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Well the first few days of the year have certainly been busy! The major focus has been on getting the new site for GenMates ready to go! We had a target of being in a position to switch by 10th January 2007 and we achived ahaed of target by being ready to go on 6th January 2007! You can join the flood of other people joining us at GenMates - Your Genealogy Centre.
Talking of Genealogy! I have been in discussion in the last week with a leading figure in the UK Genealogy Community and out of that has been born a sit which is hopefully going to help quite a few people when it launches on 15th February 2007! The internet has opened up the world of genealogy in ways which could not have been envisaged even a few short years ago.
However, all the information that is available is leaving more and more people confused and asking questions about their findings as the thousands of questions that are posed in forums demonstrates. There is a massive opportunity for professional and passionate amateur genealogists on the internet but many of them say that they don’t know where to start. Hopefully Helping The Genealogy Experts will help them!
There seems to be an assumption, in some quarters, that Internet Marketing products can only be sold to Internet Marketers. Over dinner we were talking about websites and one of our guests mentioned that they had a site about their passion for cats which receives thousands of visitors each day. I commented that it must be earning them a nice sum each month. At that point I was met with a blank stare and a “how do you mean?” They were completely unaware of Adsense and Affiliate Marketing and indeed commented “oh that’s only for those work at home types isn’t it?” Over the last few days, I have asked a couple of other people who I know have very successful sites in areas that they are passionate about and have been met with fairly similar responses. None of these are making money from their sites!
I originally created a short report on Adsense at Adsense Success for what I would have thought of as Internet Marketer types. However, my focus with it has changed in the last day or so. “Cat Owner with a website? How would you like to cover the costs of your income and make some additional funds?” - you get the idea I hope? Grab a copy fot he report for yourself if you have a website and are not making the most of it!
We have a number of exciting developments planned in the coming year as I have mentioned in previous posts. The next big one on the horizon is my Group Coaching site for Internet Marketers who want to lift their activity to the next level! That will launch on 1st February 2007.
Finally returning to Genealogy. Our Genealogy Search Center is getting set to launch this week and I will bring you up to date next week.
……very finally if you are looking to buy some great and valuable Domain Names check out Domain Sales - I have three great sites listed there: www.audio-articles.net, www.factafterfact.com and www.thebestonlineproducts.com!
Have a great week!
January 7th, 2007
Hope that your week has gone well and that you have had a great weekend?
I know for us it’s been a little mad to put it mildly. As some of you will be aware my partner had a knee operation early in the week and I have been running back and too trying to look after them! Anyway things are slowly getting on the mend. So that is good news!
It’s that period of the year when Internet Marketing products appear to be launched left, right and centre. One of the things that seems to be happening is that the pricing of some of these products appears to be losing touch with reality! They are becoming more and more adept at marketing these products and playing on every concievable emotion - witness the latest email from the people behind the 6M Profit Method - essentially you must buy our $3,000 product aimed at newcomers to Internet Marketing in case you get sick! I am sorry I will not be recommending this over-priced product to anyone.
What worries me about this sort of stuff is that it is drawing people into chasing a dream which is out of touch with their real desires. Ask anyone if they want to be a multi-millionaire and I suspect their initial response will be “Yes Please!” Then sit down with them and talk to them about their real desires (as I do many times when I am coaching people at all levels) and their desires will start to come out. You will hear phrases like “I want to earn a comfortable living” or “I want to be able to look after my loved ones” or even ” I want to have a freedom of choice.”
Notice in there the phrase “comfortable living” and how many of us wouldn’t want that? How many of us would like to be able to make choices and decisions in our lives? The decision to go on holiday? The freedom of choice to decide whether we want to work for ourselves or want to build up a nest egg for the future? Does that sound a little more routed in reality than the day dreaming of being a multi-millionaire which some internet marketers hold out to us with their multi-thousand pound “offers of enlightenment” on a regular basis?
Don’t get me wrong I believe in aspiring to great things, indeed that is what so much of my work in coaching is about, but that is always rooted in reality and in the real and achievable aspirations of the individuals concerned. None of us should beholden to the aspirations of other people especially those that like to post pictures of their houses (with the spotless kitchens with no pans and plates in them!) or their boats which have never touched water.
Now I firmly believe that the Internet Marketing arena can offer many people the opportunity to achiev thir true aspirations without making them broke along the way! It is something I have managed to do over the past 12 months or so with some degree of success.
Those of you who have subscribed to my updates on the Internet Business Creators page will have received my recent email. In it outlined how my original idea of developing a series of eBooks outlining my approach to developing an Internet Business has developed in response to the people the project was aimed at. The feedback was that people want a more intereactive opportunity where they gain the information in a different way. So essentially I will be running a subscriber site/Blog where I will share exactly what I do to earn a very comfortable living which gives me freedom of choice. Price point set at something like $19.97 per month (reduced by 50% for subscribers).
It’s a project that is really exciting me and there will be more details in the next few weeks! If you haven’t signed up and want to then go to Internet Business Creators!
Now turning to other matters GenMates is continuing to grow at an amazing rate. We are seeing so many new members joining and taking advantage of the facilities on offer and it’s great to know that we are providing something that genealogists clearly want. We already have plans for a number of other sites in associated niches (areas of interest) so watch out for the news on those. If you are a member of the Warrior Forum and are looking at getting a Social Networking site launched in your Niche(s) my WSO offer is still available!
The events of the last week have delayed some of our activity but we are rapidly catching up! The Genealogy Audio Articles and The Scrapbooking Audio Articles are getting there and as someone said to me the other day they will be great to listen to on the colder winter nights. Talking of winter nights I don’t know about you but it doesn’t feel like autum yet does it! Well certainly not here in the Uk where the trees are still looking very green and leaf laden! Oh that reminds me the other thing I was asked about the Audio articles was whether the audio files will be available as MP3 downloads so that people can listen to them on the move. I am working on that at the moment and seeing how we can make them available at a nominal charge for the lot - so again watch out for news on that.
During the week I made a special offer available of The Genealogy Guide and literally dozens of people took advantage of the offer. It’s still available if you want to grab a copy for yourself and I will probably leave it available for just a couple more days at The Genealogy Guide.
We also received quit a few emails asking if we could make other offers such as that one and I am pleased to say we are doing at PK eBooks - Your eBook Store! The site specialises in home and hobby quality eBooks and you will find eBooks on Scrapbooking Ideas, Coin Collecting, Stamp Collecting, Amateur Photography and much more besides! Do take a look at the site as you will find a lot of eBooks and there is even a free download which I think you will find interesting!
So there you have it a very busy week!
October 22nd, 2006
Hope that your week has been good and that you are enjoying the weekend?
It’s been another busy week for us and several of our sites have been featured in National Magazines in the UK!
Our Get The 1911 Census Online Petition has been fetaured in Your Family Tree and we have seen lots more signatures added, if you haven’t signed it already then do op along and join our Campaign!
In addition GenMates - The Genealogy MySpace has been featured in a half page spread in Family History Monthly and we have already seen a flood of new members. GenMates is absolutely our members site and unlike other Genealogy Sites our members create the content!
We are also looking to develop our resources for Genealogists and others with a new site which will have Audio Articles on it! So in addition to reading the articles you will also be able to listen to the articles at your leisure. Initial feedback from those we have asked to try the concept has been very positive and we may well look at offering the audio articles for sale at a reasonable price so that people can listen to them on the move! So get your iPods ready! The first articles will cover Genealogy and Scrapbooking. In the meantime you can also check out our existing Genealogy Articles site.
Squidoo
You may have read my comments elsewhere about Squidoo which I think is a fascinating site. It fits in so neatly with my passion for providing information to people which empowers them to make real changes in their lives. From a marketing perspective I also think it offers great opportunities and I have already seen the benefits of quite a lot of additional traffic to other sites. if you haven’t already taken a look at my Squidoo Lenses here are a few:
Genealogy and Family History
Hobbies For You
The Blogging Guide
Make Money From Blogging
Family, Home and Garden
How to be a Success in Niche Marketing
I also have a collaborative project going on at the moment with a number of experts in their fields which I will be talking about shortly! If you haven’t started your own lens yet then you can do so here: Squidoo and have the potential to earn an extra $5!
Finally for today! I don’t know about you but I like to be able to read reviews of things that I am considering buying and that’s one of the reasons I have gotten involved with Clickbank Reviews - you can tak a look and let me know what you think!
Have a great week!
October 1st, 2006
Now this really does take Niche Articles to the next level and I have to say that I am very impressed by both the quality of the articles and also the quality of the audio recording.
The page that you can access below says it all really! So if you want to approach niche marketing in a novel way take a look at:
Niche Audio Articles
September 26th, 2006
