Twitter Marketing: How To Use Timely.is – A Review By Laura Roeder

Posted on January 3, 2012 in: Internet Marketing, Social Media, Video|Post Comment

Here's a cool twitter Marketing tool to save more time and get organized when your using twitter for small business.  It's called timely.is

 

 

Go visit Laura at lauraroder.com and make sure you download your twitter cheat sheets right here.

You also might like these cool linkedin and facebook marketing courses.

 

 

Network Marketing Tips For Serious Professionals

Posted on November 28, 2011 in: Entrepreneurship, Starting A Business|Post Comment

Pursuing an MLM, Direct Sales or Network Marketing business can be a great way to get out of the 9 to 5 struggle and create a full time income.  There are many ways to build an MLM business and many ways to fail as well.  Here are some MLM success tips to get you over the famous Entrepreneurial failure rate.

One of the biggest things people do in the network marketing business is jump around from company to company.  There are hundreds of direct sales companies.  Many have been around for years and new companies jump up every month.  The key here is finding something that you like with a good product and a good compensation plan.  This does not mean you can't build multiple streams of income but start with one, put on blinders and focus on one before you move on.
 
When it comes to an MLM business, you need leads.  Most network marketing companies will tell you to start out making a list of friends and family.  The issue here is that most people are clueless about becoming an entrepreneur and may even think what you are doing is a scam.  People that are very assimilated in the main stream way of doing things are going to be standoffish to anything foreign.  My advise, find 2 or 3 people you know that you think have vision, are motivated and may be business minded.  Introduce them to the opportunity and share your vision.
 
Now that you have gotten started, head to the internet and build a blog.  The combination of blogging, social media and search engine marketing can be an extremely powerful lead generation strategy.  If you can get what you have to offer in front of enough people, lead generation should no longer be an issue.
 
Staying on the subject of online lead generation, one of the biggest tools that the top network marketing professionals use is an online mlm sales funnel.  This usually consists of a lead capture page, sales page, funded proposal and an email autoresponder.  Setting up one of these systems will allow you to consentrate on simple lead generation and web traffic work and not html and other technical things.
 
What we have to remember is this.  The network marketing business at its core is a relationship business.  If you are building your business online remember to look at these leads as a connection and not just a number.
 

Ditch The Name

Posted on November 27, 2011 in: Internet Marketing|Post Comment

How a digital marketer increased email optins to his list by 5-8%

Watch the cool video below.

 

 

Check it out…  43 split tests revealed!

 

 

The Google Plus Frontier

Posted on November 19, 2011 in: Internet Marketing, SEO, Social Media|Post Comment

Google, the search giant, uses over 200 signals to rank content within its search engines but there is a new frontier.

It seems like the Google usual suspects seem to rank well in the search results as long as they are relevant.

These would include:

  • Google places
  • Youtube videos
  • And now Google + posts?

Looks like when your post is shared using the Google + button, not only can it get shared in the social network itself, but it will gain search exposure because Google ranks Google + posts.

This opens up a whole new frontier of possibilities for SEO.

 

 

Say what you want about Google +.  If you are a website owner or in the SEO business, its time to embrace it.

Do you have a G+ button on your websites?

Do you have a G+ profile?

Does your business have a G+ page?

I'm currently adding all of these and taking advantage of the new trends.

 

SEO Traffic: 5 Steps For Massive Results

Posted on November 15, 2011 in: Internet Marketing, Marketing, SEO|Post Comment

In the internet marketing world, traffic is king of the castle.

Without traffic your website is in the so called internet wasteland instead of the internet time square.

Without traffic you can't split test sales letters, headlines and your just not going to know what your niche wants from you.

Here is a cool video from SEO Networker on the 5 steps to take for massive SEO results.

 

 

Get more videos like this right here.

 

 

Starting A Successful Home Business From Scratch

Posted on August 12, 2011 in: Business, Starting A Business|1 Comment

Taking the leap as an entrepreneur is starting to become a very popular thing online in today's fast paced world.  With micro blog sites like Twitter and regular blogging services like Blogger and WordPress, it's simple for an up and coming entrepreneur to get the word out online about a new business.  

So what should you do?

With the expense of a franchise and the high risk of the market, people are looking for new ways to make money and get into an online business.  There's MLM, direct sales, affiliate marketing, you could create your own product.  There are many different avenues with hundreds of angles you could take.

Here are the biggest things I would do in today's fast paced world if I were starting over from scratch.
 
Join a top tier direct sales company.  In other words, a network marketing type business where you make your money up front by the sales of products rather than waiting for a down-line to grow and make you money. Look for a company with a good informative product line where the entry level product pays you around a $1,000 commission.
 
The entry level product should cost around $1,500 to $2,000 dollars.
 
With this type of commission structure, you can create cash flow from your own efforts.  It also lets you put money back into your business like a real business due to the high commissions.  With an MLM business, you don't make enough money up front to cover your advertising and marketing costs.
 
So now you're in business for yourself.  You have the ability to get paid for products and services but how do you get your offer in front of the right people?  
 
Enter online marketing.  When someone does a search online they want a result that will answer a question or solve someone's problem.  Your job as a marketer should be to answer the questions by getting your product, service or opportunity in front of these buyers.  
 
It's easier than it sounds.  You'll need to setup a blog a blog or multiple blogs based on what you are offering, learn simple SEO techniques, onsite and offsite and create good, relevant content.  This is how you can start getting your content to the top of the search engines creating targeted web traffic which will turn into prospects for your business.
 
Now we've covered getting into business and learning online marketing on the content side but there is still another targeted form of search engine marketing that you can get started with that is extremely powerful.  
 
I'm talking about PPC advertising or pay per click.
 
PPC ads are the ads on the side of the search engines and are put there by advertisers based on the keywords that searchers are typing in.  You can create multiple ads based on multiple keywords and if done right it can bring targeted traffic to your website creating more prospects for your business.
 
If done wrong you can end up loosing a lot of money up front so be smart and start out small until you become more comfortable with what you are doing.
 
The direct sales industry is a great place to be if you are learning the right skills and I believe top tier direct marketing combined with online marketing is the best place to be due to the low cost, high reward opportunity.
 
Use these resources to successfully build an online home business

Starting A Simple Home Business

Posted on June 16, 2011 in: Business|Post Comment
America needs entrepreneurs. Wall Street has taken over Main Street. The middle class is being wiped out. Our jobs are being shipped overseas and have been for 30 years or more.
 
Now more than ever, we not only need to save ourselves but we need to save our country. Starting a simple home business is an easy way to do this. The home business industry is the only one that is creating steady growth in our economy.
 
There is no recession on the internet… 
 
People that once were slaves to society are now living a life of their dreams
 
Starting a home based business, internet business or a combination of both is now easier than ever. With tools like the internet you are now able to reach millions of people instead of small time advertising in your home town.
 
Lets get into the foundation.
 
The easiest way to start a business is affiliate marketing meaning you will be selling someone elses products.
 
The best kind of affiliate marketing is direct sales and network marketing because you can build a team of sales people under you so not only will you be able to earn cashflow from your efforts but from the efforts of others as well.
 
This is not old school MLM either.  With the internet and the advertising and marketing available today, the old 3-foot rule and list of friends and family are a thing of the past.  Does this mean no one does it anymore?  No. But with the power to reach millions, why settle for a list of people that do not have the mindset to run a business in the first place…
 
So What Is your Next Step?
 
Find a company with products that are relevant to the times and that has a payplan so you can get paid for your marketing efforts.  Old school MLM payplans are not friendly to people that want to earn on up front.  In my mind, the cashflow earned from my team is a bonus…  
 
By starting a simple home business and becoming a home business owner, you will not only be creating freedom and prosperity for yourself but you will have the ability to create that in others as well and that will be more rewarding than anything else.

Welcome

Posted on April 3, 2011 in: Business|Post Comment

Welcome to Simple Online Startup.

 

Your solution to starting an online home business without breaking the bank and getting involved with an expensive franchise which is the same as buying your own job or worse.

 

My goal here is to empower you with the tools, training and resources for you to not only start a business but to successfully build it using the power of the internet.