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How To Establish Integrity With Your Customers When Being An Affiliate Marketer

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Cory.

The integrity you put into your affiliate marketing program first has to be found in you. Remember, institutions never create anything - individuals do. People like you are the visionaries, the thinkers, the planners, and the ones that get the job done. If you can develop a common code of integrity and incorporate it into your business plan, people will sense the difference and reward your insight by coming back repeatedly to make a purchase.

If you make a promise – keep it. Realize more and more than you can do nothing by yourself and that you are far better off working in a team environment. Let your affiliate program convey this message also. You’re there to solve a problem and everyone involved will benefit from the results. Be accountable to yourself and to your customers, as they depend on you for accurate and timely information. When they leave your website or program offer to make a purchase from a merchant, they expect your marketing to live up to its promises. Being accountable to yourself and the program you create is invaluable.

It helps to understand that the affiliate program is an extension of you. It will, in a measure, reflect the dreams that are yours. If you have integrity, your program will have integrity. If you are dishonest, your program will have the same bent, and the customer will sense it and move on to another venue. Be open, leave the customer a way to contact you, and then make sure you return the courtesy. Incorporate security measures that will leave the customer at ease, and if your affiliate program doesn’t require these measures, make sure that the merchant site does. All of these are ways to place visible markers in your affiliate program that will signal its legitimacy.

Your goal should be to build a customer base for life with customers whose needs you can continue to satisfy. Good customers often, by word of mouth, promote businesses in ways unimaginable. Viral marketing is one of the most powerful sales tools available. If you make a point to put integrity first that will resonate with your costumers and they will think of you as a representative of a trustworthy company.

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Cool Twitter Widgets To Dress Up Your Website Or Blog

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by Cory.

Want another way to show off your Twitter? Well why not do it with a cool Twitter widget.

Widgets are yet just another way of displaying information your visitors can interact with and usually take up very little space on your website or blog and take less than a few minutes to incorporate.

You can put them within your content, in your sidebar or where ever you decide.

So with that said what I have done is scronged up some Twitter widgets resources for you to check out at your leisure if you are wanting to add one to your website or blog to show off your latest tweets to your visitors or loyal readers.

Below is a list of Twitter widget resources. Go check them out and if one stands out that you like then take the time to add it to your website or blog because the more visable your tweets are the more likely your visitors or readers will click on them resulting in more potential Twitter followers to add to your Twitter.

Here’s the list:

www.widgetbox.com/widget/twidget

www.widgetbox.com/widget/tweet-blender

twitter.com/goodies/widget_profile

Yes, I realize there’s only 3, that’s because I found these ones to be the easiest to customize and install on your website or blog.

Feel free to search the web yourself if you don’t find these Twitter widgets acceptable, but I am sure you will.

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REVEALED! The Secret FUEL That POWERS The Net and Why It Should Be Part Of Your Marketing Strategy

Posted on 15. Aug, 2009 by Cory.

What I’m about to reveal to you in this article will literally change the Way you do your online marketing for years to come and will add many Benefits to You and your online promotions ‘Effortlessly’.

This secret(A.K.A. — Secret FUEL) that I’m going to talk about is so Powerful that it will…

— give You and your business ‘Instant Credibility’…

— Boost your websites ‘Link Popularity’ and ‘Search
Engine’ ranking…

— send you FREE ‘Laser Targeted’ traffic with ready to
Buy customers…

— help you build ‘Targeted’ opt-in mailing lists…

…and these are just some of the Benefits you’ll receive, But, in my mind, these are the most important.

Now, before I dive right into it I first want to do a little bit of a history lesson about WHY the Internet was born and more importantly, its Sole purpose so you’ll have a clear picture inside your head about WHY this ‘Secret FUEL’ that I’m about to reveal to you is so important to your online business.

So… lets get started by finding out when the ‘Internet’ was conceived.

The Internet was born on October 29, 1969. This date is significant because it was the 1st time in history that a computer talked to another computer via a router over a network.

So that roughly makes the Internet about 35 years old.

Now that we know when the Internet was born, what we need to know now is what was its Sole purpose?

The World Wide Web(Internet) is simply a… ‘Wide-Area Hypermedia Information Retrieval System’ aiming to give users(You) universal access to a large universe of Documents and/or Information.

So, with that said, basically the Internet is nothing more than a sophisticated communication device that gives us (You) the ability to Exchange and/or search for…

… !!INFORMATION!!

I guess thats a good reason WHY they call it… “The Information Super Highway”.

So… now that we’ve had that little history lesson I’m sure you probably have a good idea about what the ‘Secret FUEL’ is that I’m about to REVEAL to you.

BUT, if you don’t, don’t cheat and skip to the end.

Now, its pretty obvious that the Internet is merely a tool by which we use to locate related information that we query through the use of Search Engines by using related keywords or keyword phrases that we choose.

The question is, where does the ‘Secret FUEL’ fit into this equation?

You’ll be surprised with my answer because the ‘Secret FUEL’ that I’m about to tell you about is everywhere on the Web and people just like you and I are Hunting for IT as we speak.

So, I guess Now would be a good time to reveal to you…

…”The Secret FUEL That POWERS The Internet”.

Are you ready?

The ‘Secret FUEL’ that POWERS the Internet is simply…

… !!CONTENT!!

Just think about it for a minute and ask yourself this question… what’s the Main reason why You go online?

I can guarantee the majority of you answered… to find Information related to and/or about… whatever your query was.

Information is delivered through ‘Content’. Content is what FUEL’s the Internet, which means, You should be contributing by way of writing Informative articles related to your business.

Now, some of you are probably saying to yourself, I don’t know how to write articles let alone have anything to write about and will writing articles really Benefit my business in the long run?

Well, if you don’t know how to write articles… Start. I didn’t either in the beginning, but I learned and so can you.

It’s simply a learning process.

Now, how will writing articles benefit You and your business?

I outlined them earlier in my article, but will list the four main Benefit’s and the Why’s in point form below.

How does it…

— give You and your business ‘Instant Credibility’?

Answer: By writing about your Product or Service you’re able to convey to your potential customer the Benefits and Solutions your Product and/or Service will solve giving you Instant Credibility and a reason for them to look into what you have to offer further.

How does it…

— Boost your websites ‘Link Popularity’ and ‘Search
Engine’ ranking?

Answer: When you write your article you are able to leave a ‘Resource Box’(a brief description about You and/or your business with your URL included at the end). Now, when you submit your article to Article Directories or other website’s directories and website’s across the web and they add it to there directories you’ll get a ‘Link’ pointing back to your site.

Major search engines like Google and Yahoo! for example use ‘Link Popularity’ to gauge a website’s Importance and Ranking.

This is also a great strategy to use to get High PR websites to link back to you without even doing a ‘Link Exchange’. This is just what you want.

How does it…

— send you FREE ‘Laser Targeted’ traffic with ready to
Buy customers?

Answer: When website owners are looking for fresh related content for either their website and/or newsletter and they happen to choose your article, they’ll have to publish your article with your ‘Resource Box’ included with all your website and contact information.

Just think how much ‘Laser Targeted’ traffic you’d get if your article is posted on a HIGH traffic website and/or in a newsletter with a HUGE subscriber base thats related to your niche.

Now, do you see where the ‘Laser Targeted’ traffic will come from.

How does it…

— help you build ‘Targeted’ opt-in mailing lists?

Answer: Again, when website owners are looking for fresh related content for either their website and/or newsletter they will have to publish your article with your ‘Resource Box’ included with all your website and contact information.

So, when they visit your website through the information within your ‘Resource Box’ you’ll then have a chance to capture there Name and Email Address by offering them something of Value for FREE through either a ‘Pop-Up’ or ‘Exit Pop-Up’ and/or ‘Web Form’ on your website.

By doing this simple step you’ll be able to build your own ‘Targeted’ opt-in mailing list that you can hit up with other back-end offers anytime you wish at absolutely NO COST to You.

Now, do you see Why ‘CONTENT’ is so Powerful and how it FUEL’s the Internet?

Do you honestly think your business could Benefit from what I have revealed to you within this article?

I can almost Guarantee you probably answered… YES.

With that said, writing articles and submitting them to online publications is, in my mind, one of the most Effective ways to get Free Advertising and Publicity for your business for years to come.

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3 Steps To Getting Hundreds Of Backlinks To Your Website Absolutely FREE

Posted on 18. Jul, 2009 by Cory.

Link Popularity as you know plays a BIG part in your websites ranking within the Search Engines.

So, the basic breakdown is, the more links pointing to your website, the higher up the search engines will rank your website.

More importantly though is getting those High PR websites linking back to yours.

The question at hand is… “How can I get those High PR links without having to buy High PR links and/or spend countless hours surfing the web for link partners with the possible potential of being denied?”

And as webmasters, we can not afford to waste time, especially if your starting out on a part time basis.

We must utilize every minute we can to getting the most out of our efforts.

So with that being said, I’m going to reveal to you the ‘Back Door’ strategy I use for getting those High PR links to your website Absolutely FREE and have them begging you to come back.

And the cool thing is this can be done following these 3 steps I’m about to mention so pay attention because if you do just this, you will not only get hundreds of backlinks to your website, you’ll also get hundreds, if not thousands of targeted visitors to your website at the same time…

…all for FREE!

Are you ready?

Good, because I am.

Step #1. First you must write an Article.

The first step is to write an related article about your Product or Service that draws the reader in and gets them to click through to your website once they finish reading it to find out more about you and your Product or Service.

Now, your probably wondering why you have to write an article.

Well, it’s real simple actually because what do you get to put at the end of your article?

Your ‘Resource Box’ with your website information and most important of all… your URL pointing back to your website.

So when someone chooses to publish your article in their newsletter or on their website, blog or article directory, they MUST add your ‘Resource Box’ with your website information and URL.

I know some of you are saying… “I don’t know how to write an article” … well, your not alone.

Here are a few resources I’ve put together for you so you can get the basic idea of How-To structure your articles with ease or get someone else to write them for you.

The first is an article I wrote called… THE 7 Step Formula For Writing POWERFUL Articles In Less Than An Hour.

It will show you How-To structure your articles for easy writing.
www.corythrelfall.com/the-7-step-formula-for-writing-powerful-articles-in-less-than-an-hour

The second resource is Elance.com - www.elance.com - which is basically a place where you can go and submit a project by category and freelance writers, etc. will then bid on your project. You pick the winner and you set the budget.

This will get you started in the right direction.

Remember, your article is the Nuts and Bolts of this ‘Back Linking’ strategy, so make sure you put some effort into it to get it as much exposure as possible.

Step #2. Submit your article to Article Directories.

This is the next step and an important one at that because this is where your article or articles are going to get picked up by website owners and/or ezine publishers who are in constant need of fresh, quality information to feed their audiences hunger for information.

There are literally hundreds of Article Directories out there and thousands of ezine publishers looking for quality content on a daily basis. And if they choose your article for publication, they must include your ‘Resource Box’ with your websites information and URL.

It’s all about the numbers. The more Article Directories and websites you submit your articles to, the more potential Backlinks you’ll get to your website.

And since Article Directories have recently adopted RSS(Real Simple Syndication) technology into the mix your articles will even get More mileage without you lifting a finger, creating even more Backlinks to your website.

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10 Powerful Reasons Why Articles Remain The Internets #1 Marketing Strategy

Posted on 14. Jul, 2009 by Cory.

We’ve all heard it… “Content IS King” and for good reason because it IS as far as the Internet is concerned.

And when it comes to web surfers, they come online for two reasons, One is to check there email and reason number Two is to search the web for information.

How do you think the internet received the reputation as the “Information Super-Highway”?

Because thats what its primary purpose was before they decided to commercialize it to what it is today.

And… what do articles contain?

The answer is quite simple… Information.

So, what does this have to do with you?

Be the one who supplies it.

It’s that simple.

Now, for the rest of this article I’m going to give you 10 powerful reasons why you should and/or need to get started using articles as one of your online marketing strategies so you too can reap the benefits.

With that said, lets move on to reason #1.

Reason #1. Search Engines LOVE them.

It’s no secret that Search Engines LOVE content, so if you supply it on a regular basis your giving them a great reason to stop on by to take a look around.

Once there they’ll spider and index your website which is just what you want.

Reason #2. Website and Newsletter owners always need them.

I touched base on this earlier about why web surfers come online.

Website owners need fresh content to keep there visitors and/or subscribers coming back, where as newsletter publishers also need fresh content for there “email” newsletters that they publish and send to there subscriber base.

Remember the two reasons I discussed earlier about WHY web surfers come online. BINGO!

Reason #3. They generate Life Long residual Traffic.

Articles produce Life Long residual traffic because website owners, newsletter publishers and article directories archive them for there visitors to read and search through.

And since you have a ‘Resource Box’ located at the end of every article you produce with your website info and URL you’ll receive traffic.

Reason #4. Great way to get One-Way HIGH PR links.

This is probably one of the best reasons because when you offer your free information with ‘Reprint Rights’ and the website owner decides to archive your article within there article directory and their website happens to have a High PR(popularity ranking) ranking, guess what?

You’ll be able to ‘Piggy Back’ off there PR giving your website a PR boost because at the end of every article you produce your able to leave your ‘Resource Box’ with all your websites info and most important of all, your URL.

Reason #5. They’re VIRAL.

This is yet another great reason to start using articles as one of your online marketing strategies simple because your going to offer ‘Reprint Rights’ with all the articles you produce giving Website and Newsletter owners permission to publish them causing a VIRAL explosion and Traffic surge to your website.

Reason #6. You can syndicate them via RSS.

If your up to speed on the latest marketing technology called RSS(Real Simple Syndication) and you write ‘Articles’ on a regular basis you can set-up an RSS feed that web surfers and/or website owners can ‘Opt-In’ to and syndicate your ‘Articles’ via RSS to them, plus, you can also submit your RSS feed(s) to RSS search engines and directories.

Depending on how many ‘Opt-In’ this is yet another great reason to get started with ‘Articles’ and another way to generate LOTS of Free targeted traffic.

Reason #7. Bloggers with Blogs need information to.

Bloggers with BLOGS or Web-Logs need information to.

If you provide quality information related to a specific Blog that blog owner just might post your article on his/her blog for their audiences/readership to read giving you again more FREE exposure for your business.

It gets better. Blogs also use RSS(Real Simple Syndication) to syndicate there content to various search engines, RSS search engines and directories giving you again more FREE exposure through there feed.

Reason #8. Info-Product developers need it to.

Ever receive a free ebook of some sort in your Inbox with related articles inside it from other authors?

When you offer your articles with reprint rights and someone decides to include your article in there ebook for a viral marketing campaign they’re working on, guess what?

More FREE targeted traffic for you as that particular ebook circulates across the internet.

Reason #9. Post them to related Forums and Newsgroups.

Remember, the Internet is all about numbers and Forums and Newsgroups contain numbers to and are yet another avenue for you to gain some extra exposure for FREE for your online business through your articles.

Just make sure you read there terms before you start posting because you don’t want to receive any flames in your Inbox.(They can be Nasty.)

Reason #10. You gain INSTANT credibility as an Expert.

The best way to gain the trust of your potential customers online is to supply them with quality information.

By doing this your stepping up and telling them that you know what your talking about within the industry your in giving them a reason to look into what you have to offer further by following the link you provided within your ‘Resource Box’ at the end of your article.

WoW! Are those 10 POWERFUL reasons to get started with article marketing or what?

You get all those benefits by just producing ONE article.

The more you produce the more you’ll benefit.

Do you see how powerful articles are now and how they can take your online business to the next level?

I certainly hope so.

In conclusion: “Content IS King” online and will remain King for as long as the internet exists.

It’s now up to you to step up to the plate and decide whether or not You want to tap into this proven internet marketing strategy yourself and reap all the benefits I just finished explaining above.

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The 7 Step Formula For Writing POWERFUL Articles In Less Than An Hour

Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Cory.

What I’m about to Reveal to you in this article is a easy to follow, Step-By-Step formula for writing Powerful articles in less than a hour.

It might take you a few times to get the hang of it the first time around, But, once you’ve gotten through the learning curve, your articles will flow out of you without stressing your brain out to much.

I say this from experience because I used to be terrified about the thought of writing an article, but, once I got this formula down to an art, they seem to come together quite easily now.

The benefits of writing articles alone out weight the fear of having to write them, so read this article with an open mind and if you have to read through it twice, do so.

Writing articles are very powerful and in my mind, the best way to build trust and credibility with your online business.

So, without further delay, let’s go to Step #1.

Step #1. Targeting your audience.

The first thing you have to figure out is which audience (target market) are you trying to reach.

This is critical to your overall outcome of your article and what you want your potential reader/customer to do next after they’ve read your article.

So, make sure you know ahead of time who you want to target.

Step #2. Put together a attention grabbing Headline.

This is probably the single Most important step when it comes to writing your articles because this is what’s used to bait your potential reader/customer to read your article.

Let’s use my headline for this article as an example:

The 7 Step Formula For Writing POWERFUL Articles In Less Than An Hour

Notice how I’ve stated the main benefit you’ll receive from reading my article, this is KEY, and this is what you want to convey to your potential reader/customer.

Step #3. Clearly explain your position on the issue.

This next step is where you introduce your article with a sentence or two that Clearly and Completely explains your position on the issue inwhich you promised in the headline of your article.

You don’t want to leave people hanging, but, at the same time, you don’t want to hand them the store either.

Take a look at how I started out this article as an example.

Step #4. List off your main points you want to cover.

This is where you list off your main points you want to cover in point form.

You don’t have to come up with alot… 3,4,5,7,10 , it really depends on what you plan on covering.

Step #5. Elaborate on each point you wrote down.

After you’ve finished writing down your main points you want to cover your next step is to elaborate on each of them with a sentence or two.

Step #6. Finish up with a Conclusion.

You’ve now figured out who your target audience is going to be.

You’ve put together a attention grabbing headline to pull readers in.

You’ve listed off and elaborated on 3,4,5,7,10 points with a sentence or two.

Now… it’s time for the conclusion.

And, your conclusion is simply where you have your chance to tell your readers why this article was important and to get them to take action.

Step #7. Put together a compelling Resource Box.

Your resource box is where you put your copyright info and website contact information.

There are many styles of how your resource box could look, so, my suggestion to you is visit some article directories to see how others are putting there resource boxes together or you can take a look at mine at the end of this article.

Your choice.

Well, there you have it, The 7 Step Formula For Writing POWERFUL Articles In Less Than An Hour.

The best way to get this formula down is to have a nice size notepad to write on and go through the steps listed above to brainstorm your article topics.

Make sure you spend some time with your headline, this is probably the most important part of the article because its job is to bait your readers.

Don’t let fear stop you from writing because you think you don’t have any wisdom to share.

I used to think that way, but as you can see, I no longer fear writing and have no problem sharing that with you.

So, with that said, I truly hope this article inspired you to get writing and got your creative juices flowing for your first article and the one’s that follow.

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Article Marketers! Article Submission Service SubmitYourArticle.com Reviewed

Posted on 20. Jun, 2009 by Cory.

Want to get more exposure to your articles without doing all the tedious work of submitting your articles manually? If you answered ‘YES’ then keep on reading.

The internet offers plenty of great information about article marketing. I have found there to be numerous benefits from the use of article marketing and for those of you that need your products or services related to your niche some instant exposure and credibility then this is an service you don’t want to pass up.

The article marketing service in question is called Submit Your Article and is a service I use monthly to get exposure and highly targeted traffic to my websites in several niche markets.

Submit Your Article is a service that offers consumers an excellent service at an affordable price(Only $37 a month for 8 article submissions). This is great news during such difficult economic times.

Time is a precious commodity most of us don’t have time for, especially if your busy taking care of all the other stuff your business demands.

If you enjoy article writing but don’t have time to manually submit them yourself, this will all change with the use of Submit Your Article.

Don’t let the various advertisements for other related services confuse you. When you focus on the real aspects of them, Submit Your Article wins hands down. I don’t want to waste my time talking trash about other products and services in this category, but they are simply a waste of your time and money because I have tried most of them.

Even though Submit Your Article is a great service, it is simpler than I had thought to use. A bit more substance would be nice but overall I am happy with the service because of what it has done for my business and that is send my websites targeted traffic.

Submit Your Article definitely has plenty of great value to offer consumers looking to get more exposure for their articles. It has one of the best ratings you will find out there on the internet. Don’t settle for any service that doesn’t meet the same high standards.

Don’t allow this valuable service escape you. It only takes a few minutes to complete your order and you can be submitting your articles to targeted publishers and article directories within 24 hours.

Links are very important and by clicking on this one below you are shaping up for a successful future for yourself and your business, no matter what it is, this service will make it work .

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One more thing, if saving money and gaining value appeals to you, then article marketing is definitely one you should explore and now that you have read my review though you should be able to achieve success with both of those factors.