Internet Marketing Strategies and Marketing Tips by Neil Shearing

What’s a FAQ JAM? According to Michael…

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The FAQ: Are frequently asked questions. Real life internet marketing questions from people like you.

The Jam: A panel of experts discuss your questions and provide the definitive answers.

The Result: Tested marketing strategies that are proven to work.
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So, in the FAQJAM you get several sessions of top marketers tackling the hot questions every Internet marketer struggles with and brainstorming answers!

Check out the full details here.. Michael Campbell’s FAQJAM

I just read this unsubscribe information, at the bottom of an eBay email message…

“To unsubscribe, click here and change your Notification Preferences. Please note that it may take up to 14 days to process your request.”

I’ve never understood why an almost-instant unsubscribe isn’t possible. In fact, what can possibly make an unbsubscribe request take up to 14 days? We’re using computers here, folks, not pen and ink. Just search the database(s) and delete the record(s), or at least amend them. What’s so hard about that?

We created a new ebook around outsourcing and were initially going to sell it for $67, but instead decided to “parcel it up” as a Private Label Right product called Biz In A Box.

My thoughts were that people who were interested in the ebook topic would buy it, AND people who were interested in the option of reselling the ebook (which comes with a squeeze page and giveaway report, a sales letter for the ebook and professional graphics).

I’m wondering, though. Have I devalued the ebook by offering it as PLR? Maybe. I thought it would help people start their own businesses, but perhaps the concept of PLR is so devalued, I should’ve simply offered the ebook as a standalone guide for beginners to outsource using elance. There is an awful lot of rubbish packaged up as PLR and it’s possible people see my new ebook as just that, which would be a shame as the ebook is of very high quality.

I guess I’ll stick to selling my ebooks as standalone products in the future.

I just sent my affiliates an email mentioning the new promotion for our product launch tomorrow…

http://www.bizinabox4u.com/

Unfortunately, I spelled it bixinabox4u.com!

So, 1,400 people will get an email sending them to a domain name that doesn’t exist. DOH.

But, in a new world record (for me, at least), I grabbed the domain name, pointed it to my webhost, set up an account for the new domain on the server and uploaded a quick redirect file. Within a grand total of about 5 minutes, the work was done. The DNS propagation was instant and the domain redirect to the correct page.

Hey, it cost me a few bucks for the domain registration, but at least 1,400 people won’t get frustrated clicking on a link that doesn’t work… and I won’t have to send a “whoops” follow-up email to them all.

Phew.

I was honoured to take part in Martin Avis’ charity fundraiser ebook as one of the contributing authors. The idea was to take a group of Internet marketers and have them each write an article describing their best success tip for 2010. Martin got 24 articles, added his own and collated them into a great ebook. Not only is the ebook valuable, and reasonably priced at just $17, but all the proceeds go to the “Rotary Club of Sidcup Christmas Appeal to aid charities and special causes the world over in 2010″.

None of the authors received any payment, there are no affiliate commissons, upsells, backed sells or marketing gimmicks… just a quality ebook at an afforable price, and all proceeds to charity.

Nice one, Martin!

Click here to find out more.

(BTW, the sales page will be removed December 31st)

Best Of The Web (BOTW) are increasing their prices on December 1st, and they recommend you lock in the current price for directory submissions before they increase.

Most of you won’t remember the time when submitting to the Yahoo Directory was free. It seems like a million years ago, but there was a time before their $299 annual fee when Yahoo cost nothing to submit to. If you have one of those “grandfathered” listings, it’s still free!

BOTW say that if you get a listing in their directory now, your renewal pricing will be grandfathered too… so if you’re considering submitting a few domains, now is the time.

Their email said…

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On December 1st, we will be implementing a price increase on new submissions to the BOTW Directory and BOTW Local. We attribute this not only to the higher value of our products, but also to the growing operational costs and resources needed for running such a high-growth and high traffic web portal.

Rest assured that our new rates will NOT be applied towards existing listings. All monthly and yearly fees remain grandfathered at their original submission rates. So if you have a website or business you are looking to promote, now is the time to submit to BOTW and lock in your rates!

Don’t be left behind…The cost of site submissions will never be this low again!! Sign up for a BOTW Local and Web Directory Listing Today!
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Dr Andy has posted another great EZSEO newsletter with tips for how to rank your pages and how to critique your visitors… are they really likely to buy anything, or are you trying to sell the proverbial, “Ice to Eskimos”?

It didn’t escaped my attention that Dr Andy’s newsletter webpage links to a video page on his site using the phrase, “Market Samurai SEO Competition”, and that video page now ranks at number one at Google for that phrase. That’s a great combination of hitting a low competition market of potential buyers with good use of SEO! Smart, eh?

If you’re not already signed up for Dr Andy’s free newsletter, I highly recommended it.

Eric Holmlund, a marketer I respect hugely, has teamed up with Bishop Anders to make a software source code offer which just amazed me.

Let me first say, I’ve had software created and it’s not an easy task. A huge amount of time and effort goes into the design, execution, testing and re-working software. I can easily see how the software Eric and Bishop are selling the source code to would cost the $100k to develop that they say it did.

Not only did it cost that much to develop, but they claim that they’ve sold the individual programs for up to $397 and sold a total of over $400,000 through one Clickbank account over the last two years… and over a million dollars when you include all the Clickbank accounts they use and PayPal payments.

You won’t believe how much they’re asking for the source code and master resale rights to 40 different pieces of software… it will amaze you too!

(note, none of this software is from PLR sources. It was all created for Bishop’s company. No resale rights or source code rights have been sold before, and they say it will never be offered again after this 5-day liquidation sale. Some of the software may require updating.)

As part of the pre-launch for his upcoming coaching program, Chris Freville is offering a PDF report called, “The IM Myth“, where he explains why you shouldn’t believe the myth that the “make money online” niche (often call the Internet marketing niche) is too overcrowded for anyone new to make money in it.

Chris has coached students successfully to create and launch products in the IM niche, including Elle ($14,747 in 72 hours!) and Alan ($9,090 in 9 days!) who you’ll real about in the report. There’s also a screenshot of over $200,000 sat in Chris’ personal PayPal account… just to show he knows a thing or two about making money online… but it’s the fact that he has PROVEN he can teach people like YOU how to do it that’s critical!

The “IM Niche” includes everything to do with making money online… from how to process credit cards, to generating traffic, to setting up a blog, to making JV deals, to running an affiliate program, to building an email list, to affiliate marketing… and on and on and on… it’s a HUGE niche, and there’s always room for new products by new marketers… especially ones who are dedicated to helping other people succeed.

I’ve managed to get permission from Chris to make the report available to you as a free download!

So, grab a copy of the report, and sign up for my Bonus Coaching offer, which is already seven times over-subscribed and likely to sell out quickly.

I’ve written a short report highlighting the problems of trying to start and grow an online business by buying different ebooks by different marketers on different topics, and showing how much better it is to learn from a good coaching program such as Chris Freville’s “Six Figure Coaching“.

You can download the report for free, here. No opt-in required.