Internet Marketing Today

This post is continued from How I became an Internet Marketer Despair hit that night. I spent all the money on this program, and now I could not even pay my internet bill.  At the time, I had started reading Success for Dummies by Zig Ziggler.  Now I am not affiliated with his programs (yet), but I highly suggest you read some of his books on success and personal growth. If I had not been reading that book I may have given up my dream. I decided to go back and reevaluate my goals and look at my options. I could go out, get a second job, and put aside my business in order to maintain the level of comfort I had. Or I could tighten my budget, and focus the extra … Read entire article »

I stumbled into internet marketing about March of 2008. At this point, I hated my job. I was researching ways to make money. I was searching online classifieds for a part time job when I came across the ads to a program about making money online. I was desperate so I checked it out.  Luckily, my skeptic nature kicked in and I researched the program. I did not buy that program but I now had an idea for other opportunities to look for. As I searched different programs, and got scammed by a few, I learned some basics of affiliate marketing. I was skeptical about it but still not sure, when I came across this product review site. At the time, I did not know that most of the research and … Read entire article »

I hope you are doing well and finding success in your business, relationships, and life in general. I have gotten a lot of questions about my business so I am going to be posting about it here. What is IMRelations? There are 2 parts to this. The company and the website IMRelations: The Company IMRelations is My Affiliate Marketing Company. It  began as an idea about 2006. My goal was to find a way to: Help people with real problems find solutions to their problem. Work for myself Stop making other people rich while I could not pay my rent Be able to take time to see my family and friends without worrying about paying the bills when I get home It took over 2 years of false starts and family issues that caused some setbacks to get it going. The … Read entire article »

If you have been following my blog, you know one of the things I hate the most is link building. It is not the actual link building that drives me crazy. It is all the writing involved.  I don’t mind writing a few articles, but after a while, I hit a wall where I am just repeating the same things. The biggest problem is not finding a well defined strategy to building traffic. Sure, if I … Read entire article »

I got really bored today. I have had Audacity sitting on my computer for a couple of months and have only used it to record stuff for personal use. Today, I recorded an hour long ramble on the basics of marketing. this is not a step by step marketing plan. However there are a lot of things here that you can use to build up your marketing. Think of it as a ramble on what all you will need to learn how to do. I warn you now, it is an hour long ramble. I said I was bored, didn’t I? Edit OK, so we are having trouble with the web server. It does not like the whole audio file. So here is just a short clip. In the clip I talk about … Read entire article »

Join us at Friday Night Chats Last week I was on the Warrior forum and I saw this post about a group that gets together every Friday night, so I checked it out. It was the best thing I have done short of joining the War Room. You see, this is a free form group of marketers getting together and chatting about making money. You can join in the chat box or on video if you have a camera. You don’t have to worry about lack of experience or knowledge. Everyone has an equal voice. I learned so much in just one session, by business exploded  over the weekend. You know, I always talk about how the relationships we build are the key to success. This is a great way to meet and get to … Read entire article »

I have recently been hanging out a lot on the Warrior Forum. It’s a great place to meet people within the IM world, and I have learned a lot from being there. That being said, I am getting tired of all the crap you find there. There are so many people giving opinions about topics that they know nothing about. It is obvious by how they defend their opinions. Instead of providing any value or facts … Read entire article »

Any business owner knows if you do not market your business you will not have any customers. One of the key ingredients to market your website is to build trust with your customers. Marketing Yourself By marketing yourself, people will get to know and trust your opinion. Then they will be more willing to buy from you when you suggest something to sell. That does not mean you have to pretend to be an expert. You just … Read entire article »

Are you trying to build traffic to your site FAST? Do you struggle to get high rankings in the search engines? Getting traffic to your website is a dreaded task. You have to make sure you are getting traffic that is targeted enough to make the sales you want. Following this simple SEO strategy will help you get more FREE targeted traffic FAST. You should be considering these strategies from the beginning. It is much … Read entire article »

When I first heard about blogging, I thought it was just a passing fad. I never dreamed that I could start making money with blogs. I believed it was all about telling the world what you are doing in your life. I did not believe the world would care. Then I started seeing ads on blogs. I started finding blogs that were talking about subjects I was interested in. As I began looking for ways to … Read entire article »