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Website traffic, good and bad.

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What is Website “Traffic” really?

Website Traffic explained:

The shorts answer to that would be:

“It’s the lifeblood of any online business!”

And it’s true in every sense of the word.

Any visitor to your site counts as “traffic”. Also any bot crawling your site.

No visitors essentially means nobody is interested in reading, sharing, joining or even buying your stuff.

Goes without saying really that without it, your business is doomed to fail!

Let’s take a semi-deep look on what website traffic really is, and how the different types of traffic work.

What do you mean? All traffic work right?

– BUZZER: NO! – Aim to get targeted and engaged interested prospects.

Yeah sure, visitors are visitors right???

BUZZER: NO! – Again… TARGETED.

Below is covered some website traffic sources which you should use and also NOT use. This is depending on your project of course but for a serious site you might want to steer clear of some service providers as revealed below. First off, I share the BAD…

  • 1. Bad Website Traffic

Let me tell you a brief old story to shed some light on BAD TRAFFIC.

From 2012…

The other day (back in 2012) I ordered some traffic to my blog to see whatever result I got from it.

It was traffic from allover the world, un-targeted, and it was directed to one of the pages on this site where I give away some free stuff.

We used Adf.ly for this example.

(EDITED: This was way back,… And yeah, the traffic is horrible, bots, at least, for this project)

There you see the results from the first day.

what is website traffic

And here are the results of the second day.

website traffic

16 bucks per day provided this number. (Cheap source, but not the best)

These results are normal when you buy traffic and that is why it makes marketing efforts easier when you invest in your company.

However… These leads came from a landing page where I presented a free offer. Which can mean that the visitors are freebie-seekers.

*A race of human relatively unknown to the common Joe. They seek all free stuff but never (or rarely) use it. Kind of like “mud on your tire”. – Don’t get me wrong, I like mud too! Just not when it comes to sales.

Anyways…. My stats in Aweber confirmed the hunch of this.

Most of the visitors were there just to get the initial gift and a large number ( too big ) dropped out and unsubscribed.

If I had been more persistent back then as I am now I would have done an extra effort to convert freebie seekers into interested prospects.

You CAN use this traffic for some promos…

But I would advice against it.

  • First off, there is a lot of BOT traffic.
  • Secondly it can be downright illegal to use on certain networks, due to this.

So IF you want to test them out it is cheap but you must be warned that most networks would not allow it.

Check with your affiliate/CPA network before sending traffic to any of their offers.

This type of traffic I would advise anyone to stay away from.

Where it CAN be used is for paid to click affiliate offers.

But again, It’s not worth the risk IMHO.

So the conclusion from 2012 was:

This particular traffic is not anywhere near good enough for my project.

When you encounter a LOT of bot traffic and overall poor response numbers from your traffic source, run!

It’s as bad as it gets.

So that is a short case study on poor value traffic.

It is recognized as low engagement from your hits.

It CAN be used for some projects but as mentioned above, there are other sources needed for serious growth.

Let’s talk about the interesting, worthwhile and USEFUL kind now…

  • 2. Good Website Traffic

Targeted HOT traffic is what you want.

Cold, Warm, Hot AND Targeted is some of the words that define your traffic.

Adf.ly traffic is cold. Media buys in general is cold.

Unless you do proper targeting where you only buy ads to show to the ones most likely to be interested in your stuff.

People that have heard of your offer or your brand…

And also re-targeting, sending multiple ads to interested over and over.

Cold traffic to explain, is where you advertise to people that has never heard of you, they may like weight loss, but have never seen your ad before.

So they may click but stays on the fence in regards to the offer they are presented with as they have no idea as to if it will work or not for them. And also, if the can trust it.

If only they had known your name…

Trust and recognition is vital.

You need to show your ad 7 times before it get’s imprinted as “safe” with most people.

Or MORE. On average.

If you do a re-targeting campaign of some sort where the visitor has seen your ad or site before and clicks again… That prospect is WARMER. Willing to read more.

A HOT visitor is the one you nail with your message and targeting.

It’s the one that is truly passionate about getting your stuff.

One that already knows who you are, or know your product.

OR, has been warmed up by any indoctrination campaign from either ads.

And also, possibly from a cross promotion where someone has a list of leads and they have talked so much about it before they send the link that they are ready to join.

Trust, again… Is currency, and vital.

A hot visitor…

It can be the one that you have gotten on an email list as cold, in other words…

Then after sending him/her a number of related posts and perhaps even a survey where you ask what content does he or she prefer…

He/she gets warm.

Then you get the answer and then again, you can promote according to the answers they gave on a survey.

Another HOT visitor is someone that has bought your stuff from before and is in between upsell 1 and two.

Or in between the main product and upsell.

If someone already has spent their hard earned money with you then the chances for them spending more money is high as they already have lowered their guard and started trusting you.

A Hot visitor can also be one that has just gone ahead and gotten your products. When you email that person in a follow up sequence right after they have bought… The lead is still HOT.

Possibly ready to invest more, IF you have nailed your targeting, offer, and audience.

At least in general for a couple of weeks.

This is in general and not written in stone as said.

If you nurture your list well it may be highly responsive for a long time.

What is website traffic from… Space?

Well, yes. Earth is in space… So that is a valid sentence!

Below is a few of the tactics that is worthy of mentioning when it comes to driving targeted traffic.

  1. Media Buys. (Ads)
  2. Launches
  3. SEO
  4. Press Relases.
  5. Social Exposure
  6. Blogging/Guest Blogging

1.

Now we can start off with Media Buys.

It works like this, you pay for your ad in display on a site or a number of sites. And your ad drives traffic to your desired site.

It’s FAST, like fastest… But will set you back a little, OR A LOT of coin in the beginning.

When approaching Media Buys it is of utmost importance that you get your target audience as drilled down as possible.

Especially when you can.

Like, if you use Facebook ads, then you can “hyper target” your prospect with a huge number of options so you can be sure that ONLY the persons MOST likely to be interested in what you are selling will see it.

Other networks have similar targeting.

So the KEY here is to have a product  ready and you MUST KNOW your perfect audience.

It’s a good idea to drill that down BEFORE you invest in this kind of website traffic.

  • You should know your target audience from before but if you are unsure then go deeper and find out more.

2.

Launches?

Yup.

Creating a product and delivering it in a launch is a sure fire way to get interested prospects on to you list.

This is a big topic which I will not cover in great detail here and now.

BUT, what I will add is that this is SOME of best traffic in terms of mo-ney.

Main issues there is the amount of time and energy it takes to create one…

And you need to have a product you KNOW will sell, ot it can bomb…

People you get to open up their wallet are the people that will pay your bills, now and days, weeks and even years to come IF you play your cards right.

The first barrier has gone with these people, they already bought your product.

So there is trust. As long as your product is worth the cost. Or more.

3.

SEO

Search Engine Optimization can be complex.

What it means is that you can improve your site’s content and structure according to Googles guidelines to get as high on Google’s search results as possible.

Then it is “optimized” for the search engine.

You have on-page SEO and off-page SEO.

On-page, is in example your article, or this article for that matter, where we target a keyword like “what is website traffic”.

This is not the best example for on-page seo though. This article is intended to climb just a bit. It’s more of an overall rewrite right now) I might change it around later =)

Using Yoast SEO plugin you can follow the steps to get as good rating as you want.

But this is RATHER easy and uses logic…. The harder more time consuming part is Off-Page.

Yes, “Off-Page”.

So this is not magic either but takes more time.

It’s all about sharing your site with as many relevant pages as possible and getting your link indexed on as many other sites like that as possible. Rule here is NO bad sites that have bad links. Try to find WELL known sites that have domain authority.

BASICALLY that is it. If enough off page work is done then Google will see your site as an authority site. Of course there are MANY MANY more variables here, but the bottom line is IF you choose SEO it may take time to get visitors but IF you can make your site rank high, then the traffic can be both passive, targeted, and free.

4.

Press Releases.

Having the word spread for your business with a Press Release is highly efficient as it brings fast results you can measure.

If you are good at writing and have a good article to share then why not use what is known as Mainstream Media instead of all other tactics.

You can get exposure for any article you write. However for it to be reaching the top news channels you can expect to be paying for it.

In general a Press Release can be done Free, or paid. You can submit yourself to a ton of channels, and you can also use software both free and paid to aid the publication process.

Outsourcing this is easy also and can be done with a small investment starting from 5 bucks.

Normally you would need to spend a LOT LOT more.

Regular pricing for a good QUALITY Press Release is around $300 and UP.

You can expect to get a lot of traffic and backlinks from this.

If you have a good provider that is…

If you’re going for the top news channels, be sure to have a good server so it don’t crash due to high volume.

This article was written SO LONG AGO… So things have changed drastically since then.

There’s a number of traffic sources out there, infinite really, so this could use a better rewrite than I just did.Date now is 25th of Novemeber 2021.

And just to add this: I run a Press Release company as a digital service provider these days.

I offer HIGH QUALITY mass media attention with profesionally crafted news content pieces in the form of Press Releases. The distribution goes out to hundreds of the TOP news channels.

You can learn more about it here:

Visit Agency Deluxe for more information.

5.

SOCIAL EXPOSURE

ALSO a factor for off page SEO.

Not much though. But what matters really is people visiting your site, and how long they stay,

This is the traffic you get from social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and many more.

You get traffic by posting your articles, interacting with the people, joining related groups and sharing content with value and direct traffic to your site.

MEGA important to be HUMAN here and not “sell”.

Since it comes from “SOCIAL” networks, “social” being the KEYWORD.

Make dialogue in groups etc…

6.

Blogging.

Yup.

A blog like this one can help bring in customers to your business.

So a blog can get traffic from all sorts of places. But since it is “parked” where people can see it… People drop by.

This requires traffic anchors, like if you have submitted your link somewhere or your keywords rank or other.

And on your blog you can redirect even more traffic to other sites in your network.

So it’s a win win.

Guest blogging will also increase your reader count.

You can contact blog owners in your niche.

Offer to do a guest post and bring your most valuable content, or close to it in an article.

Be sure to link back to your site in it.

This gives you long term traffic which you have already warmed up with your stellar content.

Be sure to get your content on a high traffic relevant blog.

All of these tactics can give you huge amounts of website traffic

You can ALWAYS get more traffic.

There is literally unlimited with website traffic sources out there.

Just be sure to keep on adding value and drive relevant website traffic at the same time so the people who do visit might want to come back again for more.

If you are looking for massive exposure to your business I do accept clients on a a recurring basis where I drive traffic to them.

See more on AgencyDeluxe.com and get in touch there for a talk before ordering.

If you feel you could need it, you can reach out to me and I can tell you some more about it and see if it fits to your business.

It will fit most, but if you are planning some really really competetive terms then we need a grand strategy as a basis before deplying traffic from my service.

Details can be discussed and I can deliver bigger packages as well.

Yuo can reach me here:

rune@runeellingsen.com

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Outsourcing using Fiverr

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Outsourcing using Fiverr is one of the ways to cut down on your workload in order to get more things done faster and for cheaps. Starting from just $5.00!

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In this post, I will discuss the ins and outs of outsourcing with Fiverr.

Outsourcing as a technique for getting tedious work done, or instead of learning a new skillset to operate with… is GOLDEN!

There are many sites out there which work as portals for people wanting to either sell or buy services.

 

First a little company overview:

Fiverr came online a few years back and quickly became a monster portal for online marketers to utilize.
Outsourcing with Fiverr became a given for many tasks such as:
Link building, writing services, video editing, video making, press release submission, blog comments, editing code, making christmas cards and a video of a singing man in a banana costume among others.

The gigs are plentiful and just as weird as you want ’em OR just as pro as you need ’em.

Outsourcing using Fiverr is a great timesaver and as you may suspect, if you did not already know, the gigs start at only five measly bucks.

Some gigs have extras, like if someone has done a great job and they take only a Fiverr for it and the gig is worth more, the seller may have an option of accepting extra donations for the exceptional work.
Also you have banner design or design in general where often times people who has outsourced that part of their project using Fiverr may get a design which needs a little refining.
In these cases the seller may have the option of extra editing or not. The prices vary from 5 bucks per extra and up to 20 bucks from what I have seen so far.

 

In these cases you open a dialogue and explain what exactly is “off” from what you were expecting and then you can state what you think would do the trick for you.

 

Communicating design is a skill of it’s own.

Often times you can get a really good design even though it is perhaps not what you had in mind exactly but it’s so good that you want to keep it. In these cases you simply have to either communicate better when ordering or simply accept that this is a part of the game and just do the best of what you have. You can always order a edit if the seller provides it. Use your own judgement in these cases so you have a good experience.

 

When you consider outsourcing using Fiverr you also may have concerns about the quality of the gigs.

Some of them are cheap considered to other sites and sometimes this comes with a catch.

On Fiverr however you will get good gigs at a low cost either way.

My experiences with Fiverr has been very good.

You have sellers with RATINGS and this is of course worth noticing before making an order.

Some vendors are new and have no particular rating or some may have poor ratings.

The ratings are given by the buyers who can choose to rate if they are pleased with the co-operation and the result.

There will always be some who are not pleased with the gig even if the vendor did their part. That is just based on customer behaviour.
Like for instance a seller may have 1000 good ratings and say 10 bad. Usually this means the gig is worth it.

 

Outsourcing with Fiverr is a breeze.
The websites design is easy on the eyes.
The order process is step by step.
The site is secure and will give you a great return on your investement, on average.

 

Click the image below this text to go to Fiverr.

Outsourcing using fiverr is easy

 

And the results speak for themselves.
Fiverr started their online portal in 2010 and reaches over 110K U.S. monthly people.

 

Personally, I have been outsourcing using Fiverr since it’s early beginnings
The site has grown and appear even more serious (which it is and always has been) than before with more elements on the site stating it as a serious online vendor which is here to stay.

Today the site has gotten its own Forum where you can directly be in touch with other people just like you using the platform.

Fiverr Academy: This is a section of the site with sole purpose of helping you sell better by using tracking, marketing and more performance insights.

They also have their own blog where they share more insights from their own view. Newly added a to the site is a store where you can buy items with their logo.

 

The imagination is what stops you if you want to just do something fun and out of the ordinary for your friends also.
While outsourcing using Fiverr can get you tedious tasks done for cheaps, you may want to look at the other options, just for kicks.

Some of the other gigs offered on Fiverr are:
Pet models, human billboards, dares, stunts, or you can go to Fiverr.com and browse for Extremely Bizarre gigs like:
outsourcing using fiverr for extremely bizarre gigs

Basically you can order services for most things needed for a website owner.

But also have a blast out of the other weird gigs if you wish.

 

Outsourcing using Fiverr is easy.

 

How is it to sell on Fiverr?

 

The selling process is the same, almost.

 

You can easily write the details of what service you offer and post it onto Fiverr spending less than 10 minutes.

Depends on what you offer and how many extras you add of course but the process is simple and fast.

Anyone thinking about joining Fiverr for selling their services can do so by clicking here:

Yes! I want to do outsourcing using Fiverr

 

It is reported that some sellers get big paydays because of more than one factor:

 

Popularity of the gig is a thing.

 

Your skillset is a thing.

Speed of task, like if you are quick you an have a great turnaround time on gigs and process as many as you want to during the day.

Some gigs can be done by quick labor and some can be semi or fully automated by software.

 

Most gigs require a skillset none the less, but read on till the end to see how you can make money outsourcing using Fiverr without any particular skill.

 

And also how you market your gigs is a thing.

While Fiverr has it’s site where people come and order, you can always spread the link to you gig elsewhere for more traffic and more work for you.

 

Outsourcing with Fiverr should be something you check out before you get tired of doing the same time consuming tasks day in and day out IF you have enough for a cup of coffee…
Then you can skip the coffee, hire a worker and take that short break to rest your entrepreneurial head so it is ready for more productive tasks.

 

While Fiverr is cheap you can make money there you see. But did you know that there are many sites and clients out there wanting services like Fiverr offer?

You can totally use Fiverr and make a business out of outsourcing using Fiverr a task/gig/project a client you have corresponded with need.

 

This is where you can make EVEN more while not working so hard. All you need to do is to search for people looking to buy gigs like banner design or other.

Contact client and state what you can offer which is relative to his liking. State a price.

Often the price i.e an offline client, consultant service, plumber or other, looking to buy a banner for their website has a different view on what you offer cost.

You can expect to get a high return on your investement. Prices around $200 dollars are not rare for banners.

Which you can get FOR FIVE DOLLARS when outsourcing using Fiverr.

 

Anyone thinking about joining Fiverr for selling their services can do so by clicking here:

Click here when you want to do outsourcing using Fiverr

Keep Momentum

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Keep Momentum is my personal little story to you, based upon my own experiences.

I used to repeat this to myself out loud, “Keep Momentum!”… Momentum was the driving force that gave me increased energy for reaching my goals fast.

Some time ago, 6 months plus, my motivation for sitting in front of the computer stopped.

Sure it was summer and I love the outdoors and all but when night came I didn’t fire up either the laptop or the pc to get stuff done.

Emails and Facebook got checked on daily basis if i was home. “Sleeping brain symptom” you might wanna call it.

Been ages since I have written any blog posts also.

 

*For more info about momentum look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum

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So what happened with my momentum?

I had worked a lot of hours since 2009 to be exact and needed a longer break from the usual.

My head was not in focus and needed to clear the clogged up channels within the information center of our body.

 

During the time away the need for nature was great. So hiking and exploring,travelling and various sports was in tune.

Still… I thought(!) I was working(…) for a while even though all I did was to keep up with the Jones’s of marketing… Reading emails is NOT doing efficient tasks that will propel your business forward. Making stuff to sell, taking action and promoting + scaling is what get real results that are measurable.

Text day in and day out, just input… won’t cut it. That’s what I figured at least. Again.

Earlier before getting traction in the business, I studied heavily how to alter my mind with meditation techniques and such to align myself into a healthier and wealthier mindset.
Momentum was mentioned many times. Alas…

At some point I stopped and it faded.

So the lesson was clear:

My mindset was good.

But it was not “sticky” enough for me to hold.

My old paradigms took over and made me less structured, less business focused and put me on a sort of a vacation basically.

When I started getting back into rhythm, the sufferings of bad conscious was all over me. I felt I had let myself and my fellow marketers down.

I can get kinda emotional about the work when the times are tough. Still I will never let it beat me.

So anyways the ride took me through some emotional moments and I figured out when I was at my desk by the pc again that this could not happen again.

I can take breaks and vacations alright. But I cannot evade from who I am. Who I have become.

The need to check in and do stuff on a regular basis will always be there. Just like when we read a good book. You will always learn more and read another one. And you should!

Join us and many others and give yourself traffic numbers you can measure to succeeed with performance marketing.

 

Keep momentum and you will grow.

Stop that momentum… Just for a day and you are set back a day or two.

Wait six months and you gotta rethink you whole business.

Perhaps the ultimate would be for anyone to find out their individual limit as to what is their threshold before stress.

We are not equal in every aspect of life… I think we can all suffer from a burnt out mind/body.

Be healthy. Meditate. Grow momentum.

And the ultimate lesson for me was that I could not let the momentum i had built, fade away.
Keep momentum and keep sanity 😉 Oh, and make money!

 

Stuff to look for in coming posts:

Diving into ADS

Diving into Teespring

Diving into Amazon sites

Top resources for online use plus much more.

 

Until next time.

I wish you all the best, but remember…

YOU have to keep momentum!
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New Product on the Warriorforum – Gaming Console Review Sites

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Gaming Console Review Sites is LIVE!

Today marks the day when the Playstation 4 is released.

Tons of people have been waiting just for this day to get their hands on this new gaming monster machine.

Playstation 4 has been revamped with a whole new infrastructure inside which makes it easier for developers to develop games for the console. Appears as if the old system was a little too complicated for most.

Most people buy their  PS4 in the local electronic shops but in this case the online stores will also notice the impact of the requests from customers who were too late.

Given that these machines will sell out fast, a lot of people will go online in the search for their own. This creates an avalanche of traffic to sites like Amazon etc…

To help out those of you who want in on the trend I have put together a WSO giving you a review site with a lot of material for your own use.

This includes a review site embedded with your affiliate links. Amazon buttons. Videos. Review articles and more…

Products covered is not just the PS4. Here is the complete list:

  • Xbox One Console – Standard Edition
  • Xbox 360 4GB Console
  • Xbox 360 250GB Spring Value Bundle
  • PlayStation 4 (PS4): Standard Edition
  • PS3 500 GB Assassin’s Creed III Bundle
  • PS3 250 GB Uncharted 3 and PS Plus Bundle
  • PlayStation 3 – 320 GB System/PlayStation Move Bundle
  • Nintendo Wii U Console – 32GB Black Deluxe Set
  • Nintendo Wii Console, White (NEWEST MODEL)
  • Wii with Wii Sports Resort – White

 

Currently the price starts at $2 measly dollars because I want to give back to the community that helped me out when I got started. So yes, it’s a true WSO bargain.

Join in on the massive launch of the PS4 and capitalize on the early birds that will literally kill to get their copy of the holy grail of gaming consoles.

JV’s can reach out and get their links here: https://runeellingsen.com/jv

Thanks for being a part of this launch.

Look forward to the next one!

All the best from me to you.

P.S.

Now go out there and get Gaming Console Review Sites to the masses 😉

 
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The 7 Step Affiliate Marketing For Newbies Infographic

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“Affiliate Marketing is one of the easiest ways to make money fast online!”

Basically it involves sending traffic to an offer or a product and receive a commission for a potential sale.

In this infographic you can see the The 7 Step Affiliate Marketing For Newbies.

Whether you are advanced or new it is easy to look at an infographic and determine if you lack anything from your personal income systems. However this one is aimed for newbies and is easily understood without getting to be overwhelming. Please look below for the 7 Steps.

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P.S

This is a great system for newbies, mediocre AND advanced.

And it has been backed by testimonials from none other than Bob Proctor himself, from the movie The Secret.

He’s been on Oprah and is a mentor which has a big brand and all. He supports this… Publicly…

Guess that should put the legitimacy issue to rest for now.

Oh, and of course a 30 day money back guarantee so all risk is taken care of when you get inside and see the system you make money with.

Creator of the program is named Anik Singal and he has been in the exact niche of creating products, which is what he teaches, for over 11 years. You’re in good hands.

Click HERE to get instant access.

Awesome List Building

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Why you need to focus on some Awesome List Building!

 

  • Building your list is what EVERY successful marketer teach! And, with good reason.

The higher percentage of your income as an internet marketer will come from just that, your list.

So how and why is this so vital?

First the HOW:

  • For one thing, this is ONE of the very easiest ways to make bank as fast as possible without a lot of learning curves WHICH is a real drag, and sadly common in the internet marketing genre.

Then the WHY:

  • The easiest reason to why is the amount of time you save by focusing on ONE area in your business and then after a while, (actually really fast if you can leverage other people’s list, more on that later…) you will see some amazing results because of this ONE area of focus.

So while others usually spend years before they come to this conclusion that they should focus on one thing, I can tell you right away that THIS is the ONE THING that should be your main focus right from the “get go”. And ONLY this.

So if you feel like you could need some resources, let me hand them over:

  • We need a site of some sort and while you can use even a free site like from WordPress.com or a Squidoo lens or maybe even Blogger.com…  You should think of branding your business and that is where the paid options come in. You can start free if you want.

This site is hosted on WordPress and is not very customizable but enough to make a landing page.

All you need REALLY is a simple blank page (any theme should do) where you put an image, some text and an opt in form.

The first thing to do is to choose a domain name for your list building efforts.

Relate this to either your name… (For branding purposes, will earn you credit in the long run) OR find a name for your business site.

Preferably something easy to remember as you are going to include links to the site all over the internet.

You can use Godaddy.com Name.com or namecheap.com or any other registrar for the registration of the domain name.

Then I suggest Hostgator.com or Siteground (better) and the “Baby plan” if you are new and just starting out. For more advanced users I would suggest Amazon AWS for better bandwidth but only if you are having trouble with your server. Also for advanced users, I use Cloudways for managed hosting.

This rarely happens but when you are getting heaps and heaps of traffic then Hostgator baby plan is not the best option as they handle a lot of traffic. At least that goes for launches and serious hoards of traffic. Just keep an eye out for your site health when you drive traffic and you’ll be fine.

So after this, you need to setup your WordPress site by using the Fantastico option in Hostgator. Lot’s of training manuals on this i.e. Youtube.com

What I normally do is to setup a simple squeeze page consisting of a blank page at first. The way I do this is to delete EVERYTHING out of the ordinary for a squeeze page. What I mean is this:

  • Delete links to the theme. Usually in the bottom.
  • Depending on the theme you may need to go over a couple things to get Widgets out of the way. Usually on the right. You can choose a free theme as long as you do these steps as they will increase your visitor count staying on your site.
  • Deleting any links (as mentioned) that are present, and any text on the page.

You can see another example HERE. The copy is the one key takeaway to learn for making landing pages. – By the way, you don’t need to opt-in but you may want to see what kind of copy is being used and also color choices on the pages.

So, let’s assume your site is white and blank without anything on it.

What you now need is a free product to give away. I suggest you find a HIGH-QUALITY PLR product with giveaway rights to get things going fast.

The first thing to include on a squeeze page is a BIG BOLD RED Headline. Proven to work font is Arial. Georgia. Tahoma. + more… But please stick with easy at first.

In that headline, we need to use a couple of copyrighting elements that will ‘hook’ in the visitor’s interest.

We need these things to increase conversions to get a head start.

  •  Use scarcity as in, “will only be available for a limited time”.

( Just be honest and really mean it. Take the offer away after a while or change around on it so it really is limited. If not, don’t say it)

  • And underline a HUGE benefit with a yellow background.  (Color choices is another thing I will mention later in another post more extensively.)

Can use just plain color text here also. You have seen them all over the place, but if you analyze them you have a killer chance of achieving top results for your first squeeze page.

There is no one size fits all for landing pages. But they follow a pattern without necessarily using the same colors for every page.

  • BUT, a fair warning here.

Don’t overdo the analyzing just yet. Just follow my lead as this is supposed to be an easy start. You just have to get it going. I PROMISE!

So with a headline all you need know is a picture of your freebie. May it be a PDF or a video. Video convert very well also.

Fiverr.com is a good place to outsource work you haven’t mastered yet yourself.

AND of course an opt-in box on the left or below the freebie. You need a first name and an email by the way.

For getting that in place we need an account on Aweber.com. Free 1 dollar trial for 30 days.

So when have registered an account you create a welcome email where you do a quick introduction and deliver the freebie.

Also, we need a second webpage where you welcome your prospects and give away your freebie. This URL is needed for your Aweber account when you are asked for it.

And that pretty much sums it up. It’s a small funnel. You can get better results with more advanced funnels where you provide even more value. More on this later.

What you got as a result, however, was a Squeeze page to send traffic to. People opt in to get the freebie. You collect the email. They get redirected to the freebie… AND you have a list of people to market to.

Can you say Ka-Ching?

Obviously, there is a little more finesse in getting people to buy from what you send them as a service.

 

Ever heard of Pareto’s Principle?

The Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.[1][2]

Business-management consultant Joseph M. Juran suggested the principle and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population; he developed the principle by observing that 20% of the pea pods in his garden contained 80% of the peas.[2]

It is a common rule of thumb in business; e.g., “80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients”. Mathematically, where something is shared among a sufficiently large set of participants, there must be a number k between 50 and 100 such that “k% is taken by (100 − k)% of the participants”. The number k may vary from 50 (in the case of equal distribution, i.e. 100% of the population have equal shares) to nearly 100 (when a tiny number of participants account for almost all of the resource). There is nothing special about the number 80% mathematically, but many real systems have k somewhere around this region of intermediate imbalance in distribution.

Source: Wikipedia.com

 

Basically what this means is that if you give content 80% you will reap rewards 20%. At least that is what my English grammar can explain for you  😉     Note: I am Norwegian after all… 😉

So to finish things off, there is your basic list builder. Turning it into an income machine will require content and promos related to your niche.

Follow up is the next step. You can read more about it in another post, coming soon.

 

There are tons of providers out there and you certainly won’t have to take my word for it if I say it’s good. I use what I found to be a good solution a while back after spending much time on it.

(see the whole hosting provider post I did here: this site’s hosting.)

And if you want to Google like I did… Then you’re in for a possible long research project. But if you want to use the insights gathered in this post then feel free.

 

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