Competitive research helps to understand your competitors. Analyzing their actions help lower costs while revealing opportunities. You leverage their efforts. There are several ways to research your market. Read on, if you want to out-do the competition. The Competitive Analysis Basics: Start Here to Understand the Competition Competitive intelligence is “the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, and competitors …”. We already know the value gained from a thorough understanding of keyword & market research. But: These two items merely touch the surface of what can be learned from the competition. The Must-Have Competitive Research...
Does your business have a YouTube channel? If not, it should! Almost 5 billion videos are watched on YouTube every day. Your business could be a part of that viewership if you're willing to create a YouTube channel. With it comes sales opportunities, brand building, and business feedback. Here's the thing: Making YouTube videos are easy and effective for growth A lot of your competitors are neglecting video marketing Your entry into YouTube marketing gives an amazing edge. Here's how to get things going... The Value of Creating a YouTube Channel Lemme get straight to the point. Video: Shows toward the...
Online community building should be one of your biggest objectives. Why? You can have an awesome product. You can have a great service. You could have exceptional customer service, too. But: It's hard for any of these to get notice if the community doesn't have your back. Building an online community takes time and dedication. It requires finesse and knowing how to appeal to your audience. If you can get people to return repeatedly and help share on social, then you're pretty much set to see your online business grow. Here's how to build that tribe. Online Community Building...
Ajiboye Affiliate Program: Overview Ajiboye, by Monkey Business, Inc., is an all-in-one solution and platform for building and growing a business. The tools provided by Ajiboye include complete business management systems handling website development, email marketing, online stores, helpdesk solutions, security, accounts, billing, customer relationship management, and more. For just $29.95 a month, clients can find solutions for all aspects of the business operations. The platform also acts as a white label solution for agencies. Or, sold through a reseller program. Clients don’t want to DIY? They can work with the company to build out all parts of their business...
AutoZone Affiliate Program: Overview AutoZone is one of three major auto parts and auto accessories brands have dominated the North American market. Their online store is much like their competitors Advanced and O’Reilly. What makes them different is their continual dominance in its market space through steeper discounts, experienced members, and a greater retail presence. AutoZone has parts and accessories for every make and model – and visitors can find helpful guides and advice for any repair job they had in mind. This one-stop-shop is the clear leader for those passionate about auto culture and projects. The AutoZone affiliate program...
Coupons.com Affiliate Program: Overview Coupons.com is the #1 source for coupons online (the domain certainly helps). On the site, visitors will find hundreds of grocery coupons else a comparable amount through their all-in-one app. Coupons.com offers coupon codes for major online retailers and cash back offers. The potential savings on may get when using the website has incredible value and creates users coming back daily. The Coupons.com affiliate program lets partners earn money referring customers to the biggest brands. In this program, affiliates can promote coupons for grocery, personal care, and household coupons. The addition of the app and digital...
The low barriers to entry for starting a blog and making money with affiliate marketing are what makes it so exciting. If you have a good idea, the energy to pursue it, and keep blogging, then you’re bound to begin earning money by promoting other people’s products and/or services. However … The average blog dies after 100 days. Affiliate marketing (and blogging) requires you to learn and implement a wide range of skills and strategies. Many of these skills are difficult for the beginner because there's more to it than following a step-by-step guide. The upside is that the community...
Looking for Facebook content ideas? We’ve got 32 for you to try. These are the content types that’ll improve shares, likes, and comments. Plus, give you a chance to pitch products and services. Sound good? Let’s get to it… (more…)
I’ve been on this kick about page bloat. We have plenty of tools like content delivery networks, HTML/CSS minifiers, and browser caching. Google and Facebook do a few tricks for displaying pages faster with AMP and Instant Articles. But, there’s still this underlying problem that pages are bloated with code, scripts, and images. Now… We know images are important for storytelling and visitor retention but a lot of us are adding images forcing end users to take a hit to their bandwidth. Heads up: Not everyone has high-speed Internet. I spent some hours really going after this main culprit: images....
