Archive | September, 2020

Every now and then I like to show an offline method of making money. As a bonus, it gives you an “in” with local businesses by offering them a very low cost way to advertise.

Once you’ve signed them up for this service, you can then offer other services, such as website development and SEO.

Here’s the case study in a nutshell:

While waiting in line to prepay for gas, this guy notices that no customer – including himself – remembers what their pump number is.

They all have to turn around, crane their necks and stare out the window to figure it out.

So this guy goes home and develops a map of the gas station layout on his laptop. He then goes back to the gas station and speaks to the owner.

He offers to make a professional looking, laminated version for the countertop so customers can point to where their car is.

And of course this map will include tasteful ads promoting local businesses.

The gas station owner has 4 stations in all. They agree to split profits 50/50 on the advertising.

Our guy gets advertisers for all 4 locations signed up within the week. 8 ads per map, 4 maps, $25 per ad per week, payable for a month at a time.

That’s $3,200 that he splits with the station owner.

And of course that’s $3,200 per month. Naturally he could do the same for other gas stations, as well as any other potential ad space.

And if you think about it – EVERYTHING is potential ad space.

Using this simple technique, you can make some quick cash and also get your foot in the door to provide many other online services for your new brick and mortar customers.

There is a kind of cruel, ancient story that goes like this… A group of people are standing at a river bank and suddenly they hear the pained cries of a baby. Shocked by what they are hearing, they then see an infant floating in discomfort in the water.

One person immediately dives in to rescue the child. But as the rescue is commencing, yet another baby comes floating down the river in the same way, and then another and another! People continue jumping in to save the babies and then see that one person has started to walk away from the group towards the bridge.

Angrily they shout at the person, “Where do you think you are going? Come here and help!”

The response was this: “I am. I’m going upstream to stop whoever’s throwing babies into the river!

The story is a mad one, but if we remove the content of the story and just focus on the metaphor, there is a massive lesson for us to learn both in business and in life.

When your online business is not working as well as you might hope and customers are not buying or your sales material isn’t converting – do not a/ blame them or b/ dive straight in and see the problem from the end.

You must go back to your strategy and check what is going on behind the scenes – what are you missing in the back-end that the front-end users are experiencing? It’s about focusing on the source of the problem and healing it, rather than trying to bail yourself out by adding more money or focus into something that is already flawed and not working. You need better foundations.

Imagine that the babies are your customers and each one is unhappy, there is no point in wasting your energy dealing with customers by trying to convince them that everything is fine and that they are wrong because your site/strategy (whatever) is perfect and other people have ‘said so’, instead go to the source – listen to them – why are people leaving? Why are the numbers decreasing? Why are people complaining? What can you do as a whole rather than trying to deal with the consequences?

Below are 3 overlooked things that I want you to focus on and see if there are any corrections to be made within your business that may be stopping your business from growing:

1. Are you using old strategies? Long form articles, chasing influencers and buying links are all old-school strategies that won’t grow your online business or presence as much as you think they might. It might have worked then, but you must move with whatever is working now.

2. Are you copying others or being authentic? We are told to model the already successful and yes, this is good. But not at the cost of who you are. People want an original, not a clone. If they want the person you are copying, they’ll go with them. You need to be you and don’t copy everything that the successful leaders are doing. What you want is to take what you need from others and design your own brand around it in a personal ‘you’ way.

3. Are you focused on building traffic? It doesn’t matter how good your website looks or how your funnels are set up… If you don’t have website traffic, you don’t have a business.

Current strategies that build traffic include interviews, podcasts, writing guest posts for large authority publications. You can always jazz up your systems if you have an audience, but it’s ineffective the other way around.

Ultimately, the problem unfortunately lies with you and how you are marketing, not the customers. If something isn’t going the way you want, don’t dive into the river to try and fix it, go to the bridge and see the root of the problem before moving on or throwing more money into an existing and floundering strategy.

Today we’ll cover 16.75 content marketing secrets of driving targeted, lucrative traffic to your blogs and websites. And while no single method will provide an avalanche of traffic, combining your favorites can result in unstoppable traffic keeping you in profit, indefinitely.

Below you’ll discover how to get major bloggers and influencers to gladly share your posts, how to piggy back off the best content on the internet, how to make your content interactive to garner more traffic and a whole lot more.

Let’s get started:

1: How to get bloggers (big and small) to share your blog posts with their readers

This is so easy, yet few bloggers take the time.

And the benefits are two-fold: First, you will likely get extra traffic – maybe even LOTS of extra traffic. And second, it’s a great way to begin building relationships with other bloggers.

Here’s how it works:

Choose a topic for your next blog post. Now search out other content related to the post you’re writing. It could be articles, podcasts, infographics, blog posts, videos, etc., as long as it directly relates to what you’re writing about.

Not sure how to find the best content? Use a tool like Buzzsumo to locate the highest shared content for your keyword.

Get in touch with these content creators right away. Let them know you’re working on a post and you’re going to include a reference to their work.

Ask if they would like to see the post when you’re done. Be friendly and keep your messages fairly short and straight to the point. If you want to gush a little bit about how you love their (blog, videos, products, etc.) go ahead.

When your post is published, let them know they’re featured in your newly published content. Even if they didn’t reply to your first email, let them know. Maybe they were just busy.

If they like your content, many of them will share it with their readers and social media. Be sure to THANK THEM profusely when they do this.

2: Offer bribes in exchange for social media shares

When you create a new piece of content, create what you might think of as a bonus, too. It could be an infographic, a resource list, a pdf of the article, the biggest, baddest and best technique of all, etc.

Sign up for a Pay with a Tweet service and create a new campaign. Integrate the campaign button or campaign link into your content page. Feature it prominently, and talk up the benefits of what they will receive in exchange for a simple share on social media.

3: Optimize Your Facebook Posts

Things to know…

– Run tests to see what types of posts, headlines and images your audience prefers.

– Avoid clickbait headlines, as these will hurt your new feed rank.

– Definitely use hashtags whenever appropriate, since they increase interactions by 60%.

– When appropriate, use a question to get 100% more comments than non-question posts (Source: KISSMetrics)

– Link titles should have less than 100 characters

– Publish between 5pm and 1am for the most interactions (Source: TrackMaven)

– Engage with photos because 93% of the most engaged posts contain photos

– Use videos as well for even more engagement

– The most engaging length for a Facebook post? Is between 50 and 99 characters. (Source: Simply Measured)

– Posts with emoticons receive 33% more comments and are shared 33% more often. (Source: AMEX Open Forum)

– Saturday and Sunday posts have much higher average engagement (Source: TrackMaven)

4: Join Facebook Groups

Facebook groups are an excellent way to connect with people interested in just about any topic – including yours.

In Facebook groups you can really get to know your audience, and eventually promote your content. Here’s how:

Create a list of keywords that best describe your niche.

Enter each keyword or phrase into the search field, click search and click on ‘groups.’

Join the groups that look the most promising, but don’t share your content right away. Read the rules, participate in the conversations, help others and answer questions.

When someone asks a question that your content can answer, then share your content.

Or share your content as updates, asking the group for feedback.

5: Share your content on LinkedIn (Maybe)

This one depends – can you find your target market on LinkedIn? If so, this is a great place to share great stuff, keeping a few things in mind:

Many LinkedIn groups are nothing more than spam groups. In other words, everyone is shouting, “Look at me!” But no one is listening.

You’ve got to find relevant groups with lots of activity and very strict anti-spam rules. Try different keyword variations, and use group filters in the search settings. As you gain experience searching, you’ll get better at finding the right groups.

Once you’re in a group, read the rules and see how people interact. Help others, like, comment and ask questions that move conversations forward. Do this for a few weeks before sharing.

Remember, you’ve got to give first if you want to receive.

When it’s time to share, ask for comments and feedback, opinions, questions, etc.

The main goal of LinkedIn is to build your network. It’s entirely possibly you could meet someone who has a list of buyers who would love your product. It’s also possible you’ll meet your next joint venture partner, or your next $10,000 client.

But you do need some patience and the willingness to be in it for the long haul, helping others and initially expecting nothing in return.

6: Sending traffic from LinkedIn to your blog

Is your audience on LinkedIn? Then every time you write a new blog post, also write a 300-400 word teaser post for LinkedIn.

This post will give the gist of what your blogpost is about and provide a link back to your blog so they can read the entire post there.

Remember to use teaser bullets demonstrating what they will discover when they read your blog post, as well as a direct call to action to go read the post.

7: Get 10,000 new Instagram Followers

The more followers you have, the more traffic you can potentially drive to your blog, your website, your offers, etc.

And it’s easy to get followers if you have some time to invest.

NOTE: Instagram makes you do this manually, so when you have spare time, here’s how to do it:

Open Instagram, tap on the search icon, select ‘tags,’ and search the hashtag associated with your topic.

Choose a photo and start following the account. Like their most recent three photos.

Soon you will see people following you back.

8: Get More Shares (and traffic) With Interactive Content

People love to discover more about themselves, what their spirit animal is, what their personality says about them and so forth. This is why for decades the Cosmopolitan Magazine Quiz has been one of the favorite features of the entire magazine.

It’s also why you can use simple quizzes to drive more interaction and more shares from your readers.

Here’s how:

Register for a free account at apester.com.

Click ‘create new’ and select the type of content you would like to create – polls, quizzes, personality, video or countdown.

Add your questions and mark the right questions.

Press ‘publish’ and install the Apester plugin to your WordPress site.

Copy the code and insert it on your website, wherever you want it to be.

9: Run a Contest

Offering a contest on social media is a great way to get lots of engagement, traffic and new subscribers.

But be careful – you’ve got to tailor your prize to the audience you seek. Otherwise you’ll end up with a ton of subscribers who care nothing about your niche, your blog or your products.

For example, don’t offer a free electronic device (as so many do) unless it’s 100% directly related to your niche.

If your niche is gardening, offer a big selection of free bulbs or your latest book on growing vegetables.

If your niche is online marketing, offer free access to your latest marketing course to bring in super targeted leads, and so forth.

Here’s how to set up a contest:

Sign up at Rafflecopter to launch and manage your giveaway.

Click ‘new giveaway.’ Put in the prize(s) your winner(s) will receive.

Choose how people can enter to win the prize. Subscribing to your newsletter? Tweeting about the contest? Etc.

Set points for each method. The more points they get, the better their chances of winning.

Choose a start and end date and click ‘preview and install.’

Either embed the contest to your website or run it on your Facebook page.

Want to have even more options? Upgrade to the premium version.

10: Use other people’s great content to drive traffic to your site

This is a great technique on several levels. First, you’re sharing relevant, timely content via social media, so your followers and fans benefit.

The person whose content you are sharing will see you’re sharing their stuff, which can help build relationships with these marketers.

In the process you can actually drive traffic to your own content as well. Here’s how:

Find articles and posts related to your newly published post. You can use Google Alerts, Mention, or simply do a Google search for new content on the topic.

When you find an article your audience will likely enjoy, use Sniply to share it via your social channels.

To do this: Go to Sniply and register for a free account. Insert the article’s link and click ‘create snip.’

Then customize the call to action that visitors to that article will see, and link it to YOUR blog post.

Click ‘snip’ and you’re set.

11: Create Roundup Posts

This is a great way to get social media shares from other bloggers and marketers, and even begin building relationships with them.

Each week, biweekly or monthly (you choose a time frame) you will create a collection of the best content related to your topic.

To find this content, you’ll want to subscribe to relevant blogs, set up keyword trackers, or use a notification service like Feedly.

Choose the best posts and write a few sentences of introduction for each one, linking back to the original source.

Notify your sources before you publish your post. Let them know you’re working on a roundup post and their article or post will be included.

Once you publish, let everyone in your roundup article know you are live.

For those who don’t promote your article via social media, it is okay to politely follow up in a few days just in case they missed your email. When they do promote your article, THANK THEM very nicely.

Rinse and repeat at your next interval.

12: Create News Posts

This is generally done weekly and it’s similar to the roundup post. Only in this case, you are focusing on newsworthy items from your particular niche.

Your traffic here is likely to come more from people sharing your post than from the sources you are quoting, since many times those sources will be actual news sites.

However, for sources that are regular sites, blogs, etc., be sure to let them know you’ll be including them, and then let them know when you publish.

13: Do Influencer Roundups

Want to create something epic that really stands out and gets shared by a lot of people?

Then doing an influencer roundup on a hot topic could be exactly what you’re looking for.

Choose a question that will appeal to both your readers and your influencers. For example, in online marketing you could ask what one piece of advice your influencers most wish they had been given before they got started, and why.

Search for your influencers. Odds are you already have a list just from the blogs you subscribe to, but you can find more by using sites like Buzzsumo.

Next, get in touch with each influencer with a short message. Tell them you’re working on an expert roundup and you want to include them, and give them the question.

If you don’t hear back from someone within a few days, you can make one more effort to contact them. If they don’t respond the second time, leave well enough alone.

Once you’ve written your post, send it to your experts for any feedback they might have. Some of them might want to amend or change their answers slightly, based on something else they thought of or answers others have given.

After you publish, let your influencers know your article is live so they can share it with their followers if they choose to.

But don’t get pushy. If they share, that’s great. If not, you don’t want to ruin your budding friendships before they start.

14: Get Social Share from the Tools and Resources You Recommend

Here’s something almost no one thinks to do…

When you write a “how to” post or article, do you recommend resources and tools?

If so, here’s a little trick:

Locate the email address for each of the resources. Then get in touch and let them know you’ll be recommending their tool/resource to your readers in an upcoming post. Ask them if they would like to know when it goes live.

Once your article is live, let them know and politely ask if they might like to share it with their subscribers. After all, your endorsement is validation that their product works, plus their readers might find a new way to use the product, too.

15: Share. A LOT.

You’ve just finished a brand new blog post and you are proud as can be at the way it turned out. Time to tell the world, right?

Yes! Tell your followers on every social media avenue on which you’re active.

But don’t make the same mistake most marketers make.

Most folks don’t want to ‘bug’ others. They’re afraid if they ‘over promote,’ then people will get mad, unsubscribe, stop following, etc.

Actually, the exact opposite is true. You’re going to have to share your content many times before some people ever see it.

Think of Twitter – do you see all of your tweets the first time? Not likely, but let’s say you do. Do you click all the links the first time you see them? Of course not. You’re busy, you’re distracted, things get in the way…

Your followers and fans want to see your content, so make sure they can by sharing it multiple times.

Create different versions of the posts and tweets you make – maybe 5-8 variations. Change the titles, use different pictures and even emojis to boost engagement.

Set up a sharing schedule in advance by using a service like Buffer.

Share right after the post is published, and again an hour later, 3 hours later, 7 hours later, the next day, the day after, the next week, the next week after, the next month and the next month after that.

Track how your posts perform and adjust your schedule accordingly. Also, try to share both during the morning, the afternoon and the evening for full coverage.

16: Use Jump Links to Share Even More

You wrote a great post and you shared it several times via social media. But you don’t want to get obnoxious about it, so you stop sharing.

But… what if your post is a list? For example, “10 Great Ways to Drive Traffic” or “7 Key Secrets to a Great Relationship.”

Then you can continue to share without getting redundant, simply by using jump links.

For example, you want to share tip #3 from your list, so you create a jump link that takes readers directly to that specific tip on that post.

If you’ve never created jump links, here’s a great tutorial:

blog.hubspot.com/marketing/jump-link-same-page#sm.0001raqtw6hekf26y7914pn0o9ev5

Create a new social media message for each tip and use the jump link to point to that specific tip.

Then add relevant, interest-provoking images for each tip, so they stand out and apart when you share them on social media.

16.75: Keep Your Readers Coming Back Without Social Media or Email

This tip isn’t so much about driving new traffic, as it is bringing traffic back to your site time and time again.

No doubt you’re already building a social media following, right?

And of course you’re building your email list, too.

But… what about all those readers who either don’t fall into one of those two categories, or who ignore social media and your emails?

You can still bring them back to your website with push notifications. Here’s how:

Register to get a free account at VWO Engage.

You’ll get a unique code to insert in your website. Or if you have WordPress, you can install their plugin.

Customize your push notification. Just edit the title, subtitle and button text.

Then set up automatic scheduling notifications for your subscribers. Your subscribers will be notified 30 minutes after you publish a new post.

Easy!

And there you have it… 16+ proven content marketing ‘secrets’ that drive wicked traffic. You’ll notice there isn’t a difficult one in the bunch. It’s simply about taking the time to do these things and watching the traffic flow in.

Once you do, it won’t be long before you have a huge loyal following, an ever growing list of subscribers and continuous stream of sales notifications in your inbox!

Zhuang Zi was a brilliant philosopher who lived in ancient China. He had many abilities and all the rulers would seek him out for his wise advice. One of them, King Wei, sent his workers out to Zhuang Zi’s home to invite him to come to Wei’s court and be his chief counselor at the palace. They found him there fishing by the river bank.

Seeing how poor he was and the meagre lifestyle that he led, they thought Zhuang Zi would jump at the chance for status and financial reward. Yet when they gave him their proposal, he replied with a parable:

“Once upon a time there was a sacred turtle, which was happy living his life in the mud. Yet, because he was sacred, the king’s men found him, took him to the royal palace, killed him and used his shell to foresee the future. Now tell me, would that turtle prefer to have given up his life to be honored at the palace, or would he rather be alive and enjoying himself in the mud?”

The men replied that they believed the turtle would be happier in the mud.

Zhuang Zi smiled and replied, “And so you have my answer to your request. Go home and let me be a happy turtle here in the mud.”

Often, we become Internet Marketers because of financial reward and status. We see a potential life for ourselves that will bring us great success. We can get easily bewitched by advancement, fame, and reward and even often neglect what is truly important.

We can become enthralled by our trade that we often waste our most precious resource, time, to get what we want. We tell ourselves that we need more, that it is for our families and our closest loved ones and that in the long run, it will all be worth it.

This may be true. However, there is just one thing I want you to remember and that’ to not forget while you are spending those hours on the laptop or in cafes or traveling away from home, why you are even building this business in the first place.

Don’t forget to spend time with your family. Don’t forget to kiss your children goodnight. And don’t allocate all of your time without compromise to the business because whilst we can spend many hours and many extra miles getting successful, we must simply keep in mind that taking some regular quality time out to remind your loved ones that this is for them – is worth it all.

I’ve seen many highly successful entrepreneurs lose their family in the process of building their fortune. Don’t become one of them.

You must spend some down time enjoying quality “in the mud” too.

You don’t have to stay in the mud long, but take a dip every so often to keep it real and authentic. Take time for yourself too.

I’m talking to you consistent and brave workers, who devote much of their time online to the great cause of success – just don’t forget the moments that really matter as well.

The true secret to success is balancing all the important areas of your life so they continue to grow throughout your lifetime.

During school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a pretty smart student and had gotten through the other questions quite easily, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” I imagined this to be some kind of joke.

But when I thought about it, I realized I had seen the cleaning woman many times. She was short, dark haired and in her 60’s, but how would I know her name? I didn’t.

I handed in my paper, and just left the last question blank. Just before I left I asked the teacher if the last question would count towards our grade. “Absolutely,” said the professor.

“No matter what career you choose in life, you will meet many people. All are important. They deserve your attention and care, even if just by a smile and greeting.”

I’ve never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Clara.

Online, it is not as easy to obtain first names as it is in person but at least we have a better way to store them when our memories fail.

The professor was right, in fact, as it turns out, our names are so important to us that hearing them lights up entirely different part of our brain than any other words, scientists tell us.

Using your customer’s name makes them like you more, also using your own name makes the interaction feel more personal, too.

For example, who would you rather get an email from, “John” or “The Support Team”?

Personal names make a shopping experience much more enjoyable as does hanging out with people who know your name in real life, it just feels more respectful, more engaging and friendly.

Firstly, when sending emails, avoid the lazy trap of ‘Dear Customer’. Use their first name every time.

If customers call you, try and use their name in the first sentence as an instant rapport builder. This is especially helpful in calming an irate customer down quite quickly by seeming more authentic and familiar.

For some of you, when booking a callback, arranging a meeting or getting people to leave their names and numbers, ensure you have their names written in your diary on that date and any other bits of information you can get in that first interaction.

Then when you recall accurately the words of the last conversation you had with them or ask them a more familiar question using their name, you’ll instantly make the customer feel like you know them and so they relax with you.

Another trick of the name remembering trade is to create stories or rhymes in your head associated with the person’s name you want to remember and genuinely try to use it when you bump into them. It’s a great way to build connections and friends in person that may one day be useful to your company or idea, on or offline.

People like their name being used, and it will be a boost to your business and relationships in general if you make the effort to use them every chance you get.

I recently asked a group of marketers this question: “When you send an email to your list, what’s your #1 goal?” The answers I received were revealing.

Some of the answers I got were…

– To get readers to open it
– To get readers to READ it
– To give some useful info
– To build rapport
– To sell a product

Those are all good answers…

But they’re also all WRONG answers.

Of course you want them to open the email, read the email, build some rapport, maybe give some useful info, but none of these are your primary objective.

So what is?

To get the CLICK.

That’s it.

Everything else is simply in support of that #1 goal, getting them to click the link you send to them.

Ideally, you want to train your list to click your links like (pardon me here) mind-numb robots.

You want them to click automatically – without thinking – because it’s what they always do when they open your emails.

You don’t need to sell the product – the sales page or video you send them to should do that for you.

You don’t need to tell them everything about the blog post you’re sending them to – the post will do that for you.

Your job is simply to get the click.

So how can you improve your click-through rate?

1. Give great information. People will like you and TRUST you if you give them great info that helps them. Clicking the link is just a natural extension of that.

2. Show them the ‘what’ but not the ‘how.’ You might give them a really useful tip on what drives super targeted traffic, but to learn how to do it they need to click the link. And yes, that link goes to a product you want them to buy. You haven’t sold the product in the email, but you have sold them on the method. The product is simply an easy shortcut to using that method to get the result.

3. Don’t always send them to sales letters; send them to fun stuff, too. Show them your blog posts, your videos and even other people’s stuff now and then. Did you see a video on YouTube that taught you something really valuable or made you laugh out loud? Try sharing it with your list. Remember, you want to get them in the habit of automatically clicking your links. And giving them rewards when they do, like useful information or a good laugh, will teach them to do just that.

4. Now and then surprise them with a free product. Your email tells them a method to list build using Facebook. Then you send them to a link that will give them 5 more list building methods. And when they click the link, they see a very short sales page offering the product for FREE. How much do you think they love you right now? And what are the odds they will click more of your links in the future, just in case there’s another free product on the other side?

Of course, your list and your niche may call for slightly different methods. But bottom line, your primary, number one goal of email marketing is ALWAYS to get the click.

Because the more trained your list is to click, the more money you will make in the long run.

This one is so simple, yet diabolically effective… When you first introduce a new product to your list or your blog readers, do you simply pop a link on there with a line of text and hope they click? Of course not. You introduce the product. You tell them what’s good about it, how you use it, why it can change their business or help them achieve their goal, etc.

In other words, you’re introducing the product and warming up your readers BEFORE you send them to the sales page.

Now here’s the mistake I see marketers making all the time…

… when they first introduce the product, they take the time to do everything we just said.

And they make sales.

Then later they decide to promote the product again, only this time they forget a crucial step.

They slap that affiliate link or product link up on social media and figure people will click it and buy the product.

But they don’t click.

Why not? Because there’s no introduction to entice them to click and learn more.

So here’s what you do…

Take the copy you wrote in that email or post that introduces the product, and give it a page of its own on your site. Add your affiliate link or sales link to the bottom.

Now when you advertise the product on social media and other venues, send visitors to your intro page first.

I’ve seen this simple technique increase conversions 4 fold. Use it!

You’re familiar with how lead magnets usually work – you offer visitors a report or some other incentive for joining your list. Depending on your traffic source and the strength of your offer, your opt-in rate could be anything from almost non-existent to 30% or more.

Here’s the problem – EVERYONE and their uncle is offering some type of incentive to get people to join their lists. And because of this, visitors have become more and more cautious about giving away their email address.

So what can you do to increase and possibly even DOUBLE your opt-in rate?

Change things up a bit, like this:

Step 1: Create a dynamite lead magnet with great information on how to do something. For example, maybe it’s a case study: “How Janis Smythe made $4,294 in 12 days using XXX technique.”

If you’re just starting out and you need a case study to use, start Googling. Don’t forget to let the person know you’re doing a case study on them, because in this case you really should get permission first.

Or omit the names and fictionalize the personal details. That works, too.

Step 2: Write an excellent sales page. Yes, you’re giving the report away, but you still need to entice people into wanting it.

Step 3: At the bottom of the page, and perhaps to the right as well, put a download button. That’s right – no opt-in form at this point, just a ‘download it now’ button.

Step 4: Split your report into two sections. The first section is the introduction and overview. What they’ll need to do, how much money they can make and the success they can have, and so forth.

Don’t make direct promises, of course. Follow legal guidelines.

The second half of the report is the payoff, the actual technique and how to do it step-by-step.

On the bottom of the first section, tell the readers that the step-by-step blueprint is in Part 2.

Sneaky, right?

It gets better:

Place TWO links on the last page of the first section – one where they pay $17 to buy the second half of the report…

And a second link where they get the report for FREE in exchange for their email address.

Both links go to the same web page.

Step 5: Create the web page for the second half of the report. Give them the option to pay $17 and the option to get it in exchange for their email address.

You should get extremely high opt-ins using this method. Having the payment button there makes it look like they are getting an extremely good deal by giving you their email address.

And oddly enough, once in a while someone will actually pay for the second half of the report.

There you have it… a proven way to supercharge your opt-ins and grow your business online! Now take this knowledge put it to use!

You might think the best way to make sales in the online marketing field is to promise a lot of money for very little effort. After all, we see these products that promise you’ll rake in the dough simply by tapping your toes three times and whispering you want to get rich.

Those kind of pie-in-the-sky promises may make for great fairy tales, but frankly your average Joe isn’t buying it.

You know what people say (and believe)… “If it sounds too good to be true, it generally is.”

The fact is, there are folks who make hundreds of thousands of dollars online each year.

Some do it each month.

A few do it each DAY.

So just because it sounds too good to be true doesn’t make it so. But it will scare away a lot of buyers, because they don’t believe THEY can make a ton of money from home.

And those programs that promise the moon for a few clicks? Their refund rates tend to be in the 50% range. Ouch. Plus you’ve got to wonder how well they sleep at night.

So what’s the counterintuitive approach to increasing your conversions in the make money online / internet marketing field?

It’s simple, really.

Tell them they’re going to have to WORK.

Tell them they’re going to have to put in an EFFORT.

And the results they get will depend on what they actually DO.

Obviously any business is going to take work. But if you don’t TELL them it will take work, they will likely mistake you for a scam.

So be honest and open about how much effort it will take. Doing so, you’ll find your products not only sell well, they will also continue to sell for a long time to come.