Top 5 Crucial Internet Marketing Tips for 2010 – Are You Prepared?
January 19, 2010 - Written by Gyutae Park
Can you believe that it’s already 2010? I’ve been involved with Internet marketing and SEO for over 7 years now and each year has always been more exciting than the previous one. 2010 is looking to be no different.
There are so many opportunities online to make money and make a difference. If you ever wanted to get started in this space, now’s the time.
I know that I’m a few weeks late, but I want to use this post to reflect on the past year in terms of what I learned about online business building and marketing. I’ll outline my top 5 learnings from 2009 and share my Internet marketing predictions and tips for the new year. Cheers!
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Big Flaws in the “Most Influential Online Marketers of 2009″ List and 4 Ways You Can Avoid the Same Mistakes
January 13, 2010 - Written by Gyutae Park
I’m the #61 most influential online marketer of 2009. Seriously. Are you surprised? I know I was when I first saw the list a few days ago. While I’m flattered and honored to be included, a part of me just doesn’t feel right. How am I ranked higher than the very SEO superstars that I look up to? This includes guys like Patrick Altoft, Jordan Kasteler, Eric Ward, and Michael Gray (who didn’t even make the list). Furthermore, to say that I’m more influential than top bloggers like John Chow, Lisa Barone, and Leo Babauta is just insulting – even to me.
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New FTC Guidelines for Bloggers & Internet Marketers – The Good, The Bad, and Everything Else You Need to Know
December 14, 2009 - Written by Gyutae Park
If you haven’t heard about the new FTC guidelines regarding the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising by now, you better get up to speed fast. On December 1, 2009, the new regulations went into effect and they have big implications for bloggers and Internet marketers.
You can see the full text of the FTC’s final guides governing endorsements and testimonials (link to PDF on the right sidebar). It’s an 80 page document, but it may be worth going through if you’re doing any kind of advertising or endorsing online through your blogs, sales pages, marketing campaigns, etc.
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Squeeze Theme Review – Squeeze/Sales Pages on Your Blog Made Easy
December 8, 2009 - Written by Gyutae Park
Squeeze pages are important – no doubt about it. If you have a free offer that you’re giving away in exchange for user information (name and email address), you should be utilizing a squeeze page. If not, you’re probably leaving a lot of leads on the table and limiting your email list building potential.
I’ve written before about the 7 components of killer squeeze pages and you should look to incorporate all of them if possible.
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Reddit Homepage Advertising Beta Test Results – What I Got For $40
November 26, 2009 - Written by Gyutae Park
It’s every webmaster’s dream to go popular on social bookmarking sites like Digg, Delicious, and Reddit. A front page feature on any of these sites brings a flood of new traffic – thousands of visits in a single day. Of course, that kind of reward attracts a lot of competition and the social sites are thus protected by tough voting algorithms. You not only need good viral content and a large network of friends to help you, but also a lot of luck. Hitting it big on social media does not come easy.
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7 Components of a Killer Squeeze Page that Gets Thousands of Leads
November 20, 2009 - Written by Gyutae Park
Build a list! You’ve heard it before. As an Internet marketer, email is by far one of the most effective channels to reach potential customers. Almost everyone with a computer has an email account – and they check it often for new messages. If you’re able to penetrate into people’s inboxes (with permission, of course), you’re much more likely to get your audience’s attention for the opportunity to present your offers.
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Gasp! Advertising on Twitter with ad.ly & Sponsored Tweets… Is It Okay to Make Money?
November 18, 2009 - Written by Gyutae Park
With the rising popularity of Twitter as an online social networking and communication channel, many businesses are using the tool in a variety of different ways including the following:
- spreading brand awareness
- directly interacting with customers
- syndicating links to related content
- running special promotions
In fact, Twitter has its own Twitter 101 Guide for businesses and includes basic how-to, best practices, and even case studies. There are quite a few big brands effectively utilizing Twitter with new ideas to gain traffic.
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Are You A Slave To Your Online Business? Outsourcing for Effective Time Management
November 11, 2009 - Written by Gyutae Park
This is a guest post by Jason Tarasi, who released a new ebook called “Secret Lives of Internet Marketers”. In it he outlines the blueprints and money making ideas that seven successful marketers used to become financially independent.
What’s the difference between a professional Internet marketer and a wannabe? Besides hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits, the biggest difference is in the way they manage their time. Both types of marketers have the exact same 24 hours in a day, but those who excel have mastered the art of time budgeting.
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3 Reasons Why Google Needs to Buy Twitter in Order to Survive
November 9, 2009 - Written by Gyutae Park
As you know, Google is the search engine and controls an obscene amount of traffic on the web. In fact, it’s not uncommon for many users to spend at least 25% of their time online on Google properties like Gmail, Google maps, and news. With a cash cow business model (a monopoly in search advertising) and a killer brand (”google” it), Google is living large and seemingly invincible. But is this really the case? Is the Google search engine as stable as it seems?
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Article Marketing, Blogging, and the Real Truth About What You Should Promote and How
November 7, 2009 - Written by Gyutae Park
This is a guest post by Donny Gamble. who writes a blog about creating wealth by combining Internet marketing with network marketing. On it, Donny explains why Internet marketers should have an MLM business.
Article marketing is a very effective way of bringing in sales and many affiliate marketers are already taking advantage of the method. Article marketers submit their articles and reviews to the following places:
1. Article directories
2. Blogs – their own and other related ones
Both are good options, but since this is more or less a blog about blogging, I’d like to give some tips to those of you writing articles on your blog.
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