If you were to build a new blog today, how would you find a niche? My guess is that you would go to eBay, Amazon, Clickbank or any number of marketplaces out there and find a product category. Then pick out some products, go to your favorite keywords tool and find suitable keywords that you ...…
The other day I came across an article in the Harvard Business Review about Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson (the guy who wrote the biography of Steve Jobs). In this lengthy article he talks about “The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs”. It’s an interesting article considering Steve Jobs literally transformed multiple industries, from computers to ...…
I have a feeling that at one point or another we all suffer from making this entire business WAY too complex. In this article, I’ll share with you the process map of exactly how I earn money from multiple markets by following a simple formula. And yes, this works outside of the Internet Marketing niche. ...…
Contrary to popular belief, Email is NOT Dead. This info graph shows you that the reach of email is still much larger than Facebook and Twitter. <source: visiblegains.com> At this point I just don’t see Email dying, particularly for dealing with clients. Granted the opening rates have dwindled (if you do email marketing) and SMS ...…
Have you ever used Google Insights for Search while doing your niche research? If so, the new set of tools by Yahoo, Yahoo Clues, will be just up your alley. It’s quite similar to the Google Insights tool in that it shows search stats (popularity), geographical data, relevant keyword data and demographics. They also have ...…
Maybe you’re like me? I have TONS of notebooks with all kinds of notes from various marketing seminars, courses and ebooks. I was looking through one of my notebooks today, and came across tons of little tips in regards to niche marketing and traffic, so I thought I’d share 12 random niche marketing tips from my notebook. ...…
In this post I’ll show you how to install a free URL Shortner Script (similar to bit.ly or tinyurl.com) called Yourls. I use this script in place of a traditional link cloaking script to cloak affiliate links, as well as for tracking links in emails etc. It’s quite robust for a free script, so I ...…
About 15 years ago I was handed a video tape by my dad that was recorded during a lecture at Cornell University that he attended during a summer session for alumni that year. The lecture was by a gentleman by the name of Ken Blanchard (I had no clue who that was at the time)… ...…
With the passing of Steve Jobs last week, it got me thinking about all of the valuable lessons that Apple (and Steve Jobs) has given us in the area of marketing. A couple of years ago I ran across a short little free eBook by Steve Chazin called “Marketing Apple”. In this book, Steve discusses ...…
I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but when marketing online you want to find a hungry market, find a solution and offer it to them. Finding a hungry market is perhaps the single most under-estimated advice out there. Everybody knows it, yet people still go out and try to find an “untapped market”… and leave ...…
