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Long Tail – V

December 28, 2008

Bakugan Pajamas – Long Tail?

I was searching the ebay pulse which gives you the most popular searchs on ebay. I noticed that Bakugan (whatever that is?) is number eight. Now selecting a big highly searched niche goes against the spirit of the long tail (sell a few of many things rather than many of a few things like Bakugan which is popular).

So this is a subtle long tail strategy.  I did my research (if the tool works well I’ll get the resel right to it and have it available here) and discovered that very few people search for Bakugan pajamas. However, there are relatively few pages for the exact keywords “Bakugan pajamas.” So I decided to make a store selling Bakugan pajams.  I don’t know if this will work but it is absolutely in the spirit of the long tail.

So here’s the site: Bakugan Pajamas.

Here is my store blog post (very short) about the Bakugan pajamas.

I started this series just to give myself a lot of backlinks. But as I’m getting into it I’m having so much fun, I may one day start a blog just on the long tail. I’m being helpful to anyone reading these posts at the same time (at least in this post) I’m making the article keyword rich. Thus I have my Bakugan Pajamas mentioned quite a few times and yet this is really written for human beings but at the same time caring about the spiders and the search engines as well.

Here are the rest of the Bakugan long tail stores:

Bakugan Starter Pack

Bakugan Brawlers
and here are some non-long tail Bakugan stores:
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Bakugan Toys

If the long tail theory is correct I should get more visitors for the long tail stores as opposed to the others even though there are many more searches for Bakugan Battle Brawlers than Bakugan Brawlers. We shall see, although it may take a year or so before I get any visitors to these pages.

Long tail – IV

December 26, 2008

Yesterday I spent quite a long time doing research and discovered a keyword which does not have a lot of pages on Internet relative to number of searches each day.  I don’t know if this is long tail, going  for something quite popular or what.  In time (it takes months for the organic search position to settle down and get decent statistics) I’ll let you know how things go.

OK I’m baring my marketing knowledge here (it’s not much at this time buy will improve) because so few people read this blog and there is always enough to share.  If you find the information on this site useful please link to it and more importantly go to one of my commercial sites bellow and give me a backlink to them.

Back to the long tail which is selling very few of lots and lots of things vs. selling many many of very few things.  Of course it would be much better to be able to sell many of a few objects. However, in order to do that you need a huge marketing budget. So if you have a small marketing budget go for the long tail. It is especially best to go where there is little competition and then the question becomes how much research you need do to find great niches vs. having a shot gun approach.  I do not have any answer to that yet so I’m experimenting with both and I’ll report once I have some statistics which makes sense.

Here are some new store sites I have added.

Too clever for your own good.

December 22, 2008

I started writing my blogs with b2evolution which is a wonderful tool but it was easier to use WordPress and so I continue with the old blogs but am not upgrading them with the latest verion and may in time write the new blogs there with WordPress (once I upgrade to the latest version 2.7 at this time).

Anyway I wanted to add the floowing:

Go to my other new blog and get even more interesting consumer information.

And the b2evolution anti spam would not allow me to make a link to my own blog. Most probably discount is a spam keyword. Anyway that’s why I’m writing all my new blogs with WordPress.

OK here’s my next post on the discount virtual store blog. It is about cosmetic safety.

And here is the next post on the dangers permanent tattoos and why it’s much better to use temporary tattoos.

Long Tail – III

December 21, 2008

I’m giving very important bits of information in this series about affilaite marketing and in fact about marketing all together.  I understand that this could cause me some competition and I’m giving away important information.  At the same time I get so few visitors that every one is welcome to these tid bets and I’m giving you one bit of information n each of these articles.  I’ll put some links next so my Long Tail sites will be spidered and the give you today’s discovery.

OK you beard with me. Here is the secret:

Try miss-spelling your keywords.  In reality if you think about it, this is the ultimate of Long Tail marketing.  You go for the absolute few but with less competition and of course if you are an atrocious speller to begin with (like me) you may be at an advantage.

LexisDys Rule!

Talking about dyslexics (like me) you’ve heard of the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who spend all night awake wondering if there was dog.

Go to my other new blog and get even more interesting consumer information.

Don’t bash your head against the wall

December 18, 2008

There is the story of the old guy who walks into the doctor’s office with a bleeding head….

I’ll write about that at another time.  It’s something about his youth and virginity (actually I have a similar story myself but that again for another day)….

The point is that if you have challenges — call them metaphorically as walls – you can try to climb to the other side of the wall (if you have a ladder or are a great climber) or you can try to walk around or typically one keeps repeating the same thing (in programming anyway – and as they sau madness is trying the exact same thing and expecting a different result) which is tantamount to keep running into that wall.

I just did that as I’m trying to recover from Monday’s great faux pas when I deleted my MySQL database on which about 18 blogs were running.  So I’m working extra fast (which is a great way to make even more mistakes).  A certain operation was not working and I kept repeating it imagining that exactly at the wrong moment I had Internet connection problems….

Oh well – eventually I decided to declare victory and move onto something else.  Now I’m about to go to the gym to fill up on endorphins and relax so I can come back re-energized and continue.

In the mean while I’m putting all the links for the spiders.  But fellow human beings go to some of these sites and look and leave me comments here….

Mini Site Profit Exposed Reviewed

June 6, 2008

I just learned a huge amount about how to create wonderful well paying mini sites by watching these free videos. You will find they are well worth paying $197 for but that’s not how much they cost. It doesn’t even cost $97 but you can get it for free. Watch them, and you, like me, will see you time well spent.

My review of: Michael Rasmussen’s free “Mini Site Profits Exposed” Video Series: How To Create A Mini Site That Runs On Autopilot And Makes You Money While You Sleep!

Most Internet marketers understand that having mini sites is the fastest and easiest way to make money online. They don’t require a lot of time, energy, or money to set up, and once you’ve got one up and running, you can sit back and just collect money from all the sales you’re making.

At least… that’s how it’s supposed to be, right? However, the rules have changed recently. And many Internet marketers imagine that mini sites no longer work as well as they used to.

The truth is that if you know what you are doing and have the latest information like Michael gives in these free videos, mini sites really quite re easy to set up. They really don’t require much time, energy, and money to create. So how come so few people actually make money with their mini sites?

The answer is that they never learned how to actually turn their mini site into a profitable moneymaker that runs completely on autopilot. The good news is…

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YOU’RE ABOUT TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT!
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Here’s what this is all about: My colleague Michael Rasmussen has just released a brand new video course that will walk you through the process of creating a killer mini site from the ground up, and then he’ll also teach you how to actually start making money with it right away and into the future.

If you’ve been looking for help with monetizing your mini sites, then this is exactly what you need. The best part? The videos are free! I’ll tell you more about that later. First, let’s talk about the videos themselves.

If you’re in a hurry, you can just check the videos out right now for free. Just Click Here:

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OVERALL QUALITY
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It’s important to note that these are online videos that you access from your web browser. Michael uses Camtasia Studio to create these videos, which is the best software program for creating screen capture tutorials such as these.

The first thing I noticed when I hit the play button on the first video was the incredible production quality. These are not your ordinary screen capture videos. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone make videos that are this high quality before.

He uses beautifully created graphics to pass his wisdom along to you, and the sound quality is the
highest you will ever hear in an Internet marketing product. They sound like they were recorded in a
professional studio.

Michael explained to me that he was sick and tired of seeing all the low quality videos out there, and so he set out to create something different in order to raise the bar in our industry. I think that, when you see Mini Site Profits Exposed for yourself, you’ll agree that he has succeeded.

Now let’s move onto…

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THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
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Here’s a brief summary of each video. Obviously it’s impossible to list every single thing here, but I want you to get a feel for what each one covered, and how well it covered it.

If you’re in a hurry, you can just check the videos out right now for free. Just Click Here:

VIDEO 1 – INTRODUCTION

This videos introduces you to the entire course, as well as the teacher himself. You’ll learn what you can expect from the course, and why it’s structured the way it is.

Michael realizes that you may not have heard of him, and so he spends some time establishing his credibility with you by sharing some of his biggest successes. It doesn’t come across as bragging at all. Michael explains that, in order for you to get value from the teachings, you need to have faith that the teacher actually knows what he’s talking about. By the end of this video, you will have no doubt.

By the way, this is a good lesson for all of us product developers. If you want people to accept you as an authority on any subject, you first need to establish your credibility with the reader. That way he’s willing to relax, and trust that what you’re telling him is sound advice.

VIDEO 2 – THE BASICS

This video will introduce you to the basics of mini site marketing. This will set the foundation that all future learning will rest upon, so it’s important to pay close attention to this one.

You’ll learn:

* What mini-sites are, and what makes them different from regular content sites.

* Which businesses they work well for… and which ones they don’t.

* The right mindset to have when it comes to creating mini sites as part of your online business strategy.

* And the different tools you need to get started.

This was a great video, and did an excellent job of kicking things off, and building the foundation for the rest of the course.

VIDEO 3 – SQUEEZE PAGES

This is probably one of the most useful videos of the entire course. Every Internet marketer needs to build an email list, but how do you do it? What is the best way to capture the most opt-ins?

The answer is ’squeeze pages’. This video will teach you:

* Why using a squeeze page is far superior to other opt-in methods.

* The single most important thing you must include at the top of your squeeze page to skyrocket your opt-in
rate.

* The secret structure of a squeeze page, and why most marketers get it wrong (which costs them a LOT of
money).

* The most important to include in your opt-in process that will make sure that people actually receive your
email.

After watching this video, you’ll know everything you need to know to start building a massive opt-in list
right away. This will probably be the first video that you ‘take action’ on. You’ll be so excited about the
possibilities, that I guarantee you’ll go and create your own squeeze page right away.

VIDEO 4 – MINI SITE COPYWRITING – PART ONE

Nothing happens until the sales copy is written. Graphics alone will never sell a product, but sales copy alone WILL. This video begins to demystify the mysterious process of writing words that make people whip out their credit cards and buy.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

* Why you need to learn copywriting, even if you “hate to write”

* What a compelling offer looks like, and how to tell the difference.

* How to write an eyeball-grabbing headline that practically forces your readers to go through your entire page.

* A simple trick you can use in your opening to make your reader want to learn more.

There is no skill that is more important to your success than the ability to write killer sales copy.
Make sure you pay extra attention to this video, as well as…

VIDEO 5 – MINI SITE COPYWRITING – PART TWO

This video dives right into the individual components of a killer sales letter. You’ll learn how to create the “secret structure” of a mini site sales letter that makes big money.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

* How to create captivating body copy that draws your reader into the sales letter.

* Bullets that force your reader to keep reading the whole page, and makes them insanely curious and want to buy your product

* How to take the risk off people’s shoulders, so they’ll feel safe buying from you.

* How to craft your ‘call to action’, and get people to whip out their credit cards and buy immediately.

* The secrets of writing a killer P.S. that helps seal the deal, and flip your prospect into a buyer instantly.

This video covered a surprising amount of detail, especially considering that this course is not specifically about copywriting. Michael Rasmussen is definitely someone who overdelivers in his educational products.

VIDEO 6 – HOW TO AUTOMATE THE DELIVERY OF YOUR INFOPRODUCT

Unless you want to be chained to your computer, you must learn how to put your mini sites on autopilot. The only thing you should be doing is driving traffic, and letting the site itself do all the work, including the work of instantly delivering the product to the customer.

This video will walk you through the process of automating your product delivery, so you can just relax, and collect the money. The best part is… once you have this automated system set up, you never have to touch it again.

VIDEO 7 – HOW TO “GROW” YOUR SALE

This video is guaranteed to be an eye opener for almost everyone who watches it, even the experienced marketers. Michael dives into some of the most effective ‘upselling’ techniques that I’ve ever seen.

Nowhere else on the Internet have I seen such a thorough tutorial on how to increase the ’size’ of your orders. You’ll learn:

* The psychology of ‘upselling’, and how to use it make your customer spend even more money with you. The best part? He’ll think it was his idea!

* The absolute best time to upsell your customer. This one will surprise you when you realize how much money you’ve been leaving on the table by skipping this step.

* 5 simple techniques to increase your profit by up to 100%.

If you’ve already got a mini site that’s up and running, this video will make a big difference for you right away. Use any of these ‘plug and profit’ strategies to increase your income literally overnight!

VIDEO 8 – CREATING AN AFFILIATE SALES FORCE

If there’s one thing I’ve noticed that all successful marketers have in common, it’s that they have a great
affiliate program. They create a program that allows other people to make good money by promoting their
products, and they get to just sit back and relax, while everyone else is doing the hard work of promoting for them.

If you’ve ever dreamed of having an army of motivated sales people working hard to make you money, then you’re going to love this video.

Michael will teach you:

* What an affiliate program is, and how to set one up very quickly.

* Exactly what tools you need to give your affiliates (most people miss the mark here, so pay extra attention to this part).

* Why merely having an affiliate program is NOT enough to convince people to sign up, and what you can do instead to have people eagerly trying to become one of your affiliates.

* How to motivate affiliates to sell for you.

VIDEO 9 – MINI SITE MISTAKES TO AVOID

Let’s face it… it’s not enough to explain what you should do. You also need to know what mistakes you should avoid. Michael has already made these costly mistakes, but you don’t have to.

You’ll learn:

- Why people do judge a book by its cover… and how to capitalize on that for your mini-site

- The single biggest reason people don’t buy from a mini site, and how you can apply this ‘instant fix’.

- The single biggest thing that will kill your mini-site (it’s not what you think, and making this
mistake is a surefire way to drain money from your bank account FAST!)

- Two list building mistakes that’ll cripple your long-term profits.

VIDEO 10 – SECRETS OF CREATING A PRODUCT FUNNEL

This video will walk you through the process of designing a product line that will make you lots and lots of
money. There’s a lot more to it than you’d think, which is why this important concept (which was taken from direct marketing) gets it’s own video.

After watching this video, you’ll understand why you can’t just have a single front end product, and you’ll
know exactly what to do in order to get your customer to keep buying more and more expensive products from
you… completely on autopilot!

This video is a n absolute must have for any serious marketer who wants to make a lot of money from their online business.

VIDEO 11 – OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE

The title of this video says it all. You’ll learn all of Michael’s secrets for getting top notch freelancers to help you create your mini site empire in record time.

Let’s face it, you can’t be an expert at everything that mini sites require. For example, it’s really tough to be a top notch graphic designer, while also mastering HTML, and then becoming a killer copywriter, on top of also creating the product itself.

And the list goes on and on. If you want to be efficient, and begin making money as fast as possible, outsourcing is the secret to making it happen. This video will show you exactly what to do, as well as some common (and very expensive) pitfalls to avoid.

VIDEO 12 – Pay Per Click and other ways of getting traffic

Let’s face it… it doesn’t matter how great your mini site is if you don’t get any traffic coming to it. Getting traffic can be one of the most confusing and mysterious parts of making money online IF you don’t get the proper education.

Thankfully, Michael really dives in, and gives you a lightning fast education in this area.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

* How to use Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising to get targeted traffic fast.

* 3 ways to get targeted traffic without spending a dime.

* 2 ways to leverage the experience and contacts of other people to explode your traffic.

* 3 traffic strategies to avoid like the plague!

By the time you’re done with this video, you’ll know what to do right away to begin driving targeted visitors to your mini site.

Wow, you get all those videos for free? Click here to check out the Mini Site Profits Exposed
course for yourself:


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DELUXE VIDEOS
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Mini Site Profits Exposed comes with 12 videos, and has more content than most 300 dollar home study courses. And did I mention that it’s free?

If you decide that you want to continue your education, and get the biggest possible advantage, you can also upgrade to the deluxe course for a small fee. The deluxe course contains four full-length videos
that each cover one advanced topic in great detail.

Here’s a breakdown of each video:

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VIDEO 13 – DESIGNING A KILLER BACK END THAT RUNS COMPLETELY ON AUTOPILOT
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This deluxe video could easily be a whole course in itself. It walks you though the entire process of
setting up a back end that is completely automated using an autoresponder system.

You’ll learn how to set up your autoresponder to automatically remove a person from your prospect list after he buys, and then insert him into your customer list. This is where your new autoresponder sequence will start promoting your back end products automatically.

Bottom line… if you want to make the big bucks like all the Internet marketing gurus, you need to create a back end that works hard for you while you’re out creating new mini sites and developing new products. This video will show you how.

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VIDEO 14 – LIST BUILDING SECRETS
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In this deluxe video, Michael will walk you through some of his best tactics for growing a massive list from your mini site. He’ll not only teach you what to add to your mini site, but he’ll also show you what you must REMOVE from your mini site in order to get the most possible subscribers.

Building a list is about SO much more than just offering a free newsletter. In fact, Michael shows you five different things you can offer your readers to get them to instantly give you their name and email.

You’ll also learn the best places to actually put the opt-in email form on your mini site. You’ll also learn about pop ups and tell-a-friend scripts, as well as a bunch of other incredible tactics for growing your list.

I have a hunch that you’ll find yourself referring to this video over and over again.

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VIDEO 15 – MARKETING ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE YOU MONEY
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When you think about all the ’stuff’ you can do to drive traffic to your site, it’s hard to know what you should focus on first. This video will walk you through the four most important marketing activities you can do to drive traffic to your mini site.

Once you master these four, you’ll never have to wonder what you should do when you start a new mini site. You’ll have an easy-to-follow road map for driving tons of targeted prospects to your site, so you can begin making money ASAP!

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VIDEO 16 – MAKE MAXIMUM PROFITS FROM YOUR MINI SITE
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In this final deluxe video, Michael will reveal his best kept secrets for squeezing maximum profit out of any mini site. These are techniques that you have not seen before, so you’ll want to pay extra close attention to this one.

Think about it… if you’re going to put the time in, and set up a mini site the proper way (like Michael shows you in these videos), then it only makes sense that you’d want to make the most amount of money possible from it.

In this video, you’ll learn:

- How changing one sentence on your mini site could double your profits easily.

- How to instantly increase the dollar amount of your average order (which puts more money into your pocket).

- The one thing you must add to your ‘download page’ that will instantly increase your income (with no extra work, once this thing is put into place).

- How to turn your actual product into a money making machine!

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CONCLUSION
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Whew! That was a lot of information, and I hope it helped you decide to check out Michael Rasmussen’s Mini Site Profits Exposed video course. Remember the course is absolutely free, so you have nothing to lose.

Michael believes that it’s important for him to prove himself to you before he ever asks you to buy anything from him. He wants to show you that he will deliver you the absolute best education available anywhere, and he’ll gladly do it for free… just to win you over!

So go ahead and check out Mini Site Profits Exposed right now, and see what all the fuss is about. I highly recommend that you upgrade to the deluxe course as well.

Just Click Here and watch your free videos and you, like me, will learn to make much profit from minisites:

I watched the videos and the upgraded to the deluxe course and I’m so glad I did. I started my firs web site in 1997 and I have studied web site marketing for a long time. I am glad to recommend Michael Rasmussen’s free “Mini Site Profits Exposed” Video Series: How To Create A Mini Site That Runs On Autopilot And Makes You Money While You Sleep!

Warmly,
Dr. Javad Hashtroudian

doctorjay8

Here is my first squidoo lens

May 26, 2008

I had heard about squidoo but had not used it until last night got “The Affiliate Conspiracy” by Eric Rockefeller. In the first bonus video I learned how to put up a blogger blog which advertises a product (I used the example of “The Affiliate Conspiracy” in my blog so I could learn quickly). And then today I put my first squidoo lens thanks to another bonus which came with the “The Affiliate Conspiracy.” I feel I have already got my $77.00 worth of value and I have not even started getting to the real product yet.

Next I’ll learn about the use of HubPages (whatever they are) in affiliate marketing.

The Affilaite Conspiracy

May 26, 2008



I wrote that this site was about no cost and low cost products and ways to market and promote your site and make money on internet. I bought this product: The Affiliate Conspiracy last night for $77.00 and I have just started to use it but already the things that I’ve learned tell me that it was a great investment. I’ll write much more about it here later. For now go to another blog I started just to market The Affiliate Conspiracy to find out more. I learned to put up that blog (I’ve been using WordPress for a while but blogger only very recently) using what I learned from the product.