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Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd February 2012, 05:06 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,400
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Nightclub Wordpress Theme

You might try this WSO, not mine, not an aff link (I don't even know this guy) for a nice template, easily modified for many businesses.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st February 2012, 05:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 546
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Offline Marketing Copy

Let me google that for you (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+email+marketing)

Let me google that for you (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+do+businesses+need+email+marketing%3F)

Sorry...I HAD to...
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st January 2012, 09:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 569
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: A niche way to find VERY motivated clients

:eek: Ambulance chasing :D

They are in need of your $1000+ a month "Reputation management" package which will try to bury the bad reviews so they don;t show up on G.

:rolleyes:
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st January 2012, 09:42 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,812
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: If you had to make $500 a week within 2 months...

500 week = 2k month, so find local businesses who are page 2-5 on google and offer to get them on page one, NOT #1, and ask for 200 a month and get ten, or ask for 500 a month and get 4.

Focus on...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th January 2012, 07:18 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 936
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Single site vs Multiple Sites when targeting multiple local keywords?

OK, if someone uses social media to contact your business with an issue, and no one is there to respond, what happens then?

Bad Rep, Bad Mojo, unhappy customer and EVERYONE can see it.

If a...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th January 2012, 07:26 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 936
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Single site vs Multiple Sites when targeting multiple local keywords?

No offense, but for $750 a month these SEO people can throw in subdomain creation (subdomain.site.com) for your friend. Its really a 3 minute setup (if that) if you know how. Not challenging for...
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th January 2012, 09:10 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 936
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Single site vs Multiple Sites when targeting multiple local keywords?

You speak of long-tail SEO, unless I am mistaken.

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Leave the #1 position stuff in place.

Think about making a page for each designer with your town name in it.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th January 2012, 08:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 355
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Is this a problem?

From my limited knowledge, you should not have an issue if you have a post/page about preparing your garden for winter. Search engines will match your phrases to the query (based on hundreds of data...
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st December 2011, 04:48 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,472
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: How I plan to passively earn recurring monthly income and provide jobs to people that need them!

About your 40% commissions:

Good idea (offering 40% myself), just make sure that the numbers are calculated AFTER COST and based on profit. You can make a killing on "only" 60%, but the math has...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th December 2011, 10:15 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 14,246
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Pro 90 "X"treme Challenge... No Brainer- 90 Days To Extreme Financial Fitness. Total Transformat

I've made money on Amazon with eBooks I've written, and have sent affiliate traffic to Sears, Kmart, American Greetings, B&N , and gotten checks from Google.

I am an "affiliated online marketing...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th December 2011, 07:49 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 14,246
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Pro 90 "X"treme Challenge... No Brainer- 90 Days To Extreme Financial Fitness. Total Transformat

I would never presume to speak for anyone, and I'm sure John will have a better answer, but here's my take on what I've learned so far.

Set your expectations low, but see what "low-balling" can...
Forum: Offline Marketing 9th December 2011, 09:21 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 3,633
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Cold Calling?? If I have no B...s what next?

Here's a thought... and something I've done with varying success.

Make a "paper WSO", aka a flyer, and don't cold call, but cold "show up" and speak with the receptionist. Something like "I'm a...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd December 2011, 08:06 PM
Replies: 162
Views: 14,246
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Pro 90 "X"treme Challenge... No Brainer- 90 Days To Extreme Financial Fitness. Total Transformat

Good advice for ANY business, IM, offline or brick and mortar. Having been on the tech side of the processor game, I have seen bad, SCARY things happen when someone fat-fingers an account number...
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th November 2011, 05:00 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,187
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Should I cold call after I cold emailed?

One of the best ways I've found to break the ice and get past the gatekeeper is by using my name and asking for the person who handles "whatever you're pitching", something like:

"Good Morning,...
Forum: Website Design 26th November 2011, 01:48 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 366
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Planning to launch soon, but need reviews in regards to the SSL

Windows 7 with Chrome, Firefox and IE working. :)
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st March 2011, 07:13 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,672
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Are Offline Marketing emails considered spam?

It depends on where you scraped them. You may be on thin ice...

I use a similar approach, but I use either the email on the website or the web form on the contact page. Using the contact page...
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st March 2011, 07:05 AM
Replies: 693
Views: 81,217
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: NEWBIES READ THIS!!! How Y-O-U Can Make 50k From Nothing With ZERO HTML Knowledge

On Outsourcing - When to do it

This was going to be part of a WSO, but, in the spirit of the thread, I'll share it here. It's my "outsourcing guide", very brief, but food for thought.

BTW:...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th March 2011, 06:12 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,891
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Don't Count out Craigslist: It just made me $9500

Places to look for needy companies on CL, under JOBS:



Internet Engineer
Sales/Biz Dev
Technical Support
Web/Info Design
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd March 2011, 03:28 PM
Replies: 693
Views: 81,217
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: NEWBIES READ THIS!!! How Y-O-U Can Make 50k From Nothing With ZERO HTML Knowledge

Ken, Its a Loooong thread so if you missed it, NP :)

They don;t call is "business' anymore. You get the $19.99 deal and yes, it give 3 URLs, but you can have unlimited sub-domains (for testing,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th February 2011, 03:09 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 2,181
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: $1,000 per hour. by cold calling?

That's one of the oldest, and best, thought patterns in sales.

Never end the day with a NO. With a MAYBE perhaps, but never with a NO.

Well said!
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th February 2011, 03:02 PM
Replies: 693
Views: 81,217
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: NEWBIES READ THIS!!! How Y-O-U Can Make 50k From Nothing With ZERO HTML Knowledge

"Hello, Acme Businesspeople, how can I help you"
"Hello, It's Mike Parsons, how are you today?"
"Hi Mike, what can I do for you today?"
"I'm wondering if I could speak to the person in charge of...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th February 2011, 08:41 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 414
Posted By MichaelParsons
Tip Re: Keyword advice, please!

Don't worry about articles of speech (or whatever they're called) like THE AN AND etc.

Google will usually ignore those words in the results. You'll see what I mean when you do a search.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th February 2011, 06:53 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,040
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Free eBook Listing Sites

A lot of it has to do with the quality of the writing, the subject matter, and the way you link.

You'll need to contextually link in your paragraphs and also use your words to build a bit of...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th February 2011, 09:52 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 519
Posted By MichaelParsons
Lightbulb Re: Facebook account!?

NO NO NO!

Facebook DOES NOT ALLOW MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS.

They will find out and ban you. Maybe even sue you if you make money from a violation of TOS.

You make your ONE personal profile, then...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th February 2011, 09:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,040
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Free eBook Listing Sites

If you make an eBook with MRR or giveaway rights, you should have some way of the reader getting back to your website. Insert some links to your products, your websites, your affiliate links in a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th February 2011, 09:51 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 467
Posted By MichaelParsons
Lightbulb Re: Question about keywords

Think 300.

When you're looking for a killer keyword with lots of traffic and not a lot of competition, you need to keep 300 in your head. For a start.

Math time :D

(Monthly Keyword...
Forum: Mind Warriors 1st February 2011, 01:42 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 627
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: The Easiest Way to Kill Your Profit is

I feel your pain Carol! My wife thinks that "since I'm home all day" I can do all this "STUFF" for her that destroys my momentum!

I just wait until there's a pile of her stuff, get THAT done in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th January 2011, 09:01 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 531
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: $0 vs $30 - Building Your Online Business Advice - FREE Isn't Always The Best Way To Go!

Dan,

Excellent thoughts on "The Costs of Doing Business". I agree that you should consider IM as a business and act professionally, using professional tools.

Personally, I was using MailChimp,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th December 2010, 05:03 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,114
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Video Squeeze Page For Wordpress?

On the right side of your "Add new Page", Does your theme offer a different template such as "single page" or"no sidebars" or "one Column Page" ?

You can find this under "Page Attributes" in the...
Forum: Website Design 1st December 2010, 12:55 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 397
Posted By MichaelParsons
Tip Re: Theme switching

Switching themes sometimes deactivates some plugins and resets your preferences in some things like custom menus.

If you "put the old theme back", its the same as changing the first time, meaning...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th November 2010, 12:58 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,984
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: List of Buying Keywords

How about
Buy
Purchase
Price
Lowest

Don't forget specific model numbers, and use the words in combination.

*Best Price Free Shipping Model Number...
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 23rd November 2010, 04:18 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,284
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: This is why 202 URLs aren't approved on Facebook now

Today Tracking, Tomorrow Prosper, Next Wednesday Bit.Ly...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st November 2010, 08:02 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 418
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Dealing With Spammish Comments On Your Blog?

AKISMET is what you need for your WP.

Learn more here Combating Comment Spam « WordPress Codex (http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam) to set your own default "spam" settings without a...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st November 2010, 10:19 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 936
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: I just got my first offline customer HELP!!!

Go "attorney" on them and negotiate a monthly retainer. You could get $7500+/- a month if they want you full time, but this would be after you got started, with success stories to back it up.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st November 2010, 09:55 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 936
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: I just got my first offline customer HELP!!!

Assuming this client has NO online presence (social media or website), I would set up a gmail account for them and use this for all the Big G goodies (feedburner, blogger.com, analytics, YouTube...
Forum: Website Design 21st November 2010, 09:42 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 474
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Why does WP hate me? I can't get a new password!!

Assuming you host the site and WP install yourself (not WP.COM/ free hosting), AND you just did the install with no data on it yet, it might be faster to uninstall/reinstall and make sure you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th November 2010, 03:18 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 3,068
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Need CASH Desperately, what to do?

March 2011 is 4 months away. I've put up 3 sites and created product (and made sales) in less than one, and I have a 50+ hour a week day job that I hate with the white-hot passion of a thousand...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st October 2010, 03:39 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 657
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Wordpress Help

I use Arras theme (Arras Theme - Magazine-Styled WordPress Theme (http://www.arrastheme.com/)) and one of my clients is in love with it as well.
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st October 2010, 03:35 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 533
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: SEO Keywords?

Market Samurai is the tool of choice and has a 7-day trial.

Also, you can do a KEI evaluation of the keywords
(Searches*searches)/competition=KEI, I would focus on a KEI of 300+

OR, more...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st October 2010, 11:01 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 518
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Need Help with my site

If you have a backup of everything from your site on your PC (and by everything I mean the files, folders, structure), then just FTP the whole thing back from your hosting providers control panel. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st October 2010, 10:51 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 624
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: What are SERPS and Uniques of domain/website

Search Engine Results Page. What you see after you hit 'enter' on a search engine.

From Google themselves:

Adsense is the advertisement on YOUR website for someone else.
Adwords is the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th October 2010, 05:30 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,113
Posted By MichaelParsons
Lightbulb Re: Black Hat SEO

This is gonna sound odd, but I agree with you 100% Paul.

HOWEVER, it becomes "Black Hat" when taken to the ludicrous extremes of Search Engine TOS violations.

We all "Keyword Stuff", but not...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th October 2010, 07:52 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 500
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Will you Give away your list?

Never share your list of purchasers.

Share the freebie-seekers all day, keep your buyers in a vault.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th October 2010, 06:58 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 989
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Membership Sites - "Why pay for what I can get for free?"

I could not agree more. The PLR I am offering at my own membership site is just to get those creative juices flowing.

The real hook is the video training I'm producing which gives step-by-step,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 03:23 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 898
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Question about EzineArticles

Welcome to the Warrior Forum!:cool:

I've done the following and as a result dominate a Google Video search (48 of first 50 results) for the keyword I was targeting:



Write 10 articles on...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st October 2010, 03:05 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,689
Posted By MichaelParsons
Lightbulb Re: finding niches is SOOO difficult

Sorry for delay in reply. very busy!

It will have dashes in it like you have in the example in red. This makes no difference, as this is how even CNBC, etc do this. WP does this by default.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th October 2010, 08:37 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 506
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: How is this website Pagerank 5??

Yes, the changes you make to the site will not effect the back-links, unless you change it in some way to make the linking site remove the back-link (offensive material, etc).

And yes, using a PR5...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th October 2010, 08:21 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 506
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: How is this website Pagerank 5??

Absoloutely, Brad!

Plus the domain age gives it a boost as well. 4 years is a long time when you think that this is about as long as Facebook has been around.

You can get a PR not exceeding...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th October 2010, 08:00 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,510
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: The New "Ethical" Trend

As I have said to my son as we discuss his H.S. 'Ethics' class:

Ethics and the law are often mutually exclusive.

Ethics is in the eye of the beholder. What is ethical to one might be evil to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th October 2010, 07:48 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,459
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: coaching?

Check my sig link. Depending on what you're looking for, I might be able to help.

My focus is getting you started the right way, with as little money spent as possible.

I've done nearly...
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 4th October 2010, 06:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,365
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: can anyone tell me the difference between squeeze page and landing page?

A landing page is where you direct people on your site.

It might be the home page, a post, or whatever you want the visitor to see.

"Squeeze Page" most often refers to your 'sales page' (which...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd October 2010, 04:15 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,043
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Can you do PPC straight to a sales page?

If you own the sales pages YES, if you link as an affiliate to someone else's, then NO.

At least not on Google.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2010, 04:08 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,915
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: I need a tool to autopost a large number of plr articles to my wp blog

You can do this without a program in WP.

Just set the "post immediately" in the post control section at top right of the post screen to some future date. The cron will post withing an hour or so...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2010, 03:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 905
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Write ebooks to sell the reprint rights?

I would not sell PLR right away. Sell the book yourself, get some positive feedback on it for a sales page, then put it on CB for affiliate sales. After a while, if sales slow down, then use your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2010, 03:44 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,063
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: Help! Can't boot up my computer!

Assuming this is Windows Vista,Terry, try this link (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/130095-user-profile-service-failed-logon-user-profile-cannot-loaded.html). This is pretty Geeky stuff though.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2010, 04:45 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,741
Posted By MichaelParsons
Re: New to PLR - Need Topics!

If anyone is interested in PLR, I have access to over 100K PLR articles and over 100 PLR eBooks, sales pages, and other goodies I have collected over the years.

There's about 1000 topics/niches,...
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