"Success is about focus and getting the attention of a great audience. That is what niche marketing is all about." - Matthew Graves
If you haven't heard about Matthew Graves, you are missing out on some great advice and training. Matthew has daily Periscopes and YouTube videos that can help you grow your business.
Click here to check it out
I have been following him for quite some time and belong to a number of his mailing lists: webbizinsider, hotlistmailer, toptiertraffic, splashpagesurfer, and socialmessageconnect.
He is someone I know, like and trust. (Find out more about this in Matthew's videos).
To your business success
Fran Watson
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Thursday, 10 March 2016
Increase Sales
Creating Opportunities To Increase Internet Sales
Several methods can be used for your online business to increase internet sales. Some are proven more effective than others. A great way to boost online sales is to increase traffic on your site. When more people visit your site, you increase your chances of generating sales.
The common mistake that many businesses make is they believe their work ends on getting people to visit the website. Successful internet selling turns visits into sales.
Turning Traffic to Profit
More than just listing the features of your product and the benefits of purchasing it, you must have something to offer your prospects. Offer something 'free' to your customers. When your buyer can get something free, they think of it as a bonus. For instance, if you're selling them a PC, you can offer them free PC scans. The same goes with websites; you can offer your visitors a free newsletter so they can get information about your products or services.
Sales text is important as another way to convince your customer to purchase a product. Most websites fail to give enough attention to this. How can you expect to make a sale when the potential buyer does not have enough information about the product or service? This text should be brief, concise, and informative. The text must answer possible questions a customer might have on a product.
Create an Expert Image
If people find you credible, they will more easily trust you. Your knowledge about the information contained in your site will lead to more traffic if people find your site useful. You can get more readers to your site by publishing articles over the internet, such as in a blog post or an article directory and including a byline. This will provide a background on you (as the author) and provides links to your site that readers can visit to get more information.
Keep Communication Lines Open
If you want to make more sales, you must include as much contact information on your site as possible. Do not just focus on the sales pages, instead include your phone number and contact form to all pages of your website. This will enable potential customers to easily contact you when they see a product or service they'd like to obtain.
By providing as much contact information as possible, people will have confidence in your site. If you sell products online, provide as much means for payment as possible. Provide the most convenient way for your customer to process payments.
Utilize Positive Feedback/Testimonials
If you can, get previous customers to leave feedback about products sold on your website. Post their testimonials on your site for future readers to see. Positive testimonials will help boost online sales because they help to increase trust on your buyer's part.
If you want to give them further assurance, you can offer a money-back guarantee. Giving a guarantee can benefit you in two ways. It gives your buyer the security of returning the product in case they do not find it useful; thus it becomes easier to part with their money and make a purchase. As for the seller, it reflects your confidence in your product that you'd be willing to return the money to a dissatisfied customer.
These are just a few effective sales tips and tricks that you can use to increase internet sales.
To your marketing success
Fran Watson
Several methods can be used for your online business to increase internet sales. Some are proven more effective than others. A great way to boost online sales is to increase traffic on your site. When more people visit your site, you increase your chances of generating sales.
The common mistake that many businesses make is they believe their work ends on getting people to visit the website. Successful internet selling turns visits into sales.
Turning Traffic to Profit
More than just listing the features of your product and the benefits of purchasing it, you must have something to offer your prospects. Offer something 'free' to your customers. When your buyer can get something free, they think of it as a bonus. For instance, if you're selling them a PC, you can offer them free PC scans. The same goes with websites; you can offer your visitors a free newsletter so they can get information about your products or services.
Sales text is important as another way to convince your customer to purchase a product. Most websites fail to give enough attention to this. How can you expect to make a sale when the potential buyer does not have enough information about the product or service? This text should be brief, concise, and informative. The text must answer possible questions a customer might have on a product.
Create an Expert Image
If people find you credible, they will more easily trust you. Your knowledge about the information contained in your site will lead to more traffic if people find your site useful. You can get more readers to your site by publishing articles over the internet, such as in a blog post or an article directory and including a byline. This will provide a background on you (as the author) and provides links to your site that readers can visit to get more information.
Keep Communication Lines Open
If you want to make more sales, you must include as much contact information on your site as possible. Do not just focus on the sales pages, instead include your phone number and contact form to all pages of your website. This will enable potential customers to easily contact you when they see a product or service they'd like to obtain.
By providing as much contact information as possible, people will have confidence in your site. If you sell products online, provide as much means for payment as possible. Provide the most convenient way for your customer to process payments.
Utilize Positive Feedback/Testimonials
If you can, get previous customers to leave feedback about products sold on your website. Post their testimonials on your site for future readers to see. Positive testimonials will help boost online sales because they help to increase trust on your buyer's part.
If you want to give them further assurance, you can offer a money-back guarantee. Giving a guarantee can benefit you in two ways. It gives your buyer the security of returning the product in case they do not find it useful; thus it becomes easier to part with their money and make a purchase. As for the seller, it reflects your confidence in your product that you'd be willing to return the money to a dissatisfied customer.
These are just a few effective sales tips and tricks that you can use to increase internet sales.
To your marketing success
Fran Watson
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Practice Makes Perfect
As mentioned in my previous post, it is important to be consistent. To improve your skills it is essential to practice on a daily basis. It takes time to become good at selling products especially door to door. In order to enhance your sales productivity one must be able to acquire skills as a salesperson. The necessary skills required to be a successful salesperson include the following.
First, you should be able to present yourself in a professional manner. To do this you should know how to dress as a successful person. Remember that first impression means a lot when you are in sales. It is the initial contact you have with your customer and your appearance could make a big difference when you are trying to develop a rapport to your potential buyer.
It is essential to know what suits you best. Remember that you are representing the company. Dressing as a professional is needed. Having a good selection of wardrobe is necessary. The nice suits, neckties and shoes are necessary accessories. Being able to matching your shoes and dress requires considerable trial and error before perfecting your skills. Experience will be the best teacher. Doing it as part of your daily routine helps you develop an eye for color schemes and combinations.
The second thing that you must remember is the best way to approach your prospect. Selling products in a door to door basis requires you to create innovative ways to effectively approach clients. Good opening lines and facilitating skills are necessary. The thing to take note when having a conversation is what is of interest to your client. This will increase the probability of increased sales because he will provide you the opening you needed to deliver your message.
Making the conversation interesting will make the mood lighter. This will make it easier for you to communicate (listen and learn) because the customer is letting his guard down. Injecting jokes or humor in your conversation eases the tension not only for you but for you client as well. This applies to clients you speak to online, or in your marketing messages you send out. You need to know what it is your client is looking for before you can tell them about the benefits it will bring them.
The last but certainly not the least thing to remember is to close. Closing a deal is crucial when you are selling door to door. You may not have a second chance. It is different online where a customer may read the material 5 or 6 times before making a decision to buy.
However, if it is not possible to close right away, make an appointment right away. You could set an appointment within a few days. Do not let it pass a week without making any follow up. The chances of sales will decrease if you set appointments more than one week. The client will either forget about the appointment or lose interest. That is why it is important to send out follow up emails as well.
To be the best salesperson you must make sure that you practice your selling skills consistently. Talk to people and move around. Action produces results.
Do not be afraid to make mistakes because you will learn from it. When you stumble, stand up and move forward. It is not how many times you fell but rather on how many times you stood up. Your skills will improve through time and when they do, expect that there will be increase sales.
To your marketing success
Fran Watson
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Being Consistent
I have been following Matthew Graves on Periscope. He has created a number of really good messages for people who are doing Internet Marketing.
Here is Matthew Graves' message about Being Consistent in your Internet Marketing. Worth listening to. Click here to listen
To your business success.
Fran
Here is Matthew Graves' message about Being Consistent in your Internet Marketing. Worth listening to. Click here to listen
To your business success.
Fran
Friday, 26 February 2016
4 Key Areas to Work On
Hi
I just listened to Matthew Grave's first Periscope video on the 4 key areas to work on for your internet business.
They are 1) work on yourself - learn and train
2) get exposure
3) convert your visitors
4) engage your visitors
For a fuller description of each of these, click here
To your business success!!
Fran Watson
P.S. Matthew is starting a new Inner Circle and has a few spaces left... Check it out here if you are interested and willing to work to build your business.
All you have to do is to send an email to innercircle@quickstartcoach.
I just listened to Matthew Grave's first Periscope video on the 4 key areas to work on for your internet business.
They are 1) work on yourself - learn and train
2) get exposure
3) convert your visitors
4) engage your visitors
For a fuller description of each of these, click here
To your business success!!
Fran Watson
P.S. Matthew is starting a new Inner Circle and has a few spaces left... Check it out here if you are interested and willing to work to build your business.
All you have to do is to send an email to innercircle@quickstartcoach.
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Getting People To Buy From Your Site
Getting People To Buy From Your Site
Researched & Written by Karen Barnes
Q: How can I get people to buy from my Affiliate Website?
A: The answer to this question has been debated by the top marketers to the newest of marketers on what does and does not work. The pros and cons of marketing products to buyers range from the use of free-for-all sites to traffic exchanges to free advertising to pay-per-clicks and the list goes on. What every marketer needs to do is to decide which of the products they want to try to sell. You then will need to learn everything about the product you are trying to sell, purchase and try it for yourself, and then write your own sales copy for this product from your own personal experience.
You will need to know how the product works, what the advantages and disadvantages are, the price, and how your customer can contact support or yourself with any questions or concerns they have about your product. They basically want to know everything that you wanted to know about the product when you purchased it for the first time. Then you will need to do some research on the clientele that will be most attracted to your product. After all you wouldn’t want to sell car mechanic tools to a chef. Trying to sell mechanics tools to a chef would produce some very bad results: a waste of your marketing time and money from marketing to a group of people to whom this particular product would have no interest.
Each product has a specific group of people who will want to purchase the product. Here are some tips for improving both first-time and repeat sales
: • Target your market is one of the top things you should do when advertising products for sale.
• Have specific details about your product in your ad or on your own Website.
• Use various marketing sites both online and offline for massive action.
• Follow up with prospects when they email you with questions.
• Follow up with your customer after the sale; this is a guaranteed way to have repeat sales and to improve customer relations with referrals from your customers.
• Keep up-to-date with current trends on products and marketing to keep your sales recurring.
• Remember if you are selling seasonal items, make sure that you are selling in the correct season to gain the most from your promotions. If you have any stock left over at the end of any season, create clearance prices to move your remaining stock for new products for the next season.
• Last but not least, test your headlines, sales copy and keep track of where you are advertising. This way you will know which ads and places that you are advertising are producing the desired results. This allows you to spend your marketing dollars more effectively and eliminate expenditures where they do little good.
Q: What is customer service?
A: Customer service is when you give your current and potential customers the best possible service. It includes both the way you interact personally with your customers as well as the way you solve their problems.
Q: Why is it so important?
A: Customer service should always be your top priority. The quality of your customer service can make or break your business. Great customer service will bring you repeat customers and new customers. Bad customer service can make you lose your customers and potential customers.
Q: How can I improve on this myself?
A: You can improve your customer service by really listening to what your customer wants and needs. Being responsive to their wants and needs is what keeps you in business.
Q: How can I go the extra mile for my customers?
A: As I just mentioned, you can start by listening to their wants and needs. Once you have found these two ingredients out, give them what they want and need.
Q: What are the key objectives to customer service?
A: There are four basic keys to great customer service:
1. Remember that your customers are GREAT. Treat your customers like they are royalty-this will go a long way towards making them feel special.
2. Give them the products or service (if your business is a service business such as internet service or web hosting service) plus a little. Give them something a little more. Provide polite and prompt answers to their questions and concerns. If you don't carry what they are looking for, let them know who does. You might lose that sale, but you could gain a customer and friend for a long time.
3. Make sure your prices are good. Be in line with or below your competitors. Competitive prices show your customers you value their business.
4. Provide a top notch shopping experience. A great shopping experience makes them want to return.
Even if you are a service or online business, make sure that you give them your absolute attention when they come to you with questions and concerns and offer correct and prompt replies. This type of customer service will then lead your current customers into recommending your service and product to their friends. Word-of-mouth advertising can be the greatest asset provided by your loyal customers. In short, with customer service, "Just Give 'Em The Pickle." Don't charge for something that you normally don't charge for, don't forget the daily little things that you offer your customers, and, above all, smile-even if you're on the telephone. They can "hear" your smile. Treat your customers as though they were your friends and you will be rewarded with their continued business.
To your business success
Fran Watson
Q: How can I get people to buy from my Affiliate Website?
A: The answer to this question has been debated by the top marketers to the newest of marketers on what does and does not work. The pros and cons of marketing products to buyers range from the use of free-for-all sites to traffic exchanges to free advertising to pay-per-clicks and the list goes on. What every marketer needs to do is to decide which of the products they want to try to sell. You then will need to learn everything about the product you are trying to sell, purchase and try it for yourself, and then write your own sales copy for this product from your own personal experience.
You will need to know how the product works, what the advantages and disadvantages are, the price, and how your customer can contact support or yourself with any questions or concerns they have about your product. They basically want to know everything that you wanted to know about the product when you purchased it for the first time. Then you will need to do some research on the clientele that will be most attracted to your product. After all you wouldn’t want to sell car mechanic tools to a chef. Trying to sell mechanics tools to a chef would produce some very bad results: a waste of your marketing time and money from marketing to a group of people to whom this particular product would have no interest.
Each product has a specific group of people who will want to purchase the product. Here are some tips for improving both first-time and repeat sales
: • Target your market is one of the top things you should do when advertising products for sale.
• Have specific details about your product in your ad or on your own Website.
• Use various marketing sites both online and offline for massive action.
• Follow up with prospects when they email you with questions.
• Follow up with your customer after the sale; this is a guaranteed way to have repeat sales and to improve customer relations with referrals from your customers.
• Keep up-to-date with current trends on products and marketing to keep your sales recurring.
• Remember if you are selling seasonal items, make sure that you are selling in the correct season to gain the most from your promotions. If you have any stock left over at the end of any season, create clearance prices to move your remaining stock for new products for the next season.
• Last but not least, test your headlines, sales copy and keep track of where you are advertising. This way you will know which ads and places that you are advertising are producing the desired results. This allows you to spend your marketing dollars more effectively and eliminate expenditures where they do little good.
Q: What is customer service?
A: Customer service is when you give your current and potential customers the best possible service. It includes both the way you interact personally with your customers as well as the way you solve their problems.
Q: Why is it so important?
A: Customer service should always be your top priority. The quality of your customer service can make or break your business. Great customer service will bring you repeat customers and new customers. Bad customer service can make you lose your customers and potential customers.
Q: How can I improve on this myself?
A: You can improve your customer service by really listening to what your customer wants and needs. Being responsive to their wants and needs is what keeps you in business.
Q: How can I go the extra mile for my customers?
A: As I just mentioned, you can start by listening to their wants and needs. Once you have found these two ingredients out, give them what they want and need.
Q: What are the key objectives to customer service?
A: There are four basic keys to great customer service:
1. Remember that your customers are GREAT. Treat your customers like they are royalty-this will go a long way towards making them feel special.
2. Give them the products or service (if your business is a service business such as internet service or web hosting service) plus a little. Give them something a little more. Provide polite and prompt answers to their questions and concerns. If you don't carry what they are looking for, let them know who does. You might lose that sale, but you could gain a customer and friend for a long time.
3. Make sure your prices are good. Be in line with or below your competitors. Competitive prices show your customers you value their business.
4. Provide a top notch shopping experience. A great shopping experience makes them want to return.
Even if you are a service or online business, make sure that you give them your absolute attention when they come to you with questions and concerns and offer correct and prompt replies. This type of customer service will then lead your current customers into recommending your service and product to their friends. Word-of-mouth advertising can be the greatest asset provided by your loyal customers. In short, with customer service, "Just Give 'Em The Pickle." Don't charge for something that you normally don't charge for, don't forget the daily little things that you offer your customers, and, above all, smile-even if you're on the telephone. They can "hear" your smile. Treat your customers as though they were your friends and you will be rewarded with their continued business.
To your business success
Fran Watson
Thursday, 11 February 2016
SFI
Hi
If you have been doing some internet marketing for a while, you have probably heard about SFI - Strong Futures International.
If you are new to the internet marketing world, you might not have heard of this company. So what is it and why should I care?
SFI has been around for 18 years. They have a plan in place to help every affiliate earn. They provide training, opportunities to sponsor new members and grow your team. They even have some exciting events like Pricebender auctions, card games, sports trivia and more.
Click here to check out the main offer. You can join for free, get all the training for free, connect with other SFI members, download music and much, much more.
To your business success
Fran Watson
If you have been doing some internet marketing for a while, you have probably heard about SFI - Strong Futures International.
If you are new to the internet marketing world, you might not have heard of this company. So what is it and why should I care?
SFI has been around for 18 years. They have a plan in place to help every affiliate earn. They provide training, opportunities to sponsor new members and grow your team. They even have some exciting events like Pricebender auctions, card games, sports trivia and more.
Click here to check out the main offer. You can join for free, get all the training for free, connect with other SFI members, download music and much, much more.
To your business success
Fran Watson
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Key Areas to Work on in Your Business
As you may have noticed, I have been promoting a number of Matthew Graves videos lately. That's because he has been providing some excellent tips on how to build a business online.
In this video he talks about 1) building yourself 2) building your list 3) building trust and converting prospects 4) adding value
Check out this periscope video
To your marketing success
Fran Watson
P.S. To check out Webizinsider that Matthew mentioned, Click here
In this video he talks about 1) building yourself 2) building your list 3) building trust and converting prospects 4) adding value
Check out this periscope video
To your marketing success
Fran Watson
P.S. To check out Webizinsider that Matthew mentioned, Click here
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Helpful Tips for Internet Marketers
I haven't written for some time, and for that I apologize. I have been working on my Internet Marketing, learning new things, exploring options and further developing my current business opportunities.
For the past month, I have been following Matthew Graves' blogs and periscope projects, learning more and more about marketing.
I have also been getting more knowledgeable about SFI - Strong Futures International - developing my business on a daily basis and working with my team. SFI has come up with some unique ideas to help me, and others build a strong business with the ability to market a variety of products and build downlines to help build a profit. I have been earning monthly and building my business by completing daily tasks, working step by step to accomplish what needs to be done.
There is so much helpful information to be found within SFI and also with Matthew Graves that it will take time to absorb everything.
Why don't you join me? Just click on the two links above (or below) and you will be able to learn what I am learning.
To your business success
Fran Watson
P.S. Here are the links - Click here for SFI
Click here for Matthew Graves
For the past month, I have been following Matthew Graves' blogs and periscope projects, learning more and more about marketing.
I have also been getting more knowledgeable about SFI - Strong Futures International - developing my business on a daily basis and working with my team. SFI has come up with some unique ideas to help me, and others build a strong business with the ability to market a variety of products and build downlines to help build a profit. I have been earning monthly and building my business by completing daily tasks, working step by step to accomplish what needs to be done.
There is so much helpful information to be found within SFI and also with Matthew Graves that it will take time to absorb everything.
Why don't you join me? Just click on the two links above (or below) and you will be able to learn what I am learning.
To your business success
Fran Watson
P.S. Here are the links - Click here for SFI
Click here for Matthew Graves
Saturday, 16 January 2016
Shatter Your Excuses and Launch Your Online Business Webinar # 2
Mathew Graves.....some good advice.....
Monday, 4 January 2016
How To Make Money As An Affiliate
Have you wondered how to make money as an affiliate? The following article may help you understand
The Affiliate Model – How To Make Money As An Affiliate
Rob Rawson
Affiliate programs are a very easy and effective way to make money on the Internet right? so how do they work?
Essentially, affiliate programs are a way that you can promote other people’s products and get paid a commission for promoting them. You can get paid to promote almost any type of product and service on the web.
Most of the top companies on the web have Affiliate Programs. Dell computers, Amazon, Expedia, AT&T, Chase bank, Delta airlines and Walmart are just a few examples - did you know that you can be paid a commission to sell products online for any one of these companies?
The best thing about affiliate programs is that it is so easy to set up a relationship with any one of these companies. Normally in business you would have to spend weeks or months of meetings, proving that you are a worthwhile partner to be able to do business with these sorts of companies. However, an affiliate program allows you to get commissions straight away as a little guy,without all the hassle of meetings and forming that relationship.
There are thousands of affiliate programs that you can promote on the web. You have so many choices that you could pursue. The key factors for success with affiliate programs are the following:
Choosing the right affiliate programs. If you choose certain affiliate programs you will likely only be able to earn a small income because their payouts are small. Other affiliate programs have very large payouts and high earning per click (EPC). If you don’t know what earning per click (EPC) is, it is the average amount that affiliates earn from each click to the site that they are sending money to. Some networks express it in earnings per one hundred clicks.
For example you could say an EPC of $57. This means you make $57 on average for every 100 visitors that you send to a site or 57 cents for sending one visitor to the site. Generally I am looking for affiliate programs with an EPC of $20 or more, which means I am making 20 cents per visitor. Usually, I focus on programs that have an EPC of $100 or $1 per visitor. When you are earning $1 per visitor you have potential for a lot more profit.
The second critical factor is getting the traffic to the affiliate program. We are going to talk about this more in other issues of the Ecourse.
The third factor is being able to pre-sell to the visitors of your site. Let’s say that you have a website where you discuss different products and services, a comparison type of site. You can recommend the product that you think is most beneficial and then when people click through to the site after your recommendation, they are much more likely to buy.
How do you find good affiliate programs?
One easy way is to go to all of the affiliate networks and sign up for affiliate programs there. The major affiliate networks like Commission Junction have thousands of affiliate programs that you can join in all sorts of categories. You can find a listing of the different affiliate networks at: http://www.profitpuppy.com/affiliate-networks.htm
It also depends on what type of strategy you are pursuing with affiliate programs. There are many different strategies and we can’t go into all of them now, we’ll talk about them in detail in some later issues of the ecourse. However here are a few strategies to get your brain ticking over with ideas:
You can promote affiliate programs directly using Google Adwords. You simply promote the program by creating your own ads. This is the quickest way to make money on the Internet as you can get started and in 1-2 hours have some ads up that are making you money. However, it is getting more and more difficult to make money with this strategy as there are too many people doing it. As with anything in life, if something is too easy to make money, everyone will start doing it and it then becomes more difficult because there is more competition.
One strategy is to focus on a particular niche area … let’s say you decide to do a site on car rentals. You could then join all the affiliate programs to do with car rentals. You can find many of them through the major networks, but you might also need to search on Google for something like – ‘car rental affiliate program’.
Another strategy is to build lots of little mini sites on the Internet focusing on different keyword phrases that people are searching for and get free search engine listings in Google and other search engines. This is a great strategy because the traffic that you get is free. This is general called Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is great and can make you a lot of money but it is also very tricky. It is not easy to get to the top of the search engines. It requires a lot of knowledge, and quite a bit of effort. Don’t think that you can just read a book and do it … normally it is going to take months of dedication to get there.
That’s a few ideas, but whatever area you are involved in on the Internet you should definitely be promoting affiliate programs. Even if you sell your own product online you should still look into affiliate programs as a back end profit centre for your business.
Affiliate programs are one of the quickest ways to make money on the Internet. Over the next few issues of the Ecourse we are going to talk about other strategies of using affiliate programs.
If you want a free email course on affiliate programs you can send a blank email to: tamsaffiliatemarketing@sitesell.net This email course is written by Ken Evoy and it is this course that actually got me started in marketing on the Internet. http://www.profitpuppy.com
Rob Rawson
You may reprint/republish any of the following articles on your own Site, in your own ezine, auto-responder series, product, bonus items, or any other format you wish as long as you adhere to the following:
1. The article must not be altered in anyway and the links must remain active
2. You must not abuse the Internet in anyway, shape, or form with ANY of your online marketing. This includes but is not limited to sending unsolicited commercial email (SPAM), abusing online forums, using copyrighted materials without permission, or infringing on the trademarks of others.
info@profitpuppy.com
To your marketing success Click here
Fran Watson
The Affiliate Model – How To Make Money As An Affiliate
Rob Rawson
Affiliate programs are a very easy and effective way to make money on the Internet right? so how do they work?
Essentially, affiliate programs are a way that you can promote other people’s products and get paid a commission for promoting them. You can get paid to promote almost any type of product and service on the web.
Most of the top companies on the web have Affiliate Programs. Dell computers, Amazon, Expedia, AT&T, Chase bank, Delta airlines and Walmart are just a few examples - did you know that you can be paid a commission to sell products online for any one of these companies?
The best thing about affiliate programs is that it is so easy to set up a relationship with any one of these companies. Normally in business you would have to spend weeks or months of meetings, proving that you are a worthwhile partner to be able to do business with these sorts of companies. However, an affiliate program allows you to get commissions straight away as a little guy,without all the hassle of meetings and forming that relationship.
There are thousands of affiliate programs that you can promote on the web. You have so many choices that you could pursue. The key factors for success with affiliate programs are the following:
Choosing the right affiliate programs. If you choose certain affiliate programs you will likely only be able to earn a small income because their payouts are small. Other affiliate programs have very large payouts and high earning per click (EPC). If you don’t know what earning per click (EPC) is, it is the average amount that affiliates earn from each click to the site that they are sending money to. Some networks express it in earnings per one hundred clicks.
For example you could say an EPC of $57. This means you make $57 on average for every 100 visitors that you send to a site or 57 cents for sending one visitor to the site. Generally I am looking for affiliate programs with an EPC of $20 or more, which means I am making 20 cents per visitor. Usually, I focus on programs that have an EPC of $100 or $1 per visitor. When you are earning $1 per visitor you have potential for a lot more profit.
The second critical factor is getting the traffic to the affiliate program. We are going to talk about this more in other issues of the Ecourse.
The third factor is being able to pre-sell to the visitors of your site. Let’s say that you have a website where you discuss different products and services, a comparison type of site. You can recommend the product that you think is most beneficial and then when people click through to the site after your recommendation, they are much more likely to buy.
How do you find good affiliate programs?
One easy way is to go to all of the affiliate networks and sign up for affiliate programs there. The major affiliate networks like Commission Junction have thousands of affiliate programs that you can join in all sorts of categories. You can find a listing of the different affiliate networks at: http://www.profitpuppy.com/affiliate-networks.htm
It also depends on what type of strategy you are pursuing with affiliate programs. There are many different strategies and we can’t go into all of them now, we’ll talk about them in detail in some later issues of the ecourse. However here are a few strategies to get your brain ticking over with ideas:
You can promote affiliate programs directly using Google Adwords. You simply promote the program by creating your own ads. This is the quickest way to make money on the Internet as you can get started and in 1-2 hours have some ads up that are making you money. However, it is getting more and more difficult to make money with this strategy as there are too many people doing it. As with anything in life, if something is too easy to make money, everyone will start doing it and it then becomes more difficult because there is more competition.
One strategy is to focus on a particular niche area … let’s say you decide to do a site on car rentals. You could then join all the affiliate programs to do with car rentals. You can find many of them through the major networks, but you might also need to search on Google for something like – ‘car rental affiliate program’.
Another strategy is to build lots of little mini sites on the Internet focusing on different keyword phrases that people are searching for and get free search engine listings in Google and other search engines. This is a great strategy because the traffic that you get is free. This is general called Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is great and can make you a lot of money but it is also very tricky. It is not easy to get to the top of the search engines. It requires a lot of knowledge, and quite a bit of effort. Don’t think that you can just read a book and do it … normally it is going to take months of dedication to get there.
That’s a few ideas, but whatever area you are involved in on the Internet you should definitely be promoting affiliate programs. Even if you sell your own product online you should still look into affiliate programs as a back end profit centre for your business.
Affiliate programs are one of the quickest ways to make money on the Internet. Over the next few issues of the Ecourse we are going to talk about other strategies of using affiliate programs.
If you want a free email course on affiliate programs you can send a blank email to: tamsaffiliatemarketing@sitesell.net This email course is written by Ken Evoy and it is this course that actually got me started in marketing on the Internet. http://www.profitpuppy.com
Rob Rawson
You may reprint/republish any of the following articles on your own Site, in your own ezine, auto-responder series, product, bonus items, or any other format you wish as long as you adhere to the following:
1. The article must not be altered in anyway and the links must remain active
2. You must not abuse the Internet in anyway, shape, or form with ANY of your online marketing. This includes but is not limited to sending unsolicited commercial email (SPAM), abusing online forums, using copyrighted materials without permission, or infringing on the trademarks of others.
info@profitpuppy.com
To your marketing success Click here
Fran Watson
Saturday, 2 January 2016
Are You Guilty of these?
I read a great blog this morning - 5 Habits That Will Guarantee Your Failure in Life.
Are you guilty of any of these:
1. Failing to plan
2. Failing to try
3. Giving up too soon
4. Making excuses
5. Not believing in yourself?
Read the post here:
To your business success
Fran Watson
Are you guilty of any of these:
1. Failing to plan
2. Failing to try
3. Giving up too soon
4. Making excuses
5. Not believing in yourself?
Read the post here:
To your business success
Fran Watson
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
Affiliate Marketing - Cost Effective?
Affiliate Marketing: Why is it One of the Most Cost-Effective Ways to Advertise your Business
Ever heard of affiliate programs? These are forms of Internet advertising that rewards the affiliates for driving traffic to the advertiser or for other transactions. The advertiser pays the affiliate to place a link on their website, and the affiliate sends traffic to the advertiser in return. Simply put, it's about paying commissions to people who help you make sales. It's that easy---NOT.
Affiliate marketing has its ups and downs. It can be draining if you are not armed with updated information and the technical how-tos. But this article's sole objective is to reach out to you and not to badmouth affiliate marketing.
Here are the following reasons on why web marketers choose affiliate marketing as a form of Internet advertisement.
1. Low cost
Many are scared to go into a home based business because of the capital required. In affiliate marketing, you don't have to spend much to start raking in some moolah.
2. Inventories not included
Having to maintain product can be stressful. With affiliate marketing, you don't need an inventory. The merchant does any of the maintenance required.
3. Unlimited income through leverage
When you have a paid job, your monthly income mainly relies on whether you go to work or not. With affiliate marketing, your affiliates lead traffic to your site without you having to lift a finger (once you have provided them with your ad copy and links).
Though not every web marketer earns limitless amounts of money, it still is a fact that all the necessary information for the advertiser or Internet marketer is all there to provide an option to be successful.
4. Go worldwide
With affiliate marketing, you are dealing with a global market place. All you have to do is choose a niche product and prepare all the necessary tools for your affiliates to send traffic from just about anywhere to your website (affiliate link).
5. Low risk
The main reason for Internet marketer's enthusiasm with affiliate marketing is its having a low risk factor. For those with low budget set aside for advertising and/or developing a product, affiliate marketing is a great way to begin.
6. No closing time
With affiliate marketing, your business works 24/7 - every single second of the day while targeting a worldwide market! What could be better than that?
It is important to choose the right niche. What are you passionate about? Has someone got a product that you feel you could promote? Do you have a product that you think others would promote? Take some time to ensure that people want what you are selling/promoting.
To your marketing success
Fran Watson
https://www.facebook.com/banabu.ca/
Ever heard of affiliate programs? These are forms of Internet advertising that rewards the affiliates for driving traffic to the advertiser or for other transactions. The advertiser pays the affiliate to place a link on their website, and the affiliate sends traffic to the advertiser in return. Simply put, it's about paying commissions to people who help you make sales. It's that easy---NOT.
Affiliate marketing has its ups and downs. It can be draining if you are not armed with updated information and the technical how-tos. But this article's sole objective is to reach out to you and not to badmouth affiliate marketing.
Here are the following reasons on why web marketers choose affiliate marketing as a form of Internet advertisement.
1. Low cost
Many are scared to go into a home based business because of the capital required. In affiliate marketing, you don't have to spend much to start raking in some moolah.
2. Inventories not included
Having to maintain product can be stressful. With affiliate marketing, you don't need an inventory. The merchant does any of the maintenance required.
3. Unlimited income through leverage
When you have a paid job, your monthly income mainly relies on whether you go to work or not. With affiliate marketing, your affiliates lead traffic to your site without you having to lift a finger (once you have provided them with your ad copy and links).
Though not every web marketer earns limitless amounts of money, it still is a fact that all the necessary information for the advertiser or Internet marketer is all there to provide an option to be successful.
4. Go worldwide
With affiliate marketing, you are dealing with a global market place. All you have to do is choose a niche product and prepare all the necessary tools for your affiliates to send traffic from just about anywhere to your website (affiliate link).
5. Low risk
The main reason for Internet marketer's enthusiasm with affiliate marketing is its having a low risk factor. For those with low budget set aside for advertising and/or developing a product, affiliate marketing is a great way to begin.
6. No closing time
With affiliate marketing, your business works 24/7 - every single second of the day while targeting a worldwide market! What could be better than that?
It is important to choose the right niche. What are you passionate about? Has someone got a product that you feel you could promote? Do you have a product that you think others would promote? Take some time to ensure that people want what you are selling/promoting.
To your marketing success
Fran Watson
https://www.facebook.com/banabu.ca/
Are You In Motion?
Newton's First Law of Motion states that a body at rest will
remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it, and a body in
motion at a constant velocity will remain in motion in a straight
line unless acted upon by an outside force.
Did you stop working on your business over the holidays?
Did you come to a complete stop or slow down?
If so, you might need some help getting back to where you need to be for your business. Let me help you by directing you to an "Outside Force" - Matthew Graves. He has set up a challenge for 2016 to help us get moving in the right direction.
Find out more here: http://ow.ly/WiN3t
Join me and many others in
developing your business in 2016.
Fran Watson
https://www.facebook.com/banabu.ca/
Did you stop working on your business over the holidays?
Did you come to a complete stop or slow down?
If so, you might need some help getting back to where you need to be for your business. Let me help you by directing you to an "Outside Force" - Matthew Graves. He has set up a challenge for 2016 to help us get moving in the right direction.
Find out more here: http://ow.ly/WiN3t Join me and many others in
developing your business in 2016.
Fran Watson
https://www.facebook.com/banabu.ca/
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Focus On Your Audience - Effective Networking
Effective Networking online and offline - How to connect with people who might be interested in what you have to sell - a product, a service...
1. Set clear concise goals. This will give you a
purpose and there by motivating you to connect with someone who may be able to
help you accomplish your goal.
2. Determine how comfortable you are with accessing your network.
If you don't feel comfortable with certain aspects of networking, make sure you
seek help.
3. Analyze your existing network. Create a network
map with all the people you know on it. Start off by mapping those individuals
who can help you with your goals and then everyone else.
4. Identify opportunities in your network.
Take your goals and think about who in your network can help you accomplish
them.
5. Develop connection strategies. Once you've
identified a contact who you think can help, determine the best way to connect
with that individual.
6. Monitor your network activity. Keep track of your
goals and who you are connecting with to help you accomplish them.
7. Focus on developing long lasting mutually-beneficial
relationships. Give as much as you take from your network.
8. Practice, practice, practice. Start to bring
networking to the conscious level and connect with as many people as you can.
After all, practice leads to improved execution.
9. Volunteer or join an association.
Expand your access to contacts by volunteering with a charity or non-profit or
join an association.
To your success
Fran Watson
Thursday, 7 May 2015
How to Pull in Profit
How to Pull In As Much Profit As Your Wallet Will Hold
With Email Lists
By Jimmy D. Brown
The fortune is in the list.
If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that said, well,
I'd already have a fortune! :-)
However "broken-recordish" it may sound, it is a truthful
statement. The fortune REALLY IS in the list.
Fact is, if you possess the knowledge of how to grow
and profit from email lists, you can pretty much write
your own ticket.
And, if you'll read the remainder of this article, I'll
pass that knowledge right on to ya.
It comes down to getting folks to do four things...
1. REQUEST. First things first, you need to convince
people to subscribe to your list. That is, get them to
join your list of their own free will.
Usually, this involves giving away a mini-course, report
or newsletter from your web site. All you need is..
- An Attention Grabbing Title. (I could have chosen "4
Keys to Successful Email Promotions" for this article,
but is that as attention-grabbing as "How to Pull in
As Much Profit As Your Wallet Will Hold From Email
Lists"?)
- A Handful of Bulleted Benefits. (A short list of 4-6
desirable things subscribers will learn if they join
your list. Think "what's in it for me?")
- An Email Submission Form. (Your autoresponder system
will provide this for you.)
NOTE: The BEST way to get folks to join is to embed the
above mentioned items DIRECTLY in the most prominent
place you have your site visitors' attention. Usually
this is 3-5 paragraphs into your sales letter or 1/3
of the way into an ezine article.
2. RECEIVE. After visitors to your site have "requested"
information by joining your list, it's critical that your
emails be delivered successfully to their inbox. With all
of the filters in place (among other hazards) this can be
quite a chore.
One thing you'll want to do for certain is check your
SPAM rating to make certain it's in an acceptable range.
Again, most of the better autoresponder services offer this
feature for you.
If yours doesn't, you can use the free tool at
http://spamcheck.sitesell.com/
You can also do things like...
- Get your subscribers to "approve" mailings from you.
- Authenticate yourself as a legitimate mailer when you
receive a "response challenge" from protection services
such as Spam Arrest.
- Use alternative formats of your email messages such as
"downloadable email messages" in PDF format. ( Free
report available at GetEmailResults.com )
3. READ. When your emails successfully arrive at the
inboxes of your subscribers, another task awaits - getting
them to actually open your message and read it.
This is going to depend upon your "subject line". It is
paramount that your subject line be intriguing enough to
convince your readers to stop what they are doing and take
a look inside.
One way to get this done is to create a swipe file of
email subject lines that have convinced YOU to read the
messages and then modify those subject lines for your
own use.
Ex. I received an email that had the subject line of
"This affiliate tip is almost too easy" that caught my
attention and forced me to read the associated message.
This subject line could easily be used in a variety of
different niches...
- This dieting tip is almost too easy
- This time management tip is almost too easy
- This marriage saving tip is almost too easy
4. RESPOND. When you have convinced your subscribers to
open your email message and read its contents, the only
remaining "task" is to get them to respond.
You want them to take action. Click a link. Go
somewhere. Ultimately, spend money with you.
The only way you'll be able to do this is follow a simple
catch phrase I've been teaching for years: "useful, but
incomplete".
It simply means this: your messages must provide content
that is useful to your subscribers (otherwise, they'll
unsubscribe faster than you can say "oops"!), but is also
"incomplete" in that there is some additional offer that
could enhance or maximize that content.
Ex. You might write an article that shares "7 Ways to
Profit With Autoresponders" to send to your list. That's
"useful" information to those who are interested in that
particular topic. It's also "incomplete" because they
need an autoresponder service to put the information into
action. That's your cue to promote your recommended
autoresponder service.
See how it works?
If you want to pad your wallet with profits by using
email lists, this is how you do it:
Get people to do these four things
- Request
- Receive
- Read
- Respond
This is a system that has never failed, will never fail.
I've used it. Others have used it.
Now, it's your turn to use it.
------------------------------
Jimmy D. Brown is the owner of the "List And Traffic" membership
site, teaching thousands of internet business owners
specific things they can do every week to multiply profits.
For video training, weekly updated content and printable
checklist "systems" for growing your business,
drop by http://www.ListAndTraffic.com
With Email Lists
By Jimmy D. Brown
The fortune is in the list.
If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that said, well,
I'd already have a fortune! :-)
However "broken-recordish" it may sound, it is a truthful
statement. The fortune REALLY IS in the list.
Fact is, if you possess the knowledge of how to grow
and profit from email lists, you can pretty much write
your own ticket.
And, if you'll read the remainder of this article, I'll
pass that knowledge right on to ya.
It comes down to getting folks to do four things...
1. REQUEST. First things first, you need to convince
people to subscribe to your list. That is, get them to
join your list of their own free will.
Usually, this involves giving away a mini-course, report
or newsletter from your web site. All you need is..
- An Attention Grabbing Title. (I could have chosen "4
Keys to Successful Email Promotions" for this article,
but is that as attention-grabbing as "How to Pull in
As Much Profit As Your Wallet Will Hold From Email
Lists"?)
- A Handful of Bulleted Benefits. (A short list of 4-6
desirable things subscribers will learn if they join
your list. Think "what's in it for me?")
- An Email Submission Form. (Your autoresponder system
will provide this for you.)
NOTE: The BEST way to get folks to join is to embed the
above mentioned items DIRECTLY in the most prominent
place you have your site visitors' attention. Usually
this is 3-5 paragraphs into your sales letter or 1/3
of the way into an ezine article.
2. RECEIVE. After visitors to your site have "requested"
information by joining your list, it's critical that your
emails be delivered successfully to their inbox. With all
of the filters in place (among other hazards) this can be
quite a chore.
One thing you'll want to do for certain is check your
SPAM rating to make certain it's in an acceptable range.
Again, most of the better autoresponder services offer this
feature for you.
If yours doesn't, you can use the free tool at
http://spamcheck.sitesell.com/
You can also do things like...
- Get your subscribers to "approve" mailings from you.
- Authenticate yourself as a legitimate mailer when you
receive a "response challenge" from protection services
such as Spam Arrest.
- Use alternative formats of your email messages such as
"downloadable email messages" in PDF format. ( Free
report available at GetEmailResults.com )
3. READ. When your emails successfully arrive at the
inboxes of your subscribers, another task awaits - getting
them to actually open your message and read it.
This is going to depend upon your "subject line". It is
paramount that your subject line be intriguing enough to
convince your readers to stop what they are doing and take
a look inside.
One way to get this done is to create a swipe file of
email subject lines that have convinced YOU to read the
messages and then modify those subject lines for your
own use.
Ex. I received an email that had the subject line of
"This affiliate tip is almost too easy" that caught my
attention and forced me to read the associated message.
This subject line could easily be used in a variety of
different niches...
- This dieting tip is almost too easy
- This time management tip is almost too easy
- This marriage saving tip is almost too easy
4. RESPOND. When you have convinced your subscribers to
open your email message and read its contents, the only
remaining "task" is to get them to respond.
You want them to take action. Click a link. Go
somewhere. Ultimately, spend money with you.
The only way you'll be able to do this is follow a simple
catch phrase I've been teaching for years: "useful, but
incomplete".
It simply means this: your messages must provide content
that is useful to your subscribers (otherwise, they'll
unsubscribe faster than you can say "oops"!), but is also
"incomplete" in that there is some additional offer that
could enhance or maximize that content.
Ex. You might write an article that shares "7 Ways to
Profit With Autoresponders" to send to your list. That's
"useful" information to those who are interested in that
particular topic. It's also "incomplete" because they
need an autoresponder service to put the information into
action. That's your cue to promote your recommended
autoresponder service.
See how it works?
If you want to pad your wallet with profits by using
email lists, this is how you do it:
Get people to do these four things
- Request
- Receive
- Read
- Respond
This is a system that has never failed, will never fail.
I've used it. Others have used it.
Now, it's your turn to use it.
------------------------------
Jimmy D. Brown is the owner of the "List And Traffic" membership
site, teaching thousands of internet business owners
specific things they can do every week to multiply profits.
For video training, weekly updated content and printable
checklist "systems" for growing your business,
drop by http://www.ListAndTraffic.com
Sunday, 31 August 2014
What is Kore4?
Making money online can sometimes feel like you need a Phd to just get started...
The trick, is to find something that is proven, to find a plan that has stood the test of time using the tools that you need to succeed. Sounds simple right?
Until now, it's been a challenge to find it. Kore4 is the perfect fit for all online business seekers, new and experienced.
You see, when you leverage the power and earning ability of programs like StartXchange, I Love Hits, ThumbVU, Sweeva and ClickTrackProfit, you find something, never yet seen in the traffic exchange and online business world.
Kore4 shows you how to take the most popular traffic exchanges on the net and the premier training suite for savvy traffic exchange surfers and finally make a real income online!
Want to see this awesome program in action?
It's easy and you can get all your questions answered by clicking this link now; I know you'll love this...
Best of all......Imagine, refer 2 and it's free! That's it. No massive downlines needed to succeed but the best part about Kore4, your downlines will potentially grow like you've never seen before.
It's all about the plan!
Yours in success,
Fran Watson
P.S. Click here now
The trick, is to find something that is proven, to find a plan that has stood the test of time using the tools that you need to succeed. Sounds simple right?
Until now, it's been a challenge to find it. Kore4 is the perfect fit for all online business seekers, new and experienced.
You see, when you leverage the power and earning ability of programs like StartXchange, I Love Hits, ThumbVU, Sweeva and ClickTrackProfit, you find something, never yet seen in the traffic exchange and online business world.
Kore4 shows you how to take the most popular traffic exchanges on the net and the premier training suite for savvy traffic exchange surfers and finally make a real income online!
Want to see this awesome program in action?
It's easy and you can get all your questions answered by clicking this link now; I know you'll love this...
Best of all......Imagine, refer 2 and it's free! That's it. No massive downlines needed to succeed but the best part about Kore4, your downlines will potentially grow like you've never seen before.
It's all about the plan!
Yours in success,
Fran Watson
P.S. Click here now
Thursday, 28 August 2014
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Saturday, 19 July 2014
Make More Money
What exactly can you do to increase your revenue? The short answer is
to increase your fees. I know you’ve probably started a dialogue in
your head that sounds a little like this, “I can’t do that because
I’ll lose clients and if I lose clients, I’ll lose money and if I lose
money, I won’t be able to pay my bills, and if I’m not able to pay my
bills, I’ll have to go get a job.”
Would you like to know the truth? That’s the story you’ve made up. If you look around your industry I’m sure there’s someone that’s charging more than you are and their clients / customers are paying.
What makes them so different? It’s what they think and believe for starters, and their relationship with money. They believe they deserve it. And they aren’t afraid to ask for the money when they’re sharing their products and services.
Success leaves clues however it starts with your mindset. Read more
To your business success
Fran Watson
Would you like to know the truth? That’s the story you’ve made up. If you look around your industry I’m sure there’s someone that’s charging more than you are and their clients / customers are paying.
What makes them so different? It’s what they think and believe for starters, and their relationship with money. They believe they deserve it. And they aren’t afraid to ask for the money when they’re sharing their products and services.
Success leaves clues however it starts with your mindset. Read more
To your business success
Fran Watson
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