Your Videos Will Not Convert Without These 4 Things

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You can quickly create a video and upload it to youtube... but before you do that it's really important to know, in your mind, what you want this video to accomplish. You're not just making videos because they're fun... they're part of your marketing strategy. So... what do you want this video to accomplish? Do you want it to get people to like your fanpage? Do you want it to get people to opt in to your list? Do you want it to let people get a good feel for who you are and what you're … [Read more...]

Hate to Write? Youtube Marketing is the Answer

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Today I thought I'd tackle yet another of the problems/complaints I hear when it comes to internet marketing. This one I hear a LOT. I can't write. I hate to write. I don't want to write. English isn't my first language, I can't write. This one is pretty hard for me to understand, not only because I love to write, but also because it's not like you have to write an award winning novel to succeed in internet marketing. However, I do understand that many many people get stuck on this … [Read more...]

How PLR Can Solve the Top 3 Internet Marketing Problems

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As someone who's been in this industry for a long time I hear a lot of complaints (some would call them excuses) as to why people have not succeeded or haven't even taken action on building their business to the next level. There are 3 of these complaints that I hear time and time again. Today I'm going to show you how you can overcome any and all of those complaints with one simple tool. PLR. What is PLR? PLR stands for private label rights. It's basically content someone else has written … [Read more...]

Aim Higher Dammit.

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I'm guilty of it. I'm sure you are too. Setting "attainable" goals. Isn't that what all the gurus teach? Here's what I say to that... BULLSHIT. Aim higher. Attainable goals are mediocrity in the making... set your goals high enough to make you stretch, to give you the willies, to scare the bejeezus out of you! And mean it. This week I set a goal for myself... to add 2 new team members to my MPT Today team in 72 hours. That's a big goal, considering I hadn't added any new team … [Read more...]

Money Making Systems ~ Are You Following One Or Reinventing the Wheel?

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Let me ask you a simple question: Are you creating the level of wealth you want in your online business?  Ok. Second question: What system are you using to create wealth in your online business? I have had a serious AHA moment this week, and if you'll bear with me, you may have one before you finish reading this post. When I started internet marketing I read and read and read... I learned and learned and learned. Luckily I'm the kind of person who jumps into things half assed … [Read more...]

5 Easy Ways to Provide Value to Your Readers

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Everyone talks about "providing value" to your list, your readers, your subscribers. It's almost to the point where it's just become jargon. In fact, I found myself saying the same thing in my last list building post. It didn't really dawn on me to break down what providing value means until I got this comment: ...Another great point mentioned is providing value – something I think a lot of us do not know how to do. Personally I feel that this is something that really distinguishes the really … [Read more...]

7 Tips for Creating a Powerful List

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Everyone and their brother talks about building a list... even I talk about building a list. It really is an important element in a long term internet marketing strategy. The thing about having a list is this: You can talk to your subscribers when you want, even after they leave your site and move on to the next shiny thing! You can connect with them over the long haul. They get to know you by the things you send them. They start to love you and send you wonderful emails in response to … [Read more...]

The Challenge is ON!

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Every year (for the last 7!) Ed Dale has run his Challenge... it started off as the 30 Day Challenge, and has now morphed into just "The Challenge". The Challenge is a fantastic program that is geared toward helping people make their first $1 online. Whether you've been at this a while or you just turned on your computer it is a fantastic step by step program that will walk you through everything you can do to make your first dollar (and more) online. I've been doing this online marketing … [Read more...]

Do You Know What to Do Today?

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In every business model there are what I call "money making activities". These are the tasks that when you do them, they actually move you forward toward making money. In every business model there are a lot of time suck activities that we use to fill in the day, to make ourselves feel busy, like we're "working", but they do not move us forward toward making money. So... how do you stop filling your days with time sucks and start filling it with your money making activities? 1. Know … [Read more...]

Backlinking Basics

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We all know backlinking is super important... links pointing to our sites are what will help pull them up in the search results for our targeted keyword... however, it's super easy to say backlinking's important... but when you're getting started it can be tough to know exactly what that means! Today I thought I'd talk about some of the regular questions I get about backlinking. 1. My backlinks aren't showing up, what gives?! My first question to you is going to be, "when do you do … [Read more...]