Monday, July 27, 2009

Every Internet Marketer Needs Their Own Domain

If you are trying your hand at Internet Marketing WITHOUT having your own domain, you are losing potential sales. Even if you are making a profit, you can enhance that so much more by having your own domain (or several depending on what you're actually doing).

Think about it this way... When you buy a car, or a home, or go shopping, etc., whether you realize it or not, the purchase you're making is because of name recognition.

The stores you shop at are highly publicized. The restaurants you eat at are advertising all the time (especially the fast food ones). The auto dealership, and auto manufacturers. Real estate agents and companies. Insurance companies, on and on and on.

The bottom line is, they all, in one way or another, have NAME RECOGNITION!

To be effective on the internet, YOU MUST HAVE NAME RECOGNITION too!

It is human nature to go somewhere or buy from someone you feel comfortable with, whether it's the large superstore that has everything, or the family owned restaurant. We all tend to gravitate to what we're familiar with - even if the media is the reason we feel "familiar".

The way to get name recognition on the internet, is to have at least one website that people can go to, where you control the content. If the only sites you have are affiliate URLs, you don't control the domain. If they change anything on it, there is nothing you can do about it.

You need to have at least one website that YOU can put the content on. It can be YOURNAME.com, or whatever, but you should be able to make changes to it at will.

You can use this site to promote all your programs and products, or as somewhere your customers and potential customers can learn about you. Whatever the reason, the goal is the same - NAME RECOGNITION.

Now, I could go on for quite some time with more details, but I think you get the picture.

So your question should be: "How do I get my own website and domain name?"

For domain names, I recommend Godaddy.com. They're reliable, cheap and been around for some time.

As far as website space, I currently only recommend one web hosting company. I have been with them since 2003 and they are absolutely awesome. While every company has quirks and issues (None of us are perfect, and I mean NONE of us), they have always given me great service, and just so you know, some of the biggest internet marketers host their sites with them.

You owe it to yourself to check them out - Kiosk.

Not only are they well qualified to host your website, they offer all types of instruction and assistance, and you're automatically in their forced matrix, that really does not require you to sponsor anyone. Did I mention that they have paid me monthly since 2003?

Until next time . . .
Julius
The Biz Opp Sleuth

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Only The Business Opportunities I Find Worthy

I started The Biz Opp Sleuth to show you REAL business opportunities that can make you a good income.

There are a lot of business opportunities on the internet, but my goal is to find, join and evaluate the ones that are the best for the average person to succeed in.

I have personally found that the forced matrix that pay commissions even if you don't sponsor or recruit anyone are the best. They usually only pay to a certain level, depending on the program, but you can be in profit at those levels.

I am against the "power leg" concept. I have been in several of them, and have never made a profit. Those type of programs usually pay minimal commissions unless you sponsor, and those commissions don't put you into profit.

In the "power leg" programs, you absolutely must sponsor others, and they must do the same for you to have any chance of making a decent income.

Some direct or one-level commissions are also pretty good.

I will focus on the forced matrix programs as the best MLM (multi-level marketing), and some of the better one-level programs.

From time to time, I will suggest some cycling programs that you can make money from, but keep in mind, unless they have monthly fees, most cycling programs have phases where they eventually slow down or halt altogether.

I will use this blog to update you, but most of the details will be given on The Biz Opp Sleuth.

Until Next Time . . .
Julius