Posted on 18th May, 2011 | 2 Comments

An update from Jo Barnes

I have just released the third Episode of SNA TV!

It’s the one with Lady Gaga!

• Not going to be using WordPress any longer
• Tools and Tips
• Google news

All from Jo’s back garden

Really interesting Jo!

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Jo Barnes the owner and director of the Social Network Academy has added yet more value to her business of teaching marketing to new people on the net. Jo’s on TV!

For her first broadcast she gives three tips on what is new with social marketing and facebook. Good ones!  She also offers up a interview with none other than Frank Kern himself that she did at a conference with him. He was his usual wonderful self. My son thought he was cool, and so by association so was Mom! He’s over 20yrs old, so thats saying something!

I just shared  it on my facebook profile page. You can see the whole thing there. Go to the right and look for my little head, lol, and you will see the link to my fb page – when you click  “the recommened button.”

Learn how to take your online or offline business to internet success with The Social Networking Academy. You can try the fantastic trial membership that teaches everything you need to know for just $4.95 so why not join our over members.

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Posted on 15th May, 2011 | No Comment

Do you know the REAL reason why your website isn’t getting
enough traffic? It is because you need a critical piece of the
Traffic Generation puzzel. It has been kept from you… but
I can supply you with that magic traffic knowledge.

The one compenent that is essential to the success of your
online website, or marketing campaign, regardless of the niche
you are in? Targeted and consistent traffic. More site visits
mean more sales, more leads and more chances for people to
promote your site and your services.

I’ve been in the internet marketing business for some time now,
and I’ve always been on the lookout for resources that can help
me boost my traffic generation efforts significantly. I’ve bought
dozens of guidebooks that boast unbeatable strategies that
guarantee a flood of high converting traffic to my websites, but
does it actually happen? Not really. So how do you get traffic to
your sites? I am willing to share my knowledge with you.

One of the best ways to learn about traffic generation is to
observe those who do it successfully. When it comes to Internet
Marketing, there is a lot of material out there that is basically
rehashed ebooks that go on about the same old things. What I
will show you is the best information I have found on the subject
of getting Traffic to your website, for free a lot of the time and
information I have paid my hard earned money for and
recommend highly.

If you want customers you have to have traffic. Simple as that.
Getting that traffic is not an easy one time process, you need
to create various types of traffic to your sales pages or website.
You that a method of ways. Don’t put all your eggs in the same
basket, so to speak. One method will dry up or be better than
another at any given time.

Basic Ways of Getting Traffic are:

1.Create keyword-rich original content for your site.
2.Write articles and submit them to article directories
3.Get listed in as many directories and search engines as possible
4.Develop quality linkbacks through link exchanges, (not link farms)
5.Create an AdWords account to promote your site.
6.Join & participate in multiple forums, create signature posts.
7.Give away something of value free on your site.
8.Join and surf traffic exchanges. Advertise in Ezines.
9.Post quality comments on blogs and forums
10.Create social media accounts and profiles with your link.

You can get my RSS feed top right as I will be posting more about getting Traffic soon. You can also sign up for my newsletter.

Posted on 14th May, 2011 | No Comment

More ways to get Traffic for your sites – see earlier post for more.

Article WritingSimple as 1-2-3

FIRST: It means this … article marketing works! Period. Do it
right and it works. Use junk articles and it will never work no
matter how hard you try.

SECOND: You have to learn how to do article marketing the
right way and get started today. Why? Because article marketing
works and it is FREE to do!

If you do not know how to do this I will teach you how!

Members of my Directory of Ezines or Article Marketing Live
sites learn what I know and I work with them personally!

If you want to learn article marketing the right way, and want
your articles to get this type of coverage, use one of the links
below to learn more. Let’s work together and create real
results for YOU!

Charlie PageDirector of The Directory of Ezines. I am also a member of
the D.O.E. A life-time member. Excellent membership!

Here is another great site for traffic – “Free Traffic Wiz”
Video is great! Enjoy!
http://bit.ly/EasyTrafficw

Posted on 2nd May, 2011 | No Comment

Sounds rather special. An Academy turns out the best of the best.

The Social Networking Academy will indeed be graduating the best social networkers online. I am signed up as a original member for the 2 year course. So what is social networking?

 A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. A social network service essentially consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web based and provide means for users to interact over the internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging. Online community services are sometimes considered as a social network service, though in a broader sense, social network service usually means an individual-centered service whereas online community services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.    -Wikipedia

I have been online for many many years now and taken quite a few courses in that time. Some were ok, some were bad and some very expensive indeed. I was so jaded that when I heard  of a new comer named Jo Barnes I thought oh yeah here we go again. But to my delight she was different. As she came from under the wing of Chris Farrell, a very well known and respected marketer from England who I was very familar  with as I had been a member of this training  membership some time back.

I had a go at her first free marketing items and was very happy with her level of committment to her fans on her fan page. After really getting to know her, she helped me out with a problem I was having I decided to join as a founding member with a great deal she had for a 2 year course.

She has a co-founder that is very helpful, Jared is his name. He is the technical side and is very creative, doing iframes for our facebook pages.

This video is from another in our community. You will find her iframe welcome page on the facebook site as well.

If you go to the url below you will learn much more about all that Jo offers and you can  learn how to take your online or offline business to internet success with The Social Networking Academy.
You can try the fantastic  trial membership that shows you  everything you need to know about social networking for just $4.95  

Check out my affiliate link to learn more now!

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Posted on 24th April, 2011 | No Comment

I Love Traffic
Oh – and please let me add… I suspect you do too!

…Chris WILL be generating traffic himself – with his membership site – using the exact strategies that he is teaching.

That’s Chris Farrell, if you’re not familiar with him. He is very very popular with the marketing crowd online. I personally just adore him… maybe it’s that wonderful english accent, or his rather nice looks. lol Really it is his very generous nature and his online smarts in the field of marketing that appeal to me. I have been a member of his membership site in the past and whole heartedly recommend him to people interested in making money online.

So together you will be able to see how the traffic strategies work (or not, as the case may be!) — but I’m confident you will build a nice list during the few weeks it takes to complete this 20 module course. Which is the entire aim of this traffic course, of course!

Chris will be releasing daily modules (every 24 hrs) – just like he did for 21 Days To Success. Another of his many courses. See his membership site, many courses are f.ree.

Traffic Generation

The backbone of any successful business online is Traffic!

Chris Farrell has launched his New Traffic Course over at his Membership Site. I have had a peek inside as I am a member, and here are a few tidbits of info…

•Do you use email that you send daily to help grow your business?
•Do you use Traffic Strategies with a Traffic Mind Map?
He answers these and many other questions…

Here is a peek at some of whats going to be on the  20 module course.

Article Marketing
Short articles – how to write them and what to do with them after
you write them. I am the most interested in this part. I write
articles and submitted them to Ezine articles, I am also a member there.

Forum Marketing
Forum marketing helped Chris build his business with 3000 sign ups
in 5 mths. Sounds like a fun technique.

Classified Ads
Very popular for many years. I used this type of advertising for other
businesses I was involved in with having to do with sales.

Joint Ventures
Any sort of joint venture is possible. I joined a focus training group
that I still keep in contact with some of the members. Promoting
there businesses and they in turn promote some of mine.

Online Giveaways
Another free traffic generation technique. Chris received 250 opt
ins in one day with this technique.

Email Signature Files
Can use this one today. Every email you send out is an opportunity
to tell that person about your business.

Search Engine Optimization
or SEO. This is a collection of techniques that are used to make
your site as relevant as possible. This has to do with keywords
and keyword research. I am very interested in this technique.

Video Marketing
Explosive growth lately with this one. A great way to build a solid
relationship with your clients. Such as what Chris is doing here with his videos. I really like his videos that he did about this traffic course. He made them very personable with his little dogs and talking about the  bad weather in Beverly Hills, in the canyon where he lives. Very cool!

Other Traffic Techniques
How about Social Marketing with Stumbleupon, Facebook, Squidoo or
Twitter? I use all of those and more. 2 Facebooks, 2 Twitter accounts.

This course, I Love Traffic is Free to Members of Chris Farrels site, so I would advise that you join right away. Very afforable, $4.95 you can join and then upgrade as you like.

Find out more about Chris Farrell’s membership site – just watch the video!

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Posted on 25th March, 2011 | 3 Comments

Authority Pro Review

Converting your traffic into sales is the basis of Affiliate Marketing.
Website visitors must be convinced to buy your product or to leave
their email address. Does your landing page get their attention?

If you want your affiliate marketing  business to take off flying you need to
be able to create the best landing page possible. You do this by testing various campaigns to find the most profitable ones. Authority Pro WordPress Theme quickly gives top quality optimized landing pages that you can use to promote your business products.

Of course it does take a certain amount of experience to know how to build a web page that get tremendous results.  Bryan McConnahea & Alex Goad top marketers launched Authority Pro last year, 2010.  Top of Google still for the keyword “Authority Pro”

WordPress

What started out as a great platform for blog owners  and has become a highly touted content management system. Referring to WordPress, it’s a zero cost resource that can make just about anyone into an efficient on-line writer.

WordPress makes it simple to create websites. It makes it easy to add or revise website content. It’s search engine oriented, extremely backed and is flexible enough to address virtually any sort of undertaking. As a result, its level of popularity is growing with a fast speed. It offers a number of themes, providing its users the choice to build sites with an limitless number of looks and properties.

Getting Even More from WordPress

One can find numerous WordPress themes that replicate the design and sense of static web sites. They can be an appropriate solution for some functions. Even so, these kinds of themes will not possess the versatility needed to tackle many web marketing needs. They might also lack the looks you may be expecting from a high quality site.

That leaves internet marketers who’d love to take advantage of the capability of WordPress with only a few options. Either they can become expert theme developers or they can benefit from a powerful theme development engine to generate the type of web sites they require to obtain the most desirable results. Thats a lot of work!

Mastering the nuances of WordPress and coding fails to inspire a good number of marketers. They’re more excited about quickly producing and implementing lucrative ventures. They’re not really enthusiastic about the idea of turning into designers or coders. Only those who already have a great deal of expertise in these areas will be interested in generating customized themes for plans.

A theme engine is more efficient. A theme engine is a exceptionally easy to customize WordPress theme that may be modified to serve a variety of unique tasks. A marketer can use a good engine to create themes with various webpage layouts and styles, making use of necessary resources.

If you have ever tried to build a website with wordpress before you will have found it frustrating to search for the perfect theme and then to spend more time looking for great plugins to customise the look of your blog. I know I have spent hours and hours doing just this, and I have over 10 blogs! I can not wait to get all my blogs on these powerful features. It even has the feature that  offers you a different product as you are leaving, “wait before you go  click the offer button – you’ve seen it before the little silver cancel or stay button. I always wondered how to do that, now I know.

Even some of the more adaptable premium themes can’t perform the job. A good theme engine, on the other hand, can make it easy to build a powerful squeeze page, a attractive sales page, good looking supporting pages, sign up forms and almost everything else needed to transform a raw idea into a money maker. The proper theme engine makes it easy to utilize sign up forms, video, audio tracks and other internet marketing components, too.

The Ideal WordPress Theme

The very best WordPress theme is much more than one theme. It’s a tool that can make it possible for you to produce the website pages you must have to realize success. A fantastic theme engine will deliver customizability, good quality design components, versatility, complete compatibility with crucial tools, and remarkable ease of use.

The WordPress Authority Pro engine, for instance, manages to rate well on all of these fronts. It makes it achievable for entrepreneurs to develop site designs by dragging and dropping personalized components. It comes with collection of potent customized widgets, works well with just about all of the most well-known IM resources and preserves the simplicity new WordPress users need.

Some features of Authority Pro:

• star ratings
• pop over exit
• seo optimized
• h 1one headers
• product reviews
• split testing ready
• 11 custom widgets
• 25 – 30 features
• seo elements built in
• full feaured blog layout
• 7 differnet types of media
• click cancel – a different offer
• title exact product reviewing
• tips walk you thru every step
• closed affiliate links stay on page
•  your never left wondering what to do
• all social media adds credibilty to page
• opt-in forms, landing or squeeze pages
• air tight conversion machine with no leakage
• naviagation links removed by custom widget -
• no distractions, no comments, add exit script pop up
• no comments boxes -  you can remove it with one click
• sales page – big red headline – sales post headlines box
• can create your own pop up with different authority link to squeeze page / landing page
• flexabilty and power of AuthorPro can remove entire right side bar with one click – full width

To clear up any confusion about what Authority Pro actally does
with its great technology => watch the Authority Pro Demo Video
to get the feel for the power it can unleash on a normal wordpress
blog.  =>http://bit.ly/AuthorityProBlogs

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Posted on 25th November, 2010 | 3 Comments

If you want to make money blogging,  you must be passionate about what your doing. 

Don’t think for a second that it’s misplaced sentimentality either! Why would your feelings make a difference? If the numbers look good, you have a moneymaking  niche on your hands, right?

Not quite!

Again and again we’ve noticed that marketers who really care about their niches make more money than those who don’t. There are some strong justifications for choosing a niche you love. Let’s examine a handful of them.

Initially, those who love a niche are more likely to create quality content for their blogs. If you know and care about a topic, you’re less likely to produce factually inaccurate material. You’re also more likely to supply content that connects with the audience. When you’re passionate, you’re simply a better all-around blogger and you’ll be better able to make money online.

Second, you’re much less likely to abandon a project if you care about the subject area. Motivation is a big part of successful blogging and those who work with their passions tend to find that motivation at a level others don’t. Blogging isn’t a one-off way to make money. Success relies on updates and ongoing attention. The failure to choose a niche that excites you can lead to project abandonment.

Third, making money in a niche you love opens doors to other opportunities. If you’re working with your passions, you’re more likely to find ways to expand your operation in profitable directions. If you’re not really interested in widgets, you’re not going to discover some great ways to maximize the value of your widget blog. You won’t find hot-button issues around which to center your content. You’ll miss opportunities. If you’re actually passionate about your niche, you’ll naturally discover new ideas and ways to improve your blogging business.

Finally, it’s fun. It’s just more enjoyable to work with your passions. We all want to learn how to make money online. That doesn’t mean we always need to think purely in terms of money, though. Why shouldn’t we strive to make money and to have fun at the same time?

Remember to consider your feelings when you choose niches for blogging projects. Go beyond simply getting rid of options that are patently unappealing. Actively search out ideas that match your personal passions. Keeping your passions in mind is one of the best things you can do for your business. One of my passions is Weddings and I have several blogs in that niche. It’s a great subject with great interest.

Posted on 26th October, 2010 | No Comment

Here are some tips to help you with getting your Blog ranked highly on Google. My quick look at an article from Social Media Examiner

Right you have your Blog up and running. What is the next
thing to do? Start optimizing your posts for the search engines.
If you understand a few basic concepts its not really difficult.

SEO copy and a search engine-optimized website do three things.
1. easy for the search engines to read
2. easy for the target audience to find
3. easy for people to read.

So with these  three steps in mind, here are six things you can do to
optimize your site or your blog posts for the search engines.

1. Write a good informative post that appeals to your target audience.

2. Think like your target audience. What words would you use to find
your own post? These search terms are your keywords.

3. Write strong meta titles and descriptions.  The Meta tag in html is not a required tag when you’re creating your web pages; many pages don’t use the tag at all, and use it on your home page, although I put it into this page by way of demonstration. To put it briefly, the meta tag is used by search engines to allow them to more accurately list your site in their indexes. It makes sense to ensure that your opening paragraph is carefully written to ensure it accurately reflects what your site covers.

4. Analyze and Revise. Determine which keywords are the most important. There are a number of tools that can help to analyze a web page and show primary keywords or kw density. SEOCENTRO
Helps webmasters analyze their web pages. Same technology that  the spider technology uses.

5.Internal and External Links. When linking to other pages on your site, its important to link related keywords instead of phrases like “click here”. Linking by keyword tells the search engines that there is related contenet on the linked page. When you link to another site the blogger or the webmaster will usually see a trackback or incoming  link. Should you offer related content, it is possible that your colleague might find info of use on your site. In turn they could link to one of your articles. Incoming links from relevant and reputable websites are highly valued by the search engines. This is one of the most important factors when determining serach engine ranking.

6. Optimize the Url. A simple URL that includes a couple of keywords helps the search engines determine whats on the page.

To see the entire Article from Jim Lodico  Go to: Socialmediaexaminer

Posted on 20th October, 2010 | No Comment

The Next Step

You can make a living online with your own product. If you create a rock-solid product and do all of the right things in terms of promotion, you will generate sales. If you find a sweet spot in the market, your product can become relatively successful.

However, you can’t hope to experience optimal sales numbers if you’re working alone. The most successful internet marketers realize that it’s easier to achieve success if you’re traveling with joint venture partners. There’s strength in numbers.

Can you imagine the sales you’d make if big name marketers actively promoted your product? Can you imagine what would happen if you had some of these well-known forces backing your product? What if you could multiply that impact by teaming up with a group of top marketers?

The World of Joint Ventures

Every product creator needs an affiliate program. When other people are pushing your product, the sales figures naturally inflate. However, a standard affiliate program isn’t going to take you to the next level. You want more than a handful of marketers pitching your product as a part of their overall business plan. You want major players to line up with you to transform your product into a best-seller.

That’s what joint ventures are all about. If you can persuade talented marketers to promote your product in a concerted and serious manner, the sky really is the limit. That’s why forging successful joint ventures is the most important step anyone with an interest in moving up into the ranks of the top marketers can take.

Unfortunately, making those connections and setting up those joint ventures isn’t always easy. If you’re a relative unknown, it can be hard to get the attention of the major players. The top marketers are constantly on the receiving end of JV requests. If you don’t have a plan that stands out–and that really makes sense to those folks–you’re not going to get anywhere.

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Many marketers make the mistake of approaching joint venture partners as if advertising their existing affiliate program is enough. That’s a doomed strategy. You’ll never put a great joint venture together unless you work harder. You need to approach the process the right way.

Making Joint Ventures Work for You

Building joint ventures the smart way requires a few things. First, you should have a strong understanding of the different ways to structure a joint venture. Second, you need to know how to assemble a JV proposal that offers benefits to both parties. Third, you must figure out how to make connections with the people you need as JV partners. Fourth, you should know the tricks of the JV trade–the various ways to transform a ho-hum offering into something thrilling. Fifth, you must have an iron grip on the details of JV organization and implementation.

If you don’t hit all five of those nails on the head, you won’t experience JV success.

In other words, you need to go to JV school if you’re serious about making the most money possible from your product.

You could try to learn the ropes on your own, of course. If you do, prepare to experience a number of failures before you taste success. You can ruin an otherwise great JV plan with a single misstep.

That’s why those who understand strength in numbers will want to learn from someone who knows the world of joint ventures inside and out. This is one area of internet marketing that really calls for assistance and instruction. This is an area of IM that truly justifies an investment in quality training. You should commit yourself to learning about joint ventures from someone who knows his or her stuff. Once you’ve learned the ins and outs of JVs and have a joint venture template at your disposal, you can start experiencing serious profits from your products.

Posted on 7th October, 2010 | 1 Comment

Trying to Succeed

How much are you spending on learning the tricks of a Internet marketing business? Spending money desperately in hopes of finding the perfect  internet business platform is not a good idea. Have you made a habit of buying everything you can, hoping to find that one missing piece of your  online profit puzzle? I’ve been there too, I know your pain.

Making investment after investment in  the Internet Marketing information niche,  you’re not alone. Many people are on the buy-buy-buy-and-buy-some-more treadmill… which would be ok but  there is a problem with running on the BUY NOW treadmill if you’re not making any money at it.

It’s entirely reasonable to invest in new strategies and tools to fine-tune your profitable IM enterprises. There’s nothing crazy about acquiring new information and products in order to stay abreast of changes in the business.  

Buying new tools to stay ahead of the games is very different from desperately making purchases in hopes of finding a base-level  of success.

You want to spend your money the smart way. You don’t want to spend yourself into bankruptcy before you build a real  online business.

The Right Kind of Purchases

How can you avoid dumping too much cash into things you don’t really need?  “I admit to spending over $1000 on a launch your business product with out a product.” You need to build a solid foundation for your business. If you look at the core of Internet marketing, it’s really rather simple.

• You need a product to sell.
• You need to have a strategy to sell that product.
• You need to secure website  traffic  to generate sales.

That’s it. Everything you do needs to strengthen one or more of those three simple core needs. So you have a product to sell? How are you going to sell your product? And Do you have a website?  Yes I have three products now, I have many ideas  to sell JVs etc and Yes I have several website/blogs.

So, You must work to create a strong presence on all three of those issues. Anything you buy as you’re building your business needs to address the construction of that 3 levels of  foundation.

You must have a foundation that let’s you make money from home
 before you invest in extras, details, tricks or adjustments. You can start experiencing real IM success after that foundation is in place. Then you can start experimenting with new ideas and products.

How to Build Your Foundation

Getting the core of your business in place doesn’t require a massive investment. Here’s a great approach to getting the job done.

• Get a smart, big picture understanding of Internet marketing. You need to hear, straight from the proverbial horse’s mouth, how things fit together and what really works.
• Focus a great deal of effort on traffic generation. Traffic is one of the three core needs mentioned above. It’s also the most important one you’ll address. Without traffic, you can’t determine if your product is interesting or if you’re sales strategy is working.| Absent traffic, you can’t determine if you have the right product or a workable sales strategy. You need to put eyeballs on your pages right away.
• Find a source of ongoing assistance. A good ebook can be helpful. Solid tutorial videos are a great idea. However, developing a real relationship with a successful mentor is much more valuable than any ebook or video series. You can become more efficient and successful when you’re on the receiving end of expert advice.

Minimize your exposure. You need to build your foundation without putting too much of your limited resources at risk. Find opportunities to get the essentials at bargain prices.  

Look  for a business coaching program  or mentoring arrangement that doesn’t cost more than you can afford. 
 

 One such program I found is a  really cool set of videos ( Word Press Classroom) ,that actually teaches you how to set up your own blogging business! The best part is that it teaches you for free! There’s something like 15 free videos that walk you through it step by step!

It even teaches you how to link up your blog with all the latest social media platforms out there! It’s all explained in step-by-step (free) videos.
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