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The Math Of Building A Profitable Email List

I'm sure you've probably heard the phrase before "the money is in the list"... So, let's examine why this is true and also how it's damn near impossible to not make a profit with an email list. With an email list ideally you've collected an audience of like-minded people that are interested in a specific topic or niche. And the benefit of having a list, as opposed to constantly having to pay for new leads and customers using paid traffic sources, is that you've got traffic on demand. You now have a traffic source that you control. And you're not paying to advertise to that list each time you hit "SEND". Sure, you're paying a monthly  autoresponder  fee, but you've got the opportunity to make so much more money than what you're spending for your autoresponder each month, it's ridiculous. All you have to do now is put relevant offers in front of that audience. Let's take a look at some basic math...

How To Outsource Your Grocery Delivery With Instacart

I used to think that things like personal assistants and grocery delivery were only reserved for the rich... And maybe they used to be... But, in the last several years there's been all sorts of  disruption companies  that have transformed entire industries and made it affordable and accessible to have certain services that most people used to not have the luxury of. One of those solutions is  Instacart . Instacart is a grocery delivery service - and it's awesome. I've been using it now for over a year and it saves me a ton of time. Years ago I read the book  The Millionaire Fastlane  by MJ DeMarco... And in his book he says that you need to figure out how much your time is worth and once you know that number outsource everything you can that is worth less than that amount. That's when I had the epiphany that I should test out outsourcing my grocery delivery. Instacart lured me in with their "free first delivery" offer and ever since that f

How To Make Money With Clickbank Without A Website

Making money online is actually pretty simple. It all comes down to understanding traffic and conversions. If you can master these two things you can write your own paycheck. So, in regards to making money with  Clickbank  without a website, that's something anyone can do. You just have to find platforms that allow you to step in front of traffic and advertise the products and services for sale on the Clickbank marketplace. Some examples of these traffic sources include: YouTube  - This is an excellent high-volume traffic source, that offers an extremely low barrier to entry. And since videos are more interactive and engaging than just words on a page, YouTube gives you a better opportunity to build a relationship and rapport with your audience, which can lead to better conversions. PPC (pay-per-click)  - There are a lot of pay-per-click ad networks that exist, but I would start with Bing Ads, since they actually allow direct linking to affiliate products whereas so

How To Make Money With Amazon Kindle Publishing

There are so many different ways to make money on the Internet... But, after all these years, I still feel that one of the absolute simplest ways is by publishing ebooks on  Amazon's Kindle marketplace . I started doing this in about 2012 and it didn't take long for me at all to make my first couple hundred dollars (and that was with ZERO marketing or advertising whatsoever). And those same ebooks still make me money to this day. Now, I personally didn't stick with it, because I didn't have a formula for scaling at the time... But, I've had several friends that started with Kindle publishing around the same time as I did, and within a few months had scaled their monthly passive income all the way up to between $10,000-$20,000. Those friends still continue to make several thousands of dollars every month from Kindle with zero effort. So, wouldn't it be pretty cool if you had a passive income stream like that? Well, luckily there's a product

The Future Of Email Marketing

Well, I never thought I'd be someone to write an article like this, but I honestly think email marketing might be getting closer and closer to extinct. Is Email Marketing Really Dying? Well, I used to say absolutely not... And thought those clickbait headlines were just cleverly constructed by sneaky marketers and designed to get you to click or their ads and articles... But then I discovered  chatbots . If you've never heard of chatbots before they've actually been around now for a couple of years, at the time of me writing this... And I kind of ignored them at first as just a passing fad... But then I saw the results. And, compared to email open and clickthrough rates, chatbots blow the average email results out of the water. Chatbot results are kind of like how email marketing was about 15-20 years ago. See, unfortunately, these days there's so much more noise and things we're distracted by, that even though we still use email... Unless it

How You Can Get Paid To Write About Anything

Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way that you could get paid to write about whatever it is you want to write about... Without the pressure of things like deadlines or clients? Just a really simple way that you could earn several hundred extra dollars a month, on the side, in your free time? Well, now there is...and it's called  GoRead . GoRead a relatively new platform that's pretty cool. They basically reward their users for contributing content on the site, as well as for helping to share the word about GoRead and spreading the platform across the web. How To Earn Money With GoRead There's several different ways that you can earn money from GoRead, but the simplest and most popular method is by completing the requirements to qualify for shares of the Global Revenue Pool. The Global Revenue Pool represents a portion of all the sales collected each month by GoRead, and in turn are shared with the most active members of their platform. There's o

IPVanish: The World's Best VPN Service Provider

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not expert when it comes to VPNs. So, what the heck is a VPN and why is it a really good idea to have one? VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. A  virtual private network  uses a secure tunnel to connect to a remote server, encrypting all data that travels through the private tunnel VPN. Now, if you're still like... Ok, so, again, why do I really need one? Here's a few examples... Become Anonymous You can use a VPN to make your IP address disappear. This is useful in preventing online marketers, search engines and websites from analyzing and using your IP address or location. Secure Your Internet Connection VPNs can also be used to keep your data away from third parties. This is especially important if you frequently use public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops, and want to prevent your sensitive data from being compromised by hackers. Circumvent Website Blocks A VPN is also a way to get around cens

How To Dominate Instagram With Marketing Automation

So, you want to build up a massive Instagram following? Well, that's pretty easy to do if you're someone like Kim Kardashian or Justin Bieber... But, what about if you're Joe Schmoe? Sure, some people get lucky and magically rise through the cracks up the ladders of success. But, what about if you don't have all day of be glued to your phone, posting pics and videos? Yet you understand the power and leverage and amount of traffic you can siphon from a platform like Instagram and want to take advantage of it? Well, in my experience, there's only two options if you want to manufacture authority... You have to either BUILD IT Or BUY IT So, for the first way, you can either build your account organically, which will probably take a LONG long time... Or you can can incorporate automation, with a tool like  Instajam . Instajam is a tool that allows you to build an Instagram following fast...on autopilot. It automates likes, follows and unfollows

Do Cognitive Enhancers Really Work?

It seemed like after the movie  Limitless  came out a whole new industry exploded! The idea of  cognitive enhancers and pills  that helped you tap into more of your potential and use more of your mind than normal. Now, I don't really buy into the idea that there is some magical "Limitless pill" out there that can all of a sudden give you super powers... But I do believe there are certain ingredients we can put into our bodies that can help give us clarity and think more clearly. You know, like those days where you wake up and the whole world just seems to make sense. Problem solving comes easy. You get all green lights at intersections. And multiple awesome things happen to you all at once. Those kinds of days do happen for me organically... But, generally, they only happen a couple of days out of each year. But, wouldn't it be cool if you could increase the frequency of those kinds of experiences? Imagine how much more productive you could be

Top Content Curation Tools For WordPress

Several years ago I heard the term  content curation  and kind shrugged it off and forgot about it. Then, years later, when I finally revisited the idea, I was kicking myself for not implementing it sooner, because it's so simple. So, What Is Content Curation? All content curation means is you're gathering information from other sites and properties and organizing it in a unique way. This is an extremely old business model and there are tons of platforms that do this... Think: newspapers, radio stations, television networks, etc. They're ALL media channels that curate and filter content from other sources. And the reason I love this strategy when it comes to creating your own website or blog is because you don't have to stress out about coming up with high-quality original content. You literally can just piggyback off trends and whatever else is popular, and re-organize that information on your own web property. Now, there are several solutions out

LegalZoom: The Easy Way To Start That New Business

If you're anything like me, you don't know shit about taxes and legal stuff. And it's kind of scary. You may know and understand how to make money, which is awesome... But, making sure you're all squared away properly when it comes to creating business entities, keeping up with your expenses, and filing for taxes are also really important. The good news is that it doesn't have to be hard. Companies like  LegalZoom  make it really simple to form a new business, like an LLC, and they're usually much more affordable than going to a local CPA or lawyer to get it done. LegalZoom also offer a Business Advisory Plan, which gives you access to year-round attorney help from vetted attorneys in the LegalZoom network. Then, in regards to keeping up with your expenses and taxes, there are tools like  Quickbooks  for running your business... And services like  Bench , an online bookkeeping service for your small business, which is an especially helpful solu

The #1 Fitness System For Digital Marketers

Let's face it... We all pretty much want the same exact things in life: health, wealth, and great relationships. That's why it's no coincidence that those are also the top three mass market niches on the planet. And while all of them require effort to get great results, the one that often gets neglected until last is health and staying in shape. It's not necessarily difficult to acquire and maintain a Hollywood physique, but there's so much misinformation out there and  BS fad diets and exercises , that most people get discouraged and give up before they ever have their breakthrough. That's why I love  Kinobody . Kinobody is a ridiculously simple and effective exercise plan that anyone can easily fit into their lifestyle. Because, c'mon, it's just not sustainable to go to the gym five or more days out of the week, for hours at a time. The only reason celebrities and bodybuilders can do it is because they're getting paid a lot of mon

Free Tools To Reverse-Engineer Your Competition's Online Strategy

You've heard the phrase  Work Smarter, Not Harder , right? Well, that same logic applies to online marketing. If you're really serious about making internet marketing being your full-time gig instead of just a part-time hobby, you don't want to waste your time. So, in order to give yourself a massive edge over the competition, the smart thing to do when getting started is simply to spy on them and copy what they're doing. And, luckily, there's some great free tools to help you do that. Alexa The first tool is  Alexa . Alexa has several different features, but most marketers refer to it for their data on organizing the most popular sites on the the web. They assign websites a rank based, which is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to the site and pageviews on the site over the past 3 months. The site with the highest combination of visitors and pageviews is ranked #1. Click here for a list of the top 500 site on the web SimilarWe

How To Leverage The Power Of Quora For Affiliate Marketing

If you haven't heard of the site  Quora , you're missing out. It's kind of like Yahoo Answers v2.0...on steroids. Quora is currently one of the top 100 websites in the world ( according to Alexa ), and is a platform where people can go to get their questions answered about anything they want to ask. In addition to being a question and answer platform, Quora also gives you the ability to create your own blog, where you can share what you know with the world, have people follow you, and build your own audience and tribe. So, in regards to affiliate marketing, Quora provides a tremendous opportunity. Unlike a lot of other similar platforms in the past, Quora actually gives you the freedom to sprinkle in your affiliate links to the questions you answer. Now, obviously you don't want to abuse this by spamming the site with nothing but your affiliate links, but this is a great way to help other people and share your knowledge, and in return get rewarded if peopl