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Table Of Contents 2
Facebook Advertising And Your Business 3
Facebook Advertising Helps 4
Does SEO Still Matter? 5
Will This Work For You? 6
“Likesumers” 7
Your Profile Pages is Your Friend! 8
The Works 9
Getting Started With Facebook Ads 11
How Facebook Ads Work 11
A Case Study: Zynga’s “Farmville” 13
The Importance of Planning… and Facebook Users 16
Getting Down to Business 17
The Facebook Platform 17
Facebook Ad Creation – The Process 18
How Should I Target my Facebook Ads? 21
What’s the Deal with Facebook Beacon? 22
Facebook Followers “Like” you 24
Do Keywords Matter? 24
What Type of Things Can I Advertise? 25
Should Facebook Ads Replace Google AdWords? 26
Sweepstakes and Contests 27
Facebook Social Ad Branding 28
Facebook Marketing Solutions 29
Facebook Pages 30
Making the Most of your Facebook Page: 30
Facebook Groups 33
Facebook Ads, Good, Bad, and Ugly 34
9 Facebook Ad Mistakes 36
The Privacy Issue 38
Let’s Recap 39
Ad Reactions 39
Likesumers Followup 40
You Did It! 40
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Facebook Advertising And Your Business
An estimated 50 percent of active Facebook users take the time to log into Facebook each and every day. That’s some 200 million people coming to this site daily.
The amount of time people spend on Facebook means there is an advertising goldmine waiting for you. Just think of all the new people you could expose your brand to with very little effort.
Facebook isn’t a site that people login to and leave right away. As of July 2011 an estimated 700 billion minutes are spent by users on the site each and every month. This means a lot of time clicking through pages and gaining exposure to ads and plenty of other materials.
Here are a few FB Stats.
More than 500 million active users
50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
Average user has 130 friends
People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
This is Global reach!
If it’s your intent to market to a global clientele, Facebook is the place to turn for assistance. This site has 70 different translations available for just about every country on the map. In fact, an estimated 70 percent of the site’s users are living outside of the United States. This means Facebook advertisers can target people living just about anywhere in the world or they can attempt to reach them all with a broad-based campaign.
Facebook’s overall monthly usage statistics make it one of the biggest players on the Internet today. If you’re ready to give up on Adwords, Facebook has the exposure your advertising needs to capture attention, siphon traffic in your direction and help you realize your sales goals.
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Table of Contents 2
Using Reviews To Cash In With Affiliate Marketing 3
Amanda’s Secret 5
But Does It Really Make You More Money? 6
Is It a Lot of Work? 7
JV’s and Super Affiliates 7
Section 1: Guide to Clickbank Review Blogging 9
ClickBank Review Blogging Overview 10
Affiliate Marketing 11
The Set Up Mechanics 11
How Many Blogs? 13
How to Choose Subjects with High Returns 14
Picking the Winners 16
How To Find Niches and Products 21
Pen Names, and How to Use Them 24
Section II: Writing Reviews That Sell 24
Elements of A Good Review Post 26
Your Post Headline 28
Your Introduction 29
Pros and Cons 31
How it Works 33
Proof 33
Conclusion 34
Your Call to Action 35
More About Keyword and Niche Research 36
So What about the FTC? 41
ClickBank Secret Strategies 42
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Using Reviews To Cash In With Affiliate Marketing
Writing reviews can put some serious cash in the bank if you make it work for you, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
I want to teach you to focus on ClickBank’s marketplace as your source for content and cash when writing reviews for your blog. There are many excellent reasons to do this – both for your readers’ sakes and for your own affiliate marketing success.
For one thing, ClickBank product quality can vary widely. People need a “guide” to get them safely past the duds to find targeted products they really need. Anyone who can deliver rapidly becomes an “authority” – which is the fast track to turning yourself into a sought-after super affiliate.
In order to do this, however, you need to know how to get past those duds yourself.
I cover more than just blog posts as a review delivery method in the report you are reading now. You can use other media too, to bolster your efforts, and that’s just one of the topics I cover, too.
You’ll need a checklist of all the ingredients to include in a review, in order to generate click-throughs that lead to sales. I don’t stop there – I break each element in the checklist down to make sure you don’t miss a trick. As you read you’ll find out tips like:
1. 4 different but equally effective methods of creating that all-important review post headline
2. A simple way to get your readers to relate
3. How to handle images – where and how to place them (and when and why you should)
4. 3 ways to provide “proof” – and the way to tell your readers how the product you’re reviewing works, without spilling all the creator’s secrets
Mind you, one of the biggest complaints about ClickBank affiliate marketing lies in finding the right products, yourself! I’m going to share my easy, foolproof ClickBank product research secret – it’s simple, instant and it won’t cost you anything, unless you choose to upgrade (and you really don’t have to, at all!)
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Chapter 1 – A Support System 4
Just Starting Out In Online Marketing? Start Out Right 4
Standing Out In the Crowd 4
Just Sell Only And You’ll Suffer 7
Don’t Build A Contact List Just To Sell To 7
Chapter 2 – Star Support 11
Chapter 3 – No Cost Options 15
Free Support Desk Software Example 1: 15
Active Desk Cons 16
ActivDesk Pros 17
More Is Not Necessarily Better 18
Free Support Desk Software Example 2: 18
Free Support Desk Software Example 3 – Hosted 20
Not All Free “Support Desk” Systems Really Free 20
Chapter 4 – Systems That Cost 22
They Host – You Pay Monthly 22
You Host – Pay One Time 22
Chapter 5 – Relationship Management 24
What is Help Desk Automation? 25
The Key Benefits for Your Company 26
Does Your Business Need Support Desk Automation? 26
Common Help Desk Automation Features 27
What to Look for When Choosing An Automated Solution 28
10 CRM Help Desk Software Vendors 28
TechExcel 29
FrontRange 29
ScriptLogic 29
Numara Software 29
Epicor 29
Soffront 29
EnterpriseWizard 29
PhaseWare 29
BMC Software 29
PS’Soft 29
Chapter 6 – Social Media Integration 30
Significantly Reducing Customer Support Tickets 30
What Is The Real Power In Web 2.0? 30
A Customer Support Gold Key 31
Chapter 7 - Setup 34
On A Shoe String Or No String Budget? 34
Let’s Talk Planning And Options 34
Getting All the Necessary Tools In Place 36
The Basics 37
Some No Shoe String Budget Options 41
3 Free Support Desk Systems 41
Some Shoe String Budget Options 42
3 Moderately Priced Paid Support Desks 42
Three Ways To A “Live Help Online” Work Around 43
Second Option 44
Chapter 8 – Go For It! 47
First A Word About Private Label Rights Products 47
Don’t Give Your Customers Away 47
Finding Products To Sell That Compliment Yours 49
Purely Hypothetical Example 1: 50
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Chapter 1 – A Support System
Just Starting Out In Online Marketing? Start Out Right
If you are just starting out and are only making a few sales a week, you can probably handle your product support inquiries through your email. Certainly the decision to move to a support desk may become necessary even if you are only making a few sales, if your product requires technical support. However, consider that the longer you put off getting your own support desk set up, the longer you look less professional as compared to your competitors that do have a support desk.
Standing Out In the Crowd
Let’s face it; in today’s competitive Internet marketplace, businesses large and small need to provide more than just quality products and services to attract and retain customers. In order to differentiate themselves and stand out amongst their competitors, they need to deliver world-class service and support, going the extra mile to ensure customer satisfaction and build customer loyalty. For many businesses, the support or help desk is the “front line”, serving as the initial contact point for prospect’s pre-sale and customer’s post purchase questions and problems.
If you take a look around at most, (If not all), of the BIG Internet marketers (The so called ‘Guru’ crowd), and their sites, you’ll notice one major thing they all have in common. They use a support desk. The reasons for this are many...
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Chapter 1 – Getting Press 5
Examples Of My Press Releases That Reached Number One Position In Google.com 5
Example 2 7
What These Examples Have In Common 7
Using SEO With Press Releases 8
Keyword Density 9
Why Use Press Release Services 9
What A Press Release Service Costs 11
How To Write A Good Press or News Release 11
Headline Or Title 12
First Paragraph 12
Following Paragraphs 13
Contact Information 13
Additional Information 13
Using The Pound Signs ### 14
Chapter 2 – The Wire Of The Web 15
The Secret Method I Use 15
Choosing The Perfect Headline To Attract Traffic 15
A Must Do In The SEO Optimization Tracks 17
The Event box: 17
Related Links: 17
When Can I Expect Results? 18
Most Important Tips About Writing Your Press Release 19
IMPORTANT TO NOTE: 19
Examples Of Press Release Intros I’ve Used 20
Example 1: 20
Example 2: 20
Example 3: 21
Example 4: 21
Example 5: 21
Example 6: 21
The Second Paragraph Of Press Release 22
Example 1: 22
Example 2 : 23
Example 3 : 23
Example 4 : 23
Ending The Press Releases: 24
Example 1: 24
Example 2: 25
Example 3: 25
Example 4: 26
Tip : 26
FREE Press Release Wire Services 27
1. The Open Press 27
2. Newswire Today 27
3. My Free PR 28
Other Ways To Attract Traffic 28
Article Directories 29
Use Blogs 29
Join A Social Networking Site, Or Two 30
Learn About Social Bookmarking 30
Many, Many More Ways 30
Chapter 4 – Making Money 32
Google AdSense 32
Bidvertiser.com 33
Pay-Per-Click Every Time 34
Lists Highest Bidders First 34
Competitive Bidding Increases Over Time 34
Customized Ads 34
Block Unwanted Ads 34
Performance Tracking 35
Automatic Payout After Reaching $10 35
Direct Sales 35
Affiliate Sales 36
Other Sources For Monetizing Your Site 38
Chapter 5 – Where’s The Niche? 39
Brainstorming Potential Niche Markets 39
The Google Keyword Tool 41
Check Who Your Competitors Might Be 42
Demographics 44
The Goldilocks Principle Of Niche Development 45
Some Great High Paying Niche Ideas 45
Chapter 6 – Search Engine Optimization 47
Choose Familiar Words 47
Choose Words That Follow The Goldilocks Rule 48
Start Small 48
Geography Helps 48
Overlap Keywords 49
Don't Focus Too Much On Density 49
Test Your SEO Results 49
Have A Main Keyword Chosen 49
What You Need To Know About Good SEO Writing 50
How To Make Awkward Keywords Sound Natural 51
Google Stop Words 51
Punctuation is also ignored 51
Or, if you are using stop words: 52
To Spell Or Misspell, That Is The Question 52
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Chapter 1 – Getting Press
Now, that we've simplified the concept of arbitrage for you, let's start with the first part of the system; attracting traffic to your sites. Although there are other methods, we're going to focus on press releases for the purpose of this chapter.
A press release is something a company or individual sends out to notify others that there is something new or news worthy going on. Generally, news media’s are hungry for new content and press releases are one way for them to focus on timely information that might be of interest to their readers. So, press releases aren't just like articles you put into an archive directory. They have great potential to land in mainstream news media stories and to be passed along as current events.
Many people spend tons of money and countless hours trying to work out Search engine optimization, however we all know that certain search engines prefer certain 'content' against any other websites. Amongst the preferred content of top search engines is Press Releases.
We will delve into the issue of how we can easily tap into this resource and drive tons of traffic to your websites.
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Chapter 1 – Locating Trends 4
What's Hot Online Changes At Light Speed 4
Vision And Planning Can Put You On Top 5
Planning Pays Big Dividends 6
One Hour A Day Can Make It Pay 7
Getting Organized From The Get Go 8
Tools You Will Need 9
The FireFox Web Browser: 9
Free Service Account's and Tools You Will Need 9
A “My GOOGLE” Account: 9
Login Database Tool 10
Use Gmail for all Your Hot Trends Projects E-mail 11
Organizing Your Trends System 11
Browser Set Up 13
Setting Up FireFox 13
SEO for FireFox Add On 13
Google Tool Bar for FireFox Add On 13
Don't Get Carried Away 13
Now Set Up Your Bookmarks Toolbar 14
Loading Your Hot Trends Tab 18
Hot Trends 19
Insights 19
Checkout Trends 19
Google Sets 19
Google Alerts 19
YAHOO! Buzz 20
YAHOO! Buzz Log/Index 20
Loading Your Blogger Tab 20
Staying Organized 21
Always Be Prepared To Take Advantage 22
It's More Than Just Record Keeping 23
Chapter 3 – Using Google 25
What Are Hot Trends? 25
The Bandwagon effect 25
Here is How Google Hot Trends Works 27
What Is YAHOO! Buzz 28
Using Both To Make Money 29
Chapter 4 - Research 31
Picking A Hot Trend 31
How HOT is the trend? 31
When or If the Trend has Peaked 31
Can It be Monetized? 32
How long is the hot trend likely to stay hot 32
Researching Hot Trends Attitude 34
How You'll Make Money with Your Hot Trend Blog 35
Lets Complete Our Research On Jessica 35
Pay Per Click Systems 36
Amazon.com 38
Ebay 38
Other Affiliate Programs 39
Blogging A Hot Trend 42
Hot Trend Blog Content 44
Your Blog Post - Entering Your Post 44
(SAMPLE) 45
Nothing Fancy 46
Setting Up PPC And More 47
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Chapter 1 – Locating Trends
What's Hot Online Changes At Light Speed
New Internet marketing tools are coming online each and every day. Why should you care? Mainly because these new marketing trends and tools can have a dramatic impact on your online traffic, leads and sales. So much so, your online competitiveness can greatly depend on you finding and using these new marketing tools before everyone else does.
As Internet marketing grows more and more lucrative, it is becoming more competitive each day, so staying on top of what's happening in the industry has become vital to your online success. More importantly, if you're a full-time marketer like me, your livelihood will largely depend upon you being able to keep on up with of all the new ways of marketing on the web.
Again profiting from hot trends is only one of the newer ways you can leverage the power of the Internet. And as new ways to make money come online, others go by the wayside. There is no way to tell how long one money making method will last when it may be replaced by another.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Radio Shows 4
What Free Talk Show Services Are Available 4
Before The Pros and Cons Of Each 5
TalkShoe Live - Pros and Cons 5
Blog Talk Radio - Pros and Cons 6
Paid Internet Talk Radio Studio Services 6
Chapter 2 – The Best Service Out There 8
Sign up: 8
New Hosts; TalkShoe Step-By-Step Instructions 10
Sign In: 11
Recovering Your Username and/or Password: 12
Creating and Scheduling Your First Call: 12
Creating a New Call Series: 12
Creating a New Episode: 13
Accessing Any of Your Call Series 13
Starting Your Call/Show: 14
Running Your Call/Show: 14
Tell Callers How to Reach Your “Shoe”: 14
Changing a Call Series from Private to Public 15
Changing an Episode Date, Start Time, Title, or Description: 15
Chapter 3 - Preparation 16
Using The Listener/Participant Invitation System 17
Chapter 4 – Practice Makes Perfect 18
Get 3 To 5 Friends To Join Your Rehearsal Call (Or More) 18
What You Should Test During Your First Rehearsal 18
Can You Hear Them? Can They Hear You? 18
Making Your Talk Show Control Board Your Friend 19
Recording Solo Practice Calls 19
Muting and Un-muting Callers 19
Practice using the Control Panel Chat System 19
Chapter 5 – Fearless Presentations 20
Preparation Is Key 22
You Can Practice Live All You Want Live For Free 22
Plan Your Rehearsals But Keep Them Simple 23
Free Teleprompter Available 23
Standard Format For I-Talk Shows 23
Chapter 6 – Dealing With Crowds 28
House Rules - Laying Down The Law 28
Opening Your Call With All Callers Muted 30
The Potential For Irate Callers Is An Unknown 30
Managing Your Talk Show From Anywhere By Phone Only 30
Chapter 6 – Running The Show 31
To Produce Yourself Or Not 31
Adding Music and Sound Intro's With vEmotion 33
Using Soft Phones (VoIP) to Host Your Show 33
Chapter 7 - Organization 35
Planning Your First Live Show 35
How To Find And Prep Your Guest Expert 35
Discovery Call 37
Send The Pre-Interview Call Agenda 38
Be On Time For The Pre-Interview Call 39
Preparing For Your First Live Show 39
Chapter 8 - Promotion 41
All The Normal Internet Ways To Promote A Site 41
Promoting Your Shows As Pod Casts 42
Low Cost – Now Cost Pod Cast Promotion & Marketing 42
What You’re Really After 42
So Lets Get To What You’re Really After 43
Knowing Your Features and Selling The Benefits 46
Listing Your Pod Casted Shows In Pod Cast Directories 48
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Before The Pros and Cons Of Each
Please understand these systems are free. This is the Internet we are talking about and the Internet is far from perfect as you well know.
Both TalkShoe and Blog Talk Radio (BTR) will occasionally have technical issues that can be troublesome. However, when hosting on these systems, understanding your shows are not costing your $100.00 to $1,000.00 each to produce. They are free.
You can take a look at each system’s Forums and see that indeed there are issues with each. However you will find far less complaints regarding technical issues on TalkShoe’s Forum than you will for Blog Talk Radio’s Forum over the last 30 day period. This may change, but as of this writing, that’s the way it stands.
As well it has been my experience that TalkShoe out performs BTR on the technical front. I have interviewed 5 talk show hosts from BTR and TalkShoe. Both have their reasons for sticking with the system they are with.
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1. CPA Beginnings
2. Offers
3. Generating Cash
4. Networks
5. Systematizing
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CPA Beginnings
Right now, about 80% of internet advertising falls into traditional categories such as PPC. This means that so far only about 20% of advertisers have started some sort of CPA program, but these numbers are quickly changing. That's because CPA is rapidly becoming the most effective way for publishers and advertisers alike to make money, especially in this difficult economic period. Drastic conditions require new and innovative strategies for tackling the consumer market.
Why Are CPA Networks Booming?
CPA network offers provide advantages to both the publisher and the advertiser in a tough economy. Many consumers aren't willing to buy things as easily as before, and so pay-per-sale offers are harder to convert for publishers. However, a consumer might be more willing to hand out information that an affiliate advertiser can used to market to them later, and that provides some value to the advertiser, too. So publishers find a CPA offer is easier to convert into income in a recession and an advertiser finds that he can still build a great contact list and get visitors more involved in his products and services by using a CPA offer.
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1. Social Media A to Z
2. The Networks
3. Drilling Down Specifically
4. Social Video
5. Live Socializing
6. Visual Socializing
7. Wrap Up
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Social Media A to Z
As promised, this section is going to introduce you to social bookmarking which is going to be one of the ways that you truly start increasing traffic to your website.
You’ll find a ton of introductory information as well as some intermediate discussion throughout this text. As I mentioned in the introduction, make sure that you read this section so that you can gain the most benefit from this book.
Social bookmarking is based on the concept of sharing information on the web, and has evolved rapidly with the growth of the internet communities and interactive sites. As more people turn to websites to learn, research, and even read the latest news, the ability to track and monitor this behavior is becoming even easier.
Collective intelligence is leading the wave of sharing information based on specific keywords and subjects, and can help marketers and business owners in many ways. Today’s social networking sites are incorporating many social bookmarking elements into the platform. This allows users to learn even more about each other, and is engaging people online by building communities, opening up new networking channels, and giving marketers and business owners a chance to track behavior.
The Wikipedia definition for social bookmarking states: "an activity performed over a computer network that allows users to save and categorize a personal collection of bookmarks and share them with others. Users may also take bookmarks saved by others and add them to their own collection, as well as to subscribe to the lists of others. - a personal knowledge management tool."
Each social bookmarking site is designed differently, but ultimately allows users to create a profile, update their preferences, and share this information with friends and family. Since they are creating this growing network of information, a pattern of tastes and preferences is established—and made publicly available.
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Contents
Getting Content
Content Monetization
Content Management
Social Activity
The News Factor
Social Bookmarking
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Getting Content
This chapter is meant to act as a guide for helping you create content for your site. You will also learn some of the secrets of the trade when it comes to “content acquisition” that allows you to add content to your site that you didn’t even write yourself.
Let's say you have decided to start your first article for your Content Site site. You have decided to make it a general article, an overview about parrots. You have two options here. You can do up an outline, do the research and write it yourself, or you can use an article directory.
An article directory is, in plain English, a source of well-written original articles that are free for the printing on your web Content Site. What a time saver! Here's an example of a parrots article from an article directory that you could use on your parrot Content Site. This will give you an idea of the quality and detail of articles you could source for your site.
You will notice the article has a good overview of some of the areas you wished to cover in your map. A word about article directories. With some of them you cannot alter content and must use all links mentioned in articles. You must also leave the author's name on the article. This may work for you so long as it is a quality article, as your whole point is to provide good parrots information for your parrot Content Site site.
Table of Contents
1. Using Clickbank
2. Preparations
3. CB How To
4. Reputation Management
5. Pros & Cons
6. The World Of Social Media
7. The Active Internet
8. How To Be Social
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USING CLICKBANK
The purpose of this section is to help you decide if, in fact, Clickbank is going to be a good match for your business needs. Make sure you read this section very carefully.
In the world of affiliates there are affiliates, vendors and brokers – all of which have their pro’s and con’s to consider when it comes to whether the offerings they have are a good match for you and your web sites. All affiliates have a contract or agreement of terms which you should review and understand prior to entering any agreement, and most of these contracts detail exactly what each party is expected to do, how payment is made, and what responsibilities each party has to each other and the public.
One of the biggest areas to be aware of and understand is who is liable for chargeback’s, fraud and other concerns that can arise when selling goods to the public. This is normally a very big hassle to most online companies and can drastically cut into the bottom line not to mention drive you crazy with constant interruptions to your workflow and daily tasks to deal with the errant cases. In cases like ClickBank’s representation all of management of the online product sales including refunds, collection of funds and handling disputes is taken out of your hands.