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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2014, 01:44 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 717
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Nowadays, How Would You Rate the Squeeze Page?

Great at building BIG lists. Bad at building RESPONSIVE lists.
Forum: Email Marketing 2nd August 2014, 10:37 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,194
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: 664
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: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd August 2014, 09:45 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 950
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: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th July 2014, 11:54 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 693
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 15th July 2014, 03:32 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 585
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: 834
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: 2,421
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, 02:58 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 714
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 13th July 2014, 04:38 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,343
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: Email Marketing 13th July 2014, 03:54 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,134
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, 02:39 PM
Replies: 486
Views: 61,147
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 3rd July 2014, 02:43 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,340
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Authority Blogging Guidance

An authority blog is a good way to go BUT I wouldn't focus just on SEO traffic.

There are a ton of sources and SEO is unpredictable anyway so it would be sad to see you build up a site of 10,000...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd July 2014, 02:31 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,297
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Why Are So Many Niche Affiliate Marketers Working Backwards?

Much like Rod has alluded to I try and pick niches where passion and money intersect.

I have tried working on sites where I had no real interest but that I saw profit and potential in and got...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd July 2014, 01:11 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 735
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Need help deciding a brand name.... ready? go!

Getting a bunch of people on an internet marketing forum, who probably aren't your target demographic or possibly even the right sex, to decide on your brand name seems unwise.

Why not set up some...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd July 2014, 12:58 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,653
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Broad Niche or Narrow Niche?

Often when you try to cover lots of topics and cater to "everyone" you usually end up catering to no one.

Lots of mismatched content that really doesn't 'connect' with any one type of person.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd July 2014, 11:59 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,119
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: "Free" can kill your business

OP nailed it on the head.

Your free report shouldn't be any old garbage just because it's "free" and people won't care.

People do care.

Make the free report the best report in the world on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2014, 08:23 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,090
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Why do people buy informational products when they can get stuff for free?

Time is money.

I could spend 5hrs trying to get a complete picture about what I want to know or instead I can buy something where the research is done for me and compiled in a nice easy to view...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2014, 07:49 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,458
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Have a site which gets ~80k visitors daily

Build an email list and monetize through promoting affiliate offers / products?
Forum: Email Marketing 28th June 2014, 09:38 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 629
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Just Pulled Almost 4k Records from Junk Site, Need Help...

4,000 isn't huge and seeing as it's 4k that it seems have never been emailed and no relationship has been built they probably aren't worth much.

Get them into an autoresponder and send out a few...
Forum: Email Marketing 28th June 2014, 09:30 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,700
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Tips on Boosting Open Rates

It seems most people round here who get low open rates do so as they have low quality subcribers on their list.

Usually built from cold traffic sent to squeeze pages and then bribed to opt in with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th June 2014, 09:12 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 908
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How do you find blogs?

Google Blog Search

Technorati Blog Search

Topsy.com

Simply going to Google and searching "Niche" blog

Going to blogs and looking for who they link to.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th June 2014, 09:10 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,577
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Micro Niche Sites Vs. Authority Sites... what's better?

Search engines do NOT decide that. Your audience and those in the wider niche decide if your site is an authority site or not.
Forum: Email Marketing 28th June 2014, 09:06 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,393
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: List Building Questions

No logic in waiting 7 days after sign up before emailing. Some people will have forgot who you are and why you are mailing them by them.

You need to engage with them immediately after they sign up...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2014, 06:03 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,179
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: give me a single and solid tip that really worked for you

The more value I give out through my content the more positive results I see.

When I put half hearted attempts into my content because I'm feeling lazy and think it's "good enough" the less...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2014, 06:00 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,577
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Micro Niche Sites Vs. Authority Sites... what's better?

I just had a similar discussion with one of my list subscribers today about niche site versus authority site.

I explained to her that a niche site can ALSO be an authority site. An authority site...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2014, 05:34 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,849
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: A Question For Established Marketers Only - No Newbies Please!

Even though everyone and his dog is in the IM niche only a small minority are good at it or doing anything worthwhile or different so it's not difficult to stand out especially with the experience...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd June 2014, 12:10 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,008
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Basic Ways To Promote Guitar Lesson Site?

Is your issue lack of traffic, not knowing what to sell or being unable to convert your visitors into buyers?

I think you're struggling to get visitors to your site but I'm not 100% sure so...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2014, 04:36 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,256
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Depression Niche - Monotization

I don't know this niche well and I can't ethically recommend anything but just off the top of my head things that you could potentially promote...

- Self help guides
- Natural remedies
-...
Forum: Email Marketing 20th June 2014, 06:06 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 745
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Longest Follow up sequence?

I have over 100 emails in mines.

My list is linked to my blog so every blog post on my site is linked back to, some multiple times, mixed in with email exclusives, content from around the web I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2014, 05:51 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 505
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Are there sites where I can upload my site's articles for getting traffic & SEO

Yes.

Reddit
Digg
Stumbleupon
Scoop It
Flipboard
Rebel Mouse

If you're in the IM niche...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th June 2014, 12:42 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,444
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Use Weird Words in Headlines! ARHHHH!

One of my higher open rate emails was "Sawa Dee Kap"

It means "hello" in Thai (I live there).

People were intrigued to find out what it meant.
Forum: Email Marketing 13th June 2014, 12:32 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 539
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: In between launches what do you do?

If you are a product creator and looking to still make money during times when you've no new product then definitely look into affiliate products to boost the income.

Like Alexa as an affiliate...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th June 2014, 12:26 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,380
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Capture Email Only - 69% Conversion Rate!

Opt in rates are fairly meaningless.

Who opens and most importantly clicks then takes action is what is REALLY important.

I don't really do squeeze pages as I find the quality of subscriber to...
Forum: Email Marketing 13th June 2014, 12:08 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,469
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Learn Email Marketing

Autoresponder Madness is a good choice of course.

If you want to see what sort of thing you'll learn before buying join one of Andre Chaperon's lists and see the style of story telling emails he...
Forum: Email Marketing 6th June 2014, 11:18 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 4,505
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How do I increase my open rate?

I agree a lot with Alexa here though I DO use broadcasts and see little negative affect.

It's all about what happens BEFORE people opt in.

If before they opt in they've seen that you are...
Forum: Email Marketing 6th June 2014, 11:08 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,168
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How To Get More Clicks From Your List And Make More Money!

Another great post Gavin.

Segmentation is another thing which I do constantly and it can help DOUBLE my open and click rates.

After the original mail....

I re-send to unopens with a brand...
Forum: Email Marketing 6th June 2014, 10:54 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,206
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Gmail Promotions is killing me

Promo tab or whatever tab.

If people WANT and look forward to your emails they will find them and your open rate will not be that affected.

I find that people are too quick to blame trivial...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th May 2014, 04:49 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,020
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: SeCockpit Keyword Research Tool....makes some pretty bold claims. Is it really all that?

I haven't used it myself but a while back I asked 8 IM and SEO experts what they thought was the best keyword research tool and Brian Dean of Backlinko (one of the smartest link builders I know)...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th May 2014, 04:44 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,734
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Have You Been Succesful in the Meditation Niche?

As mentioned Mind Valley are in the meditation niche.

Their course have over 160,000 subscribers....

Courses - Mind - Meditation - Mindvalley Academy - Mindvalleyacademy.com...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th May 2014, 06:59 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 714
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: List of Websites to find Popular Niche Ideas

CJ.com
ShareASale.com
PLR Websites (they've done all the research and content creation for you)
Listly
Twitter Trending
Yahoo Trending
Digg
Delicious
Stumbleupon
Last FM
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th May 2014, 09:31 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 595
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Once you have figured out where the "money" really is...

No one wants to read a blog about 'everything'.

By trying to cater to everyone you actually cater to no one.

By trying to post about 'everything' you just end up with wishy washy information on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th May 2014, 04:09 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,435
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Agriculture Niche Profitable?

The urban farming niche is HUGE. Tons of sub-niches in there too.

Backyard Chickens is an insanely big niche with (33,000 searches per month!).

Beekeeping (27,100 search per month) and backyard...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th May 2014, 04:00 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 462
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Maintaining a list

It's always a good idea to try and re-engage them them before deleting.

And remember if they are opening on mobile devices or through certain email clients it doesn't always register with your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th May 2014, 05:43 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 842
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Hosting down time - message to list or not?

Just had this problem with HG too.

Site down multiple times in the space of 2 weeks.

I kept my list updated throughout and delayed any scheduled broadcast and follow up messages so they weren't...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th May 2014, 05:35 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 391
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: IM List and Promotions

If people join your list because they show an interest in YT then it would make a lot of sense to follow up with more content and products related to YT but that doesn't mean you cannot promote...
Forum: Email Marketing 1st May 2014, 07:15 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,393
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: List Building Questions

1. On your thank you page you thank them for opting in, set their expectations, tell them what you'll be sending, when you'll send it, what happens next etc. Make sure you don't lie and stick to what...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st May 2014, 07:07 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 2,648
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Is 50-250 new subscribers per day good?

A 70% optin rate to a squeeze page is a good conversion rate but what matters is the quality of these subscribers and whether they open, click and take action.

What open and click rates are you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st May 2014, 06:54 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 2,345
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Why are book cover designers hired?

Don't know if anyone mentioned it or not but you'll want to check your 'designer' isn't using copyrighted images.

A lot of these cheap designers on Fiverr do. They'll just grab something off...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd April 2014, 07:02 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 548
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Your Thoughts on Travel Niche

Build a list for sure! I can't emphasis this enough this is something EVERY blogger needs to be doing from the very start.

Even if you're just monetizing your site through adsense you should build...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th April 2014, 11:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 648
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How Does Content Distribution Helps You Get Traffic???

Some bloggers will accept syndicated content and post even though it's already posted on your site or elsewhere.

You can also syndicate and share to sites like Reddit, Inbound, Kingged, InsideIM,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th April 2014, 11:16 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 621
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: How to promote a new website

Forget search engine rankings for a new website. Google doesn't care about your website and they don't want to rank you. They prefer sites that have been around a while and have authority.

You can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th April 2014, 11:11 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 676
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Help me to understand IM traffic

So if I'm getting this right...you've got a site about list building but you don't actually have any success about list building and here you are posting in WF, which is presumably your target...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th April 2014, 10:52 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,592
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Your Product in Clickbank Marketplace = You Get Screwed

A lot of people seem to be misunderstanding various points here.

The OP is talking about when people are Googling your product name - which means they are already aware of your product and most...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th April 2014, 07:06 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 4,159
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Please help me. I've bought a lot of WSO but still lost.

Agree with Will. No one should be spending $1k in a week on offers. Buying offers doesn't achieve anything.

Taking action, on the right things, helps you achieve your goals.

Less buying. More...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th April 2014, 12:03 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 525
Posted By Stuart Walker
Re: Smush.it plugin

I use it. As others have said you CAN bulk smush images that are already on your site.

It sped up my site nicely.
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