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Evaluating The Traffic Sources For A Successful Internet Marketing

Posted on by Cesar Ramirez

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Internet marketing is not an easy feat. There are several aspects of this new form of advertising and marketing that you must know before you dip your hands into it. Aside from having the tenacity to market your products through a barrage of Internet tools, you must also be very aware of the factors that can make Internet marketing work for your product or not.

First stop is the traffic sources. We vaguely hear this term when we’re merely connecting to the Internet for social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Little do we know that social networks are actually one of the best forms of referral traffic sources, which means that Facebook, Twitter and Instagram can lead potential customers to your site.

If you haven’t used this tool now, then your website is in a big trouble. Understanding Internet marketing tools will provide you with the needed arsenal to make your products more saleable to the netizens. And compared with the other tools out there in the world wide web, traffic sources are probably the easiest to comprehend and execute.

Types of Traffic Sources

There are basically four different kinds of traffic sources: direct traffic, referral traffic, search engines and Internet campaigns.

1. Direct traffic

A traffic source is considered direct when the person was able to access your website by typing and entering your URL on the address bar. Most of the famous websites make use of direct traffic sources. Websites such as Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter and even LinkedIn have direct traffic as their primary Internet sources.

2. Referral traffic

If you want to become successful in Internet marketing, you have got to make use of referral traffic. As a newbie in this field, your customers would most likely get to know you through the posts you make in various online sources such as social networking sites and online blogs.

You have to harness the power of referral traffic by inviting potential customers to click on your link, which will direct them to your brand’s or the product’s actual website.

3. Search engines

Never underestimate the power of search engines. As the most widely used websites, Google and Yahoo can open doors for your online company. Always use the right SEOs, PPC and other types of advertising. If you can afford it, advertising through search engines is also one of the best way to put your website out there in the world wide web.

Millions of people use Google, Yahoo and even Bing to search for products, websites, resources, articles and blogs each day. You have to harness the potentials of these traffic sources and make them work for your website.

4. Internet campaigns

There are other types of traffic sources that can make you successful in Internet marketing. One of those things is the good and old email and affiliate marketing. In order to make your product popular in the Internet, you have to make it visible out there. Email your friends. Post on their walls. Send messages to them. Make sure your brand’s website becomes viral, so it can stand on its own in terms of attracting customers.

http://SocialMediaBar.com – Empower Network Facebook Fix

Posted on by Cesar Ramirez

http://SocialMediaBar.com – Empower Network

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So the traffic hating for Empower Network is true. Empower Network is dominating The Alexa charts and with that, Facebook made up some junk about how now you can’t share your blog post on Facebook from Empower Network blog.

Last week I shared this tool with my Empower Network Facebook group. You are welcome to join that group here

My great friend that I have known for over 4 years and has been a guest blogger here on my website, Chris Record, has put together a tool for others to leverage to “mask” your blog link on Facebook, so that you can share your blog link post. You can check out the tool here: http://SocialMediaBar.com

Additionally, many do not know how to draw massive traffic to their blog post, so i’m going to share with you a website I found that bring Social Bookmarking to your post. Go to http://www.socialmarker.com/ — I just watched a cool weekend seminar learning some new SEO tricks from a guy name Jeff Johnson. He’s been in the SEO Internet Marketing niche for a few years. Enjoy.

Cesar Ramirez

P.S. Are you overwhelmed with all these internet marketing train tracks that lead to no where? Maybe it’s time to take a look at what we have created for you here: http://www.WorkWithCesarRamirez.com

 

P.S.S. If your list from Aweber or lead list is smaller than 100 people. Start here: http://www.AttractedLeads.com

 

How To Build Money

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How To Build Money

The methods of doing business have definitely changed. Are you prepared? If not, it’s back to the rat race you go and you will be running a non-profit business from the discomfort of your home. What do I mean? Read closely to find out.

You see, many folks are trying to perform what use to work in the 1980s and 1990s in business and are still asking themselves “how to build money”? Calling someone on the phone isn’t as effective as it use to be. Take me for example. I use to spend hours dialing and picking up the phone to prospect. I’m not saying it doesn’t work still but I am saying that the idea of getting in front of your prospects are different. Teens now, Generation-Y (born after 1990s), don’t even want to communicate via voice. They all want to use a text messaging system or digital social medium to communicate.  So we have to get into their minds and prepare for the future. Facebook, Netflix, and Twitter figured it out. Have you ever received a phone call from any of these companies asking you to join their deal? Negative.

So how do you make it work for your business and leverage your time and stop asking yourself  how to build money? It’s simple. Learn how to effectively market using affiliate marketing. What is affiliate marketing? You may have heard of the phrase. Affiliate Marketing as of today has about 25,900,000 results searching on Google. Affiliate marketing is a marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate’s own marketing efforts. The industry has four core players: the merchant (also known as ‘retailer’ or ‘brand’), the network (that contains offers for the affiliate to choose from and also takes care of the New Payment Platform), the publisher (also known as ‘the affiliate’), and the customer. The market has grown in complexity to warrant a secondary tier of players, including affiliate management agencies, super-affiliates and specialized third party vendors. (From Wikipedia).

So dumbing it down, basically it goes back to WITFM (What’s In It For Me) as a consumer? If you’re not allergic to money, this may be a solution for you if you currently have a website or like to waste time on Facebook (trust me, once you get going on Facebook, you can get lost in Flashback photos). They should just call it Flashbacks (just saying) :-). My buddy Curt Maly figured out how to save me time. He created Social Media in 7 minutes (freaking genius). The software he uses there allows me to use robots to do all the automation for me all from one location (Walk away income).

So most products or services that are making this digital era work are either paying for clicks (using pay per click) to drive traffic or have a commission percentage pay out to pay you for marketing their product. Take me for example. In the summer of 2010 I developed CraigslistAdPower.com. I knew if I was to make it an affiliate product, it would be attractive to readers and marketers like yourself because you will share it with your list. My friend Larry Beacham put me on the phone with over 200 people and we sold 122  product licenses in a 24 hour period just to his list. Why did it work so well? Because he has provided enough value so that people listen to him. He got paid gracefully and so did I. I pay out 50% of commissions to my affiliates. I call that fair. As a result, I also increased my list over 200 people that would otherwise not have known me if I wasn’t referred by him. I will be realistic and the average person will not want to invest the time to create their own product, so marketing someone else’s products is the best solution to get paid today.

Recently you may have heard the buzz about Empower Network which is first of it’s kind to pay out 100% commissions at $25 a month (starting up to $125+month or more for their up-sell) directly to your bank account. As of writing this article, they have had some challenges with merchant accounts, so at the moment I choose to be paid by Paypal until things change and are more secure. The idea of Empower Network is quite genius. Put on by David Wood and David Sharpe, they build a network of bloggers, as yourself, if you choose to get involved. If you’re like me and you love to write about anything your mind chooses and don’t care about what others think about your writing, then I suggest you consider Empower Network as a source of income as well. They have banners marketing themselves and their products and they are doing ALL the selling for you through your affiliate link. In return they pay you 100% commissions. If you have no followers online or a very small list, this is the best way to get started building a followers list in my opinion.

It’s like what Robert Kiyosaki taught me back in 2006. You want to have about 4-7 streams of income bringing you money every single month without you working it. Keywords are  “WITHOUT YOU” working it. You can absolutely do that part-time or full-time depending on your drive.

One thing I have noticed from those that make it and don’t make it online is their drive and mentality. Are you educating yourself on what’s working now? Or are you skeptical on the next biggest fad taking your money and calling it a SCAM? I’ve spent hundreds and thousands on learning business and marketing from other online marketers. Why? Because I know they have the goods and I don’t. They are living the lifestyle that I want to live. The lifestyle of making money without having to drive somewhere every single day and spend money on gas. As a result, I now live in the mountains living the lifestyle I enjoy and being a full-time stay at home dad. It can and will happen for you. Just believe.

So let’s see what that looks like. If you hate having to commute to work every day, you’re not alone! The average commute in miles for Americans is 16 miles and 26 minutes for one way (being conservative). That’s 32 miles and 52 minutes for a round trip every day. And that is just the average! It’s safe to assume that the high metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and New York will have longer commutes than the average. If you are currently commuting and it’s starting to make you crazy, consider applying for a new job in your area, moving closer to work or car pooling to take the pressure off of driving every day. Especially with the spike in gas prices

As of writing this article 1/29/2012 the local gas station shows $3.70 a gallon to fill up your gas tank. So let’s calculate this out.  32 miles a day and the average car is 22mpg. 32miles/22mpg = 1.45 gallons a day resulting in $5.38 (a day). That’s $26.90 (a week) $115.67 a month and $1388.04 a year. Not including maintenance and food (cheaper to cook at home). Why am I writing this out? Because I want to show you the benefits of the cost of savings of commute time and money by working from home.

Now the average income according to the ssa.gov website for 2010 is $41,673.83.  After paying 42% of that to Uncle Sam,  that looks like $24,170.82/year.  You are left with $22,782.78/year after paying gasoline and $1898.56/  month in income. The rest goes towards cost of living and maintenance of your vehicle. Look I don’t mean to be to the extreme here, but I really want to paint this picture. You have to ask yourself, can you make more than $2000 a month online (extra income) and can that be full-time so that you can put that the rest of the money away for other things. You can definitely save $1388.04 a year and earn more than $1898.56 a month by working from home. The beauty of being self employed is paying taxes at the end of the year on what’s left not every paycheck. There are a lot of benefits and tax write-offs for working for yourself. Consult a qualified CPA, like cpa gilbert az, that understands small business owner practices, I like to use help from Rudy El Gabsi when it comes to accounting.

In closing business has changed. Either ask your employer to allow you to work from home or create your own circumstance like I have by creating an additional stream of income leveraging online marketing.

Stay tuned because the next article will be about getting your mind set to the right thinking so that you can start to “believe” you too can do it. It all starts from your belief and foundation.

Share your thoughts below.

Cesar Ramirez

P.S. Amazon has some great books below on this subject.

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Webinar on the use of GVO Conference

Posted on by Cesar Ramirez

So here are my thoughts on this video software I use for webinars. I like the concept and simplicity of GVO Conference. Considering most Video Webinar software sell for over $40+, this was a no brainer for me. The common software used by many is GoToMeeting, but I believe the lack of video for the host leaves out the miss connection between your audience and you. I’ve have only found that people who believe they are leaders and do webinars make their business grow. I’ve never seen someone fail, if they stay consistent and use the recommended tools.

 

Therefore, because of the low promotional code of less than $10 bucks, you are getting enough tools to use for your business. Whatever product or service you are offering, this tool will allow you to showcase it to your audience. In the video below, I show you a nice little trick on how to import your friends from Facebook or any email application and invite them. Because you already have a trust factor with them, this system will allow them to trust you on a low buy in and you will be able to get the opportunity to up-sell them on your Network Marketing or Affiliate program. Leave your thoughts and comments below.