iContact vs AWeber vs MailChimp: Which Email Marketing Software wins out of all of them?

Email Marketing is very powerful tool to use when it comes to Internet Marketing. Not only does it increase your fan base, make more money and attract more long time subscribers. You can communicate with your subscribers in many ways. You can advertise products to your followers and earn a commission through each sale (Amazon, Clickbank, Commission Junction).

Another way to make money from Email marketing is to sell you subscribers your own products. This could include merchandise such as T-shirts, Caps, Mugs or whatever or it could be digital products like e-books, CDs, Audio, Videos, Video Courses, etc.

With the use of an Email Marketing list you can target anyone you want. If you run a blog or website about football for example then you can target the people that like and enjoy football while also marketing different products to your targeted customers through email marketing.

An Email Marketing list is one of the most important things you can have for your blog or website because it allows your users to see what your blog/site offers and the upcoming updates on your website. If the person has the same email address then they will be a life long subscriber.

In this article we will compare the three different email marketing software by you can implement into your blog or website to boost your traffic, gain more subscribers and make more money from your blog. The three main websites that offer email marketing software are AWeber, iContact and MailChimp. We will detail the advantages and benefits of having each of them and also compare and contrast them.

iContact

iContact was formed by Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton back in 2003. iContact is a large organisation that provides email marketing and social media marketing to most small medium enterprises online. iContact lets users create, monitor and send full HTML emails and social media messages. iContact has many excellent features such as MessageBuilder and MessageCoder. First you might want to know a bit more about these features. MessageBuilder is a great tool that allows you to simply create beautiful messages in no time at all. MessageCoder allows you to build your own pro HTML email messages. If you have good HTML knowledge, you can make beautiful, elegant and spectacular email messages.

 

 

With iContact you can track your email marketing campaigns. You can track how many people have actually opened and read the email while also looking at other statistics. iContact complies it in to an easy to view diagram. You can also see how many people have unsubscribed and also how many have bounced. These are all very useful statistics if you are trying to analyse your marketing campaign and trying to improve it.

 

There are a handful of beautifully crafted templates that you can use in your email marketing campaigns that will make your campaign appear much more professional.  You an choose from over 600 templates while you can also create your own from scratch.

 

Pricing is very competitive and you can choose to pay either monthly or yearly. However if you do choose the yearly option you do receive a 15% discount. iContact charge on a per subscriber basis and prices start from £5.27 a month for 250 subscribers and go up to £57.44 a month for 15,000 subscribers. If you have more than 15,000 subscribers you can contact iContact and they will give you a special price. Don't know which package to take, start off with a free trial. Click here to sign up for a free trial.

 

Aweber

 

Aweber is another American company that was found in Pennsylvania, USA. Aweber was formed in 1998 and serves over 150,000 customers worldwide. The main features of Aweber are for email marketing, Aweber has won many awards for its excellent customer service and its great email marketing software.

 

Aweber features many different features that are unique in its own way. Aweber allows you to create emails from your RSS feeds and send it out to your subscribers. This is a very useful feature as it allows you to send your subscribers your latest blog posts. You can also build elegant looking signup forms to display on your blog/website. This will surely make your blog or website look way more professional.

 

 

 

Get up to date stats of who has opened your emails and what people are doing with them. Find out if people are actually interacting with your email marketing campaigns and see if they are actually working. Put the statistics in a bar chart, bar graphs or even pie charts and see stats up to the last 30 days. Very useful if you want to see whether your marketing campaign is working or not.



 

You can also get even more in depth statistics about your marketing campaign (see above). It lets you know how many people have clicked on it and it also shows what they have clicked onto. It also shows you how much money you have made from it and how many people have clicked onto the email.

 

You can also integrate third party applications with Aweber. Also if you have a Wordpress blog it is so easy to install on to your blog. All you have to do is install the Aweber plugin and drag and drop where you would like the form to appear and hey presto it's there. Simples.

 

A great feature of Aweber is the Autoresponders. Autoresponders sends a series of emails to new subscribers. Everyone knows new subscribers require special care and attention because they are new to the site and they don't know you as well as your established subscribers do. What better way to welcome them to your site by sending them a series of emails answering all the questions they are dying to ask, product downloads, support and any other information that they need. With Autoresponders you can send an unlimited amount of emails to your new subscribers with no limits at all. You can personalize the emails to include the subscribers names and any other information they have.

 

Easily segment your marketing list into different groups. Segment them based on many things including what they like, which products they buy, how much they spend, their location. In my opinion this is a very useful feature for internet marketers to target their different subscribers.

 

Flick through many different templates. With over 600 email templates and over 150 sign up form templates, you will always find something that's good for you. The templates are all unique and look very professionally built. None of the templates take your fancy? No Problem, use the HTML builder to build your very own template. Aweber have a promotion going on in which you can get your first month for only a $1 and after that it is $19 a month. This includes a full 30 day money back guarantee if your not satisfied, you can also send unlimited emails and have up to 500 subscribers.

 

 

MailChimp

 

MailChimp started way back in 2001 and was found by Ben Chestnut. MailChimp predominantly offers email marketing, social media marketing and an autoresponder service. According to MailChimp they have over 3.5 million users worldwide that send over 4 billion emails a month using its service. MailChimp's headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. MailChimp use the chimp as their logo (the chimp on the right) and use the chimp as a humorous tool and base their jokes around it.

MailChimp can also be used offline as well as online. It has both a paid version and a free version. With the free version you can do a limited amount of things but it is still good for you to check MailChimp out and see how good it is. If you have less than 2,000 subscribers you can send up to 12,000 emails a month, absolutely free. You don't even need to sign up a credit card to it! However the downside to it is you do not get some of the features that paid members would get such as; Autoresponders, Spam Filter and other paid features.

 

If you have a paid membership you can do all the usual features you would expect to do with a email marketing service such as autoresponders, A/B testing (sending emails to different groups), etc. Paid Memberships start from $10 a month with up to 500 subscribers, you can send an unlimited amount of emails a month.

 

 

 

 You can choose who to send your emails to and market them properly. You can also easily make beautiful looking templates by with the simple drag and drop editor that anyone could use. Even Paris Hilton could use it and that's saying something! Create appealing sign up forms for your visitors to drool over.  A great feature of MailChimp is that you can integrate Google Analytics to your campaign and see how well your campaign is doing in detail.

 

 

Conclusion

 

All three of these email marketing software's are great in their own way. They have many extraordinary features that would help you increase your visitors, make them carry on coming to you in future and refer you to their friends.

 

However the one that stands out in my opinion is Aweber. Aweber is the cheapest out of the three and gives the best value. You can also create beautiful sign up forms with Aweber as well as amazing email templates. See how good your campaigns are doing and meticulously track your visitors and see how they are interacting with your website. 

 

To sign up for a $1 a month trial, please click here.

 

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Awaken the Giant Within - Anthony Robbins book review

Anthony 'Tony' Robbins is one of the most profound and well known self help gurus and author of Awaken the Giant Within: How to Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Life . Robbins is a highly successful motivational speaker, author, life coach and occasional actor, when he gets time. The topics Robbins writes about vary, from writing about removing fear and increasing confidence to making more money and taking control of your life. Tony Robbins has been featured in many newspapers, magazines and TV channels including Forbes, Newsweek, GQ, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), Fortune Magazine and many other media publications. Robbins is the founder of nine successful companies with combined gross revenues of more than $50 million a year.

Awaken the Giant Within is a very long book measuring at over 500 pages. However Tony Robbins invites - dares - you to take control responsibility for you  to create a life that you will love and cherish and live in accordance to your dreams and desires. Nearly every page is jam packed with advice and strategies you can implement into your life straight away. So you will be able to see change and improvement in a couple of days, if not quicker!

When you see Tony Robbins delivering one of his motivational speeches or if you attend one of his seminars you will see he always delivers them in an enthusiastic and powerful style. You can feel the energy that he brings to stage. Here is Robbins delivering one of his powerful speeches, you should have a feeling of empowerment running through you by the end of the video:

 

 

 

 

As you can see Robbins has an outstanding presence and is very motivational and very knowledgeable about life. A lot of celebrities and famous people have been coached or helped through his books. People include Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Pamela Anderson and many others.

 

In Awaken the Giant Within the author talks about a technique he likes to call Neuro-Associative Conditioning. Robbins tells us that some behaviours we do are because we do because we want to avoid change and associate change with pain and they associate their old behaviour with pleasure. An example might include a person not wanting to exercise because he associates it with too much hard work while he might see just playing on the PlayStation an easier option. Robbins goes on to say that there are six steps to change this behaviour:

 

Decide. He says that to make any change whether physical or mental, we must first make a strong commitment to change.
Get leverage. To start changing and to motivate the person, he/she should make sure they associate their bad and old habits as malicious and painful and their new good habits with joy and pleasure.
Interrupt the old pattern. He uses a very strong neuro-linguistic programming technique. It is a very useful method. If you feel like you are going to go back to your old habit or behaviours do something unexpected to shock yourself.  He writes in Awaken The Giant Within, "Next time you start to feel depressed, jump up, look at the sky, and yell in your most idiotic tone of voice, 'Hallelujah! My feet don't stink today!' A stupid, silly move like that will definitely shift your attention." Robbins frequently compares interrupting patterns to scratching a record so that it will no longer play properly.
Create a new pattern. You must have a new habit to replace the old one with.
Condition the new pattern. The fifth step entails having to keep on repeating the new habit until it becomes a habit.
Test it. Put yourself

Tony uses a lot of Neuro-Linguistic Programming throughout the book and he explains it interrupts our pattern of thought and creates leverage to help and motivate us to stay on track with our new decisions and habits. Leverage is achieved by creating pain to move away in our minds and create pleasure to move towards. This book will help you improve your existing businesses, make you become a better entrepreneur and help you become a better person overall.

He explains the different methods and techniques of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in a way that is simple and understand and very accessible, avoiding getting technical or using jargon.

This is a great book and in my opinion Tony Robbins is a genius. He has also helped millions of people and is a great life coach and speaker. There are many powerful techniques included in this book that if implemented properly can change your life. If you would like to buy this book then please click here to buy it on Amazon.

How to use Google Analytics to Increase Traffic to your site

You can use Google Analytics as a tool to drive even more traffic to your site. Google Analytics isn't just used to show where traffic is coming from and to tell statistics about your site. What many people do not know is that you can use Google Analytics to analyse your website and increase your traffic thus bring more visitors to your site.

Firstly you might want to know a bit more about Google Analytics and where it came from. In April 2005 Google acquired Urchin Software Corp. and formed Google Analytics. Google also used and acquired Measure Map and integrated it as part of Google Analytics. Google Analytics shows quite a few statistics and is very useful for web developers, Internet marketers and online business owners. Google used to market this differently and had a premium version of their popular tracking software, which was Urchin but they discontinued this product on March 28 2012.

Google Analytics can not only track visitors coming from different sites. It can track visitors coming from search engines, referring websites, social networks and people that come to the website direct. Its a pretty amazing piece of software, isn't it? And it's completely free to use.

I am sure there is many guides and reports written out there for Google Analytics such as how to use Google Analytics, what it is, etc. But this article is different from the rest. This article will tell you how to actually increase your traffic and guide you step by step on how you can implement these tips onto your website.

Analytics is a great tool to check where the traffic on your website is coming from. You can even go into specifics and tell what city they are from, what browser they are using, how long they are staying on your website. However these are all great things to find out about your site, but the main parts to look at and on Google Analytics for your website are;

• Traffic Sources > Overview - This lets you know how many people have visited your website and which date they visited your website on. It also lets you know the percentage of traffic that was direct, search engine traffic, referral or campaign. You can also use Analytics to track how good your AdWords campaign s doing and if it is worth it for you to carry on paying the AdWords campaign
• Traffic Sources > Sources - Clicking on this tab in the sidebar allows you to see which website is referring the traffic to your site. It helps you to understand where the traffic is coming from so you can focus more on utilizing your time and effort on the top ranking sites.
• Audience > Demographics > Location - Allows you to find out where your visitors are visiting your site from and also how long the average duration is of their visit among other stats. This is good information for you to see which country you want to market your website more to.

An example of the Analytics dashboard

Be sure to keep on checking the on Google Analytics regularly for change of patterns in traffic. Now, that doesn't mean sit on Analytics for 20 hours a day waiting for something to change. Just check it out every week or so to analyse the stats and to see what traffic sources you can focus on.

It can be very beneficial for you if you find out what keywords your users are using to look up your website. On the Analytics dashboard if you first click on Traffic Sources on the Search Engine part, you can find out what keywords your users are using to find your site. It gives you an insight on the keywords that you need to work on and the keywords which you have neglected. 

Make sure you spend more time on the sites that bring you more traffic

This is one of the main things you can do and also one of the most important things you can do. If you spend more time on the websites that bring you more traffic and less time on  the websites that do not bring you any traffic, you are surely going to exceed. You will essentially be eliminating the sites that bring you less traffic. This is like the Pareto principle or more commonly known as the 80/20 rule, it is also used by Tim Ferriss in The Four Hour Workweek. This rule suggests 80% of your traffic would come from the top 20% of the sites that refer you.

Make sure you focus on the top sites that are referring traffic to your site

To check where the traffic is coming from and which sites are giving you the most traffic please follow these steps:

• Select which site you want to see the stats of in the Google Analytics dashboard. Once you have done this click on Traffic Sources
• Once you have done that click on Sources and then click on Referrals.
• You should now see all the sites that have referred you and which sites are directing more traffic towards you. You can also see how long each user is spending that is coming from that specific site and how many of those users are new.
• Check out which sites are outperforming which and focus on the ones that are giving you the most traffic. If Twitter is giving you the most traffic, start focusing more on Twitter. If Facebook is outperforming Google then focus more on Facebook. 
• Start doing more of what is working and less of what isn't working!

Produce more content that is popular with your users

Check out which content is already popular with your users. Logically, the content that your users already find helpful and are viewing the most, they will appreciate it if you produce similar content to it. If you produce more content that is popular it will attract more visitors, which will get more people sharing your content which will then bring you even more visitors.

Here's how to check which content is your most popular:

• To check which pages are the most popular on your site, go onto the Analytics dashboard. 
• Click on the Content tab in to sidebar and then click on Site Content and All Pages
• When you have done this you should be able to view all the stats about your site including which pages are the most visited
• Analyse all the stats. Develop more similar content to the pages that are already popular. 
• You can also create a poll or survey and ask your visitors, what content they want on the site.
• Write more articles and content that is popular
• Share the content on social media websites that is popular

One last thing, you should focus on posting new content on your days that more visitors visit your site. If you post new articles and content on days that are more popular with your visitors, you will surely see an increase in traffic. 

Google Analytics is a great tool to use to analyse where traffic is coming from on your site and how many visitors are visiting your site among many other stats. If you have haven't already got an account with Google Analytics please click here. If you would like to learn more about how to use Google Analytics effectively then please Click Here!

If you have any of your own tips on how to increase you traffic though Google Analytics, please comment below! If you found this article helpful then please share it!

How to make Money with Google AdSense

Google AdSense is an easy and free way to make money online from your content. You can use Google AdSense to make money from your mobile content and your video content as well as website content. There are many people that makes thousands a month and that is just from Google AdSense. AdSense is not a get rich quick scheme neither is it a scam. How can it be a scam if it is owned by Google, the most trusted search engine in the world.

Many products and websites claim they have the secret on how to earn money through AdSense and they claim to make loads of money a month from AdSense, however these are scams and they are just trying to sell you something to make money from you. Do not fall for these scams and keep your money to yourself.

Google earns its money from displaying adverts from other website owners on its website and search results page. This is done through a program by Google called AdWords. AdWords is Pay-Per-Click advertising, what this means is that advertisers only pay Google for the times that people click on the ads and are interested. So they only pay when users click on their ads.

The ads that are displayed in the sidebar on the search results page that are titled 'Sponsored Results', advertisers are paying a certain amount of money per click to have their advert listed their. You can have the ads displayed on your site and every time someone clicks the ads you make a share of the money.

Google use an auction based system that allows advertisers to compete for the top spots, so whoever has the highest bids, they get the top spot. You can make about 68% from displaying Google AdWords ads on your site, Google receives the rest. This is basically what Google AdSense is.

Google AdSense is a great program and helps you site bring in additional income. Some people are making a very lucrative income from AdSense. AdSense is not as easy as it sounds and it is not the simple case of just joining and earning your millions. You have to create good quality content that people will want to read and among many other things.

How to set up a Google AdSense account?

AdSense does take a lot of work to make money from. It is hard work generating traffic to your website and to make sure you regularly receive traffic. This video below explains how to open an AdSense account:

AdSense is very easy to implement into your website and is a good way to monetize your traffic. The amount of commission you earn through Google AdSense is based on how much Google is getting paid by advertisers for the ad spot. You will earn a share from the amount. The amount you receive can vary from 1 cent per click to $20 per click, it all depends how much advertisers are paying for the ad spot.

It is hard to estimate how much you can get paid from Google, as only Google know how much each account earns. It is hard to estimate how much you will earn based on traffic. Because we do not know what advertisers are paying for each ad spot, it would be impossible to tell how much money you can make from Google AdSense.

Make sure you fill your site with content and do not just put together 5-10 blog posts and expect to make money. Aim for at least 50 blog posts before you actually start to make money. You will not make thousands a month of useless, crap content that no one wants to read. You have to make sure it is quality content that people will want to read.

 It is very easy to join the AdSense program, simply go to adsense.google.co.uk and click on sign up. Once you are accepted onto the program, copy and paste the HTML code on to the body of your website and any other place or page you would like the ads to appear on. You can display either text ads or image ads, see how much freedom Google gives you? You can even choose how big you want the ads and fit them in with your current colour scheme and theme of your website. This makes your site look way more professional and we advise you do it, as it will look less amateurish.

Why does Google disable accounts?

Since the only way to properly know why your account is blocked, is for you worked for Google. But here's some reasons to why your account is disabled. These are just possible reasons and not actual reasons.

Some people get bots/automated clicks or fraudulent clicks. Google doesn't like this. Remember Google is running a business. So if they detect that you are trying to scam them in anyway or form they will close you down without telling you. Once you are disabled if you have any money remaining in your account, Google will refund it back to the advertisers.

Have you been disabled by Google AdSense? Here's some alternative PPC networks that you can implement into your site:

• Chitka - Chitka is one of the top alternatives to AdSense. Chitka operates in a different way to AdSense. It is search query driven. This means visitors do not see the ads unless they are coming from a search engine.
• Yahoo Bing Network - This is a new network consisting of a collaboration of two search giants coming together, Yahoo and Bing. Yahoo Bing Network is not currently open for people to sign up to. If you can't wait you can request an invite from them.
• BuySellAds - BuySellAds is  a perfect alternative to Google AdSense and with revenue up to 75% and the pay-out limit being only $50, we can see why.

We hope this article helps you. If you have any troubles with AdSense or need help with any aspect, please leave a comment below. If you found this article helpful then please share with everyone you know!

How to make Money from Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing. It's a tricky concept to get your head around isn't it? It can be quite confusing but not to worry, that's why we're here. We want to help you out to make more money online, so you can better your results with Internet Marketing.

You may have stumbled upon the concept of Affiliate marketing by searching on the Internet for money making techniques or from The Marketing Guy. In this article we will show you how to use affiliate marketing and implement it into your website, email marketing or other sources and reap the rewards from it.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate Marketing is basically when you are the middle man between the consumer and the advertiser and you receive a commission for recommending the consumer towards the advertisers' products. With the popularity of the Internet during the 1990's; search engines and e-commerce rose to prominence during the mid 90's and went from strength to strength from there. Website owners saw the gap and utilized the market. This way website owners do not need to sell an actual product that they own and therefore avoid overhead costs such as stock, warehouse costs, etc. Affiliate Marketing is one of the easiest ways to make money online as you do not have to deal with orders yourself and every order you do receive you receive a commission for it. It sounds great, doesn't it?

An Explanation of Affiliate Marketing.

 

There are many different types of Affiliate Marketing websites. Some examples of Affiliate Marketing websites you can use are:

• Comparison Shopping Sites (e.g. Confused.com, Go Compare, Compare the Market)
• Coupon sites that focus on Promotion (e.g. Groupon, Wowcher)
• Blogs (this website, My Four Hour Work Week)
• Niche Website or Review Website
• Email List Marketing 

When it comes to affiliate marketing the trick is not to spam people with your links. You know the comments you see on YouTube videos and blog comments that say ' I make millions of dollars a month and you can too, visit www.thisisascam.com '. Well also you won't be scamming anyone but you know the point I'm making.

How to get started with Affiliate Marketing

Getting started with Affiliate marketing is easier then it sounds. When you join a Affiliate program, you can choose the products that you want to advertise and sell, the affiliate program will provide you with a unique affiliate code that you use to target the traffic to the specific site. Many affiliate programs do all the work for you and provide you with all the links, banners, information and all other things you would need. All you have to do is copy the HTML code and paste it where you want it on your site. If your users click on that link, they will be redirected to the page where they can make the purchase. Once they have successfully purchase the product you receive a commission of the sale (could be anything from 10% - 75%).

There are different types of affiliate programs and schemes that you can join. The most popular programs work can operate in different types such as:

• Pay Per Click - This is when you get paid based on the number of people you have referred to the affiliates site, it does not matter if they buy the product or not.
• Pay Per Lead - You get paid once you get the user to sign up to the and provide the affiliate site with contact information.
• Pay Per Sale - You can paid a percentage of the price once the user has successfully purchased the product from the affiliate's site.

Getting Started

Sign up to affiliate marketing sites. Make sure they offer good products, have a wide variety of products to offer and that they pay on time. Some affiliate sites do not pay on time, do not make the mistake of signing up to programs that don't pay. Do your research. The best websites to sign up to are;

• Commission Junction - This is a great affiliate program to sign up for. This has many, many products and links that you can promote. It has so many that you will be spoilt for choice. Make sure you do not sign up too many affiliate programs because the key is to not overdo it. You will find many affiliate offers from the likes of Go Daddy, Bluehost, Hostgator and many more.
• Click Bank - An Affiliate program for selling information products. The company offers a connection between digital content creators (ebooks, online courses, etc.) and affiliate marketers. If done successfully you can make big money. Expect commissions of 30% - 70%.
• Share a Sale - Share a Sale is one of the most popular affiliate marketing networks out there. It is very simple and easy to use and also provides over 2,500 merchants to chose from. Share a Sale also provide you with sales and reports to let you know how you are doing.
• Amazon Associates -  Who hasn't heard of Amazon. The massive online retailer provides everything from books to fighting equipment. You can promote anything available on Amazon and receive up to 10% on each product you promote.
• oneNetworkDirect - oneNetworkDirect has an easy to use user interface along with a wide variety of products to chose from. It also provides users with the ability to track their sales in real time.
• LinkShare - LinkShare is owned by Rakuten, Inc the same people who own Kobo and Play.com . LinkShare is very user friendly and provides many merchants to chose from. The only downfall is the commissions are not as high as other affiliate programs.

Once you have signed up for the affiliate programs of your choice you can start advertising the affiliate products on your site. But that is not the only place you can place the affiliate links. You can advertise and promote these on many different sources such as; social networking pages like Facebook and Twitter, Email newsletter, eBooks that you have written, sidebar of your website and blogs. You do not have to limit it to one source. You can advertise it anywhere you want.

A good way of promoting content is by writing reviews. Reviews are a great way of letting people know what the product is like and let them know about all the benefits of them buying the product. Check out this example of a review.

Last Thoughts

Affiliate marketing is a very profitable source of income and can make a lot of money for you if implemented correctly. You can literally earn money while you are sleeping and this alone is an amazing feeling. However it is not as easy as people think and some effort and time is required. That said we highly recommend you to start affiliate marketing.

If you have any questions or suggestions then please post it in the comment box. If you enjoyed this article then please share it among your friends, family and dog.

From Newbie to Millionaire - Christine Clayfield - Book Review

Make Money Online. Work From Home. From Newbie To Millionaire. An Internet Marketing Success System Explained in Easy Steps by Self Made Millionaire. Affiliate Marketing Covered its a very long title for a book that explains everything about Internet marketing and how to become successful with making money online. Christine Clayfield is an author who has successfully made money online and has made a lot of success from opening different businesses. Christine spots many money making opportunities and has met many successful Internet marketers and entrepreneurs such as Tom Hua, Robert Allen, Alan Sugar and Richard Branson. 

From Newbie to Millionaire is book written by a self made millionaire, who went from nothing to making her millions. The book is full of tons and tons of valuable information and content. It is a great book for people who are beginning their journey into Internet marketing because it explains all the basics of making money online and starting your own business online. If you don't know the difference between SEO and affiliate marketing, then this book is for you.

Christine writes in a straight up and honest style. Her writing style is very admirable as she does say throughout the book that becoming a successful Internet marketer is not a walk in the park. She does not give any false hopes claiming to make you millions in 30 days while also telling you about all the scams and tricks marketers use and how you can avoid them.

The author does include many many hours of video lessons available at the end of the book via online resources. This is worth more than the price of the book alone and the video lessons are very helpful. The video lessons are simple 'how to' videos that you can watch over and over again!

The book is slightly on the expensive side but at over 500 pages, we'd say it is worth pay the price for it. This book is full of step by step money making ideas that you can implement into your business and start making money today. Whether you are a newbie in Internet marketing or a seasoned veteran, this book would be very useful to you and you would end up learning a lot from this book.

The author teaches you some useful things throughout the book. Some of the things you will learn while reading the book are:

• How to create your own Internet business from scratch, even if you have no experience or are not computer friendly (she includes screenshots)
• What affiliate marketing is and how to leverage it and use it to your advantage
• How to drive traffic to your website and how to continually grow your site.
• And much more inside the book!

Christine is fully transparent in this book and details the exact method and techniques that she used to bring a continuously flowing income into her bank account. Throughout the book she uses simple, easy to understand language without all the Internet marketing jargon, so you don't need a PhD to understand the book.

Many authors and internet marketers promise false dreams but Christine Clayfield is different and she actually wants to help people achieve their dream and become successful. We cannot stress how good this book is and we highly recommend you buy this book to efficacious in Internet marketing.

Christine Clayfield is the real deal and she is not someone looking to make a quick buck and do a runner. She is here to help you out and wants the best for you. She has put down all the mistakes she has made so you don't have to and she has clearly layered out the book in a easy to read format so it is easier for you to understand.  If you only buy one book on Internet marketing, make sure it is this one because it has highly valuable information and content and will get you started on your journey to financial freedom, if you already haven't started that is.

If you are interested in purchasing this book, then please click here.

Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill - Book Review

When it comes to self-help and motivational books no other book can match the power of Think and Grow Rich. This book is so wildly popular that it has sold over 70 million copies worldwide. Many famous and successful people cite this book as one of their keys to success and many people recommend this book. Think and Grow Rich not only tells you how to get rich, Hill tells you how to adapt the mindset of many successful people and think like a rich person. The book was very first published in 1937.

Napoleon Hill is a famous author and journalist, his best book being the biggest selling book of all time, Think and Grow Rich and The Laws of Success. Napoleon was born in Southwest Virginia, USA and is considered one of the greatest in the success and self-help genre.

The book among telling and teaching you many other things teaches you to clearly know where you want to go in life while also having self-belief in yourself, desire to achieve more in life and the ability to remove and eliminate negative thoughts and focus on the bigger picture and your goals.

“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”

In the original book, Hill uses stories from interviews that he has had and shows how to get successful. He includes many people such as Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and many other rich and successful people of his generation.

The book was the result of Hill interviewing and analyzing many successful people of his generation and coming up with results. Napoleon Hill was prompted by Andrew Carnegie at the time to research and write a book on this topic.

The book is split into many different steps and chapters to achieve the mindset and achieve success. There are 13 steps in the book and the steps are as follows;

 1. Desire
 2. Faith
 3. Autosuggestion
 4. Specialized Knowledge
 5. Imagination
 6. Organized Planning
 7. Decision
 8. Persistence
 9. Power of the Master Mind
 10. The Mystery of Sex Transmutation
 11. The Subconscious Mind
 12. The Brain
 13. The Sixth Sense

This book tells you how to attain wealth and how to think and act like rich and successful people, it also tells you what to be wary of once you have achieved wealth, success and prosperity. Once you reach your goal and become wealthy, there will be many people who come to you and try to use you just for your new found wealth and success. But you need to filter out the bad people from the good people.

Think and Grow Rich contains many different secrets that you would never of thought of. It also WILL change the way you think about money, wealth and getting successful. It will completely change your mindset if used properly and if all the steps are followed properly.

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“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.” 

Top Ten Social Networking Websites to Grow your Audience and Increase Traffic

There are many different social network and social media websites out there. Some are popular, some aren't as popular. Posting your content and engaging in social networking sites helps your website to grow and to increase your traffic.

First a bit about social networking sites and what you can actually use social networking sites for. People use social networking sites to connect with friends and companies, share interests, share content, find more people, rekindle old friendships and to connect with their favourite brands and companies. Many businesses and entrepreneurs use it to connect and engage with their customers

When it comes to marketing your website on the Internet, Social networking is a must

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You might be thinking to yourself, what's the difference between social media and social network and how does it concern me? A social media site has only one way communication. The business communicates to the customer but the customer does not engage with the company. You can compare this to newspapers slightly. Newspapers only have a one way communication with their audience as well.

However a social network site has two ways of communication. Customers can engage with their favourite brand or company and the business can inform it's  customers of any changes, offer its fans or followers discounts and many more things. The first sign of social networking sites were back in 1994 but social networking sites rose to prominence in the 2000s with Facebook and Twitter.


1. Facebook - This isn't a surprise, it is one of the most popular sites on the Internet and one of the most visited. It reportedly has over 1 billion active users. If you want to promote your website, it is a MUST for you to have a Facebook account and open a fan page for your business. This way people will be able to follow your business and be in constant contact. In 2010 a film starring Jesse Eisenberg was released called The Social Network, this film was all about how the founder Mark Zukerberg had created Facebook and the rise of Facebook.

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2. Twitter - A website in which users and send and read messages of up to 140 characters which are more commonly known as tweets. Twitter is one of the most visited sites on the Internet and has over 500 million registered users. Many businesses implement Twitter into their business and using it as a platform to engage with their customers. Hashtags help visibility when it comes to writing a tweet. Be sure to include #'s into your tweets.

Many celebrities continually use Twitter as a source to voice their opinions. Celebrities and Famous people who currently use Twitter include Tom Cruise, Russel Brand, Mariah Carey and Stephen Fry among many others.

3. Google Plus - Google+ is a social networking site created by search engine giant Google. Initially Google Plus had a slow increase to users but then Google integrated Google Plus accounts with Gmail and other Google services and they saw a massive increase in users. Currently Google+ has over 200 million active users. 

Google Plus offers services like hangouts, feature that offers group video chat from anywhere in the world and Circles which allows users to put their friends in certain groups. Business owners can advertise their business and website on Google Plus and create a fan page devote enitrely to their brand, company or website.

4. MySpace - In the past this was at the top and was in the most visited sites list, but with Facebook and Twitter's incline to popularity, MySpace followed with decline. However MySpace is still slightly popular in America and has 50 million users worldwide registered. MySpace has an emphasis towards music and would be useful for businesses specialising in music.

5. LinkedIn - LinkedIn is more of a professional social network in which people use professionally and to network with people with professional occupations. It is used for professional networking and reportedly has more than 200 million users worldwide. Users can use LinkedIn to find jobs and connect with other people in their profession.


6. Pinterest - Pinterest is a social networking site and a photo sharing website which incorporates a pinboard style. The website allows users to create and edit image and videos based on the users interests, hobbies and events that have happened, it also allows users to save or 'repin' images on their own pinboard and even like photos, similar to Facebook.

Users can also follow other users who they has good images or similar tastes. Business owners can use Pinterest to further traffic to their website and to make a their website grow. Business owners can use Pinterest to sell their product and use it as their virtual storefront.

7. Instagram - This is another photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking website that enables users to apply digital filters to their photos, upload photos and video while also sharing them to a variety of different social networking sites. Instagram is very popular on mobile platforms and is downloadable on Android phones and iOS for free.

Instagram is owned by Facebook and has gain major popularity in a short space of time and has over 100 million active users.

Different amount of filters you can use to add effects to the photo on Instagram

8. Bebo - Bebo is a social networking website, that at the height of its popularity saw it rivalling many social networking sites and retaining its top position among many sites.  But over the years Bebo has suffered in traffic and like MySpace has been overtaken by Facebook.

In 2013, Bebo was declared bankrupt and was bought back by its original owners for $1 million dollars, while in 2008 they had sold it for $850 million.

Bebo can be used to advertise and promote your business and to find and maintain new followers and fans for your website.


9. Flickr - Flickr is a photo-sharing/hosting and video sharing website. Flickr was bought by Yahoo and has over 80 million registered users. Flickr can be used by your website to get access to images. You can also use Flickr to host your own images and to advertise your business via Flickr and get traffic.


10. deviantART - deviantART is an online community completely committed to art. Users can browse over 200 million pieces of art while also selling their own artwork and make money from it. According to the website, deviantART has over 28 million members.


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