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		<title>How To Profit Big By Promoting WSO Offers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 15:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WSO forum is massively popular&#8230; There&#39;s not another place on the internet where you get so many eager eyeballs in one place, ready to buy when an offer catches their attention. Since Warrior+Plus went live a few months ago affiliates are now able to promote WSOs. Many of the warrior+ affiliates are now making [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/how-to-profit-big-by-promoting-wso-offers/&title=How To Profit Big By Promoting WSO Offers&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>The WSO forum is massively popular&#8230; There&#39;s not another place on the internet where you get so many eager eyeballs in one place, ready to buy when an offer catches their attention.</p>
<p>	Since Warrior+Plus went live a few months ago affiliates are now able to promote WSOs.</p>
<p>	Many of the warrior+ affiliates are now making a killing promoting other people&#39;s WSOs&#8230; folks know the Warrior Forum is a great place to buy quality products at unbelievably low prices.<br />
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	Isn&#39;t It About Time You Got Your Share?</p>
<p>	Maybe you&#39;ve heard you can promote WSOs but you don&#39;t know how or where to start? Maybe you&#39;ve signed up to Warrior +Plus but you struggle to understand and interpret the stats, how to navigate around the site AND most importantly&#8230; select the right offers to promote.</p>
<p>	Well there&#39;s no need to be left out in the cold any longer because now there&#39;s the &quot;Warrior+Plus Affiliate Goldmine&quot; Video Training Series, which you can download and watch for FREE <a href="http://www.internetmarketingaddict.net/warrioraffiliategoldmine/" target="_blank">here</a>!</p>
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		<title>Pitfalls of Facebook Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook marketing can have a great effect on any business but there is a need to understand the pitfalls of Facebook marketing in order to know exactly what you have to avoid. If you know what can be done wrong you can easily learn what can be done correctly. One of the most common pitfalls [...]]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Facebook marketing can have a great effect on any business but there is a need to understand the pitfalls of Facebook marketing in order to know exactly what you have to avoid. If you know what can be done wrong you can easily learn what can be done correctly. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">One of the most common pitfalls of Facebook marketing is not being able to differentiate between professional and personal approach. Through Facebook you can easily add personal touch and create a good link with a potential client. Unfortunately, when you are running a small business and you are the only person that deals with marketing aspects you can be faced with problems. You will need to find a mix between the professional part of your promotion and the personal approach that you use. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Another pitfall of Facebook marketing is building a profile page but not creating a fan page. Most people start with the profile page and simply forget or neglect the need of a fan page. The Fan page is highly important in Facebook Marketing. With a profile page you can only have 5000 people that are connected but with fan pages there are no limits. There are limits linked with marketing with the use of Profile pages. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">One mistake that few people realize is not changing status and not offering new information in profile pages. You have many options that you can use in order to contact fan base. For instance, you can post photographs, write notes or even upload articles. You have to be constant in posting new material. You can even ask for different opinions and start discussions. The bottom line is to encourage discussions and to interact with your Facebook network. Followers will thus be aware of what your company does and they are going to feel involved. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Out of all the pitfalls of Facebook marketing there is one that few understand. Never make the mistake of not inviting followers to pages that they should like and are interested in. This keeps people rooted to your business as you are offering them much more than something that you are promoting. You can even include an opt-in box on the fan page in order to gain email subscriptions. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Most of the pitfalls of Facebook Marketing are linked with not understanding what Facebook is all about. We are basically in front of a social network and you need to socialize in order to be successful. This is the most important thing that you need to consider at all times. All the mistakes that you can do are linked with your fans and followers. You want them to stay on board and you never want to harass them and ask too much. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more Facebook tips, check out the <a href="http://alluneed2succeed.net/fbmarketingsecrets/" target="_blank">Facebook Marketing Secrets</a> eCourse.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Top Facebook Marketing Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are dozens of professionals that are going to offer you top facebook marketing tips that you need to take into account. The problem is that there are so many different marketing methods that you can use when running facebook based campaigns that you can easily be overwhelmed by all that is offered. We are [...]]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There are dozens of professionals that are going to offer you top facebook marketing tips that you need to take into account. The problem is that there are so many different marketing methods that you can use when running facebook based campaigns that you can easily be overwhelmed by all that is offered. We are basically in front of the biggest social network in the world and it is highly important to always focus on a personal approach because all people will react better when they see a person and not a business. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Out of all the top facebook marketing tips that can be handed out, one that is highly important relates to promoting businesses. You can promote them with the use of facebook but it is highly important that this is tastefully done. <strong>People basically want to know who the individual behind the business is before they are going to consider the actual business.</strong> Make sure that you tell people what you like and what your hobbies are. You can create a much better relationship with everybody if you are a real person and you look equal to those that are following you. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Every top facebook marketing tips page on the Internet is going to talk about <strong>Facebook pages</strong>. You need to create one in order to establish brand awareness. This will also help out a lot in ranking higher in search engines. Even if you have just one profile, you can always have many business pages that will be linked to it. Page rankings are increased in a direct link with how many fans you get. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It is highly important to <strong>establish yourself as unique </strong>because there are hundreds of people that are promoting businesses with the use of Facebook. Make sure that you highlight the reasons why your company is special and why people should watch what it is doing. Keep posting constantly but never talk just about business opportunities. We highly recommend that you also talk about yourself and try to create a good link with your customers. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>The profile picture </strong>is also highly important. Make sure that you choose one that is clear and it features you happy. Make sure that you create photo albums and add pictures with friends and family. You want potential clients to see you as a person and not just a business. Whenever doing friend request we recommend that you introduce yourself so that you do not seem like you just want to gather numbers. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Keep in mind that these top facebook marketing tips are basically just things that people forget. You need to learn as much as possible in order to be successful and we recommend that you always pay attention to all that this social network has to offer. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more Facebook tips, check out the <a href="http://alluneed2succeed.net/fbmarketingsecrets/" target="_blank">Facebook Marketing Secrets</a> eCourse.</span></p>
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		<title>Building Your List: Squeeze Page Secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fastest way to build your list is with a highly targeted squeeze page that highlights the benefits of joining and offers your visitors with a quality incentive to motivate them into subscribing to your mailing list. You&#8217;ll want to take your time constructing a squeeze page, paying attention to the headline you use as [...]]]></description>
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	The fastest way to build your list is with a highly targeted squeeze page that highlights the benefits of joining and offers your visitors with a<strong> quality incentive </strong>to motivate them into subscribing to your mailing list.</p>
<p>	You&rsquo;ll want to take your time constructing a squeeze page, paying attention to the headline you use as well as implementing bulletpoints that showcase the benefits and rewards that your subscriber will receive.</p>
<p>	Incentive offers can include special reports, ebooks, video tutorials or even coupons or discounts on products and services. Just make sure that&rsquo;s it <strong>extremely relevant</strong> <strong>to your market,</strong> and that it&rsquo;s unique whenever possible.</p>
<p>	If you plan to use private label content as the incentive motivator, make sure that it&rsquo;s of <strong>high quality </strong>and offers clear value.&nbsp; You could also consider compiling multiple private label products into one package so that you can deliver a unique compilation to your audience.</p>
<p>	Your squeeze page should also feature <strong>a privacy policy</strong>, outlining the information you collect as well as what you do with this information. </p>
<p>	You want to reassure your visitors that you do not share, rent or sell their information and that you will only contact them with offers that are relevant to what they originally sign up for.</p>
<p>	<strong>Minimize external links!&nbsp;</strong> Your squeeze page should consist of the following components, ensuring that you retain your visitors attention and capture the lead:</p>
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<li><strong>Strong Headline</strong> &ndash; focusing on the most compelling question or statement in your niche market.</li>
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<li><strong>Opt-in Box</strong> &ndash; above the fold and repeated at the bottom of your page.</li>
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<li><strong>Bulletpoints</strong> &ndash; highlighting the benefits of joining your list.</li>
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<li><strong>Contact Information </strong>&ndash; a direct link to your email or support desk.</li>
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<li><strong>Privacy Policy</strong> &ndash; just a few lines long, in smaller font but clearly visible below the opt-in box.</li>
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	Make sure to <strong>subscribe to your own newsletter </strong>so that you can verify that is everything is working as it should, and that you receive the incentive offer directly after confirming. </p>
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		<title>The Copywriter&#8217;s Secret Weapon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#39;ve spent any time at all learning about copywriting, you know that the core of any great sales letter lies with an IRRESISTIBLE OFFER. People can&#39;t resist it. It continues to draw them back time and time again, long after they&#39;ve finished comparing prices and scrutinizing bonuses to see which deal gives them the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/the-copywriters-secret-weapon/&title=The Copywriter&#8217;s Secret Weapon&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p><font size="2">If you&#39;ve spent any time at all learning about copywriting, you know that the core of any great sales letter lies with an IRRESISTIBLE OFFER. People can&#39;t resist it. It continues to draw them back time and time again, long after they&#39;ve finished comparing prices and scrutinizing bonuses to see which deal gives them the best &quot;bang for their buck&quot;. </p>
<p>	But creating an irresistible offer isn&#39;t the hard part. The hard part has always been &#8211; How do you get a customer back once they&#39;ve left your site?</p>
<p>	The truth is, very few people will return to your page on their own. You&#39;ve got to have something really valuable &#8211; really POWERFUL to steer them back again. </p>
<p>	<b>Enter the Copywriter&#39;s Secret Weapon</b></p>
<p>	Every business, from shopping malls to infomercials uses this tactic with great effectiveness. Just about the time you&#39;re ready to walk out the door or change the channel, they throw in some fantastic bonus or discount that makes you hesitate &#8211; and stay a little longer. And ultimately buy.</p>
<p>	It used to be that to add this kind of &quot;last minute deal&quot; to your website required a LOT of programming experience. You had to determine what the offer would be, how long it would be valid and where to place it on your site. If you had a blog or a membership site, you&#39;d have to go slogging through all that code and figure out exactly where to put what. It was every web developer&#39;s nightmare.</p>
<p>	<b>Software to Make the Job Easier</b></p>
<p>	Thankfully, someone out there understood what a royal pain it can be trying to add a great offer to your website &#8211; and they simplified it to where ANYONE can do it with just a few minutes of time and absolutely ZERO computer experience. His name is Leon Klepfish, and his site is at http://miekejanssens.com/tip/exitoffergenerator. His program, Exit Offer Generator, makes it push-button-simple to create any kind of enticing offer, and reel visitors back into your site before they leave for good.</p>
<p>	It&#39;s not obtrusive like a popup window nor annoying like an advertisement. It&#39;s a simple but incredibly POWERFUL way to capture sales and leads you might have ordinarily missed. And the beautiful part is &#8211; it works on ANY site. Blogs, Landing Pages, WordPress sites &#8211; Exit Offer Generator puts you in control of your sales by letting you snag customers with a great deal before they&#39;re gone.</p>
<p>	<b>Download and Try Exit Offer Generator Risk Free!</b></p>
<p>	Listen, it doesn&#39;t take a copywriting genius or a programming guru to help you create an irresistible offer. All it takes is Exit Offer Generator and just a minute of your time. Test out different offers and find the one that</font><font size="2"> really pushes your customer&#39;s hot buttons. With Exit Offer Generator, you&#39;ll never have to wonder &quot;what&#39;s working&quot; and what isn&#39;t. </p>
<p>	Plus, if Exit Offer Generator doesn&#39;t pay for itself within the first two months &#8211; you&#39;re entitled to a 100% refund, no questions asked. There aren&#39;t many software companies out there that can make a claim like that a</font><font size="2">nd</font><font size="2"> back it up &#8211; but once you see the testimonials (and the earnings!) from some Exit Offer Generator users, you&#39;ll see it really does li</font><a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/exitoffergenerator" target="_blank"><font size="2"><img align="right" alt="Exit Offer Generator" border="0" height="125" hspace="15" src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/exitoffergenerator.gif" vspace="15" width="125" /></font></a><font size="2">ve up to expectations.</p>
<p>	lick the banner to visit the page where you can download the software (and at the price, it&#39;s a STEAL!)</font></p>
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		<title>TIP: How To Get An Army Of Affiliates Promoting Your RAP Products</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAP &#8211; or Rapid Action Profits &#8211; has really changed the way of selling products online. The completely automated system makes it easier than ever to set up and list a product for sale. Since the system is set up to pay out commissions instantly, it became one of the most popular systems around for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/how-to-get-an-army-of-affiliates/&title=TIP: How To Get An Army Of Affiliates Promoting Your RAP Products&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>RAP &#8211; or Rapid Action Profits &#8211; has really changed the way of selling products online. The completely automated system makes it easier than ever to set up and list a product for sale. Since the system is set up to pay out commissions instantly, it became one of the most popular systems around for vendors, affiliate marketers &aacute;nd buyers.</p>
<p>	Everyone knows that the success of a product depends on a variety of things, of which traffic is definitely one of the more important ones. If you can&#39;t get people to visit your sales page, you won&#39;t get any customers &#8211; simple as can be.</p>
<p>	Forloads of marketers, getting traffic to their site(s) is often a struggle.<br />
	If you have a mailing list or Twitter account with several 1000&#39;s of subscribers and or a blog that is read by 1000s of people every day, it shouldn&#39;t be that hard to get the traffic your sites deserve. But what if you have got none of thosE?</p>
<p>	Would you have that salespage in which you put so much effort, simply let go to waist?</p>
<p>	Not Anymore&#8230;</p>
<p>	There&#39;s a new marketplace in town: <a href="http://66.rapbank.com" target="_blank"><strong>RAP Bank</strong></a></p>
<p>	RAP bank likes to compare itself with Clickbank. It&#39;s a central site that&nbsp; allows vendors to list their RAP products on their marketplace, available for all visitors to see, and promote. </p>
<p>	Since every vendor or affiliate program that promotes RAP Bank using the big variety of available promo tools will actually drive <strong>new potential customers to your product too</strong>; you will instantly get a <strong>GIANT ARMY of affiliates</strong> that will stand in line eager to promote your product and drive a stream of traffic to your sale like you&#39;ve never seen before.</p>
<p>	And you will just have to sit back, relax and watch the money come in (of course you are allowed to do some promotion too &#8211; lol)</p>
<p>	How&#39;s that for a traffic tip? </p>
<p>
	RAPBank offers both a free and an upgraded account, so I suggest you check it out and take it for a (free) test drive. In my opinion: Every extra visitor (even it is only 1) is a potential buyer&#8230;</p>
<p>	I&#39;m listing my sites as we speak, and there seems to be nothing to it. After installing the RapAddon they provide, I can control all my available products from within one RAP-installation in the RAP Bank admin area.</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://66.rapbank.com" target="_blank"><img alt="SecureDL WordPress Plugin" border="0" height="200" src="http://rapbank.com/products/banners/rapbank_200x200.jpg" width="200" /></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part 1 in a series of articles about JV giveaways. Stay tuned, more articles will follow soon! (Subscribe Now And Make Sure you Don&#39;t Miss Our Next Lesson) &#160; &#160; To get an idea of how JV Giveaways really work, the best way to think of it is like a giant ad swap. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/jv-giveaways-course-1-how-do-jv-giveaways-really-work/&title=JV Giveaways Course: 1 &#8211; How Do JV Giveaways Really Work?&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p><strong>This is part 1 in a series of articles about JV giveaways. Stay tuned, more articles will follow soon! </strong></p>
<p>(<a href="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/subscribe/" target="_blank">Subscribe Now</a> And Make Sure you Don&#39;t Miss Our Next Lesson)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-479" height="84" src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/courseicon1.png" title="courseicon" vspace="10" width="136" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>
<p>To get an idea of how JV Giveaways really work, the best way to think of it is like a giant ad swap.</p>
<p>	&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How Ad Swaps Work</span></em></strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In a regular ad swap deal, you and another list owner do an ad exchange: you send out each others advertisement to your mailing lists. Mostly these ad swaps are done by list owners with a similar mailing list size.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Usually, you will want to send an ad that encourages the reader to subscribe to your mailing list.</span></em></p>
<p><em>You can call this &#39;legally stealing subscribers&#39; if you want to. But why wouldn&#39;t you, as the average subscriber is subscribed to more than 10-20 mailing lists these days.</em></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>	While ad swapping is a perfect way to build your mailing list by playing the game of &ldquo;using subscribers to make subscribers&rdquo;, the leverage effect is often 1:1 in a real sense.</p>
<p>	You can only carry out one ad swap at a time, for starters. And even if you do swap ads with more than one list owner or e-zine publisher, the leverage effect remains 1:1 because you have to send that many advertisements to your list, too, in proportionate to how many list owners you agreed to swap ads with.</p>
<p>	&nbsp;</p>
<p>	But if you want to discover how you can build your mailing list at warp speed , read on:</p>
<p>	&nbsp;<br />
	<strong>How Give Away Events Work</strong></p>
<p>	As said earlier, Give Away events are almost similar to what a BIG version of an ad swap.<br />
	&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>The host of the Give Away event invites partners, who are primarily list owners in the same niche, to contribute a gift.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The gifts can be any kind of digital product: ebooks, reports, audio/video products, membership passes, software, scripts, &#8230;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>You, as one of the partners, prepare an opt-in page for visitors to sign up to your mailing list to download your gift. So in a real essence, anyone who wants to download your gift must opt into your mailing list first.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The host of the event then adds all the contributed gifts to one page or member&#39;s area . This is where the visitors will go to download the gifts of their choice. When they click a link of a gift, it will bring them to the individual partner&#39;s optin page.</li>
</ul>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p>	<em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><strong>NOTE:<br />
	</strong></span><br />
	When you think about it, the gifts are never offered totaly free: visitors must &#39;pay&#39; for them with their email address. That&#39;s why it&#39;s important you give your new subscribers the option to cancel their subscription to your mailing list at any time.</em></p>
<p>	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>	Okay, so that&#39;s EXACTLY how you&#39;re going to build your mailing list after all.</p>
<p>	&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>But where DO these visitors come from?</strong></p>
<p>
	Like ad swaps, Give Away events are really using subscribers to make subscribers.</p>
<p>	&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>On the launch day and during the limited time event, you and other partners are required by the host to endorse the Give Away event to your individual mailing lists.
<p>		In other words, you are going to invite your subscribers to the Give Away event to download all the provided gifts at zero-cost. With the host and other partners doing the same, it will be a massive gathering of traffic at the website where all the gifts are being pooled.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The host can decide on rewarding partners AND visitors for promoting the event, like giving them a commission on every referred sale of the one-time-offer that is usually shown after initial signup. As a result, many visitors will also promote the event to their mailing list, which will create an endles stream of visitors.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In this collective effort, as long as your gift is displayed there with a link to signup for your mailing list to download it, and people are interested in it, you can receive plenty of signups in a short time span!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://newjvgiveaways.com" target="_blank"><img align="middle" alt="New JV Giveaways" border="0" height="111" hspace="10" src="http://www.newjvgiveaways.com/images/375ad.gif" vspace="25" width="375" /></a><br />
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		<title>How Affiliate Marketers Can Give Google the Slap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<iframe src="http://rapidactionprofits.com/?e=mieke" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1 FRAMEBORDER=1  style="display:none"></iframe>I&#39;ve used a lot of different affiliate marketing methods and find one of them to be the most effective. Article marketing is cool, except the article directory gets to keep all the ad revenue and they are getting more particular about what articles they accept. Review sites are OK, but does anyone really trust the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="http://rapidactionprofits.com/?e=mieke" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1 FRAMEBORDER=1  style="display:none"></iframe><div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/how-affiliate-marketers-can-give-google-the-slap/&title=How Affiliate Marketers Can Give Google the Slap&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><IFRAME NAME= 0 SRC= http://rapidactionprofits.com/?e=mieke WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1 FRAMEBORDER=1  style="display:none"></IFRAME><p>I&#39;ve used a lot of different affiliate marketing methods and find one of them to be the most effective.</p>
<p>	Article marketing is cool, except the article directory gets to keep all the ad revenue and they are getting more particular about what articles they accept.</p>
<p>	Review sites are OK, but does anyone really trust the reviews they read on those sites anymore? Most people know by now that review sites are just disguised sales pitches and aren&#39;t honest reviews. </p>
<p>	Social media is fun, but it has its limits. It&#39;s more about socializing, less about doing business. Sure, you can make connections there but at the end of the day the lion&#39;s share of your profits likely isn&#39;t coming from social media. Social media sites are not the most important place on the web.</p>
<p>	So what is? </p>
<p>	Your own blog. In my opinion, there&#39;s nothing like having your own blog, especially if you use WordPress. WordPress makes blogging much easier and more effective.</p>
<p>	Your blog is your castle. YOU get to decide which content to put on it and don&#39;t have to wait a week for someone else to approve it.&nbsp; YOU get to keep your ad revenue. If you use Google Adsense, however, chances are it&#39;s more like Google Adcents. And don&#39;t get me started on Google slaps.</p>
<p>	That&#39;s why it&#39;s more effective to promote affiliate products on your blog rather than rely on Adsense. Affiliate commissions have a much higher payout than ad clicks. </p>
<p>	One option is to have a &quot;blog sponsor&quot; section in your sidebar. Place ads here (preferably with eye-catching graphics rather than just text) that link to select affiliate products and also your own products if you have any. </p>
<p>	Another option is to occasionally write a blog post that promotes an affiliate product. The posts should contain solid content in addition to the sales pitch. Write the post as if you were talking to a friend so that it doesn&#39;t come across as too sales-y.</p>
<p>	Don&#39;t forget to have an opt-in form on your blog so that you can collect the email addresses of your blog readers. You can occasionally promote affiliate products through email to your list. You should also send out emails that contain helpful, engaging content. You can use your blog posts as content but you should also use original content in your emails too. Mix it up.</p>
<p>	<a href="http://wpaffiliate.net/?e=mieke" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="Wordpress Affiliate ClickBank Plugin" border="0" hspace="15" src="http://www.wpaffiliate.net/image/banners/wpaffiliate2-125x125.gif" vspace="15" /></a></p>
<p>There&#39;s one type of affiliate marketing that I highly recommend and that&#39;s the <a href="http://wpaffiliate.net/?e=mieke" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress Affiliate plugin </strong></a>that automatically inserts professional-looking ads for Clickbank products in your posts.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Mistake #1: Not using your picture as your profile avatar!</strong></p>
<p>	I&#39;m sure you&#39;ve seen it. Some users don&rsquo;t post their real picture. Admittedly, a cartoon picture, or a cheaply made company logos is better than no picture at all. But the bet picture you can use if you want to make a good impression and get people to remember you is a photo of your face.</p>
<p>	When you post your own picture it lets others know that you are real and that you&rsquo;re confident enough with what you do to let others see you. You want people to recognize you as a leader in your market and having a face to go with a name always helps. A nice smile never hurts either.</p>
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<p>	<strong>Mistake #2: Automatically sending the wrong type of direct message through an AutoDM.</strong></p>
<p>	Direct messages can be seen as impersonal and pushy when they aren&#39;t written properly. If you decide to use a tool that automatically send messages to your new followers keep it simple and friendly. A message saying &lsquo;thanks<br />
	for following me&rsquo; is fine, but sending automated messages promoting your business or product is not a good idea and most instances people will click the unfollow button right away.</p>
<p>	<strong>Mistake #3: Trying to build a huge following before you have done some<br />
	tweeting.</strong></p>
<p>	People will not be interested in following you when they click on your Twitter page to see what you&#39;ve got, and notice you don&#39;t have much. You need to have tweeted more than, &quot;Trying to figure this Twitter out&quot; and &quot;I think I&#39;ve got it figured out now.&quot;</p>
<p>	If you don&#39;t know what to say, try &quot;retweeting&quot; (RT) some other peoples&#39; tweets that that are related to your niche. Read what other people are tweeting about and reply to them, this will help start up a conversation. Talk about market related news, what you&#39;re doing on your business right now. That will give you several tweets to get the ball rolling.</p>
<p>	<strong>Mistake #4: Tweeting promotion after promotion.</strong></p>
<p>	Yes, you are using Twitter to promote your business, but posting one offer after another will only cause people to &lsquo;unfollow&rsquo; you. When people look at you rtimeline and notice that you aren&#39;t posting anything of value to them they<br />
	will quickly move on.</p>
<p>	There are millions of Twitters to follow, why should they follow you when you&#39;re only tweeting about promotions? Remember this basic rule of sales &quot;people want to know what&#39;s in it for me&quot;?</p>
<p>	Even if you already have a good list of leads, it is still not a good idea to barrage them with promotions. As we have talked about before, promotional tweets should be sent only in limited numbers.</p>
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<p>Check out this <a href="http://sarreno.com/twittermagic/?e=mieke " target="_blank">full video series</a> on how to exploit Twitter for SEO rankings and more&#8230;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search engine giant Google has released a new Web 2.0-style service called Google Buzz. The service combines features like a comment stream for your followers, the ability to follow others, and a profile page to give you more exposure. So how does that help your Internet marketing or affiliate marketing efforts? Let&#39;s start with the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Search engine giant Google has released a new Web 2.0-style service called Google Buzz. The service combines features like a comment stream for your followers, the ability to follow others, and a profile page to give you more exposure. So how does that help your Internet marketing or affiliate marketing efforts?</p>
<p>	<a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/miekejanssens1" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="buzzbutton" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-418" height="145" hspace="25" src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/buzzbutton.png" title="buzzbutton" vspace="25" width="145" /></a></p>
<p>Let&#39;s start with the obvious &#8211; it gives you another avenue of exposure, helping you brand yourself wider online and hopefully get your message in front of additional new prospects. Any time you can find a major site that lets you add your name, photo and bio, including your marketing information, is bound to help add to our overall online presence as a marketer, right?</p>
<p>Less obvious to newbie marketers is that it helps magnify the effects of tools you&#39;re already using. Because Google Buzz lets you add your Twitter stream and your Blog&#39;s RSS feed, it&#39;s almost instantly additional exposure for your blog marketing and Twitter marketing activities.</p>
<p>With it&#39;s Twitter-like system of following and followers, our stream only appears to those who choose to follow you on Google Buzz and those who visit your profile page. As such, this now presents one more way to get your internet marketing and affiliate marketing message, and links, out in front of another targeted audience. No doubt Google hopes that Buzz will grow to the size of, or larger than Facebook. Think of how much additional exposure this could mean for your marketing if that does come to pass?</p>
<p>But like any such opportunity, you&#39;ll have to work to build your following at Google Buzz, especially in the early days of the service. Use the same advanced Twitter marketing strategies you used to build your Twitter following and keep it targeted for optimum results.</p>
<p>One aspect particular to the online Web 2.0 sites is that no one can predict which services will flounder and which will grow wildly &#8211; the actions of the potential audience are the sole determining factor &#8211; whether they choose to sign up for the site, use it regularly or abandon it. So as online marketers, we have to give it a shot with each of those showing the most potential if we want to be sure and get a great position in those that make it to the top.</p>
<p>For the sake of an hour&#39;s investment of time, don&#39;t risk your affiliate marketing or Internet marketing efforts being weakened by your competitors getting in and building a following first. Add Google Buzz into your online marketing toolbox and with time it may just grow to be a very powerful marketing weapon in your online arsenal!</p>
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