Showing posts with label marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marketing. Show all posts

February 14, 2013

Fresh Passion Book Review



Michael D. Brown has written Fresh Passion: Get a Brand or Die a Generic
about building your personal brand and achieving success.  Michael has developed the Fresh Passion methodology from his own experiences and leadership positions at top companies.


The book Fresh Passion - Get A Brand Or Die A GenericI like the way this book is set up.  Each chapter starts with a quote from a famous and successful person such as Steve Jobs and Donald Trump.  Each chapter has the six steps, tools and technology advice needed for following each part of the Fresh Passion.   There are several worksheets and self assessments to see your progress.

I really like the "Brownie Points" throughout the book.  Michael shares real life stories from his own  personal experiences.  It helps you to understand the ideas and development of the Fresh Passion methods.  I like reading about the whole journey, not just the great ending. 

I would recommend this book to professionals in any field for the steps and tools to achieving your goals.  I find it especially helpful to those who work online.  One of the top questions I always hear internet marketers asking is, "Are you branding yourself?"    This is a good book to show you exactly how to do it.


More about the author 

Michael was the 7th of 10 siblings and very soon was faced with the challenge of being a creative provider for his family.  Ambitious for success, hungry for professional growth, and driven to help others, Michael has developed his core values of determination, ambition, and creativity from the lessons he learned with life experiences like his candy business.
Michael has spent time in a diverse set of companies, organizations, and industries, such as Murphy Oil (The Wal Mart Project), USF&G Insurance, BP, Wells Fargo Financial, San Francisco Foundation, Ford Foundation, Marriott, Amoco, Ralph & Kacoo’s Seafood Restaurant, Wendy’s International, along with a number of small independent business owners.




Disclosure:   I received a copy of this book for my honest review.  The opinions expressed are 100% my own based on my observations while reading this book.




January 18, 2012

Top 5 Traffic Exchange Tools

Traffic exchanges are a great way to get your sites viewed, gain referrals and build downlines.  Browse other member's web sites to earn credits which you use to get your own sites viewed.  
All exchanges have a a certain credit to surf ratio.  For example, view an ad for 20 seconds and receive 1 credit.  Exchanges include a captcha of some sort to ensure user interaction and keep out bots.  If you don't want to surf for credits, you can also just purchase advertising credits.  
Quite a few exchanges have also started incorporating social media sharing buttons and chat into the surf bar.  See an ad that you really like or interests you and click the tweet or like button.  This helps your ad be seen by more than just members.  If there is a chat feature, use it.  Get involved with other members.  Gain new connections and friends.  I have learned a lot from chatting with other members while surfing.
I have been noticing traffic exchange owners stepping up their game to keep things new, fresh and fun.  Most exchanges offer bonuses and prizes through contests and surfing.  The best part is traffic exchanges are free to use.  Of course, like most programs and services, they do offer special features to upgraded members.  
Splash pages are the best to use in traffic exchanges because your ad is being viewed for only 10-30 seconds.  You want your ad to be simple, to the point and eye catching.  You can use your programs pre-made splash pages or you can choose to create your own.  So finally that leads me to the tools part of this post.  


  1. Ad Kreator - A tool to create your own splash pages and banners with 100's of template designs.  Why pay a designer?  Even if you are graphically challenged, you can use this service.
  2. TE Command Post - This service helps me keep all my TE's organized, thus saving me time.  I have went into more detail about TE Command Post in a previous blog post you can refer to here:  Traffic Exchange Command Post.
  3. Traffic Exchange List - Basically the title says it all.  It is a list of TE's and related services that you can also build a downline with.  This service ranks TE's  by monitoring statistics across 100's of exchanges.  Enter your own top traffic exchange referral id's and generate your own favorite list to display on your blog or website.  You can see mine displayed in the left sidebar of this blog.
  4. TE Toolbox - A tracking service for TE's, safelists and list builders.  Also included with this ad tracker is an in house banner rotator,  website rotator and splash page maker.  These tools are helpful and easy to use because they were created by actual traffic exchange users for traffic exchange users.  Tracking your hits and conversions is important to determine which ads are working better at which exchanges.
  5. Click Track Profit - This service follows a simple 3 step concept:  Click in the BEST traffic exchanges, track to know what ads are working and what is not and profit by repeating steps 1 and 2 to be on your way.  They offer great step by step training videos with some humor mixed in too.  Nerd Surfing is a cool CTP feature also.  All you need to do is surf the 4 signature exchanges at the same time to recieve more credits per click.  While Nerd Surfing for extra credits, also collect cool exchange badges and even money badges.  Below is a screenshot of the CTP badges I have earned so far.
    CTP Badges Earned    
     
    Surfing traffic exchanges doesn't have to be boring or too time consuming.  These tools save me time, earn more hits and conversions of my sites and make it an enjoyable experience.  Happy Surfing to you all:)


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November 13, 2011

Empire Avenue Review Update

I wanted to post an update of my experience since I've been playing Empire Avenue.  If you haven't heard of Empire Avenue yet, check out my previous post Empire Avenue-The Social Stock Market.


A couple of weeks ago I participated in Empire Avenue's Pendapalooza.  It was a 24 hr event in which you posted your ticker and people would start buying your shares.  I had no idea what a success this event would be.  I thought it just might help me get a few more investors, but it was a 24 hr buying frenzy.  I also bought some shares back in anyone who invested in me and it was actually fun.  Some think of Empire Avenue as only a game, but to me it has been so much more.  I have gained a lot of new and valuable connections.  

I kept some rough stats from that 24 hr event to help show how Empire Aveneue can help you and your business grow. 


Gained during 24 hr Pendapalooza event:
+6.045 a share increase                                   
11 new achievements
58 new shareholders
added to 12 lists
42 endorsements
26 Blog views 
New Connections
Twitter - 9 
Tumbler - 8
Facebook - 6
Google Circles - 9
Youtube - 3
Flickr - 5
Foursquare - 3
Get Glue - 3

I continue to play, logging in about every other day, and the numbers continue to rise.  The connections I have made here are such an asset to my marketing and to me personally.  I've noticed a lot of people who are just starting online, only like to join and participate in programs that show them some immediate cash.  I don't believe that is the way to go.  You need to network, brand yourself, learn and share if you want to make any real money online.  Besides, you might be surprised at the amazing people you can meet if you just take the time.

 







December 3, 2010

Are Your Affiliate Commissions At Risk?

Don't lose affiliate commissions, secure your affiliate links!

So you have finally stepped into the world of making money online. You too, like many others, have decided to start with the affiliate programs. Also, you must have heard that it is possible to make good money with affiliate marketing, provided you choose the right programs and do some strategic planning while promoting your affiliate products. So far so good.

Whether you are promoting other people’s products or promoting your own products – that doesn’t matter because after all it is nothing but your own business and your means to earn good money. So whichever be your case, I am sure you would not want to leave money on the table and invite others to steal your share of profit.

Even though the industry of affiliate marketing is pretty competitive but if you are cautious and are strategic in your marketing techniques then, it could be very profitable for you.

Take a close look at the industry, you will see that not every one who gets into affiliate marketing is successful. People who are doing well leave no room for failure and take all security measures and understand its importance.

Yes! Security is one of the key factors in affiliate marketing. If you do not adopt proper security measures, then your business will be at high risk. One of the most important way to restore security is to protect your affiliate links. Do not take them for granted. A bit of carelessness on your part in regards to affiliate links may cost you a lot of dollars.

Do you know the long complicated links that you send to your prospective customers not only look convoluted but they can create a lot of problems too! If you send such an affiliate link to your customers, then the smart ones will definitely figure out that you are promoting someone else’s product and they would rather visit the parent company. Also, if your link does not function then your customers have to type a really long URL into the browser, which will definitely put him or her off.

You could be a victim of even a worse situation. What if some devious Internet pirates steal your affiliate links and replace them with theirs. If they do that, then you get no commission at all.

Did I scare you off with all of the above possibilities? Well, that certainly wasn’t my intention. I just wanted to open your eyes and state facts that actually happen in the world of Internet. It happened with me until I came across ViralURL , that brought a revolution to my online ventures.

So, if you are not getting the desired results out of your affiliate marketing,don’t lose hope. There’s definitely a remedy to this problem and that is ViralURL.com

Do I hear you asking, what is it and how can it help in averting any adverse situation for an affiliate marketer like me?
Be patient and read on, if you love your business.

ViralURL is a link cloaker that protects you in the truest sense. There may be many unethical people lurking around, who might play with your affiliate links by cutting them off or replacing them with their own etc. How much effort you put in towards building your business and advertising your business, if your links are tampered with, then all your hard work will be rendered useless.

In order to avoid such a rip off, ViralURL gives you full protection and sees to it that your affiliate links never get exposed to others.

So save yourself from getting ripped. Get all the commissions to your account that you rightfully deserve. All this is made possible by ViralURL.com

It is a blessing for every affiliate marketer like you and me, who wants to achieve success in their endeavor.

Is ViralURL limited to only link protection?

NO!

It does much much more than that. Let’s see what ViralURL can do for us:

*ViralURL helps us in protecting commission.
*ViralURL helps in building mailing lists.
*ViralURL helps in tracking statistics.
*ViralURL helps in earning extra ad credits.

In short, ViralURL allows us to create massive business leverage.
I don’t see any negative aspect associated with ViralURL. All you have to do is join it for free, then cloak your links, promote them and see your business soaring higher and higher.

JOIN FOR FREE

January 11, 2010

Affiliate Funnel Is A Different Way Of Thinking When It Comes To Downline Building

Downline building has been around since the beginning of the internet. The offer is very exciting, let people know about your product or service, refer a few folks and presto, you are on your way to massive success. What's the problem with this scenario though?

Simple, downline building isn't as effective as it once was years ago. Sure there are people making lots of money online using their downlines and affiliate marketing strategies but during the past few years a change has been taking place.

It's called the marketing funnel and if you think of the pyramid look of a 'downline', flip it!

Here's how it works. Get as many people as you can into the top of your funnel and funnel them down into paying customers. Start with a free front end product or service and then let your marketing turn those free leads into paying customers and clients.

Affiliate Funnel is a service that does this plus so much more. It is an all in one business hub that shows you how to properly promote online using the best free resources around and channel these leads into a thriving downline. This is the power of a well put together marketing funnel, taking leads and turning them into clients.

Affiliate Funnel is owned by two guys who have build massive six figure businesses using free resources and their own marketing funnel. Paul Kinder and Jon Olson have put their experience in a bottle and packaged it for anyone to check out for free at:
http://tinyurl.com/y9u7b8g
Be sure to check out the Funnel today and start to promote your business the right way using the absolute best tools on the net. The results are there, it's time to grab them.

October 2, 2009

Win $100 Cash at ViralAdStore!

Win $100 Cash at ViralAdStore!

Hello Everyone!

ViralAdStore are giving away $100 cash on Friday 9th October and
it could be yours with very little effort.

At a random time on the 9th they will send out an email to all
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If you are the first person to open the email then you win $100 Cash.

It really is that easy!

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Not only will you stand a chance of winning $100 cash by signing up
but you'll also drive quality traffic to you website.

If you do any kind of marketing online then you'll find ViralAdStore
a very effective system to drive traffic to your site.

Signup today and give your business the exposure it needs along with
the chance of winning $100 cash on the 9th.

They have a jackpot e-mail every week. You can also increase your chances of winning. If one of your referrals is the one to open the e-mail, then you also win.

September 18, 2009

Free Downline Builder

This service has helped increase my downline. I have also learned so much from the pros here. It's great to be able to listen to and question the best in the business who are already making lots of money.
I am talking about Affiliate Funnel and this is what it is all about.

Downline building has been around since the beginning of the internet. The offer is very exciting, let people know about your product or service, refer a few folks and presto, you are on your way to massive success. What's the problem with this scenario though?

Simple, downline building isn't as effective as it once was years ago. Sure there are people making lots of money online using their downlines and affiliate marketing strategies but during the past few years a change has been taking place.

It's called the marketing funnel and if you think of the pyramid look of a 'downline', flip it!

Here's how it works. Get as many people as you can into the top of your funnel and funnel them down into paying customers. Start with a free front end product or service and then let your marketing turn those free leads into paying customers and clients.

Affiliate Funnel is a service that does this plus so much more. It is an all in one business hub that shows you how to properly promote online using the best free resources around and channel these leads into a thriving downline. This is the power of a well put together marketing funnel, taking leads and turning them into clients.

Affiliate Funnel is owned by two guys who have build massive six figure businesses using free resources and their own marketing funnel. Paul Kinder and Jon Olson have put their experience in a bottle and packaged it for anyone to check out for free. They also hold weekly online seminars. Have your questions answered by the top names and gurus in making money online.


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