Archive for April, 2008

A Well Spent Hour for Traffic Generation

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Everyone would like to get more visitors to their websites, but accomplishing this task isn’t always the easiest thing to do. There are many ways to try and get traffic, but here’s one way that you may or may not have thought about doing.

I cannot claim credit for this one, that goes to the people over at this website. However, I did follow the steps that they recommend, and wallah! almost 2 weeks later I’m getting a steady supply of hits to my websites. Note that, I actually started receiving a flow of traffic after 2-3 days, but it seems to really kick in at about 2 weeks.

I have tried the method described in the past, but not in the “full scale” that they explain it. To be honest, I didn’t give this one much of a success rate before really implementing it. However, by utilizing it in the manner they state, it delivers a MUCH better response than how I experimented with it the first time around! (which was minimal).

It basically uses free ad boards (it’s NOT like those free “useless” FFA classified sites) & text ad traffic exchanges (it’s really not as bad or a time-waster as you think), implementing them into a collaborating force that absolutely will drive people to your website.

If you’ve used either of those methods before and they didn’t meet your expectations, you should give it another go, only use them the exact way that it is stated here. I initially thought the same as you are probably thinking right now, but… I figured ok, I’ll waste an hour & give it a try and see what happens. Hey, you’ve got to keep trying things to see what works and what doesn’t, you never know! Sometimes ANY visitors are better than NO visitors.

Now I give it a thumbs up! It’s delivering traffic to my sites, so for now, I’m happy.

Think about all the other tactics you’ve tried. Did they work? Did they bring you the results you want? Did they cost virtually nothing to put into action, other than a bit of your time?

I’ll gladly spend an hour putting something to the test to hopefully gain some good results. Wouldn’t you? If they don’t work, oh well, it’s only one hour. If they DO work though… :-)

I’m not going to re-explain everything they tell you, you can see the instructions here at their traffic system.  I think it was A Well Spent Hour for Traffic Generation.
Let me know what you think about it & after you start using it, tell me YOUR results!


Video Marketing is Hot, Great & Useful, BUT…

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Seems a lot of the marketers are using videos now to bring you the latest & greatest, show you tips & techniques, amongst the many other uses for this latest fad in technology.

Thats all fine & dandy. Video is GREAT! Heck of a lot better than reading an entrepreneur article, and more receptive than an audio. However, what I think some of these “producers” are failing to realize, is that these are WAY too long! Just in the past month or so, via “guru” mail, there has been at least 20 different people saying “Hey, come check out this wiz-bang new video I have about {insert gadget here}.”

Now don’t get me wrong, some of these truly are useful information, and within a reasonable length, but come on! Some of these are over an hour long!! Does it really take that long to explain it? Besides, do you think we have an hour to watch you rant on about your stuff… when we have 19 other people who want us to watch THEIR 1 hour presentations as well?

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I surely don’t have an extra 20 hours JUST to watch all these! Let alone decide which ones are good enough to use, then sign up for them and put them into action. I’ve got a business to run! So that leaves you with picking and choosing which ones you THINK are best to view. Video Producers, here’s a tip: you want me to watch your video - make it SHORT & to the point! If we’re genuinely interested, we can always sign up to your list to get more info (or maybe watch more of YOUR videos AFTER we decide your first one is interesting enough).

That goes for the newest “packages” that are being pumped out left and right too. I’ve seen sales deals where you can learn a new skill, technique, method, etc., and they advertise them as You get “10 Videos!” so you can properly learn this doo-dad! Well, thats all good and well, and sounds appealing from a buying aspect, assuming you are ACTUALLY going to watch the 10 hours that are included in this set. But will you? Or will you just watch the first 2 or 3 then put it aside for now & never get around to finishing them?

How about the REAL tremendous “deals” you can purchase: you know, that set that’s available that has like 12 different subjects within, and EACH subject has 10 or 12 videos included? Sure! Seems like a terrific buy for $79.97! After all, you’re receiving 100 videos!

If I remember correctly, when I added up the amount of hours it would take you to watch ALL 100 of them, assuming you actually DID do that, and also assuming that you spent 24/7 constantly doing so - no problem! You’d be done in 4 months time!! LOL! Yes, I realize no ones going to spend 4 months glued to their computer screen checking these out in that manner. Point being, honestly, WHEN are you going to have time to watch all these? Yes, you could spread it out and watch (and hopefully finish) them one topic at a time. Even if it takes you all year to do it. BUT, at the end of the year, when you are getting ready to finally watch that last set of videos, are the methods they teach in that STILL going to be effective? With the way the internet changes so rapidly, I highly doubt it!

So the next time you see that “super” buy for 80 bucks, take a minute to think HOW super it really is if you never use it! Not so good of a “deal” now, if you only get to put into use just ONE tactic from ALL of those. Well, perhaps the tactic could turn out to be just what you’ve been waiting for, but what I mean is it’s a waste to be buying 10 different methods (video sets) for 80 bucks, when you could just buy the one you like best for $50 or less. Save that other 30 bucks that you think is “just a little more” to add in to “get them all.” You really don’t need them all. You’ll never benefit from them all because you won’t have the time to review them all.

Sure, you’re thinking that, well, I’ll buy them all and if one method doesn’t work, then you can just move on to the next & give that one a go (etc., etc.). Yeah, like thats going to happen. More realistically, a month from now, when you get done “trying out” the methods from the first videos, and if they don’t work, one of 2 things will happen:

1. you’ll probably believe the other ones won’t work either.

2. The next “greatest thing” will have been released, to which you will more than likely jump on that… and totally forget about the rest of all those videos you bought the first time around!

See what I mean? So just save the time & your money right now & make a decision on which one will work for you, or which one will you actually be able to utilize to its full potential.

Now, if you’re reselling products, thats a totally different story, but I’m mainly speaking from just a “Learn from them” stance. I sometimes think NONE of the resellers actually EVER watch more than just the original promo videos for these items. After all, how could they afford to spend the numerous hours required to do so, when they’re too busy making their “millions” from their own businesses? (Oh yeah, ;-) sorry, forgot, they all have 650,000 people in their opt-in lists & it only takes them 10 minutes a day to whip out a new email for their next hot-selling product! So being that thats the way they make their dough {you know, the money is in the list}, and thats the only thing they have to do all day long, they’ve got all the time in the world to watch videos!)

Moral of the story:

Buyers: THINK about how much time you actually have to watch the strategies being presented. Make a choice. Then purchase only that one… and NO more.

Sellers: Make your initial promo vids SHORT. Give us a break, we have enough stuff to do already without compiling more on top of it.

Buyers/watchers: if you think you can multi-task WHILE watching these videos, you’re probably going to miss some important details.

Sellers: With the viewers multi-tasking because they really don’t have the time to watch your hour long video, they WILL be missing out on listening to some of the details of your offer… thus… when its over, they won’t buy because they weren’t fully paying attention in the first place! You could have solved that problem with a brief 5-10 minute presentation that would probably have been fully watched & fully payed attention to!

Buyers & Sellers: If you ARE multi-tasking, that means you AREN’T really “watching” the vids! So, why in the heck are videos such a rage if no one is watching them, but rather just “listening” to them???? Isn’t that what audio is for???

Let me hear what YOU think about this!


Ginormous Affiliate & Internet Marketing Dream Software Package

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

I recently came upon this new website that offers what most Affiliate & Internet Marketers absolutely Crave (besides money): Software & Tools that they can use to effectively do the tasks that are a must when you have an online business.

I must say, with everyone trying to sell you something nowadays, with “supposed” bargain prices (and sometimes not), that the items that are here at this website, in my opinion, truly are a fantastic deal. You may not need everything that this “Ginormous Package Deal” contains, but if you sell via the internet, you’re probably going to need some of these, either now or in the near future.

Heck, for the price that this is being made available for, comparatively to the other products & utilities that are out there on the market, consider it like buying 3 or 4 GREAT tools for full price - and getting 1000 more for FREE! (really).

Along with all the cool software that you get, there’s literally thousands of other knowledge gathering items included (AKA ebooks). Not to mention the PLR articles, templates & graphics, blogging tools, traffic tactics, adsense & clickbank resources, techniques & tricks, and just about anything else that consists of an Internet Marketers Dream! The best part about this, is that once you get these, you can resell everything! They come with either Master Resale Rights, Private Label Rights, or some kind of resale rights so you can make some money with them! Shouldn’t be all that difficult finding (at worst case) half a dozen products that you could make an absolute killing from. Then you can just play around with the rest and probably make a few hundred bucks here and there! Not to mention all the useful schooling you’ll get out of acquiring the package (and then be able to offer it to others - kind of like getting paid to learn)!

To state that you WILL be amazed is putting it mildly. Just the quantity alone that is herein is staggering. And you won’t have to worry about taking a day (or more) off to download all these, as the products are compiled all onto cd’s! Now that’s what I call convenient! Plus it doesn’t hog the space on your hard drive!

Forget all those crazy “giveaways” (that seem to be popping up one a day now) where you spend a week downloading all that material & head over to this site & get most of them in 5 minutes instead!

My final 2 thoughts about this deal:

#1: I Sure wish this had an affiliate option attached to it, because hot stuff like this sells like crazy! I can’t remember the last time a BIG (like REALLY big) software package was offered for a reasonable price… one that I actually wanted to acquire myself. I figure if I’m interested in it, it’s got to be something good, since I’m pretty picky about things and don’t just go out and buy the latest doo-dad.

#2: I’m jealous that I didn’t think of doing something like this myself! :(

Of course, like anything else that’s worth it’s while, there’s a limited number of these package deals available, so I’d say at least go view whats offered & see if its something you can use. As in right NOW, before everyone else scoops them all up… unless you honestly prefer to spend your time endlessly downloading items that are probably just going to sit on your hard drive collecting edust!

Ok, I’m off to grab my own copy if there’s still some left…

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