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Five Network Marketing Lies - MultiLevel Strategy

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:00:00 +0000

1. Once you join no further expenses will be required.
2. Planning for home business is easy.
3. Success comes from multilevel marketing.
4. Your friends and family will lead to optimum success.
5. MLM marketing lies about its success.

These are five network-marketing lies that I personally have heard. The problem with these lies is how truthful they can all be.

Many multilevel marketers go for the concept of enrolling people as their focus. To that end they avoid conversations related to brochures, pamphlets, CD’s and other future required purchases until after the enrollment has been completed. Handling matters this way leaves people feeling mistreated and taken advantage of.

Wouldn’t it be better to provide people with a turnkey system they can use absolutely free to succeed? Keep reading, you’ll be glad you did.

If building a home business were easy wouldn’t everyone be doing it?

Nothing that is worth the effort is easy, but it certainly can be rewarding if you keep moving forward while keeping your eye on the goal. However, this can be hard to do especially when your upline and/or downline do not respond in the way that you expect them to.

Unfortunately, not all those who start in MultiLevel marketing succeed in this type of business. Many do, but there is a fallout rate.

Is this a good reason not to get involved in a MultiLevel business?

I personally don’t believe so. Many people who start businesses also don’t succeed. With most MLM systems you at least have many of the tools for success already in place. However, your commitment and endurance is still essential for success.

This next one really gets me.

People join a MLM business thinking their friends and family will make the difference in their business success. Quite often it is these very people who squash your desire for success and rip your dreams away. In my next article I will share how to gain an audience without focusing on the 100 list of people you know. Here the important point is that your friends and family are not necessarily your path to success within any business venture let alone a multilevel opportunity.

With all these MLM marketing lies it would be easy to conclude that no one can succeed in the world of MultiLevel marketing. If that were the case then businesses would not create the MultiLevel strategy as part of their marketing system.

Yet, even here there is a problem in that our industry has been flooded with opportunities. Therefore to succeed you need to develop a turnkey website that is second to none like what I offer each of my associates absolutely free as a way of planning for home business success from where they live.

While it can be the case that any one of these five network marketing lies can be enough to cause someone to set aside their dreams, finding the truth within is enough to pick them up and proceed forward with determined power of ultimate success.

By The Body By Chocolate Man
TWITTER: http://Twitter.com/BodyByChocolate
WEBSITE: http://BodyByChocolates.com/Guy.html

Brevity Online Business Book Summaries: Brevity Online

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Twitter!

No! That word may not start off an article that has nothing to do with that horrid application. Can it? Horrid? Am I missing something?

In the last 60 days I have started some awesome joint ventures, brought numerous people into my chocolate business, and received help that I would not otherwise have had all because of one simple tool.

Twitter.

In one tweet @DanRMorris shared his excitement for Brevity online with me. I’ve wanted to find something like this for some time. Simply put, Brevity offers online business book summaries.

I’m not sure about you, but in the crazy world we live in today I do not have the time for everything I need to do including breathing so I am forced to prioritize.

I would love to read the leading business books that are out on the market. However, I simply do not have the time. Perhaps you do. I do not know.

What I do know is that this tool rocks!

Simply put, and by their own admission, the vision of Brevity is to provide “The World’s Best Business Book Summaries.”

Yes.

Titles like…

* Business Stripped Bare by Sir Richard Branson
* Made In America: My Story by Sam Walton
* Dirty Little Secrets Of Buzz by David Seaman

They’re all here, plus more.

When you select one of the books you are provided with a nice overview of what the material will actually cover along with a PDF & Audio file. I love the audio file part, which gives me the ability to turn on the recording while working on other tasks that need to be completed during the day. Sweet!

If I choose to I can also comment on the various books.

This helps build a sense of community, as people know if they really want to spend time with this particular material or not. The more a person can be informed about their options the better their chances of learning the content within.

Besides looking at the various books that are available there are options for making money and reviewing the information about the Website in the FAQ section. However, for the most part, once you have seen the book section you have seen the bulk of what is available at the site.

That makes sense.

Brevity online as an easy to understand quick to navigate site for people to visit.

If you like me would read more if you only had the time, then you want to check out these online business book summaries that are offered by Brevity. Knowledge, after all, is power.

By The Body By Chocolate Man
Guy Siverson

Social Networking Power With Funny Tree Squirrel Photos

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:49:00 +0000

The Today Show cracked the case on a very amusing photo today, which has led to a ton of tree squirrel photos going out to the web. I agree the photo was funny. A couple on vacation was taking an auto snap photo when a squirrel popped into center stage of the lens right on queue and click. The rest was history.

But instead of that being the end of the event it really was only the beginning of social networking power. Somehow this same squirrel began appearing everywhere across the web…

* In the middle of the last supper
* In a Next Generation Star Trek photo
* In the Body By Chocolate Man’s Twitter profile
* In the jaws of Jaws

This rouge squirrel was on its way to becoming a star.

Either said squirrel was being as busy as a beaver or people were using creative fun to enjoy a moment. Which was it?

I would like to suggest that later. Here’s why.

The squirrel is cute. Comical cuteness catches clickers. The more we can build a positive helpful friendly image on the web the greater our following will become. Not only that, but people will share funny photos with other people bringing even more people to your web creative.

Actually, that is the whole concept of viral marketing in a nutshell. It is also why videos like Bionic Burger found on YouTube have massive amounts of clicks. Similarly, viral graphics can do exactly the same thing. Actually viral anything spreads like wild fire on the web.

I recently wrote an article titled “6 Top Trending Twitter Topic Tips” which is getting a massive amount of clicks even before the search engines have SEO’d it. Why do I think this is the case? I’m thinking the title of the article itself being a bit fun with all the “T’s” is driving traffic to the article. Once at the article I can then guide visitors to my website offerings and information.

And there you have it.
The very reason that smart web workers grab onto funny current event reports like these tree squirrel photos and find ways to build them into their projects. Social networking power can also be accomplished by focusing on trends within politics, religion and other major cultural events.

Quite simply, viral marketing works, especially if you can make a clear tie between it and the product that you are promoting.

The Body By Chocolate Man
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/BodyByChocolate
WEBSITE: http://www.bodybychocolates.com/xo/gs/endulge.htm

How To Setup Hotmail For Business

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:38:00 +0000

I have to say I hate it. Don’t you?

You receive an Email from a business contact and there it is. Sitting right there in front of you.

* BillieBob@Hotmail.com
* SallySue@Yahoo.com

Until this Email everything else looked professional, but now? Not any more. Hotmail and Yahoo just don’t couple as good business Email addresses.

Want to know a secret?

I use Hotmail exclusively for all my Email transactions even though people read the following?

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com

So how do I setup hotmail to do this?

First I order a domain via GoDaddy for about $10 a year. GoDaddy’s service is second to none. Have your representative help you put your domain on “cash parking.” Now, without any further touching from you, when someone visits that site and clicks on your link you make money! That’s cool since that is the last time you will be touching this part of your account.

Given that you created a domain that makes sense with your product you now have a second source of income as well as a way to have a professional Email address. Simply have GoDaddy walk you through setting up a forward address from your domain to your current Hotmail Email address. Since GoDaddy really does do an excellent job with this part of the process I’ll leave this up to their fine services.

You and I need to move over to your Hotmail account. Let’s go.

* On the upper right you will see an option labeled “options”

* Select “options” and then “more options” at the bottom of that page

* Now choose the link that reads, “Send and receive mail from other e-mail accounts” under “Manage your account”

There are 3 options on this page. You are looking for the last option on the list that reads “You can send mail from these accounts.” At the bottom of this section is a link which says ‘Add another account to send mail from.” Select that link and add the Email address for your domain that you setup with GoDaddy.

By the way, you can setup 100 Email accounts with them absolutely free. Therefore, if you have other people that work with you, as is the case in a multilevel marketing company, you can also setup Email addresses for all your team using their first name and your domain.

Next, you will receive an Email in your Hotmail that you need to verify. Once you do that you have successfully setup Hotmail to function as a professional Email address.

But wait, there’s more!

Yes, follow the above process to get back to where you setup the new Email account. Next to each Email listed (2 in this case) there is a link that reads, “Use as default.” Select the link next to the one you want to have set as your default. Given that you are setting up a professional Email address to use through Hotmail you will likely want to set your business Email address as your default option.

That’s it. You can now send and receive Email from Hotmail as if it is a professional company image. How cool is that?

The Body By Chocolate Man
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/BodyByChocolate
WEBSITE: http://www.bodybychocolates.com/xo/gs/endulge.htm

TweetAFile: Share Important Files With Twitter Using TweetAFile

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:52:00 +0000

Earlier today I was talking with @DeliciousCookin when we both realized that we had a file that we needed to share. So I provided my Email address and waited. After far to long a time I tweeted back letting them know that no Email had been received.

It was then that we discovered the issue of file size and my Email provider. We were stuck, how would we be able to share important files with each other. Had I known about TweetAFile we could have tried that before going to all the work that we ended up doing to transfer the data.

A majority of Twitter users still don’t realize that Twitter allows you to share much more than 140-character posts between each other. Using TweetDeck I share everything from videos to articles like this that you are reading. Yet, had no way to share a file across this system. Well, I had no way to do that until now.

With this new Twitter technology you are able to pass data back and forth between one another with great success. It doesn’t appear that there is a file size limit according to what I have reviewed, which makes the tool even better.

Or worse.

I’m sure you’ve heard more than once that you shouldn’t open Email attachments from people that you don’t know. Sage advice if you ask me, though I’m sure it won’t be long before those same people figure a way to share links that shouldn’t be clicked as well.

You know, if they took as much time helping people as being jerks… ahhh, I digress.

Another caution that bares mentioning at this point is the whole concept of Twitter Apps. While Twitter certainly would not be as powerful without its apps, providing your login information to every app that comes along is really not a good idea. I haven’t yet discovered how to tell a safe Twitter app from an unsafe one, but it certainly is something to keep in mind.

Anyway, back to TweetAFile, if you notice in the above article I haven’t given you a whole lot of details on how to use this cool tool. There’s a good reason for that. It’s easy.

Just sign in with your Twitter credentials, browse to the file needing to be exchanged, type the user ID of the person you are sending too with a short message saying what it is and let the tweets fly. That’s really all that needs to be done to share important files with Twitter.

The Body By Chocolates Man
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/BodyByChocolate
WEBSITE: http://bodybychocolates.com/xo/gs/endulge.htm

How To Build Your Twitter Profile Via Happy Follow Friday Events

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:01:00 +0000

Happy Follow Friday!

Have you taken part in this event or any of the Twitter events that occur from time to time? Excuse me for saying so, but you should because they will help you build your Twitter profile very easily.

Here’s why.

The more active you are with your Twitter followers the more valuable you will appear to everyone who comes in contact with your Twitter profile be they already followers or people who are considering following you in the future. However, I have personally come to believe that a simple list of your followers with #FF or #FollowFriday attached is not going to do a great deal for you.

Here is how I optimize Follow Friday for my @BodyByChocolate account.

1. Collect all names I want to send a Follow Friday message to and put them together into Word Pad or Note Pad. Now adjust the sidebar of the screen so that only 2 or 3 accts show per line. You will take these individual lines and put them into your message that you are about to create.

2. Create your message. No, not just something that says #FollowFriday followed by the list of User ID’s. Give the people that are mentioned in this post something to read and think about.

Here is an example:
“All my #FollowFriday tweeps should read the 2009 Chocolate Science Report [Add USER ID’s] [Add URL]”

3. Focus the first 45 characters of your post on the keywords you want to focus on within the post. Google runs SEO on the first 45 characters of each of your posts, so putting the keywords up front instead of the User ID’s you are sending your post to is an excellent idea.

Here is the example now:
“2009 Chocolate Science Report for all my #FollowFriday tweeps like [USER ID’s] to read [Add URL]”

4. Finally, using the hasttag (#) on your preferred keywords within a post further helps you to be found in those keyword results. If your keyword happens to become a trend all the better for you.

Here is the final view of our example:
“2009 #Chocolate #Science Report for all my #FollowFriday tweeps like [USER ID’s] to read [Add URL]”

Now, let’s say you have 20 people to respond to with this message. Broken down into 2 or 3 user ID’s you have approximately 8 or 9 posts. When they receive this message and RT it back to you, many will. You are well on your way to making this simple “Happy Follow Friday” message viral, which will have very positive results for you as you build your twitter profile.

GeoChirp: My New Twitter Tool Is GeoChirp

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:45:00 +0000

Without Twitter applications Twitter would be down right boring. Fortunately Twitter and developers for Twitter get that and make awesome tools all the time.

After reading an article somewhere I checked out GeoChrip and it quickly became my new Twitter tool. Why?

Many reasons really.

Including…

This tool makes it easy to communicate with people in my local area. That’s huge. No matter where my area happens to be at the moment I have instant access to active tweeters exactly where I am.

That means that if I’m traveling and want to reach people in the area I am at I can do that.

Or…

If I’m at home and want to know who is near where I’m located at, I can do that.

Or…

Well, I think you get the point. At first glance I believe this tool is incredibly powerful.

With a simple click of a button I can view four different map types for my location.

* Map (normal)
* Satellite
* Hybird
* Terrain

While I personally believe I will use the normal map most, having the other options available is absolutely awesome.

I can also adjust the number of tweets that I see on my screen as well as how far away from me those tweets happen to be coming from. Talk about a target audience, this is huge.

Further, I can search the entire city of Spokane or narrow it down to my address specifically. Here’s an idea, if there is a part of your area that fits better for your product than any other, you can find an address in that area and wait for posts from there.

For example, some people believe my product to be on the expensive side; and it is if you don’t take time to research it fully to understand its value. However, it’s easier for me to reach people in higher socio-economic areas and thus that is what I target. This GeoChirp is such a huge tool, and to think like most of the rest of Twitter, it’s free!

Check out my new twitter tool of choice and you just might find it to be yours as well.

The Body By Chocolate Man
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/BodyByChocolate
WEBSITE: http://bodybychocolates.com/xo/gs/endulge.htm

6 Top Trending Twitter Topic Tips

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:27:00 +0000

You have a topic. Chocolate.

You have a mission. Create a trend on Twitter for your topic.

Impossible? No. Perhaps a bit difficult, and time consuming, but certainly it is plausible using the right techniques. These 10 top trending Twitter topic tips will help you succeed.

Tip 1: Prepare Your Plan:

Some even say write it down. I think that to be good advice even though I personally have trouble with written plans like this.

The general idea here is to build yourself into a brand for your topic. If it’s chocolate, then become the Body By Chocolate Man like I did.

Tip 2: Keyword Targeted Bio:

Let’s say you want to see the word’s “dark chocolate” trend on Twitter. Be sure to include those exact keywords at least once in your bio information.

More is not better.

Don’t get carried away with only 2 or 3 keywords repeated or your bio will look like spam and you will succeed in creating far more enemies than friends.

Tip 3: Using Hashtags

The more you can hashtag your content the better. On Twitter a hashtag is equivalent to putting a number sign in front of the word you are trying to promote.

Let’s say you want to cause the word antioxidant to become a trend. In your tweet you would target such a word like this (#antioxidant).

Tip 4: RT’ing Waves

The more people you can get talking about your keyword the better. Which is why you want to create posts that others will retweet (RT). One of the easiest ways to do this is to include their user ID’s in targeted tweets.

Once you start the RT thank you ball rolling, you can include most anything in the tweet as long as it sounds positive to the reader.

Tip 5: Watching News

Another way to gain momentum for a given keyword is to find hot news for that specific keyword and tweet it. If it’s already been tweeted by others you are practically guaranteed that it will be tweeted for you. Not to mention the popularity it has already taken. To find the right news I use services like.

* Google Alert
* StuffToTweet
* TwitterAnalyzer

Tip 6: Repetitive Repetition

Be careful here. No one wants to be spammed. However, as long as you do so tactfully you can repeat information with your given keyword in it on a regular basis without difficulty. The more you do the greater importance that keyword will receive especially if you have others RT’ing your tweets for you.

Following the above steps over time will help you to create trends for specific words, especially if they are talked about in the news on a regular basis. The larger the “celebrity status” of your given keyword the greater the chance of building top trending Twitter topic lists.

The Body By Chocolate Man
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/BodyByChocolate
WEBSITE:
http://www.BodyByChocolates.com

4 Twitter Branding Secrets

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:56:00 +0000

Social networking today is a huge opportunity for any business to use. Not only is it a system that is free to use, but also you can potentially reach more people faster by using these Internet related tools. All this goes doubly for Twitter.

The unfortunate part is that most people don’t use the full power of Twitter. One of the biggest reasons for that is they don’t have a clear understanding of what Twitter branding is all about.

May I help?

*** Secret 1 ***
Use a screen name, not your own.

I get far more mileage out of a creative USER ID than I would out of my own name. After all, whom would you rather tweet with?

@BodyByChocolate
@GuySiverson

Using a creative screen name that reflects who I am also allows people to clearly see what my mission is.

*** Secret 2 ***
Stuff your bio with keywords related to your mission.

Words like “I, am, the, a” simply don’t help your profile. Don’t use them. The more keywords you can get in your bio the more lists you will find yourself to be part of.

Have you ever been in a networking meeting where everyone has the chance to describe who they are and why they are there? On Twitter this your moment to tell people who you are. This is your 30-second elevator speech. And this is critical to your success.

*** Secret 3 ***
Perhaps this is the most overlooked part of branding for Twitter.

Take full advantage of your location.
Most people know they have 160 characters to describe themselves on Twitter. What they don’t know is they also have 120 characters for their location information.

I personally started out by telling people that my location was “Spokane.”

Once I discovered this secret I quickly changed my location information to read “Seattle B4 Spokane WA USA.”

Now, when people are searching for any of the following keywords

* Seattle
* Spokane
* WA
* USA

I am there.

*** Secret 4 ***
Use a branded picture.

In this age of social networking people see more pictures of people than ever before. To a certain extent, I believe people have learned to ignore these pictures. Even worse, put an image or a logo where the picture goes. Now visual people cannot connect with you but only your brand. Given that your brand is likely located elsewhere you lessen your image with this approach.

So what’s the answer?

For me, it was to dawn a cape with my logo on the back and secure a mask. After all, I am the Body By Chocolate Man saving the world from unhealthy chocolate.

With this approach people have the ability to see me as well as to connect with my brand all in the scope of a single picture.

*** Summary ***
Twitter branding, like with any social network may take a bit of time to do right. Those who choose to take the time to build correct profiles will reap the rewards 10, 100 & even 1000 fold.

The Body By Chocolate Man
WEBSITE: http://www.bodybychocolates.com/xo/gs/endulge.htm
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/BodyByChocolate

HitTail Results

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:19:00 +0000

Last issue I told you about Google Insights.

* Try it
* Use it
* It's free with no strings.

But, if you have a blog or website like www.BodyByChocolates.com, then you will want to know your HitTail results.

HitTail provides you with information about which keywords are and are not working for you. HitTail helps you to quickly appeal to readers & search engines alike.

You can use HitTail results to formulate a title for your next article.

HINT: Writing is made simple when you create your articles title first.

How To Follow The Social Networking Rules

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:08:00 +0000

Rules?

This is the web. There are no rules, right?

Wrong.

A social networking tool I use is Launch Pad because it focuses on those here in Eastern Washington.

Recently, I published 2 business related videos as well as a couple of blog articles on my page within their system only to have them removed faster than I could blink.

Before you think them unkind, it is important to understand that they have their standards and processes that they want people to follow. I found out that videos designed to directly appeal to business opportunities simply do not fall within the requirements of their social networking rules.

I have one of two options at this point.
1. File their website under "C" and move on to other opportunities.
2. Choose to design my material in a way that is acceptable for them.

There will be time where option 1 makes more sense than option 2 within your own business building endeavors. However, given that http://BodyByChocolates.com is based within the territory of the demographics for this social networking platform, following their rules makes a great deal of business sense for me.

Therefore, as you work with new social networking systems, make sure to follow their social networking rules or run the risk of being cut off at the pass.

Find Great Keywords With Google Insights For Search

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:17:00 +0000

Article marketing is a perfect way of driving traffic to your website. However, how do you find the right long tail keywords for you?

http://www.google.com/insights/search

Why pay for the rest when Google offers you the best, free? With this tool you can find hot keywords. Enter a topically related keyword from your project and Google will deliver a wealth of valuable information:

* Geo locations of hot keywords
* Related keyword phrases
* Top & rising searches

I wouldn't be without Google Insights to find great keywords for my www.BodyByChocolates.com website.

Article Writing Secrets 101

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:03:00 +0000

If you do a search on the following keyword

- Body By Chocolates -

You will find these links out ranking 5,630,000 competitors on the first page of Google.

Today's Mama:
===> http://www.todaysmama.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2773

Warrior Forum:
===> http://www.warriorforum.com/blogs/finditfree/2915-building-your-own-healthy-chocolate-business-www-bodybychocolates-com.html

Both speak of the healthy chocolate business I dived into on Nov 22, 2008. Given that the first post to this blog was made on 11/27/08 how could I possibly outrank 5,630,000 competitors in less than 2 months at the time of this writing.

Easy.

It is called bum marketing.

Let's look at the process.

First I go to Google and type in my desired keyword in quotes to determine the level of my competition.

"Chocolates" = 22,800,000 competitors.

This is to many competitors for me to contend against. I'm looking for results that are between 1000 and 5000. In most cases I would look to the left or right of the highlighted keyword to add to my research and narrow down the results.

However, since my website is BodyByChocolates.com I decided to see what my competition would be if I added the words "Body By" to my research.

"Body By Chocolates" = 27 competitors (most of who happen to be myself in this case.)

Normally this would be far to little results, but considering that the keyword matches my domain extremely well I'm willing to build an article focused on this keyword so that I can gain capital in this area.

Besides, when I search without the quotes I find these results.

Body By Chocolates = 5,630,000 competitors with myself mentioned at least twice on the first page of Google. Considering that this is absolutely free advertising and helps build my name recognition, I'm more than willing to take a very low hanging keyword phrase.

Next time we will discuss why using resources like Todays Mama and Warrior Forum have been so critical to the success of http://BodyByChocolates.com as we continue to explore article writing secrets.

3 Secrets To Writing For Web

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Slap words on page, publish and repeat. That's all you need do when writing for web, right?

Wrong!

You need to use tools I will mention in the next 2 TidBit issues as well as focusing on key secrets to your success.

Keys like:

* Writing short brief statements instead of long paragraphs.
* Keeping your articles between 300 & 500 words.
* Including keyword phrase in your articles title, fist paragraph and last paragraph

These three things will help propel you to the top pages of Google like www.BodyByChocolates.com.

SEOGuy Unplugged

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:14:00 +0000

Who or what is a SEOGuy and who cares?

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and my name happens to be Guy. Thus you have SEOGuy.

Who cares? You mean beside my precious life long bride?

You should.

Not only do I teach Internet Marketing success secrets via seminars, but I also do private consulting for your own specific projects. In the next 3 issues I will be explaining various points of article marketing. If you apply some of these hints like I do with www.BodyByChocolates.com you will see practically immediate long-term permanent results.

Life, is good.

Creating An Automated Wealth System To Boost Traffic Sales

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:45:00 +0000

Buy this system and…

How many times have you heard words like that in the course of your Internet Marketing endeavors?

The truth is if you have a blog or website you already own a profit market that will boost traffic sales via an automated wealth system especially if you have built your project around a focused hot niche concept.

If you are not making money with your current web project how is it possible that it can be a tremendous traffic building wealth system?

One word…

Visitors.

Each time a visitor arrives at your website they are money in your bank. Unfortunately most people allow visitors to arrive only to see them disappear into oblivion moments later. There is no attempt made to make them part of a newsletter list. It's like taking 100 one-dollar bills and throwing them into the wind or even worse.

Your visitor had enough interest in your topic to take the time to click your link and arrive at your website.

Your visitor potentially even took time to read your article, hear your information, or watch your video.

Your visitor probably knows people who are interested in your topic as birds of a feather often flock together.

Therefore, each time you offer your visitor the ability to join an automated newsletter list they are being asked to become loyal word-of-mouth marketers for a topic they have an interest in.

* So promote that list.
* Write that Enews.
* Build that following.

And in the end you can market your products to highly interested individuals who are actively interested in what you have to say. Talk about a hot lead money making proposition. My own favorite automated wealth system to boost traffic sales is Aweber, and I highly recommend people use their system to build their success. You can take their system for a test drive by following either of the two links listed above.

How To Use The Google Keyword Tool For Adwords Keyword Tool Purposes

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:59:00 +0000

I was listening to my favorite Bum Marketing mentor's latest video today when he mentioned a Google keyword tool that I had never heard of before.

Suddenly he gave me an insight to a Google Keyword Tool I had never heard of previously. It's called Google insights for search and it certainly is a powerful free tool. In this article I would like to explain how it can be used as an AdWords keyword tool while providing optimum results for your online Internet Marketing success.

In this article I am under the assumption that you already know what AdWords pay per click advertising is. If you don't, there are other articles on my site which will guide you in your understanding of PPC in general.

So you have:

* Selected your topic
* Setup your campaign
* Created your ad
* Added your keywords

But now you want to be sure that you have picked all the highly optimum keywords related to your topic for this particular page, article or resource.

For illustration purposes, let's say your topic is "chocolate".

First open Google insights and enter your keyword, there are a variety of self-explanatory options available under the "Filters" section to consider before you select search. Set the filter according the purposes of your project and off you go.

The filters you selected directly impacts the results you see under the varying categories of:

* Web Search Volume
* Regional Options
* Related Search Terms

Under the third category you will find the following two options:

* Top Searches
* Rising Searches

Ad the appropriate long tail keywords to your Google Adwords campaign and the result is an optimized ad for keyword phrases that people are actually searching for.

My recommendation is to work with this tool a bit so that you become familiar with what it is capable of. If you add this technology to HitTail you will be well on your way to dominating whatever niche market you are interested in controlling.
Bottom line, I personally will not be without this Adwords keyword tool in my own projects.

How I use Long tail keyword marketing to drive massive traffic to my favorite affiliate marketing programs of 2008.

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:09:00 +0000

Long tail keyword marketing rocks! Especially when you implement free tools like HitTail.com with it.

Before, I tell you how to drive massive traffic to my (or your) website let me take a moment and expose my favorite affiliate marketing programs of 2008. There are several things that go into making up this following list including:

* 95% of my favorites are membership websites.
* 90% are well known highly reputable sites.
* 100% of my favorites are directly related to my niche.
* 90% I am personally presently using on my own projects.

For whatever affiliate programs you decide to run with I recommend following the above list for yourself. After all, it's your own reputation on the line when you support something that is clearly not a good tool. Further, I love high quality affiliate membership programs because I get paid month after month after month.

With that said, here is my list:

THE WINNER:
Aweber: Automated Email Marketing
It is my own personal opinion that Aweber is as the top of the automated Email marketing programs out there, with no exceptions. Not only do they have an awesome tool, but Aweber also has top of the line customer support over the phone and directly online. From personal experience I highly recommend using this valuable tool for all your Email correspondence and while you're at it, become an affiliate and promote them to your own niche. No matter what you are marketing everyone needs to incorporate an online newsletter into his or her business model.

RUNNER UP #1:
US Free Ads: Online Classified Advertising
If you are looking for a place to put classified ads look no further. Okay, I'll admit, Craig's list probably has this tool beat in amount of current participation. However, when was the last time that they paid you for referring traffic to their website? I believe US Free Ads is a newer concept than that other popular ad network and as such will surpass them in the near future both in design and popularity. I've personally used this service throughout 2009 and find it to be an extremely valuable tool for all my Internet Marketing activities.

RUNNER UP #2
OddCast: Website Search Generator
It's time for a true confession. I have personally never ever used OddCast -- YET! But I'm going to be implementing this technology in 2009. It's no secret that interactivity is highly desired on the web today. Given that this site helps people find what they are looking for on YOUR website it is bound to increase visitor retention and return. Further, their animated characters ad spice to your website that people will enjoy using.

HONORABLE MENTIONS
* Traffic Geyser: Video Directory Submitter
* Article Submitter: Article Submission Software
* Provide Support: Live Online Interactive Support
This probably would have made the top 3 of my list, but I only found out about it yesterday. Given that we are in December it wouldn't be right to say that this is my favorite affiliate program. However, if you are looking for a way to provide online support to your website visitors this is an extremely affordable high quality excellently supported tool that you should not be without. I am immediately implementing this technology on my own websites for obvious reasons.

Well, there you have it. The SEOGuy's own personal favorite affiliate marketing programs of 2008. But how do I use long tail keyword marketing techniques to drive massive traffic to my affiliates?

Easy.

I do what I did above.

* I talk about them.
* I write about them.
* I feature them on my newsletter.

Word of mouth advertising is indeed the best form of advertising available today.

ALSO READ:
How To Become A Super Affiliate

Your Favorite SEO Resources Verse My Favorite SEO Resources

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:26:00 +0000

Recently, this question popped up on my favorite Google Groups named…

“Google Search Engine Optimization SEO Google - MSN – Yahoo”

Everyone continues to contribute valuable content to this topic with their own preferred answers which basically amounts to a “Your Favorite SEO Resources Verse My Favorite SEO Resources” dialog with the end result of everyone walking away a winner.

Let’s take a look at some of the top picks I’ve seen so far from this conversation.

Duct Tape Marketing:
* http://www.DuctTapeMarketing.com/
Providing simple, effective and affordable small business marketing advice and information for Internet Marketers.

Tatum Marketing:
* http://www.TatumMarketing.com/
Traffic * Conversation Rates * Customer Value = Revenue

SEOmoz:
* http://www.SEOmoz.org/
SEOmoz serves as a hub for search marketers worldwide by providing education, tools, resources and paid services to help make every SEO the best they can be.

Reel SEO:
* http://www.ReelSEO.com/
Video SEO, Online Video Marketing, & Internet Video Trends

Search Engine Land: (This is a personal favorite of mine)
* http://SearchEngineLand.com/
Search Engine Land: Must Read News About Search Marketing & Search Engines

1st On The List:
* http://www.1stOnTheList.ca/Articles/
Internet Marketing, Website Marketing & Search Engine Marketing Articles

High Rankings:
* http://www.HighRankings.com
Helping websites be the best they can be by achieving high rankings.

Red Cardinal:
* www.RedCardinal.ie
Search Engine Optimization services.

I’ll be honest and say that unless noted otherwise on the above websites I did not spend more than a passing moment attempting to determine their value. Since someone in the group found these as important, I deemed them as such by reporting their findings.

Here are other sites related to the various aspects of SEO that I personally recommend using.

It’s hard to have good SEO without content, but not just any content will do for the true expert. That’s why I recommend using:

AMInstutitue:
* http://www.AMInstitute.com/cgi-bin/headline.cgi
As they provide excellent free information in creating your title.

Along with Bum Marketing techniques which you can find out more about on my own SEO website.

SEO & Beyond:
* http://Search-Engine-Optimization-And-Beyond.com
Providing Internet marketing strategies and concepts for the rest of us.

There are literally hundreds of different options available on the web for gaining support. The point is to glean from the best while forgetting the rest. Only then will you be able to distinguish between:

* Your favorite SEO resources
* My favorite SEO resources

And those that are anything but favorite SEO resources.

Where To Place An Autoresponder Opt-In Form For The Best Plan E-Marketing Strategies

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:07:00 +0000

“Plan E-Marketing”

I wish that more people would see the extreme importance of those 2 words. Some sites I arrive at…

Well, let’s just say they are definitely NOT planned out.

Today, let’s talk about the where to place an autoresponder opt-in form for the highest conversions possible.

Many people like using pop-up technology for this aspect of their website, and when you review their statistical usefulness I can’t say as I blame them. Especially when you consider technologies that companies like Aweber autoresponder services bring into this picture.

Never-the-less, I personally have not found an affective way of using any form of pop-up that I am 100% pleased with and thus cannot recommend this alternative for the masses. Rather I like the KISS approach.

KEEP
IT
SIMPLE
STUP….

I think you’ve got the idea.

To that extent, I draw an invisible “Z” (make sure it’s invisible, getting permanent marker off a monitor can indeed be a huge pain in the butt ;) ) on my monitor. Wherever the “Z” points are found at are considered the “hot spots” of your website.

My own personal favorites are:
* Across the top
* Left hand side before article
* Across the bottom

As it relates to autoresponders it’s not a bad idea to have one at the bottom of each page, though I would certainly have one near the top too. Think of it though, if a reader has perused your content long enough to get to the bottom of your page they have deemed it relevant enough for them to spend more than a moments passing glance with. Now they find that they can get more valuable content by becoming part of your newsletter? I personally haven’t thought of this till writing this article, but it certainly does have at least a twinge of logic to it though I would certainly place an additional sign-up form near the top of your page too.

* On my website I integrate the form and the title together into the same section.
* On my blog I integrate the opt-in form and an Aweber add as the Aweber affiliate program is one of my best affiliate programs that I am part of.

How can I end an article about where to place an autoresponder opt-in form for highest conversion rates without at least mentioning the OTO (One Time Offer) plan E-Marketing strategy? I can’t.

While this article will not be dealing with OTO concepts directly, having one page that you send people to which includes a BRIEF audio, video or article and a sign-up form is not at all a bad idea. Under this approach you can be assured that your audience will not get lost before they become a valuable part of your newsletter subscription list. While I personally do not use this approach, for reasons of my own choosing, it is definitely worth considering when preparing your own E-Marketing strategies.

Also Read:
* How Do I Use Video Search Engine Optimization

Using An Auto-Responder: How To Attract Customers Back To A Website Using An Auto-Responder Aweber Opt-In Form

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:59:00 +0000

So you want to have a popular website? Who doesn’t?

Go away and leave me alone.

What?

Your persistent aren’t you?

You want the truth about how to attract customers back to your website using an auto-responder?

Don’t be silly. You don’t have enough time in your day for this. And if you did you wouldn’t follow through anyway, would you?

That’s what I th…

You would?

Hmmmm, if that’s the case there is hope for you. I personally use an Aweber opt-in form for my own projects.

That’s right! Aweber rocks, and they will give you a free test drive just so you can kick their tires and rev their engine.

Want to know a secret? Just be sure not to let Aweber know. Last time I took their puppy for a spin I went from 0 to 90 in 1.5 seconds. Yeeeee Haaaaa! Hee hee.

Anyways, since you’re still reading you must be one of the privileged few. You really get the idea of what the Internet can do for your business. So let me cut to the case here.

First, give something of value away *choke* FR *gag* EE!!!!

Not just the same ordinary dried up hash that everyone else is sucker punching people with, but rather something of genuine value that people will appreciate for months or perhaps even years to come.

I’m working on an Ebook right now that is all about Bum Marketing. I’m going to charge $9.95 per copy for the Ebook or if you are part of my newsletter you get it uhhhh huuummmm – “that word” fre…. I can’t bear to say it twice in one article.

Once I get finished with this Ebook I will be writing a second one about Twitter.

You’re the expert of your “whatever it is.” So why not develop something that your customers will appreciate and then give it away to those that sign-up for your newsletter. This is called viral marketing at its best.

But even more than that, if you constantly provide your subscribers with top quality highly interesting newsletters your going to develop a reputation. Soon you will find that they are telling people about you and your resulting sign-ups skyrocket.

And it all started from an extremely simple to use Aweber opt-in form.

Just keep giving your audience high quality information and not only will it attract customers back to your website, but they will tell their friends about you! Can you think of a better advertising method than “word of mouth”? Don’t get me wrong. There are terrific ways of advertising out there. Aweber & Twitter are a couple that come to my mind, but even they pale in comparison to loyal readers telling interested friends and family about what you are doing.

Well, there you have it. How using an auto-responder can super-charge both your first time and repeat traffic. Now go get busy making Aweber autoresponder services work for you, and I’ll see you in the winners circle. Yeeeeee Hawwwwww.

50 Ways To Leave A Tweeter!

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:41:00 +0000

Hop on the bus Gus.
Make a new plan Stan.

Wait! Wait!

That's the wrong article. I will tell you how to leave a Tweeter or stop someone from contacting you in TweetLand.

If you haven't followed them, it's easy. Instead of clicking "follow" click "block."

However, if you've already "followed" someone that you choose not to "follow" any longer then…

· Select "view all" from your follower list.
· Find your selected X-Tweeter
· Click "remove."

Mission accomplished, but this is something I trust you will never want to do with my Twitter handle, which is BodyByChocolate.

Twitter Local: A New Trend In Advertising For Local Twitter Users

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:48:00 +0000

Marketing.

Have you ever heard it’s a numbers game? If so, then you have heard right.

But following a new trend in advertising can be so expensive.

Enter stage right “Twitter Local.”

What is local Twitter?

It’s a tool for finding Twittering people in your local area. The best part is it doesn’t cost anything to use.

Sweet!

Of course, it can amount to nothing more than a social network that ties you together with friends who have common interests in a given community. And if that’s all you make of it, that’s terrific. However, this tool can be so much more valuable than that if you want it to be. The choice is really up to you.

Let’s say you have a business that focuses on healthy chocolate.

Why healthy chocolate? No reason, other than that it just sounds like a yummy business to have.

You start your local Twittering device and see that there are 5 conversations taking place.

* 3 of them have nothing to do with your business aspirations.
* 1 is talking about health
* 1 is talking about drinking a cup of cocoa

You get involved with the conversation about health, and after providing valuable content you also mention your healthy chocolate business. Since these people are talking about health there is a good chance that they will be interested in your business.

You share your favorite hot chocolate recipe with the “cup of cocoa” people while mentioning your own personal pursuits within this niche.

Certain people will begin to follow you as a result of your valuable comments. As they get to know you a natural progression would be to establish a time to meet. Since these are local Twitter people this is possible as opposed to not focusing on where they are located.

Twitter Local can indeed be used as a new trend in advertising if you just do it wisely.

3 More Essential Twitter Tools

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:39:00 +0000

Last week we looked at 4 essential Twitter tools, here are 3 more for your TweetBox.

1. TweetBeep: Find out when you're TweetVille talk by being notified when your name, service, product or niche is being discussed in TwitterLand.
2. Png.fm: Okay okay, this isn't a direct Twitter tool. Yet, it does setup all your social networking sites (Facebook, Squidoo, Twitter) to be updated from a single source.
3. TwitterLocal: Connect w/ other Twitters that our in your local area.

My Twitter handle is BodyByChocolate. Stop by and say "HI!" : )

Next issue, 50 Ways To Leave A Tweeter!

4 Essential Twitter Tools

Guy@BodyByChocolates.com (Body By Chocolates) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:36:00 +0000

Here a tweet.
They're a tweet.
Everywhere a Twitter tweets.

Perhaps that's the problem?

How do people find the best success on Twitter?

Here are 4 essential Twitter tools I use for optimum success with http://BodyByChocolates.com.

1: TwitterFox: Good for when I am working in Firefox instead of IE.
2: TweetLater: To post tweets at a later time or for when Twitter is not working.
3. TwitterFeed: Posts your blog posts to your Twitter account.
4. TwitterSearch: Find the latest hottest topics in the Twitterverse

Check back next week for 3 more essential Twitter tools.