A way to meet new people to expand your social network…

by Clint

The next time you go to your local coffee shop take note of the people that are hanging out there. Those people are your new social network. Go back to the coffee shop the same time over the next couple weeks. Do you see a trend? I bet you have noticed that the same people you saw the first day have showed up multiple times over the next couple weeks of visiting the same coffee shop at the same times during the day. After a couple of encounters you can work on introducing yourself and getting to know these new people. When the time is right they will start talking to new people in front of you and suddenly triangulation occurs and your network increases exponentially. This is where you are introduced into new social circles and a time to share with people what you do for a living. Do not, I repeat do not try to tell them what you do when you first meet the people. Over time you can share what you do and in a non threatening way. Trust me, I have made this mistake myself multiple times, and by writing this down I will be more conscious about how I approach people. Better yet according to what I just learned its going to be better not to approach them at all. Truly, attraction marketing at its best right? Hope you had an aha moment here, if you did please comment below and maybe share with me what you do to meet new people and how you go about doing it.

“Never Fear, Clintano is Here!”

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Internet Sales Tax and 3 Ways To Monetize Your Blog…

by Clint

big government_3There is a high anxiety bit of legislation that is working its way around the US right now, it has started in 5 states so far, but is expected to gain momentum with future states. What is happening right now is the states are trying to adopt a cross state tax to be imposed even if you don’t have a brick and mortar store in the state you sell items to someone in. It is very confusing and needless to say is going to put the hurt on some peoples businesses because they are not going to be able to compete with the internet sites that are currently not having the internet tax imposed on. Lynn Terry has done a great job summarizing what is going on and there is a great debate on ClickNewz right now discussing it… You know there is nothing like getting kicked when you are down. Way to go government leaders!  Hey go check that out and come back here and leave a comment when you are done.

So, in light of this recent internet tax, I wanted to share with you 3 ways to further monetize your blogs to help you generate more revenue to get through all of this economic mess.

1. Would be create a membership site out of your blog, have different levels of membership and a great conversion tactic to get the freebies to start paying for quality content.  You can find a great product to do this at Membernaire.com, as a matter of fact, here is what Jimmy D Brown has to say about membership sites. “The easiest way to get monthly recurring income without a lot of work struggling to come up with original content, without buying high-priced scripts and without waiting around for results.” Go Check out his site, he does a great job explaining step by step what to do. I have been going through his course for about 3 months now, and I think his explanations are concise and easy to follow. Plus he has a great assistant, her name is Nicole Dean. Look forward to an interview from her soon (This is going to be an on going thing with the interviews), so go check it out and let me know what you think!

2. The second way to monetize your blog would be to use affiliate marketing to generate a revenue. You can find many networks to find products to sell. Some of them would be azoogle ads and pepperjam network. Again, I have a product for you to use to learn how to promote the affiliate links with. It is another Jimmy D Brown program, and there is a reason I am using his products right now.. It’s because they work. He is a very trusted internet marketer out there, and he has helped my business grow over the last couple months. Here is the link to his Affiliatenaire.com program. Do yourself a favor and sign up for his programs.. You will not regret it!

3. Lastly, there is the PPC method… I would do a search in Google for how to best use Adsense to set up a campaign for your business model.  I have not mastered Adsense yet, so you are going to have to find out where to get the info that is gonna work for you. You might also want to look into Yahoo Publisher Network on how to monetize your blog. I have included the links as a starting point for your search. Be creative and come up with more terms to find the information you want to know about.

Let me know how your online efforts are coming along and if I can help you figure something out. I have a lot of resources at my disposal to aid you in your business. Just ask in the comments section.

To Your Success,

Clint Anderson

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Google the Big Dog or Bing the Underdog…

by Clint

Well I finally found some research about the whole Bing vs. Google debate.  I am going to leave this one to the experts at Website Magazine to summarize the Catalyst Group Study.  I have been doing some futsing on Bing myself lately, and I do agree the results are very relavent.  It will be interesting how this big debate on search engines is gonna pan out by the end of the year. I am sure there will be more information as time goes on about the best ways to utilize SEO to get better listed on Bing for affiliate marketing purposes also… As I hear more I will keep you posted..

Go check out the review on Bing vs. Google.

As always, I would invite you to come back and leave your comments about the two search engines and your feelings about the future of SEO and the engines.

To Your Success,

Clint Anderson

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Writing Persuasive Articles For Blogs… (3 Easy Tips To Get Readers To Take Action)

by Clint

Hello again good people, and thanks for coming to read yet another stellar article brought to you by AskClintAnderson.com. Today we are going to talk about writing persuasive articles for blogs… I already can hear the questions coming in about it.  Persuasive in the respect of keeping your readers interest long enough for them to take your action at the end of the article.

This is a test in article writing in itself because I have to try and talk about this and keep it interesting enough for you to actually continue reading. lol So, there are a couple things that you are going to want to do when writing your articles for syndication on your blog.

First rule of blog writing is to come up with a Title that just screams click me cuz I want to be read by you! So writing persuasive articles for blogs is lame title I know, so lets work on that a little… I was taught once how to do this, but I still have to practice it from time to time. You create a subject and some kind of shocking action statement with an odd number in there and voila you have a headline. I added the text in parentheses in order to spice up the title a little. It kind of grabs your attention. Just 3, well I have to read them.. quick and easy right..

Second thing to consider when writing persuasive articles for blogs is the body, meat portion of the article.  You want to keep the reading lite and fun.. Maybe put in a couple of your instant messenger acronyms or something.. lol right? You always want to keep the reader engaged enough to always want more, and of course you are always sprinkling bits of quality content just to keep them reading on and wanting more.  The best situation when writing persuasive articles for blogs is when you get to the end of your article and you leave the reader hanging so much, that they have to opt in for the list to get the conclusion to your suspend filled article, but you have to deliver!  Don’t deliver in that situation and you have lost your reader forever.

Third and final tip (I know you were keeping track) is always include your call to action at the end of your article. Even if it is to tell them to leave a comment, or go opt in to your newsletter, or just retweet a message. All easy things for a reader to accomplish, but if you don’t ask they won’t do it for you, unless they have been trained on how to get link juice like Justin Brooke from Sitefling.com has taught me.  I would compare it to when you are trying to make a sale. I was at Hooters one night and the waitress wanted my cousin and I to buy some special calendar right? Well, she had this great schpeal going on, told us how the ladies get picked for the calendar etc.  Showed us the back where all the sample pictures are, and the benefits of the calender.. getting to save money on food purchases in the future.  Well, she forgot one thing… You got it! She forgot to ask for us to actually buy the damn thing.  We both walked out and I laughed because I knew she forgot to ask for the sale…  I digress, so point is, just ask for your reader to do something at the end of your article.

Better get going here, lots of work to do to get online presense don’t you know!

To Your Success,

Clint

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Building A Business On A Solid Foundation…

by Clint

Talking about being like a rock! Don’t move or the house of cards may crumble… Today’s topic is building a business on a solid foundation. How many times a day do you say, man I hope that guy never works for me? or I am glad that is not me… You see it every day, people going about their business lives acting like complete idiots when it comes to conducting business. You know who they are… Yet, no one points it out to them that if they don’t change the way they treat people, there will be no more business for them. At least the rewards will not be as great if you were to not go out and establish those relationships. [Click Here to Continue...]

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