Internet Marketing in Plain English

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After selling out in an amazing 36 hours, on March 16 you’re getting a second chance to buy Niche Blueprint. It will again only be available for a very limited time.

This program has proven to be every bit as phenomenal as I thought it would be. We’ve watched students take the Niche Blueprint information and turn it into fully functioning, first page Google ranking, making money, e-commerce stores. They’re getting ranked highly thanks to step-by-step instructions on search engine optimization and linking. And they’re making money thanks to step-by-step instructions on market and keyword research.

Two promises I always make to my readers and subscribers…I won’t bombard you with sales promotions or emails…and I won’t lie to you…ever.

I first met Travis Sago in the Wealthy Affiliate forum where I was a member for several months. It was a great learning experience for me, I met some wonderful people, and a handful of them I remain in touch with, almost 2 years later.

I’ve watched in awe as Travis’ business has mushroomed into an online empire, and yet Travis remains as calm and laid back as he was in the WA forum. To hear Travis talk, he could be sitting on your porch, drinking a cup of coffee with you as he explains simple ways to put more money in your pocket.

Okay, this post will undoubtedly ruffle some feathers, but I feel compelled to say it anyway. And thanks to the internet, I have this platform upon which I can state my opinion.

First of all, I generally don’t like things I feel are being shoved down my throat. And right now, I’m about to choke on Web Prosperity.

But, because I try to be fair, I don’t know much about this company or the man in all the videos. So maybe I’ve gotten the wrong impression. In fact, I’m almost HOPING I’ve gotten the wrong impression.

If you haven’t heard of Niche Blueprint yet, don’t worry, you will. Niche Blueprint is the latest offering from Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey, the brilliant minds behind Commission Blueprint. One by one, they’re revealing the diverse streams of income they’ve used to become millionaires.

Me…I’ve been listening to everything they say.

Niche Blueprint is a comprehensive study course, released over a period of several weeks, at the end of which time you should have a fully functioning, profitable ecommerce store. Now that may sound intimidating, but I can assure you, it’s presented in such a way that you won’t be overwhelmed by too much information, and you’ll always know what steps you need to take next.

Today is the first day of a brand new year…full of hope and promise, giving us a clean slate for fresh starts, making changes, and accomplishing goals.

It’s also a good time to reflect on the year that just ended. Are you where you hoped you’d be? Is your business at the level you planned for? I have to admit, I squandered a lot of time in 2008 - lack of focus, excuses, procrastination - I didn’t really get serious until about September…what a waste.

There are all sorts of debates over which keyword tool is the best or which html editor is the most user-friendly, but there can be no argument that without traffic you cannot succeed.

It doesn’t matter how magnificent your web design is or how engaging and informative your content is, if no one comes to see it, you can’t build a list, you can’t promote an affiliate product or sell one of your own. Without traffic, your site might as well not exist.

For a long time I made a habit of staying far away from anything to do with creating videos. Even though everywhere I turned, I’d hear or read someone talking about how powerful video is. It seemed beyond my capabilities. It was my final frontier.

But then I found Nigel Yip’s FREE book, “Lights, Camera, Action”…and suddenly now I’m a video producer! I owe it all completely and totally to Nigel…and Nigel, if you’re reading this, THANK YOU!

I was so excited when I saw what I had created, I couldn’t even sleep! If you’re like me, and you think making videos is intimidating, you MUST get Nigel’s book…and if you can believe it, it’s FREE!

Website traffic. Is there anything more important to an internet marketer? Traffic is the lifeblood of your success online and there’s not much you can do without it. It doesn’t matter how great your product is or how professional your site looks. If you don’t have traffic nothing else really matters.

So what’s the best way to generate traffic to your site? If you ask a dozen internet marketers, you’ll get more than a dozen different answers. There are so many ways to drive traffic to your site, most savvy marketers don’t limit themselves to just one, but instead rely on a combination of methods.

I’m a little confused. Maybe it’s because I missed part of the coaching call tonight, and it’ll all be revealed when I watch the whole thing without 17 other things going on at the same time for me. But here’s what I’m confused about. It’s this whole twitter thing.

I know Alex Jeffreys talked a lot about twitter in the call tonight, and he’s obviously a big fan. But I watched a video just a few days ago from another marketer whose opinion I respect, Jim “Hawaiian Shirt” Edwards.

When I first met Alex Jeffreys, it was over phone on Skype. He called me because he liked a comment I had left on his blog…that should serve as just one example of how powerful blogs can be. I was stunned to find myself talking to him…for me, it was practically the same as if a Hollywood celebrity had phoned me.  Now here I am a few short weeks later, in the midst of a life changing coaching program. So yes, I think Alex Jeffreys is indeed awesome.