August 25th, 2008 by admin
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I came across an incredible contest a few minutes ago by accident. A gentleman by the name of Miguel Alvarez of Marketing Factor is putting on a blogging contest that will end on 9-19-2008 called Blog Boost Giveaway.
The list of prizes is awesome! This could actually be life changing for the 4 lucky winners. Check Out this List:
Grand Winner Prizes:
Flip Mino Video Camera
If you’re going to take your blogging to the next level, you’ll need one of these. It is the ultimate video camera for vlogging. Enough said.
One year of 1-on-1 coaching with Miguel Alvarez
I will take you by the hand and transform you into a professional (and profitable) blogger. Twice a week (for a full year), you’ll have direct and unrestricted access to me to ask me any questions you have about blogging, internet marketing, social & web 2.0 marketing, copywriting, SEO, etc.
Pro blog setup and one year of top-level web hosting
I’ll personally help you set up your WordPress blog and install all the ninja-level plugins I use for SEO and social media marketing. Additionally, I will host your blog in one of the state-of-the-art, blazing-fast servers at ThirdSphere. This will give your blog a great head-start and a robust platform to thrive in.
Expert blog critique
Roberta Rosenberg (aka “Copywriting Maven”) will analyze your blog and give you a list of actionable tips to improve your conversions & readership. Roberta is widely known for her “Landing Page Clinic” series of posts at Copyblogger.com
Revolution Themes (All-Inclusive Developer Package)
You’ll get a total of 10 professional WordPress templates from master designer Brian Gardner; including the new “Revolution Music Theme” - inspired in part by the killer design at MarketingFactor.com
Web Media Toolkit (Platinum Edition)
You’ll get a total of 26,975 professional media elements to use in your blog. These include: Stock photos, illustrations, clip-art, icons, music, sound fx, web graphics, fonts and more!
11,000 Words by Content Divas
This elite team of professional writers at ContentDivas.com will write world-class content on whatever topics you give them. The best part is that you can split your 11,000 word package however you like (30 articles at 366 words each, 15 articles at 733 words each, etc). And you can use this content however you see fit: as blog posts, on web 2.0 sites, to submit it to article directories, etc…
15 SEO-optimized articles
The hired-guns team at SubmitComfort.com will write 15 separate articles (500 words each) and optimize them with any keywords you want your blog to rank for in the search engines. These will give you the perfect platform to start your linkbuilding campaign.
Submission to 100 blog/feed directories
Once again the team at SubmitComfort stepped up to the plate and is offering to do one of their expert submissions for you to 100 different blog and rss feed directories.
Web 2.0 Marketing Tips (6-month training program)
You’ll also receive this highly effective web 2.0 marketing training program that will take you from total newbie to social marketing expert in 24 easy-to-follow weekly lessons (a must-have for every blogger).
Social Power Linking (Life-Time Membership)
To continue your social marketing training and become a web 2.0 specialist, you’ll get lifetime access to Jack Humphrey’s amazing members only program.
Powerful Video Marketing Course
Expert video marketer Lasse Rouhiainen will reveal to you his step-by-step formulas and show you how to exploit simple tricks to use video to sneak into the top positions in Google.
AdWords Listbuilding Course
Google insider Simon Leung will show you how to how to grow your readership to gargantuan proportions overnight using little-known and devastatingly effective PPC tactics.
TrackBoost Software
This amazing program automates your trackback/linkbuilding efforts. It slashes the time you spend on those schedule-sapping tasks and brings you thousands of new visitors quickly & easily.
Web 2.0 Submitter Software
This software piece is a true gem. It is the only white-hat social marketing software that automates (as much as possible) your blog post submission to the top high-traffic Web 2.0 sites.
Utility Poster Software
Create utility posts (aka as “link bomb” posts) in record time. The software scours the web and brings you back relevant blog posts to any keywords you use to create SEO-friendly content fast!
Video Utility Poster Software
This brilliant software is the video counter-part for the original “Utility Poster”. It allows you to create SEO-friendly video blogging posts in just minutes with a unique drang-n-drop interface.
Like I said this is a huge list of prizes well worth the time and effort.
If You Were Ever Going to Enter A Contest This Is The One.
To learn how to enter visit Blog Boost Giveaway Now!
Best Of Luck
William Hutchinson
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August 23rd, 2008 by admin
As you start looking around the Internet you will be amazed at the number of people making a very large amount of money as affiliate marketer. You will also see a large number of people who are not making any money at all.
In this article we want to take a look at four reasons an affiliate business fails, and what you can do as an affiliate marketer to be sure that you succeed!
1. The number one reason that an affiliate business fails is they do not get enough traffic to their affiliate sales page. Even if you do not build a website of your own, or do follow up in anyway, you can still make a lot of money as an affiliate marketer if you get enough traffic to your affiliate sales page.
We are going to assume that you are representing a quality product and the affiliate merchant is providing you with quality marketing materials and sales content. If you’ve made a wise choice in the program that you’re representing then there’s no reason for you to fail if you get enough visitors to your affiliate sales page.
2. You can increase the odds for your success by having your own website. You can even do better by purchasing the product and then talking about it on your website.
This allows you to get your customer in the buying mood before you send them through to your affiliate sales page.
3. Another concept that has been proven to work is following up with your visitors by autoresponder. To do this you want to get their contact information and then keep in touch with them.
The reason for this is most consumers do not purchase a product on the first visit to your website. By following up with them you are able to keep your product in front of them until they are ready to buy.
4. The final reason we want to mention that many affiliate businesses fail is because they do not focus on one product until it is profitable. Unfortunately, what many affiliate marketers do is join the program, start to market it, and when things aren’t going right they then join a new one and repeat the process.
The only way you’ll ever make any money is to first be profitable by driving enough traffic to create sales. Once you have a system in place and our profitable then you can branch out into a second program or product.
These are four reasons an affiliate business fails and you do not need to be one of them.
William Hutchinson invites you to visit his affiliate marketing website for the top affiliate marketing programs available today. If you need help to help start your own business at home or help to grow your current business please visit his website here now: —-> http://www.hutchesaffiliatemarketing.com
Tags: affiliate programs, internet marketing, affiliate marketing, affiliate business, affiliate marketer
August 21st, 2008 by admin
There are many people that get online and start their own home business selling affiliate products, which is a great way that you can make money online. One thing that a lot of people don’t realize is that there is more to it than just sending people to your affiliate websites and that is why you need to know how to set up an affiliate marketing system.
If you want to be successful with affiliate marketing then it is imperative that you know how to set up an affiliate marketing system.
Choose a niche – This is where a lot of people make their mistake. They don’t choose just one niche to concentrate on until they are successful with it, instead they promote a bunch of different affiliate programs that are not related to each other in the hopes that they will make some money soon.
It is imperative to your success that you pick one niche to concentrate on when you are first starting. You can always add more later when you are making money with the first one. No matter what niche you choose you have to make sure that you start with just one at a time.
Find a product – You have to choose the product that you are going to promote carefully. There are so many different products to choose from that it can be confusing about what to choose. Just make sure that you choose a product that people already want. When people are looking for a product and you can provide it for them then you will be successful with affiliate marketing.
Create a presell or landing page – When you have your own home business you want to have an email list. So always create a landing page where you can offer people something for free that is related to your business and in exchange they will give you their contact information. This will be a very powerful business tool that you need in your affiliate marketing system.
Advertise – This one is a given but you have to advertise as much as you can on a continuous basis. If people can’t find your website you will never make any money. Educate yourself on how to advertise if you don’t know how and then advertise as much as you can.
Autoresponder – It is important that you set up an autoresponder that you can use to follow up with any people who buy products from you. You will again want to capture their contact information so you can follow up with them.
This is how to set up an affiliate marketing system that will be successful. Don’t make the mistake that so many other people make by not setting up an affiliate marketing system. If you want to be successful with affiliate marketing than you have to have one. It is just that simple.
William Hutchinson’s affiliate marketing website offers enticing information on how to set up an affiliate marketing system to help you become the best affiliate marketer you can. To learn about this and much more, check out his site at: http://www.hutchesaffiliatemarketing.com/
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