These three resources produce the highest conversions, are you using them?
I highly recommend that you consider the one time offers at all three of these programs. These are advertising dollars well spent!
ListJoe
After a disastrous intrusion, ListJoe is back and better than ever with the Social aspect of the new system. You are going to love it! If you have not yet Re-Joined ListJoe, you can do so here:
Bweeble
Bweeble is a new list on the scene this year and it has proven to be a winner right from the get go. Membership is growing and very active. Like List Joe, Bweeble has an amazing social aspect to it. You can join Bweeble here:
The Lead Magnet
This is one of those long standing lists that keeps growing with very active members. You won’t find better anywhere as Stefan Berg is focused only on growing and maintaining The Lead Magnet in number one standing!
Whichever one you choose of if you go all out and choose them all, you will see results when you use these programs.
How To Use List Builders
Joining is just step one, to really take advantage of these programs there are some steps you need to take:
Setup Your Profile
This is one of the most important steps. Make sure your name is correct, email is correct and where requested, add your Paypal or other payment information so that you can get paid!
Banner and Text Ads
All three of the above programs offer you the ability to have your banner or text ads rotating on the site to be viewed by other members and visitors in general. It’s important that you set these up. Remember to direct your visitors to your Lead Capture page!
Setup the Downline Builder
All there programs offer you the ability to add your username or id number to the system so that your referrals can join those other advertising programs under you.
CAUTION: Do not go in and join all those programs. Simply enter your ids of the programs you already belong to and get out of there 🙂 As you have the time and inclination, you can join the other programs.
Send and Schedule Your Ads
Now that the programs are setup, you will want to schedule your ads and send your first ad. Depending on your members level, you will be able to send to random members 1 to 3 times a week. Upgraded members receive monthly credits. Schedule your send times in your calendar so that you remember to send your ads!
I am confident that these three programs will direct traffic to your website and turn into subscribers and members in the programs you promote.
I expect they will bring you the same results that I’ve experienced.
An auto responder is a lead capturing system that is an integral part of an online business.
It usually takes a combination of an investment of time, marketing effort and money to accomplish a stream of people finding your website on the internet. It is therefore quite understandable that getting maximum value out of every single visitor to your website is paramount in the long term success of your venture.
Auto Responders Build Good Relationships
It is common practice to gather details of website visitors and to follow up with a promotional newsletter or information. One way to do this is to use an auto responder to build a mailing list. An auto responder is a promotional tool that automatically handles email subscriptions to your newsletter or mailing list, while building a database of all visitors who join the list.
Statistics shows that most people will not buy something online on first contact. The generally accepted standard is that it takes around 7 contacts before someone makes a buying decision. In other words, you may do all the work to get someone to your website, but if you don’t implement some way to keep in touch with them and expose them to your product again and again over time, your initial effort may well have been wasted.
An auto responder takes care of this by being the vehicle with which you can capture leads and keep in touch with them.
Always look for a service that provides you with unlimited Auto responders for a flat fee. This takes care of all future expansion of your enterprise, and these days this sort of service has become very affordable.
Professional Auto Responder A Must Have
Having an auto responder system as part of your online business is virtually non-negotiable. If your webhost can provide you with easy access and help in setting up such a lead capturing system in order to maximize your profit and save you money, then you probably found the right place to host your business as well.
Affordable Solutions for Auto Responders
At Host Then Profit, the new division of GVO, you can get a complete professional auto responder PLUS web hosting PLUS video hosting PLUS more! At only $9.97 a month, everyone can now afford to have their own website. Get started for free below.
The Internet can be a great place to find people who share the same passion as you, people who may be interested in the business, product or service that you offer. How can these people find you? Through Personal Branding …
Enjoy the Recorded Webinar on 5 Steps to Branding You with Janet & Don Legere
What is Branding?
Whatever business, product or service you are promoting, you need to get it in front of people. You rely on people in order to make money in your business. And if you don’t yet have a business, well the best way to build one is from a responsive list of contacts.
In order to create a responsive list of contacts, you need a place where people can learn more about you, your passions and your business. You need a place where you share your experiences and your skills.
Branding you on the Internet is all about creating an environment where people can get to know, like and trust you. When someone gets to know like and trust you, they will buy from you and become repeat customers and loyal members.
How does one go about creating a brand online?
The 5 Steps of Creating a Personal Brand
There are basically 5 steps needed to create your personal brand. As with any setup, each step in itself may contain many smaller steps. The 5 main steps to branding you are
Registering a Domain Name Hosting Your Domain and Installing WordPress Setting up a professional auto-responder and subscriber optin form Writing posts and recording videos Getting Traffic
Let’s start with talking about registering a domain name.
Step 1. Your Domain Name
It’s important that you register a domain name that has your name in it such as janedoe.com. If your name is a common name, such as Jane Doe, then you may need to consider adding a hyphen jane-doe.com or getting creating with things like whoisjanedoe.com and janedoeonline.com. By now, you are getting the picture.
The important thing here is that the domain includes your name.
You can purchase domains and an reliable Domain Registry such as GoDaddy or eNom Central or Name cheap to name a few.
When you register your .com domain name, you are simply buying the name. Now you need someplace to ‘host’ your domain.
Step 2. Hosting Your Domain
Hosting your domain is something you need to think about before jumping in. You want to make sure to use a reliable Host Provider. There are several popular ones, HostGator comes to mind as the most popular and affordable host.
Our recommendation is GVO / HostThenProfit (HTP). GVO (Global Virtual Oppotunities) offers solutions from $9.97 per month with HTP to $44.95 a month for the full Titanium Package with GVO.
At HostThenProfit, for $9.97 per month, you receive hosting for up to 4 domains, a professional auto-responder with up to 5 campaigns and 500 subscribers, video hosting for up to 5 videos (commercial free) and a small video conference room perfect for small meetings.
Setting up your new domain and installing a WordPress blog is simple and we offer full instructions for the GVO installation. Most hosting companies offer video training (as does GVO), so setup is very simple and common at most hosts.
Setting up your Domain with a WordPress blog will take anywhere from 5 to 60 minutes depending on your experience.
Don’t spend too much time selecting themes at this point, download a few and pick one that feels good, it’s fairly simple to change the theme down the road.
We want to get the entire blog working so we can start using it to build those relationships 🙂
Step 3. Setup Your Auto-Responder and Optin Form
Regardless of what business you are promoting, you need to be building your list and you NEED a professional auto-responder. In Step 2. we discussed GVO and HostThenProfit, both services offer a professional auto-responder. Other great options include GetResponse, AWeber and TrafficWave. There are many others, those are the top 4 (including GVO).
Setting up your Auto-responder is fairly straight forward and involves setting up a campaign or list, setting up some followup messages and creating an optin form.
Initially, all you need is a simple followup email to reply to your subscriber once they confirm their email address. Normally this initial email includes a link to a free report along with your contact information.
Each auto-responder is a bit different and very similar and they all offer simple steps on how to setup your list. The importance here is getting this setup and your Optin Form on your blog.
The Optin Form normally is placed as a Text Widget in the Side bar. It is recommended that the form be right at the top of the side bar (the first thing your visitor sees on the right or left (right is preferred)
Remember, there will be plenty of time to pretty up your new blog and add your profile information, About page, etc. Let’s get the basics done so we can have someplace to start telling our story and sharing our passion.
Step 4. Writing Posts and Recording Videos
Yes, video … you CAN record your own videos, it’s easier than you think and so is writing blog posts.
People get afraid of writing blog posts thinking they need to be award winning authors, when that is just not true.
All you need is something to write about … so here are some ideas …
Write about your experience as you experience it here online … your first post can be about your experience installing your own domain and setting up your fist blog!
Write about your passion … what excites your, your hobbies. People are interested in what you do and who you are and the more you share about your passion and your experience, the more you will attract people who like what they read … people who will subscribe to your list and become long term repeat customers and business builders.
Write about the webinars you attend. If you attend training webinars and learn useful information, come and write about it on your blog. People are interested to hear what other people learn. If you apply what you learn, share your results. I do encourage you to ALWAYS apply what you learn 🙂
That should be enough to get you going. Your post does not have to be long, 3 or 4 paragraphs are plenty. Once your post is written, you will not want to record a video to add.
Recording a Video is simpler than it looks. All you are going to do is introduce your blog post. So let’s say you wrote a blog post about the Webinar you attended on the 5 Steps to Brand you and from that webinar you learned the importance of taking action. Your video script may look like this:
Hello and welcome to my website. My name is YOURNAME and today, I want to share with you a post I wrote about a webinar I recently attended where I learned all about the 5 Steps to Brand yourself and the importance of Taking action. I hope you enjoy my post and encourage you leave your comments. If you aren’t already subscribed to my list, you’ll find the form on this page, be sure to signup for my free report. Thanks and have a great day.
With script in hand, you press Record on your Webcam and read the script. Practice it a few times first – the more natural you can sound the better.
If you decided to go with GVO/HTP, you will be able to upload your video to the Easy Video Producer area OR you can upload it to Youtube. Once uploaded, you will be able to create an embed code that you will paste into your blog post at the top of the post.
And that’s it, you have created your first WordPress blog and written your first post and recorded your first video. Congratulations … now we need to get traffic to your blog.
Getting Traffic To Your Webiste
There are many ways to get traffic to your blog. You can us Traffic Exchanges (yes they work) and even Safelists. We talked recently on one of our webinars about how effective it is to send an email to a Safelist or Credit List and ask members to comment on your blog. While there, they may subscribe to your list if you are offering something of value OR if they like your post!
Social Networks are a great place to get people to read your blog posts. You can get involved in groups and share with members, you can ask your friends to read and comment. Using Social Networks to share your blogs creates a strong bond between you and your Facebook friends as they begin to see the value you are offering rather than prospecting them directly for your business.
Another way to get traffic to your blog is through article marketing. With article marketing, you can write an article on a topic and then direct your readers to your blog to read the topic in more detail. Article marketing can be fun and profitable.
And that’s all there is to Branding You. Remember, your blog is like your “home”. It’s where visitors get to know, like and trust you. This creates long term customers and repeat buyers and will attract the right people to your business. Keep it real, keep it about your experiences and your passion and watch how your business grows.
NOTICE: The video may seem to run fast and you may not have time to read all the words … I set the speed to go through quickly … YOU can slow it down or speed it up. YOU have full control! This “video” is for demonstration purposes. Experience the power of Video Marketing
UPDATE 03/22/2010: I added controls to the video from Easy Video Producer, so now you can pause and replay the video and read each of the slides. Enjoy!
Instant Video Articles
Content … Content … EVERYWHERE!
Well … do I need to say any more than that? There’s the power of video, and there’s the power of Instant Video Articles explained.
This great bit of software can serve many purposes.
When you create an article for your Article Marketing Traffic Strategies, you can copy and paste from that article to create three or four short videos to mount on YouTube, Easy video Producer, etc.
You can use it to create videos for sale pages in GVO eResponder templates … the list goes on and on.
The video you just saw above was made using the software and the Audacity Audio Studio Software, which is free and a great tool as well.
IVA will merge in any audio files, but to time them to fit with your video you need to edit the music or track.
Audacity is a great and simple free tool that will do that for you. It will even let you record a voice track if you want to include narration … and you can do that over music if you like!
One Note (If you’ll pardon the pun): Be careful what music you use or what audio track.
Make sure you don’t have any problems with rights. Search on Google for “Free Bumper Music” … you’ll find tons of things you can use.
So … what can I say?
My video said it all. Seriously, take my advice and grab this little sucker before it gets so popular they come to their senses and raise the price.
I mean … for $17 it doesn’t get any better than this. You can find out more and get your copy right now by visiting:
Get your hands on those two little but powerful tools, and you’ll be churning out video content like an ANIMAL!
Once you’ve got them … be sure to watch the tutorial … and then contact me if you need any help. I’d be glad to help get you going the first time.
After that … it’s EASY! Have a GREAT Day!
Janet Legere Internet Training Expert
I want to extend a special thank you to my good friend and online business partner, Steve Gaghagen, for introducing me to Instant Video Articles and for sharing his great presentation with me.  If you aren’t following Steve, head over and learn all about Steve and Monty at http://www.stevegaghagen.com
I recently sent out an ad to my favourite lists and the results that came from my ad are the same results I get whenever I send an ad out with EarthFriendlyBiz.com information.
EarthFriendlyBiz.com is a simple 3-step system to generate prospects for your primary business and develop downlines in three other highly effective programs.
GDI – Global Domains International – one of the longest standing online businesses. GDI becomes a great resource for EarthFriendlyBiz.com as a redirect to your EFB affiliate link (example http://www.askjanet.ws) GDI is free to join for 7 days then just $10 a month.
ListJoe – one of the most responsive credit based lists on the market.
FreeTrafficBar – an excellent source of traffic to your website with this simply browser bar add-on; no pop-ups, just a simple bar on your browser that displays your ad to other members.
You might be saying to yourself, “Well, Janet, that’s all well and good but I’m not you – can I expect the same results?”
The answer is simple … YES, your results will be the same.
One mailing to my marketing lists (ListJoe, ListAuction, ViralURL, YourLuckyList, ListDotCom, etc.) resulted in 438 hits to my EarthFriendlyBiz.com website which resulted in
4 New List Joe members (one upgrade earning me $100) and
3 Free Traffic Bar members.
6 leads then signed up as EarthfriendlyBiz.com members (so they can use the system).
Now, here is something truly amazing.
When I sent out my ad, I used a ViralURL tracking link which is how I knew I had 438 hits to my site. By using a ViralURL link, I generated 4 new ViralURL members and one upgraded earning me $98.50.
Not bad from one mailing, wouldn’t you say?
Here is the ad that I sent out:
SUBJECT: Why aren’t you using it, NAME?
BODY:
It worked then It works now Only question is …
Why aren’t you using it?
What is it?
It’s a 3-step system called Earth Friendly Biz and our Biz IS Earth Friendly!
Step 2: Your new lead is then introduced to the 3 programs (GDI, ListJoe & FreeTrafficBar) and the system is explained. Once your lead signs up for the three programs, they then become an EarthFriendlyBiz.com member by signing up for our free system
(At this point, your new member is introduced to your primary business)
Step 3: Your new member now advertises their EarthFriendlyBiz.com website to develop leads, prospects and members.
It really is that simple and it’s effective.
Listen to what Derick Yung has to say about EarthFriendlyBiz:
The two resources that generated the most hits and signups were ListJoe and ListAuction. Both are free to join, however, I recommend the upgrade so that you can email 30,000 random members from each list every month! These resources work!
We offer full training and resources to help you advertise your EarthFriendlyBiz site and soon, we will have a fully automated system that will followup with your leads and your new members.
If you are using EarthFrienldyBiz, please post your comments and let us know how the system is working for you.
Have a great day!
Janet Legere List Building Expert
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