Several years ago I wrote an article "Blogging for Candidates" that was my most read article. Blogging is hotter than ever but you might be wondering how you could make money from a blog.
The 3 top ways to earn dollars on your blog are:
1. Write good copy that is meaningful and provides solutions and information to others. People will visit and grow traffic to your site. Be sure to accept comments on your blog to faciliate conversation, tips and tricks for your readers!
2. Exchange links with partners or blogs you like.
3. Adsense. By writing good copy you'll attract a ton of traffic and don't need to worry that your 'competitors' might get a leg up on you. You can always ban url's or keywords in your Adsense account anyway. Bonus tip 1: place ads on your blog inbetween your posts rather than on the right hand side!
Bonus tip 2: Select the large rectangle format. You'll get 4 ads instead of 1!
Check this program out as well...I don't own it but if you do please share your experience here!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Affiliate Conspiracy
I purchased Erik Rockefeller's - The Affiliate Conspiracy (TAC) online yesterday. Pretty easy download but 3 different html files and the jpg image files sent (rather than 3 templates for use) appear to be corrupted. I've emailed him and hope to have templates for use soon.
Note: I learned today since I have a clickbank account that I could have purchased this for $47.00 instead of the $77.00 I paid..ouch! A lesson for you out there and why we do product reviews here!
Some good review on Adwords (which I'm not yet inclined to do), but mainly good info on affiliate marketing. I was able to go into clickbank easily and create my own hoplink to market it as well.
Was marketed to me by Joel Comm who is an authority on AdSense. Anyone else out there get the promo from others? If so who?
More on implementation and overall thoughts later this week for this tool and more....
Note: I learned today since I have a clickbank account that I could have purchased this for $47.00 instead of the $77.00 I paid..ouch! A lesson for you out there and why we do product reviews here!
Some good review on Adwords (which I'm not yet inclined to do), but mainly good info on affiliate marketing. I was able to go into clickbank easily and create my own hoplink to market it as well.
Was marketed to me by Joel Comm who is an authority on AdSense. Anyone else out there get the promo from others? If so who?
More on implementation and overall thoughts later this week for this tool and more....
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Reverse Funnel System - It's a system
What is Reverse Funnel or RFS? RFS is a really good example of a funded proposal that is a marketing, sales and shopping cart system actually. It allows you to market a product or products - bottom line, track progress (advertising, sales, clickthroughs, costs and more). The products RFS represents are also likely sold by other systems and groups as well (more on that in other posts) but it's a great, step by step way to do a few things off the bat:
1. provides marketers a complete system to sell products (e.g. website (capture page)
2. email auto-responders to follow up and through right through product sale
3. great back office functionality (allows you to track statistics, sales, and way more).
So what is the funded proposal piece? There is a $50.00 application before you are permitted to buy the system. This is really attractive since the application itself allows the buyer to do some self examination before purchase. Those who aren't ready or interested can pull out - no buyer's remorse. Those who wish to push on can, and quickly!
You may or may not have seen a ton of these ads online (depends on where you spend your time online frankly). Market is not yet saturated as the primary product the RFS is promoting is one w/lots of room for a long time to come. The biggest benefit of RFS in my opinion is simply that it's a system, a great one full of tools. This system will allow you to market multiple products and services. As someone who has used databases for years in my corporate gig - I think RFS is a really great and efficient tool. It's easy to use with drop down menus but sophisticated on the backend and you won't outgrow it anytime soon. In the spirit of full disclosure, I'm in, here's mine!
1. provides marketers a complete system to sell products (e.g. website (capture page)
2. email auto-responders to follow up and through right through product sale
3. great back office functionality (allows you to track statistics, sales, and way more).
So what is the funded proposal piece? There is a $50.00 application before you are permitted to buy the system. This is really attractive since the application itself allows the buyer to do some self examination before purchase. Those who aren't ready or interested can pull out - no buyer's remorse. Those who wish to push on can, and quickly!
You may or may not have seen a ton of these ads online (depends on where you spend your time online frankly). Market is not yet saturated as the primary product the RFS is promoting is one w/lots of room for a long time to come. The biggest benefit of RFS in my opinion is simply that it's a system, a great one full of tools. This system will allow you to market multiple products and services. As someone who has used databases for years in my corporate gig - I think RFS is a really great and efficient tool. It's easy to use with drop down menus but sophisticated on the backend and you won't outgrow it anytime soon. In the spirit of full disclosure, I'm in, here's mine!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Funded Proposals
I've recently stumbled onto a concept called Funded Proposal. You might have seen references and wonder - what is it really? Funded proposals are simply the sale (or gift) of a low end product as an introduction into a larger system and/or higher end products. Not a new concept, but the term defined as, funded proposal, is. All you ask from your visitor is opt-in information to get started - usually just name and email so you can begin to fill your funnel with leads to later market to.
You might see the front end positioned as a free 5 day e-course, or an ebook under 20.00. Mike Dillard's (MLM marketing giant) example is here.
It's interesting in both MLM marketing and online marketing that folks realize you have to build your audience and market to that audience over time, just as you do in the corporate world. Working online of course is still a fast pace - but it seems now everyone understands you need to court your prospects.
If you have an example of a funded proposal please comment and send me the link. If it's an affiliate program you represent, that's fine...we can review it here on the blog.
You might see the front end positioned as a free 5 day e-course, or an ebook under 20.00. Mike Dillard's (MLM marketing giant) example is here.
It's interesting in both MLM marketing and online marketing that folks realize you have to build your audience and market to that audience over time, just as you do in the corporate world. Working online of course is still a fast pace - but it seems now everyone understands you need to court your prospects.
If you have an example of a funded proposal please comment and send me the link. If it's an affiliate program you represent, that's fine...we can review it here on the blog.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing could be a topic for a blog alone but I'd like for today just want to highlight Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring System. My husband ordered the course from this system and I have to admit, I simply couldn't put it down. Great stuff and from the heart.
Mike comes from MLM but has become a marketing master. The ideas while taking you into the 21st century, do not require you be a webmaster, SEO expert etc! You can learn to apply simple techniques, consistently to drive traffic to your product or web page and increase your sales. That simple! I've decided to become an affiliate and market the system myself.
Start by clicking the link above. This is the site that will get you started with a 7 day video boot camp and allow you to start with book and video. Reasonably priced and fundamental. You'll get it in no time. Enjoy and send me your comments...would love to hear how it's working for you.
Mike comes from MLM but has become a marketing master. The ideas while taking you into the 21st century, do not require you be a webmaster, SEO expert etc! You can learn to apply simple techniques, consistently to drive traffic to your product or web page and increase your sales. That simple! I've decided to become an affiliate and market the system myself.
Start by clicking the link above. This is the site that will get you started with a 7 day video boot camp and allow you to start with book and video. Reasonably priced and fundamental. You'll get it in no time. Enjoy and send me your comments...would love to hear how it's working for you.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Work at home, from home, MLM - help?!
Current events continue to change our daily lives. We spend our time and our money differently if we're in recession, approaching recession or finding our way out (per some of the spin doctors on MSNBC!). So how do we make sense of it all?
Time is in fact the new money. More time means more choices, efficiency - better decision making, time with ourselves and our families. How many of us pay to have our cars washed, our houses cleaned, groceries delivered, kids driven to and from school or after school care in order to work more hours on the job? How many of you go into work an hour earlier and likely stay even an hour later for the same pay? Has your net pay increased? I truly hope so! But for many it has not and will not. We're working in a linear fashion and expending more energy than we'd like to in Western nations.
I've been traveling regularly for the last 4 years. On my way to the airport on a Monday morning a few years ago there was some light traffic on the highway at 4:30 and 5 am. I might have seen a few cars east and west bound on the highway. Last week on my way in, 2 of 3 lanes in both directions with regular traffic. At 5 am!
You can always make more money in this country. But you sacrifice more time to do it. Working online and in your own business allows you to reclaim your time. You'll probably also make more money
This blog will explore opportunities and reviews for the following:
Work at home (work from home)
Business opportunities
Joint Ventures
MLM ( a little bit - not an MLM'r myself)
Information products (for sale online)
The best way to work is on a residual basis. Some of the opportunities we'll review will provide that. Working at home is not for everyone either so we'll review pros and cons and things to consider with this avenue. But most importantly this blog will be a resource to assist you with finding work meaningful to you. What works for you might not float my boat. But who cares?! It's about finding what works for you!
In the spirit of full disclosure I will also have links to businesses I personally am involved with as well. You are welcome to click here and review at any time or share with a friend.
P.S. If you have scam alerts feel free to share - I'll post those here on the blog.
Time is in fact the new money. More time means more choices, efficiency - better decision making, time with ourselves and our families. How many of us pay to have our cars washed, our houses cleaned, groceries delivered, kids driven to and from school or after school care in order to work more hours on the job? How many of you go into work an hour earlier and likely stay even an hour later for the same pay? Has your net pay increased? I truly hope so! But for many it has not and will not. We're working in a linear fashion and expending more energy than we'd like to in Western nations.
I've been traveling regularly for the last 4 years. On my way to the airport on a Monday morning a few years ago there was some light traffic on the highway at 4:30 and 5 am. I might have seen a few cars east and west bound on the highway. Last week on my way in, 2 of 3 lanes in both directions with regular traffic. At 5 am!
You can always make more money in this country. But you sacrifice more time to do it. Working online and in your own business allows you to reclaim your time. You'll probably also make more money
This blog will explore opportunities and reviews for the following:
Work at home (work from home)
Business opportunities
Joint Ventures
MLM ( a little bit - not an MLM'r myself)
Information products (for sale online)
The best way to work is on a residual basis. Some of the opportunities we'll review will provide that. Working at home is not for everyone either so we'll review pros and cons and things to consider with this avenue. But most importantly this blog will be a resource to assist you with finding work meaningful to you. What works for you might not float my boat. But who cares?! It's about finding what works for you!
In the spirit of full disclosure I will also have links to businesses I personally am involved with as well. You are welcome to click here and review at any time or share with a friend.
P.S. If you have scam alerts feel free to share - I'll post those here on the blog.
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