August 29, 2004
Contracting Out Your Article Writing
Ever wonder if writing free articles REALLY works to
generate traffic and sales?
Absolutely - I generate hundreds of free, high-quality visitors
to my sites each week based entirely on articles.
Articles can be used as viral tools - as you get other newsletter
publishers to use them in their newsletters. They can also be
used to attract search engines with new content pages you post
every week or so. You should also use your better articles as
tools for your affiliates to use when marketing your site.
Challenge is - how do you get many articles written quickly.
The answer may be hiring it out.
I placed a project on elance.com just 4 days ago for 25 articles
on a niche topic in the range of 500-600 words each.
Within 24-hours I had 8 bids ranging from $100 to $1500 - each with
detailed feedback and portfolio examples from each writer.
After exchanging several messages with many bidders, I finally
selected a winner and will have the articles written in less than 2-weeks.
I don't know about you - but $4-$10 per article is WELL worth the
price as one single written article, used properly, can bring you
in 10X that amount with very little effort.
I'll be using this technique more in the future.
Cheers...
Jeff
Posted by jbsmith at 08:53 PM | Comments (2)
August 27, 2004
Newsletter Online - Frustration Leads To Success...Discussion
It's taken me years of looking at my own situation and studying the
success of others in business to finally get it!
A MAJOR driving force leading to achieving anything great in life is
often pain, frustration, or anger.
The response to these powerful human emotions has led to both great
achievements AND great despair.
Read today's newsletter to find out why:
http://www.highertrustmarketing.com/news/IPPSAug27-04.html
Do you agree? Do you have a story to share about this concept?
What about the newsletter - do you have comments, questions or
things you would like to see in future editions?
Share it with us via the comments link below. Add your feedback.
Thanks,
Jeff Smith
Posted by jbsmith at 11:32 AM | Comments (3)
August 26, 2004
Cracking Down on Spam - Will It Work?
Finally...
Seems to be some progress on the crackdown of real spammers.
There are some really tricky emails coming through lately representing
themselves as banks, insurance companies, ISP's, online payment
agencies, etc...
Here's news of a recent crackdown in the US:
Unfortunately - more of these criminals seem to be moving overseas to
avoid action, time for an international SPAM detection agency!
Jeff
Posted by jbsmith at 11:01 AM | Comments (0)
August 23, 2004
Tapping Into Red Hot Product Ideas
Finding ideas for products is EASY - but...
Locating ideas with BUILT IN DEMAND is another story entirely.
Consider online sites that "tell you" exactly what people are looking
for.
For example, freelance project sites like
http://www.scriptlance.com give you an entire list of
projects you can scan, pick out patterns and generate some terrific
product ideas.
More than a few of the projects have taken existing
scripts or software applications - linked to them and
asked for programmers to bid on small changes to similar software
that would give them market differentiation.
Even more interesting is that many of the bids come in under
$500!
With some creativity - you could easily find popular programs,
enhance them and place them up for bidding on a similar site.
No need to limit this technique to programming sites, there are
also freelance sites for writing, consulting, services, and many
other categories.
Jeff
Posted by jbsmith at 09:32 AM | Comments (1)
August 20, 2004
Welcome Everyone - Blog On!
Hi all - thought it was about time to blog a little.
Since starting our little Online Marketing Success Secrets Revealed!
Newsletter over two years ago - we now have one of the best group of motivated,
imaginative and successful product developers on the planet!
Over 14,000 of you to be exact!
Seemed like the right time to add another way to communicate.
A way that I could just blurt out useful information whenever I
come across it, instead of losing it before the next newsletter.
So - feel free to signup and you'll get notice of updates. And
I'll do my best to continue contributing to your online marketing
goals.
Feel free to email me anytime, I'll try and get back to you asap,
come to think of it - through the blog!
Jeff
Posted by jbsmith at 09:39 PM | Comments (0)
