Reviews provide you with a great opportunity to earn commissions when affiliated with the product. However, unless you’re one of the “big boys” in the industry that constantly receives review copies of a product you’ll soon realize that trying to provide these reviews can take a toll on your budget. It’s unlikely that you have the capital to purchase every new product just to write a review. So, how do you go about creating reviews if you don’t actually own the product? Owning the product obviously gives you an advantage because you can actually feel its value – you can...
Author: Waleed M
The Unboxing Experience: Business and Marketing Strategy
An odd phenomenon that has picked up in popularity is the act of recording and sharing the unboxing experience. People create videos showing the exact moment when they begin to open the product packaging and then take the viewer through the individual components along with commentary. As silly as it sounds – it’s quite a smart way to get views and generate sales through video. Unboxing videos are one part entertainment and one part consumer research. It’s a fun experience to see others open a product because you feel as if you’re taking part. It’s also very helpful when researching...
How to Start Podcasting on Less Than $100: A Beginner’s Guide
Did you want to start podcasting to grow your business? Or, create a podcast as a new revenue stream? Maybe starting one is for fun. Podcasting is a great way to reach community especially with those that do not have the time to sit down and read through or watch your content. Podcasts can be automatically downloaded, synced, and brought along the daily commute. Podcast content can be done off-the-cuff, well-rehearsed, interview-style, or however you feel it would match your style. The content is quite easy to create as long as you have the ability to talk about your topics...
Royalty Free Music: Best Sites to Find Free of Charge Tunes
Do you produce videos or podcasts? If so, then you'll want to find royalty free music. Why? Because... Music put the finishing touch on your videos. The only problem is that if you don’t have the rights then you’re liable -- a lot like the need for using free images in your content. Plus There’s a chance that your video could be taken down if you’re hosting it over on YouTube or Vimeo. Don’t let the ‘free’ part of it fool you – they’re still great tracks by serious artists. The following are a few different websites you can use...
A Guide to Habit Building (and Making Them Stick)
Habit building is difficult because good habits are easy to create... ...but even easier to break. You've got to have the willpower to keep them in your everyday routine. In business, great habits become one of your greatest assets. It will allow you to push through barriers and break the glass ceiling. This will lift you from stagnation. The process of habit building can take you anywhere. In the following sections, you’ll learn what it takes to build a great habit. Plus, how to make them stick and how to apply them to business. Act on this information – right...
Networking for Introverts: Powerful Tips to Overcome Social Fears
Whether you believe or not – much of business is about being the most vocal. A competitor may have a superior product but you could be the top dog if you’re the one commanding it. You see this all the time in business; sometimes it’s unfortunate to see great people go unrecognized but that’s just the nature of the game. Expertise is about the voice. Not just the numbers. There are millions of websites out there – thousands within your niche (most likely) – which means that competition is stiff and everyone wants a piece of the pie. How do...
Unique Content: Finding the Perfect Blend of Real-World and Theory-Based Topics
Unique content should be believable but also capture the reader’s attention in the form of a story. In the publishing world we see this as fiction and nonfiction; you have die-hard fans of each type but the masses will generally jump between the two because each provides a fun and valuable set of insights (or entertainment). What I’d like to discuss with this post is the inherent need to go as deep as possible with your content creation to form it into a unique piece that’s impossible to replicate; at the same time I want to explain why theory content...
How-to Spot (and Avoid) a Lame Affiliate Product
The success of your affiliate marketing business is greatly reliant on your ability to identify and promote products which have real value to your community. The issue that’s all to present, however, is that there are many lame affiliate products because information-based products are so easily created or rely too heavily on hype despite the item having less features than a well-produced, trusted item. What will happen, if you begin promoting lame affiliate products, has a double negative effect: You won’t earn money because no one will want the product You “burn” your community by promoting items without value Good...
The Best Affiliate Offers to Promote on Mother’s Day
Why promote Mother's Day affiliate promotions? Well... consider the market spends tens of billions of dollars on this special day. People will spend nearly $200 for their mother. This makes for a very healthy profit for your affiliate marketing if you take the time to run promotions. Let's jump into the why and what to promote for Mother's Day affiliate offers. Mother's Day Affiliate Promotions Your Mom Would Love Some individuals will really go out of the way to find a completely unique gift for mum but the vast majority will fall back to the “timeless” classics because they’re in a pinch...