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October 24th, 2008
Safelists offer another way to get your message in front of people for little or no money. If you are willing to spend some time reading email messages you can have the favor returned.
However, Internet Marketing with safelists can be a total waste of time if you do not do it right. In this article we will discuss 3 things you should know how to do do before you start safelist marketing.
1. Set up a separate email account e.g with GMail and then use it to receive messages from other marketers. Hotmail and Yahoo give you to many problems with spam and you will not receive the e-mail messages you want to see.
Why do you want to spend time reading e-mails? Here is why!
2. Join credit based safelists that reward you for opening your mail. Read the messages to earn credits and in turn create opportunities for your e-mail to be read. The more credits you have the more messages you can send.
This is in fact the most important step of the three mentioned here. Don’t bother to join safelists which are not credit based as there everybody blasts out messages but nobody ever reads any.
Much like traffic exchanges, and other forms of Online Marketing, safelist marketing becomes a number game. With credit based safelists even an average ad with an average title will get looked at because your audience is trying to create credits!
This is good for you as long as you have plenty of credits built up. You can spend your money and buy credits or you can spend your time and earn them reading emails if you are working with a credit based safelists.
Also by looking at the e-mails of others you may learn a thing or two about what make a good heading and a good e-mail message. By paying attention to what catches your eye you will get ideas of your own that will help you get read more as well.
If you believe in sending out good vibes, or you reap what you sew, then reading other people’s emails is the right thing to do if you want yours read. This seems fair and it is.
3. People marketing using safelists are looking for traffic. Therefore why not market traffic generation products to them. Capture their name and e-mail address, and then follow-up with other things you sell. By taking this approach you build a list for future marketing efforts and you accomplish something that will do you good in the future.
Approaching marketing with safelists with these 3 things will make your time and money more well spent.
P.S.: This is another article I have received free of charge by Kahuna. In case you have seen it elsewhere please leave a note where you found it. I am most interested to get an idea of how far the Kahuna articles are spread.
October 24th, 2008
Tips On Choosing an Affiliate Marketing Opportunity - Useful Info
Many people sign up for an affiliate marketing opportunity, place a few ads, and sit back waiting for that first $1,000 or $50,000 to roll in with their name on it. Of course, only disappointment rolls in when they realize that this wasn’t a get-rich plan; it wasn’t even a make-a-few-extra-dollars plan. In some cases they do put the work in, but the commissions still aren’t coming, or tiny amouns are coming few and far between.
Sometimes it’s not the work you do, but the product you’re marketing. There are a number of dos and don’ts when it comes to picking your affiliates that can make the difference between a disappointing venture and a profitable one.
Don’t choose an affiliate marketing opportunity just because other people are making money at it. That may sound like the opposite of what you want to do. You want the programs that are making people money, right? Not necessarily. It all depends on the program. If it’s something that intrigues you, that you think you can promote well, then it’s worth considering. But if a program called “Become a Millionaire Selling Futures Online” is the one that every top Internet marketer is drooling over right now, no matter how much money it makes them, if you know nothing about futures or the people who might be interested in this subject, it’ll take a lot of work for you to make a profit from it.
Do choose programs that interest you. If you have a passion for something, it shows. Your website will have interesting content because you’re interested and you have knowledge to share. Choose an affiliate marketing opportunity that’s related to a subject that interests you, and you’ll naturally spend more time promoting it, and you’ll have a better chance at success.
Don’t use a free service for your website. Naturally you don’t want to spend a lot of money, especially not in the beginning when you’re not sure of your profits. But free services put ads on the page in the form of sidebars, banners and worst of all, pop-up advertisements. These make your website look cheap and less trustworthy.
Do purchase a domain name related to your topic. Don’t just buy a domain name called jimsbusiness.com and expect people to flock there. Decide what kind of affiliate marketing opportunity you’re going to promote first, then make sure that’s clear in your domain name.
Do promote a few related products. You can start out with one just to get your feet wet, but then casually add in references and links to a few more merchants offering related products and affiliate programs. This doesn’t just fill your site, it gives you more opportunities to sell.
Follow these dos and don’ts and read everything about Internet marketing that you can, and you’ll help yourself succeed with an affiliate marketing opportunity.
Learn also how to capture video on screen to increase affiliate sales - if you do that wisely, it really works.
October 24th, 2008
I’m sure you are aware that there are a lot of people making money online today. You have probably heard about some of the higher profile Internet Marketers who rake in millions of dollars every year. They also travel all around the world going to Internet Marketing seminars where they discuss the latest money making strategies.
These seminars are located in places like Orlando, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Australia. Not bad places to go to work huh? Besides the bonus of being able to enjoy some sun and local attractions while they are in these cities, they get to discuss the latest Internet Marketing techniques and brainstorm ways to make even more money.
Ah, the life of the Internet Marketer. It’s a tough job but someone’s gotta do it 
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Are you interested in getting into Internet marketing? Maybe you’re already doing it but you’re struggling to make a buck. Maybe you’re really skeptical and believe that there is no bloody way the little guy can make money online.
You might be thinking… sure it’s easy if you have a lot of cash to pay people that are experts to write content for some hungry profitable niches that you know nothing about. Or sure it’s easy to make a lot of money if you have a list of 100,000 people to pitch to. Oh and while I’m talking about lists, they can just ask their 10 Internet Marketing buddies to send out a quick email to promote their brand spanking new product to THEIR 100,000 member lists too!
Well come on people, do you really think that’s all it takes to make a mitt full of cash with Internet Marketing?
Well, actually you’re not too far off. It could very well happen this way.
So now you are probably thinking that this solidifies what you’ve always thought. The little guy can’t make money online…
… Nonsense!
You gotta remember that these big time money making marketers were in the exact same position as you are now. They struggled and struggled trying to make money and many times thought they would never succeed.
But they never gave up and they kept on trying different things until something worked. Then all they did was repeat the process.
Once they started making money, they would re-invest this money in tools to make their tasks faster and they would start going to these big Internet Marketing conventions.
This leads to more money, more Internet Marketing friends and Joint Venture partners. It’s a great way to build your business.
If they can do it, there is no reason why you can’t do it. Plus you have an advantage… today there is so much more information available to help you make money online. Most of the big names in Internet Marketing didn’t have all this information available to them and had to figure it all out through trial and error.
So if you are just a beginner and have no idea where to get started, here is a series of easy to follow videos called “Fast Cash For Newbies” that will save you the pain of trying to figure out everything on your own.
Learn how to make more money with capture video on screen strategies.
