I spent the weekend “checking out the competition” and my results are posted over at the MyWizardAds blog.

As an ezine advertising co-op owner, I value honesty and professionalism above all else. Just like you, I believe that people willing to do their best online MUST get what they are after – whatever help, service, assistance, or program to which that statement applies.

So take a look at Okay I Am So Ticked Off and Shame on You. At least I got to vent a bit.

In a world filled with blogs, social communities, forums and more, the one thing that still exists – and has lasted for more than 10 years – is a person’s ability to communicate with others using permission based ezine ad emailing.

Not to be confused with your “blast away” stuff. You know what I mean – your inbox and mine (I have about 40 of them) tend to overflow with unwanted and unasked for tidbits of information and outright slime mail.

However, internet marketers – be you brand new or “veterans” – need to reach out to others. Twitter works to some extent (?), Facebook, too, but when you want permission to email double opted in readers, ezines are the place to turn to.

The reason ezine advertising can be so powerful is people have chosen to receive these newsletters (ezines). Ninety plus percent of the time, ezine publishers built (and continue to build) their lists through the time-tested, double opt in method. In other words, people jumped through a hoop or two to make sure they received these time-honored publications.

Publishers who join co-ops do so with the intention of attracting new readers. In return, subscribers are given the opportunity to submit ezines ads. Some publishers even run solo ads, giving you exclusive access to their mailing list (and they do the work for you while all you do is supply the info).

We’ve been around a long, long time – ezine publishers – providing the strategy you need to reach out to others about home businesses, special deals, new software products, and much more.

Stop by (use any of the links in this post) and see what ezine advertising can do for you!

This morning in my inbox was a survey request by the program owner of the web site builder I use for My Wizard Ads. Typically I tend to ignore these, but since the subject revolved around the all important “traffic and how to get more” issue, I was game.

After going through a series of screens and reaching the finish line, I came to two conclusions:

1. The “recommend a friend” (which I did not fill out) was inevitable.

2. As I answered the questions, I can already “see” the results for myself.

The outcome of this survey, one of which I am still hoping will be useful, at the moment appears to be a rehash of who is doing what currently online. Traffic generating is a huge issue, and always will be, of course.

However, since there was no spot to input comments like, “Hey, you’re not going to believe this, but I found that x is a great way to get traffic!”, it most likely will be yet another compilation of the same thing we all know – email marketing, blogging, article marketing, PPC, coaching, search engine optimization, and social media marketing. The only difference will be the percentages – how many are using which ones.

So, while I have my fingers crossed that there might be “something new” to learn, I can almost with 100% accuracy predict what will be in the “report”.

Thank goodness I’m getting a copy of it for free LOL!

(P.S. I know, the title sounds very “Yoda” to me, too)

Okay, so maybe I’m a tad behind the times (I’ve been really busy, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it), but it wasn’t until today while reading Mighty Oak Marketing‘s latest ezine issue that I heard about the upcoming “Google Wave.”

It’s not available, yet, but according to the preview site (which says very little but has this cool video shown below), they are looking to pull together a massive amount of social media marketing and collaboration tools. Just the thing for Google fans in particular, and (perhaps?) marketers.

Here’s an excerpt from Google (also compliments of Mighty Oak Marketing so I didn’t have to dig around myself), that may or may not explain what you have to look forward to: (more…)