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So What Does A World Record Marathon Runner Have To Do Your Online Success?

So entrepreneur, when you hear the term “pioneer”, what (or who) readily comes to mind? For  instance; when you hear the name Fe Del Mundo. Does that ring a bell?No? Well, there’s really no  particular reason that it should.

Unless of course, you were somehow related to her and or you were doing a research paper (of some  kind) on the very first woman that was ever admitted to the prestigious Harvard Medical School!   “How’s” that for being a trailblazing pioneer?

Yes, this trailblazer of Filipino descent, was a Pediatrician wonder woman. Or ‘what about this name, see “if” it rings any bells, in terms of being a trailblazer.

Does the name Sandra Day O’connor ring a bell? Well, all she accomplished was, in 1981 she became the very first woman ever nominated to serve on the US Supreme Court! Not too shabby,right?

And of course, for us guys, leave it to me to throw in something as trivial as a late great sports icon!

But let us not forget that in 1947, (the late great) Jackie Roosevelt Robinson, made his major league baseball debut with the (then) Brooklyn Dodgers at historic Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn New York!

(Yea, that was before they packed up and headed to the beaches of sunny California!)

And of course, closer to home, and a far more significant accomplishment, in 2008 Barrack H. Obama, became the first person of African American  descent,ever to be elected President of the most powerful country in the world!

All of these news worthy and culture shaping pioneers have made and left their historic footprints in the pages of history! No doubt about it! However, (entrepreneur) do you also happen to recognize the name “Harriet Thompson?” (Hint: She’s the lady featured in the video!)

It turns out, she’s quite the trailblazing pioneer as well! Continue reading

Five Simple Things Every Newbie Marketer Definitely Needs To Know About Search Engine Optimization!

  Otherwise There Is An Extremely Good Chance Your Totally Awesome Content Will Never Be Found By Any  Of The Major Search Engines!

Surely as you’re going about creating your totally awesome content, the  thought has (at least) briefly crossed your mind, about “why” all this so  called fuss about good old search engine optimization,right? Good.

Because entrepreneur (unfortunately), you consistently creating totally  smoking hot and highly relevant content for your specific target audience, is  only one major key spoke, in the overall wheel of successful online  marketing.

My friend, if your content  doesn’t get any love from the major search  engines which (of course), we’re speaking primarily of the “Mack Daddy”   of all the major search engines, which like it or not, right now is Google!

If Google doesn’t assist your content in ranking and gives it at least a semi  heads up, your content will not be as readily found as those pieces of content  that do get a thumbs up from the grand Poo ba!

Wait a second! Before all you social media butterflies start bombarding me with your flame throwing emails and sarcastic, (semi X rated) comments about “how”  vitally important social media engagement of your content is! Yada, yada, ya!

I totally get that! But word to the wise, my overly ambitious newbie marketer!

If you (seriously) think for one second, that some “how” Google and or some of the other major search engines, won’t still fit prominently in the mix, about where or (if) your content ultimately ranks at all!

You’d better get over any such delusions now! You don’t get to be the “Mack Daddy”, simply because you’ve got a catchy name! Anyway, with that said:

Let’s quickly take a look (from the thirty thousand foot overview perspective) if you will.And of course, should you and or any of your IMF  posse need further in depth analysis and or explanations!

Then by all means please (do refer) to the “Mack Daddy” for any further assistance needed! Continue reading

So Entrepreneur What’s The Real Reason You Still Haven’t Built Your Very Own WordPress Blog Yet?

So do you recognize the name “Video Professor?” This is an extremely popular education based  company, that specialized in various educational and hobby as well as commercially based niche  subjects (or at least they used to back in the day), (and or), before they fell on the recent hard  times they’ve been experiencing as of late.

Anyway, their educational information is primarily delivered by way of physical DVD lessons, that  are mailed directly to your home, via their website and or you used to be able to conveniently  order by phone as well.

Now just in case you’re wondering (out loud), “what” if anything, the “Video Professor” has to do  with whether or not, you still haven’t at least attempted to build (and or) have built your very  own state of the art, (mobile responsive) WordPress website and or blog yet?

That’s an excellent question, and we’ll get to that part in just a second. But first, let me share  (more like) confess, that the very first time I (officially) attempted to build my very own  state of the art website.

Mind you this is back in the day! I attempted to apply the teachings of the good Professor! And boy was it ever (officially) a certified disaster!  Looking back (now), I can honestly say for a ton of reasons!That, (unfortunately) turned out to be the case!   Continue reading

Three Simple Reasons Why Newbie Marketers Should Create A Blog Post As Often As Possible!

So are you currently familiar with some of the much bally hued statistics, about “how” and “why” you definitely need to create a blog post, that helps, informs (and or) pretty much solves a major problem and or concern of your target market, as often as possible?

If not, you’re in for a real treat, because believe it or not, there are literally tons of potentially positive reasons why, you should be proactively getting your extremely valuable (and I might add) totally unique content, into the market place as often as possible.

For one thing, according to (Blogher.com), a staggering 81% of US online consumers polled, revealed that they definitely tend to trust information and advice they find on reputable blogs!

And  according to the experts over at (thinkcreativedigital.com), small businesses that consistently and strategically blog, on average experience 126% more growth, than those small businesses, that do not!

This post, however, will only highlight three. But rest assured, this is just -as the say- the proverbial tip of the long term marketing iceberg. And not to worry and or be overly concerned if you’re thinking, your primary subjects have already been beat to death.

While it’s certainly true, that your main primary topic(s) may in fact have already been written about, and tons of excellent “how to” instructional videos may already be all over youtube and other highly trafficked video sharing sites etc.

Entrepreneur, none of that other content has your specific unique angle(s) attached to them, do they? Nope. Because it’s so not about “how” many times previously your topics have already been covered.

The primary issue here is, does your unique content bring and or add value to your target market’s lives or not? If it does, keep publishing it 24/7! If it doesn’t, why not? Continue reading

How One Of The Biggest Email Marketing Myths Is Destroying Your Chances For Online Success!

So do you currently have (and or) are you currently using any type of paid email autoresponder service of any kind? Because that’s what you’ll need, in order to do ongoing effective email marketing of some kind.

And that’s the primary focus of this particular post is all about. And that is to (finally) expose this (completely) over hyped myth, that in order to be effective at any type proven ongoing email marketing campaign, of any kind.

That you’ve got to have a gazillion pre -written email marketing messages ready to go, (from the moment your very first subscriber opts in to your list) and or you need to be using some type of  paid affiliate marketing system of some kind, where the webmasters have already pre-written a bunch of follow up sequential email marketing messages for you to send out to your list.

So that all you do in essence is (consistently) figure out various free and paid strategies to drive highly targeted traffic to their lead capture pages and once the visitors join your list, they start receiving these pre -written emails, strategically laced with your  varios affiliate links in them.

And you get some type of ongoing commission (and or) compensation of some kind, for each sale that you generate on that the front end of their sales funnel. Well, (entrepreneur) while that’s certainly an extremely viable option for you. And lots of current and future online marketers (especially new) and fairly inexperienced newbies, will definitely  continue to follow, in order to find online marketing success!

It is absolutely a myth, that you need to have any pre -written messages for your paid autoresponder sequence, in order to be effective at strategic email marketing! As you are about to discover! Continue reading