by Internet marketing for seniors team | Oct 27, 2016 | List Building
A year ago I decided to build my first list in the Internet marketing niche. I have learned a lot about list building in other niches. Still, the Internet marketing niche eluded me. List building, lessons learned, has been an odd learning curve
I think the first lesson I learned was how much more seriously I took my business once I did have a list. In other niches, I created the list when I created the websites.
What that meant was essentially in the Internet marketing niche I drove traffic to Sarah Staar’s free offers, and that was the total of my Internet marketing efforts. I have become lazy in recent years just doing this.Click here and you can see an example of what I mean by a free offer.
Certainly, I learned that building a list was more about doing that it was about learning. I had already learned a long time ago how to drive traffic. I had learned how to tell a story.
What else was there to know. One way or another I have been around Internet marketing for 20 years next year.
Spending More On Coaching Than on Aesthetics and Software.
I have always invested heavily in my business. My hosting is the best money can buy. I use premium WordPress sites and plug-ins. I Have willingly spent money on whatever my business needs.
You know the old expression, about peanuts and monkeys. I’ve always paid for software which works.
I have also always had mentors and coaches. However, because I have been in business for 40 years, I got complacent.
Suddenly in the last year, I have decided it is better to pay someone who has been there and done it to teach me. In the past, I have spent a lot of time nad effort figuring things out for myself.
Some of my coachings have cost over £5000. I have a feeling in the next year that that number will go up exponentially as my income increases.
What Did I Learn From These Coachings?
The most expensive software which was brand leaders three years ago were now not the best way of doing things.I had always used Leadpages, the industry standard for squeeze pages. I learned there were viable plug-ins for less than $50 would do exactly the same thing. Granted canceling my Leadpages account didn’t go anywhere near to paying for the coachings.
I learned modern ways to bring my own information products to market. At present, I am working on a PLR site which will specialize in health and nutrition. While I expect it will earn me a very good profit, it’s primary function is to build my list to over 10,000 in a year.
Don’t Worry About Pricing.
Most people undersell themselves! I have learned not to worry when people complain about my prices. They are my prices; I charge them, and I can justify them.
My main reason for justifying them is that I give value for that price. It’s not your fault nor should you feel guilty if someone doesn’t want to pay your price because they don’t want to invest in their business.
That is very definitely there problem and not yours.
Money Blocks
I didn’t use to pay much attention when people talked about money blocks. Because I was always very fortunate. I studied the law of attraction very hard and applied the lessons every day in my life.
I became an expert at manifesting the people I particularly needed in life. This was very apparent at the beginning of this year when my husband faced and is still facing a massive health challenge.
I thought this was enough. Also, I’ve never had any problem attracting money to me. I have been self-employed for over 40 years.
What I saw in my coachings, were people with really serious life changing money blocks.
If you are one of these people who has a block about money, then you will never attract money until you deal with the block.
I spent much of the last year coaching a lady wanted more money. Although she had one to one training on the nuts and bolts and technicalities of making money, for her, it will never happen.
She is incapable of giving and until she learns this she will never be able to receive.She knows what she has to do. At the moment she cannot go forward but until she does the block will get worse.
I know what’s important
I don’t mess about wasting time about things that don’t matter. I couldn’t tell you my site loading time, if my life depended on it. I haven’t the faintest clue what my bounce rate is!
Yes it may well be too high. I don’t care about social metrics. I have paid for software so that I can post to all my social media sites from one place with one click.
As anyone who knows me is perfectly well aware, I hate Facebook. Don’t get me wrong I do a lot of Facebook advertising because it pays. Not that I do it myself, I haven’t the patience for that. I do outsource it.
I do it because it creates a profit. I’m not interested in all of the rest of the metrics.
For me, they’re just white noise. I want to earn $150,000 a year for the next five years. Nothing else matters to me.
Of course, I have to give value in what I do. Without giving value, I will not be able to make a profit.
When I’m not concerned about is how popular I am. I am not in a popularity contest.
Nor do I care what people think of me. I have a reputation for saying what I think and making no bones about it.
However, if you need help building your business, I will spare you the time tirelessly. I’ll grant you I may pull your business apart. Nonetheless, the reason for that is to make your business the best and most profitable business it can be.
If I can help you with any aspect of your business, feel free to drop me a comment below.
by Internet marketing for seniors team | Oct 26, 2016 | Motivation
Top 3 Tips For Sticking To A Routine And Defeat Distractions
Creating and planning a routine is quite easy. However, sticking to the routine is another story. The following three tips for Sticking To A Routine and Staying Motivated will help
Be Specific
You need to be specific to stick to your routine. If your plans are vague, you’re not ever going to act on them. For instance, “wake up earlier” is not a good plan. This is because it does not specify the time to wake up. Waking up at 6.30 is a good plan as it specifies a time. So if you don’t get up at that time you know it’s a failure.
In this way, you know the exact goal you are aiming for. For this to work, you need to plan the order on how to do your things. Since time is limited on your side, plan your things like appointments. You should never cancel an appointment. When you are cancelling an appointment, it is like cancelling yourself. Remember, you are very important and that is why you have a routine.
Monitor Your Progress
You need to monitor your progress. This will help you get an idea of how you are doing as far as your goals are concerned. This will make you stay motivated. Moreover, you will know when to try new approaches, if the ones you are using have failed. For most people, a journal or calendar are natural ways to monitor and keep track your goals.
Some routines may be things you do not enjoy doing. You need ways to motivate yourself so as to accomplish it. Think why you are doing that activity. The reasons will be a great motivation boost. It can take a considerable amount of time to adopt a new habit. This depends mainly on the personality of the person. Other factors include how difficult or complicated new behaviors are. Fortunately, if you continue, the behavior will slowly turn into a habit.
Involve Others
You can involve your friends and family to help you stick to your routine. In fact, they can incorporate a sense of excitement and novelty. Adding the flare and talents of others and their individual quirks can mean a world of difference. This will help you stick to your routine. Always surround yourself with people who think positive and support your goals. Friends are important for inspiration, conversation, determination, and motivation.
The above 3 tips for sticking to a routine will help you achieve your dreams. In addition, you should learn to measure your performance
5 Tips for Staying Motivated
There are those of us who are busy chasing after their dreams; working on something that they love and believe in. For these people, staying motivated is just a matter of remembering how much they love what they are doing and how much they have invested in it. After all, it is their life’s work. But that is only a small percentage of humanity. For the rest of us, going to work and making it through each day takes a great deal of sacrifice.
Not very many people are happy with what they do. But that does not mean that they have the luxury of simply not showing up. They still have to make a living. Still, have to show up and stay motivated enough to make it through the day. This can be very taxing, discouraging and quite frankly infuriating. So how do you stay motivated even when you do not like what you are doing?
5 Tips for staying motivated
1. Look at the positive side of what you do
No matter how awful you think your job is, it still has its advantages. It feeds you and your family; it gives you a purpose for each day and maybe you like a few of your colleagues, and they give your social life some meaning. Focus on the positives and realize that it is not all bad.
2. Realize that it is a gateway to something bigger
If you believe in cosmic design then you know that everything we do has a purpose in our lives, even though we might not initially realize or see it. Your current situation (job) is a step that you must take to get to the next level. You need to realize that how well you perform here will determine how well prepared you are for the next step and how soon you get there. Give it your whole and realize that it is just a gateway to something bigger.
3. Create new challenges for yourself
Complicity is one of the worst kinds of discouragement. Doing the same thing over and over and not trying to learn anything new is not only mundane, but it can slowly kill your enthusiasm for life. Create new challenges by looking at each day in a different way and trying to find ways to make it better than yesterday. This kind of challenge will kick start your brain.
4. Acknowledge accomplishments
No matter how small they are, always reward yourself for any accomplishments. Whether you have finished a task early or have met your targets, always reward yourself. This will motivate you to keep achieving more, faster.
5. Set attainable goals
The more you attain your goals, the more you will be motivated to work harder to achieve the next goal. Set goals that are attainable and keep going until you are done.
These are the 5 Tips for Sticking To A Routine and Staying Motivated. They are both simple and easy to follow and best of all, they work.
if you are doing something you hate to do, set a timetable to get out of it. Write a list of what you need to do to bring about change. In other words what is standing between you and changing. If it is a new job you want do you need more education to get where you want to be.
Do you need more work experience? Is the current job fulfilling anything in your life? If not look for another one. Don#’;t just walk out, it is always easier to get a new job when you already have one.
by Internet marketing for seniors team | Oct 25, 2016 | Time Management strategies
Think about time management. Is this something that you have been told you need to do or do you really want to get control over your time? You can learn many techniques for time management but you’ll never put them to good use unless you actually believe in the concept. So how to you think of time? Is time something to spend or something to invest?
What Does Time Mean to You?
If you see time as something to spend, then you will fit well into a high structured business where the tasks are established as well as the time frames for task completion. You may want to save time instead of spend it, so you’ll find ways to cut corners at work or rush around doing personal tasks.
You are likely to say, “If I rush through this meal then I’ll have time to go to a movie.” That’s more about allocating minutes to use elsewhere than making choices about the value of the activity compared with the time necessary to do it.
Investing Time
On the other hand, if you prefer to invest your time, then you are more choosey about what you will do with your time. By thinking of how to invest time instead of how to spend it, you give time use a greater long-term value.
You also think of time as the precious commodity that it is. For example, if you want to finish a college degree or start a home based business, you must decide whether to invest your evening and weekend hours in your new venture or watch another video.
Crashing
It’s easy to decide to crash on the sofa after a hard day’s work. You have to be committed to your dream to get up and walk away from the television or computer game and invest a few hours each evening on your future. Time moves forward, you can’t save it to use later. That’s why you need a plan each day on where to invest your time for maximum advantage.
Perhaps you have said that you don’t have enough time to start a home-based business or go back to school. If you will take a hard look at how you use the time after work in each day and on the weekends, you can probably find at least two to three hours each day and five to eight hours on the weekend to invest in your future goals.
The Tradeoff
Initially, this will seem you are giving up something when you miss the latest episode of some reality show or watch one football game instead of four games. It’s definitely a tradeoff but you are the ultimate winner as you invest time into something will take you farther in life than just sitting on the sofa.
When you need more money, you can borrow or charge it. But when you need more time, you have to work within the 24-hour limit. Print two schedules with 24 hours or 24 lines on each page. Start with how you currently use your time.
The Time Machine Diary
Block out enough time to drive to and from work or any other transportation time that you need between tasks. Don’t edit, you need to see where your time really goes. After completing the actual time log, use that information to design how you would like to invest your time.
You may not be able to convert to your ideal day immediately, but by having this plan, you can begin to make the changes needed to turn your ideal day plan into your everyday plan. When you think of time as an asset to invest in, then you become more likely to follow your ideal day plan and respect your time.
The 80/20 Factor
Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto discovered that 80% of Italy’s wealth was in the hands of 20% of the population. This may not have been a revelation to the poorer class of Italians in the late 1800’s, but it did become a concept that has been widely applied in all types of business.
The Pareto Principle basically says that 80% of the outcome is from 20% of the input. In a time management context, you can say that 80% of your time is used by 20% of your clients.
Chances are you could easily name (and recall the phone numbers) for the 10 -20 most demanding clients that you serve. Those might be your 20%. The other 80% of clients are far less demanding and create little time demands.
In business
Of course if 80% of your income is derived from the sales or service fees of that 20%, then you are less concerned about spending the extra time. Unfortunately, you may be overwhelmed by the demands of the 20% which do not generate the majority of your income.
Using your client contact time well is extremely important to increase your business. While you might think that continuing to provide a high level of service to existing clients is the way to go, you’ll quickly run out of time and fail to generate any new clients.
That’s there Pareto’s Principle works against you. As you bring in new clients to your business, you want to transition them to the 80% that require less service demands as soon as reasonable so that you have time to add new clients.
Analyze
The first step is to analyze your client contact time for several days, preferably for one week. Just keep a notepad by your desk or an open file on your computer. Log your time with each client and a brief note about the conversation.
This will cause you to be more aware of time wasted in conversations with clients. Sure you want to be friendly and ask about their family, business, etc, but keep it short. As you get to know your clients better, it’s easier to spend too much time chatting about non-business matters.
The Ideal Balance
You need to find a balance between being too curt and distant v. too much talk about trivial things. If you reduced each of these conversations by 10 minutes, you could reclaim another hour easily, maybe more.
The second step is to structure your day for client contact. Even if your job is to be on the phone all day, make the effort to group your calls. Plan to make new client calls in the morning when you are fresh and enthusiastic. Set aside the afternoon for current client follow-up calls.
If you have any problem client calls to make, group those in a one hour block and get it over with at one time period. Decide in advance how much time you want to spend on each type of call, and then time yourself. As you get accustom to the flow of each type of call, you will begin to stay within the scheduled time naturally.
Finally, if 80% of your revenue or income consistently comes from 20% of your clients, consider hiring an assistant to work on some of the less important details in serving the other 80% of your clients.
That frees your time to spend with the 20% of clients who are supporting most of your lifestyle. If you can make more money by working with fewer, qualified clients, then your time spent with them, no matter what you chat about, is time well spent.
by Internet marketing for seniors team | Oct 24, 2016 | Black Friday
How to use Black Friday to profit in Christmas toys
Yes, I know, Black Friday is 25th of November. Over the next few days, we are going to investigate how you can benefit from Black Friday in general. Today we are specifically looking at black Friday to profit in Christmas toys.
It goes without saying, that one of the easiest ways to profit from toys is to buy the 25 hottest toys as Black Friday deals and then resell them at Christmas.
And the more you prepare…., the more your bottom line income will increase.
Because remember, you can also take advantage of the long-term SEO benefits you’ll receive by tackling Black Friday hours/days/weeks before the actual event! Because when you build your track record online…. more and more people will be able to find you.
Think now about the following.
Black Friday is slowly but surely morphing into Black Fall. Stores are opening Thanksgiving NIGHT! Even before!
So honestly, it makes sense to market to these hungry buyers.Retailers will take every opportunity to maximize their profits.
Black Friday is celebrated in the USA and Canada. However, did you know there exists a holiday which is bigger than Black Friday AND Cyber Monday… combined?
It’s a Chinese event. Bet you didn’t know that – I certainly didn’t Singles Day is massive.
Singles Day was started by Alibaba (think “Chinese counterpart to Amazon”) in 2009…. And last year, surpassed Black Friday to become the world’s largest shopping day.
Eventually, that event will go global, now is the time to purchase the domain “www.singlesday2017.com”.
And you know what that means for you?
It means you can source for popular products on AliExpress in time to flip them not only for Black Friday… but also for Christmas as well!
‘Tis something to keep in mind.
However, if you want something with no research just profit here is Walmart’s list of top selling toys for 2016.
Wallmart’s Top Toys for Christmas 2016
Barbie Rainbow Cove Princess Castle Playset
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Batcave
Disney Princess Carriage- Walmart exclusive
Doc McStuffins Hospital Care Cart
Fisher Price Imaginext Bat Flight City
Fisher Price Little People Sit `n Stand Skyway
FurReal Friends Torch My Blazin’ Dragon
Hatchimals
Hot Wheels AI Racing Playset
Little Live Pets Puppy
My Life As Food Truck
My Little Pony Explore Equestria Crystal Empire Castle
Nerf N-Strike Elite HyperFire Blaster
Num Noms Lipgloss Truck
Paw Patrol Zooming Marshal
Pie Face Showdown! Game
Pom Pom Wow Decoration Station
Razor PowerCore E100 Electric Scooter
Sky Viper Streaming Drone
Star Wars Electronic R2D2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mega Lair Playset
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Remote Control Skateboarding Mikey
Tyco Terra Climber Remote Control Vehicle
Vtech Go! Go! Smart Wheels Treasure Mountain Train Adventure
Want PLR for all that Walmart goodness
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In short, there is very little you have to do to Tiffany’s articles, just hit the publish button.
Walmarts 25 Hottest Toys for the Holidays Toy Reviews!
So what toys are going out be hot on Black Friday. There are already lists out there. These predictions will make your life so much easier.
Find out the HOT Toys list for Xmas
Why are we talking about Xmas in a Black Friday product? Because chances are…. … you’ll probably be able to get them cheaper on Black Friday…
And that means you can flip them for profit for Xmas!
See…. One of the great things about Internet Marketing for the holidays in general… You can always find Holiday-related PLR goodness you can claim for your own! To be precise….Have a look at the list above of Walmart’s top 25 hottest toys for Christmas 2016
Amanda Craven has done the same thing for Amazon. Everything you need to dominate this hottest of niches and sell tons of Amazon and other affiliate products at the most lucrative time of year for any marketer!
Top 15 Toys R Us Toys!
To be precise:
DreamWorks Trolls Hug Time Poppy
Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-pillar
Hatchimals
Little Live Pets Snuggles My Dream Puppy
Little Tikes Light ‘n Go 3-in-1 Activity Walker
NERF N-Strike Elite TerraScout RC Drone Blaster
Num Noms Lip Gloss Truck
Paw Patrol Zoomer Marshall
PJ Masks Headquarter Play Set
Pokémon Z-Ring Set
Power Wheels 12-volt Wild Thing
SelfieMic Music Set – Black or Pink
Shopkins Tall Mall Storage Case
Sky Viper v2400 HD Streaming Drone with FPV Headset
Star Wars InteracTech Stormtrooper
Recently software that turns plain PLR affiliate articles into nifty videos that rank well was released? Vidicle was recently released and received Deal of the Day another coup for Andy Brocklehurst.
So what do you do If want other options?
Other Options
You have found your toys, you want to promote, but you don’t fancy writing toy reviews yourself, I don’t blame you they are very boring to do. However, don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Toy sites are hot hot hot at Christmas. Using Tiffany’s PLR I can make enough in December to live until Easter just from Christmas toys.
Head over to Fivver.com and request article writer’s, or use textbroker
Done For You Research
you don’t even have to do your own research. Top writer’s on Fivver can be found here.
(note – I made sure only top sellers were reflected in that search – you can turn off that switch on the left hand side).
Where else can you go for ideas?
Consider these resources:
https://nrf.com/resources/consumer-data/holiday-headquarters
Currys PC World’s top 24 products predicted to be Christmas top sellers
Even the laziest of you know have enough information to get you started on your first toy niche site. Get started now before Black Friday and get ahead of the game reading SOE opportunities. The older your site is the better it will rank. I always buy a new one in January. When you have made best toy sites 2016 work you can consider doing the same thing
by Internet marketing for seniors team | Oct 23, 2016 | Internet Marketing Training Programs
You’re Speaking Greek to Me!
If some of these terms sound foreign to you – autoresponder, affiliate marketing, and more, don’t worry. In the coming weeks, you’re going to get a crash course in Internet marketing for beginner’s from A to Z.
It’s important when you’re just starting out to remember that Google is your friend. Before you email other marketers or post in forums, Google the terms you don’t know.
There are a lot of people who don’t take the time to educate themselves about this business, and those are the ones who fail to generate any money and continue spinning their wheels until they finally quit out of frustration
Ask In Forums
Another good place to go is the Warrior Forum at www.WarriorForum.com. Here, you can ask questions about this industry, but before you do, use the search feature and type in your question to see if anyone’s already asked it and had it answered.
For instance, if you have a question about Squidoo, type Squidoo into the search form and you’ll see a whole host of questions and answers people have given about the use of that particular site, like this:
So you can see from the above, and this is just a small fraction of the results, that many people before you have had the same questions about this topic. This same strategy can be done in any Internet marketing forum, but the Warrior Forum is well-known for its size.
Where Do You Start?
Regardless of whether you’re rich or poor, as a newbie Internet marketer, it’s important to start with the free methods of making money online before you journey into paid tactics that will provide a higher return on your investment.
Initially, your overhead will consist mostly of time. As your skills evolve, you’ll want to use paid traffic techniques that help you hone in on your target audience quicker and more precisely.
Before you begin to make a dime online, you have to know some ground rules. Most of them are based in proper etiquette, but a few are rules you need to know to prevent you from getting into hot water with the law – like Spamming!
There are a few unethical marketers online who prey on those who aren’t too savvy about this business, so you’re going to need to know how to sort out who’s who among trustworthy individuals.
Some of the first steps will require you to make choices based on your personal preferences. It’s okay to change your mind, but make sure you’ve followed through on an opportunity before you just throw up your hands and move on.
Having the Right Map to Succeed
Buyer beware – there are a lot of half empty products out there and you’re going to be very disappointed if you buy by the seat of your pants and don’t take recommendations from ethical marketers.
Some products will tell only half the story – others will blatantly lie (or maybe they just mislead because they don’t know what they’re talking about). But a few are very, very reliable and give you exactly what you need to build a blueprint for your online business success.
I’m going to show you the route many have used to gain the financial and personal freedom you now desire. You’ll be learning the basics first – like boot camp for Internet marketers.
All of your fundamental questions will be answered, and some rules will be spelled out before we move on to specific strategies like building a list of prospects, generating traffic from both free and paid opportunities, and developing partnerships with other online marketers that have you poised to take in a lot of money in a short period.
I’m going to give you a non-biased accounting of all of your options – including product ownership and affiliate marketing. You’re going to discover small tiny technical details no one ever shares with you – like how to make and cloak links, how to hyperlink an image and a step-by-step method for navigating your hosting account.
All of the nitty gritty details – the elements most eBooks skip over because they assume you know this stuff already, I’m going to share with you. Along the way, I will share my own insight about which tools or products are available and trustworthy should you decide you want to delve into the topic in more detail.
At the end of this introduction to Internet marketing, you should have all of the fundamental knowledge you need to launch a solid business where you’re at the helm, placing one building block on the next until you reach the level of success you’ve always dreamed about.
This isn’t some industry where you can waft in and out from one day to the next. If you’re serious about this, it can become a multi-million dollar empire – a bona fide business you can pass down to your heirs.
If you have the motivation and mindset to become your own boss, taking on the responsibilities that entails, along with reaping the rewards, then you might be a perfect fit to don a new career hat as an Internet marketer.
If your needs are more pressing, then it’s advisable that you go out and get a job that has a steady paycheck attached to it. Then, work on building your online business in your spare time until it reaches a level of success where you can afford to turn in your resignation and work toward increasing your earnings over time.
Internet marketing isn’t a magic bullet. It can provide you with the financial security, the lifestyle, and the prestige you want out of your career. Are you ready to further your education in an industry grown men and women of any age can master? If you’re hesitant or need more information, it only means you’re proceeding with caution, and that’s perfectly normal.
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