One way to get more traffic is to get involved with Facebook Groups. There are lots of ways you can get traffic from Facebook Groups, and it is quite effective if you do it correctly. If you think about it, a Facebook Group is just a small community of like-minded people. This means that if you find like-minded people who need and want what you offer in a community, you’ll need to find a way to ... View Post

A couple weeks ago, I touched upon the Amazon Associates program as a promising affiliate option. So many people buy products from Amazon on a regular basis. It’s a trusted site that offers a wide assortment of products. That’s what makes it perfect as an affiliate source for nearly any type of niche website or blog. Writing reviews for Amazon affiliate products is definitely something you should ... View Post

While you don’t have to do much to start a business if you have a sole proprietorship, there are other business structures and legal entities for your online business that you can choose from that you need to know about before you choose a permanent structure. Sole Proprietorship (SP) This is the leading business structure that people choose, especially service providers and those without ... View Post

When it comes to email marketing, there is an enormous number of things that you can track, but only a few that are really necessary. Email marketing numbers are important because email marketing is still one of the most effective forms of marketing ever invented. There are four different types of emails that you send your list subscribers, and each should be tracked and measured ... View Post

Getting to know other content creators and PR folks on social media and at blogging/podcasting/video/influencer conferences is practically essential if you want to increase your audience. While that may seem pretty straightforward, you probably still have some questions about the best ways to go about reaching out to others within your niche or the community at large. It’s not as intimidating as ... View Post

The sad truth is that most businesses do a "meh" job with customer care. Surveys have been done year after year showing a high rate of dissatisfaction among customers in all niches across all types of businesses showing customers are very upset about the lack of customer care today. Because of this, you have the opportunity to truly stand out when it comes to customer service. When you employ ... View Post

The first thing you need to get right when it comes to email marketing is the subject line. If you can’t get your subscribers to open your emails, it really doesn’t matter how good the actual email is. It’s easy to spend a lot of time crafting a great message and then just slap a subject line on it at the end. Instead, spend some time writing them and see what type of headline gets you good open ... View Post

Blog posts come in all shapes and sizes and range widely in both formatting and word length. Heck, some of them have (almost) no words at all, sharing instead an infographic or a video for example. For the purpose of today’s post, we’ll compare two different posts that are on opposite ends of the content spectrum – quick (short) posts vs. epic posts. While there is no set number to define a ... View Post

Self-promotion is something everyone should do if they want to run a successful business and build a brand that is well-known and respected. However, there is a little trick that will make all self-promotions feel better and work better: Make it about them. Your customers want to know what’s in it for them and that’s really all they care about. If you craft your promotions to focus on the ... View Post