A Step-by-Step Guide for Successful Internet Marketing

Today I want to keep things simple and introduce you to an extremely valuable step-by-step guide for successful internet marketing.

There is no substitute for proper guidance.

These folks have been around since 1995 and offer a viable alternative for both beginners and those who have been trying for awhile now but remain unsuccessful at doing so.

Prepare Your Blog for Mobile Phone Application

Warning:

Please do not download the WordPress Mobile Pack Plugin referred to in this article until further notice.

This plug-in has been found to cause duplicate content within your blog from some search engines.

At this time there does not seem to be a fix for this problem from the plugin creator.

I will advise and update this post again if a fix becomes available.

With so many people now shopping and surfing the web with their cell phones I thought I might try to help you prepare your blog for mobile application.

Mobile application has an entirely different set of rules than regular desktop viewed applications.

That’s right! Now that you finally got your site set up properly for desktop and laptop applications you’ll also need to optimize it for mobile phone viewing.

Yes….it’s more work, but I’ll try to help make it easy for you and it’s definitely in your best interest to make it happen.

First you should check out how your site scores at the W3C MobileOK Checker.

Don’t be alarmed if you score low because you probably will but the W3C site will also give you the recommendations needed to fix the problems that show up on your site.

It may take some time to make the necessary adjustments but it’s important that you apply the effort needed to do so. It will most certainly be worth it in terms of traffic.

Next you should consider downloading and installing the WordPress Mobile Pack plugin.

The WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog.

It includes a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site, a selection of mobile themes, extra widgets, device adaptation and a mobile administration panel to allow users to edit the site or write new posts when out and about.

The cool thing about the mobile switcher is that it automatically suggests desktop or mobile presentation, but lets users switch to the other if required (and remembers their choice).

Once you’ve downloaded and activated the plugin you can customize it to work with your blog….no worries though… it’s all pretty easy to do.

The plugin also gives you the access to register free to mpexo which is a mobile blog directory set up for mobile applications. This should help to immediately draw more traffic to your new mobile friendly blog.

So that’s really all I have for this post.

Hopefully I’ve given you enough information to assist you with this chore.

Now go and prepare your blog for mobile application right away.

Promote, License and Sell Your Music Online

I recently found another way to help my faithful musician friends to promote, license and sell their music online.

There’s a new rising star in the music industry and it’s name is Broadjam.

It’s a cool new community of modern musicians networking to get their music out there.

Not only will they help you promote, license and sell your music but they also do monthly music contests so the artists can win cash and prizes.

The site already has over 100,000 registered musicians and music fans.

You can listen to new streaming indie music feeds, list your own music streams and download free music and mp3′s.

There are plenty of paid and free music promotion opportunities to go around.

Be sure to check out the licensing successes tab when you get to the site. You won’t believe how many of the members have already gotten their music licensed by TV shows, movies, publishers, MTV and etc.

I know, all too well, how important it is for unknown musicians to connect with others who have similar interests.

This could be your opening!

More importantly it’s another ideal way to promote, license and sell your music online to a whole new world of fans.

Don’t Let Fear Control Your Destiny

If you let fear control your destiny you are essentially strangling your inner strength.

We all have fears.

The object is to cautiously work through them.

What if Alexander Graham Bell had been scared to follow his aspirations to send voice signals over a wire and finally invent the world’s first telephone?

It would be a much less connected world than it is today. That’s for sure!

It’s good to have fear because fear keeps you on your toes but you can’t let it consume you.

Move forward in achieving your dreams even if others laugh at you and say it’s impossible.

Nothing is impossible!

Recognize that your fears are merely the mind’s subconscious reaction to what others are saying instead of what you are saying.

Do not, however, confuse fear with caution.

Caution is well and needed in order for you to control your fear and your destiny.

Caution allows you to set your mind and heart at ease.

Always take the necessary steps to learn the unknown in your life as well as your business.

Knowledge truly is power.

The more you know, the less fear you have.

It may take years but who cares?

Then and only then will you control your own destiny.

Status for Recent Ad Contest

Regretfully I’ve canceled the “6 months free advertising contest” due to a general lack of participation.

I will continue to try hard to add new information and offers that will assist you in your online aspirations and businesses.

Please consider taking a moment to fill out the brief 1 question survey in the right hand sidebar.

Your responses are appreciated and greatly help me in determining your wants, needs and expectations from this website.

Earn Extra Money Online as a Customer Service Agent

If you have great customer service skills you can earn extra money online as a call center agent.

I recently stumbled across a company by the name of Working Solutions who hires home based sales and service agents to work as virtual employees in all types of fields such as health care and pharmaceuticals, travel and hospitality, communications, utilities, financial services, retail, technology, etc.

The hired reps generally work anywhere from 20-40 hours per week averaging about $9.00 to $13.00 per hour with the ability to earn as much as $30.00 per hour on special projects.

If you’ve been searching for a legitimate way to earn extra money online now is your chance.

You can apply at their site but know up front that the application process seems to be fairly rigorous.

This company has been around since 1996 and will only hire skilled professionals.

You should expect an exam to test your skills, a phone interview and background check.

The upside is if you are really looking to work from home and possess a strong work ethic you could very well find yourself earning a regular paycheck while setting your own hours.

They pay by direct deposit or check by mail.

For anybody having past customer service experience, this could be an excellent opportunity to earn some real extra money online.

eBay Selling Tips Part Two

eBay selling tips part two is a follow up post to further help you with your eBay selling and/or eBay business.

If you didn’t get a chance to check out the original eBay selling tips you can check it out now at the aforementioned link.

That being said, let’s go ahead and get started with the additional tips.

1. Get a tax ID and or reseller’s license. The cost is relatively low…usually about $25.00 to $50.00 depending on your state. You will find that it will help tremendously in the way of securing legitimate wholesale companies who are willing to sell their products to you at a wholesale price. If you’re unsure how to get this just check your state’s Department of Revenue website or your local area Chamber of Commerce.

2. Once you have enough inventory consider starting an eBay Store. The basic package runs about $15.95 a month but includes many benefits not available to regular eBay sellers such as real time reporting, pageview statistics from your shoppers, the abilty to offer discounts with markdown manager, exclusive merchandising features and much more.

3. Customize your templates and or listing backgrounds by learning more about html. eBay allows the use of html in your listings to change color, add images and pictures, change text, layout width and length and etc… Try visiting a site called FreeForm. It’s free to use and may help quite a bit.

4. Consider setting up an LLC or incorporating your business for legal protection against law suits and to help with taxes and write offs and such. You can usually download the forms from your state’s Secretary of State website but it can get complicated doing it yourself. There are many websites online who will do this for you as well for a fee. Some are higher priced than others and some are just plain criminals. I’ve read good things about CorpNet, Incorporated if you would rather have somebody else handle it for you. Setting up a corporation is serious business and should be treated as such. If you have a personal attorney you might consider talking to him or her first.

5. Use item specifics when setting up your listings. When you list a product on eBay, the “Sell Your Item” form will ask you specific questions about the item your selling such as color, size, brand and many other questions based on similar listings. You’ll want to add as many item specifics as you can per listing. The reason is because many people searching to buy on eBay are searching for specific things and they will use the eBay functions to narrow down their search. If you don’t have the item specifics filled out your product may easily be skipped over.

6. Try to start and end your auctions at optimal times. You’ll want to do this for increased sales of your listings. Saturdays and Sundays at noon is a good time. If you must end them through the week try to end them around 5:00 to 7:00 PM. This should give everybody enough time to get home from work. Also keep in mind the different time zones.

7. Always Preview your listings. This will accomplish two very important tasks. By remembering to preview your listings before listing it you can be sure to fix errors and also check that your listing is easily readable with proper spacing between benefits and selling points.

8. Take great photos. How many times have you purchased an item on eBay that had a terrible photo? Probably not too often! Get yourself a good digital camera with high megapixel capability. Don’t be afraid to show different angles of the product and use different lighting when needed.

9. Keep track of your costs. There are fees involved when selling a product or products on eBay or anywhere else. To be profitable, as with any business, you must have a real understanding of your true product cost. Not only will you have the cost associated with the purchase and shipping of the product when you bought it wholesale but you will also pay other fees such as listing fees, final value fees, shipping cost and shipping materials, Paypal and credit card fees and so on. It’s critical that you always know and understand what fees are involved in selling a product otherwise you may sell a boatload of stuff and find out that you’re in the hole at the end of the month.

10. Make an effort to find your own niche market. Everybody and their mother sells electronics on eBay. This makes the competition stiff and keeps your profits low. Try to find a niche product in high demand by a relatively small group of people. This can help ensure the future success of your eBay business.

Ok… that’s about all the eBay selling tips I have at this time. I truly hope these tips help you to succeed in your eBay business. Stay focused and try to keep it fun and I’m sure you’ll do just fine.

A Real Viral Search Traffic Review

In this post I wanted to give you guys a real review of the newly created Viral Search Traffic program.

I joined as a free member at the Viral Search Traffic website approximately 3 weeks ago. Yes…this is my personal link and I have no shame in placing it here…. Read on and you’ll see why.

As many of you know…I’m not afraid to try new traffic building ideas. I do, however, sometimes grow weary of certain traffic exchanges because they fail to produce targeted traffic but instead just low counts of untargeted random traffic.

When I first heard about viralsearchtraffic.com I assumed it was going to be just another highly talked about traffic exchange that really only produced the random traffic noted above.

After joining and seeing it in action for three weeks now I am very happy to admit that I was wrong.

Viral Search Traffic is definitely the real deal and therefore so is this review.

I noticed right away when signing up that the program wasn’t a traffic exchange at all but instead a company who had formed a partnership with a new search engine. What’s more they found a way to generate excitement while at the same time forming a snowball effect of traffic for affiliates who tell others about the program.

The search engine is named cocoSearch and claims to be the world’s fastest search engine offering the same results Google gives only faster. It’s seems to be growing pretty fast due to the speed and design flow of their site joined with some amazing marketing and partnership deals.

This in itself is the beauty of the program!

When you sign up for a free account with Viral Search Traffic you are invited to create an ad which gets posted at the top of targeted page results for cocoSearch.

It’s just like pay-per-click but free.

Already since joining my ad has been shown 704 times at the top of targeted cocoSearch results pages.

It’s worth noting that I have not yet seen increased sales from the ad but that could be just as much my fault. Sometimes you have to test your ads and rewrite them many times before the sales start to show. I have not performed any ad testing or changed the ad yet. Yeah I know….I’ve been kind of dragging my butt! lol

I also like the fact that you can earn new traffic in three different ways.

First….you can search the web using a special cocoSearch link and you’ll get 1.2 credits just for regular searches. I personally chose to use cocoSearch as my default search engine while including the special link in my browser.

Secondly, you can get family and friends to use the special link and when they do you’ll get another credit for each of their searches.

Finally you can place a link on your site or send it to your list and get credits for all of their searches as well and it goes up to five deep. So basically you can earn credits for all the people who have signed up in your downline up to 5 for each one.

In the end you’re simply introducing other people to a decent new search engine and trading your credits from Viral Search Traffic to have an ad at the top of the search results…. The prize of course being the traffic is targeted and comes instantly.

One Negative – If you still use Google Webmaster, and you certainly should be, your either going to have to type in the term “Google” at the cocoSearch bar or you’re going to have to add a Google Search Box to your browser. It wasn’t too big of deal for me though. I just added the search bar to my browser but still use cocoSearch to search the web.

So in the end if you decide to join you might find yourself pleasantly surprised.

I know I was.

I couldn’t be more tickled with the whole program and I hope my real Viral Search Traffic review will help you make your decision.