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Download Your FREE Blog Traffic Generation Checklist (Part 10 of 21)
Blogs!
I personally consider blogs to be the chief cornerstone of all your online marketing efforts.
Back in 2004 I created and released with my brother one of the first ever courses on blogging called How To Blog For Fun & Profits (no longer available). Yep, nearly five years ago and before blogs became the rave that they are today.
I was blogging it up on futures and commodities many years ago. However, blogs today are different and more powerful… and much easier to use.
Blogs today are used for…
- PreSell Pages
- Review Pages
- Salesletters
- Optin Pages
- Membership Sites
- Traffic Funnels
- …and uh, Blogs
Sometimes it freaks people out to hear blogs are used for salesletters, so check this out. This site here http://www.mrmibasictraining.com is an example of one of our sites that is using the WordPress blog platform for both the salesletter and the membership platform.
When you hover you mouse over the About Stephen, FAQS and Support tabs look at the url address bar in the bottom of your browser and you will see the blog page.
Also, scroll down to the bottom of the salesletter and you will see “Powered By Wordpress.”
And, when you click on the “Log In” tab you will be taken to the customize WordPress login.
Blogs are also used effectively in combination with paid advertising like PPC and Banners as well as with video and podcasting.
The three main platforms being used are…
Blogs have become the near perfect platform for both generating traffic AND monetizing that traffic.
Now, while some would argue about the right and wrong way to blog… I would say the worst thing you could do is to not be blogging at all… YIKES! I dare not think such thoughts. 
With that said you can click here to get your Blog Traffic Generation Checklist, where we will cover some of the shallow water basics to get you a nice start to effective blogging.
Even as we cover the basics, I would recommend you integrate your blog with Twitter immediately.
So, if you’re not yet automatically sending your blog post over to Twitter, check out http://pingvine.com which is a free tool that can help you do it in a snap. WordPress also has a nice Twitter plugin that will automatically send your blog post to Twitter.
Okay, that’s it for day 10 of 21 in our 21 day traffic generation series. I hope you enjoying this and more importantly… using this to your benefit.
Quick question for you… are you sharing the love? Are you letting others know in forums, Twitter, other blogs etc about this 21 day traffic generation series?
How about taking a few minutes today to give this gift I’m giving to you… to others. Not only will we appreciate it… the people you make aware of this will appreciate it and appreciate you for being their hero and making them aware of this. A great start is to click the “Tweet This” button below and instantly share this post with your friends on Twitter. Thank you!
…and uh… yep… you guess it… be sure to TalkBack to me while you’re here. I look forward to questions and sharing here.
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Download Your FREE eZine Marketing Traffic Generation Checklist (7 of 21)
This method is old… but OUTSTANDING!
I originally started using ezine marketing back in 2001 to sell more of our trading products. However when I released my ebook The Whole Truth back in 2003 and found an over abundance of ezines to serve the market I was looking to reach… that’s when I really uncovered the amount of juice and power running simple ezine ads could have.
In fact, I wrote in The Whole Truth (and it still stands today) how I couldn’t understand why ezine owners would sell ads so cheap to list so large and responsive.
Recently, I paid $500 to go into a higher end ezine to market our MRMI book (free +shipping) offer. In return for that $500, I got over 2,500 visitors, more than 1,400 opted in to our list, we sold over 300 books of which more than 30 took the upsell which is $97 + $39.97 monthly.
So I turned $500 into +1,400 new subscribers, +300 new customers, +$2,900 in immediate revenue and additional monthly revenue of an extra +$1,100 a month… from just one ezine that took me less than 30 minutes to write the ad for and place the order to run it.
SIDE NOTE: To give you some perspective here, by combining what you are learning here in this traffic generation series, I tend to pull in over 1,000 BUYERS A DAY to our different sites!
So how often do you think I’m out there secretly running ezine ads?
Yep, you guess it! ALL THE TIME!
Now if $500 sounds like a lot to run an ezine ad… it’s not when you compare it to the results. Also, it’s not when you consider you can run an ad in most ezines for under $50.
And I’ve taken many $50 ezine ads and turned them into $500, $1,000 and more again and again and again.
Now, just imagine if you have 10, 20, 30, 40 or even 50 ezine ads running every one or two weeks?
As part of our recommended marketing calendar to our coaching students, I give them a list of ezines and insist that they run at least 1 ezine ad per week. Reinvest profits to go into 2 ezine ads per week, then 3 ezine ads per week and so on until they max out the ezine ads in their target market.
By doing this one thing, you can experience hyper growth in your traffic, list building and sales.
Now keep in mind though, not all ezine ads will have the same response or results. For the ezine ads that don’t work out, you can do 1 of 2 things…
- Cut it! (Remove it from your ad list)
- Continue It! (Test a different ad or offer)
For ezines you run ads in that do work, the next move is obvious… CONTINUE IT!
Keep running it until the wheels fall off.
Okay, so there are three types of ads you can run in ezines. And I’ll list them here in order of preference as well as effectiveness.
- Solo Ads
- Top Sponsor Ads (some offer Middle Sponsor ads)
- Classified Ads
Running ezine ads is a way to do fast measurable direct-response advertising that can allow you to turn dimes into dollars, dollars into hundreds of dollars, hundreds of dollars into thousands of dollars and thousands of dollars into tens of thousands of dollars.
In our training programs I provide a list of the best ezines to market biz ops, mlm, work at home, etc products in. That list exceeds over 100 different ezines. And yep… because I take this so seriously I PERSONALLY compile the list and run ads myself to measure effectiveness.
The response in this market is growing rapidly because people are looking for additional income or a whole new income source and since it’s easier to start your own business today than it is to get a job, running bizop offers are racking up huge revenue right now.
If you don’t have a bizop offer, all you have to do is take whatever is you’re selling and follow these instructions.
The 5 Step Instant BizOp Package
- Create an affiliate program for your stuff if you don’t have one yet.
- Create training materials & tools that show how to market your stuff as well as other peoples stuff.
- Package it as a business opportunity for under $50.
- Place ads online and offline.
- Help people and make tons of money.
It’s as simple as that.
Most people don’t know that they can turn an affiliate program for selling shutters, skis and even dog training into a packaged business opportunity. The above 5 steps is an over simplified way, but it works.
Okay, okay, okay. Let’s get back on track here. In your eZine Marketing Traffic Generation Checklist You will find a site that will lead you to finding tons of ezines.
For starters, here are three quick ezine resources you can explore right now to locate places to run your ezine ads.
- eZine Locator (Free Resource)
- eZine Directory (Free Resource)
- Directory of Ezines (Paid Resource and worth it)
And you can click here now to download your eZine Traffic Generation Checklist.
That’s it for today. Be sure to TalkBack to me while you’re here as I always look forward to your questions, comments and feedback. I’ll be sure to catch up on answering all the questions here. So please, TalkBack to me… I’m listening!
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Here’s How To REALLY Win In Business and Life
Okay, so what does it really, really take for you to win at the marketing game (as well as in business and life)?
Sure, we can break the game down and get lost in the tactical world, which is the world where most people live.
However, that’s a sure-fire way to not only get lost… but to lose.
So what does it take?
Listen to this 28 minutes and 39 seconds audio and uncover EXACTLY what it takes for you to win, regardless of who you are, where you are, what you sell, who you sell it to and what’s happened in the past.
Open your hands (by clicking play below) and I promise to hand over to you, the keys to unlimited success in business and in life.
You will also discover what the game of Tic Tac Toe has to do with your success.
Once you’re finished, please talk back to me. I’m all ears.
Ready?
Go…
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I’m listening…Talk back to me,
Stephen PierceAfter talking back to me, if you enjoyed this TalkBack session, please share it on StumbleUpon, vote for it on Digg or bookmark it on del.icio.us. Your support is important and appreciated.
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