JeanD Business Blog

We’ve all had those times when there seem to be no sales, and very few hits on our sites.   Don’t be discouraged – just work through the downtime, and things will soon change for the better.

Here are a few tips to help get things moving again:

• Change your text ads – people like new lines
• Rotate your banners – make a new one if you can
• Find a new theme for your splash page

Really, those three tips all boil down to the same thing – keep changing your ads, and keep everything fresh.   Your readers don’t want to see the same old stuff over and over again.    Something new will always attract more attention than any old ad.

A bright new colour for your background can also draw attention, even if it’s absolutely terrible.   The shock value will work!

Until next time, hope these tips help a little……..

Recently, I’ve noticed a huge amount of online ads for teams.
There are teams for just about every program you can find, but
what I want to know is “Do teams really work?”   Will we get the
promised signups if we join these teams?

Team Ready To Go

Today I’ve been doing some research to see what other people
think about the team concept.

So far, I haven’t found a great deal about results, just more
posts asking people to join their teams, and saying what great
results they’ve had.    Not overly convincing.   Where is the proof?

Perhaps I’ve been searching using the wrong keywords, but you’d
think “teams sign ups do they really work” would be enough to
find some positive results.     Not so far, all I’ve found are more
ads to join this team or that team.

Perhaps I’m being overly sceptical here?    If you’ve joined a
team, for any program, please post and let me know.

You know, I don’t think I can think of anything more necessary
to being an online marketer, than having your own website.

Why?   Because it’s yours; you can have your own splashpages,
host your own banners, have your own blog with no censorship,
and in fact, have almost anything you like on it.

You can monetise it in many ways also, which is very important.
In fact, if it is getting plenty of traffic, other sites may well
purchase adverts on YOUR site!

Of course, this will take a little time to achieve, but keep working
at it.   One of the most important things to do with building your
online business, is to be consistant, and not get discouraged when
going through a quiet time.

Quiet times happen to us all, and sometimes we think, “Is it
really going to be worthwhile?”

Yes, it is, but don’t give up.   Promote a lot, add new content to
your site or blog regularly, and interact with your readers.

Having a forum is a great idea, once you have sufficient
readers to make it worthwhile.     A forum is something you
really need your own site to run, and it will take a little work,
but I’m sure you’ll benefit in the long term.

There are many benefits to having your own site, and these
just a few ideas for you to think about.

I use this Hosting Company for my sites, and am really happy
with them.   Check them out for yourself HERE

Do you use viral marketing?    It’s one of the best ways there is
of getting traffic and improving your sales.

My favourite viral marketing program is “Vital Viral“, which
I’ve been using for a few months now, with great results.

Viral marketing isn’t that hard, although many people don’t
seem to understand how it works.

Basically, viral marketing is a system where a recommendation
is passed on by word of mouth, or, on the internet, by email,
or promotion to your downline.   It got its name because it
can be spread around widely, just like a virus.

If you would like to try viral marketing for yourself, I’d really
recommend that you try “Vital Viral“.   They have been around
for a few years now, and have many benefits, even for free
members.    There’s even automatic tracking, which really
makes life easy.

If you’ve got any hints about viral marketing, please feel
free to post here.

Once again, I have to take issue with some of the promises made
in all those business opportunity emails we all get.

This time it’s the phrase  “Guaranteed Income” which drew
my attention.

How can anyone guarantee me an income if I join their program?
Do they know that I’m going to work at it?    Am I going to go to
the effort of advertising it?    Will they really pay me if I do
absolutely nothing?

If you think about it, there is no way that income can be
guaranteed.    No self-respecting business would offer to pay
anybody for doing nothing, and that’s just what many of the people
signing up for “Guaranteed Income” will do, just sit back and wait
for the money to come rolling in.

Many of these programs are just scams to get you to provide
your email address to the advertiser.   Guess what?   Once you
have provided your address, then you are on that person’s list.
They really don’t care if you make money at all, what they want
is your email address, so you can purchase from them.   The
“guaranteed income” is all for the promoter, not you!

I’m not saying that all opportunities are dishonest – some of
them are legitimate, but you will have to be prepared to work
at them.

The only way to make money online is to work at it.   Find a
good affiliate marketing program, build your list, and most
importantly, promote, promote, promote!       If you do
nothing, that’s just what you’ll end up with.

Building your own list is a highly recommended way of improving
your marketing and sales.   Unfortunately, it isn’t as easy as
many ads online would have you believe.

Recently, I came across a program called 12SecondCommute,
which seems to have all the ingredients to help you succeed.
You can sign up as a free member, or you can subscribe on a
monthly basis.

You’ll be shown just how to get started building your own prospect
list, and you’ll get every tool you’ll need to do this.   Training and
support is all there online.

If you’re into affiliate marketing, there’s an affiliate program which
you might like to look into.

You’ll get a free 30 day trial of this program, 12SecondCommute,
and won’t even need your credit card to get started.

Well known traffic exchange owner Gary Smith has opened a new
help site for network marketers.

Gary has been in marketing for 30 years, and on the internet for
20 years, so he’s certainly got the experience to help you!

Net Marketing Club has just opened to new members. Join free or
be an upgraded member, with access to heaps of information.

Upgraded membership at Net Marketing Club is just $47, no monthly subscription. You’ll get access to so much information and videos
you’ll wonder how Gary managed to put it all together.

Want to know how to get started in marketing? Prepare to work

at network marketing? Choose Web Hosting? Put together content?
Get Traffic? All these topics are covered in detail at Net Marketing Club. Gary writes in an easy to follow style, but don’t let the simplicity fool
you – the content is good.

You can see what Net Marketing Club is all about HERE. If you want
to get started with online marketing, don’t delay, join up today!

There seem to be a lot of joint venture giveaways on offer at the
moment, but I haven’t signed up for any as yet. Have to admin
that I’ve only taken part in one so far, with very little success.
Perhaps you need to be better known than I am, to get anywhere
with them?

Joint venture giveaways are really just a marketing ploy – you add
your product to the list and hopefully it will be clicked on and
downloaded often enough to keep you in past the first day!

Of course, the people who really gain from this are the JV owners,
who are often well known marketers. They usually have several
products which they can afford to give away.

If someone actually wants the products, of course, they must
sign up for the mailing list, which adds them to the jv owner’s list.
This is the sole purpose of existance for joint ventures, to add
signups to your list.

It is said that every name on a list is worth at least $1 per year
to the list owner. Not much if your list is only about 25 people,
but what about if you are successful in getting signups, and
have a mailing list of 25,000 or even more? Not impossible –
some of the better known marketers have several times that
many people on their lists.

At the moment, I can only dream about this, but if I keep
working on it, one day………..

Have you ever considered getting your own website?    It took me
ages to decide to get my first one, and I didn’t have a clue about
what to look for in a web host.

Of course, you’ll also need to purchase a domain, but many web
hosting companies will include a free domain when you purchase
hosting from them.

Before you choose a host, do some research.    It’s easy enough to
find some review sites in your favourite search engine.

Something which makes a big difference in the ease of maintaining
your website is the control panel used by your host.   My favourite
is CPanel, and another used often by hosts is Plesk.   There are
others, but these two are among the best known.

Fantastico is another service often included with CPanel, and
this makes installing and upgrading your applications a breeze.
If you’re technologically challenged, you need Fantastico.

The web host I use mostly is Just Host – I researched many of
the more reasonably priced companies, and decided that they
sounded the best, especially for a novice website builder.   If
you are looking for hosting, I recommend them, as an award-
winning company.

If you are serious about having an online business, then you
really need your own site, because there are times when you’ll
want to use your own splash pages, and your own banners,
and it’s easier to host them on your own site than use other
sites, even if they are free.    It also looks more professional.

All things considered, if you’re an online marketer, whether it’s
direct marketing or affiliate marketing, then you need your
own web site.