Dan Kennedy Info Riches - Must Read Review
April 10, 2009 by Erich Mosier
Filed under All About Domains, Top Product Reviews
If you have been in online marketing for any length of time you doubtless know the name Dan Kennedy. If you don’t know who Dan Kennedy is, research his name on Amazon and see what everyone has to say about his best-selling books! He is the “guru’s guru”, the Godfather of online marketers. All of the top “Guru’s” today will often attribute their success to Dan Kennedy. So when Dan comes out with a product you should take time to listen.
You know that being in the IM business, we are constantly being bombarded with products almost daily. The new latest and greatest products that are always coming out may or may not be worth the investment. For my readers I try to let you know which you should spend your money on and which you should avoid. But when Dan Kennedy releases a Info Marketing product it should be taken into strong consideration if you are serious about being an online marketer.
Over the years, the information I have received from Dan has been invaluable in helping me grow my business. Even though I have been in it a while, he still comes out with ideas that I use to dramatically increase my earnings.
There is a major difference between all of the marketing products that you see everyday and what you get from Dan Kennedy. The information that you get today, relies on the newest tricks of the trade. What you get from Dan is tried and true business advice that should form the basis for your marketing business. Don’t get me wrong, the new tips and tricks that the new products show you can definitely show you how to make a bunch of money. But they are generally short term solutions and may not be applicable after a couple of years.
The information that Dan Kennedy gives you will last for years and years. They are the basic business practices that you can build an empire on, and many of today’s top marketers have. Without having a solid foundation, you will have the tendency to be blown by the wind. Chasing new product after new product, in the hopes that one of them will help you achieve your goal of financial independence. (By the way, that will never work)
I could really go on and on for pages about how much I have learned from Dan, but here is the bottom line… if you are truly serious about making it in internet marketing, I highly recommend that you get this product. If you are just going to be doing online marketing as a hobby to make a little bit of money one the side, then this may not be as important for your business, but you still may want to consider it.
Click here if you are ready to get serious about your internet marketing business.
You need to decide what it is you want to accomplish with your business, because honestly it is a lot of money to spend when you are first starting out (almost $1000). But for the quality and quantity of information you get, compared to most of the $2-3K products that have been coming out, it is an absolute bargain. When I was first starting out, I was terrified of spending big money on products that promised the moon. I didn’t want to waste my money on something that wasn’t going to work. And at that time, there wasn’t anyone out there to tell me what was good and what was bad.
Thankfully I was smart (or lucky) enough to buy one of Dan’s products, for much more than this one, and it was well worth it. I was able to, and still do, use the information I got from him to make an extremely solid income online. Had I not, I have no idea how long it would have taken me, if ever, to reach my goals.
If you want some more information first, here is a short video about Dan Kennedy’s Info Riches program. Then you can click the link below to read more about it. Take a look…
Click here to learn about Dan Kennedy’s Info Riches.
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Best Web Site Hosting- How To Choose The Best Web Host For You
April 1, 2009 by Erich Mosier
Filed under Website Flipping
Finding the best web site hosting plan for your business can be confusing, but if your business is going to be involved on the internet in any serious capacity, one of the most important decisions you will need to make is choosing a hosting provider. Choosing the best one is not as important as NOT choosing the wrong one. Speaking from years of experience, the wrong hosting provider can be a nightmare, especially if you have other clients that depend on you.
Choosing the right host is mostly a matter of doing a little research and asking the right questions. You may be looking for the best rated web hosting company to work with, but here’s a secret….there is no “best” host out there. That’s because everyone’s circumstances are different and change over time and therefore require different things at different times. But there are a lot of very good hosts out there to choose from. Which one is “best” will depend on your situation. I will give you my opinions of the best web site hosting companies based on my experience at the end of this article.
Note: Although I mainly focus my discussion on Internet marketing, the points I make will apply to basically any business that is going online.
1. Price - You get what you pay for
Although for most people starting in internet marketing price is a big consideration, price should not be the only determining factor. Your time, not to mention your sanity, has price. The good news is that many of the good hosts out there are all in the same range and offer most of the same basic features. As I write this I would say that you should expect to pay about $8-$10.00 per month for web hosting. There are some that charge in the $3-$5 per month range, but I would tend to stay away from those, as they are usually not as reliable and more restrictive in their options. The extra couple of dollars a month is well worth it.
And remember, that even though the costs are low, that doesn’t diminish the fact that this is a very important business decision. If you choose the wrong host and need to switch down the road, it can take days or weeks of time to move your site(s) over, depending on how many you have. So don’t think that just because it only $10.00 per month that this should be taken lightly. I have been doing this for over 9 years, and have made my share of bad hosting decisions over that time. So use my experience to avoid making the same mistakes.
2. Features - What’s in it for me?
Once you figure out what you want to pay, now it is time to start looking at the features each host offers. Most web hosting companies offer multiple plans. For instance, Hostgator offers 3 basic plans, Hatchling, Baby, and Business available in either Windows or Linux web site hosting (I’ll discuss those in another article). Each level offers many of the same features, but they each have their differences.
Hostgator Comparison Chart (example)
Below are comparisons of different basic Hostgator plans. These are only a partial list of features, to show where they differ. All other features are the same, so I didn’t think you needed to see that here. See the full list of features here.
The first thing you should notice is the prices. All pretty good. The Hatchling price looks great until you start looking at features. The big problem with this package is that it only allows you to host 1 domain. That is great if that is all you will ever do, but it is unlikely in most cases, especially if you are going to be in online marketing. You will be much better off with either of the other two packages that offer “unlimited” domains. In theory, that means you can host as many domains as you would like.
With most FTP features, like anonymous FTP, you won’t really need to worry about them unless you have a specific reason to. And if you have a specifc reason you, you should already know what you need.
Addon / parked domains are only important if you are planning on parking your domain pages.
Sub Domains come in handy sometimes but are not critical
FTP accounts really only get used if you will have other people accessing the web server files.
This last image shows a couple of interesting things. The first thing to look at is the $2.00 / monthly for the dedicated IP. This is not an option, this is automatically included, which makes the actual price of the package $9.95 per month. I think they could have done this a little differently, as it is kind of a cheesey way of being able to show a more competitive price, but it must work for them. Anyway, just be aware of that if you go with them.
The “Toll free number” and “private SSL” are only going to be useful if you have an online store where you will be selling products, or you will want people to be able to call you. This is not the case with most online marketers, so the extra $3.00 expense is typically not worth it.
I am not singling out Hostgator as the one you should go with, but they are one that you should seriously consider. They are one of the most popular hosts among internet marketers for a reason.
3. Reputation - What’s the word on the street?
As with any business decision you need to do your homework. The problem with trying to find reviews of web hosts on the web is that all of “review” sites out there are just affiliate sites, with no true information on them. They will list 10 sites, with a feature comparison chart, and whichever one pays the highest commissions is the one they list as best. You really have to dig to find any real information from real people. Plan on looking for about an hour.
Obviously you can’t trust the testimonial on the actual web hosts site. They could be just cherry picking the best ones and not showing the negative ones, or they could be fake (gasp!).
You could try someone like the Better Business Bureau (BBB), but personally I wouldn’t trust them either.
What you are really looking for are blogs where you have real people praising the good and complaining about the bad. Remember, every host will have bad reviews. I don’t care how good they are. Some people just like to bitch and moan, and typically they are the ones that like to vent.
I used to own a ColdStone Creamery, and one of the things I told my employees is that a customer that gets good service may tell 1 other person about it, but a customer that gets bad service will tell 20 people. It is just the way things are.
Without being able to hear both sides of the story, it is hard to know what the truth is. Granted, some people just have a bad experience. They have a perfect storm of circumstances and everything goes wrong. But some people make things worse than they need to be and no matter what you do you can’t make them happy. These are usually the people that complain the loudest.
My point is, if you are able to find a discussion about a particular webhost, you should weigh the good comments heavier than the bad in most cases. If there are nothing but bad comments, then the host is probably bad. If they are pretty equal, then the host is probably pretty good. If they are mostly good, they they are probably excellent.
4. Customer Support - Help! I need somebody…
This goes right along with the number 3 above. A hosts customer support are the front lines of their business. If their customer service sucks, you will want to leave, and tell everyone about it. If their customer service is good, you will probably rarely ever need to speak with them, and will probably never mention it to anyone.
Unfortunately this is only information you can get beforehand from comments and discussions. But good customer service is vitally important to your mental well being and your business (in that order). Not that it is critical, but having a customer service rep that speaks your language (natively) makes a huge difference. I don’t mean to sound xenophobic, but trying to solve a crisis is not the time to try and tackle a language barrier as well. It does nothing but make the CS rep frustrated with you and make you angry at the them.
5. Growing old together? - Scalability
If you are just starting out, then this isn’t going to be a major factor, but it should be in the back of your mind. Depending on how big you get (or are planning on getting) you will want a web host that will grow with you. This mainly has to do with the amount of traffic you have coming to your site. Most sites will be just fine with the “unlimited” amount of bandwidth most hosts offer. But once you get up to 10K or more visits per day , you will find out that “unlimited” is not as infinite as it may sound. You will start getting charged with “exceeding your bandwidth” charges. At that point it will be time to scale up, possibly to a dedicated server. But for the vast majority of internet and affiliate marketing people out there, this is not something you will need to worry about for a long time.
So who do I recommend?
I currently use several different hosts for my various network marketing ventures. If you are serious about internet marketing you are going to want to have several web hosting accounts for SEO purposes. Based on my experience, or the experiences of other internet marketers, here are the web hosts I recommend and the ones I don’t.
Highly Recommended
HostGator
Good Price, pretty good service, good variety of plans, very good control panel, great reputation
GoDaddy
Good price, pretty good service, good variety of plans, good reliability, great reputation
HostMonster
Good price, pretty good service, good reliability, good variety of plans available
Mosso
High price, excellent service, excellent reliability and scalability
(only recommended for larger clients)
Recommended
1&1 Web Hosting
very good prices, good plan options, good tools and extras, not great service
(if they ever fix their customer service, I would move 1&1 up to highly recommended)
SuperGreen Hosting
Very good prices, only 1 plan offered, good extra features, so-so service
Not Recommended
Network Solutions
high price, good reliability, mediocre service, bad control panel
Just Host
good price, questionable reliability, poor service
FatCow
good price, questionable reliability, poor service
Inmotion
good price, questionable reliability, poor service
Bluehost
good price, ok reliablity, poor service
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PPC Ninja Review: Ancient Secrets Of Pay-Per-Click Revealed
March 27, 2009 by Erich Mosier
Filed under Keyword Research, Product Reviews, Social Marketing, Top Product Reviews
Another new product from fellow internet marketer Christian Weselak. PPC Ninja. I have enjoyed watching Christian move up in the ranks in internet marketing circles for the past couple of years. One thing I noticed when talking with him a various events is that his ideas are so simple, but so effective at making money. No big tricks. No big secrets. But so obvious that most people either miss them, or dismiss them. They think, “that’s to easy. There is no way that will work.” But lo and behold, it does. I have used many of his methods that I have gotten out of him over the years to make a bunch of money in PPC.
Now I know that PPC is not something that is for everyone. So if PPC is not your thing, then I recommend that you skip PPC Ninja and stay with what you are comfortable doing. There is nothing wrong with doing what works for you.
But if PPC is your thing, or you would like to learn how to make a pile of cash in PPC marketing, then I would highly recommend taking a look at PPC Ninja.
Click here to visit PPCNinja website!
I called Christian up a couple weeks ago and convinced him to let me have an advanced copy to take a look at (ok really I just asked). Here is what I have to say about it. WOW! I was actually surprised at how many of his methods he included. He definitly didn’t hold anything back. I figured like most people, he would have kept the best ones for himself, but that doesn’t appear to be the case.
Thanks to my advanced copy (remember kids, networking is very important in this business) I was actually able to try a couple of his methods to see how they worked. I was able to start generating a solid $200 a day after about a week. Certainly not the most money I have made online, but a nice little addition none the less.
Alright you are probably wondering what exactly you are going to learn from PPC Ninja. Well here is a quick rundown of what you will be getting.
Pay Per CLick Ninja eCourse
OK when I said there were no “secrets”, that wasn’t entirely true. What I should have said is that to the people that have been doing this for a while, like me, there aren’t any (or very few) secrets. But to someone just starting out, or maybe only doing it for a couple of years, there are actually quite a few. Being able to learn them now without having to go through the pain of trial and error like most of us…that is priceless.
Anyway, I am not going to list out everything that is included. You will be able to read all about that in the sales letter. No point in being redundant.
Pay Per Click Ninja Video Course
These are a set of 7 videos of Christian showing you his complete thought process from beginning to end. A lot of good information in here. I was able to pick up a couple of good ideas from these that I started using.
Again, I’m lazy and don’t want to write out everything in them. You can read the sales letter on launch day if you are really that interested.
And here are the bonuses that he is giving you with PPCNinja:
Bonus #1: Google Content Network Domination
Bonus #2: Interview with Michael Campbell
Bonus #3: How to make money with PPC and CPA offers
Bonus #4: One Year of Updates
The first 3 bonuses are nice to have, but not really necessary to making the most of PPCNinja. The real meat of the course is in the first two items. And actually you will find enough information in just the eCourse to let you quit your day job.
The forth bonus (updates) I think will be very beneficial. The internet marketing landscape is constatntly changing, so being able to keep abreast of new techniques can be extremely helpful. Most of us “old timers” share stuff with each other at events, but these are $5,000-$10,000 events that most people don’t have access to.
As much as I would like to freely share some of these things with you on this site, I just couldn’t do that to a friend. Maybe after the newness wares off and these things are no longer considered “secrets” I may let a few nuggets of wisdom out here and there, but you certainly don’t want to wait that long.
