If you aren't Twittering then you are missing out on building incredible relationships with others. The opportunities abound by connecting at Twitter. It is so addicting and you never want to leave because you don't want to miss the fun and the little tidbits of information you pick up. There are so many people to learn from there and it is amazing how everyone wants to help others.
The concept of helping and giving to others is so powerful. Helping others is so gratifying and at the same time helps you grow personally. I challenge everyone to go out and help someone. The rewards are incredible.
Amazingly there is very little spam at Twitter. What you do see is people making friendships,sharing advice, building relationships and having so much fun. I have to ask myself the question, "Why didn't you join this sooner?"
For the last few days many have been twittering with the hashtag #happy09. It created quite a buzz and many were asking about it. Warren Whitlock who is a writer, blogger and social media expert, started this phenomenon and soon it grew and grew. He taught us that you you need to help others FIRST. He sponsored a giveaway and and had many contribute free products to this. On January 2nd on his radio show at http://www.twitcastradio.com he gave away the prizes to a fellow twitterer April Tara who told him that she was going to share the prizes with others who needed them to grow themselves and their own business. Wow! Talk about an incredibly unselfish person. She wanted to help others and truly has a spirit of giving. Oh, by the way this is #happy09 is going to continue so it will be fun to see how this viral giving will continue you to grow.
So if you haven't joined Twitter or you are only showing links and not getting to know the community of people there, I invite you to really start building incredible friendships, contribute ideas and learn from others. Show others that you are worthwhile to follow. I have been active only for 2 weeks and I have grown to almost 800 followers. By helping others to achieve good things in their life you will reap good things in yours.
Sign up for Twitter here
http://www.twitter.com
You can find Warren at http://www.twitter.com/warrenwhitlock
Here is the #happy09 site where you can sign up and get a copy of Warren's book
http://twitterhandbook.com/blog/some-of-the-gift-from-our-new-years-celbration/
April Tara at http://www.twitter.com/AprilTara
Here's April's site http://www.apriltara.com/2009/01/happy09/
and me at http://www.twitter.com/suzhoutch
I wish all of you a Very Prosperous 2009.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Basics Of Online Success
If you are new to the online marketing world you must have many questions. Even if you are not new you may have plenty of questions as well. Regardless of your experience if you are not following certain basic guidelines then you are not going to very successful with your online marketing activities.
There are some basics that you must implement to succeed. They are tracking,
auto responders, fresh squeeze pages and splash pages and most important of all branding yourself and not someone else.
Tracking results is important as it tells you how a campaign is doing at a particular site. You can also test how 2 different pages on the same subject are doing at the same site. The opportunities are endless in regards to tracking. Hits Connect is a great place to join to get tracking results. You will find it here: http://www.trker.com/go/26919
Auto responders are used to grow your list of people who you can communicate to.
If you don’t have a list then who are you going to market to? You can set up email campaigns and newsletters and can choose how often you want to keep in touch with your contacts. Above all you must have this set up. AWeber is my choice for doing this. You can find it here: http://www.trker.com/go/26918
Creating fresh splash pages and squeeze pages are a must. Don’t get caught in the trap of showing your generic pages. Everyone is doing that and you need to stand out from the rest of the crowd. Make yours different and special. Banners can also be a great tool to use. Don’t forget to add your sign up box for prospects to sign up through aweber.Two great places to go to create fresh pages and banners are SplashPageMaker and InstantBannerCreator. You will find them here:
SplashPageMaker: http://www.trker.com/go/26920 and
InstantBannerCreator: http://www.trker.com/go/26922
Branding yourself and building your list and business will propel your business. The more you get your face in front of people and market yourself, the more people will begin to trust you and you give them the feeling that you are knowledgeable and can be trusted. You are an online marketer and a professional so why wouldn’t you want to portray yourself that way. People can tell who is on the cutting edge of internet marketing and choose to follow those that are.
There are some basics that you must implement to succeed. They are tracking,
auto responders, fresh squeeze pages and splash pages and most important of all branding yourself and not someone else.
Tracking results is important as it tells you how a campaign is doing at a particular site. You can also test how 2 different pages on the same subject are doing at the same site. The opportunities are endless in regards to tracking. Hits Connect is a great place to join to get tracking results. You will find it here: http://www.trker.com/go/26919
Auto responders are used to grow your list of people who you can communicate to.
If you don’t have a list then who are you going to market to? You can set up email campaigns and newsletters and can choose how often you want to keep in touch with your contacts. Above all you must have this set up. AWeber is my choice for doing this. You can find it here: http://www.trker.com/go/26918
Creating fresh splash pages and squeeze pages are a must. Don’t get caught in the trap of showing your generic pages. Everyone is doing that and you need to stand out from the rest of the crowd. Make yours different and special. Banners can also be a great tool to use. Don’t forget to add your sign up box for prospects to sign up through aweber.Two great places to go to create fresh pages and banners are SplashPageMaker and InstantBannerCreator. You will find them here:
SplashPageMaker: http://www.trker.com/go/26920 and
InstantBannerCreator: http://www.trker.com/go/26922
Branding yourself and building your list and business will propel your business. The more you get your face in front of people and market yourself, the more people will begin to trust you and you give them the feeling that you are knowledgeable and can be trusted. You are an online marketer and a professional so why wouldn’t you want to portray yourself that way. People can tell who is on the cutting edge of internet marketing and choose to follow those that are.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Mountain Avenue-A Circle of Giving
Please visit our new site that was just launched with incredible unique items from all around the world.
http://www.mountainavenue.com
The Beginning
Mountain Avenue began, as many great things do, with a group of close friends sitting around a fireplace sharing dreams and ideas. The fireplace was located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Northern Colorado. The friends were a diverse group. Two had founded their own Non-Profits and had helped many others along the way. The other two owned a family business that had been around for over 125 years. ll of the friends were searching for a better way to make a difference in the world. That night, this circle of friends decided to form a company that would give back
worldwide - one gift at a time. And so, Mountain Avenue and "The Circle Of Giving" were born.
The Mission
Mountain Avenue was created with a passion for helping others. Our mission is to bring about positive change with every aspect of our business practice, from design to delivery.
Circle Of Giving
Responsible Buying - Mountain Avenue purchases the majority of our products from fair trade certified organizations and individuals. This means those groups are committed to the following practices: Fair wages, good working conditions, respect for children and the environment, and support for their community. For more information please visit www.fairtradefederation.org.
Unique and Affordable Gifts - When buying a gift from Mountain Avenue you are choosing a product that has been purchased, in most cases, direct from the producer with as few middlemen as possible, allowing us to give you a unique, hand-crafted item at an affordable price.
Eco-Friendly - Mountain Avenue strives to be green. We work to minimize packaging and utilize recycled and ecologically sensitive materials whenever possible. We choose our product line carefully to offer you a broad selection of organic, non-toxic, recycled and re purposed items taking into account the processes by which they are produced in an effort to reduce our impact on the environment.
Choosing a Charity - Every time you purchase from Mountain Avenue a large portion of that purchase is donated to one of our Non-Profit Partners. We offer you the opportunity to choose which of our Partners that donation goes to. In having this responsibility you become part of the circle of giving on a personal level.
Donation to Non- Profit Partners - Mountain Avenue will donate up to 25% of profits to our Non-Profit Partners.
Foundation - If you cannot decide which Non-Profit Partner you would like to receive your donation, you may choose to select the Mountain Avenue Foundation. Recipients of the Foundation include local charities and national and international organizations.
Mountain Avenue is a work in progress. We are always looking for new and innovative ways to make a difference. Feel free to give us your comments and advice. In shopping with us you become a member of the "Circle of Giving". Please contact us by clicking on the Contact Us tab and filling in the comment box. We look forward to hearing from you.
Tis The Season of Giving
Enjoy shopping with big savings just for you. Don't forget to order before December 18th to receive your gifts before Christmas.
Please Visit Us at
http://www.mountainavenue.com
If you know of anyone interested in partnering with us let them know about our site and have them contact us for more information.
http://www.mountainavenue.com
The Beginning
Mountain Avenue began, as many great things do, with a group of close friends sitting around a fireplace sharing dreams and ideas. The fireplace was located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Northern Colorado. The friends were a diverse group. Two had founded their own Non-Profits and had helped many others along the way. The other two owned a family business that had been around for over 125 years. ll of the friends were searching for a better way to make a difference in the world. That night, this circle of friends decided to form a company that would give back
worldwide - one gift at a time. And so, Mountain Avenue and "The Circle Of Giving" were born.
The Mission
Mountain Avenue was created with a passion for helping others. Our mission is to bring about positive change with every aspect of our business practice, from design to delivery.
Circle Of Giving
Responsible Buying - Mountain Avenue purchases the majority of our products from fair trade certified organizations and individuals. This means those groups are committed to the following practices: Fair wages, good working conditions, respect for children and the environment, and support for their community. For more information please visit www.fairtradefederation.org.
Unique and Affordable Gifts - When buying a gift from Mountain Avenue you are choosing a product that has been purchased, in most cases, direct from the producer with as few middlemen as possible, allowing us to give you a unique, hand-crafted item at an affordable price.
Eco-Friendly - Mountain Avenue strives to be green. We work to minimize packaging and utilize recycled and ecologically sensitive materials whenever possible. We choose our product line carefully to offer you a broad selection of organic, non-toxic, recycled and re purposed items taking into account the processes by which they are produced in an effort to reduce our impact on the environment.
Choosing a Charity - Every time you purchase from Mountain Avenue a large portion of that purchase is donated to one of our Non-Profit Partners. We offer you the opportunity to choose which of our Partners that donation goes to. In having this responsibility you become part of the circle of giving on a personal level.
Donation to Non- Profit Partners - Mountain Avenue will donate up to 25% of profits to our Non-Profit Partners.
Foundation - If you cannot decide which Non-Profit Partner you would like to receive your donation, you may choose to select the Mountain Avenue Foundation. Recipients of the Foundation include local charities and national and international organizations.
Mountain Avenue is a work in progress. We are always looking for new and innovative ways to make a difference. Feel free to give us your comments and advice. In shopping with us you become a member of the "Circle of Giving". Please contact us by clicking on the Contact Us tab and filling in the comment box. We look forward to hearing from you.
Tis The Season of Giving
Enjoy shopping with big savings just for you. Don't forget to order before December 18th to receive your gifts before Christmas.
Please Visit Us at
http://www.mountainavenue.com
If you know of anyone interested in partnering with us let them know about our site and have them contact us for more information.
Monday, December 8, 2008
From Pizza Flipper to Siz Figures
“To Get Amazing Results, You Need Amazing Tools”
Carl Calletti
***************************************************
If you want to make money online., but don't
have a clue where to start, then here's great
news for you .
After much begging and pleading, Jon Olson is,
finally revealing the budget and plan he used to
go from dead broke to earning well over six
figures.
And it won't cost you single solitary dime to get
the Pizza Plan
Carl Calletti
***************************************************
If you want to make money online., but don't
have a clue where to start, then here's great
news for you .
After much begging and pleading, Jon Olson is,
finally revealing the budget and plan he used to
go from dead broke to earning well over six
figures.
And it won't cost you single solitary dime to get
the Pizza Plan
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Top 5 Ways To Generate Low Cost Website Traffic
There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and these results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain an income generating site; it also takes money to make money.
BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website traffic for your site.
Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their site? Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because, well, they are what they are now, high earning, big hitting websites.
You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their resources. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it.
Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost website traffic that could help your site a whole lot. Even if you only get a small percentage of successful visitors in to client ratio it still works especially if you get a high number of website traffic.
Exchange Links
This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. You’ll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other sites.
A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche or content as the other site. They should share a common subject so that there is continuity in the providing of service and information to what interests your target traffic.
Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines ranks high sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in your website without the high costs.
Traffic Exchange
This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn credits. You can use those credits when viewing others traffic, while you earn credits when someone views yours.
Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another’s site or page. This is done vice versa where a site can use your sites contents and so can you to his or her site. You both benefit from each others efforts to generate traffic. The other sites visitors can go to your pages and know more about your site as well as theirs. Once again the public awareness of your sites existence is boosted.
Write and Submit Articles
There are many e-zines and online encyclopedias in the internet which provides free space for articles to be submitted. If you want to save costs, you can do the articles yourself. There are many freelance writers who are willing to write for you for a small fee, but to save money, it is wise to do those articles yourself.
Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your site. Write something that you have expertise on so that when they read it, they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to go to your site. Write articles that produce tips and guidelines to the subject or niche your site has.
Include a resource box at the end of your article that can link them to your site. Write a little about yourself and your site. If you provide a light, information-laden and interesting article, they will go to your site for more.
Make a Newsletter.
This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not so. There are many writers and sites that are willing to provide free articles as long as they can get their name in on your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well.
As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site.
Join Online Communities and Forums
This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your site.
Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business that could be frequented and trusted by many people.
BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website traffic for your site.
Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their site? Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because, well, they are what they are now, high earning, big hitting websites.
You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their resources. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it.
Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost website traffic that could help your site a whole lot. Even if you only get a small percentage of successful visitors in to client ratio it still works especially if you get a high number of website traffic.
Exchange Links
This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. You’ll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other sites.
A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche or content as the other site. They should share a common subject so that there is continuity in the providing of service and information to what interests your target traffic.
Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines ranks high sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in your website without the high costs.
Traffic Exchange
This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn credits. You can use those credits when viewing others traffic, while you earn credits when someone views yours.
Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another’s site or page. This is done vice versa where a site can use your sites contents and so can you to his or her site. You both benefit from each others efforts to generate traffic. The other sites visitors can go to your pages and know more about your site as well as theirs. Once again the public awareness of your sites existence is boosted.
Write and Submit Articles
There are many e-zines and online encyclopedias in the internet which provides free space for articles to be submitted. If you want to save costs, you can do the articles yourself. There are many freelance writers who are willing to write for you for a small fee, but to save money, it is wise to do those articles yourself.
Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your site. Write something that you have expertise on so that when they read it, they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to go to your site. Write articles that produce tips and guidelines to the subject or niche your site has.
Include a resource box at the end of your article that can link them to your site. Write a little about yourself and your site. If you provide a light, information-laden and interesting article, they will go to your site for more.
Make a Newsletter.
This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not so. There are many writers and sites that are willing to provide free articles as long as they can get their name in on your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well.
As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site.
Join Online Communities and Forums
This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your site.
Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business that could be frequented and trusted by many people.
Viral Marketing
Once upon a time, viral marketing consisted basically by email . But now it has progressed far beyond that. You need to have a marketing strategy and be able to accomplish your goal of creating a successful viral marketing campaign. There are several ways to accomplish this task and when you utilize all of them together it will be truly unstoppable.
Email
Blogging
Newsletters
Chat Rooms/Forums
Videos
Web Casts/Pod Casts
RSS Feeds
Invite people to tell their friends
Traffic Exchanges
E-Zines
EBooks
There are many other ways as well and this is just the tip of the iceberg. As you go on you will find many other useful ways to make your campaigns explode virally.
I will discuss each of these in more detail as we go along, so please check back often.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
10 Cool Ways To Attract People To Your Web Site
1. Give people a free subscription to your e-zine.
Almost everyone is publishing a e-zine nowadays
so it's important to give something extra with the
free subscription. You could offer a free gift or
advertising when people subscribe.
2. Provide your visitors with free content. Your
content will be more attractive to your visitors if
it's up-to-date or original. You could also offer
people the option to reprint the content in their
e-zine or web site.
3. Offer a free online directory. The directory
could be full of interesting ebooks, e-zines, web
sites etc. If people find your directory to be a
valuable resource they will visit it over and over.
4. Give your visitors a free ebook. You could
also include your own ad in the ebook and allow
other people to give it away. If you don't want to
take the time to write one, you could ask other
writers permission to use their articles.
5. Hold free online classes or seminars. They
could be held in your web site's chat room. The
idea of "live" information will definitely entice
people to visit your web site. You will become
known as an expert on the topic.
6. Give visitors a free entry into your contest or
sweepstakes. The prizes should be something of
interest or value to your visitors. Most people
who enter will continually revisit your web site to
get the results.
7. Let visitors download free software. It could
be freeware, shareware, demos etc. You could
even turn part of your site into a free software
directory. If you created the software, include
your ad inside and let other people give it away.
8. Offer free online services or utilities from your
web site. They could be search engine submitting,
copy writing proofreading etc. The service or
utility should be helpful to your target audience.
9. Give free consulting to people who visit your
web site. You could offer your knowledge via
e-mail or by telephone. People will consider this
a huge value because consulting fees can be very
expensive.
10. Give your visitors a free membership to your
online club. People want to belong to something,
why not your online club. You could also give
away a free e-zine for club members only.
Quote of the Day:
"Forget the resolutions. Forget control and
discipline...too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go
in search of something to fall in love with...something
about yourself, your career, your spouse." -- Dale Dauten
Almost everyone is publishing a e-zine nowadays
so it's important to give something extra with the
free subscription. You could offer a free gift or
advertising when people subscribe.
2. Provide your visitors with free content. Your
content will be more attractive to your visitors if
it's up-to-date or original. You could also offer
people the option to reprint the content in their
e-zine or web site.
3. Offer a free online directory. The directory
could be full of interesting ebooks, e-zines, web
sites etc. If people find your directory to be a
valuable resource they will visit it over and over.
4. Give your visitors a free ebook. You could
also include your own ad in the ebook and allow
other people to give it away. If you don't want to
take the time to write one, you could ask other
writers permission to use their articles.
5. Hold free online classes or seminars. They
could be held in your web site's chat room. The
idea of "live" information will definitely entice
people to visit your web site. You will become
known as an expert on the topic.
6. Give visitors a free entry into your contest or
sweepstakes. The prizes should be something of
interest or value to your visitors. Most people
who enter will continually revisit your web site to
get the results.
7. Let visitors download free software. It could
be freeware, shareware, demos etc. You could
even turn part of your site into a free software
directory. If you created the software, include
your ad inside and let other people give it away.
8. Offer free online services or utilities from your
web site. They could be search engine submitting,
copy writing proofreading etc. The service or
utility should be helpful to your target audience.
9. Give free consulting to people who visit your
web site. You could offer your knowledge via
e-mail or by telephone. People will consider this
a huge value because consulting fees can be very
expensive.
10. Give your visitors a free membership to your
online club. People want to belong to something,
why not your online club. You could also give
away a free e-zine for club members only.
Quote of the Day:
"Forget the resolutions. Forget control and
discipline...too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go
in search of something to fall in love with...something
about yourself, your career, your spouse." -- Dale Dauten
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