Archive for July, 2009

A Paid Self Hosting Blog Vs A Free Blog

Hi If you read my bio you will know that I initially set this blog up when I was in John Thornhill’ s coaching program, but I never really done anything with it content wise so I just reinstalled it which wiped any posts I had.

So this means I am starting fresh on this blog !!

Now the first thing you want to do online is to establish a name for yourself and theres no better way to do it than creating a blog.

This blog was set up with the hosting company which I use, D9 hosting. I found they offered excellent value as you can host as many websites as you wish, also they have a ton of video tutorials to walk you through the whole process of setting up your website and there support is outstanding. 

Here are a few hosting companies you may wish to consider;

D9Hosting 
(from $7.95 per month)

Host Gator
(from $4.95 per month)

1and1
(from $3.99 per month + 3 months free)  

If possible you want to get pay for your own hosting for your blog. The reason for this is because you own your blog and it can never be shut down as long as you are doing nothing illegal. 

Imagine using a free blog such as blogger and you had built your online business on this over many years and one day you try to log in and your blogs gone because they shut you down, well this does happen so if you have the cash and remember our number one aim is to build an online business so expect to invest a little money in initial set up. Using your own hosting also lets your name or company name only to be used in your domain name meaning you are only advertising yourself.

If you used blogger and you wanted the name of your blog to be your own name then lets say your name was John Smith then your domain name would have to be something like http://www.johnsmith.blogspot.com opposed to the self hosting option where it would be http://www.johnsmith.com

If you ask me the self hosting option is alot better looking as your not associated with another companies name. Think about it… Do you think big companies such as Mcdonalds, or IBM would take the 1st option, they wouldn’t !!

As you can see I have used my name graeme ashe as my domain name.

So the next thing to do is purchase your domain name I purchased mine from 1and1 , but if you have signed up for hosting you usually get the first one free. If not here are some recommended ones;

Then all you want to do is point the domain name to your hosting servers. Its a real easy process your hosting provider should be able to help you do this, if not give me a shout I’ll be happy to help !!

Until next time…….

Graeme

 

If your serious about internet marketing then if you don’t have an autoresponder you are not going to build a presence with your customers and also your leaving so much money on the table and thats why you need aweber autoresponder.

You have to retain loyalty with your customers and one of the best ways is through e-mail.

Too many people on the Internet try to make sales strictly from their visitors who come to their website. I should know as I have been guilty of this I the past.
 
Now most people who visit your website will leave without buying anything and usually once there gone you’ve lost them for good.
 
It took me a while to go out and buy an autoresponder but every course, every training I have done online told me to get an autoresponder, because you need a mailing list as the moneys in the list. I must have heard that a thousand times before I took action and purchased the aweber autoresponder, but I do really wish I did sooner and I am going to tell you that now too, sorry but if you don’t understand that then you’re a fool like I was.
 
I remember years ago when I would subscribe to magazines and get them delivered through my letterbox. On initial sign up you would be asked if it was ok if you could receive further information from the magazine company such as any future discounts and offers well I would like most people. If I liked the magazine and liked the offers they would send me I would buy additional products from them and that’s really what you can do with your e-mail list. Every e-mail you send out to your mailing list is basically your related products and offers reaching their inbox, opposed to their letterbox.
 
I have only ever used the aweber autoresponder. The reason being that everyone I know recommends it so I can’t comment on any other autoresponder. I am sure there’s one or two other decent ones but the price and service works for my needs. My mailing list is below 500 subscribers and its $19 per month or you can get a 3 month package or 12 month package and get it for less than that. I really don’t think I could get a better deal than that.
 
Some of the features I like about the aweber autoresponder are listed below;
  • Aweber autoresponder comes with tracking and analytics tools to help you get more from your email marketing efforts. This allows you to increase conversions (turning a prospect into a buyer).
  • Their customer service is highly rated and have even set up a support blog which is always getting updated with tons of information and is also updated with any new development tools which may be realeased for newer versions of aweber autoresponder.
  • If you get stuck using aweber autoresponder no matter what time or what day they have a live chat support service.
  • You can also try aweber autoresponder for free for 30 days.
 
Probably the best thing and most important thing is that the chances of your e-mail reaching its destination are 99%. Remember there’s no point having any autoresponder, never mind the aweber autoresponder if most of your e-mails don’t get to your customers.
 
Ok so I admit I am still getting used to using the aweber autoresponder it takes time to get used to all its different functionalities, but there’s videos a good selection of help videos from getting started and even how to build an effective follow up e-mail campaign. Theres also free live webinar sessions held a few times a month and a knowledge base.
 
I am only now just realising that how powerful an autoresponder is. It’s your bread & butter of your online business without it your online income would dwindle.

The bigger your e-mail list the more cash you will make on a consistent basis. It is said for every person on your list they are worth $1 per month, think about that.

If you can tell me how you can make a living online an easier way than pushing a submit button I really would like to hear from you?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Who The Hell Is Alex Jeffrey

Ok so I just thought I would put a picture below of of my mentor Alex Jeffreys (below left). If you don’t know who he’s with in this photo thats Mike Filsaime one of the top internet marketers in the world.

Alex Jeffrey & Mike Filsaime

Alex has been doing internet marketing for a few years now and made multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars online so he certainly knows his stuff, he better, lol. He lives with his wife to be in Wales in the United Kingdom. He started out selling small items on ebay then importing scooters from china to sell on ebay, before entering the world of Internet Marketing.

So today was the first live coaching session which I had with Alex Jeffrey and all I can say is wow, my head is buzzing with excitement and that’s even with me not getting to bed until sometime after 4am. The teaching session started at 11pm and finished at 1 in the morning, but then Alex held a question and answer session which went on until around 4 in the morning. It was daylight before I hit the hay. This guy is truly amazing, who else would do that for their students. So in the first lesson Alex basically talked about structuring your business. You have to treat your internet marketing career as any other business, because after all that’s what it is. You have to plan ahead and get organised, because after all if you don’t know where your going how do you get there. Set goals. If you don’t your a busy fool. I can really associate with this up until this point I was exactly that "a busy fool". I had no focus. I would spend most my days surfing the net checking my e-mails, spending my cash on the next "get rich quick scheme" and end up only ever paying cash out to other marketers rather than focus on my own business. Anything I have done online before I have never planned, but this all makes perfect sense in the real life corporate world if businesses never planned thier work load how would they acheive the the end target, the answer quite simply is they wouldn’t they would melt down and make no money, just like the internet marketers who say they can’t make money online. Everything you do online you must plan, plan,plan;

  • Organise your next year out.
  • Break it down into 4, 90 day plans.
  • Break the first 90 day plan down into a 4 week plan.
  • Then break down week 1 into daily tasks.

And always plan tomorrow today, sorry I can’t say it enough !! Alex even talked about working in a well lit room with no distractions and to drink plenty of water and to time yourself on any tasks you do. He even recommended getting a countdown timer to make this easier. You know what’s really hit me is this is real basic stuff which people, myself included have neglected "The actual basics". "An Idiot Without A Plan Will Always Beat A Genius Without A Plan" Please feel free to leave any comments I would love to hear your feedback.

My Very First Blog Post !!

Hi and welcome so here goes people this is my very first blog post and heres to many more !!

If you haven’t read the about me page then please do as this will explain my previous experiences with internet marketing, but in a nutshell so far I have barley made anything online.

But today this is all gonnae change because I have basically learned from my past inexperience that if you want to be successful in this game you have to work hard at it and damn hard, so no more get rich quick schemes for me.

This is where the hard work will begin, because I am more determined than ever to unlock this internet marketing success dream which I have been chasing for a while now.

I feel as if this time its got to work

I have invested more money brought onboard new expertise, by signing up to with Alex Jeffrey’s coaching.

So please join me on my journey as I am going to document my triumphs and defeats on this blog and hopefully you can learn with me. I want you to follow your dream too its not just about me !!!

At the time of writing this I am starting off with 0 subscribers on my mailing list and $0.

So my first goal is to get 1 subscriber and my first $1 

I would love to hear from you so feel free to leave a comment.

Let the journey begin!!!

Graeme

 

 

 

 

 

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