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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2014, 01:44 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 734
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Nowadays, How Would You Rate the Squeeze Page?

Great at building BIG lists. Bad at building RESPONSIVE lists.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2014, 01:40 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,436
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How i am making 4 dollar every day from affiliate marketing?

No.

Work on your conversion rates first THEN get more traffic.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2014, 01:34 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,676
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Why Do People Buy PLR Sites?

Most PLR is junk but not all.

I find it useful to find new niche ideas. Simply go to PLR sites and start browsing. Endless new niches.

If you get well researched and written PLR it can save...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2014, 01:28 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,719
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Are Amazon sites worth the effort?

If you're solid at keyword research, know how to find buyer intent keywords, and examine them for rankability then have the means / resources / funds to rank your site (you'll probably need to use...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2014, 01:23 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 5,569
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Does Anyone Actually Make Good Money Aweber Affiliate Program?

I don't promote it heavily but I do mention it every now and again on my blog.

Generally products which I recommend to my audience convert pretty well.

Aweber doesn't convert that highly but...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2014, 01:20 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 890
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Why giving something for free

There's a fine line.

Free stuff can help get people on your list but you have to be careful you aren't just getting freebie seekers or "anyone and everyone" who aren't much use to you.

You want...
Forum: Email Marketing 3rd August 2014, 01:17 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 496
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Numbers get more open rates. What else do you add to the list ...

Being able to write coherent headlines certainly helps with open rates. ;)
Forum: Email Marketing 2nd August 2014, 10:37 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,223
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Email List Cleaning

Every month I delete unsubscribes, undeliverables and then anyone who's been on the list for more than 1 month and not opened an email in 30 days.

I send emails every 2 days so if someone hasn't...
Forum: Email Marketing 2nd August 2014, 10:34 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 687
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Why Building Just Subscribers List Is NOT Enough To Explode Your Earnings?

The idea that 'free' subscribers don't buy is only half true.

In the case of the cold traffic to squeeze page where people are bribed to opt in with a freebie yes most of those people will never...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd August 2014, 09:51 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 646
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Massive List of 8,019 "How To Improve" Keywords & Niche Ideas

Find out everything you can about whatever topic you're interested in and compile it into a book.

Google has all the information.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd August 2014, 09:45 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 966
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Niche to target

Thing is though Alexa most people tend to have multiple problems relating to the same issue that need solved.

And even in passion niches you're usually solving a problem too.

Someone is...
Forum: Email Marketing 21st July 2014, 02:43 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,725
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Tips on Boosting Open Rates

What are you talking about?

My open rates are high BECAUSE my list is warmed up!
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st July 2014, 02:39 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,021
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How can increase traffic my blog

Yep expert round ups and other ego-bait type posts followed up with manual outreach to tell the experts they've been featured works REALLY well.
Forum: Email Marketing 19th July 2014, 04:22 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,725
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Tips on Boosting Open Rates

Emails sent to my list certainly aren't cold emails. People opt in to my list very well warmed up in 99% of cases,
Forum: Email Marketing 19th July 2014, 04:20 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 504
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Create a Great Thank You Page & Welcome Email

Yeah having a thank you page that really stands out can BURN your image into your subscribers minds and leave a long lasting impression.

Something quirky or funny can work great but sometimes all...
Forum: Email Marketing 19th July 2014, 04:13 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,286
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How many emails is in your series?

The way I see it...

Broadcasts only go out to the people on your list at that exact time.

My list grows EVERY day.

Follow up messages go out automatically to EVERYONE on my list as soon as...
Forum: Email Marketing 19th July 2014, 04:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,206
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Any recommendation for HUGE swipe files for the IM/MMO niche ?

I am probably the worlds worst copywriter yet I do just fine at email marketing,

Two products I recently recommended to my subscribers converted at 15% for me despite their overall conversion rate...
Forum: Email Marketing 18th July 2014, 03:44 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 763
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Easier in niches OUTSIDE of Internet marketing?

What is your method for tracking that Alexa? Got me curious as it's a tough thing to track IMO.
Forum: Email Marketing 18th July 2014, 03:42 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,152
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Top Tips For Subject Lines?

I like to tell stories in my promos email or share snippets of my life before getting into the promotional part.

Works really well for me.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th July 2014, 11:56 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 2,097
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Competition vs No Competition Markets: Which Has Made The Most Money For You?

Yeah I wouldn't go head to head with slimfast or weight watchers for example as their budget, marketing team and staff far outweigh (excuse the pun) mines.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th July 2014, 11:54 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 708
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Am I being an idiot?

And then you get this traffic and do what with it?

How do you monetize someone who was trying to go to Kim Kardashians (who?) website?

Some people do type direct into the browser and just hit...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th July 2014, 11:47 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 499
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Toughest Question in IM

If your visitors see how high quality your free stuff is they're going to ecstatic to think about how good your paid stuff will be.

I give away a lot of value up front on my blog. I create great...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th July 2014, 11:41 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 552
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: does traffic guarantee income on site?

No.

If your website converts into sales at 0% then no amount of traffic in the world is going to change that.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th July 2014, 11:40 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 864
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: is this the key to affiliate success

Definitely work out how you can provide value to the end user and they will bit your hand off to buy whatever you offer.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th July 2014, 11:39 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 541
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How to best advertise a new affiliate program?

I just bought a product by Alex Jeffreys called Digital Product Machine that whilst isn't solely on the subject you're talking about has a great video on how to find affiliates to promote your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th July 2014, 03:32 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 605
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Advice: Which Route to Take in Niche?

Before you spend time and money creating an ebook or other products either test it with an affiliate product first (you say there's no competition but if there's affiliate products there probably is)...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th July 2014, 03:25 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 852
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Thoughts on a niche with huge search volume but relatively low results on Google?

Do MARKET research not keyword research.

KW research is just a small part of the overall picture.

You need to look at demand, competition, target market, whether your audience is easy to find...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th July 2014, 03:06 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 2,620
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How Do You Fight Shiny Object Syndrome?

I did buy a fair few products to begin with (and still do not because I have the syndrome but to review and recommend / not recommend for my list) but thankfully I realized early on I had to be the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th July 2014, 03:02 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 654
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: What are your biggest challenges & problems when it comes to outsourcing?

Reliability.

Doesn't seem to matter what country they come from I have this issue.

Not sticking to deadlines, unfinished work, going AWOL.

I actually find that Western employees are the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th July 2014, 02:58 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 731
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Split testing - what is minimum number to test with?

I like to run several thousand visitors to each before I jump to any conclusions.

I've seen before with opt in boxes one being the clear winner after 1,000 people had viewed each then by 3,000...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th July 2014, 02:54 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,814
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Optin Monster vs Ninja Popup

I chucked Pop Up Ally on my site a while back and it's converting really well so far. I plan to upgrade to a premium solution soon but just haven't got round to it yet.

The exit intent is a bit...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th July 2014, 02:52 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 2,097
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Competition vs No Competition Markets: Which Has Made The Most Money For You?

I should point out that whilst I said I've done better in competitive markets I still selected sub-niches within those markets.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2014, 06:35 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 2,097
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Competition vs No Competition Markets: Which Has Made The Most Money For You?

Big and competitive niches have always worked well for me. Very easy to get traffic, lots of products to promote, lots of demand etc.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2014, 04:38 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,359
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How to make comparison websites

You don't want to go down the road of having to learn to program your own and there's no need (yet) to outsource the design of a costly comparison theme when you don't know yet if your site will be a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2014, 04:35 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 621
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: When You First Started Out...

Promote every new blog post like crazy and network with others in my niche.

A lot of my content links out to others in the niche, features them, ego-baits them etc.

I also share a lot of other...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 04:32 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 763
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: What open rate and CTR do you have?

Anything less than a 30% open rate won't cut it for me but I aim for around 40%.

Click is around 20% on average.
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 04:25 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 875
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: how to email marketing get good result???

Definitely.

People don't want emails from faceless people / websites / sales men.

They want emails from real people who entertain them and educate them.

They want to get to know you so share...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 04:22 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 664
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: What is your opinion of this email marketing idea?

The best way to promote affiliate products is to have actually used them yourself and show the value you received from them.

So if it was a plugin that collects opt ins on your blog you'll show...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 04:07 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,286
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How many emails is in your series?

Over 150 and growing. Mines mostly link back to my website showing off all my content that the subscriber might have missed with some links to other content around the web that I like and some promo...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 04:02 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 474
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: List Size?

The figure banded around is each sub is worth $1 but that's because John Chow once used it as an example in a blog post and now it's the figure that everyone repeats.

There's no truth in it.
...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 03:59 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,193
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: What do you think is the value of email marketing and why should I use it?

My email list sends a 3rd of my monthly traffic to my site.

It allows me to build up trust and a relationship with my subscribers.

It allows me to recommend products to them.

I can have...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 03:54 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,152
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Top Tips For Subject Lines?

Curiosity works well as was mentioned above. Some of my top openers are based around that.

Use numbers too. People take notice of numbers.

Also appeal to peoples desires and dreams. This works...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 03:51 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 453
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: scheduling broadcasts

Things like this are not worth worrying about IME.

I've tested it and sending out a broadcast when the bulk of my list is in bed doesn't make any difference. Open rates remain consistent for the...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 03:43 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 998
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Adult Email list 100k from my past membership sites

There's not really anything unethical about sending a mainstream dating offer if that's what you're suggesting.
Forum: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 02:39 PM
Replies: 486
Views: 62,826
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: A List Building Strategy that's working extremely well for me.

I love the elephant thing. Will have to try that. :D
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2014, 02:34 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,039
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Top blogging tips / info websites?

Some advice from me -

Hosting: Go with a good host from the start and not cheap shared hosting as it will be a nightmare later. I use WPEngine. They aren't ideal but they are OK. Other choices...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2014, 02:22 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 725
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Getting on a right niche

Not sure how you can have created content without deciding what "niche you should strive towards".

You need to know your niche first, understand your audience, and find out what problems they have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2014, 02:09 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 433
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: What should I NOT do?

Try not to limit yourself to a site that cannot be expanded if it takes off.

So don't make it all about one very specific product as those tend to be difficult to get traffic to other than SEO...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2014, 01:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 346
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Where Are People Finding My Page?

Yeah Google now limits the keywords you can see so it's harder to find out exactly which keywords they used to find your site.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th July 2014, 01:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 756
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: New to IM - made my first step - what next?

If it's of a sex / adult nature then advertising on porn sites might be one of your only options.

By the way another point. If you only used Google Keyword Planner for your keyword research and...
Forum: Website Design 10th July 2014, 04:15 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 949
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How to speed up a Wordpress Blog?

Move to a dedicated Wordpress host such as WP-Engine for example.

Aupotomize plugin.

CloudFlare.com

Optimize images BEFORE uploading to site and us Bulk Smush It plugin too.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th July 2014, 03:17 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,102
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Marketing a small sports blog

Traffic for every site is about being where your core target audience hangs out online.

Figure out which blogs, forums and social media networks they like to spend time on.

Then get your own...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th July 2014, 03:14 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,415
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Fiverr Clones! You Can Still Strike Billions! Here's How

Honestly don't have a clue what that's about.

I believe Drake is a rapper and Rick Ross might be a producer but I wouldn't be able to pick either out of a line up

:)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th July 2014, 03:07 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 892
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How often do you do it?

In most instances if you spend more time promoting your posts and less time writing you'll see better results.

Writing for an empty blog gets you nowhere. Spend that time driving traffic to your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th July 2014, 02:50 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,415
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Fiverr Clones! You Can Still Strike Billions! Here's How

Whilst most in the IM sphere have heard of it your average person hasn't.

On a non IM forum I use there was recently a thread with someone talking about how awesome Fiverr was and nearly no one in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th July 2014, 02:44 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 771
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: What does it mean exactly to 'solve others problems'?

Go to forums in your niche of choice and look for commonly asked questions. Those are problems that need solved.

Q&A sites are also good.
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