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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 10:56 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 980
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: What is Youtube's Problem With Online Marketers?

Google, YouTube.......they want to provide the most relevant things that you are searching for fast......that give the user what they want.......that adds value.

Notice no ads on Google.com just a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 10:50 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,175
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Warrior Help Needed - Contact Form to use on multiple sites NOT Autoresponder! :-?

You could use Gravity Forms (Paid) or Contact Form 7 (Free) and just create one email address for all of the forms to submit to? Then you would have all of your submissions in one email account.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 10:44 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 464
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: One of the bet advices before buying Internet informations, softwares and stuff...

If someone is not providing you with value and they are trying to sell you something on every email that they send, just unsubscribe and you won't have to worry about being tempted to open the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 10:37 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 846
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: What is new in internet marketing?

Agree, stick to the basics of marketing. If you look at some of the top people in IM, they use the fundamentals of marketing that have been around for years........see books by Ogilvy, Cialdini,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 10:24 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,027
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Auto forum Poster

Agree, don't waste your time. Provide timely, relevant information to build an evergreen business. Add value and create relationships.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 10:05 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 582
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Improving Open Rates of emails?

You may want to start off my testing the subject lines of your emails. Start with a control (baseline percentage), then A/B test to see if you can increase your open rate percentage against the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 09:51 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 410
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Star graphics

I am not a lawyer, but if you use Google for any images, make sure to click on Advanced search and tick the box that says allowed for commercial use.

Also you may want to check out iconfinder.com,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd November 2011, 09:40 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,260
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: yahoo site explorer not working?

Majestic Seo, Backlink Watch, also ahrefs.com...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 09:35 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 962
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Services are not an asset

You may want to check out the book "Built To Sell" by John Warrillow.....it will probably answer most of your questions. Pretty cheap on amazon, and a good short read.

It also depends on what...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 09:30 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 363
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Email Address Question

Yeah, I agree.....if your getting your VA to answer your emails and you are not the one dictating the emails to him/her than I would use something besides your name - @myproduct.com
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2011, 09:24 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 424
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: What is the best thing to do with not-yet-setup domains?

Yes, pick one thing, focus on that until you make it work and are successful at it.......try not to get distracted with shiny objects along the way. Then and only then move on to the next thing.
...
Forum: Website Design 23rd November 2011, 09:11 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,593
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Making money with Web Design

If you are just starting out you may want to check out The E-Myth by Michael Gerber and Built To Sell by John Warrillow. They will give you a good foundation to building a real business.....and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2011, 01:42 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 3,828
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: making websites for local businesses

Much more than you probably think.....you may want to go to hostgator and click on their chat support and talk to them about it.....and compare the two.

Unless your hosting websites that get tons...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2011, 01:09 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 413
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Godaddy Tracking?

I can't comment on GoDaddy hosting, because I have never used them for hosting.

But, I do use Hostgator and I am very happy with them.....especially their customer support. They are very quick...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2011, 01:04 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 643
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Creating an Information Product?

Here are some instructions that I wrote a little while back, hope it helps:


Instructions for creating a PDF from a Word document:


If you have Word 2007, then click on "Add-Ins" in the top...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2011, 12:56 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 3,828
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: making websites for local businesses

That is what I was referring to with a "reseller" hosting account with them.

I was only referring to "domain names" for getting them to purchase themselves.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2011, 12:53 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 352
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Looking for a specific theme

Can you provide a little more information? What is the goal of the sites that you are building/what type of sites are you building?

Are these basic business websites....sales pages, opt-in forms,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2011, 12:45 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 3,828
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: making websites for local businesses

IMO you are charging too little for your services. If you can build a direct response website for a local business and help them drive traffic to it.....and let's say you get them 1 new customer per...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2011, 12:25 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 3,681
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Fastest Way To Make Money Online

You may want to consider taking the skills that you have learned in Internet Marketing out to local businesses in your area. Even if you just know the basics, you will be way ahead of the majority...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2011, 12:03 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 8,871
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: I Joined the War Room!

In the top navigation bar select "User CP" and click on "User Control Panel" then down on the left navigation bar under "Miscellaneous" click on "Paid Subscriptions"

Hope that helps.
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th December 2010, 09:40 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 39,653
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: In 2 Months...21 Clients Each Paying $189/Month...Here's an Offline Business For You

Yeah I agree, start with the video service and then once they see success with that...add on other services like SEO, autorepsonder, website, etc...

Animoto is another service that is good to make...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th December 2010, 09:35 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,953
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Getting hate mail from Yellow Pages ad sales reps

A few hundred a month is cheap for the Yellow Pages, full page ads can go for 6 figures a year!

You can really use this to show your clients how much you can save them.
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th December 2010, 01:14 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,105
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Is there a way to create a new Places listing WITHOUT the postcard confirmation?

You have to have a listed phone number for the actual business at the business's correct address in order to verify by phone.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th December 2010, 01:09 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 634
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: question for hostgator resellers

Not sure what you are referring to? When you say register your own domain.....do you mean purchasing a new domain for yourself?

...Or hosting your own domain on your Hostgator reseller account?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th December 2010, 12:59 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 4,989
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: "Add-on" domains not the best thing...

To fix the www. or non www. issue, just get a free Google Webmaster Tools account........register both the www. and non www. version of your site and then tell Google which one you want to use in the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th December 2010, 12:52 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 748
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Best way to get traffic stats for a WP site?

Check out Google Analytics, it will show you all sources of traffic, not just the ones coming from Google.

It's very easy to setup and use. Let me know if you have any trouble setting it up and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2010, 10:05 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 559
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Building Links to Articles Question

Yeah, you still want to post to EZA to get backlinks and traffic to your own site......and you do have the possibility of people picking it up to post on their sites as well....and they have to keep...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2010, 09:53 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 8,871
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: I Joined the War Room!

Welcome and congrats on the surprise money in your account, that's always a nice email to get!

What types of photos did you take/specialize in?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2010, 09:49 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 2,064
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Things That Make Me Unsubscribe #7

When I first started in IM I used to subscribe to a lot of lists and I took A LOT of time to read most of them, and then go off to the link and watch the video or read the sales page. Always looking...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2010, 09:31 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 559
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Building Links to Articles Question

You could post the article to your own site and build back links to that page, and then rewrite the article and post it to an article directory and also build back links to that page if you wish.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2010, 09:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 597
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Is it okay to submit an article a day?

I agree, you want to worry more about providing value and quality content. Write for your readers not for the search engines.

You may also want to try to post different formats of content such as...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st December 2010, 09:20 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 667
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Getting Indexed On Wordpress Blogs

Are you referring to just getting indexed in Google or actually getting a high ranking in Google?
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st December 2010, 09:10 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 874
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Am I Missing Something?

There are a lot of free videos out there that will teach you the basics of wordpress, hosting, etc...

Make sure to take advantage of Hostgator training videos and support. You can start a chat...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st December 2010, 08:57 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 6,647
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Cold Calling Is Illegal What Do You Do?

Last I heard, in the US it's illegal for residences but not for businesses (I'm not a lawyer so make sure to check for yourself), but most people do not like cold calling anyway.

You may want to...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st December 2010, 08:43 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,668
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Will This Offline Marketing Idea Land Me in Jail?

If you have to ask that question, it's probably not worth doing.

Stick to your values as being your barometer of whether you should do something or not.

There are plenty of other ways to...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st December 2010, 08:36 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,880
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: (SEO) Where Can I outsource My SEO

I agree that $150 per month for SEO is a tight margin to work off of if you are outsourcing the work (and getting it done the right way).

Find out what the lifetime value of a client for their...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th December 2010, 10:39 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 683
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: How Can I Get An Opt-In Box Like This?

Have you checked out popup domination? Very easy to use and integrate with Aweber.
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th December 2010, 10:13 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 628
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Could some offline veterans help me concerning business name?

I think you answered your own question when you said that you already got business without even having a business name.

If you go with the misspelling that could cause an issue with people trying...
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th December 2010, 10:03 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 962
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Problem: no knowledge about the niche

You could interview the business owner, but a lot of times their views are jaded.

If you can, get access to the employees and talk to them, ask them questions. You will get much better "street"...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2010, 05:37 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 627
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: hyperlinks in a pdf

Cool, let me know if you have any problems creating your pdf with clickable links in it.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2010, 05:33 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 721
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: How Do You Find Affiliates When You Launch Your Product in A Non IM Niche?

Yeah definitely, go to Google and type in your keywords that are related to your product or that you want to try and rank for. Find out who is on the first page, and contact them. But remember...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2010, 05:13 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 780
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Whats Is A Good Free Tracking System For Wordpress?

Check out Google Analytics, it's free and awesome. Once you play around with it a little bit it is very easy to navigate around in.

Just go to Google type in Google Analytics and it should be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2010, 05:06 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 640
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Google Placement Phone Number Rejection

Is it the business phone number at the location that you are trying to register. I just registered a business the other day and had no issues.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2010, 04:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 528
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Writing A Free Report

Find a major problem people are having, do some research and solve their pain. Do some research in a niche, forums are a great place to start.....look at the posts that are getting the most views. ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2010, 04:51 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 627
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: hyperlinks in a pdf

Yeah I agree, just download Open Office for free and use the "Writer" program in the suite.

Open "Writer" then go to file open and open your Word document.....you might have to make some changes...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2010, 04:47 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 464
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Google doesn't like the website or what ?

Have you submitted the site to Google Webmaster Tools? If not just go to Google and type in Webmaster Tools, it should be your first search result.

Click on that and create a free account, then...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th December 2010, 04:42 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,070
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Do You Lose Business Because You Don't Have An Office?

I don't think it is necessary at all, unless you are the type of person that gets distracted easily and can't focus at home, or you have kids and they "won't" let you get any work done.

You can do...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 26th November 2010, 05:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 412
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Backup Hard Drive

Sorry......external.

Thanks
Forum: Offline Marketing 26th November 2010, 02:38 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,857
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: good offline marketing courses?

Check out Kyle Tully's -- Consulting Tycoon course. Kyle has been doing online marketing consulting for over 11 years. He knows his stuff and he has the testimonials to prove it.

It also comes...
Forum: Offline Marketing 26th November 2010, 02:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 632
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: list of services one could sell

You may want to think in terms of find out first what the business's most urgent need is and then find a service that does it (outsource)...find out how much they charge...add your consulting fee on...
Forum: Offline Marketing 26th November 2010, 02:25 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,603
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Got my first appointment!

Congratulations Lisa! Remember not to give them too much credit just b/c they own a business. Talk in terms that they can relate to...like more traffic, more customers, more profits, less stress,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 26th November 2010, 02:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 412
Posted By DavidSimpson
Backup Hard Drive

I am looking to get a new backup hard drive for a PC. Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations?

I am looking to get one between 500GB and 1TB.

Thanks
Forum: Mind Warriors 9th November 2010, 03:24 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 3,860
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Influential Books; What are YOU reading?

One of the books not listed yet that I recommend is Rework by Jason Fried an David Heinemeier Hansson.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th November 2010, 03:14 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 684
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Why would I NOT want to use Market Samurai?

Yes, you can check anchor text of competing sites in Seo Competition section of Market Samurai.

Just click the down arrow next to the url of any site listed and then click on Anchor Text...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th November 2010, 01:49 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 800
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Wordpress Theme Recommendation

You might want to check out woothemes as well. They have a lot of great themes and are very easy to customize.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd November 2010, 09:17 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 509
Posted By DavidSimpson
Re: Is this normal for Wordpress??

Yeah, very normal. I have registered domains with different places and have found some to be almost immediate and others to take up to 24 hours.
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