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Is My $12. Safelist Worth The Money?

Matthew Meyer — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:09:11 +0000

Well, I am still working on my big plan to take revolutionize the internet advertising world but in the meantime I am still selling these little safelist memberships that I started selling bout 6 years ago. Is it worth it to join my little safelist and send out your ads to the members? Well, I do not believe in hype I believe in facts. So I have put screenshots of the last two years of statistics. As of the writing of this post I have 3493 paid members in my safelist. It is important to note that ALL of these members paid to join this safelist. There are many safelists with more members but most of them are free members. Heck, I have over 110,000 members of The Free Ad Forum but these are not 110,000 buyers. I wish! So for $12. per year you can send your ad out to the entire database everyday. Keep in mind that members are constantly being added to the list and others are leaving. So it is a constantly changing list of buyers. Yes, let me say it again. All of these members have purchased something on the internet. A buyers lists is way more valuable than a freeebie seeker list. So does anybody see these ads? Here are the stats for both 2009 and 2008.

Notice that for 2009 over 57,000 people clicked on the credit links. There is both a regular mailer and by far more mail goes out with the regular mailer. So if 57,000 people clicked on the credit links more than double that clicked on regular links. But the important point is that people cannot click on any links unless they see your ad. People are viewing ads with Topsafelist.net. They also are all BUYERS. They paid for a membership. There is no free option with this safelist.

For me the first job of an advertising service is to get my ad before real buyers. Then it has to do so in a cost effective manner. Well this costs $12. per year. $1. per month. Dirt cheap actually. Obviously you are not going to get rich sending your ads daily to this safelist but for $12. you might get additional members to your newsletter who you can market to over and over again. (They are buyers remember? Have I made this point?) You could make some sales. You could get some people to link back to you. Bottom line your ads are going out, people are seeing them and it costs next to nothing. I think that Topsafelist.net is worth being in your arsenal of advertising tools. Especially if you are on a budget.

I realize this is not the sexiest topic. I could be writing about how I made millions through traffic arbritrage with ppv traffic (working on that.) But people keep joining, keep using and keep viewing ads sent out by this darn safelist. If you want to join Topsafelist.net you may do so here.

If you want us to set you up with your own website SELLING safelist memberships see my site Topsafelistbiz.com. Safelist memberships are easy to sell because everyone is looking for advertising for their business. Many marketers have found their first success online selling safelist memberships. See here to learn more about Topsafelistbiz.com. See here to view a tutorial on how I sold over 6000 safelist memberships. I still sell them almost everyday

In any case good luck and let me know what your experiences have been with safelists, even this one in the past.

Matthew Meyer

What was your first sale online?

Matthew Meyer — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:13:36 +0000

I just started this thread on both The Free Ad Forum and on The Warrior Forum. We have received some really interesting comments. The lesson that keeps recurring is that you must be persistent. Some people waited years for their first sale! The first sale you make online is usually the most exciting because it shows you that YOU can market online. It is one thing to listen to how others are being successful but often just experiencing a small success yourself makes all the difference between continuing marketing or giving up.

What was your first sale online? Please tell us. You can join in on the discussion on The Free Ad Forum here. To join the discussion on The Warrior Forum see here. Thank you!

Matthew Meyer

Kick Butt Google Adwords Alternatives

Matthew Meyer — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:09:52 +0000

Ok by now everyone has got their beat down from Google. We have been slapped, humiliated, kicked around but we are not down! Remember, it is our money that gave Google the power in the first place! So what to do if you cannot or you do not want to use Google Adwords? You might look immediately to another ppc model like Yahoo but why not think out of the box? Here are some creative ideas for Google Adwords alternatives.

1st Google Adwords Alternative-Rule Google and Yahoo’s Natural Search Listings!

Grab Google naturale by the cohones and make them list you. Yep, I am not talking about optimizing your page and praying timidly to the Google Gods to list you. No. Make them list you. Have your keyword, content rich, videos, blogs, social media, podcasts, rss feeds, answer sites, twitter and twitteresh services all screaming relevantly to Google to list you. Get Google in a headlock and scream “What’s my name?” in an Aliesque rage. Because your content is real and coming at them from hundreds of authority websites they is gonna have to list you.

Ok you say. “Sounds great but that will take me eons to get all that natural traffic.” Not anymore. I have been having success using a piece of software called ContentBuzz.

Get Google In A Headlock And Make ‘Em Scream Uncle!

This is not some social media spam software. This baby helps you organize all the relevant video and social media sites so that you can easily sign up, confirm your email address and post your media. ContentBuzz is brilliant. It is way better than Traffic Geyser or any other similar type software that I have tried and it is cheaper. Only $29.97 per month with a 7 day free trial. It is under priced as I think ContentBuzz the best piece of marketing software I have every purchased.

Go ahead. I dare you. Type in “Google Adwords Alternative Pay Per View Traffic” in any search engine. I am everywhere. Last time I counted I had 9 of the top first page listing on Google. I have only been using the software for a few days and I have not used every feature.

Contentbuzz will put your videos and media everywhere on the internet without spamming. You will have to fill out some captcha forms, you will have to look at some sites individually. Where there is a one click solution they give it to you. Where there is not they organize the software to make if very easy for you to submit your media. Again, this is whitehat marketing. No spam. Spam will not last anyway. You want real content out there not a bunch of junk. This is long term SEO.

Contentbuzz will significantly help you dominate any niche. I believe an entrepreneurial type could make a small fortune doing SEO for local brick and mortar businesses. They need help and will pay big money for someone who can deliver. With this software you can.

Here is what ContentBuzz allows you to do:

Easily join and submit to:

* 50+ Video Hosting Sites
* 11 Additional Specialist “How-to” Video Sites
* 25 Top Social Bookmarking Sites
* 15 Social News Sites (some require Captchas)
* Twitter + 10 Micro-blogging Platforms
* 25 Photo Sharing/Blogging Platforms
* 10 Podcasting (Audio and Video) Directories
* 10 Top RSS Aggregators
* 25 Top Ping Services (Blog and RSS Search Engines)
* 7 Extremely High PR Blog Platforms (Blogger etc)

Using the Semi-Automated Social Link Builder, join and submit to:

* 117 Video Destinations
* 25 Social Bookmarking Sites
* 37 Blog/RSS Directories
* 45 Podcast Directories
* 100 Article Directories
* 45 Press-Release Sites
* 30 Question & Answer Sites
* 64 Feeder Sites (Squidoo, Quizilla etc)
* 28 Torrent Sites

I am doing it. It works. To learn more about ContentBuzz see here.

Do not be put off by their somewhat simple amateurish site. They do not have the slick presentation that Traffic Geyser does but they deliver far more. Most really good programmers are lousy web designers. I took a chance on this software knowing this and my instincts were correct. Funky website, killer program.

Get it. Work itl out and dominate your niche without paying the expensive pay per click fees. It works if you do!

2nd Kick Butt Google Adwords Alternative-Pay Per View Traffic

I have been having some luck with pay per view traffic. Basically pay per view traffic is spy ware gone legit. Pay per view networks have developed millions of users of free software or internet tools. The network I am working with at Realppvtraffic.com has over 5 million users. These users have agreed (usually many times) to receive keyword targeted advertising in exchange for using the free tools. When they search the internet on any search engine for say “cars.” If your ad has chosen the keyword cars your website will pop up right in front of them. You can target your traffic by keyword and country. It converts surprisingly well. Your full website is shown to the viewer not just an ad. This traffic is also way cheaper! You can get ppv traffic for as little as $.01 per view at my site Realppvtraffic.com. Yes, I own it and I will make money if you purchase traffic from this site. I hope you make money too! This traffic is much less expensive than the 30 cents to $5. per click you can pay with Google Adwords.

The only downside to ppv traffic that I see now is that it is not good for city local advertising. There simply are not enough users in the network in each city to get a significant local presence. But the good news is that it is way easier to dominate the local listings than worldwide listings in Google natural listings (See Adwords Alternative number 1.)

3rd Kick Butt Google Adwords Alternative-Yahoo Search Marketing Australia

Do not forget about those folks down under. They are very good internet buyers. I have tested Yahoo Search Marketing US,UK and Australia for the exact same campaigns and keywords. I was very interested to see that the Australian traffic was cheaper and more importantly converting better than the US or UK traffic. I guess there is less competition in the marketplace. So if you have products and services that you can sell down under do not neglect this market. You even change what you are selling to accomodate the market. Sometimes I do this. We get so involved in trying to sell what we are selling we never think in just selling something else which works better. If Yahoo Search Marketing Australia works better than US or UK then lets find some stuff to sell those buyin’ Aussies!

As an American you have to set up a US account first and then ask permission for the other country accounts. It takes a few days but unlike Google they are pretty good with their communication and will deal with you like a real customer. How nice!

These are just a few creative alternatives to Google Adwords. I will be adding more. Please tell me about your favorite Google Adwords alternatives in the comments section. I would love to hear from you.

Thank you,

Matthew Meyer

Website Traffic And Leads On Demand With Rent-A-List

Matthew Meyer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:53:51 +0000

I have been doing business for the with Rent-A-List for the past two months and so far I have been very pleased. They offer banner advertising, text ad advertising, and targeted email advertising. I have actually been making sales directly related from my campaigns.

As PPC get more and more expensive website owners will have to become more creative in finding targeted advertising opportunities. Rent-A-List really fills that niche well.

Here is how it works. You create a free advertiser account here. Then you can order your advertising campaigns directly from your advertising control panel. From your control panel you can track and manage your ad campaigns.

Rent-A-List was established in 1996 and has real customer service including live chat and an actual phone number that is answered during business hours by a real person!

They have delivered on everything that they have promised for me and I plan on continuing to do business with them.

If you are tired of waiting for traffic from the search engines try some of Rent-A-List advertising packages of banner ads, text ad and targeted email. Campaigns can usually start within 24 hours. See here for more info.

Matthew Meyer

Jonathan Mizel’s Secret Sources For Generating Traffic With Paid Media (Free Audio)

Matthew Meyer — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:43:24 +0000

Jonathan Mizel is one of those marketing “gurus” who have been around forever. We did business maybe 6 or 7 years ago. He is a real straight shooter. He did an audio interview explaining how to generate traffic with less expensive paid advertising options. What I like is that he is not just pitching a bunch of hype. He lays out what it really takes to get converting paid traffic to your website. It may not be sexy or even what you want to hear but it is the truth. Listen to Jonathan, he has over 800k in his opt in list with Aweber. If you are looking for some magic pill forget this audio. This is for people who are serious about the rewarding profession of internet marketing. Most of his strategies require thought and diligent work. I highly recommend you listen to his audio. Nothing to opt in for or buy. Just quality information. Enjoy. Matthew Meyer.

Jonathan Mizel’s free audio on generating traffic with paid media.

Can You Succeed With Google Adwords By Playing By The Rules?

Matthew Meyer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:48:52 +0000

Lately I have been scouring the webmaster and internet marketing forums and blogs getting information on Google Adwords. I have spent thousands of dollars on Adwords campaigns and I have been doing so for years. Over the last few months many (not all) of my campaigns have been getting “slapped.” The Google slap is when your campaigns stop running all of a sudden and you have no idea why. You invariably get a notice that your keywords have a quality score of 1 (the worst) no matter how relevant your keywords really are.

There are scores of posts on different forums and blogs everyone with their own theory as to why this happens. Seemingly well meaning advertisers suddenly find their ads are no longer running or even that their domain has been banned from Adwords. The natural instinct is to wonder “what did they do wrong? They must have tried to cheat the system somehow. I will play by the rules so I will be ok.”

However, the facts do not bear this out. The webmasters come from too many different fields, too many different variables in their campaigns. Some have high clickthrough rates, some have low clickthrough rates, some have many keywords others have a few targeted keywords. Old established sites or new sites. All are having problems. I believe most webmasters are really trying to play by the rules but many are still getting slapped.

The real problem is that Google Adwords refuses to communicate with it’s advertisers. If you ask why your campaign is banned you just get canned responses. They will never simply tell you what the problem is so that you can correct it. Their reason for being so cryptic is that they say they are protecting their system so that it cannot be cheated. Google is so powerful now that they can get away with treating even high paying advertisers poorly.

However, I would not bet on a company long term which treats it’s paying customers contemptuously. Google makes money one way, by Google Adwords and Adsense. People who are spending money on advertising will simply start looking for alternatives if they cannot get results consistently with Google.

And when webmasters finally come to the conclusion that even if they rack their brains and budgets trying to play by the rules that they still will be potentially banned they might start actually looking for ways to “beat” the system or completely give up using Adwords. It is really a shame because obviously Google Adwords is an incredibly powerful advertising system. Probably the best internet advertising system every invented. As usual your thoughts and comments are always appreciated. Matthew Meyer.

The Truth About Internet Marketing

Matthew Meyer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:43:51 +0000

Believe it or not I get emails like this all the time. People are broke, hurt, need money yesterday, don’t know scratch about internet marketing. Here is the truth. Internet marketing is a skill, a new trade. You have to learn the basics. There is no such thing as easy money. You have to learn this new profession and it takes time. I believe it is a profession that is well worth the time and effort.

The first thing you need to do is learn how to make a basic website. Nothing complicated just a simple web page. It can be white background with blue links. Ironically this is what usually sells best, simple. Check out the web design on Google.com or Paypal. Very simple.

Next you need to learn how to use an ftp program and how to reserve your own domain name and get your own web hosting account for YOUR own website.

If is very hard to make money with all these generic self replicated websites. I CAN but you can’t. Do you know why? Because I already have my own sites and lists that I have built up over years or hard work. The point is that my websites drive traffic to the affiliate offers.

Once you have your website you need to have an autoresponder system like Getresponse or Aweber. You need to build your own list. This is critical.

I am not going to explain all of this because you can do searches on Google for “how to….” anything and find tons of info. If you are not willing to do this much research on your new profession then you will never make it anyway. Nobody every showed me anything. I learned it all by screwing up. However, I am trying to point you in the right direction.

The most important characteristic for an internet marketer is persistence. I have had so many failures that is has almost become normal to fail. I just keep going and going. You have to be hard headed. If you get frustrated easily and give up you will not make it.

Here is a tip on how to beat the big guys. Put your phone number on your website and answer the phone yourself. The one thing the big guys cannot provide is personal service. Whatever you decide to sell make sure people can actually talk to you about it on the phone and give them top notch personal service. You will whip guru butt big time with this!

You might consider selling larger ticket items and services on the phone. I just got this Magicjack phone and it works perfectly. It plugs into your usb port with a $19. Radio Shack phone and costs next to nothing per year for unlimited Canada and US calls. Hey, if you are broke think of something to sell and start calling people. I used to work in a telemarketing room and we made 300 calls per day. You are bound to sell something.

I know this is kind of hardcore but I think you should know the truth. Everyone else is telling you that internet marketing is easy, just plug in and it is all automatic, make money 15 minutes from now etc. Yes, it is true if you are like me with established websites and traffic but if you are just starting you need to start where we did and build up. The good news is that if you are willing to work hard and learn there are unlimited opportunities in this field. It is very exciting.

Good luck,