Jonathan Leger’s new brain child, TipDrop is fast becoming a popular and active microblogging site.

According to Jonathan, “it’s already generated 1,151,449 page views and 3,214 user-created tips on more
subjects than you can imagine! All this in the site’s FIRST WEEK!”

What does this mean for you and me? Well, there are a few things actually.

Let’s start with credibility. When you create a Tip Sheet, you’re declaring that you know something about a given subject and are willing to share your knowledge. Other people can submit their ideas and thus create a very helpful list of tools for your readers. You’re also given a page where you can list your websites and a brief bio.

A list is next. One of the cool new features on TipDrop is the ability to follow other Tipsters (I just made that up, lol.) We all know what Twitter has done for many online and offline entrepreneurs. You can go anywhere, read any magazine, or watch T.V. without hearing about someone using Twitter. I think TipDrop is going to quickly overtake Twitter. That’s my prediction.

Make money. Who doesn’t love this option? Jonathan is sharing the revenue from the Adsense ads on the site with us. You have always been able to earn 75% of the AdSense revenue generated from your TipDrop user pages and tip sheet pages.  Now, though, when you send people to the site through your referral link, you’ll earn 100% of the AdSense revenue from the “house pages” (the home page, search pages, category pages, etc.) and TipDrop’s 25%
share of the AdSense impressions on the user pages will go to you as well.

That’s a BIG deal, because the house pages get most of the traffic from the site.  People are always checking out the home page, the top tip sheets in a given category, doing searches, etc.  And 100% of those AdSense impressions will go to YOUR AdSense account.

Each visitor your send is tagged with a 30-year cookie indicating that you sent them.  That way every single time they return, if they click any of those ads, you’ll earn the revenue.

It’s simple!  Just sign up for a free TipDrop account (if you haven’t already), and send people to your referral page, which is: http://tipdrop.com/ref/Username

Replacing, of course, “Username” with your own TipDrop username.

In fact, why not go create an account now! Don’t forget to follow me!

Do you love Twitter?

I can’t say I’m addicted to Twitter, but I do use it. It’s a fun way to stay in touch with people  and find out what’s happening around the world in a flash. But, I do have to say that it’s hit and miss whether I find something really useful in the 5-10 minutes I spend tweeting.

The next big thing in microblogging platforms just hit the internet . . . . it’s TipDrop. Funny name, but so is Twitter and look how popular it’s become. What I love about TipDrop is that it’s focused.

“TipDrop is a place where people come to give and receive tips on just about anything. When you see a tip sheet you know something about, simply answer the question.”

Jonathan Leger has created this new social marketing tip site where you can create a profile just like on Twitter, except you can add up to 10 URL’s in your profile. An unlike the Twitter microblog, you can write up to 255 characters giving you more ability to offer something useful.

Build credibility as an expert in your niche by creating a tip sheet on a subject you’re knowledgeable about. You can also earn money with TipDrop. Just ad your Adsense ID and Jonathan will share 75% of all ad-revenues generated from the tip sheets you create.

Forum Marketing

Today we are looking at Effective Forum Marketing.

Forums are a great way to get in touch with potential customers.  There are various forums all across the internet that are devoted to an incredible range of topics.  That means that regardless of the type of product you are working with, there is likely a forum somewhere that is devoted to that field.People who frequent forums know for a fact that they can reach a highly targeted demographic, they include warm prospects, with very high conversion lead potentials.

Establish a Presence

However you need to work hard on establishing your presence and reputation.  Forum marketing is not about just posting a couple links and watching the sales come rolling in.  Forums have moderators and administrators who look out for marketing scams and immediately delete those posts and ban the user who posted them.

So how can you use forum marketing effectively?

Trading value for value.Bear in mind that the forum users offer their attention to your posts and will most likely buy them if you know how to promote it accordingly.The value you will provide is determined by the very nature of the forum.

For example, if you are selling a how-to product that teaches people how to use Photoshop software, then look for forums for beginners to the software.Most likely they will ask questions on how certain things are done, so you can find the answer and post it.  That is the value you give them.  When you post in a forum, you are usually allowed to have a link to a website either in your user profile or as a “signature” – text or images that appear automatically at the bottom of each of your posts.

Don’t Blatantly Sell

So long as you provide value to other forum users thru informative posts, and remember to never blatantly ofoer to sell products or spam te boards or else you will be kicked off the forums.  And the people that you advise will often follow your link out of curiosity, or the need for more information. One they are able to see that you have a product that actually solves their problems or can ease their burdes for which they are hanging out on such forums then it is most likely that they will buy your product.

Forum marketing is being used more and more by internet marketers, and while it does take time to establish a credible preference in the forum, the benefits are great if it is one that is very finely targeted to your niche.

Have You Tried This Yet

Have You Used a Technique like this before or during your product launch? Maybe you have used it as an affiliate for other products… What Results have you seen from Forum traffic?

Colin Klinkert is a full time internet marketer making high six figures a year online. He runs many membership sites, one of which makes over a million a year in revenue.

Colin also blogs on his personal site about Marketing techniques, methods and news. Read more about Forum Marketing.

The viral marketing business model was first described by Tim Draper and popularized in 1997 to describe Hotmail’s practice of adding advertising to the outgoing mail of their users. Viral marketing had been around for ages. So, it is word-of-mouth marketing.

It is in the nature of a person’s tendency to “tell their friends”. The terminology, or what we refer to this as, is new. Surveys tell us that the average individual online has at least six close friends they communicate with on a regular basis. If they have a great experience with a product they will on average, tell six people.

When an internet user finds something valuable, informative, hilarious, interesting or free online, they will share it with up to 12 friends. Thus the internet is the backdrop for the most successful viral marketing business model.

Marketing pros insist that in order to sell something, you need to give something away for free. I recently read an e-book about dieting and it was completely free. It made perfect sense. It was written by the marketing department of a supplement manufacturer. He suggested that you share the book with everyone. His goal, of course, was to sell supplements.

He might have sold the book. It contained as much information as many of the diet books that line bookstore shelves, but he realized the value of giving something away, in order to get something. Not only do people love free stuff, they have a tendency to “trust” people or companies that give them something with no strings attached, especially when that something has value.

You will see numerous software programs on the web that offer a free version and a “pro” version. This is another example of a viral marketing business model. If a person sees any free software program, they usually share it with up to 12 people they know would like to try it as well.

Social networking is becoming increasingly popular. People with a Facebook account have thousands of online friends and they communicate with some of them daily. If you can provide something that they want to share, then you may have a viral campaign waiting to happen.

There are other elements of a successful viral marketing business model. The key element is designing the free item campaign for something free that people can share with others.

Alex Jeffreys has created a buzz with a video he put together about a new report. He’s promised to write about the #1 thing that hold us back from making money online.

Aside from the content of his video, I learned three very important lessons that I’ve included in this short little video.

1. Start off with an eyeball-grabbing, gotta-find-out-what-he’s-talking-about subject line.

2. Create curiosity in the first paragraph or 30 seconds of your message.

3. Use a call to action. Give them something to do, site to visit, or action to take.

Watch this little video and let me know what you learned from Alex’s video.

Video Infomercials and Clickbank

Yesterday afternoon I had a very pleasant and informative chat with Rob Brooks, the author of The Beginner’s Guide to Making Video Infomercials That Make Big Money.

He told me a little about his background and how he got started with doing video infomercials. His free book is one of the best manuals on creating video and how to get traffic to them that I’ve seen. I like it so much that I’ve printed it out and put it in a binder for easy reference.

I chose Rob’s site for my blog of the week post because his style of writing is very easy to follow with a 1-2-3 approach, he provides useful information if you’re interested in video and affiliate marketing, and he really cares about helping people.

The interview/conversation is about 26 minutes. Rob tells stories about his experiences and gives vivid examples of how to use and find long-tail keywords.

One of the reasons I’m featuring these audio conversations is to help the newcomers to IM and affiliate marketing see that there are people all over the world who really want to help you grow your business and avoid the mistakes that are easy to make when you’re just getting started.

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I think audio and video help the readers to see that we’re genuine. I hope you’ll listen and leave a comment letting me know your thoughts.

Warmly,

Theresa

I was out visiting Pat Fenner’s blog this morning and saw that she had a video of Perry Belcher explaining the purpose of social networking sites.

It happens that Perry’s name came up briefly as Alex Jeffreys was talking about how to use Twitter for developing relationships with people. The webinar was fascinating because we could watch how people were connecting live. Alex was telling us about some of the friends he has made as a result of being part of the Twitter community.

What I really appreciated hearing from Perry’s video is that he does not use it to make money, he uses it to meet and talk with people. He likens it to going to a party.

I’ve added it because Perry does an excellent job explaining how to use social media. Let me know your thoughts.

If you watch the video, be aware that he uses some “course language” as Pat described it.