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
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