Internet Marketing Secrets
Issue #80 - by Michael Campbell - October 14 2005
Plus, your FAQs answered, new software upgrades, a free keyword research report, hot new products for fall, and a lot more in this jam-packed issue of IMS. Enjoy!
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Total Niche Market Domination... for Dummies?
All
though this is not a search engine optimization (SEO) course per se,
this is probably the best work on the topic that I've seen in a long
time. The techniques described in this course - by Jim Morris the
author - can get you to the top of Google and other major search
engines in just a few weeks.How? It's simple really. All you need to achieve top search engine rankings are two things. One... you must get incoming links. Two... the anchor text in those incoming links must contain your keywords. Sounds simple and it is... so why are so many people doing it wrong?
What if I told you that this course discusses two tools to automate the tasks of finding reciprocal linking partners. And what if I told you that if you used these tools, it wouldn't seem like work at all. Then finally, what if I told you that this method successfully attracts linking partners 50 to 100 times faster than normal. Interested?
Here's just a sample of what's inside...
- Planning a reciprocal linking strategy
- Why 80% of businesses link the wrong way
- Two popular keyword tools that you shouldn't use
- How to brainstorm and choose keywords for linking
- How to create an automated linking directory
- How to name the directory for maximum effect
- Choosing categories that match the theme of your site
- How to make your links stand out and get clicked
- Exactly what to say in your reciprocal linking request
- Little known but highly powerful linking tools
- Eliminating the chore of finding new link partners
- How to craft a "first contact" email that gets results
- A personalized first contact template ready for you to use
- How to manage your entire recip linking strategy automatically
Plus, if all that's not enough, there's two video tutorials showing you exactly how to manage your reciprocal links, contact linking partners and get them exited about exchanging links with you.
The bad news is, I know from experience, that only 1% of people who read this course will ever act on the information. The good news is, that 1% will go on to dominate any niche that they choose.
Oh yea... the course is free and Jim is nuts. No just kidding, he's generous beyond belief, as this package could easily have sold in the $135 - $150 range. So if you're that 1% that's ready to dominate your niche, download the free report now, follow the plan, and put it into action. Then you'll know what it's like to have Total Niche Market Domination.
Niche Domination Report ==> http://www.cdzn.com/tnd
Oh... and one more thing, this course won't be "officially" released to the public until October 31st. So a big thank you to Jim Morris for allowing me to share this "pre-release special" with my friends. So on behalf of everyone reading this newsletter... Thank you Jim.
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Breaking Internet Marketing News
RSS to HTML UpgradeAdrian Ling has updated RSS to HTML (R2H) to version 1.4. This is a free upgrade and is highly recommended for all users. This new version addresses certain SEO issues to make the software even more search engine friendly than before.
In case your wondering how effective R2H can be, Adrian and I have been running a test site for 11 weeks, and in that time have managed to get 72 pages in Google's index. If you think about it, that's almost every single page on the entire site.
So if you're not into building portals for Adsense revenue, then a site with R2H may be the alternative answer for you. This software adds one page to your site per day and archives the previous pages. It includes an RSS Aggregator so your site gets spidered every time. Plus it puts revenue generating AdSense ads on every single page.
So no matter what your site is about, this software will scour the web for RSS feeds based on your keywords and add static html pages to your site. And if our test results are any indication, it's a very easy way to get all the pages of your site spidered and indexed as well.
RSS to HTML ==> http://www.cdzn.com/r2h
Keyword Research Tools White Paper
The long awaited Keyword Research Tools report by Allan Gardyne and Jay Stockwell is finally ready. Best of all it's a free download that you can put to use right away.
Some people have complained that the report is too full of affiliate links, but I'm fine with that, so long as the information they provide has value. Besides, they need to recoup the hundreds of hours that went into compiling such a report.
Overall its a pretty comprehensive look at how to do keyword research. Plus it includes reviews of just about every keyword tool that you can buy.
Personally, I would have preferred to see a little more coverage of the free tools rather than just line-listing them in passing. Especially tools like NicheBOT.com which - although a free tool - has more keyword and market research capability than most paid tools.
But overall, the Keyword Research Tools report contains solid advice and their research will certainly help you decide which keyword tool is right for you.
Keyword Research Tools ==> http://www.cdzn.com/krt
Niche Portal Builder Upgrade
Niche Portal Builder (NPB) just keeps getting better. It's great when programmers don't rest on the laurels of past achievements. As the search engines and the marketing environments change so should the software.
NPB author Satya Hattangadi, has been very busy adding two very welcome features to the NPB Directory Module... RSS feed generation and Google Sitemap generation.
All existing customers should have received an email with the free upgrade link. But before you install it, Satya warns, "If you've modified your templates, you'll want to backup your templates folder before you install the new version."
If you already own NPB the new module is highly recommended for all users. If you still haven't joined the ranks of profitable portal builders, there's never been a better time, or a better software package.
Niche Portal Builder ==> http://www.cdzn.com/npb
And sorry portal dudes... Apparently my last two newsletters have caused quite a stir around the internet marketing forums. Seems like hundreds of people are miffed because I wrote about how to make money with portals, and they wanted to keep it all to themselves.
Well the cat's out of the bag as they say. So if you haven't read the last two issues of this newsletter, I suggest you go to the IMS backissues section and read them, if you want to see what all the portal building fuss is about.
http://www.internetmarketingsecrets.com/backissues.html
Three New Tools for RSS to Blog Users
If you own Michelle Timothy's RSS to Blog (R2B) she's created three new tools to help you get the most out the software. Cool tools that will help build instant content for your blogs and submit them to the important blog directories.
The first module is the Article Content Builder. It quickly finds and downloads articles with your keywords for instant content. These articles come with reprint rights, so you don't have to worry about posting them on your sites.
The second module, Article Extractor is really handy. It extracts doc, php, html or htm files from your computer's hard drive, and formats them into text files for use with R2B. Very handy if you have lots of articles already written or downloaded on your computer.
Rounding out the trio is RSS Directory Submitter. This gem makes it easy to get backlinks to your blogs by submitting them to the blog directories on a regular basis. And everyone knows, the more backlinks you get, the higher your blog will climb in the search engine rankings.
Best of all... Michelle's offering a special three for two deal. If you buy Article Content Builder and Article Extractor, she'll give you RSS Submitter absolutely free. Plus there's two additional bonuses, so it's almost like getting five R2B tools for the price of two, but you'll have to visit her website if you want to find out more.
Get the Original R2B ==> http://www.cdzn.com/r2b
New Five Piece R2B Tool Set ==> http://www.cdzn.com/r2t
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Power RSS Automates Your Website Content
This is totally different. It's not a blog. It's a whole new generation of RSS tools that creates static HTML web pages on any web sites that you manage. Pages that the search engines love to spider and humans love to visit.
Plus, it automatically generates and archives one page per day, slowly building your site. It works with your existing web site content, includes AdSense ads, and it comes with an easy to use RSS aggregator, so you can always have fresh news on any page that you choose.
Got Power RSS yet? ==> http://www.cdzn.com/r2h
Want to learn more about Power RSS Tools?
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Internet Marketing FAQs, Secrets and Strategies
Site Building for "Organic" Search Engine PositioningQ - Recently I purchased your Revenge of the Mininet and have been reading about the SEO Website Builder. I already own Optilink and was going to purchase WebPosition Gold (WPG) with the Page Critic for SEO.
Regardless of the price, I was wondering which of these in your opinion is the better program. I know that WPG has other features, but are its SEO and site building features as good as SEO Website Builder, or would it be beneficial to own both programs? Any advice would be appreciated.
A - In my opinion WPG is not as useful as it once was a few years back. Its Page Critic is not as relevant as it used to be, and its more of a generic guideline for "on-page" factors than anything else. The Position Checker violates Google's terms of service, so I'd be careful about using that.
The Submit feature is no longer required in today's search engine environment. And the pages its Page Generator created were never very pretty to look at. Plus, I don't think it ever had the capability of generating multiple interlinked pages - entire sites - like SEO Website Builder and XSite Pro can.
WPG have added some new features like tracking PPC ads and a few other useful tools for SEO firms, but for the most part, it's old school. (These days you can just follow the advice in Total Niche Market Domination for Dummies if you want top search engine positioning.)
The only real use for WPG in my opinion, would be in a large corporate environment where you need to track many different kinds of SEO stats for various departments. But for the independent marketer or entrepreneur who needs to think fast and adapt to breaking information and changing market conditions, WPG is nothing more than a fond memory of SEO days gone by. May it RIP.
To create your web pages, you would be better served by using a site builder like Dr. Andy's SEO Website Builder or the new XSite Pro, to build affiliate revenue models like the ones shown in Revenge of the Mininet. There are lots of other (non portal) site builders out there, but I've used both of these tools create professional looking sites.
SEO Website Builder ==> http://www.cdzn.com/wsb
XSite Pro ==> http://www.cdzn.com/xsp
(And as a little side bar to many other FAQs on the topic, yes the linking techniques in Revenge of the Mininet still work wonders and there is no risk of using them, when they are used properly. The uninformed who say otherwise have 1) never done it 2) listen to forum gossip 3) are referring to the original Mininet interview I did... even though the course has been updated three times since then, and has had all "grey hat" SEO techniques eliminated. So let's put that one to rest shall we? :-)
Ok, on with the show... I'm glad to hear you got OptiLink. It's a very powerful link analysis tool and will let you reverse engineer your competition right down to the color of their socks. The first thing you should do - if you want to compete for affiliate revenue as described in Revenge - is run OptiLink on the sites that come up for your keyword phrases.
It will show you who is linking hard (many off-topic incoming links) and who is linking smart (fewer incoming links but they are on-topic). In other words, what the incoming links say, and what the page is about, are in agreement. Is this concept starting to sound a lot like Total Niche Market Domination? ;-)
OptiLink ==> http://www.cdzn.com/opl
But remember to run OptiLink on the top ranked site, the fifth ranked site, and the tenth ranked site. The data you collect will be the reasons why one site ranks better than the other. Then once you have the data, you can use the intelligence to knock off the site in the fifth spot, then slowly tweak your site to improve its positioning from there.
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Xsite Pro Provides Total Site Management
It's not just a web site builder and html editor. It allows you to put AdSense ads wherever you want. It automatically adds new pages to the site map as you create them. It increases PR by taking long wordy pages and breaking them into as many pages as you like.
Add in keyword analysis, Google XML Sitemaps, a pop up generator, an affiliate wizard, article pages, reciprocal linking pages, auto generated navigation, privacy statement generator, powerful built-in scripts, page creation wizard and more, from an easy-to-use tabbed interface.
Ready for Total Site Management? ==> http://www.cdzn.com/xsp
Don't watch the video ==> http://www.cdzn.com/xpv
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David vs Goliath... Mininet vs Giant Site... Who Wins?
Q - I am about to build a ring of sites based on your Revenge of the Mininet course, and would like to ask you about selecting the correct keyword to target. How much is "too much" competition. For example, would a mininet be able to compete with a thousand other pages in Google?
A - Yes, if there's only 1,000 competing pages, a mininet should be able to blow away the competitors, even if they have big sites and all you have is a mininet. But it all depends on your choice of keywords and how you link the pages together. Like I mentioned before... your competition might be linking hard... instead of smart.
The linking strategies are covered in Revenge, which you already own. The keyword research is covered in great detail in the Action Plan that comes with my second ebook, Clickin' it Rich.
To quote what I wrote in CIR, "Here's the exact formula I use for the free keyword research tool at NicheBOT.com. I target less than 1,000 searches per month per keyword phrase and competition ratios of under 800 points."
"Then as a last check, I look at the barometer known as PageRank or PR, where I target the easily picked off 0-3 range. One or two quality links from PR4 sites (or blogs) that I own, easily trumps what they've got."
Just head over to NicheBOT.com and set up a free account. You'll quickly discover the sweet spots with plenty of traffic but few competing pages. Better yet, get the prequel to Revenge by getting Clickin' it Rich. Then you'll have not only the linking strategies, but the affiliate market research and keyword selection process as well.
Clickin' it Rich ==> http://www.cdzn.com/cir
Finally, take one of your minisites in the ring and apply the Total Niche Market Domination strategies. This tactic added into the mininet concept can work miracles in the search engines.
The "Without a Doubt" Easiest Way to Make Money Online
Q - I am very vulnerable to sales pitches from internet marketers and promoters. I keep buying stuff I never use. Is that dumb or what? After a while I cannot recall why I bought the product, or find that I'm not techno-savvy enough to follow it.
I saw a survey that the number one wish (over 40%) of people, is that they want someone to teach them the basic technical things, like making a website, uploading it to a server, etc. Can you enumerate where to begin, for a brand new person, who wants to start an internet business in a modest way?
A - Your situation is quite common. People buy things all the time and never learn how to use them. They never put the ideas into action. It's what I call the two online classes... hoarders and doers.
Hoarders buy stuff but never get into action. They read a lot and everything remains theory. They speculate, but nothing is ever put into practice. (Kinda like the Mininet naysayers ;-)
Doers just get three or four tools and use them to the max. They fail fast, fail forward, and learn from every step, constantly adding to their practical knowledge. They become certain of what works and what doesn't.
Let me break it down for you. There are many tools that do similar things. There's also a lot of overlap in the how-to ebooks and information products.
All you need to do, is pick your path and execute it. But since you're asking me, here's exactly what I'd suggest for someone in your situation, who wants to start out in a modest way.
To learn the "basic technical" things, they are covered extensively in Jim Edwards' Mini Site Creator course. There's a video on every step of the web site production process. Nothing is taken for granted and you are lead in "baby steps" into web page creation. So for me - or anyone else - to recreate this course, would just be a waste of time.
MiniSite Creator ==> http://www.cdzn.com/msc
For me, since I already know how to use a computer and have graphic design skills, I use Mozilla when I need to create or modify single pages like landing pages. It's a free Open Source html editor that you can download from Mozilla.org. And if you can use a word processor... you can make web pages. It's not that hard.
Mozilla Suite ==> http://www.cdzn.com/moz
If you prefer to use just one product to create and manage all your websites, instead of having to learn an html editor, I'd suggest XSite Pro as the best choice.
XSite makes it very easy to create professional looking sites and it comes with a 500 page training manual. This software is as simple as it gets. If you get it, you don't need either of the two products I already mentioned.
XSite Pro ==> http://www.cdzn.com/xsp
Then once you have the XSite basics "down" they become motor skills in your brain. In other words, website work becomes just like doing any other ordinary stuff like washing dishes, driving the car, or riding a bike.
Once you're off the "training wheels" the next step would be a course like my very own Clickin' it Rich. Just follow the Action Plan and use the motor skills you picked up from the training courses, to create your sites and landing pages according to my formulas.
Clickin' it Rich ==> http://www.cdzn.com/cir
In addition to Clickin' it Rich, if you want to play with PPC (pay-per click) ads and landing pages, I highly suggest that you first get Perry Marshall's Google advertising course and totally absorb the material by listening to the 12 or so audio files at least three times. Now you'll be ready to set up very effective AdWords ads that get very high clickthrough ratios.
Perry's AdWords Course ==> http://www.cdzn.com/pmg
Then this wonderful little "classified" ad on Google leads to the Clickin' it Rich style landing page. And once the reader is on the landing page, use my persuasion techniques to convince them to click on a link, which - more often than not - leads to a product sale and commission in your pocket.
Believe it or not, this is the fastest and easiest way to make money online. It takes very little time and it's the easiest way to start a part-time business with minimal risk. You don't need any fancy tools, just a single domain name, basic hosting and a little know how.
I've got it down to a process, from market & keyword research, to writing the ads, making the landing page, getting traffic and getting sales in under five hours.
The trick is in learning "how" to write the ad and the landing page. But like anything, regardless of whether it's playing the piano or making landing pages, the key is practice, practice, practice.
Then once you're confident with the landing pages, go as far as you want with your online business. Just by following along in the Clickin' it Rich Action Plan. You could explore affiliate programs, list building, article writing, portal building, newsletter writing, ebook creation... or slowly add each and every one of these revenue streams to your portfolio.
But now that I've shown you the path, I'll leave you with one more thought... Just get out there and do it! Get into action.
You can totally avoid procrastination and info overload, simply by getting into action and doing some work for yourself. Stop hanging out in the forums, stop listening to sales pitches and stop buying stuff you'll never use.
Some people have bought Clickin' it Rich and Perry's AdWords course and never looked back. They started small in their spare time and were able to quit their day jobs... just from this one revenue stream alone...
Remember... the only thing that gets work done is focus. The only way you get better is practice. So once you've absorbed the basics, stop reading about it... set your goal and go do it!
And if you get scared, lost, or confused, you can always phone me for coaching. So don't worry about it... just learn, practice, focus and get it done, ok?
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Take the Guess Work Out of Keyword Research
(So You can Concentrate on Your Profits)
If you're already good at making webpages and playing the affiliate game, seriously consider the Keyword Avalanche Research (KAR) Service. Simply join up and start using their keyword research to tap into hot markets with PPC landing pages, Portals or Mininets.
Yes, these guys really do make over $20,000 U.S. per month. But the real value - in my opinion - is the private forum showing exactly how they do it. You don't have to guess or face a learning curve. Just follow their simple step-by-step guide to setting up portals.
Imagine earning 20K per month? ==> http://www.cdzn.com/kar
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Portals? Mininets? Writing? Which Path to Choose?
Q - I quit writing my newsletter and delved into affiliate marketing. Certain parts of it really appeal to me, namely no customer support headaches. I now have a nice little income every month, that I do absolutely nothing to earn. :-)
I was wondering if it's too late to get in on the niche portal business? I was about ready to buy Keyword Bible and Niche Portal Builder, but since they're fairly pricey, thought I'd better make sure I'm not on the tail end of this.
BTW, are you doing any teleseminars? I don't know how the heck you find time to do everything - write the newsletter, create products, portals, mininets, etc? You make it look so easy.
A - Yes, as you found out, writing and creating products, leads to daily customer service. It's a double edged sword... you get the readers, but you can never stop writing, or else you lose the readers. It's a voluntary career choice few are willing to make, but it can be very rewarding.
I think the portal thing will continue in one form or another. I disagree that it's the "tail end" and predict a profitable future for those who build "good" portals.
I think it really depends on the tools used to create the pages, and if those tools leave any kind of tell tale sign or footprint, that's easily identifiable as auto generated. In addition, most people are lazy and never add any value, or change the default templates, which is another major reason that their portals get culled.
Now it seems like just about everyone is trying their hand at portals, or semi auto-generated content. In fact, most people don't know that Neil Shearing's new ebook "Auto Income Secrets" is all about building portals. He uses different tools and methods than I do, but the end result is the same.
I learned the Keyword Avalanche method, and therefore use Keyword Bible and Niche Portal Builder to generate my sites. The only new thing is that I've added is Keyword Burner to do my market research.
Keyword Avalanche method ==> http://www.cdzn.com/kar
Burner for market research ==> http://www.cdzn.com/rbk
Bible's keyword lists for NPB ==> http://www.cdzn.com/kb
NPB to generate pages ==> http://www.cdzn.com/npb
Neil found his own way to portal success. But he uses a combo of Wordtracker, Andy Williams' Keyword Results Analyzer, ArticleBot and XSite Pro. Different tools... similar results.
Wordtracker for research ==> http://www.cdzn.com/wtr
Analyzer to sort the data ==> http://www.cdzn.com/kra
ArticleBot to generate pages ==> http://www.cdzn.com/abt
XSite Pro to make it pretty ==> http://www.cdzn.com/xsp
The main difference is that Neil's Auto Income Secrets method, is capturing the end of the search tail, with search terms that rarely get searched on. His sites are way under the radar and earn only a few dollars per day. (Which really adds up, the more sites you make.)
Neil's Auto Income Secrets ==> http://www.cdzn.com/ais
Most portal builders go after the big money phrases, and end up slugging it out with each other before getting culled out. I think that both Neil's strategy and mine are sound ones and will do better than most portal strategies in the long term.
Teleseminars? Sorry, but I promised myself that I wouldn't do the / public speaking / conference calls / interviews / thing anymore. My focus is entirely on running my business, creating products and assisting my coaching clients.
Not that I don't like to do the "public" thing (the fame, the glory, the free meals ;-)... it's just that I really need to focus on my projects. I do like helping other people, and try to help as many as I can in my newsletter and by answering phone calls and emails every day.
How the heck do I find time to do everything? Well, that's a whole article in itself. (Maybe I'll have it ready for the next issue. ;-)
But basically I own my yes and no. I'm very careful how I use them and what I commit to. Then above all I try to focus and minimize distractions. And it may be a lot of things... but it's never "easy."
Good luck with your portals if you choose to go that road. Just don't put all your eggs, hopes and dreams in one basket ;-)
But I'll tell you from experience, when you combine portal revenue, with that from PPC landing pages, and affiliate revenue from the mininet strategy, it can be a great way to work from home, without the hassles of creating products, or the never ending challenges of customer service.
Hmm.... Create products, write newsletters and get into the public eye... or remain anonymous with affiliate commissions and portal revenue.
Hmm... which will it be? The blue pill... or the red pill... or will you take them both? How far down the rabbit hole are "you" willing to go?
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That's it for this issue my friend. Thank you for reading. We'll chat again soon. Until then, here's wishing you all the best for online success.
Michael Campbell
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