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Archive for March, 2009

Brag about positives NOT negatives

By Samantha On March 30, 2009 3 Comments

When starting an online business it is very important that you start out with something that you are genuinely talented in and not just something that you know very little about.

 

Why focus on the negatives when we all have these amazing talents that are being left to rot?

 

For one offering a free product to join your Ezine that you know absolutely nothing about is a prime example. The amount of times I have seen someone offer a product called “learn how to make your first $10,000 online”. You then spot a thread started by them along the lines of “help Warriors I need to know how to make my first $100 a day online”.

10 Simple ways to build targeted traffic to your Blog

By Samantha On March 24, 2009 23 Comments

With an online business it is impossible to survive without a steady flow of targeted traffic. Whether it is to our Blog or Website it is equally important. The importance is that it comes from a variety of sources as we should never put all our eggs in one basket.

 

There are two different types of traffic links that you should be aware of that is created through Google.

 

NoFollow – Doesn’t affect the search engines

DoFollow – All links are taken seriously be Google so create links responsibly otherwise you could lose valuable ranking status.

How do you use Twitter?

By Samantha On March 23, 2009 Comments Off

Twitter has become a very important part of a lot of people’s lives and we have all learnt to use Twitter for all sorts of different reasons. You simply can’t escape Twitter whether it is finding out all about the breaking news before everyone else or watching a television chat show and watching with delight as a well known celebrity texts through to their profile.

 

Many people have spent years wanting to communicate with celebrities and this has provided them with their big chance.

 

When is a marketing method a step too far

By Samantha On March 19, 2009 Comments Off

I’ve just come across a marketing campaign that both amused me and annoyed me at the same time. I really think this person has lost the plot as far as adding numbers to his mailing list.

 

What he had done was this……

 

*Submitted a link on the warrior forum inviting people to download his free e-book

*They were then sent to his Twitter profile with another link

*Then they were sent to his Blog to another link

*At this point they clicked on the link and was taken to a opt-in page

My secret affiliate weapon

By Samantha On March 12, 2009 Comments Off

I am not the biggest of affiliate marketers. I don’t go writing review after review or affiliate other people’s products via pay per click.

 

What I do though is take advantage of space that I have on my websites. If you have room at the bottom of your website why not have an affiliate image jumping out ready for someone to click on. When you have a mailing list and don’t have a one time offer (OTO) to send people to why not forward it to an affiliate link.