Joint Ventures At A Smaller Level

The term “joint venture” is usually associated with either large corporations or well-known Internet Marketing “gurus”. In either case, you can pretty much assume that large amounts of money is involved. You and I aren’t mega-conglomerations. We don’t own IBM or get invited to speak at seminars costing thousands of dollars to attend. We are who we are, but... read more

Conversion Secrets for Free Downloads to Paid Customers

By Sean Cohen Do you give web site visitors the opportunity to download a free trial of your product or service with the intention that they will come back and purchase? How are you following up with these visitors? Asking them to fill out a form and immediately giving them the download on the next page is not the best way to generate a quality opt-in list. Collecting accurate opt-in information from these... read more

Sources of Site Traffic – Best To Worst

We all share a common goal – increasing traffic to our site or blog. Without traffic, our sites are invisible. Traffic, however, can come from many sources. Some of those sources are gold mines of highly targeted traffic consisting of visitors who are wanting to consume and interact with our content. Some sources are next to worthless and our sites would be better off without the waste of... read more

Make Money Online vs. Make A Living Online: What’s The Difference?

There are plenty of web sites and blogs focused on the make money online niche topic. You’ll notice that although I may use that phrase, I focus more on the idea of making a living online. What’s the difference? Why do I make a distinction at all? It’s really pretty simple. It’s all a matter of mindset. Anyone can make money online. If you just want a little extra cash to pay... read more

What Sharing Your Knowledge Achieves

While reading an interview of an online acquaintance of mine, I realized that he said some things that I needed to share with all of you. Since I couldn’t have said this any better, why try. During this interview, the interviewer, Tom Critchlow, asked Hamlet Batista this question: Further to that – what are your goals for your blog? What would you like to achieve? and Hamlet’s reply... read more

Laugh In The Face Of Low-Paying Affiliate Offers

When you are searching for affiliate programs to join, you should read all of their terms and conditions, as lots of important information for you might be in there. However, even before reading the “do’s and dont’s” listed within all that legalese, you should pay special attention to what your cut is. Don’t blindly jump into spending your time evaluating and promoting a... read more

Newsletters and Email Correspondence vs. The Spambox

Because I’m sick and may be out of sorts this week, I wanted to point you to a resource that might be useful to you. Although we haven’t talked about sending email newsletters to your users yet, (we will), I didn’t want you to miss out on some good information about it that is coming up shortly. There is a free video training seminar coming up this week that I recommend attending. It is... read more

Affiliate Showcase Directory

I’m sick today, so I’m not able to really think, but I received an email that reminded me of an affiliate directory I had forgotten about. I first looked at the Affiliate Showcase years ago, but as time went on, I forgot about it. It’s yet another place to check for affiliate programs available in your niche. That’s it for today. Just a quick post and then I’m heading back... read more

Big Signs Can Send Big Confusing Messages

You have a message that you want to deliver to your users. Maybe you are trying to explain a concept, or maybe you are attempting to sell a product. You know what message you are trying to convey, but is it clear to everyone else? Shouting the message NI GIB SRETTEL (that’s “in big letters” backwards) doesn’t make a message clearer. All it does is make the message bigger. Need... read more

Create At Least One Resource Collection

If you blog, you’ll find that many of your posts, no matter how great they are, may end up being somewhat temporary in terms of drawing traffic to your site. Occasionally, you’ll have a really sticky post that keeps people coming back months or years later. Often that post ends up surprising you because you didn’t expect it to do so well. No matter how hard we try to predict the... read more