Proven Income Opportunity

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 - by Jim Edwards

(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
    http://www.thenetreporter.com
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Did you realize that thousands of website operators use a simple technique to generate targeted visitors to their websites without paying a dime in advertising? It’s true.

In fact, the technique works so well that many of them don’t want you to discover how they get those thousands of website visitors and make so many sales on virtual “auto- pilot.”

Their method?

Creating tightly focused articles other people publish in their ezines (online magazines and email newsletters) and post on their websites. This method rates so powerful that some even call it “the web’s best kept traffic secret.”

Now, you may ask, “Why would an ezine publisher or website owner publish my articles for their subscribers?”

The answer: Content!

Over a 100,000 ezines and newsletters operate on the web (along with millions of websites) covering everything from pets and cooking to investments and real estate. Many of them need tightly focused content and they simply can’t produce all of it themselves.

Look at it this way… it’s the same reason newspapers use the Associated Press. Individual newspapers often can’t afford staff writers to cover every story, so they accept articles from outside their organization.

You can do the exact same thing for various ezines and websites catering to your niche audience!

You can get valuable publicity — exposure you often couldn’t even pay for if you wanted to — by providing valuable, content-rich articles in exchange for a byline
and a link to your website (called a “resource box”)!

The following represent only a few of the enormous benefits of writing and distributing simple articles online:

** Attain “Expert” Status **

Let’s face it! In the eyes of virtually everyone who reads your articles you rank as the “expert” on the subject.

Just look at people who write newspaper columns. You may disagree with their viewpoints, but they still have an elevated status in your mind compared to the “average Joe” off the street.

** Pre-sell Website Visitors **

If your article appeals to a niche audience hungry for more information on a very focused subject, you actually pre- sell them better than any sales pitch. In their minds, you’ve already delivered content they really want so when they click over to your site you already have a “reputation” in their minds.
 
** Traffic Lasts Longer **

Even though the Internet changes very quickly, webmasters are usually very slow to remove content from their sites. Once you get an article posted on another person’s website, you have an excellent chance of that article staying there
 or weeks, months, even years.

** Increase Links To Your Site **

In a recent search I found just a dozen of my articles posted on over 813 different websites! Not only do those postings bring me traffic, but they also help my search engine positioning because of my increased “Link Popularity.”

** Builds Your Affiliate Base **

Fact: Affiliates always take the path of least resistance.

If you provide excellent articles they can easily post on their sites or copy and paste into their ezines, your affiliates will promote you more often and more effectively compared to those who don’t give them tools.

Plus, as you make more sales and publish articles, other people will see you providing excellent tools and will want to sign up as your affiliate so they can use them too!

** Build a Huge “Opt-In” Email List **

You can use articles to build up a huge list of subscribers by simply compiling several articles into a series and delivering them at preset intervals.

Often called a “mini-course,” this technique allows you not only to prove to your subscribers that you deliver great information, but enables you to capture their name and email adress so you can send them articles and special offers in the future (with their permission).

** Requires No Special Skills **

People often think they need to be a “writer” in order to publish articles, but that’s not true!

FACT: If you have a passion for a subject and can talk and explain things like you would to a friend over a cup of coffee, you can write articles people will love to read.

So if you operate a website selling virtually any type of product or service (whether your own or as an affiliate), publishing and promoting with articles should rank high on your list of traffic generation strategies.

No other method of generating targeted traffic to your website provides the quality, quantity and steadiness of traffic in such a simple, straightforward, and cost- effective manner.

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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co- author of an amazing new ebook, “Turn Words Into Traffic,” that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly  drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or affiliate link!

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To your success,
Victoria
Your Proven Income Opportunity

Dear Friend,

You already know how crucial it is to find a profitable niche if you want to make some decent money with Adsense of affiliate programs.

But do you put the same efforts into choosing your niches than you do your keyword research or you optimize your site? If not, you should… as choosing the wrong niche can be a real time waster.

Have you ever worked hard to get a site running only to later find out that you have wasted your time because:

a) The niche is so competitive you can hardly get traffic for your main terms?
b) The niche is so small no one ever comes to your site?
c) You get a nice click-through rate but make pennies for each of these click?

If this sounds familiar, then you will love what I am going to introduce you to. And don’t worry, it will not you a dime to learn the BEST way to research your niches and it may even change your whole thinking process!

You see, I’ve just reviewed a free report called “A Simple, Step-By-Step Formula to Uncover Red-Hot Niches”. It is chock full of information on niche hunting and so detailed that I can’t believe the author, Myleena Phan, is giving this away for free.

The report gives you the exact steps she uses to find profitable niches that allowed her to bring her Adsense and affiliate revenues from under a hundred dollars to over $15,000 per month - on Adsense alone.

You may have heard of Myleena but most likely not, as she prefers to keep a low profile and secretly earn her living online from maintaining her websites network.

To tell you the truth, I think Myleena is really devaluating her report by giving it away free. She could easily sell this for $97 a piece and make a killing (and I know a few who would jump all over their seats just to get their hands on this gem).

Maybe it’s her lack of Internet Marketing experience, but if I was you, I’d download her report right away… before she comes to her senses and decides to charge for it!

To your success,

Victoria
Your Proven Income Opportunity

P.S. You will not find the usual “go with your passions” stuff, but a real “system” to uncover profitable niches time and time again.

Dear Friend,

Can you really generate loads of quality one-way links without spending a TON of cash? You bet you can…

AND exactly how may surprise you, because you probably already use at least one on a regular basis…
Yet, you only gain a tiny fraction of what it has to offer. It’s simply posting to forums and message boards!

Along with each forum post, you can include your “Signature”, which has a link to your site (or sites). This means every time you make a post, as many as hundreds or even thousands of people see it!  And, what’s more, the traffic is just the tip of the iceberg.

The main benefit of posting in forums are the… high-quality links search engines love!

Of course, the problem with posting to forums is that submitting to more than a few forums sucks your valuable time dry! This is why we developed a new solution to make forums a more practical advertising solution.

Go here to read the full story.

To your success,
Victoria
Proven Income Opportunity

A whole world of marketing exists around us trying to do that every minute of the day. Do you even notice it anymore or, like your prospects, have you subconsciously set up a system of “radar defenses” against the daily bombardment of marketing messages? 

Take a minute and count up the advertising methods which fight for your attention (and money) every day. Just the basic list includes: 

• Yellow page ads 
• Newspaper and magazine ads 
• Postcards, catalogs, and direct mail circulars in your  “snail mail” box 
• Radio pitches interrupting the flow of your favorite songs
• TV ads - about 20 minutes worth per hour now
• Hundreds of storefronts, “mega” malls, and strip malls 
• Highway billboards by the thousands 
• Circulars hung on your doorknob
• Illegal signs on stop signs and telephone poles 
• Legitimate email messages 
• Spam email or UCE (unsolicited commercial email) 

Just these 11 sources can overwhelm your brain with marketing messages. Like trapped rats, people develop defenses against this never-ending onslaught. They throw up a wall or a “radar defense” that goes into action the minute they smell a “pitch” or a sales job. Don’t blame them. We all do it! 

So how can you get around this psychological wall against the constant sales and marketing messages? Well, the answer does NOT lie in hitting people with more frequent and obnoxious advertising or sly, sneaky tactics. You might get them to trust you for a minute, but it will backfire in the long run. 

You must do two things instead: 

1. First, you must establish credibility for yourself and your business as an expert. 

2. Second, you must reduce their fears about doing business with you. 

Doing these two things will get you past their defenses and allow you the opportunity to persuade them to buy your product. 

So how do you accomplish these two “simple” things? What will win someone’s attention, raise your credibility, and ower their fear factor all at the same time? The one-word answer really applies to most everyone. 

Trust! 

If a seller can get behind your defenses with information which makes you trust them, then that credibility will carry over into a sale much of the time. 

How can you get this credibility? 

Well, take this next fact as online marketing “gospel,” for many people have proven its effectiveness. 

Fact: Publishing and promoting with free articles gives you one of the most powerful opportunities available to tip the buyer’s credibility scale in your favor. 

How can we prove this works? Quite easily actually. Take a break from reading this and go check out a newspaper or magazine for a minute. 

Which do you trust more, the ads or the articles? Most people will choose the articles hands down. Why? Because the articles don’t try to “sell” you anything. Instead, they hand out useful information for educational or other practical purposes. 

Most of us grew up in a culture which says we can believe and “trust” what appears in the standard “news” or “information” format. In other words, if it appears in print, then we can believe and trust the author. 

So go ahead! Use this lifetime of conditioning to your advantage in selling your products and services! 

Very few things will create an atmosphere of trust and confidence in people as reading one of your articles on a subject that greatly interests them. It shows you know your business. It also demonstrates you will do more than just try to sell them something. 

Publishing articles literally lets you fly under their advertising “radar defenses.” 

So remember these points when deciding whether or not to use articles to promote your business: 

1. Few things create as much trust and confidence in the minds of potential customers as reading an article you wrote on a subject which specifically and intensely interests them. 

2. Articles establish credibility quickly because, right or wrong, we’ve all been trained to trust the “news.” 

3. An article, or series of articles, will differentiate you from the competition, who bombard people with nothing but sales messages. 

4. Providing content-rich, non-sales-oriented articles will also help build and solidify your relationship with existing customers so they give you repeat business. 

Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co- author of an amazing new ebook, “Turn Words Into Traffic,” that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or affiliate link!  

To your success,
Victoria
Your Proven Income Opportunity 

I’m sure you’ve heard the ‘buzz’  about social networking and Web  2.0.

But have you actually discovered how to make *REAL MONEY* with  it and generate TONS of free  traffic?

Recently I managed to get hold of a “private” 2 hour telephone conversation of 2 ‘under the radar’ experts discussing  how they are driving BIG traffic and  generating sales using their custom  “MySpace” system.

Some things they revealed were..

• How to get thousands of new  MySpace friends quickly…
• The ONLY two software tools are effective at building targeted lists and creating what’s known as a “community within a community.”
• How to create a unique MySpace page that loads quickly and is marketing friendly: WARNING: Making a responsive MySpace page is very different from “pimping your profile” with flashy graphics and the latest pop songs. (Try that and your campaign is history)
• Discover the *SEVEN* unique elements of an effective page that gets people to add you as a friend, join your mailing list, and ultimately become a paying customer.
• The 10 totally free ways to get traffic from your MySpace page: There are ten unique methods to get people from a MySpace page to a sales letter or opt-in page. Find out which is the most effective?

This is *BRAND NEW* cutting edge information.. If you want to find out how YOU can cash in with  My Space click here.
See you on MySpace!

Victoria,
Your Proven Income Opportunity

Have you ever been faced with the task of having to write an email promotion to your list, and then realized that you didn’t know what to say or how to say it?

Michael Rasmussen’s new video course “Email Promos Exposed” promises to solve that problem for you by walking you through the actual process of creating killer email promos step-by-step.

If you’re in a hurry, just go ahead visit this URL to get instant free access to these videos!

I decided to see if Michael’s videos live up to their promise by trying them out myself. Here’s what I found:

Overall Quality

The first thing I noticed when I opened up the first video was the stunning production quality. He used Camtasia Studio for the production, which is now the industry standard for creating high quality screen capture video products. The audio is near studio quality, and the graphics are very professional. These videos were made by someone who KNOWS what he’s doing. Well done!

I also liked how Michael divided the videos up by section, and then again by sub-section. For example, one video is all about the subject line, and then there are different parts of that video that each cover a certain area of crafting a killer subject line.

Now let’s move onto…

THE ACTUAL VIDEOS

Here’s a brief summary of each video. Obviously it’s impossible to list every single thing here, but I want you to get a feel for what each one covered, and how well it covered it.

If you’re in a hurry, just go ahead visit this URL to get instant free access to these videos!

VIDEO 1 - INTRODUCTION

This video served as an introduction to the whole course. You get to see a picture of Michael in his every day life, and he establishes his credibility right up front by talking about some of his massive successes online. He even provides proof of credibility by displaying two checks in the amount of $50,000 and $25,000 which prove that, when it comes to the subject of making money with email promos, he knows his stuff.

This is a good lesson for anyone to get. Whenever you’re teaching people how to do something, it’s good to establish your credibility up front, so that there’s no doubt about whether or not you’re qualified to talk about the subject. Most product developers either skip or minimize this step.

VIDEO 2 - BEFORE YOU WRITE THE PROMO

This video talks about some things that no other marketer has bothered to mention. You’ll learn things like:

1. The mindset you need in order to write a killer promo
2. The different tools you need before you get started
3. How to keep your emails laser-focused
4. How to create an outline that practically writes the email for you.

This was a fantastic video, and did a good job of kicking things off.

VIDEO 3 - THE SUBJECT LINE

I liked this video, because it talked about one of MY biggest weaknesses when it comes to writing email promos… the subject line. The subject line is a confusing topic, because nobody’s 100% sure what the best tactics are.

Michael breaks it down, and reveals:

• The biggest secret for writing a subject line that makes people insanely curious.
• Techniques for personalizing the subject line.
• Mistakes to avoid when using personalization.

I was surprised to find that I was making some of the mistakes that Michael mentioned in this video, but now I know better.

VIDEO 4 - THE OPENING This is where a lot of people slack off when writing their emails. Michael talks about how mportant it is to create an opening that is conversational, and then reveals techniques and examples on how to do that.

He also reveals:

• How to get people to keep reading your email once they’ve opened it.
• How to make your opening interesting.
• Mistakes to avoid when creating your first few paragraphs.

VIDEO 5 - THE BODY COPY

This is one of the “meatiest” portions of the course, because it reveals techniques that are not widely discussed on the forums, blogs, and in most eBooks. He talks about the importance of keeping your body copy tight and relevant, and then reveals how you can do that. You’ll also learn:

• How to write powerful bullets that make people curious and want to find out more.
• Simple formatting tricks for making your body copy easy to read.
• The secret of “bucket brigade copy” and how to use it in your email promos to force people to keep reading.

VIDEO 6 - THE CALL TO ACTION

This is where a lot of people wimp out in their email promos. They start out strong, but when it comes time to ask the reader to click the link and take action, they don’t know what to say. Michael talks about some of his favorite techniques for making that happen, and also reveals:

• The “magic question” to ask yourself that will make your close much more powerful.
• The secret of the “unanswered question” and why handling this is a surefire way to get people to act right away.
• The structure of a powerful close.
• Mistakes people make when creating their close.

VIDEO 7 - CREATING AN EFFECTIVE P.S.

Some people say that the P.S. is one of the most important parts of the email, because it is often the one thing that gets people to click the link at the end. In this video, Michael talks about:

• Why you should including a P.S. at the end of your email.
• The 4 different kinds of P.S.’s you can use (this section was a real eye-opener for me).

VIDEO 8 - COMMON MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE

I loved this video, because it showed me some mistakes that I was making that I wasn’t even aware of. Unless you’re a seasoned pro, you’re probably guilty of some of the things that Michael talks about in this video as well, and that’s why it’s so valuable. I’ve shaved years off my learning curve, because now I can avoid some of the costly mistakes that I was bound to make in the learning process.

VIDEO 9 - HOW TO CREATE FOLLOW-UP EMAIL PROMOTIONS

This video alone is going to make me a lot of money. Why? Because I used to only send out one email promo for each affiliate promotion I was doing. Michael showed me in this video how important it is to send a follow-up promotion, and he showed me exactly how to do it. He covered things like:

• The psychology of follow-up email promo’s.
• The 2 main types of follow-up promos that make the most money.
• How to overcome readers’ objections in your follow up emails.
• The 2 most common mistakes people make when writing follow-ups and how to avoid them.

VIDEO 10 - HOW TO WRITE BACK END EMAIL PROMOTIONS

Every marketing guru out there says that the REAL money is on the back end. I’d have to agree with them, but the problem is… most people have no idea how to set up a back end system that makes money. This video will teach you how to set up an automated back end that’s loaded with killer promos that make you lots of cash on autopilot. He reveals things like:

• The big difference between regular and back end email promos.
• How to prepare a back end promotion sequence.
• Common mistakes people make when creating back
• end email promos.

VIDEO 11 - CREATING AFFILIATE EMAIL PROMOTIONS

This could be the most important video of the entire package for a lot of people, because most people email their list to promote other people’s products as an affiliate. Let’s face it, if you only have 3 products, can you really afford to only email your list 3 times a year? They’ll get bored hearing about the same old products over and over again. This video sheds some light on how to create killer affiliate promos. Michael reveals things like:

• The two main types of affiliate promos.
• What makes affiliate promos different than regular promos (and why ignoring this huge secret could cost you big money).
• Michael’s favorite tactics for creating affiliate promos that no one else is doing.
• 3 different ways to add scarcity to your affiliate promos (this is the most important section of the video, so make sure you watch it over and over again).

CONCLUSION

As you can see, Email Promos Exposed really packs a lot of punch! Most of the courses out there offer only watered down, weak content. Not this one! These videos are going on my “A-list” for a long time.

I’ve already watched them twice, and plan on reviewing them every couple months to make sure that I have the principals, techniques and tactics burned into my mind.

If email marketing is an important part of your business (and in my opinion, it’s the most important part of ANY online business), then you owe it to yourself to check out Michael’s exciting new videos, Email Promos Exposed.

Get instant free access to the videos right now.

To your success,
Victoria
Your Proven Income Opportunity

If you’re getting traffic to your website but few people are buying, you’re like a lot of people I know. You may have a good product (or service) and a good price. You just don’t have the sales you feel you ought to have.

One action you can take that can produce astounding results in short order is to change the headline at the top of the page - or, if you don’t have a headline, put one up there!

My friend and co-author Jim Edwards did exactly that on a promotion that was going south and his conversion rate jumped up 500% in a matter of minutes!

But if you change (or add) a headline, it has to be the right kind. This article will give you some important guidelines that will help you choose a headline that acts like a booster-rocket to your sales.

First, let’s define terms. What is a headline, anyway?

A headline is the first set of words that your prospect sees on any piece of copy you write. It’s just like the headlines you see in a newspaper.

Here are five typical newspaper headlines. (But┘ a warning. The first four are NOT the kind you want on your website):

1. Economy Improves As Unemployment Drops, Consumer Spending Swells
2.  Ninth-Inning Grand Slam Saves The Day
3. Flu Vaccine Shortage Worries Health Officials
4. Spring Rains Flood Farmlands
5. New Computer Chip Promises Better Video On Handheld Computers

While all these headlines would work well to sell newspapers and get readers interested in reading the news stories that follow, only last one would work in marketing, 99% of the time.

Why? Because most newspaper-style headlines merely sell the reader on reading the story, but they aren’t designed to create interest in, and desire for, a product or service
that you’d be telling the prospect about.

However, the last headline in the list “New Computer Chip Promises Better Video On Handheld Computers” has a characteristic that could make it work just as well
for an ad as for a news story. It’s this: The headline conveys a benefit (”Better Video on Handheld Computers”) of a product (”New Computer Chip”), and this not only creates
interest in the product. It also creates a desire for that product - if, that is, you’re the kind of person (like me) who likes video on your computers.

In short, a headline not only needs to capture attention and keep your prospect reading. It also needs to set the tone for what the prospect is about to read - and, to create a
mood in the prospect that will begin to make him or her receptive to taking the action you will eventually invite him or her to take in your sales copy.

That action might be to buy what you are selling. It could be just to request more information. Or, it might be to request an application form, which would lead to the next
step of the sales process.

Whatever action it is you desire your prospect to take, your headline has an important job to do: prepare the prospect emotionally for the invitation you are soon about to make.

By David Garfinkel (All Rights Reserved)

David Garfinkel is author of “Advertising Headline Templates That Make You Rich,” a powerful resource that makes writing highly profitable headlines easier than anything else. Many top marketers privately consider this ebook their secret weapon.

To your success,
Victoria
Your Proven Income Opportunity

In order to attract large volume of highly targeted traffic to your site you have to implement an aggressive linking strategy. Find sites that are targeting the same niche market as you and contact the owners and ask them to post a link to your site from theirs.

Such links work as personal recommendations and carry the greatest value to site visitors which dramatically increases the possibility of making a sale.

1. Do a research and make a list of sites that target the same market niche as you.
2. Collect as much information about these sites and their owners as possible.
3. Write a personal e-mail to the site owners on your list. Make is as professional looking as possible. Include the following information in your e-mail:
   - a positive comment about their site,
   - briefly tell them who you are and the reason you are contacting them,
   - describe benefits that their visitors will get by following the link to your site,
   - let them know where on their site you’d like your link to appear,
   - explain how to place a link to your site to make the whole process easier,
   - give your contact information.

Make sure that you are not contacting your direct competition with such requests. After making your first attempt, be patient and if there is no positive response, follow up with the request. Offer to exchange links if one-way link would not work. Emphasize on all the benefits their web site will get by linking to you.

To your success,
Victoria
Your Proven Income Opportunity