Internet Marketing

On October 2017, Google Chrome will start marking pages with forms and the HTTP heading to be marked as “not secure”. This means that if you are not using an SSL certificate on your site and have any kind of form, Chrome will alert users that your site is not secure when they are filling out your form.

Such warnings could cause less people to fill out your forms, so if you are not using HTTPS, then you may want to consider switching.

This article will discuss how you can switch your site over to HTTPS hosting and how to set up an SSL certificate on your site.

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Selling digital products and services is one of the most popular ways for entrepreneurs to make money online. The expenses involved in starting this type of business are small compared to a typical business and the profit potential is high, with some businesses reaching 7-8 figures in sales.

One way digital product creators expand their reach is by launching their own affiliate program and allowing other people to promote it in exchange for a commission. It’s a great content amplifier that also earns you more income in the process.

I’ve been researching affiliate marketing tools that I can use to recruit affiliates for a virtual summit that I’m organizing and here are some of the tools that you may want to consider if you are considering launching your own affiliate program.

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One of the biggest challenges for new bloggers is getting their first email subscribers. While getting the first 1000 subscribers can be tough, I’ve found that list growth comes much easier and more naturally once you reach that point.

So what’s the best way for a new blogger get their first 1,000 subscribers?

I decided to ask some successful bloggers what they did to get their first 1,000 subscribers and what they would do if they had to start all over again today. Here’s the question I asked:

“How did you get your first 1000 email subscribers? And if you had to start over again, what would you do today to get your first 1000 email subscribers as quickly as possible?”

 

I’ll go first…

“I got my first 100 subscribers to Small Business Ideas Blog by doing an expert roundup similar to this one. After that, I did some guest blogging with a call to action to visit a landing page to get to 1,000. I would probably use a similar approach today, except I’d create more content, use at least 1 or 2 content amplifiers to expand my reach and do more social media promotion, specifically on Pinterest.”

 

I also asked several other bloggers who are still working their way up to 1,000 to see what strategies are currently working for them.

So what creative ways are people using to build their email lists? Here are their answers:

Blogging

• Andrew M Warner – Content creation and influence blogger
• Eli Seekins – Blogging expert and lifestyle blogger
• Janice Wald – Blogging expert
• Michael Pozdnev – Blogging and SEO expert
• Ryan Biddulph – Author, writer and travel blogger
• Zac Johnson – Full time affiliate marketer and founder of Blogging.org

Business

• Bill Gassett – #3 Re-Max Real Estate Agent
• Carly Taber – Experienced digital marketer, coach and lifestyle blogger
• Larry Kim – Founder of Wordstream and Mobile Monkey
• Ross Simmonds – 6-figure marketing consultant and entrepreneur
• Sophie Lizard – Freelancing expert and blogger
• Srish Agrawal – Founder of Logo Design Team
• Tariehk Geter – Founder of OSI Affiliate, e-commerce affiliate software

Digital Marketing

• Aaron Agius – SEO expert and digital marketing consultant
• Adam White – Founder of SEO Jet and Guest Post Tracker
• Andy Crestodina – Founder of Orbit Media
• Cameron Conaway – Content Marketing Manager at Klipfolio
• Dmitry Dragilev – PR and Social Media expert
• Joshua Earl – Lead generation expert
• Jaykishan Panchal – SEO Manager at E2M
• Jason Acidre – SEO Expert and consultant
• John Hall – Founder and CEO of Influence and Co
• Sean Si – Author and Founder of SEO Hacker
• Shane Barker – High profile digital marketing consultant
• Venchito Tampon – Founder of Sharp Rocket, an SEO agency

Social Media

• Anna Bennett – Pinterest marketing expert
• Jeff Bullas – Top social media influencer
• John Nemo – Best selling author, LinkedIn marketing and webinar expert
• Lilach Bullock – Social media consultant and influencer
• Marc Guberti – Teenage entrepreneur and social media expert
• Mike Kawula – Founder of Social Quant
• Sam Hurley – Social media influencer and lead generation expert

Summary (TL/DR) – A summary of the most popular tips.

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One of the biggest challenges that content marketers face is getting traffic to their blogs. Both content creation and content promotion are time consuming, but necessary steps to get results.

I’ve noticed that some influencers use certain tactics to greatly increase the reach of their content. I call these “content amplifiers” as incorporating these simple ideas into your content can greatly expand your reach, resulting in more targeted traffic and customers.

This effect is amplified even more as your own audience grows. Below, I’m going to share 11 powerful content amplifiers that influential bloggers are using to significantly increase their traffic and reach.

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If you want to get traffic from the search engines, then keyword research is often the first step you should take before writing your next article.

On Small Business Ideas Blog, I used keyword research, email outreach and SEO to increase traffic by more than 4x my first two years while only blogging about once a month. I get regular new visitors and to my site and email newsletter subscribers each month even when I’m not blogging.

People use to do keyword research using Google’s tools, but Google only provides limited data. Luckily, several companies have come up with their own keyword research tools.

2017 EDIT: I removed WebSEO’s tool because it doesn’t work any more. Also Content Ideator and Keyword Kiwi as I signed up but never received any response. Replaced with other tools.

Here are a few Google keyword planner alternatives that you may want to consider when doing keyword research.

–Keyword Suggestion Tools

–Other Tools

–SEO Suites

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