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How To Avoid Problems Running Multiple Affiliate Programs Through 1ShoppingCart
I recently relaunched Blog Masters Club and I did it via 1ShoppingCart. They aren’t my favorite system in the world, but they have a good balance of features for the price. One of my biggest annoyances with them, however, is the way they handle multiple affiliate programs through a single account. In this post, I’m [...]
Is Blogging Right For You?
Most of the people who read my blog and blogs like it are interested in making money from blogging.
Actually, if we just cut to the chase, they’re just interested in making money online. If blogging happens to be the way to do it, then so be it. Right?
The problem is that I think too many people are following this gig with the wrong expectations.
Maybe It’s Time To Practice A Little Minimalism In Your Business
There are two ways to make more money: (1) Make more money, (2) spend less.
Sounds like a life lesson passed down from our grandfather in a lecture about saving money. Of course, it is sound advice. Smart advice to apply to our business and our personal finances.
I’ve talked about minimalism before and I think there is a lot of truth to the workability of it. It is the idea of simple living, reducing the number of possessions, and increasing self-sufficiency. When you get rid of stuff in your life, you gain more time and you gain more mental energy. Many people have changed their lives for the better simply by getting rid of a lot of their stuff (to whatever degree they’re OK with).
What about applying it to our businesses?
The Quickest Path To A Market-Ready Membership Site [VIDEO]
You’ve probably heard by now how awesome a membership site is. It really is the hottest online business model going right now. Not only that, it is ideal for bloggers.
The possibilities with a membership site are many. While a recurring revenue model is nice, it isn’t necessary. Instead of selling some e-book, you could put the same information into a membership site and sell that as a one-time access free. A membership site can be as large or as small as you want it to be. It is very flexible and you can make changes on the fly as you learn new things about your market.
What The Blog Statistics You Track Say About You…
It has been said before in other circles:
You can’t control what you don’t measure.
This statement is true. It means that if you don’t track something and keep tabs on it, you are not in control of it.
Many people tend to think a statement like this is primarily relevant to executives and people who run a company. However, that is limited thinking. The truth is that this statement is relevant to everybody. To you.
And I’ll take it a step further…
OptimizePress – On The Inside [VIDEO]
I recently spilled the beans on my personal lovefest with OptimizePress. Today, I wanted to followup with a quick video showing the inside of this theme.
I’m going to take you “behind the scenes” into the pages of my Blog Masters Club launch, which I recently ran on top of OptimizePress. You might have seen the public side of that launch… now you can see how I set the whole thing up with OptimizePress.
Optimizepress Review – After Using It On Two Sites
It is rare when I see a Wordpress theme that actually gets me excited. One such theme I’ve been using lately is OptimizePress.
Now, by now, you may have heard about it. I’ve mentioned it before in a post about product launch platforms, and others have talked about it as well. But, since I originally mentioned it, I have a lot more personal experience with this theme.
As I said on my Toolbox page, I frickin LOVE this theme. And here’s why…
The 3 Harsh Truths About Making Money Online
My readers know that I tell it like it is. And, I’m about to do it again.
… Because I get asked questions fairly often, and sometimes those questions make me want to bash my head up against the wall.
The typical template of that question goes something like this….
If I work X hours per day, how long will it take me to be making $____ per month?
Ugh.
So, time to dish out some truths. Once you understand these things and accept them, the closer you’ll be to actually creating the success that you want online.
7 Colossal Mistakes Bloggers Make – And It Is KILLING Them
I just recently finished recording about 20 video blog evaluations for people (a bonus offer I had put out there that I was following through on). All in all, it took me probably close to 5 hours to record all of these videos. And, after doing so, I noticed something.
I’m seeing a LOT of the same mistakes being made over and over again.
This isn’t to say that there is only a single way to do things. Surely, there are probably people who would look at this very blog and disagree with some things (and that’s fine). But, my experience in this business speaks for something. Simply put, if you want to build traffic, keep traffic, and make money with a blog – there are certain things you want to not do.
So, after all of these reviews, I want to lay out what I believe are the most common mistakes – in no particular order.
Blog Evaluation: SoldByStyle (Blogging When The Purpose Is Getting Leads)
Today, I continue with my blog evaluations that I promised as part of the Only72 promotion a month or so ago. They were on pause due to the Blog Masters Club launch, and now we’re going to begin wrapping these up over the next couple weeks.
Today’s evaluation is of Sold By Style, a business blog for a home staging company up in Canada. And, in this evaluation, I talk about it from a different standpoint than many other bloggers – generating leads for an offline business.
Here’s the video….
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