In the following video I reveal some of the most closely guarded insider secrets to article submissions that will bring in tons of traffic and boost your search engine rankings. The is alternative way to create linkbait, which is creating content that people link to. Instead you allow them to syndicate the content (your article) in exchange for leaving a link back to your website.

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I am sitting at a Starbucks right now waiting for a friend of mine to call me so I can get him. Over this past weekend he got into a terrible car accident. He was going through an intersection when a guy (who I believe was speeding) hit him. The speed limit is 25 mph. Take a look at this picture of his car and tell me if you think the guy that hit him was going 25 mph.

I had a similar accident 12 years ago that changed my life. (I was hit by a semi-truck) After my accident I had to re-evaluate my life and what I wanted to do. It was extremely painful to walk for almost 4 years! It took me a few years of  pain and searching before I figured it out, but when I did I totally emmersed myself in my new profession…commissioned sales!

I was an egar student learning everything I could from all the “Old dogs” and quickly became the #1 sales guy for the company I was with. Fast forward a few years and I was now doing Internet Marketing.

Then it happened!

Another life changing event…

I was following some of the Internet Marketing Guru’s when everyone was talking about this “new” product coming out. They were all raving about it saying how it was going to change the way we did business online.

Man were they right. The product was called Butterfly Marketing. As I tallied up all my savings and bought the product I knew that when I could get it to work it was going to change the way I did business online.

In the home study course (Here’s Mine) Mike Filsaime talks about a couple of key concept

• Using Upsells
• Getting others to promote your product

I know what you are saying… these concepts are not new. I learned those years before when I first started selling. What was different was his application of it and how he did it online. Mike had automated almost the entire process.

Wow!

Everything I had been trying to do online putting together different software packages spending countless hours trying to make them work together had been done for me. I’m sure you can imagine my frustration of not being able to put all my sales and marketing knowlege to work for me online. I had been trying in vain to put together a system that I knew from my experience would work. Arrrgh! The agrevation of it all.

I made my payment to Mike and eagerly awaited my package to come in the mail. When it arrived with a big **Thud** at my doorstep I tore into it and didn’t stop until I was done. It took me almost 3 days of reading, watching videos and listening to interviews over and over again to realize that this was going to be another life changing event for me.

This Changed My Life.

Fast forward a couple of years later and I closed my brick and mortar office and do everything from my laptop sitting at Starbucks or where ever I decide to do business.

Why?…

Because I can! Thanks Mike

Do I have a point to all this?  Ofcourse I do…

Mike Filsaime has done it again. But this time he is giving away the new, updated version of what I payed $1500 for!!

Well, I am a little upset about it, but I am happy at the same time. I know this will be better that the first Butterfly Marketing product without the $1500 price tag, which is even more now! (What is Mike thinking?)

I don’t know what kind of things motivate you but for me changing my life for the better and making a sure my daughter is taken care of motivates me.

On March 24th @ 1pm EST exactly (or sooner if you are on his earlybird list) Mike will be giving out 5,000 copies of his Butterfly Markeing 2.0 ( I know what I will be doing)

To join me in this life changing event go to the Butterfly Marketing 2.0 web site and watch the video then sign up for the early bird waiting list on the right hand side.

Don’t forget Spread the word and share this moment with a friend after all this is the Butterfly Marketing way.

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Matt Cutts (@mattcutts on twitter)a Google software engineer answer a question from Monica from Madison, WI who asked:

Can you verify that Google is putting more weight on “brands” in search engine rankings? If the answer is “Yes” — what is Google’s definition of a brand? Inspired by Aaron Wall’s post:http://www.seobook.com/google-branding

When you decide to have an opt-in list, it is not just a matter of sending your subscribers your promotional newsletters or catalogs. There are many things to consider in avoiding many complications. While there are so many ways you can make people subscribe to your list, there are also some things you must do to avoid subscribers from wanting to get off from your list.

Aside from that, you also want to avoid any problems with the law and your internet service provider or ISP. There are now many laws and rules that are applied to help protect the privacy of the internet users from spamming and unwanted mails. With the popularity of the electronic mail as a medium for internet marketing strategy because of the low cost, many companys have seized the opportunity and have flooded many people’s e-mail accounts with promotional mail.

But, with an opt-in list, you avoid this annoyance because people subscribe to the list; they want to receive the newsletters and promotional materials. They have consented to being on the list by subscribing themselves, just don?t forget to put an unsubscribe feature everytime in your opt-in list so that you avoid any confusion. There may be times when an email account was provided when the real owner didn?t want to subscribe. bulk email marketing campaign.

It is essential that you keep your list clean and manageable. Arrange it by using the many tools and technologies available for your opt-in list. Do not worry; your investment in this marketing strategy is well worth it with all the coverage you will get which will likely be converted into sales then to profit.

Keep yourself and your business out of trouble and potential run-ins with the law and the internet service providers. Keep your operation legit and clean. Your reputation as a legitimate businessman and a legitimate site depends on your being a straight and true marketing strategist.

**Email TIP**

3 things to check when emailing your list

1) Take notice of your unsuccessful sends. These are the e-mails that bounce.

Bounced emails, also known as undeliverable messages, are those messages that, for whatever reason, were not successfully received by the intended recipient.
There are bounces that happen or occur because the server was busy at that time but can still be delivered in another time. There are also bounces because the inbox of the recipient is full at that time. There are those bounce messages that are simply undeliverable ever. The reason for this is that it may be an invalid email address, a misspelled email address, or an email address that was abandoned and erased already – email marketing campaign software ain’t easy!

Manage your list by putting markings on those that bounce. Erase an email account from your list so that you have an accurate statistics and records as to how many are actually receiving your mail. You may also want to check the spellings of your email addresses in your list. One common mistake is when an N instead of an M is placed in the .com area.

2) Always provide an unsubscribe feature in your site and an unsubscribe link in your mails.

When someone in your list files a request to be unsubscribed, always take that request seriously. If you don’t take them off your list and keep sending them your e-mails, you are now sending them spam mail.
When you are reported as a spammer, you and your business can get into a lot of trouble. You can be reported to the authorities and maybe blacklisted by many internet service providers. You will lose a lot of subscribers this way and many more in potential subscribers.

3) Do not provide pornographic or shocking and disturbing content in your newsletters.

It is hard to decipher the age of the recipient and many complaints may stem from these. Controversial issues also are to be avoided to not be branded by your subscribers. Stick to the nature of your site and business.
Keep these tips in mind so that you can have a healthy relationship with your subscribers as well as be kept within the boundaries of what is allowed in sending mails to an opt-in list.

P.S. The email marketing software that I use is Aweber
BTW they have a free trial

Marketing Effectively With Email

Like any type of marketing, email marketing software involves a great deal of time and effort to ensure the marketing campaign is effective. This is important because an ineffective marketing campaign of any type is a waste of money and resources. Spending a great deal of time, energy and money into an email marketing campaign which is not reaching the members of the target audience and is not convincing recipients of the email to make a purchase or visit your website is not worthwhile. This article will discuss how to implement an effective email marketing strategy to ensure your business, financial and personal goals are being met.

One of the most important aspects of marketing effectively with email is to ensure your marketing efforts are reaching the members of your target audience. One way to do this is to ask former customers as well as potential customers to join your email distribution list. This will help to ensure the majority of members on your email distribution list have an actual interest in your products or services. This is important because you are much more likely to generate sales when you are marketing to this type of an audience than you would if you were marketing to a much larger audience without an interest in your products.

Another aspect of marketing effectively is to hire an experienced professional writer to draft the content for your emails, e-newsletters, email courses or any other methods you are using to email your message to potential customers. Having your content written can give you a significant edge over the competition if they are drafting their content themselves. The quality of your content is a reflection on your business and poorly written content with no substance will reflect poorly on your business.

Effective email marketing should also be written in a manner which will appeal to the target audience. If necessary you should conduct market research to determine demographical information for your target audience. This research may also determine preferences the target audience may have for receiving marketing information. This may include the type of language used, the format of the emails, the layout of the emails and even aesthetic appearance of the emails. Paying attention to these details can make the integrated marketing significantly more effective.

Finally, effective email marketing should not be viewed as spam. This is a difficult situation. In many cases an email marketing campaign software will involve distributing mass emails but care should be taken in these endeavors to avoid having these emails construed as spam. This is important because many Internet service providers include spam filters which apply algorithms to each email account to determine which messages are spam and which ones are legitimate. Emails which are deemed to be spam may never reach the intended recipients. Emails which may it through the spam filters may also be automatically deleted if the Internet user believes it looks like spam. For this reason care should be taken to ensure all marketing emails provide quality content, advertise only subtly and ideally are only sent to email recipients who have specifically requested information about your products or services. This will give you the best opportunity possible to reach your target audience and have a positive impression on them and hopefully entice them to make a purchase or visit your website.