Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
After marketing for over a year now, I have come to realize that having a proper online marketing education is necessary. No, I am not talking about getting a degree in online marketing or internet marketing.
I am referring to investing in continual learning from successful internet marketers. The internet marketing world changes quickly and it is a challenge to keep track of changes unless you are in the midst of them.
“No one loves changes but it is necessary for your income to grow!”
Some methods you learn today can become obsolete within months. But certain principles of online marketing always remain unchanged. Things like SEO, list building and article marketing are very much alive as they were a decade again!
The good thing I have learnt though is that once you cultivate the habit to adapt to changes, it becomes your second nature.
Well, you can get a proper online marketing education through a few simple ways.
1. Subscribe to successful marketers’ newsletters.
Currently, I am on the newsletter of famous and successful internet marketers like Ewen Chia, Cody Moya, Derek Gehl, Jonathan Leger and many others.
Read what they are saying, learn from them, duplicate their methods, ditch what doesn’t work for you, modify and apply what you have learnt and get your thinking cap running.
2. Read Ebooks & Reports
Ebooks or reports are often written in digestible format. The standard Ebook length is probably 20 to 50 pages. A report such as a mini report can be as short as 5 or 6 pages only. It normally does not take anyone more than a few hours to finish reading a report or Ebook.
Sometimes, you get to download them for free. But I would encourage you to invest some money in good Ebooks that can help to boost your income.
It is all about returns. If what you learn from an EBook can increase your earnings by $1000 every month, spending a one-time $50 on it becomes insignificant.
For example, here are some EBooks that have helped me greatly in my business.
Blogging to the Bank 1 & 2, Google Pay Load, Secret Article Profits, Auto Pilot Profits
3. Participate in Forums
I used to think that forums are a waste of time. Why would anyone want to spend hours in a forum chatting away? There is no value in doing so!
But when I soon discovered that top internet marketers are participating in forums, it got me thinking really hard. Surely if these guys who are ultra busy are spending time at the forums, it must be worth the effort.
True enough, forums are great places to rub shoulders with other successful internet marketers. You get to learn some new tricks of the online marketing trade, know what the products are genuine and helpful, and read about scams so you can avoid them.
Some forums I participate actively are DP Forums, NicheRockets & Warrior Forum.
4. Online Marketing Seminars
Seminars are great places to go. I must confess that till now, I have yet to attend one. Perhaps I should go for one this year.
Even though I have not been to one, I gather from my friends that some of the seminars can be real eye-openers! That is also where people get to hear from the horses’ mouth – the gurus and the like who share their secrets of success.
Live demonstrations can be expected as well.
My motto towards my online marketing education is
“Learn, Innovate, Apply & Master”
Treat your learning seriously and put feet to your knowledge and the returns will be great!
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
I promised in my previous post to share about some online marketing Ebooks and reports that I have read that have benefited me greatly. I picked up the principles, applied some of the concepts and techniques, created my own methods and seen quantum leaps in my earnings.
I read quite a lot of online marketing Ebooks and reports written by other online marketers like myself. There are probably a thousand over of such Ebooks in my private collection. Some are free. Others are all bought over time.
One Tip For You:
Whenever there is a free Giveaway Event, join it as you can find dozens of quality Ebooks and freebies inside!
You can also download a copy of my free report “Secrets of Affiliate Marketing” and learn some powerful tips on affiliate marketing.
Among the hundreds of ebooks I have read so far, some are plain trash and only a few Ebooks are really worth reading. Most recent examples are:
1. Blogging to the Bank 1 & 2
2. Google Pay Load
3. Secret Article Profits
4. Auto Pilot Profits
So did I apply all the methods and tips inside? Nope!
Each time I complete an Ebook, I will only digest the concepts that are taught inside. Not that the content is no good, but rather I am someone who does not like to follow everything to the “T” strictly.
I LOVE to improvise, innovate and come up with my own methods! Moreover, if thousands of people use the exact method, the cutting edge may be lost.
Very often, I will then toy around with the methods, see how I can make it better, and combine them with other online marketing techniques I already know.
Experiment! Experiment! & Experiment!
This is what you can do using what you learnt from online marketing Ebooks and reports.
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Hi,
Since this is my first blog post, I will take some time to introduce myself and share a little more about my marketing insights, achievements and vision.
My Vision:
1. Set up an Online Marketing Academy
2. Hit US$5000 Per Day Income
By 2012
My Background:
I am Davion Wong. I started online marketing towards end 2005. But for the entire 2006, it was a year of discovery and hard knocks. Mostly Hard Knocks!
After spending thousands of dollars and getting them washed down the drain in scams, MLM blah blah blah, I finally picked up a few ebooks I have bought, read them thoroughly, modified the techniques learnt and applied.
And not forgetting powerful techniques that I picked up from an online marketing forum called NicheRockets.
BAM! I finally hit the target right on…and for the whole of 2007, I was able to build my income from close to ZERO to a 5-figure monthly income. See one of my ClickBank statements below. All earnings are in US Dollars.
This may not be impressive to the gurus, but to me, it is quite an achievement! And I did it without Pay Per Click Advertising….I will disclose more in my subsequent posts.
Anyway, throughout this 1 year, I really learnt a lot about online marketing, especially affiliate marketing.
It is also in 2007 that I launched my first affiliate marketing ebook called “Secrets of Affiliate Marketing”. It is FREE so I encourage you to download it.
My Marketing Insights:
In the year of 2008, a lot of limelight would be on Web 2.0 aka Social Bookmarking/Networking and Video. To be specific, the online marketing world would be paying a lot of attention to news as well as product announcements related to this.
While the buzz is going on, it does not mean that content publishing or SEO is going to be phased out. Article marketing and BUM marketing would still be very much alive but transformed with a twist.
People still love to read and this trend has gone on for centuries. My view is that this will not change in 2008, except that web pages have to be built differently, and linking strategies have to change in order for your websites to rank well in the search engines.
I will be conducting a series of trials and experiments. All will be circled around making money online with internet marketing.
So, you shall hear more and more from me about new ways to drive traffic for free, pull more sales and subscribers faster, tricks to rank well in the search engines, tools to make your work easier and earn more profits for you and so on, so forth.
That’s all for today.
In my next post, I shall share with you some ebooks that I personally have benefited greatly from that made it possible for me to reach my level of income with affiliate marketing.
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