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This month’s exclusive Niche Report is now available from the ANC Member’s Area so members should head on over and check it out now.
This month’s report has just that little bit of ‘wizardry‘ behind it!
See, whether you believe the recession is over or not… and talk about contradictory evidence!… this report will help the target market in an expanding OR contracting market…
It’s all about ‘productivity’ peeps… and that’s important at ANY time, right?
So, ANC Members grab the report quick before I go blabbing my mouth off!
PS. If you are not already a member of ANC, check us out here!
Pssst! If you are not already a member of Wealthy Affiliates, we’ve got some great news coming for ya! Don’t tell anyone… but there’s a trial offer on next week. OK, OK, you probably know about that. BUT you don’t know about the bonuses we’ve cooked up for it yet!
Hey, I’ve been getting a bit fed up with my Grim image. (You know… the Reaper fella.)
He’s fine for the Reaper lenses but as some of you may have noticed I’ve been putting back my own happy smiley face back up on forums, etc.
Well, I wanted to do the same thing on Twitter. Sure, it’s easy to change my pic on there but I also wanted to change the background and have that be a bit more personal.
So, I googled around and came across MyTweetSpace.com and I was able to come up with this in about 2 minutes:-
It’s completely FREE! (You can pay them to do one for you if you really want.)
I think it’s pretty cool… obviously a lot of the image gets obscured by your actual Twit bit but the sidebar does not.
There are other free tools out there so have a dig around.
You can see the finished result on my Twit bit here.
PS. That’s a rare pic is that. Spits don’t normally get shot down
EDIT: I’ve changed the background pic on my Twit bit now. There was too much of the Spit being obscured. I’ve now switched it to a spider’s web. You can play around with the background dimensions in MyTweetSpace.com so try a few different options. But bear in mind… how it looks on your screen could well be different to how it appears on other people’s depending on their screen size.
I’ve found a ‘magic’ trick! Hey, I know, I know… I don’t like those, right? But I really want your opinion on this.
See, Thad ain’t so sure… normally we are telepathically connected… spooky, I know!
But I was approached with a gizmo thing. Now, normally I’d run a mile BUT I’m a very visual person. So, this one sucked me right in from the off!
Ain’t gonna tell you any more about the ‘gizmo’ just yet but I do want your opinion on what it can do.
Here’s a taster…this took 20 minutes to do…
Slick or Dick??!!
Let’s have your thoughts… then maybe we can talk some more about it… because it can do other stuff…
Bottom line… should we add that to our ANC sales page?.. would you add something like that to yours or would you think it would work to do your own product reviews?..
OK, most of you know Thad and I are pretty much hardcore adwords nuts, right?
And you’ll also know that we have spent a lot of time and effort in perfecting the ‘landing page to mini-site‘ model for getting a good Quality Score for our adwords campaigns.
You can get some free hints and tips on this from our recent Reaper lenses:-
Anyway, we have long known that over time our mini-sites and the pages they contain often rank very well in the natural listings. Great! Free Traffic!
BUT we know we could do better and we are working on a couple of projects ‘in the background’ to increase our expertise in this area.
Yep, we’re talking about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). That often misunderstood and misinterpreted area of both Web Design and Internet Marketing in general.
There is literally tons and tons of information (both free and paid) out there on this topic and it is generally regarded as something of a mystery… even a Dark Art.
Well, as ever, there are plenty of people (‘Gurus’) out there who would like it to remain that way (so they can sell you their ‘magic tricks’).
But there is a chink of light out there… guy by the name of Dan Thies. You may have heard of him. He’s got a free guide on SEO ‘basics’ and it’s got a load of stuff in there that I certainly didn’t know.
Here’s a topic that will strike a chord with anyone who’s actually building a list (and that should be all of you BTW).
(You can get some free tips on List Building on the relevant Reaper lens here.)
Anyway, it’s been raised quite a bit recently and is something that a most Internet Marketers don’t like discussing. Because it’s a bit negative… it can be a bit unpleasant… it can be downright destructive… if you let it be.
So, you’ve set up your campaign… you have a nice bonus offering in place to get people to sign up to your list… you have a nice non-spammy e-mail series set up… naturally you are hoping those on your list will become buyers of whatever you are promoting. That’s the whole idea, right?
Now, not everyone subscribes to your list… not everyone buys… some people unsubscibe… some people will even take the trouble of calling you rude names and flagging you as a spammer!
This is what happens when you have a list. Regardless of the niche you are in…
Here’s what Tiffany Dow had to say about the subject on a recent post on her blog. (If you have not heard of Tiffany, I’ll be very surprised but, if not, check the lady out. She’s a top notch marketer and one of the good guys.)
Let’s say you’re on a list of mine. You’re a subscriber. When you first sign up to one of my lists, you will get something in return. It may be:
-a free chapter of my eBook as a preview
-a free report
-the opportunity to buy cheap lenses or PLR before anyone else
-the chance to learn something from someone else and supplement your own knowledge
Today I got the following unsubscribe message from someone on one of my lists:
“I subscribed to receive a free chapter to get an idea if the ebook might interest me. I did not expect to receive so many soliciting emails and I don’t like it. I would have ordered the book, but I’m now upset about so many sales pitches, that I’m not going to now.”
Fair enough. Everyone has a different threshold for communications of any kind. But there’s a lesson I want to teach you in all of this.
You will never please everyone 100% of the time.
Since April 1, I have sent that particular list a total of 5 “promotional” emails. Other emails she got were educational in nature. So that’s a little less than 1 email of a promotional nature per week.
To me, it’s not a lot. To some, it’s far more than they can handle. I unsubscribe when I get daily or 3 x a week promotional emails – UNLESS – keyword to notice here – there is valuable stuff coming at me in between, which so many marketers do NOT do.
I used to feel sick to my stomach when I’d get an email like the one above. I would tear up even, wondering why I was such a failure as a marketer. Then I learned that it wasn’t ME, it was THEM.
It was her own permission settings that mattered here, not my marketing strategy. I was giving value – both upfront and in emails sprinkled in between. I had given this prospect a LOT for free, actually – including, and this is important – my personal recommendation for products I feel would truly help her.
I understand the cynicism. Most marketers promote based on an incestuous nature – who’s in bed with who. “You promote me, I’ll promote you. No, I don’t need a review copy.”
I don’t play that dirty game. I’ve had ghostwriting clients whose business I didn’t want to lose ask me to promote another of their products that I didn’t write, and I flat out said, “No.”
I turned down a girl’s JV proposal today who asked me to promote what I consider a spammy Squidoo backlink builder. She meant well, I’m sure. I would have earned $25 per sale and being the original “Squidoo Queen” – people trust my judgment on Squidoo! But I didn’t do it.
I don’t recommend unless I would use it myself, end of story.
The lady who unsubscribed used a tone of voice that she believed would surely make me rethink my marketing strategy. But in reality, all she did was make me feel sorry for her. Because you see, she doesn’t “get it” yet.
This is truly sad to me because the list she was subscribed to was for Building an eBook Empire – she needed to learn how to build a list of prospects who hadn’t bought yet and convert them into buyers. She even admitted she liked the first chapter so much she was going to buy the eBook.
To be honest with you, I don’t believe her. I believe she was a freebie seeker who didn’t like spending money on info products and didn’t like it when my free valuable emails were interrupted by a message that she might want to look into buying something. Her “I’m offended” needle was tilted far too much to the right in overdrive. She needs to cool down and look at this rationally. I’m not building a list of prospects to be a free mentor forever – the goal is to get them to become a customer. D’uh!
She won’t have that chance to learn from me now – and what she doesn’t know is that she’s the exception, not the rule. Most prospects love the free chapter, email me grateful as hell about my recommendations, and build loyalty to me for my advice I give freely via email when someone has a question.
Once you get going, don’t let any of your unsubscribe emails get under your skin. Evaluate your strategy and if it works out well most of the time and you don’t feel you’re in the wrong, don’t let someone with a different mindset change you!
Tiff”
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I’m on Tiffany’s list and I have posted a response to that post on Tiffany’s blog (along with 50+ other people). I won’t make this post overlong by reprinting my response here.
I’ll just add here that if this happens to you… do not let it deflect you!
Tiffany is not crying in her beer here or looking for sympathy… the message is simple… don’t let other people dictate your marketing strategy.
This is a business… YOU are in business… nobody works for nothing.
So (and the real reason for this post)… No Need To Run… And Hide…
Hey guys, checked out my new Flip Video Cam toy today and I can tell you this little Gizmo is AWESOME!
It’s gonna be a just great for my video postcard from Whitby! And video marketing in general…
I’ve rarely come across something like this that does exactly what it says. And talk about easy to use…
From start to finish using the Flip was a breeze. The video quality is excellent.
The only complication I had was doing the introduction and conclusion using my webcam. You can easily spot the difference, particularly on the sound.
Anyway, here’s the vid. It’s me cooking breakfast and jabbering on about marketing and video marketing in particular.
(You may need to turn the sound down when I’m using the Flip)
You’re gonna be seeing a lot more of me now that’s for sure!
And you do not need to over complicate your vids like I have on this one. Just plug the Flip into your PC, there’s editing software (you can add music and all sorts of other stuff) and just upload straight to YouTube (or wherever).
Check out more about the Flip from the links below…
Head on over there and let me know what you think, get voting, join in the debates and get:-
Top Tips On PPC Marketing:- > The Importance of Thorough Niche Research > Choosing The Right Platform > The Right Point In The Customer Buying Cycle > Setting Up Your PPC Marketing Campaigns > A Word About Your Quality Score > A Few Words Of Caution
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