Want an online business idea that actually works? It not only works but it’s the ideal way to grow a profitable online business for the long term.

I talk a lot about creating authority sites as an online business idea in order to build a long term online business. After all, this is what I’ve been doing the longest online and have had the most success with in my endeavors.

Recently, I added a new blog post to one of big content sites. I centered it around a three word keyword phrase that seemed to get decent traffic.

I did nothing else but make the blog post. No social bookmarking, no linking or promoting of any kind.

But because I had built this site up to somewhat of an authority site, that post was listed in all three search engines within a day or to.

I made the post on June 21st. From June 25th to July 13th it was #5 as far as keyword traffic to my site.

It was ranked Read the rest of this entry

The following article marketing tips can help you improve the results you’re currently getting from your article marketing efforts.

Article marketing, while it still works for driving free traffic to your site, is not nearly as easy as it used to be. If you want to maximize the results you’re getting, try including the following article marketing tips into your game plan. Read the rest of this entry

I learned in Vegas. Okay, not completely true but if there’s one tourist destination that knows how to sell it’s Vegas.

From upsells, downsells, and cross-sells, to the specifics of the environment such as lighting, Vegas is designed with one thing in mind – to get you to part with your money.

Do you really think it’s a coincidence that casinos don’t have clocks? Read the rest of this entry

I’ve written a number of articles on article marketing, as it’s been a key traffic generation strategy for me over the years. Article marketing has become a hugely popular way to generate traffic and make money online.

You’ve seen this results in a lot of article directories, as well as a lot more junk articles being produced and submitted to these directories, making it more challenging for people to succeed with article marketing.

But does it still work? Read the rest of this entry

I have a bunch of questions for you today. Yep, you’re gonna do some work. sorry about that. However, I feel this is crucial to your success.

Many of you know of the amazing results Jaime Mintun and I achieved in only 60 days from our Success Blueprint.

I’ll be discussing this in more detail in the near future.

In the meantime, I want to prepare YOUR path to success by getting you to take the first step…

THINK about the following. Read the rest of this entry

Some of you may remember when the Adwords Blackbook came out. It made quite a stir.

Well, X is back with something new Affiliate Blackbook. It launched over a week ago. I haven’t mentioned it because I wanted to purchase it and then devour it.

Is it any good? Read the rest of this entry

Article marketing is a powerful way to drive traffic to your site and make money online.

But I get asked a lot if it works as a long term traffic strategy.

In other words, does the traffic dry up once you stop submitting new articles to the article directories? Read the rest of this entry

Ok, I was feeling left out and it was time to write a “death of” article.  After all, everyone else is doing it.

As I’ve said before, the internet is made up of information.

While video and audio are becoming more and more popular as people get faster and faster internet connections, the text format still has it’s place in any marketing campaign.

For one, many people prefer reading over audio or video when it comes to absorbing information. Read the rest of this entry

I put together a short video for you on two of my favorite research sites. You can use these for almost any web research you need to do from niche research to content creation ideas to article marketing topics and more.

It’s a little over 7 minutes long. Check it out – Two powerful research sites

If you want to succeed in internet marketing and build a successful online business so you can lead the life you’ve always imagined, put these 5 success tips into play right now.

1. Bring Your Thinking into Focus

The first thing you need to do is decide exactly what specific goal you want to achieve. Figure out exactly what you want your life to be. Figure out what type of internet marketing business model you want to pursue.

Then dedicate yourself to reaching that goal with unwavering single mindedness of purpose. Ignite your burning desire.

You MUST stop jumping from one online money making scheme to the next.

2. Create a Plan for Achieving Your Goal and a Deadline for Reaching It Read the rest of this entry