• I chose a market instead of a niche
• I didn’t pay attention and use any keyword research in my posts
• I didn’t pay attention to what my traffic was telling me
• I stuck with the same affiliate program even though it wasn’t converting

Market vs. Niche

A lot of Internet marketers make the mistake of choosing a market to promote instead of a niche. What’s the difference you may ask? A lot!

The easiest way to explain this is too use Golf as an example. Golf is a market not a niche. Now, some of you may say Golf is a niche in the Sports market or the Outdoor Sports market, but sorry I think you are wrong. It is still too broad of a market to try to target with a niche blog. Unless you have a lot of patience and a lot of time on your hands.

Bare with me for a minute. Let’s break it down. Golf is a market, golf clubs or golf balls, golf carts or even golf courses are niches, while Spalding^® golf balls or TaylorMade^® golf clubs are micro-niches.

If some one is looking for Spalding^® golf balls chances are they are looking to buy golf balls and not looking or free information on golf balls. While someone searching for just golf could very well just be researching and not ready to buy.

In every Market there are sections that just don’t sell or only attract visitors and aren’t looking to buy, they just want information.

Keyword Research

Keyword choice can make or break you, quite literally. Choose the wrong keywords or not pay attention and just posting on any and everything in your market and your blog becomes an information center only and not a money generator.

I didn’t pay attention and just posted willy nilly about my “market” and before you know it, all my visitors were after was information and not interested in any adsense ads, banner ads or even text ads. I did manage to turn this around a little and started to show at least a little income flowing in, by paying closer attention to what keywords I chose.

Traffic Demographics and Search Terms

The keywords your visitors found you with can tell you a lot and having accurate statistics can be a marketers best friend. If you have no idea what keywords your visitors used to find, then you have no idea what they are looking for.

My search terms told me that everyone just wanted free information, yet I was stubborn and didn’t adjust for quite awhile, thinking well I can turn them on and get them excited about this or that, but nope, no dice. It was futile to even try and I was ready to give up.

I was ranked very good in Google and held a lot of number one, two and three spots for a lot of different phrases, but all “free” related. I had to adjust something, but what?

Adjust Your Affiliate Program To Match

I finally sat down and LOOKED with an open mind on what was happening. I was simple promoting the wrong things to the wrong people. Duh!!!

In almost every market there is a section of people are only looking for free stuff or free information. The good news is that there is a way to tap into that and profit from it.

I did a lot of research and discovered there were a few things my visitors were interested in, I simply adjusted my marketing and switched affiliate programs to cater to what they were actually interested in and not what I felt they should be interested in. CPA advertising is great for this and can really turn your dead income around, provided you can find the right match to your traffic.

I guess the biggest take away I can give you from this, is to listen and look at what your traffic is telling you and then find a way to adjust to their needs. By doing so, I was able to turn the blog around and make more money in one month than it did for the past two years combined.

You have a great idea for an online business and you start making things happen.

Then, all of a sudden, your momentum comes to a crashing halt…

You’re stuck.

…AND…

You have no idea what to do next.

It could be something “silly” or something more technical but whatever it is…

…it’s holding you back!

Have you ever experienced something like this?

If you’re nodding your head yes, don’t worry.

You’re not alone.

But I have good news…

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The best part is, he answers your questions in video so you can see exactly what to do to solve your challenge.

Sounds good right?

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It’s the perfect solution if you want someone telling you exactly what to do to grow your online business – especially if your instructor has has sold over $50 million dollars online.

Enjoy!

Ron

P.S When you click on the link below, you’ll hear a brief explanation of the type of content that will be created for this membership.
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Ever heard of affiliate programs? These are forms of Internet advertising that rewards the affiliates for driving traffic to the advertiser or for other transactions. The advertiser pays the affiliate to place a link on their website, and the affiliate sends traffic to the advertiser in return. Simply put, it’s about paying commissions to people who help you make sales. It’s that easy. NOT.

Affiliate marketing has its ups and downs. It could be draining if you are not armed with updated information and the technical how-tos. But this article’s sole objective is to reach out to you and not to badmouth affiliate marketing.

Here are the following reasons on why web marketers go gaga over affiliate marketing as a form of Internet advertisement.

1. Low cost

Many are scared to go on a home based business because of the capital required. In affiliate marketing, you don’t have to spend much to start raking in moolah.

2. Inventories not included

Product management fuss could be very stressing. An inventory is not asked to be maintained. The merchant does the maintenance required.

3. Unlimited income through leverage

When you have a paid job, your monthly income mainly relies on whether you go to work or not. With affiliate marketing, your affiliates could all just lead traffic to your site without having to lift a finger after providing them your ad copy and links. Though not every web marketer earns limitless, it still is a fact that all the necessary matters for the advertiser or Internet marketer are all there to be successful.

4. Go worldwide

With affiliate marketing, you are dealing with a global market place. All you have to do is choose a niche product and prepare all the necessary tools for your affiliates to lead traffic from just about anywhere to your website.

5. Low risk

The very main reason for Internet marketer’s enthusiasm with affiliate marketing is its having a low risk factor. Especially for those with low budget set aside for advertising, affiliate marketing is just the way to do it.

6. No closing time

With affiliate marketing, your business works every single second of the day while targeting a worldwide market! What could be better than that?

But all of these will be put to waste if you don’t have the right niche product and all the other important tools to make it big in affiliate marketing, i.e., well-SEO-ed website. So better work on this first before ever considering those benefits.

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In the United States and throughout much of the world, a large number of internet users visit online video websites. Online video websites, such as Google Video and YouTube, allow you to watch videos that other internet users have posted, but you can also make and share your own videos. Sounds like fun doesn’t it? Before you start making plans, you are advised to keep your video content in mind, especially the impact it may have on others.

Whether you already have a video idea in your head or not, it is advised that you famialrize yourself with the rules of each online video website, especially before you start making your video. You should easily be able to find links to a number of different video websites, including YouTube and Google Video, by performing a standard internet search. Somewhere on the webpage of the online video website you are visiting, you should be able to find rules and a terms of use agreement posted. Many times, the video content that is prohibited will be listed in the terms of use. Some online video websites will have content restrictions, but not all do. Those restrictions may include the use of pornographic material or the use of threats.

Unfortunately, most individuals feel that as long as they are following the terms of use, they are free to make a video on what ever topic, subject, or issue that they want to discuss and of course this applies to Video Marketing as well. Of course you can do this, but in some cases you are advised against doing so. There are a large number ways that you could intentionally or even unintentionally insult one of your video viewers. These insults may be the result of a political rant, a religious rant, or a rant on a particular race. In addition to straight-out rants, you may also want to be cautious of telling jokes or mocking popular issues.

Are you wondering why you should be concerned with what someone else has to think? If so, you are definitely not alone. Online, there are literally hundreds of online videos that can often be considered offensive, many in more ways than one. Those video posters do not seem to care who they may be offending or insulting. Since these videos, along with many others, can be found online, there are many who have just gotten used to seeing them. Although you may think that it is funny to tell jokes concerning people of another race, there are many internet viewers who would take the information to heart. Some would not only be hurt by your video and your words, but some would be furious. Most likely furious enough to give your video a bad review or leave negative comments for everyone to see.

As previously mentioned, no one can tell you what type of video you can make and upload to an online video website. If you wish to make and share a video that may be considered offensive to a particular group of people, you are urged to air on the side of caution. In the event that you still wish to post your video on an online video website, you may want to consider posting a viewer warning. If unique warnings labels or symbols are not allowed, you will want to post a warning in your video title. This may help to ensure that your video does not get viewed by those who may take offense to it. Not only will you be protecting yourself, but you may also be protecting an internet user from seeing content that they wished they never watched.

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I received some more information from Andrew on how to go about offline marketing and I have some more free gifts for you.

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The Man Nobody Knows (1925) is the second book by the American author and advertising executive Bruce Fairchild Barton. Barton presents Jesus as “the founder of modern business,” in an effort to make the Christian story accessible to businessmen of the time.

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Can you build a nice website, know basic SEO, know how to get back-links and understand the power of follow up and direct response marketing?

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“If you are willing to walk into a business and just have a casual conversation about how they can improve their sales with online marketing a really good percentage of these business owners will pay you.”

Andrew Cavanagh, world renowned copywriter made a post on a famous Internet Marketing forum that exploded with questions and with a few people posting their results. The forum thread, that many thought was lost, has been made into the free report available below. Andrew salvaged the best posts and got permission from their authors, refined and edited it all into a fantastic pdf report you can download at the end of this post.

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You will read about Matt who went out and talked to one business owner and walked out of that business with $1500 in his pocket and that was only half the fee charged… just the down payment for his services.

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Don’t make the mistake of dismissing this idea without reading this report, you will see questions of all kinds asked in the report and find many answers.

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Andrew kept repeating one simple truth on this forum thread as it
quickly became one of the most highly read posts in Warrior Forum
history…

If you’re willing to walk into a business and just have a casual
conversation about how they can improve their sales with online
marketing a really good percentage of these business owners will
pay you.

Matt Jutras didn’t waste any time thinking about this.

He walked into a local store selling boutique dogs (would you
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Better still that’s a half payment.

He gets another 1,500 dollars when he finishes the job on the web
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Here is the best part.

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Each Christmas James Brausch gives a Christmas gift away to his blog readers, usualy one (or more) of his products. I was blown away again this year when I opened my email yesterday and saw what he gave away this year.

I guess some people are upset, because they didn’t open their email yesterday as instructed and missed out on the gift. If you missed the gift, get on his notification list and try again next year. In the mean time, here is an article I think is worth reading. It is written by Harry Browne, he wants to give his 9-year-old daughter a gift that will be a blessing to her all her life.

Happy New Year James
Ron

Here are some of the new features just added:

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- You can switch from Relevancy mode to 3 other modes (last updated, view count, rating)

- Additional filter enabled by default to remove all offensive videos, and to remove all offensive tags (you can further customize it)

- You only need to edit the main keyword and your adsense ID
(even with the new features, you don’t need to change your configuration on your existing site)

- You can change the number of videos displayed on the front page

- Search feature

- Fully Template driven

- How to guide on how to create a template from scratch

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He offers very good information about building your business and also how to start and run a business properly and have it automated.

There is a regular column about traffic, another about copywriting and another about product creation and of course articles about other topics.

The articles published in my paper newsletter will not be republished on my blog. There are some questions that pop up from time-to-time that I am not willing to answer on a public blog. A good example is the questions recently about where I’m getting the junk traffic to test MuVar with at 5 cents per visitor…. and where did I get the even junkier traffic for a penny a visitor that resulted in the margin size study.

That’s valuable information. I give away a lot of free information here on the blog, but that particular information just goes too far. I’m not willing to answer that question here on the blog. That answer is just too valuable… and there are other reasons I just wouldn’t put that kind of information on a public blog. Those who sign up for the newsletter will understand those reasons.

I am willing to answer those kinds of questions in a paid newsletter though.

Here is more information from his page:
“I give out very valuable information that others charge hundreds of dollars for… and their stuff generally isn’t even tested. I don’t sell or teach anything that I don’t do myself. That’s just the way I work. If you already know that, then you know that I give a ton of free information on my blog at JamesBrausch.com. However, there are just some things that are too valuable to publish on a blog. I publish those things here in my printed newsletter.”

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SEO & Affiliate Marketing Genius Jerry West has put together a very scary article that covers the rising rate of fraud in the industries of selling expired domains and selling used domains.
“This article covers the rising rate of fraud in the industries of selling expired domains and selling used domains. This article was previously only available to our paid members of the SEO Revolution, but we are releasing it as a public service due to the high level of fraud that is currently in the market.”

Jerry recently purchased some domains from a broker that were good domains and looked to be well established (with good PageRank). However, when he got possession of them, they were not quite what he thought he had purchased. In his investigation into this, it was clear that many of the domains being sold today from brokers and especially on eBay are littered with fraud.

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