Sometimes I get so frustrated, I just want to put my fist through the screen. The new monitor screen my son gave me last Christmas. Maybe that's what keeps me from doing it. But I still get frustrated.
I am frustrated when I keep bouncing from program to program trying to make a buck online. But those emails keep offering me all these bonuses and free trials on the latest and greatest to make me an online millionare. So I try this and I try that, and I am still wondering why I am not making all this money they said I would.
Frustrating!
So why do I do it? What makes me stop what I'm doing and take a shot with the next latest and greatest? Why not stick with a program that is sound, has a quality product, with a quality company behind it?
Shall we be honest with each other? What I mean is, are you willing to be honest? Honest with yourself.
If this is a scenerio that sounds like you, now or in the past, then welcome. You are probably in good company. We have all done it at one time or another until the answers came to us, like a proverbial light bulb going off.
We are looking for the "Free Lunch" that doesn't exist.
There are lots of good companies out there and lots of good products. And most of all there are Good Marketers! Good marketers that keep us looking at what they are promoting.
So what's the answer? How do you get rid of your frustrations?
You Grow Up.
You know what you have to do, you know what you need to Stop doing, and you know how childish you are acting by continually chasing that "Free Lunch".
So shut off the email, stop checking stats, and get to work. Find your niche, build your site, and do your promotions and marketing the way you know will work.
Let me know if you need guidance, I am a firm believer in helping people. I will even give you some free hosting for you new site. Go to my business site and on the contact page fill it out and mention this blog and I will set you up.
The internet still has lots of room for new sites that present information to a targeted audience and deliver value.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Thursday, January 29, 2009
The One Traffic Tool Every ProductOwner Should Be Using Daily
By Jimmy D. Brown, http://ping.fm/oZdfX
What if there was a magic bottle that you could rub and a
traffic genie would pop out to beckon to your every
internet marketing command?
After the initial shock wore off, you’d be quite happy to
have it in your possession, right? :-)
Well, in a manner of speaking, such a genie exists. She
exists in the form of an “affiliate manager”.
An “affiliate manager” is someone who oversees the
operations of an affiliate program in exchange for
compensation.
And, out of all the traffic “tools” on the market, the
affiliate manager is the one that you should be using daily
in your business if you own your own product.
Why?
The bottom line is: more traffic, which results in more
revenue for you.
But, specifically, there are 3 reasons why you need an
affiliate manager...
1. Recruiting.
Your affiliate manager can recruit new affiliates into your
program for you. Instead of you spending time trying to
find (and then convince!) affiliates to join your program,
your “affman” can do this for you while you focus on other
things.
2. Rewarding.
Everyone knows that simply getting people to join your
affiliate program is not enough. It takes a lot of effort
to get passive affiliates to become (and stay!) active. An
affiliate manager is responsible for motivating your team
to remain involved in your promotions.
3. Running.
Beyond getting affiliates into your program and making sure
they stay active, your affiliate manager can “run” as much
of your operations as you want her to. Here are just a few
things my affiliate manager (props to Nicole!) does...
* Creates training materials
* Write follow-up mailings
* Communicates with affiliates
* Answer affiliate support questions
* Monitors contests and incentive programs
* Posts to our blog
* Clerical stuff (creates rebrandable files, etc.)
* Circulates content (article directories, etc.)
I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
Perhaps the best part of hiring an affiliate manager is the
fact that it doesn’t have to cost you a penny in out of
pocket expenses. That is, you can setup your agreement to
be performance-based: you pay the affiliate manager a
percentage of the overall revenue generated through her
efforts ... the more revenue she brings in through the
affiliate program, the more she earns.
Now, the question is –
** Where do I find an affiliate manager? **
There are actually quite a few ways to find quality
(emphasis needs to be on “QUALITY!”) affiliate managers for
your program. Let me share just one...
One of the easiest ways to find an affiliate manager is to
visit your favorite affiliate marketing (or internet
marketing) forum and post a request asking for
recommendations or responses for your needs.
You can do this in two ways -
1. Post a PUBLIC Request.
That is, you post a message for everyone to see, with brief
details on the position you have available and that you are
seeking recommendations or interest to explore further.
2. Post a PRIVATE Request.
The other option is to identify those participants at the
forum who appear to have experience and/or knowledge in
affiliate marketing who might be good affiliate manager
material. Then, you would simply contact them privately to
see if there is interest in discussing your needs.
Running your own affiliate program is a tremendous traffic
generation tool, but it has a lot of parts. There are many
different activities that are involved in successfully
running an affiliate program, and hiring an affiliate
manager to oversee your operations is a great way to free
up your time to work on creating additional products and
other “creative” work.
A good affiliate manager can bring in affiliates, train and
motivate them, and run your operations for you. Her efforts
bring in the traffic; your efforts turn the traffic into
orders.
It’s the closest thing to a traffic genie in a bottle that
you’ll find. Rubbing is optional. Using this strategy
isn’t.
-----------
Jimmy D. Brown is the author of Sales Army Secrets, full of
meaty details on ways to find affiliate managers, how to
structure your agreement with them and tasks to have them
handle. Details at http://ping.fm/oZdfX
What if there was a magic bottle that you could rub and a
traffic genie would pop out to beckon to your every
internet marketing command?
After the initial shock wore off, you’d be quite happy to
have it in your possession, right? :-)
Well, in a manner of speaking, such a genie exists. She
exists in the form of an “affiliate manager”.
An “affiliate manager” is someone who oversees the
operations of an affiliate program in exchange for
compensation.
And, out of all the traffic “tools” on the market, the
affiliate manager is the one that you should be using daily
in your business if you own your own product.
Why?
The bottom line is: more traffic, which results in more
revenue for you.
But, specifically, there are 3 reasons why you need an
affiliate manager...
1. Recruiting.
Your affiliate manager can recruit new affiliates into your
program for you. Instead of you spending time trying to
find (and then convince!) affiliates to join your program,
your “affman” can do this for you while you focus on other
things.
2. Rewarding.
Everyone knows that simply getting people to join your
affiliate program is not enough. It takes a lot of effort
to get passive affiliates to become (and stay!) active. An
affiliate manager is responsible for motivating your team
to remain involved in your promotions.
3. Running.
Beyond getting affiliates into your program and making sure
they stay active, your affiliate manager can “run” as much
of your operations as you want her to. Here are just a few
things my affiliate manager (props to Nicole!) does...
* Creates training materials
* Write follow-up mailings
* Communicates with affiliates
* Answer affiliate support questions
* Monitors contests and incentive programs
* Posts to our blog
* Clerical stuff (creates rebrandable files, etc.)
* Circulates content (article directories, etc.)
I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
Perhaps the best part of hiring an affiliate manager is the
fact that it doesn’t have to cost you a penny in out of
pocket expenses. That is, you can setup your agreement to
be performance-based: you pay the affiliate manager a
percentage of the overall revenue generated through her
efforts ... the more revenue she brings in through the
affiliate program, the more she earns.
Now, the question is –
** Where do I find an affiliate manager? **
There are actually quite a few ways to find quality
(emphasis needs to be on “QUALITY!”) affiliate managers for
your program. Let me share just one...
One of the easiest ways to find an affiliate manager is to
visit your favorite affiliate marketing (or internet
marketing) forum and post a request asking for
recommendations or responses for your needs.
You can do this in two ways -
1. Post a PUBLIC Request.
That is, you post a message for everyone to see, with brief
details on the position you have available and that you are
seeking recommendations or interest to explore further.
2. Post a PRIVATE Request.
The other option is to identify those participants at the
forum who appear to have experience and/or knowledge in
affiliate marketing who might be good affiliate manager
material. Then, you would simply contact them privately to
see if there is interest in discussing your needs.
Running your own affiliate program is a tremendous traffic
generation tool, but it has a lot of parts. There are many
different activities that are involved in successfully
running an affiliate program, and hiring an affiliate
manager to oversee your operations is a great way to free
up your time to work on creating additional products and
other “creative” work.
A good affiliate manager can bring in affiliates, train and
motivate them, and run your operations for you. Her efforts
bring in the traffic; your efforts turn the traffic into
orders.
It’s the closest thing to a traffic genie in a bottle that
you’ll find. Rubbing is optional. Using this strategy
isn’t.
-----------
Jimmy D. Brown is the author of Sales Army Secrets, full of
meaty details on ways to find affiliate managers, how to
structure your agreement with them and tasks to have them
handle. Details at http://ping.fm/oZdfX
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Squeeze Page TrafficSecrets
My friend James Grandstaff has just released an amazing video training series called:
=> Squeeze Page Traffic Secrets
He reveals how to get 600+ visitors to your squeeze pages (per hour) using a simple free traffic method.
You can watch video #1 right now (no opt-in required)
=> Video Number One
Oh, and here's something I found interesting...
James surveyed a bunch of people on his list and asked if they knew what a squeeze page was. I was a little surprised at the results...
He reveals the survey results in the video (look for it around the 7 minute, 50 second mark.)
See for yourself here:
Watch the Video
Take care,
George
P.S. In 2 days I'll be posting a link to video #2.
=> Squeeze Page Traffic Secrets
He reveals how to get 600+ visitors to your squeeze pages (per hour) using a simple free traffic method.
You can watch video #1 right now (no opt-in required)
=> Video Number One
Oh, and here's something I found interesting...
James surveyed a bunch of people on his list and asked if they knew what a squeeze page was. I was a little surprised at the results...
He reveals the survey results in the video (look for it around the 7 minute, 50 second mark.)
See for yourself here:
Watch the Video
Take care,
George
P.S. In 2 days I'll be posting a link to video #2.
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