The Little Fish Blueprint is a cool DVD created by Matt Bush. Matt has been marketing for years. Many people know him for creating popular PLR courses of the best quality and selling them on the warrior forum. But that is not where his main income comes from. Matt is a Local Marketer earning over $10,000.00 per month from his clients he provides Local Marketing to.

The Little Fish Blueprint is an extremely detailed case study and mind map detailing every step Matt takes to rake it in by offering marketing services to local business that will pay him $1,000 to $1,500 per month. As you can imagine, you don’t need many customers to bring in $10K a month at those rates!

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Bloggers and other site owners are always looking for new and innovative ways to interact with their visitors. That’s a big reason why we have blog comments, social media, and contact forms. But what if you wanted to have a live chat with your readers and customers without actually being there to chat with them?

That’s almost the idea behind Acobot, the web-based service that is the subject of today’s review. The developers promises that Aco can “help you get more customers without spending a penny more on advertising.”

As Smart As Siri?

In effect, Aco is a real-time chat bot. A small chat window appears in the lower-right corner of the browser window and visitors to your site are able to enter their questions in this chat box. After sending, Aco responds almost immediately with a reply.

While the chat here isn’t voice-based, you can see how the “live bot” nature of Aco looks like it’s almost trying to mirror Siri on the iPhone. You ask a bot a question in natural language and it comes back with a reply.

Unfortunately, the live chat software isn’t completely useful out of the box. I tried the live demo with Aco on Beyond the Rhetoric, asking it, “Who is Michael Kwan?” If it were as “smart” as Siri, Aco may have done a web search or crawled to the “about” page on my blog. It did neither. Instead, the reply was, “Will you tell me?” And then I asked, “What is Beyond the Rhetoric?” The response I got was, “I don’t know.”

This is largely because Aco needs to be “trained” manually. When you sign up for an account and install Aco on your site, you can log into your Aco account and view the questions that site visitors have asked through the chat log. You then provide Aco with “better” answers so that it can be more helpful to future site visitors.

An Aco Sense of Humor Too

I gave Aco another shot by attempting a live demo on Hadouken Online. The most recent post on that blog was about the 20th anniversary of Mortal Kombat, so I asked, “What is Mortal Kombat?” The reply: “Sorry, I don’t have a definition for that. What else can I do for you?” In subsequent trials, sometimes I got replies that asked for my e-mail address so that Aco could “follow up” with a suitable answer.

Funnily enough, Aco seems to have a slight sense of humor. When I submitted “Tell me the answer” as my question, Aco came back with, “Booze is the answer, but I’ve forgotten the question.” That’s not exactly helpful, per se, but at least I got a chuckle out of it.

Integration with WordPress

Installing and configuring Acobot is a really easy process. All you have to do is download the free WordPress plugin and activate it. After signing up for an Acobot account, you can then get an installation key that can be entered in your WordPress dashboard. The chat window will show up immediately after that.

How Much Does It Cost?

While there are three pricing plans posted on the site, Acobot is currently free to use.

You can sign up for free now and upgrade later. There is no limit to the number of chats per month during this beta period, but that’ll change when Acobot launches officially out of beta. The Pro 200 (200 chats a month) and Pro 400 (400 chats a month) will cost $29 and $49 a month, respectively. The free account will have Acobot branding and is limited to 30 chats a month.

While I think that Acobot is a neat idea, you will need to factor in the time needed to “train” the bot to best answer the questions posed by your website visitors. Aco gets better with more training, I’m sure, but that adjustment period could prove a little frustrating.

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Building a responsive email lists is one of the surefire ways to guarantee an income online. In fact, many marketers will agree that it is the best method for online success. Just building a list however will not bring you the success you are looking for, unless you are able to deliver on your list needs.

Targeting Your Email Prospects

Delivering on the needs of your list will require that you target your prospects carefully. This whole process does take some research. You will have to find a match for the products or services you are trying to offer. Finding the perfect match will entail identifying the habits of your prospects.

There are several valuable tools online that provide pertinent information on related websites. Websites such as Alexa.com, Compete.com and Google Adwords Keyword Tool can be great sources of information to help you get started. For example, If your niche is weight loss, you can visit the top weight loss sites and used these tools to find out the make up of your top competitors visitors.

Tailoring Your Website To Attract Email Subscribers

The valuable information retrieved from your research can then be used to speak to your prospects through your website, blog or landing page. By knowing their age, interest, and the keywords your prospects used to reach other similar websites, you can then tailor your content to get them to visit yours.

Creating A Good Opt-in Form Offer

The next step is getting the prospect to join your newsletter. This can easily be done by implemented in an optin form on your website, landing page or squeeze page. The key to getting the subscriber is contingent on making them an offer they canít refuse. This offer can be in the form or a free ebook providing a solution, a free software that simplifies their life, or a subscription to a free newsletter.

Utilizing Stats To Identify Your Email List Triggers

Once they are on your list, you can then began to communicate with them personally. Regular email communications can tell you a lot about your subscribers. A good autoresponder will be able to help you gather more facts such as open rates, click thrus and sales. These stats go a long way in letting you know what email subjects and products create a buzz with your list.

Getting Optimum Results With Surveys

But, the best way to really get to know exactly what your list wants is through a survey. After building a nice size list, you can ask your list directly what they want by sending them a request to participate in a survey. If you are not sure how to begin this process; Donít worry. There is a free website online called Survey Monkey to walk your through this simple process.

The results gathered from a survey will let you know exactly what your list really wants. Using the same weight example, you will able to find out if your list prefers exercise equipment, weight loss supplement, or are more interested in nutrition. These facts can assist you in either creating a product for your list of offering them exactly what they want through affiliate products.

Building a responsive email marketing list is an organic process that should be well thought out. You can not simply collect a bunch of email addresses with the intentions of sending them numerous non related offers and expect to succeed. You definitely have to take the time to find out what your list wants. When this process is done correctly, you will have a real business that will perform for you for a long time.

This was a guest post by Marc Marseille of FrontPageVIP.com

I am one of the most consistent bloggers in the world. Over the past five years, I have maintained an average of two blog posts per day and there has never been a single day where there was no new blog post. It is this level of consistency that has allowed my blog the success it enjoys.

I place an extremely high importance on making sure I have new blog posts for my readers to read everyday. This includes during vacation time. Just because I go on vacation does not mean my blog goes on vacation as well. I treat my blog like a real business and as such it never takes a vacation and is always open. The worst thing you can do is put your blog in “vacation mode.” That just screams amateur blogger.

I am on a camping trip with my family right now but as you can see, new blog posts are still going up everyday. The posting frequency has not changed. Here’s how you can keep your blog going while you’re on vacation.

Use The WordPress Timestamp

If you know you’re not going to be able to blog for an extended period of time, then you should pre-write a bunch of blog posts and drip feed them live with the WordPress timestamp. If you’ve been wondering why my blog posts always seem to go live at the same time everyday, it’s because they’ve been timestamped to do so.

To use the timestamp, just click the Edit link next to “Publish immediately” in your blog post edit screen. From there you’ll be able to set the time you want the post to go live.

I rarely write my blog posts live. Yes, this post was written almost a week ago and timestamped to go live today. Most likely, I’m canoeing with sally in some lake right now. You can follow me on Twitter to get live updates on what I’m doing.

I like to do concentrated periods where I would write a few days worth of posts and then timestamp them. I got into this habit because I do travel a lot. By getting into the habit of timestamping posts, it means I don’t have to change my routine that much when going on vacation. It can be very difficult to think up a week worth of blog posts when you’ve never done it before so start getting into the habit of writing an extra post or two and timestamping them. Then you won’t have to make a huge shift when vacation time comes.

Turn The Blog Over To Guest Bloggers

Guest bloggers can help fill the posting void while you’re on vacation. However, depending on the niche your blog is in, you may not want to completely turn your blog over. Because this blog bears my name, readers expect most of the blog posts to come from me. While I did timestamp a few guest posts during this camping trip, I mixed them in with my own timestamped posts.

Blog While On Vacation

Thanks to the wonderful power of technology and Internet that is available from pretty much anywhere, you can now blog while you’re on vacation! While some may question blogging while on vacation, there are many advantages to doing it. For one, you get to share the experience with your readership. This helps build the blog relationship with the readers and lets them share in the fun you’re having.

The second reason to blog while on vacation is taxes. Because I’ll be blogging about my camping adventure, pretty much the entire cost of the trip can be written off as a business expense. Now please see your tax advisor before attempting to write off your vacation. Every situation is different. For example, just because Alpine Electronics can write off a Lamborghini to advertising expense doesn’t mean we can do the same!

Like most things, the key is preparation. Start getting into the habit of timestamping posts and forming relationships with other bloggers who might be able to guest blog for you. Look into technologies, like the Virgin 4G LTE MiFi, that will allows you to blog no matter where you are. The more prepared you are, the better off your blog will be.

Instead of doing the normal Saturday afternoon Dot Com Pho at Pho Ba Co, I decided to head out of town with the family to try some Dot Com Camping. Now, I am not a camper. In fact, I think this only the second camping experience I ever had, and I got to tell you, I was really roughing it!

Our camp site was at Lake Casitas. This is an artificial lake in the Los Padres National Forest of Ventura County, California. It was created by the construction of Casitas Dam on Coyote Creek, two miles before it joins the Ventura River. The dam was built as part of the Ventura River Project. The project provides drinking water and water for irrigation. A secondary benefit is flood control.

Human contact with the water is prohibited since it is used for drinking water, but fishing, boating and camping are permitted. During the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lake Casitas hosted the canoeing and rowing events. The lake was used as the site for filming the scenes of Camp Greenlake in the 19th century in the 2003 film Holes.

While I felt I was roughing it with nature, the hardcore campers might say I wasn’t truly camping. They point to the fact that when you camp, you don’t tweet and you don’t have access to the Internet. While that may be true for normal camping, it’s not true for Dot Com Camping. Watch the video to find out how I can blog and camp at the same time.

Dot Com Pho Vancouver – Japanese Pho Edition

What happens when the Vancouver Dot Com Pho crew go to Koreatown to eat at a restaurant that serves both Japanese and Vietnamese food, including the unique sushi burger? Watch this episode to find out! Also featured is the new Dot Com Pho Meetup group and the Kingston Mobilelite G3 USB 3.0card reader.

Anqi Bnqi Bistro is a high-end restaurant located in the up-scale South Coast Plaza shopping center. The restaurant itself is next to Bloomingdale’s, so after spending all your money there, you can exhaust the reminder of your credit line with an Anqi power lunch.

The room at Anqi is very large but thanks to proper spacing and dividers, it still preserves a somewhat private feel. The noise level is also surprisingly quiet. Generally, rooms this big becomes an echo chamber when filled. Thanks to the restaurant’s good design, you can carry out a conversation at Anqi without feeling like you’re in a noisy bar.

The food at Anqi is New Age Asian Fusion. That’s a fancy term for taking a traditional Asian dish, like Pho, and making it smaller while doubling the price. Normally, this type of business model doesn’t fly unless you can also create an “Oh Wow!” experience with the taste. And that is something that Anqi does very well.

We enjoyed six dishes plus dessert during our two hour lunch at Anqi. Every dish was pretty awesome. I especially enjoyed the Maine lobster salad and Ahi tuna tataki. Sally loved the fried banana with ice cream dessert. Lunch came to $150 with tax and tip, which isn’t the most expensive lunch I ever had, but it definitely wasn’t the cheapest.

The Affiliate Summit East (ASE) happens August 12 to 14 in New York City and I got $5,490 worth of Networking Plus Passes to give away! That sounds like a lot of passes, but it works out to only ten (ASE is not a cheap show). Winning a pass means you save yourself $549!

The Networking Plus Pass (used to be called the Gold Pass) gives you admission to Affiliate Meet Market, Exhibit Hall, Keynotes, Sunday educational sessions; access to all recorded session videos; and PowerPoint presentations. The pass also gets you into my session on the power of blogging and branding.

How To Enter To Win An ASE Networking Plus Pass

To enter, all you have to do is explain in the comments why you should be awarded a Networking Plus Pass to the Affiliate Summit East. The better your comment, the higher your chances of being a winner.

Please only enter if you actually plan on going. If you are selected, you must attend. The pass is not transferable and cannot be resold because it will have your name on it. I am only giving away the passes. I am not paying for your travel or hotel. However, the winners will get a T-shirt that says, “I’m with John Chow, Bitch!” It’s guarantee to get you into all the parties.

IMPORTANT – please note the following:
You must notify the recipients that they cannot be transferred, and the pass codes become invalid in the event the conference sells out.
Also, anybody registering for a complimentary pass who neither checks in at the conference or cancels will be ineligible for future complimentary passes.

If you are new to Internet marketing, attending the Affiliate Summit can be a life-changing event. Many of the biggest names in the industry got their start at this show. If you’re serious about making money online, you can not afford to miss this show. Watch the video below to see the impact the Affiliate Summit has made on past attendees.

The winners of the passes will be announced this Saturday, June 2 during Dot Com Pho OC. This should give you enough time to book your air and hotel if you need it. Good luck and enter now!

Would you like to know I turned John Chow dot Com from a small personal blog into one of the biggest blogging brands on the Internet? Well, you’ll be able to find out at Affiliate Summit East in New York City. This year, I have the honor of being Session 1a, which is the first session of ASE. This will ensure a standing room only crowd.

Joining me for the power of blogging and branding will be fellow big-money bloggers, Zac Johnson and John Rampton. This is going to be a session you won’t want to miss.

Session 1a
Location: Room 1
Time: August 12, 2012 – 11:00am-12:00pm

Case studies and break downs of how to build a business through blogging and branding. The beginning phases, content management and becoming profitable.

Experience level: Intermediate, Advanced
Target audience: Affiliates/Publishers, Other
Niche/vertical: Blogging

• John Chow, Founder & CEO, John Chow dot Com (Twitter @JohnChow)
• Zac Johnson, President/CEO, MoneyReign, Inc. (Twitter @moneyreign)
• John Rampton, Founder, Blogging.org (Twitter @Jsrampton)

Affiliate Summit East takes place August 12-14, 2012 at the Hilton New York. Registration is now open. Pass prices range from $249 to $2,249. I look forward to seeing you in the Big Apple.