Internet Marketing Trip

Hey everyone, I recently blogged about some daily goals and one of mine was “outsource something” and particularly content. I outsourced 6 articles yesterday, and actually go them the same day. I have used 3 sites that I am very satisfied with, you can customize your order for quality (from basic to excellent/expert level), number of words and most important any topic, with your instructions.

Now I know some people will tell me you can outsource on freelance sites like elance, odesk, guru.com, rent-a-coder, and others. That you can even get better rates if you do some proper job interview and pay by the hour instead of per article. Well that’s true, but I’ve never done it so I won’t say anything about that, just my experience.

However for some articles to be written cheap and fast and even to save time, I’d suggest these 3 sites that are super easy to use. You’ll see for yourself, you can join them all free, and then fund your account.

1. The Content Authority – It became my favorite lately, their turnaround is quite fast. Even if they say that curently the time to get basic quality articles is about 3-4 days I got mine the same day. And quality is really great, you can also order some rewrites of articles, and submission to EzineArticles and other sites for a little fee. Start at 0.01 per words upto 0.05 for the highest quality. You can also place direct orders to a writer that you liked. Try them!
2. Articlez – It’s cerainly the one I used the most, always been pleased with the service. An article will be of a minimum of 300 words for $6, though you can also order blog posts of 200 words, blurbs of 100 words too. I still used them today, may be more expensive than The Content Authority, you can still customize your ordersin any way you want, and if I remember well all their writers are native English speakers.
3. TextBroker – I used them once, they’re really great, they have some fees for each article but nothing too expensive. You can select from low to expert quality articles, and what’s cool is that a very talented writer can choose to write an article at a lower rate.

These article sites can really help you and provide you with quality content that you can use to submit to eZineArticles for example, I never got something rejected. Another important thing that you should do is give clear instructions in the description of your project so you are sure to get everything the way you want.

Also they all allow revisions if the article was not what you asked for, and this is precisely why you want to give clear instructions. If you didn’t precise that you wanted the content to be written a certain way and include these keywords or these other elements then the writer will do his/her best with what he got.

Just don’t give a keyword to the writer and tell him to “write about that keyword”. It can be okay for simply backlinking purpose but if it’s for content to put on your site and the writer use negative tone about what you actually wanted to promote it’s going to be hard to make money from this.

Okay so I hope you enjoyed this little article and wil take advantage of these cool resources to outsource articles for cheap!

Tom

When you have multiple things to do in the day, you may get confused, and setting daily goals can really help you know what to do. I say KNOWING what to do because with time, with multiple niche sites you have many tasks to accomplish, and it’s important to set some priorities.

You certainly have heard that you should start with the most important thing first, or the one that ask you the most effort. Only you can know that.

You may also have repetitive tasks that you may have to do every day. For example if you have created new sites this can be writing content, sumitting articles, building backlinks, etc.

Today, my goals were to

• write 3 articles for one of my website,
• social bookmarking for 3 blog posts (3 different blogs),
• outsource something (I chose content again, 6 articles for article marketing purpose).

These were the things I needed and wanted to do TODAY. And I did.

You should do it again because you may really don’t know where to start. You spend few minutes to figure what tasks should be done and start analysing potential results instead of actually taking action and then track results once you have something done.

Hesitation leads to procrastination, some stuff will even look harder than they really are, because of your looooooong analysis. When you have goals set for your day (which should be steps towards bigger goals), you can go through these and move on. Once your main goals for the day are accomplished, you may set some more goals, always ask yourself if this is part of your plan.

Also make your goals SMART, though for little daily goals like this I mostly focus on time. For example I know these goals have to be done in the day, but I can actually do these much faster.

So an article can be searched and written in 30 minutes MAX. For social bookmarking I use a software so this is actually quite fast. For outsourcing 6 articles, I decided to search keywords (volume, competition) to be included and give to writers, and set time for this to 30 minutes, then submitting instructions.

Well, I gave you a little plan or ideas to make money for Christmas, and earlier a list of buyer keywords. So because content is part of the plan, you will want of course to target buyer keywords, and add either your content on your website or for article marketing.

So if you were hesitating on how to get started, simply take your main and secondary keywords and add the modifiers to make these buyer keywords. Then check the competition but don’t get discouraged if this looks tough. If you market at the right places you can still get traffic there.

Now even with no offers to promote, buyer keywords are generally great for AdSense. Advertisers target buyer keywords, and those get some nice amount per click due to their competitiveness. So people looking to may be inclined to click on ads if these are actually showing what they’re looking for and if you don’t have other links.

So start with your keywords. That’s what I’ve done, I compiled a list of 10 buyer keywords around my main keyword for one of my niche website. These will be outsourced, I’ll submit them to top article directories and create few web 2.0 pages that will link to my money site.

I’ll repeat this for as much websites as I can, and may create new ones too. When time is short outsourcing is really a great help and can push your business beyond your expectations.

Well in my previous post I gave you few reasons to market products for Christmas, which is mainly to make money but please read it I think it was a nice little post. Now here’s how I intend to make money for this season.

• There will be tons of deals, promos, discount and coupon codes for products that I promote or websites these products are featured on. So of course, I will add these coupons regularly, each time they are released by the merchant.
• I have many niche websites for multiple products, so I need to boost them in the SERPs to get decent traffic. I will write articles for all of these, I mean I will do some myself and outsource some more.
• Building more backlinks from a variety of source is also on my list. Social bookmarking new posts, blog comments, Press Releases, web 2.0 properties, doc sharing sites. I’ll also throw some videos out there. This may sound a lot of work but I know I can do it and you can too.

Basically I could sum up my plan to “Drive traffic to websites that get the click“. To get the click from your website to the merchant, your copy must be good, but you can also have some featured offers in prominent position, and state a big benefit (free shipping, discount…)

Amazon is great because they know everything about conversion.

If you are super focus you will be amazed at how much you can accomplish in a day. Challenge yourself for Christmas too and you’ll get motivated. Why not something like “I will create a 10 pages website and write 10 other articles to market it withing 48 hours”. Looks cool right? 20 articles in 2 days. The articles you submit of course should not be submitted all at once. But once they’re written, the hard work is done!

In a week you can have 3 built and marketed, or even 10 websites marketed if you already have some websites that just need some boost. Check what websites performed well in the past for you but that you let die a bit. If they are still ranking well then you might just want to add more content targeting buyer keywords (<- I gave a nice list there).

That’s it.

A nice little challenge that can make you some nice profit if you really focus on it. Go kick some ass (or something of the like), be a money action taker maniac and become a rockstar!

Stay focus!

Tom

Chirstmas is coming very soon and if you haven’t thought about having an action plan for this special time of the year you really need to take the time to elaborate one.

Christmas is a “money spending event” that occurs every year. You can’t miss this opportunity. If you have physical products websites it’s time to boost them a bit. You can even start building some websites from scratch and then arket them all way around.

Actually there are so many products you can think of that there are certainly stuff you can promote and make money since there are not too much competition.

But there is something really interesting that you should take into account:

If people go shopping online at Christmas, this is not only just for one product only. So you may promote even low priced items you see on Amazon and it gets you a low commission on this product, but as a buyer you and I know we prefer getting all our product delivered in one shot. So your visitors may end up becoming buyers of 1, 3, 10 products and commissions will really add up then.

This is why it is so important to drive traffic now to your website, no matter if it is for low priced items. Now of course you can just promote high end electronics too. Also since we speak (okay I speak) of Amazon, you know you can check the Bestsellers for each category and sub category, but you can also check the “Most Wished For” and “Most Gifted” tabs for more ideas that people would really want to have for Christmas or will be offering.

You find these two tabs when you check the bestsellers in a category. At the time I’m writing  several products in the Bestsellers, Most Wished For and Most Gifted are the same. So… well, you know what this means for you.

Now select few products and go add some reviews somewhere, build links, outsource content if you can, drive traffic rinse and repeat until Christmas. I’ll share with you my plan tomorrow.

Now go take some kind of action that makes an income.

Stay focus!

Tom

Hi guys, in my last post I shared with you a blog post by Matt Carter who was giving a list of buyer keywords, I also told you to read the comments there to see what others were adding.

I thought it would be a nice thing to make another buyer keywords list. What I want to say first is that generally, to get buyer keywords, you need to add keyword modifiers. These modifiers are additional words that reveals a behavior. So of course what we want to target is the buying behaviors of people.

If you know what buyers are typing in their search engines queries then these keywords can make you some big bucks. There are more than one phase a buyer can go through before making a purchase.

Let’s see an example, if John searches for…

• Apple Iphone 4 – We know that brand and model names are buyer keywords but at this stage John is still in research mode, he is clearly interested in this model but may want to know more about the features. He could of course just want to buy it, but this keyword would be included in most buying phase searches.
• Apple Iphone 4 vs AnotherPhone – John is comparing phones, which one is more appropriate for him, or which one will give him more satisfaction for the price, which one has more features… He’s researching and comparing. That indicates he really needs a phone and you can build comparison pages/reviews or add a comparison to your review to help him make more sales.
• iphone 4 reviews – John wants to know what others are thinking about it. Users feedback is important, you can find reviews on Amazon as well as video reviews on YouTube.
• Apple Iphone4 price – John may just want to know what is the price, but also where can he get the best price. So other variations like “best price iphone 4″ are also phrases you should consider (think “cheap”, “deals”, “promo”).
• Iphone 4 on sale – Now he’s clearly searching for a discount. Other keywords could be “iphone 4 coupon codes” or “iphone amazon coupon”. These are really hot keywords.
• Buy iphone 4/buy iphone 4 on sale/order iphone 4 online – Self explainatory.

Now what if your content could include these keywords. Some of them or all of them?

Well if you can structure your page by describing features (and BENEFITS!), user feedback (you can add a video), then comparison with another similar product, tell where to get it at the best price (maybe the top 3 best place to get it), and have keywords modifiers like (on sale, cheap, best price), then you can target multiple keywords.

Or you can target one main keyword for one page (like Iphone 4 review) and have other articles to target other keywords and link to your review. One post will compare the product to another and say, check our review. Another one will give a coupon code, another one will demonstrate one super cool feature and link to the review again to check all the other stuff included.

Okay now, it’s time to throw out keywords, buyer keywords that you can use in your content to get the best targeted traffic to your review and sales page. Identify them for each phase they may belong to. And add your own, what keywords do you use to look for a product you want to buy?

• cheap, budget
• best buy
• sale, on sale, for sale
• inexpensive, affordable
• low priced
• price, best price
• cost, low cost
• compare
• new, used
• limited edition
• deals, best deal on
• promo
• vs (versus – product A vs product B)
• brand + model, model number/name
• review(s)
• colors (these target specific model and the color the user would like the product to be, “blue electric scooter”)
• size (great for clothing, shoes : 9 birkenstock medina, Hugo Boss shirt medium (or XS, S, M, L, XL, Plus size…)
• buy, order, purchase
• discount, bargain
• coupon code, code, promotional code
• outlet, clearance, closeout
• shop, store
• pre-order
• in stock
• free shipping, overnight shipping, overnight

Some modifiers can also be questions. Yahoo! Answers is a great place for questions where lots of people are asking where they can buy/get/grab/find certain product on sale. Now you can take advantage of this by answering those, or go a blackhat route by asking and answering questions yourself (there’s a right way to do it, search for it).

You can also submit articles with these keywords:

• Where can I buy Insane Muscle Building Miracle Pill on Sale?

People who are truly desperate for a solution are also proven buyers. They will ask questions, join forums, and search online.

• How to
• How can I
• Where to
• What (and tons of questions after that)

These questions can be about buying, learning, stopping a problem/symptom (preventing from)…

Some desperate buyers will even scream in their topics : “HELP ME solve my problem!” “Help” is clearly a word someone in need of a solution would use. If you can come up with a solution for them that would be cool.

Now these last examples can be used to create your content and target buyers, but also to find niches. Just go to Google and type “where can I buy”, without quotes and see suggestions. You can then add an “a”, “b”, “c” and find many suggestions that you will really be pleased to answer, on forums, answer sites, blog posts and your own articles.

Okay want an example? Here’s something you can try:

“What is the best” in Google will give you suggestions you can market right now, again add a letter and see what comes up. I found “what is the best product for acne”, I think it has some potential . In a next post I’ll give you solutions to make the process of building buyer keywords list super quickly and easily. But in the meantime, just use the knowledge you got here.

Most people don’t take action, so if you can create a little plan around these keywords to build a website and create your marketing content then you will make money. I already gave you one little plan (the review + other articles that link to it).

Tom

My last post was about achieving your dream lifestyle by setting goals, SMART goals even better. Now achieving a goal may simply means getting what you want. What it is that you really want? What are these things. You may need a sheet of paper and write these things down.

Of course nothing is going to happen by simply wanting it, but if you can remember what you want then you will put yourself in a discipline, focus mode that will move you towards your goal. Again this has something to do with taking action. We stop ourselves from doing because we fear of not getting results, we are scared to take a risk, we think about wasting time and that the outcome is not there at the end.

We just freeze and don’t move on. This may be inconscient but what we do is focusing on all the negatives side. So once you have a decsion to make here are few qestions to ask yourself:

• become a 60 seconds decider (I got this from Jason Fladlien): Will this or that action/decision will completely change your life or business? If yes, you may need to take more time, otherwise in 60 seconds you should be able to decide if this action should be done or not, and move on.
• What is the worst thing that could happen to your business if you take that action? Is it irreversible? Most of the time, it’s not.
• What is the cost of NOT taking action? What is the outcome of doing nothing?
• What results do you expect from that action? So do it!

This introducion may look a bit long but I thought it is dedicated to get your mindset on ACTION mode.

Achieving Goals Step By Step

So you may want to lose 20 pounds, do it 1 pound after the other. Of course set your goals the SMART way (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-targeted).

For income goals you need to know HOW you’re going to achieve it. You may have decided to reach $10,000 per month. How? By having 10 websites to generate $1,000 each. Just an example, you can have your own numbers.

Of course you still don’t know how easch site will perform but we’re not going to discuss niche research, product selection, keyword research and competition analysis.

But either as an affiliate or a product creator (or both), you can decide the money to be made with the $ per sale you get.

$1,000 per month is about $34 per day. You may make more or less commissions depending on various factors but you shouldn’t think about that. What you need to focus on is getting the site up and getting traffic and sales/commissions and then improve if needed.

Basically you need to register a domain, install WordPress (or another site/blog platform you like), have content, monetization, and traffic. The details are omitted on purpose. Most people know how to create a website, create content, build backlinks and so on.

Once you have been marketing online for some time you know what to do, it may just look boring. Have a clear plan, each of your actions should be laid out and you should be able to go through these one by one, or step by step. Outsource your plan if you can.

Let’s dig in our example a bit more:

If you decided to monetize an site with AdSense, you may have 20 pages. To reach $34 a day, each page should generate $1.7. It’s certainly doable right? Remember you can monetize with affiliate offers too, or have your own product.

Build one website and market it so you can generat an income and invest it in content creation. If you already have money to invest then you can have your first website content done for you, and focus on the marketing until you reach your goal.

Hey how many $5 articles can you buy with $1,000? The answer is 200! Or 20 articles x 10 sites. So if you have one website profitable you can and you SHOULD re-invest in your business and reach your goal much faster!

For your first site, writing 20 articles is just writing 1 article, and then another article, until you’ve done it 20 times. Again, just divide each goal, each task and FOCUS on it 200%.

So what is your plan? Can you clearly see each step? Then move on.

In the very beginning of this post I asked you what it is that you really want. So it can be the car, the house… And unfortunately these things are not free, but not impossible to get providing you do the right things and focus on what makes you money.

If you’re not sure if something is worth doing, ask yourself the questions we’ve seen earlier and also this one: will this move me towards my goal or away from it?

If this is something that can be incorporated to your plan then it is fine, otherwise are you really going to use it? An example would be automation softwares. If you saw an offer for an article directory submitter, it can be great if you’re an SEO and article marketer by doubling or tripling your efforts. But if you plan to get traffic with PPC or PPV then is it really worth it?

Hi world, just a quick update to tell you the deadbeat super affiliate course by Dan Brock is going to raise in price from $37 to $67.

If you want to get a solid knowledge on how to build review sites for physical products, this one is worth its price. Period. Now I’m not pressuring you to get it to make a commission.

If you already have knowledge on building review sites and make money as an affiliate you should then have a plan and make your site as best as possible to get traffic and conversion.

If you already make at least $3,000 per month as an affiliate then it’s not for you, you should go to the next level, I suggest you outsource your system and duplicate your income. Or create your own products.

If however you wants real affiliate marketing training, nothing all so special, just simple stuff. You know what’s cool about simple stuff? It works.

Keep It Super Straighforwardly Stupidly Simple. That’s the KISSSS method. Brand new (cough).

Okay it’s the last time I’m telling you about the Deadbeat Super Affiliate. Cheers!

P.S: Do you already have review sites? Have you enhanced your reviews like the Google Proof Product Review Formula suggest? How are you doing with it? Please share your thoughts and ideas.

Okay so I just mentioned in my previous post I would tell you how to write better benefits for your product reviews. Actually I won’t, but Michel Fortin will. Here’s a post I want you to read:

Forget Benefits and You Will Sell More

You may already know you should emphasize on benefits instead of features, meaning you have to answer the customers question “What’s in it for me?”. In this blog post Michel Fortin tells you how to write REAL benefits, and I’d say it has to do with the end result the customer is searching for, but you need to be more personal and not keep things general.

Read the post in full, some examples are shared at the end of the article.

Michel is a great copywriter, he can teach you how to write better benefits so your offers and affiliate promos convert better and thus it’s easier for you to make more sales and affiliate cash.

This last sentence is an example in itself. I could have stopped it at “benefits”, but personally, what you want is to make more money.

Okay, this is just a quick post to teel you that the Deadbeat Super Affiliate that I’ve talking about for a few days is now live, actually since yesterday. So if you want to make a killing as an affiliate promoting physical products, this is a course I highly recommend.

Starting with an extra $3,000 a month is quite decent right?

Dan Brock, the creator launched this upgraded version of ProfitZon and filled it with great content. If you’ve watched the videos and download the reports he made available as his prelaunch content then you got some great free training. I’ve learnt some great things, or re-learnt some and have taken action on these.

For example I’m going through my profitable sites and improving the reviews I’ve written to see if I can get more traffic and more conversion. The Google Proof Product Review Formula was extremely useful. I just finished turning a very basic 300 words review into a 870 words one, with the elements Dan highlights in the formula.

And it was really easy and fast. When you already know a bit about the product it’s really simple to aff few paragraphs here and there to really engage the visitors, and provide them real value by offering solutions they’re searching for.

I’ve added video, user reviews, good and bad, and emphasized the benefits. I want to share another link with you about writing better benefits for products or service features you’re providing, it’ll be in my next post as I don’t have the link under my eyes, it just popped into my head and it helped me crafting my new review.

So from my own experience, I can give you another way of writing product reviews, using the formula of the Deadbeat Super Affiliate:

Just write a general review, you should already have enough information to write about the product and may end with something like 300 words. Then as I did, fill it with all the missing elements (quick review, images, benefits, pros vs cons, video review, Q&A, Comparison, user reviews).

Also, and I don’t remember if Dan mentioned it in his formula but it’s obvious, have a call to action. Dan just puts his affiliate links naturally in the review. Something like : “You can get PRODUCT NAME at the best price on Amazon” and I encourage you to do it too. But nothing prevents you to add a stronger call to action like a big button in the beginning and end of your review.

Okay that’s it. I like the content Dan Brock releases and I think Deadbeat Super Affiliate is a great course to make a full time income from promoting Amazon products (and other networks too). It’s $37, with cool bonuses, and certainly worth more. Check it out and watch the video, I didn’t expect to see him like this. He’ll show you real proof and without hyper hypee sales pitch and a great headline .

Visit Deadbeat Super Affiliate.