FAQ: How do I improve my writing skills and become a better writer? How do you manage to write so much? What is the secret to your creativity?

Answer: You become a better writer by doing it. It’s just like the game of hockey. You can watch the game from up in the stands, or you can lace up the skates, fall on your butt a few times, and learn how to PLAY the game.

Here are a few inside tips that I’ve used over the years, to keep the creative juices flowing and become a better, more prolific writer…

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Answers to your internet marketing questions. This week… How subscribing to your RSS feed can boost search engine rankings. How a simple minisite and good story can lead to sales. Plus internal linking strategies, monetizing video, testing a niche and why most keyword tools are obsolete.

Topics discussed on May 20 2009:

How to earn a passive income with video.
Internal linking structures for max SEO.
Why you must subscribe to your RSS feed.
How long should you test a niche market.
Using a minisite to tell a story to sell products.
Web hosting services, the good, bad and ugly.
Creating a static home page with Wordpress.
Why Google provides the best keyword research.

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FAQ: I just watched a video by (brand name guru) and he says there are only three niches that will produce profit on the web: business, dating and health/fitness. What’s your take on this?

Also, I know very little about affiliate marketing and have never done it. Can I be profitable with Goobert using Wordpress?

Answer: Yes, those are highly effective categories, but they’re also highly competitive. Your offer would need to shine like the North Star in a crowded night sky. That means getting good at PPC, SEO, all forms of marketing and the science of advertising.

You’ll also need to convert that traffic into paying customers. So unless you’ve got the sales and persuasion skills, and the biz smarts, why join that fight?

Proclaiming such a statement, “there are only three niches that will produce profit on the web” is stupid and irresponsible, no matter who said it. Perhaps those are the only markets they could succeed in.

Here are 15 profitable niches that have made fortunes for average people, simply because…

1) They’re passionate about their topic.
2) They’re “best at” a certain skill set.
3) They figured out how to monetize it.

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FAQ: There is plenty of confusion and many questions about Google’s new search options. “Should we change the way we build our sites?” Should we change the type of content we produce?” And a bazillion others…

Answer: You can watch the official Google video below if you haven’t already seen it. Then come back and read my take on it. I’ll tell you exactly how to benefit from the new changes and be first to monetize them.

Search Options: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtirDMfcOKE

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When managing all your websites and affiliate programs, do you have any tips or spreadsheet templates to help manage all the data?

When new information comes into your life, there’s only three courses of action. You either file it, delete it or act on it.

Unfortunately, the average person will spend three years of their life trying to find things they’ve already filed. Want to be more productive? Here’s how to file information and find it again fast…

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FAQ: You’ve said many times that the best affiliate programs have recurring commission. I’m having a hard time finding any recurring programs. What would you suggest?

It’s just as hard to sell something for a one time commission, as it is to sell something for a recurring commission. Here are some of the top markets that offer recurring income streams…

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FAQ: I’ve been looking into auto-responders and I really haven’t seen much consensus on the “best” ones to use. Do you have any recommendations?  I know you had one for GooBert. What did you use?

What’s the best autoresponder to use? One that’s gone through all the whitelisting processes of the CanSpam act and each major ISP like Hotmail, Gmail, AOL, EarthLink, etc. Here’s what I recommend for best deliverability…

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FAQ: After someone buys my product, how many autoresponder messages should I send, and how many days should I wait between them?

After extensive testing, here is the magic number of autoresponders to send, and how often to send them, to your customers, prospects and affiliates…

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Answers to your internet marketing questions. This week… How to avoid distractions and be more productive. Plus copyright issues, Wordpress Themes, discovering new markets, whitepapers and SEO.

Topics discussed on May 13 2009:

• Best Wordpress themes for affiliate marketing.
• Combine posts and pages for max SEO benefit.
• How avoid distractions and be more productive.
• How to do what you love and generate profits.
• How to sell websites without infringing copyright.
• Repurposing similar content for different markets.
• Discover new markets before they go mainstream.
• Mega site or Minisite, which strategy is best.
• How to find information after you’ve read it.
• Why audiobooks help you learn 30% faster.
• Selling expensive items to the corporate crowd.
• How to market your products with whitepapers.

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How to write an ebook, create a podcast, or video series, and get an affiliate sales force to do the selling for you. You do the work once and get paid for years to come.

Discover how to tap into multiple revenue streams from a single product idea. Learn how a simple $50 ebook can generate a million dollars in three years. All this and a lot more in this jam packed Product Creation Seminar.

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Topics discussed during the May 06 2009 weekly FAQ session:

How add backend products and sales into your ebook.
Is it better to be an info publisher or an affiliate advertiser?
The single most important thing an internet marketer must do.
Why you don’t have to worry about using bare affiliate links.
Where to learn the science and art of advertising.
How small changes in PPC ads can lead to triple profits.
Where to focus your PPC dollars and SEO energy.
How crosslinking networks can get your website banned.
Easy backlinks to your blog without black hat tactics.
How to get top search engine rankings with a single blog post.

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