Finding the best product can only be possible providing you are targeting a specific Niche in which you must preferably specialise. Your profitable niche is anything you're good at and the possibilities are endless. Finding the best product may even take you weeks or months because you need to have a product that not only is in high demand, but also one that actually delivers. As an Affiliate Marketer there are several platforms you may want to use in obtaining the right product and for the purpose of this demonstration, let's go with ClickBank.
ClickBank is one of the largest digital sales platforms on the internet with over 300,000 products and 150,000 affiliate marketers. It's also one of the best places to list and even create your own product because you have so many affiliates waiting to promote your product. If you do not have a ClickBank account then simply visit ClickBank(.)com and open a free account as an affiliate, not a vendor just yet because you need to familiarize yourself with ClickBank first.
Inside the marketplace when you want to select a product to promote you can even check on the percentage commission offered which can be as high as 85%. You will notice that there is a search that will indicate "Gravity" and every product's gravity is also included on the marketplace drop down search page. Now a product with a gravity above 100 is an exceptionally good product to promote because it is high in demand. But there's a downside to that coin where the competition is equally fierce and you will face a lot of competition when driving traffic.
A high gravity means the product sells good and a lot of copies have been sold. A Low Gravity, below 100 means less competition in actually promoting the product, and normally offers a much better commission percentage. Promoting high gravity products will require quite some expertise.
There is only one way to truly be able to offer your audience a solution to a problem that actually works, and that is to personally purchase the product you are interested in promoting and testing it properly. Even contact the particular product support after purchasing when you get stuck because the only way you will be able to verify authenticity is to set up and test the product and system to its full potential.
That is why successful affiliate marketers are constantly testing different systems, programs, methods and tactics. It is what enables them to create useful and interesting content that converts to sales.
Showing posts with label Internet Marketing. Show all posts
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Saturday, 20 February 2016
How to Instill Trust in Your Customers Using Internet Marketing
Trust is another building block of your internet empire, actually trust is more like a cornerstone than a building block really. The only way that you could even remotely achieve gaining the trust of your audience is by providing useful and interesting content. Kind of like those bite size promotions you sometimes see in the supermarket, and then the craving inspires you to purchase the whole product. Internet marketing is pretty much the same and if the "Taste" you provide lands up in the rubbish bin (so to speak), then a sale will sadly be completely out of the question.
The only way that you will be able to provide the needed inspiring information is to have extended knowledge of the latest trends and solutions to problems within your niche. Give your audience some samples they can test of your method, tactic, system, program or even blog or website. It is crucial that you share something valuable that could preferably offer a solution to a known problem.
Engage your audience and offer advice to questions asked and ideas shared. Not only will this be more likely to turn a visitor into a buyer, but it will also be very effective in exposing you as a professional. Instilling trust in your audience has absolutely No Place for a sales pitch, which is like a sip of cold coffee in the morning!
No, you want to show your audience how to do something or how to accomplish something they have been struggling with. It's like setting a potential buyer at ease because after they see the successful results of what it is you are sharing, they will most certainly want to know more of what you know. The ability to instil trust in your audience comes with experience and in most cases a lot of failed attempts at several results. Failure is what adds exquisite taste to success, because nothing you do online is in vain.
If you want to instill trust then you must sacrifice the needed time and effort to learn as much as you can and become a professional within your niche. That is one of the main reasons why it takes time to successfully make money online, and a willingness to learn is your best weapon.
Give your audience reason to trust you and they will even follow you and share your content because if it's helpful to them, they will want everyone to know about it.
The only way that you will be able to provide the needed inspiring information is to have extended knowledge of the latest trends and solutions to problems within your niche. Give your audience some samples they can test of your method, tactic, system, program or even blog or website. It is crucial that you share something valuable that could preferably offer a solution to a known problem.
Engage your audience and offer advice to questions asked and ideas shared. Not only will this be more likely to turn a visitor into a buyer, but it will also be very effective in exposing you as a professional. Instilling trust in your audience has absolutely No Place for a sales pitch, which is like a sip of cold coffee in the morning!
No, you want to show your audience how to do something or how to accomplish something they have been struggling with. It's like setting a potential buyer at ease because after they see the successful results of what it is you are sharing, they will most certainly want to know more of what you know. The ability to instil trust in your audience comes with experience and in most cases a lot of failed attempts at several results. Failure is what adds exquisite taste to success, because nothing you do online is in vain.
If you want to instill trust then you must sacrifice the needed time and effort to learn as much as you can and become a professional within your niche. That is one of the main reasons why it takes time to successfully make money online, and a willingness to learn is your best weapon.
Give your audience reason to trust you and they will even follow you and share your content because if it's helpful to them, they will want everyone to know about it.
5 Digital Marketing Tips to Help You Succeed in 2016
Online marketing has a number of aspects, and you can improve all of the aspects should you follow a few easy tips. Given below are 5 tips you may want to follow in order to help you succeed in the world of digital marketing in 2016.
1. Answer Your Calls
First of all, let's start with something easy. The most important thing is that you must answer your phone. But if you fail to answer a call for some reason, just make certain you follow up as soon as possible. According to statistics, half of consumers like to do business with companies that tend to call them back as soon as possible. Therefore, you may lose a lot of potential customers if you fail to answer your business calls in a timely fashion.
2. Boost Advertising Results
Another important thing is that you must have a powerful SEO strategy for your online marketing campaign. If you don't have any in place, it's the time to do it now. What SEO does is help your product get found in search engine results. Aside from this, SEO also helps you with many other methods of advertising. Combining SEO with advertising, you may get twice as many visitors on your site.
3. Place Bids On Your Own Business Names
It's a good idea to bid on the name of your business as it will get you more space on major search engines. As a result, your brand will get more recognition and more customers will tend to click on your site link.
According to a study, the appearance of branded ads on the same results page in a search engine as organic links raised the number of clicks by 31%. Aside from this, it's common for competitors to place bids on the names of other business names. So if you find your competitors doing the same thing, you should take the right action.
4. Improve your online Reputation
Nowadays, online reputation carries a lot more significance than you can imagine. As a matter of fact, according to answers given by 90% consumers in a survey, positive online reviews helped them make the purchase decisions. Therefore, you may want to improve your online reputation through follow-up surveys and regular monitoring of the sites where you get reviews. Also, it is very important for you to respond to the reviews.
5. Use in-app ads
Do you know that most consumers spend up to 3 hours per day on their mobile phones? Another interesting fact is that about 86% of that time is spent on their favorite apps. What this means is that you must reach out to your customers with in-app mobile ads or you may risk losing a lot of consumers.
In-app ads make use of geofencing technology for displaying the ads to the target consumers as soon as they get in a certain radius. Seeing the ads, they may get in touch with you to know more about what you offer. Hope this will help.
1. Answer Your Calls
First of all, let's start with something easy. The most important thing is that you must answer your phone. But if you fail to answer a call for some reason, just make certain you follow up as soon as possible. According to statistics, half of consumers like to do business with companies that tend to call them back as soon as possible. Therefore, you may lose a lot of potential customers if you fail to answer your business calls in a timely fashion.
2. Boost Advertising Results
Another important thing is that you must have a powerful SEO strategy for your online marketing campaign. If you don't have any in place, it's the time to do it now. What SEO does is help your product get found in search engine results. Aside from this, SEO also helps you with many other methods of advertising. Combining SEO with advertising, you may get twice as many visitors on your site.
3. Place Bids On Your Own Business Names
It's a good idea to bid on the name of your business as it will get you more space on major search engines. As a result, your brand will get more recognition and more customers will tend to click on your site link.
According to a study, the appearance of branded ads on the same results page in a search engine as organic links raised the number of clicks by 31%. Aside from this, it's common for competitors to place bids on the names of other business names. So if you find your competitors doing the same thing, you should take the right action.
4. Improve your online Reputation
Nowadays, online reputation carries a lot more significance than you can imagine. As a matter of fact, according to answers given by 90% consumers in a survey, positive online reviews helped them make the purchase decisions. Therefore, you may want to improve your online reputation through follow-up surveys and regular monitoring of the sites where you get reviews. Also, it is very important for you to respond to the reviews.
5. Use in-app ads
Do you know that most consumers spend up to 3 hours per day on their mobile phones? Another interesting fact is that about 86% of that time is spent on their favorite apps. What this means is that you must reach out to your customers with in-app mobile ads or you may risk losing a lot of consumers.
In-app ads make use of geofencing technology for displaying the ads to the target consumers as soon as they get in a certain radius. Seeing the ads, they may get in touch with you to know more about what you offer. Hope this will help.
Using Personal Experience to Enhance Your Marketing Content
Personal experience is the best way to enhance your marketing content which will ultimately be responsible for your sales. Personal experience is only obtained through constant testing and reviewing of products, methods and tactics. The tactic of constant testing will require a lot of patience because you cannot base your content on false facts. You have to go the distance and interact with the particular site support, which will only broaden your knowledge.
Knowledge and Content are the King and Queen of online sales, it has been for many years and will continue to infinity. Knowledge allows you to provide original, useful and relevant content which will prove to your reader that you are professional. When you have sufficient knowledge in your niche, you will be able to offer useful content without having to attempt a desperate sale. There are only two ways that should concentrate on your online sales. This will be by means of your own website and/or your own email list within your niche.
Personal experience may even result in you creating your own products, writing your own eBooks and publishing your own articles. Remember that you can easily create your own product by writing an eBook and selling that eBook online. Personal experience is always complemented by a willingness to learn, and a determination to succeed.
Personal experience only adds authentication to the fact that "instant riches" is not even an option, and therefore shouldn't even be a thought. It will take time to gather sufficient knowledge, it may take months and even years. That is why there is no such thing as overnight riches with making money online, because it's a precise science that favors precision and preparation. It is not all that easy to generate sales online, but it most certainly will be worth it.
Using your experience to enhance your marketing content must start with offering what professionals call a "Lead Magnet". This can be in the form of an eBook, which contains both links to your personal websites and landing pages. When your content is helpful, relevant and informative your visitor will want more of your content.
Use your personal experience to demonstrate to your reader how to perform a certain step and/or task. This must preferably be a task or step proven to be a common need within your niche. When your advice turns out to fulfill a need, you will have gained not only a returning visitor but also a new subscriber.
Knowledge and Content are the King and Queen of online sales, it has been for many years and will continue to infinity. Knowledge allows you to provide original, useful and relevant content which will prove to your reader that you are professional. When you have sufficient knowledge in your niche, you will be able to offer useful content without having to attempt a desperate sale. There are only two ways that should concentrate on your online sales. This will be by means of your own website and/or your own email list within your niche.
Personal experience may even result in you creating your own products, writing your own eBooks and publishing your own articles. Remember that you can easily create your own product by writing an eBook and selling that eBook online. Personal experience is always complemented by a willingness to learn, and a determination to succeed.
Personal experience only adds authentication to the fact that "instant riches" is not even an option, and therefore shouldn't even be a thought. It will take time to gather sufficient knowledge, it may take months and even years. That is why there is no such thing as overnight riches with making money online, because it's a precise science that favors precision and preparation. It is not all that easy to generate sales online, but it most certainly will be worth it.
Using your experience to enhance your marketing content must start with offering what professionals call a "Lead Magnet". This can be in the form of an eBook, which contains both links to your personal websites and landing pages. When your content is helpful, relevant and informative your visitor will want more of your content.
Use your personal experience to demonstrate to your reader how to perform a certain step and/or task. This must preferably be a task or step proven to be a common need within your niche. When your advice turns out to fulfill a need, you will have gained not only a returning visitor but also a new subscriber.
Website Ideas for Beginners
First you will need a trusted website hosting platform like GoDaddy. Not only are they proven and trusted, they also offer the most affordable options to getting your own website and domain out there. For that you just have to visit godaddy(.)com to get a domain with a website and an outlook email address for that specific website. Not going to discuss price, that's not the purpose of my article, but you will be blown away. Your Domain and website will be live for 12 months. But don't go select your domain and start on your website just yet. There are several finer details you need to attend to, starting with choosing your domain name.
Selecting Your Domain Name
It is important to use the keywords you wish to rank for in Google right there in your domain name. If you're not sure then use the Google Trends tool to search for trending keywords and keyword phrases. When your keyword and/or keyword phrases are present in your domain name then visitors will be more likely to land on your website when they search your niche. For this demonstration, let's use an Internet Marketing Sub-Niche like Affiliate Marketing. A good domain will then be to the liking of "theaffiliatemarketer(.)com" or even "marketingaffiliateincome(.)com". Try having at least one of your keywords in your domain name.
Selecting Your Website Title
Inside your website builder, be sure to load an appropriate tile for your website. Much like your domain selection, you must also try to target as many keyword or keyword phrases as you can. Keywords and keyword phrases are the core of any website's success, when you get the keywords wrong is when you have thousands of visitors with zero sales because they're not interested in your offer. Same goes for your Home Page content where your keywords and/or keyword phrases should appear no less than 28 times on your Home Page within the content.
Loading General Graphics
You always want to load images as large as you can from inside your website builder, this way you will have much better resolution when you crop or shrink the images. Don't overdo with images and/or banners because it slows down your website's load time. Remember that your website must open within six seconds or less. Focus more on offering useful content that kind of funnels into a sale, rather than trying directly with a flood of sales pitches.
Give your visitor reason to stay on your website, that way your visitor will be more likely to convert to a buyer.
Selecting Your Domain Name
It is important to use the keywords you wish to rank for in Google right there in your domain name. If you're not sure then use the Google Trends tool to search for trending keywords and keyword phrases. When your keyword and/or keyword phrases are present in your domain name then visitors will be more likely to land on your website when they search your niche. For this demonstration, let's use an Internet Marketing Sub-Niche like Affiliate Marketing. A good domain will then be to the liking of "theaffiliatemarketer(.)com" or even "marketingaffiliateincome(.)com". Try having at least one of your keywords in your domain name.
Selecting Your Website Title
Inside your website builder, be sure to load an appropriate tile for your website. Much like your domain selection, you must also try to target as many keyword or keyword phrases as you can. Keywords and keyword phrases are the core of any website's success, when you get the keywords wrong is when you have thousands of visitors with zero sales because they're not interested in your offer. Same goes for your Home Page content where your keywords and/or keyword phrases should appear no less than 28 times on your Home Page within the content.
Loading General Graphics
You always want to load images as large as you can from inside your website builder, this way you will have much better resolution when you crop or shrink the images. Don't overdo with images and/or banners because it slows down your website's load time. Remember that your website must open within six seconds or less. Focus more on offering useful content that kind of funnels into a sale, rather than trying directly with a flood of sales pitches.
Give your visitor reason to stay on your website, that way your visitor will be more likely to convert to a buyer.
6 Reasons You Should Have A Digital Marketing Strategy
If you are just starting out as a digital marketer, you may be finding it hard to know where to get started. As a matter of fact, most beginners think that it has to be a big lengthy report, but it doesn't have to be. You can just create a summary of the lengthy report. While having a digital marketing strategy in place is a great idea, most marketers underestimate its importance, and many firms don't have a good marketing plan at all. If you think digital marketing is not for you, you may want to read the 10 good reasons that will change your mind. Read on to know more.
1) You Have No Direction
It's common that companies with no digital strategy usually don't have clearly defined strategic goals in order to get new customers or build stronger relationships with the customers they already have. If you don't have any goals to achieve, chances are that you won't have enough resources to achieve them. And all this means you won't get the success you desire.
2) Online market share
If you don't do enough research, you might underestimate customer demand for services offered on the web. Probably, the more important thing is that you will not be able to have a good idea of your online market share.
As a matter of fact, the dynamics will be a bit different to conventional channels with various customer behavior, propositions, profiles, and options for important marketing communications. For more on this, you may want to read up on web marketplace methodologies.
3) Old and New competitors
What you need to do is spend enough resource for digital marketing. Not doing so will result in your competitors running circles around you. The thing is that you should not be using just any ad-hoc approach. Instead, your strategies have to be clearly defined. This is the only way you can achieve success.
4) Online value proposition
You must have a great online value proposition. What does this mean? In layman's terms, you may want to have a value proposition defined clearly, which will help you make your service more prominent and spur on your old and new customers to stay loyal.
5) Know Your Customer Well
Do you know your customers well? What this means is that you should find out what your customers like and dislike about your product or services. You can do it in many ways, but the easiest way is to use different types of user feedback tools for the identification of your weak points and then find a way to address them.
6) Digital marketing and budget
A common problem is that enough funds are not reserved for the planning and implantation of online marketing. And this is one of the most common reasons that businesses get left behind in the race. So, you may want to have enough budget reserved for your online marketing strategy implementation.
So, these are 6 solid reasons that you should have a great digital marketing strategy for your business success.
1) You Have No Direction
It's common that companies with no digital strategy usually don't have clearly defined strategic goals in order to get new customers or build stronger relationships with the customers they already have. If you don't have any goals to achieve, chances are that you won't have enough resources to achieve them. And all this means you won't get the success you desire.
2) Online market share
If you don't do enough research, you might underestimate customer demand for services offered on the web. Probably, the more important thing is that you will not be able to have a good idea of your online market share.
As a matter of fact, the dynamics will be a bit different to conventional channels with various customer behavior, propositions, profiles, and options for important marketing communications. For more on this, you may want to read up on web marketplace methodologies.
3) Old and New competitors
What you need to do is spend enough resource for digital marketing. Not doing so will result in your competitors running circles around you. The thing is that you should not be using just any ad-hoc approach. Instead, your strategies have to be clearly defined. This is the only way you can achieve success.
4) Online value proposition
You must have a great online value proposition. What does this mean? In layman's terms, you may want to have a value proposition defined clearly, which will help you make your service more prominent and spur on your old and new customers to stay loyal.
5) Know Your Customer Well
Do you know your customers well? What this means is that you should find out what your customers like and dislike about your product or services. You can do it in many ways, but the easiest way is to use different types of user feedback tools for the identification of your weak points and then find a way to address them.
6) Digital marketing and budget
A common problem is that enough funds are not reserved for the planning and implantation of online marketing. And this is one of the most common reasons that businesses get left behind in the race. So, you may want to have enough budget reserved for your online marketing strategy implementation.
So, these are 6 solid reasons that you should have a great digital marketing strategy for your business success.
How Do You Create an Effective Squeeze Page or a Landing Page and What Are the Differences?
Landing pages or lead capture pages are used in all expanses of the sales industry, by both salesmen and marketers. These tiny one-page magnets are designed to do one thing, and one thing only. To sell your products or service to draw potential prospects into submitting their contact details so that they may learn more about your offer and you can develop a list to contact them again. A well-developed landing page is the golden key to the beginning of your email list.
You can find landing pages in all aspects of business from Fortune 500 companies, marketing departments, all the way to your local service-based family run business. Many times they will offer a free PDF information guide, consultation or software program. Usually the offer is simple and might contain only a few snippets of text, maybe a video or other form of presentation and then a big, bold, unmistakable "contact form" to gather your name email and possibly more information if you're interested.
Most sales companies and Internet marketing professionals that spend money on advertising will drive their traffic to a well-designed landing page because it leaves them with a tangible asset in the form of a mailing list. It's important to have the information on your landing page custom tailored in order to gather the precise information that you need from your prospect, beyond just a name and email address.
When Should You Employ a Landing Page?
If you are using money on direct marketing or advertising in the form of solo ads, newsletter ads, banner ads, PPC ads, pop-ups, newspapers, business cards and more. A well-designed landing page will help you draw the most response out of your campaigns by giving your prospects and easy and predictable course of action.
Also if you're looking to collect more than just a name and email from your prospects than a well-designed landing page is what you are really looking for. One caution: you might not try to build a landing page by yourself unless you have some sort of HTML design experience or the ability to use a template design from a software program. Sometimes it's best to hire a professional to develop your lead capture page or landing page design, this will ensure you get the maximum return on your investment.
Important point: a well-designed lead capture page can help you convert nearly 5% of your traffic into prospects which would mean out of every 100 visitors you might get five leads in your email capture list. This estimate is conservative, with the right offer and the right design your landing page could do much better. That's why it might be profitable to learn how lead capture pages work in a funnel system.
How Does a Squeeze Page Differ and What Is It?
Basically squeeze pages will only ask for an email and sometimes a name in exchange for something that will do be delivered by email like a special report, a 10 day email course or maybe a special discount. If the email and name is all you require in a squeeze page is likely the best option for you. It's important to note that simpler is always better and unless you're trying to generate leads to fit into a very complex niche market that requires detailed information. And going one step further with the simplicity of a squeeze page you might have noticed that many big-name marketers are now only asking for their users best email address and nothing more on squeeze pages which greatly simplifies their lead generation but this approach doesn't always work for all applications.
Because in today's market so much data that is being required from prospects, marketers have been moving away from the simplicity of a squeeze page. They are moving into the realm of a lead capture page or landing page. The goal is to get high quality, prequalified prospects on the phone to discuss their offer in more detail so a detailed landing page or lead capture page is the only way to accomplish this, a squeeze page just won't get the job done.
So When Should You Employ a Squeeze Page?
It needs to match your intended prospects. For example if you're offering a free PDF report that requires nothing more than an email to send it to, then that's what you should ask for. Just their email. Contacts get suspicious and lose trust quickly if you start asking for information they really don't need to provide or has little bearing on the offer for its delivery.
Important Point: whenever you can reduce friction in your marketing funnel it is going to help you to generate more prospects. If all you need is the email address from your prospects to facilitate the delivery of your offer then that's all you should ask for. Look at it this way. A squeeze page that is asking for a prospects name AND email is asking for twice as much information as the squeeze page that's only asking for an email. Yep it's only one more question but when you think about it, this is the way you start to understand why simpler is better when it comes to a squeeze page.
You can find landing pages in all aspects of business from Fortune 500 companies, marketing departments, all the way to your local service-based family run business. Many times they will offer a free PDF information guide, consultation or software program. Usually the offer is simple and might contain only a few snippets of text, maybe a video or other form of presentation and then a big, bold, unmistakable "contact form" to gather your name email and possibly more information if you're interested.
Most sales companies and Internet marketing professionals that spend money on advertising will drive their traffic to a well-designed landing page because it leaves them with a tangible asset in the form of a mailing list. It's important to have the information on your landing page custom tailored in order to gather the precise information that you need from your prospect, beyond just a name and email address.
When Should You Employ a Landing Page?
If you are using money on direct marketing or advertising in the form of solo ads, newsletter ads, banner ads, PPC ads, pop-ups, newspapers, business cards and more. A well-designed landing page will help you draw the most response out of your campaigns by giving your prospects and easy and predictable course of action.
Also if you're looking to collect more than just a name and email from your prospects than a well-designed landing page is what you are really looking for. One caution: you might not try to build a landing page by yourself unless you have some sort of HTML design experience or the ability to use a template design from a software program. Sometimes it's best to hire a professional to develop your lead capture page or landing page design, this will ensure you get the maximum return on your investment.
Important point: a well-designed lead capture page can help you convert nearly 5% of your traffic into prospects which would mean out of every 100 visitors you might get five leads in your email capture list. This estimate is conservative, with the right offer and the right design your landing page could do much better. That's why it might be profitable to learn how lead capture pages work in a funnel system.
How Does a Squeeze Page Differ and What Is It?
Basically squeeze pages will only ask for an email and sometimes a name in exchange for something that will do be delivered by email like a special report, a 10 day email course or maybe a special discount. If the email and name is all you require in a squeeze page is likely the best option for you. It's important to note that simpler is always better and unless you're trying to generate leads to fit into a very complex niche market that requires detailed information. And going one step further with the simplicity of a squeeze page you might have noticed that many big-name marketers are now only asking for their users best email address and nothing more on squeeze pages which greatly simplifies their lead generation but this approach doesn't always work for all applications.
Because in today's market so much data that is being required from prospects, marketers have been moving away from the simplicity of a squeeze page. They are moving into the realm of a lead capture page or landing page. The goal is to get high quality, prequalified prospects on the phone to discuss their offer in more detail so a detailed landing page or lead capture page is the only way to accomplish this, a squeeze page just won't get the job done.
So When Should You Employ a Squeeze Page?
It needs to match your intended prospects. For example if you're offering a free PDF report that requires nothing more than an email to send it to, then that's what you should ask for. Just their email. Contacts get suspicious and lose trust quickly if you start asking for information they really don't need to provide or has little bearing on the offer for its delivery.
Important Point: whenever you can reduce friction in your marketing funnel it is going to help you to generate more prospects. If all you need is the email address from your prospects to facilitate the delivery of your offer then that's all you should ask for. Look at it this way. A squeeze page that is asking for a prospects name AND email is asking for twice as much information as the squeeze page that's only asking for an email. Yep it's only one more question but when you think about it, this is the way you start to understand why simpler is better when it comes to a squeeze page.
Digital Marketing Solutions That Are A Few Steps Ahead Of Today's Times
The decade and a half has completely changed the way companies invest their marketing dollars. Most online marketing companies invest a small percentage in traditional media outlets to sell their products to their targeted customers and markets. But the largest slice of the marketing budget pie is invested in powerful and customized digital marketing solutions. Marketers want to communicate directly with their consumers by following them online and establishing contact with them more directly through websites, apps, social media, and the likes.
Customized Solutions Based Predictive Consumer Behavior
It is imperative for marketers to decipher how potential buyers are behaving, where they can be found and what devices they are currently using. Success in marketing in today's digital world comes from understanding consumer behavior and psychology. By using the right digital marketing solutions, they can create more impactful marketing strategies by interpreting consumer behavior accurately.
Online marketing in today's digital marketing landscape involves creating and utilizing a whole gamut of software systems and apps. With the support of the best global IT service providers, with unrivaled experience in iOS apps development expertise and ability to create strategies based on your specific marketing needs can help you achieve your immediate and long term marketing goals.
The Right Formula For Digital Marketing Success
Thoughtful designing of websites is essential to give more teeth to your marketing strategies. Engage the services of a web development company in India that has the ability to combine inventiveness with seamless user experience. A finely balanced combination of creativity, instinct and understanding customer behavior can help in developing and launching a highly successful online media campaign.
It has become imperative for modern marketers to follow and engage with consumers online. The new experts understand the digital landscape better and has the expertise and experience to develop, track, and optimize online campaigns that can help consumers find what they are looking for.
The website development and maintenance firm offers turnkey solutions in all areas of internet marketing to ensure that your visitors transits into customers in the quickest turnabout time in the digital media cycle. Some new faces of digital marketing have a great track record in the area of custom software development for maximizing output of marketing efforts with minimum input.
Brands looking to use the new age digital medium can use the services to reach out to their target audience in an effective and cost efficient manner. Here, all efforts are focused on achieving high quality results in the internet marketing arena.
Customized Solutions Based Predictive Consumer Behavior
It is imperative for marketers to decipher how potential buyers are behaving, where they can be found and what devices they are currently using. Success in marketing in today's digital world comes from understanding consumer behavior and psychology. By using the right digital marketing solutions, they can create more impactful marketing strategies by interpreting consumer behavior accurately.
Online marketing in today's digital marketing landscape involves creating and utilizing a whole gamut of software systems and apps. With the support of the best global IT service providers, with unrivaled experience in iOS apps development expertise and ability to create strategies based on your specific marketing needs can help you achieve your immediate and long term marketing goals.
The Right Formula For Digital Marketing Success
Thoughtful designing of websites is essential to give more teeth to your marketing strategies. Engage the services of a web development company in India that has the ability to combine inventiveness with seamless user experience. A finely balanced combination of creativity, instinct and understanding customer behavior can help in developing and launching a highly successful online media campaign.
It has become imperative for modern marketers to follow and engage with consumers online. The new experts understand the digital landscape better and has the expertise and experience to develop, track, and optimize online campaigns that can help consumers find what they are looking for.
The website development and maintenance firm offers turnkey solutions in all areas of internet marketing to ensure that your visitors transits into customers in the quickest turnabout time in the digital media cycle. Some new faces of digital marketing have a great track record in the area of custom software development for maximizing output of marketing efforts with minimum input.
Brands looking to use the new age digital medium can use the services to reach out to their target audience in an effective and cost efficient manner. Here, all efforts are focused on achieving high quality results in the internet marketing arena.
How To Capture And Keep The Attention Of Your Existing Clients
Modern consumers are fickle. They are constantly in search of the best deals. They also have limited attention spans and extraordinarily high expectations. This is because the web has made it possible for the average buyer to identify the lowest prices and the services and products with the best value within a very limited amount of time. Following are several reasons why high-quality and personable content may be the very best way to capture and keep the attention of your targeted audience.
There are several forms of content that you can use to maintain constant contact with your customer base. Countless social media platforms are available and can be used to update customers are price changes, special discounts, new products and more. While these are viable mediums for maintaining a friendly, trustworthy and personable image, they aren't really structured for giving people the most value for their time.
This is largely due to the fact that social media platforms are structured for micro-posts. A few short phrases may not be sufficient for giving people the information they need. These same posts can be used to include links to larger content, but when people are searching on the go, outbound links are unlikely to be used.
Email transmissions, however, can be used to transmit entire newsletters that people can view, save and reread as they see fit. These are opt-in campaigns for people who want more info on the services or products you supply as well as other industry-specific information that may affect individual buying habits. There are countless benefits that you can gain by opting to build use these tools to build your customer base and deepen your customer relationships.
Foremost among these is the ability to set yourself apart from the competition. Whereas social media posts are between you and the rest of the listening world, these transmissions are a bit more private in nature. This gives you a fairly sheltered platform in which you can try out new marketing tactics without the fear of having your closest competitors immediately follow suit.
There are a number of questions that people will need to have answered before they will be ready to finalize their purchasing decisions. With the right email marketing plan, you can group your message recipients according to the stage of the purchasing process that they are in. This way, you can streamline your messages individually for those who have never bought from you before and for those who need a little encouragement to buy from you again.
There are several forms of content that you can use to maintain constant contact with your customer base. Countless social media platforms are available and can be used to update customers are price changes, special discounts, new products and more. While these are viable mediums for maintaining a friendly, trustworthy and personable image, they aren't really structured for giving people the most value for their time.
This is largely due to the fact that social media platforms are structured for micro-posts. A few short phrases may not be sufficient for giving people the information they need. These same posts can be used to include links to larger content, but when people are searching on the go, outbound links are unlikely to be used.
Email transmissions, however, can be used to transmit entire newsletters that people can view, save and reread as they see fit. These are opt-in campaigns for people who want more info on the services or products you supply as well as other industry-specific information that may affect individual buying habits. There are countless benefits that you can gain by opting to build use these tools to build your customer base and deepen your customer relationships.
Foremost among these is the ability to set yourself apart from the competition. Whereas social media posts are between you and the rest of the listening world, these transmissions are a bit more private in nature. This gives you a fairly sheltered platform in which you can try out new marketing tactics without the fear of having your closest competitors immediately follow suit.
There are a number of questions that people will need to have answered before they will be ready to finalize their purchasing decisions. With the right email marketing plan, you can group your message recipients according to the stage of the purchasing process that they are in. This way, you can streamline your messages individually for those who have never bought from you before and for those who need a little encouragement to buy from you again.
Why You Need A Strong Online Presence
Do you know how much time your customers actually spend online? A Google search will prove that 97% of consumers search for products and businesses online. If your customers are online, then you should be, too.
Having an online presence means much more than just having a website with your company name, address, and phone number. We are in a digital age and more people search online for products and services than ever before. Very few people spend their time searching through a phone book anymore.
By delaying the creation of your potential marketing platform online you're basically saying that you don't need any more customers or leads for your business.
Visibility
Eventually you will want to have a mobile-friendly website, but there are also other ways you can improve your visibility and online presence.
* Improve your search engine results and rankings.
* Create great content.
Both of these will portray you as an expert in your field.
Ease of accessibility
When you increase your visibility online you make it easier for people to find you. People who may never have found you any other way. If you live in the United States and you want to expand your business into Canada it's much easier to make yourself available to a Canadian online than to visit the country, or even move there. Being visible online REMOVES THE LIMITS of your growth potential.
Show them what you've got
Being online allows you to show people what products and/or services you provide. But that's not all. It also gives you the opportunity to show them what you know and what others think of you through customer testimonials.
If you purchase an item on eBay, are you more attracted to the sellers who are capable of providing you additional information about the product you're purchasing? Do you check the sellers feedback rating before you buy? We are accustomed to looking for authenticity. We want to make sure we're buying "the real thing" from a "trusting" source.
Trust
It is my opinion that trust is the most important aspect to building your online presence. Trust builds relationships, and with a relationship comes loyalty. A loyal customer can be a lifetime customer. When you have lifetime customers you don't have to constantly be on the search for new ones.
Pay special attention to what you put online. Is it nice? Is it appropriate? Will it attract people to you, or turn them away? If someone happened upon your Facebook page would they be comfortable with what they see there? Would they want to start a relationship with you?
Is it worth it?
It takes a lot of effort to create an online portfolio. Is it worth it?
Only you can make that decision. What you put into it is what you'll get out of it. You might end up with 12 new customers a year, but you could also end up with 300 new customers a year.
The end result starts with you.
Contact me to find out what changed in my life in the past few years that has made it possible for me to SUCCESSFULLY build a business online. After trying and failing for many years one thing made all the difference.
Having an online presence means much more than just having a website with your company name, address, and phone number. We are in a digital age and more people search online for products and services than ever before. Very few people spend their time searching through a phone book anymore.
By delaying the creation of your potential marketing platform online you're basically saying that you don't need any more customers or leads for your business.
Visibility
Eventually you will want to have a mobile-friendly website, but there are also other ways you can improve your visibility and online presence.
* Improve your search engine results and rankings.
* Create great content.
Both of these will portray you as an expert in your field.
Ease of accessibility
When you increase your visibility online you make it easier for people to find you. People who may never have found you any other way. If you live in the United States and you want to expand your business into Canada it's much easier to make yourself available to a Canadian online than to visit the country, or even move there. Being visible online REMOVES THE LIMITS of your growth potential.
Show them what you've got
Being online allows you to show people what products and/or services you provide. But that's not all. It also gives you the opportunity to show them what you know and what others think of you through customer testimonials.
If you purchase an item on eBay, are you more attracted to the sellers who are capable of providing you additional information about the product you're purchasing? Do you check the sellers feedback rating before you buy? We are accustomed to looking for authenticity. We want to make sure we're buying "the real thing" from a "trusting" source.
Trust
It is my opinion that trust is the most important aspect to building your online presence. Trust builds relationships, and with a relationship comes loyalty. A loyal customer can be a lifetime customer. When you have lifetime customers you don't have to constantly be on the search for new ones.
Pay special attention to what you put online. Is it nice? Is it appropriate? Will it attract people to you, or turn them away? If someone happened upon your Facebook page would they be comfortable with what they see there? Would they want to start a relationship with you?
Is it worth it?
It takes a lot of effort to create an online portfolio. Is it worth it?
Only you can make that decision. What you put into it is what you'll get out of it. You might end up with 12 new customers a year, but you could also end up with 300 new customers a year.
The end result starts with you.
Contact me to find out what changed in my life in the past few years that has made it possible for me to SUCCESSFULLY build a business online. After trying and failing for many years one thing made all the difference.
Make Money Online - You Don't Need To Be Smart To Financially Change Your Life Now
Make Money Online-The Problem With The Working Poor
Today, despite strong labor marketplaces with record low unemployment rates, you will find countless people in America who work but remain poor. In 1998, the newest data available, nine million people in America labored sometime throughout the entire year but fell underneath the official poverty level. Of those nine million, 2 million labored full time and year-round. The amount of the significant poor have continued to be stubbornly constant during the last 10 years, despite huge alterations in the labor market. Within this chapter, I am likely to discuss the issues the significant poor as well as their families face.
Prior to doing so, however, allow me to discuss why we ought to worry about the poor. First, most of the significant poor (56%), reside in families with children. Second, the working poverty will probably be a lot more common compared to official count of 9 million people in America which I just reported. The estimate of 9 million counts as anybody whose family earnings fall underneath the government's official poverty level, which in 1999 is $16,700 for any group of four and $13,880 for any group of three.
Make Money Online-More Problems With The Working Poor
However, many people claim that the state poverty level is not high enough. When John Schwartz and Thomas Volgy make use of an alternative way of measuring poverty, for instance, they estimate that six million people labored full- time but fell below self-sufficiency.
Since these employees supported other family members, 18 million full-time year-round employees as well as their loved-ones were impacted by working poverty. Once they examined the entire quantity of employees (not only individuals who labored full-some time and year-round), the amount of employees as well as their family people who have been poor based on their meaning of poverty designated $ 30 million.
Research conducted recently of baby seniors (individuals between your age range of 23 and 37) found that one-third fell into working poverty throughout 10 years (from 1985 to 1995) examined. Given recent alterations in welfare programs, the amount of individuals working but remaining poor are required to keep growing.
Make Money Online-How can you escape being in debt and retire wealthy and happy?
To escape debt and retire wealthy you must consider starting your own home business.However, if you want tot succeed you will have to consult an expert who can give you great advice, so you can start on the right path to a lucrative future for the rest of your life.
Today, despite strong labor marketplaces with record low unemployment rates, you will find countless people in America who work but remain poor. In 1998, the newest data available, nine million people in America labored sometime throughout the entire year but fell underneath the official poverty level. Of those nine million, 2 million labored full time and year-round. The amount of the significant poor have continued to be stubbornly constant during the last 10 years, despite huge alterations in the labor market. Within this chapter, I am likely to discuss the issues the significant poor as well as their families face.
Prior to doing so, however, allow me to discuss why we ought to worry about the poor. First, most of the significant poor (56%), reside in families with children. Second, the working poverty will probably be a lot more common compared to official count of 9 million people in America which I just reported. The estimate of 9 million counts as anybody whose family earnings fall underneath the government's official poverty level, which in 1999 is $16,700 for any group of four and $13,880 for any group of three.
Make Money Online-More Problems With The Working Poor
However, many people claim that the state poverty level is not high enough. When John Schwartz and Thomas Volgy make use of an alternative way of measuring poverty, for instance, they estimate that six million people labored full- time but fell below self-sufficiency.
Since these employees supported other family members, 18 million full-time year-round employees as well as their loved-ones were impacted by working poverty. Once they examined the entire quantity of employees (not only individuals who labored full-some time and year-round), the amount of employees as well as their family people who have been poor based on their meaning of poverty designated $ 30 million.
Research conducted recently of baby seniors (individuals between your age range of 23 and 37) found that one-third fell into working poverty throughout 10 years (from 1985 to 1995) examined. Given recent alterations in welfare programs, the amount of individuals working but remaining poor are required to keep growing.
Make Money Online-How can you escape being in debt and retire wealthy and happy?
To escape debt and retire wealthy you must consider starting your own home business.However, if you want tot succeed you will have to consult an expert who can give you great advice, so you can start on the right path to a lucrative future for the rest of your life.
Six Reasons on Why You Should Invest in Online Marketing
Online marketing is a powerful medium to enhance your business online. It sets your company apart from others in the internet and gives it a unique presence, through which it can effectively reach out to its target audience and generate desired sales figures. Given the fact that it has such a huge impact on business growth, investing in it is worth the money spent as you can see good ROI within a couple of months.
Here is a look at the top six reasons for investing in Internet marketing:
Give Your Business A Strong Online Presence - Having a website is not enough and people can never find it unless it is optimized. There are so many optimization techniques, which can be implemented only by people who are experts in online marketing. These include on-site and off-page techniques through which your site's online presence is strengthened and it gains quality traffic and sales leads. If you do not implement SEO, your online business is definitely missing a big opportunity to capture its audience.
Cost Effective - If you were to spend money on radio, television and print advertising, the expense would be so enormous that only a large-scale company can undertake it. With online marketing, you need just a very small amount to advertise your brand, but can enjoy the power of reaching out to millions of people worldwide. Your marketing overheads are cut down drastically by implementing online marketing techniques.
Give Input to Improve Business - Online marketing generates information about your customer's likes and preferences, how much they liked a particular discount offer or sale, what their buying cycle is, which products did not do so well etc. This information can be used to improve your business, make better marketing strategies, improvise products, give more attractive sale offers etc.
Best Way To Reach Customers - Today, people are not reading the newspapers or magazines as much as they are surfing online for news, entertainment, interaction and research. The Internet is by far the place where people hang out, meet others, find information, search for products or services. It is the place where your customers are, hence reaching out to them through the Internet using powerful online marketing and search engine optimization techniques helps catch interested visitors and turn them into customers for your business.
Make a Powerful Impact on Audience - You can target audience in a stronger way through Internet marketing and gain desired results. It allows you to implement strategies according to behavior, age groups, demographics, language, etc, thus attracting attention to your brand from those who are most likely to be interested in its products or services. This effectively brings in quality sales leads and drives up sales figures.
Highly Interactive - You can read customer comments on your blog, forum and social media posts thus can respond to them, which is a very powerful means of getting to know their likes, preferences and what they feel about your products or services.
Here is a look at the top six reasons for investing in Internet marketing:
Give Your Business A Strong Online Presence - Having a website is not enough and people can never find it unless it is optimized. There are so many optimization techniques, which can be implemented only by people who are experts in online marketing. These include on-site and off-page techniques through which your site's online presence is strengthened and it gains quality traffic and sales leads. If you do not implement SEO, your online business is definitely missing a big opportunity to capture its audience.
Cost Effective - If you were to spend money on radio, television and print advertising, the expense would be so enormous that only a large-scale company can undertake it. With online marketing, you need just a very small amount to advertise your brand, but can enjoy the power of reaching out to millions of people worldwide. Your marketing overheads are cut down drastically by implementing online marketing techniques.
Give Input to Improve Business - Online marketing generates information about your customer's likes and preferences, how much they liked a particular discount offer or sale, what their buying cycle is, which products did not do so well etc. This information can be used to improve your business, make better marketing strategies, improvise products, give more attractive sale offers etc.
Best Way To Reach Customers - Today, people are not reading the newspapers or magazines as much as they are surfing online for news, entertainment, interaction and research. The Internet is by far the place where people hang out, meet others, find information, search for products or services. It is the place where your customers are, hence reaching out to them through the Internet using powerful online marketing and search engine optimization techniques helps catch interested visitors and turn them into customers for your business.
Make a Powerful Impact on Audience - You can target audience in a stronger way through Internet marketing and gain desired results. It allows you to implement strategies according to behavior, age groups, demographics, language, etc, thus attracting attention to your brand from those who are most likely to be interested in its products or services. This effectively brings in quality sales leads and drives up sales figures.
Highly Interactive - You can read customer comments on your blog, forum and social media posts thus can respond to them, which is a very powerful means of getting to know their likes, preferences and what they feel about your products or services.
How to Build a Marketing Funnel, Data Tracking Is Essential!
So you've decided to build a marketing funnel. You've mapped out a goal and the various processes along the way to funnel new prospects to that goal. Now the most essential step you need in the development of your funnel is tracking the data to determine how well your funnel is functioning.
A word of caution. It's important to remember that every bit of new content you add and every new stage built on your funnel you're generating more data. Even though it's all relevant to your sales process in one way or another it's easy to get bogged down in the data and metrics tracked instead of focusing on a few key performance indicators. And that is what will give you the best information you need to make necessary improvements.
Seven essential data tracking resource points:
1. The amount of resource traffic - the Entry Rate refers to the number of resources that are currently in your funnel. Track this rate and see how changes in your marketing strategy impacts it, you'll see positive increases in the number of resources you are able to generate.
2. Your conversion rate - if you're just going to choose a few tracking resources, this would probably be the most important tracking resource to include. Basically, this resource tracks the number of prospects entering your funnel at any point and then the number that are converted into customers. As you make adjustments to your marketing strategy, you will see this number improve or decrease letting you know if you're on the right track for not.
3. Sources of entry - as you monitor the traffic sources from which people are entering your funnel you can have ideas and how to expand the reach of your marketing campaigns. For instance if you see a large percentage of your prospects coming from a single post you did on a blog, then you know that you need to generate more posts building on the information in the original.
4. Time spent in funnel sections - in a perfect funnel your marketing would be so compelling that prospects would jump in at the top and flow to the bottom without restriction in one day. But that's rarely the case, so it's important to know are they are getting stuck in one of your stages. Then you'll know that you need to either add more content, change a page or address some questions that are unique to this area of the final.
5. Possible leaks - along with amount of time spent in a funnel, if you see a large number leaking out of your funnel at a particular point then you will know that you aren't doing enough to answer their questions or desires. You'll know that you need to add more content to build on their needs so they can move ahead.
6. Tracking engagement rates - if you are engaging prospects with calls to action on multiple posts or landing pages you need to know which are sending the most converted customers through your funnel. This will give you the ability to know which one is sending the most converted customers through the funnel. Then you will have the ability to replicate your success with future posts or content.
7. Conversion rate - your conversion rate (or "close rate") is the number of opportunities that turn into eventual sales. If your conversion rate is lower than you expect, look at some of the other resources you are tracking for ideas on how to improve the success rate of your marketing funnel.
These days there are many different tools on the market to help you track the data on your sites, for most marketers Google analytics is probably the most comprehensive, easy to implement and it's free. You can use this funnel tracking tool until you determine that you need something more advanced, at which time you can move to a different paid type sales analytic program for tracking or to a complete marketing automation program.
It's important to understand that creating a sales and marketing funnel is no easy task. It's not a project you're going to complete in an afternoon or even a day. And setting up a resource tracking system is essential for a functioning marketing funnel.
A word of caution. It's important to remember that every bit of new content you add and every new stage built on your funnel you're generating more data. Even though it's all relevant to your sales process in one way or another it's easy to get bogged down in the data and metrics tracked instead of focusing on a few key performance indicators. And that is what will give you the best information you need to make necessary improvements.
Seven essential data tracking resource points:
1. The amount of resource traffic - the Entry Rate refers to the number of resources that are currently in your funnel. Track this rate and see how changes in your marketing strategy impacts it, you'll see positive increases in the number of resources you are able to generate.
2. Your conversion rate - if you're just going to choose a few tracking resources, this would probably be the most important tracking resource to include. Basically, this resource tracks the number of prospects entering your funnel at any point and then the number that are converted into customers. As you make adjustments to your marketing strategy, you will see this number improve or decrease letting you know if you're on the right track for not.
3. Sources of entry - as you monitor the traffic sources from which people are entering your funnel you can have ideas and how to expand the reach of your marketing campaigns. For instance if you see a large percentage of your prospects coming from a single post you did on a blog, then you know that you need to generate more posts building on the information in the original.
4. Time spent in funnel sections - in a perfect funnel your marketing would be so compelling that prospects would jump in at the top and flow to the bottom without restriction in one day. But that's rarely the case, so it's important to know are they are getting stuck in one of your stages. Then you'll know that you need to either add more content, change a page or address some questions that are unique to this area of the final.
5. Possible leaks - along with amount of time spent in a funnel, if you see a large number leaking out of your funnel at a particular point then you will know that you aren't doing enough to answer their questions or desires. You'll know that you need to add more content to build on their needs so they can move ahead.
6. Tracking engagement rates - if you are engaging prospects with calls to action on multiple posts or landing pages you need to know which are sending the most converted customers through your funnel. This will give you the ability to know which one is sending the most converted customers through the funnel. Then you will have the ability to replicate your success with future posts or content.
7. Conversion rate - your conversion rate (or "close rate") is the number of opportunities that turn into eventual sales. If your conversion rate is lower than you expect, look at some of the other resources you are tracking for ideas on how to improve the success rate of your marketing funnel.
These days there are many different tools on the market to help you track the data on your sites, for most marketers Google analytics is probably the most comprehensive, easy to implement and it's free. You can use this funnel tracking tool until you determine that you need something more advanced, at which time you can move to a different paid type sales analytic program for tracking or to a complete marketing automation program.
It's important to understand that creating a sales and marketing funnel is no easy task. It's not a project you're going to complete in an afternoon or even a day. And setting up a resource tracking system is essential for a functioning marketing funnel.
Digital Marketing Emerging Trends and Strategies
The digital marketing industry feeds on innovation. It is impossible to master since it changes ever too quickly. To succeed here it is imperative to achieve a balance between a clear understanding of the trends, deciding a good action plan and taking a measured stride in the right direction.
The following are a few strategies that can help in getting a grip on digital marketing for a short-term:
• Google and other options
Google might have dominated the scene for over a decade, but there are other choices available. Duck Duck Go is one of the many new options that are being explored by consumers. Marketers should opt for search engine optimization through other means. Interaction with the target market can be achieved through other direct forms of marketing.
• Mobile marketing
Everybody uses mobiles nowadays. They have become a common thread of accomplishing connect with the masses quickly and on a large scale. They can play a big role in forming and applying modern marketing techniques. Marketers should consider this a priority.
• Social conversion
Social conversion hasn't been given its full due. It helps lead generation and e-commerce sites find opportunities that can get better conversion rates and increase new conversion channels.
• New payment methods
E-commerce sites will benefit from the advent of new online payment methods like EVM credit cards. Digital marketers have the responsibility of ensuring that their customers' privacy issues are handled with care by educating and reassuring them.
• Paid advertising
The effect of paid advertising can never be overstated. It has changed its form with alternative methods that are coming up, like video ads, but it is successful nevertheless. Money is spent, but this trend is growing as brands are also using it.
• Marketing automation
Once only a bastion of big companies with famous brand names, marketing automation has now become immensely important for any business that wants to soar high. Any marketer can now consider going for it due to its ease and affordability.
• Content creators
Content creators have become more important than ever. Content is king and plays a crucial role in digital marketing. There is a huge demand for content creators, like writers, and they aren't easy to find. Marketers don't need just a great writer, but someone who knows and understands their niche. His knowledge of the subject matter should be thorough, if possible from experience.
• Changing algorithms
Search algorithms can never be the same. Other than Google, there are algorithms like Facebook, Bing and Twitter's mashup. Their search engine results page displays the content which ranks highest as per their decision.
• Conversion optimization
Instead of taking expensive measures to increase traffic, it is advisable to achieve maximum conversion from site visitors by understanding them and their browsing patterns. Conversion rate optimization helps in achieving this and improves sales.
• Growth hacking
Growth hacking is evolving and will continue its determined growth in future.
With regard to these trends, digital marketers can experiment, albeit with some caution.
The following are a few strategies that can help in getting a grip on digital marketing for a short-term:
• Google and other options
Google might have dominated the scene for over a decade, but there are other choices available. Duck Duck Go is one of the many new options that are being explored by consumers. Marketers should opt for search engine optimization through other means. Interaction with the target market can be achieved through other direct forms of marketing.
• Mobile marketing
Everybody uses mobiles nowadays. They have become a common thread of accomplishing connect with the masses quickly and on a large scale. They can play a big role in forming and applying modern marketing techniques. Marketers should consider this a priority.
• Social conversion
Social conversion hasn't been given its full due. It helps lead generation and e-commerce sites find opportunities that can get better conversion rates and increase new conversion channels.
• New payment methods
E-commerce sites will benefit from the advent of new online payment methods like EVM credit cards. Digital marketers have the responsibility of ensuring that their customers' privacy issues are handled with care by educating and reassuring them.
• Paid advertising
The effect of paid advertising can never be overstated. It has changed its form with alternative methods that are coming up, like video ads, but it is successful nevertheless. Money is spent, but this trend is growing as brands are also using it.
• Marketing automation
Once only a bastion of big companies with famous brand names, marketing automation has now become immensely important for any business that wants to soar high. Any marketer can now consider going for it due to its ease and affordability.
• Content creators
Content creators have become more important than ever. Content is king and plays a crucial role in digital marketing. There is a huge demand for content creators, like writers, and they aren't easy to find. Marketers don't need just a great writer, but someone who knows and understands their niche. His knowledge of the subject matter should be thorough, if possible from experience.
• Changing algorithms
Search algorithms can never be the same. Other than Google, there are algorithms like Facebook, Bing and Twitter's mashup. Their search engine results page displays the content which ranks highest as per their decision.
• Conversion optimization
Instead of taking expensive measures to increase traffic, it is advisable to achieve maximum conversion from site visitors by understanding them and their browsing patterns. Conversion rate optimization helps in achieving this and improves sales.
• Growth hacking
Growth hacking is evolving and will continue its determined growth in future.
With regard to these trends, digital marketers can experiment, albeit with some caution.
5 Ways To Get Your Prospects To Know, Like And Trust You
If you have an online home business, you need to constantly be on the lookout for new customers. When prospective customers know, like and trust you, they are more likely to buy from you.
To do this, you have to show that you are a legitimate business who understands what your audience wants and that you are able to deliver it to them. Even though the internet can be an impersonal space, here are 5 methods that you can use in your online home business so that your prospects come to know, like and trust you.
1. Understand Your Target Audience
One way to get customers to your online home business is to spend time with them. Social media sites provide an ideal place to comment and interact with your audience. Also, make comments on blogs and forums within your niche where prospects will start to notice you. As you make yourself known you'll become seen as the go to person that people turn to for help.
2. Offer More Than Your Competition
Have a look at your competition to see what they are doing and aim to deliver more. Have a clear reason why people should buy from you instead of somebody else. Don't forget to always offer an unconditional money back guarantee if customers are not completely satisfied. This guarantee period, usually valid for 30 to 60 days after purchase, enables your customer to trust you and proves that you're not just out to make a quick buck.
3. Never Stop Learning
Never sit back and think that you know everything. By learning new skills and techniques that you can apply to your online home business it not only will help you to reach more customers but it will also mean that you can pass knowledge onto your prospects. They will see you as a leader in your field which will earn you their trust.
4. Provide Variety
Prospects will like it if you mix and match your products or combine them as one to sell as a special offer. Break down products into several products such as short reports for those customers who would rather start small with you than jump all in with a more substantial purchase.
5. Vary Your Marketing Methods
Don't just rely on one marketing strategy to reach new prospects. Some of your customers make like written content and some may prefer videos or podcasts. Interviews with leading experts in your niche also work very well and can develop your reputation.
To do this, you have to show that you are a legitimate business who understands what your audience wants and that you are able to deliver it to them. Even though the internet can be an impersonal space, here are 5 methods that you can use in your online home business so that your prospects come to know, like and trust you.
1. Understand Your Target Audience
One way to get customers to your online home business is to spend time with them. Social media sites provide an ideal place to comment and interact with your audience. Also, make comments on blogs and forums within your niche where prospects will start to notice you. As you make yourself known you'll become seen as the go to person that people turn to for help.
2. Offer More Than Your Competition
Have a look at your competition to see what they are doing and aim to deliver more. Have a clear reason why people should buy from you instead of somebody else. Don't forget to always offer an unconditional money back guarantee if customers are not completely satisfied. This guarantee period, usually valid for 30 to 60 days after purchase, enables your customer to trust you and proves that you're not just out to make a quick buck.
3. Never Stop Learning
Never sit back and think that you know everything. By learning new skills and techniques that you can apply to your online home business it not only will help you to reach more customers but it will also mean that you can pass knowledge onto your prospects. They will see you as a leader in your field which will earn you their trust.
4. Provide Variety
Prospects will like it if you mix and match your products or combine them as one to sell as a special offer. Break down products into several products such as short reports for those customers who would rather start small with you than jump all in with a more substantial purchase.
5. Vary Your Marketing Methods
Don't just rely on one marketing strategy to reach new prospects. Some of your customers make like written content and some may prefer videos or podcasts. Interviews with leading experts in your niche also work very well and can develop your reputation.
How Can You Encrypt Your Emails? Anti-Spying For Beginners
With privacy and confidential electronic information being a hot topic, we decided to post an article which will be both useful and interesting to those who have a little inclination towards data security.
Why should you encrypt emails?
Your emails contain very important records of your life and may also contain traces or indications of various events. Email is so commonly used but so commonly misunderstood as well, that we thought it necessary to focus on the security aspect of it. Even though you may have "nothing to hide", there is no reason why you should want a total stranger to have any information about you. Although you may feel that your email content is innocent or innocuous, it maybe of great value to someone wishing you ill-will or with malicious intentions. Even if you are not the target of a terrorist group, you may become easy prey for a script kiddie who just wants to be a nuisance.
Is my regular email hosting encrypted?
The short answer is No. You must remember that all email is stored in an unencrypted plain text format which can be easily read or intercepted by someone tapping the medium through which it flows. This means that when you reset a password and your password is automatically sent to you by some website, the email is received and stored in plain text. Any person with access to the hard disk where the email resides, can simply open the email file and read the contents. This is true for almost all email services online. Unless you have specifically encrypted emails using a key pair, your emails are not encrypted and can be easily tapped into.
But I'm using an https:// URL in the address bar. Doesn't that help?
Not really. The https:// URL only encrypts or obfuscates the login name and password to access your email account. It only secures the login session of your account, so that from your computer to your sending server, the connection is secure. This could be useful in preventing other people on a public Wi-Fi connection from seeing what password you used to login to your mail server.
Once your mail is sent from your machine to the mail server, unless specifically encrypted, the mail server sends the mail to the recipient server in plain text. Similarly, when the mail is passed from server to server, it is usually sent in plain text only. Any leak in the middle could lead to your data being compromised.
Encryption
To encrypt the message, the sender needs to use a Public/Private Key Pair, which will act like a lock and key. The sender must first generate this key pair, using a software like PGP or GPG. The key pairs a unique key set which allows the public key to match with only one private key. The public key can be given to any one and is like a one way key which only does the work of "locking" or encrypting the email. The private key is a secret key which should be kept confidential and can only be used one way i.e. to "unlock" or decrypt the email message.
Sending encrypted email
If you want to send someone an encrypted email, you need to have their public key. If you want someone to send you an encrypted email, you need to send them your public key. The sending of keys must also be done in a confidential or predecided manner so that you know that you are receiving the correct person's key.
Once the email is encrypted with the public key, no one can intercept it. Even if they do get a hold of your email, they will only see garbled text, since it is encrypted. To read the mail, the recipient must "unlock" or decrypt the mail using the private key corresponding to the public key that was used to lock the mail.
Most email clients provide support for encrypting email. Once you encrypt your emails from your email client, no one in between can retrieve the contents of the email, without the Private Key.
If you believe that your private key has been stolen or leaked, you can revoke your current set of keys and create a new pair, which must be shared with the sender.
Why should you encrypt emails?
Your emails contain very important records of your life and may also contain traces or indications of various events. Email is so commonly used but so commonly misunderstood as well, that we thought it necessary to focus on the security aspect of it. Even though you may have "nothing to hide", there is no reason why you should want a total stranger to have any information about you. Although you may feel that your email content is innocent or innocuous, it maybe of great value to someone wishing you ill-will or with malicious intentions. Even if you are not the target of a terrorist group, you may become easy prey for a script kiddie who just wants to be a nuisance.
Is my regular email hosting encrypted?
The short answer is No. You must remember that all email is stored in an unencrypted plain text format which can be easily read or intercepted by someone tapping the medium through which it flows. This means that when you reset a password and your password is automatically sent to you by some website, the email is received and stored in plain text. Any person with access to the hard disk where the email resides, can simply open the email file and read the contents. This is true for almost all email services online. Unless you have specifically encrypted emails using a key pair, your emails are not encrypted and can be easily tapped into.
But I'm using an https:// URL in the address bar. Doesn't that help?
Not really. The https:// URL only encrypts or obfuscates the login name and password to access your email account. It only secures the login session of your account, so that from your computer to your sending server, the connection is secure. This could be useful in preventing other people on a public Wi-Fi connection from seeing what password you used to login to your mail server.
Once your mail is sent from your machine to the mail server, unless specifically encrypted, the mail server sends the mail to the recipient server in plain text. Similarly, when the mail is passed from server to server, it is usually sent in plain text only. Any leak in the middle could lead to your data being compromised.
Encryption
To encrypt the message, the sender needs to use a Public/Private Key Pair, which will act like a lock and key. The sender must first generate this key pair, using a software like PGP or GPG. The key pairs a unique key set which allows the public key to match with only one private key. The public key can be given to any one and is like a one way key which only does the work of "locking" or encrypting the email. The private key is a secret key which should be kept confidential and can only be used one way i.e. to "unlock" or decrypt the email message.
Sending encrypted email
If you want to send someone an encrypted email, you need to have their public key. If you want someone to send you an encrypted email, you need to send them your public key. The sending of keys must also be done in a confidential or predecided manner so that you know that you are receiving the correct person's key.
Once the email is encrypted with the public key, no one can intercept it. Even if they do get a hold of your email, they will only see garbled text, since it is encrypted. To read the mail, the recipient must "unlock" or decrypt the mail using the private key corresponding to the public key that was used to lock the mail.
Most email clients provide support for encrypting email. Once you encrypt your emails from your email client, no one in between can retrieve the contents of the email, without the Private Key.
If you believe that your private key has been stolen or leaked, you can revoke your current set of keys and create a new pair, which must be shared with the sender.
New Internet Marketer - The Journey Begins
On February 12, 2016, I announced to the world that I will succeed.
That's right, I will win! I will become a successful Internet marketer and help others to succeed as well.
So there you have it... I am on the line for everyone to see.
I DID IT but it's one of scariest things I have ever done in my adult business life.
I deleted Everything, I mean EVERYTHING that I have purchased, created, or utilized to educate myself on the world of Internet Marketing.
Yup, I am going to start from scratch and tell you about all the trials, tribulations, lessons and trick I learn on my journey to success.
This is My Quick Start Challenge to Succeed.
I hope you come along, learn with me, and share you insights and experience.
This is my First Step...
As my starting point I wanted to make my Blog distinguishable from the millions of other Blogs, yes millions, on the internet.
Fiverr.com is a very reliable and inexpensive way to get a boatload of things done for $5.00. After reviewing the various designers and offers I chose a vendor to design my logo.
Using Fiverr is great when you are getting started. I have also found that in many cases, it's great a way to choose from a variety of vendors that can lead to building long-lasting business relationships. Where else can someone find service providers, review their products, hire and evaluate them all for a small $5.00 investment?
I am sure there are other competing websites offering similar services. Don't waste a lot of time evaluating and comparing other websites. Just pick one and get started.
Why? Because Action is the Answer.
Suggestions from my Experience using Fiverr
One can easily get lost and overwhelmed using Fiverr if you don't focus and use the search filters available. You can search for a vendor using many different search filters alone or in combination.
The Logo search filters I use are:
Delivery Time (Depends on your timetable.) Top Rated Sellers tend to be good in both short & longer delivery times.
Logo Type (Your Preference)
Logo Style (Your Preference)
Seller Level (Top Rated) The More Reviews the Better!
Language (English)
Thought for Today: Just take the Next Step
The Next Step
Deciding to take the next step was easy; the problem became which step should I take?
It seems that this is the very point where everyone has a different opinion about how to start your online business. Of course, one is very different from the other. Build a website, don't build a website, create a blog, become an affiliate marketer, and the list goes on and on...
I hate being indecisive and firmly believe that a bad decision is better than no decision and no decision it still a decision to do nothing. After all, I just spent $5.00 creating a logo... didn't I???
The obvious decision for me was to start with a website.
Why?
The more I thought about it, the more I started thinking about the issues, opportunities, and needs down the road. Exactly what do I need to address my future strategy requirements?
Wait a minute, I never told you about my strategy. Sorry about that oversight.
OK, it was a flat-out mistake.
One of the many things that I have learned in life is that you can make things happen or you can let things happen. I have done both. Making things happen is a great deal more fun and rewarding.
It's like speeding down the road in your car and making great time but you don't know where you are going. Regrettably, I have done that many times in the past and don't want to do it now.
Sound familiar?
Where do I want to end my journey or better yet, what things do I want to accomplish during my journey?
After a great deal of thought I realized I didn't fully investigate why I wanted to create an Internet business.
At this point I feel like I keep moving backward to get a better understanding on how to move forward. Am I getting ahead of myself and making things overly complicated without a basic understanding of where I want and need to go?
Yes, I am.
I decided to slow down and simplify my thoughts and subsequent actions.
There are some very basic questions that need answering in order to get moving in the right direction. Here are the questions and answers I decided are necessary for me to succeed in my future Internet Business.
Question: Why do I want to create an Internet business?
Answer:
- Become financially self-sustaining with my own business and create something for my family to build upon and enjoy in the future.
- Have my children partner and with work me.
- Increase my self-confidence, pride, and personal fulfillment in a business sense.
- Enjoy life free of financial concern.
Question: What must my successful Internet business accomplish?
Answer:
It must make Business, Operational, and Financial sense. It must be automated, scalable, sustainable, and provide quality products/services. The products and services must provide profitable business and/or personal solutions to our clients. All products and service must be supported by value, integrity, and honesty.
Question: How will I create an Internet business?
Answer:
I will turn the Why's into specific objectives, followed by the required tasks, daily routines, deadlines, and measurement criteria. Most importantly and continuously, I will evaluate the progress adjusting the strategy as needed.
Business - Objectives
Build a Profitable Mailing List
Create an Automated Business that is Scalable and Sustainable
Offer Digital Products and Services of High Value and Profit
Operational - Required Tasks, Daily Routines, and Deadlines
Task to Complete Deadline
Create and Buy a Domain February 16, 2016
Select Hosting Provider February 16, 2016
Select Auto Responder Provider February 16, 2016
Decide on Traffic Methods and Sources February 16, 2016
Select Products/Services to Sell February 16, 2016
Create Squeeze Page & Opt-in Form February 16, 2016
Build/Automate Email Promotional Mailings February 20, 2016
Second Phase Step to Create a Sales Funnel February 23, 2016
Financial - Set Financial Goals, Measure, Evaluate, and Adjust
Task to Complete Deadline
Create a Monthly Net Income of $10,000 June 1, 2016
It doesn't look like much but I assure you it took longer to think through than it did to commit to writing. However, I now have a track to run on, follow, with an end in mind.
It's a dynamic strategy that will be adjusted and fine-tuned along the way.
The next most important thing for me is to take action. Not any action, but the right action that will accomplish my tasks and objectives by the stated deadline.
How will I decide if it is the right action to take?
I have been in sales and sales management for many years. It is easy to get sidetracked and do a bunch of unnecessary work with little to no value or beneficial results. I like simplicity. If it's simple then it is easy to understand and implement.
Thought for Today: If the step you are about to take doesn't get you closer to the sale, then don't take it!
Amen.
I am just getting started...
If you have any thoughts, comments, or suggestions I would love to hear from you.
I am going to succeed,
That's right, I will win! I will become a successful Internet marketer and help others to succeed as well.
So there you have it... I am on the line for everyone to see.
I DID IT but it's one of scariest things I have ever done in my adult business life.
I deleted Everything, I mean EVERYTHING that I have purchased, created, or utilized to educate myself on the world of Internet Marketing.
Yup, I am going to start from scratch and tell you about all the trials, tribulations, lessons and trick I learn on my journey to success.
This is My Quick Start Challenge to Succeed.
I hope you come along, learn with me, and share you insights and experience.
This is my First Step...
As my starting point I wanted to make my Blog distinguishable from the millions of other Blogs, yes millions, on the internet.
Fiverr.com is a very reliable and inexpensive way to get a boatload of things done for $5.00. After reviewing the various designers and offers I chose a vendor to design my logo.
Using Fiverr is great when you are getting started. I have also found that in many cases, it's great a way to choose from a variety of vendors that can lead to building long-lasting business relationships. Where else can someone find service providers, review their products, hire and evaluate them all for a small $5.00 investment?
I am sure there are other competing websites offering similar services. Don't waste a lot of time evaluating and comparing other websites. Just pick one and get started.
Why? Because Action is the Answer.
Suggestions from my Experience using Fiverr
One can easily get lost and overwhelmed using Fiverr if you don't focus and use the search filters available. You can search for a vendor using many different search filters alone or in combination.
The Logo search filters I use are:
Delivery Time (Depends on your timetable.) Top Rated Sellers tend to be good in both short & longer delivery times.
Logo Type (Your Preference)
Logo Style (Your Preference)
Seller Level (Top Rated) The More Reviews the Better!
Language (English)
Thought for Today: Just take the Next Step
The Next Step
Deciding to take the next step was easy; the problem became which step should I take?
It seems that this is the very point where everyone has a different opinion about how to start your online business. Of course, one is very different from the other. Build a website, don't build a website, create a blog, become an affiliate marketer, and the list goes on and on...
I hate being indecisive and firmly believe that a bad decision is better than no decision and no decision it still a decision to do nothing. After all, I just spent $5.00 creating a logo... didn't I???
The obvious decision for me was to start with a website.
Why?
The more I thought about it, the more I started thinking about the issues, opportunities, and needs down the road. Exactly what do I need to address my future strategy requirements?
Wait a minute, I never told you about my strategy. Sorry about that oversight.
OK, it was a flat-out mistake.
One of the many things that I have learned in life is that you can make things happen or you can let things happen. I have done both. Making things happen is a great deal more fun and rewarding.
It's like speeding down the road in your car and making great time but you don't know where you are going. Regrettably, I have done that many times in the past and don't want to do it now.
Sound familiar?
Where do I want to end my journey or better yet, what things do I want to accomplish during my journey?
After a great deal of thought I realized I didn't fully investigate why I wanted to create an Internet business.
At this point I feel like I keep moving backward to get a better understanding on how to move forward. Am I getting ahead of myself and making things overly complicated without a basic understanding of where I want and need to go?
Yes, I am.
I decided to slow down and simplify my thoughts and subsequent actions.
There are some very basic questions that need answering in order to get moving in the right direction. Here are the questions and answers I decided are necessary for me to succeed in my future Internet Business.
Question: Why do I want to create an Internet business?
Answer:
- Become financially self-sustaining with my own business and create something for my family to build upon and enjoy in the future.
- Have my children partner and with work me.
- Increase my self-confidence, pride, and personal fulfillment in a business sense.
- Enjoy life free of financial concern.
Question: What must my successful Internet business accomplish?
Answer:
It must make Business, Operational, and Financial sense. It must be automated, scalable, sustainable, and provide quality products/services. The products and services must provide profitable business and/or personal solutions to our clients. All products and service must be supported by value, integrity, and honesty.
Question: How will I create an Internet business?
Answer:
I will turn the Why's into specific objectives, followed by the required tasks, daily routines, deadlines, and measurement criteria. Most importantly and continuously, I will evaluate the progress adjusting the strategy as needed.
Business - Objectives
Build a Profitable Mailing List
Create an Automated Business that is Scalable and Sustainable
Offer Digital Products and Services of High Value and Profit
Operational - Required Tasks, Daily Routines, and Deadlines
Task to Complete Deadline
Create and Buy a Domain February 16, 2016
Select Hosting Provider February 16, 2016
Select Auto Responder Provider February 16, 2016
Decide on Traffic Methods and Sources February 16, 2016
Select Products/Services to Sell February 16, 2016
Create Squeeze Page & Opt-in Form February 16, 2016
Build/Automate Email Promotional Mailings February 20, 2016
Second Phase Step to Create a Sales Funnel February 23, 2016
Financial - Set Financial Goals, Measure, Evaluate, and Adjust
Task to Complete Deadline
Create a Monthly Net Income of $10,000 June 1, 2016
It doesn't look like much but I assure you it took longer to think through than it did to commit to writing. However, I now have a track to run on, follow, with an end in mind.
It's a dynamic strategy that will be adjusted and fine-tuned along the way.
The next most important thing for me is to take action. Not any action, but the right action that will accomplish my tasks and objectives by the stated deadline.
How will I decide if it is the right action to take?
I have been in sales and sales management for many years. It is easy to get sidetracked and do a bunch of unnecessary work with little to no value or beneficial results. I like simplicity. If it's simple then it is easy to understand and implement.
Thought for Today: If the step you are about to take doesn't get you closer to the sale, then don't take it!
Amen.
I am just getting started...
If you have any thoughts, comments, or suggestions I would love to hear from you.
I am going to succeed,
The Journey From Failure to Success With a New Internet Marketer
I am sure you have heard it all before... homeless man makes millions over night, down on luck and broke man becomes financially successful with never known before internet marketing secret, lazy man makes money doing next to nothing... yada, yada, yada.
My story is very different, it could be titled: Sell and Die or Selling Your Way to the Cemetery, Work Yourself to Death, or How I Finally Got Smart.
Here's my story, I have been in sales and marketing my entire career and have successfully sold many products and services. It's true; I have sold vacuum cleaners, encyclopedias, pharmaceuticals, training, marketing programs, medical products, and consulting services to some of the largest companies in the world. This is in addition to many marketing, product, and sales management positions.
I worked very hard (usually over 80 hours per week) and became one of the top and in many cases the number one salesman in the country/world. My last position was Senior Vice President in charge of 2 National Sales Forces of a 12 billion dollar company with 60,000+ employees.
The End Result... I made a great deal of money, enjoyed untold benefits, travelled the world, earned the respect and support of my peers. However, I also earned 2 heart attacks, a pacemaker/defibrillator, 17 artery stents, over 50 angioplasties, and forced into retirement at age 50 with a wife and 3 kids to support.
OK, So What?
So, I want to tell you that being forced from a successful career into retirement Sucks, especially at 50 years old. I am not telling you this to feel sorry for me. Please don't! I was just chasing a dream too hard the wrong way.
Once a Busy Person... It took me about a year to regain enough of my health back to start thinking about what I was going to do next.
Why... Boredom and I was driving my wife and kids nuts, not to mention that I needed money FAST!
I researched and tried many different things until I realized that there is a tremendous opportunity to make money on the Internet. How hard can it be?
Short Answer Very Hard
Once again, without realizing my previous mistakes, I thought if I worked hard enough the money would come but it didn't.
Going it alone is a very long road. In my case, it was a very long road going nowhere.
Getting Smarter
I realized it would be better to learn from those folks who have already made their millions. I just needed to replicate their methods and succeed.
Success Creates Success or at Least I Hope it Does... and that's where we begin, at the beginning.
Well, that is not exactly the whole truth. You see, I have spend thousands and thousands of dollars buying shiny objects, training programs, miracle products, coaching programs, and I have also attended countless webinars, conference calls, seminars, etc. Anyway you get the idea. Does this sound or feel a bit familiar?
I worked my ass off and wasted 5 years making a few sales here and there. I never even came close to breaking even; much less being successful. Talk about a let down. I was always successful in my marketing and sales career but it is very different. I have failed miserably thus far.
So What?
So as of today February 12, 2016, I am announcing to the world that I will succeed.
That's right, I will win! I will become a successful internet marketer making over $1,000,000 per year and help others to succeed as well.
So there you have it... my ass is on the line for everyone to see.
I DID IT but it's one of scariest things I have ever done in my adult business life.
I deleted Everything, I mean EVERYTHING that I have purchased, created, or utilized to educate myself on the world of Internet Marketing.
Yup, I am going to start from scratch and tell you about all the trials, tribulations, lessons and trick I learn on my journey to success.
This is My Quick Start Challenge to Succeed.
I hope you come along, learn with me, and share you insights and experience.
My story is very different, it could be titled: Sell and Die or Selling Your Way to the Cemetery, Work Yourself to Death, or How I Finally Got Smart.
Here's my story, I have been in sales and marketing my entire career and have successfully sold many products and services. It's true; I have sold vacuum cleaners, encyclopedias, pharmaceuticals, training, marketing programs, medical products, and consulting services to some of the largest companies in the world. This is in addition to many marketing, product, and sales management positions.
I worked very hard (usually over 80 hours per week) and became one of the top and in many cases the number one salesman in the country/world. My last position was Senior Vice President in charge of 2 National Sales Forces of a 12 billion dollar company with 60,000+ employees.
The End Result... I made a great deal of money, enjoyed untold benefits, travelled the world, earned the respect and support of my peers. However, I also earned 2 heart attacks, a pacemaker/defibrillator, 17 artery stents, over 50 angioplasties, and forced into retirement at age 50 with a wife and 3 kids to support.
OK, So What?
So, I want to tell you that being forced from a successful career into retirement Sucks, especially at 50 years old. I am not telling you this to feel sorry for me. Please don't! I was just chasing a dream too hard the wrong way.
Once a Busy Person... It took me about a year to regain enough of my health back to start thinking about what I was going to do next.
Why... Boredom and I was driving my wife and kids nuts, not to mention that I needed money FAST!
I researched and tried many different things until I realized that there is a tremendous opportunity to make money on the Internet. How hard can it be?
Short Answer Very Hard
Once again, without realizing my previous mistakes, I thought if I worked hard enough the money would come but it didn't.
Going it alone is a very long road. In my case, it was a very long road going nowhere.
Getting Smarter
I realized it would be better to learn from those folks who have already made their millions. I just needed to replicate their methods and succeed.
Success Creates Success or at Least I Hope it Does... and that's where we begin, at the beginning.
Well, that is not exactly the whole truth. You see, I have spend thousands and thousands of dollars buying shiny objects, training programs, miracle products, coaching programs, and I have also attended countless webinars, conference calls, seminars, etc. Anyway you get the idea. Does this sound or feel a bit familiar?
I worked my ass off and wasted 5 years making a few sales here and there. I never even came close to breaking even; much less being successful. Talk about a let down. I was always successful in my marketing and sales career but it is very different. I have failed miserably thus far.
So What?
So as of today February 12, 2016, I am announcing to the world that I will succeed.
That's right, I will win! I will become a successful internet marketer making over $1,000,000 per year and help others to succeed as well.
So there you have it... my ass is on the line for everyone to see.
I DID IT but it's one of scariest things I have ever done in my adult business life.
I deleted Everything, I mean EVERYTHING that I have purchased, created, or utilized to educate myself on the world of Internet Marketing.
Yup, I am going to start from scratch and tell you about all the trials, tribulations, lessons and trick I learn on my journey to success.
This is My Quick Start Challenge to Succeed.
I hope you come along, learn with me, and share you insights and experience.
How To Hire The Right Digital Marketing Company
Marketing plays a very important role in turning a business into a successful brand. The demand of digital marketing has seen an upward trend in recent times. More and more businesses are turning to digital marketing for a wider reach.
There are many companies offering digital marketing services but not all will be able to meet your expectations. Nothing can be more frustrating than hiring a company which over-promises and under-deliver. Hiring the right digital marketing company is crucial for a businesses' growth. If you are looking for a digital marketing company for your business, here are some important points to consider:
- Research - It is very important to do some research before looking for a digital marketing company for your business. Acquainting yourself with the marketing terminology and practices will help you make an informed choice. It will help you in becoming aware of your business needs and look for a company matching those requirements.
- Experience - It is important to look for company's overall experience in the field and the number of projects it has successfully completed. The company should have a proper website listing the services it offers along with other relevant information. Have a look at some of the work they have done in past and ask for referrals. You can contact some of their previous clients and ask about how they feel about the company's services.
- Online Presence - The company you select should have a good online presence. It should have a blog which is regularly updated with high quality content and impactful presence on other social media platforms is also important. The company which will help you market your brand should be able to make a brand name for itself in the market.
- Research Tools - The company you hire should use latest tools and techniques to research, track data and other marketing efforts. Staying updated with the latest developments in the field is also very important.
- Pricing - Talk in detail about the price structure with the company. Ask them if there are any hidden costs involved. Keep in mind that a company which asks for a higher price may not necessarily offer best services. The company you select should offer high quality services at an affordable price.
You should shortlist a few digital marketing companies and meet them in person before making the final choice. Choosing the right company will prove to be very beneficial for your business in the long run.
There are many companies offering digital marketing services but not all will be able to meet your expectations. Nothing can be more frustrating than hiring a company which over-promises and under-deliver. Hiring the right digital marketing company is crucial for a businesses' growth. If you are looking for a digital marketing company for your business, here are some important points to consider:
- Research - It is very important to do some research before looking for a digital marketing company for your business. Acquainting yourself with the marketing terminology and practices will help you make an informed choice. It will help you in becoming aware of your business needs and look for a company matching those requirements.
- Experience - It is important to look for company's overall experience in the field and the number of projects it has successfully completed. The company should have a proper website listing the services it offers along with other relevant information. Have a look at some of the work they have done in past and ask for referrals. You can contact some of their previous clients and ask about how they feel about the company's services.
- Online Presence - The company you select should have a good online presence. It should have a blog which is regularly updated with high quality content and impactful presence on other social media platforms is also important. The company which will help you market your brand should be able to make a brand name for itself in the market.
- Research Tools - The company you hire should use latest tools and techniques to research, track data and other marketing efforts. Staying updated with the latest developments in the field is also very important.
- Pricing - Talk in detail about the price structure with the company. Ask them if there are any hidden costs involved. Keep in mind that a company which asks for a higher price may not necessarily offer best services. The company you select should offer high quality services at an affordable price.
You should shortlist a few digital marketing companies and meet them in person before making the final choice. Choosing the right company will prove to be very beneficial for your business in the long run.
The 3 Basic Steps to Making Money Online
Your email list is your starting point because that is how the Super Affiliate Marketers rake in the life changing kind of commissions. They all have Giant email lists, some as huge as 500,000 subscribers and above. When you do decide to select your email auto-responder account, make sure they offer sufficient training with regards to newsletters and auto-responder messages.
Your email list is where your sales come from and you must know when to send a newsletter and when to send an auto-responder email message. Which is where your own website comes in because that proves to your audience that you are professional. You share your own website in your Newsletters and never affiliate links or call to actions. Your auto-responder will contain the sales messages, which should offer the products you promote on your own website. On your website you will have a web form which is how you will gain more subscribers to your list.
Your own website is crucial to your success. This is where you will select your domain, get your website builder access and even an email address for each individual domain. Your website is complimented by your own blog where you share valuable information and inspire your audience by offering proven solutions. Your Blog and Website must be pinged and submitted to search engines on a daily basis to get indexed and ranked.
You will need an Autopilot traffic machine which you can assemble with completely free tactics like blogging and social posting with comments. Posting on Social Profiles like Facebook and Google will require you to have Facebook and Google pages, where you can access the free scheduling tools. Most blogging platforms offer you these free post scheduling tools so there's no real need to pay for auto posting software. You can really do that, flying solo.
A proven sequence in which this should be assembled is that your website get shared on every blog post signature. The website contains the affiliate products you wish to promote, with relevant content that inspires your visitor to sign up to your list via the web form on your home page. This way you not only generate sales with your website, but also gain new subscribers.
This is but the tip of an impressively large ice burg, but the basics that you should concentrate on and build from there. Remember, making money online is an Art and not a Contest.
Your email list is where your sales come from and you must know when to send a newsletter and when to send an auto-responder email message. Which is where your own website comes in because that proves to your audience that you are professional. You share your own website in your Newsletters and never affiliate links or call to actions. Your auto-responder will contain the sales messages, which should offer the products you promote on your own website. On your website you will have a web form which is how you will gain more subscribers to your list.
Your own website is crucial to your success. This is where you will select your domain, get your website builder access and even an email address for each individual domain. Your website is complimented by your own blog where you share valuable information and inspire your audience by offering proven solutions. Your Blog and Website must be pinged and submitted to search engines on a daily basis to get indexed and ranked.
You will need an Autopilot traffic machine which you can assemble with completely free tactics like blogging and social posting with comments. Posting on Social Profiles like Facebook and Google will require you to have Facebook and Google pages, where you can access the free scheduling tools. Most blogging platforms offer you these free post scheduling tools so there's no real need to pay for auto posting software. You can really do that, flying solo.
A proven sequence in which this should be assembled is that your website get shared on every blog post signature. The website contains the affiliate products you wish to promote, with relevant content that inspires your visitor to sign up to your list via the web form on your home page. This way you not only generate sales with your website, but also gain new subscribers.
This is but the tip of an impressively large ice burg, but the basics that you should concentrate on and build from there. Remember, making money online is an Art and not a Contest.
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