Monday, August 17, 2009

How to Find Profitable Niche Markets/Sites






BWMagic's Internet Marketing News!






.......
Contents:

o How to Find Profitable Niche Markets/Sites
.......






Perhaps one of the hardest tasks in actually earning a living
from the web is finding good niche markets/products that will
return a profit. It's not that hard to do, but you do have to
do a lot of research unless you want to waste all your time
and money promoting a product or site that's just not viable.


Been there, done that.


Around 10 years ago, when I first started exploring how to make
an income from the web - I wasted two or three years promoting
one "get-rich-quick" scheme after another. You have probably seen
these opportunities which promises immediate riches by sponsoring
and selling a miracle product. You get your own branded template
site and you spend your time recruiting new prospects into selling
the same miracle product you're selling, these recruits are placed
under you in some kind of silly matrix... please stay away
from such foolishness.

And be extremely careful of what products you promote or market on
the web. Unless you already have your OWN products; choosing the
right products and services to promote and market will make all
the difference to your bottom line. So you have to choose wisely.

But how do you find profitable niches?


First, keep you eyes and ears open, what are the popular products
your friends and colleagues are all buying? What are the hot
products? What products are people buying online right now?

Take for example - Netbooks!

They have only been around for a couple of years, introduced by
Asustek in the fall of 2007 and now all the major laptop makers
Dell, HP, MSI, Lenovo... are all making netbooks.

Why?

Because netbooks are hot products and it can be a very lucrative
market even for affiliate marketers like myself. Now I have gone
and broken one of the unwritten rules of online marketing. Never
tell anyone what products you're promoting and which ones are
bringing in the revenue because it just creates competition and
thousands of people will start selling the same products.

However, I love competition. Some of the keywords I target have
over a 100 million pages competing for the same keywords. Getting
on that first page of results in Google keeps you on your game.
It keeps you on your SEO toes!

Besides it doesn't take a genius to realize the best netbooks are selling like hotcakes right now.

But the real trick is to find niche markets/keywords that have
little competition and then it is much easier to get your site and
keywords ranked high in all the search engines. Do some serious
keyword research in a niche market before you start building a
site around it.

Many obscure products and niche markets are still virtually
untouched. You have to find these and develop an authority site
on them. But how do you find these profitable niches?

Again, keep your eyes open, what do you buy online? What would
you find comfortable selling online? It's best to pick something
you already have an interest in - take your favorite hobby and
find products to sell or promote. Whether it be handy gardening
tools, wine making kits, cooking utensils and the list goes on.

There are many places to find niche products - try newspapers,
magazines, even your TV... what's being sold in the advertisements?
In other words, what products are companies spending their
advertising money on?

This is also one of the most important keys I use for finding
profitable niche products online. What are individuals spending
their advertising dollars on - month after month? If people are
consistently spending money on advertising (even Pay Per Click)
more than likely this is a profitable niche.

Then I check out their sites - if it's mostly affiliate products
they're promoting and selling - then I know this is probably a
viable niche market.

Next I thoroughly research the keyword competition related to
this market. I personally use Keyword Elite but there are
many keyword research programs and software on the market.
If the competition is not too stiff, then this would be the
major factor whether or not I enter this niche.

Another consideration, I thoroughly check out the top sites
which are ranked in Google for this niche. How well are they
designed? Are they unique? How old are they? How many backlinks
do they have? Can I do better? Can I compete?

Next, you have to be careful when checking out the affiliate
commissions you can earn from promoting any niche market?
Are these products featured in Amazon? Are they offered thru
Commission Junction or the other major affiliate networks?

Is there a possibility of getting an exclusive private affiliate
deal with the maker of the products or services? Don't laugh,
this is one of the keys to earning the huge incomes on the web.
Many companies, especially small start-ups will give you lucrative
deals if you promote their products, some will even give you
residual income for the life of the client you have referred.

Don't leave this area unexplored because it can be the key to
finding really lucrative profitable niche markets on the web. Many
times once you or your site has a dominant presence in a niche
market (your site is ranked high for all the important keywords)
companies will approach you to sell their products. Keep these
private deals on the table and you might be surprised at the
response you get.

Besides the affiliate route, a more profitable way to proceed
is to sell the products yourself thru a "drop ship" company or
service. Or you can buy the resell rights to a product and sell
it yourself on your site. I personally stay away from "actually"
selling stuff on the web because that usually brings in a whole
lot of other issues such as customer support, refunds, etc.
I like affiliate marketing because all the buying and selling
are done for me. All I have to do is supply the traffic and
potential customers to my affiliate links and let them do the rest.

Regardless, you have to pick a niche market that will return
enough of a profit to make it worth your while. I made this mistake
once by creating a site on How To Clean LCD Screens - the
site was somewhat successful, I did and do sell a couple of these
LCD cleaning kits a day but unfortunately I only get less than a
dollar for each one I sell thru my Amazon affiliate links.


http://www.cleanlcds.com/


The product price is simply not high enough to give me a good
return. I believe my major reason for designing the site
was to also sell a big ticket item like Big Screen LCD TVs
but I didn't sell many of these mainly because I believe
few people buy such a big item without actually seeing
the picture quality of the TV in person before buying it.

You really do have to find products people like buying online.

One simple way to do this is to only promote products that
are ONLY sold online, therefore people simply have to buy them
on the web. Another solution is to promote products which have
exclusive online coupons and deals for their affiliates. You would
be surprised how many major companies like Dell, HP, Lenovo...
offer these special online deals. Customers will seek out these
deals and buy online - hopefully from your affiliate links.

Finding popular products can be done, here are a couple of free
sites I like to use to help me find those niche products.


Google Trends

Google Trends



This site will show you which products are popular and getting
a lot of search traffic compared to others. It will also show
you how much news/buzz a certain product is receiving... all
important points to consider when choosing a product to promote.


Perhaps one of the best sites for finding profitable niche
products is from Microsoft:

Detecting Online Commercial Intention

http://adlab.microsoft.com/Online-Commercial-Intention/



Which tells you the Probability someone will buy when using
certain keywords or even a site. This is a good way to check
to see if your keywords have commercial value - will people
buy it? Use this tool consistently, and it will help you
find your profitable keywords and niche markets.


Now if you're are a complete novice at online marketing, then
you will need extra help at finding your own profitable niche
markets. One solution I always recommend is SBI. It is more
expensive than other hosting services but you get a tons of
marketing tools and programs along with your site building
system.

One of these is the whole "BrainstormIt" system which will
guide you step-by-step to finding a profitable niche market to
build your site around. I have not found any system more
comprehensive than this one - again, it's more expensive
but well worth the money.


Site Build It with BrainstormIt


Anyway hope this discussion has given you some help in finding
your own profitable niche products to promote on the web.
Find the right ones, and you will never look back!





Kind Regards,

P.S. If you found this page useful Please Help spread the word. Use this
button to BookMark it in all the Social Media sites:

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Labels: , , , , , , , , ,

Friday, October 31, 2008

10 Words To Close Any Sale & 2 Halloween Treats

............................................
F'r'e'e for All BWMagic Subscribers
- DATEwise Desktop eCalendar and Planner
Never miss another important Meeting or Birthday
Again! Takes only minutes to Download and Install.
F'r'e'e Download:
Free Desktop Calendar and Planner
............................................





BWMagic's Internet Marketing News!


Read This Newsletter Online:
http://www.bizwaremagic.blogspot.com




.......
Contents:

o Halloween Treats

o SBI - Halloween Sale - $100 for Second Site

o 10 Words To Close Any Sale

.......



Just a few Halloween treats for you. Hope you're
still a kid at heart, it helps on a day like this
to remember the magic of Halloween...

Enough with the sentiment, here are a few
things you might be able to use in your
online marketing.



o Halloween Treats

These free Internet Training manuals have been the
most popular downloads from my site. I am talking
about the free SBI Training manuals from Ken Evoy...
(Right-Click to save PDF files to your computer)

. Affiliate Masters Course

Affiliate Masters Course



. Work At Home Moms - Masters Course

Work At Home Moms



. The WebMaster Business Course

The WebMaster Business Course



. Make Your Words Sell

Make Your Words Sell



and much more... including an Action Video Guide.

These free Internet training manuals (in my humble
opinion) are the best education on how all this
"Online Marketing" is done. I have based my own
marketing on these manuals... and I have been a
full-time marketer for over 3 or 4 years.

Anyone starting out with a site or having intentions
of building an online business should definitely
check out these marketing guides. They will give
you a solid background in web marketing.

So treat yourself this Halloween:






o Site Build It - Halloween Sale - $100 for Second Site



SiteBuildIt is having their annual Halloween
sale so that you can team up with a friend or
relative and buy your SBI sites together
and save some cash. For $100 more you get
a second SBI site. Great deal, great system.

And one of my best Income Streams! And it
can be yours too...

SBI Sale





o 10 Words To Close Any Sale


No matter what you're selling, a simple
10 word question can often be used to seal
any deal or sale. Just ask your prospective
customer or client this simple question:

"What can I do to make this work for you?"

This question works because it gets to the heart
of your transaction. It tells you exactly what
the client wants and how you can directly help
them solve their problem or meet their needs.
Any sale or deal is not about your needs but
about your client's needs - but first you have
to know what those needs are in order to proceed.

Once a customer discovers exactly how a product
or service can help them - you've got a deal or
sale.

Might sound a bit simple, but if you think about
the marketing power behind this question, you
will realize how effective it can be to your
own business or marketing.

Try it next time you're trying to seal a deal or
close a sale.

Source: Charles Marc, "10 Words to Close Any Sale,"
Early to Rise, 10/1/08.





Kind Regards,

Titus

P.S. Sign-up To This Newsletter here:

Labels: , , , , ,

Friday, October 17, 2008

Google Reveals More Linking Secrets To Webmasters

............................................
F'r'e'e for All BWMagic Subscribers
- DATEwise Desktop eCalendar and Planner
Never miss another important Meeting or Birthday
Again! Takes only minutes to Download and Install.
F'r'e'e Download:
http://www.bizwaremagic.com/Free_Desktop_Calendar.htm

............................................





BWMagic's Internet Marketing News!


Read This Newsletter Online:
http://www.bizwaremagic.blogspot.com




.......
Contents:

o Google Reveals More Linking Secrets To Webmasters
.......





If you're marketing online you will already know
the importance of Google to your success. Google
controls much of the search market so "doing everything
Google's way" pays off in the long run.

Lately, it seems Google have been giving webmasters
more information on linking than usual... on inbound
links, on how to do internal linking, on how to create
your content so it gets highly ranked and so on.

In that light, one of most helpful is solving your
404 links within your site and outside. Google has
made available this very handy tool here:


Fix Your 404 Error Links With Google's Help

Google will give you the source URL for the 404
page/link which can be within or external to your site
- so that you can fix or repair your links.

Continuing with the same theme...


Recently at a Links Week event, Maile Ohye (Google Spokesperson)
gave some insights into how Google handles linking/ranking
within its massive index. These linking tips might prove
helpful to many webmasters... because it really shows
what Google is looking for.



............
Feature Article
............


Google Reveals More Linking Secrets To Webmasters
Copyright © 2008 Titus Hoskins


One of the most problematic and confusing issues most
webmasters have with Google concerns linking. How your
links are ranked? How you should link out? How you should
construct your internal links? How you should get more
inbound links? How many links should you have on a page?
And the list of questions goes on...

Perhaps, the most annoying aspect for the struggling
webmaster, has been Google's secrecy in how it actually
ranks links and pages. Google's whole PageRank and
Ranking Algorithm is so complex that no one can fully
boast they understand how the whole system works.

Google's ranking secrecy and complexity has probably
been well-planned mainly because there are millions of
webmasters who would like to "game" the Google Algorithm
and achieve high keyword rankings through manipulation
with so-called "black-hat" SEO techniques and reverse
engineering.

Wouldn't it be ironic if this whole secrecy and complexity
is more of a smokescreen rather than an actual deception
on Google's part. What if the keys to the kingdom are
actually yours for the taking? What if the solution is
hiding in plain sight for everyone to see? What if the
secret to high rankings in Google is not a secret at all?
Wouldn't that be a hoot!

Actually, that's not a far-fetched assumption to make,
mainly because many of Google's linking policies and
recommendations are freely given by Google. Whether
you can believe Google is actually giving you the goods
is another issue that we'll put on the back-burner
for another day; but for now, Google's advice on link
building is rather generous and informative.

As a part of Links Week held recently, Google's Maile
Ohye gave some pointers on what Google is looking for
and how it does its index ranking. No big surprise that
content and inbound links are the two most important
factors. This is what most SEO experts have been saying
for years.

A site's content is one of the main factors. Therefore,
you should have a compelling site with interesting
information and/or offer quality products, entertainment,
opinions...

(Quoting Maile Ohye)

"One of the strongest ranking factors is my site's content.
Additionally, perhaps my site is also linked from three sources --
however, one inbound link is from a spammy site. As far as Google
is concerned, we want only the two quality inbound links to
contribute to the PageRank signal in our ranking."

"Given the user's query, over 200 signals (including the
analysis of the site's content and inbound links as mentioned
above) are applied to return the most relevant results to the
user."

"As many of you know, relevant, quality inbound links
can affect your PageRank (one of many factors in our
ranking algorithm). And quality links often come naturally
to sites with compelling content or offering a unique service."

(End Quote)

Then Maile Ohye explained further how to create unique and
compelling content for your site:

(Quoting Maile Ohye)

- Start a blog: make videos, do original research, and post
interesting stuff on a regular basis. If you're passionate
about your site's topic, there are lots of great avenues
to engage more users.

- Teach readers new things, uncover new news, be entertaining
or insightful, show your expertise, interview different
personalities in your industry and highlight their interesting
side. Make your site worthwhile.

- Participate thoughtfully in blogs and user reviews related
to your topic of interest. Offer your knowledgeable perspective
to the community.

- Provide a useful product or service. If visitors to your site
get value from what you provide, they're more likely to link
to you.

(End Quote)

SEO experts have been telling webmasters for years that
creating valuable, unique, relevant useful content is
one of the best ways to get your site and pages highly ranked
in Google. If you create valuable content then other sites
will want to link to you naturally.

Linking out to other sites should be done in a "common sense"
manner and it's a way of offering value to your visitor's
experience. We expect helpful relevant links when we visit
other sites since it's a natural way a good quality site should
work; so be careful of linking out to spammy sites that only
offer pages of links with very little or no unique content.

There are several things every prudent webmaster should be
checking like making sure your site hasn't been hacked and
hidden links placed on your site without your knowledge; those
with WordPress blogs should be installing the latest security
measures and updates. Make sure you keep checking all your
outbound links regularly since you may initially link out to
a valuable resource, but over time this page may be closed
or replaced with one of those spammy-links-holding pages.
It can happen to the best of us.

What has confused things lately is all the "link buying"
which Google greatly discourages and has shown its displeasure
by de-ranking many paid directories. The size of your "wallet"
shouldn't be the determining factor in how pages and content
are ranked. If you're selling a link, it should have the "no-follow"
tag so that it doesn't pass PageRank along and confuse the system.
Policing or deciding what is or what is not a "paid link" has
become a major problem for the search engines, including
Google.

You should not have more than "100 links on a page" as this
can overload the search engine robots that regularly crawl
the web, indexing pages. Likewise, your site's "linking
architecture" should be natural and easy for both your
visitors and the robots to follow. Make sure your important
pages are no more than a few clicks away from your homepage.

As to interior linking, the two main points being: Intuitive
Navigation for your visitors and Crawlable Text Links for the
search engine robots. Use descriptive anchor text links that
explain your content to your visitors. The anchor text is the
underlined clickable part of the link and many SEO experts suggest
you place your keywords or variations of them in your anchor text.

Make sure your site is transparent. Do not use "link cloaking"
on your site. Make sure what your visitor sees is what the robots
are indexing. Use a 301 Redirect if you have permanently moved
any webpages. Again, there is stressed the need for a sitemap
as this can be very helpful for both your visitors and robots to
see and find all your valuable content. Make sure you have a
sitemap and all your important pages are listed on it.

One final note, many professional webmasters and marketers
don't worry about PageRank as much as they are concerned
with SERPs. Getting those top rankings for their sites in
the search engine results is what really matters. Again,
quality content and building quality links play an important
role in achieving those top spots and maybe Google has already
given you the formula for getting them. Maybe, a big maybe!




...

The author is a full-time online marketer who runs numerous
web sites, including two sites on Internet marketing. For the
latest web marketing tools try:
Discover more about linking and ranking directly from Google here:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/
Copyright © 2008 Titus Hoskins. This article may be
freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.

....



SBI - Halloween Sale - $100 for Second Site


SiteBuildIt is having their annual Halloween
sale so that you can team up with a friend or
relative and buy your SBI sites together
and save some cash. For $100 more you get
a second SBI site. Great deal, great system.


SBI Halloween SALE












Kind Regards,

Titus


Labels: , , , , , , , ,

Friday, August 29, 2008

Web 2.0 - Are You A Part Of It?

............................................
F'r'e'e for All BWMagic Subscribers
- DATEwise Desktop eCalendar & Planner
Never miss another important Meeting or Birthday
Again! Takes only minutes to Download & Install.
F'r'e'e Download:
http://www.bizwaremagic.com/Free_Desktop_Calendar.htm

............................................





BWMagic's Internet Marketing News!


Read This Newsletter Online:
http://www.bizwaremagic.blogspot.com




.......
Contents:

o Web 2.0 - Are You A Part Of It?

o Buying a New Computer

o Site Build It - Back To Work Special

.......








o Web 2.0 - Are You A Part Of It?


You probably know by now, the whole Web 2.0 (Social
Bookmarking/Media Sites) like FaceBook, MySpace,
YouTube, Digg, Twitter... will play a greater and
greater role in the success of your online business.

As these sites become even more popular (if that's
possible) they will be a great source of traffic and
business for anyone who is taking advantage of them.
No one can now dispute this fact... these media sites
are very important. So the question to you is:

Are You A Part Of It?

Do you use these sites in your marketing? In your
site promotions? Are you a member of all these sites?

As I slowly work my way thru John Reese's comprehensive
Traffic Secrets 2.0 - I am realizing more and more
just how important all these social media sites
are and just how important they will become in the
future.

You simply have to get your site or sites onto this
whole "social media" bandwagon. Now the traffic
from these sites is not the best, it's usually
of a much poorer quality than free organic traffic
from the search engines or Pay Per Click traffic...
but the SEO benefits for your keyword rankings are
very significant.

Getting your site listed/linked on the front
and interior pages of these popular sites does
wonders for your SEO and keyword rankings.

Many people think getting involved with all these
sites takes a lot work... but it really doesn't.

One very simple thing I did years ago was put
the AddThis button on all my webpages... this
is a free service and only takes a few minutes to
sign-up. A few more seconds to add the code to
your site's template or content management system...
and your site's vistors can add your content to
any and all of these media sites for you.

I have gotten hundreds of links/bookmarks in
these social media sites and I am not a member
of half of them... my visitors like my content
enough to bookmark it so others can visit and
check out my content for themselves.

It's a simple and easy way to introduce your
site and yourself to the whole Web 2.0 bandwagon...

You can get started with a free AddThis bookmark
button here:

http://www.addthis.com/


Start experiencing the benefits of Web 2.0
for yourself!




o Buying a New Computer


While trying to use John Reese's new course
on Traffic Secrets... my trusty Toshiba laptop
which I bought several years ago, kept freezing
up - the CD-Roms, not the computer.

When I checked out the minimum computer requirements
for these state of the art CD-Roms I was a little
shocked - you needed Windows XP or Greater,
Pentium 4, 2.4Ghz Processor and 512MB DDR RAM...

My laptop specs wasn't quite up to the task so
my solution - I needed a new computer.

Now, thankfully because of my online work, the
expense of buying a new rig wasn't a problem.
I just went into the computer store and bought
the most expensive PC with the highest specs
they had... computer prices as you probably all
know have come way down in recent years.

I went with a HP desktop PC this time because
it gave me the highest specs, I believe it has
6 Gigs of RAM, 750 Gig Hard Drive and Quad Processors!

Now I don't presently need all that RAM or the
storage space or the Quad Processors - but wait
a few months and even this system will probably
be out of date. That's a bit of an exaggeration
but the tech stuff is advancing so fast, today's
PC is often outdated in a year or less.

This one should make watching John Reese's
CDs a breeze...

If you're not one that wastes their money
on expensive computers, you can find some
real computer bargains online here:


Cheap Computers/Laptops






o Site Build It - Back To Work Special


As a former teacher, I used to dread this
time of year. Back to work for me meant
the summer was over and while I looked forward
to the fresh batch of eager faces, it did mean
a lot of hard work was ahead...

Now, September means something entirely different
since I have been working full-time on the web.
I look forward to preparing for the xmas season
and doing my SEO work.

I work at home and make my own hours. I can take
vacations to see Bruce Springsteen, Elton John...
whenever I want to. I can visit family and friends
anytime.

This lifestyle can't be beat or at least I haven't
found it yet.

Anyway, a lot of people reading this are trying
to do the same. One of my best recommendation has
always been Ken Evoy's SBI.

Site Build It is a whole marketing package that
will get you working online and realizing your
own business. But don't be fooled, even this
system takes a lot of work, you do have to work
to get it up and running.

But once you have a successful site or two,
life will never be the same. As I said,
the online lifestyle can't be best.

If you want to see what SBI is all about
or you want to view how an online business
is possible for anyone.

View this video:

SBI Video


And if you're really interested just clicked
the link and it will take you to a Special
Sale. For $100 more, you get another SBI site.
Good until Midnight - Aug. 29th.







Kind Regards,

Titus

P.S. These are the sites that make
my online lifestyle possibe:

http://www.bizwaremagic.com
http://www.marketingtoolguide.com
http://www.onlinefaxguide.com
http://www.internetfaxguide.org
http://www.pdaphonedeals.com
http://bizwaremagic.tradepub.com
http://videotour.sitesell.com/bizwaremagic.html

Labels: , , , , , ,

Friday, February 08, 2008

List Building - The Two Key Elements You Must Have




BWMagic's Marketing News!


Read This Newsletter Online:
http://www.bizwaremagic.blogspot.com





.......
Contents:

o It's All In The Lists

o List Building - The Two Key Elements You Must Have

o The AutoResponders I Use For List Building

o "I LOVE SBI! Special $100 Valentine Gift"

.......




o It's All In The Lists


You have probably heard the expression:

"The Money Is In The List"

too many times. But in fact, this statement is
more true than ever. No matter what you're doing
on the web - building your contact lists should
be your number one priority.

If you're into affiliate marketing or trying to
sell something on the net, then list building
will be one of your most effective tools. I
know because I have used lists to sell millions
of dollars worth of affiliate products.

Besides SEO or #1 Rankings in the search engines
(mainly Google) for my targeted keywords; list
building has been my other major marketing tool
or method of earning an online income.

But I will let you in on a little secret, although
I run two websites on Internet marketing and
have large lists associated with each of those
sites... those are not the lists that make me
money!

My most profitable lists are in the niche areas
that I market. Whenever I promote an affiliate
product - I build a list of interested clients/customers
for that product or niche market.

Example: if you're selling laptops, you build a
list of interested subscribers/customers who sign
up for further information, deals or discounts.
It's a very simple principle, most visitors come
to your site once, but if they sign up to your
list - you have the chance to bring them back
to your site time and time again.

Lists are great marketing tools. You can use them
to warm up or pre-sell your products or services.
But it must be a win-win situation for both parties
or it won't work - your subscribers must benefit from
being on your list; they must get valuable information
or a great discount.

If you're not using lists with your online site
or marketing - you are losing out on a lot of
future traffic and sales.

Anyway, I have written a simple article below
explaining more on list building...


..................
Feature Article
..................


o List Building - The Two Key Elements You Must Have


List Building - The Two Key Elements You Must Have
Copyright © 2008 Titus Hoskins


One of the most important factors to online success
is list building. No matter what goals you're pursuing
with your online activities, building a good healthy
contact list is vital for a successful outcome.

List building plays a major role in developing good
relationships with your site's customers, clients and
visitors. It can be used to get more traffic, leads
and sales for your site or business.

For these reasons contact building should be high on
your list of priorities when you're marketing or promoting
on the web. Fortunately, list building is an easy process
that any site or webmaster can quickly set-up as long
as you understand two simple, yet well-proven principles
of list building.

To be really successful, your list building must
incorporate these two key elements. Without these two
main ingredients you will probably find building your
contact list difficult and slow going. So it is worth
your while to fully understand and utilize these
two factors in your list building.

Any list should have these two key elements:


1. Value

Your list should have value. It should offer something
valuable to the one subscribing. It should offer important
information, quality content, special deals/discounts,
and more importantly, it should offer a valuable relationship
or connection to an expert in the subject area of the list.

Subscribers join a list for the benefits it will bring them,
whether it be valuable content, special deals or a connection
to an expert in their area of interest; your list must have
value for the subscribers. They must benefit from joining
your list.

If you're building a list, just write down all the benefits
someone would receive from joining your site or list.

- receive important information
- get special valuable content
- receive special deals/discounts
- get training videos/workshops
- get timely announcements or news

Make these benefits your main selling points when you're
building your list. Don't forget there may also be a
psychological reason for joining your list - many people
like being part of a group or membership site. It's human
nature, we all want to be emotionally involved with certain
topics or causes, so don't ignore this aspect when building
your list. Everybody likes to feel included - lists can fulfil
this emotional need.

Simply give your subscribers something of value and
you will build your list quickly and easily.



2. Free

Whatever you offer - make sure it is Free. The quickest way
to build any list is to give away free valuable content,
information, videos, reports, ebooks, discounts, prizes...
everybody loves a free gift. Just make them an offer they
can't refuse.

Some marketers argue that giving away free items will attract
the "wrong kind" of customer or subscriber - people that will
never buy anything because they will expect it to be free.
But this has more to do with the nature of your gift and the
kind of contacts you're building - giving away free buying guides
on how to purchase real estate, fast cars, LCD TVs, laptops...
will definitely attract the right "buying customer". If you're
into selling, you just have to adjust your marketing to
incorporate the free element correctly.

Besides, giving away something free is the first step in
starting an ongoing relationship with your subscribers. It
gets the ball rolling. It is one of the most effective ways
to build your list quickly and easily. Just make sure you're
giving away something of value to the person receiving it and
they will turn to you, time and time again, to find what they're
looking for on the web.

So the next time you're building a contact list make these
two key elements the center of your activities. Just remember
"give them value and make it free" and you should have no
problems with list building.




....

EXPLODE YOUR SALES by building your OWN OPT-IN LIST!
Get a Step-by-Step Guide that will show you How to Start,
Build & Manage your OWN HUGE Opt-In List! Click Here:
List Building eCourse
Or Our List Building Toolkit:
List Building
The author is a full-time online marketer and has used list
building to produce a very comfortable online income.
Copyright © 2008 Titus Hoskins.This article may be
freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.
.............



o The AutoResponders I Use For My Lists


I am often asked what AutoResponder system I use
with my lists?

I use Aweber... they are extremely good and I have
been using them for years and never had a problem
with them yet, knock on wood. They are really
professional.

They use a double-optin system which will protect you
against any 'spam complaints'. You can use as many
autoresponders/lists as you like... and I also like
the 'fade-ins' windows/pop-ins that increases your
sign up rates. I also like their control panel, very
easy to manage all yours lists from one simple location.

If you're thinking of building lists, and you should
be. Aweber is a good place to start....

You can Test Run an Aweber demo here:






o "I LOVE SBI! Special $100 Valentine Gift"

Site Build It has become my favorite "marketing system"
to promote. Since building a site with them last
year - I have become more of a fan.

Especially if you're just starting out and learning
the ropes. Keep in mind, SBI is little more expensive
than your regular 'run-of-the-mill' web hosting - mainly
because SBI is a complete marketing system. It will
give you everything you need to start a web business.

Now SBI is offering a Special $100 Valentine Gift.

Now for only $100 you can give a second SBI
site to someone you care about- even yourself!

Order one package and get another for $100. Join
with a friend and you buy together to save money on
your own SBI.

Even without a discount SBI is still the best
deal on the net for starting a "web business"
- says I!

You can check it out here:

I LOVE SBI! Special $100 Valentine Gift









Hope this helps!



Kind Regards,

Titus Hoskins
<

Labels: , , , , , ,

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

School's Out But You're Not!




BWMagic's Web Marketing News!




.......


Contents:

o School's Out

o $100 Off Indenpence Sale

o Feature Article: SBI

o Free Trade Business Magazines

......


o School's Out


Coming from a background in education I find
when the end of June hits - I instinctively go
into vacation mode.

Even though I am now working full-time online and
I no longer teach, the summer months are my enjoyment
months. Family BBQ's, relatives visiting, long walks
in the early morning sun, trips to the cabin, proper
vacations...

In other words, like most people, I usually slack
off during the summer!

The beauty of online marketing, your sites will
continue to produce income even while you're on
vacation. It never fails to amaze me how the Internet
is always on and you're earning income even while
you're doing the strangest things.

Just recently I discovered I had earned income while
I was visiting the local cemetery. All the while
we were putting flowers on some loved ones' graves,
my sites had racked up $140 bucks.

For some reason, this struck me as funny, I have
a weird sense of humor I guess. But it also shows
me what I really like about online marketing, once
you set-up your marketing systems, they're there
working for you 24/7. Automatic income.

The key for me and most marketers I believe is
that first dollar of automatic income. That first
dollar of residual income. That first check
from your online work - my first check was
only 5 bucks from the late Corey Rudl
(Internet Marketing Center).

And I can still remember getting it.

That was years ago but once you know how it's
done, you just rinse & repeat like mad. Once
you discover how it can work for you, most people
will run with it. Always keep in mind, there are
countless ways to get that first check.

But once you figure it out or get someone to
show you - it's all snow-balls from there and
there's no turning back. Once you get a taste
of the possibilities and the sort of income that
can be earned online, there won't be anything that
will stop you.

With my background in education, I automatically
want to pass those possibilities along to others.
Encourage others to do the same. That's why all the
core information, articles, newsletters, tutorials...
on my sites are free and will remain free.

More than enough information to get your own
online income started.

Anyone can do this. Anyone can make the Internet
work for them. Anyone can earn a part or full-time
income online.

Just imagine, maybe soon you're be making $140
bucks online while you are visiting the dearly
departed in a cemetery.

Did I mention I have a weird sense of humor!




...............................
o $100 Off Independence Sale
...............................



Of course, if you have been reading this newsletter
for some time, you know one of my favorite programs
for getting that first income flowing is SBI.

Especially if you're just beginning, SBI is
very helpful in getting you started. Although
after building my latest site with Site Build It
- I would even recommend it to any seasoned
pro who's already earning income on here.

SBI is simply that good!

Mainly because SBI takes care of all the technical
stuff and let's the owner of a SBI site concentrate
on producing valuable relevant content which is the
real key to producing an online income in the
first place.

I find SBI has all the bases covered with SEO
- optimizing your content for the search engines
and you can easily see why SBI has produced some
of the top sites in regards to getting free traffic.

Anyway, I won't go on with all the benefits of
SBI but just know it is a very solid program.

Now you can get $100 Off the SBI package. They
are having an Independence Sale until July 6th.

$100 Off Site Build It




................
Feature Article
................

Ken Evoy's Site Build It Product Review

If you want to find out more about SBI, I did
a product review article a little while back
and it will give you further insights into
how SBI works and if it's for you.

You can check out the article here:

SBI Product Review






...................................
o Free Trade Business Magazines
...................................


Around a year ago, I partnered with NetLine and
TradePub.com to get a re-branded site to promote
their trade and business magazines.

These are very popular and valuable publications
for anyone in business or marketing to have.
Top-notch publications like PC Magazine, Oracle
Magazine, Global Finance, Business Solutions...
and the list goes on.

Trade Magazines

Very valuable publications and information to
have for anyone. It is one of the best sources
of information on my sites and I promote these
magazines to visitors every chance I get.

Even though from a purely marketing viewpoint
I can get better returns by placing other higher
paying affiliate links on my sites. None offers
the quality these magazines offer to my visitors.

I even run PPC campaigns where TradePub is my
"Loss Leader"! If you're not familiar with this
term - it refers to some product a retail store
offers at cost or below cost to attract customers
into the store so they might buy something else.

These trade publications are offered free to
qualified professionals in the different related
fields. These are genuine offerings and the reason
these publications are giving away free subscriptions
is to build a targeted consumer group for advertisers.
They can then charge more to potential advertisers
depending on the number of qualified professionals
reading their publications.

But I mention all this so you understand (if
you don't already) why these valuable magazines
are offered to you for free. However, this doesn't
subtract from the fact that these magazines and
white papers offer valuable information.

Always keep learning. Don't stop. Keep learning
every day.

I discovered very early that information equals money.
Whether it was teaching students to improve their
own situations with higher training, or now with my
own online marketing - the more information you can
acquire, the higher your earnings will be.

Might sound simplistic, but it works.

So check out these publications to see if there's
any magazines that will keep your learning process
going:

Business Magazines




School's out but you're not! Nor should you ever be!







Kind Regards,

Titus Hoskins

Labels: , , , , ,