VIP Internet Marketing » give away a free product http://www.vipinternetmarketing.com Combining online marketing technology with tried-and-true direct selling methods Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How much time have you really put into blogging? http://www.vipinternetmarketing.com/how-much-time-have-you-really-put-into-blogging/ http://www.vipinternetmarketing.com/how-much-time-have-you-really-put-into-blogging/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:39:43 +0000 admin http://www.vipinternetmarketing.com/?p=785 If you’re like most people who have tried blogging for money, you may be stuck at something of a dead end. You’ve read and researched so much, that you could talk until you’re blue in the face about general strategy, but when it comes to making money, you’ve got nothing to show for your time. [...]]]>

If you’re like most people who have tried blogging for money, you may be stuck at something of a dead end. You’ve read and researched so much, that you could talk until you’re blue in the face about general strategy, but when it comes to making money, you’ve got nothing to show for your time.

This is more common than you think. Most people are so worried about getting things “just right,” that they are afraid to do anything at all. It is as if they are afraid to invest any effort unless they know they will see results immediately.

One thing that is important to understand is that you will probably not make money from your first few websites. Assuming you have some experience, however, it is still not unusual to not be making any money from your sites.

But before you start scratching your head, answer these questions:

  • Have you written articles about your topic and submitted them to article directories?
  • Have you created peripheral sites (Squidoo, Hubpages, Blogger etc…) and linked to your site?
  • Have you socially bookmarked your sites?
  • Have you blogged about your sites?
  • Have you commented on other blogs?
  • Have you tweeted about your new posts?

If the answer is not “YES” to all of these questions, then you have some work to do. While you may feel like you have been working this whole time, unfortunately all we have to work with is measurable results. In this case, articles you’ve written or other media you’ve created.

Most of the time, this can be changed to fit various channels. With some creative editing, you can take those 5 articles and post them on ezines, your website, peripheral sites, turn them into forum posts/comments (link!), tweets, etc. There are so many ways to spin your content.

While I personally recommend creating only unique content, if you have a post you’re especially proud of, don’t be afraid to plaster that sucker all over the schoolyard!

Once you have a significant amount of material, let it trickle out slowly. Don’t be a maniac and post it all at once. Aside from the obvious benefit that Google tries to reward natural linking above all else, trickling out your information day by day will naturally saturate the Internet over a longer period of time.

How much time have you really put into blogging? originally appeared on VIP Internet Marketing on January 8, 2010.

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What could be MORE uncomfortable than bothering someone at their work or home and [...]]]>

On the internet, play to win

Anyone who has ever sold anything in their life knows how much of a pain in the butt it is to do your own originating. For the uninitiated, you might know this as cold calling.

What could be MORE uncomfortable than bothering someone at their work or home and asking them to listen to your presentation?

The trick is to ignore the inevitable rejections and keep your cool, but that can take months of constant effort to master, ESPECIALLY if you’re more of a sensitive, introverted type.

But think about this: wouldn’t it be great if, instead of calling old leads, you could just get previous customers to recommend you and your service to some of their friends?

This principle is at the HEART of referral marketing. On the internet, this strategy for building your business can exponentially increase the amount of traffic to your site.

Wise words spoken by a wise man

An intelligent man once said, “I’d rather have 1% of 100 people’s effort than 100% of my own.”

But as internet marketers, how do we put this into practice?

How can we get someone so jazzed about our product or service that they VOLUNTARILY choose to promote it as well?

The answer, as usual, touches the nerve system of successful selling: show them how your product or service will help them achieve their goals. Once you show them DIRECTLY how they’ll benefit, they’ll be happy to help you.

Fortunately for us, sites like Clickbank make it ridiculously easy to market the services of another person.

A referral a day keeps the real job away

Its worth saying that when you create a product, design it with the purpose in mind of using it to promote your current business. Even if you have to give it away for free, it will be worth it if it helps you promote your site.

This can be hard for newbies to wrap their mind around. Giving away a product of value for free goes against our common sense. If we give it away, how will we profit directly from it?

Well, you won’t. But the positive press you generate when you give away quality, buzz-worthy educational products is worth far more than the profit generated from a single (or many!) sales.

Referrals: The Golden Goose Of A Sales Career originally appeared on VIP Internet Marketing on November 5, 2009.

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