Friday is finally here and it's time to unwind a bit. Or, is it time to work harder for the weekend? Either way, this is something that I thought was really important to talk about today. Showing personal interest is often one of the most forgotten aspects of marketing and sales. Whether you're an affiliate, an affiliate network, entrepreneur, or something else this is very important for you. It's going to make you significant money this year if you actively employ this approach. Let's … [Read more...]
Brand Promises
October 10, 2011 By 4 Comments
Why Should I Care Who You Are? Target or Walmart? Apple or Dell? Google or Bing? Trader Joes or Whole Foods? Every time you select a product or service, what is the driving reason? Behavioral research indicates one of the key reasons is how the supplier makes you feel based on your expectations. Subconsciously you make a decision based on the company’s brand – the accumulation of promises and experiences it has offered you. And brand frequently drives what we are willing to pay for … [Read more...]
Should we release our Split Testing System?
September 21, 2011 By 6 Comments
I take a lot of pride in my split testing abilities. Over the years, I've done numerous blog posts, including the famous Homeless Man post, that has to do with split testing. I can attribute almost all of my success online to my ability to split test just about anything. In fact, my split testing abilities go beyond the online world in into other ventures of mine in the "real world". I've been toying with the idea of finally putting my split testing system down on paper and sharing it with … [Read more...]
How To Increase Your Productivity From Batching
September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Batching is one of my most favorite techniques to increase my productivity. Batching is literally as it sounds. If you make a bunch of cookies at once, you made a batch, essentially you were batching by making a lot at once (instead of 1 at a time.) The cookie example makes a lot of sense, but here's what doesn't make a lot of sense... A lot of Internet and Affiliate Marketers, don't use batching at all and it's a total productivity killer. This means you are making 1 cookie at a time rather … [Read more...]
Things that annoy me about Internet Marketing
July 4, 2011 By 6 Comments
There are several things that annoy about Internet Marketing. I'm pretty good at creating useful rants, that actually help people so I thought I'd put this together for you guys. These are in no particular order by the way. My Internet Marketing & Affiliate Marketing Pet Peeves: Have you ever been on Facebook.com and tried to get to the "Advertising" area and upon scrolling down the page just kept expanding to infinity and you couldn't get to the link? This drives me insane that I … [Read more...]
Affiliates using American Express Plum, Be Careful
June 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I know a lot of affiliate marketers are using American Express Plum Cards to float a lot of their expenses to the next month. A lot of you guys buy traffic and then using Amex Plum don't have to pay it back until the next month, with no interest. In theory it makes a lot of sense, but here are the downsides: It's easy to keep spending and not see it as "spent money" since you are delaying it so long. If you run into any scams, unauthorized rebills, or have any unauthorized charges that you … [Read more...]
How to become a Local Consultant
June 20, 2011 By 3 Comments
I get asked this question all the time, obviously because I used to (and still am) a local consultant, at least in part. And, personally, I think it's a great move for many people in many different situations. There are of course PROs and CONs, but overall I think the PROs outweigh the cons and for many people this could be the ideal job. With any business that many people are not familiar with, there are many myths that are not true. Myth #1 - Consultants have to be on the phone or in … [Read more...]
Internet Marketers can learn from Martial Artists
February 10, 2011 By 4 Comments
Back in 2006, I had the rare opportunity to meet and hang out with some top mixed martial artists and it was an amazing experience. I learned a LOT and it really opened my mind to the endless possibilities of what was achievable. When I was younger, I was involved in some martial arts. It was really fun and I'm bummed that I didn't stick with it more. Recently, I've been getting back into it and it's really a blast. I see a lot of traits that are common amongst martial artists that I think … [Read more...]
BLAM Ads Review
February 4, 2011 By 7 Comments
I'm proud to introduce you guys to BLAM Ads, a very successful Incentive driven affiliate network. I'm posting up this BLAM Ads review because they have recently launched their 3.0 version of their Content Locking Gateway. It's quite amazing and I wanted to give you a little tour and tell you a little about it. How can you make money with their content locking gateway and incentive offers? 1) Very easily. In fact, all you have to do is login their backend pictured below and select the … [Read more...]
How to finance your affiliate campaign
February 1, 2011 By 6 Comments
Here are 3 methods of financing your affiliate campaign that I have successfully used (in my earlier days) in affiliate marketing. These are my top 3 recommended ways to get cash to finance your campaigns. It bothers me when affiliates approach me and say that they can't think of any way to get cash to do their affiliate marketing in the paid traffic realm. Pick one of the 3 options below depending on your situation, credit history and contacts and enjoy the benefits :) Amex Plum The … [Read more...]
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