Are You a Wealthy Affiliate or Do You Just Wish You Were?

For those of you who have been around the Profits Online Blog for a while, you've probably noticed I have an absolute thing for Wealthy Affiliate. Though they were already successful online marketers, Carson and Kyle started the Wealthy Affiliate University in 2005 and never looked back. Now it's been voted the #1 Internet Marketing training program by more than half a million websites . . . and counting.

Not only will you learn how to make money on line, you will be given the tools to succeed. And if you have questions, there is a whole forum of successful internet marketers who are happy to tell the straight scoop.

The members list of Wealthy Affiliate looks like a whose-who of internet marketing. Travis Sago (Creator of Bum Marketing & Magic of Making Up), Jennifer Ledbetter (PotPieGirl.com), Chris McNeeny (Day Job Killer), Kelly Stone (Squidoo Queen), not to mention Carson and Kyle themselves and that's just to name a few. And these are not just people with their names on the members list, these people are active members on the forum.

There is no place on the internet you can get the information you'll have access to on Wealthy Affiliate. If you're serious about succeeding online, you need to be a Wealthy Affiliate.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Here's a Tip on Squidoo Lens Rings

Kelly Stone is the foremost (at least in my opinion) expert on marketing from Squidoo and the author of Squidoo Queen.

Kelly will have you up and running on Squidoo in nothing flat - and her expertise won't cost you an arm and a leg either. Learn how to make money online in your spare time.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Have You Set Up A Hub Yet?

If you haven't yet set up a Hub Page you may be missing out on a great marketing tool. As many of you know, Squidoo is a great way to reach your market, make sales and drive traffic to your website. Well just a Squidoo can do all this for your business, Hub Pages can do the same thing.

For those who have set up Squidoo pages, you'll find that Hub Pages work on the same principle. You write your Hub page about anything your little heart desires, and you earn revenue, which is split with the 'Hub'.

You add capsules just as you would a Squidoo page module and you can add content, pictures, Google AdSense, RSS Feeds and even eBay and Amazon items for sale. And once you get your account set up, I believe its even easier to set up than the other pages. Click here to set up a Hub Page.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Need an Easy Way to Set Up Your PPC Campaigns?

Here's a couple of tools you may find helpful as you set up and do maintenance to your AdWords Advertising campaigns. The first is a tool which manipulates your keywords for endless permutations of your basic phrase. In addition to permutations, it will also format your keywords for broad, phrase and exact match at the touch of a button. This can all be done with the free personal version, however if you have further needs, you can purchase the professional version and the sky's the limit. Click here to download your free copy of Keyword Transformer.

As you're formatting your keywords to start your AdWords campaign, you can also tell Keyword Transformer to format your keywords to go into your Google AdWords Editor. The editor can be filled out offline, your information saved, and then upload. With this nifty tool, you can have one or maybe several different campaigns ready to go offline, and then just touch a button and upload to Google. It's a great time saver, and this tool is also free, and can be downloaded by clicking the highlighted text above.

Hope you enjoy the free tools. Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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My Very Favorite Product

For anyone who's been to my website or visited this blog, there is little question as to what my favorite product is. But just in case there is someone dropping by for the first time and in doubt, it's Wealthy Affiliate.

There may be some though, who wonder why I'm so bullish on this product. So, I've put together a Wealthy Affiliate Review site that gives a little more information and will show you how you can get the best and most current information and training available about Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing and Pay-Per-Click.

With that said, I hope your day is going well and you're having great success.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Get your Why before your How!

Just a quick post about marketing products - be it on the Internet or anywhere else. You've got to understand your customer's "WHY".

What's your niche? Do you sell golf supplies - clubs, balls, instruction manuals? Why do your customers want these things? You've got to understand their "why" before you can decide "how" to market these things in the way they're looking for them.

You've got to get the "why" before you'll know your "how". You've got to know your customers "why" before you'll know how you should market.

Somehow that seems a little confusing when it's written down, but I think you get my drift. Hope your day is going well and you're having great success.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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How to Make Money Online without a Website

This is a very popular question and because of this I thought I might just touch on the possibilities once more. It is very possible to make money online without a website - all it takes is a little time and effort.

First and most obvious I would think would be blogging. Anyone can blog. Just chat about the things you know or learn about your chosen 'Niche' and recommend any quality products you find which might help your readers.

In addition to recommending products, you can also sell ads on your blog, to either Google or others for additional income.

Other ways to generate cash are to write articles. Write about issues in your chosen niche and once again recommend quality products which will solve problems for your readers, specific to your chosen niche.

Follow the links if you would like additional information on either choosing a niche, or learning to blog or if you wish to try your hand at article marketing.

Hope your day is going well and you're having great success.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Market Your Affiliate Products with Ads

Lots of time we get our minds fixed on something and then we have trouble letting go of the idea.  I do a lot of  Article Marketing  and sometimes I have more products and keywords to promote than I have time to write articles for.   So they get shoved to the background and often I never get to them.

But I can write several ads in the time it takes to write one article . . . duh, but I sort of forget I can use ads as well as articles.

In case you've never tried them,  USFreeAds  is a great inexpensive way to market affiliate products.   For $9.95 a month, you can place an unlimited number of ads each month, that automatically renew.  (Tip: You can get a  premium acount for less  if you follow this link and my advise.)

And if you haven't checked us out lately, drop by the EarnOnYourComputer website . . . we've had a facelift.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Are Your Landing Pages Relevant?

Are Your Landing Pages Relevant? Relevant to what you ask? Relevant to the keywords you’ve optimized your page for.

If you have lots of traffic but no sales Relevancy could be your problem. Let’s say you have a keyword phrase extolling the virtues of an acne e-book that’s suppose to be the greatest and latest cure for acne. But the landing page you send your customers to keeps talking about scientific research into the causes of acne or how to cover those zits with makeup. No Sale!

Make sure your landing pages deal with the questions your potential customers have. Be the ultimate matchmaker. Your customers have questions and problems – and you have the answer. Make sure they know you have the answer to their dilemma right away.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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How to make a Squidoo Lens

Today we're going to look at how to creat a Squidoo Lens. You can make a lens and sell products using your affiliate link without even having a website.

You will still want to do your niche research. (Here is a link for help finding a profitable niche.) And you'll want to find profitable keywords (click here for the best keyword tool at the most economical price).

Check out this free video to explain how to open a Squidoo Lens. This video has some great information.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Who are you marketing to?

Whether you’re doing business at the local mall or online, you’ve got to know your market. And if you’re doing business on the internet, over the last seven years the average internet user has changed.

According to eMarketer, the internet market that use to be mostly men is now mostly women – and likely to stay that way. In 2007, women equal about 51.7% of the internet population, and those numbers are expected to reach 51.9% by 2011.

Among other information reported, the eMarketers’ Women Online report analyzes the impact that new Internet video content and advertising are having—or not having—on female Internet users, who make up that very large US Internet population.

Amid all the excitement online video is causing, marketers must keep one fact in mind: Of the estimated 97 million females online in the US, only 66% of them actually watch videos online, compared with 78% of males who do. This and other statistics may change the way you want to market to your potential clients.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Affiliate Marketing - Heads-Up

Greetings fellow marketers, this morning I found this information waiting on my newsfeed:

Monday Daniel Gross of Slate.com reported “Starbucks attributed its lackluster quarterly earnings to long waits caused by people ordering frozen drinks -- which take longer to prepare than coffee -- to beat the summer heat. Please. Many businesses that cater to "the better-off" are struggling.” In recent years, retailers catering to the ‘better-off’ have thrived. But now, there's mounting evidence that rising inflation, slow wage growth, and higher energy prices are pinching the upper-middle class. In the past few weeks, several of the companies that cater to those with more disposable cash, have reported disappointing results; while those who supply the working class are seeing a rise in sales.

As an affiliate marketer, even if you’re not pushing coffee sales, this ought to give you a ‘heads-up’? Though your niche may stay the same your marketing strategies ought to change. With this information in mind, you might want to be a little more inclined to push products that have a greater perceived value but are easier on the pocket book. You’ll want to make sure your customer feels she’s getting the most for her money.

Uh-oh, I can hear the affiliate gurus now saying if you sell the high priced item you only have to sell maybe one item to get X amount of dollars, you’d have to sell a lot more of a less expensive item to make the same amount of money. And while this is true, it’s not so much about the price of the item as the perception it’s a good deal (though a lower price is one of the easiest ways to accomplish this.)

We know from our own lives, the cost of living is out pacing wage increases, and the bills still have to be paid. Our customers are going to have less money available for non-essentials. They’ll still want the product; but they’ll be looking for the best deal. Now more than ever, as a good affiliate marketer, it’s up to you to make sure they see they’ll get their best deal when they shop with you.

All the best,
Joyce
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