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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th July 2020, 03:29 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 1,074
Posted By Steve L
Re: Is It Sleazy TO Sell Products You Haven't Tried?

Absolutely! Trust is everything in business and life. Don't jeopardize your reputation just to earn a buck. It's never worth it in the long run.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2020, 05:36 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,858
Posted By Steve L
Re: How to start with paid advertising?

First of all, I would never spend advertising to promote another website. If you're going to advertise, you should have your own e-commerce website and drive traffic there. Use Etsy and other...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th April 2020, 01:54 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,170
Posted By Steve L
Re: Any suggestions on what are the best niche as an bloger?

I just write about problems that arise with freelance, blogging and bootstrapping a digital product business.

Blogging from first-hand experience always produces the best content IMO. With that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th November 2019, 07:18 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 243
Posted By Steve L
Re: What do you do when customers' payment plans fail?

I agree with trying to just getting them to pay a single payment for the entire course instead of breaking into monthly payments. I've seen marketers charge up to a one-time $2k for an online video...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2019, 12:34 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 267
Posted By Steve L
Re: Wordpress Website

I agree. I'm personally seeing about a 40% increase in organic Google traffic every month (sometimes more) on my blog by doing nothing more than writing new blog posts. I do have a static site blog...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th October 2019, 03:55 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 496
Posted By Steve L
Re: How can I improve this funnel?

You've forgotten to give them a reason to buy today! Where's your limited time special offer with hard end date? Without it people will put off making a decision indefinitely.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2019, 12:38 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 173
Posted By Steve L
Re: Chatting with visitors when they reach your site!

My favorite tool for this is Drift and they have a decent free tier. I've also used tawk.to which was pretty good as well.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th September 2019, 01:38 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,213
Posted By Steve L
Re: Restaurant Digital Strategy?

Hey friend, it sounds like to me you have yet to determine your average customer lifetime value. You say even if you generated a $22 cost per lead it wouldn't be profitable because of the average...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2019, 08:42 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 268
Posted By Steve L
Re: how come brick and mortar stores dont collect data

I agree but it is mostly the bigger brick n mortar businesses doing this level of tracking. In my experience, small businesses have been more like how ThePromotionalGuy describes them above. I have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th September 2019, 10:01 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 1,699
Posted By Steve L
Re: Which Is The Most Successful IM Strategy?

The most successful strategy is to simply serve others IMO. Help them find solutions to problems they face.

From that list I'd rank content as #1.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th September 2019, 09:19 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 268
Posted By Steve L
Re: how come brick and mortar stores dont collect data

I agree, I've had small business clients who have some weird aversion to even using CRM software. This naturally made it impossible to set up offline sales conversion tracking with their Google Ad...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2019, 04:28 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,727
Posted By Steve L
Re: Is it worth it to use paid advertising for just 1 single product that costs $59?

If you can dial in your ad campaign to the point where you're spending say $10 in ads to make a $59 sale, I don't see why that wouldn't be worth it. Sure you're not making as much if you had a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2019, 04:26 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,727
Posted By Steve L
Re: Is it worth it to use paid advertising for just 1 single product that costs $59?

Yes, then using personalization software if the subscriber comes back to your homepage they'll see your premium offer instead of the free offer. Since they already have taken advantage of your free...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2019, 11:01 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,727
Posted By Steve L
Re: Is it worth it to use paid advertising for just 1 single product that costs $59?

Gotcha, yea I think it's definitely worth trying since you seem to have a proven product and sequence. There's a lot to know on the Google Ad side of course, assuming that's the ad channel you were...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2019, 12:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 163
Posted By Steve L
Re: Ideas on how to build up a comic blog

See what theoatmeal.com does and do something similar. No reason to reinvent the wheel, he's shown his business model is the way to go when it comes to self-publishing comics online. The creator...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th August 2019, 09:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 187
Posted By Steve L
Re: Is there any way to track the source of clicks to my sales page?

You can achieve this easily with Google Analytics by using UTM parameters. No 3rd party necessary.

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en
Forum: Email Marketing 24th August 2019, 09:49 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,493
Posted By Steve L
Re: What email platform can I upload and old but large email list to?

I use Drip.com these days but I hear ConvertKit is great too!
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th August 2019, 12:39 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 125
Posted By Steve L
Re: Best way(s) to promote and monetize a video only website?

If you post the video transcript under the video you'd most likely get more SE traffic. Something to keep in mind!
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th August 2019, 06:20 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 425
Posted By Steve L
Re: Looking for cross-sell or upsell suggestions

I think you should put together a 'good, better, best' offer which the $59 price point being the cheapest option. Then package together more stuff for the 'better' and 'best' offers to provide more...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th August 2019, 11:50 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 448
Posted By Steve L
Re: How can i connect with agency founders online without spamming?

Inbound/content marketing for the long-term and have you considered PPC for the short term?
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 8th August 2019, 09:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 805
Posted By Steve L
Re: Help with Local Vape Shop

You might want to just go old school a little. You know those free newspapers given out in every city that is like one article surrounded by ads? I always see smoke shop and related ads in those...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th August 2019, 03:33 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 457
Posted By Steve L
Re: Are Live Videos Replacing Content?

He's hyping you up to buy his upcoming live video course :)

Seriously, content will exist in multiple formats forever. There are times when you prefer to read then there are times where you need a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st August 2019, 01:56 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 341
Posted By Steve L
Re: Stop Producing Great Work

I totally get what you're saying and agree for the most part, I'd just phrase it differently.

Obviously, you want to deliver great work and should always strive to do such, but you shouldn't let...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th July 2019, 03:27 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 205
Posted By Steve L
Re: How would you proceed to have conversion rate from 0.5% to 1% ?

Put together some kind of limited-time offer.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2019, 08:50 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 947
Posted By Steve L
Re: Why talking about the 'benefits' may be hurting your sales

I think there's a time and place for benefit talk, but I definitely agree that starting a pitch with pain is a sure fire way to get their attention!
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2019, 03:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 169
Posted By Steve L
Re: How To Market Myself Using My Online Writing Profiles?

I know there are quite a few writing gigs on Upwork. Also, have you considered investing time to build up your own website/blog along with your own email list? It's never a good idea to put all of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2019, 03:31 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,312
Posted By Steve L
Re: Email vs Messenger Marketing - which one is better?

Email is still king, so it's not really a matter of either or. Even if you're engaging in Messenger Marketing, doesn't mean you shouldn't also have an email list. With that said, results with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2019, 09:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 209
Posted By Steve L
Re: Syndicated, Unique Content - How To Do It?

If you're just reposting the same 'syndicated' article on your site then I don't think it's a good strategy (and as netman noted probably illegal). If you link to other content on the web you should...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2019, 02:08 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 1,293
Posted By Steve L
Re: Why some Big Brands do not have a Blog?

They don't blog because they just do paid advertising. It's just not part of their marketing strategy to blog and if they can afford to advertise then all the power to them.

You should definitely...
Forum: Email Marketing 24th May 2019, 12:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 500
Posted By Steve L
Re: What is The Best Lead Magnet for Building A list

Definitely, offer value before trying to sell. It's hard to sell to anybody that doesn't trust you. Focus on developing that trust first by giving away something free that helps them achieve a win....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd May 2019, 09:10 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 2,142
Posted By Steve L
Re: When is the right time to stop IM?

I'd definitely try a new project where you focus primarily on a professional audience, so more B2B than B2C. You need multiple working hypothesis and when one proves to be a dud you move on to test...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st May 2019, 01:18 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 703
Posted By Steve L
Re: Ideas for promoting a scooter rental service?

I'd try a Google Search Ad campaign, targeting people looking for 'scooter rentals'. If a lot of people aren't searching that you could try advertising to people searching for 'car rentals'.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th April 2019, 08:40 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 276
Posted By Steve L
Re: Non Buyer Traffic

Try offering something for free to build your list!
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th April 2019, 01:18 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 920
Posted By Steve L
Re: Chatbots

I'm a fan of chatbots like Drift and I've used Messenger bots (ManyChat) before along with Facebook Messenger Ads. I'm not a fan of Facebook or Messenger as I've never got good results with them but...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th April 2019, 12:02 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,453
Posted By Steve L
Re: Did you learn how to use paid traffic on your own or through an expensive course of some sort?

Yea, you're going to want to send your paid traffic to a free offer first since they are so cold and have never heard of you before. You warm them up with your email sequence and helping them achieve...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th April 2019, 09:07 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 186
Posted By Steve L
Re: How to define a target group?

I'd just target people searching on Google for heart rate watches. I'd do a shopping ad campaign to target those further along in the purchasing phase, and search ad campaign for those who are...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th April 2019, 07:59 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 186
Posted By Steve L
Re: How to define a target group?

I'd pick an audience you're part of or want to be part of. Say you really like hockey or street hockey. Target that group and serve them! Nobody is into just 'sporting goods'. It's too generic.
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 15th March 2019, 09:07 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 371
Posted By Steve L
Re: Problems With Hostgator

I'm singin the same tune as others, I had Hostgator hosting for several years then decided to leave as I found they didn't provide the service they once did. Regarding the database issues, consider...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th February 2019, 12:11 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 212
Posted By Steve L
Re: Wrote an ebook for new dads... now what?

Congrats on completing the ebook and sorry to hear about the hardships. Regarding your marketing, I'd setup a website to sell your ebook and drive traffic to it. Keep your ebook on Amazon but I'd...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th February 2019, 06:57 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 146
Posted By Steve L
Re: Online Business Builder and Marketing Platform

You should try learning a little HTML and CSS Flexbox for mobile responsive design. I swear within' a couples weeks (if not faster) you could make the same type of landing pages Clickfunnels produces...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th February 2019, 02:48 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 4,676
Posted By Steve L
Re: Best way for earning passive income

You could start a SaaS, but even then if you stop improving on your product you might lose all of your customers. In general though, I believe you need to continue to ship and launch new products,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th February 2019, 12:28 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 608
Posted By Steve L
Re: Multiple Sources of traffic produce no sales- HELP

I can't speak for the Google verification problem but as for Facebook and Instagram Ads, you'll be reaching people further up in the sales funnel typically, in the 'awareness' part of the funnel....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th February 2019, 11:36 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 331
Posted By Steve L
Re: How many niche sites do you run at a time?

Same here, it's not easy to provide quality content to multiple different audiences as a one man show. I think it's best to focus.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th February 2019, 01:25 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 423
Posted By Steve L
Re: What is best service to help your website run forever?

Interplanetary File System is attempting to address this, it's meant as a replacement for HTTP, really interesting stuff... https://ipfs.io/
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th February 2019, 11:43 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 664
Posted By Steve L
Re: Unable to generate traffic in my blogging website

How many blog posts have you published? It's hard to give much advice without actually seeing the blog in question. :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2019, 06:09 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 563
Posted By Steve L
Re: The Mysteries Of Paid Traffic

Honestly I wouldn't try selling anything from cold PPC traffic, your first goal is to get them to sign-up for a free offer and build trust.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th November 2018, 08:24 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,753
Posted By Steve L
Re: Looking for backlink ideas

Honestly, you're going to have better results by just doing some local SEO and reputation management best practices and run a Google Search Ad campaign to get results faster. Local SEO is all about...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th October 2018, 11:04 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 278
Posted By Steve L
Re: How to do payment through payement gateway ?

Stripe is my personal favorite, but you have to be a web developer to know how to use it directly.

If you don't know how to code, checkout these options:

-Gumroad
-Sendowl
-GravityForms:...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2018, 08:37 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 2,115
Posted By Steve L
Re: Best Way to Promote Online Consulting Business- I Hate Writing

If you're not trying to write articles or blog I'd start with Google Search Ads before trying SMM. Search visitors are further down the sales funnel because they're actively searching for what you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th October 2018, 05:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 127
Posted By Steve L
Re: WooCommerce Experts...Second installation?

You can do it all with the one install if you want, here's a video showing you how to do it:

Blogging with WooCommerce - YouTube
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th October 2018, 05:21 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 580
Posted By Steve L
Re: Marketing vs Digital Marketing

It's all digital these days. Even if you were running traditional adverts like TV, magazine, newspaper, billboard, or radio, you're still going to need a website and engage in some type of marketing...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2018, 05:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 539
Posted By Steve L
Re: Should a sales landing page show links to other parts of the website?

I think it wouldn't hurt so long as you put the links in the footer of the page and not in the header where they can easily distract them before making a purchase decision.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2018, 05:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 169
Posted By Steve L
Re: What traffic method should I first focus on/master given the following scenario?

I always recommend Google Search Ads (No display network or partners) just because that's the only advertising I've personally gotten results with. I've tried Facebook Ads but it mostly lead to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th September 2018, 02:16 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 196
Posted By Steve L
Re: Any way to stop comments on site?

Have you considered disabling comments on your blog all together? Comments on a blog are not necessary, look at the success of Seth Godin's blog, it has no comments.

You can also try out Disqus...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd September 2018, 11:20 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 656
Posted By Steve L
Re: Cant land my first sale...

If you want a good looking, mobile responsive landing page or website for free that you can hack and customize forever, checkout the Bootstrap Backyard Template. You'll need to learn some of the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st September 2018, 04:16 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 171
Posted By Steve L
Re: Basecamp vs free Google apps for project management

We use both at the agency I work at. Google Calendar is more meant for events/meeting schedule, and not task management. Also, Basecamp has it all in one cohesive app, you don't have to jump across...
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