Isn't it about time that we as Internet Marketers took our heads out of the sand and started to think like Apple arguably the worlds most successful company? For years companies like Microsoft and Apple have charged premium prices for software, I think Windows 7 is about $119 - $219 depending on version and Mac OSX 10 Snow leopard will cost $129 as an upgrade. These prices have been justified because of the cost of producing CD's and distribution. However since I switched to an iMac 2 months ago i've noticed a trend. Apple are unbundling their applications and charging much less for them … [Read more...]
The Emperors New Clothes
August 22, 2010 By 8 Comments
I am sure you know the story of the emperors new clothes (if you dont' you'll find the details on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes) Everytime I see one of these new style "4 videos, leave a comment below" product launches I can't help but think of this story. You see the thing about these launches is as soon as you see the first video you know the product is going to cost $1997. At that price point the vendor basicaly gets $1000 and the Affiliate gets $1000. I have no problems whatsoever with affiliates making money what i do object to is affiliates … [Read more...]
Something For the weekend – The Internet Marketing Jigsaw
August 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Internet marketing is a lot like a jigsaw, you need all the pieces to make sense of it. Have you ever tried to build a jigsaw without the box lid with the picture, difficult isn't it. What about trying to build it and finding a few random pieces are missing. On the surface Internet Marketing looks easy, In fact most marketers make it look very easy.. "buy this great product for only $997 and you'll make $100,000 a month "... Wake up and smell the coffee it's not going to happen. The only person making money from that offer will be the marketer and his selected friends in the "Golden … [Read more...]
Fast keyword Research With Googles Wonder Wheel
August 21, 2009 By 7 Comments
There is nothing worse than spendin g an hour researching a niche only to find that it's very competitive or that there is not enough good kewords to make a site worthwhile. I've been using Googles wonder wheel to get a feel for a niche before I even start to research it. If you want to do some very quick niche research you can't beat it. If any of you tech dudes from google read this why not color code it so we can see the approximate searches per month, we'd all be eternally indebted to you! All you need is Google chrome and you can initially research a niche in about 30 seconds. … [Read more...]
Outsourcing Experiment Pt 1- How to Outsource and Increase Your Profits
August 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I have hired a few people in the past to do the occasional task i couldn't do or didn't want to do. However up to now I've been an idiot! I should have been using outsourcing for so much more, backlink building, Article submissions etc in fact everything I hate doing and avoid doing because it's so mind numbingly boring. But because of some horror stories I've heard about I have avoided hiring people. This is about to change. I am about to take on 3 or 4 staff maybe even more depending on how it goes. I have looked at elance and Getafreelancer and also companies like Agentsofvalue … [Read more...]
Back To Basics and Staying Focused
July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I read today that Google are going to release their own operating system next year. Judging from the excellent Google Chrome browser I suspect that it will be an excellent OS. Google seem to have a policy of stripping things back to basics then adding the essentials and leaving out the non essential parts. If you have ever used Google Chrome you'll know that it is fast and stable, exactly what we want from a browser. I predict that the OS will be the same. This is also not a bad thing to do with your sites. Look at your sites and review exactly what do you need to make money..If it's … [Read more...]
Is This The Next Big Thing?
June 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
I am always on the look out for what might be the next big thing in affiliate marketing or article marketing. There is one technology I've been monitoring for a while and I really do think that this could be big..actually really big. There is a company in Santa Barbara called Ring Revenue who have recently received $3.5million of financing. Ring Revenue provide an affiliate Platform like no other. The platform they have developed and patented allows affiliate networks like CJ to track phone calls just like they track clicks. In fact the call tracking is much more accurate than the … [Read more...]
