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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th January 2012, 05:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 546
Posted By wordsofmagic
Re: How Do I Use RSS Feeds? Can Anyone Be Specific?

A few years ago I used a site called www.blogannouncerpro (http://www.blogannouncerpro) [.] com to optimise one of my websites and it held ranking for over 6 years.

Hope this helps,

Paul
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th January 2012, 10:57 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 546
Posted By kenmorgan
Re: How Do I Use RSS Feeds? Can Anyone Be Specific?

I don't think the list you have is all RSS directories - some seem to be blog directories only. If it's an RSS directory it will be obvious. Just search for RSS directories in Google and you'll come...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 06:56 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 713
Posted By IAmPaulJames
Re: Virtual Assistants, do you use one?

Instead of software doing it, you create the profiles yourself. I typically wait about a week after creating it to put in my link.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 03:22 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 713
Posted By Britt Malka
Re: Virtual Assistants, do you use one?

No, I don't use one. I tried - once - with bad results. And it was nothing difficult - just submitting articles.

I pay for our professional proofreader, and that's all. Everything else, we do...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 02:31 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 713
Posted By IAmPaulJames
Re: Virtual Assistants, do you use one?

Odesk is where it's at in my opinion. I train them to do what I want specifically and I generally look for someone experienced a little bit in SEO. I use them for doing manual link building. You can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 02:28 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 713
Posted By steven sanderson
Re: Virtual Assistants, do you use one?

Yes we do, we found ours through Elance and he is from the Philippines and we find him to be excellent and very reasonable

Steven
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 02:22 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 713
Posted By ukcarl
Re: Virtual Assistants, do you use one?

if its not sensitive material like bank details etc I will outsource it, esspecially if it something I hate doing or something that takes a long time.

I just nail a process myself then outsource...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 01:42 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 713
Posted By thekaver
Re: Virtual Assistants, do you use one?

Hi,

I used elance to get my VA

The first one I got was a bit of a nightmare, but second time round got a good one.

The best tip I could give you is when you find a good one treat them like...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 01:25 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 713
Posted By YasirYar
Re: Virtual Assistants, do you use one?

There is SO much talent on various online marketplaces, to be honest, but there are a lot of people talk more than they can do. The usefulness of a VA obviously depends on the kind of person you end...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2012, 11:58 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 713
Posted By pdrs
Re: Virtual Assistants, do you use one?

1 - I find all of my VA's/writers/programmers through odesk or referrals.

2 - My current VA (not all my writers/other people) manages all of my websites basically. I systemized the various...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st December 2010, 01:15 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 431
Posted By Jake Dennert
Re: Twitter - How to Start?!

Hey boaterscott,


Pretty good stuff here so far... Thought I'd add a little more. About the name issue..

Depends on what you'd like to "brand" the most.... you, or your site. Like for example...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th November 2010, 11:50 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 431
Posted By toytruck
Re: Twitter - How to Start?!

Yes, I'd also advice you use your real name . As for the videos, you may also embed them to your website then share the link of each post to twitter and facebook (maybe 2-3 links per day). That way,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th November 2010, 11:23 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 431
Posted By Kecia
Re: Twitter - How to Start?!

As for the name, many marketers choose to use a different niche they are in. This keeps things separate, and prevents other marketers to see everything you are doing (which would be easy to track if...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th November 2010, 11:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 431
Posted By onemind
Re: Twitter - How to Start?!

Just use a normal name and just link your site in the url field. Then grow friends in your niche and send links every now and then.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th November 2010, 05:33 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 694
Posted By Morty White
Re: FACEBOOK and TWITTER Basics - how to start...

Yes, it's possible to change settings on the pages making it not possible to post or comment anything.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th November 2010, 05:19 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 694
Posted By icun
Re: FACEBOOK and TWITTER Basics - how to start...

I've had a good deal of success with creating Fan Pages that had high-value content hidden until a user 'liked' the page. The key is to have something that actually is of value, not just some crappy...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th November 2010, 03:34 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 694
Posted By bdm
Re: FACEBOOK and TWITTER Basics - how to start...

I think the old expression of "It's better to beg for forgiveness then ask for permission" really applies to Facebook.

I'm going to be straight up here. IM can be ruthless. You must get out...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th November 2010, 03:17 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,663
Posted By donhx
Re: Do You Use Video Marketing?

There is an old saying that goes along with this kind of advice: "If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it badly." :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th November 2010, 03:12 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,663
Posted By cody123
Re: Do You Use Video Marketing?

Video is a powerful way to put yourself out there and build your credibility with your readers/visitors.

It removes the barrier between them and you and builds trust too.

I've used Animoto but...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd January 2010, 12:49 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 725
Posted By Arbitrager
Re: Basic SEO Help?! Wordpress

Here is something from wordpress . org

Permalink Types
There are three basic types of WordPress permalinks:

Default: "Ugly"
The default looks like

http : // example . com...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd January 2010, 12:26 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 725
Posted By Arbitrager
Re: Basic SEO Help?! Wordpress

Dont forget to Change the permalink to be Search Engine Friendly, something like %post_name%.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd January 2010, 12:19 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 725
Posted By FredFarnes
Re: Basic SEO Help?! Wordpress

Exactly what Taylor said, he nailed it. Taylor saved you $$$ in WSO and also education/study time. Do it...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd January 2010, 12:18 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 725
Posted By Chris Houghton
Re: Basic SEO Help?! Wordpress

There are a few fundamental SEO techniques as well as some great plugins that will help your Wordpress SEO. I created a short Wordpress SEO report and if you are interested you can PM me and I'll be...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st January 2010, 11:37 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 725
Posted By Taylor French
Re: Basic SEO Help?! Wordpress

First, be sure to grab one of the Wordpress SEO plugins like All-in-one SEO Pack or Platinum SEO Pack. Platinum SEO Pack is pretty much the same as the All-in-One, but it has a few extra features. ...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 04:09 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By KenJ
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

With certain professions you need to meet the people.
I am helping a friend/associate who works in the field of property law. He wants estate agents to refer people to him.
We both attended an...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 01:48 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By G Allan Roberts
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

Make friends with the gate keeper: ( secretaries)

It most cases with direct mail you have to go through the gate keeper, which is most of a time a female secretary.

So, make a deal with a hair...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 01:28 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By lenlatimer
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

Just to add another idea -send your offer by Fedex.
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 01:21 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By DogScout
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

Dan Kennedy's partner used the DVD player ploy with a huge conversion (Bill Glazer). For offline marketing ideas, his new book,
'Outrageous Advertising That's Outrageously Successful'


is a...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 01:13 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By Ellen C Braun
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

In my area, if you buy the Dr. and his staff lunch (about $100) you get to speak about whatever you want for 30 minutes in their conference room.

Mostly drug reps do this, but anyone can.

I'm...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 09:35 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By Nic Lynn
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

Send it in a small flat box or padded envelope via a courier service. It will get past the gatekeeper and get opened. More expensive than a stamp, but cheaper than buying and shipping DVD players. ;)
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 09:35 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By TimCastleman
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

There is a ton of ways to get them to open the letter and read it.

1. Make it personal
- Take a photo of their office building and include it in the letter. Write "Photo Enclosed - Please Do...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 09:23 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By Dexx
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

Dan Kennedy's courses are your best info source on this for sure
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 02:22 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By countonuspr
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

That may seem funny, but that is actually a tremendous idea! It would certainly stand out in their minds and would almost always get by the gate keeper. Great suggestion! It is costly, but if you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st January 2010, 01:59 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,035
Posted By DogScout
Re: Offline Marketing - How Do You Get A bus. owner to read your letter?

Buy $50 DVD players. Video the sales pitch on a DVD. Load the DVD into the players. send to the doctors. They will get thru the gate keepers.

(PS-Works with lawyers too)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th December 2009, 01:13 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 594
Posted By Gene Pimentel
Re: Ever Sell A Domain? I'm Not Sure How To Do It

Scott,

You're on the right path. This type of domain will sell every day of the week. The difference between selling it for $200 or $5K is how much perceived value is there for the potential...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th December 2009, 01:09 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 594
Posted By TVChatten
Re: Ever Sell A Domain? I'm Not Sure How To Do It

Flippa would be the fastest route...but though consider that people are looking for deals there, so you could lose a little bit than what it may be worth. Sedo is the slowest route in getting offers...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th December 2009, 12:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 594
Posted By Sparhawke
Re: Ever Sell A Domain? I'm Not Sure How To Do It

This is an interesting question and one I will simply subscribe to in order to see how it turns out, however...i do not think you should have any problem finding a standard contract in such places...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th December 2009, 08:18 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 801
Posted By Glassjaw009
Re: Article Writing Tips Please

I've done some research in Adwords External and found some article topics for you, along with the monthly search volume (exact match:

[dog training collar]
18,100

[dog training collars] ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th December 2009, 07:58 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 801
Posted By TheRichJerksNet
Re: Article Writing Tips Please

I disagree with the 25% uniqueness thing .. You should strive for 70%+ if you plan on "properly" spinning your articles.

It is so sick to see an article directory with 100 articles all on the same...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th December 2009, 07:39 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 801
Posted By Barry Unruh
Re: Article Writing Tips Please

When I get caught up with writer's block on a product or topic, I turn to my trusty Market Samurai.

In your example I'd enter the "how to train puppies" and then do keyword research, setting my...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th December 2009, 06:21 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 801
Posted By Zeus66
Re: Article Writing Tips Please

A fellow Warrior - Brad Carroll - has a nice little PDF out called '16 From 1' or something like that. It gives you 16 different ways to come at a topic to write different types of articles about...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th December 2009, 06:15 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 801
Posted By Jill Carpenter
Re: Article Writing Tips Please

There is a nice report that I like from Brad Carrol which might interest you:
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th December 2009, 06:12 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 801
Posted By Victoria Neely
Re: Article Writing Tips Please

One way to get a fresh angle on a topic is to search Yahoo answers or discussion forums, just to get a feel for the kind of questions people are asking. Many of the questions are basic ones you'll...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th December 2009, 06:08 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 801
Posted By ryangb74
Re: Article Writing Tips Please

Simply paraphrase and reword your existing articles, making sure that they are at least 25% unique.

I would actually go more for 35%-40% unique just to be on the safe side.

This is so that the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2009, 09:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 620
Posted By letsgetitstarted
Re: Top Blogs? How can I find them in my niche?

You can use Alexa to find top sites in your niche. Just type in a keyword and away you go.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2009, 09:03 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 620
Posted By Elle Holder
Re: Top Blogs? How can I find them in my niche?

I'll answer your first two questions. As for the others, I'm not too sure what you're asking.

To find the top blogs in your niche, type your niche's keywords, or keyword phrase, into Google. ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th December 2009, 05:07 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 713
Posted By YanKirby
Re: eBook Graphics - How Do You Make Them?

I know there are a lot of people here who are offering that kind of service mate. I found this one trying to look for links for you:
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th December 2009, 05:02 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 713
Posted By GoGetta
Re: eBook Graphics - How Do You Make Them?

CoverActionPro is awesome for photoshop!

However, you could get an ecover designed pro for very cheap and to save time, do that! You could spend hours on getting an ecover right, when it costs...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th December 2009, 04:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 713
Posted By topcash
Re: eBook Graphics - How Do You Make Them?

If you have photoshop then coveractionpro is how to make those cool looking graphics.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th December 2009, 12:46 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,303
Posted By plester
Re: Affiliate Commissions - Who Pays The Taxes?

baoterscott,

you may want to consider operating under an LLC

you can get more info about that as well as other legal related info at very affordable rates at legalzoom.com

Robert Shapiro...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd December 2009, 05:49 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 751
Posted By bridgetbruston
Re: How Do You Turn Articles into Videos?

1. Breaking key points down into subheadings.
2. Adding voiceovers - either your own or using the computer generated voices provided.
3. Adding graphics - you can use the ones they provide or...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd December 2009, 05:05 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 751
Posted By robvegas626
Re: How Do You Turn Articles into Videos?

I've turned many of my articles into videos. Read the article out loud and record it with whatever audio recording program you use. Then I use Animoto to set the audio to a cool slideshow of images....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd December 2009, 04:57 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 751
Posted By Paul_Short
Re: How Do You Turn Articles into Videos?

Suggestion - maybe the concept of 'turning articles into videos' is limiting you?

Since the articles you listed in your OP revolve around animals, and people Loooooove!! watching animal videos......
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd December 2009, 03:31 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 751
Posted By Asher
Re: How Do You Turn Articles into Videos?

If you're already good with Camtasia, you can simply
record quick Powerpoint video presentations and record
yourself or have someone do the voice over for you.

I personally believe strongly in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd December 2009, 10:54 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 751
Posted By mikeyman120
Re: How Do You Turn Articles into Videos?

Here is one way to turn your articles into videos if you don't have the equipment to do it yourself. Use article video robot over at:

Turn any article to video with animation, music, graphics, and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd December 2009, 10:31 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 751
Posted By Mike Linley
Re: How Do You Turn Articles into Videos?

I would read the article and put up cool pics of puppy dogs...irrestible puppy dogs...sure to get some clicks that way!...good luck
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