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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th April 2011, 03:32 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,710
Posted By CraigRC
Re: So This Babe Walks Into A Bar...

That's your free email subject line for the day... :D
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th April 2011, 03:29 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,710
Posted By CraigRC
Re: So This Babe Walks Into A Bar...

The fundamentals never go out of style...they just get pushed to the back of the room by the new shiny objects everyone gloms on.

This business is very simple, for all the reasons you mentioned....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th April 2011, 02:43 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,023
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Explain clickbank market place

Excellent, excellent, excellent description Alexa.

It really is a gamed system for those not in the know, and it's amazing how easily misled amateur affiliates are when it comes to the facts of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd March 2011, 12:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 441
Posted By CraigRC
Re: My view on EZA

What we think has already been documented in the 50+ threads on the subject, not much left to say that already hasn't been. :)

However, here's one for the road:

There is life beyond EZA, and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th March 2011, 05:03 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,168
Posted By CraigRC
Re: List Building Test From PTC Traffic Source....Results!

Sorry to hear your story, thanks for sharing it for the benefit of those who don't understand why they should avoid paid traffic.

There's a WSO up right now about this specific traffic source,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th March 2011, 08:43 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 898
Posted By CraigRC
Re: When it comes to List Building are these #s accurate?

As Aimee said very well, you can't use anyone else's numbers to estimate your own when it comes to this because of so many moving parts and variables.

Everything from the niche itself, to the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th March 2011, 12:56 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 822
Posted By CraigRC
Re: IM knowledge is amazing. I talked with a Realtor yesterday, and he fascinated with my knowledge.

Knowledge in this field is quite impressive to those on the outside.

Particularly if you can pull off promotion via free methods and drive traffic through the myriad of simple options (SEO,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 16th March 2011, 11:29 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 3,584
Posted By CraigRC
Re: How my 1st WSO made $9,531 in 7 days

Guess those secret niches aren't so secret now... ;)

Maybe a higher price with some scarcity would have worked even better for longevity and value for the client, particularly if any of them were...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th March 2011, 03:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 874
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Adsense VS Amazon VS Affiliate Networks

Always my own products, either info or physical, through typical PPC/SEO listbuilding.

Simutaneous promotion of related products to the list, multiple sales funnels that offer OTOs, upsells,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th March 2011, 11:42 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 5,627
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Google Suggests NOT Article Marketing

Where the "issue would be" is that your articles, no matter how high quality they are, will no longer be present in page one rankings.

Previously it was very easy to accomplish that, and it...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th March 2011, 11:22 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 5,627
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Google Suggests NOT Article Marketing

Not surprising. They're at war right now, hence their Captains are all going to tow the line publically.

My advice has remained constant throughout: Place your content where it will be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th March 2011, 05:34 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 3,474
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Are you still using Ezine Articles????

Bill and Alexa's posts are dead on...

...IF you're a great writer, who brings great content, and gets 90% or more of your articles accepted after the first submission.

Do you match that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th March 2011, 04:03 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 3,474
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Are you still using Ezine Articles????

Very few businesses, either online or off, could survive a 40% decrease in their gross revenue.

Since 95% of EZA's revenue is driven from Google advertising earnings, and their overall pageview...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th March 2011, 07:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 471
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Need an honest review for salespage

He did a good job on the design and copy, that's not the problem.

The problem is that getting affiliates is a pain in the *** for new or first-time vendors.

All you can do Greg is read every...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th March 2011, 07:00 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 471
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Need an honest review for salespage

Greg, you show a Clickbank proof pic on your affiliate page on that site showing over a thousand sales...along with a 16% conversion rate.

Isn't that enough data for you to determine if the sales...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th March 2011, 05:14 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 883
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Does Anyone Know How Often Alexa.com Updates? I Want to See Where EzineArticles.com Stands

The traffic that Chris spoke of is search-engine-related. Meaning when someone types into Google "How to lose weight" ordinarily there would be between one and five "web 2.0" pages within the top 10...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th March 2011, 09:25 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 992
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Clickbank issue/question with order form submit?

Nick is right on.

I'll also chime in and tell you that CB tracks the clicks off order pages on the PayPal button as "order form submits" regardless of whether the buyer actually goes through with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th March 2011, 09:21 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 538
Posted By CraigRC
Re: 101 Small Business Web Applications

A very nice all-in-one, and not particularly aged or out of date.

Solid, good post Marvin.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th March 2011, 01:49 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,735
Posted By CraigRC
Re: With Ezine No-Follow Now, What Are The Top 5 Do-Follow Article Directories??

Agree, they missed an oppurtunity here.

Being NOFOLLOW didn't spare, or help, Articlesbase whatsoever during the latest purge, but it still would have been a splashy move for EZA regardless.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th March 2011, 01:43 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,202
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Ezinearticles disapproves article that do not link to a content-rich site!

Good old Niche Profilt Classroom, looks good Alex.

As Alexa has already said, EZA reserves the right to enforce landing pages that are content-rich, and as they continute to over-react to the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th March 2011, 06:15 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,785
Posted By CraigRC
Re: List your favorite free traffic method...

Very true.

Sidenote: Your blog is on fire lately James, very well written and sharp.

Good example of what value should mean in terms of give-away content.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th March 2011, 11:05 PM
Replies: 262
Views: 10,716
Posted By CraigRC
Re: I Just Paid $40 For 487 Words

1. What is your goal?

Selling the click at the bottom? Educating your existing membership on a topic to keep them enrolled? Boosting your blog ranking? Promoting a product review for a sale?
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th March 2011, 10:47 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 673
Posted By CraigRC
Re: My 1000th post- THANK YOU WARRIORS

Nice Matt, congrats.

Sidenote: Your WSOs are well-written, definitely recommended. :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th March 2011, 10:42 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,231
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Did you apply for diamond?

"Diamond" is a great psychological tool, Chris is brilliant.

Just when veteran high-quality authors are learning that there's a whole other world outside of EZA to go conquer (one in which...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th March 2011, 05:55 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,114
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Article Marketers - Methods of Researching Your Topic

Well written Doug.

I would add that you can glean a tremendous amount of information to pursue on a topic simply by looking at Amazon's online table-of-content scans within popular books on that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th March 2011, 02:18 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 572
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Information Overload in IM

For me it was relatively easy to decide, as a career copywriter in the real world prior to deciding to first experiment online a few years ago it made sense to focus and leverage my abilities in that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th March 2011, 12:53 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,580
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Why Would A Super Affiliate Give Away His Own Secrets That Make Him So Much Money?

Because someone making $30,000 a month with their own product or system quickly firgures out that the real money is in making $300,000 a month as a "name" guru launching multiple $997-$1997 products...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th March 2011, 12:39 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,603
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Two FREE Million Dollar TIPs - for NOOBS

Agree fully. You left out a few that I've had noticed from both clients and experimentation:

1. MMO tends to have higher refund rates across the board versus other traditional mainstream...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th March 2011, 01:29 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 583
Posted By CraigRC
Re: where can I find pictures?

Here are a variety of sites that will allow you to do exactly what you described, they're popular and easy to navigate:

5000 Free Stock Photos (http://public-domain-photos.com/)
everystockphoto...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th March 2011, 08:10 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,963
Posted By CraigRC
Re: What's a good click-thru rate on EzineArticles.com?

My current projects for clients average between 38-50% total, across multiple niches, via hundreds of articles over the past 18 months.

I've gotten it to that point through extreme levels of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th March 2011, 03:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 650
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Outsourcing question

Honestly the Warrior For Hire section has people whose talent level is often equivalent to design firms that cost many multiples more per job.

Whenever I need a project done the quality,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th March 2011, 02:39 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,704
Posted By CraigRC
Re: All-In-One: All About eZine Advertising

Kev: Paid ads (more common name is "sponsored" ad) can take a few forms with Ezine publishers, from little adwords/adsense style text ads within the next newsletter to be sent out, to clickable...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2011, 10:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 515
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Promoting High Converting Articles

Google manually slapped EZA and several other "web 2.0" content aggregation sites, defining them as "content farms".

Meaning their ranking capability has been reduced significantly.

You can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2011, 02:21 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 598
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Quick Question About Clickbank Products

Agree with Alexa, while the concept of email opt-ins isn't necessarily a deal-breaker on a CB product, the amount of nonsense that many vendors can pull (and thus remove you from your commission) is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2011, 02:12 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 719
Posted By CraigRC
Re: One Of My Affiliate Marketing Tricks

Google Alerts can be used in so many great ways, I love tracking niche blogs with it and instantly hammering out a comment on new posts that gets into the first few spots.

Great tip John. :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2011, 02:43 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 515
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Promoting High Converting Articles

Not anymore.

Promotion into the face of a slap isn't an effective use of time, I doubt driving backlinks or trying to force the ranking higher would net any result at all after last week's hit....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2011, 07:19 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 2,252
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Do any of you expect to become millionaires from IM?

Absolutely. It's on its way, just need to keep scaling and expanding.

The best advice I ever read was so simple, yet so hard to stick to:

1. Try a variety of methods until you find one that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2011, 06:34 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 4,731
Posted By CraigRC
Re: My first success in IM ! $1,400 in 18 Days :)

It's much lower, but your ROI/net margin may be higher. Something to add to your quiver of arrows...but honestly you could likely scale it up through major media buys right now and it would probably...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2011, 06:23 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,132
Posted By CraigRC
Yes the War Room IS worth it, but not for the reason you think:

The major feeling that hits home when spending any time in the War Room section of the board isn't just a near-Christmas-morning delight from the incredible materials being offered, or the fantastic...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2011, 03:48 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,108
Posted By CraigRC
Re: The Best Way To Get A List -- Think Buyers!!!

Definitely something worth doing, Jason Fladlien had a great write-up about your exact thought in one of his reports. He spoke convincingly about the power of using a RAP 100%-front-end commission...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2011, 03:43 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 2,436
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Writing A Decent, Quality Article...

Thanks Alexa for helping out, appreciate it as it saved me the trouble of searching.

My attempt at making a larger point about WSO marketing fell flat and obviously was misinterpreted, seemingly...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2011, 03:14 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 2,436
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Writing A Decent, Quality Article...

All well and good, until you realize that Alexa has never made more than $5-6k in a single month, and even that was just hit within the last few months after struggling for nearly a year.

This is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd March 2011, 03:43 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,098
Posted By CraigRC
Re: Ezine nofollow. Are they kidding me?

Corrected that for you. ;)
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