September 30th, 2009 posted by admin in Blogging
As I said in my previous few posts the desire for me to write about various ways to generate income online has been made clear to me by all of the emails I have received from my clients, students, members and friends. So I have decided to open up the Anthony Morrison Official Blog to share my ideas and tips on making money in other industry and not just Affiliate Marketing. One of the things I will mention right now is that I personally have NOT generated any income by blogging. I do know many people that do, however, I write my blog to reach people and inspire, motivate and educate them about marketing and how to make money on the Internet.
With that said I obviously DO KNOW HOW to make money by blogging online. So I am going to give you just a few tips right now to get you started. Here is a list of things you will need:
1. Hosting Account
2. WordPress
3. Domain Name
4. Topic
Once you have these things are you ready to go! The topic you blog about is very important. To generate income with a blog you have to sell advertising either to individuals and companies or by way of programs like AdBrite.com or Google AdSense. Obviously some industries (topics) are more competitive than others online. The more competitive they are the more they pay for advertising and in turn the more you can make from your blog.
Blogging revenue can come from the following methods:
1. Advertising via Adsense
2. Sponsored Advertising You sell Directly To The Client
3. Creating a Mailing List
4. Utilizing Affiliate Marketing Throughout Your Blog
Ill write more on each of these and how its done in the next few days so stay tuned! I just want to give you enough right now to get your mind thinking and working. Ill explain these things in depth in the next few days.
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September 26th, 2009 posted by admin in E-Commerce
This post is really dedicated to those who want to run an online retail store. Obviously people call this e-commerce online and it’s a huge industry. As I said in my previous post there are a number of things you can do to make yourself standout from the crowd and be successful. I previously discussed simply writing your ads in an effective way to get an emotional response from the customer. This is a great idea and I suggest you put it to work for you right now.
There are, however, other ways to really jump start your success if your currently running an online store and selling products. Before getting into this to deeply let me share with you what I think we all know about online shopping:
1. Millions are spent in online shopping each year.
2. Most buyers typically look for a toll free phone number on the website before purchasing.
3. Most buyers will call the toll free number and order over the phone rather than actually ordering online.
Ok so with that we know that money is spent online and customers really want to see a toll free phone number on your site simply because it adds validity to your business. Most people will actually call the phone number to order or at least to make sure your operating a real business. So when I started my first retail business online I knew these three things. I also knew the following:
1. Most businesses close between 5pm and 6pm each day.
2. Visitors to my business would be coming from all different time zones including international customers.
So armed with this information I realized that MOST businesses were closing at 5pm so if that business was on EST they were actually closing down for the day at around 2pm PST. That means the average working person in California would have no way of calling this business and ever reaching a live person. Knowing that most people want to speak on the phone before making a purchase I figured that this business was losing a ton of money because people on PST were probably not buying from them. I worked out that same scenario for all different time zones and realize a lot of businesses were losing a lot of customers.
My big idea: 24/7 TOLL FREE ORDER LINE
That’s right. I was dedicated to being successful and making my business jump to the top of my industry, fast. You need to be just as dedicated to your success if you want to really accomplish great things. You see while everyone else was closed I was open and I knew if a customer had the option they were going to call me rather than wait until the next day to call the other companies. I also knew I didn’t have to worry about “price matching” near as much because I could always tell people that our support separates us from the others in the industry, and most people would agree.
This idea catapulted my business to doing millions of dollars in a small niche industry on the Internet. The great thing is customers become repeat customers! So you want to get as many as you possibly can and they will stick with you as long as you provide great support and great prices. Doing this allowed me to build a huge customer base and a huge income. I realize I had to give up a little of my time to get this done, but it worked and built my business really fast.
This is just another lesson in why it’s so important for you to stand out from the crowd if you want to have a successful business of any type, especially an Internet retail business.
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September 22nd, 2009 posted by admin in E-Commerce
I get hundreds of emails asking me “why don’t you cover other topics on your blog” and I guess that makes a bit of sense right? Afterall I made millions in online e-Commerce long before I actually started making money with affiliate marketing. I know affiliate marketing was much easier, but still this website is about helping people make money online in every way possible. So with that said I am introducing now a new section to my personal blog here called “e-Commerce”. I am going to share tips, advice and techniques that I used to build a huge million dollar a year retail business online in a very small niche market.
This first tip I can give you is STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD so that means you have to do things other people don’t do in order to get noticed. For example I am in Miami this week and I saw an ad on a billboard that said the following:
YOUR WIFE IS NOT HOT because she called (companys name) A/C Service
Look at that ad. It doesn’t say “To get cool call us..” or “Are you hot? Call…” it says something that made it stand out from every other ad I have personally ever seen. Everyone knows if you tell a man his wife isn’t hot it’s going to elicit some kind of emotion from him. It’s that very emotion that made me notice that ad and pay attention to it.
Start thinking outside the box with your advertising and branding and you too can get noticed and build your business. Wether it be retail or affiliate marketing.
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September 22nd, 2009 posted by admin in Affiliate Marketing
I am excited to announce today that I am very close to launching my new product “30 Days To Massive Traffic”. This new course will consist of DVDs, Audio CDs, and a nice manual and should be available by the middle of October. I have put a lot of effort into this course so I am hope everyone loves it tremendously. One of the big keys for me has always been making sure my students stay motivated and take “small steps” instead of attempting to make giant leaps. I think this new course really outlines those “small steps” and how they can eventually turn into giant “calculated” leaps which is what is important.
Everyone knows making money on the internet is in fact possible. There are so many people that do it each and every day. It’s like real estate we all know it is possible to make money, but knowing where to start is sometimes the hardest thing in the world to figure out. In my new course I spent a lot of time getting into detail on how to “start off” the right way. This course offers you an entire 30 day plan that is actually repeatable.
I think it’s great and I am stoked about getting this into the hands of those that need and want it most, and that is of course my students. Ill put some information up soon to show you how to purchase the course and pre-order it to make sure you get one of the first run copies. I really believe this new course is a great way to show everyone exactly how to go from idle to moving….. and that’s exactly what we all need right?
Look for it soon!
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September 10th, 2009 posted by admin in News
Great news everyone we have launched the new and improved AnthonyMorrison.com this week. There are so many new features that I really believe are going to help everyone tremendously. The most notable addition to the website is obviously the new Anthony Morrison Live community. This thing is going to rock! It’s a great way for everyone to join together to learn, grow, and prosper online. I have always wanted to use my reach to help others help others, if that makes sense. I really think this new community is going to make that happen, fast.
We have also added a Marketing 101 section to the site where I am going to be defining some of the most commonly used terms in internet marketing. Obviously you must start somewhere right? It’s like going back to school. Before you learned to formulate sentences you learned to spell and pronounce words. Before you can do affiliate marketing or internet marketing in general you need to know how to understand the words used on a daily basis. Just another way I am attempting to help everyone really become informed on this industry.
I am really excited about the new marketing tips via text message program. If you haven’t signed up already you should do so now. Just text the word Anthony to 26469 and you will get free marketing tips from me as I find new and exciting things online. Standard messaging rates will apply but we don’t bill you any monthly fee’s or anything like that for the service. Just another way I am reaching out to people.
Listen. My new goal for 2009/2010 is to create success stories like nobody has ever seen before! I want to teach you, provide you with a community to learn from, and help you in every way possible. So get engaged and stay up to date with me…. I am moving full speed ahead… are you coming with me?
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September 7th, 2009 posted by admin in Affiliate Marketing
I am sure you can all see I have now added a new category to my personal blog, affiliate marketing. The reason I did this is because so many people send me personal emails (and yes I read my own emails) asking me for advice on how to become a successful affiliate marketer. Obviously I like to share my thoughts, insight, and advice with everyone so I thought having a section on “Affiliate Marketing” was appropriate. Don’t hesitate to post a comment here asking me specific questions or for direction. I am always looking to help in any way that I possibly can with this particular industry.
The reason I choose to go into affiliate marketing is pretty easy to understand even for someone who doesn’t exactly know what affiliate marketing really is… think about it like this:
1. Wouldn’t you like to do something that DOES NOT require you to sell online?
2. Wouldn’t you like to do something that DOES NOT require you to provide customer support?
3. Wouldn’t you like to do something that DOES NOT require you to ship products, store products, or worry about competitive pricing?
Yeah of course you would and so would I, which is exactly why I choose to become an affiliate marketer. I didn’t want to have to continue selling things online for the rest of my life. I felt like my entire life was consumed with customer support, worry about my competitors prices, and then worrying about my inventory. When I found affiliate marketing it was like my “ah ha” moment you could say. Just finally something that doesn’t require all that, but still gave me the potential to earn a lot of money.
Affiliate marketing is simply just sending customer to other companies (be it large or small) and those companies will pay you a commission. The concept is actually so simple it’s almost ridiculous that everyone hasn’t heard of it or tried it out. The main pieces you need are the affiliate relationships, marketing knowledge, and a website to promote the companies. Once you have those three pieces you are set and you can almost immediately get started. I write a lot about this in my new book, Advertising Profits From Home, which you can purchase at Anthony Morrison New Book.
I think affiliate marketing is probably the easiest way for anyone to make money online. I am going to dedicate this portion of my blog to helping you uncover the secrets to being a successful internet marketer. I suggest you bookmark this page, subscribe to the RSS feed, and check back very often because I am going to be sharing some of my best kept affiliate marketing secrets with everyone who wants them very soon!
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September 1st, 2009 posted by admin in Entrepreneurship
First and foremost I want to thank every single one of you for the inspiring comments and emails you have sent my way. I consider myself extremely lucky to have each and every one of you purchase my book and let me share my knowledge and insight with you. This past weekend I was in Phoenix, Az and had the opportunity to speak at one of Mark Victor Hansen’s events. If you don’t know who he is, which I am sure you do, but he wrote the Chicken Soup book series. This man is absolutely incredible! He has sold over 150 million books worldwide.
Honestly to be able to meet him was great, but to speak at one of his events was really just something I never dreamed would happen to me. I want to thank everyone that attended for making it a great event and for sharing your personal stories with me. I hope to stay in constant contact with each of you as I am sure you will all grow and prosper in your own way after this event. I’m even motivated to do more and do what I do better now.
Below are a few pictures of Mark Hansen putting me in a choke hold…….. comedy of course. I hope everyone see’s that if a kid from Mississippi can end up speaking at events like this and be able to call someone like Mark Victor Hansen a friend…. anyone can! I hope my story and continued success does nothing but motivate you to create your own success story and your own path to financial freedom.
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