"Nothing in the world can take
the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than
unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a
proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has
solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."-John
Calvin Coolidge
On this blog you would find information on how to create a blog and how to make money at home using online business opportunities and how to go about them. You would also find internet programs which are not only legitimate but also work, thus ensuring you a constant income stream. MOTTO: Create a blog. Monetize it. Work from Home.
Saturday, 31 August 2013
How to get people to sign up for your email list
Yesterday,
I published a guide on creating autoresponder letters and today I received this
message from Allyn Cutts of the Cutts Group, llc. Since this sounds like a
sequel to my post, I decided to use it as such and without editing. Enjoy!
"With online
businesses, it is important for you to understand how to get people to sign up
for your email list in order to reach your target market.
You can create a sign up page where you can compile the mailing list and also explain to the subscribers in detail the advantages they will get.
-->> You should make sure that the sign up procedure is easy and avoid asking too much information like phone numbers and addresses. The less information you ask from the subscribers that more likely they will sign up for your email list. You can ask for the first names so that you can personalize each email that you send out.
Another way to get people to sign up is by offering gifts or something that will be valuable to your subscribers. Most people will be attracted by free items as long as they appear to add a lot of value, such as a video course, ebook or short report.
Need help putting together your mailing list strategy? Call me today!
All The Best,
Allyn Cutts
Cutts Group, llc
P.S. Do you know how often to mail your list? I do! Call me to find out more.
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Cutts Group, llc
Allentown, PA
phone orders: 610.366.9620
fax number: 610.366.9619
contact us: http://cuttsgroup.com/contact-us/
facebook: http://facebook.com/CuttsGroup
twitter: http://twitter.com/CuttsGroup
linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/AllynCutts/
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/CuttsGroup
.
Cutts Group Company
3140 W. Tilghman St.
Allentown, PA
18104
US"
You can create a sign up page where you can compile the mailing list and also explain to the subscribers in detail the advantages they will get.
-->> You should make sure that the sign up procedure is easy and avoid asking too much information like phone numbers and addresses. The less information you ask from the subscribers that more likely they will sign up for your email list. You can ask for the first names so that you can personalize each email that you send out.
Another way to get people to sign up is by offering gifts or something that will be valuable to your subscribers. Most people will be attracted by free items as long as they appear to add a lot of value, such as a video course, ebook or short report.
Need help putting together your mailing list strategy? Call me today!
All The Best,
Allyn Cutts
Cutts Group, llc
P.S. Do you know how often to mail your list? I do! Call me to find out more.
------------------------------------------------------------
Cutts Group, llc
Allentown, PA
phone orders: 610.366.9620
fax number: 610.366.9619
contact us: http://cuttsgroup.com/contact-us/
facebook: http://facebook.com/CuttsGroup
twitter: http://twitter.com/CuttsGroup
linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/AllynCutts/
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/CuttsGroup
.
Cutts Group Company
3140 W. Tilghman St.
Allentown, PA
18104
US"
Friday, 30 August 2013
A Brief Guide to Creating an AutoResponder Letter
This blog
post is based on a guide I received from TrafficWave.net as part of my
subscription to its autoresponder services.
What is an AutoResponder?
An
AutoResponder is a means for online marketers to automate repetitive sales
tasks, build and manage multiple prospect lists, and send out regular articles,
updates, and announcements. A marketer can also use it to automate the process
of list building, follow up with prospects, and close more sales.
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Check my TrafficWave.net affiliate plan
How to build a list of targeted prospects
To build a
list of targeted prospects, the first step is to create 5 to 7 messages about
your offer (product, service, or opportunity) and add them to your
AutoResponder Campaign. You may set them to go out every 2 days.
(N.B.: The
average number of messages for successful marketers is 5 to 9. However you may
use more letters or less, depending on your need.)
Now, let’s
see a simple guideline for you to create follow-up letters:
Message 1: Sent Out Immediately
In this message thank subscribers for requesting your information. Then give them a brief history about yourself and an overview of your offer
In this
message, as in subsequent ones, don’t forget to include a “call to action.” It
is a link to your website, your name and email address, and a phone number so critical
to the success of your messages as it lets prospects know what to do next and
how to do it. (ask for further details, an order, more information.)
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Check my TrafficWave.net AutoResponder features page
Message
2: Day 3
In this message, give a brief reminder of your first message and the benefits of your offer. Let subscribers know how different it is from others.
In this message, give a brief reminder of your first message and the benefits of your offer. Let subscribers know how different it is from others.
Message
3: Day 5.
In this message include some testimonials from your company or a little personal story. Alternatively, you may also share success stories and testimonials from other users of your offer. If you are promoting an affiliate plan, let subscribers know how others are building their income with it.
Check how entertainers use TrafficWave.net
In this message include some testimonials from your company or a little personal story. Alternatively, you may also share success stories and testimonials from other users of your offer. If you are promoting an affiliate plan, let subscribers know how others are building their income with it.
Check how entertainers use TrafficWave.net
Message
4: Day 7
In this message, focus on one particular feature of your offer, e.g. how it can help make or save money, increase productivity, lose weight, etc. Offer to answer questions and provide support.
Check how restaurants use TrafficWave.net
In this message, focus on one particular feature of your offer, e.g. how it can help make or save money, increase productivity, lose weight, etc. Offer to answer questions and provide support.
Check how restaurants use TrafficWave.net
Message
5: Day 9
This is the moment to be a little more personal. Let your prospects know that you are available to offer any possible help. Profit to thank your prospects again for requesting your information and assure them that you are a real human being ready to help them succeed.
Check how affiliate marketers use TrafficWave.net
This is the moment to be a little more personal. Let your prospects know that you are available to offer any possible help. Profit to thank your prospects again for requesting your information and assure them that you are a real human being ready to help them succeed.
Check how affiliate marketers use TrafficWave.net
Message
6: Day 11
In this message stress another set of features of your offer and share a few more testimonials from others or from your own experiences with your offer. Briefly review some of the details you have shared in previous letters.
Check how publishers use TrafficWave.net
In this message stress another set of features of your offer and share a few more testimonials from others or from your own experiences with your offer. Briefly review some of the details you have shared in previous letters.
Check how publishers use TrafficWave.net
Message
7: Day 13
In this message, you may ask for some feedback from your prospects. Let them know how it has been a pleasure sending them information and express the hope it has been helpful to them. Ask for any concerns they may have or what might be the reason for not accepting your offer. Thank them for having agreed to receive your information and assure them of your availability to answer any questions they may have.
This may bring in some feedback in which people could share some concerns or reveal why they can’t accept your offer at this time.
Check how Network Marketers use TrafficWave.net
In this message, you may ask for some feedback from your prospects. Let them know how it has been a pleasure sending them information and express the hope it has been helpful to them. Ask for any concerns they may have or what might be the reason for not accepting your offer. Thank them for having agreed to receive your information and assure them of your availability to answer any questions they may have.
This may bring in some feedback in which people could share some concerns or reveal why they can’t accept your offer at this time.
Check how Network Marketers use TrafficWave.net
Now You’re Ready To Go
Now load the letters into your AutoResponder Campaign to begin advertising to attract prospects to your offer that your AutoResponder will follow up for you. Know that to get people to give you their name and email address and request your information, you must give them something compelling in return.
This could be information on how to start and profit from a home based business, tips on how to better protect one’s identity, weight loss tips, nutritional information or information on how to promote a web site or create a blog and monetize it.
Now load the letters into your AutoResponder Campaign to begin advertising to attract prospects to your offer that your AutoResponder will follow up for you. Know that to get people to give you their name and email address and request your information, you must give them something compelling in return.
This could be information on how to start and profit from a home based business, tips on how to better protect one’s identity, weight loss tips, nutritional information or information on how to promote a web site or create a blog and monetize it.
You can now
focus your advertising on your lead capture pages so that people will request
more information from you. It is important not to try to sell them up front yet
but just focus on capturing their information. You can use the follow up later to
close the sale.
Here is the magic of AutoResponders: as people fill out your subscription forms or email your AutoResponder to request your offer, their information is captured in your database.
Then your AutoResponder goes to work sending out your sales message so that for the next two weeks, your prospects will be receiving them. The sweetness of it is that you don’t have to remember to send them out nor worry about which prospect has received which letter. Your AutoResponder does all that by working for you behind the scenes.
Check how Retailers use TrafficWave.net
Here is the magic of AutoResponders: as people fill out your subscription forms or email your AutoResponder to request your offer, their information is captured in your database.
Then your AutoResponder goes to work sending out your sales message so that for the next two weeks, your prospects will be receiving them. The sweetness of it is that you don’t have to remember to send them out nor worry about which prospect has received which letter. Your AutoResponder does all that by working for you behind the scenes.
Check how Retailers use TrafficWave.net
A word
of caution
But this
isn’t reason to go to sleep. Now is the time to focus on:
- Continuing to advertise to get more prospects in to your AutoResponder
- Using the feedback from prospects to adjust the contents of your letters.
Let’s
espouse a little bit on this second point. Should your prospects constantly
have a question about an aspect of your offer, you need to make changes or
additions to your message in that direction. Remember, any concern expressed is
an occasion to give your prospects more information and increase your
subscriber list for better business.
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Thought of the Day
"A leader is someone who is
ahead of the pack. Even if it is only by one inch. They are doing, or have
done, what they want or expect others to do. They are not watchers nor do they
wait around. They take action...proper action....a lot of proper action! And
they never give up!"
-Jack M. Zufelt
-Jack M. Zufelt
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Should Failures be the End of our Dreams?
Today I set out to write a post
about how our failures should fuel our determination to succeed instead of
discouraging us into abandoning our dreams. But going through my Thoughts of
the Day to look for quotes to sprinkle throughout the text, I found myself laden
with quite a number of them. The only alternative then use them all with
minimal comments.
Failure is a stimulant
Failure is indisputably a part of
life. A very conspicuous part anyway. But what should be paramount in our minds
is summed up in this African Ewe-Ge-Mina (my ethnic group) proverb: “Don’t turn
where you fell into a bed.” This is what some great thinkers are also telling us:
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of
the surest stepping stones to success.” - Dale Carnegie
“Failure is success if we learn from it.” ~
Malcolm Forbes
"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste
energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the
next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not
growing."-H. Stanley Judd
Action defeats failure
Heaven helps those who help
themselves is also a proverb which exists in my language as “Lift your load
onto your knee and God will hoist it onto your head.” What do some great
thinkers say?
"The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the
reverse is true - action precedes motivation. You have to 'prime the pump' and
get the juices flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting
momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the
first step...is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day."
-Robert J. McKain
"Success...seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep
moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." -Conrad Hilton
"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you
stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better
tools will be found as you go along." -Napoleon Hill
"The only difference between success and failure is the ability to
take action."
-Alexander Graham Bell
-Alexander Graham Bell
Achievement seems to be connected with Action.
Successful men and women make mistakes, but they keep on trying and never quit!
(F5MMillinaire’s club newsletter)
"Don't tell yourself the lie that you can't do it. The truth is you
CAN but
you don't because you're afraid..." ― Anthony Robbins
Keep on keeping on
Sometimes we take action upon action
in our determination to succeed but see no results. And then we quit. What however
is the wisest thing to do? Here are answers from some great minds:
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and
the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of
ourselves to the task at hand.” - Vince Lombardi
"The only thing that stands between a man
and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to
believe that it is possible." - Richard M. DeVos
"The odds are with us if we keep on trying." - Keith DeGreen
"If you could get up the courage to begin,
you have the courage to succeed." -David Viscott
"The person determined to achieve
maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time.
A house is built a brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A
department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment
is a series of little accomplishments."
-David Joseph Schwartz
-David Joseph Schwartz
"If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit
of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable
part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the
eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'"
-Ann Landers
-Ann Landers
"What happens is not as important as how you react to what
happens." -Thaddeus Golas
"I was once asked if a big
business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached
his objective he was not a big business man." -Charles M Schwab
“My strategy in life is simple: I make up for a profound lack of
talent by refusing to quit. That's enabled me to accomplish almost
every goal I've set for myself – from winning a high school state championship
in water polo (when I joined the team I had to play goalie because I could
barely swim)… to achieving academic goals (I must be one of the few people with
dyslexia to pursue a career as a writer)… ...to building relationships (my wife
broke up with me six times)… to building this business (early in my career,
Bill Bonner, who is now my
business partner, called me "hopeless"). It's amazing what you can accomplish if you simply refuse to quit.” ― Porter Stansberry
business partner, called me "hopeless"). It's amazing what you can accomplish if you simply refuse to quit.” ― Porter Stansberry
"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of
persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. - Napoleon Hill
"Whatever
you do, never quit this business … you can do it." Quotation copied from
an email message sent me by an internet marketer Franks Salinas.
"There is no sudden leap into the
stratosphere...There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up
the pyramid toward your goals..." -Ben Stein
"Many Huge Success's Were Built On Many
Small Failures! Never have regrets, Always have learning experiences and learn
from those who are already successful." ~ Paul Nulty
Dream, Dream, Dream
Persistence or perseverance can help
us succeed only if it is sustained by an unwavering dream. Do wise people agree?
"When you think big, your results are big." -Thomas J. Vilord
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can
alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." -William James
“There are
many ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other
is as if everything is” – Albert Einstein.
Conclusion
My conclusion is a call to action. What’s the
use in giving a person instructions to carry out a task without giving them the
tools to accomplish them?
P.S.:
Have you failed online, obtained only limited success, been afraid to
try or never even thought of venturing into such a business? Don’t worry. On
this site you can find many different profitable business opportunities I’ve carefully
selected to help you succeed online. Whether it is affiliate marketing, matrixes,
advertising, traffic exchanges, teams, list building, blogging, webinars,
marketing, payment processing, etc. you only need to take a tour, send me a
mail at akolipenoukou@gmail.com,
give me a call on +228 92566652 or get me on skype (ID: akolipenoukou) and
you’d be served.
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
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Thought of the Day
"The common conception is that
motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true - action precedes
motivation. You have to 'prime the pump' and get the juices flowing, which
motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most
difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step...is enough to
prompt you to make the best of your day." -Robert J. McKain
Monday, 26 August 2013
Thought of the Day
The price of success is hard work,
dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or
lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi
How similar are Blog Visitors and Followers and a Business’ Clientele?
Staring at the
photos this morning of some of my 260 blog followers on Google+ who make me
feel real good, I had the idea to dedicate a special thought to them. “Why?”
one may ask. It was while searching for the answer that the idea occurred to me
how similar blog visitors and followers and a business’ clientele were.
First,
let’s look at how useful clients are to a business.
They let the business owner feel good
Imagine
opening a shop and seeing not even a fly buzz in? You’d feel the most unwanted
person in the world. So, clients let the business owner feel good since they
don’t let him have the impression that his brainchild is not appreciated. I
should know because I’ve kept a shop before!
A business needs clients to survive
Second, a
business needs clients to survive. This is obvious because no sales, no
business. And it’s the clients who bring the money. Some people think that it
is the advertising. No. otherwise we would never talk of failed advertising.
That technique only tells clients where they can have their needs satisfied but
it is the clients who freely decide who to give their money to. And the more
clients give you their money the more you keep you head out of water.
Clients keep a business in activity
This idea
is linked to the former. By buying from it clients keep a business active. If a
business doesn’t expand at all and finally fades away it is because it had no
clients to keep it going. If another expands slowly it’s due to the clients who
are not bringing in enough activity. But a very busy business is the one with a
whole lot of clients.
Clients keep the business moving on through
diversification
Clients give
a business direction by suggesting new additions to the existing stock. No
doubt some businesses put suggestion boxes at the disposal of their clientele.
Keeping a blog is another great idea for a business to get feedback from its
clients. The more the business satisfies its clients’ needs the more diversified
it will be and the more growth it will have.
Some clients become friends of the business
owner
Imagine
beginning a business from your garage, living room or even from a small shop
and imagine still having some of the earlier clients as buyers. How do you
think will be the relationship between the business owner and these people? One
of endearing friendship. And why not, even business partners. This is how some
clients become friends of the business owner.
Now, let’s
consider how useful blog followers and visitors are to a blog and its owner.
Followers and visitors let the blog owner feel
good
Imagine running
a blog for months and having not even a single person peer at it. You’d feel
the most worthless blogger in the blogosphere. Anytime I have another Google+
follower, I feel like an athlete who’d won a heated race. Thank you dear
followers for letting me feel so good since you don’t give me the impression
that I’m not preaching in the desert.
A blog needs followers and visitors to survive
This is
because no followers and visitors no motivation for the blogger to continue. Besides,
it’s the visitors who bring the money. Here also it’s not really the blogger’s
magic which bring the sales. Otherwise how come 97-98% of bloggers fail? Does
it mean only 3-2% have the Midas touch? Good useful content bring the followers
and the visitors but I think it is grace when they buy from you instead of all
those great bloggers who came before you.
Followers and visitors keep a blog in activity
By subscribing
to a blog, following it and buying from it, followers and visitors keep a blog active.
If a blog doesn’t grow at all and finally fades away it is because it had followers
and visitors to keep it active. If another expands slowly it’s due to the followers
and visitors who are not bringing in enough activity (comments, subscription,
sales, etc.). But a very busy blog is the one with a multitude of followers and
visitors.
Followers and visitors keep the blog moving on
through diversification
Comments by
blog visitors suggest new topics for the blogger to write about. That’s why
it’s essential for every blog to have forms for visitors to subscribe to posts
and comments and to subscribe to follow by Email. The precious feedback from their
visitors will enable a blogger satisfy their needs and be part of the famous two
percenters.
Some followers and visitors become friends of
the blog owner
Imagine me
seeing some of my present followers in a few years from now still following my
blog, and especially contributing to it through comments and suggestions, how
do you think will our relationship be? That of friendship. This is how some followers
and visitors have evolved from those positions to contributors, clients or dear
friends of well-established blogs.
So, thank
you my dear blog followers and visitors. See you soon as contributors, clients
or dear friends and why not, all three at the same time!
Sunday, 25 August 2013
Blogging is Easy
More and
more and day after day I find myself questioning the thoughtless use of the
word “easy” to qualify online or home business jobs or anything to do with them.
Let’s take
my today’s tasks for instance.
I slept towards
3 am this morning after working on my computer businesses all day yesterday. I set
my cell phone’s alarm at 6 am, knowing fully well that it wasn’t realistic.
When I managed to get up at 8, I wondered if the alarm had gone off at all and if
it had whether it was I or my wife who had put it off. She was still sleeping
so I shrugged and went into the living room where I work.
Crazy as it
might seem, I find myself running four blogs (“It’s easy to make money at home”
on blogger and three others with Fanbox, Empower Network and IMGlobal on
wordpress), with three others in the offing (Blogging with John Chow, GVO and
About me).
In effect I
had myself signed up for the blogger.com blog. Once when I realized someone on
the swom.com social site kept four blogs, I asked him how on earth he managed
them as my only one was proving a headache making me bury my earlier idea of creating
more blogs.
However
blogger.com blocked my blog for issues with my profile. When all attempts to
get my blog back failed and then I saw an ad to create a blog with John Chow (whom
I knew was a highly respected blogger), I coldn’t but seize the opportunity but
sadly have not exploited it yet.
As for
fanbox, an online friend had suggested it to me as a free website which pays
you for sharing your ideas, photos and videos. What better could someone like
me looking for money to speed up my online business look for than such an easy
(how this word keeps popping up!) money-making opportunity! So I signed up and
only took a mild interest in it until daily messages kept on showing in my box
from the fanbox team telling me how much I was earning a day doing nothing and
how what huge amounts I could earn taking an active part in the community. So,
I did and just for occasionally posting to my blog or advertising other
people’s blogs on the site, I earn $18 a day sometimes. Some people easily get
hundreds of dollars a day and thousands a month. My coach earned over $5000
last month and has got over $300,000 since she began. Anybody interested?
Contact me for an account.
Empower
Network and IMGlobal however gave me websites when I became their affiliates
and I’ve just begun using them when I realized what powerful weapons they are
to earn with those networks and build other businesses too.
GVO is in
the same bag as Empower Network and IMGlobal but setting up the blog keeps me procrastinating.
The person who had got me involved in Fanbox is the same who asked me to sign
up for the free personal About.me blog.
With so
many blogs, I found myself going the easy route: posting the same content on
them even though I could run them through article spinners to change them a
bit. I was also losing sight of which article went on which site so today I
decided to keep my house in order.
So, after
checking my email boxes, I began organizing my articles into categories:
Blog article ideas
In this
group, I put all articles I had planned to write. Some of them were mere
titles, others were ideas copied from Google research or elsewhere online. To
organize them into a whole, I was obliged to copy hundreds from my desktop
computer (which I rarely use nowadays) and mesh them with those on my laptop.
Putting them into subcategories nearly made me give up the work as some defied
classes!
Completed blog articles
These are
and would be articles that I had written but not yet posted to any site. There
were not many. To vary my articles, I’ve decided to use spinners. With the
internet one must work smart not hard.
Posted blog articles
These are
the ones that I had already put up on the various sites. While some are on all
the sites, others are not. So, I had to go to each site, copy down the articles
and indicate in the body to which sites they had been posted. Apparently easy
task but really time-consuming.
Blog posts to It’s easy, Empower Network, IMGlobal
and Fanbox
I created
these files for posts on each of the four sites. Checking the sites and the
Posted blog posts file took hours. Some files were online and not on record and
vice versa and reconciling them nearly made me go crazy.
I took a
break for lunch and a rare siesta.
Evenings
are when I write and posts to my sites. I got to work after a hurriedly munched
supper finishing off the morning’s work. And when I was ready to write my post,
I realized that it was already 8 pm.
Again I
wondered why people say that writing a blog post takes only a few minutes. Some
even say 15 or at most 30. If me, a trained writer cannot do that in less than
two hours, how come non professionals could in that short time? Or, is my
professionalism the impediment, causing me to write according to laid down
principles? I don’t know but I would like to hear from those able to write a
blog post and put it online in less than an hour. That would be edifying.
It’s now
10.51 pm exactly, almost three hours since I started writing this post but it
isn’t even finished yet.
So, is
blogging easy?
I don’t
think so. But if you think otherwise, why don’t you let us in on your secret?
It could make life easier for some of us.
Thought of the Day
Develop success from failures.
Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale
Carnegie
Saturday, 24 August 2013
What are the Four Important Parts of a Blog Post?
Although this post is
based on information from one of the Empower Network Core Commitments labelled Blog
Daily, I think the details are true for any blog post.
1. The Title
The title is what your
post is about. It should be a short sentence. Anyone reading it should have an
idea what the post is about. Avoid using All CAPS and avoid using special characters
such as - * % @ etc.; this will create a poor permalink.
2. The Body
The best length for a
blog post is 500-700 words. This is supposed to be the maximum attention span
of most blog readers.
The body of a blog
should have short paragraphs, quotes, and be sprinkled with the site’s
keywords. Use the blog platform’s editing options to bold, italicize and make
your post visually appealing.
Talking of appeal, one
should also add photos or a video, if possible from YouTube that helps the
blogger to make their point clearer. Don’t forget to give credit if the photo,
video is coming from a source other than yours.
If you are taking your
post from somewhere else or if you are quoting someone, it is a good idea to reference
the source and post a link to the original author’s article.
One more thing: to write
good content, don’t hesitate to check how good bloggers write. Visit their
blog, learn what they write, study their style but above all be yourself!
3. The Call to Action
The ‘call to action’ is a
powerful blogging tool enabling you to promote a link, a service, a product, or
another thing. It is a link inserted into the blog post, telling the blog
visitors to check it to visit a page outside the blog. So, the blogger can use
it to ask the visitor to share your post, leave a comment, purchase a service
or a product the post is talking about. As a concrete example, there is a call
to action at the end of this post, asking you to check my Empower Network affiliate
capture or sales page.
People using a blog
(like the Empower Network blog) to promote a digital or a physical product
should not ignore the Call to Action. This will enable readers land on the page
where they will have more information about the products and if necessary, purchase
them. What about those using their Empower Network or any other blog to express
their personal thoughts to the world? They could ask their readers to share their
post in addition to using social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc.). Obviously
without a call to action you can’t expect anything from your readers than their
clicking away from your post and moving on to another task on their minds.
4. The Tags
Tags are a group of words
separated by a comma that describe what a post is about. While both tags and
keywords help sort information from Search Engines, the latter are often
related to the blog site, that is, what the website is about. That can be
generated using Google AdWords.
Just like keywords, a
post’s tags could be 5-7 words. In the Empower Netwrok blog and other wordpress
blogs, tags can be located to the lower right hand side of the posting area. If
you’re writing a post about the Empower Network, for example, your tags could be:
empower network,
blogging system, blog daily, online marketing, make money blogging.
If you follow these four
parts, your blog posts will bring visitors. The trick really is to write good,
quality, original content. Those are the magic words that help you attract
traffic to your blog like iron filings to a magnet.
But to make your blog
popular, you need to blog daily. Consistency is a must if you want to succeed
in blogging.
Now, what should you
blog about?
Opinions vary and
differ. Experts in the internet marketing niche advise that you blog only about
your blog’s ‘topic.’ But that’s not the Empower Network’s idea. Based on experience,
they think you must write about whatever you want, like you, your passions,
your ideas, and what makes you tick and people will read them ravenously.
Do you want to blog on
Empower Network? Or become an affiliate? Click here
Thought of the Day
"Nothing can add more power to
your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of
targets."
-Nido Qubein
-Nido Qubein
Friday, 23 August 2013
Review of my Primary Company SFI
My primary
company is SFI which stands for Strong Future International, and is part of a
group.
What are the various entities in this group?
For the entities, we will start with SFI itself whose parent company has been around since 1985. They’re in over 190 countries worldwide and between 3,000 and 6,000 people join it free daily.
2. Tripleclicks
Tripleclicks (TC) is the easy, quick,
simple, and easy to sell your unwanted stuff for cash (or even for great
products)! It even enables you to hold your very own online garage sale!
As an SFI affiliate, you are an automatic TC affiliate and can use it to clean out your closets, attic, and garage. You can list and sell dozens or even hundreds of items
* Snatch bargains for pennies on the dollar
* New items added hourly
* Collectibles and hard-to-find items
* Gadgets and gear available nowhere else
* Crazy-priced closeouts
* Sell your own unwanted stuff too for quick cash!
3. E-Commerce Associate (ECA) Program
Instantly
sell more
...by plugging your products and services into TripleClicks ECA so that your business can go global! With ECA you’ll reach millions of potential global customers on one of the fastest growing, international e-commerce sites on the Web.
4. Add
Commisions with PriceBenders
With
PriceBenders you're not selling a typical product or service but simply
TCredits used for bidding. As an SFI affiliate, each time someone buys a pack
of TCredits for bidding, you'll get commissions! Like other affiliates since
day one, let Pricebenders boost your paychecks.
Check by clicking this link
5. SFIPPA
This is another optional, supplemental income program available to all SFI affiliates. You earn income here by getting others to take actions–such as filling out forms.
So each time you generate a qualified SFIPPA action, you'll earn a bounty. For the moment only two SFIPPAs are available (but SFI has more in the pipelines):
1. SFI AFFILIATE SIGN-UPS
Bounty: Up to $12 for each qualified sign-up
2. TC MEMBER SIGN-UPS
Bounty: Up to $5 for each qualified sign-up
Check it here
Or here, FREE
6. IAHBE
The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs (IAHBE) gives you access to ALL the tips, expert advice, and step-by-step instruction on getting your business in profit mode—in addition to $1,000 in FREE business resources!
Click here for it
Why is SFI my Primary Company?
SFI is my
primary company because it is one of the first affiliate network companies that
I joined. It is also the first to give me not only hope but a commission. Other
points which endear SFI to me are:
- It's
free to get started.
* They're in over 190 countries worldwide.
* You can do everything from home on your computer.
* You have 24-hour support.
* You receive Free training and free Website.
* They're growing rapidly and there's lots of money to be made (I have made only a
little up to now however).
How does SFI work?
SFI
affiliates are asked to visit their homepage daily and do their eleven daily
tasks, that is to check information labelled under these tabs and after click
the tab indicating they have checked the information and win what they call
versa points which determine one’s monthly stutus: ·
* Win it! (Daily Grand) which can make
you win versa points, affiliates, etc
* Ask SC (where you submit questions to the SFI Community, vote up the
best
answers and add your own answers too.
* Goals (where you set goals and review them regularly because
this is critical for
becoming
successful).
* Growth (which lists the SFI global
growth report, yesterday’s top enrollers, people
who have achieved the various status [Newest
E365 Class Champ, Newest Fast-
Tracker, Newest EA—Executive
Affiliate—Newest Bronze TL—Team Leader—
Newest Silver TL, Newest Gold TL and Newest
Platinum TL] in SFI, the day’s
enrolments, etc.)
* Movers (which displays photos and
details of your most
active affiliates so that you
can
encourage them for duplication which is one of the best ways to earn money in
SFI).
* a2a (Affiliate to affiliate which
enables SFI affiliates to network with each other)
* Scoreboard (displays the number of
versa points earned up to date, your rank
qualifications, earnings, etc.
* Tripleclicks (shows the deal of the
day, Pricebenders live auctions, Upcoming
auctions, ECA listings, Member listings,
etc.)
* Stream (where you share valuable short posts (340 words max.) your recipients will
see
your posts in their own Stream tab, and read SFI corporate and Your Team
posts).
* Tips (where you get affiliate and the
days tips and quotes of the day)
* To-Do List (To build a successful SFI business, one just has
to take the actions
listed
here. Each action earns you VersaPoints. The more points you earn, the higher
your SFI commissions go!)
The Alert Page gives you the latest News and latest
posts but no versa points.
Now, do you want to start a Second Income™ with the company that's first with Internet entrepreneurs? A company that:
- Is now in our 15th successful year
- Has paid out millions of dollars to their affiliates
- Has 96000+ commissionable products & services
- Operates in over 190 countries worldwide
- Offers you World-class 24/7 support & training
- Is a Bronze Member of Better Business Bureau
- Can help you do everything from your computer, tablet, or smartphone
- Enables you to start earning money within minutes and it's ALWAYS FREE.
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