Internet Marketing Today

Affiliate marketing is a great way to make money on the internet. There are many simple affiliate marketing strategies you can learn. In affiliate marketing, you would build a website with advertisement links to affiliate products. These affiliates then pay you a commission when someone comes to their site through your link and buys one of their products. The way I view affiliate marketing is I am connecting people with solutions to their problems. Learn … Read entire article »

Are you struggling to get customers to buy your products? By building relationships with customers, you will increase repeat business and inspire more sales. These techniques are specifically for internet businesses. However, they can be applied to any business that needs help building relationships with customers. The biggest mistake many internet marketers make is they fail to Build relationships with their customers. You must build relationships that inspire your visitors to return, and to become customers. How do … Read entire article »

Everyone hates spam but how do you know if you are a spammer or not? What criteria do you use to judge? Well I have put together a list of the top 10 signs that you are a spammer. Make sure you don’t fit into these and you should be ok. 1)   Twitter bugs—if you have thousands of followers, and only two or three people you actually have a conversation with, You are spamming all the … Read entire article »

When was the last time you had a really poor customer service experience? I recently had a friend of mine tell me about her worst customer experience.  This is an off line example. However, it shows the impact of a bad customer service on your business online. What was your worst example of poor customer service? Here is what she said. “The other day I went to a local café for dinner. I had never been there before and I did not know the menu very well. After standing in line, I finally got to the counter. I told the cashier I had never been here before. I was getting something for my daughter who recently had surgery and had many restrictions on what she could eat. “I explained this to the cashier, … Read entire article »

How do you  spend your time online? Over the last few months, I have seen a lot of people complain about not making money. The call everything a scam. Claiming they worked and tried everything but it did not work. But then you see these people on twitter constantly tweeting useless information. They are always on the forums commenting on obscure posts. The point of this is you need to evaluate your time online. Successful people do not waste their time on the forums, on Twitter, or playing on social sites. Granted they use these, and will be on there for a few minutes. However, they are spending most of their time being productive. Work on your business. Turn off all the distractions and get some work done.  You can accomplish more in 2 … Read entire article »

Without a hand out, or demanding a sale NOV 16, Why is this a special date? How could it be such momentous occasion? Because My greatness came into the world upon that day. Ok, seriously now. It really is my birthday, and I wanted to do something momentous and unheard of. One of the best things you can do online is to help someone else in need. Ask yourself this question. How much time do you spend thinking about how to help the people in your niche? I don’t mean thinking about how you can get them to buy something. I mean actually trying to figure out what you can do to help them, whether you are paid or not. The greates thing you can do in life, and for your business, is to help other … Read entire article »

When you run your blog well it is easy to create customer satisfaction. Make sure you read the comments and respond appropriately. Get people involved to help you know what they want and how you can help them best. Mastering the art of persuasive writing and posting often will help you build credibility. This is especially true if you build a following that likes what you have to say. There are several items to consider in running your blog well. Don’t over promote People HATE to be sold. Every day, I see blogs that are nothing but promotions for products. They usually struggle to maintain a readership and rely on fresh unique traffic to keep going. The long term success of a blog is in developing consistent readers.When I create a new … Read entire article »

The New Way to Work Join the New Way to Work by finding, hiring and managing contractors online. Watch the video or click here to learn more. I love using Elance to outsource my work online. I use them for graphics, articles, and many other projects. You have to be careful. Everyone on Elance is a freelancer, so sometimes you find a good one and sometimes you do not. One thing I love about Elance is … Read entire article »

Creating a good customer experience is all about getting to know your customer and getting your site in front of them. I get asked every day how to get people to see your site. Remember, every visitor who sees your site is a potential customer and should be treated as such. Making your website interesting is critical. You will not get any customers if you ignore what they want. You can give them what they need all day, but if you don’t give them what they want, they will leave and not come back. One example  I got from Sean of 6 Day Weekend. I met Sean on the Affilorama Forum. We had a thread going about connecting with your customers and his response has stuck with me. Now don’t take this … Read entire article »

Building customer loyalty is critical to your online success. Repeat business will mean the success or failure of your business. Why do you need to build customer loyalty? Although that may seem obvious, many marketers don’t take the time to worry about it. They produce a skimpy product that provides little value, and expect everyone to buy it as if it was gold. Why do so many eBooks just repeat the same information? They repeat the same techniques and promises that you will find anywhere. Nothing makes them stand out as new. Take some time and put a new spin on an old idea. Create something that nobody else is covering. When I started my online business, I was amazed that I could not find many products focused on building online relationships. … Read entire article »