Are Morals Becoming A Thing Of The Past In Internet Marketing?

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Over the last 5 years or so, Internet Marketing has seen a swarm of people enter the industry with the sole purpose of “rehashing” anything and everything that is already available to anyone and everyone, and selling it back to them, resulting in a badly cooked soup of consistently degrading experience and low-quality education + adversely high levels of skepticism at the hands of previously conned consumers, being served to almost all newcomers to the industry.

What was once an industry where the sheer thought of tapping into the interests of hundreds of millions of web surfing people and providing them products they actually “need” and “search the web for” was nothing short of a “turn-on” for the new ambitious marketer, has now turned into one where more and more marketers are entering the Internet Marketing world to do exactly the opposite:

Sell to Internet Marketers, not to the people out there who actually need to buy something or the other online..

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Internet Marketing – How To Be The Person Of Influence

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Internet Marketing – What does all the guru’s have in common?

They all use video in their marketing.Â Videos combined with blogging is literally one of the best marketing tactics you could use.Â If you haven’t started using this powerful form of persuasion yet you are really missing the big picture. [Read more…] about Internet Marketing – How To Be The Person Of Influence

Spammers – Birds Of A Feather Flock Together

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Spammers – Who Are You Listening To?

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Just the other day I was having a conversation with one of my good friends Jamie Pelaez. Anyhow we where talking about spammers and how annoying they are.Â That conversation led to this post I am writing for you.Â You see spammers seem to think its okay to be totally annoying. what is worst is these so called self proclaimed marketing experts don’t know a dam thing about internet marketing. Instead they prey on the emotions, fears and lack of education of innocent people who are coming online to try and create a better life for themselves.

Spammers – It Comes In Many Shapes And Sizes, It’s Still Spam All The Same!

First things first! We need to really talk about what spam isn’t, I am sure those of you with email marketing list already deal with this. What cracks me up, are people who literally opt in 2 times to receive my email messages and are shocked if I promote something.

In fact these folks are so mad at me for promoting something they find it necessary to send me a prompt reply telling me that they aren’t going to buy anything else and if I don’t stop SPAMMING them, they are going to report me.

First off for the record! I don’t spam. In fact I hardly promote anything at all and when I do it is something I strongly believe will benefit the person I am promoting too. More important than that, it is against the law to spam and it is against pretty much all T.O.S agreements on all sites….

Spammers – Where are they coming from?

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It’s being taught right now, even as I write this. You see spamming actually works. There are certainly thousands of unsuspecting souls out there who are buying into all the bullshit that is spread online. You see real spam comes out of nowhere. It is unsolicited and usually misleading. It can alsoÂ involve hype that plays on peoples emotions…

People want to believe what is being told to them. Mostly because they are in a situation of total desperation for anything to work.Â Ever wonder why the failure rate online is so high? It’s because most people are trying to market online out of being in a desperate situation. Doctors, lawyers, school teachers etc.. Don’t do what they do because they are in a desperate situation.

Warning: Hear me loud and clear. If you buy into the hype and you are taught spamming tactics. The person teaching them to you could give a rats ass about you or your business. All they care about is making their quick buck and moving on to the next victim.

Spammers -Â How To Find The Perpetrators

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This may offend some people, ah so what!

Facebook Spammers – This is a person who spends their day on facebook constantly promoting every pre-launch known to man.Â People like to be informed of stuff. People do not like to be hammered with promotions. I know I have blocked a ton of people from ever posting to my wall again. (Note: It is not okay to ask to be friends with someone and then go to their wall and post an affiliate link)<— That Is Just Lame! Ditto for all other social type networks.

Email Spammers – True email spam is lacking 2 things.

Physical Mail Address
Unsubscribe Link

Generally speaking if you are reading an email with those two things, sure enough you physically and willfully opted into that list.Â Granted you may still get blasted promotion after promotion. While I think it is a bad policy to constantly slam your list with promotions technically speaking the person really isn’t doing anything wrong other than not knowing how to properly build trust with their subscriber.

Skype Spam -Â I find this type of spam to be the most annoying because it is pure ignorance.Â Rule of thumb –> Don’t make friends with the sole purpose to earn a buck from that person. Actually try to get to know them a bit and maybe even develop a friendship with that person.Â Real networking has little to do with what businesses people are in and has everything to do with leveraging the assets of others. (In a tasteful mutually beneficial way!)

Spammers -Â Wrap Up

Ideally you always want to provide as much value as possible with everyone you connect with online. Spam comes with the territory. So many people get mad when they get spam. I don’t I just delete the stuff and move on.Â What type of spammer bothers you the most?

The Power Of Google Analytics In Your Marketing

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Do You Use Google Analytics ?

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There aren’t many free services online that you can use that is actually useful.Â On my quest to become a better blogger, I have noticed many people using this service for all types of different reasons. Honestly I was just using the service to track how much traffic I was getting. I didn’t really pay much attention to the other statistics.Â That was just ignorance on my part. I can swallow my pride and learn from my mistakes.

I would like to give a shout out to Ana Hoffman OfÂ Traffic Generation Cafe, it was because of a post she did entitled

“How To Find Out Who Your Blog Friends Are“Â that made me realize just how useful Google Analytics really can be. Thanks Ana!

Why You Should Be Using Google Analytics

Most new marketers shy away from things like this because they feel that it is to complicated to use. The reality is it is not that hard at all.Â You just have to copy some code into the header or footer of your page. Google Analytics works in websites as well as blogs. It is a pretty universal script.

It is very important that you keep track of what is going on in your business. Personally I am a slacker when it comes to tracking stuff, I do it kinda, sorta but I like to spend most of my time coming up with new content and new ideas. But I have enough common sense to know that I should at least have an idea of what is going on with my traffic. So I use google analytics as a way to keep track of if my blog is growing or sliding backwards.

I Will Share Some Of My Research I have Found On Google Analytics With You

When I make up mind to learn how to use something I really do start digging in.Â I want to mention that all things aside you can really find out a ton of information about anything for free if you are willing to look for the answers.

Beginning Analytics: Interpreting and Acting on Your Data

If you’ve just started to use Google Analytics and aren’t sure which reports to look at, this video provides a helpful 1st-time analysis walkthrough. You’ll learn how to interpret what you see in these key reports and what actions you should take as …

How to setup Google Analytics | SEO Consult Blogs

Google Analytics is a free service from Internet giant Google. It allows webmasters to track information such as page views, traffic sources, pay per – Search Engine Optimisation (Optimization) Advice from SEO Consult.

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http://www.seoconsult.co.uk/SEOBlog/google-analytics/how-to-setup-google-analytics.html

What has been your results with Google Analytics?

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