Just little ole me saying hi! 

Yep, the new girl on the block. 

(02-27-2020, 09:01 PM)Terra Wrote: Just little ole me saying hi! 

Yep, the new girl on the block. 

Here's something cool (that I haven't yet tried):
https://blog.inoreader.com/…/declutter-your-inbox-subscribe…
Declutter Your Inbox. Subscribe to Email Newsletters Straight Into Inoreader

What things related to IM annoy you?

I print out a lot of reportsand hate when people add a lot of black to their pdf headers and footers so every page drains my printer ink.

I do most all of my web work in WordPress nowadays, so I tune into the Wordfence blog where they publish known plugin vulnerabilities. Here's the most recent:

Multiple Vulnerabilities Patched in Pricing Table by Supsystic Plugin

In marketing I like to be different. It's as much from personal preferences than any marketing benefit. I just get bored with the same thing over and over.

The domain name Pheeds.com is an example. Pretty much all the other IM related sites have some kind of keywords in their domain names. Pheeds is weird and stands out.

I also use cows. I'm tired of all the images of good looking guys, with hot chicks, leaning against a sports car holding a hand full of $100 bills.

Cows are different. I like them and hopefully they're good for branding.

In a year or two I hope people ask, "what's the name of that cow site"?

I also try to use a lot of "pattern interrupts", which are things that seem a little out of place and break patterns psychologically so they attract more attention.

Here's some examples, along with the html for the GIFs...If you want to share this forum you can use these...but only if you want to be cool.

What are your ideas for TV shows?

I have two. First, the 3 Manning bros buy Cheers. Peyton plays a character like in his SNL skit that parodies his good guy image. Cooper would be part Eddie Haskell and part Arliss and Eli would fill the Coach/Woody role...and Norm and Cliff would still be sitting at the bar.

Next is a Rockford Files reboot. Remember how Rockford used to have a mini printing press and would print fake business cards? Take it a step further with computer graphics and print on demand and 3D printing. Rockford could print a shirt to look like worker at a country club or print a hat that said just about anything.

Here's Peyton in the SNL skit...I think it's one of the funniest ever and he's actually a good comedy actor.

Greetings,

Here is my little guide to creating an Affiliate Marketing business for beginners. In many ways it is meant to be followed step-by-step based on how I have been creating the infrastructure for affiliate websites, general blogs and more.

You will discover simple in-depth tips and strategies that are often mentioned on this forum with good intentions, yet may be confusing to beginners when the dots do not connect.

Let's connect the dots starting with "Step 1. The Google Account."

Google Account.



Go to https://www.google.com and signup for your own GMail Account.

Step 1. The first step is to obtain a reliable Email Account with Google Mail, also know as GMail. You will need a reliable email address to join all affiliate programs and PayPal. The majority of Internet Marketers utilize GMail for the reliability.

Tips: Plan in advance. When selecting an email address it is a good idea to use your website domain name or you business name. Examples: your-domain-name@googlemail.com or your-domain-name.com@googlemail.com. Also, you may use the short email address @gmail.com because Google Mail automatically redirects for you! You can use the short email address when you run campaigns and give the email address to people, example: your-email-name@gmail.com.

Primary Tip. Make sure you save the email address and your password, so you can access the email account.

PayPal Account.



Go to: https://www.paypal.com and signup for your own PayPal Account.

Step 2. The second step is to obtain a PayPal Account. PayPal is an online payment processor. All reliable affiliate companies utilize PayPal. The primary reasons are you need PayPal are to process payments from your customers and to receive affiliate commissions from affiliate programs.

Tips: There are different types of PayPal accounts. You may select the basic account to get started. Also, you may always select a different type of account at a later date. However, if you will sell products and/or services then it is a good idea to obtain a Premier Business Account. Be advised that any type of account other than the basic account does take more time.

"There are many times we read posts about paypal closing accounts on people. Most of the time when this happens we find out the person was running a business with a personal account.

Last, use your GMail email address that you created in step 1.

Website Host.



Go to: https://www.hostgator.com/affiliates

Step 3. The third step is to obtain your website host. There are many good website hosts and we recommend HostGator Shared Hosting with a dedicated I.P. Address for three primary reasons:

1. HostGator provides decent hosting with a dedicated I.P. Address.
   
2. HostGator provides cPanel Control Panel which is perfect for beginners.
   
3. HostGator is reliable for paying out affiliate commissions.
   

1. GetResponse is reliable and provides excellent delivery rates.
   
2. GetResponse is reliable for paying out affiliate commissions.
   
3. GetResponse also has an excellent Referral Program.
   

Quote:Congratulations!


You have completed the steps and have added your Email Autoresponder To Your Website.

• You have an Gmail account for all of your important business communications.
  
• You have a portfolio of affiliate links to start making an income.
  
• You have an email autoresponder to build a list of prospects and customers.
  
• You have a basic website or a premium website.
  

1. JVZoo is reliable for paying out commissions.
   
2. JVZoo promotes a two tier affiliate program.
   
3. JVZoo promotes both sellers and affiliates, and much more.
   

Quote:Congratulations!

You have "Taken Action" and completed all of the essential steps to achieve your success as an "Affiliate Marketer."

I have been online for a while and this isn't for me personally but what do you think is the bare minimum things someone needs to start an online business?

What are some of your favorite FREE marketing resources? Extra credit if we haven't heard of them before. Let's be more creative than saying WP. Instead maybe give us a great free plugin.

Of course I'm going to list MYBB. It takes about 3 min. to install if you have Softaculous or Fantistico or 10 min if you do it manually (and know how).

https://mybb.com/

Fontbase - It's a free font manager that works a little differently than others. It lets you organize and turn fonts on and off so they don't load in your programs every time. If you do design work and have a lot of fonts, Fontbase makes it easy so you don't have to scroll through 10,000 fonts every time...unless you want to. Fontbase is for the font addicts that can't delete fonts but don't want all the clutter either.

https://fontba.se/  - Mac and Win

Motomo Web Analytics - I posted another thread about Matomo and IMO anyone that's serious about web marketing and wants to get great traffic info needs Matomo...especially if you're concerned about Google privacy issues for you and your visitors.

https://matomo.org/

This is a free open source option for website stats called Matomo. It used to be called Pikwik and I first installed it many years ago.

It's similar to Google Analytics for web traffic stats. There's a paid version starting at about $20 a month and a FREE version that you can install on your site.

https://matomo.org/

The Good:

• It's free.
  
• You control all your sites' traffic info and don't share it with Google.
  
• Just as important, if you use Analytics on your pages Google will track your visitors and sell that data to advertisers.
  
• You just install it once and you can use it on all your domains. You can even give other people access to stats for their sites.
  

• It's a big download and upload.
  
• You may need to set the Config folder to 777 and they don't tell you this in the docs.
  
• You need to be able create a MYSQL database.
  
• If you have an old version of PHP on your site, there may be an issue with the php.ini file. It sounds complicated but if you have cPanel you just need to paste a small phrase into a form in cPanel. Just paste any errors into Google.