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Blocking Stupid Facebook Apps

Arvada — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:05:13 +0000

I really hate some of those stupid Facebook apps that put dumb stuff like Mafia Wars, Food Fight, Farmville on your FB wall… they are a complete waste of time and don’t really provide any value.

Anyway… enough ranting. Here’s a short video that will show you how to easily block stupid Facebook apps:

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Top Three Totally Stupid Twitter Tips

Arvada Yates — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:20:53 +0000

Twitter can be a great tool to increase your visibility, create new leads and subscribers for your business, and produce more sales for your business or affiliate marketing, but you have to use it the right way to accomplish all those things.

That’s where all the self-proclaimed Twitter Experts and Gurus come in.

There are a lot of people out there who claim to be “Total Twitter Gurus,” and they just LOVE to give advice on how you can become a Twitter Expert too! So I thought it would be kind of fun to talk about the top three totally stupid twitter tips that I’ve see over the last few weeks.

1. Don’t Automate Your Posts

Okay, that’s definitely a totally stupid Twitter tip! Internet businesses use autoresponder email to set up campaigns to keep in touch with customers and prospects, why not autoresponder-type tweets? As a matter of fact, if your blog is tied into your Twitter account, you’re already auto-posting.

As long as you pre-schedule Twitter posts that are useful, helpful, and interesting, it doesn’t seem like there’s any harm in automating your posts.

With so many different social networks out there now, it makes sense to automate as much as possible so that you can spend time every day personally interacting with your followers on a personal basis. If you don’t use automation, then you’re constantly trying to keep up!

2. Don’t Autofollow Others

Again… totally stupid Twitter Tip! I automatically follow EVERYONE that follows me. In fact, I think it would be kind of rude not to follow them back.

I think of it kind of like a handshake. If someone extends their hand, you should meet them half way and shake hands back, then you get to know them better.

In the same way, people choose to follow you on Twitter, you follow them back, and then you get to know them better by reading their tweets. If you don’t like the things that they post, simply stop following them.

3. Don’t Promote On Twitter

Okay, as a business owner, what’s the point in spending a lot of time on Twitter interacting with customers and prospects if you aren’t going to use it for promotion? That would be a complete waste of time!

Having said that, I’m not suggesting that you should jump on Twitter and repeatedly post a link to your product saying, “Check it out!” That would also be a complete waste of time.

In my mind, Twitter is another tool that you can use to pre-sell people on you, your business, or your product by providing useful information, tips, and helpful advice that your followers can really use.

It’s about building a relationship.

If you can effectively build a relationship with your Twitter followers, then you’re effectively promoting your business. There’s nothing wrong with that.

There’s also nothing wrong with letting your followers know about your latest article, blog post, newest video, or Facebook note, as long as that’s not all you’re doing on Twitter.

In the end, you should be following The Golden Rule when it comes to tweeting. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

Twitter can be a great marketing tool for your business, as long as you learn to use it wisely and not follow totally stupid Twitter tips from self-proclaimed Twitter experts and gurus.

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Is Blog Commenting A Smart Traffic Strategy?

Arvada Yates — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:40:10 +0000

The whole idea of blog commenting for traffic has been around for a long time, but you don’t hear too many people talk about the effectiveness of this strategy. Maybe that’s because sooo many people do it all wrong.

So, is blog commenting a smart traffic strategy?

Well, it depends on how you do it. Let’s take a look.

Blog Comment Spamming Sucks!

There are A LOT of people out there who are trying to drive traffic to their own sites by posting spammy comments, manually or by using software, on other people’s blogs. If you’re one of those people, stop right now.

First of all, most blogs have “no-follows” scripted into their comments so that you’ll never get any search engine traffic from those postings.

Secondly, there’s not a REAL person on the planet that’s going to follow your link when you post some kind of ridiculous comment that doesn’t make any sense and only promotes your link.

People are smarter than that.

I seriously doubt that you’ll even get any curiosity clicks, so don’t waste your time.

Build Blog Commenting Relationships For Traffic

Now that we’ve gotten that whole spam thing out of the way, let’s talk about how you can use blog commenting to gain traffic. The key to success is to build relationships on any blog that you peruse.

If you’re the blog owner, it’s really a piece of cake to build relationships with your commenters.

But here’s a newsflash — you can build relationships as a commenter too!

Talk directly to the person who wrote the post, talk to other commenters, comment about other comments, and get involved in the blog.

Bloggers Build Community

It’s no secret that many of the people who comment on blogs, especially business oriented blogs, are bloggers themselves. That’s why relationship building on blogs is so important.

When you meaningfully participate in the community aspect of a blog, you’re creating relationships with other people who can send you a significant amount of traffic through blogs and other social media.

In other words, you have to give in order to receive.

Provide great content, post thoughtful and compelling comments, re-tweet posts, make comments about posts on facebook or other social outlets, and bookmark great posts. It all adds up to a lot of interaction with the blog community, gets the attention of the blog owner, and gives you credibility when you post a comment on that blog.

And other bloggers will reciprocate in kind.

That’s the way content REALLY spreads and how you get the kind of traffic that REALLY counts.

It takes time to build traffic this way, but it’s well-worth the effort because it becomes an unstoppable flood of traffic to your site or blog — traffic that converts.

In the end, blog commenting is a REALLY smart traffic strategy if you do it right!

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Clickbank Code Un-Review Plus Sneak Peak

Arvada — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:09:38 +0000

As many of you have already figured out, I’ve been out of my office and out of touch for several weeks because of family business. Now that I’m back, I’ve been completely overwhelmed with advertising and information about a new product that came out over the summer called The Clickbank Code.

So… of course I started checking into it.

Stop #1: The Sales Page

Strictly speaking, the first page you see when you visit The Clickbank Code is actually a splash page, but I have to tell you that the splash page is really a work of art.

There is very little distracting information on the page, including minimal links.
The layout is professional and eye-catching.
Everything that you need to see is above the fold — You don’t have to scroll to see it.
It has an effective lead capture system. You have to submit your name and email to see the next video.
The video on the splash page is engaging and plays automatically.

It was worth visiting the The Clickbank Code just so that I could take notes on the sales system that they’re using. I love to see how other people are doing it and discover new strategies that work well!

If you’re new to the idea of splash pages or looking into creating your own splash pages, you should seriously check this one out. It’s pure art… all the way down to the headlines, colors, graphics, etc.

Even the arrows work effectively.

Stop #2: The Sales Page

As you can tell, I’m a big fan of the splash page… not as big a fan of the sales page.

Don’t get me wrong, it was a well done sales page full of the same professional graphics and videos. I just thought it was a bit of a let down after the splash page. Michael Jones, the product owner, claims that the conversion rate for the sales page is over 7%, so the sales page must work pretty well.

I may just have to borrow a few of the ideas here.

Bottom line: I’ve visited both the splash page and the sales page and I still don’t have a really good idea if I’m interested in this product or not.

Stop #3: Online Reviews

As you might expect, there are tons of “honest reviews” of The Clickbank Code available online. The vast majority — 99.99% of them are candy-coated reviews designed to elicit affiliate sales.

That’s hardly a review at all!

Of course, there’s also the anti-reviews or “scam alerts” that are written to capture affiliate sales for other products related to The Clickbank Code. Those aren’t particularly honest.

I still have no idea if this is a product that I’m interested in or not. I’m certainly curious about the product, but not willing to pony up out of shear curiousity. I honestly expect that the product is really just a re-mix of the same old information about Clickbank, SEO, PPC, etc.

But how can I find out? YouTube!

Stop #4: Get A Sneak Peak

So my last stop is to check out the various YouTube videos out there that show sneak peaks of the product. My goal is to get that “insiders view” of The Clickbank Code so that I can decide if it’s something that I’m interested in either buying or promoting.

After viewing the videos, I decided that I’d like to promote the product and see how it performs for me, but I’m not interested in buying the product at this time. From what I can see in the videos, the majority of the information available in The Clickbank Code is stuff that I either already know how to do or currently use in my business.

I’ve been in this business a long, long time… there’s just not that much that’s totally new to me anymore. (Am I showing my age?)

But I do think there’s some really good stuff in The Clickbank Code for those who haven’t been in the game as long as I have. That’s why I offer the best sneak peak videos that I could find for you below:

In the end, I can’t personally recommend The Clickbank Code because I don’t own a copy myself. It looks very promising for those who aren’t making as much money as they’d like at Clickbank and I’m planning a PPC campaign around the product to see if it really lives up to that 7.1% conversion rate claimed.

If you want to check out the splash page or sales letter, here’s the link to The Clickbank Code.

If you own this product yourself, tell me what you think about it.

Is it worth the price?

I’d love to hear from you!

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Clickbank Code Un-Review Plus Sneak Peak

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Review of Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day

Arvada — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:31:26 +0000

Social Media Marketing, otherwise known as SMM, has gained a lot of traction over the last few months. In fact, I’ve been doing some experiments of my own with SMM and have found it to be an extremely effective FREE method of promoting products, websites, newsletters, and virtually anything else you want to promote online.

The problem with SMM is that it can also be VERY time-consuming if you don’t develop a plan of attack.

That’s where Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day comes in to the picture!

Product Description

If the idea of starting a social media marketing campaign overwhelms you, the author of Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day will introduce you to the basics, demonstrate how to manage details and describe how you can track results. Case studies, step-by-step guides, checklists, quizzes and hands-on tutorials will help you execute a social media marketing campaign in just one hour a day. In addition, learn how to integrate social media metrics with traditional media measurements and how to leverage blogs, RSS feeds, podcasts, and user-generated content sharing sites like YouTube.

Develop an Integrated, Successful Social Media Strategy

A Step-by-Step Guide

Put the buzz about your business to work for you. This comprehensive, perfectly paced guide will teach you how to make social media an active part of your marketing plan so that you can turn customer conversations about your brand, product, service, and company into a sustainable competitive advantage. Learn how you can tap the Social Web and amplify your current marketing efforts by listening and participating in conversations that drive measurable results.

Develop and effectively pitch a successful social media campaign inside your company
Learn how to become a genuine Social Web participant
Build a map of your key conversation-generators as you evaluate every point of contact between you and your customers
Get to the sweet spot of social media marketing—the consideration phase of the purchase funnel
Leverage all the tools available—blogs, RSS feeds, podcasts, video and photo sharing, and more
Use social media measurement tools, including the Net Promoter score, and apply metrics from platforms such as Bazaarvoice, BlogPulse, and Cymfony
Learn best practices for launching your social media program and measuring the results

You’ll also find:

A comprehensive look from the savvy marketer’s perspective at social sites and services—MySpace, Facebook®, LinkedIn®, and Twitter, along with YouTube, Seesmic, Eventful, and FriendFeed
Straightforward tools for building social media into your current marketing program
Real-world case studies that illustrate successes to learn from and mistakes to avoid

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Review Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time

Arvada — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:43:01 +0000

Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time Review

“Arguably, one of the best tomes…Twitter Power is jam-packed with clever ways to start and dominate a marketplace.” (Brandopia.typepad.com, March 23rd 2009)

Review

“For months I saw and heard the buzz about Twitter, but it wasn’t until Joel told me details about it that I fully understood its marketing implications. Now I can clearly see how this free site can help me further build relationships with my customers, and I am going to be ‘tweeting’ frequently! In fact, I have already started, thanks to Joel. So thanks for writing this book, Joel. It’s going to help a lot of people grow their business!”
Stephen Pierce (www.MakeRealMoneyOnTheInternet.com)

“In the short amount of time I have had with Joel Comm, I can clearly see that this is a man who understands how to build profitable Internet businesses. Twitter Power is sure to set a new standard for those seeking to broaden their entrepreneurial vision to include the latest Internet technologies. I recommend you read it and begin applying it to your business right away!”
Bill Bartmann, Billionaire Business Coach (www.billioanireu.com)

“I was lucky. Joel Comm sat down with me and explained what Twitter is, how it works, and how I could and should be using it for my business. Joel knows more about using Twitter than any other human, and the proof is in his own massive success with “tweeting.” You’re even luckier; in this book, Joel will teach YOU everything you need to know about Twitter—and you don’t even need to buy him lunch.”
Dan O’Day, radio advertising guru (www.twitter/dan_oday)

“I’m amazed how many people are not yet using Twitter to connect with customers and associates. Once again, Joel Comm leads the way into the future by showing people how they can have increased success by taking some very simple actions. This book has inspired me to take my social media presence to the next level!”
Christopher Howard, wealth and personal achievement expert

“Social media has given online business the fuel to ride the next wave of the Internet for many years to come. If you want to be on the cutting edge of strategies that are being implemented by the most successful businesses, Twitter Power is a must-read. Joel has done a great job of demonstrating how a minor investment of time and energy can result in long-term payoffs. No wonder they call him the Social Media Expert!”
Kristopher Jones, CEO of Pepperjam and author of Search Engine Optimization: Your Visual Blueprint for Effective Internet Marketing

“Joel Comm’s understanding of social media and its applications for entrepreneurs and the growth of their businesses is remarkable. Beyond his knowledge, it is his ability to communicate it effectively that makes him stand apart, while his humor in delivery keeps you coming back for more. “
Jen Groover, a “One Woman Brand” and founder of Butler Bag LLC

“I’ve been a big fan of Joel’s ability and track record to keep up and explain the importance of new web-based communication tools and trends. I consider him to be at the front edge of the Internet and a sage guide to help you grasp and understand changes in the fast-paced online world.”
Tony Rubleski, Amazon #1 bestselling author (www.MindCaptureBook.com)

“Thanks, Joel, for this intriguing look at Twitter. You’ve proven that Twitter Power isn’t just about making new connections to generate sales. It’s about brand-building, focus groups, the exchange of ideas and the emotion of debate. All conducted in real time via computer, cell phone, PDAs, and perhaps even TV by the time you read this. When you add in the incredibly viral nature of Twitter, the possibilities are virtually endless.”
Dan Nickerson (www.YouMetDan.com)

“I’ve been following Joel on Twitter for a while now and I’ll be frank—he annoys me . But in a good way. He always manages to grab my attention in Twitter, despite the limited words availablle within the
microblogging platform. This clearly demonstrates that Joel understands how this new and powerful social media tool should be used. If you want to unleash the power of Twitter for your business, Joel is someone you should pay attention to.”
Yaro Starak (www.entrepreneurs-journey.com)

“I’m a twittering fool. Twitter is one of the most addicting things on the net. Besides the fact you get to update everyone and talk to people you’d rarely talk to, it’s a great tool for building an online buzz. Make sure you follow Joel Comm on this subject, because he’s on the cutting edge of this.”
Matt Bacak, Internet multi-millionaire, Atlanta, GA

Buy Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time (Hardcover) at Amazon

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Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking Review

Arvada — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:32:29 +0000

Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking Review

Who Is Talking About You?

Master the art of word of mouth marketing with this fun, practical, hands-on guide.

With straightforward advice and humor, marketing expert Andy Sernovitz will show you how the world’s most respected and profitable companies get their best customers for free through the power of word of mouth.

Learn the five essential steps that make word of mouth work and everything you need to get started using them. Understand the real purpose of blogs, communities, viral email, evangelists, and buzz – when to use them and how simple it is to make them work.

Learn what sparks the irrepressible enthusiasm of Apple and TiVo fans. Understand why everyone is talking about a certain restaurant, car, band, or dry cleaner — and why other businesses and products are ignored. Discover why some products become huge successes without a penny of promotion — and why some multi-million-dollar advertising campaigns fail to get noticed.

Open your eyes to a new way of doing business that honest marketing makes more money, because customers who trust you will talk about you. Learn how to be the remarkable company that people want to share with their friends.

Reviews From Real People

“A quick, practical, and extremely useful guide to word of mouth marketing.”

— Emanuel Rosen, author of The Anatomy of Buzz

“As I read through Word of Mouth Marketing I felt, more than anything else, relieved. Relieved that we finally have a marketing author who understands the simplicity (and complexity) of this business. This one’s worth your time.”

— Jonah Bloom, Executive Editor, Advertising Age

“It’s brief. It’s elementary. It’s obvious. But the Truth often is. Read this book to relearn what you always knew just in time for it to change your business life.”

— Bob Garfield, Host, NPR’s On The Media

“No one knows word of mouth (the good, the bad, and the measurable) better than Andy Sernovitz.”

— Peter Fader, Professor, Wharton School of Business

“A primer chock full of great stories, tips, and exercises to make you a better word of mouth marketer, no matter what size company you work for. Read it, and you will increase your influence with your customers, and make yourself more influential in your company.”

— Ed Keller and Jon Berry, the Keller Fay Group, authors of The Influentials

“It’s an actionable guide for anyone looking to capture the power of word of mouth. Andy has written a book that shows just how simple it is to get people talking about your business. You should read this book and then tell a friend.”

— Brad Santeler, Director, Kimberly-Clark

“The coolest book on the hottest topic in marketing and communication. Andy tells it all and tells it like it really is. No hype. No smoke and mirrors. No overblown promises.”

— Don E. Schultz, Professor Emeritus-in-Service, Northwestern University

“Word of mouth is the valuable currency in today’s advertising-saturated world. Andy Sernovitz has written a book packed with ideas on how to do word of mouth marketing the right way.”

— Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell, authors of Creating Customer Evangelists

“There is no wasted word in this practical guide. Pure nuts-and-bolts how-to’s for people who want to start implementing a word of mouth marketing program today. Other books cover the theory, but Andy gets to the actual action best.”

— George Silverman, author of The Secrets of Word-of-Mouth Marketing

“Andy Sernovitz’s book will give all marketers a reason to talk. Sernovitz not only legitimizes word of mouth marketing, he provides THE roadmap to what drives it.”

— MaryLee Sachs, Chairman, US, Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

“Forget the overinflated hype that characterizes many business books. Andy has written a ‘real world’ guide.”

— Paul M. Rand, Partner, Global Chief Development and Innovation Officer, Ketchum

“There is a wrong way and a right way to market in a networked world. Andy lays out simple steps to ethical and effective messaging.”

— Shawn Gold, Senior Vice President, MySpace

“Andy brings it together perfectly: the vision, the strategy, and the practical how-to. It’s all here.”

— Geoff Ramsey, CEO, eMarketer

Buy Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking

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Internet Marketers Don’t Know How to Twitter Right

Arvada — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:40:31 +0000

It’s been a big pet peeve of mine for awhile now. The majority of self-declared internet marketers are messing up Twitter for the rest of us!

Twitter is an awesome tool for connecting with people personally and professionally. You can talk to others in your niche or area of interest, share advice, provide resources, and network with people all over the world.

I love it and I’m becoming a total Twitter addict.

It’s so much easier to write a short 140 character post on Twitter than to write an entire blog post… especially when I only want to make a quick point and move on.

I have several different accounts that I use for my different niches. After all, it wouldn’t make sense to use my Arvada Yates Twitter account to communicate with my friends in other niches unrelated to internet business and marketing. And having all these different accounts is what made me realize how obvious it is that internet marketers don’t know how to Twitter right.

In my other accounts, I can:

Communicate directly with like-minded people and tweet back and forth.
Have online disagreements with others who have a different point of view.
Post cute jokes or comments about current events.
Add occasional links to interesting blog posts, news stories, or videos.

In my Twitter accounts directly related to internet marketing, I get a constant barrage of links to affiliate programs and promotions from other interent marketers. There’s nothing that I can have a conversation about, make a comment on, or connect with.

It sucks!

And it totally takes the fun out of using Twitter… so I don’t spend much time on those accounts and opt to participate in the accounts that allow more interaction.

And that’s where internet marketers are totally missing the point of Twitter.

Twitter is about interacting with others and creating relationships. It’s kind of like email… you have to build rapport with others and provide useful information before you start slamming offers to buy stuff down their throats.

So here’s my top three ways to improve your results with Twitter:

1. Start a conversation. It’s easy to do if you’ve got followers that are real people instead of automated accounts. In addition, you can always join another conversation that’s taking place… just jump in and be a real person!

2. Stop posting links every time you Twitter. Links take time to follow and pull followers out of Twitter… plus too many links undermine any hope of having a relationship with your followers. If you’re going to post links, post links to articles on your blog. That’s what I usually do. In fact, I never post links directly to products.

3. Post tips and real information to your account. People love short tips and they can also double as a conversation starter.

I’m sure there are a few self-declared internet marketers out there that are trying to Twitter the right way… but the majority of them seem to see Twitter as an opportunity to spam us all with sales materials.

It’s a shame… Twitter can be so much fun!

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Republicans Need Better Marketing

Arvada — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:34:48 +0000

Glenn Beck says that we’ve all been marketed to death by the GOP with think-tanks, polls, focus groups, and listening tours. I completely disagree with Glenn, although I understand the sentiment.

The problem with the Republicans is that they need a better marketing strategy.

Here’s my three step plan for getting the GOP back on it’s feet through a solid marketing plan.

Read the rest of this article at http://www.Politegrity.com

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Do you have Twitter Deadwood?

Arvada — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:50:26 +0000

For those not familiar with Twitter, one of the keys to success in marketing through Twitter and other social media is accumulating a list of followers.

Your followers represent the people who are interested in you, your business, or your product. For the most part, it’s very similar to email or RSS subscribers.

More Followers = More People to Market To

With Twitter, there’s often a reciprocation of following. In other words, “If you follow me, I’ll follow you.”

Personally, I don’t always follow everyone that’s following me… it depends on what kinds of things that they post to their account. On the other hand, I don’t expect that everyone that I follow to reciprocate and follow me either.

There are some people that I follow because I just enjoy the things that they post… simple as that. I don’t mind that they might get some traffic from me because I think that the things that they post have value. It’s kind of like when you put a link to something in your blog, even though you know that you’re sending traffic away from your site… but the info is just that good.

In fact, a lot of people will start following you just so that they will get a link from your Twitter page to their Twitter page. Once you start following them, they remove you from the list of people they follow so that they get the benefit of a one-way link.

Not cool.

That’s why it’s important to keep an eye on the people you’re following to make sure that you want to continue following them and to make sure that they are still following you if you want them to.

I call it “Removing the Deadwood,” and it can be very time-consuming if you try to do it manually… but there’s a website that will give you a list of all the people you follow that don’t follow you. It’s at:

http://friendorfollow.com/

Once you get your list of non-followers, you can then go out and “unfollow” whoever you want to stop following.

It’s a simple way to make sure that you’re not giving away links that don’t benefit you or your followers.

If you’d like to learn more great Twitter Marketing Tips,

Get the Twitter Trick now!

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