Brand High Quality Viral Reports Free
By Jenn Holt | May 23, 2008
When I saw “Free High Quality Reports”, my first thought
was “Yeah, sure. Free AND High Quality!”
But I joined. Why not - it’s free.
I joined with healthy skepticism. I am usually pretty critical
of the free content you find out there.
However, I soon found my skepticism melting away. In fact,
I was quite pleasantly surprised by what I found.
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First, I have to say that this site is pretty ingenious when you
think about it. Branded, high quality reports you get to give
away - and make money from.
When I actually checkout out a few of the reports, I found
that they were much more than just “thrown together trash”.
In fact, quite the opposite.
Along with the reports supplied by the staff writers of the
site, members can also contribute their own reports. As a
free member, you can contribute one of your original
reports every month.
After a while, once you have contributed a few reports, you
will see how viral this concept really is.
I’ve seen an increase in my traffic, as well as seen my own
credibility as an expert shoot through the roof.
My advice to you is simple. Join. Now. Why wouldn’t you?
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The Pool Pays Today!
By Jenn Holt | May 12, 2008
I’ve got to tell you about the HOTTEST new home business opportunity that is blazing across the net like wildfire. EVERYONE is joining this one… and for good reason!
Every single day a HUGE pool of MONEY builds up as more and more people pile in. That pool of money is then paid out on a first come, first served basis until it’s gone.
Those who get in first get a bigger share. Those who get in first AND jump ahead of those you didn’t act fast enough yesterday get an even BIGGER share!
Normally I wouldn’t look into one of these types of programs, but when I saw that Mike Glaspie put his stamp of approval on this, I knew I had to try it! (I’m sure that many of you recognize Mike as one of the top internet marketing experts.)
I’ve never seen anything like this… but what I have seen is without doing ANYTHING but joining my commission balance is growing fast and I’m making money! I actually made money my very first day!
This is too easy to pass up.
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Believe me, the money making programs that are inside the vault are worth it! Check it out now!
Jenn Holt
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New Affiliate Program now open!
By Jenn Holt | May 7, 2008
It’s a rainy Wednesday here, but I am in a great mood!
Want to know why???
I just found out that essociate has opened its doors to affiliates! If you haven’t heard of essociate before, let me just tell you that Internet marketers and webmasters have been waiting for them to open for us. Essociate uses an unprecedented technology so that affiliates receive credit for ALL sales made under their affiliate id. They advertise “100% leak-free tracking”, as well as real-time stats, payouts every two weeks, and encrypted links.
There are several different products for you to advertise as an affiliate, and you don’t have to sign up for each one-they are all under your one affiliate id, making it very easy to promote and get paid for multiple products all in one place.
So I am going to test these statements…wanna help me see if essociate is everything they say they are? Click the link below to sign up with me!
http://www.clickaudit.com/goto/?112777
To read the full press release click the link below.
http://www.sunherald.com/447/story/539135.html
Have Fun,
Jenn Holt
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Try These Affiliate Marketing Tips
By Jenn Holt | May 6, 2008
I thought today I would share a few affiliate marketing tips that have helped me along the way. When I first started looking at making a living online, I thought that affiliate marketing looked like the easiest way to break into this market without having to spend any money. Well…I was wrong. It was NOT easy, and it was NOT free! That’s the bad news. But there is good news! There are simple and cost effective ways to begin working online as an affiliate marketer.
I thought is was as easy as signing up for a product to sell, getting my link and advertising it. Did anyone else think that too? It makes me laugh when I think about how green I was, but I didn’t know any better. I believed all the ads that told me I could make $1000 in a week just by promoting my affiliate link. I know, I was pretty naive. I have come along way since then! Thank goodness! So now I want to share with you a few of the strategies that I use when promoting any affiliate product. Hopefully, even if you are not a newbie anymore, you might get a few new ideas…so keep reading!
If I am looking for a new product to promote, I start with Clickbank. If you haven’t signed up with Clickbank you should, the marketplace is full of great products for you to promote, and you receive payment directly from Clickbank every two weeks. Once in the Clickbank Marketplace, I type in a category to search. You can also search by keyword if you want. I look for those products with a higher referral percentage and a higher gravity. These are the products that other affiliates are making money on.
Now I have my product and my hoplink, but I am not going to directly promote my hoplink. Even though I am not selling my own product, I still want to start building my own list of clients that I can sell future products to. The best way that I have found to do that is through a squeeze page. If you don’t know already, or you are not sure, a squeeze page is just a simple-usually short page offering something for free in exchange for giving you their email address. Here is an example of one of my squeeze pages.
http://www.24hrcreditfix.affiliatesunplugged.com
If you clicked the link, you saw that it is not a fancy page. There are very few graphics, just a few bulleted points about what you would receive for signing up, and then my subscription form asking for a first name and email address.
Maybe I need to take a quick step back and mention that in order to have your own squeeze page you will need a domain name and an autoresponder service. You can get a cheap domain name at www.namecheap.com or Host Gator which will offer you a hosting account as well as a domain name. As far as autoresponders go, my two top picks are Aweber and Get Response.
Ok now, back to the affiliate marketing tips…sorry, sometimes I get off track by trying to give you as much help as possible! Now I have my squeeze page set up, and I am going to go ahead and set up my autoresponder with a few messages to follow up with my prospects. Be sure to remember that you don’t want to try to sell your product right away with a hard sell. What I do is in the first message I welcome them to my list, and give them the link for their free report or product that I promised them for signing up. I may also include an unadvertised bonus. I have found that the unadvertised bonus and promise of more to come helps to keep my subscribers active in my list. Although you want to be careful not to give too much away for free. Remember that those on your list are your customers that you are selling to. You want them to buy from you not expect everything for free.
Now I have my welcome email set up with the download links. In the next couple of emails I introduce the product that I am selling by sharing some of the benefits of the product and how it can help them achieve the success that they are looking for. These are soft selling emails that include my affiliate link to the product. I recommend that you use some type of link cloaking and tracking. If you are looking for a good free service check out clickaudit.com. There are so many link cloaking and tracking programs. Do some research and find the one that best fits your needs.
Are you ready for the fun stuff? Start promoting your squeeze page, everywhere you can! I didn’t have a big marketing budget to begin with, well actually, I had no marketing budget at all! If you are in the same position I was, then you might try article marketing. I was able to submit articles to multiple directories and get traffic and sign ups to my list. There are many many ways to get good free traffic or low cost traffic that I will have to make that a new blog for another day…until then, start using these affiliate marketing tips. You don’t have to know everything before you start.
Learn as you make money…that’s way more fun!
Jenn Holt
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Are You Using YouTube?
By Jenn Holt | May 1, 2008
Are You Using YouTube? If you are online at all, there is a good possibility that you have heard of YouTube before. Even though YouTube is extremely popular, many people are actually unsure of what YouTube is. Are you one of those people? If you are, then now is your chance to discover something new and exciting. Otherwise, you could be missing one of the best online experiences ever.
YouTube is an online video website that allows internet users to make, upload, and share their videos with other internet users. Many of the videos found on YouTube are homemade videos, made by everyday individuals like you. The videos are streamed, which allows for the quick loading and playing of them.
The best thing about YouTube is that it is a free service. There are a large number of online video sites, and each operates in a different way. Some online sites charge you to become a member and others charge you to watch certain videos. According to their website, YouTube is completely free. You cannot only watch videos made by others, but you can make your own and have access to a number of different YouTube features, without having to pay a penny. This free service can provide hours and hours of entertainment for you.
If you are interested in seeing what YouTube has to offer, go ahead and check it out at www.youtube.com. Once you get to YouTube’s main webpage, you can automatically begin searching for videos to watch. You don’t have to register on the site just to watch videos, but I would suggest that you go ahead and register. By registering with YouTube, you can save your favorite videos, rate them, leave comments for others, and much more. In addition, you have to register to upload your own videos. I personally am registered. I have several favorite categories that I set up in my account: Charmed-you remember this WB show right?, Alias-one of my all time favorite shows that is over now, and Nip/Tuck-my new favorite show still airing. In each of these categories, I have saved different types of YouTube videos. Some of the videos are clips from these shows, and some are montages made by other fans just like me.
It is easy to find videos that you want to watch on YouTube. All you have to do is type in a simple keyword search and YouTube will return to you a plethora of videos to watch. With the examples of my categories above, I can just type in Alias and get many, many returns. You can also just browse through videos if you can’t think of a specific search. You have the option of looking through videos sorted by highest rankings, most comments, most views and most linked. All of these videos are ones that have generated a lot of internet buzz.
While YouTube is a great place for some free entertainment, it is important to keep one thing in mind. A large number of internet users are on YouTube. In fact, it can easily be considered the most popular online video website. This means that people with different views and beliefs will be posting homemade videos. YouTube does regulate the videos that are hosted on their site, but it is possible that you will take offense to the videos that you see. Although it can be difficult to determine what a video’s content will be by the video title, I would suggest you avoid videos with titles that may cause you some concern. I have found that for me, it is easier to avoid videos that I don’t want to see by doing specific keyword searches instead of just browsing through the videos.
So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and see what the buzz is all about, go check out YouTube. With a wide variety of different videos available and the ability to make your own videos, you are sure to find something that will entertain you.
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Find out why Dirk is crazy!
By Jenn Holt | May 1, 2008
Hi Everyone,
Have you already seen one of Dirk’s previous Crazy Week deals?
If not I recommend to take a look at his latest deal.
It is knocking at your door with a top quality product that you
can get at the cheapest price on the market.
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More good news - you can order his top selling crazy deal and
become a JV partner with 100% commission paid instantly to
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recommendation AND 50% on every refered one-time-offer sale
which is currently converting very high.
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Don’t waste time…he really will take this Crazy deal down!
I have already purchased mine, and believe me-it is
ABSOLUTELY worth the five dollars!
Go Now!
Jennifer
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Do You Know How To Increase Your Link Popularity?
By Jenn Holt | May 1, 2008
Where’s the first place you go to look for a product or service you need? If you use the internet at all, your answer is probably a search engine. Search engines are what help us find information online. This is why link popularity is so important. If a customer can’t find your website, then you have no chance of making a sale.
What Makes A Link Popular?
So, the question comes up – what makes a link popular? Plenty. Link popularity is the rating given to your website by the search engines. Your website’s rating determines where in the listing your site comes up when a certain keyword is entered into a search engine by a customer. Is your website on page one or page 5,000. It is imperative that you know where you website stands.
How Do I Make My Link Popular?
Search engines give ratings and status to websites that have links to their pages from quality, related websites. This is a simple system, but a very important one. Google created this system, and now virtually all other popular search engines employ it to rank your web pages in their indexes.
It is difficult to achieve link popularity when your keyword is a highly searched keyword. But without it, your site will never be seen in the search engines. Don’t get discouraged if you have a keyword that is one of the most used. There are methods that the top marketers use everyday to achieve link popularity on any keyword.
In your quest for making your link popular, be sure to stay away from what are known as “link farms”. These are just sites with pages and pages of links in any category. You want to research the site that you are linking to. Just any link will not increase your link popularity. In fact, it could harm it. Search engines do not like link farms, and they may discriminate against your website if you are associated with one, so steer clear of them!
The next thing that is important in your link marketing strategy is the quality of the website you are linking to. If you are not sure you would want any of your customers or site visitors to see a certain website, then definitely do not link to it. You don’t want your site to look cheap. You want your visitors to know that your site only has quality information on it. Linking to poor quality sites could completely destroy your link popularity.
So what do you need to do to achieve high link popularity and improve your website’s ratings on the search engines? The first step, and a great starting place is to get a listing in a popular directory like Yahoo and Open Directory Project. Be aware that if your sight is business-related then it will cost around $300 a year to be listed in the Yahoo Directory. This is a great step toward linking popularity, so I strongly suggest paying this fee with yahoo. If your website is non-commercial then the listing is free, but it does take some time and follow up to assure your site actually makes it in the directory. Open Directory’s listing is free no matter what type of site, but as with Yahoo it does take some follow up to get listed.
Your goal should be to be listed in the highest level of the appropriate category for your website. This just takes a little bit of common sense. For example, if your company ships recycled paper from a paper plant located in tiny town, tiny state, do NOT submit your listing to “Retailers from tiny town, tiny state.” This is a Big Mistake! Instead, if you look deeper you will find that you can submit your listing to the “Recycled Paper” category. You will not only have a quality listing for your site, but you will also be listed in a national category.
After you have achieved your directory listings, then the next step is to find quality sites that will increase your link popularity. In finding websites that are related to your site, you will not only increase your link popularity, but you will also be able to expand your customer base. Don’t link with your direct competitor, but instead find sites that will be useful to your customers. Looking at the recycled paper example, linking up with a pencil or pen manufacturer would be useful to your customer and the manufacturer would probably want to link with you as well. However, it would not be a good idea to link with another paper company. Even if you think that your paper is better quality and a better price, you may end up losing customers instead of gaining them.
Not all sites want to link with other sites, so you will have to do your research when you are looking for possible linking partners. A great starting place would be to go to a popular search engine and type in a keyword that you think quality customers would enter to find your website. Remember, you are looking for related sites, not in direct competition with your site. Your criteria is quality, high rated sites with a links or resources page. Visit these sites and look at them as if you were the customer. Is the site easy to navigate? What is the quality of the product? Do the graphics look professional? Then look at the other sites they are linked to. Would your site fit in with these?
How Do I Get A Link Back To My Site?
Once you have found a site that you feel is quality enough to link to, the first thing you must do is set up a link to their site on your links or resources page. By doing this you are showing good faith and this will increase your chances of them linking back to your site. After you have their link in place you need to contact the webmaster. Since this is usually done by email, it is very important that you make clear that your email is not junk mail. Tell them right in the beginning that you have added a link to their page on your website. This is a great way to get their attention. Next, be sure to compliment their website. Be sure that it is clear that you actually visited their website. Tell them you appreciate the value of their product, or you like the ease of navigation on their site. This is important, do NOT lie. If you don’t believe what you are saying to them then maybe you should rethink linking to their site. Give them the address to your links page, and ask them to visit it to see the location of their link on your site. Mention that in linking with your site, they will increase their own website traffic and also increase their own link popularity. Finally, tell them that you would greatly appreciate if they would reciprocally add a link on their own links page to your website.
Continue contacting as many webmasters as possible, keeping in mind your criteria for a quality link. After you have sent all your emails, continue to visit each website frequently to check if they have linked back to your website. If a website has still not added your link after a month, try sending another friendly and positive email. After another month if they still haven’t linked to you then it is time to move on. The only time that you would pursue a webmaster further is if you feel their site is crucial to your link popularity. Even so, always keep your communication friendly and non-confrontational.
I Have My Links, Now What?
Now that you have your linking system in place, set up a regular schedule to check the search engines frequently to see if your link popularity has increased. This will not happen overnight. Be patient. It takes time and a lot of hard work to improve your link popularity. That is why the search engines hold it up as very important.
One last thing is to make sure that your site is of higher quality than what you expect from your linking sites. If your website is hard to navigate and does not have professional graphics, you will never convince other webmasters to link to you. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t get answers right away, or even if you get some no’s. Link popularity takes time, but you will be thrilled when you see the results of your hard work: Your website high on the search engine listings.
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Top 5 Qualities For Successful Affiliate Marketing
By Jenn Holt | May 1, 2008
So many people these days are turning to the business of working from home, and even more people are turning to the business of Affiliate Marketing. Why? Simple. In the business of Affiliate Marketing, there is no boss looking over your shoulder analyzing your work. There is no time clock to punch in and out, and it requires very little start up capital. Tons of people have turned to Affiliate Marketing, but only a few are succeeding. In order to be one of the ones that are succeeding, you only need to necessary tools.
If you want to make it in Affiliate Marketing there are five qualities you need to possess.
1. Desire to Learn
The first quality that you need is the desire to learn and the willingness to be taught. The
overwhelming amount of information out there on Affiliate Marketing is enough to drive you to quit, especially if the internet and all its workings is unfamiliar to you. But, if you have the right frame of mind and a strong work ethic you will do fine. When you are starting out, be willing to learn, and pay attention to others that are succeeding in this business. Don’t forget, we all had to start somewhere.
2. Invest Time and Effort
The second quality that you need to have to be a successful Affiliate Marketer is the desire to invest your time and effort. This is true in any business that you might be starting. In the beginning it takes a large amount of your time and effort to get it up and running. Even if you don’t see immediate results, you need to keep working at it, and keep learning as you go.
3. Determination
Determination is the third quality that you need. If you want to make it in the world of Affiliate Marketing, you have to push yourself forward. Being determined and having the desire to make this work for yourself will be the key to what kind of future you make for yourself.
4. Discipline
The fourth quality you must have for success in Affiliate Marketing is self discipline. Adding self discipline to your determination will help you to push forward. You need to be organized and structure your business efforts. If you teach yourself to work everyday with all of your heart and soul, you will get closer and closer to reaching your goals and making your dreams come true.
5. Optimism
The last quality that you absolutely must possess is optimism. Don’t allow a bad attitude to discourage you from pursuing your dreams of making a better life for yourself and your family. You will hear negative comments about Affiliate Marketing. Instead of letting those comments discourage you, take those comments and research them. Decide for yourself if that information is correct or if it is just one person’s opinion about Affiliate Marketing.
Your attitude toward your business should always be positive. Remember, you are the one that choose to be in control of your life. Affiliate Marketing is how you are going to achieve that goal.
If you truly apply all five of these qualities to your business you will go farther that you ever thought possible in the world of Affiliate Marketing. To be a cutting edge Affiliate Marketer you must possess these qualities. Don’t forget, you are the one in charge of your own life.
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Calling all Affiliate Marketers!
By Jenn Holt | April 30, 2008
Hi Everybody! I can’t wait to get started here. There is so much information that I want to share with you about Affiliate Marketing and making money online, and blogging is the PERFECT answer! So hang on, it is going to be a crazy ride!
Jennifer
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