Saturday, February 24, 2007
One Stop Web Support Newsletter #50 On the Way
The latest issue of One Stop Web Support Newsletter is scheduled to arrive Sunday, February 25, 2007.This newsletter contains:
Jeff
The latest issue of One Stop Web Support Newsletter is scheduled to arrive Sunday, February 25, 2007.This newsletter contains:
- News of a special gift in recognition of issue #50
- Seven Steps to Starting a Successful Small Business Online -- Step 5 -- Building Your Business to Connect With Your Customers
- Personal recommendations -
Website business - Make Your Content PREsell!
Auction business - The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay - Special guest corner - thoughts from top marketers
What's So Different About Writing Web Copy
By Joe Robson - Success quote by Hugh Laurie
Jeff
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Hottest Offers for February 23, 2007
Check out this week's hottest offers. This week, I've got a real unusual one for you.
Top pick for the week
I found you one for an Internet marketing course that not only offers you your money back in full if you don't at least double your profits with it in a year, but actually promises to refund you $200 MORE THAN YOU PAID.
Sounds like a "can't lose" proposition to me (especially since the course is the one that I know can deliver. It was the course I started on when I first got into Internet marketing.)
Free keyword research tool
Or if your taste is strictly for something that's both useful and free, I've got you covered, too. I found some free keyword research videos that will help you discover how to find profitable niches for your business.
Check out the Hot Offers page to find out more about both of these useful tools.
On the Ongoing Bargains page
And I've added yet more free (or almost free) offers to our growing Ongoing Bargains page. Check it out for low-cost (the most expensive thing on the page is a wallet-busting $1.23) tools that offer you real help in growing your Internet business.
Jeff
Check out this week's hottest offers. This week, I've got a real unusual one for you.
Top pick for the week
I found you one for an Internet marketing course that not only offers you your money back in full if you don't at least double your profits with it in a year, but actually promises to refund you $200 MORE THAN YOU PAID.
Sounds like a "can't lose" proposition to me (especially since the course is the one that I know can deliver. It was the course I started on when I first got into Internet marketing.)
Free keyword research tool
Or if your taste is strictly for something that's both useful and free, I've got you covered, too. I found some free keyword research videos that will help you discover how to find profitable niches for your business.
Check out the Hot Offers page to find out more about both of these useful tools.
On the Ongoing Bargains page
And I've added yet more free (or almost free) offers to our growing Ongoing Bargains page. Check it out for low-cost (the most expensive thing on the page is a wallet-busting $1.23) tools that offer you real help in growing your Internet business.
Jeff
Labels: hot offers, Insider Secrets, internet marketing tools, keyword research
Thursday, February 22, 2007
No, I Haven't Forgetten
A couple of days ago, I promised an announcement of something new and significant I would be offering in the near future. No, I haven't forgotten. Expect the announcement this weekend.
Jeff
A couple of days ago, I promised an announcement of something new and significant I would be offering in the near future. No, I haven't forgotten. Expect the announcement this weekend.
Jeff
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
An Internet Marketing Lesson From Television's Sweeps Month
I always look for trends that affect business on the Internet in whatever I do. You can learn a lot by connecting seemingly unrelated things to your business. One of those lessons struck me as I've been watching television during what's called “sweeps” month.
As you probably know, television stations set their advertising rates by the ratings they achieve during the months of November, February, and May. As a result, those months are highly competitive, with the networks pulling every trick and stunt they can think of to draw viewers to their shows so they can charge higher advertising rates the next few months.
I've found this past sweeps month and the direction that programming has gone this past season fascinating from the viewpoint of what it suggests about the future of Internet marketing. I saw surprisingly few rating stunts. Instead, I saw networks focusing on a growing trend in programing.
Want proof of the Internet's future as a video provider? Look at the television networks. Is it just me, or is prime-time television moving away from TV series that show a standalone episode every week? More and more, the TV schedule is filled with series in which each episode builds upon the previous one and you have to commit to watching each and every week if you want to understand what's happening.
I don't believe it's a coincidence that the TV networks are moving in this direction right at the time when online video popularity is exploding. People are going online for quick doses of entertainment.
The Internet, with it's ability to offer access to anyone who has a video camera and a little ingenuity, can offer variety and spontaneity beyond anything that TV, with its high production costs can. The Internet can make available entertaining little videos that are short enough to entertain in five minutes, two minutes -- even 20 seconds!
TV can't compete for those who want their entertainment quick and self-contained. The Internet can provide more content with more variety a lot quicker than TV can. So television is moving in a different direction. They are de-emphasizing episodic programs in favor of providing long-running stories that demand commitment of their audiences.
Even shows that formerly were episodic are moving in this direction. Crime dramas that used to solve one or two crimes each week are adopting long-running story arcs that leave key questions unanswered from week to week and force viewers to commit to following the story faithfully from week to week.
But it's all a sign of the way that video is changing the Internet.
I plan to look further at the future of video in Internet marketing over the next couple of weeks. I feel it's crucial to learn more about where it's going and what we need to do to position ourselves at the forward lines of it instead of bringing up the rear.
I encourage you to look at what I feel is the best training series on video marketing currently on the market. I'll warn you. It's not cheap. But it's comprehensive. And it gives the best training both on how surprisingly simple and inexpensive it is to get started in Internet video and ways to make money with Internet video.
It's a great tool to get you going in an area that I'm convinced will have huge profit potential for your business in upcoming months and years. Next Monday I'll tell you why I feel that.
Jeff
I always look for trends that affect business on the Internet in whatever I do. You can learn a lot by connecting seemingly unrelated things to your business. One of those lessons struck me as I've been watching television during what's called “sweeps” month.
As you probably know, television stations set their advertising rates by the ratings they achieve during the months of November, February, and May. As a result, those months are highly competitive, with the networks pulling every trick and stunt they can think of to draw viewers to their shows so they can charge higher advertising rates the next few months.
I've found this past sweeps month and the direction that programming has gone this past season fascinating from the viewpoint of what it suggests about the future of Internet marketing. I saw surprisingly few rating stunts. Instead, I saw networks focusing on a growing trend in programing.
Want proof of the Internet's future as a video provider? Look at the television networks. Is it just me, or is prime-time television moving away from TV series that show a standalone episode every week? More and more, the TV schedule is filled with series in which each episode builds upon the previous one and you have to commit to watching each and every week if you want to understand what's happening.
I don't believe it's a coincidence that the TV networks are moving in this direction right at the time when online video popularity is exploding. People are going online for quick doses of entertainment.
The Internet, with it's ability to offer access to anyone who has a video camera and a little ingenuity, can offer variety and spontaneity beyond anything that TV, with its high production costs can. The Internet can make available entertaining little videos that are short enough to entertain in five minutes, two minutes -- even 20 seconds!
TV can't compete for those who want their entertainment quick and self-contained. The Internet can provide more content with more variety a lot quicker than TV can. So television is moving in a different direction. They are de-emphasizing episodic programs in favor of providing long-running stories that demand commitment of their audiences.
Even shows that formerly were episodic are moving in this direction. Crime dramas that used to solve one or two crimes each week are adopting long-running story arcs that leave key questions unanswered from week to week and force viewers to commit to following the story faithfully from week to week.
But it's all a sign of the way that video is changing the Internet.
I plan to look further at the future of video in Internet marketing over the next couple of weeks. I feel it's crucial to learn more about where it's going and what we need to do to position ourselves at the forward lines of it instead of bringing up the rear.
I encourage you to look at what I feel is the best training series on video marketing currently on the market. I'll warn you. It's not cheap. But it's comprehensive. And it gives the best training both on how surprisingly simple and inexpensive it is to get started in Internet video and ways to make money with Internet video.
It's a great tool to get you going in an area that I'm convinced will have huge profit potential for your business in upcoming months and years. Next Monday I'll tell you why I feel that.
Jeff
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Something New Coming Up!
When I returned from the recent Jim Edwards Boot Camp a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that there were some big changes in store for One Stop Web Support. Right now, I'm finalizing what should be a really exciting new feature that I think you'll enjoy.
They involve some secrets from an under-the-radar Internet marketer who makes $200-$300 a day online, working part-time. He has never revealed his techniques anytime, anywhere, in any form before. But I've gotten him to agree to share what he does so well with you--for free.
Keep your eyes open for more information.
Jeff
When I returned from the recent Jim Edwards Boot Camp a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that there were some big changes in store for One Stop Web Support. Right now, I'm finalizing what should be a really exciting new feature that I think you'll enjoy.
They involve some secrets from an under-the-radar Internet marketer who makes $200-$300 a day online, working part-time. He has never revealed his techniques anytime, anywhere, in any form before. But I've gotten him to agree to share what he does so well with you--for free.
Keep your eyes open for more information.
Jeff
Labels: successful business
What's Keeping You From Building a Profitable List With Autoresponders?
The answer to this question should be "Nothing." Autoresponders give you an easy way build valuable relationships with people who are interested in what you have to offer.
But if you've held back from using autoresponders because it just seemed to darn technical thing of a thing to try, check out this free training webinar. (Look for the blog post "Stuck on Getting Started? Let Us Help!")
(And don't let the word "webinar" intimidate you. All a webinar is is a phone call where you dial a toll-free number and then hop on the Internet to watch the video part of the webinar onscreen -- no sweat for anyone who knows how to dial a phone and surf the net.)
But it's a great chance to see how simple it can be to get started with a very profitable tool.
Jeff
The answer to this question should be "Nothing." Autoresponders give you an easy way build valuable relationships with people who are interested in what you have to offer.
But if you've held back from using autoresponders because it just seemed to darn technical thing of a thing to try, check out this free training webinar. (Look for the blog post "Stuck on Getting Started? Let Us Help!")
(And don't let the word "webinar" intimidate you. All a webinar is is a phone call where you dial a toll-free number and then hop on the Internet to watch the video part of the webinar onscreen -- no sweat for anyone who knows how to dial a phone and surf the net.)
But it's a great chance to see how simple it can be to get started with a very profitable tool.
Jeff
Labels: autoresponders, aWeber, building relationships
Monday, February 19, 2007
Free Keyword Research Videos
Dr. Andy Williams has created a series of eight free videos on doing keyword research.
They show tips that can help you generate thousands of relevant keywords on either Wordtracker or NicheBOT and then filter those keywords into useable subgroups either with Microsoft Excel or Keyword Results Analyzer.
They take you all the way through how to take those subgroups and turn them into a profitable niche website.
If you're doing keyword research or if you expect to be doing any soon, check out these videos. They'll help you get the most out of your research. Click here and look for the signup box near the top of the page.
Jeff
Dr. Andy Williams has created a series of eight free videos on doing keyword research.
They show tips that can help you generate thousands of relevant keywords on either Wordtracker or NicheBOT and then filter those keywords into useable subgroups either with Microsoft Excel or Keyword Results Analyzer.
They take you all the way through how to take those subgroups and turn them into a profitable niche website.
If you're doing keyword research or if you expect to be doing any soon, check out these videos. They'll help you get the most out of your research. Click here and look for the signup box near the top of the page.
Jeff
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I spent a good part of the past weekend trying to expand my involvement in the blogosphere.
I did a bit more commenting in other blogs than I usually have done. And you'll notice a couple of links in my weekend posts to other blog posts that I found interesting. I even tried to use trackbacks to alert the bloggers to whom I had linked of what I had written about them.
Boy, what a mess I created! First of all, I learned that Blogger doesn't support trackbacks. So I tried some third-party trackback tools to ping the other blogs and inform them of my post.
Big mistake! I apparently tripped some spam filters by doing so, because I seem to have lost my ability to interact in any way with Typepad-run blogs ever since.
So I guess technology (specifically the technology devised to defeat blog spammers) has defeated my innocent attempts to become more involved in the blogosphere. I'll still try to keep up with more blogs, but **sigh** I guess I'll be a bit more wary about interacting in the blogosphere in the future.
By the way, if you've had any similar experiences, or know ways to get unblocked from Typepad blogs, drop me a comment below.
Jeff
I spent a good part of the past weekend trying to expand my involvement in the blogosphere.
I did a bit more commenting in other blogs than I usually have done. And you'll notice a couple of links in my weekend posts to other blog posts that I found interesting. I even tried to use trackbacks to alert the bloggers to whom I had linked of what I had written about them.
Boy, what a mess I created! First of all, I learned that Blogger doesn't support trackbacks. So I tried some third-party trackback tools to ping the other blogs and inform them of my post.
Big mistake! I apparently tripped some spam filters by doing so, because I seem to have lost my ability to interact in any way with Typepad-run blogs ever since.
So I guess technology (specifically the technology devised to defeat blog spammers) has defeated my innocent attempts to become more involved in the blogosphere. I'll still try to keep up with more blogs, but **sigh** I guess I'll be a bit more wary about interacting in the blogosphere in the future.
By the way, if you've had any similar experiences, or know ways to get unblocked from Typepad blogs, drop me a comment below.
Jeff
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Which Approach Do You Use?
Here's an amusing post with a serious point to it. It's about a couple of challenges going on right now between proponents of search engine optimization and its critics.
One critic was very harsh and personally insulting of those who make their livings doing SEO. He is now is fighting to maintain his reputation as people who make their living at SEO are trying to destroy him. They are creating pages critical of him and optimizing them to try to push his own pages deep into the search engine results where no one will find them.
Another blogger expressed skepticism of the value of SEO, but did it without insulting or accusing those who make their living that way. The result of that is that a bunch of SEO professionals are trying to prove the worth of their skills by boosting his blog's traffic. If they succeed, the blogger admits he was wrong and the optimizers gain more credibility. If they don't succeed, he proves his point. But either way, he gets more traffic.
This lesson is a good one for all of us. Working together respectfully has a lot more benefits for everyone than does trying to position yourself as a Lone Ranger who knows better than everyone else.
Jeff
Here's an amusing post with a serious point to it. It's about a couple of challenges going on right now between proponents of search engine optimization and its critics.
One critic was very harsh and personally insulting of those who make their livings doing SEO. He is now is fighting to maintain his reputation as people who make their living at SEO are trying to destroy him. They are creating pages critical of him and optimizing them to try to push his own pages deep into the search engine results where no one will find them.
Another blogger expressed skepticism of the value of SEO, but did it without insulting or accusing those who make their living that way. The result of that is that a bunch of SEO professionals are trying to prove the worth of their skills by boosting his blog's traffic. If they succeed, the blogger admits he was wrong and the optimizers gain more credibility. If they don't succeed, he proves his point. But either way, he gets more traffic.
This lesson is a good one for all of us. Working together respectfully has a lot more benefits for everyone than does trying to position yourself as a Lone Ranger who knows better than everyone else.
Jeff
Labels: search engine optimization, seo
Happy Birthday, Jon
I just wanted to wish a happy birthday to one of my loyal readers, my son Jon Baas. He's a freelance graphics artist, actor, and an entrepreneur, with some pretty interesting niches for his art.
He has also done logos and designs for most of the sites I've worked on. Oh, and I've chosen him not because he doesn't charge me (he does indeed charge me), but because he's good. If you're considering any design or graphics work, check him out.
Jeff (aka Dad)
I just wanted to wish a happy birthday to one of my loyal readers, my son Jon Baas. He's a freelance graphics artist, actor, and an entrepreneur, with some pretty interesting niches for his art.
He has also done logos and designs for most of the sites I've worked on. Oh, and I've chosen him not because he doesn't charge me (he does indeed charge me), but because he's good. If you're considering any design or graphics work, check him out.
Jeff (aka Dad)
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