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As you may know if you’ve read my blog before, I enjoy going to offline events where I get to meet and network with those who are creating the lives they want with internet marketing.

In fact, many of the best relationships I have online were formed at offline events, either randomly bumping into internet marketers or going there specifically to meet them. Some of the most interesting people are those marketers who are still ‘underground’, working away in the background, earning good money just doing their thing, not shouting about it.

Some of them are revealed on stage, but many are just walking amongst the crowds, unknown (for the moment). Ben Hulme is one example of an up-and-coming marketer who makes very good money online and who will doubtless be a star of internet marketing in the future.

However, I’m getting slightly off-topic…

One of the most remarkable marketers I’ve met was a quiet, unassuming guy I met at an offline event. The event was Mark Anastasi’s Clickbank Masterclass.

We chatted and he mentioned that he was bringing out a product or two in the very near future. I took his card and wished him luck with it.

There was an intensity about him that intrigued me. Read the rest of this entry »

Following a comment from one of my subscribers (and friends), I’ve set up a contest to find the best method of adding personality to internet marketing.

That might sound strange, but I explain it all in this video:

Here’s the link that Luke sent me. It’s pretty interesting and shows the extent to which blogging can create a great income online (if you go about it in the right way:

http://technorati.com/blogging/article/day-4-blogging-revenues-brands-and/

For the contest, simply add your comments below, telling me the best way of adding personality to internet marketing (both e-mails and blogs). I’ll create a prize for the best suggestion, and of course, I’ll share it right here so that everyone can use it to increase the impact of their marketing.

The contest will close on the 6th August at 12pm.

‘Yeah, yeah,’ you may be thinking

‘Free traffic? Whatever…’

But bear with me. If you’re a blogger, you’re leaving money and traffic on the table if you’re not doing this.

OK, first of all, you might have heard of my friend and blogging consultant, Chris Garrett. He wrote the Problogger book with Darren Rowse.

Well, he has a new e-book out that tells you everything you need to know to get quality authority links and a boost in traffic, all through a quick and easy approach to guest blogging.

http://www.adventuresininternetmarketing.net/guest-posting

Guest blogging is simply the idea of making a guest appearance on someone else’s blog in your market. You write them an article that provides great quality content for their readers and subscribers. In exchange, at the end of the article, you get a link from their site back to yours. This does several things
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Just a quick ‘cool tool’ for you today. This is an excellent and very simple tool, whether you’re a blogger or just a blog commenter.

As you may know, blog commenting is a great way to get a little bit of traffic from other blogs, but also to build backlinks to your site from other related authority sites.

I always saw that some of the commenters on blogs had a photo (avatar) next to their comment. It made them more engaging and made them seem more transparent. Also, the fact that they have a photo when most commenters don’t, makes them look more professional. All of this makes me want to find out more about them, especially if they look approachable.

A good comment that adds to the discussion on a blog, plus a good photo, is a far more effective way of commenting on blogs and having your comments approved. If you Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday I posted the start of a very cool list put together by Craig Caron and posted on The Warrior Forum.

It shows you A LOT of excellent ways to get more traffic to your blog. So, without further delay….

Here’s Part Two!

WARNING: Some of the techniques are a bit maverick and not condoned by me and this blog (although they did really make me laugh – just look out for the airport and the eBay ‘stunts’).

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I was browsing through The Warrior Forum as I tend to do more or less daily and stumbled across an awesome post which I wanted to share here.

A discussion had started about traffic generation – the science of getting visitors to your website. The thread started with 9 very good methods of getting traffic, but then Craig Caron wandered onto the thread and blew everyone away with the following methods.

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