy to find. And there definitely isn't a timetable on finding them. Like say once a day or once a week.

So when I do come across one that I think is worth recommending then I will shoot it out to you as quickly as possible.

That being said...here is the site.

Click Here to visit Hittail

hittail.com

This site is in beta mode right now.

What does that mean?

Well that means for right now...it's totally free to join.

The reason why I like this site is because it will help you generate traffic to your website or blog...for free.

Now wait a minute.

Before you go getting into a hissy fit about how you have been there done that with free traffic listen up.

This isn't about SEO...or the newest and latest trick someone has come up with to fool the search engines.

This is about using the internet more effectively.

Imagine this.

You are paying a couple of hundred bucks a month on ppc advertising.

That comes out to a couple of grand you are spending a year right?

well, with hittail you can save that money. Put it to use somewhere else.

Buy more websites.

Expand your business...I don't know..you can do whatever you'd like with the extra cash.

The point is this.

Hittail shows you how to get the traffic for free.

Oh..and did I mention that they did the work for amazon when they first started out. Hittail is that same company...now just all grown up and going out on their own.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Here's Some Free Internet Marketing Advice

What I'm about to reveal to you is some free internet marketing advice that I wish someone would have told me when I was first starting out online.

I had to take up a few copywriting courses and shell out god knows how much cash before I truly got it.

When you think about it. It's a simple way for you to get your customers minds glued to your salesletter.

I've used it for years to get tons of news readers and subsceribers.

It works.

So don't let it's simplicity fool ya.

Here it is.

Whatever product you sell isn't the product you should be selling to your customer.

Confusing?

Let me explain.

Nobody will ever buy the product or service that you are selling. Never.

The product or service is just a reason that you give to charge your customer.

What your customer really wants is a solution to their problem.

Thats what you sell them first.

Oh yeah, you still mention your product or service in your salesletter.

Only it should come in later somewhere towards the middle or end of your salesletter.

The first part of your salesletter should focus on the benefit that you have that will solve their problem.

Then after you have showed them the big benefits your product or service offers.

You will want to link your product to that solution.

The formula looks like this.

Problem + Solution + Your Product = Relief

Try it.

Take a look at what you are offering.

Then just plug in this proven formula and watch your sales or subscribers soar.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Use this Quick Internet Marketing Tip to Get a Boatload of Hungry Subscribers

This is a tip that any internet marketing pro, rookie or beginner can use immediately to start turning lookers into buyers.

I want to tell you everything I know about this tip.

But I don't want to make this post too boring.

So I'll just be brief.

The idea is that if you want to get more subscribers to your newsletter or ezine or whatever.

You can do so by creating a "Special report"

Don't just advertise a freebie.

The words special report carries with it a high level of emotions.

Think about it.

When you think of the word special what comes to mind.

That this must be something different. Something important.

Attach that to the word report..and it will carry with it this same meaning.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Double or even triple your sales using this masters level copywriting technique

I'mmmm Back.

And hopefully you are ready for another lesson on how you can market more effieciently to make more sales.

What I am about to show you is a masters level marketing technique, that when used correctly can double and even triple your sales.

I'm not joking. It has been proven time and time again by people who have had slow or slumping sales. It wasn't strange to see double and triple the amount of profits rolling in every month without any major changes in their business straegy.

That's what I want for you.

That's why I'm taking the time to post that information here.

You can hold you applause and thank you's for later.

Are you ready for your masters level marketing secret to be revealed?

Here it is.

One of the secrets that master copywriters use to double and even triple their clients sales is that they use your curiosity as a way to get you to dig further into their sales material.

Yes I know. That's nothing knew, but honestly how many times have you ever used it?

Successfully that is.

Or better yet.

Who has ever shown you exactly how to use it in your articles or marketing material?

I going to give you the exact method I use to to tickle your curiosity button.

How cool is that?

Here's what I like to do.

I like to build your anticipation up.

By telling you about some worthwhile result that I've achieved that you would like to accomplish as well - I start to push on your curiosity button.

I usually will try to build anticipation in 3 areas.

1. The headline

2. The opening.

3. The bullets.

You need to build curiosity in at least one or better yet, if you can- all three of those areas.

I use the anticipation factor as a way to get your mind thinking of the benefits I have to offer you.

It works.

Try it out for yourself.

Let me know how it works out for you.

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Breaking news that's very important to you...

Ok..Heres the deal.

I just got an email about Mike Filsaime's Free Report called - "The Death of Internet Marketing"

I will admit, like you may be feeling now, that I thought it was some hyped up offer to get me to join for free and get some offer...

...Turns out I was wrong. Way wrong.

The bottom line is, this report really opened my eyes to what really is the death of Internet marketing. The good news is, the report also shows you what you need to know to succeed in the near future.

The times are changing and I it would be a shame for anyone to not read this report and fail like many will.

I read it, and I wanted to share it with you ASAP.

I recommend you take a break from what ever it is you are doing if you can and get access to this report now.

Consider your future success by going here now...

Click Here

Thanks,

keir

PS - Mike says it will only be available for a few weeks at most so do not delay...




What To Do When You First Start Marketing Online

Well it's a cloudy day here in chicago with rain coming down off and on.

What a bummer.

Ever notice how those cloudy gloomy days just seem to suck the life energy right out of ya?

I don't know maybe its just me....who knows.

Anyway..,

Back to the issue at hand.

I want you to do me a small favor.

I want you to give me just 5 minutes of your time.

What you are about to read...

What I'm about to let you in on is that important.

So tell the wife to watch the kids.

Let your teenagers take the dog for a walk...Whatever.

Your swinging for the fences now...(oh joy)

Here ya go.

"When you learn to control what your market see's and hears then you can control the eventual outcome"

"Oh, Keir did you just hit me with a golden nugget"

Yes my little cherubs, I did.

Look at Oprah

Look at The Donald

Look at Martha stewart.

They control what you see and hear. This gives them control. Therefore they can predict the likely outcome of a situation.

Think about it.

What do you control?

Very little would be my guess.

Learn this.

The people who don't exercise control usually wind up working for or being employed by those who do.

So what I want you to learn...

What I want you to take away from this post is this.

Don't quit your day job. Because it pays the the bills.

But you will need to have your own products to sell.

And if you don't have any...

If you don't know how or where to start...

Even if you don't feel like you have the skills to do such a thing

Then use my knowledge.

Use my products and services to add a monthly stream of income for yourself.

Look..you and I both have got bills to pay.

The only difference is that I have more money left over after I pay mine.

What about you?

Thursday, November 9, 2006

Discover how I used this article internet marketing strategy to bring free traffic to my site

Do you know how to get hundreds or even thousands of people to come to your site without paying a single penny for it?

If you don't then this post is for you.

Let me explain...

I discovered a couple of years ago how to get traffic to my site without out paying for it by luck really. I was getting low on cash and was considering shutting down my website..when one day while discussing my problem with a friend he mentioned that since I liked to write that I should submit my articles to an article directory...

What he said completely flew over my head...I said..what is an article directory...and how much will it cost me to join.

Now imagine my surprise when he said that they were free to join and I could post as many quality articles as I liked.

Well, I'm no genius, but he didn't have to tell me twice.

So I went on a streak of writing a new article everyday for 30 days.

After that I made it a habbit to write at least one new article every week.What happened next nearly floored me.

In my signature box I would often advertise different products or services I was affiliated with when I wasn't advertising my own site. As time went on, I started to get notices from the affiliate programs that I had a new sale. One here one there and so on and so forth. Now it wasn't earth shattering numbers to begin with..but it was consistent.

Now if you want to learn how to get free traffic this is just one of the many strategies you can use to do so.

The idea here is to create an article about a problem your target market is facing. Next after you've shown them what life will be like having this problem- you'll want to then let them know there is a solution..primarily in your product or service.

After you've done that lead them to your signature box for more information.

Here's a quick tip.

What you offer in your signature box should be a direct extension of what you talked about in your article.

For example..if you wrote an article about how to create an ecourse using autoresponders...then a logical extension in you r signature box would be an autoresponder service.

Want to know in my opinion 2 of the best article directories out there?

goarticles.com
ezinearticles.com

Try it..see how it works for you.