by Gerek Allen on February 27, 2012
There’s a saying in the Internet marketing world that the money is NOT in the list, but in the relationship you build with the list. That statement is so true. So what can you do when you’ve lost the relationship with your list? What strategies or techniques can you implement to re-engage yourself with your list and ‘revive the dead’ so to speak?
Well, it’s not that difficult to re-engage your list. Let me explain… [click to continue…]
by Gerek Allen on February 16, 2012
When you write articles for the purpose of getting traffic back to your website, there are a lot of search engine optimization benefits that come with it. As you know, article marketing is not dead. In fact, it’s still one of the highest and most profitable sources of online traffic today, but it takes time and dedication to get results.
However, when done right, you’ll get extra search engine optimization benefits without doing anything different. Before I give you the 3 benefits, let me make it perfectly clear that you should never focus on writing your articles purely for the search engines. [click to continue…]
by Gerek Allen on February 14, 2012
The Internet marketing niche is exploding with new people everyday, but the idea of creating a ‘guru’ Internet marketing business is overwhelming. I mean, you probably get over 100 emails a day from other marketers (not gurus) pitching one product after another. The real problem is that new people think you have to know and be an expert in ALL of those aspects in order to have a successful Internet marketing business.
That’s just not the case. In fact, creating a successful Internet marketing business is quite simple if you just stick to the main aspects of what your business requires. Furthermore, you can actually create a full-time income by just spending a few hours per day on your business, as long as you ONLY focus on money making activities. Here are 8 steps to follow in creating a guru Internet marketing business. [click to continue…]
by Gerek Allen on January 30, 2012
Article marketing is the simple traffic strategy of writing a short, content-filled article for the purpose of driving traffic back to your website. You freely give your content to an article directory in exchange for links back to your site.
But just writing the article and getting traffic isn’t all that happens. There are numerous long-term benefits of writing articles that you may never have considered before. So, I’m going to tell you EXACTLY what they are. [click to continue…]
by Gerek Allen on January 24, 2012
In business, there’s an old saying that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. That statement is 100% true, but there’s a myth about planning that it’s detailed, it’s complicated, and it’s time consuming. I don’t believe that to be true at all. In fact, I think that if you simplify the process, you can create a master plan literally in minutes, not hours, days, or weeks. Therefore, I’m going to show you how to quickly put together your master plan for your online business. [click to continue…]
by Gerek Allen on January 23, 2012
Whether you’re a full-time or part-time online marketer, way too many people don’t do enough ‘productive’ work to move them closer to their goals. They might spend anywhere from 4-8 hours per day on their business, but in reality they only accomplish about 1 hour of work because they spend too much time on non-essential items like surfing the web and checking email.
That’s about to change. I’m going to show you what changes you can make today that will have immediate impacts. I’m going to give you 4 tips to be more productive and to get you more results in your online business. [click to continue…]
by Gerek Allen on November 22, 2011
The ascension marketing model is one of the most popular marketing models for a lot of information marketers.
The ascension model is a 4-level model that goes from low end products to high end products.
The low end products range anywhere from $10-$37, and the content is roughly 1 hour long. The second level product ranges from $97 to $197 with content about 3-6 hours long. [click to continue…]
by Gerek Allen on November 18, 2011
Here’s what typically happens with most email marketing campaigns people start…
The campaign starts out great sending out emails everyday for a few weeks or maybe a few months. The response rates are great and the click through rates are even better.
Then, the marketer switches gears and focuses heavily on a new project. The emails stop.
Then, about a month later, the marketer decides to get the emails going again, but this time, the engagement levels are low… REALLY LOW! At this point, whatever momentum the marketer had at the beginning is lost. [click to continue…]
by Gerek Allen on November 15, 2011
A lot of Internet marketers and gurus will tell you that search engine optimization is a great way to drive traffic. They will make a case that getting free organic traffic from the top spots in Google is the only way to go.
To me, that’s a bad strategy… That strategy is for suckers.
Let me explain. Let me give you 3 reasons why driving traffic purely for search engine optimization is a bad idea. [click to continue…]