There are days when you get this “brilliant” idea. It glows in your head, it keeps you up all night (because you know those flashes of brilliance always come just as you’re laying down to go to sleep, right?!), it seems like the perfect solution to some or all of the problems you’ve been having. You get up the next day (after having fallen...

A big part of my plan for monetizing sites that haven’t done well with my usual tactics is to create a great opt in gift and get people on my list. Once you’ve got them on your list there are 3 key elements to make that list successful. You have to KEEP them on your list, build trust and make some sales.  Let’s look at these three elements your...

Most of us create sites with a pretty stable plan in mind for how we’re going to make money from that site. Generally that includes putting ads on the site, selling products from the site, putting up banners that people will click to buy something from the site… it usually means making money ON the site in some form or fashion. Often we get very STUCK in...

As you know I’ve been working on some goals related to building my list. I’ve added the lightbox from Get response ~ which is totally uncustomizable (and pretty ugly) ~ it’s also given some readers problems of popping up every time they stop by the site, which is not what I want. I have been actively seeking a solution to this problem....

So you’ve decided on a method to get people to your blog, you’re working that method and more people are showing up. Now you need to get them to get their ticket to jump on the bus tour.  (AKA sign up for your opt in list) You do have an opt in list ready right? Whether you’ve got your freebie ready or not, create your opt in box and get it live...

I hope you’ve got some good ideas for your free newsletter in the last post. Now we’re ready to upload it to your autoresponder so it can be sent out to your list. This is really simple ~ it’s no different actually than the first message we put in our series with the link to our freebie. When to send: You’ll log into your autoresponder. ...