Keep investing in quality marketing courses.

So over the years, how many must have marketing courses  have you invested in over the years? Hopefully, you’ve got a ton of stuff (like) everybody else, that you either bought or downloaded.

Your hard drive should be full of stuff that you’ve (either)  barely looked at or have abandoned altogether. Which also means, you probably have a proverbial treasure house of untapped content, buried just beneath the surface of your conscious mind.

That you haven’t even begun to systematically tapped into yet. And sadly, you probably never will. For several reasons (some of which) will be covered in this post.

The main reason is, your not seeing how you can (and should) be systematically creating incredibly powerful (yet) revealing content, on how you weren’t able to fully maximize all the potential of any given marketing courses, you may have invested in.

Why Investing In The So Called Best Marketing Courses Is Not Nearly Enough!

Are you familiar with the extremely popular Video Professor “how to” informational series? They offer “how to” instruction on a gazillion different subjects, correct?

A powerful true story, yours truly invested in a few of their fabulous CD”s on “how to” build your very own website.

And man was it a disaster. The course was simply too far above my pay grade (understanding) at the time. The course generated more questions than it answered.

And that was the main problem.

Five Reasons Why Even The Best Marketing Courses And Instructional Courses Aren’t nearly As Valuable To You as They could Be! (And What To Do About It!)

 1.) Reason # one: have you ever noticed how you often come out of the box on fire whenever you invest in some new (supposed) solution to your problem of the moment?

You start out on an emotional high, but slowly, typically within 60 days or less.

Things haven’t exactly changed and as a direct result, your energy level, enthusiasm wanes and finally, you just plan quit or (better yet) start all over, going through the motions, with your brand new marketing courses.

And you never fully maximize the true potential of the material! Sound all too familiar?

2.) Reason # two: If not that, you simply download some free information thingy. Meaning- you opted into the guru or instructor X’s list.

And that’s the extent of your involvement with the possible solution. Man if there was a dollar for every time that happened, each of us would be a lot better off, don’t you agree?

3.) Reason # three: Or how about this one. You join a paid membership site.

You start attending the free weekly webinars that are included in your membership! You take a few notes (you may even) create a “to do” list.

But when it actually comes down to doing anything meaningful, on a continual basis. You don’t follow through, and one of the main reasons you don’t is because (my friend) you set the bar of achievement way too high!

Meaning- you think you have to produce Super hero type of results first, in order for you to share your current results with your particular niche.

Instead of consistently sharing mere mortal results of achievement that your target group could relate to. And the net result is, you do little or nothing and everybody (including) your target group loses.

And your nowhere near as helpful and valuable to them as you could and should be. Your target audience doesn’t expect you to hit a home run every time you blog or video post!

Just try to be as helpful and practical as you can be.

You’ll Never Get More Out Of The Marketing Courses Than You’re Willing To Put Into Them!

4.) Reason # four: Your going to struggle with this one, but (sadly) entrepreneur it’s true. Your not investing enough in quality “how to” information products and services! Say what?

It’s true! here’s the proof. If you’re constantly asking the question, “what the heck should you blog about?”

If you were consistently feeding your (all powerful) idea factory, (that magnificent brain) of yours! you’ve have tons of solid content ideas, jumping out at you!

And your real problem would be, which content should  you blog about first. Q.) How is it, no matter what time of the day that your phone rings, you can talk for at least ten minutes (or more!) non stop?

And you never (ever) struggle for words (content)? What’s up with that entrepreneur? You don’t have any type of advanced degree(s) or unusual life’s experience in order to consistently pull this off!

But some how, every time you answer your phone, you’ve got (or you) think you have, instant relevant content! You need to invest in the best marketing courses  (and or) “how to” course, so that your on quality “how to” content overload!

5.) Reason # five: Your simply not actually doing enough in the real world! Because your trying to correct your progress, before you actually start!

It’s sort of like, sitting in a car, while it’s neutral, but your trying to correct your none forward movement! Believe it or not, it happens all the time.

And there you have it, basically five solid reasons why your not maximizing the content of all the marketing courses that you can and should be investing in. (Plus, it always helps, when you can bounce your actual questions off a qualified coach/mentor etc.That one is really huge!)

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skills.  It’s a $97 dollar value and it’s free!

How to promote your blog for free!

  (And Increase Your Blog Traffic For Pennies On The Dollar! If Not For Free)

Okay, by now you’ve heard it a gazillion times, “how to promote your blog.”  Do this and that and viola, you get instant targeted traffic and “you’ve got sales notices” are literally jamming your inbox non stop,right?

Yea right. If only there was some magic bullet. For the last time. “Forget about it!”

For sure there are some specific traffic generating strategies that you can implement right now. But depending on what your current traffic generating skills are, how much commitment you have, and what your current customer lifetime  value formula is.

You have lots of viable options, but none of that matters if you’re not totally committed to doing everything you can to actively promote your blog.

Let’s quickly discuss the psychology of effectively promoting your blog, them get into the actual specifics.

How To Promote Your Blog Effectively…

(Without Spending A Fortune To Do So!)

For whatever reasons, your marketing (and or) attempting to promote some product or service online. And you know you (constantly) need fresh original content,right?

But for whatever reasons, your constantly struggling trying to figure out what exactly to blog about,correct? The first thing you need (make that) must do is, take the focus off you.Huh?

Focus on your target niche market. Meaning-  exactly what issues are they concerned about? (That you know about and can offer assistance with.)

What do they like to do? What insights can offer into helping them improve their lot in life? If you don’t know yet, then why did you choose that particular niche.

What exactly are you prepared to do (consistently) in order to earn a steady income? And why would these potential customers and clients, decide your business, products or services are the right answer?

 How To Promote Your Blog – Using These Three Incredibly Simple Strategies….+-

Before you dive head long into proven traffic generating strategy # one. Which is blog commenting by the way.

Think about the psychology of “blog commenting.” First off, are you truly appreciating the incredible marketing leverage, this one incredibly simple (targeted) traffic generating strategy is.

Think about this; another highly respected expert (within)  your chosen niche, has already built trust, and a (probably) sizable following, via their blog.

Which means you (as the potential) blog comment er, haven’t spent one nickel to identify these eyeballs.

And the best part is, they’re coming there (actively) looking for solutions. So your well thought out blog comments, will effectively demonstrate  how well you understand and sympathize with their issues and concerns.

That’s why a certain percentage of them will click through to your link, which is hopefully directing them to one of your best market tested lead capture pages.

1.) Strategy # one: As you just read: you want to actively comment on (both) relevant blogs and be active inside of forums that relate to your specific niche. That’s how to promote your blog  effectively.

Because you’ll leveraging another successful marketers previous hard work. They’ve already done the heavy lifting.

2.) Strategy # two: The next extremely  powerful way  for you to effectively promote your blog is by actively seeking out  (highly) active social mastermind blogging communities like blokube.

This particular cyber community was specifically created so that like minded Internet marketers and blogger alike could come together, network, share  ideas, via solution driven content and create tons of free (high authority site) back links.

How To Promote Your Blog And Your Brand Inexpensively!

Because remember what ‘s taking place, whenever you take the time to participate in the community by commenting on a relevant blog or commenting in a high authority forum. Your exchanging (sharing) a small relevant sample of your problem solving expertise, in exchange for a high quality back link!

And that’s how you inexpensively increase blog traffic.

 3.) Strategy # three: And finally…. Of course you need to post to own blog consistently.

But let’s quickly focus on one simple strategy that you can consistently use at least three separate ways. This strategy focuses on how to consistently create the type of solution driven magnetic content that causes your best potential subscribers, customers and clients to keep coming back!

A.) The next time you read a really good book, that pertains to your niche audience. Write a quick post, describing how (or) X number of ways reading it helped you and how your readers/subscribers will benefit too!

(The more you know and truly care about your target audience, the simpler this proven strategy is to do.)

B.) Or the next time you attend (either) a live workshop or an online webinar. Write a post or series of posts about how you specifically benefited from it.

And relate it to your audience and show them their specific connection (s) to  it. (Or shoot a quick video, and describe (either) the # one thing you got out of attending, or the X number of specific benefits you received and how or why you feel, it will help your audience.)

C.) And finally, the next time you listen in on a really good tele- seminar, (either) shoot  a short 3-5  minute video (if your not camera shy) and quickly detail two or three main points.

You consistently do these three incredibly simple things and you’ll never (ever) wonder how to promote your blog?

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Have you noticed how really powerful group influence is?

   (To  Your Long Term Success!)

Have you ever consciously been inspired and or motivated by so called group influence?

You know, you were somewhere really cool (like) a workshop and or seminar, among like minded, driven people, and you found yourself swept up in a (really) powerful moment (a wave if you will.)

And there you are, doing something, they normally couldn’t pay you to do.

Don’t Ever Underestimate The Enormous Power Of Group Influence!

Remember how good it felt? That release was very liberating on lots of levels, wasn’t it? Sure. That my friend, is the power of group influence.

Here’s a question for you. Did you take the time to write (or create either) a blog post and or video blog about it? And share some of your most powerful and (sincere) heartfelt moments with your target niche?

Why the heck not? Entrepreneur, don’t you know or haven’t you heard, that “facts tell, but stories sell!”

It’s true.

Those are the extremely real moments that help connect you to your target market, because they can relate on several levels.

So if you (ever) struggling, wondering what the heck (little old you) can possibly blog about, that would be of value or interest to your target niche audience.

Look no further. You really need to make a quick (2-5 minute) video the next your at a conference and you get really inspired and or you have an (aha moment) of some kind.

Of course, if for whatever reasons, you don’t like being in front of the camera, then simply share your thoughts via your blog posts.

 The Awesome Power Of Group Influence Is Just One Simple Blog post Away!

Case in point: Recently, a simple blog post done by yours truly, resulted in one of the most viral blog posts, done in months!

It literally went viral all over the social networks! Check out just a few of these percentages and decide for yourself, if sharing simple insights with your niche audience is really worth it.

My linkedn exposure increased by 75%, and my Google plus exposure increased by another 75%. And finally my stumbleupon exposure went up by 50%! And my tweeter postings increased by a whooping 400%!

So what caused all this explosive free viral growth, you ask? Simple. This blog post was entitled “Three Powerful Secrets I Learned About Internet  Marketing From The Sarge David Sabados!”

And in it, the main three powerful insights that were shared, had to do with David shared about “how to” do effective keyword research.

And he would know, because he’s a successful online marketer, and keyword research specialist.

Here’s how this particular journey started. While surfing youtube, looking for an instructional video  on “how to”  do keyword research, (that was pretty much the actual ) the long tail keyword phrase typed into the youtube text box.

And there was David’s excellent (lead generating) instructional video. After subscribing to his channel and leaving a positive comment.

He promptly responded to my positive comment. And that led to his sharing his proven powerful “keyword research” insights, (via a 45 minute phone call) that were blogged about.

Out of gratitude. David decided he would share my post with his rather sizable network of subscribers and followers etc.

And that’s what caused one of my largest (single day) social media explosions, (literally) in months!

And that’s why and how group influence  is so incredibly powerful!

Because you never know how and what (relevant content) you take the time to share with your target audience, will cause a powerful group influence  explosion!

Or you can keep struggling, pulling your out, trying to figure out what type of relevant content to share with your target market.

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Understanding keyword competition is key!

  (Especially If Money’s Tight And There’s Lot Of Competition In Your Particular Niche!)

If you’ve been online any amount of time at all, then you probably realize how vitally important is to to understand how keyword competition can (either) work for against you correct?

Sadly, far too many (otherwise) serious entrepreneurs, especially those small business owners and service providers, that primarily run successful local online businesses.

They (in far too many) cases, simply jump online (meaning) they typically spend way too much on the cosmetic (appearance) side to their sites, and not devote nearly enough time researching the specific keywords that will (both) target and attract their most qualified prospects.

 How Understanding Keyword Competition Can Give You The Edge!

In other words, they don’t or haven’t been properly educated on how understanding keyword competition  can make all the difference.

And it doesn’t matter how they’re primarily generating their traffic. But this concept is extremely crucial if their using any paid methods like Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising methods.

Successful online marketing is complicated enough, but your problems really compound, when you don’t understand how keyword competition fits into the overall online marketing puzzle.

Basically, (on average) about 90% of the (long tail) keyword phrases that most online marketers try and rank for are pretty much worthless.

And the main reason being, because they get virtually no traffic. Because their not the real terms your  web surfers are typing into the text boxes of major search engines like Google.

(FYI: The term “long tail” keyword phrase just refers to any keyword phrase that has more than two words in it.)

And understanding how the remaining 10% can (either) make or break your chances for long term online success, is why understanding keyword competition is so vitally important.

 How To Turn Understanding Keyword Competition Into A Profitable Advantage!

(Introducing Five Key Concepts You Gotta know Or else Your Online Venture Will Ultimately Fail!)

You can use the free Google keyword tool for your preliminary keyword research, but in order to really compete, you’re going to need a powerfully effective paid keyword research tool.

And no paid keyword tool meets today’s online keyword research challenges better than good old Market Samurai.

Otherwise, you’ll be at the  mercy of the market place.

Market Samurai has basically laid out five incredibly simple keys to (both) understanding and profiting from keyword competition.

Follow these five proven steps and you’ll consistently beat your online competitors like eggs! Go against them and your online business is (simply) a  train wreck waiting to happen.

Introducing Market Samurai’s Four Golden Rules To Turning Keyword Competition Into A Powerful Advantage!

Of course (at least)  a staggering 90% or more of your major online competitors (simply) have no clue about these five incredibly powerful (yet) simple online marketing concepts, as they relate to understanding keyword competition.

1.) Golden Rule # one: Their first Golden Rule is, (entrepreneur) make sure the “long tail keyword phrase” your trying to rank is at least semi relevant to the main keyword that’s its derived from.

For ex; if your main keyword is “mountain bike:, then your long tail keyword phrase, that your trying to rake for, had better be relevant to the term “mountain bike.”  (See the video for a more in depth explanation.)

2.) Golden Rule # two: Market Samurai suggests that your targeted keyword phrase get no less than 80 searches pay day. Which works out to 2,400 searches per 30 day month. (80 searches per day x 30 days per month = 2,400 total searches per month.)

Otherwise, that particular keyword phrase may not be worth all the effort.

3.) Golden Rule #three: Next, you have to get a clear idea of (not) only how many other websites online are (competing with you) trying to rank on Google’s first page for this particular keyword phrase.

But it’s also crucial, that you know the strength of those other competitors, your competing against. Meaning- knowing the age of their domain and how many high ranking “PR” (Page Rank) back links they have pointing back to their pages etc. (See the video for a complete explanation.)

4.) Golden Rule # four: And finally… Market Samurai also suggests, you have a fairly good idea of the “commercial value” that particular keyword phrase ‘currently” commands in  the Google PPC (Pay Per Click) market place.

Because, if it’s “commercial value” is too low, that’s ea red flag, that your targeted keyword phrase has no real commercial value in the market place, because no advertisers (or very few) are willing  to pay money to bid on it.

of course it goes without saying, that there tons more proven tips, when it comes to  effective keyword research.

However, if  simply follow and apply these four basic proven keys, you’ll quickly discover how to turn your understanding of keyword competition into a profitable (long term) advantage!

And to do so, your going to need a state of the art paid keyword research tool like Market Samurai.

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You must keep thinking inspirational thoughts!

Who else from time to time needs those powerful inspirational thoughts  to emotionally pick yourself up and (somehow) find the strength to keep on keeping on?

Practically every bodies been there at least a few times (over the years), right? Especially when your taking on something new and a little different, correct?

You invariably hit the proverbial (stop progress) wall and simply find yourself battling the all powerful doubt gremlins, on some level.

This is where you really need to bare down and have that all important support mechanism (whatever) it might be, really kick into gear.

Otherwise, you may just find yourself looking for that always elusive, quick fix.

And that’s (invariably) when you run into trouble.So just call this that proverbial shot in the arm every body needs every now and again!

How Often Do You Rely On inspirational  Thoughts To Help You Get Through It?

Because (as in business) and life in general (my friend) there simply isn’t any magic bullets! You dream big enough (or) you dare to be ambitious enough, and life,friends and family (will) at some point, seek to bring you down! Oh yea!

As you can see, this particular post is not necessarily about how to strategically market your business, product or service.

No, instead this post is about how you effectively go about molding that all important process that takes place between your left and right ears!

Because until and unless you get that right my friend, the rest (as they say) is moot! Not too worry, this not an attempt to play Tony Robbins or Les Brown etc.

It’s just, you can’t spend (invest) all your time, money and other valuable resources on all this outer stuff and totally neglect, what needs to take place internally.

So What Inspirational Thoughts Have Inspired You Lately?

Check out both the videos on this particular post, you might call this a two-fer, because both are so incredibly relevant  that’s the reason they were both included.

Ultimately, what you do or don’t do will ultimately decide how well or bad your entrepreneurial endeavors will go.

Not the economy, or some new law, or which political party is currently in power or whether or not you get that new contract or whether or not interest rates goes up or down etc.

Of course (without a doubt) all those issues and concerns will play a part.

But (in the end) it’s really (thank goodness) about how well “You Inc.” performs.

Because (ultimately) if your right, in the long run, every thing else will be right too! And like every great champion (before and after you/us) you will face many adversities!

But in the end, it will be those powerful inspirational thoughts , that somehow see you/us through!

So stop your whining and complaining and get after it! Because life loves to beat you down, so that the champion in you/us,  can get help you get up (over and over) if necessary and win!

It’s not who gets knocked down, nor how many times you get knocked off your feet my friend!

It’s about how many times, you can find the courage and the strength to keep getting back up!

It’s Either Inspirational Thoughts Or Destructive Thoughts!

And speaking of totally awesome inspirational thoughts,  an extremely successful online marketer that currently earns about $30 k per month (sometimes more!) He has a very powerful saying to describe things (not long ago) when things weren’t always so rosy!

He likes to say, “Too many people see the the glory, but not the story!’ Amen to that!

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Plus, help you increase your profits by at least 25% i the next 90 days or less.

It’s a $97 dollar value and it’s free!