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5 Controversial Internet Marketing Myths You Should Know!

munfaridon — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:10:05 +0000

Today I want to clue you into 5 Internet marketing myths that keep a LOT of people from ever seeing any success. Usually people believe these and never even get started. I have had my own business for a long time now. If the emails I get every single week from my readers are a good measure (and I think they are), LOTS of people believe these.

It’s sad, because these myths have never been true, as far as I know. But they hold people back.

I will not only tell you what the myths are, but I’ll also tell you the TRUTH for each one…and how to turn it to your advantage.

Myth #1: You Need To Be Technical Genius

Not even close!

When I started I knew nothing. I’m STILL not the best technical guy around. It really doesn’t matter. This stands in the way of lots of people even trying to start their own Internet business, and that’s silly.

Honestly, you can have an ugly website and still make serious cash. I’m not saying that’s a guarantee, but you definitely do NOT need to be a technical wizard. Now, if you really want to succeed online, you typically do need a website, but here’s the thing…you do NOT need a complicated one. You can probably hire somebody at Elance.com to make you a simple website for $100 or less. Or you can do it yourself with free tools.

You’ll need to learn a few things, like maybe some HTML basics, but you don’t have to be super programmer or anything like that. This actually gives you a big advantage. Most people waste time and money building beautiful websites before they even know there’s a market for what they want to sell. If you start very simple, you can figure out if there’s a market FAST, then really cash in.

Myth #2: It Costs A Ton To Get Started

No way. In fact, it doesn’t have to cost much of anything.

I won’t say it costs absolutely nothing, because I recommend that you have at least $250 to spend on things like an autoresponder account, maybe a simple website from a freelancer, and so on. But that’s all the expense I’m talking about. You don’t have to spend thousands on every expensive gadget, gizmo or graphic.

Google is your friend here.

When I first started, I wasted so much money on stuff I didn’t need. You can avoid that mistake and start by searching for no-cost resources on Google. That goes for everything from things like a website, to courses to help you learn skills you need.

For example, I offer several no-cost courses and I’m not the only one. There’s lots of help out there. One other possibility (a great opportunity for you) is to hang out in marketing forums and find people with the skills you need. When you find a good prospect, you can offer to do something for them if they’ll give you what you need. Believe me, you have at least one skill that other people will consider valuable. Maybe you can write, or draw, or make videos, or create simple websites, or think of good product ideas. Anything you can contribute is fair game.

This is a great way to meet people, and you can also get a nice profit opportunity out of it. If you find somebody you work well with, you can propose a joint venture (JV) and split the profits. You’ll already have a good relationship, so you can take it to the next level VERY easily. I’ve done this myself with several people, and it has been extremely lucrative for me.

Myth #3: You Have To Be A Niche Expert

You most definitely do not when you’re first starting.

All that really counts is that you have to provide helpful information at a compelling price. Really, that’s it.

Look, very few people are niche experts right when they enter a new niche. Instead, they learn a little bit, create a nice entry-level product, then tiptoe into the market. As they learn more, they grow their product offerings more. Their reputation grows over time. I’m not saying you can’t be a niche expert from day one. If you’re already an expert at something (like sailing, or pet training, etc.) then go ahead and describe yourself as an expert.

What’s true for everybody, though, is that unless you’re famous offline, nobody’s going to know you online, even if you really are an expert. It’s much wiser to BECOME an expert by being in a niche for a while. You can actually make a killing that way, and I’ve proven it myself.

Years ago nobody knew who I was online. But I had written some very successful promotional emails, and some marketing friends of mine said I could create a product out of that. Now, like I said, I wasn’t known as “the email expert.” But I knew what I was talking about, and LOTS of people wanted to know how to write an effective email.

So I created a product about it and built a reputation in the email marketing niche. You can do the same thing.

Myth #4: You Don’t Need A Product

I bet that’s not the myth you expected. You probably thought I was going to say that people assume they need a product, when they really don’t. That’s sort of true and sort of not. You definitely don’t need to have your own product when you first get started, but believe me when I say it’s a HUGE advantage.

Having your own product gives you an asset that can pay you back in multiple ways:

You can sell it for a profit
You can reuse the content for other things
You can sell resale rights to the product and make serious cash on that

And there are more options. The point is, I think you DO need a product, and it’s very easy to create one. All you have to do is research a topic you’re interested in. You can start at an article site like EzineArticles.com, but also use Google to find websites about the topic. Then write up a short report, maybe only 5-10 pages, chock full of helpful information.

You can sell that for $7 pretty easily if you have a good title that promises to give readers some bit of information they desperately want.

For example, you could write a report about how to beat a speeding ticket, or cure a common ailment, or do something seemingly difficult like buying a good used car. Anything helpful can work. Once you have your report, you can make an audio version using a free software tool like Audacity. Or you can record a video with YouTube.

Really, creating your own product isn’t hard. The mistake people make is trying to create too fancy a product. Keep it simple to start, and you should be fine.

Myth #5: You Need An Email List

I’m not going to say having an email list isn’t great. It sure is. I love my list, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. But you do NOT need a list to start with. In fact, it’s best if you don’t start with a list, because it forces you to build one.

The best way to do that is to find a good market full of hungry buyers. Google lets you do all the keyword research you want for no cost, so find keywords that get healthy traffic but not killer competition (those are “long tail keywords” by the way). Those micro-niches are a great place to start a list. Once you find them, you can do one of two things:

You can offer an inexpensive initial information product, like I described before, or
You can do the same work to create a report and…get ready…offer it for free!

I LOVE that second option. It’s a great way to go, because you don’t have to worry about selling anything to start with.

Focus on offering truly helpful, valuable information to start with, and get people on your list. Then you can offer them an inexpensive “starter” product, and you’ll probably get lots of buyers.

I’m telling you, if you’ll do that, you’re miles ahead of most people. Most people either don’t build a list at all, or they focus on offering a big product first. I initially didn’t build a list at all. I worked night and day for months to get visitors to offers, but I didn’t capture a single email address.

That mistake literally cost me years. Please don’t do that to yourself.

It’s much smarter to start small, attract visitors with a no-cost (or low-cost) offer, and build a list from the first day.

In fact, that’s the general advice I’ll leave you with.

Skip right past these myths, because they’re not true. Instead, ignore them and do very simple things that can get you moving FAST. If you’ll do that, you can shortcut the success process like you won’t believe.

I hope this helps and I’ll talk to you soon.

How To Make Money With Bluetooth Marketing?

munfaridon — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:20:14 +0000

Wouldn’t it be cool if there was some way to send a mobile message to anyone with a smart phone that just walked by your business? With Bluetooth marketing, this is completely possible! With Bluetooth marketing, whenever someone walks by your store they will receive a message asking permission to receive your content. If the person clicks yes, they will “opt in” and receive your message; this message should probably entice them to come into your store with a discount. If the person says no, this cool software will remember each and every phone, so that the people who decline your “opt in” will never be spammed or bothered again by your Bluetooth marketing system.

To make Bluetooth marketing a possibility for your business (or the business you are helping), first, download a special software license and purchase a Bluetooth dongle (antennae), I provided links to the best software/hardware on the market below.

After this, you will need to run both of them on your windows PC. After setting this up, you can send a video promotion, an image promotion, or a message asking them to opt in to your Yep-?Text account for future mass text promotions! How cool is that?

Bluetooth marketing will occur 100% on autopilot once the system is set up!
It will also be completely FREE marketing once the system is purchased and in place!
The range will be approximately 250 meters (about 750 E.) in all directions from your business.

Bluetooth marketing is a new and exciting marketing channel, especially since smart phones (with Bluetooth technology) sales are growing in both the United States and the rest of the world. If you just look at the 300,000 android phones that are being sold a day in the United States alone, you will realize that within a few years all phones will be Bluetooth enabled smart phones. Why not jump on board now? Nobody has a clue that this type of proximity marketing even exists!

Here are the links to the best Bluetooth software/hardware on the market right now…

Affiliate Marketing Is Easiest Ways to Make Money Online

munfaridon — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:06:23 +0000

One of the greatest things going these days is the internet. As time goes on, more and more daily things are becoming available to do online. Everybody these days’ wants to work from home, they want to work part time and make full time income, or do nothing and get rich throughout the weekend. While this may not be possible for everybody, working at home to make money online, doing what you want with your time, is becoming more and more within reason. One of the easiest ways to make money online is affiliate marketing.

This is how you do it:

1. Start by getting yourself a well recognized website or blog. This will be the ground work for your internet marketing. Make a name out there for yourself and get known for a certain nice. There are an infinite amount of possibilities. Whether you are into sports or computers, to staying fit or anything in between.

2. Okay, now that you have your site or blog up and going getting a decent amount of traffic, it’s time to start advertising for another company. Again, there is an infinite amount of sites out there for this. Find other sites in your niche that have products to sell whether it be something real that will be delivered in the mail, or an e-book.

3. Create links or tracking ids from your site to the site you are promoting. This will track the fact that the visitor on the other site was referred to their site through yours. This is an important part to make sure that you get the credit you deserve for all the work you have put into it so far. The best way to protect your affiliate link is by using affiliate link cloaking, and AffiliateCloaker.net is best one you can choose.

4. Find more things to promote. The more you promote, the more your potential earnings can be. Make sure you keep track of all your sales from each product. If there is something that you are promoting that does not bring in as much as you had hoped, get rid of it and put something else in its spot. This is called trial and error, and this can be an important factor in affiliate marketing.

5. Repeat. Now that you are on your way to making a good income, do it again. There is an unlimited amount of money flowing around in the online world. Why not get your hands on as much of it as you can. The more major topics you know about, and the more your knowledge of the internet is, the more chance there is for you and your good financial future.

Affiliate marketing is a great feature of the internet; it is the best of both worlds. Doing this will help a multiple of people make a very lucrative career with one product. On the one side, it will help the main suppler boost his sales numbers up there helping him make more money. And secondly, it helps the affiliate make money online simply by referring sales to the supplier. Affiliate marketing is a source of income that will be available for years to come, so if you feel up to a challenge and want to make some very good money online at home, this may be the opportunity for you.

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My Millionaire Mentor 2011 Review

munfaridon — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:00:15 +0000

I have to admit that I almost didn’t write this review on my blog until I saw what was actually behind this page:

==> http://www.easyprofitblog.com/link/mymillionairementor/

Why? Well on that “My Millionaire Mentor 2011″ page you will see the typical sales letter stuff has quite a dose of hype and all the usual screenshots and all that jazz, but what’s behind the glitter covered curtain is actually quite good.

I figured I’d save you the unnecessary hype and tell you exactly what’s going on here. The guy on that video is arguably one of the most successful guys in Internet Marketing today, Michael Cheney. He’s a guy whose normally less hype and straight to the point because his stuff is just good like that.

What he’s offering is actually a top-notch “My Millionaire Mentor 2011″ coaching program that he sold out at $2K a pop… for, just $37. What’s the catch? Well there is none – you get his full coaching program and an excellent one at that for about 54 times less than what everyone else paid for it.

He actually explains the offer well later in the video, but here’s the basics… You get:

7 “Cash Catcher” Training videos including, the bootcamp intro, the list cc, the affiliate cc, the easy sales cc, the golden cc, the hands free cc, and the millionaire mind cc.

Each of the videos have an accompanying mindmap (these are pretty extensive and nice to have) along with the full PDF transcript of each “Cash Catcher” training for quick reference. These are actually recordings from a recent $2K coaching program of Michael’s and they’re packed full of strategies you need to run a successful online business.

Each of them also come with a personal mentoring video from Michael where he goes in depth into and reinforces successful business practices like project management, how to continually advance and move forward in your online business and more.

Plus you get access to his full time support team of Internet Marketing experts, some of which have already launched their own products online. These are not you’re normal paste reply support guys in the least. So all said, for about the price of lunch for 2 you can get an extremely valuable coaching program from one of the top guys in the game.

Again, if you have to, skip the “My Millionaire Mentor 2011″ video and everything else entirely - I have just told you above exactly what’s up without you’re losing a precious 15 minutes of your time.

I highly recommend you go grab this My Millionaire Mentor 2011 now if you’re serious about running a highly successful online business.

SEO Still Be the Best Online Marketing Tactics In 2011

munfaridon — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:56:09 +0000

The year 2010 has ended. Are we satisfied with the achievement of online marketing campaigns we have done in that year? Then what online marketing plan you will apply for this year? Based on polls conducted by several major online marketing companies, there is a conclusion that can be taken. There are 3 online marketing channels and tactics that you can apply in 2011. What are they? Top Answer not a social media nor e-mail marketing. Rather: the best online marketing tactics in 2011 still Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Polling is presenting 44 different answers that can be selected by the participants, ranging from display advertising to spam. More than 200 readers participated in the survey process. While many signs that the indicator that the marketing budget began to recover after the battered global financial crisis last year, many market players are still the focus for planning the steps and strategies for online marketing the most effective and efficient for the year 2011.

We hope that the responses obtained from the survey can help them (the perpetrators marketing) to determine the choice of where to plan their budgets and marketing strategies are allocated in this year.

The biggest response at this year’s survey reflects the views of the overall analysis included a search (search), social media, advertising (advertising), email content and email aliases. As social media marketing continues to get exposure and gain the attention of various media and the companies (who are willing to increase the budget for investment-$ 1.2 billion in 2011, Forrester), search marketing (PPC and SEO) continue to be at the top share of the online marketing ($ 20.7 billion in 2011, Forrester).

New players coming into the top 10 list this year is content marketing is a reflection of increased awareness of the importance of providing something more than just products or services and benefits to customers so that they are interested to buy it. Content is the glue between the SEO and Social Media. Content is often a source of social interaction in the online world and the content can also be shared and in-links, thus boosting the visibility associated with the search (search). Do not be surprised if later on you look at Content Marketing will soar up in the rankings next year. Content Marketing Spending Based on the report that was launched Junta42, 59% of principals surveyed marketing plan to improve the content marketing budget.

Advertise via Pay Per Click and Social Media is pretty good, but it really depends on budget. Might be analogous to such a topic of Online Marketing Blog that focuses less on advertising (advertising) than Search Marketing, Social Media, Content Marketing and Online PR. Remember, the results of this poll are a reflection of concern rather than a reflection of 232 responders to be generalized more widely. However, it could become a very significant input. Given the Online Marketing Blog is often considered both as a marketing blog and has a significant readership in the marketing community.

Is Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Networking and Blogging go into your main online marketing tactic for 2011? If not, what strategy would you adopt?

The Internet Marketing World Cup can sell Your system!

munfaridon — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:01:10 +0000

You’ve got a system… PPC – affiliate marketing – CPA – whatever. If you can document it and put it together (videos, etc.) … oh yeah, you also have to start from scratch.

Okay, if you can do all that …….

Then!

$100K in C-A-S-H for the one who makes the highest ROI and 19 other awesome cash prizes for those who missed the #1 spot!

They offer a Revenue Share from the sales of your system (you get a cut from every sale for life) AND you get to go to Las Vegas, Miami, NY as panelist at their seminars, you’ll be on the IMWC “Internet Marketing World Cup” radio show and you get a spot in a newsletter. Plus, you’ll be introduced to the big guys (real affiliates and vendors… not fake “gurus”), giving you enough exposure to boost your business dramatically!

If they did this years ago when I was starting out then I’d be 10 times richer now.

It’s a great opportunity guys.

Come on, put up a squeeze page, give away some good introductory content for whatever niche you’re pushing for… send some traffic, get some leads and send some emails!

It’s not rocket science… well not for us, but if you can document this according to the rules of this contest then you’re a stone’s throw from building an empire! (I’m not kidding – these guys will set you up good! They think that this stuff is really difficult!)

You can register now at Internet Marketing World Cup! They’re sponsored by ClickBank so this is on the up and up.

Something Exciting Happen in the World of Internet Marketing

munfaridon — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:38:44 +0000

When’s the last time something exciting happened in the world of internet marketing? Seems like ages right? We seem to trapped in a world of “those who can’t, teach”. You know what I’m talking about. All the guys who can’t actually ‘make it’ in this business write a stupid book and sell that to guys hoping to turn a quick buck for themselves.

Those days are about to end, my friend. Check out this internet marketing contest now.

Meet the IMWC “internet marketing world cup”. Register, get chosen to compete and you could be walking off with $100,000 a few months from now!

How?

Well, the IMWC wants people to start from scratch and build an internet marketing system while they document and diarize the entire process over a period of two months. The marketer with the highest ROI at the end is declared the winner and walks away with his share of the $250,000 in prize money.

There are 20 top positions up for grabs so it’s not an all or nothing kinda show. Rest assured, your efforts won’t be in vain. What’s even better is that if your system makes it into the top 20 then it’ll go on sale – from now until the end of time – and you’ll make a cut of each and every sale!

That’s right, I’m talking about lifetime Revenue Share! That’s some serious cheese!

Think about it… a little effort now and you’ll reap the benefits for years to come!

Why is this so cool?

The IMWC is sponsored by ClickBank and, in my book, there’s no bigger stamp of approval. They’ve taken this concept to Affcon 2010 and Affiliate Summit and people have just been going crazy over it. It’s an end to “hype without results”.

If you’re just getting your business up and running, these guys will write your name in the sky with flashing lights (this is a metaphor) HA!

But, seriously, they’ve got an online radio show, a newsletter and some seminars coming up acrosss the US. They’ll kickstart your business by putting you in all of these.

Nothing bigger has happened to the IM industry in years!

The Era Of Free Internet Marketing In 2010

munfaridon — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:20:24 +0000

For this time I suggest you to read the book Free: The Future of Radical Price by Chris Anderson’s, the originator of the Long Tail phenomenon. Digital versions of the book is available for free at Scribd, unfortunately this book is only limited to be read by visitors who came from the U.S.. If you not from U.S than use U.S proxy or other techniques, ok now just follow the link.

Well, in the book, Chris Anderson raised the idea that in the future the book is written in the early to know, so ‘the future’ which meant it began in 2010 tomorrow, every business or product owner who wants to succeed should prioritize aspects of free rather than commercial. Give first and receive.

Of course, because this is business, still there ‘calculations in giving’. Several methods can be used:

Give This, Pay that – One product is given free of charge, but to get other products to buy

Give First, Pay Later – One product is given free of charge at the beginning, but to use it on an ongoing basis to pay. Equivalent to the system on trial version software.

Give First, Pay For More – One product is given free of charge at the beginning, but to get the content or a more complete feature must pay. Equivalent to the demo version of system software.

Just Give, Let Someone Pay – One product is given free of charge, are covered by the commercial value of sales of other products. Usually used in retail stores during the promotion.

All four methods above (actually there are more than four, but for the rest please read the book alone) and this can be applied to Internet business. Not only for the product manufacturer or service provider, those who dwell on blog monetization can implement it. Well, what kind of examples in performing Free Marketing concept on the Internet business? Wait for the discussion on next article.

6 Figure Income With Zero Dollar Course Free!

munfaridon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:14:13 +0000

In case you don’t know yet about this, Vince Tan decided to give you access to his 6 figure income with zero dollar course worth $397 for free. But you have got only few days left to grab it at the link below before it too late at biggestfiresale2.com. You will also get access to the advance notification list so that you will not miss the biggest marketing event of the year! And you also stand a chance to win the entire Biggest Firesale 2 package for just doing that!

1.) He have built his entire business from product launches and firesales. And now, he are telling you everything he know in this no-hold-barred course. he hold nothing back and you can steal his secret legally.

2.) How he got over 100 JV marketers to donate their time and product. You’ll find out how to command total cooperation from your partners.

3.) How he get competitors to JV with him and say NO to all the other proposals they receive from other marketers.

4.) How he got more traffic his server can handle even before he hit the launch button.

5.) How he orchestrated the biggest firesale launch with the smallest budget – ZERO! And much, much MORE…

If you are smart enough, than you will never miss this one, just think about there is over than hundreds internet marketer join together on this event and they all put together theirs premium products and sell it in this biggestfiresale2.com with very special price that you will never found it any where.

Ok, let say you dont have enough money to buy this entire products that offered in this event, you still can get free course “6 figure income with zero dollar course” created by vince tan, in other side like i was said on the top, you have chance to win the entire package of biggestfiresale2.com just to get notice by simply filling your email and name. So, what do you think? just go to the official site before 23 november 2009 or before it close the door.

BiggestFiresale2.com – Is Bigger Than Last Year!

munfaridon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:56:20 +0000

Last year in november 2008, Vince Tan with his biggestfiresale.com has been successfull, Vince has spent the better part of one year to convince over 100 top marketers to put their best selling products in his last Firesale, for you. And now for the second time he and Ian Del Carmen launching the second Biggest Firesale and it’s going to make the previous one look like a joke in comparison, this is a bigger, better and bolder than last year.

Honestly, it’s HUGE.

This project is so big, he took on Ian Del Carmen as partner to champion this mission.

Last year THOUSANDS of customers took advantage of the BiggestFiresale package and snatched $10k worth in internet marketing education for only $97. This year, he’s packing in even more value (we’re talking at least $40k worth of products)

Go to the link to get yourself in notification list at BiggestFiresale2.com

Do it now before you forget about it. And just to reward you for taking action, Vince is going to give you his “6 Figures With Zero Dollars” course worth $397 for f.ree. But only if you act now.

When you get this monstrous course, you will find out everything there is to know about product launches and how he added his unique twist to make 6 figures starting with no cash.

And, you will stand a chance to win the ENTIRE Biggest Firesale 2 package for free!

Now get to the link above now while the goodies are still up for grabs. Make sure you get into the advance notification list because last year THOUSANDS of people gave Vince some of the funniests reasons why they missed the sale and begged him to reopen it again.

You do not want that to happen to you..