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Info-Product Marketing: Value is NOT always Better

It’s been a long while since I’ve posted anything here and I plan to start writing more frequently now that I have a few big projects done, which has freed up more time.

Today I want to talk about Info-Products. I’ve made quite a bit of money from the many I’ve created over the years… a handful of them you can find at the very bottom of this page under “Some of my stuff.”

If you’ve followed my stuff for very long you’ll notice a trend of short, to the point products. Most have been short PDF’s because I just didn’t [...] Continue Reading…

Big Update on the Future of my Online Presence in the IM Niche

I’ve mentioned a couple times in the past few months that me and a friend of mine started an offline Internet Marketing firm in Indianapolis. For years I had thought about it, but never went through with it because I didn’t want to have to sell or deal with people. Then my buddy knocked some sense into to me telling me he would handle sales and I would handle operations.

Once we got started I quickly realized how much value I have to offer these small businesses! Do you realize how easy it is to get a long-tail, local search [...] Continue Reading…

Make Money Being the Middle Man

For the longest time I constantly thought of myself as either a consumer or a worker. I either bought an item/paid for a service or I created the item/performed the service for the consumer. It never occurred to me that a “middle man” had much value to offer, so I never considered being one.

But as I sat here thinking about how I can write a blog post that will help people, I realized that quote a bit of the money I make in my businesses is made by me being a middle man. The reality is that a “middle [...] Continue Reading…

Google’s “Farmer” Update Confirms my Article Marketing Theories

If this is the first you have heard of the big update Google did to their ranking algorithm the other day then I feel special. That’s because if this is the first you’ve heard of it, I must be the only Internet Marketer you follow. When that many people are talking about it, you know it’s big.

So Google recently make a big change to the algorithm they use to rank websites. This change negatively impacted thousands (probably closer to millions) of websites that Google thinks are “content farms.” A content farm is basically a site full of content that [...] Continue Reading…

How to Make a Custom Facebook Page

I’m sure if you are one of my savvy readers you already knew this, but I rarely see custom facebook pages, so I wanted to share with you exactly how you can create one for yourself, your clients or both.

It’s pretty simple and if you know me, you know I don’t like to make anything more complicated than it is. So follow these five simple steps and you’ll have your very own, custom Facebook page.

1. Go to Facebook’s “Static FBML” app page. Once you have that open click the “Add to my page” link in the left menu under [...] Continue Reading…

Outsourcing = True Growth! The BEST way to do it

One of the things we go over in our new SEO Guide I did with Shaun Connell, is that true, automated growth comes only when you realize that outsourcing is a necessity!

I’ve been outsourcing small things here and there for years, but up until not long ago the only tasks I outsourced were things I couldn’t do myself. I understood the power of outsourcing, but I always figured I would have to find a good worker, which can be difficult in itself, then pay that worker every month for a set number of hours. If that rate is good [...] Continue Reading…

Selling Direct Ads on Your Website – An Underrated Money Maker

When it comes to monetizing a website most people think of Adsense and affiliate marketing. And in some cases one of those two options is the best option. But I would like to share with you another option that I use on most of my content sites along with either Adsense, affiliate marketing or both, which earns me thousands of dollars every year. I’m talking about simple, basic direct advertising.

It’s probably the simplest form of advertising, yet I bet 90% or more of the people who read this article aren’t doing it.

What is it?

It’s pretty simple. You have a [...] Continue Reading…

You Have Value to Offer!

Just a short one today on two things that held me back for a while when I first got started online… things that I believe hold many others back… the fear that your product, website or whatever it is you’re working on, won’t meet the expectations of your target audience and the belief that you don’t have much value to offer.

If it’s an ebook it may not be long enough and people may complain about it. If it’s a website it might not look professional enough. If it’s a service you might not present it in a professional [...] Continue Reading…

Internet Marketing Tax Write-offs

It’s that time again… time to crunch numbers and do your taxes for the past year. As I sit here doing exactly that I figure it’s a good time to write a post about it. I’ve written similar posts in the past. If you have read one or more of them some of this info may be redundant, but I’m writing it anyway.

Please keep in mind I AM NOT A TAX or FINANCIAL EXPERT! ALWAYS seek professional advice before doing your taxes yourself! As a matter of fact, if you run any kind of business I highly recommend having [...] Continue Reading…

Important Lesson: All Niches are NOT Created Equal

Just a quick one for you in an attempt to provide a quick explanation of something very important that took me a couple years to realize. What I’m talking about is the fact that every niche is different, so each marketing method can and often does convert differently from one niche to another.

It’s one of those things that when you hear it you probably think to yourself “duh, that’s common sense.” But do you REALLY think of it? Let me give you an example… one that I hit on in my Tweet Adder Review. Twitter is widely known [...] Continue Reading…