Learning what works and doesn't work in Internet marketing top 5 list

Learning what works Top 5 Things that don't and Top five things that Do

I'm always looking for what works. Starving for it if you will. And have heard a lot of promises that just haven't added up. I don't want to spend my time working on things that don't produce. I want to get my adsense account fired up and going all the time, with clicks But the only way to do that is to write content that people want to read about over and over. 

I've been studying for a while, what actually works to build traffic to your website, create loyal brand customers, and monetize your website. Which is the whole point isn't it. To get a little bit back for everything you give out. And there are a lot of promises made out there.
To teach you this and that, and this will be your results. I've searched youtube, udemy, google, I've taken courses I've read books, taken courses online, you name it I've done it. First up is a list of what doesn't work and why-my next list after that will list what works and why. Its a frustrating process of trial and error, studying courses that last hours only to come back to the basics of what works.

1)UDEMY-I love Udemy but their courses make a lot of promises. A lot, and I've only found them to be lukewarm. The problem: total concentration for one, and some of the instructors are from overseas. I appreciate their need to make a buck, but it might be  a good idea to learn the language a little better. An accent is ok, but being tangled up in the language is another thing. The good side is they do update the courses a lot, because things are changing so fast.
Top 5 udemy courses that work!   

2)Online courses-most courses by the time they get to press (which on the internet can be very fast) our simply out of date by the time you actually get to dig into them. They haven't been tested in a while, and google is already making updates and changes before you can turn around.

3)College Courses-two months behind by the time the class is posted, registration and set up is completed and the instructor is standing before you. If most in the class are newbies, they won't even know after they've shelled out countless hundreds, that the course is outdated.
4) SEO specialists-not everyone knows what they are doing, but use the interent as their claim to fame in the SEO world.
5)books-press just takes to long these days, there are some good books on link building, and the mechanics of doing it, and by the time you get to that book, things have changed again.

What works..................
Here are the things that Ive found actually have some traffic swarming around them.

1)Youtube-people would much rather watch a video you've created than a blog or a page. Unless you can make those things as interactive as  possible, people would rather watch a real person. And every time your release a new video it goes to your subscribers list first, giving those folks a chance to see your stuff. A very good tool. You can also create a whole channel devoted to one subject instead of getting to diverse.
2)Blogger-its ease of use is a big thing. You can have a blog up and running in no time and it integrates with Adesne very easy. You can also insert code from a listing designer or HTML rather quickly.
3)Pinterest-is easy to use and generates a lot of traffic on the web. Its easy to build your pins and you can track how many people are actually sharing your pins, and Pinterest is for the visually minded, which that's what the internet has always been about.
Top 5 Ways to Monetize your website

4)Facebook-I get a huge a mount of traffic from Facebook. I can create pages and put posts on them, build fans, and do paid advertising to acquire those fans to my website. If your not on, get on!
how to create and Audience that buys and buys
5)Email marketing- Mail chimp reports that 22% of their emails get opened. 22% is a lot in today's busy world. Putting together great content for a qualified audience is one way to get people to your site and create traffic.

Why youtube is the best place and easiest place to generate Real traffic for your webiste,blog, and page

Why Youtube is the best place and easiest place to generate Real traffic for your blog,or Website

I'm a searcher. I've been studying for a while, what actually works to build traffic to your website, create loyal brand customers, and monetize your website. Which is the whole point isn't it. To get a little bit back for everything you give out. And there are a lot of promises made out there. To teach you this and that, and this will be your results. I've searched youtube, udemy, google, I've taken courses I've read books, taken courses online, you name it I've done it. First up is a list of what doesn't work and why-my next list after that will list what works and why. Its a frustrating process of trial and error, studying courses that last hours only to come back to the basics of what works.

1)UDEMY-I love Udemy but their courses make a lot of promises. A lot, and I've only found them to be lukewarm. The problem: total concentration for one, and some of the instructors are from overseas. I appreciate their need to make a buck, but it might be  a good idea to learn the language a little better. An accent is ok, but being tangled up in the language is another thing. The good side is they do update the courses a lot, because things are changing so fast.
Top 5 udemy courses that work!   

2)Online courses-most courses by the time they get to press (which on the internet can be very fast) our simply out of date by the time you actually get to dig into them. They haven't been tested in a while, and google is already making updates and changes before you can turn around.

3)College Courses-two months behind by the time the class is posted, registration and set up is completed and the instructor is standing before you. If most in the class are newbies, they won't even know after they've shelled out countless hundreds, that the course is outdated.
4) SEO specialists-not everyone knows what they are doing, but use the interent as their claim to fame in the SEO world.
5)books-press just takes to long these days, there are some good books on link building, and the mechanics of doing it, and by the time you get to that book, things have changed again.

What works..................
Here are the things that Ive found actually have some traffic swarming around them.

1)Youtube-people would much rather watch a video you've created than a blog or a page. Unless you can make those things as interactive as  possible, people would rather watch a real person. And every time your release a new video it goes to your subscribers list first, giving those folks a chance to see your stuff. A very good tool. You can also create a whole channel devoted to one subject instead of getting to diverse.
2)Blogger-its ease of use is a big thing. You can have a blog up and running in no time and it integrates with Adesne very easy. You can also insert code from a listing designer or HTML rather quickly.
3)Pinterest-is easy to use and generates a lot of traffic on the web. Its easy to build your pins and you can track how many people are actually sharing your pins, and Pinterest is for the visually minded, which that's what the internet has always been about.
Top 5 Ways to Monetize your website

4)Facebook-I get a huge a mount of traffic from Facebook. I can create pages and put posts on them, build fans, and do paid advertising to acquire those fans to my website. If your not on, get on!
how to create and Audience that buys and buys
5)Email marketing- Mail chimp reports that 22% of their emails get opened. 22% is a lot in today's busy world. Putting together great content for a qualified audience is one way to get people to your site and create traffic.

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5 Ways to Monetize your website-Top five ways-updated 08/19/2015

5 Ways to monetize your website!

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It seems like an easy process. To add additions to your site, and make money from those things. And a lot of things promise big rewards but offer little. Here are some areas to discover to help you monetize your website and beyond.

1) Adsense-I usually earn a few hundred dollars per year form adsense. And I use my social media abilities to help generate traffic for my websites. I write related blogs that interest my audiences and the reciprocate by visiting my sites to get more content. Here are my sites (leefranksmarketing.com) (bransonisfun.com) and melodylanebranson.com. Please check those out if you get a chance.
2) Banners-companies want the opportunity to advertise exclusively on your site, and will pay big bucks to do that. You can either start a phone,email,fax, letter writing campaign for them to call you. Or you could create such riveting content that they come to you. Either ways its better if they come to you, you could name your price.
3)Sell items-adding a shopping cart has become very easy these days. And buying things a certain way to make money can be easy as well. With a paypal account and a shopping cart, and a little elbow grease this process is worth a go.
4)Youtube for Adsense-monetizing your youtube videos is very easy with an adsense account and worth a go. Start an adsense account get approved and then go over an open a youtube account. Make relevant content and see your revenue explode.
5)Use your website  as a platform to post content and create content for other people. Content could be in the form of advertising or articles about other business in your niche. Worth checking out.

Top 2 things you can do now, with Linkedin right now to Skyrocket your business

I Like Linkedin.  I like the sleek landscape of LinkedIn, and the fact that you can connect specifically with people who are doing business. And could make good contacts. But beyond that if they don't add me to their profile, my request goes into outer space or a wormhole some where. But here is what I do, do! I got this idea from someone who liked one of my skills they day before an event I was going to, and just happened to realize I would see them there. In the stone ages you had the US mail and the rotary telephone. But the beauty of social networking is you can send people a note or a badge to get them excited about you. Here are the two steps to trailblaze your way to better networking.

1)Write down a list of events in your area that you know you are going to attend. Get a list of everyone who has RSVP'd and out of that list circle the ones that are in your immediate orbit. Someone you want to contact with or connect with, say hello, or inquire about a sales call with. As long as your selling something in your local market. Yourself, a product, rooms, or whatever it is your selling you need someone else to help you do that.
2) Go on linkedin and like a skill of theirs the day before you see them at the event. This will get you in their upper mind of awareness and may even get them to come to you. They will be a lot more receptive to come and talk to you and may even go and like a few of your skills. This technique also applies to facebook and pinterest and virtually every place else you go on the web to converse and sell people on YOU! Try it out and you won't go wrong. HAPPY SELLING!

Top 5 Udemy Coarses to supercharge your business and your facebook business page

There are a ton of great free Coarses out there to help you supercharge your internet marketing business. And get you on the road to online profits. Udemy has paid coarses, and they have free coarses that can be beneficial. Most coarses are set up by modules with a list of spreadsheets and audio files that give you suggestions, techniques and ideas to help you structure, promote and create digital products to help you get on your way. Some programs aren't so great and some can change the way you do things very quickly. Here's a list of a few that can help you. 


1.Building Facebook fan pages-this has been my favorite free coarse. From using the insight keys, to restructuring your tabs, from when to post your content. This coarse has a lot and teaches a lot. It has six lectures and they are chocked full of ideas to help your facebook business page. Its by a company called "We teach marketing"

2.How to get paid money for shopping online by Joel Guifo I found this coarse insightfull and worth taking the time to do the steps to get paid to shop. ITs worth your time. 

3.SEO Link Building by Jo Ball worth the time to learn how to fix broken links and tons of info on link building. A must watch. 

4.Linkedin-by Chris Muccio is a great coarse to hop up your linked in abilities. 

5.Jerry Banfield works tirelesly to get his marketing ideas off of the ground. Once you buy one coarse he will usually give you something for free. He has a great website Jerrybanfield.com and has a ton of paid and free coarses. 
Check out my webiste bransonisfun.com for more info on my blogs. more info here

Building an audience online that buys,buys, buys

Building an audience  is the way to create more customers these days. And one of the best places to do that is online. But the bridge or moat if you have it, is what seperates you from whatever it is you want to communicate, or create more customers. Selling, talking, or getting feedback from your customer base is a must these days. And customers have always voted with their dollars, and continue to do so even today. If your writing a blog, selling a product, or gathering Data for your next project, you have to assess and understand your audience. And the closer you get to understanding your customer and their needs, the better of your business will be. Follow these questions to figure out where to go next. 1) Who is your customer? Where do they live, what do they like, what do they eat? How many kids do they have? Where do they like to hang out? By studying what your customers, blog readers, demographic like to do, you'll get a fuller picture of what it is, they do and why they do it. 2)What time are they on facebook? And are they reading your comments,posts, pictures, etc? On your business page, click the inights tab at the top to learn when your audience is online the most. 3)Pre-schedule your posts, using the drop down menu in the right corner of your posts,to schedule the time when they are on facebook. 4) Collect and corelate your data?Facebook gives you a lot of great Data about what is going on with your customers. Blogger does as well, and any of the blogging websites. But most give you a variance of what is actually there. For the most part you have to put your own system together, and decide what's the best strategy to move forward. Try and take as many elements as you can to help you match the moods,timing,and temperature of your audience. Best of all have fun!

Blow up your business by starting a Facebook business page in 4 steps

Facebook is all the rage, and as it should be. Facebook has created a very nice niche of metrics available to their business accounts, that are hard to find for free. 
Here are a few steps to help you blow up your facebook page. 

Step 1
Set up your page, but first study your preffered niches. Go to google trends and look at whats popular. Does anything stick out at you that you like to do. If motorcycle maintenance, or hotel motel management. choose your niche and start a page. Begin to get pictures and different things in your head that you would like to start. 
Step 2-begin setting up your page. Come up with a snappy title, and facebook will let you know through the add a page process, if the title your using is acceptable. "A lot of times they will go ahead and let you use it, and then you just put another name close to the one you want, as the way to contact you. The first page has about 6 boxes where they ask you what the page is for. A business, a company, a hobby, and on and on, pick the one that applies. 
Step 3-Once you get the page started, Facebook will give you a tour of everything that is available to you. Go through the tour it is very enlightening. 
Step 4-platform your page on your regular social account that has the most friends. USe the box on the left hand side to invite all of your friends. Your hand may get tired, but keep at it. Switch hands if you have to. 
Usually the likes will come very fast. Let them come. 

GETTING STARTED WITH GOOGLE ADSENSE AND MAKING MOOLAH!

Things discussed in this issue! 
1.How to get started with Google adsense

2.Ad Placement
3.Using Blogs to add adsense
4.How you get paid

1. How to get started with Google Adwords. -Go to google and open a Gmail account. Then click on the apps button and go and apply for a google adsense account. It will take google a day or two to get you verified. Once you are, you'll need to generate your first adds, and get the code to do so. Once you have the code, you can click and past it into your HTML designer from your website or blog and your off. Its more complicated than this, but its the basics of how to get started. HOW TO GET STARTED MAKING SERIOUS CASH ON EBAY!
2.Ad Placement-Where you put your adds on your site, are very important. Test,Test, and then test again. So fare I've made some pretty good money from adwords, but I've done a lot of testing. So Test and then test again. Also experiment with borders to help you get a feel for it. 
3.Using blogs with Adsense Pick a good Niche to write about. Something that people love to help generate natural organic traffic. Then marry your adsense account with the blog site. Blogger is a good site to start with to learn how to do this. Or open your own website and build your own blog, and then begin promoting it. 
4.How you get paid-Once you reach $100.00 google will issue payment to your authorized bank account. They have elimintaed paper, and are doing it this way. Happy Blogging. 

ITEMS THAT SELL FAST ON EBAY, MAKE FAST CASH! DM Blog#3

Everyone likes to jump a few steps sometimes. From selling, to packaging, to reserach. Here is a quick blog to help you find items that sell very quickly on ebay and other sites. And where to pick them up cheap, or sometimes how rather. CLICK HERE FOR PART 2 OF THIS SERIES

1)Vintage Books-These are a great seller on Ebay. Most books stores, have days when they mark stuff down. But you can do better than that. Look for obscure books, that look rare. Search thrift shops and places where you know they aren't looking the prices up. And buy all they have. Also some thrift shops have days when they let you buy a sack and fill it full.These are the days to buy your books. 
1.Buy from thrift shops 2.Mark down days at regular book stores, and join there club. They'll add percentages for you. 3. Library close outs, some libraries liquidate there books from time to time. 

2)DVD's-these are still good sellers. You can buy them and lots and break them up and sell them individually. Do as many sales a month until ebay raises your limits. Be sure to check the discs before you buy and list that in the quality section after you test the disc. 1) Video stores going out of business 2)Other sellers on ebay selling in bulk. 3)Libraries selling their borrowed DVD. 4)Rummage sales 

3)Clothing-discounted racks at retail stores trying to sell clothing at the end of the season is a great place to find discounted merchandise. They want to get rid of it, and you want to sell it. 1)retail racks discounted at the end of the season 2)rummage sales are great for used clothing 3)Facebook yard sale sites, tons of baby cloths on those sites for almost nothing. 
4 SIMPLE TRICKS TO GET STARTED WITH GOOGLE ADWORDS AND MAKE SOME FAST CASH

These are you top three things to start with and begin selling. Be strong on the conditions of these items, and be strong on price. Happy Selling!

Double boxsets are great units to sell together. 

Individual DVD's are great to sell as well. 

Rare books are a great start, so search for those books. 

Magazines are worth starting with as well, because they become very hard to find after a while. 

Vintage Cracked Magazines, mad magazines and more!

HOW TO GET STARTED MAKING SERIOUS CASH ON EBAY PART 2-Finding your Niche

In our last article Part 1 we discussed the key components to getting on the way to making some serious cash-ola on ebay. To get started I listed a few things that are musts to get going. But the main one was inventory. You've got to discover what you niche is and how to exploit that niche. And everything about it. My origional Niche actually was video.

So What needs to happen to get you to learn about your niche,and the market that it is sold in. Here are some ideas. 

1)join the club-what do the members of this Niche do? 2)Where do they buy their items for the Niche at?3)Who belongs to this club and why? 4)How many sub Niches are there? 5)How much money do they spend?

On your inventory side-1)Where can you buy the items in this niche?2)How can you buy it wholesale and sell it retail? 3)How hard is it to ship it? 4)And what problems would you have with delivery? 5)What is the best shipping service to use for this item? UPS,USPS,Fedex, and what other shippers are available. 

6)Do the items go in and out of popularity?(This up your risk factor)7)Do many business in your area go in and out, so you can virtually buy distress inventory?

These are just a few ideas, to help you along in discovering your Niche. In our next article we will discuss what to do once, you've figured out what you are going to sell. 

HOW TO GET STARTED MAKING SERIOUS CASH ON EBAY! Part 1

I've been doing business digitaly since 2004, when Ebay and our friend the internet were really beginning to take off. Ebay was a new source of income,and taught me that there were some basic components, that you could string together and make a pretty nice living. I'm going to list my first steps to getting started on ebay,and then in later articles I will get to some more advanced aspects of marketing, blogging, and  making money on the internet.
     A friend approached me and mentioned that they were making money on ebay. I'd dabbled with it in 2001 and bought some Randy Couture instructional video tapes, and remembered that it took the seller forever to mail the bootlegged videos that I'd bought. (more on bootlegs later) And I thought wow, here's system where you can make a little money. I didn't percieve at the time that there could be a lot of money involved, but thought it might be worth a look. Here's what I used to get started, and I'll show you how things have changed since I started.

1. A digital Camera -ebay seems to be limiting use of your phone to upload pictures or are requiring a hight level of pictures. When I started ebay would almost accept anything, man that has changed today.
2.A computer and a printer-the printer was for shipping labels from paypal and the computer was for listings.
3. Shipping supplies-tape, mail bags, adhesive, printing paper
4. Inventory-the most improtant of all ingredients. This could help you sell across multiple platforms. At the time I did Ebay and Amazon,and both were different in some ways, and in future articles I'll discuss that.

     In the good ole days, it was easy, you would list items,and check your metrics to see how many watchers you had, and things would sell in and out, and you would contrast your bottom end with how much money you had invested. The first few months, you will sell things laying around the house and in the garage. So you Overhead is much lower. After you run through all of that you will begin to acquire inventory that moves for you, based on what you had laying around the house. Where you can find stuff,and what's available in your market. I call this a Retail Poacher, because you can thrive off of stores in your local area having sales,and going out of busines. Because of your low overhead, you can acquire this inventory very cheap. But once its gone, its gone.

In the good ole days, you could sell CD's in bulk, as I have one listed to the left here. I did this a lot, looking for rare CD's and getting them at a good price and then turning them over to ebay. I would research very rare artists, find what items people were looking for and then post them, and sell them for a nice profit. 

Magazines were a good market for me as well. I would find very rare magazines and sell them for $19.95, if it didn't work at that price I would drop say 20% based on what the market would tell me. Plus I always loved magazines so going out and looking for them was a lot of fun. 

These are just a couple of items that I used to great affect. So follow the four steps above to get started, and follow over to my next blog which is a part 2 to this series. If you haven't done part 1, get these things ready and go to part 2.