Asking for the order is a key sales principle. In fact, it’s a key life principle! If you don’t ask, you don’t get! This can often come off as a “duh” kind of statement. If you want someone to buy from you, you should probably ASK them to buy from you! Agreed?
But year after year, [...]
Category Archives: Internet marketing strategy
Selling on Your Blog Ain’t Hard (The Art of Asking for the Order)
Is Email Marketing a Fad?
In a recent post, I indicated how essential email marketing and list building are to your success online. I was challenged by a reader that email marketing and list building are only hot trends right now, because email clients simply haven’t become sophisticated enough to filter everything out. I found that interesting. Seriously?
It seems to [...]
How to Make Money Online Without Being a Schmuck or a Spammer
One of my readers asked the other day how to “sell without selling”, which I think is a great way of describing the art of salesmanship. Obviously, you can’t sell without selling…if you don’t sell, then you don’t make sales! But the sentiment came through loud and clear. No one wants to come off as [...]
Why I Use a Pop Up Opt In Box to Build My Email List
I recently had a reader ask me about the pop up opt in box that I use on Next Level Blogger. He wanted to know how it was working for me and how I felt about using a pop up. He said he personally didn’t like pop ups and felt that it therefore might not [...]
Blogging vs Internet Marketing
There are a lot of articles on blogging out there…and there are a lot of articles on internet marketing. They are mostly treated as two separate endeavors. Are blogging and internet marketing truly two different subjects? Not for my readers. At least I hope not.
Blogging is mostly the activity of posting content on a regular [...]
Top 10 Myths and Mistakes About Blogging and Internet Marketing
As more and more of my peers in small business come online and start trying their hand at blogging and internet marketing, there are a number of common myths and mistakes that need to be addressed.
If you’re considering starting a blog or using social media to promote your small business, I applaud you. My goal [...]
Frank Kern and John Reese Talk Internet Marketing With Tony Robbins
My man David Risley just linked up a great video from Tony Robbins’ blog. It’s an interview about how to truly take your business the direction you want it to go. Recession be damned. There is more opportunity out there than you realize! I encourage you to check out this video on either David’s site [...]
The Power of 100 for Blogging Success
I’ve learned something from being in direct sales. It’s something that I feel a lot of other bloggers don’t get. As internet marketers, we spend so much time working on our sites, to optimize and get more traffic. We want to capture as much search traffic as possible, and I think it’s smart to make [...]
How to Build a Massive Blogging Business With Only 10 Subscribers
I’m a big fan of leverage, and in the internet age, it’s mandatory that we employ as much of it as possible. You need to be able to get things going quickly! You need to be able to launch an idea without delay and build it competently and efficiently, because FAST is the name of [...]
Google is Gravy – Why I Refuse to Depend on Google
Have you ever heard of the “Google dance“? When it comes to business, I don’t dance. Google is a beautiful thing, and it sends me good quality traffic. I’ll take it. I’ll even take reasonable measures to make sure I get plenty of traffic from Google and other search engines. The principles of SEO are [...]