Internet Marketing Strategies and Marketing Tips by Neil Shearing

I’ve just been running a few of my articles through Web Content Studio. It’s a very cool piece of software. I’ve already written a review of it, so don’t want to go over the same ground again. Just check out the review, watch the tutorial videos and see what the software can do for you.

Hint: if you’re missing any “theme words” from your articles, WCS will help you work out what they are, then rank your page for theme completeness. It’s just one (important) facet of getting top search engine rankings.

Have you thought about mobile visitors to your websites?

I just had a quick look at my stats and one of my websites got 3,688 visits from people using “mobile devices”!

I’m trying to capture those visitors *email addresses*… when I should be trying to capture their mobile numbers… because open rates on mobile devices are 97%!

Fortunately, my friend Gauher knows all about “mobile marketing” and has been doing it since 2007.

I’ve spent the last few hours reading his new 35-page report and watching the movies which you can get at
no cost here…

In the videos, you’ll find out how to buy mobile traffic and how to set up a “text-message autoresponder” to make use of those juicy 97% open rates.

I just slapped down my own cash for this, and I strongly recommend you grab it too…

This is a package of 48 software products and ebooks, complete with sales letters and graphics, which you will be able to use yourself and sell, keeping all the profits.

It’s a brilliant firesale offer, available for the next 7 days only.

NOTE: The last product I recommended was Eric’s previous sale, back in April!

I’ll be adding my own special bonus, which I will personally send to the email address you use when you place your order. I haven’t finalised it yet, so it won’t be delivered immediately, but it will be cool… and unique to this offer!

Take action.
Head over to: http://www.NeilShearing.com/epic/
… and check out the offer.

Michael Campbell has release information on how to be happy. Yes, it’s not the standard, “How To Make Money” information, but sooner or later, people need to return to the basic questions of life, including are you happy with your life, and if not, why?

If you sign up for Michael’s newsletter (which I recommend, along with Duncan’s and Dr Andy’s within the half-dozen I read), you’ll see that he’s offering his information in multiple formats, and distributing them to multiple places. For example, you can watch the video on Youtube, download the MP3/MP4 from Libsyn and read the content in the newsletter (via email) or at the blog (in HTML) or via the XML feed in a feed-reader.

Not only does the content distribution gain him links, it also gains him additional exposure which, in combination with the advice to join his newsletter at the end of the content, expands his readership!

As Michael says,

What I’ve come up with, is a system to syndicate all my content.

The videos get syndicated through TubeMogul to YouTube and all the video sharing sites.

The audio gets extracted and syndicated through Libsyn to iTunes and all the podcasting sites.

The audio gets transcribed into blog posts, articles and newsletters.

So what it means for you is choice. You get to choose if you want to get this newsletter in video, audio, html, or text. I’ll provide links to all of them for you.

For me, it means taking one piece of content, and syndicating it into hundreds of places where people hang out. Far beyond the reach of search engines.

Even when Michael teaches about happiness, he subtly gives you great Internet marketing strategies! For more, check out Michael’s private coaching site at Dynamic Media. (not an affiliate link)

One of the Internet marketing newsletters I love to read (and there aren’t many!) is called Online Marketing Today by Duncan Carver. I’ve been getting the newsletter for years and Duncan is a canny Kiwi who always provides top-quality information in the free newsletter.

Check out these examples…

How We Doubled The Income From Our Niche Website…

How To Find Niche Market Ideas & Products That Actually Sell Using Amazon…

Social Bookmarking & Networking Plugin For WordPress…

All that is from just the latest newsletter!

Be sure to sign up for what is one of the best free Internet marketing newsletters.

My friend Gauher recently took an enforced hiatus from his online marketing because his 4-year old son, Shaan, was diagnosed with Leukaemia.

Fortunately, Shaan is in remission and home from hospital, allowing Gauher to get back to marketing. One of the first things Gauher set up was an offer on his CPA Quantum course, which is about traffic generation in many different ways. But, as a special angle, which shows why Gauher is one of just a few dozen online marketers I respect, he announced that the proceeds of sales of CPA Quantum are going to the hospital where his son was treated. What’s more, it’s very reasonably priced, unlike some over-hyped products. So, head over to this page, and check it out.

(that’s not an affiliate link and I don’t know how long Gauher will leave the special pricing, so check it out now)

Michael Campbell has just released a VERY useful 27-page ebook on how to advertise online effectively called, “How to write effective PPC, CPA, CPM Advertising and Profit Like Crazy“.

Not only does Michael go through the basics of advertising psychology, he gives you example ads along with statistics on which ones got the most clicks/sales and why. The ebook is geared towards Michael’s attempts to generate sales using banners ads targetted at the dating niche, but the underlying principles are timeless and apply to all advertising.

Oh, and it’s a totally free download. No opt-in, no squeeze, no upsells, no OTO, just great content.

In case you’re missing it…

I’ve launched a series of videos over at Top Traffic Myths.

I started a test blog at the beginning of the year which has already pulled in almost 50,000 free visitors from over 10,000 different keywords. The blog is in a UK-specific technology sub-niche and doesn’t have any links from any of my websites. If you want to know which traffic myths the blog exploded, head over to Top Traffic Myths. It’s all free info with no opt-in required if you follow these links…

Myth 1 – New Sites Cant Get Traffic

Myth 2 – You Need Tons Of Content

Myth 3 – Email Doesn’t Work

Myth 4: Targetting A Few Keywords

Best Of The Web (BOTW) are offering a coupon for May 2010 for $25 on all Web and Blog Directory Submissions. The coupon is 25BUCKS.

They say…

Add your site to the Original BOTW Directory!

Submitting your site to Best of the Web is a fast and easy way for you to increase visibility with major search engines as well as generate targeted traffic and leads. Take advantage of the $25 discount and get listed in a relevant category within the internet’s oldest directory!

Add your blog to BOTW Blogs Directory!

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It’s not nice getting messages like this from a company who’ve been paying me regular commissions for years, but what can you do?

Paridox Ventures, Inc. sent you $xxxx USD

Note from Paridox Ventures, Inc.:
Dear Affiliate, As indicated in last months email and payment, we regretfully inform you that due to the changing business climate, we have closed the ThirdSphere Affiliate Program. This is the last payment you will receive. This payment is for commissions you earned in March 2010. Thank you for all your effort no matter if you just joined or have been with us for the last 8 years. Best Wishes for you continued success Dean Church and the ThirdSphere team

So much for that, then! I earned over a thousand bucks from them in 2009 and nearly $10,000 in total since 2004!

I wouldn’t mind as much if the company had gone bust, but simply closing the affiliate program, continuing to trade and pocketing the cash I would’ve earned in commissions seems to me somehow more annoying.

Thirdsphere is still active and, as I write this, their affiliate program signup form is still there.