Neuromarketing: Social Proofing on Landing Pages (Part 1)
Neuromarketing is one of those buzz terms used to describe a recent infatuation with new technology. It’s promise is simple. Consumers make buying decisions based on unconscious factors that are out of their control. The purpose of neuromarketing is to anticipate unconscious reactions and provide the ultimate sales platform: an emotional and logical boot in the direction of your checkout cart. It is a study driven by the emerging field of neuro web design…
Neuromarketing: The Weapons of Mass Conversion (Part 2)
Note: This is the second of a two-part series on Neuromarketing. Read the first part here. Previously we looked at how social proof can lead to more conversions, more sales and more money in your bank account. Social proof is a cornerstone of neuromarketing. But it’s not the only child. In this post, we’…
Change of Plans: I’m Moving to America
By now, you are surely familiar with Finch’s twice-a-year, “I’m Moving to…” post. I change plans faster than a badger in a honey maze. The latest twist should therefore come as no surprise. Only a few months ago, I revealed that I was trading London for Bangkok (where I lived in 2010/11). Much has changed…
Banners Broker Scam – Don’t Let It Affect You
Banners Broker is one of the most popular MLM programs of recent times. It also happens to be one of the most sophisticated and bloodsucking ponzi schemes I have ever come across. Banners Broker is based around an industry we know a lot about – online advertising. Before I continue, let me point out the obvious. This post is not written for my usual readers. If you’re expecting tips that can improve your…
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…
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…
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 too and you are left with nothing but …
$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, …
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 mean anything to you but let me give you …
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 IRS and their government watching every move they make, but their…
Should You Comment on Highly Ranked Posts?
Leaving comments on blog posts is one way of building backlinks. And the more backlinks you build from high ranking domains, the better your blog’s ranking with the search engines. So, yes, you should leave comments on highly ranked posts. Should you leave a comment on every highly ranked post you see? Now that’s a whole ‘nother story. I remember the first time someone left a comment on my very first blog. I was so excited. I felt my blog had finally been “found” and I was only inches away from success. The next…
Email Marketing Basics: All You Need To Get Started
Email marketing is a marketing technique that allows you to send your marketing messages directly to your subscribers. Offline business recognized the value of direct marketing years ago and now, since your operating an online business, email marketing lets you make direct contact in the only best way possible, through your subscribers’ email. Putting your message directly in front of your subscriber is better…
10 Tips to Manage Criticism
Sometimes it seems like everyone’s a critic and you’re standing in the middle of the circle with a target on your forehead. As much as we’d all like to give them a good punch in the nose, we can’t. It’s unprofessional, it might damage your reputation, and who has money for bail these days? Besides, chill out, what …
How To Make Money Online Using Expired Domains To Set Up Pay Per Post Blogs
At some point every blogger decides it’s time to start making some money online. They may have started their blog to talk about their wedding plans or build up an online resume, but eventually they start to think ‘Hey. There oughta be some way I can make money with this.’ Well, there is. You can set up a …
What Will Happen To My Blog When I Die?
No one likes to think about death but we all know it’s inevitable. And not to sound like I’m trying to use sensationalism to influence your decision, but you never know when something dreadful might happen. Your demise isn’t the only thing you need to be concerned about. What if your incapacitated …
Three Niches I Would Get In If I Had Time
Ask any blogger who’s been at it a while and I’m sure they’ll all tell you they have something on the back burner. We all do. But we’re also smart enough to know that we’d have to take time away from our business if we want to start something new. We remember how much time it takes to get a new blog off the ground. Anyway, here are three niches I would get into if I only had the time. Local Business Network There are so many …
How To Improve Google Rankings for Your Older Posts in 5 Easy Steps
Every award-winning athlete will tell you, you’re only the champion until someone comes along who’s better than you. And someone will always come along, it’s only a matter of time. Your award-winning blog posts are the same – they’re only going to stay at the top of the index until one of your competitors comes …
When To Update WordPress Immediately, and When Not To
If you’ve been using WordPress for any length of time then you’ve probably seen that little message on your dashboard telling you there’s an update available. Should you click it or not? Should you do it now or should you wait? Is it safe? Is it complicated? And what happens when you do? What does a WordPress update do? Behind that pretty WordPress theme is a program. And that …
Improve Your Conversion With A/B Testing
In the blogging world the word “conversion” can have several meanings but what it boils down to is this: Are your visitors doing what you want them to do? If you tell them to subscribe are they handing over their email address? If you tell them to visit your blog are they showing up at your door? If you tell them to “Click Here” do they do it? If not, you can imporve your conversion rate with a little…
WordPress SEO: Get Insane Traffic From Google (7985 Words)
When I started my first online project, I was extremely passionate about it, and I had really high hopes for it to become an authority widely recognized among the webdesign world. But I realized really fast that you can’t just build a website in 5 minutes, throw it onto the interweb and wait for a huge crowd to come visit it. Of course, this website was my…