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Timezones for International Internet Marketers

Guys and Girls in the US and anywhere else for that matter take note, especially if you want to make more cash. This little tip might make a huge difference to your bottom line.

As some of my readers know, I’ve been involved in IM since 1997. It would be fair to say that I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to products and money making ventures but there is one thing that still irritates me like nothing else.

Timezones. Or more specifically lack of information in your emails about them.

This problem affects everyone and I’m really surprised at how few ‘experts’ still tend to ignore the problem and do nothing to make life easier for their readers and customers.

We know that most of the big marketers are US based and we can assume that most of their customers are based in the US to. BUT (notice that’s a big but?) - a growing percentage of customers are based outside of the US. So why is it, with very few exceptions, these marketers send out emails or postings asking us to attend webinars and conference calls at say … 8PM EDT and then they don’t put a link to somewhere where readers in other countries can find out what time it is for them?

We know that you have very little time to make a good impression.
We know that you need to make it simple

So why not help your readers work out when ‘8PM Eastern’ is in their part of the world?

Make it easy and we will turn up.

A simple link at the foot of your email or post makes all the difference. Just ask those who do it and you’ll find that they get more new customers in other parts of the world which means bigger profits.

Try these:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
http://www.timezoneconverter.com
http://www.time.gov/

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Blogrush - bring more visitors to your blog

Blogrush is a new free service that is using viral syndication to bring more targeted visitors to your blog. It’s simple to set up and works.

The brains behind this Blogrush is John Reese who is well respected in Internet Marketing circles and although the concept of adding widgets to your blog is not new the viral element that John has added makes this possible one of the simplest ways of getting free targeted traffic to your blog.

There is a very useful video that explains in detail how it works and shows just how powerful this can be, I strongly suggest you go and watch it sooner rather than later.

You can see the widget on the right of this page (I haven’t made it look too good and can’t see anywhere to tweak the setting - but the service in new and in beta - it will be improved) - the principle is that every time a visitor clicks on one of the post links in the widget, you will get a credit and your post will show in someone elses widget.

There’s lots more to it and well worth giving it a try.

See the blogrush video here to see how it will help you or click on the widget.

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Deal Dot Com Hacked

OK so the powerful presumptuous headline got your attention.

Now I’m not a JV partner for this launch and I know as much as you do now. And when you do join below you’ll still know as much as you do now. And a little bit more ;) . The first important thing for you to get to grips with is that the site hasn’t been hacked - you get lifetime two tier commissions and access to a very hungry buyers list as standard .

The fact is the people behind Deal Dot Com have pedigree.
They have a reliable reputation.
They have produced some excellent tools and software and they have a brilliant minds for what works in internet marketing circles.

Unless they have sold out to the darkside I can only suggest that people become a part of it now. But there are some provisos. They are Read the rest of this entry »

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Social Media Sites, Useful Lists For Marketing or Promotion

So you want to do marketing or promotion on social media or web 2.0 sites.

Call it social media marketing or web2 marketing the reality is that it’s all about people power. You want people to visit your website and nothing is a better recommendation than word of mouth.

Social media sites are springing up everywhere and it’s hard to get a grip on which ones we need to get involved with to make a success of our marketing or promotion efforts. Here I’ve put together a list of social marketing sites which I’ve come across which may help.

The list is broken down into video networking, social networking, social bookmarking, feeds and a few others. Enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »

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A little less hype and more action please.

If you’ve been involved in internet marketing for any length of time then the chances are you are on one or two lists. If you’ve been about for as long as me :) then you probably get the odd email every now and again (I wished). Not wanting to be too cruel to many list owners, it’s got to the point where many of the gooroos are no better than pimps or whores who prostitute themselves for the sake of gabbing a few pennies.

Here’s why. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ecommerce Realities

If you run a business then you need to have a website, if not the simple fact is you are losing out.

The problem is that even though getting a web presence for you business has become simple , there are still tips, tricks and tweaks that you need to employ if you want a healthy return on your investment.

Drawing on over 10 years experience I’ve finally decided to commit myself to keeping you in the picture and start blogging. As time progresses I’ll be posting on many of the topics that you need to understand in order to profit online.

We will be looking at various aspects of internet marketing and advertising strategies both online and off. We will look at how video can increase your profits, how to produce your videos and edit them. We will look at how to set-up websites, how to get paid, how to deliver your products and how to keep your clients happy and coming back for more.

I’m really looking forward to sharing some of my knowledge with you and I encourage you to subscribe to my feed now.

That’s it for the time being more soon.

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