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2. Video Content Syndicated. Just as the two websites listed above will help you syndicate your articles and blog posts. If you are an online video marketer and like to create videos to promote your products or affiliate products. This tool works very well for syndicating and submitting your video to several websites at once.

TubeMogul.com

3. Realtime Web Analytics. I know that you know how important it is for any online business owner or marketer to keep track of website statistics. A lot of Analytics Software used can inflate the actual traffic to the website because it picks up on spiders and bots that crawl the site. For me, this is just annoying. Why? Because it ruins my conversion percentages. What I mean is, if I go off of what that analytics is telling me then it seems that I am getting way more traffic than I actually am and that decreases the conversion percentages. I only want to keep track of real humans that visit my website. I will then have an accurate percentage of people taking action on my website. And to be able to track that in real time is indespensable. Clicky Web Analytics gets the job done for me. Visit them at the link below to sign up.

GetClicky.com

Be sure to leave your comment below and let everyone know what tools you use to make money online or that help your online business run smoothly.

Dropshipping is a tricky business to get into. I will warn against dropship wholesale programs like the ones that show up when you Google search for ‘dropshipping’. Only because they aren’t a true dropshipper. They are the middle man. They advertise products with a “retail price” that is higher than any where else that you can buy the product (like Amazon for example) then they’ll list their price as the wholesale price which is more comparable to the actual “street price” thus leaving you with very little margins or even sometimes you can find the same product for cheaper on Amazon.

The ‘real’ way to get into dropshipping is to contact manufacturers directly. Large companies will most likely ingore your requests to work with an individual selling on eBay. Most eBay sellers that are able to make some good money are those actually have a brick-and-mortar retail store that sell their additional inventory on eBay. You’d have much better luck setting up a dropshipping agreement with companies if you had an established retail business in that niche.

You need to find a specific niche that will work. Consumer electronics are very popular for consumers. This means that everyone and their dog are trying to sell those things on eBay creating a lot of competition and very low profit margins.

I’m not saying that it’s impossible to get started with a eBay dropshipping business but you’ll spend far too much time and money before you see a return on investment. There are much better ways to earn money with physical products on the internet.

To get started with an eBay business, the best way would be to create your own physical products to sell. I’ve coached people that sell all sorts of things on eBay. I’ve seen the most success when people sell their own products on eBay. Make and sell candles or soaps. If you’re good with fixing things up. Hit thrift stores and garage sales to find things to restore and sell. By making your own product you have more control over your inventory and product selection. Once you begin selling regularly on eBay then you can start branching out to include other products that are related to your products. For example, if you make and sell candles. Find a dropshipper for Candle Warmers.

This will be the best way to get started with a dropshipping ebay business.

Big changes are around the corner. I have been trying to start a Question and Answer section and I am finally ready to launch that section of this website. I am very excited for this opportunity because it will help you as an Industrial Strength Fan to participate more and get the very specific answers that you have been looking for.  This will be great for ‘newbies’ just starting out trying to make a living online. Are you experienced in the realm of internet marketing? Go ahead and share those experiences with others through ISIM. Gain exposure. Brand yourself as an online marketing professional. Connect with others on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media websites using ISIM as a hub for Questions and Answers.

Take me to the new Q & A section now!

I would focus most of my time on Facebook and Twitter. I would have to say that the most important activities are connecting with people. Find similar interests with other social networkers and connect with them about something that they like or appreciate. Social networking isn’t about selling or advertising, it’s about creating [online] relationships. Then through those relationships, [advertising] should come naturally because your connections can become interested in you and/or your business. As a participant on these social networking websites, you need to add value to the ‘network’ by getting socially ‘involved’. That is where the real appeal about social networking comes from.

Once you have Facebook and Twitter under control, I would recommend expanding to YouTube.com, StumbleUpon.com and Digg.com. It will also help to have a blog and update it on a regular basis, a blog is something that can become ’social’ as well. As long as you encourage blog visitors to comment on your blog posts and or participate in any other way. The blog should be linked to your social networking profiles and visa versa for the purpose of cross-promoting.

In a brief word, social media is one of the best ways to get started without a budget. It takes longer to build up a revenue because to advertise effectively on social media websites your advertising needs to be viral. That is to say, it needs to be memorable and has to have the appeal that your target audience will want to share it with others. If it is viral then fans of social media websites will ’spread the word’ for you. So depending on what services you have to offer, I believe that through social media and creating a ‘viral’ ad is the way to go. I recommend that you focus your efforts on Facebook, StumbleUpon, YouTube, and Twitter. (Sorry Fast Pitch. You come if fifth though.) I am working on a social media viral ad for one of my online projects.

If you don’t yet, I also recommend having a blog and link your social media profiles to your blog. Blog about things related to your services but make your blog posts interesting. Perhaps with an interesting twist to the blog posts. Depending on the service that you have to offer, I recommend listing classified ads on free classified ad websites. Do this on a regular basis. It may not be the most effective but on occasion it will work even if it just sends web traffic back to your website or blog.

Another long term “budget-free” way to advertise is to ‘give away’ stuff whether it’s your services (depending on what they are) or something related to your services. Create “Raving Fans”, customers that are not only customers but your biggest fans. People that want to keep coming back for more. I think that giving away ‘free stuff’ to your customers and potential customers is a way to show them that you care. For example, you create a “Make Money Online” ebook and want to sell the ebook. In addition to the ebook, create a “Free Report” and give it away in exchange for your visitor’s name and email address. Build a permission-based email list and continue to show those people in your list that you care by asking them what they want then delivering it to them.

Once you start building some revenue from your services through these online advertising methods, I recommend that you create a budget for advertising. Then you can continue to use the above methods but also add paid advertising such as Google Adwords. Then you will be on your way to creating a regular stream of revenue through effective online advertising.

There are some of you who have barely heard of this thing called Wordpress. If that is you, then this blog post is for you. Source 47 Marketing is creating a new virtual home and we are using Wordpress as a basis of our operation to handle lots of ‘behind-the-scenes’ stuff that goes on at Source47.com. Since we are using Wordpress on our website, we felt it would be only fitting to tell our readers why we think Wordpress is the best thing to happen to websites since Cascading style sheets.

Wordpress is Open Source software which means that it’s created by everyone and for everyone to use. From what we can tell, Wordpress started out as a simple blogging platform (originally known a web log or blog for short). Because of the nature of it being open source, it was able to grow and develop quickly and because everyone could contribute, plugins (bit of software code to control a certain function) were developed for just about everything, thus quickly expanding the functionality of Wordpress itself.

Wordpress as a CMS. CMS (or Content Management System) does exactly what it says. It’s a system to manage the content of your website. From creating a blog like this one to controlling the individual pages of your website, and even photo galleries, simple e-commerce functionality, media rich websites like podcasting, and much more!

Wordpress works with all types of budgets. Because Wordpress is open source, it’s free to use. You can sign up for a Wordpress blog at www.wordpress.com. There is limited functionality when signing up for a website/blog at Wordpress.com but at least it’s free, right? But if you’re serious about your company’s website then I say have it on your own web hosting account.

Websites that run on Wordpress come in all shapes and sizes. I believe that you’ll get more out of Wordpress by using it on your own hosting account. If you need web hosting, we recommend Bluehost for various reasons but specifically because they are very Wordpress friendly. If you want to use Wordpress but need it setup on your web hosting account then let me know and I’ll be glad to help.

Wordpress Themes control the look of your website. There are many free themes to choose from but if you are serious about having a Wordpress website for your company or business then I would recommend that you look into getting a custom Wordpress Theme developed to use. Reason being is that I feel that the free themes available are being used by probably a lot of other people. This certainly won’t set your website apart from all the others out there. Getting a custom Wordpress Theme developed by Source 47 may not be as expensive as you think. Contact Source 47 today and let us know what you’re website needs are and we can customize an affordable solution for your business.

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The trick is divided into three parts.

1. More visitors.

This can be done from search engines, social bookmarking / networking, and blog linking.

2. Staying on your site for long periods of time (stickiness)

The longer that visitors are on your site, the more likely it is that they will remember your site and want to come back.

3. Encouraging those visitors to come back frequently (repeat visitors)

Repeat visitors are more valuable than first time visitors.  Why?  Because they are your biggest fans!  Your biggest fans will tell their friends about your website and spread the word.  (Higher quality traffic)

Awesome examples:

YouTube.com – Millions of people frequent the site per day.  Why?  Because the site has new and fresh content (videos) on the site.  And it’s a community of internet users involving themselves in some way on the site – either uploading videos, watching videos, or commenting on videos.

Miniclip.com – Games, Games, and more Games.  Online games are a great way to keep visitors on a site for a long time (stickiness).  Besides, I’m sure people come back frequently for more games.

eBay.com – Online auctions.  People frequently return to the site to check up on bids and view newly posted auctions of interest.

Here are just a few examples of websites that create a lot of traffic because of the user-activity on these sites.

So you want a site that would attract a lot of traffic? Huh?  You need to think about how to involve other people (visitors) on your website.  A great way to do this is to start a blog.  Free and easy to setup at www.blogger.com or www.wordpress.com.  I mentioned a blog because visitors can make comments on your blog posts effectively participating on your site.

Controversy is one of the most popular subjects to blog about.  Most people will take a side and will talk about it around the water-cooler hopefully mentioning your site and their co-workers will check it out as well.

My personal suggestions would be to start a ‘review’ blog.  Start a blog and give your opinions about something that you’re into.  Whether it is movies, music, games, books, etc.

I have been on Yahoo Answers lately just responding to questions related to Search Engine Optimization and Small Business in general.  So last night I realized that I could take my answers and reformat them into a blog post.  Essentially, I was generating great content that I could use for blog posts.  I would just need to rephrase a few things because Yahoo Answers is meant to just be a response to one person’s question so instead of a blog post which is meant for everyone.

Check out Yahoo Answer Secrets

I got my hands on some videos about Yahoo Answers and I would love to share it with you.  It’s called Yahoo Answer Secrets.  Not only can you use Yahoo Answers as inspiration for new blog content but you can also recommend products to others on Yahoo Answers (this should be done with discretion!)  Yahoo Answer Secrets tells you everything that you need to know to get started on Yahoo Answers.

Check out Yahoo Answer Secrets

Well, if there’s not as much in your wallet or on your paycheck this year,  why not find cash value in some things that are lying around your home, in your basement or garage.  I have been doing exactly that and, if you’re a ‘newbie’ on the internet then I’ll show you how to turn that stuff into cash.

The easiest way to do that is to sell your stuff on auction websites or classified websites.  eBay and Craigslist are the first ones that come to mind.  eBay is great for selling things that are easier to ship because most likely the buyer won’t live close to you and you’ll have to ship it.  Craigslist is great for those items that are heavier, larger, or just plain akward to ship.  Expect to pay some fees if you sell it on eBay.  Craigslist is free for selling stuff.

eBay >> You can see what I have been listing for sale on eBay by clicking on the link below.

Visit my Auctiva Store!

Auctiva is a third-party company that helps you organize your auctions and they offer free tools that are very beneficial to eBay sellers.  Find out more at: www.auctiva.com.

Craigslist >> Who’s list? Craigslist!  If you haven’t heard of Craigslist, then you better start from the beginning – of the internet, that is!  (Don’t ask me what that means.)  Craigslist is one of the most popular websites in the world.  Pretty impressive for how they started out.  (On a side note, I always love hearing stories about how these most popular websites got started.)  Anyway, back on track.

Advantages of Craigslist over eBay.

• Sell stuff locally.
• It’s free.
• Create’s great exposure for your stuff.

Craigslist and eBay are both very good for making a little extra cash over the holidays.

I will be putting out some tutorials on eBay.  Both for beginners (newbies) and also some more advanced tutorials.  How to sell more effectively on eBay…

For more on Craigslist and using Craigslist as an affiliate marketer, check this out.