Net Frontier Marketing

I was looking at my business today and started asking myself what made a big difference for me, in the past and today…

One of the most instrumental parts has always been “getting a ton of inbound links”.

Over the years, I’ve gathered quite a collection of sites where anybody can claim a one way back link within seconds, complete with anchor text.

Now, some of these are dead obvious and likely you have them already on your link radar, but others are more obscure and provide high quality backing.

My preferred way of attacking this has been to put aside 10 minutes a day where I submit one of my sites to 10 different services such as these.  It keeps the traffic flowing and the rankings on the rise…

And if I’m doing a googleizer or sniping a keyword, then I just turn on the mustard full blast…

Well this is my list of sites I’ve compiled till now.

If you have a solid one of your own and would like me to add it, I may be able to do so…

For now I simply suggest you download the list to use now or whenever the occasion next presents itself.  Note that 95% of these sites are “do-follow” so you receive full link joy from them.

http://www.netfrontiermarketing.com/playerslinkdb.pdf

There is no optin, no upsell, nothing of the sort, it’s just small token of appreciation for being a loyal subscriber.

P.S. It would be really cool if we got together to make this list “the list” of free do follow backlinks.  If you make any significant contribution, I will be happy to link you and give you credit here and within the document itself…

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I’m talking to you, gurus and wannabe gurus of the Internet Marketing world.

You’ve worked really hard to build that list and your success with it will have a big influence on your next product launch. Yet you write bad promo email after bad promo email and watch your list shrink every time you hit send.

When alarmists like Rick Butts tell people to unsubscribe from internet marketing lists that don’t deliver, you quake in your pants cause that means YOU. And you’re getting scared because it’s about to hit the point of no return and you don’t know what to do.

1) Write your own emails:

Think you can copy paste the pre-written JV email and get away with it? Wrong. It’s a mortal offence any one committing should be quick to repent for.

We’ll investigate the other reasons you need to do this in a moment, but let’s consider for just one second how it looks when you send the template email.

It says one of two things and suggests a mix of both: first off, you don’t care enough about the product to have reviewed it yourself and you are promoting it just for the money or to return a favour. Secondly, it says you don’t give a crap about the people reading it. They are numbers on your list. Numbers that fall quickly.

2) Have a Freaking Emotional / Ethical Barometer:

Yes there are hoards of newbies out there to who you can sell anything. That doesn’t mean you should. Not all offers are created equal and not all gurus are created equal.

Some will not deliver and others will massacre the customers you send them with daily promos for junk. And you recommended them. Trust: minus 1.

3) Be Relevant, or at least try:

Ok so a new product came out, you like it and you want to promote. How does it fit into the CORE message you yourself have sold them on earlier?

Yes, this is marketing and you can stretch things, but it’s good to stay in the same ballpark or at the very least give that impression.

Want to make sales AND have your prospects thank you for it? You’ve already taught them something when they bought from you originally. Show them how to get the most mileage out of it and propose products and services that fit in with that mission.

That way you look like you practice what you preach and you still believe in your stuff…

4) Deliver SOMETHING beyond an Affiliate Link:

Ideally you will NOT write promo after promo to your list, but we all know that can happen… If you just can’t do it any other way for now, then add value to each promo by delivering something else with it.

Most of the time, this takes the form of a story that uncovers a relevant business lesson. Or it describes in some detail how something can be achieved. Therefore the promotion is not the end all be all, the actual object of the promotion is the accelerator they buy if they want to do it faster, better, etc…
But thanks to you, they can now do it anyways. Whether they buy today or not, they got something out of the interaction.

5) Don’t be a Doormat, nor a Bore

People are looking for guidance and reassurance. They like to get this from people they trust.

They already WANT to trust you since they got on your list, but if you get all wishy-washy, they’ll listen to someone else that really believes what they’re saying.

You want a polarized audience, not a sleepy one. If you can get half the people to love you and the other half to hate your guts, you’ve done a much better job than if NOBODY cares…

Having good copy skills will also make your emails more interesting, and therefore readable so please, go…

6) Read some Halbert

I make it no secret I’ve gained nearly all my copywriting jiujutsu from the Gary Halbert Letter. Yesterday, I went back for a refresher and found this great piece…

Let me say it without mincing words: copywriting is the marketer’s prime value. If you fall short here, you will NEVER get to the top. Never.

If you don’t know copy, your emails don’t get opened, don’t get read, don’t capture attention, don’t create desire, and don’t generate action.

Oh, and since they don’t do any of those things, they are useless. Not just to you, but worse even, to your prospects, who will soon give their limited attention span to someone who knows how to keep it and get something out of it, for the sake of both parties involved.

7) Find Something Wrong with it

Think about it. No product is perfect. We all know that. If you promote flawless product after flawless product, it’s your credibility taking a hit every time.

I’m sure if you actually reviewed it, you found some parts you liked less and some parts you liked more. Don’t be afraid to make the product and proposition feel REAL by admitting it’s imperfect.

Imperfections also create the perfect opportunity to…

Add Value to the Proposition:

Here I’m talking two main issues. The first way you add value is by helping the prospect make the right decision for themselves.

You give them the information they need to situate if and where the proposition meshes with their current situation. Whether they buy or not, they can thank you for helping them make the right decision.

The other way to add value is the classic bonus.

Often this will target the flaw you exposed earlier. For example, did you feel bogged down reading the 200 page book? Offer up a mindmap that counters the flaw.

Have something more to say on the subject than the author did? Can you offer more depth on one specific tactic, can you hold hands, provide a short cut?

The answer should nearly always be yes.

Sure you can get away with “shock and awe” bonuses, aka $2749 worth of PLR ebooks you paid $1 on Ebay for Master Resell Rights to, but that gets old real fast and the backlash is just around the corner…

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I’m sure I’m missing some but just these 8 brief points, once applied, will get your emails opened and read for a long time to come as you become they guy or gal that provides a dose of personality, real world logic, buyer protection and education as well as added value.

If you’re reading this, you’re either a marketer with a list or a prospect on those lists. Share your experience below. Did I miss any big ones?

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Ok, it’s been a while, but yes, I’m still alive and kicking. In fact I’ve been up to a lot…

Roundtable at Perry’s

Did you know that Perry Marshall hosts one of the most expensive and exclusive events in the entire marketing world?

It’s called roundtable. It’s a 2 day intensive, in Perry’s home with only 3 other entrepreneurs (and it costs a bundle). I just nabbed the last spot for next week.

I’ll let you know how it goes and take a picture with Perry so that you can see for yourself he’s using a younger picture on his Definitive Guide to Google Adwords

Why I’m Going

I believe in continual education. A couple of years ago, I bought… you guessed it… ebooks! Home study courses, the whole schmooze.

Some people like to give these a bad name. I give them credit. I don’t think I’d be here today without them.

Case in point, at Affiliate Summit in Vegas 2-3 weeks ago, over half the people in the audience raised their hands when the speaker asked who got started from an ebook.

Years down the road, the ebooks that teach me something are rare. But I’m still buying stuff. Non-stop. Because I want to get better.

Affiliate Summit Vegas

To make a long story short, the networking was where it was really at. I met tons of interesting people. People that have the knowledge, resources and contacts any online entrepreneur needs to make it big time.

The place was packed with money. In the sense that there was success in the air. Established business people mingled with newbies, speakers and partiers…

I’ll be there again in Boston for the next one. If you go, let’s meet up. If the price tag is prohibitive, the expo only pass is under 300$ and that’s where all the action is anyways. (that and the after parties, featuring free open bars and other such morally dubious incentives).

Here’s a few pics of some people I met in person for the first time:

Nick Marks: Here’s a guy in his mid twenties that has ideas galore (good ones).
Like those booth girls…


Joel Comm:

Real Friendly, approachable guy.

Amit Mehta Of Superaffiliatemindset.com. I thought most panels were crappy.
His was good. Going places fast.

Mystery: World’s Greatest Pick Up Artist

The Next Chapter

I didn’t say this above but here’s also what I want from Perry Marshall, a guy that has made countless people and businesses successful.

Here is a guy that has earned worldwide respect for what he does, growing a huge profitable business from a one-man show.

I expect to solidify my PLAN and sharpen my vision.

And my plan is to help more people become successful at online marketing. I want to be responsible for more people making the income they want from the comfort of their home, kicking the job to the curb and the boss in the nuts on the way out (that last part is optional).

I’ve developed a completely new system, almost by accident. I put some pieces of it in the hands of three testers, and so far the results are amazing. I’ll tell you more about that in the days to come.

It fits right in with what Andrew Fox has just released. You may be too late as you read this, but if you can still get a spot, you’ll make an excellent candidate for graduation from the ranks of the day jobbers.

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These are questions that I am often asked, as an authority in the buzz marketing industry I have studied these questions for many years, and today I am going to attempt to get your creative juices flowing with a series of examples of creativity from the world around us.

There are many aspects to it, but essentially you are taking an existing idea, notion, object etc… and then combining and mixing them to create something new.

Do you want some examples?

Ok, well, Gutenberg took the wine press and the die/punch and produced a printing press, and we all know how important the printing press became.

Ok, I admit it, that was a boring example, let’s look at some more modern versions.

Quite a simple and boring item… right?

The above bag was given when you bought a book by a famous crime-writer from Belgium.

Again, a useful product, but very boring. So how do you promote something so dull? With a little twist of creativity:

We are not endorsing drug smuggling, but if drug lords can be creative, then surely we can?

Below are thinly sliced sheets of Cocaine designed to look like Pringles.

It is fair to say business cards are pretty dull and boring, for decades we have all had boring business cards with virtually the same designs, but check out these creative business cards :

“Can you spare any change?”, those are the words we generally hear when we pass a homeless person on the street. But it is amazing what a little creativity can do:

Lego is a great way to demonstrate and encourage creativity in children, check out this life-size model of R2D2:

Check out this great 404 error page for a poetry website.

How cool is this advert for National Geographic…

And finally, we finish with one of my personal favourites… the creative billboard ad:

I hope you have enjoyed this journey through creativity, and perhaps it will spark some creative ideas of your own.

If you want to see how creativity has been applied to my life to generate huge amounts of buzz and viral success, check out my free case studies and reports at: www.webtrafficorgasm.com

Dean – DeanHunt.com

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This is going to be short and sweet, just the way I like it:

4 Months ago, I got in contact with a Genius Arbitrager from Brazil. This guy is making around 10 grand a day with search engine arbitrage.

To make a long story short, we spent hours, if not days on the phone and he showed me EVERYTHING. We’re talking million dollar secrets…

Here’s what I did. I took all the notes I had and formulated everything into a killer, and straight to the point blueprint that would serve as my guide so I would be sure to get things right from day one.

I spent weeks testing and tweaking it, going over and patching the system as I went along, until I got it exactly right.

Then I set up a couple of test accounts. I’m not sure if I was surprised or not, but within days, I had broken the 100$ a day mark.

To make a long story short, I made about $4000 in my first month and nearly $12,000 the second on one account. And it’s still going up like crazy.

The best part is, once I had the blueprint down, it took me literally less than 15 hours to set it all up. Since then, I’ve been too busy putting the blueprint in “clean” format to do anything more than check my stats. I literally haven’t touched it for weeks and it still makes hundreds a day.

That’s how automated it is. I’ve made an intro video so you can grasp exactly what I’m talking about.

Check it out here:

Google Payload

More on this tomorrow.

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Have I succeeded with Bum Marketing? Can YOU succeed?

Let’s get right to it. Read the rest of this entry »

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In this article, we’re going to look more closely at how the Bum Marketing system works.

For each Major Step, we’ll look at what that step is; what that step demands from you; and how that step “promises” to help you make money.

According to Travis Sago (the “Grandfather” of BM), here are the Major Steps.

Step 1: Find 5 products to promote

This idea here, is to have multiple simultaneous promotions going on at once. That way, you don’t risk getting stuck on bad product. Read the rest of this entry »

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Many of you are still looking for the “right” Internet Marketing business model. You know what I’m talking about. The “plan” that’s going to put you “over the top” (whether that means breaking 6 figures, or just making enough to quit that “lousy” job of yours).

I “feel” ya! I’m there too… Read the rest of this entry »

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A huge measure of your success in affiliate marketing or product sales depends on your landing page. Its ability to convert visitors to your MDA (Most Desired Action) is directly proportional to the amount you are able to invest to acquire a new customer.

This entails opening up new traffic sources that would not be profitable with low conversion rates. Thus conversion efficiency is one of the most determining factors in the scalability of your operation.

Yet a large part of the internet population focuses almost entirely on traffic acquisition, throwing ever more resources (be they time, content, links, etc) at it rather than building from the ground up and making sure whatever traffic you do get creates money in your pockets. If you’re not able to generate returns on PPC advertising, this is the main culprit. Read the rest of this entry »

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You know you’re doing something right when the person you are selling to buys before you can even ask for the order.

That’s what happens here.

In 1969, Nixon wanted to cut funding for PBS public broadcasting. There was a senate committee in front of which Fred Rogers (Mr.Rogers) was invited to speak.

The presiding senator was openly in favor of the cut in funding…

Mr. Rogers is neither flashy nor glib. His presentation is low intensity. He speaks from the heart and it smacks of truth so hard it takes the senator under 7 minutes to make a decision, which he does on the spot.

Great little video…

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a41lJIhW7fA

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