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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

9 brilliant ideas about viral loops & What is really hidden behind the incredible growth stories from Youtube, Facebook & Co.


While the Internet has become the world's biggest viral "game face" for companies, artists and politicians have quietly made ​​a few pioneers on the path to decipher the „code of virality“. There are viral phenomena,especially in the digital world, that sweep in an incredible speed through the Web. Most of the users which are covered by such a viral avalanche can hardly imagine that such a thing could be specifically developed by brilliant Web architecture ...
The line between spam and eye-catching viral waves is very narrow. And yet it is so! Large networks like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter & Co have something in their architecture, which the layman hardly notices, called the profile "viral expansion loop" . This viral expansion loop creates, simply speaking, 101 visitors (or more) from 100 visitors . And out of the 101 visitors, 103 visitors will be created the next day. Further 110 visitors will be created from 103 on the following day. The effect is always exponentially as long as the viral growth factor above 1.0, i.e. out of 100 daily visitors, at least 101 will be created the next day.
That one can actually design a franchise system and complete new cloud service in this manner, is currently beign made visible by the well-known german top marketer Heiko Häusler, and the traffic strategist Tobias Knoof . On board is Thomas M. Duda, also a heavy gun from the franchise industry. A brilliant communicator, who already had a hand in the game with the construction of the multi-billion dollar franchise giant "conrad electronics". All three have now put together a project called "OneBiz" , which already is beign talked about in the marketing branch.
Onebiz is intended to allow largely automated content, traffic and link building, and has according to the three heads, the best elements from the worlds of MLM, networking, franchising and affiliate marketing on board. The new cloud service cleaned up everything immediately in the first annoncemnt of the National Internet Marketing Congress in Berlin and reached, since the inception of IMK, record sales from the stand. Amazingly, since hardly anything was known about Onebiz, it is probably more of a strategy from the Knoof'schen viral prelaunch ... and the Häusler'schen marketing school ;-)
Project OneBiz is exciting either way, since it combines a lot of viral ideas, that even the largest networks like Google, Facebook & Co operate extensively. Large networks do not think in link building and SEO, but in viral loops and fractal growth of the company. Something that the Onebiz protagonists have written in red ink on their own banners. I have put here together the 9 billa-test ideas for the construction of viral loops, and what this incredible growth stories of major networks really triggers (and what Onebiz plans):
  1. Web-Based
    To build strong viral loops, the product, the service, or a service should be web-based. Basically, however, viral loops and offline flyers, QR codes, verbal referrals, postcards, call center or mobile smartphone apps can be initiated. Once the viral loops come into the digital world, their perception, but not rarely, spread explosively.
  2. Free
    A key element that keeps the entry threshold for the use of a product or service as low as possible. Take something of high quality, offer it at no charge to first accumulate the largest possible user multitude, which further recommends the free service fervently. Not really new, but a crucial element in the construction of viral loops.
  3. Decentralized 
    One of the absolute sticking points in the designing of viral loops is the aspect that all loops should be indeed decentralized but central in service, a website or product. Infinite multiplication of viral loops so to speak, al are entwined together and have a common intersection, namely the landing page with the entry point into the viral loop
  4. Simple Concept 
    As is often the products, websites or services must be simple for end users. This applies all the more to build viral loops. It's all about simplicity, intuitive user interface, usability and clear systems. The simpler something is, the better and virally it will work.
  5. Inherent virality 
    The core of the viral loop is the so-called inherent virality. This means that the virality in the project must be the product or service "worked into it," so that this results from the use itself. With the use of a product, the virality should unfold and can be increased. Not just by a few nice invitation functions e.g. by subscribing to a service.
  6. Network effect 
    Viral effects can almost reach astronomical magnitudes, when the so-called network effect is taken into account. This implies that the benefits of a product, service, or service for everyone involved gets bigger the more users the network itself has. The spread then rises exponentially similarly as with telephone, fax, or Skype.
  7. fractal growth 
    Viral Loops must be self-contained and have a large degree of self-similarity. If this is the case, and they work self-sufficienty, fractal growth can occur, which leads to a dramatic acceleration of viral processes. One thinks, for example, of branch and franchise systems. These business models are similar fractals from nature.
  8. Cloning 
    The cloning of viral processes is the "holy grail" in the construction of viral expansion loops. Something that works to copy and clone leads almost immediately to a multiplication of the existing results. Through the principle of Clonings you quickly get an idea of why large networks such as Facebook, Twitter & Co lay down such incredible growth stories with almost no advertising.
  9. Self-interest
    Virality is nothing without users who distribute the product, services or ideas. Therefore, the construction of viral expansion loops has a great deal to do with psycology specifically with swarm behavior, mass psychology, and herd instincts. Networks are able to deal with these concepts and provide a perceived self-interest of their users, the chance of success stories of similar size as the social "big players" on the Internet are well have
This is also what the new Cloud-Service OneBiz draws on. The service sees itself as a giant "Social Autoresponder" from which one can publish their content on the Web any time control (scheduling). The plans are sporty, in fact, but who knows the well-known names Häusler and Knoof knows that they are baked certainly not "small bread roll". With the franchise experienced Thomas M. Duda at her side is no less than a "fully automated online and offline-based franchise system" on their agenda. This would indeed be a novelty not only in the marketing scene, but especially in the highly lucrative franchise industry.
Onebiz is to be the first cloud service for fully automated content, traffic and link building. In the near future you can connect with virtually any profile anywhere on the Internet through the system. In these profiles, information and updates can then be fully automated, timed and thematically fed appropriately. Onebiz user might, for example, publish their desired content in any social communities, articles portals, press portals, video portals, blogs, forums, RSS directories, social bookmarking portals, podcast directories or web directories. A service that would indeed be of great interest across board for every online business owner or website operator.
If one looks at the current state of affairs of Onebiz, and the virtual dust which the project has stirred up, then you can certainly be inclined to take your hat off, independent of what is to come. The protagonists somewhat very well understand: a lot of attention, that is, to achieve traffic and to arouse interest. The current Alexarank stands at 601 out of 16 million "Punkt.de" domains, which is really incredible! The statement alone that two former competitors, and "aces" of the local marketing scene merged their company together, already is enough indication. As far as I know, the new system will shortly be multilingual and available also in different currencies.
I have reserved an account already for myself as according to the official website, only a limited amount will be available at the start, to ensure system stability. The application, however, is non-binding, and one never knows, so has at least before***, "his finger on it." So, sign up if you are interested as soon as possible and thumbs up for Onebiz!
PS: For more information CLICK HERE

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Marketing Online Success

In order to achieve the highest level of marketing online success, you need a few basics. These "tools" will make it possible for you to make money and build a real business online. It isn't a high cost, but it will take some time to find all the tools you need and to learn the skills.

I sometimes fear that I sound like a broken record, but I truly do hate to see people work hard only to fail because they simply don't know what to do or are being misled by others who are only trying to make money.

So in order to ensure your own marketing online success, please heed the tips I'm about to give you. I have been doing this for many years and I know what I'm talking about. Most of this information I learned the hard way - by making the very mistakes I'm trying to get you to avoid.

Here is what you need to do:

1. Get an education. It doesn't have to be at your local college, there are many training resources available right online for minimal cost. Also, since these online courses can be accessed any time of the day or night, it is easier for working adults to find the time to complete them. You don't have to accommodate someone else's schedule.

Many of these courses can be completed in just a few weeks, and you may be able to actually start making some money while you are going through the course.

Whatever options you choose just make sure you get educated on how the various parts of marketing online fit together.

2. Check your delusion at the door. Hype seems to be rampant online and if you really want to have any success, you must get, and keep, your expectations in line. If you believe the hype, you will waste a lot of time and money chasing some new "sure thing" after another.

To be honest, that is exactly what I did. I was so convinced that my success would happen virtually overnight that when it didn't I thought I was just doing the wrong thing. It never occurred to me, in the early days at least, that it wasn't what I was doing that was the problem it was my unrealistic expectations that was causing me so  much trouble.

Once I accepted that building a business online would require time and attention from me and I started investing those things in my business I started having success.

3. Be consistent in your time. Even if you can only put a few hours a week to working on your business, you can make it work just as long as you invest that few hours a week every single week.

Of course, the more time you can put into building your business the sooner you may be able to start earning consistent money, but even with small amounts of time you can still build a business as long as you do it on a consistent basis.

Marketing online success hinges on these things. Follow them and you will greatly increase your odds of success.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Interacting And Attracting With Social Media Marketing Tactics

There are many benefits to employing social media marketing strategies. Social media allows you to instantly communicate with a broad customer base, and interact with them to generate interest in your products, services, and overall business. This article provides valuable guidance on utilizing social media marketing strategies successfully. Use these tips to make your business more successful.

Always remain positive when marketing via social media. People like to be around others and things that make them feel good. Bad mouthing others or making negative statements can lead to others viewing your product or service negatively. Be sure to keep this in mind on your personal page as well if you have one.

If you are using social media then you will want to market by inviting all the people you know to those pages. The main reason here, especially on Facebook and Twitter, is that the activities they perform are available via their profiles. So while your sister's neighbor's boyfriend might not be interested in your business, people in his network might be.

Monitor your competitors on social media sites. Spend a little time looking at what your top five competitors are doing out there in the social media world. Look at which social sites they are most active on, what kind of content they are publish, how many fans they have and how they promote their site and what they have to offer.

Try using YouTube as part of the marketing you use for social media, to help attract specific viewers to your website. YouTube is effective in drawing in newer visitors, since watching your video content should familiarize them with your products and services. It is easier to increase sales when you are selling to a warm market, and anyone who knows something about you before they get to your site is more likely to buy your products, because you have piqued their interest.

To help a new business get accustomed to social media marketing, you should start out small. Starting out small will give you the opportunity to target the customers that are looking to purchase the products you sell. You don't want to promote your site in too many places at first because you need to know what works and what does not.

Utilize RSS feeds. These all people to subscribe to your feed and have the posts go into their Google Reader account once your feeds are published. This makes your content accessible in an easy-to-access way for your customers. Make the button to subscribe easy to identify, so the whole process takes no effort on the part of those visiting your site.

Do not forget to post a link to your website or blog on your social network profiles. If someone hears about your products on a social network, they will need to have access to more information and see what you use as a storefront before they can decide to buy anything.

Before beginning a social media marketing campaign you should consider purchasing guides to lead you in the right direction. A guide includes information about the leading social media sites. It will give you all that you need to know from the basics of setting up a page to strategies to increasing traffic.

As this article has shown, there are many benefits to employing social media marketing strategies, and there are many different ways to use social media. Social media marketing could be the extra push your business needs to obtain the success you have been seeking. Apply the advice in this article, and see what social media marketing can do for you.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Earn Money With a Blog-Can You Do It?

A blog making money is a blog that is generally successful.  While this isn't the focal point of many blogs, for some, it?s a nice addition to their income and for the more successful, their only source of income and one that allows them a well enough lifestyle.  For the most part, making money off blogs is a mystery to many people ? it doesn't have to stay that way.  Read on and you may discover another way for you to make money.

Before anything else, you need to be able to write fairly consistently and at a steady pace.  Three or four entries a week doesn't seem like much at the start, but after a while it can wear even the most devoted writers down.  It's just like any job ? sometimes you get bored with it and you step out for a day or two, but the Internet is a far more demanding ruler than many bosses. Plus nothing feels better than knowing you have a blog making money. When you have a solid and devoted following, you can afford to miss one or two days or even weeks.  Some sites even go a month without updating, but at the very start, you need to be able to stick to it like white on rice.

For those who open blogs based on products, you?re in luck ? you can probably get on the affiliate bandwagon and make some money that way.  Now, how does that work?  It's fairly simple.  Being an affiliate to a website basically means that you're advertising them on your website, either by having content related to the main website and linking to them or by showing their ads on your site.  Payment isn't like it is in other media industries though. The Internet?s just a different field than television, one that requires a different payment method.

Generally, the setup is a pay-per-blank, wherein the blank is something that changes from group to group when it comes to blog making money.  Most people go for the pay per click variant, which means exactly what it suggest ? payment only occurs once a viewer on your site clicks the link to their site.  Another popular variant, one mostly for merchandise sites such as Amazon, is the pay-per-purchase variant.  A user needs to do more than simply browse through the numerous items available  they actually have to purchase something.

Payment for advertising for blog making money varies from group to group.  Luckily the internet and thus, the people you can meet in it is so wide that you'll probably find someone or a group that wants to advertise or have you as an affiliate.  Build a good site and the money will come.

Probably.  The internet and blogging aren't some magic words that you can use to instantly get ahead in the rat race.  It just doesn't work that way.  You still have to work hard and make a site that advertisers would actually be interested in, that can give real traffic to those who would make you an affiliate site. Work hard, put in the leg work and yours might be a blog making money.



Monday, March 24, 2014

Afiliate Internet Marketing 101

Affiliate internet marketing is a great way to make money promoting someone else's product. When you sign up as an affiliate, you receive an affiliate ID and URL. If you already have a website then you can start promoting their product on your site. Whenever someone visits your site and you make a sale then you get a commission.

The commission is usually a percentage of the purchase price of the product. If you do not have a website then you will need to get or make one. Sometimes the company you are working for will provide one to you and all you have to do is start getting traffic to the site. There are many ways to drive traffic to your site.

Do some homework and find a product that you think would be a good item to promote. Sign up to become an affiliate and if you are selected by the company then you can move forward and get everything in order to start making money. There are more steps involved so make sure you do not miss or skip over any of them. It will only take longer to make some extra cash.

Should you have to build you own site you will also have to buy a domain name and pay to get it hosted. The cost for a domain name is minimal at only about $10 a year. When you buy a domain name you are basically staking your claim on a parcel of the internet. Just like when the pioneers staked their claim on parcels of land, you now own a piece of the internet.

The domain name you choose is very important. It should have the keyword for the product you are promoting in it. Do some keyword research to find the best keywords to use. A good keyword is one that has high searches every month but that also has low competition. A keyword like this is like money in the bank. Download a good keyword tool and spend some time looking for a good one. Check out some long-tailed keywords, you might find your little golden nugget has four or five words in it.

You will need a good content management system, or CMS, to install a blogging platform on your affiliate internet marketing website. Your web hosting service may install a blogging platform automatically on your site. The  all you have to do is keep it updated and interesting. Use some backlinks to your website to help drive customers, or traffic, to your site.

People will respond to your blog if you keep it professional and sound like you know what you are talking about. To make the sales people have to believe that you are an authority on the subject. They need to trust you.

Now that your affiliate internet marketing site is up you can start posting reviews pertaining to the product you are promoting or you can write articles describing the product and it's benefits. Ask former customers to write testimonials and post them, too. One satisfied customer might bring in maybe as many as five to ten others looking for the same product.



Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Do you know how to produce content that gets people worldwide to respond -- FAST? Read this and you will! The Master reveals his secrets!

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.

 Author's program note. I'm going to do something quite different in this article;  something unique, unprecedented, unheard of until now. I'm going to share -- for  the first time ever -- my trade secrets about how I produce the best and most  responsive content anywhere; the content that gets people like you to stop in your  tracks, whatever you're doing, no matter how important, read what you've written...  and respond to it.

 Once you learn how to do it, you'll use this invaluable skill over and over again...  becoming more and more proficient each time, until you become a master too,  a brand name, a recognized authority, someone people want to know about, pay  attention to; quite simply the consummate master of your craft, constant deference,  increasing rewards, recognition and admiration your part, and rightly so. Of course,  we'll need a little magic to make this happen; such magic is useful at any time. Now  repeat after me...

 " Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo/  Put 'em together and what have you got/ bibbidi-bobbidi-boo".

 These are of course the words of my colleague Fairy Godmother, from the 1950  Disney production. She was, you'll recall, the kind-hearted, sympathetic darling  who, in record time, organized everything necessary to rush a radiant Cinderella to  the ball... and her prince.

 You'll find the song in any search engine. Play it to yourself two or three times...  sing it out loud. But don't share it with anyone just yet.  After all, they may be a  certified scoffer, gruff, dismissive, unhelpful... and that will never do. Bibbidi-bobbidi-  boo. "It'll do magic believe it or not." Believe... it's the first and crucial step to achieve.

 Pick your subject.

 Creating content that gets maximum response starts with your subject, what you're  writing about. Here are some suggestions: It should be timely, of interest and importance  to the kinds of people you want to respond (future customers!), and most of all be a  subject you either know something about already or one you are prepared to research,  to add depth, resonance and layers of meaning.

 The last article I wrote just yesterday (one of over 1000 I've penned in the last three years  or so; all available at jeffreylantarticles.com) was on... marigolds. Does this seem to you  to be an unlikely topic to knock out of the park? Dubious? Then think again! There are  millions of people worldwide who grow marigolds, use health and beauty products derived  from marigolds, and honor them in their obsequies and solemn rites of passage into eternity, particularly along the great river Ganges,1569 miles long, its muddy waters flecked by the  bright brilliance of golden marigolds, beloved of the Virgin, the gift of countless pilgrims along  the way.

 Outline your content.

 To write superior content, content that motivates response, you must create a superior  outline. Here's how to do that. Brainstorm just what you want in your content; then do  a preliminary outline. Don't worry too much now about whether the points you want to  make are in the right order. Worry instead that you have written them down. Never, ever  trust to imperfect memory.   .  Once you have all the points you wish to include, arrange them in the right order,  the order that builds your case. To see what I mean, go to jeffreylantarticles.com  and peruse several articles there. As you do, think on this. This teeming site,  content capital of the world, now gets over 1,000,000 hits a month and should be a  "must" destination for anyone who understands the importance of content and wishes  to master its every nuance, profiting accordingly. That would be you, right? Bibbidi-  Bobbidi-Boo.

 The joy and necessity of careful research.

 I am a trained researcher with a Ph.D. from Harvard University. It took me seven  meticulous and arduous years to achieve. I had to identify, travel to, work in and rely  upon the arcane resources of dozens of private and public document depositories  in several countries. My life was a demanding and insistent process composed of  passports, tickets, incomprehensible pre-Euro currencies, strange accommodations  with lumpy mattresses (and too often voracious bedbugs). As for food... I can even  now remember, and luridly recite if you like... the various collywobbles to which I gave  way en route to being elevated into the peerage of learning.

 That was then; this is now.

 These days my continuous researches are vast, detailed, up-to-date, best of all the  work of minutes, with nary a plane to (wait for) and catch... or odoriferous train, the  malfunctioning toilet making its noisome problem known to all and always over  shadowed by one frightening question, "Have you seen my typewriter and my notes!"  "I thought you had them when we changed trains."

 In our wired age research is easy, universal, distinguished by its celerity, thoroughness...  and a researcher who now never looks like he slept in his clothes in the Iruna station,  assaulted by fantastic mosquitoes and suspicious border guards, the jack booted minions  of Generalissimo Franco, a man whose sole idea about intellectual endeavors of every  kind (and the research on which they were based) was to crush, curb and curtail them.

 The Internet has changed all that forever... and I, for one, am profoundly glad.

 Now it's time to write.

 My mother, bless her soul,  had a million pet sayings, each one a little gem of pithy  insight. As for writing, she'd say, for she was a scribbler, too, "Having written is better."  What she meant, of course, was that the business of writing was often hard, frustrating,  exasperating, not infrequently infuriating, and always something demanding full heart,  soul and brain. In short, writing is never a piece of cake you can do half asleep and  hung over from the night before.

 Such writers, who take the demons of people like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jack Kerouak  as their inspiration and models, talk a good game about writing... but are more notable for  their volubility on the subject than their productive output. You need another point of view,  more practical, utilitarian, productive not to mention profitable.

 Write every day, every single day... without fail or "reason" why you didn't.

 People who understand the power and potency of content are people who do the  necessary every single day to create it. That would be -- me... and is why in the  past three years I have, remember, written and published over 1,000 articles, available  for you and the world to see and use at jeffreylantarticles.com. How did these articles  get written? Easy.

 Yes, I wrote on days when it was blistering hot. I wrote on days when my nimble fingers  froze, sticking to my computer's chilly keys. I wrote on days of national triumph...  and on the many days of national confusion.  In short, I wrote, no excuses, no special  pleadings, no reasons why I couldn't, shouldn't and mustn't.

 In short, I wrote on Mondays, Tuesdays,  Wednesdays... on all the days. Thus with  near military efficiency as I wrote words, so I wrote the superior content that got  better and better still, the more I wrote... silky, smooth, sleek, the champaign of  money-making language.

 Will you do as much? You certainly won't with the poor habits you now evince  in the high and important business of creating content that sells... for what you  produce is directly related to the habits you have and yours are nothing to write  home about.

 "What me worry?"

 Years ago "Mad Magazine" featured on its cover a lout named Alfred E. Newman.  Everything about him was obnoxious, irritating, an affront to good parents everywhere  and their goody goody rug rats. To these good people Alfred  E. posed the question  of the centuries, "What me worry?" It was impertinent, insolent, and wildly popular  with other louts. (It also made the copy writer who coined this golden phrase a  millionaire many times over.)

 However YOU are not a lout... and you do worry and rightly so. Fortunately  you have not only a useful friend in me but you have a direct line now to Fairy  Godmother, who's no mean shakes in the content department, just ask those  mice transformed into the most magnificent of coach horses. She has magic  for you and to spare.  I think I see her pointing her magic wand at...... you...  Oh, yes, she is.  Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!


Harvard-educated Dr. Jeffrey Lant is the author of over a dozen business books, several ebooks about online marketing, and over one thousand online articles on a variety of topics.  Republished with author's permission by Robert Miller

10 Habits of Highly Successful Online Marketers

By George Kosch

1. Successful online marketers know that marketing must be done as consistently as possible. Marketing and promotion must be scheduled, frequent and without fail.

2. Successful online marketers know that the money is in the list and thus list building strategies MUST be integrated into all marketing campaigns.

3. Successful online marketers know that landing pages, also called squeeze pages are what will generate leads NOT a static website.

4. Successful online marketers know that you must continually seek out NEW advertising sources. Don't stop when you find a few good sources, keep looking for new sources to expand your marketing reach.

5. Successful online marketers know that paid ads produce the best results IF the source is trusted and proven, but a combination of free and paid ads is still smart marketing.

6. Successful online marketers know that ad swaps are both cost effective and a clever way to reach your target markets.

7.  Successful online marketers know that having access to a number of quality products, services, affiliates or referral programs produce multiple streams of income is the key to generating online income.

8. Successful online marketers know that you need a reliable way to track your ads so you know exactly where you are getting results for your efforts and advertising dollars.

9. Successful online marketers know that one cannot know it all, and investing in proven-effective reputable training programs for access to software, list building techniques, and mentoring can save a lot of time, money and frustration.

10. Successful online marketers know that it takes time to build a successful online business.

George Kosch is the Home Business Bootcamp Instructor at Worldprofit Inc., a web-based company providing training for people who want to learn how to earn at home using the power of the Internet.  This summer Worldprofit celebrates its 19th birthday! Get a free Associate Membership and join over one million Worldprofit Members around the world benefiting from the home business resources, training, software, marketing assistance, traffic generation and mentoring program.

   Republished with author's permission by Robert Miller