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Archived Issues
July 20, 2007
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THE ADAMANTINE EZINE Issue 008 -
July 20, 2007
Directing Marketers (Online and
Offline) to Motivation and Success
By Jim Kelley - The Kelson Company, LLC
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Welcome to all the new members this month. There are
many
exciting changes for me to advise you on. So,
read on and I
hope you pick up a bit of information
that will help you in
YOUR journey in Internet
Marketing. That is MY goal.
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Table of Contents
ADAMANTINE-News
ADAMANTINE-Article
ADAMANTINE-Software of the Month
ADAMANTINE-Site
to Explore
ADAMANTINE-Self Improvement Article or
Video to "Motive-8" U
ADAMANTINE-Affiliate
Program
ADAMANTINE-Offer
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ADAMANTINE-News
Keep an eye out for the
launching of my latest book,
FOR
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soon....
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soon....
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ADAMANTINE-Article
Affiliate Marketing and
Blogging
Affiliate marketing is one way in which bloggers
utilize their blog to
generate revenue.
The amount of revenue generated by a blog featuring
affiliate marketing
links may vary significantly
depending on the amount of traffic the blog
receives
as well as the compensation offered for the affiliate
marketing.
Affiliate marketing essentially entails
creating a link on the blog to another
company’s
website. The other company then compensates the blog
owner
according to a previously agreed upon
contract. This compensation may
be awarded in a
number of different ways. The blog owner may be
compensated each time the advertisement is served,
each time a unique
website visitor clicks through
the advertisement or each time a blog
visitor
performs a desired action such as making a purchase or
registering
with the website. This article will
discuss some aspects of affiliate marketing
which
bloggers should understand including selecting
opportunities carefully,
maximizing the income
potential for these opportunities and understanding
the requirements associated with these affiliate
marketing opportunities.
Selecting Affiliate Marketing
Opportunities
There is a wide variety of affiliate marketing
opportunities available.
Many different companies
and websites offer affiliate marketing opportunities.
In most cases the blog owner simply needs to submit
the website address of
his blog along with some
other basic information for approval. In most cases
the company is not likely to reject the application
unless the content of the
website is deemed to be
objectionable or otherwise in conflict of interest with
the company’s goals. However, although getting
approved to display affiliate
links on your website
is a rather simple process, this does not mean blog
owners should select these affiliate marketing
opportunities without discretion.
It is a far better
idea to carefully select affiliate marketing
opportunities with
companies who are of interest to
the target audience of the blog.
A well focused blog that is reaching a specific
target audience should seek
to display marketing
links directing website traffic to companies which
complement the blog without acting as direct
competition to the blog.
This helps to ensure the
blog visitors will not only be interested in the
affiliate marketing links and therefore more likely
to click on the links
but will also help to ensure
the blog visitors do not find the affiliate
marketing links to be bothersome.
Maximizing Affiliate Marketing
Opportunities
Once blog owners have selected affiliate marketing
opportunities it is time
to consider how they can
maximize the profit generated by these links.
There
are a couple of critical factors which blog owners
should carefully
consider to help maximize their
profit from affiliate marketing. This includes
regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the
affiliate links and promoting the
blog to maximize
traffic.
Blog owners who incorporate affiliate marketing into
their blog should
regularly evaluate the
effectiveness of the affiliate links. This can be done
by comparing the percentage of blog visitors who
click on the affiliate links
to the overall blog
traffic. A blog which has high traffic but a relatively
small
percentage of visitors who click on the
affiliate links should consider making
changes to
attempt to entice more blog visitors to click on the
links. These
changes can involve the aesthetics,
size or location of the advertisements.
Making only
one change at a time is recommended because it makes it
easier for the blog owner to evaluate which changes
are most beneficial.
Blog owners can also help to maximize the profit from
their affiliate marketing
opportunities by doing
self promotion to drive additional website to the blog.
This will likely be beneficial because higher
website traffic will generally
translate to greater
profit from affiliate marketing. Additionally, the blog
owner may want to occasionally mention companies for
which they are an
affiliate to generate interest in
the advertisements on the website.
Understanding Affiliate Marketing
Requirements
Finally, blog owners should pay careful attention to
the affiliate marketing
agreements they enter. This
is important because some companies may place
restrictions on the usage of a link to their
website. This may include restrictions
such as
avoiding objectionable content, not including links or
advertisements
for direct competitors or
restrictions on the appearance of the affiliate links.
Failure to adhere to these guidelines may result in
the blog losing affiliate
privileges and the blog
owner being denied compensation.
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ADAMANTINE-Self
Improvement Article or Video to "Motive-8" U
"A Piece of Blarney Stone"
-10 ways to empower your
communication
The Blarney Stone is a historical stone, or actually
part of the Blarney Castle in
Ireland where it was
believed that kissing the stone can grant you the gift
of gab.
Yeah, it seems strange in this day and age,
but who are we to question tradition?
It's not like
I'm saying that Santa Claus doesn't exist (OOPS!).
There is so much to know about conversation that
anyone, even I, could ever realize.
You can go
though watching talk shows; radio programs; clubs
dedicated to public
speaking; ordinary
conversations; certain rules still apply when it comes
to interaction
through words. It may sound tedious,
I know, but even though it's your mouth that's
doing
the work, your brain works twice as hard to churn out a
lot of things you know.
So what better way to start
learning to be an effective communication is to know the
very person closest to you: yourself.
1. What you know.
Education is all about
learning the basics, but to be an effective speaker is
to practice
what you've learned. My stint as guest
at every Toastmasters' meeting I go to taught
me that we all have our limitations, but that
doesn't mean we can't learn to keep up and share what we
know.
2. Listening.
It's just as important as
asking questions. Sometimes listening to the sound of
our own voice can teach us to be a little bit confident
with ourselves and to say the things we believe in with
conviction.
3. Humility
We all make mistakes, and
sometimes we tend to slur our words, stutter, and
probably
mispronounce certain words even though we
know what it means, but rarely use it only
to
impress listeners. So in a group, don't be afraid to ask
if you're saying the right word properly and if they're
unsure about it then make a joke out of it. I promise
you it'll
make everyone laugh and you can get away
with it as well.
4. Eye Contact
There's a lot to say when
it comes to directing your attention to your audience
with an
eye-catching gaze. It's important that you
keep your focus when talking to a large group in a
meeting or a gathering, even though he or she may be
gorgeous.
5. Kidding around
A little bit of humor
can do wonders to lift the tension, or worse boredom
when making
your speech. That way, you'll get the
attention of the majority of the crowd and they'll feel
that you're just as approachable, and as human to those
who listen.
6. Be like the rest of them
Interaction
is all about mingling with other people. You'll get a
lot of ideas, as well as
knowing what people make
them as they are.
7. Me, Myself, and I
Admit it, there are
times you sing to yourself in the shower. I know I do!
Listening to the sound of your own voice while you
practice your speech in front of a mirror can help
correct the stress areas of your pitch. And while you're
at it you can spruce up as well.
8. With a smile
A smile says it all much
like eye contact. There's no point on grimacing or
frowning in a
meeting or a gathering, unless it's a
wake. You can better express what you're saying when you
smile.
9. A Role Model
There must be at least
one or two people in your life you have listened to when
they're at a public gathering or maybe at church. Sure
they read their lines, but taking a mental note of how
they emphasize what they say can help you once you take
center stage.
10. Preparation
Make the best out of
preparation rather than just scribbling notes and often
in a hurried panic. Some people like to write things
down on index cards, while other resort to being a
little more silly as they look at their notes written on
the palm of their hand (not for clammy hands, please).
Just be comfortable with what you know since you enjoy
your work.
And that about wraps it up. These suggestions are
rather amateurish , but I've learned to empower myself
when it comes to public or private speaking and it never
hurts to be with people to listen how they make
conversations and meetings far more enjoyable as well as
educational.
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To Your Success,
Jim Kelley Publisher
P.S. Remember, "The tiger who does not
prowl is a potential rug."
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