When it comes to Internet advertising, there is a fine line between great advertising and junk.
In any Internet marketing campaign it is important to carefully monitor the results of your marketing efforts and make changes to your campaign as necessary. This is important because you want to make sure your marketing efforts are paying off and the best way to do this is to evaluate the results of your advertising carefully.
Some business owners get carried away trying to get as much web traffic and exposure as possible and can sometimes go overboard and wind up being considered evil.
This FromMy Good Friend Frank Haywood
A Long Post but worth the read.
Steve
The funny thing about crabs is you can stick them in a bucket without a lid and they stay there.
And if you grab one and try to pull it out, you can guarantee that at least one of the other crabs will come attached with it, trying to pull it back in.
And once upon a time I was stuck in the crab bucket myself.
Now before you say to yourself “Has Frank finally gone off his rocker?”, no I haven’t. Honestly. Not yet. Not this time.
CFT
What is it??? It stands for Critical Focus time. What are you doing everyday that really counts towards growing your business. Everyday we sit at our computers and begin to attempt to build our internet businesses. BUT what really counts as work?? We have all been there. We sit at our computers to do some work like perhaps write an article to submit to the bookmarking networks and then we get distracted. Emails, facebook, Twitter, doodling etc.
What really counts as work is when we sit at our computer and FOCUS on the job at hand.. and let nothing distract us. Its a scientific proven fact if you work with FOCUS for 25 minutes and then take a break, its better than putting in a solid two hours work where you were not really focused.
Getting our B.MS on the seat is the hard part. Then we have to work with Gusto for 25 minutes and you MUST use a timer . When the 25 minutes is up you take a break and you are either done or you go again for another 25 minutes.and take another break.
The Crucial element here is that you use the TIMER. This actually takes the stress off. Dont try to work 3 hours straight where you get tired and distracted and unfocused.
. Turn Off all distractions
. Use a TIMER ( If you avoid this step it wont work) The exception is if you are writing with a word Count.
. 25 minutes- You can start with 10 minutes if you like
. 5 Minute Breaks
. Record what you do in a text file and each day when you are finished your CFT put in the text file what you will do tomorrow and for how long
. If you have to miss a day – then put in the text file NO CFT today. Make Yourself Accountable to someone or a Mentor or a Tribe Member. You have to do this.
For example I do CFT Monday to Friday and weekends off with the Kids. Even if I only did 25 mins a day that is awesome as it was Real Focus Time with real work. This is the only way you will grow.
What Constitutes CFT Time.
Content Creation
Link Building
Outsourcing Guides
Active JV making ( On the phone only)
Creating or tweaking PPC campaigns
Activities that directly relate to money coming in
THIS IS NOT CFT
Everything Else
Learning new Things
Watching Webinars
Answering emails
ANY Social Media
The BIG thing here is that you use that TIMER ( proven Scientific Fact- How Your Brain Works) No Timer- It wont work-Its that simple.
All Great People and even Athletes use this discipline. I used it to achieve my Pilots Licence and I use it today in my internet business. I want you to succeed beyond your wildest dreams. I Love people and my tribes but we must do the work. We have to turn up to our computer seat and SIT DOWN and FOCUS and do the work. Do this and you will never look back.
GO FOR IT
Steve
The Network Pilot
Do More with Affiliate Tracking Software
Internet marketers have long known that the key to generating more sales is to get a solid network of affiliates working for you. Doing so extends your reach exponentially and allows you to cover much more virtual ground with minimal effort. Imagine having ads and links to your products on thousands of diverse websites instead of just the hundred or so domains that you own yourself. No one can deny that a great team of affiliates will do wonders for your bottom line.
The only potential headache comes with keeping track of all the sales and commissions. If you’re relatively small-time and just work with a handful of trustworthy individuals, then you could probably get away with basic bookkeeping on an Excel spreadsheet. It’s a bit time consuming for sure, but at least it’s free. However, this method becomes impossible if you have a larger network of affiliates that consistently make a large volume of sales. In this case, I recommend using affiliate tracking software instead of trying to do it all on a spreadsheet.
Affiliate tracking software can help you stay organized by providing you with a quick, easy way to run all your marketing initiatives right from your own desktop. With the right affiliate tracking software, you’ll never have to calculate commission levels, struggle with currency conversions, or accidentally miss a payout again. Once you set up all the parameters of your various programs, everything runs more or less automatically. You just have to keep checking every once in a while to verify accuracy and monitor progress. Other than that, you’re good to go!
Most affiliate tracking software can handle a variety of additional tasks as well, including creating banner or text ads, generating linking codes, creating email and keyword links, and even helping with offline promotional campaigns. Plus, affiliate tracking software provides extensive analysis of all data. This can tell you critical information like which ads are leading to the most conversions, which affiliates are sending you the most sales, and which sites see the most traffic.
And, you don’t have to worry about click fraud or commission fraud anymore, because any quality affiliate tracking software is sure to have built-in controls to help guard against these things. Speaking as someone who has lost plenty of money over the years due to these very rampant problems, this feature alone is worth the investment!
Let’s face it, you’ve got enough on your plate already without having to try to keep up with all the details that go along with running a large network of affiliates. The best way to stay on top of your game is to automate the process by letting affiliate tracking software do the dirty work for you. Check out some of the top products today, and stop getting bogged down with all the small stuff.
here is one of the easiest ways to earn some online income . Search a product to promote from clickbank. There a tons of products to choose from. Register as an affilate with clickbank it’s free. Get a hoplink . Write a 200 to 400 page article about the product or a review of the product. You could do this with a product you already own. That way it’s easy to do a review of the good and not so good points about the product. Upload the article to ezine articles and put a link on the resource box of the article linking to your hoplink. One think to do is make your hoplink URL a shorter and more natural link. Just go to bidurl.com to do this.Watch the money roll in. To speed up the process write more articles to different products. Keep rinsing and repeating. With this method no website is needed. If you wanted to make it look like you had a website you could register a domain name at Go daddy and then redirect the domain name to your clickbank hoplink.
This is just a quick and easy method to get some money rolling in. Make sure your article is unique and written by you and offers value to your reader. Later when you get bigger you can outsource the article writing.
Steve
Been everywhere with my son today to find him a transformer toy 10 shops later and many hours he found the one he wanted. For us to transform into Internet marketers and replace the day job we need to be persistent like a child and be focused . Then we will achieve our goals
Steve
I just had to share this. If I didnt I would be doing you a dis-service.
Hi Its Steve Here. I just had to share this. Do you know the most important skill you need in your internet marketing venture.
Give Up. Its List building. To put it more importantly its email marketing. You need to build a RESPONSIVE Email List daily and build a strong and trustworthy relationship with your clients. Its Critical and an asset.
Email marketing as some think is not dead and has been hear for a long time and will be here for a long time to come.
One of the Most trusted and respected marketers in the industry who has a MASSIVE List of followers is Jim Cockrum Of Ebay Fame. He is an absolute expert on building a responsive list having a massive list of his own. Take a look at his list building class while its still available. Click Here!
The link above is my affiliate link. Yes ill make a little commission which helps me keep this Blog going. However you can take a look here as well which is not an affiliate link.
http://www.listbuildingclass.com
Just copy and paste into your browser.
Either way you need to take a look and make your own mind up.
List Building is imperative and you can learn from no other than the best in the industry.
Steve
Hi Guys and Gals. I wanted to take a moment to write this post. It has been on my heart for a while. Many people that are trying to make it in internet marketing will lend up bankrupt and broke and heavily in debt if they dont heed these steps.
You have to FOCUS on your own Goals.
You have to FOCUS and know what you want and take action on your goals. It is extremely important you know what you want to get out of your internet business from Money Goals to personal goals,Health Goals,Spiritual Goals,Family Goals and so Forth.Then and only then will things start to change.You can have all the products in the world but it will do you know good without specific goals and dates you want to achive things.
Do a brain Dump:
Take some time out and write everything that comes into your mind you want to achieve. Dont analyse this. just write and write even if it takes two hours.It could be simple things like phoning a friend you havent seen for a while to booking a dental appointment to more major goals like a holiday in a year to larger goals like a new house or a better car.Whatever it is get it out of your brain and onto paper.You will feel great for it.
Get two Boards you can put pictures of your goals on. One for Goals wanted and one for goals achieved. When you achieve a Goal transfer the picture from the goals wanted board to the goals achieved board. This way you free up the Goals wanted board to make room for more goals and can see what you have acieved on the Goals achieved board.
When you write down your goals then you will start to move towards them. You gotta have a burning desire to be free and make money and have the life you want.
Decide on one way you want to make money on the internet and stick to it for at least three months. This could be affiliate marketing,building a product,making wordpress seo pages etc. Decide on one and do that only and nothing else for at least three months . give it a chance to work and take big action during that time.
Steps from the second Greatest Book in the world Think and grow rich byNapolean Hill. Do you know what the most widely read number one book is????
1/ Fix In Your Mind
fix in your mind the exact amount of money you want. it is not sufficient to say you just want lots of money. You have to be detailed and specific.
2/ Give in return.
Determine exactly what you will give in return for the money you desire. You absolutely have to help and be of service to other people. Put them first and the money will come.
3/ Establish a Date
Establish a definite date you intend to possess the money
4/ Establsih a definite plan you need to do and carry out to bring the money into existence. ( Internet marketing, Affiliate marketing, Products etc.) Put this plan into action whether you are ready or not. Just begin. You dont have to be perfect. just start. You will learn and be guided as you go. The people, things you need will present themselves at the time you need them.
5/ Write it Out. ( Critical) Write out a clear and concise statement of the amount of money you want with a date you intend to acquire it. State what you intend to give in return for the money and the plan you intend to use to acquire that money. We have the plan in internet marketing.
6/Read your written statement aloud twice daily. Read it once just prior to retiring at night and once after arising in the morning. AS YOU READ, SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY.
You can easily implement these six steps by finding an affiliate program where you know other affiliates and marketers are making money. Then create a plan of action pertaining to targeting the affiliate program and to also making money. Do the six steps daily.
I have started to do this.
NOW Just implement your plan and dont get distracted.Give it at least 3 to 6 months and you will see results.
FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS on the one thing YOU have chosen to make your mark in internet marketing and go for it. Dont try to do a million things at once. If you do it will just be diluted and watered down.
GO FOR IT
Steve
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