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5 Everyday Self-Confidence Boosters

Entrepreneurship can be tough on self-esteem and self-confidence for new online marketers.  We face multiple learning curves for new tools and procedures, choice-making dillemas when faced with multiple training opportunities, and—for most—the lack of immediate profits, among other challenges. Increased confidence will come with time and accomplishment, of course.  But are there things we can […]

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3 Keys to Determining Niche Profitability

With billions of people online, there are millions of niches, and they may all seem lucrative at first glance.  BUT:  you can never be sure unless you do some research. The fact is, not all niches have profit potential. Plenty of niches are filled with very passionate people who aren’t likely to spend money buying […]

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Do You Have an Internet Home of Your Own?

I’ve seen a lot of people recommending social media as an ideal way to create a business online.  And that has its place.  But don’t overlook an long-term success factor: An internet home of your own—think of it as your home base. What exactly is a home base? Well, it’s a site of your own […]

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Affiliate Marketing Success Factors: Knowing Your Audience

One of the critical success factors in affiliate marketing is knowing your audience well enough that you can instinctively predict what products they’ll like and which ones they’ll avoid. Getting to this point will take some effort and research on your part. In fact, it’s important that you do your research before you start marketing […]

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How Do Spammers Even Find Us? Here’s One Way.

If you’ve been in the internet marketing community for long, you’re probably used to being on a fair number of mailing lists.  Many of us buy a lot of courses, ebooks, etc., and it makes sense that we’re on the lists of the instructors. But when your inbox features mail from people using only their […]

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3 Fundamental Tips For Traffic Generation

For affiliate marketers, driving traffic to our offers is critical.  However well we present a product or service, the presentation is worthless if we don’t get lots of eyeballs on it.  No traffic means no sales and no commissions–it’s as simple as that. Unlike product creators, who can recruit affiliates to drive traffic on their […]

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Rethinking Optimum Blog Post Length and Type

According to a snippet I found at Boston Digital, our attention spans are shrinking, with some important implications:  “In fact, a study by Microsoft concluded that the human attention span has dropped to eight seconds – shrinking nearly 25% in just a few years. This means we are all being fundamentally reprogrammed, regardless of age, to expect an answer […]

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RecurMe Commissions

Hi, and welcome to my review of Erica Stone’s course:  RecurMe Commissions What is RecurMe Commissions? It’s a well-written, thorough presentation of Erica’s strategy for promoting recurring-fee products.  Products like web hosting, video production tools, autoresponders, and more. Why this course? RecurMe Commissions gives time-strapped marketers an alternative to time-consuming, laborious, traditional strategies. With her […]

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Blind Sales Copy: Legit or Sneaky?

If you’ve been looking for internet marketing education for long, you’ve probably run into something I’m not so crazy about:  blind sales copy. The sales pages I’m referring to are typically loaded with promises, but they never seem to tell you what their course/tool is about, or exactly how you’re supposed to get results. Blind […]

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7 Reasons Why You Need to Keep Growing, No Matter Your Age

Some people think that education and change are things you should only work on when you’re young.  But they’re wrong. Continual learning and personal development are things you should strive for, no matter how many years young you are. They can benefit you at every stage and in all facets of life. Consider these seven […]

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