Quote of the day

Quote of the Day

"Build your people and you will build your business. People will want your approval first and your advice second. Do both. A lot...in that order and you will find that they will like you and willingly follow your suggestions." Build a team of people that can follow instructions well an start a commision based online business. 

Affiliate marketing worries

How do I write those awesome headlines that will draw attention? What marketing tactics should I focus on to achieve the best results?

Then the killer doubt.

Why would anyone want to hear what “I” have to say?

So you push past the fears and you hit the publish button. You tweet and share it with your 500 best friends on Facebook. You have started.

Six months into your blogging journey more nagging fears arise. Yes, I have a few readers. People are starting to leave comments and I am attracting some attention.

But world domination is felt to be more a fantasy than reality.

Persistence is key

This is maybe what you don’t want to hear. You need to persist. Success is almost never overnight but a journey of a thousand steps.

It is a matter of keeping the faith in yourself.  Friends and family can be your worst enemies. Passion, purpose and belief need to come from within.

Press on.

My secret sauce recipe

So what’s worked for me?

What has sustained me and kept me ahead of the blogging curve can be summed up with three words, reading, writing and doing. Mundane but necessary.

1. Read as much as you can offline and online. Blogs, news and books. Watch TED talks.
2. Writing drives discovery and research so it accelerates the learning process. The art of expression facilitates in structuring and making sense of the incoming information.
3. Doing is where the rubber hits the road. My blog is my social media, marketing and digital laboratory. Helping other brands both corporate and personal keeps also keeps me real and connected.

A trait to be treasured

But there is one small human trait that is sometimes overlooked.

Curiosity.

Will that headline work? How do I grow my Twitter followers? How do I make this blog rock?

Stay curious.

Learn more for free .. Seriously not a dime or obligation .. All you gotta do is read and learn my friends at
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Some guru's Are cool.. But I don't think I could really trust them till I've seen the truth 1st.. Do you blame me.. Read this...


Thanks for the e-mail Craig Adam I'm not trying to doubt what you're doing.. I
just seen gurus take money an flip it to make an even better scam with it..
Man I was got for 1800.00 ever since I found SFI an found out it was free
an you learn at your own pace .. Sell Items like you would on Ebay with
lower fees if not any..

 I just been trying to save others from getting ripped off brother thats all..  I don't like flashy gimmicks.. They scare me..Cause that's how I lost my hard earned money.. Shoot man.. That money I got scammed on was  Everything I had saved up.. That guy who did it even called me told me a bunch of crap to sugar coat it all up too.

 I was lost dumbfounded and had to go back to what I hated..
 No one gives anyone a break on what they know about getting a real income online.. I wish I had a mentor to help me out that was truthful..  So if I can't find one for myself
.. I figured .. I'm going to learn this Affiliate marketing get real good
money rolling in and take a few people with me and give them the true real
views an help they need that no one wanted to give me.. Without charging a
dime.. I still struggle Craig, But I know if I look for the answers from real people at SFI.
 I can find it. Interact with me anytime.. I consider you a friend in my journey.
Your normal Affiliate that gives real info.. 
Shane       http://www.sfi4.com/12916034/FREE

Advertising Tips

Advertising  Tips

Not Really.. But if you think about it, Your business is the bunny on the tracks!!!

Advertising is most often the most daunting part of any business. You know you have a great product, But you are not sure how to present it to people in an acceptable or more importantly exciting manner. 
Personally, I'm a bit of a novice myself. Still, I would like to share whatever little knowledge I have. 

1. IDENTIFYING YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE 
The most important part of advertising is to figure out, who do you want to talk to. This will decide everything about your advertising. Right from the colors to the language will be based upon your target audience. For example, if you are marketing Tripleclicks to housewives and small business owners, your approach will obviously be poles apart. 

2. UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS 
Any successful marketing/advertising campaign will always address the needs of its audience. We only buy into things that we need (Or we are made to believe that we need them). So once, you have identified your target audience, try to understand, what are the things that they could be looking for in the kind of product/service that you are selling. 

3. MATCHING THE NEEDS 
Since, you now understand their needs, you can figure out, how your product or service satisfies those needs. Highlight those aspects of your product/service. These are going to form the key element of your advertising. 
4. MAKING THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS 
We often don't realize what we are actually looking for till the time that someone points it out to us and makes us take note. You need to be that someone for your target audience. Since you've spent time figuring out their needs, chances are that when you point out those needs, most people will agree. And once you've made them realize their needs, they will be more open to listening to your solution. This leads us to the sales pitch. 

5. SALES PITCH 
Advertising, at the end of the day is about selling something. And how u sell it is extremely important. The sales pitch has to be all about them. What do they get out of your product/service. How they benefit from it. And towards the end, how you can help them with buying it. Your audience should believe that they are buying your product/service because they are smart enough to see the benefits. They have to feel that it is their decision. 
If it is an online or print advertising campaign, then this sales pitch will be your copy for the ad. 
6. CLOSING THE SALE 
Once the decision is made by the client, Help them with the processing of the order. If you cannot guide them yourself,  make sure that the instructions are clearly stated. 
7. AFTER SALES FOLLOW UP 
This is one of the most important and most ignored part of any advertising. Don't just leave those people after the sale is made. If its a product, Confirm with them if they received it in time and if they are satisfied with it. In case of a service, Check if they need help with understanding how to use that service. Besides just making a sale with your customer a follow up E-mail with another offer or offers just might get you some return business also.. So its Always good to follow up on them.

Once you have worked on the above concepts, The rest of it becomes pretty easy. Then all you need to do is find platforms to put up your advertisements. Here again try to think a little out of the box. Try to think of the things your target audience could be interested in. For example, if you are trying to target housewives, a search for "shopping" on google will probably be better than searching for "online business". Go to these websites and see how you can place your ads with them. Also don't forget you can always set up blogs to describe your product or item..  Like Blogger, Squidoo or blog clans.com.
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Thanks for reading my info....

Shane McIVER------ mciver247marketing