Feb 21, 2014

Top 5 Major Mistakes of Newbie Internet Marketers

Biggest Mistakes of Newbie Internet Marketers

A newbie Internet marketer without question, typically will make the following two mistakes automatically: 1) Not choosing a niche market to stick with it and 2) Not using keyword research as a general guide to construct their articles (or build their blog/website) and effectively use keyword phrases in the title and throughout the article...

Above and beyond losing focus or not concentrating ones efforts on a niche market which one is familiar with or where one can quickly gain a certain level of "expert" knowledge in order to write a substantial number of problem solving articles, a newbie affiliate marketer will also make the following major mistakes...

1. Following the latest greatest shiny object

Affiliate marketing is a business where you can make money, but beware that you will have to work for it...No matter how many people try to sell you a "magic button" or promise you that they "will do all of the work for you", I implore you to think about it logically...If it were truly a "magic button" that would make you rich beyond your wildest dreams overnight, would they share it with you???...Instead of following the herds of wishful thinkers that want easy money with no work, I advise you to use your head and save your money for investing in your business after you actually have a business to invest in...FREE and effective tips and tricks of the internet marketing trade can be found at Pat Flynn, Erica Stone and Ana Hoffman's websites...

2. Not knowing what's in your contract/affiliate agreement to make more money with Internet marketing

Newbie affiliate marketers tend to make fatal business decisions which limit/restrict their potential income streams...Rumor has it that "cloaking" your affiliate links will decrease your commissions/sales earned through both Amazon and ClickBank...There are many different opinions and recommendations on the subject...I think it is better to be safe than sorry, so avoid cloaking your affiliate links for those two affiliate programs and be sure to read the "fine print" for any other affiliate programs to make sure you are not in violation...I for one originally liked the idea of using Bitly to track clicks/traffic sources, but have since decided to discontinue using Bitly altogether...Also be aware that certain data from Amazon cannot be published on your site without using their Product Advertising API...A violation/breach of contract could be detrimental to your online internet marketing business...Also, AdSense Ads have restrictions on how many per page and placement within the page so beware of this too...

3. Not being organized in your approach to grow your online business
  • You must have a plan...
  • You must have a focus/niche market...
  • You must test and track your marketing efforts to see what is working...
  • You must capture and grow your list of like minded people that are interested in what you have to share so that you have the option of marketing your latest beneficial offer/product to them in the future...
 4. Mis-educating yourself about how to make extra money online and grow your business

   The best free resources for coming up to speed, in content creation, traffic generation and making sales, that I recommend are from the folks that i mentioned above...You can read their blogs and subscribe/opt-in to their email subscription lists so that you can receive their latest and greatest FREE tips, tricks and recommendations...While the best motivational book that I have read is "The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime"...




 5. Inaction or not enough of the right kind of action

   First of all if you do nothing, you will get nothing...Therefore you must take action...But what should you do and when???...Or how should you spend your time???...Having been at this for a while now, the word on the street is that you should spend most of your time promoting your website, your affiliate offer, your product or your brand...Say for instance that you decide to write an eBook (this is your digital product), you should take no more than two weeks to complete it and have it ready to market and sell for profits...After your product is completed, then the majority of your time and effort should be spent marketing your product...At the top of your sales funnel is where you should plan and execute a killer landing page, where you include a heart wrenching title that crystallizes the benefit that your product exudes in solving the problem of your potential buyer...A properly designed, well-written landing page with the best possible layout is critical to converting your traffic from visitors to buyers...So you will have to dedicate some time and effort in implementing a high-conversion landing page to make more money through product sales...





After your product is complete and your landing page is complete, you should spend 20% of your time on product development/refinement, 20% of your time on motivational education and 60% of your time promoting your product/offer...

Get started today on growing your online business by taking action...JUST DO IT!!!...

Have you have found this article about the biggest blunders or major mistakes that newbie internet marketers make to be beneficial???...


WAHM Shelley... :)

P.S. CLICK HERE to check out my new blog!!!




Feb 14, 2014

10 Quick Steps to Make Money with Squidoo's Changed Policy

Make Money with Squidoo's Changed Policy

I like many of you suffered a substantial loss when Squidoo changed their policy last year and a significant number of my lenses (articles) were locked...I am determined more than ever to adapt rather than abort...Because even though I was hit hard by the changed policy, I see Squidoo as an essential part of my make money online plan...

What I Learned From Squidoo

As is the case with the safety briefings on most major airlines, the flight attendants instruct you to "save yourself first" by placing the oxygen mask on yourself prior to putting one on your small children...This mindset also applies to blogging or writing articles online to make money...Your efforts should be first & foremost and primarily focused on building your brand, growing your readership, generating more traffic to blogs and websites where you have the most control...

Squidoo's Policy Changed, Now What

Here are my top ten quick steps to make money with Squidoo and keep your lenses from getting locked...

1.  DO - Keep the number of your outbound links within the content of your lens to Amazon (or any other specific site) below nine...

2.  DO - Stay away from topics that might make the prudish among us blush...

3.  DON'T - Include outbound links to sites that promote illegal activities...

4.  DON'T - Link to sites that are essentially affiliate spammers...

5.  DO - Avoid links to Blackhat SEO websites, dating websites, paid people finder sites,  reverse phone lookup webpages and other questionable sites such as these...

6.  DO - Use the easy to use money making modules (e.g. for eBay) that make blogging at Squidoo so easy breezy, fun and lucrative...

7.  DO - Link to your personal (where you have some freedoms to share information that wouldn't get you dropped from Google AdSense, as you like) blog or website near the top of your lens/article...

8.  DO - Choose topics that are easy for you to write about, so that your content will be plentiful and unique...

9.  DO - Backup your Squidoo lenses just in case you decide to republish it after tweaking the content...

10. DO - Stick with Squidoo and test different angles to leverage your time and efforts to first of all drive traffic to where in the long run, you will make more money over time...

In summary, write great articles/lenses with useful and unique content so that you can create buzz to market your own blog or website above and before others, including Squidoo...Ultimately, you will have no regrets because you did your best for yourself and YOUR success will follow...

In the end, Squidoo may not be directly where you make the bulk of your money, but it should definitely be a catalyst to help you make more money online...

WAHM Shelley... :)

P.S. CLICK HERE to check out my new blog!!!

Feb 13, 2014

I'm Back to my WAHM gig...GOAL: Make More Money!!!

Welcome Back to the WAHM Shelley Blog

Let me tell you, this is continuing to be a truly great experience...I want to share with you all that I have done and what I have learned over these past few years...For starters, I have experienced some very heartbreaking moments and some major lifestyle changes...My family has moved to the city, the kids are all in school and I have had several technical difficulties [my computers keep dying... :( ]...

My biggest setback, as many of you may have also experienced, was when Squidoo did a major overhaul of their policy and when that happened my income plummeted... :(

But I am back and more determined than ever...So please stay tuned for some of the best tips and tricks that I have learned over the years...My biggest goal is to make the biggest comeback and make more money online...

Did any of you suffer from the Squidoo snafu???...Well i sure did...Between that and losing access to a ton of the articles, projects and stellar make money online info that I had collected, I was nearly heart broken...

But as I said, I will be the comeback kid this year and make more money online...I am determined...

Stay tuned...

WAHM Shelley... :)

P.S. CLICK HERE to check out my new blog...

Jan 24, 2012

Can I Really Make Money With Squidoo?

I Made My Third Squidoo Lens Today


FYI, for anyone that doesn't know what a lens is, it's simply an article...You can check mine out HERE...So please do, go and check it out and be sure to LIKE it and leave a comment...

Squidoo is a great revenue sharing website that's free to join...CLICK HERE right now and join in on the fun...I really do like the format of Squidoo...It's sooo easy to use and you can earn money in at least five different ways...

There are people making a ton of money from Squidoo...One lensmaster that I came across starting seriously working on growing the number of lenses on Squidoo about six months ago and now she's making over $1000 per month with Squidoo...The great thing about these revenue sharing websites is: you write really great keyword researched articles once and then the money keeps piling in...That's right, it's a passive income stream that you basically can count on...

I've been checking out some of the best lensmasters and they only have about 150 articles...But they were probably written four or five years ago...So age boosts their status/authority in the "eyes" of the search engines...There are a number of factors which actually help your articles rank higher with the search engines... On-page SEO and off-page SEO are critical to getting your article to show up on the first page of Google for your targeted keyword...And you need to be on the first page of the search results to really make money...

At Squidoo they have super cool modules that are easy to add so that visitors can take polls and comment which raises your rank/authority too...So interaction of the visitors on your website plays an important role in being found by other internet surfers through the search engines...

As I figure out more tips and tricks about Squidoo, I will be sure to share them here...So in the mean time and in between time, pop on over and CHECK OUT MY NEW LENS...Thanks in advance for LIKING it while you're there too... :)

Oh yeah one more thing, if you're a lensmaster at Squidoo please sign the comments below and leave your Squidoo ID so that I can check out your terrific lens too...

How To Build A Million Dollar Business

Starting a Business and Building Your Profits Through Passive Income is Simpler Than You Thought

Everybody wants to make extra money...The good news is that I've discovered some of the best ways to make more money...CLICK HERE to find out what those great businesses are...

Can you imagine the time freedom and financial security you will have from retiring early in five years or less?...I certainly can...I would travel the world and build my dream home and the list can go on and on...

Millionaires have good problems...For instance one is how to invest their wealth to grow it...That's a problem I would like to have...Working smarter and educating myself more is how I plan to increase my income...My main business goal right now is to generate a passive income online...Building a significant diversified passive income stream now could be a nest egg for the future...

Some entrepreneurs are building their online businesses by writing articles once and collecting passive income through revenue sharing sites like Squidoo...It's definitely a smart way to exponentially increase your profits...






CLICK HERE Sign up for Squidoo, it's FREE and start making money sooner than you think...If you are already a lensmaster please leave a link to one of your best lenses in the comments section below...

Jan 5, 2012

Published My first Wizzley Page

Find out How to Start Making Money with Revenue Sharing Website, Wizzley...Read On...

I did it...And you can too!!!...

I kept letting the goal of finally posting an article on Wizzley slide off of my to-do-list, but I finally did it...Yippee!!!...I don't know what took me soooo long except for me experiencing a touch of Adult ADD and the holidays came in a monopolized a lot of my time...

Well I am sooo glad that's over and done with... :D

Now, all I have to do is rinse and repeat...The hard part is done...Setting up the account involved more steps than I recall when I set up Squidoo or InfoBarrel...But I must say that I do like the modules/tools that Wizzley has that allows you to add different elements to your page...If you haven't tried writing articles for revenue sharing websites, you really should give it a try...CLICK HERE to sign up for FREE and start writing articles for Wizzley to make extra money online...

Wizzley

Writing articles for revenue sharing websites is a nice way to build a sweet passive income stream...I first got that bug planted in my ear/eye, sort of speak, from Pat Flynn...And of course after starting my writing exercise following James' method, I was able to get a Google Adsense account so that I could diversify my income streams...So far, so good...

And a really great part about the revenue sharing sites that have written for, is that I get to earn cash from not only Google Adsense but also Amazon in some cases...Love it!!!... Some people are really earning a really good income from Amazon and Adsense...I will be so happy when I am in the mix with then on that...

The tough part for me is that I have a large family and I have to juggle just what I can do and when around my family obligations...Such is life...Life is tough...But I am hoping that it will start getting a bit sweeter for me in 2012...I have set some goals to post at least three articles a day...It's typically easy for me when I write for "This Crazy Life!!!" and "The Ultimate WAHM Experience", but some of those other articles take time to research and format...So in addition to the three articles per day, I am going to work on getting about 10 backlinks per day too...And of course this is one of the tips I picked up from Ray Higdon...

Well, all I have to say now is "Welcome 2012 !!!"...So far, so good...I may not quite be at the level that the notorious copywriter Gary Halbert was, but WAHM Shelley is working smarter day by day...Let me know in the comments below if you have set some new goals for your online business to make more money in 2012...If so, care to share???...

Oh before I forget again, CLICK HERE to check out my very first article at Wizzley...

Dec 22, 2011

Make easy money with SponsoredTweets, Social Spark and PayPerPost

My First PayPerPost Assignment Yippee!!!

Make easy money by including links on your blog...Can you believe it??...As it turns out PayPerPost is partnered up with Social Spark and they offer a similar pay per post arrangement, but even better you can earn cash from referrals too...So if you are looking to make some easy extra money then CLICK HERE or CLICK the banner below to SIGN UP FOR FREE...Social Spark pays through PayPal too...I love it!!!...I am really getting excited about making money online...I think that things will really start to take off in 2012...So far it looks like it's lining up to be a great year ahead...Stay tuned...

Set Your Price. Choose your Advertisers. Sign up for SocialSpark!

And oh yeah before I forget, if you are a NHL Fan and need to buy your Vancouver Canucks tickets, Winnipeg Jets tickets and Washington Capitals hockets tickets you can get them online from ticketamerica.com...Ticketamerica.com has NHL hockey tickets for these teams like the Vancouver Canucks and the Winnipeg Jets hockey tickets as well as the Washington Capitals. (And don't beat me up about the "hockets", it looks like a misspelled word to me...All I did was copy and paste)

As it turns out PayPerPost and Social Spark are all part of IZEA and I just found out that Sponsored Tweets is another opportunity that IZEA orchestrates to give advertisers another route to reach potential customers through the social media outlet of Twitter...So if you are a Tweeter and would like to select some offers to share with your followers and potentially make some extra cash SIGN UP FOR FREE by CLICKING HERE or clicking the banner below...Making money online is really starting to take off, yippee!!!...Join me!!!...


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