Stuck in Traffic!
By · Comments2010 is here! Its time to do it big! I am still looking to make my first bit of significant cash online. I have no doubt it will happen more sooner than later. The key to making money on line is getting traffic and building a list. I am now concentrating on specific traffic strategies and am starting to see results. One of the first strategies I am using is called blog hopping and am getting great results. I am visiting various blogs within my niche and commenting on them and inevitably I am receiving traffic from the blog owner and also the people who look at the blog’s comments. It’s working great. I have also researched some keywords and have been using those keywords, once I am ready to post on my blog. I can’t say things have happened overnight, but I am slowly but surely gaining a following using the traffic methods I have learned in Alex Jeffrey’s and Dean Holland’s marketing classes. I’ll be discussing these methods a bit more in detail in my next post. Drop by and see me…Darren.
Darren McDuffie
Internet Marketer
” Who says Jocks aren’t Smart”?
Hang in there!
By · CommentsI had a call witn my mentor Dean Holland last Thursday and I got a very inspirational message for him. He said to hang in there and the sales will come. Many of the people in my class are starting to build their lists including me. It is any exciting time to see this happening as it seemed far away a couple of months ago. I never thought I would have a blog or even know what a C Panel is much less purchasing domains for other sites. Its an exciting time and I am glad I decided to begin this journey. When are you going to start yours?
Darren McDuffie
“Internet Marketer”
Who says jocks aren’t smart?
Don’t finish before you start
By · CommentsThings are getting back in the swing as 2010 has rung in loud and clear! I know many of us have resolutions and for the most part some probably have broken them already, have you broken yours? I don’t want to sound too negative, so I am going to hope that most of us are still on our “A” game and are sticking to them. Did you ever notice that most people make resolutions for the easy stuff, but few if any make resolutions on the hard stuff they want to change. Why is that?
I firmly believe that most of us finish before we start. Huh…. what am I saying? It means we talk ourselves out of the big stuff in our minds before we start it so we don’t have to deal with failure. Do you know what I am talking about? I’ll use myself as an example. A couple of years ago, I bought a well known real estate course because I wanted to finally make some money and fire my boss. I got the course and read through it, and it seemed simple enough, but something strange happened as I got deeper in the course. I began to listen to my own self talk and halfway through the course, I quit!!!! I didn’t give myself a chance to experience failure because I was too scared to put my plan into action.
There are some of you who might be reading this and are hesitant to get into Internet Marketing. I urge you tp put your plan into action, right now! Don’t finish before you start. Everyone has to start somewhere and who knows… you may just become successful.
Darren McDuffie
Internet Marketer
” Who says Jocks aren’t Smart”?
Get your Welcome Video up fast!!!!
By · CommentsI hope your New Year is off to a great start!!!! I told you I would be back to give you some more information for recording a welcome video. Before I get into that, I wanted to talk about a comment I received and expand on it a bit. How brave do you have to be to do a video? Not very brave… trust me on that one! I find that many people are reluctant to record videos because they are afraid. Afraid of what? Afraid they might mess up, afraid they might stumble over their words, and just plain afraid of being in front of the camera. Get over it! You have to come out of your comfort zone to accomplish anything! Here’s the kicker… we are our own worst critics. Your video is probably not as bad as you think it is. Remember: People want to connect and see the person behind the words. Now that’s out of the way… on to better things.
Let’s get ready to record your video. First you’ll need to record it with something… I prefer to use my Flip Video Camcorder. Once your video is recorded, you’ll need to upload it to a host. I like to use Tube Mogul because it uploads it to many different hosts at one time. Keep in mind you’ll need to have a youtube or metacafe account before you can use TubeMogul, but it is a great way to upload your video to 1 or more hosts at a time. Once your video is uploaded get your embed code and you are ready to roll, well almost ready. You’ll need to visit your blog’s back page and and install the flash video plugin. Once this is installed, you are ready to go. All you need to do now is take a text box from your widget page and drag it to where you want to install the video then paste your video embed code into the text box, and your video is almost ready to show the world. All you need to do is one little thing . On your text box where you installed the embed code you’ll need to adjust the height and width of your video, by changing the the numbers which correspond to them. Keep in mind the embed code has four places where the height and width of your video need to be changed. Once you change these, hit save and close on your text box and go to your blog and you should be broadcasting to the world. So what are you waiting on??? Hop to it!!!!
Darren McDuffie
Internet Marketer
” Who says Jocks aren’t Smart”?
Change is Good
By · CommentsThe only thing constant in life is change. I use to resist change but now I invite it in and welcome it to sit down. If you are going to be in Internet Marketing, you’ll need to adapt and change because things move pretty rapidly. I started exploring IM about 2 years ago and wow… have things change drastically since that time! Change is good believe it or not because change represents progression and if you plan on moving forward in IM you’ll need to progress. I have progressed and grown in leaps and bounds in a period of about three months. I knew nothing about blogging and now I have two blogs with various plugins,etc.
Blogging is fun and I am constantly looking for ways to “tweak” my blog and make it better. I happened to stumble upon something I didn’t think about while watching one of Alex Jeffreys’ training sessions. Have you ever thought of recording a welcome video? I did just that for my first blog which you can view Here. I’ll be doing one for Darren McDuffie .com. Look for it! In my next post, I’ll be sharing with you the various plugins and even different sites you can use to upload your videos. Stay tuned!!!!!
Darren McDuffie
Internet Marketer
“Who says Jocks aren’t smart?”
