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Killer Traffic Solutions:

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What’s the one thing that most Internet marketing people have trouble getting? Yes, that’s right — traffic. I have sweet ways that you can get traffic and be assured that it’s killer traffic, the kind that will help you to make sales 24/7.

Don’t try to do this with free traffic. Some free traffic can be good, like search engine optimization traffic, but generally banner exchanges, traffic exchanges, and the like won’t get the people to you that want to buy. If you have a really obscure niche, you’ll find that not many of your customers go to those places, and it’s just not the kind of traffic you need.

The most efficient way to get targeted, free traffic is by working with others in your Internet marketing niche. Here are some examples:

Targeted traffic is what makes all the difference. That’s why search engine traffic works, because when someone searches for something, they’re looking for something very specific, and the best kind of targeted traffic you can get, though still free, is by working with other people in your niche.

One great way to find targeted customer is with teleseminars. When you hold a call with someone in your niche, the people who sign up for the calls are looking for that information. They’re already interested in what you have to sell. For example, if you’re in the health and beauty Internet marketing niche, and you hold a call with a prestigious hairdresser, people will come on the call to hear what that person has to say. At the end of the call, they’ll also buy products from them and you’ll make money selling them through your affiliate link. It’s very likely that since you’re in the same niche, that people will come to your website and buy your products and services, too. You already have their names and addresses captured because you used a squeeze page to sign them up for the calls.

Joint venturing in that way is great, but you can also do joint ventures with mailings. Let’s take the same partner above. He mails out to his list about your product and you mail out to your list about his, each using the other’s affiliate links so that you both make money.

The third kind of joint venturing is “Golden Rule” traffic. That comes when you exchange emails with someone in your Internet marketing niche. You put two messages from your autoresponder series into hers and she puts two messages of hers into yours. This can bring in tons of great free traffic that is targeted to your Internet marketing niche.

Another kind of joint venturing was coined by Mark Joyner as “integration marketing.” Here, you integrate your marketing message into someone else’s sales process. For example, you give a partner in your Internet marketing niche a squeeze page to use as their “thank you” page after someone opts into their autoresponder series. This is a great way to make sales to targeted customers, as well.

These are just great ways to find traffic for your Internet marketing website, mostly free traffic, but the right kind of free traffic. If you look for people in your niche and work with them, you’ll both come out ahead.

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder and well-known for his List Building Club. Tellman teaches students how to build a successful online business. Create your successful business from his step-by-step videos at: http://www.sendaemailaday.com/lbc

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The most inportant steps to start an Internet Business.

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With the Age of Technology increasingly impacting how we do business with one another, we are finding ourselves taking more and more comfort in the convenience of online shopping. As a global nation, we are relying on the Internet for our clothing, educational, entertainment and business purchasing needs. Naturally, this leaves many of us with the desire to want to get in on the action; not as a customer, but as a merchant of the Internet. Upon realizing this goal, the first question that comes to mind is “Where Do I start?” Below are the 3 Most Important Action Steps Of Starting an Internet Business. Follow these first, and you will be on your way to entrepreneurship!

Step 1: Choose a Niche

As one decides to start an internet business, it is common to choose a niche based upon what is “thought” to be the needs and wants of the market. This is the worst way to choose a niche and will most certainly end in failure. Consider that to start an internet business (or any business for that matter), you need to live, love and breathe what you are selling. If you are not totally excited about the product and niche you are immersed in, then soon boredom will set in and the desire to have an internet business will move out.

Instead, choose a niche based upon something you are passionate about. Start by brainstorming 3-5 ideas of niches that you not only are highly interested in, but also have a good base of knowledge. Do not sell yourself short of being an “expert” just because you don’t have a license or an education degree in the area. You may be surprised how much you actually know.

A perfect example of this is a parent that has had a child grown into a product and respecting adult. If there were ever an “expert” in parenting, I would bet on this person’s experience rather then simply some letters behind one’s name. Remember, your experiences CAN and DO make you an expert!

By taking this first step of properly choosing a niche, you will be setting yourself up for a perfect start out of the gate.

TIP: Don’t worry about which product you are going to sell when choosing your niche. That part will come later in the game.

Step 2: Buy a Domain Name

Once you choose your niche, the next step is buying your domain name. The domain name is simply your internet business’s website address. There are many different places to buy a domain name, however, we suggest GoDaddy. Go to GoDaddy and click on Domains in the top left-hand corner. This will bring you to a page where you can enter some domains to see if they are available. If your first choice is not available, don’t worry about it. Keep trying different variations until you find one you like and is available. Try to prevent choosing an alternative domain name that ends in .us or .org. Choose a unique domain name that ends in .com .

TIP: Try to choose a domain name that has your keyword in it. This will help with traffic and sales later on!

Step 3: Get a Hosting Account and an Autoresponder

After securing your domain name, your next step is to purchase a hosting account and an Autoresponder. If you are brand new to starting an internet business, I am sure both of those terms seem very abstract; which in fact, they are. A Hosting account is a monthly fee that you pay to be able to house your domain (website). This is a necessary tool.

The Autoresponder is going to house the lifeblood of your company…your customers! You will need this service to be able to keep record of the people on your list (potential buyers) as well as to be able to communicate to them through email marketing. Don’t worry, you can learn more about all of this. Just make sure that you go ahead and buy your Hosting Account and get your Autoresponder.

TIP: When purchasing these services, purchase the service that best fits your finances. In the beginning, you can select a small package option and always upgrade later.

Starting an internet business can be confusing, especially for those of us that don’t have ions of experience in the technical field. Use these three steps to get started and don’t let anything hold you back. You deserve to own the internet business that you dream of!

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder and well-known for his List Building Club. Tellman teaches students how to build a successful online business. Create your successful business from his step-by-step videos at: http://www.sendaemailaday.com/lbc

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Blog posting – steps 1-2-3

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Okay, so you have been building your internet business.

You have chosen your niche; you’ve set up your blog page; and you might have even purchased an autoresponder and hosting account! You’re really rolling now.

Then, it hits you…a MAJOR roadblock.

You know that the best way to drive traffic to your website is to blog (and often) BUT what do you write about?

What do you say?
What if it is not good enough?
What if it sounds unprofessional?

What if you write something wrong and then the entire universe thinks that you are dumb?

Relax.
Breath.
Calm down.
I have good news!

Blog writing is EASY and I can tell you exactly what you need to know! Follow these steps and you will be on your way to driving massive traffic to your website because you are bloggin’ and LOVIN’ It!

Step 1: Don’t Think Too Hard

Whatever you do, DON’T think too hard! Your blog post should be a relaxed piece of writing, similar to a personal diary entry. By this, I mean that the content should come to you without a lot (or any) research. The entry does not have to be a shinny piece of professional wirting.

Instead, it is better to be conversational. Write in the way you think. Oh, and don’t use contractions (Don’t you wish you were told that in high school?). Use basic and small words, which will keep your readers attention longer.

Make your readers eager for your future posts by being funny; use humor.

Step 2: Write About Real Life Experiences

Building a relationship with your readers is important because it turns readers into customers. When they feel that they know you, they will be more confident and likely to purchase from you in the future. Make them like you and create a relationship with your readers by telling them about your real life experiences.

Use daily events to influence how you deliver information. For example, if your niche is dog training and yesterday your dog did something really cool like came to you when you called him, talk about that event in your blog post. Relate the experience you just had with your dog to a specific niche-related technique

And remember, just because you think the information you know may be basic doesn’t mean your readers will…you are the expert after all!

Step 3: Use Simple Yet POWERFUL Technical Components

Okay, so I am sure that you know that there are lots of different technical tricks you can use to leverage your blog for search engines and to increase your “click-through” rate. Many involve HTML code writing or crafty tricks that you practically need a degree from MIT to do.

However, there is hope for those of us who are not technical geniuses.

First, keep your blog post to 300-400 words (This is another thing I bet you wish you heard in high school).

In this case, less is more!

By keeping your post short and sweet (and remember, funny too), you will engage your readers and they will not be annoyed or overwhelmed by your lengthy monologue.

Second, attract search engines to your blog by keeping your key word density level at approx. 2.0. Now, don’t get scared if you don’t know what “key word density” is. All it means is that out of the 300-400 words in your blog post, 6-8 of the words should be your key word(s). Using the example above, “dog training” could be a key word and should appear 6-8 times in each blog post.

Blog writing can be a lot of fun and is a really important part of building an internet business. By posting regularly, you can drive massive traffic to your site and make tons of sales as a result. Just remember to relax and use these 3 steps to blog everyday!

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder and well-known for his List Building Club. Tellman teaches students how to build a successful online business. Create your successful business from his step-by-step videos at: http://www.sendaemailaday.com/lbc

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Using Voice Broadcasting in Internet Business

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The Speed of Sound:

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The power of voice broadcasting is absolutely phenomenal and one of the most under-utilized moneymakers and traffic drivers in internet business. It is absolutely extraordinary technology. It is very inexpensive to use and can add a whole new income stream to your internet business. The trick is to design the message in a way that ends in positive results for your internet business.

To understand the power of voice broadcasting and the monetary impact that it can make on your internet business, you must first understand the basics of a voice broadcast. Most commonly, a voice broadcast is a recorded voice message that is delivered to your customers/leads either LIVE on the phone or through their answering service, voicemail or answering machine. A voice broadcast can be delivered by cell phone and text messaging, however, this is fairly new technology and is not as common and the former. The ability of communicating with existing customers and offering them more products and services that they want and need is huge. Plus, the personalization of the message can aide as a new customer generating tool by building a relationship with your current leads and then, turning them into customers.

The best voice broadcasting service we have found is VoiceShot. This service is pretty basic and inexpensive, but it gets the job done. To send a voice broadcast, you export all the phone numbers of your clients/leads from your internet business’s autoresponder and upload them into VoiceShot. Then, simply upload the numbers into VoiceShot and start building your voice broadcast campaign. Another advantage of this service is that they have great customer support, so you can contact them will any technical questions with setting up your voice broadcast.

Once you have your list uploaded, you will need to create and record the actual message that your customers will hear. Keep the recorded message (voice broadcast) under 50 seconds. The first reason for this is that you want to keep the attention of the listener for the entirety of the message since there will be a call to action at the end. Secondly, VoiceShot and most other services charge by the minute. Generally, it will take 3-6 seconds for your listener to pick up and say “Hello.” You want to allow for that time and leave enough of a gap that you do not get charged for an extra minute of time. This will keep your Return on Investment (ROI) high and your internet business succeeding.

With all successful voice broadcasts that are used to generate income for an internet business, there is a call to action; a purpose to the message. Most of the time, this call to action is asking your listening to visit a website, usually a sales page. To do this, you will need to register a domain name that is designed well. First, choose a domain name that does not numbers in the web address. Next, always buy a domain name that ends in .com . Also, don’t use any words that also have a numerical value like “for” and “two.” If you have any of these things in your domain name your listeners might get confused and go to the wrong site. During your voice broadcast, direct your listeners to this website and clearly state what you want them to do.

Using the technology of voice broadcasting can be amazingly useful for your internet business. Use it for generating more sales from existing customer or turning leads into new customers. Keep your listens interested and your ROI high by making the message short. Design your message with a call to action and include an easy website for them to visit and purchase your product or service. Above all, use this technology to enhance the success of your internet business.

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder and well-known for his List Building Club. Tellman teaches students how to build a successful online business. Create your successful business from his step-by-step videos at: http://www.sendaemailaday.com/lbc

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Three Awesome Ways:

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In internet business, one of the most powerful ways to boost up your gross income is to build an affiliate program. It can be the single smartest thing you do to grow your business and build residual income. Due to the nature of the affiliate marketing system, it affords you to the power of leverage and numbers to increase your results by the efforts of your affiliates. When developing an affiliate program for your internet business, the first hurdle is initially getting a high number of revenue-generating affiliates to join and structuring the system for long term and low effort results. To build this type of system in your internet business, follow the 3 primary steps…Research, Recruiting and Training.

RESEARCH

The first step towards building your affiliate program is to recruit affiliates to your internet business. You don’t want just any affiliates though; you want affiliates to join that are going to being highly success. If they make a lot of sales, you make and lot of money. So, how do you find these top level affiliates?

Use software called SEO Elite. SEO Elite is a great tool to locate websites within a niche. Once found, it reveals lots of different information which allows you to assume the success of the site. Normally, this is used to find Link Partners. A Link Partner is someone that owns a link or site related to your niche and internet business. For example, you could type in “running shoes” in the software and it pulls up many sites that are about running shoes. Then, it ranks them based upon their traffic, page rank .

However, there is also a secret use for SEO Elite that they never designed but is used every single day. Use it to research sites and internet businesses that you would like to recruit to your affiliate program. When you run the report in SEO Elite, normally it will generate 500-700 links/sites related to the search field. The software exposes traffic statistics about each site. The higher the traffic means that the site and owner probably are successful and educated about internet business. These are the type of potential high level affiliate you will want to attract into your affiliate program. Export the data and start contacting the owners of the sites and inviting them to join your affiliate program.

RECRUITING:

The software has a built-in function that allows you to easily send a pre-written email (you should customize it) to the sites that you are interested in contacting. In the email, include information such as the benefits of your product, how the products are appropriate for their list, the method of and how often you pay affiliate commission, and the affiliate commission percentage you offer. Make sure to give them your affiliate sign-up link so it is really easy for them to join.

Since the software already ranks each site based upon traffic, you can prioritize who to contact as higher traffic sites are generally more successful and will tend to become an income-generating affiliate for you! This is a really quick and easy way to find some of your best affiliates.

TRAINING:

The next and final step of building a successful affiliate program for your internet business is offering training and affiliate resources that are easy for your affiliates to use. The training you include will teach affiliates exactly how to increase sales and become super affiliates. It is recommended that you create an affiliate training center. You can deliver training in many different ways such as email, teleconferences, Q&A, affiliate forums, audio postcards, affiliate training blogs and LIVE events. Choose a method that is best for you and make sure that you keep your affiliates learning and updated on new affiliate marketing techniques.

The resources will be actual tools that they use to make those sales. Some examples of resources that you should offer are solo emails, banners, keyword lists, example pay-per-click ads, text link ads, product reviews and blog reviews. It is recommended that you build an affiliate site where all the affiliate tools and resources are located.

The better you build your affiliate program, the more successful your internet business will be. Quantity is not always preferable to quality when it comes to affiliate management. It is important to research and recruit successful affiliate and to provide them with an affiliate training center so that they can continue to improve and make more sales. Provide all the sales material to them and make it really easy for them to access and use it. Affiliate programs can be an incredibly powerful tool to boost revenue in your internet business if they are constructed and managed correctly.

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder and well-known for his List Building Club. Tellman teaches students how to build a successful online business. Create your successful business from his step-by-step videos at: http://www.sendaemailaday.com/lbc

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