As an Internet Marketer, I’m sure you’ll agree building a List of subscribes is one of your most important marketing tasks. The email opt-in form you use on your website is absolutely crucial for building your list.

There are over 9,000 articles on ezinearticles written on the subject and as the saying goes… “The Money is in the List“. Put another way, your List is your #1 Asset, so how you go about building a quality and sizable list requires your best possible effort.

Rule #1

Avoid Pop-ups, Hovers and other animated widgets that can be distracting and pretty annoying to your readers. Don’t get me wrong… animation can be very effective (if) done the right way!

Say your reader is reading your article on Content Writing Made Easy and up pops your email opt-in form. Do you think he will like that interruption?

Or say your reader is checking out your latest blog post on SMS Marketing or How to Build a Mobile Friendly Website and right when he’s ready to copy and past a piece of you content, a cheesy hover-over image spoils his effort. Not good!

One of my favorite blogs is called: Daily Blog Tips by Daniel Scocco. He’s a really good blogger. Daniel advocates NEVER using pop-ups and since his Blog has over 45,000 readers and since I know he knows what he’s talking about, I suggest we follow his advice. Check out his post entitled: 43 Web Design Mistakes You Should Avoid

So what’s the Answer?

If you’ve read this far, you’ve been on my site for more than 5 seconds, so you’ve seen how I use the Instant SlideUp tool at the bottom of my site. Instant SlideUp is a highly customizable email opt-in system that will enhance your page’s appearance, increase your sales and help you grow your List.

Instant SlideUp is Simple

Just sign up, configure a few details, embed a few lines of javascript and you’ll see how seamlessly and effectively Instant SlideUp works on your website.

Instant SlideUp Features

• ISU is SaaS tool, so there’s no Software to Install
• Comes with over 30+ Premade Templates and you can…
• Change the Template Images using your Graphics Editor
• Customize your Messages to promote anything you want
• Works on ANY Website | No SQL database install required
• Works with Aweber, Get Response, Mail Chimp and others
• ISU has a simple and Intuitive Administration Dashboard
• ISU also enables you to Split-Test your opt-in Forms

Instant SlideUp Benefits

• Doesn’t give a negative first impression of your website
• Doesn’t annoy, frustrate, or interrupt your web site visitors
• Lets you avoid using obnoxious pop-ups that everybody hates
• Catches your visitor’s eye with movement (converts better)
• Doesn’t block what your visitor is viewing on your site
• Gives your website a professional list building capture form

Instant SlideUp is Word Press “friendly”

I use a WP plug-in called Header-Footer to insert my java script on my Blog. I’m not the most technical savvy guy around, so having this plug-in insert the code without creating any conflicts, comes in handy. With this plug-in, I can add the ISU code to an individual page or my entire Blog. I chose to use Instant SlideUp on every page. After 30 days, I’ll alternate my Instant SlideUp projects, evaluate my Split-Test stats and decide whether its better to insert a SlideUp on every page or if individual pages is better.

Instant SlideUp Advanced Features

SPEED

• Slide Up
• Slide Up then Down
• Fade In
• Fade In then Out

TIME DELAY

• Appear
• Disappear

LAYOUT SETTINGS

• Themed
• Simple

TYPE SETTINGS

• Static
• Vertical Carousel
• Opt-in

AUTO RESPONDERS

• Aweber
• Get Response
• Mail Chimp
• Constant Contact
• iContact

FONTS

• Modifiable on each Field

DISPLAY SETTINGS

• Show again when page is reloaded
• Show again in 1 Day
• Show again in 1 Week
• Show again in 2 Weeks
• Show again in 1 Month

CUSTOM CSS

Instant SlideUp Summary

Building a List is vital to an Internet Marketer’s online success. Instant SlideUp enables you to grab your reader’s attention without interrupting or impairing what he’s reading or viewing on your site. ISU is easy to use, simple to deploy, is highly customizable and comes with powerful analytics and metrics so you can keep track of what works (converts) and what doesn’t.

To download a free copy of Instant SlideUp and test-drive it on your site Click Here

If you need Assistance

Like most Internet Marketers, I use a couple of email marketing services. Namely, Aweber and Mail Chimp. Instant SlipdeUp comes pre-configured to work with Aweber and Get Response. I was having an issue getting my Mail Chimp code to accept my sign-ups, but all I had to do was send Rob Chuah a quick note (via Forum support) and bam, I had my fix. Not only that, but Rob went the extra mile to inspect my form code and make 2 minor changes for me. This is the kind of service I look for in a mutually beneficial Vendor/Partner relationship.

There are dozens of Twitter Marketing Tools available that will search the entire Twitter database and retrieve those Twitter users based on your search query. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, the two main tools I use to find the major Twitter users in my niche markets are Tweet Spinner and Follower Wonk. These Twitter marketing tools let me search for Twitter users based on keywords found int their Tweets or keywords that are contained within their Twitter Bio.

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Knowing this technique is used by millions of Twitter users to find “like-minded” individuals in a specific niche market, then doesn’t it make sense for you to modify YOUR Twitter profile using the prominent keywords in your niche market so that your Twitter profile can be easily found (and followed) based on these keywords?

The answer is: YES.

Here’s a screen shot of the profiles I alternate every 6 hours on Twitter. I do this so that my Twitter Profile is identified with a variety of keywords in my niche markets. I set the Tweet Spinner API to change / rotate my Twitter Bio profile every six hours. In the 6 weeks I’ve been testing this feature of Tweet Spinner, I’ve noticed that I am getting almost 4 times the reciprocal follow rate as I did when I was doing this manually. Give it a try and track how much faster your Twitter follower count grows.

Here’s how it Works

1. Insert the URL you want listed next to the WEB field
2. Insert your Twitter Bio description you want to insert
3. Tell Tweet Spinner how often you want to Rotate Your Twitter Bio
4. That’s it – All Done

Recommended Tools to Accomplish this Task:

• Follower Wonk

• Tweet Spinner

• Market Samurai

• Micro Niche Finder

• YouTube Twitter Marketing

How to IMPROVE your Rankings on the Search Engines with GUARANTEED RESULTS! (and more importantly) How to Stay There!

Here’s what the Traffic Bug software can do for you.

Social Bookmarking

• Traffic-Bug submits bookmarks to 43 of the top Social Bookmarking sites
• Traffic-Bug builds more bookmarks than any of its competitors – Over 200!
• Traffic-Bug rotates IP’s and social bookmarking accounts for every single submission
• Traffic-Bug automatically rotate titles and descriptions for every single post
• Unlike other programs, you don’t have to create any social bookmarking accounts – Traffic-Bug creates all of them!
• Traffic-Bug constantly expands the number of social bookmarking accounts!

Submitting to the RSS Directories

• Traffic-Bug submits your Blog or RSS Feed to all major RSS feed directories automatically
• Traffic-Bug gets your site noticed faster
• Traffic-Bug drives more targeted traffic to your website
• Traffic-Bug increases the visibility of your Blog or RSS feed
• Your RSS feed also becomes easy to find in search engines
• Traffic-Bug constantly increases the number of RSS directories it submits to

Search Engine Submission

Traffic-Bug submits your site to over 138 different search engines getting you indexed even faster by Google!

Directory Submission

No other competing software submits to directories in the way that Traffic-Bug does!

• Traffic-Bug submits sites to 1,000+ directories, building backlinks while doing so
• Traffic-Bug can also submit to sites known as micro blogs such as squidoo, hub, weebly, because when you build backlinks to micro blogs it builds deep, powerful 3-way backlinks.
• Most companies charge $120 per 1,000 directory submissions
• Traffic-Bug lets you submit an unlimited number of sites to build 1,000 backlinks at a low, monthly price.

If you want better results and are tired of doing things manually then now is the time to try this software for 40 days for FREE!

The Future of Article Marketing

Twitter Followers and Facebook Friends and Fans are much more likely to follow you on Twitter or become a Fan when you share with them fun, fresh, interesting and relevant content. Watch this YouTube video to see how easy it is to publish interesting, fun and meaningful content to your Twitter and Facebook accounts with 3 quick clicks of the mouse, once you connect the Bit.Ly sidebar java applet to  your Firefox browser and link them to your Twitter & Facebook accounts.

This Social Media Marketing Video Tip will show you how easy it is to share good stuff with your Facebook Friends and Twitter Followers with a few clicks of your mouse.

Note If you’d like a step-by-step PDF on how to set up the Bit.Ly sidebar java applet with the Firefox browser and connect them to your Twitter and Facebook accounts so you can dupe this routine, click over to Contact Neil enter SMMT22 in the Subject area and I’ll send you a detailed “How To” PDF so you can copy this routine.

All the Top Internet marketers earn a small fortune from their LIST of subscribers and YOU should too. Whether you have a Review site, a Sales Page or a Robust Content site, your visitors will typically convert to a sale at 1% or 2%. However, once they leave your site, they may never come back again. The majority will leave without buying. As a matter of fact, statistics show that most people require between 7-8 contacts before they will make a non essential purchase.

But, if you have a good Opt-In Box, it will convert at 30 to 40%, sometimes more. Which means you are capturing 30 to 40 subscribers for every 100 visitors. These are subscribers who are giving you permission to contact them in the future.

Marketers Mantra “The Money is in the List“

The idea is that you MUST collect the names and emails from as many of your visitors as you can so you can stay in contact with them. These subscribers become your “List”. This is your #1 asset in Internet Marketing.

Top 5 Steps of Listing Building

• Collect names and email addresses on your site using an opt-in box

• Send your subscribers follow up messages via an autoresponder

• Your messages include your affiliate links to products

• Some of your list will purchase products through your affiliate links

• Viola! . . . you earn an Affiliate Commission (i.e.) you make Money!

For those who are not experienced php code programmers, creating a professional looking opt-in box can seem a little daunting. Fortunately, there exists COTS (computer off the shelf) tools that make creating an Opt-in Box fast and easy.

I recently clicked a link from one of my Twitter followers taking me to a Word Press plug in that not only creates a Professional and Powerful Opt-in box, but the system give you, the webmaster control over the Opt-in Box look & feel, but also the frequency and sequence of delivery, so you visitor’s are not put off by this powerful List Building tool. The good news is, its 100% compatible with Word Press and doesn’t require any programming skill whatsoever.

With this new Opt-in Box tool, you can get a Free version (add supported) or go with the Pro version for many more advanced features and remove the “powered by” logo in your Opt-in Box.

SUMMARY

The Money is in the List. Without question, your LIST is your single most valuable asset you have as an Internet Marketer. Building a List is a lot easier today than its ever been (if you have the right set of tools and processes) in place. Direct linking to a Merchant’s sales page is NOT the way to go (as many programs out there preach). It’s not serving you well to give your Affiliate Merchant the one thing we all need to ensure our long term success in Affiliate Marketing, that being the name and email addresses of your LIST of qualified active Buyers.

How To Turn ANY Website into an Instant Capture Page

In my next post, I will show you a powerful new tool that will let you create a Capture Page from any website on the Internet, whether you own the site or not!

I recently attended the Social Media Money System webinar. I was one of 12,000 people on this call. My objective for being on the call was to learn more about these FOUR things:

What is Social Media Marketing?

What are the Best Social Media Tools?

What is best Social Media Marketing Software?

How can I use Social Media to help Promote My Business?

The moderators were two well known guys who (if you keep score by dollars & cents) are Rock Stars! The statement was made that by the end of this 90 minutes teleseminar, I was going to know more about Social Media Marketing than 99% of the people who actively participate in the Social Media wave.  In retrospect, I’m not so sure I know more than 99% of the people out there, but I did come away with some good info I can use to improve my social media persona and just as importantly, how to contribute to my social media network in a meaningful way.

THE DO’S and DONT’S OF SOCIAL MEDIA

I took copious notes during this 90 minute call, I hit the screen capture button more than thirty times and after reviewing my notes, I documented a few dozen key lessons from this event. In some ways, the things I learned NOT to do were as valuable as learning what I should be doing. For example, I learned that Social Media Marketing is NOT about posting a Click Here Affiliate Link every 30 seconds on Twitter. I learned that it’s critical to establish a casual and mutually beneficial relationship with your Twitter followers and your YouTube Fans loooong before you try and get them to “Buy My Stuff” or subscribe to your newsletter.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING PLATFORM

There seemed to be an over simplification of what the key Social Media platforms to be involved with. The main speaker kept referring to his concept of the “Triangulation” of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube all pointing back to his Money Page (his Word Press Blog) when in reality, the social media platform includes a few dozen properties. The diagram below shows just how expansive the social media platform really is and it will probably be twice as large one year from now.

TOP 10 SOCIAL MEDIA SITES

Twitter

Facebook

YouTube

USTREAM

Flickr

DIGG

Stumble Upon

My Space

Squidoo

The speakers gave us a couple of very useful social media tips and tricks when it comes to getting major exposure to your quality social media content. I won’t list them all in this single post, but what I can tell you is that making a fun and informative 4-5 minute video and posting it to YouTube with your website link coded into the description is something you should do on a regular basis.

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING BRANDING

If I had an extra $3,000 lying around, I would have signed up for the MASTER MIND program that was offered. Not only would I have gotten access to the DVD video training and the one-on-one  coaching, but this Platinum Package provided a customized “Branding” of all my social media properties with the same look and feel. That’s why McDonald’s doesn’t one day decide to paint a new Franchises store Purple. It’s important to have your Facebook page have the same “branding” as your Twitter background you’re your YouTube Channel.

SOCIAL MEDIA TRAFFIC (Embed & Comment)

Keep this in mind when posting to your Blog. Make sure you “push” your content to ALL of your Social Media properties (see the list above).

Besides using your RSS feeds, I find the “Share This widget to be a very effective social media marketing “promo” tool. As a matter of fact, let me shamelessly invite you to use Share This right now!

Simply click the flashing “Share This” icon below this post and if you like this content, send it to any of the 30+ social media sites listed. You might ADD this widget to your Blog site if you haven’t already done so.

Lastly, it would be GREAT if you could Leave a Comment about this post (be it good, bad or ugly) just tell me what you thought and if this was a good read for you or not?

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING TOOLS

In my next post, I’m going to include a video on How you can simply “mouse over” a Bit.ly link on Twitter or any social media site to quickly determine whether or not its worth investigating further, using a free Firefox add-on. This one technique alone saves me a ton of time culling through the hundreds of Tweets I read  every day from a bunch of very smart social media marketing people.

If you want to know how to create a professional flash banner ad from scratch in just a few minutes then this post will be a good read for you! I finally found an affordable software solution that lets me create my own Professional Flash Banner Ads and I’ve picked up a few tips and tricks along the way that has seriously increased my response rates using these techniques.

3 Tips for Creating an Effective Custom Flash Banner Ad

Banner Ad Tip #1: Text Pulls Better Than Graphics

Big, bold red or yellow text pulls a better than graphics. I’m not saying you should not include graphics in your flash banners ads, but text should be the main motivating factor for clicking your ad. Having animated text is even better! Your banner should have a big, bold headline and strong supporting text that supports and reinforces the headline.

Banner Ad Tip #2: Highlight Your Most Powerful Benefit

In your headline, you’ll want to emphasize the most powerful benefit of your offer. Keep it Short and Sweet, but give it some PUNCH! Will it help someone land a new job? Make $1000 in in less than a week? Help them scratch that itch? Whatever it is, include your #1 Benefit in your headline to draw your prospects in! <Hint> Fear and Greed are two of the most compelling motivators!

Banner Ad Tip #3: Give a Specific Call to Action!

You need to give your prospect a Specific Call to Action and tell them what to do! Tell them to “Click Here” or “Download Now” or “Call 800 #” and you wil see your response rates for your Flash Banner Ad will immediately increase. If you do keep these 3 simple Tips in mind when creating your own Professional Flash Banner Ads, you will quickly produce the kind of profitable results you’re looking for.

While there are dozens of excellent software tools you can buy for $30 to $150 that let you create your own professional flash banner ad, being able to automatically (and universally) track your click through rates, modify the destination URL and other useful analytics, is a must have in today’s highly competitive online marketing world. The good news is, you can use this SaaS Solution that anyone can afford.

Over the last year or so, Perry Belcher and Ryan Deiss have been quietly developing and testing what is called The Social Media Money System. After having a ton of success with this system on their own and slowly releasing the training through their in-house list as well as a few JV partners, they’ve had some pretty phenomenal results (over $100K in sales) and now they’re ready to officially launch.

As I’m sure you’re aware, a slew of social media products are being released. Things like Twitter have exploded onto the scene. Some of these products have been good while others not so much. All of these products seem to have one thing in common; the vast majority of them have not provided clear and implementable strategies on How to REALLY Monetize Social Media. The Social Media Money System is going to reveal exactly how Perry & Ryan have been able to:

•    Grew from zero to 130,000 plus social media followers in 9 months
•    How they consistently earn over $1 per follower per month

And their 8 step paint-by-numbers plan that let’s anyone achieve similar results and build a huge mailing list in the process. This product is very timely and its’ “Brand Spanking” new which translates into BIG commissions for YOU.

Why Listen to Perry? Here’s why…

Over the last 100 days he has personally:

•    Added 8000+ Twitter Followers
•    Made more than 2000 Facebook Friends
•    Had 30,000+ Views to his YouTube Videos
•    Became a Top 10 Social Media Expert
•    Is Currently Charging $10,000 Day to Consult Companies on Social Media Strategies
•    Is a an International Celebrity Speaking All Over the World
•    Has 100% Devoted His Life To Helping Others with Social Media

Social Media IS the Future… Consider these Facts…

•    Facebook has 140 Million Active Users Up 89% This Year Alone
•    Facebook Users Check Their Accounts 3-4 Times Daily
•    They Spend an Average of 19+ Minutes Per Visit
•    Facebook signs up 250,000 New Users Sign up at Facebook Every Day
•    Twitter Grows at 300,000 New Users Per Month
•    Almost All Influencers or Sneezers Over 4,000,000 Tweets Every Day
•    YouTube’s 75M Videos is 150K Per Day Bigger Than TV Network
•    There are 12.9 Million Active Blogs in Existence With More than 5 Billion Readers… More Than Newspapers, Magazines and Books Combined. This is the future and it’s the last place you’ll have a chance to build you business online

We Do Business with People We Like

Even if you could get a lot of free traffic to your website there’s no guarantee people would do business with you. They don’t know you, but through social media they do. They will teach you how to make THOUSANDS of friends, influencers all over the world that will want to hear what you have to saw and will actually approach you!

Don’t Let This One Pass You By…

Here is your chance to get in on the biggest title wave to hit marketing since the paper. They will be teaching via a LIVE webinar one per week over the next 8 weeks that will get you started the right way in social media

On this training you’ll discover…

•    How to meet people that are pre-disposed to your opportunity
•    How to communicate with your friends to show them that you truly care about them
•    How to manage your entire social media program in 30 minutes or less per day
•    How to know when it’s cool to talk business
•    The 7 sins to avoid that could banish you from social media forever
•    The 5 big tricks to monetizing social media that work in every niche
•    How to create videos that are SURE to go viral (because you make them)
•    How to sync up Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and other services to build a media empire that’s all about you!

You’ll Never Have to Prospect Again

Once you understand social media your days of the cold call or face-to-face selling will be gone forever…Even if you’re good at face-to-face stuff social media is a 500X more effective use of your time. Here’s why…

Social Media People Talk To 521 People per Day

While the average person only speaks to 7 — that’s it 7. I hope you are starting to see the power of social media and will be one of the few that really get it.

This Live Training is Limited

The entire training is multi-media video based with downloadable audios for portable learning in your car or on your computer or iPod.

This is how YOU Build an Audience!

You will come off this training with a better understand of social media than 99.5 of all people on the web…So much so you will be able to TRAIN others to do the same with confidence…Are you starting to feel that power?

They Offer a 100% Guarantee to Your Success

If you don’t make at least 1000 new networking friends in the first 90 days as a result of social media networking Perry will insist that you take a full refund and keep all the work they have done as FREE gift. Pure and simple!

For the last 10 months my friend Chris has been working on something that he has kept pretty quiet until now. 

Why has he been keeping this quiet?

• NOT because he wanted to keep this to himself.

• NOT because he was afraid of competition.

• NOT because he thought you wouldn’t be able to duplicate his success…

No, none of these reasons.

But mainly because he wanted to prove that this was a long-term income stream and something that he could map out for you, in a simple and step-by-step system.

• How he makes up to 300% commissions, selling other people’s products

• How to trade Traffic for Profit

• How he made $191k w/ ClickBank in 2 years and then turned his back on it!

• How he can get 7,000 – 8,000 new names and e-mails into his back office systems each and every day…

• How to set this up, so that ongoing sales & commissions keep coming in…
  

And documenting all of this has taken him much longer than he thought it would, but the important thing is that everything is now ready. Ready for me and ready for you… To see what I’m talking about, click this link below:

CPA Arbitrage

You’ll see why Chris is walking away from a $191k income stream – that he made over a 2 year period and why this is one of the most powerful systems and income streams that I have ever seen… And why anyone can do this too!

Go Here Now and get involved, you’ll be glad you did…

Me and my buddy Chuck have put together one killer Webinar on How to Generate Targeted Traffic to your website!

Be a part of this tremendous chance to get step by step methods for generating targeted traffic (which is everything) to your offers. If you know me, you know I dig any “secrets” I can get my hands on when it comes to traffic, and I can tell you this webinar is nothing short of awesome. In fact, Chuck is going to reveal why MOST people out there lose money with Pay Per Click advertising…

• AND, why most advertisements SUCK!

• AND, how you can turn that around in five minutes flat!

• AND, a whole lot more!

Keyword ESP | Patent Pendng

This Traffic Secrets webinar will be online live, and you can watch it from the comfort of your own home. Chuck is a cool dude and you’re going to have a blast with him. Ask him about his kids if you get a chance, you’ll dig what he has to say. Oh, and where he wants to move someday! Anyway, get on over to this LINK register for this thing. You’ll kick yourself if you miss out on this baby. Click Here to register for the event before we run out of seats… Enjoy!

PS – You will be privy to some pretty killer PPC stuff, so get this info in your hands.  Here’s the link again: Traffic Secrets