Have you ever checked your email and rolled your eyes when saw several emails that are all promoting the same product?

I’ll be the first to admit that back in the day, I would get kind of annoyed seeing my inbox flood in with info about this hot new product / course / website / whatever and how it was going to change my life and make me rich.

But then one day I realized that in order to learn the finer points of making money online, I needed to understand what powerful marketing lessons these emails actually hold inside! (more…)

Free traffic websites like credit based safelists are powerful ways to advertise, especially if you aren’t good at getting website traffic.

I don’t really like doing stuff like writing articles, SEO, link building, social bookmarking, adwords, and all those other “traditional” traffic methods. Don’t get me wrong, they work, but those methods aren’t quite for me.

I got my start thanks to free traffic websites and I’ve discovered secrets from some of the best in the business.

In case you don’t know what a credit based safelist is, it is basically a membership website where you exchange emails with other members. When you sign up, you get to email other members. And in exchange, they get to email you. Members have an incentive to read your emails because they earn credits for viewing your website.

Today I’m going to share with you my stupidly simple formula for successful advertising at credit based safelists.

What do I mean by successful? I mean anywhere from 5-20 signups or opt-ins every time I send out my mailings.

So here’s the basics of it… (more…)

I like to study a lot of things about business, like how to increase sales, conversions, blah blah blah.

But there IS an aspect that a lot of marketers use, but never talk about. So I’m going to reveal it to you here today (even though the title kind of gives it away).

The power of creativity and uniqueness.

Part of what I’ve been doing to really set myself apart is trying to be creative with older concepts and setting myself apart as unique.

The big catch is that when you hear the words “creative” or “unique”, it’s natural to think you have to make some revolutionary change. But that’s not really true! (more…)