Archive for June, 2009
Nobody can ignore these Online Business “rules” and survive…
Jim Edwards here with an article (below) I think you’ll
really enjoy.
It’s about 5 rules of online business that apply to
EVERYONE from small mom-and-pop’s to giant multi-national
corporation.
Violate one of these rules and you can guarantee a business
will fail… but, if you abide by them, your business is
virtually guaranteed to succeed faster than by any other
method!
By the way…
Greg Cesar and I are doing a FREE webinar on Thursday
where, among other things, we’re going to reveal a NEW
*search engine* that’s getting millions of views by real
buyers, but 99.9999% of people know NOTHING about it!
This new traffic source could revolutionize your business,
but you have to be on the FREE webinar to find out what it
is and how you can start using it…
Sign up for the FREE Webinar here:
http://www.webinarking.com/googletruth/
Have a great day and enjoy the article (below)
Jim
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5 No Loophole "Rules" For Online Business 2.0
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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Not too long ago I taught an intensive 2-day workshop in
London, England about operating your own profitable online
info-publishing business on a shoestring budget.
As I stood in front of that crowd almost 5,000 miles from
home, I realized (yet again) that the Internet represents
the great business equalizer of the 21st century.
Anyone with a great idea and the guts and patience to
persevere and act on their ideas can succeed online, often
beating out much larger companies that can’t adapt quickly
enough to prosper or profit.
I also realized while standing in front of those students
that despite arguments to the contrary, people all over the
world buy and sell online for exactly the same reasons.
Anyone who tells you that "My market is different" or "It
doesn’t work that way in my country" never learned the
basic rules for selling online.
Bottom line: Anyone selling anything online – regardless of
their location on planet Earth – must obey the following
"rules" of online business or risk many heartaches and,
ultimately, an empty wallet.
** Target Your Audience Carefully **
What exactly do your customers want and what words do they
use to describe the products and services they will
purchase?
What are their TOP 10 problems / concerns / desires?
Your entire business should center around this list!
Don’t assume you know how and what they want to buy – ask
them!
From this research you will determine the "keywords" your
customers will use to find your business while surfing and
using search engines and sites like Amazon or eBay.
You should then focus completely on these keywords while
constructing your entire web presence, blogs, product
titles, advertising campaigns, article titles, and more.
** Focus Your Website Content **
Your website should center exclusively on those issues
directly related to what you sell online.
If you sell "purple widgets" then only write about the
characteristics, features and benefits of using your purple
widgets.
Take great care in your copy writing to keep your text
focused on one subject per web page and make liberal use of
your keywords and their synonyms.
Constructing your "mini sites" and "landing pages" in this
manner will aid you greatly in keeping people focused on
your sales message long enough to make a buying decision.
Structuring your communications this way will also help you
with favorable search engine placement.
** Consistent Targeted Traffic! **
A website without visitors rates the same as designing and
constructing a 30-foot billboard and then hiding it in your
basement instead of setting it by the highway.
Don’t fall victim to traffic scams which promise thousands
of visitors for only $100.
Those schemes don’t work because the traffic isn’t targeted.
http://AdWords.Google.com makes the best place to start
getting targeted visitors because you only pay for the
visitors you actually receive (pay-per-click), not for the
ads you run.
Also, search Google for your main keywords, see which blogs
and niche-related sites appear. Look at those sites and
target the ones selling advertising to merchants like you.
You can often get significant amounts of good converting
traffic by running ads on targeted websites (and this
strategy is ignored by the VAST majority of online business
owners).
** Always Build Relationships **
Successful online businesses build relationships with their
customers and prospects.
You can only do this if you stay in touch with them through
value-added mailings, emails, and updates.
Online businesses whose only communication involves
repeated "pitches" or opportunities to spend money don’t
do well in the long haul.
A group of loyal customers and subscribers will sustain an
online business owner much longer than a fat advertising
budget ever could.
No matter what kind of online business you operate, you can
keep in touch with articles, updates, videos, info-snippets,
and more!
** Things Change – Use It To Your Advantage **
Understand that creating a successful online business
requires commitment to a process of constant promotion and
continuous education.
You must stay current on cost-effective promotion
techniques for driving traffic to your site as well as any
factors specifically affecting your market online.
The great news is that, as things change, you and your
business can become the focal point and trusted resource
customers turn to (and buy from) for years to come!
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how
to use fr^e articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted
visitors to your website, affiliate links, or blogs…
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Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links?
"Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for driving
Thousands of NEW visitors to your website or affiliate
links… without spending a dime on advertising!
Click Here> http://www.TurnWordsIntoTraffic.com
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The fastest way to get website traffic is…
The fastest way to get traffic is to BUY it!
… and the fastest way to Buy traffic is Google AdWords.
The problem is: most people who try to use AdWords waste a
TON of money, don’t sell anything, and end up with nothing
to show for it.
Well, that’s all about to CHANGE!
=> http://www.WebinarKing.com/googletruth/
This Thursday, I’m hosting a special, FREE webinar event
with my good friend Greg Cesar (a.k.a. The AdWords Czar):
"Google Truth: Real-World AdWords
Strategies Anyone Can Use"
If you want to SELL more of your own products (or as an
affiliate)… or if you want to make every dollar you spend
on advertising go further and return MORE on investment…
or if you just plain want someone to explain how to use
AdWords to finally make some REAL money online in a way
that really works, then register now for one of the most
critical webinars you’ll watch all year!
The event is free, but seats are limited – REGISTER Now:
=> http://www.WebinarKing.com/googletruth/
See you Thursday night – LIVE!
Jim
PS – One of the items we’ll reveal on the webinar is Greg’s
#1 Best-Kept SECRET for getting "piggyback" traffic from
your competitors’ websites (they spend millions to
advertise, you use one simple trick and siphon off a gusher
of targeted traffic for pennies)…
Register Now:
=> http://www.WebinarKing.com/googletruth/
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© Guaranteed Response Marketing, LLC
Get my “Ultimate Mini-Site Formula” – Free!
Jim Edwards here with a time-sensitive update…
I wanted to let you know about an absolutely free, new LIVE
*webinar* I’m holding this week where I’ll reveal:
"The Ultimate Mini-Site Formula" Webinar
==> http://www.minisitewebinar.com/ultimateformula/
You’ll discover my *step-by-step*, PROVEN, battle-tested
formula for cashing in with quick and easy little mini-
websites you can create in an afternoon.
It’s happening THIS Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:00pm (ET)
for my valued customers and subscribers.
On this breakthrough free event, you’ll discover…
– A detailed run-through of my Million Dollar "Ultimate
Online Success Formula" (this explains from start to finish
exactly how to use mini-sites to make money online, even if
you’re starting from ZERO)…
– How to instantly double your mini-site profits just by
changing ONE link (and the fool-proof process you use to
change that link at just the right time)…
– The Exact 4-step formula every successful mini-site
business MUST follow to profit online (This one formula has
been worth more to my business and many others than any
other in the online world)…
– Simple, fast and FREE keyword research tool I use to
explode my business every single day (how to KNOW if your
mini-site project is worth moving forward with BEFORE you
waste time, money and effort!)…
– One of the BIGGEST TRAPS you can fall into that
guarantees failure (and why every "fake guru" is trying to
get you to fall into this trap)…
– Watch me create a REAL "squeeze page" mini-site LIVE on
the Webinar in 4 1/2 minutes (that’s right – I’ll show you
how to create a real "Squeeze Page" mini-site to start
building your own valuable list of subscribers in a niche
market in less time than it takes to make a "double-mocha
decaf frappuccino" at Starbucks — and I’ll even show you a
30-second trick for turning this site into profits, almost
instantly!)…
– And much, MUCH more!
REGISTER Now:
==> http://www.minisitewebinar.com/ultimateformula/
Plus not only will you be able to hear me sharing this NEW
information, but you’ll also get to SEE and WATCH it
happening in real time on your computer screen, complete
with LIVE examples! (And it doesn’t matter what connection
speed you have or even if you have a PC or Mac.)
Properly applied, the strategies revealed during this event
will help you to set up an autopilot mini-site business
that brings you a never-ending flow of leads and customers.
We only have 500 spots for this event (and one is already
taken by me). That means there are *only* 499 spots left.
So there’s a very good chance this will be completely
SOLD OUT.
Grab your seat here for FREE while you can:
http://www.minisitewebinar.com/ultimateformula/
Don’t delay and kick yourself later.
Hope to see you soon!
Jim
P.S. – We’re doing something different with the REPLAY of
this webinar… but only the people who register will find
out what that is…
REGISTER Now – This LIVE Webinar is absolutely FREE:
http://www.minisitewebinar.com/ultimateformula/
© Guaranteed Response Marketing, LLC
My biggest regret is not …
My biggest regret is not starting my first membership site
sooner.
That single membership site I started 3 years ago has made
more of a difference in my business and my life than
anything else I’ve ever done!
And this Thursday, I’m gonna reveal my PROVEN
"Membership Site P.R.O.F.I.T. Formula" so you can get a
membership site too!
You don’t want to miss it! This the webinar is FREE, but
seating is very limited. Register now.
REGISTER Now:
=> http://www.webinarking.com/member-site-formulas.html
See you LIVE Thursday night!
Jim
The 3 Fastest ways to Get Traffic v2.0 (article)
Jim Edwards here with a Tuesday morning article for all
my loyal customers and subscribers in good standing (that’s
you!)
This article (below) is about the 3 (and only 3) reliable
ways to get traffic when you’re first getting started
online (either your first business or a new niche).
Forget all the rubbish — this article explains traffic once
and for all!
Jim
PS – Have you registered for Thusday’s free event yet?
Free Webinar Reveals the Step-By-Step
"Membership Site P.R.O.F.I.T. Formula"
Anyone Can Use To Create
Unlimited Recurring Monthly Income
With Your Own Membership Sites!…
Grab your seat here while you still can:
=> http://www.webinarking.com/member-site-formulas.html
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"3 Fastest Ways To Get Traffic To
Any Website or Blog" v2.0
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
http://www.TheJimBoat.com
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After all the debate over website design, shopping carts
and credit card processors, every website owner eventually
comes to the startling realization that they need one more
thing to survive: website traffic!
But not just any traffic – they need *targeted* traffic.
In other words, they need people who are interested NOW in
what they sell or offer and are actively looking for more
information right now.
SIDE NOTE: Here are two key concepts to burn into
your brain when it comes to traffic:
1. Immediacy – they want it now (not later).
2. Relevancy – what they see must be exactly what
they are looking for, or they’ll keep looking.
Without targeted website traffic it’s the same as building
an expensive billboard and, instead of placing it alongside
a busy highway, hiding it in your *basement* where nobody
can see it.
Upon realizing they need traffic, most website owners run
out and start blowing chunks of money and time trying to
get "hits," but they fail to grasp that there are really
only three (3) reliable ways to get traffic to any website.
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Method #1: BUY Traffic
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The fastest way to get traffic to any website is simply to
BUY it!
The fastest way to buy it is to use the little classified
ads on the right side of search giant Google’s results
pages.
Called Google AdWords, the system allows any advertiser to
open an account with a small activation fee and start
seeing their ads appear on Google within about 15 minutes.
Advertisers only pay when visitors actually click through
from their ad on Google to their website or affiliate link.
But here is where most people stop! Somehow Google got
people to think the ONLY place you buy traffic is from
Google (good for Google, bad for website owners).
In fact, you can BUY traffic from numerous different
sources if you know where to look.
Let’s look at a just a few other places you can look to buy
ads to drive traffic:
1. Yahoo! also sells traffic by the click.
You can find out more here
http://sem.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/searchenginemarketing/
2. MSN also sells pay-per-click (ppc) traffic here:
https://adcenter.microsoft.com/
3. Here’s one I bet you didn’t know about! *Amazon* even
sells pay-per-click traffic through www.clickriver.com.
These are very targeted ads that appear in front of serious
buyers.
4. You can also buy advertising on dozens of other pay-per-
click search engines. Log on to
www.payperclicksearchengines.com for a list of hundreds
ranked by market penetration.
All ppc engines follow the same basic model of only
charging advertisers for targeted visitors who read an ad
based on a keyword search and actually click through for
more information.
A word to the wise on pay-per-click advertising: Watch your
costs and track and measure everything.
Even though you can get traffic for as little as a penny,
you should track your results by search engine and by
individual keyword if you want maximum success.
Many a company has lost its entire advertising budget at a
nickel or a dime per click by not watching their conversion
rates and continuing to pour money into keywords that don’t
convert… while neglecting the keywords that do bring
sales (mainly because they don’t know which is which!).
However, don’t make the mistake of thinking your only paid
traffic sources can come from pay-per-click search engines.
You can also buy ads on blogs and other targeted sites,
either through ad networks or by negotiating directly with
the sites.
http://www.blogads.com makes a great place to start your
research for additional blog ad opportunities.
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Method #2: BORROW Traffic
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If you need traffic to a website, then borrow it from
people who already have it… especially people with lists
of loyal subscribers or traffic from search engines,
affiliates, or other steady sources.
"Endorsed Mailings" and "Reciprocal Linking" by other
people represent the two fastest ways to borrow someone
else’s traffic.
If they maintain a list of subscribers, convince them to
send an email out to their people telling them why they
should check out your site.
Also, negotiate a prominent link on their web pages to
siphon off targeted visitors who find their website.
Often the best way to persuade someone to do this involves
paying them a commission, agreeing to do a similar mailing
to your own list, or providing a link to them on your site
(or a combination of all three).
Imagine how much traffic you could get if someone with a
list of 10,000 loyal subscribers told their people to go
look at your website! It happens all the time… so why not
make it happen for you!
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Method #3: BUILD Traffic
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If you don’t want to pay for traffic, and you don’t have
any friends with lists, building traffic makes a great
option. Building traffic means you use targeted content to
create targeted traffic.
Let’s look at the 3 fastest ways to build traffic.
~ Article Marketing – Publish articles on specific topics
of interest to your target market. Content drives the
Internet (ever heard the term "Information Super-Highway")
and both consumers and publishers need a constant stream of
new content. Once you publish an article, you can include a
link to your website or blog in the "resource" box to drive
visitors to your site for more information.
This technique rates so effective that you can even use one
of several services to announce your articles to thousands
of website and blog publishers who *want* to publish topic-
specific articles and will link back to you.
~ Blogs – Both search engines and Web surfers love blogs
because they can get updated, relevant content quickly.
Blogs also create a great potential source of revenue for
you because you can run ads for your own products on your
own blog.
~ Social Media – Sites like Twitter and Facebook can drive
large amounts of traffic if you take the time to build up a
following and provide excellent, relevant content people in
your target market value and want.
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BONUS (Expert)
Method #4: "RECYCLE" Traffic
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The most economical way to get traffic involves turning
one-time visitors into regular, repeat visitors that you
direct to multiple sites over time.
You do this by pulling website visitors into your sphere of
influence by enticing them to sign up for your newsletter,
autoresponder sequence, or "mini-course."
Bottom line: instead of just getting one-time clicks, you
get people to sign up to your email list!
Then you keep in contact with regular articles, special
reports, and recommendations enticing them to visit your
own and other people’s websites.
Ultimately, every website owner should orient all of their
marketing efforts towards this end of developing a stream
of recycled traffic, because it costs the least and creates
the best return on time and money invested.
It doesn’t matter if you promote your own product, promote
only as an affiliate, or some combination of the two… if
you don’t recycle traffic and get more than one hit out of
each visitor, you’re making one of the biggest mistakes
anyone can make in online business.
– Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
co-author of an amazing ebook that will teach you how
to use free articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted
visitors to your website or affiliate links…
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Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links?
"Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for driving
Thousands of NEW visitors to your website or affiliate
links… without spending a dime on advertising!
Click Here> http://www.TurnWordsIntoTraffic.com
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“Membership Site P.R.O.F.I.T. Formula” Webinar Thursday
Jim Edwards here with a time-sensitive update…
I wanted to let you know about an absolutely FREE,
LIVE *webinar* I’m holding this week called:
The "Membership Site P.R.O.F.I.T. Formula" Webinar
It’s happening THIS Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 7:00pm (ET)
exclusively for my valued customers and subscribers.
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REGISTER Now:
=> http://www.webinarking.com/member-site-formulas.html
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I’ve decided to reveal something I’ve never talked about
before on a webinar…
My "Membership Site P.R.O.F.I.T. Formula"
On this breakthrough free LIVE Webinar you’ll discover:
– Powerful "shortcuts" to figure out which niche markets
make great membership sites (This will save you months of
wasted effort)!
– Real-World "Spins" you can use to spice-up any
membership site offer (every successful membership site I
know of uses one of these six (6) spins)…
– Organize your business so that as you publish content,
you automatically get new subscribers (fast & easy)!…
– Four (4) specific sources of Quality Content you can use
immediately to stock the shelves of your membership site
(in fact, these 4 are more than you could ever need!)…
– How to Identify the BEST membership site structure if
you have NO LIST and are starting from scratch! (I’ll
explain exactly what to do even if you’re starting from
ZERO!)…
– Three (3) "buyer hurdles" you must help every potential
member overcome (and the exact way you do it no matter what
topic your membership site is about)…
… and much, MUCH more!
We only have 500 spots reserved for this event (and 2 are
already taken by myself and my assistant), so I expect this
will be completely booked in no time flat.
Don’t delay and kick yourself later.
Grab your seat here while you still can:
=> http://www.webinarking.com/member-site-formulas.html
See you soon!
Jim
P.S. – No one else is teaching this step-by-step formula
for targeting a market FAST and following the path to
create your own profitable membership site… so if you’ve
ever wanted to use the Internet to break free and start
building your own dream business, this is one free event
you don’t want to miss!
=> http://www.webinarking.com/member-site-formulas.html
© Guaranteed Response Marketing, LLC





This Saves You 5-10 hours typing per week! (new cool site)
Jim Edwards here with an article and video that will save
you a TON of time and effort between now and the end of
summer!
"Free ‘Short-Keys’ Save You 5-10 hours typing per week!"
=> http://coolsiteweekly.com/free-short-keys.html
Do you spend a lot of time on email or other repetitive
typing activities?
Want to cut down the time you spend on email by 90% or more?
I’ve just published an article and video for my newspaper
column that should get you really excited!
In this "Cool Site Weekly" article and video I reveal the
FREE program everyone in my office uses to save time and
avoid mistakes when typing emails and responding to customer
service inquiries.
Why is this software so cool?
#1 – It’s free!
#2 – It eliminates wasted time typing the text over & over!
… We LOVE this software!
=> http://coolsiteweekly.com/free-short-keys.html
This article will help you save a lot of time you can use to
build your business… instead of practicing your typing
skills!
To your success,
Jim Edwards
PS – The software, article and video are all free… and
they’ll save you a TON of time… check it out now…
While you’re on my blog, feel free to comment about the
video, software and article
=> http://coolsiteweekly.com/free-short-keys.html