Global Data Entry 2
Global Data Entry
Part 2
Posting Data Submissions To Internet
PART 2 of Global Data EntryTraining
VI. Where to Promote the Companies
We are now ready to teach you how to promote your links for any of the companies you choose from PayDotCom.com, or the Clickbank.com companies. We will give you the best marketing tools available on the Internet some tools that are free, and some that have additional costs. It will be up to you to decide if you want to make an additional investment when it comes to promoting your companies. If you are not willing to spend additional money, that is okay, you can still succeed. If you decide to invest additional money into promotion, we assure you that you will not be spending money for sign-ups, more software, etc. You will only be spending money when you have the possibility of making an income in return. We will also explain the advantages and disadvantages of both free and paid promotion tools as well.
Posting to FREE promotion Tools
The best way to use the free promotion tools we provide is to work with one company at a time, and submit it using all the tools we have. Once you have posted your company to all the free posting tools, then you can choose another company from any of the three sources (PayDotCom, Clickbank) and post them down the line of free tools. You will keep repeating this as often as you wish. After each month, you can start over with the first company you posted, and so-on and so-on. You do not want to post the same company more than once a month to the free tools we list, but with all the companies that are available this should not be a problem.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Free Promotion tools
The advantages of the free promoting/posting tools are the obvious, they're FREE!, and they have proved to be very effective. The disadvantage is that they can sometimes take a little longer to produce results, up to one or two weeks. However, that is not always the case as members have seen commissions, leads, and clicks within a day after posting. We just want to prepare you for the worst by telling you that a little patience is needed when using the free promotional tools.
Posting to the paid methods
The paid methods will work a little differently. You will use sources that let you place online submissions by a method called Pay Per Click (PPC). What this means is that you only pay when your promotion is clicked on by a potential buyer, and you are never charged unless your promotion is clicked. The biggest advantage of PPC is that you are drawing what is called "Targeted" traffic to your promotion. This simply means that you are getting people looking for what you are promoting, and they are searching for the products you are providing through your promotion links. That is why this type of marketing is the best on the Internet and has made a lot of people rich. Our training will assure that you will have the advantage over other people using these same promotional methods.
Advantages and Disadvantages of the paid promoting tools
The biggest advantage to using the paid tools is getting targeted buyers to whatever company you are promoting. This can not only start producing earnings within the same day of using them, but can produce a lot of earnings almost instantly. The disadvantage of using the paid promotion tools is again the obvious, they do cost money. Costing money is one thing, but losing money is another, and we are going to show you how to use these PPC effectively so you will not lose money. The search engine sites we train you on have costs per clicks as low as 1¢, with an average of about 65¢ per click. We will show you what a few cents can make you in return in the paid promotion methods.
VII. Get Prepared to Promote Your Companies
Get a second e-mail account
Be sure to have your secondary business e-mail account established as we had shown you how to do in Part 1 of Global Data Entry. This will be important to have for the posting of your data submissions we will show you how to do in this Part 2.
We have a HD video tutorial on how to set up a free Google G-Mail account at the start of Global Data Entry Part 1 that you can use for your secondary e-mail account.
Research the company you are going to promote
After you have selected any of the thousands of companies from PayDotCom, or Clickbank, you are going to want to do a little research on the particular company you have chosen. Start by visiting the company's Web site and take note of some key selling points the company is making to its buyers. Act as if you are the buyer; look for features that would catch your eye about the company's product. For example, if you are promoting a certain company and they offer free shipping on all their products, make a note of that; or note if they are offering a special 10% off certain items, if they offer a money-back guarantee, or have special bonuses. Once you have a good idea of what the Web site is offering, along with their special selling points, this will make it easy to create your titles and descriptions when it is asked for by the promotion tools.
Have your promotion link ready
When you decide on the company you are going to promote, you will need to copy your special promotion link, like we showed you in Section IV. The easiest way save your links is to copy and paste them into a document file on your computer such as Microsoft Word or Note Pad. This way, whenever you are asked for the Web site URL, you can copy and paste it from Word or Note pad directly into the posting tool.
VIII. Posting with Free Tools
Here you post one company at a time to free tools 1 through 5. After you have posted the one company you will have the choice to use the paid submission tools. You can then select another company and follow these same instructions.
What you are going to accomplish by posting to the free promoting tools is
1.) Getting your promotion/hoplink into search directories:
2.) Getting your promotion/hoplink placed into search engines by natural indexing:
3.) Helping the search indexing by creating what is called back-links to your promotion/hoplink:
4.) Announcing your promotion/hoplink by typing data submissions in articles, and e-mailings.
5.) Placing your promotion/hoplink on to Web pages like classifieds, Craigslist and Squidoo.
The objective is not so much to promote the company you choose, but to promote your link to the company. Here is where many data-entry marketing programs fail by only focusing on the promotion of the company itself by just typing ads, and not your links which is what will generate your income once indexed on the search engines for the long term. These methods are currently be used by Internet marketers to successfully create a residual income. Typing ads will work as well for the short term, but we also must focus on the long term as well. That is what we are going to have you do by using these methods we show you. Do note that many of these methods will create income for the short term as well, and many times in as little as a day or two after posting.
You can post as many companies as you would like to these posting tools. However, we do suggest you do one at a time. We will list the posting frequency for each company in each of these tools, along with the destination where your promotion link will end up, and the approximate time it will take to post to the destination source and to start seeing results.
We are going to give you detailed instructions on how to use all of the following tools. If you follow the directions we provide, these will be very simple processes to complete. Many of the methods we use are done using automated posting software that will save you hours from the old conventional methods that were used in the past.
FREE POSTING METHODS
Posting Method #1 - Search Engine Submitters
Posting Method #2 - Ad Directories
Posting Method #3 - Posting to Classifieds
Posting Method #4 - Opt-in E-mailers
Posting Method #5 - Article Submitting
Posting Method #1 - Search Engine Submitter
Destination: | Hundreds of search engines for indexing |
Result Time: | 1 - 2 Weeks on average, up to 4 weeks max. |
Posting Frequency: | Post each company just ONCE to this tool |
The object of this tool
The primary object of this tool is to post your promotion links to the search engines for indexing. This means that after you have posted your promotion links, an automated bot, also known as "search spiders," will visit your link, which actually will direct them to the Web site of the company you are promoting. The Web site will tell the search engines how and where to index your promotion link, such as the search terms it will show up under during a search. If you go to some of the search engines such as MSN, Yahoo, or Google, you will see millions of Web sites showing up on searches; many are affiliate links such as your promotion links.
Take a close look as the links that show up when you search, notice that they are odd looking, more like codes than an actual Web site address. These are affiliate links, and are there to stay. Imagine the residual income that these affiliate marketers are earning without doing another thing to promote these sites. It will take a little time to get on the first pages of the search engines, but if you follow our instructions it can happen.
Posting to the search engines using ONE or TWO ways we provide. We first will have an automated software for you to download and use to post your links automatically. If you are having issues downloading, installing or using the automated software then we will provide a manual submitting link. Both will work in the same manner and get your links posted and indexed, so there is not and advantage of using one or the other.
How Often You Should Submit Links to Search Engines
You will only need to submit each link once every 30 days or longer. This means you can submit as many of your PayDotCom and Clickbank company links as you would like, just do not repeat the same exact link within 30 days of original submission date.
AUTOMATED SEARCH SUBMITTER
The first of the search engine submitting tools is an automated search submitter software program. You can download the software from our servers to be placed on your computer, so you can submit any of your promotion links and/or hoplinks to this software when you choose.
If you have any issues with this software we provide the "Manual Search Submitter" option below.
STEP 1 - Downloading Software
DOWNLOAD THE SEARCH SUBMITTER SOFTWARE BY CLICKING HERE
(Save to your Desktop)
Download Instructions
A. - After you have downloaded the software and saved to your computer's Desktop, click the install icon.
B. - Click the "RUN" button
C. - Keep Clicking the "NEXT" button to until the software is installed. make sure to leave the "Create Desktop" box checked so you will have easy access to the software once downloaded.
The software will now be downloaded to your computer.
NOTE: If you see the following error:
"Component "Tabctl32.ocx" or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid."
This software will not properly work on your computer, so we will suggest to use the MANUAL submitting option provided below to submit your links. We are working to get this error fixed, but there is currently no resolve to this error at this time.
STEP 2 - Entering your PayDotCom and/or Clickbank links
After you click on the "Easy Submit Website" icon the page will look like this:
Here is how to submit your links with this software:
URL - Enter your PayDotCom or Clickbank links in this box. The software will prove the http:// and the https:// for you. Just enter the remaining part of the link after the http:// or https://.
For PayDotCom links you will select the https:// from the drop down.
For Clickbank use the default http://
SITE TITLE - You will enter about 7 to 10 words that briefly describes the company you are promoting. For example if you were promoting a dog training site you may use a title like
"Top dog training techniques in one program"
It is always a good idea to visit the site you are promoting to get some good titles and descriptions. you can use some wording from the site you are promoting as well to make it easier.
DESCRIPTION - Here you can get into more detail about what the site you are promoting is offering. Usually about 20 to 30 words is fine. Using the same dog training program as an example you could write a description such as:
"World famous dog trainer will show you all the best techniques to train your dog in 30 days or less. Get this program today risk free."
CATEGORY - Select the best category that fits the company you are submitting. If you cannot find a category that fits select the "Internet" category.
KEYWORDS - If you can think of a few good keywords that will get searched then you can enter them here. You can use the keywords for the companies we listed here as well. If you cannot think of any keywords then leave blank. The search engines will use the actual company's Web site you are promoting keywords they list.
YOUR NAME - Enter your first and last name here.
COMPANY - Enter your name again here for your company.
EMAIL - Enter your e-mail address here.
LEAVE ALL OTHER FIELDS BLANK IF YOU CHOOSE AS THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED.
After you have entered your companies links and information as described above, click the "ENGINES" tab located at the bottom of the software.
STEP 3 - Select Search Engines to Submit
After click the "ENGINES" tab you will then be at this page:
You will want to check off ALL of the search engines listed on this page.
After you have selected all of the search engines, click the "SUBMIT" tab at th bottom of screen.
STEP 4 - Submitting Links
After you click the "SUBMIT" tab you will then be at this page:
All you need to do is click the "START SUBMITTING" button as we outlined above in the red box.
You can click the "REPORT" button at any time to get a status of the submissions. It will be common that there will be errors with some submissions as not all search engines will accept the links.
MANUAL SEARCH SUBMITTER
STEP 1
Go to this link: http://www.twsc.biz/seo/submit/submit.cgi
After you go to the search submitting Web site the screen will look like the following:
STEP 2
A. - Enter your PayDotCom promotion link or Clickbank Hoplink for the company you are submitting in the first box “MY URL”
B. - Enter your e-mail address in the second box.
C. - Leave at default for selection of search engines, which means you do not need to do anything with that option.
D. - Leave the "Send me a confirmation email message" checked.
NOTE: You will not need to enter a title and description for the manual submitting method. These seach engines will use the actual Web site you are promoting to get the title and description.
Then click on the “OK” button.
After the search submitter submits your links you will get a report when it is done. It is very common to see a few search engine ERRORS and not summiting your site. Even if you get an error from search engines such as Google, Yahoo, etc. it does not mean that ill will not get indexed on those search engines. What will happen is the search engines it does not submit to will pick up yourlinks off the search engines it does submit to.
There are almost 200 search engines you will be submitting to and you usually will see about 10 to 20 that will not submit them. So don't panic when you see the report and the errors. You links will still get submitted to over 150 search engines each time and picked up by the search engines they did not submit to.
Step 3
Go to your e-mail and check for a confirmation email. Click on the confirmation link in the email that is sent. You promotion/hoplink is now submitted. It is possible that a confirmation email may not be sent, don’t worry your link is still submitted as it is a random process to confirm your link. Sometimes you will need to click on each confirmation email and follow the directions given by the search engine to submit your link.
Meta Tag Analyzer, etc. and Error Notifications after submitting
You will not EVER need to pay for this service so keep that in mind. You may get notices for things such as Meta Tag analyzer and SEO help, etc. Disregard any messages you get after you submit your link, or in your email other than the confirmation link. This service is 100% free. You DO NOT need to upgrade or pay for anything. Disregard these messages.
NOTE: DISREGARD THE FOLLOWING ERROR MESSAGE:
"Warning! The robots.txt file located at Open Window to Visit http://paydotcom.com/robots.txt blocks the above URL from being indexed by the robot(s) with the name of:
* aipbot
* BecomeBot
* psbot"
Don't worry about the above message as your links will be getting indexed. What this error means is that the PayDotCom portion of the link is blocked by PayDotCom Bots. This is so that when you submit your links it will not index PayDotCom, it will index the redirect to the actual Web site of the link you pomoting.
Posting Method #2 - Ad Directories
Destination: | Hundreds of search directories |
Result Time: | Posts instantly - will take about 3 -5 days to appear in directories |
Posting Frequency: | Post each company ONCE every 30 days |
The object of this tool
The directory sites you will post to will post your submissions, usually instantly. These blaster sites will then feed your submission to hundreds of Internet ad directories. This will not get you direct results, but will accumulate a nice web presence. Since it takes about 60 seconds or less to post, it is a great additional promotion tool.
We will show you how to use this posting method.
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ BEFORE SUBMITTING TO THESE DIRECTORIES
When posting your promotion link for PAYDOTCOM companies you will need to REMOVE the "S" in the "httpS://" of your promotion link so it only reads http://. This posting tool cannot read the "s" in the http:// protocol. You will not need to do this for Clickbank promotion hoplinks as they are already http:// protocols.
This will be ONLY tool you need to do this for.
Manual Ad Directory Submitter
STEP 1
These are Web-based sites to post to, so you do not need to download anything. Go to the following links:
CLICK HERE FOR SITE #1 - WORLD BLAST
CLICK HERE FOR SITE #2 - LIST SOURCE
Step 2
A. Web-site Title: You will enter a title about the company you are promoting.
B. Web-site URL: Enter your PayDotCom promotion link or Clickbank Hoplink for the company you are submitting
C. Email Address: Enter your e-mail address here.
D. -Select Section: - Select the category that fits the company you are promoting.
When done, select "Add My Link" and you are done.
Posting Method #3 - Posting to Classifieds
Destination: | Classifieds Ad Directories |
Result Time: | Can be as soon as one hour after posting |
Posting Frequency: | Post each company to as many different locations as possible |
The object of this tool
The previous two posting tools have focused on your links for longer term results. The next four methods will focus on what is called "Web Announcements" which are designed to focus on getting more instant results by letting people know about the company and products you are promoting. One great method we have found is posting to classifieds, which will give you the option to upgrade to a paid account that will allow you to post more frequently as well as some other options, but this is completely up to you to do so. This is why we list many sites to post to so you will always have ad sites to post to without upgrading to paid account and keeping this a 100% free method. There are two types of free classified sites we will teach you; "Required Sign-up, and "NO Sign-Up needed."
Required sign-up classified ad sites
The required sign-up classified ad sites are a good option if you decide to post a lot of classified ads to a particular site. The reason is that once you sign up for your FREE account the first time, it is simple to log-in to your account and post your ads. Because there is a sign-up this does not mean there is any fees, these are 100% free to post your ads to.
NO sign up needed
The NO sign-up classified are nice in one regard; you do not have to sign up for an account, however, the problem with the no sign up sites is that you will have to enter your Name, Address, Phone Number, etc. every time you want to post an ad. If you only post on occasions than this may be a good option. These will always be 100% free to use.
How To Use FREE Classifieds
We will give you a tutorial on the two main types of classified ad sites (required sign-up, and NO sign-up classified ad sites). Before we do that you should know the general guidelines on how to use the classified ad sites we will list.
1) Many free classifieds will have you sign up for a free account to post; you will need to present them with your information as they request. Use your 2nd e-mail account for signing-up as well.
2) To post your classified ad, you will need to select a category that will best fit the companies product you are promoting; for example, if you are promoting a site that offers dog training, then find a category like "Pets" and post your Dog training ad with your affiliate promotion link/hoplink for your Paydotcom or Clickbank companies that pertain to Dog training. If you cannot find a suitable category, then you can choose "Other," "Misc," or "Services Offered," as an alternative.
3) Some classified sites will have you select a price; so you will need to put the price that the company you are promoting is charging for the product or service. If you do not know the price, go the Web site of the company you are promoting and find the price. If you do not see the price on web page, then click as if you were going to order the product or service so you can get the price at check out before committing to purchase.
4) Now some of these classifieds may want you to select a location. You should try to select the broadest range possible, such as Global, World or Nation. If you have to be more specific then you have the choice to select a smaller location that will have less competition, but also less people searching your ads, OR you can select larger location like New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles etc., that will have more people searching your ads but, more competition. We suggest to mix it up a little.
5) You will also need to put a contact for the ad you place. This can be done by using your e-mail address. If you ever have to put your Name, Address, or phone number, that will never be displayed in your ad as it is only for you administration account with classified ad company. If you get contact in regards to the ad you placed you will direct the prospective buyer(s) to the web site through your affiliate promotion link/hoplink. As we will show you in the Craigslist tutorial you will need to do this frequently because Craigslist will not allow you to post your affiliate promotion links in the body description of the ad you place.
6) When posting your ads, DON"T FORGET TO PLACE YOUR AFFILIATE PROMOTION LINK/HOPLINK IN THE BODY OF THE DESCRIPTION as we will show you in this tutorial.
NO Sign-Up Classified Sites
HERE ARE THE NO SIGN-UP CLASSIFIED AD SITES
* ALAMONET |
* Alamonet - You must select the category on their index page first, then select the green box that says "Post Ad"
* Best ADS NYC - These ads will be posted in N.Y.C and you may post from anywhere in the world.
Required Sign-Up Classified Sites
HERE ARE THE REQUIRED SIGN-UP CLASSIFIED AD SITES
*CRAIGSLIST | # MYSPACE | INETGIANT | ADPOST |
US FREE ADS | OZ FREE ONLINE | WEB CLASSIFIEDS | OK4FREE |
UK CLASSIFIEDS | GREAT INDIAN | CLASSIFIEDS 4 FREE | SALES SPIDER |
BUYANDSELL | SUPER SHOPPER |
* Craigslist - We will need to show you how to post to the best classified site in the world "Craigslist" in a separate tutorial below. The way to post your classified ads to Craigslist is different than the other sites we will show you, and the reason is that Craigslist does not allow you to place your affiliate links in the ad description.
# MySpace - In order to post a free classified to MySpace classifieds you will need to sign up for a free MySpace account. If you already have a MySpace account simply click on the link above and click on "Post an Ad - FREE." Many members also will set up a free MySpace page and post their promotion/hoplinks links on there as well. That is optional and you do not need to set up any pages in order to use the free classified ads with MySpace. This is one of the best classifieds to use.
How to post to classified ad sites
With the exception of Craigslist, which we will give you a special tutorial later, most of these classifieds listed above will be formatted as follows:
Here is a typical classified ad posting screen:
:
Departments/Categories - Select the best category that fits the company's product/service you are promoting.
Subject - This is where you will enter a title subject of the company you are promoting.
Department not listed (Optional) - If you could not find a category that fit your company, you can suggest on for future use here.
Brief Description - You will now need to give some more details about the company you are promoting, here is where you can add special selling points you have gathered in your research of the company you are promoting. You will want to add a call-to-action such as "For more information" or "To find out more go to" followed by your affiliate promotion link/hoplink as we have shown in the example above. Notice we place this a few lines below the actual description so it stands out.
Some classified ad sites may offer an option for a "Web site URL," here you would add your promotion link/hoplink to this option as well as adding it to the description of your ad as shown above.
How to post to Craigslist
Craigslist is one of the simplest ways you will find to post your data submission ads. Craigslist is also the largest free classifieds on the Internet, and receives over 15 BILLION page views a month from over 20 million users. Imagine the results with this many readers; it is pretty amazing. There is another benefit of posting to Craigslist besides getting quick results; the ads you post can get indexed by the search engines. If you go to Google.com and type a search for various items, you will see that Craigslist ads actually get indexed on the first pages of Google. So you could have your ad seen by millions of people doing searches on Google as well. Even when your ad expires on Craigslist, it will stay active for months on Google. These are great reasons to use Craigslist to increase your income potential.
We are going to show you some tips to assure you get the best results in a short amount of time. Craigslist does not allow you to use your affiliate promotion link for it is against their regulations. We are going to show you a way you can still post to this classified monster that will take a little extra work on your part, but will prove to be worth the effort. We will start you out by getting you signed up with a free account. We will then show you how to select locations, and what category to post your companies and promotion links in.
Basic rules for Craigslist
There are a few basic rules that you will need to keep in mind when posting to Craigslist.
1) You can only post one ad to one location. You can post as many ads as you would like, but not the same ad to more than one location. Once your ad expires you can repost it to the same location, or to another location. So if you want to post the same company to more than one location, you would have to type a completely different ad to post it to another location.
2) You will NEVER post to the "Jobs" section of Craigslist, because 1.) it costs money and 2.) there are strict regulations to meet to qualify for posting to the "Jobs" category.
3) You cannot make false promises in your ads. For example, if you type "Join today and get a free DVD player." We will show you some features that will get the readers attention without being deceptive.
4.) As we have previously mentioned you cannot post your affiliate promotion link in your classified ad. We are going to show you an alternative that works great.
There are some additional rules Craigslist has, but we have listed the main ones above.
Step 1
Go to CRAIGSLIST by clicking HERE
Step 2
Click on "MY ACCOUNT" located in left top column.
Step 3
Click on "Don't have an account? Click here to sign up"
Step 4
Enter the e-mail address you will use to log into your account, fill in the confirmation code, and submit.
Step 5
Craigslist will send you a confirmation link to your e-mail to confirm your account. Click on that confirmation link and you will be prompted to choose your password for your account..
Step 6
You will then need to accept the Craigslist agreement. After you accept you will be brought to your newly created account home page.
The home page will look like this:
This will be the main account screen. Here you can do the following:
A. Choose the location where you want to post your ad.
B. See the status of all of your current ads.
C. All your current ads will be posted here.
To start your ad, you will need to select a location. There are two ways to look at this. First, you can choose a large metropolitan area like New York, Chicago, L.A, San Francisco, etc. The upside to this is that you will get more possibilities of traffic. The downside to posting to large metro areas is you will have a lot more competition with many more ads listed.
Second, if you choose to post to a smaller location, you will not have as much traffic as the larger areas, BUT you will not have as much competition in the smaller areas.
You can experiment with either; the choice is yours.
For our training we will use the S.F. Bay area to show you how to post your classifieds.
After you have chosen the area you would like to post to, you will then need to select the "type of posting" for placing your ad. You can take a look at the different types of postings Craigslist offers to see if the company you are promotion may fit into a particular niche. Ninety-nine per cent of the time you are going to want to select the "Services Offered" category.
After you select "Services Offered" you will then see the following categories:
After you choose, your category you will be brought to the following screen:
After you select any of the areas, you will be brought to the following screen:
You will click on the "Bypass This Step" option.
You will then be brought to the ad-posting screen that looks like this:
Posting Title: This will be the most important part of the ad because this is what the visitor will see first. The key to a good title is to get the reader's attention in the short amount of text you will post in the title line. Some great words to use in your title are: "Must Read," "Save Money," and the best of all, "FREE." If the company's product is not free, then you will not be able to post that. However, if you are getting paid for a lead for a free trial, this is the best time to place "FREE" in your title. You must also make sure you give a brief description of what it is you are promoting. For example if you are promoting a free trial to a weight-loss program, then your title would read: "Lose weight in the next 30 days - FREE TRIAL!" You will want the reader to know what it is you are selling.
Specify Location: Leave this blank; you have already chosen your location.
Posting Description: Now you can go into more detail about what you are promoting. Always type your ad as if you are the person selling the product or service. So you will use words like: "I," "ME," "OURS," "MINE," etc. You do not want to sound like a third party promoting and speaking of "THEIR," "THEM," etc. You want to make the ad more personable.
A VERY IMPORTANT part of your ad is letting the reader know to contact you for more details. The reason is that you will want the person to reply directly to your e-mail you are going to list with your advertisement. Once the person contacts you through Craigslist, you will re-direct them to your affiliate promotion link/hoplink in your response e-mail. We will explain more on how to properly do that.
SAMPLE AD DESCRIPTION:
If you are like me and are tired of these outrageous gas prices, you should check out my site, Gas-Savers. There are 62 ways guaranteed to save you money at the pump. Stop paying the crazy gas prices, and start saving today. I will even give you some cool free bonuses I think you will enjoy. To find out more contact me at (Your e-mail address) to find out more details. |
You notice how we noted to contact us separately from the body of the ad description with the "call to action" of "To find out more go to." This is what you will want to do in all your ads on Craigslist.
Also take a look how this ad was written short and to the point, as well as being personable by using the word "my." Also pointed out was that this site "Gas-Savers" will give the visitor additional bonuses and a guarantee.
You always want to point out the good selling points from the company's Web site you are promoting will list.
Email: - You will then add your e-mail address, and the verify it by adding it again.
Reply To: - If you do not want to list your e-mail address in the description of the ad, leave this option on the default which will not list your e-mail address. It will be sent to a Craigslist e-mail, then directed to your e-mail address.
Responding to e-mails from your ad
Once you receive an e-mail for any questions in regards to the ad you posted, you can then respond to the person e-mailing by re-directing them to the companies Web site by giving them your promotion link in the e-mail response. You would simply reply by saying something like:
"Go to this site to find out more and if you have any additional questions you can contact the Web site directly, and they can answer any questions you may have."
This will assure they visit the site, and you will get the credit for the commission, lead, or click as long as you give them the correct promotion link for the company. This takes a little extra work on your part but, you will see how well this works. A little tip we can give you to make this a little easier is to make up separate pre-written drafts in your e-mail account. This will make it easy by copying and pasting your response to the person making the inquiry about your ad.
Auto-Responder
As we have mentioned in the above about how to respond to e-mails in regards to your ads on Craigslist, we have another way that will make the responding process easier and automated. If your current e-mail provided has an option for auto-responders you can use that feature to automatically respond to e-mail requests. You will set up a pre-written email (as mentioned above)with your promotion link in the e-mail and set it up to automatically send out the response to the potential buyer. This will allow you more freedom so that you will not need to manually respond to each e-mail. If your current e-mail provider does not have an auto-responder option you can search the Internet for "E-Mail Responders" and you probably will find free ones to use.
Verifying your Ad
When you are done with your ad, submit it; then you will have to do a verification, and check off an agreement. Craigslist may randomly select to do a phone verification. They will want to verify your phone number to assure you are a real person. This does not happen on all ads you place, but may happen from time-to-time.
Note: If you are having problems verifying your ad by phone, you will need to contact Craigslist to work out other means of verification. We are sorry but My-Data-Team cannot intervene in this process due to dealing with personal information needed for verification.
When you are done with your ad, submit it; then you will have to do a verification, and check off an agreement.
After you have selected the agreement, you will then be brought to the confirmation that your ad has been received for review (see below screen), and a confirmation will be sent to your e-mail. Usually your ads will be running in less than 15 minutes after you post it.
Craiglist has made a lot of people rich who did exactly what you are doing here. For a 100% free method you cannot lose anything by using this service Craiglist offers.
Our suggestion is to post about seven to ten different ads for each company you are promoting. Create each ad in a different location, by selecting a few large Metropolitan areas, and a few smaller ones. Again make sure you completely rewrite your ad's title and description for each posing so you do not get flagged for double posting.
If you are having trouble getting your ads posted due to double posting, a little trick is to sign up for another Craigslist account using a different e-mail address. Still, you should re-create your ad; do not use the same ad twice in a different location while your ads are active.
Additional Craigslist Opportunity - Many people have been promoting their Craigslist ad links. We will explain what to do; you are going to still post whatever companies you would like to Craigslist ads. Every Craigslist ad you will create will have is separate Web address URL, which can be promoted by using all of the posting methods we provide. What this has been doing for our members is getting their Craigslist ads indexed on the search engines, as well as producing quick sales. As we mentioned to go to Google and do some searches, and you will see several Craigslist ads that have been indexed in their search engine, many of these may be current members.
Posting Method #4 - Opt-in E-Mailers
Destination: | Opt-in E-Mailers |
Result Time: | Can be as soon as one hour after posting |
Posting Frequency: | Post each company as allowed in your e-mailer account |
The object of this tool
The next way to make a web announcement is by e-mail marketing. This can be a very good way to get sales for the companies you are promoting, and it is all done in a professional manner. The methods we teach you are called "Opt-in." This is in no way spamming, as we will explain in a bit. You will be able to reach thousands of prospective buyers by typing a short e-mail and clicking a button.
E-mail Statistics
Jupiter Communications reports that e-mail marketing will become a $12.3 billion
business by 2009. Over 80% of consumers will be communicating via e-mail by 2009 according to Forrester Research. eMarketer reports that by year-end 2008, there will be 250 million e-mail users. E-mail volume has already eclipsed postal mail.
Obviously with startling statistics like this, e-mail should be a major part of your online and offline marketing strategies.
Using E-mail
The power of e-mail marketing is truly the "killer app" of the Internet. It is totally
revolutionizing direct marketing. Just by sending out a simple e-mail – you have the power to create cash on demand. Imagine, anytime you need more money, you just hit SEND! With the automated method it can sometimes be that easy.
Instant Results - Minutes after sending out your e-mail campaign you can start seeing responses and orders.
Low cost - No printing, no postage, no mail house charges. E-mail is nearly free to send out!
Testing on the go - How fast do you want to see results? Instead of waiting weeks
for responses and test results – you’ll have them in hours. Now, you can make
smarter decisions sooner.
Quick to create - You could whip out an e-mail in just an hour or less as opposed to weeks in the "offline" world.
High response rates - It’s not unusual for opt-in e-mail campaigns to get 5%, 10%, 15%, even 50% response rates something that’s almost unheard of in direct mail.
The Truth about "Opt-in" and "Permission" E-mail Marketing
If you’ve been on the Net for any length of time. we are sure you’ve heard of spam. That’s the name for unsolicited commercial e-mail, mostly the "get rich quick" and "send me a dollar" pyramid schemes that find their way into your inbox. Many short-term minded marketers feel that since e-mail is practically free they can send out thousands and thousands of e-mails hoping for a handful of sales while dealing with the risks involved. We don’t think that’s a good idea.
"Opt-In" Direct E-mail is the practice sending commercial e-mail to recipients that HAVE approved receiving commercial e-mail. These opt-in lists are targeted e-mail lists that offer marketers a "politically correct" way to reach their target audience on the net. Not only will your offer be sent to a targeted list, you won't have to worry about any problems because all recipients have "opted in" to receive offers like yours.
E-Mail format
An e-mail is formatted in two places, the "Subject", and the "Message". The subject is the first thing the e-mail reader will see, and this is what will determine whether they will open the e-mail or delete it. The message is where you will give the reader the description of what the company you are promoting is offering.
The important "subject line"
The subject line is what will make of break an e-mail campaign, if your e-mail gets read, you are one step closer to clsong the deal.
Savvy Internet marketers know that they must apply timeless direct-marketing principles, strategy and tactics to their Internet marketing in order to be effective. Here's how profitable direct marketing applies to e-mail marketing on the internet.
1) Think of your e-mail "Subject" line as the teaser copy on the envelope of a direct-mail piece. Envelope teaser copy has one over-riding purpose to get the envelope opened! And the purpose of your e-mail "Subject" line is to get the e-mail opened!
2) Think of the e-mail "Subject" line as the headline on a sales letter. The purpose of the headline is to make the prospect read the letter. And the purpose of the "Subject" line of your e-mail is to get the prospect to open the e-mail and read it! Simply apply the principles of writing good teaser copy and headlines to the art and science of writing good e-mail "Subject" lines.
Here's how:
1) Put the offer in the subject line. Here's an example of one for an office products company:
"1000 Address Labels Only $12.99 - Save $6.00!"
Clear as a bell, ain't it?
The key is to boil down your offer to the 60 or so characters you have available in your Subject line. Do whatever it takes! Test different ways to word your offer. If it hits them in the head like a bull's eye, they'll open your e-mail to find out how to take advantage of your offer.
2) Put your affiliate link code (promotion link/hoplink) in the Subject line, with a "call to action." For example:
"Check out https://paydotcom.com/78598/greatwidgets/12345"
Simple, isn't it? The truth is, if your wordy and windy e-mail message ends
with a call to action that sends them to the same place, why not put it up
front in the Subject line? Chances are, many readers will go there directly
from the Subject line without even opening the e-mail, just to see what's
going on! Mission accomplished!
Then again, some will open the e-mail to find the "reasons why" you want them
to go there! And, if your e-mail sales message does the job well, THEN they
will go where you want them to go!
3) Apply the "Yellow Post-It Note/Tearsheet Mailing" technique. Did you
ever get one of these in your snail mailbox? It's a direct mail piece that
looks like a newspaper or magazine article, with a yellow post-it note that
says something like:
"Bubba - get this! It's great! J"
Well, these direct mail pieces are VERY profitable! Now, here's how to apply this to e-mail Subject lines. To place a name in an e-mail you will use a piece of HTML coding in the e-mail; for example, if you want to send the filling message:
"Hey Angie, Go to https://paydotcom.com/greatwidgets/12345- It's Great!"
You would do this by inserting a HTML code like this:
"Hey {name} Go to https://paydotcom.com/greatwidgets/12345- It's Great!"
(The code can also be {name} depending on the service you use to send the e-mails. Check with the service you will use to see if this option is available.)
Test your subject lines
Write at least one e-mail Subject line in each of the three styles outlined above. Then test it against what you are doing now, or use it to start a new project. Test and compare many different approaches. Roll out with the winners. And then keep testing new Subject lines and go for a breakthrough! It's doable!
How to create the perfect e-mail "message"
It’s absolutely critical that you format your e-mails to 65 characters or less per line You see, everyone’s e-mail programs are different. That’s why sometimes you’ll see e-mails you receive look all screwy like this:
"Blah, blah, blah, blah,
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
Blah, Blah, blah, blah…."
That’s a dead giveaway that you don’t know what you’re doing. So the secret is to make your messages 65 characters or less and use a hard return (that means hit the ‘Enter’ key when you get to 65 characters). You can create your messages using MS Word for spell checking and so you can get a word count.
Also, use a fixed-width font like Courier New at 10-point when writing. Then after you’ve edited the e-mail several times you will save that file as .TXT file (it’s one of the options under FileSave As). Then you will open up that .TXT file (text only) and set up a guide to use so you know where 65 characters occurs. A text-only file will open in your default text-editing program something like WordPad or NotePad.
"Good looks" are very important in an e-mail message. This is often overlooked
by many e-mail users. It is a fact that an e-mail's content is diluted greatly if the message itself is "not good looking". Have you ever received an e-mail message that looks something like this...
"Thank you for requesting more information about our services! We here at ABC Company would like to present a special offer to all of our cherished customers."
There are two main reasons why e-mail messages turn out looking like this.
Although the reasons are quite simple, many e-mail users don't understand them.
Reason number one is called line length. When composing e-mail, most people
just type and type without using a hard carriage return. If it looks fine when you're
done, your e-mail program probably automatically wraps the words in a nice
legible format. This word wrap is usually done based on a line length of
anywhere from 70 to 80 characters.
MOST IMPORTANT - Always add your affiliate link code (Promotion link/hoplink) in the body of your e-mail description a few lines after your main message, along with the "call to action" as we have shown you in Tool #4 (creating classifieds in BestMall demo). Here is a copy of how to place your promotion link into the e-mail message.
Sample E-Mail Message:
If you are like me and are tired of these outrageous gas prices, you should check out my site, Gas-Savers. There are 62 ways guaranteed to save you money at the pump. Stop paying the crazy gas prices, and start saving today. I will even give you some free cool bonuses I think you will enjoy. To find out more go to: https://paydotcom.com/r/15410/yourpydotcomname/1170263/ |
You notice how we placed the PayDotCom promotion link separate from the body of the e-mail message with the "call to action" of "To find out more go to." This is what you will want to do in all your e-mail messages.
Email Tips
When writing your e-mail copy throw everything you learned in English 101 out the
window.
There’s nothing better for a person than to see their name. Use personalization in the subject line and inside the body of the e-mail (but don’t overdo it so it looks hokey).
2. Write just like you talk
Use plain, easy to understand English. Nobody cares if you can use "xenophobia" and "ostentatious" in a sentence. Write almost like you’re talking to a buddy over a beer. So that means use contractions. Be friendly and personable in your writing.
3. Put passion into your e-mail
Since you won’t have the luxury of seeing your prospect eye-to-eye to gauge their
reactions you need to put extra passion into your message. Even if you think you are overdoing it when you write, your letter will end understated when it gets read. Get enthusiastic!
4. Write to one
Try to think of the ideal prospect as you are writing and make the message just for them. Even if your web site will be read by thousands of people each day every person will read it one at a time. Use "you" and "your" liberally. Focus on them, not yourself.
5. Keep your sentences and paragraphs short
Keep your sentences and paragraphs short and simple. Period. Paragraphs should be no more than 4 or 5 lines. You want your e-mail to look easy to read with a lot of white space. Make it inviting. Long blocks of words are scary. Paragraph breaks do not need to be determined by content.
6. Use plenty of compelling subheads
Subheads should be like mini-headlines. Use them to break up large bodies of text and to bring people back into the body of the letter.
A lot of people will scan your e-mail so you need to make your subheads give a complete selling.
7. Eliminate excess wording
Simplify. Convey your message in a clear and concise manner but remember that doesn’t necessarily mean keep it short. You need to ruthlessly edit your e-mail for flow.
8. Use action verbs whenever possible
If you see too many "as," "is," "was," or "were," replace them. Sentences using action verbs are more powerful.
When writing your e-mail you want it clear enough so any 6th grader could understand it. Now you probably think your prospects are a lot smarter than 6th graders but nobody has time anymore to sit down and figure out what you’re trying to say -- so keep your writing simple and straightforward.
Here is a sample of a completed e-mail before submitting
Manual Opt-in Services (100% Free)
We have a list of services that will let you e-mail members of their opt-in list. They are 100% free to use with limitations. You will only be able to use each of these e-mail opt-in services once a week for your e-mails. If you upgrade to a pay membership you will be able to send opt-in e-mails everyday.
How the opt-in e-mail services work
To use these e-mail services, also known as "Safelists," you will need to know how to get signed up and how they work. We will show you step-by-step how to easily get signed up with the safelists of your choice.
Step 1
After you have chosen the safelist to sign up with, you will click on the Web site we will list, and choose the sign-up option. Some will offer upgrades that you will not need to use. All of these safelists offer free sign-ups, and free-to-use services.
Step 2
You will need to fill out a short sign-up sheet which will include you choosing a username, password, and your basic information. If you choose to promote their e-mail service, they will include a payment option (promoting their service is optional and not required to use their services). The most important part of the sign-up process is choosing your e-mails. These services will require TWO e-mail accounts, one for contacting you, and the other for what is called "Subscription" or "Listing" e-mail. Here are the two differences:
Contact E-Mail: This will be where the e-mail safelist company will send you information in regards to your account matters. You usually will not receive any additional e-mails to this account.
Subscription or Listing E-Mail: - This is where other opt-in members will send e-mails to you in return for you to send e-mails to other opt-in members. It will be important to use the secondary e-mail account we mentioned earlier to sign-up with. You will get a lot of e-mail offers to this account. You do not need to read the offers if you choose. However, you will need to delete these to keep your account from bouncing the e-mails back, which can disqualify you from the opt-in program. Also never mark the e-mails as spam, as this can also disqualify you from the program. That is why we suggested getting a second free e-mail that you will not need to worry about this account, accept to check it every so often to clear it out.
Some of these e-mail services will present additional offers and services; always click "NO," or bypass the offers if possible.
After you have signed up with the e-mail safelists, you will need to verify your newly created account by going to your e-mail accounts and clicking the verification these safelists will send. You can then log into your account to start sending you e-mail messages.
You will never need to upgrade your account at any time. The services will try to have you do this whenever possible. This is 100% free as long as you do not choose the paid e-mail option on sign up or upgrade at any time, and we will list enough companies so you can reach a large audience of people.
Here is the list of safelist e-mail services:
Herculist | BusinessWorldList | OptinLister | Cash4U |
Cash-Blaster | Elite-Hosting | SuperSafeList | SafeListDepot |
HotAdSafelist | BigAntList | BestListHost | MarkeToolBox |
The Damn Smart Safelist Network
SafeListGlobal | Hits2Millions | PeanutsList | AAA-List |
CashClub | AceSafeList | AccuMail | Web-Ads |
DreamLeads | KoalaBiz | LS-SafeList | LegacyList |
MarketWonders | PocketMoney | FreeSafe |
The PlanetX Safelist Network
ExecutiveList | Hits4U | RusGibMarketing | GlobalBusiness |
SuperList | YourAdBlast | XSafelist | BulkList |
CaesarList | PlanetWorld | BlueList | KillerSafeList |
MyList | FreedomList | YourAdBlast | SimpleSafeList |
The manual method we have just shown you is as hard as this will get but keep in mind that once you have your accounts set up the next time will be simple, you will just login to your account to send your e-mails.
Posting Method #5 - Article Submitting
Destination: | Article-posting sites |
Result Time: | Can be instant once articles are approved; 3 to 5 days |
Posting Frequency: | Post each company just ONCE to this, tool |
The object of this tool
One of the best ways to promote your company's promotion links is to type short articles to be posted to the web. If you do your own research you will see that this is one of the top promotion methods recommended by Webmasters. What this will accomplish is 1.) to get back-links to your promotion links, and 2.) to get a reader's attention about the company's product you are promoting. If the reader decides to visit the site you have posted in your article through your affiliate promotion link/hoplink, then you get the commission. The articles you will submit will be picked up by Internet directories, search engines, and Web Sites as well. This will create a large reader base for your articles.
How to prepare articles
When preparing your articles you will want to create them in a certain manner. You do not need to type a novel a simple two or three-paragraph article relating to the company you are promoting will do. You also do not want to make it sound too much like an advertisement, just some simple facts about the company you are promoting. This is why you want to do some good research about the company you are promoting so you can pick out some good points about the company to include in your article. To better help you on how to format your articles for publication, you can go to this article posting site and read various articles to get an idea on how to format them for publishing. Here is one site to visit called EzineArticles. CLICK HERE to visit their site.
After visiting Ezinearticles.com you will have noticed that many of these articles are very short and to the point. You can take some good points directly from the Web site of the company you are promoting and put them in your articles. You would have also noticed that in all of these articles you see the author has directed the reader to the company they are promoting through their Web site/promotion links. Some article sites will offer not only a place to post your article, but also a separate place to post your links.
The hardest part is to create the article; the rest is simple. If you are thinking this is not going to be worth the effort, think again! You will be amazed at the return you will get from your efforts. Many Internet marketers use article typing to create an empire of wealth. No lie! As we mentioned earlier, do a search for "making money with articles" and read how some Internet Marketers have become millionaires from this. We are not going to promise you that, but we will tell you that your efforts will be well worth it.
How many sites to post to
Although this tool is optional, we suggest you post the company you are promoting to at least two or three sites if you have time. The way to maximize your earning potentials is to post to all the sites we will list, or at least try to post to 15 to 20. You will post the same article to all the sites, so after you create one article it is just a matter of posting it to the article sites. We have a special software for you to use that can post your article to each site in a matter of a few minutes.
Manual Submitting to Article companies
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ- The software we provide below MAY NOT work on all computers. There is nothing we can do to get this to work if it is not working properly. So we have a manual method to use if Article Submit Pro does not work. What you will do is go to the major article submitting site EZINEARTICLES.com, you will submit your article to this site. Being this is the largest company you will be able to submit to this company and it will be picked up by several other article sites and posted to the Internet, therefor accomplishing what the Article Submit Pro software will do.
GO TO EZINEARTICLES SITE HERE
"Article Submit Pro" Software
We have a tool called "Article Submit Pro" that will enable you to post your articles to several article sites with a click of a button. This can save you hours of time. We will walk you through the tutorial to show you how to download and use this tool effectively.
Step 1
To begin, you will need to download the Article Submit Pro software HERE
Step 2
After you have downloaded it, you will need to install it to your computer. When you open the "Article Submit Pro" it will look like this:
Step 3
Fill in your personal information.
Most of this is just basic information such as name, address, and phone number. Your personal information will not be posted, it is only for when you will sign up and sign into the article-posting sites.
We have placed some key points in the illustration above such as:
Website URL - This is where you will post your affiliate promotion link/hoplink to the company you are promoting. You can easily change this when it is time to post another company.
Website Title - This is where you can post a short title that best describes the company you are promoting. This will also be changed every time you post a new company.
Username and Password - At the bottom of this step it asks for a username and password. This will be for the Article Directories that require a login. Article Submit Pro suggests you use your e-mail address as the username for any and all directory sites you sign up to. This way you will be assured that no one else already has the same user name, and it will work for all the directory sites you submit to.
Click to next top button, "Articles," to continue
Step 4
Click the "Add Article" Button and a box will pop open which will look like this:
Title: Enter your article's title in the first space.
Article: In the second space, enter the full article you are submitting. A good suggestion is to keep it between 250 to 500 words max. If you submit less the 250 you will be okay, just do not go over 500.
Summary: In the third space, enter a brief summary of your article - 50 to 75 words should do.
Keywords: In the forth space enter any keywords that relate to your article, such as "Work from Home" if you are typing an article about a work-from-home company, or select a keyword such as "Dog Training" if the company you are promoting is about dog training, etc.
Then click "OK" to save your article.You may enter multiple articles in this way. The articles will stay saved here and you may select them to submit to the article sites at any time.
Select the article you wish to submit by clicking it. You will see that it will stay highlighted when it is selected.
Click the next top button, "Web sites," to continue
The following screen will appear:
Step 5
In this step you will select the directories you want to post to. You may select just a few by using the check boxes, or select all of them by clicking the "Select all " button.
We are going to give you a list of the best article site directories to post your articles to. You may select as many or few as you would like, or select them all. Place check marks next to any or all of the following:
Sites To Check Off:
A Woman In Business
About Small Business Information
Accessify
Add Me
Article Bar
Article City
Article Farm
Article Pros
Articles Haven
Articles Magazines
BharatBhasha
Big Articles
Blog Widow
Business Know How
Business Knowledge Source
Common Connections
Concept Marketing Group
Comuli Ezine Finder
CyberIndian
Digital Women
Dime Consultants
ebooksdeal
Ezau
EzineArticles
FreeZineSite
Fresh Articles
Home Business Articles
Internet Search Engines FAQ
Jogena's
LinkSnoop
Marketing Troll
Marketing Seek
More 4 You Article Directory
Morgan Article Archive
PowerHomeBiz
Promotion Data
Promotion World
Purple Pages
Reprint Articles
Self SEO
SimpleSearch4it
Site Reference
Small Biz Portal
Super Publisher
T&I Grafix
The All I Need
U Promote
Uncover The Net
Uniterra.com
Webmaster's Library
WebProNews
Weeno
Work On Internet
Zone Bot
Edit only if needed
While you will not need to edit the directory sites often, it may become necessary if any of them ever change their login page or submission page URL.
Click on the site you wish to edit and select the "Edit button."
A box will open; enter the new login or submission URL for the article site. You may also save individual site's login details with this same method.
You may also delete article directories with the "Delete" button in this step.
In addition, if you would like you have the option to add new article sites that are not listed, such as Articlevault.com
After you have selected the article sites, you will click the next top button "Auto Fill,"
That will bring you to the following screen:
Step 6
This is the auto-fill submission step.
The first time you run the software you will most likely need to sign-up at all of the directory sites that require a login for submission.
The first time you run the software will require a bit more work than usual, but the payoff will be worth the time spent, because if you save your passwords, the next time you run the software if you have saved your passwords they will all auto fill to log you in.
Again, we recommend using your e-mail address as your login so you can use the same login for all of the sites you sign-up for; this will make the process much easier next time you submit articles.
If you have not selected an article, this function will not work, so be sure you have completed all previous steps before attempting to start submitting your articles.
To start posting your articles, click on the "Start" button located on the bottom left of the submitter.
Article Submitter does not just blast your articles to hundreds of sites unattended. If it did there would be too many sites that would think your articles were just spam, as every directory site's submission process is a bit different, not to mention that they change all the time.
The purpose of Article Submitter is to help you submit your articles in much less time than they would take to manually submit, by placing the access to all of the directories in one handy software.
Article Submitter will then auto fill all of your information, including your articles, once it is at each site.
You will still need to manually select the categories your articles belong in and manually hit the submit button on each site. This small bit of manual interaction on each site keeps your submissions appearing totally manual, and it makes your articles appear to be of much better quality than articles submitted by similar Article Submitter "Spam Machines."
We again point out that the first time through is always the toughest because of the initial signing-up on the articles site, getting used to the features of this software, etc. Once you start using this, it will become so simple you will be able to post your articles in a matter of a couple of minutes or less.
Step 7 (Optional Manual Submissions)
The last button on the Article Submitter Pro is for manual article posting sites; it is optional if you want to post this way as they will require more interaction on your part.
On the few directory sites that are set up to not allow auto-fill on their forums, they created the manual-fill step.
You can still try the auto-fill button at the bottom of this step. Many times you will have much of the content filled in for you, but for the most part, on these sites, you will still need to manually fill in the content the old fashioned way.
Posting to article sites can earn you big paychecks.