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Internet Marketing Gimmicks #37

If you're like me, you get hundreds of emails a day, along with countless tweets and Facebook updates, many of which originate from "internet marketers." Most of this stuff is just internet marketing gimmicks. I got one today. It is pretty tame but nevertheless it's a marketing gimmick, designed to get you to act on something when you really wouldn't otherwise. Sometimes, they're disguised as "calls to action," like "Click the buy button now." Except they have an additional hook or fear Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Free Disk Partition Manager

I know you think this is an internet marketing blog, but it's much more than that. I do talk tech from time to time. As it should be--I spent the better part of 20 years in IT departments in Fortune 500 companies as well as a few start ups. So I know just enough to be totally dangerous. In all seriousness, I wanted to share with you a neat little tool that I found the other day out of necessity. It's a free disk partition manager for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Operating Systems (so it Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Content Circulation and Link Wheels

[caption id="attachment_6334" align="aligncenter" width="485"] Link Pyramid-Wheel Hybrid[/caption] We all know that it's simply not good enough to write quality content and curate content from authority sites. You have to get your content consumed! Content circulation, aka content syndication or content promotion, is what needs to occur if you want people to actually read your blog posts, watch your videos, or download your presentations, music, or eBooks. It's really that simple. But Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Content Circulation

[caption id="attachment_6317" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Image courtesy of Stuart Miles | FreeDigitalPhotos.net  [/caption] The third pillar in your content marketing strategy is content circulation, or content syndication. No matter what you call it, you have to create original content, curate content, and then make sure that content gets circulated. In other words, if you create content, you want people to see it. Content circulation is the key. Content Circulation Is the Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

The 5 Things You Need to Do as an Internet Marketer

[caption id="attachment_6295" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Image courtesy of Stuart Miles | FreeDigitalPhotos.net[/caption] Whether you create products, blog, give advice, or market for others, there are 5 things you need to do as an internet marketer. I won't beat around the bush. Here they are. 5 things you need to do as an internet marketer Content Traffic Offers List Monetize It's that last one that is most elusive, no? You may consider yourself "just a Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Loopholes Are Internet Marketing Jokes

[caption id="attachment_6292" align="aligncenter" width="300"]Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono | FreeDigitalPhotos.net [/caption] So I saw an offer today on the Warrior Forum by a guy whose work I really like. I think he's da bomb, actually. But he put up a WSO (Warrior Special Offer) that was full of...well, you know, cow pucky. Horse manure. Bull crap. And I hate that. Internet marketers always lament that they (we) get a bad rap that's undeserved, but then most of us resort Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Content Curation Explained

[caption id="attachment_6279" align="aligncenter" width="400"]Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici | FreeDigitalPhotos.net [/caption] We've all heard it --- 'Content is King." And it is. But it's difficult, especially when you've been at it as long as I have, to keep creating original, fresh content. I mean, there's only so much you can create, right? Well, in the past, I've shown you how to create original content. Last week, I did a webinar on how to come up with original Read more...and please RT, like, and share.

Office Yoga for Getting Fit and Maintaining Health for Internet Marketers

Guest post by Christian Leeby. Cristian has created www.miracleofyoga.com to bring the fantastic benefits of Yoga to everyone. [caption id="attachment_6255" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Image courtesy of samuiblue | FreeDigitalPhotos.net[/caption] Eat right and exercise. Excellent, honest advice for anyone, but especially for folks sitting in front of the computer for massive amounts of time. Studies are showing more and more that sitting in the same place for hours on end Read more...and please RT, like, and share.