If you’re tracking stats on your own blog, and you should be, there will be posts that you make where you notice lots of activity. Ideally, you (like us) have your hopes up each time you post that your readers will do more than read (which is always cool), and stay to strike up a conversation with you (in the form of comments).
Well we’re no different than you
We track things. We love to track things! It just may be an obsession around here!
So in going back through our visitor logs, there is a striking up swing whenever we talk about ways to (more…)
This past week or so has been very interesting. There are several “new” things out there all being promoted like crazy. Funny how some are very successful (for the affiliate owner) while others just languish into nonexistence.
However, this is not a post of praise. Sure there ARE many fine, young and old, upstanding affiliate program owners out there who really give a damn if their affiliates are successful. You can tell these individuals from the crap (sorry but it’s true!) because they are fully involved in ensuring your success. They offer lots of tools upfront for advertising and marketing, and keep things fresh and current for newly arriving individuals.
Choosing the right top-notch marketer “to follow” can be tricky at best.
We have our own personal guidelines for giving these marketers our time (and money) which starts, foremost, with that marketer’s sincere desire to help… us.
It’s very easy to throw stuff out there, but it takes time, patience, and a true desire to help others for an internet marketer to truly shine.
A willingness to help others is more than evident in many marketering “guru’s” business dealings online, and no more so then a marketer we will be telling you more about in tomorrow’s post.
In the meantime… Something happened that we feel duty bound to point out. What follows may sound like sour grapes to some, but created confusion, frustration, and anger for us.
Here’s what happened:
Last night checking back through outstanding business folders, we were reviewing a program we believed we would be participating in this week. The program will be one of those “giveaway” sites where, if your hard drive isn’t yet full enough, give you the opportunity to pick up more stuff… for free.
The odd thing about this is… we were declined.
Our offer was generous! A full 30 days of free assistance with one’s marketing and advertising. Initially, we got the setup a bit wrong, but then we made immediate modifications to our offer – thus fulfilling our end of the arrangement. The offer had to be your own original “something” and be free to boot. Ours was.
That, too, was denied.
We submitted an email stating our confusion as to why our offer was declined. The answer back was snotty to say the least. No need to say more, we logged right in and deleted our entire account.
We are amazed. We are confused. We are, now unfortunately, skeptical from all angles.
Ah well. Guess we could just say you win some, you lose some. But really, in the back of our minds, we cannot help but think… what the hell? Why wouldn’t someone accept other people’s offer of hands-on services to HELP [their participants] for FREE??
The wealth of information available to the average individual running an ad on Facebook is astronomical. The best methods of advertising are done when demographically you can target those most interested in what you have to offer. Makes sense, common sense. But very few follow this very basic approach to marketing and advertising online.
Facebook has it’s supporters and detractors, but currently it is a sought-after community that is (currently) receptive to even business owners. Many social communities frown at (or get downright angry over) people trying to pull in some extra cash by marketing online. Why not head to a place that is (currently) open to you sharing what you have.
Now, before you rush off to Facebook keep in mind that it is a social media. By that we mean people interacting with people. They will not be receptive to blatant, hyped-up advertising – and if you post that sort of thing, shame on you you’ll be blowing off a really good spot that works.
If you don’t want to go to all the “trouble” of setting up a personal profile, you can jump right in with Facebook pages. Again, take your time and present your business and yourself well – or please don’t bother!
You can also just jump right to running Facebook Ads – and the following video found courtesy of YouTube does a great job of showing you exactly how to set up your Facebook Ads. From start to finish, as well as checking your stats and making sure your ads are doing their job, this video is top notch and worth 8:26 seconds of your time. Watch, enjoy, use this information wisely!
