Archive for March, 2007

#2 -Alternative Affiliate Marketing Methods w/out adwords, articles, blogging, or SEO

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Continuing from my last post, you said you’re not interested in article writing, blogging, or search engine optimization.
-In other words, you’re not interested in having to write content. All 3 of those methods can work, but it takes time, patience, and effort. Let’s review them quickly:
Writing Articles:
Writing short, informative related articles with interesting headlines and [...]

Alternative Affiliate Marketing Methods w/out adwords, articles, blogging, or SEO

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

A reader asks:
Can you share with us what is the fastest way to earn money through affiliate marketing without going into google adwords, article writing, blogging and search engine optimization?
Hmmm, this could be a long post.
Before I answer that, let me list the pluses and minuses I see with the methods you said [...]

Ask An Online Business Expert Anything

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Hello Friends & Subscribers!
Well, it’s my birthday today (March 26th), so happy birthday to me.
I didn’t ask for anything for my birthday (I’m annoying to shop for), so apparently I’ve already got everything I need.
Instead, I’d like to offer to help YOU with your online business in any way that I realistically can.
Feel free [...]

“I’m On A Plane!” …Turns Out I Don’t Care

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

I’m on an online marketer’s customer updates list, and he’s started sending out an email notifying his list every time he posts an update to his blog, which happens to be about twice a day.
The email sent out isn’t informative about what the post is about either, all it says is the title, “I just [...]

The Root Of All Evil Is Lack Of Money

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

What? Isn’t that backwards? I don’t know… Let’s talk about it:

What’s the motivation/reason behind most crime? -Lack of money
What do married couples argue the most about? -Lack of money
What’s the main cause for millions of starving children worldwide? -Lack of money
…etc., etc

How much good could you do in the world with a billion dollars? [...]

There’s No Such Thing As “Good” Weather

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

It always bugs me when television weathermen say, “We’re in for some good weather tomorrow…”
Good For WHO?
I understand that what they mean is there’ll be clear skies in the mid 80’s, etc. But is that GOOD FOR EVERYBODY?

What about snowboarders waiting for it to snow?
What about farmers desperate for rain?
What about the guy who [...]

Finding Your Money Leaks

Friday, March 9th, 2007

In poker, a problem you have with your game is called a “leak”, because it’s causing you to leak money.
In business, same thing. What leaks does YOUR online business have?

No aggressive opt-in incentive to add potential customers to your email followup campaigns.
(Bigger Leak: Not offering your visitors to subscribe to something so you can stay [...]

My Biggest Secret For Successful Product Development

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Here’s my biggest secret for creating a successful product right out of the box:
Write The Sales Letter First
-Before you even START creating the product. Or if you hire outside copywriters to write your sales letters, hire one to write the sales letter first.
Why?
First, it will help clarify to yourself how much appeal the product will [...]

Ed McMahon Had The Best Job Ever

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

As the sidekick for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, it was Ed McMahon’s job to laugh and react spontaneously to whatever was going on during the show.
In order to keep that spontaneity, he didn’t attend rehearsals.
After all, how could he spontaneously react to a joke, a skit, or a bit, if he’d already [...]

Throw Away Your TV - If You Want To Die Broke

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

I’ve read some very passionate arguments from marketers recently that watching television at all is about the most destructive thing you can do. For a variety of reasons, they say you should literally throw away your TV.
Here’s the problem - they’re telling that to other marketers.
You know, marketers… the people who are supposed to [...]