Can Your Website Visitors Contact You?
Would you put out a flyer for your business with no contact details?
I could not believe my eyes when I looked at a flyer that came through my letter box today for a local Farm Shop. I searched all over it for a street address or telephone number or website address but there was nothing.
The advert was telling me that they had free range meat, local hand made cheeses, gluten free sausages, fruit and vegetables, free range eggs, fresh baked bread, local honey, a variety of ready made desserts and mouth watering range of French pastries.
Well my mouth was certainly watering. Where can I get these things? Do they really want people to come to their shop? They certainly aren’t making it easy.
I still find it hard to believe that no one noticed that they had not included an address or telephone number before they sent it out.
It does not matter if you are online or offline it’s so important that people know how to contact you.
Have you ever gone to a sales page for a product and wanted to ask a question before you bought it only to find that there was no “contact us” link anywhere on the site? It’s so frustrating. It puts you off straight away. I wonder how many sales they lose because of this?
Now, I can understand that people don’t want to put their email address on a website because of getting spammed but it is easy enough to get over this problem by putting a contact form on your site instead.
For a WordPress blog you can get a variety of Contact Form plugins. It is very easy to create a customized form with Contact Form 7 plug in that also supports Akismet spam filtering.
When you are trying to make money online it’s just so important for your visitors to be able to contact you whatever you are selling and whatever type of site you have. Being easily contactable lets people know you are a real person. It’s part of building a relationship with potential customers and an important part of marketing.
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Whew! I’ve just finished the 100 Blog Challenge!
What a relief, I have just finished the 100 blog comment challenge. If you want to know what it was all about I wrote about it in a previous post: Generating Traffic with the 100 Blog Challenge.
It was no mean feat either I can tell you. I started on 8th August and finished last night the 25th, just five days before the deadline. Although I decided at the beginning that I would visit 5 blogs a day sometimes I didn’t. At one stage I thought that I would never finish it in time. It seemed a never ending task.
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Failure Is Not An Option In Making Money Online
I just heard the story about Steve who tried numerous times to start an Internet business. It wasn’t until his eighth attempt at launching a product that he saw a decent response and a healthy number of sales.
He was over the moon as he had sold 11 of his products in the first 24 hours that his new website had been online. Finally, there were signs that he had at last got it right.
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5 Essential Forum Marketing Tips
I have been spending more time on some internet marketing forums recently and couldn’t help but notice how many people have no idea about Forum Marketing Etiquette. If you are going to be successful at making money online by branding and promoting yourself in Forums there are a few BIG do’s and don’t associated with it. Here are my 5 Essential Forum Marketing Tips.
Tip # 1: Don’t jump In with both feet 
The basic rule of thumb when it comes to forum marketing is that you never jump right in and immediately start promoting yourself or your business. It’s amazing the number of people I’ve seen join and immediately tell everyone what a great service or product they have.
This is considered bad manners and will actually drive your potential customers in the opposite direction. Not to mention the fact that the other forum members are not shy in coming forward to tell you so! In fact, you can get banned from doing this.
Basically a forum is a bit like your neighbourhood where the other members are your neighbours. People often use online forums as a way of meeting up to discuss a particular topic or problem.
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Generating Blog Traffic with the 100 Blog Challenge
Now this is one of those ideas that makes you say why didn’t I think of that. Like all good ideas it seems so obvious after someone has come up with it. After all the oil rig hopping that I was doing for generating blog traffic for Alex’s blog traffic competition a couple of months ago this should be a breeze.
What is the 100 Blog Challenge?
The challenge is to get 100 individual comments on a blog post. The idea was born out of a throwaway comment Jacinta Dean made on an internet training forum.
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How To Use Your Personality To Make Money On The Web
When you look at the mega successful people in internet marketing they seem to have one thing in common. They stand out in a crowded marketplace. In simple terms they used their personality to make money on the web. Some call it personality marketing or branding. Others call it buzz marketing.
The truth is people like to do business with people they like. You’ll stand out a lot more by being helpful, likable and unique.
Online this seems to be truer than in some other medias. When you’re dealing with websites and digital media it’s so important to display personality in your marketing.
There are thousands of websites on the internet with many selling the same things. To make money on the web you need to stand out by putting a little personality into your marketing or creating a buzz.
How can you do that?
Here are 3 tips to get you started:
#1 – Don’t be Bland.
Vanilla is never the flavour of the month. Let’s face it there are more exciting flavours around. When it comes to making money on the internet you don’t want to be bland. Avoid being just like everyone else.
It’s tempting to copy others. In fact I have been told to watch what others do and copy them. That’s true up to a point but you have to put your own spin on it.
Certainly don’t copy other boring or bland websites. Instead think about your business and your vision. Let your website show people what you and only you are all about – never mind what everyone else is doing.
Spice up your marketing by adding your unique style of writing, design and personality to everything you do.
#2 –Become a Super Size
A lot of people have predefined ideas of how they should be. A lot of it stems from the way we have been brought up.
But when it comes to your business it’s important to let the real you shine through. Think about what personality trait got you into trouble when you were at school. That is probably the exact trait you need to let shine through.
Everything in your business should reflect who you are and what you stand for. If you write in a passionate clear voice that reflects your ethos you can’t fail but to inject your personality into your marketing.
#3 – Create your Identity
When you register on a forum or social media site you are creating an online personality in your profile.
It might be tempting to only fill in the bare essentials but it’s really worth taking the time to fill in all those profile questions.
It’s essential to plan out before you start joining these sites exactly what is your overall personality? Are you traditional or trendy? Are you geeky or creative? What is your business about?
Every time you post comments on blogs or forums you are leaving a bit of your personality and expertise behind. Have you ever checked out someone’s profile on a forum only to find it’s a compete blank? It’s a lost opportunity if you haven’t completed yours.
If you want to make money on the web try personality marketing. It means putting “you” into your business. What do you do to put “you” into your business?
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Article Submisson Service | Submit Your Article Review
I recently listened to a very interesting interview of Steve Shaw owner of SubmitYourArticle.com. At the end of the interview Steve offered a free 30 day trial of his unique article submission service so of course I grabbed it.
We all know that submitting your articles to a number of article directories is a great way to get valuable backlinks and traffic to your site but it can be a very tedious job unless it’s automated.
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Making Money On The Internet: What Road Blocks Do I Need To Overcome?
I am taking a step back and looking at what I have achieved or where I could have done better since I started Alex’s coaching course on making money on the internet. I have just listened to his latest Webinar or perhaps I should say pep talk (to put it politely) because that’s what it really was.
Some of the students are racing ahead and have already created their own products. I haven’t done this yet because I had a couple of projects in the pipeline that I put aside when I started this course.
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Targeted Website Traffic – Traffic Supremacy, The New Kid On The Block
Getting enough free targeted website traffic has been the bain of my internet marketing life. When I first got online I dabbled a bit with Google Adwords and Yahoo search marketing but never really had any success with it. I got put off by the stories of people running up huge credit card bills with them. So all my attempts at traffic generation has been using free methods.
I have tried email blasters, traffic exchanges, list builders, free ads, articles, press releases, forum posting, blog commenting, social book marking, and more recently Twitter and videos. Maybe I am not doing enough of it consistently enough but I have never seen the boost in traffic that I was expecting.
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Making Money On The Internet – Workshop Overload
Hey Folks
I am just recovering from information overload after attending a making money on the internet Cracking the Code workshop held by Nick James at the Park Inn, Heathrow on Saturday.
Nick James, in case you don’t already know, is an entrepreneur based in Berkshire, England. He made his fortune in Direct Marketing before making the transition to internet marketing for the past eight years.
Nick’s Challenge 
Nick has set himself a challenge. He said people are always saying to him “Oh, it’s all right for you Nick, you’ve got the money and a huge mailing list. How can we do that when we are starting from scratch?”
Nick pointed out that he did start from nothing but to prove a point he has challenged himself to make at least $1000 a month every month within 6 months with no product of his own, no list, no JV promotion and working no more than one hour a day.
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