My Blog Readers have Earned Over ONE MILLION with Neverblue

Over the past decade I've had the task of working with many different affiliate networks. Some thrived, died, went out of business and a few also went on to be acquired and become parts of larger companies. One of the few successful and very … Read More

Breakdown of a Profitable Facebook Ads Campaign

With the latest backlash of articles coming up on TechCrunch about deceptive and scammy ways to make money on Facebook, I wanted to provide you with a full breakdown on how to create a successful CPA Facebook ads campaign. Step and step details on a … Read More

Create Killer Landing Pages – Free Template

I get questions all the time about landing pages and what are the best ways to create them. Instead of writing a post on what you should focus on, I will simply take an existing ad campaign from MarketLeverage, and made a real landing page out of. … Read More

Insider Secrets to a Making a Million Dollar Web Site!

A few days ago I released my first post on "How I Made $860,538.38 PROFIT in 4 Months!", along with the picture of my $306,373.24 check. Due to the massive exposure and questions generated from the post, I thought I'd bring you the second … Read More

How I Made $860,538.38 PROFIT in 4 Months!

First off, I would like to make it clear that this post is NOT to impress you, but to impress upon you what's possible! This is a quick review on how I went from one of my worst years of making money online to my best year, and all it took was one … Read More

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Famous Bloggers and Internet Marketers Facebook Timeline Images

With the latest Facebook Timeline changes now in effect, I thought it would be a cool idea to feature some of the top names in the industry and see what pictures they are using for their Facebook accounts. As you will see, the majority of images are quite personable, while some are used for branding and marketing of their companies, brands and web sites. You can also visit any of their Facebook pages by clicking on the Facebook link next to their respective names.

Darren Rowse of Problogger.netFacebook

Jeremy Schoemaker of ShoeMoney.comFacebook

John Chow of JohnChow.comFacebook

Yaro Starak of Entrepreneurs-Journey.comFacebook

Guy Kawasaki of AllTop.comFacebook

Jim Kukral of JimKukral.comFacebook

Mark Cuban of HDNET.comFacebook

Ryan Eagle of EWANetwork.comFacebook

Ted Murphy of IZEA.comFacebook

Lorenzo Green of MrGreen.amFacebook

Gary Vaynerchuck of GaryVaynerchuk.comFacebook

Garin Kilpatrick of GarinKilpatrick.comFacebook

Tim Ash of SiteTuners.comFacebook

Ian Fernando of IanFernando.comFacebook

Ralph Ruckman of IMGrind.comFacebook

Shawn Collins of AffiliateSummit.comFacebook

Neil Patel of QuickSprout.comFacebook

Zac Johnson of ZacJohnson.comFacebook

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Don’t Put All Your Easter Eggs in One Basket

First off, I’d like to wish everyone an excellent and Happy Easter! I thought today would be a fun and creative way to just stress the reminder and importance of not keeping all of your business focused on one traffic or revenue source.

As we all know, my Google Adsense account was banned last month and while it’s not a big deal for me, it could have wiped out anyone’s business over night if they were simply relying on Google Adsense as their only income month after month. While Google Adsense probably isn’t used for many successful marketers, there are thousands of web sites that generate four or five figures a month off their advertising system. Instead of just relying on Google Adsense, web site owners could also be selling their own ad space, using affiliate programs, text links and contextual advertising… this is the concept behind “not putting your all of eggs in one basket”… as something could easily knock the basket out of your hands and break all of your eggs (revenue/business model).

With all of that said, the same can be said for spreading yourself too thin… just like you can find multiple sources of revenue for a web site, there are also plenty of ways to run online ad campaigns. From pay per click marketing to CPV and media buying, you could easily setup too many ad campaigns and find you are not spending enough time in each market or method to truly understand and master the traffic source. The goal is to master one or two traffic sources and make the most out of what you have, while also finding the perfect room for growth and success.

Just a few inspirational words and concepts to think about when moving into new areas for your business. Have a happy Easter!

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Ads Direct – Performance Marketing at It’s Best

With all of the affiliate networks out there, it’s always a game in itself to find out which are bests. Ads Direct is a network that has been doing extremely well with running all of their own internal offers and are looking to expand their network of affiliates to drive leads for their network.

Unlike other networks out there that share all of the same offers, Ads Direct has a great reputation for pushing some amazing volume and high quality leads in the health and beauty niche. Ads Direct was recently named the #1 Performance Marketing Company. This is mainly due not only for the quality and volume that Ads Direct can provide, but also that the company has expanded their reach to more than thirty countries across the world and have established themselves as a top international performance based marketing firm.

Publishers and Advertisers Find Success with Ads Direct

As mentioned, Ads Direct is mainly focused on the health and beauty niche, but they are always looking to expand their business opportunities with new publishers and advertisers across the world.

Ads Direct is known not only for its “possibilities,” but also for its execution. The company focuses on generating the best-qualified traffic, and ultimately delivers its clients an average of 27% increase in customer retention. Ads Direct offers an insightful approach when managing media buys.

If you are looking for amazing new offers to promote and generate revenue with, or looking to expand the volume and reach of your health and beauty relates business, either as a publisher or an advertiser, you need to look into joining the Ads Direct network.

Ads Direct Blog & Resources

In addition to running a successful ad network, Ads Direct also has an excellent blog with quality content. Though there isn’t a ton of blog posts on the site so far, the ones that are available are quite informative and interesting to read. I’ve listed a few of them below.

Be sure to visit Ads Direct and see how you can start making money with their top rated ad network.

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5 Smart Ways to Get Traffic without Depending on Google

I was devastated when I read an article from Zac on John Chow’s blog recently about how Google is shutting down blog networks, the major victim being Build My Rank. I was already considering using Build My Rank when this happened, but what happened proved the importance of not relying on just one traffic source.

You might be thinking the problem is with Build My Rank’s approach to link building, but I can tell you from experience that even innocent webmasters are suffering from the many changes Google has been making lately in the name of “improving search engine results”.

Traffic from Google is great, especially if you can master how to get a lot of it, but on the long run it is important not to let your business rely on just one source of traffic. There are smarter ways to generate traffic to your blog, especially ones that will ensure you don’t have to rely on Google forever.

1. Work on Building an Active Mailing List

You’ve probably heard it several times over that the money is in the list, but the reality is that the traffic is also in the list.

Your email list is an asset, and you can use it to drive traffic to your blog repeatedly if you can cultivate a relationship with your list.

I’ve heard it somewhere before that it takes around 7 – 8 appearances of an ad for it to stick in the head of the viewer. The same thing goes for email marketing, and the more you get in touch with your subscribers, the more likely they are to check out your brand.

You can build your list using any of the other tactics I’ll be sharing below, and you can also build your list using Google if that’s what you want. But first, focus on getting the subscribers, cultivate a relationship with them and look for ways to drive them back to your blog.

Aweber is the preferred mailing list among most internet marketers and site owners.

2. Multimedia Marketing

SEO is the rage these days, and a lot of us are focusing only on ways to get our site ranked in the top search engine rankings instead of capitalizing on the untapped power of multimedia content.

It could be via videos, podcasts or even presentations, there are huge sites online with an audience waiting to be tapped into.

Youtube alone serves over 1 billion views every day, and there are several other video streaming sites with a huge market share. The iTunes directory is also being used by millions of people, and that’s a great place for you to get exposure for your blog.

Don’t just focus on the written text. Capitalize on other forms of content to get more exposure for your blog.

The good news is that Youtube is owned by Google, and multimedia content is being favored by the search engines lately. In other words, instead of optimizing your blog to rank in Google, optimize your videos and audios to rank well in Youtube and iTunes, and you will increase your chances of multimedia success.

3. JV and Partnership Opportunities

There are influencers in every niche, and there always will be.

Smart marketers learn to leverage the audience of others. The reality is that there are hundreds of people who have spent years and decades building their own audience, and these people have been able to grow over the years and get their audience to trust them.

You can get more traffic to your blog by looking for a way to partner with these successful people while growing your blog at the same time. The truth about this is that it isn’t always about money, but creativity. Some people won’t give you access to their audience no matter how much you pay, but they will repeatedly write about you if you’re creative enough.

Sometimes, you only need to exchange a service they really need with them in exchange for plugging you to their audience. Some people you can target are email marketers, bloggers with big audience, social media influencers, and interview based sites. Look for ways to contribute value to the lives of these people, and they’ll happily give you free exposure in return.

4. Write Case Studies and Tutorials

Look for magazines and company newsletters in your niche, especially those whose services you are using, and look for a way to help them solve some of their problems. Sometimes, a problem they want to solve is getting people to believe more in their services, and a case study on how you got great results from using it will be mostly beneficial. Sometimes, a problem they might be facing is with explaining how their services work to their users. You can solve this problem by writing a tutorial on how to easily use the service. Each of these problems present you with an opportunity to market yourself, and if you can capitalize on this they will end up calling you back to share your experience in the future.

5. Reply to Every Comment, Email and Social Media Comment

Engagement is the currency of the web, and smart people are discovering this right now.

The real key to business success is to get a lot of word of mouth marketing; otherwise you will keep on marketing for years and have little to show for it.

The key to creating more word of mouth marketing isn’t just to have a great product; it is to create a good first impression. Reply to emails and comments on your blog in minutes, focus on helping your readers as much as you can for free, and they will contribute so much traffic than money can buy.

What’s more important is that we trust our friends more than marketers online, so if you could get people to recommend you to their friends you will be able to get more exposure than any marketing could.

This guest post was written by John Holt, a led lights wholesaler.

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5 Ways You Can Leverage Pinterest For Your Marketing Efforts

When you examine Pinterest looks only like a place for visitors to discuss photographs regarding wedding ceremonies, cookies, recipes as well as crafting suggestions. This is correct essentially (in large part to their mainly feminine market), and the great looking Pinboards are really easy to use, there is however a lot more under the skin than originally meets the eye. This begs to ask how can I the lowly internet marketer control Pinterest to get more traffic and prospects for my business.

1.  Showcase Your Own Brand’s Individuality and Flavor

Pinterest is a great destination to showcase your own brand names picture and function, if you’d like . . . nevertheless it would be much smarter to demonstrate an infinitely more entertaining and light-weight facet of the enterprise. Reaching like-minded pinners and discussing related pins that allude to more about your organization as compared to strictly clients are a powerful way to help improve your boards while at the same time staying strongly related your own interests. You’ll find nothing incorrect with having a few boards which can be associated with the company’s graphics or tangible products. The most effective businesses boards I’ve noticed doesn’t just provide their particular company products, and can additionally show off their staff’s picks regarding movies and guides as well as anything else that tickles their particular taste. Producing your own brand to stand out through exposing several personalities is a great method of getting seen and will aid to increase your Pinterest user profile.

2.  Make Sure Your Posts Are Marked

As a website design company I am aware far to often of the perils associated with ripped off articles as well as possible copyright infringements, they take place on a regular basis. So when it comes down time to start revealing my own use the concept of Pinterest, My partner and I felt like it will be sound practice to incorporate a watermark and a footer certification to be able to use my own images. This provides me with exclusivity on them and when they may be shared and also repinned, the users that discover their whereabouts are fully aware that they may be my articles. This might apply nicely to your photography enthusiasts, designers, musicians, and also graphic designers especially. Giving a  a way to find their way back to your website is vital and you’ll notice the results in your site visitors increases when you implement this particular tiny yet essential step.

3. Assist – Courses – How-to’s & Infographics

Pinterest not merely allows for you to only pin a number photos, you can also contain videos which is when the actual energy is needed. Simply by featuring simple how-to’s or perhaps training video clips over a wide array of topics linked to your business, you are able to make use of consumers looking to find out more about a specific niche subject matter and as a result they’ll share and also repin you meaning more traffic for your company.

Infographics tend to be an excellent way of “lending any hand” and oftentimes infographics will provide a ton of insightful info about your small business or even specific factors you’re seeking to market.

4. Make Use of Pinterest’s Present Area

Pinterest not just permits you share pins and Pinboards, you might be running a good e-commerce system this will let you concrete service or product you desire to provide, you may use the actual devoted gift area on Pinterest that permits you to draw images through cost whenever uploaded. This process gets all of them instantly listed in the Gift’s section that can assist bring customers and probably sales for the merchandise or providers.

5. Help Additional Pinners Locate Your Content

Inside comparable fashion to be able to Tweets, Pinterest allows you to make posts that consist of #hashtags within your information which along with labeling the hooks as well as panels will make all of them quicker to discover if people are searching for the brand name or perhaps product. Users can easily search simply by entering keywords, planks the ones which means you ought to do your prefer and be sure you use key phrases which can be very easily familiar and allow you to ultimately easily be identified.

Pinterest is a superb local community much like some other social networks on the web nowadays as well as the same rules utilize. Offer top quality content, don’t unsolicited mail your product or service incessantly and also communicate as well as engage folks of the local community to aid develop have confidence in and brand name awareness. Pinterest provides verified it is not going anywhere soon, therefore hop on the pinboard and see what type of good success you are able to push for your business.

This guest post was written by Lorne Fade, an Internet search marketer for 9th sphere a Toronto SEO, web design & marketing firm.

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