So you just published a blog post.

Well creating content is half the battle.

If you want to get people to read your blog posts you need to get really good at promoting them.

I understand.

You could be trying to get your blog post to rank on the 1st page of Google for a particular keyword so you can drive traffic to your business.

But there are other things you could be doing right now to promote your blog post and get traffic to it.

Anyways.

Here are 4 ways to promote your newly published blog post

1 – Email your list

The first thing I do after I publish a blog post is let the people on my email list know that I just published a new blog post.

This is a great way to get instant traffic to your blog post!

Here is an example email so you get the idea:

Email Subject Line:

[New Blog]5 Tips To Help You Lose 40 Pounds In Under 30 Days!

Email Body:

Are you having problems with losing weight?

Does thinking about eating right and excercising drive you up the wall?

It’s really annoying, right?

You’ve been working hard to lose weight for months, then you start struggling to make progress, and now you’re stuck.

Believe me, you’re not alone. In fact, these are very common problems that many of my subscribers have been facing.

But don’t worry, I’m here to help.

I just published a new blog post to help people just like you.

You can read it by clicking the link below.

>>5 Tips To Help You Lose 40 Pounds In Under 30 Days!<<<

P.S. If you found the post useful don’t hesitate to share it with your social media followings on Facebook,Twitter & Instagram (hey,it’s free)

At the end of your email ask your email subscribers to share your newly published blog post to their social media networks.

You can also encourage them to leave a comment on your blog.

2 –  Share it on Social Media 

Sharing your blog post on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter is a great way to drive referral traffic.

When I share my blog post on Twitter I like to include 1 hashtag.

The hashtag should be related to the topic of the blog post or the exact keyword you are targeting.

Organic reach isn’t what it used to be on Facebook but it’s a good idea to share your blog post to your Facebook business page as well.

3 – Share it on Quora

Quora is a great platform to engage with the people who are interested in the topics you discuss on your blog.

If you contribute and provide value on a consistent basis then there shouldn’t be an issue with copying and pasting your blog URL into the Quora answer section.

Just make sure you do this blog promotion tactic sparingly and always read the rules and policies before posting.

4 –  Boost it on Facebook

Instead of sharing your blog post on your Facebook business page and trying to promote it organically you are going to spend a little money (you can start out small with a $5 per day ad budget!)

What you’re going to do is promote the blog post you just published using the Facebook boost post feature!

Go into your Facebook Ads Manager,set up a budget,choose your audience,and click “Boost Post.”

This is a great blog promotion tactic plus you can target people by gender, age, location, interests, behaviors & more.

Well there you go. 4 great ways to promote your blog posts and get traffic!

Have any blog promotion tactics that work well for you?

If so let us know in the comments below.

Want to learn how to drive traffic to your website? If so you’re definitely in the right place.

In this article I would like to talk about 3 great ways to drive traffic to your website.

Being able to drive traffic (free or paid) to your website will be the lifeblood of your online business.

Because without traffic you can’t generate leads,customers or get any brand exposure.

Anyways,lets get started with traffic strategy #1.

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1 – Blogging

This is one of my favorite traffic strategies. Plus it’s free! To secret to making this traffic strategy work is to create helpful content that solves problems.

I don’t care if you’re doing a product review,tutorial or rant post. Make sure you are providing value and creating content that helps people.

Once you publish your blog post you can promote it and get it exposure by sharing it to your social media profiles (Facebook,Twitter,Instagram,etc).

If you really want to drive a ton of traffic to your blog you will want to try to get your posts to rank on the major search engines like Google and Bing.

It’s a strategy called search engine optimization or SEO.

SEO will be a topic for another post but here a few things you will want to do if you want to get your posts to rank high on Google and Bing:

-Create killer content
-Create content on a consistent basis
-Create content around keywords that people in your niche are searching for
-Get other bloggers and webmasters in your niche to link out to you (acquire backlinks)

Here is a great article about SEO right here. 

2 – Boost Your Facebook Post

Every market has a few questions that get asked over and over again. So what you do is create a killer blog post answering those questions.

Now what you are going to do is promote the blog post you just published using the Facebook boost feature!

All you have to do is go into your Facebook Ads Manager,set up a budget,choose your audience,and click “Boost Post.”

Boosting Facebook posts is perfect for anyone getting started out with paid ads.

Start out spending $5/day ($150 a month) then once your business starts to generate more revenue increase your daily ad budget.

3 – Taboola

With Taboola you can drive traffic to your blog posts by running what they call a “display ad.”

For as little as $10/day you can get your display ad seen on big,authoritative websites like Bloomberg.com and BusinessInsider.com.

With this paid traffic strategy you only pay when someone clicks your ad and lands on your website.

Well there you go. 3 awesome ways to drive traffic to your website or blog. Two of the strategies will cost you money and the other strategy will only cost you your time and energy.

What is your favorite way to drive traffic to a website?

Let us know in the comments below!

Want to learn how to create a high converting squeeze page that converts visitors into leads effortlessly?

If so you’re definitely in the right place!

Creating a squeeze page that converts visitors to leads at a high percent will give you the ability to acquire leads at a good cost.

Being able to acquire leads at a good price is how you build a successful online business.

In this post I would like to talk about what a squeeze page is,the purpose of creating one and 3 tips to help you improve conversions with your squeeze pages.

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What is a squeeze page?

A squeeze page is a type of landing page used to generate leads for your online business.

The sole purpose of a squeeze page is to convert your visitor to a lead and get them to the next step of your funnel.

Here are 3 tips to help you improve conversion rates on your squeeze page

Tip #1 – Write a benefit driven headline

Backlinko’s “Want 25,000 Visitors Per Month?” headline above is a perfect example of a benefit driven headline.

The big benefit is getting a ton of traffic to your website every month.

Remember that people are always thinking about what’s in it for them

A benefit driven headline should let you know right away what’s in it for you and what you will get.

Tip #2 – Create curiosity

Russell’s headline “My Weird Niche Funnel That’s Currently Making Me $17,947 PER DAY!” invokes tons of curiosity.

A lot of people will look at that headline and want to know more about this weird niche funnel that’s making Russell a lot of money.

Of course the only way people can learn more about this weird niche funnel is to register for the webinar and attend it!

Tip # 3 – Only ask for their email

To reduce friction and make it as easy as possible for your visitors to optin to your squeeze page only ask for their email!

The #1 goal of a squeeze page is to capture the visitors email address.

In most cases,the more form fields you have on your squeeze page the lower the conversion rate.

Well there you go. Keep these 3 tips in mind when designing your next squeeze page.

Have any tips I haven’t mentioned in this post?

Let us know in the comments section below!

A venture backed startup with millions of dollars in seed funding has a good sized budget for traffic.

But for the average entrepreneur starting an online business that probably isn’t the case.

Here are a couple of free ways to get traffic to your funnel without spending money on paid ads.

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1 – Create a Facebook group and add value

Facebook groups are a great place for members of your community/tribe to network with each other and share ideas.

But it’s also a great place to share a link to your funnel. As long as your adding value to the group on a daily basis you shouldn’t have any problem driving traffic to your marketing funnel from a Facebook group you’ve created.

2 – Podcasts

Did you know that being a guest on podcasts is a great way to drive traffic to your funnel?

Most podcast hosts will let you plug your product during their show (usually at the end).

But instead of pitching your product to the show listeners you let them know where they can optin to your lead magnet funnel and get your free gift.

3 – Guest Posting

Guest posting on blogs in your niche is a great way to get in front of another audience and build backlinks. It’s also a greay way to drive traffic to your funnel.

Most bloggers who let you guest blog will allow you to share at least one link to your website inside the bio box at the end of your article.

So instead of sharing with your readers a link to your website’s home page share with them a link to your lead magnet funnel.

Here is an example bio box so you get the idea:

About the Author: Karen Johnson is the founder of WeightLossTips.com. She helps busy moms eat better and lose weight. Check out this link right here for 40+ Keto diet recipes.

Inside the bio box is where you want to give your readers a good reason to click on the link that goes to your lead magnet funnel.

4 – Instagram

The first step is to have a link to your funnel in your Instagram bio.

Once again,you need to make sure your bio is written in a way where people are going to want to click on the link that goes to your sales funnel.

This is why implementing direct response marketing principles is so important!

The next step is to engage with influencers in your niche and add value to their posts.

Since you’re not spamming people and you’re providing value people will notice you,visit your Instagram bio and eventually click on the link that points to your sales funnel.

5 – YouTube

YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world behind Google.

YouTube isn’t just for entertainment.

It’s a search engine people use to educate themselves and get answers to their questions.

You can drive a ton of traffic to your funnels by publishing educational videos.

Focus on creating educational videos that:

-Provide value
-Answer the questions people in your target market commonly ask
-Solve problems
-Entertain

Well there you go. 5 awesome ways to get traffic to your funnel without spending money on paid ads.

These free traffic strategies won’t cost you any money just a time and effort.

If you put in the work you shouldn’t have any problem generating traffic and leads for your funnel!

Have any free traffic strategies that have worked well for you? Let us know in the comments section below.

So you want to start an online business and make money from home.

You are sick and tired of working for the man and having a job.

Well before you can start your online business you need to pick a niche.

A niche or what some people call a niche market is basically a sub-market of an overall market.

So for example. “Dog training french bulldogs” would be considered a niche market because it’s a sub-market of the overall dog training market.

But picking a niche isn’t enough.

Since your goal of building an online business is to generate revenue you need to pick a niche where tons of money are exchanging hands between buyers and sellers.

The health niche is a perfect example of a profitable niche because millions of people spend money on books,courses,coaching and health supplements so they can improve their health,live longer and feel better.

Here Are 5 Niche Markets To Build a Business Around

1 – Cryptocurrency

Crypto is one of the most popular niches in the investing space. The most popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin has a market cap close to $590 billion dollars!

There is a lot of money to be made in the crypto niche and I don’t see things dying down any time soon.

A few excellent crypto sub-niches to build a business around would be blockchain technology,NFTs,crypto news,crypto trading and crypto app reviews.

Here are 21+ crypto niches that are blowing up in 2023.

2 – Fitness and Weight Loss

This is what you call an “evergreen” niche because people will always be looking for ways to lose weight,get in shape and improve their health.

The fitness and weight loss niche isn’t one of those popular and trending niches that’s here today and gone tomorrow.

The highest selling category on the Clickbank marketplace is fitness and weight loss.

3 – Internet Marketing/Digital Marketing

According to Marketingcharts.com,total digital marketing spend in 2021 was $436 billion versus offline advertising at $196 billion.

Businesses small and large spend tons of money on internet marketing related software tools,training and courses so they can generate more traffic,leads and sales with their online marketing.

There are hundreds of lucrative sub-niches in the internet marketing niche.

Here are a few of my favorites:

-SEO
-Copywriting
-Email Marketing
-Blogging/Content Marketing
-Funnels
-Lead Generation
-Social Media Marketing
-Paid Advertising (YouTube Ads,Google Ads,Instagram Ads)

4 – Personal Development 

Also known as self help,this is a really big niche online.

People will spend big money on books,events and personalized coaching so they can get help with their personal development.

I like Brian Tracy’s definition of personal development which is the process of improving oneself through conscious habits and activities.

Here are few other personal development/self help topics:

-Goal setting
-Mindset
-Time Management
-Career
-Health
-Wealth
-Relationships
-Happiness
-Spirituality

5 – Personal Finance

People are willing to spend a lot of money on books and courses to learn the latest investment strategies,how to manage their finances and fund their retirements.

There are thousands of YouTube channels and blogs devoted to the topic of personal finance but don’t be intimidated by the competiton.

A highly competitive niche usually means there is a lot of profit potential.

Doesn’t matter if the market is up or down people are always looking for ways to make more money.

Here are a few personal finance ideas:

-Money Management
-Budgeting
-Investing
-Money Saving Tips
-Getting out of debt
-Stocks and Bonds
-Real Estate Investing
-Day Trading
-Forex
-Retirement
-Credit Cards

Tools for Niche Market Research

Semrush – I do almost all of my keyword research with this tool. The paid version is the best keyword research tool on the market.

With this keyword tool you can get important keyword data like cost per click (so you can check for commerciality),search volume,competition and search intent.

Amazon – This is a nifty market research tool if you are looking for the hottest selling products on Amazon.com by category. Great tool to have in your arsenal.

Google Trends – This is a great tool if you are looking for niches/topics that are trending in the news.

Conclusion:

Well there you go. 5 niche markets to build an online business around.

It’s important to have some clarity on what market you want to serve.

You want to start an online business and make money so you need to pick a profitable niche.

Build a business around an evergreen niche that has withstood the test of time and not a trendy niche that might not be here 5 years from now.

Did you know you can share email followup sequences with other AWeber users? It’s called campaign sharing and it’s one of my favorite features of AWeber. Check out the video below.

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I’m going to get straight to the point.

If you want your content to rank on the first page of Google for the keywords you’re targeting you need to create a lot of killer content and have a good link building strategy in place.

1 – Blog Commenting 

Dropping comments on other blogs in your niche is a great linkbuilding strategy plus it won’t cost you a penny.

What you don’t want to do is post “Awesome blog post” just to snag a quick and easy backlink.

Actually post a comment that contributes to the post and adds value. Doing this will get you noticed and you might even get a few people to click over to your website.

2 – The Skyscraper Technique

This is a link building strategy invented by Brian Dean of Backlinko.

What you do is find a blog post that has high quality backlinks you want as well.

Once you figure out what topic the blog post is about publish a blog post around that same topic but only better (more words and more in depth).

Then simply ask the blog owners who backlinked to the blog post you wrote a better on one if you can get a backlink too!

There is a good chance they will say yes because your content is relevant and better.

3 – Publish Ultimate Guides 

An ultimate guide is basically a long form blog post that covers an entire topic/keyword. Publishing long form blog posts is one of the best ways to get tons of high quality backlinks from credible bloggers in your niche.

Two bloggers who are great at creating ultimate guides are Neil Patel and Brian Dean of Backlinko.

Here is a great blog post on creating ultimate guides.

4 – Broken Link Building 

This is a link building strategy where you find broken links then reach out to webmasters with a blog post/resource you’ve published to replace the link.

It’s a win win situation because you’re fixing the broken link for the webmaster and acquiring a link as well.

5 – Guest Blog

Guest blogging is a great way build brand awareness and get in front of another audience but it’s also a great way to build backlinks.

Most webmasters who accept guest posts will let you place a link back to your website,product or lead magnet (usually in your bio box at the end of the guest post).

Once again it’s a win win situation because the blogger who accepted the guest post got content for their blog and you acquired a backlink!

Conclusion

Hope these link building strategies helped. Remember,the best way to get backlinks is to create content that is so good that other bloggers naturally link to you.

So,what link building strategy has worked best for you? Let us know in the comments below.

Welcome to my AWeber review. I’ve been an AWeber customer for over 10 years and use it in my online business everyday.

Today I would like to talk about the benefits of using AWeber,a few of the features I like and where I think there is some room for improvement.

I want this to be an unbiased review.

Lets get started.

What is AWeber?

AWeber is email marketing software or what entrepreneurs in the internet marketing niche call an “autoresponder.”

With AWeber you can create optin forms and landing pages so you can collect leads and automate a lot of your email marketing.

Creating lists inside AWeber

You can create a list inside AWeber with literally a few clicks of you mouse.

Creating a list with AWeber gives you the ability to build an email list around a certain topic/interest.

For example,you may have a gardening blog and you want to email your readers to let them know you just published a new blog post.

Creating a list around the topic of gardening would help you achieve that objective.

With the AWeber Unlimited and Plus plans you can create as many lists as you want.

Their Lite and Free Plans let you only create 1 list.

With AWeber’s landing page builder you have the ability to choose from hundreds of premade templates.

You can load any template into your AWeber account with a few simple clicks of you mouse or start with a blank canvas.

Every landing page you create is hosted by AWeber!

With the AWeber for WordPress plugin you can add optin forms and landing pages to your WordPress blog.

Once your landing page is published you can even share it with other Aweber customers (sort of like the ClickFunnels “share funnel” feature)

AWeber will also let you add a Google Analytics and Facebook pixel to your landing page as well. (you can’t add the Facebook pixel with the AWeber Free plan).

With the AWeber sign up form creator you can create optin forms with a few simple clicks.

You can also create pop ups,pop unders and exit pops.

AWeber also gives you all of the important marketing metrics you need so you can improve conversions with your sign up forms.

These metrics are:

-Impressions (how many unique visitors have seen your sign up form)
-Leads generated
-Conversion rate (ratio of subscribers divided by unique visitors)

You can even split test your forms!

With AWeber’s campaign editor you can create automated email followup sequences that get triggered once someone signs up through one of your optin forms or landing pages and becomes a lead.

Aweber Pricing:

Aweber has 4 plans to choose from and they are:

Free – $0.00/month
Lite – $12.50/month
Plus – $20.00/month
Unlimited – $899/month

I’m almost at the end of this AWeber review. Let me briefly talk about the main features of AWeber and what I think are it’s pros and cons.

AWeber features:

-Landing page and sign up form creator
-Automated email followup creator (campaign editor)
-A/B split testing functionality
-Segment email subscribers based on opens,purchases,etc
-Hundreds of landing page templates for any kind of business you can possibly imagine
-600+ email templates
-6,000+ stock images
-Able to share landing pages and email followups with other Aweber customers
-Able to connect with a lot of the tools and apps people use to run their online businesses (app integration)

Aweber Pros:

-They have a free account (up to 500 subscribers,can only create 1 list).
-High level of automation if you connect with the right marketing tools and apps.
-Easy to create optin forms and landing pages
-A/B split testing functionality
-Email followup and landing page sharing feature

Aweber Cons:

-The campaign editor isn’t for newbies
-Unsubscribes cost you unless you delete them from your account

Conclusion

AWeber is perfect for you if you don’t want to spend an arm and a leg for email marketing software.

Not a big a fan of their campaign editor but I guess you can’t have it all.

AWeber is probably one of the best autoresponders on the market and I give it a higher rating than Mail Chimp and Get Response.

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Hope you liked my AWeber review. If you have any questions let me know in the comments below!

If you have any kind of online business you’ve probably seen someone in a YouTube ad talking about the many benefits of living the laptop lifestyle.

You might have heard them say that all you need is a laptop,an internet connection and a good business idea and you’ll be able to achieve time and financial freedom and travel the globe on your own terms.

You’ve might have heard them say things like:

-Make money in your sleep
-Location independence
-Time freedom
-Live the expat lifestyle and travel the globe
-Fire your boss

So the question is what really is the laptop lifestyle?

Is the laptop lifestyle a scam pushed by a lot of  “gurus” so you’ll buy their expensive courses?

Here is my opinion.

I don’t think the laptop lifestyle is a scam but I do believe a lot people aren’t 100% truthful when telling you what it takes to really live that kind of lifestyle.

There are some gurus trying to sell you on the dream of the living the laptop lifestyle so you’ll invest in their courses and coaching programs.

But some people who pitch the laptop lifestyle really do have your best interest in mind so it’s not a complete scam.

The laptop lifestyle is this idea that if you build your online business a certain way, that you have the ability to run and maintain it from practically anywhwere,generate a nice income and not have to work a 9-to-5.

With an online business you’re not tied down to a certain location like with a job or if you had your own brick and mortar business.

If you want to learn how build your own online business check out this blog post I wrote right here.

To learn more about how to live the laptop lifestyle I highly recommend you read the book The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss. 

What is your opinion of the laptop lifestyle?

Let us know in the comments below.