Wow, I cannot believe that it is already November and the week of Thanksgiving. I have, as usual, a lot going on. With Mandura coming out with a new weight loss product January 1st, and we are working on marketing materials and getting everything in place to bottle and manufacture it.
It is really neat to be on this side of things and see the whole process of how you launch a new product. The cool thing about this one is we have all these clinical studies that we can use. So I have to do research to see what we can and cannot post online with all the new FTC guidelines…
So I am thinking about starting my LIVE broadcasts again in January. I have really missed doing them. Let me know if you think you would attend. I don’t want to start it up and be doing it by myself! lol
So I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and hope that you get some much needed R&R! Leave some comments below and let me know what you did!
David
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So I was talking to some people today about marketing and how important it is to have an internet presence, and I totally agree. The only problem today is the cost to have a strong presence on the web.
I agree 100% that you HAVE to be on the Internet today if you want to be in business because that is where it all takes place, but there is a right and wrong way to go about it.
Unless you have thousands of dollars for an ad Budget then Pay Per Click is probably not your best bet. I spent $3000 to take a course on Google, and it still confuses me because it is constantly changing, and they do not reward the un-educated, the reward the people who figure out how it all works, and their reward? Lower cost per click…
There is too big a learning curve for the “little guy” to even think about being a player.
That is why I have and will always tell people that the best way is to utilize the social networking sites, tied with the old school “face to face” methods. Ya thats right they still work, but take the old “meet and greet” method and start doing it online…and see what happens.
People still want to get to know people, as they should, before the spend money with them. Now of course if you are a store selling a specific product, well you are looking for customers and that is easier to advertise to than when you are looking for “business people” to join your MLM company. I have 2 different ways to attack those as they are completely different, but seeing as how it is my background, I am talking about MLM…
Well it has been several months since I was able to post on my BLOG. I have been working here at the corporate offices with a company called Mandura. I am in Florida, and I have to say that I am finally adjusting to the weather, but that is mostly because it is cooling down a little now, and the humidity is going away. My first couple months down here were pretty hard on the body!! lol
So I decided that I am back in a place where I want to start posting again. I really miss hearing from all of you and just BLOGGING in general. I literally have had no time because when I got here I immediately started looking for fires to put out, and I think I may have slept a total of 40 hours since I have been here! Now I know I have slept a lot more than that, but my point is I have been WAY to busy to post or do anything with my personal life, and I am only doing this because I see the big picture.
It has been a real learning experience for me to see things from the corporate standpoint as opposed to the distributor standpoint. It is a much different view that is for sure. I have learned a lot of things and I want to share them.
I still get update emails from a lot of you as well and have seen some really nice Blogs out there, and I am so impressed with how far many of you have gone with them.
So over the next couple of weeks you will notice a little bit of “re branding” to the BLOG as I have decided that I like Blue a lot better than yellow. Blue is actually one of my favorite colors. That and dark purple, but who does a BLOG in dark purple? lol
Here is a video that I made that will help you to increase your TWITTER following. This is the “legal” way. Be careful that you do not use methods that could get your account suspended. This method has helped me to create a following of over 8500 in less than 4 months. 2 of which I was working on other things and not doing as often as I could have. If I would have, I would be over 10,000 by now.
In this video that I made 3 weeks ago, I only had about 6300 followers, so you can see how quickly this can work if you follow this simple system. FOLLOW ME ==> TWITTER
How would you like to win a brand new MacBook Air? Well now you can! I am going to run a contest that starts on July 31st and runs until September 30th where the TOP affiliate…who sells the most copies of my E-Book will win their very
own MacBook Air!! Now to qualify, you must sell at least 50 copies!
This specific MacBook Air retails at $1495.00 and is a great machine! You will LOVE it!
REMEMBER: This is on TOP of your 45% commissions!
This will be going out to the networks soon, so you will want to get a head start! To all of my loyal readers here on the BLOG, I will count any sales that you make between NOW and September 30th count towards your 50 minimum!!
Email marketing can be profitable for any business, no matter what kind of product or service you are selling. It is significantly cheaper than other advertising methods and it helps build credibility with your subscribers. As a result, you can generate more sales and profits.
The foundation for successful email marketing is a targeted, responsive and permission-based email list. If you have a list of subscribers that trust you and consider you an expert, you’ve completed the first step and are on your way!
Below you will several list-building ideas that will help you make the most of your email marketing efforts:
Provide useful, relevant and unique content. Your visitors will not give you their email addresses just because they can subscribe to your newsletter free of charge. You have to provide unique and valuable information that will be useful to your subscribers.
Add a subscription form to every page of your website. Make sure it stands out so it is easy to find. If appropriate, you can also include it in more than one place. For instance, your opt-in form might always appear in the top-left corner of your site, while you also include an opt-in at the bottom of some of your popular articles.
Make it easy for your reader to sign up. The more information you request, the fewer people will opt-in. In most cases, a name and an email address should suffice. If it’s not necessary, don’t include it here. (Note: If you don’t have a Privacy Policy, put the words “privacy policy generator” into a search engine and you should be able to find a suitable form for your readers to review.
Publish a Privacy Policy. Let your readers know that they can be confident you will not share their information with others. The easiest way to do this is to set up a Privacy Policy web page and provide the link to it below your opt-in form.
Show your first issue or other sample to your visitors. This lets potential subscribers review your newsletter before they sign up to determine if it is something they’d be interested in.
Archive past newsletter issues. A “library” of past newsletters is both appealing and useful to visitors and builds your credibility as an authority. In addition, if your articles are written with good SEO techniques in mind, they can send additional traffic to your web site through good search engine positioning.
Contact other newsletter publishers. Introduce yourself and explore ways you may be able to help each other. Perhaps you can introduce other publisher’s newsletters or print articles they have written to your list, with a link to sign up. When you contact them, be sure to tell them why you think THEIR readers would like what you have to offer and why YOUR readers would benefit from their newsletters. This is a win-win scenario; both of you will build your lists faster!
Give away bonuses subscribers can use. Create an opt-in bonus for joining your subscriber list. You can write an ebook or PDF report, or even hire a programmer to create downloadable or web-based software. But don’t limit yourself to only a gift for new opt-ins. Remind your readers that the next bonus is coming soon. People hate to miss out on things. If you systematically pass on “goodies” throughout the year, your subscribers are unlikely to leave.
Ask your subscribers to pass it on. Word of mouth is a powerful viral technique that works great with email marketing. If your subscribers find the content you share with them to be informative, they will pass your newsletter on to their friends. This can be a good source of new subscribers.
Let others reprint your newsletter as long as the content is not modified. Many webmasters and newsletter publishers are actively looking for high-quality content and, if they reprint your newsletter, you will get new subscribers, traffic and links pointing to your site.
Include a “Sign Up” button in the newsletter. If you are using plain text instead of HTML, provide a text link to your subscription page. You may feel that this is not required because the subscriber is already on your list, but remember that readers will forward your newsletters to others, or reprint it online. You want to make it easy for them to subscribe.
Add a squeeze page. A squeeze page has one goal − to get an opt-in and build your list. Think of it like a mini-sales letter for your subscription or opt-in bonus. It features a powerful headline and a couple of very important benefits that should make subscribers salivate to sign up to your list. Once created, use a service such as WordTracker to find hundreds of targeted keywords, and advertise there using pay-per-click advertising from Google, MSN and Yahoo.
Include testimonials on your squeeze page. This is crucial. Put 1 or 2 strong testimonials from satisfied subscribers on your squeeze page. This can be in any format, but you may find that multimedia (audio or video social proof) is more “believable”. To increase that believability, include full names, locations and/or urls; don’t use “Bob K, FL” as a testimonial name.
BLOG religiously.BLOGGING is a great way to communicate with your potential customers, and it creates a nice synergy with your email marketing. Be sure to include your newsletter sign-up form on each page of your BLOG. You can start a free BLOG at Blogger or Wordpress.
Post on other blogs. Post great comments and information on similar blogs with a link to your squeeze or opt-in page. Also comment on others’ blogs through trackbacks. In most cases, your comments will be posted on their blogs with a link back to your site. This is an easy way to generate new traffic and subscribers.
Get your own AUTORESPONDER account. They have a free trial so you can start building your list. CLICK HERE to get yours now!
Have you noticed that most people who comment on Blogs today have a little picture of themselves next to their posts? Well that is called a Gravatar, and you should set one up for yourself. It is very easy, and it is free. All you have to do is go to www.Gravatar.com and sign up. You will have to upload a picture, crop it and tie it to your email address. Then whenever you post a comment on a BLOG, as long as you use that same email address the picture will show up!
Post your comments below to see, and if you don’t have one yet you will see a generic image. Once you set up your gravatar, come back and refresh the page and your new image should show up. I recommend that you use an actual picture of yourself, but you can make it anything that you want!
I know that some of you have been wondering how to upload plugins and such to your BLOG. Well there are a couple of ways actually. If you have upgraded to WordPress 2.8, you will find that it is very easy and can be done from right inside your admin back office. I am going to demonstrate both methods below.
Here is the link to where I got this video. It is my friend Gideon who does this video. CLICK HERE to get even more of them. 10 to be exact.
Here is how you do it if you are using WordPress 2.8.
Well we are down to the wire now. The Ebook is officially launching on Sunday as a “soft launch” to give all of you a chance to get it all set up and also have a first movers advantage to promote it before anyone else. I am really focused on making a great sales page to really help you maximize your sales.
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Have a great day! I am going to head down to give some of this puppy to my local charity!
David
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