Saturday, July 11, 2015

How To Start Making Money On Fiverr

Fiverr is a global online marketplace offering tasks and services, referred to as 'gigs' beginning at a cost of $5 per job performed, from which it gets its name. The site is primarily used by freelancers who use Fiverr to offer a variety of different services, and by customers to buy those services. Currently, Fiverr lists more than three million services on the site that range between $5 and $500. (wikipedia)

The Screenshot below is of my Fiverr account, as you can see it shows more than enough completed gigs to prove that I know which sellers to choose for this method. As you can see I have 2 gigs in progress, the top one is for a client I picked up using this method and the other one is something I'm testing for my next WSO.
I have in total 425 completed gigs, most of which did a good job, some were shocking but after spending over $2000 I've managed to collate a list of what I call “Super Sellers” that go above and beyond which in turn helps me to pocket a nice little profit each day/week/month for doing very
little work.


OK now that I have proved I have the necessary Fiverr qualifications let's get to the nuts and bolts of this method. You have probably guessed by now that we are going to be using gigs to complete the packages we offer for sale online. The good thing for you is you haven't got to spend over $2000 testing gigs, you haven't got to guess which packages to sell and you haven't got to figure out how to sell more services to your new clients!
In the file you downloaded when you purchased this WSO you will find Ad Copy, Swipe Files, Places to Advertise, Packages to Sell, Links to Fiverr Sellers.
For the purpose of this WSO one of my clients Neil has given me permission to use his website as an example. Neil bought what I call a “Hook Package” from me which I advertise on Ebay for £99, the reason I call it a “Hook Package” is because it is a great package for a low price which a potential customer will find hard to resist. Once they have taken the bait you have them on your hook allowing you to turn them from a customer into a client. After fees I still made a £30 profit on this package
but more importantly I am building a relationship with him which will turn him into a long-term client. So lets dig into the package I sold him! Below are Screenshots of the 3 gigs I use for the “Hook Package”

Gig 1 Hook Package


In my opinion this is by far the best gig on Fiverr in terms of value, customer service, quality and time, I have used this gig on my own sites and can't tell you what a life saver it has been. Joy from India has sold thousands of gigs with almost a perfect 5 stars, for $5 you get a great deal but you would have to do a bit of work yourself which would defeat the object of this WSO. We need to order his gig extras.


I buy his gig extras because he does everything from the keyword research to 4 months of linkbuilding for SEO maintenance and even includes all of the reports which you can pass onto your clients. He also gives you a free gig extra if you buy 2 gig extras so I always order the first two listed and get the third one free, in total I spend $65 with this seller. Take a look at what his service offers below:

Most Experienced SEO Analyst and Strategist at Fiverr!!I know what you Really want is Safe, Top Page 1 Rankings & TargetedVisitors!! So here i am to help you out ...So what will you get for the $5 gig ?Boost in Google rankings for your Keywords with my Basic SEOCampaignGig extras ? Any Guarantee?For the First Gig extra (Highly recommended), i will run the Mosteffective SEO campaign which will cover Web 2.0, Wiki, Socialbookmarking, Social networking, PDF, Article submission, RSS modulesfrom Top selected websites ensuring your website is on Page 1 in Googlewithin 60 days and its 100% GUARANTEEDFor the Second Gig Extra I will give you a Brief On Page Audit reportand will run the Basic campaign for next 4 months (for maintenance)P.S:If the website doesn't ranks at the first go then, it might need furthercampaigns for which i will bear the expenses :)

After order, i will suggest if your keywords are good to be ranked and you will benefit by them or not. If not, i will give you 3 Best Keywords!
 Buy (gig extra) 2 times you get 1 (gig extra) for no extra cost For $65 you are getting a great deal for your client, I have seen services like this cost hundreds of dollars on other websites and I have used Joy many times so I can vouch for him 100%.
PLEASE NOTE – DURING THE WRITING OF THIS WSO THIS GIG HAS BEEN CHANGED – JOY NOW OFFERS “HIGH RANKINGNOT PAGE 1 – I SPOKE TO JOY AND BECAUSE I ORDER A LOT OF GIGS FROM HIM HE WILL HONOUR THE ORIGINAL PAGE 1
GIG FOR BUYERS OF THIS WSO – JUST ENTER THE FOLLOWING CODE ON THE PAGE THAT SAYS “SELLER REQUIRES MORE INFORMATION” – GRADI WSO P1

Let's have a look at this method in short:
List Hook Packages For Sale Online.
Extract More Cash By Selling Your Customer More Services.
Outsource The Work To Sellers On Fiverr.
Pocket The Profit.
Everything you need to succeed with this method is included, nothing is left out, you just need to take action. This method is easy so don't over complicate things.




Download Ebook: How to Become a Professional Reseller on Fiverr and SEOClerks




How Should I Use YouTube Annotations?

You’ve probably seen YouTube annotations: pop-ups; text bubbles; links; all in different colors and fonts, and all part ofthe YouTube system. YouTube is working diligently, spending millions of dollars to integrate this across all ofthe platforms, including television and mobile.
What do you do with that? How do you use them? How do you make them part ofyour business? Fact number one: annotations bring integration, they bring interactivity, and they bring some very cool things into the online video process. You definitely want to leverage that.
Fact number two: YouTube is adding more and more features all the time, and they are working diligently in making it work across all oftheir platforms. YouTube is focused on letting you do more cool things with them on more platforms than ever before.
Some people won’t be able to see or interact with annotations, however, so you need to keep that in consideration. Realize that right now, at least at the time ofwriting, you can even add an annotation that says, “Click here to get a million dollars”, but ifthat person is watching on an iPhone, they won’t see the annotation and they won’t click for the cash. People on mobile devices just aren’t able to use annotations, so take that in consideration during the production ofyour videos.
So what can you do with annotations? You can obviously incorporate humor, as well as commentary and supplemental things that aren’t 100% necessary. You can ask somebody to subscribe or make a joke by telling them when the next video is coming out. Annotations that work best are ones have no negative impact ifthey are not seen (like when they’re viewed on a mobile or another screen).
One thing you can do is you can link – and that’s a powerful facet ofannotations. At the time of writing, you are able to link to other YouTube videos. Imagine that somebody has just found your Channel and they’re watching a video that they like; when they reach the end ofthe video and they want more, you should certainly tell them, “I have more, here’s a video about X”. The great thing about annotations is that when viewers click on one, it takes them directly to that video.
I’ve seen people who have added annotations to their videos and doubled their viewing figures just over the course ofone week.
You can also link to a playlist, simply by saying, “Ifyou like this video, I’ve got ten more videos on this topic,” and provide a link to that list. You should realize as well that the playlist can come up in YouTube results, so you have effectively double power there.
You can also link viewers back to your channel page. By providing a channel link, you link people back to who it is you are and what it is you do. It’s very powerful and very easy, and I definitely recommend that you do that.
You can also add an annotation to a Google+ profile page. In fact, Google Talk, Google, YouTube, Google Docs – all ofthe Google empire – tightly integrate with the Google+ social platform. So if you build the link outside ofYouTube to your Google+ profile page, it is incredibly powerful. It will bring people to additional content and additional sites and from there, you can link to a subscription button.
Getting people to subscribe to your YouTube Channel is incredibly beneficial and something that you want to consider; because the more people subscribed, the more people will come back when you put up the next video. It begins to be a snowball rolling down the side ofthe mountain; it gets bigger and bigger with the power ofgravity that comes along with it.
You can also link to a fund-raising project for non-profits or to a Kickstarter account.
And finally, there is an option to include annotation links to merchandise providers. YouTube has a list ofones that you can use, so do check the list. At the time ofpublication, the only e-commerce option available is Shopify, which currently has a 14-day free trial worth looking at.
So, it is possible to link to many cool things external to YouTube; just be aware ofthe people who are not able to view them.
What are the action items? What can you do with all these choices?
Make use ofannotations when they make sense. For example, including a subscribe annotation in every single one ofyour videos makes complete and total sense. Let people know that you’ve got more for them to see by linking to playlists and linking to other videos; all ofthese ideas are very strategic and very easily implemented. They don’t know you; they don’t know that you have this ther video; so linking to those things can be incredibly powerful.
When I write about “making sense” in annotations, I am talking about the simple fact that not all systems are going to support such annotations. Nothing is sillier than watching a video on a television set that says “click on the balloon” that isn’t there or listening to video tell you that something is there, when, in fact, it isn’t.
The first options “make sense” because they work regardless of whether the user can see them or not. An annotation that tells someone to subscribe is gold for someone who can see it, and it means nothing to someone who cannot.
All is not lost ifall ofyour audience can’t view your annotations. Ifyou’re linked to something external, address the fact that it might not work on their particular screen and give them an  lternative.
For example, you might have the video say “To learn more, go ahead and click on the link that says learn more and we’ll take you right to an account over at Kickstarter. Or ifyou’re viewing on a phone
or a television set or other device which doesn’t have external links, you can visit us at Kickstarter.com,” then put that link right inside ofthe video file. Linking to something external and speaking about it is fine; you just need to address the fact that they might not be able to do that as well.
Finally, annotations asking people to give you a thumbs up are always doable. Ofcourse, ifyou make it social, you get automatic sharing across all ofthe different networks. That is your best use of YouTube annotations.
I want to point out again that in the next chapter I examine what I consider to be the future of Annotations.


Thursday, July 9, 2015

Make money with Clickbank and BuySellAds

I’m going to teach you how you can invest $30- $50 a month and get out standing ROI using BuySellAds https://buysellads.com.
I’ll walk you through the same campaign I ran last month. It made me almost $280.
First, I signed up at the site BuySellAds.
When you go to BuySellAds you will be presented with a screen showing two options— Advertisers and Publishers.

Click on Get Started under Advertisers.
Once you do that you will be presented with a lot of categories. You can also access the categories by clicking on Marketplace.


You will be presented with several categories. For this particular thing that we are doing I feel that the best categories would be Beauty, Health and Pets. There are a lot of products on sites like Clickbank which we can promote.
However, that doesn’t mean that you need to limit yourself with these alone. If you find a good product, come back and search for a site here where you think you can sell it.


I decided to go with the Beauty and Fashion category at https://buysellads.com/buy/beauty-fashion.
And, these are the sites that were listed in there.


As you can see from the screenshot, the websites listed here are getting insane amounts of traffic – and for just $30- $50 a month you can tap into 600,000+ impressions!
I chose Leather Celebrities for my test run.


I paid $60 to run a 300x250 banner for 30 days. (As you can see above, the price
is now $80.)
Now, since we’re dealing with Beauty and Fashion, I figured it would be wise to find an affiliate product those appeals to women. The product need not be something that’s in the Beauty and Fashion niche, but it needs to be something that would appeal to the audience.
Like you could buy a banner on a tech site and promote something called “Dating for geeks”. I haven’t tried that yet.
To take this a step further you can study the target demographic using sites like SimilarWeb or Alexa.
I Searched on ClickBank(www.clickbank.com) for a dating offer. I chose this one:
http://makehimdesireyou.com/. It has a decent gravity and you can make decent money even if one or two of these get sold.
The Affiliate page is: http://www.grandjv.com/


Once you’re on the Affiliate page you’ll find about 4 different products you can promote. I chose this offer:

Now click on BANNERS


You should see this


Now let’s head back to Leather Celebritieson BuySellAds and click on the site http://www.leathercelebrities.com.
This is where our banner will display. You’ll notice that a couple of other affiliates are also promoting this offer, so you might want to switch up your offer and choose another Beauty and Fashion site within BuySellAds.
But for now, let’s follow http://www.leathercelebrities.com.


A problem that you may face while implementing this 
One of the problems that you may face is that BuySellAds won’t approve Clickbank urls. There are some offers to which direct linking isn’t allowed.
But there’s a smart workaround this problem.
Just go to http://www.cbae.net/



Enter your Clickbank nickname and that of the vendor’s. Your Clickbank nickname is that which with you login to Clickbank.
Finding Vendor nickname is easy.


When you choose an offer and click on promote, you will get a pop-up similar
to this


The vendor nickname is highlighted above. Enter both in Cbae.net and you will get a link that works with BuySellAds.
Next, you are going to download the banner from the affiliate page and submit it to BuySellAds, along with your affiliate link. That’s it!
I got about 278 clicks in 30 days, and6 sales. This made me just about $212 +1 upsell =$273
Why wait? Visit BuySellAds to check out some cool stuff. The site’s been around for some time now, and can be very profitable for you if have the right offer.
I hope you’ve enjoy this report – and that you’ll take action!



What Equipment and Software Do I Need to Create a Decent Quality Video?

First, you need a high-definition (HD) camera. The funny thing is that the high-definition camera on your phone is probably good enough for what you need to do. And while the HD camera on your phone is good, you can get even better ones for less than $100. In the grand scheme ofthings, this will probably be the last year I mention that your camera must be HD as it is simply becoming the standard.
Actually, more important than the video is the audio quality. I’ve seen people who have $50 phone cameras, but $200 or $400 audio rigs, because the audio is actually more important than the camera image.
Do you need that high-definition camera? Yes, you do, because you want to upload in high-definition quality to YouTube so that the consumer takes you seriously. Even so, audio is still more important. There are several great microphones for under $100; you can do your homework by visiting a site like Amazon and looking for the most highly-ranked equipment. My favorite options are listed in the “Paul’s Favorite Tech” chapter ofthis book.
The next most important thing is the lighting; you want to have great lighting. Ifyou can afford it, examine three-point lighting, which you can search for in your favorite search engine (YouTube has video after video that explains how to utilize this method).
One alternative, ifyou don’t have good lighting, is to go outside to Mother Nature where there is good organic lighting (though obviously, don’t go out shooting in the middle ofa storm). However, know that lighting is the second most important aspect ofyour video production behind audio.
A decent quality video option can also be a screencast video, which is a video recording of your screen. Screencasting is a technique commonly used in how-to videos. The video that I initially created for this book was a screencast video that’s been extremely profitable for me. With screencasting, I don’t have to worry about lighting, I don’t have to worry about cameras, I just need software and a microphone. It is certainly a great option for you.
The microphone I use is the Blue Nessie, purchased for under $100 on Amazon. In terms of screencasting programs, you have two major software options: Camtasia on the PC and Screen Flow on the Mac. Both ofthose programs have 30-day trials that you can utilize ifyou wish, and you can produce great videos with them. They even have the ability to input video editing ifthat’s something you need.
Finally, in terms oftraditional video editing, iMovie on the Mac works well. Whatever version of iMovie you have is great, and you can download it from the Apple store. Ifyou are unfortunate and saddled with a PC, I would not recommend Windows Movie Maker. Sony Movie Studio on the PC, however, is a fine product; and you can usually get that with a coupon for under $100.
What about the higher-end video editing products? Right now, my recommendation is that once you need that kind ofwork, hand it over to a professional - or consider looking for a book on video editing (versus on one YouTube strategies).
So the action item is simply to get over the tech and grab a high-definition camera for under $100; or, alternatively, realize that most likely, your phone will do the job. Next, invest in decent audio, set up quality lighting and get to work on making your videos. Then put them on YouTube and see what ind
ofresponse you get. There is no better way to pay for a new camera than from the monetary success ofyour previous videos.
That’s all the equipment and software you need to make a decent quality video. Get to work!

Ultra HD? 4K Video?
In the “What’s Next” chapter I talk about the new 4K, or Ultra HD, video standard. There are some cameras that you can buy right now that offer that level ofquality at some surprisingly reasonable prices. At this point, editing 4K is a considerable undertaking that is not to be underestimated. Consider your comfort and ability level with significantly larger files and make that decision accordingly.
In short, you can produce stunning video with a good HD camera and a decent microphone - quite possibly using the phone in your pocket and a microphone you pick up for less than a hundred bucks

What is the Ideal Length for a YouTube Video?

People ask me this all the time: what is the ideal video length? You hear (silly) statements such as, “We are in the YouTube era, nobody watches video more than three minutes.” People make these  blanket statements ofabsolute nonsense, so let’s take the time to walk through these myths.
Fact: the concept that people only watch short videos online is simply false.
If you think about it logically, YouTube has spent millions ofdollars putting up full-length concerts, all-day festivals and other all-day events; simply because people do consume long-form content.

They also put up a lot ofpolitical events, speeches and debates that are all consumed in great quantities. YouTube would not spend millions putting up long-form content ifpeople didn’t watch it.
The reason why most videos are only three minutes in length is because most people only have three minutes of content to say. Or, they are building videos for an audience with three-minute attention spans. Ifyou only have three minutes ofcontent to say, and you have an audience with a three-minute attention span, obviously deal with that audience; but the idea that only short videos are consumed is absolutely ridiculous.
If you want to leave the world of YouTube, consider Hulu, which has hour-long television shows, or Netflix, with feature length films. People are willing (and happy) to consume full-length content online ifit is good. Do you think HBO would have launched their stand alone Internet service this
year iflong form content wasn’t something people are looking for? Truth be told, my most profitable video to date is over an hour and twenty minutes in length and has been viewed more than 50, 100 times. YouTube Analytics tells me my audience retention is better than average for most ofthe video and I hope to do more like that one in the future.

So what is the ideal video length? How long should you make your video?

The answer is actually quite simple: make your video as long as it needs to be and not one minute longer. The fact ofthe matter is, you have to know your audience to make that decision. You have to know what it is they are looking for and you have to deliver the right content for them. Understand that they can click out – they can go anywhere they want – and that there are a myriad of competitors for the very piece ofinformation you are trying to stream on YouTube. For that reason, the video needs to be as long as it needs to be; and not one minute – actually, not one second – longer.

So what are the action items? What can you do?

It’s an interesting era that we are in – with massive hard drives, unlimited upload space, and the ability to send hours ofvideo to YouTube – and we do often tend to go longer than we need to. Your action item is easy: don’t. When producing your video, figure out exactly what you have to say; and more importantly, figure out exactly what you don’t need to say. Then, say only what it is that you need to say, and say it very quickly. Also, what happens after a video is consumed? Make that part ofthe content; but again, do that quickly. Another tip for you is to tell your viewer how long your video is up front; it helps tremendously. What would you rather watch, a video called “Social Media Marketing” or a video called “Social Media Marketing Explained in 3 Minutes and 7 Seconds?” Think about it; I’ve got three minutes so I’ll give that a go. So it can be a strategic implementation, but don’t worry about going longer ifyou need to.
Serve your audience; don’t worry about a magic number

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

How to make money on amazon

One year ago I entered the world of making money online (MMO) by launching an Amazon affiliate site. Here are some things I learned along the way.



Authority Sites Are King : If you plan on getting most of your traffic from search engines then I highly recommend making an authority site. New items added to your existing site get ranked more quickly than new items added to a new niche site. The new items also improve the overall ranking for the site so they help all of the existing items. Another benefit is brand recognition. Quite a bit of my traffic comes from people Googling the name of my site.

Pick a Niche You Enjoy Spending Money In : I'm happy to keep working on my site because it's a little like getting paid to shop. I enjoy researching products that I might want to own. It would probably feel like work to research something I don't care about.

Get Involved in Your Niche : I built up traffic to my site by posting on forums for my niche. I did NOT post links just to promote my site. I got active in the forums by answering questions when I knew the answer or by helping people solve a problem when I knew the solution. Eventually I built my site so that I could post a link that answered the question or solved the problem. My focus on providing value to the community led to people becoming my advocates and promoting my site for me without being asked. These quality forum links are responsible for improving my rankings on search engines. By my fourth month a majority of my traffic was coming from search engines and that’s now up to about two-thirds.

Be Patient : My site only earned $2 in its first month and Amazon doesn't pay you until you earn at least $10. When I earned $60 in the second month I didn't get paid right away since Amazon waits two more months before providing payment. Since I spent one month building the site before even launching it that means I worked for five months before receiving my first dollar. I’m glad I didn’t give up. Now that I receive substantial payments each month I’m careful to set aside what I think I will need for taxes in a separate account.

How to make money on amazon



Put in the Work : I probably average 2-3 hours per day working on my site. This means I was earning less than minimum wage for my time for the first 7-9 months. But I kept adding products to my site and kept making site improvements and now it is really paying off. I took off the first two weeks of June due to other priorities and still earned over $800. When I spend time on my site I’m not doing it to earn money for the time spent, I’m doing it to give myself a raise by growing my business.

Promote Cheap Accessories : My first two orders were not for products on my site. Instead they were for accessories to those products. It didn't take me long to build on that idea and start adding recommended accessory links. Once someone decides to buy a product they are much more likely to buy a much cheaper accessory for that product. Watch your Amazon orders report for ideas. The lower priced items lead to more orders and more orders lead to higher commission percentages. I went from 4% (month 1) to 6% (month 2) to 6.5% (month 3) to 7% (month 6) and last month to 7.5%. If someone makes a purchase on Amazon with ten items in their cart then that counts as ten orders. Anything they buy within 24 hours of clicking on your link counts as long as they don't click on someone else's link after yours.

Add Expensive Items : Initially my site focused on an affordable type of product in my niche ($50 - $150) but eventually I started adding more expensive products. This turned out to be a great idea. The higher priced items brought in more money per order and took advantage of the higher commission rates from all the orders on the cheaper products. They also attracted customers who were more likely to spend and who were more likely to buy expensive items in general. That helped my site earnings reach four figures per month starting in April. Last month I earned a $175 commission on a $2,300 product that was not even listed on my site (it is now) helping me on my way to nearly $1,500 for the month.

Link the Image and the Price : About 75% of my earnings come from people clicking on the product image (which links to Amazon) or clicking on the product price which is in a paragraph describing the product. Everything else I've tried such as the buy now button and links to accessories only make up a small percentage of the earnings. Be aware that if you have Amazon's price on your site there are a number of rules you must follow which are listed in their affiliate terms and conditions.

Go With Your Strengths : I'm more of a software developer than a writer so I don't actually have any product reviews on my site. You read that right, I have an affiliate site with no product reviews. Instead I built a searchable product catalog that offers many more search options than any other related site. It also has more accurate product specifications than Amazon. As a programmer I was able to use Amazon's product advertising API to automatically update the prices and keep in line with the terms and conditions for showing prices.

Leverage Popularity and Product Comparisons : I have automatically generated pages on my site to show the most popular products. I use my site usage statistics and Amazon's sales rankings in conjunction to calculate the popularity. These pages get a lot of traffic and generate a lot of clicks to Amazon. Popularity may be more influential than a positive review in helping someone decide what to buy. I also automatically show similar products and allow visitors to compare any two products side-by-side. With several thousand products this makes my site nearly infinite in size.

Keep the Search Engines Happy : I submitted my site to Google and Bing and regularly use both of their webmaster tools. These tools provide valuable recommendations for search engine optimization (SEO) to make the site easier for their bots to read and easier to use on mobile devices. I also submitted a sitemap and automatically keep it up-to-date.

You Don’t Have to Do Everything : I’m not building an email list (new products in my sub-niche generally aren’t available on Amazon so I don’t know what I’d promote). I don’t get much traffic from social media (I’ve tried, but half-heartedly). I don’t buy traffic (I earn 5-6 cents per user and buying traffic costs a lot more than that so it would have to be REALLY good traffic). Maybe I could earn more if I did those things but I’m very happy with my current progress. Besides, maybe there are some types of site where those things are not appropriate.

I hope anyone still looking for their first online success will find my story encouraging. Best of luck!

How To Make Money On Youtube - Step By Step

Step 1) Make A List Of Businesses
Search for keywords on Google that fit this formula:
[Business Type] [City/State]
For example:
Dentist Lubbock Texas
And then make a list of 30 to 40 small businesses that are advertising on Google Adwords.

Why Google Adwords?
Because if they're advertising on Adwords, it's a good indicator to us that these businesses:
1 ) Have money to spend
2) Know the VALUE in spending money on advertising and marketing (aka you!)
So you only want to go after this gold.
Next step:
Try to find the email address for each of those businesses.
Try to collect 20 email addresses for your first batch.

Step 2) Contact Each Business From Your List
Then email each one and tell them this:
Tell them that you have advertising space available on your [related niche] YouTube videos and you're wondering if they'd like to grab the advertising spots.
It's a good idea to do a search with the Google Keyword Tool / Keyword Planner ahead of time to find out how much search volume their main keyword (e.g. Lubbock Dentist) is getting searched per month.
That way you can take that exact number to them in your email and say something along the lines of: "It looks like 720 people search for the term 'Lubbock Dentist' each month. I'd be happy to get you ranking for that term so that we can tap into those 720 people for you."

Bonus Tip:
Tell them that you fully researched their business ahead of time (rankings, website, etc) and you selected them over their competitors because you feel you can really help their business.
That AND you feel they are the best fit out of all the [dentists] in [city].
This really makes them feel special and wanted.
Lastly, tell them that their phone number and website URL would of course be displayed so that prospects can contact their business directly.
Now, don't be discouraged if you get some "NO's" or you get ignored. This is simply a numbers game. And we're only doing email sending here. So there's really no direct rejection (over the phone or face to face).
So no biggie. Just keep at it until you get those "YES's". You'll be surprised how quickly they'll come ;) Especially if you target those business owners that are currently advertising on Google Adwords.
Once you get a "YES", be sure to get them signed up on a recurring subscription @ $99/month.
$1 99/mo could work also. Just be sure to mention that they're getting a "half off" deal.
Paypal works just fine too to process the payments. And tell them that you'll deliver one high quality video each month for them and you'll get it ranked for them on YouTube for one of their targeted keywords in their city.
20 clients paying $99/month is all it takes to get to $2k/month.
And 10 clients paying $199/month is all it takes to get to $2k/month.
So there ya go
Who said getting to $2k/month was difficult?
Your main objective is to do 4 things with this business model:
Prospect. Qualify. Close. Provide​.
We've already covered the first 3 ...
Now for the last one:
Provide…

Step 3) Creating Your Video For Your Client
As far as providing this service goes, I just use two different sources:
1 ) Animoto.com it'sreally straight forward to use. I just use the free version.
2) Fiverr.com from the Video & Animation category you'll find plenty of talented people that can get the job done for you.
I’d take it also that you may already have Explaindio or Video Maker X in your armory , so they are cool to use too. And here's a list of royalty free stock photo sites you can use to get images for your videos:
http://www.designrazzi.net/freestockphotoswebsites.html
Note: Most video creators at Fiverr.com will already have access to some stock photos and stock photo sites.

Step 4) Ranking Your Video
From my experience, 30 to 90 second videos seem to rank AND convert the best.
Don't ask me why, they just do
Local Keywords rank must easier too than National ones so that will help us too !
And try to have a nice variety of keywords and tags for your YouTube video. 2 to 3 different keywords is good.
Your main keyword in your video title. Put main keyword first i.e.
‘Lubbock Dentist’ then ­ and then ‘Lubbock Dentist Review’
Example …… Lubbock Dentist ­ Lubbock Dentist Review
And other keywords in your video description.
Always put the youtube url less the ‘s’ in https in your description box at the end ,
i.e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ1HKCYJM5U
to ­­­http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ1HKCYJM5U
this helps with an extra back link
Ps Enjoy the video too
And about 5 to 10 tags is sufficient.
It's also a good idea to see what your competition is doing with their keywords and tags to get some extra ideas.

Note: Google and YouTube seems to put much more value on "Subscribers" these days over "Likes" and "Views".
So try to get some "Subscribers" on your channel (50 to 200) by buying a cheap gig over at  Fiverr.com.
But make sure you use only the ‘Highly Rated ‘ sellers over there. Just choose a seller with a high rating so that you get a quick turnaround time and don't run into any problems.
Now, in the "Category" section of your video, I've found that you always want to select "People and Blogs".
Again, don't ask me why but this seems to help videos rank better for some reason.
Then lastly some ‘Secret Sauce '
Once you’ve uploaded your video, go to www.Pingler.com and www.PingOmatic.com and ping your videos for FREE to help with very fast ranking !
If you do all of the above, your video should get ranked within 48 hours. Once that happens, be sure to tell your client about it so that they're happy and so that they can now start telling their friend(s).
Referrals and word of mouth is a powerful thing! So definitely use that to your advantage.

Conclusion + Recap
● Step 1 ) Make a list of businesses that you find from Google Adwords and find out a bit of  information about each business (current rankings, etc)
● Step 2) Contact each business (from your list) via email
● Step 3) Lock them in at $99/mo or $1 99/mo (depending on the type of client/business type)
● Step 4) Get the video created at Animoto or Fiverr
● Step 5) Get the video ranked with YouTube and Google
● Collect the monthly moolah $$$ :)
● Rinse and repeat.
So there you have it, easy or what?
This is a very simple way to start earning recurring income. And it's easy for both newbies​ and seasoned marketers alike :)
It’s important that you are relentless and you keep approaching prospective clients until you get those
"YES's"​.
Like I said before:
This is a numbers game. Just be consistent and relentless and you'll make money.

Monday, July 6, 2015

How to write a good marketing email

If in every email you send you optimize each of these elements as explained in this guide, you can be sure you have a winning email.
  • Personalisation
Personalisation can still be an important factor in writing effective emails. Recent survey data conducted by Economist Intelligence Data and Lyris shows that the majority (63%) of consumers feel personalisation is so overused that they have become numb to it. Not only that, 33% actually cited personalisation as one of their top annoyances.
Your subscribers know your email is automated, you shouldn’t insult their intelligence by pretending otherwise.
However this doesn’t mean that personalisation is dead.
Check out the graph below which demonstrates how personalisation affected open rates in data analysed from 100’s of millions of email campaigns. So personalisation can give a slight lift, however over­personalisation will cause your response rate to plummet. So personalise the subject or body, but never both.
  • Creative Use Of Images
For years images were tricky because by default gmail had images disabled for all users (as many as 50% of my subscribers use gmail), but they have recently changed this policy, and since, I have been using images in my emails with great effect. Try to use images that arouse curiosity.
For example, if your email is trying to get people to a webpage where they will be watching a video, take a screenshot of the video and embed that image into your email. And of course make the image a clickable link to where you want them to go. What really makes this more effective is to make sure there is a play button in the image, either in the bottom left corner, or right in the middle of the video. You could also screenshot the video at a place that again arouses curiosity.
You’ll often see this tactic used on facebook by sites like buzzfeed or even those spammy “oh my god you must watch this to the end” type posts that you see on facebook. Their images always arouse curiosity and force you to want to click them. You can learn from these techniques, but in an honest, sincere and non spammy way. If promoting a product, you can use clickable images of the product in your emails. Again always try to cause an element of curiosity to get more clicks.
Use images as often as possible but always keep the majority of your email text. Emails with images will get a better response, but use too many images and your response will plummet.
  • Call To Action
Try to ensure that every email you send has THREE calls to action. This has been tested and proven that three is the magic number for getting the most clicks. You can even use four if the email warrants it, but always aim for three link / calls to action, any less and you’re leaving traffic on the table.
  • Sign Off
You should always sign off every email with a personality. What I mean is, and I see this time and time again especially when I join a site and get their welcome email, they sign off with something like:
“Thanks,
The Bestsure Team”
Don’t do this.
Always use a real name, perhaps followed by their position in your team. This helps bring people closer to and feel more connected to your brand. This can also open up another opportunity.
Lets say you have a content writer as part of your team and a customer support agent. If after some time being involved with your site, your subscribers can get to know and expect emails from each of these people.
With this you can send more emails and not seem like you’re overdoing it. Your content writer could send an email about the latest blog post, and on the same day another member of your team can send an email promoting an offer. Coming from the same name this can seem like overkill to some, but your subscribers will not see it that way when the emails are coming from different members of your team.
Now, ideally these will be real separate members of your team.
But there’s nothing unethical about creating a number of different personas and writing the emails yourself, just make sure each writer has their own voice and their own personality.
One could be confident and excited in their words, the other could be more reserved and factual.
This one tactic alone can double your traffic as you can realistically send twice as many emails
and not have people complain.
  • P.S
It has long been taught and remains true to this day that most of the people clicking on links in your emails are clicking on the link in the P.S line.
It makes sense given if they read the email, that's the part they’re at when they finish.
But even among those who scan read or read very little of your email, the P.S will be teh most read part of your email.
So always include a call to action / link in your P.S.
  • Subject Line
When it comes to subject lines, the data shows that short is the way to go, the graph below shows email open rates by subject character length.
  • Pretty conclusive.
There are always going to be exceptions, so don’t ditch what you think could be a great subject
line because it’s longer than 15 characters.
But try to stay within the range most of the time.
A study conducted by an email service provider, where they analysed every email from every one of their clients, and some of the very best performing subject lines are these:

  1. You are not alone
  2. Your registration info inside
  3. Check this out (pics inside)
  4. A powerful idea… (video inside)

The “You are not alone” subject line for some reason was the very best performing email ever for open rates. The others are just general styles that have gotten the highest open rates.
You can use these, or model some of your subject lines around them.
  • Personality
This is pretty much covered is the main Art ofEmail strategy guide.
That is to write your emails in a conversational style.
Don’t write like a robotic salesman simply conveying a message.
Write as though you’re talking to someone you know, introduce your message with a story that
draws readers in.
  • Connecting Loop
The connecting loop is an invaluable tool you’ll need to use to connect your story to your promotion.
This is especially important when promoting affiliate products that might not be directly connected to your main product.
You need to find and make that connection.

Some things will connect naturally, for example if my product is around list building, traffic getting
and email conversion products are a natural. But an important part of being successful in any online venture is also mindset, or goal setting, or productivity.
My subscribers might not be instantly interested in such things, but because I know of their importance, it’s my job to make the connecting loop.
I could do this by telling a personal story about how I struggled online until I changed my mindset
and started setting goals, making to­do lists etc. Then introduce the tool I used that made the
difference which is the tool I am promoting.
If you’re struggling to find that connecting loop, simply search google for articles that contain
what your market is interested in, and the market of the product you want to promote.
Do the research, you’ll always find an interesting news or other article to make the connection.
  • Dominant Emotion
This is an amazingly effective tactic for creating super engaging emails. Before writing an email, try to think about what is in your prospects minds at this moment. As I write this (from the awesome coworking space Hubud, in Ubud, Bali), the dominant emotion or topic on everybody's minds is the Ice Bucket Challenge.  So I could write an email today talking about the ice bucket challenge, then find the connecting loop to whatever I’m marketing.
In this niche, that would be extremely easy, the Ice Bucket Challenge should be an interesting
subject to all us marketers as it’s definitely the most effective viral craze in recent memory. I could easily talk about that and relate it to internet marketing.
But you could also find a connecting loop in pretty much any market with a little research.
For example, the magic trick market you probably know I’m involved in, I just google “ice bucket
challenge magic trick” and actually found a magic trick with an ice bucket challenge presentation
to it.
I could send an email promoting that, but that’s so easy it feels like cheating.
I could also start by talking about how people got more and more elaborate and creative with the
challenge, and talk about how that made things more engaging for those watching the videos,
then go on to talk about how my product teaches how to create similar engagement from
spectators when you are performing.
I’m just thinking off the top of my head here but I know I could easily create a connecting loop
from the current dominant emotion of the ice bucket challenge to almost any market.
Browse news sites to find the current dominant emotion, be aware that the dominant emotion
isn’t always and often isn’t the top stories.
The top story may be a war in the middle east, but is that really the topic on the general
populations mind?
  • Entertaining
If you can be consistently entertaining, your emails will get read and acted upon.
So what do people find entertaining?
Obviously this is discussed in more detail in the main strategy guide, but here’s a little short­cut
you can use to be entertaining. People love interesting facts and statistics, you’ll see them being shared on facebook all the time.
They’re quick to consume, satisfying to learn and people remember them, and they’ll probably
remember who told them that interesting fact, that interesting guy/gal they get emails from, YOU!
Keep an eye out for these things and think of how they could relate to your market when you see
them.
Create a little swipe file where you can copy/paste them into, eventually you’ll just start naturally
finding little tidbits that you’ll be able to piece together to make connecting loops using interesting
stories and facts and the current dominant emotion. Doing is learning
  • Open Loops
This is all covered in detail in the main strategy guide. However, open loops can also be created using the image styles I talked about earlier. Images that arouse curiosity, that get people to click on them to find out what happens next or what the video is all about is basically a short­cut style open loop