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Driving Traffic To Your Site via MySpace

2010-03-12T11:31:00.000-08:00

There are thousands of special interest groups that gather on the web to talk about their favorite subject: knitting, Obama, tennis, food.....you name it, they got it. The key is to find these niches and let them know about your site! This is an excellent technique because it drives loyal and regular users to your site. One of the best ways to do this is through myspace.

*set up your account with myspace
*Add your info. No offensive pictures. Include a link to your site
*Do not add a product page. This is too spammy-ish and homeade looking.
*Start adding relevant friends. Be somebody that they like. Do not add more than 100 friends a day (or, this can get you banned).
*Post on a regular basis. This gets more exposure and interst.
*Watch your traffic roll in.

Stick With It

2010-03-05T10:54:00.001-08:00

I learned this the hard way. In my life, there have been so many times when I have tried to do something once, and it didn't turn out. So, I threw my hands up in the air and said that it didn't work. One day, I decided to just try it again to see if it would work this time. Lo and behold, it worked! I just had to approach the problem with a different mindset. Let this be a lesson to you. Just because something doesn't work for you initially, don't give up. Everything in life worthwhile is going to be difficult. (That's why everyone is not wealthy....some just give up too easy).

The Most Embarrassing Day of My Life

2010-02-08T12:08:00.000-08:00

I have a sweet little 4 year old that is usually great. But she successfully embarrassed the heck out me recently. There was a really nice lady that was paying special attention to my little girl. This lady soooo sweet and she was telling my little 4 year old a story. But, things took a turn for the worse when I heard my toddler say to the kind lady, "Have you always, been old and fat?" I know this post is off topic, but I wanted to share it just to ease my pain. I thought I had taught her manners!!!

Do Google Adwords Work?

2010-02-06T19:41:00.000-08:00

Do Google adwords work? From my experience, nope. After all the time put into researching, learning, and tweeking my ads, it has not been my method of choice. However, I read somewhere that if your product or service is over $10, it is viable. So make your own decision. But.........one of my mentors, Simon Leung (who actually used to work for Google on the Adword creation team) believes that adwords are dead and soon to be a thing of the past. There are too many other ways to market yourself for free such as Twitter, Youtube, Craigslist, etc.

My Money Recipe

2010-01-15T12:47:00.000-08:00

Did you know that you only need to make $273 a day to pull in $100,000 a year? It's not that hard when you look at it that way. I am sure you all have your own special way of making money, but here is mine in a nutshell: If I sign up 1 person a day for a year on my website (http://www.myspiderjob.ws) and if those people each sign up a total of 2 people each, then I make $135,000 year after year. And those numbers are conservative!

If you have no interest in this type of business, then why not sell high end items on ebay or amazon? There are so many ways to make money. I am sooo sick of people saying they can't find a job. Why don't they create their own job? Atleast you can't get fired by yourself!

WOWZA

2010-01-05T19:28:00.000-08:00

I know, it's such a stupid title. But really, I just bought the Twitter Friend Adder and it is sooo coool! I love things that save me time and leverage my work. My current goal to target 137,000 people a day (which converts into a hefty sum of ongoing profits). And do you know what the beautiful thing is? Twitter is free! It costs a lot of money to buy lists for e-mail!

Should I Feel Guilty?

2009-12-21T20:28:00.000-08:00

We got a Christmas card yesterday from our accountant. It was a mass message sent to all his clients. He wrote: "No matter how bad things get we all seem to figure out a way to thrive and get through our challenges." I get these messages from all kinds of people. I do not want to appear big-headed, but should I feel bad that we had a great year? I almost feel like we should be struggling because that's what everyone else is doing. Anyways, my family and I just got back from dropping off a box full of money and food to a struggling family in our church. I feel really blessed that we were able to do that. If I have offended anyone, I am sorry :)

How To Not Get Overlooked

2009-12-18T10:28:00.000-08:00

I have this mentor (Kimball Roundy) was looking for ways to stand ahead of everyone else in the Twitter crowd. So, this is what he did (with fantastic results): He was overweight and wanted to drop some pounds, so he decided to make his followers hold him accountable. So, if he misses even one day of posting on Twitter that excercised, the first follower that notices will be rewarded $1000. Nice way to get people to track you, huh? Now he's got thousands of people closely watching all of his posts. I think this genius principle applies to all of us.

Are You Annoying?

2009-12-14T11:54:00.000-08:00

I have this uncle. He is such a great, nice man. He used to invite my husband and I over to dinner every Sunday. We loved loved loved him. But there was one problem. Every time we saw him, he would hound us about joining his multi-level marketing company. Even though we thought there was a lot of earning potential there, we never joined because we didn't want to be those annoying people. But then I also knew some people who did mlm and they were bijillionaires. I always thought it would be a great way to earn passive money, but vowed to never become THAT person that pestered everyone around them. I found it tacky. So, I began my search of online mlm. This way, I wouldn't lose my current circle of friends. Anyways, long story short, I found Global Domains International and have NEVER EVER regretted it since. I am going to post pictures soon of the bajillionaire's house. They are a neat family that does some awesome philanthropy work.

Twitter is Like a Party

2009-12-10T13:50:00.000-08:00

Here is the best analogy I've ever heard about Twitter. Pretend you are at a party. You meet lots of cool people. Some are really nice and interesting to talk to. You probably want to get to know them a little more. But sometimes, there are those weird ones that don't even know you or introduce themselves to you before they shove a business card in your face. Or, maybe they want to join their "awesome" new pyramid scheme that is going to make millions. Now step back and ask yourself which person you would rather hang out with. It is so easy to be just like all the other spammers on Twitter. But let's be different and offer people some type of reason why they should be your friend. If you've all ready messed up, it's okay. I'll still be your friend.

Why Most People Don't Make it as Affiliates

2009-12-04T14:20:00.000-08:00

I read a whole chapter on this subject in the book "Cracking the e-code," but here it is in a nutshell: Most people don't make it in the affiliate industry because of one simple reason......they don't have a large database of readers. So how do you get that large database? The answer: you must have interesting content and offer value to people, or they won't follow you. REMEBER: "Money follows Value."

Holiday Happy

2009-12-02T13:23:00.001-08:00

Hey guys, guess what? Most people shut down their work during the holidays. Did you know that Thanksgiving and Christmas are some of the best times to promote your product? Sure, it's a no-brainer for people who sell retail stuff. But for all you internet marketers out there, this is your green light. Just a thought.......

Inspire Me Please

2009-12-02T13:16:00.000-08:00

DON'T GET A LOGO LIKE THIS

2009-11-18T16:01:00.000-08:00

These are some of the WORST logos I've ever seen. Please don't skimp on your "look" or I'll personally beat down your door.

How To Look "Big"

2009-11-18T15:18:00.000-08:00

No, I don't mean fat. This is how to look Fortune 500. I got these ideas from Tim Feriss's book, "The 4-hour work week." (Most of it I quote).

1. Don't be the CEO or the founder. Being the CEO or founder screams start-up. Give yourself the mid-level title of "vice president" or "director."
2. Put multiple email and phone contacts on the website. Example: "contact us" or "human resources" or "support". In the beginning, these will all forward to your primary email address. Multiple toll free numbers can be used in the same way.
3.Get a 1-800 number. Much "bigger" looking. This way, people won't know that you are operating out of your garage (sitting in your underwear).
4. Set up a interactive voice response. Did you know this costs around $30?? Use companies such as angel.com
5. Do not provide home address. Unless of course you want visitors. If you decide to use a PO box instead, DO NOT let people see the PO Box. Instead, use the actual street the PO box is located. Also, if you have an apartment, use the word "suite."

Top 5-Tackiest Ways To Promote

2009-11-17T13:48:00.000-08:00

The following are wrong on so many levels.
1. Every single one of your Twitter posts are only advertisements.
2. You only talk about your business when you are with friends
3. You use the same old cliche lines such as, "I make $500,000 every week"
4. You spam
5. You only care about shoving your product in front of people's faces.

Here is a really cool article that actually made my heart beat faster. This is directly taken from Mattbaka.com:
Outside of PPC and articles are there any sites I can recommend for traffic generation? Actually, yes there are. Besides pay per click and articles, yes there are other things you can do outside of pay per click and articles to generate more traffic to your website. One of the big things that I’ve been doing a lot of is called solo advertising. What this means is that I’m buying solo ads. There are multiple different places you can go to buy solo ads. Let me explain how it works…

Basically, if you’re in the wealth building niche, a solo ad works like this. You go to a site that has lists in various niches. You pay this site money and then they will mail for you. Once they do, you’re able to gain exposure for your site because their list was specifically targeted to your market. A great place to go for purchasing solo ads if you’re in the wealth building niche is SelfGrowth. Go down to the bottom of their home page and you’ll see a place that says Advertising. Click on there and communicate with them. Tell them you’re interested in their solo ads. Find out how much it is to decide if their price is a good fit for your budget.

What you’re going to find is a place called Targeted Solo Ads. Click on Targeted Solo Ads. When you click on the Targeted Solo Ads link, what you want to do is this. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you’ll see various places you can advertise in depending on your niche. So, for internet marketing, for example, there is a thing called Logan. Every time you go here, it’s going to be a different group. But at the time I’m looking at the page in the internet marketing niche, right now I can mail to 182,000 people for $419. Here’s another one – I can mail to 32,000 people for $73. And another I can mail to 17,000 people for $39. Then another option where I can mail to 10,000 for $23… and then another one that allows me to mail to 5,000 people for $13.53. You’re going to find that there are multiple lists that you can market to and advertise to.

Basically, ezines-r-us.com gives you the option of paying them to send out an email promotion that you’ve written. This concept works really well. You just pay them and they mail out for you. You can do whatever it is you want with it after that. But that’s basically how solo advertising works. It’s a great way to get the word out about your product or promotion in a fairly short amount of time. It’s especially good if you’re still building your website.

I’ve got solo ads running all the time for me simply because it’s better than doing joint ventures. It’s so much simpler. Basically, I pay them, they guarantee a mailout for me, instead of me just asking them and hoping that they send out an email for me. It works really well.

Solo advertising is another great strategy that I’m using in conjunction with articles, pay per click, and and joint ventures. Those are pretty much my top four locations to getting high quality traffic. These are also four other options you too can use to generate more traffic for your website.

There are many strategies to making money on the internet, but nothing makes sense unless you have a big list. Email Marketing is the most profitable way to make money on the internet. When you build a list of hot and hungry prospects you control your future. Discover how to use the internet and turn your computer into a cash gushing machine. Sign-up right now for Matt Bacak’s FREE online newsletter to find out how to do exactly that – Go here: http://www.promotingtips.com

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