How to Learn by Osmosis: The Traits of a Successful Affiliate
There are many blogs, forums and ebooks where you can learn the intricacies of online marketing. Some are great, some are poor, but nearly all are inferior to the process of learning by osmosis. Osmosis is the art of unconscious learning. It is where we stop studying materials, and start absorbing them. 1) Park balls on knowledge 2) … 3) Profit $$$ Learning the Facts vs. Learning the Meaning Imagine two kids go in to a lecture. One has a stack of notepads and pens. The other has his hands in his…
How to build your own traffic source
Never put all your eggs in one basket. I am sure you heard that one before and diversification is now more important then ever. We all noticed the ever rising costs of traffic, the daily influx of new affiliate marketers and all the dying networks around us. Affiliate marketing is like a warzone – only the strongest will survive! If you want to be on top of the game in 2013, you should: – grow your own traffic sources – build your own offers – have your own affiliates Traffic sources are getting more competitive and it certainly wont get easier in…
Build your own offer in 5 easy steps
Creating your own product / offer is a crucial step to long term success and financial freedom. Wouldn’t it be great to have a digital product which requires no shipping, no handling and you can sell it over and over again? I will show you exactly how to do that! We don’t have to lower our standards and become a sneaky low life selling ebooks on clickbank. That has nothing to do with running your own business. If clickbank goes down, you go down …
$1,000 Profit per day Adult Campaign Guide
Like most affiliate marketers you are probably stuck with facebook ads, plenty of fish and maybe some pay per view traffic. Don’t get me wrong, those sources are great and I love to work with them but what if I would show you a traffic source that is cheap, has huge volume, very few restrictions and is totally easy to work with? We all remember those Acai Berry days when part time affiliates became millionaires in …
Get paid 300{57b8cc37fd24bce1cf64c8b05d9407ce9171516056c1f5e762677747187a0de4} more for your leads – Why API leads are the future
In recent years, API leads have become more popular and more widely accepted amongst advertisers. Smart affiliates are taking advantage of API’s for years to monetize their leads over and over again. Before I got into detail why API leads are so important, you need to understand what an API actually is first: API means nothing else but “Application Programing Interface” – that probably still doesn’t…
Incorporation as an Affiliate – Tax havens where are you?
LLC, Limited, Holding or should I just forget about it? A lot of affiliates keep asking me for advice and how they should structure their business but there is no simple solution that suits everyone out there. US citizens have a lot of advantages in the affiliate game (fast payouts, low thresholds and easy access to credit cards) but when it comes to taxes and tax optimization they have the toughest nut to crack. Not only is the…
Blogging Isn’t All There Is to Blogging
Most successful bloggers didn’t get that way because they just sit there and blog all day. Their business may have started with a blog but now its grown into so much more. Yours will, too, as soon as you understand that blogging isn’t all there is to blogging. Step…
How To Rank Well Your Inner Pages In Search Engines
Your homepage is usually the highest ranking page on your blog, but take a look at it, what do you see? Generally, all you see is a list of blog posts accompanied by a few snippets of text. Most bloggers think that just raising the rank of the homepage pulls all the inner pages up, as well. However, that’s not really how it works. In …
Want To Make Your First Website?
As soon as your friends and family learn you’re making money online they all want to know how to make their own website. After the third or fourth time you sit somebody down and try to teach them the process you’ll realize that most people have no intentions of following through and you’ve just wasted…
What Are The Alternatives to Google AdSense?
You’re not the first person to ask, “What are the alternatives to Google Adsense?” and between you and me, my answer is, “Just about anything is a better alternative to AdSense!” But, I know, that doesn’t really answer your question. Since we’re talking about your business here you’d probably prefer I turn off the sarcasm and give you something a little more concrete. So let’s get …
How To Turn Every Post Into A Sticky Web For Readers
Your homepage is usually the highest ranking page on your blog, but take a look at it, what do you see? Generally, all you see is a list of blog posts accompanied by a few snippets of text. Most bloggers think that just raising the rank of the homepage pulls all the inner pages up, as well. However, that’s not really how it works. In fact, if all your ingound links point to your homepage, you’re wasting a lot of link juice. Building the rank of your homepage…
Are Bloggers Losing Money by Not Selling Sponsored Posts?
When you get right down to it, every post on your blog is a sponsored post. You’re either making money with affiliate links or you’re earning ad revenue. In the end, somebody is paying your to blog otherwise you wouldn’t be doing it. That said, the next question is a little more specific: Should you solicit advertisers and write specific relevant content in exchange for money? Are you losing money by not selling sponsored posts? What are sponsored posts? Once you have an …
Your Blog is Your Portfolio
Maybe you have the best job you could ever imagine. Your boss is wonderful, you make good money, and you really love what you’re doing. But what if something better came along? I know it’s hard to imagine right now but – What If? Of course, you can’t really answer that until you see what that “What If” is, but it might be an opportunity that surpasses even you wildest dreams. You could find out what that “What If” is if you use your blog as your portfolio. Most …
What’s Your Long-Term Blogging Strategy?
Contrary to what all those ebooks tell you, nobody sets up a successful, money-making blog in one weekend. In fact, if you’re like me and a lot of bloggers I know, you’ll set up a few blogs before you finally start hitting your stride. It takes months to develop a strong, loyal following and it sometimes takes a couple of years to start earning a predictable, full-time income. You can, however, help the process along …
If Possible, Make It An Affiliate Link
I can’t tell you how many affiliate programs I’ve joined over the years. I wouldn’t even want to hazard a guess. But I will tell you this: Almost every product or service you recommend has an affiliate program. And if you’re not using an affiliate link when you mention them in your blog posts you’re missing out on a significant source of income. How many times have you just casually mentioned to your readers that you used such-and-such product or service or you visited this-and-…
Go Hard or Go Home, Especially If You Are Building A Website
When you’re punching a time clock we all have days where we don’t feel like giving 110{57b8cc37fd24bce1cf64c8b05d9407ce9171516056c1f5e762677747187a0de4}, so you spend the day pushing papers around on your desk, trying to look like you’re actually working. But when you’re starting your own business you need to either go hard or go home, every single day, especially if you’re building a website. If I had a nickel for every domain name I’ve purchased I could probably retire and go live on some secluded tropical beach. But when it comes to building websites it’s not…
The 9 Most Important Copywriting Articles on Shock Marketer
Copywriting is the act of writing words that sell. I’ve found just by changing a paragraph, it can result in 2 to 4 times the sales. Some have found the difference can be 19.5 times more sales. How can you write these “magical” sentences? See some of my favorite copywriting articles: Overview: 93 Year Old Ad Gives You the Exact Formula to Write Amazing Copy – Using teasers, benefits, credibility, and “the push.” Follow this 1 Rule to Guarantee the Profitability…
Mind It! – Don’ts while dealing with a SEO client
Have you ever leaned back and thought what brings your excellent deals in a negative response? The only reason is the way you deal with your dealing clients. Never to forget that all the entrepreneurial sites totally depend on the factor that how well are they optimized, as you’re in the era of e-marketing that balances well your expertise and a good rank in any of the SERPs. If you just search ‘SEO service providers’, you may get a big…
Best web hosting for WordPress – How to setup WordPress on Bluehost and get a FREE Bonus!
Best web hosting for WordPress www.RayTheVideoGuy.com When it comes to setting up WordPress, very few web hosting services make it as easy as Bluehost. Unlike other hosting services, such as GoDaddy, you do not need to wait for others to set your hosting up for WordPress. With Bluehost, you just log into
Why Do You Write?
Why do you write? Sounds like an odd question, doesn’t it? A couple of months ago, I’ve written an article here telling my readers why do I blog. I’ve asked them to share their reasons too and got great response and different reasons from bloggers on that. Today I thought to make it…