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The Loony Landing Page: One Blog Monetization Strategy That Will Never Work

Sep 19, 2008 at 5:08 pm in KARMA by ian · Comments Off

I never understand why people do this. Really. Genuinely and honestly….what is the thought process that immediately preceedes slapping your landing page which 16 different ads ( some of which have nothing to do with the topic of the site) all butting up against each other in a collage like car wreck of creative crisis?

Affiliate Marketing Mistakes: Confuse & Conquer Will NEVER Work

I don’t get it…and it will NEVER work – you will NEVER make money with this sort of [read more →]

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How to Use Scribd to Make More Money: Easy Affiliate Commissions From Out of the Way Places

Aug 8, 2008 at 7:28 pm in COACHING, KARMA by ian · 10 Comments »

An Undiscovered Gem

About 4 or 5 months ago, some one I was doing some work with recommended I check out Scribd as a good place to submit content – articles, mini reports, entire pdf’s, you name it, Scribd was taking it.

Like all sites like this that hold the promise of page rank, the strategy is to simply piggyback off of THEIR power, and have YOUR articles, documents and sales propositions rank higher and faster than they would ( or [read more →]

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What is the Best Article Marketing Strategy? More Readers Affiliate Marketing Questions Answered

Jul 26, 2008 at 9:31 pm in KARMA by ian · 2 Comments »

I keep getting different derivations of this question via email, see it asked a lot in different serendipitous online spots, and got a note this morning "correcting" me on the proper use and purpose of article submissions. "Bob" told me that my article marketing strategy was not only "wrong, it was misleading people on the right way to write articles for backlinks".

Of course this is a totally specious and silly argument, as there are FAR better and easier [read more →]

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3 Simple Shortcuts To Writing Articles That Sell

Jul 25, 2008 at 9:49 pm in COPYWRITING by ian · 3 Comments »

I‘ve covered a whole LOT of article marketing concepts on this blog (and in other spots) and STILL believe it the absolute easiest way for ANYONE – regardless of their skill level, to make money online in rapid fire turn around time. It’s interesting because I got an email from someone the other day – who said a whole bunch of off the wall kind of stuff – (and in only quasi understandable english) and that ended by stating [read more →]

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Affiliate Marketing Epilogue: Kick Ass Conversions from A to Z

Apr 14, 2008 at 4:13 pm in COACHING by ian · Comments Off

I wanted to post an update per the article I wrote a few days ago on testing your landing page conversions for free (While everyone else pays through the nose).

If you haven’t read that article, I think it’s well worth looking at first, as it provides a slender shred of insight into the marketing mindset we use to write and submit articles to sell affiliate products. And again, it’s not really about article marketing, it’s about TESTING your offer, [read more →]

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Affiliate Marketing Mistakes: Don’t be a Steve

Apr 10, 2008 at 10:14 pm in COPYWRITING by ian · Comments Off

In one smooth swift stroke ( no pun intended) Steve has shed an unflinching light on how to write a successful article and then screw the whole thing up so fast your back to flipping fajitas on the