The Content Creation Hack You Didn’t Know You Needed: PLR

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There’s a way to buy ready-made, done-for-you products with unlimited rights to use as you want. Welcome to the world of PLR: Private Label Rights. This world is full of e-books, software, articles, graphics, and more that you can rebrand as your own. There are pros and cons to PLR… PROS: ✅Customizable ✅Quick ✅Affordable CONS: … Read more

The Top 3 Most-Watched YouTube Videos Ever…and Trends of Other Top Videos

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“What are the most popular YouTube videos of all-time?” That’s what came to mind this morning, especially since videos are a powerful tool for online marketing. What can these top videos teach us? First, how do you find the top videos of all time? The best way I found was to go to YouTube.com and … Read more

My Mini-review of how AWeber handles links in emails

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I appreciate what AWeber can do as an Email Service Provider (ESP)… …but… …there are several obstacles I’ve had to overcome. One of the latest is my attempts to put branded links into my emails. To properly use emails that show my domains like charlespolanski.com requires me to turn on click tracking. But then, any … Read more

Unlock the Perfect Fit: Discover Your Ideal AWeber Email Width with Columns

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I can still remember the walk up to the Acropolis. The final steps are through a reconstructed entrance of columns. But once you pass through them, the REAL columns stare down at you from the main attraction of the Acropolis… …The Parthenon! See the above image and jump to 21:07 of this video to visualize … Read more

Don’t set your emails too narrow like I did. This is a better way…

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Once again I learned the hard way when it came to email formatting. I had been advised by the training inside the John Thornhill Ambassador program to shrink my emails to a width of 35-42 characters. I determined a width of 37 characters worked best. But this was outdated advice!  There is now something called … Read more

A Great, Free Countdown Timer for your WordPress Landing Pages

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So what was that free countdown timer I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post??? Well, I needed a timer to work with WordPress since I switched my landing pages to it from Leadpages.com. It also needed to be an evergreen countdown timer.  “Evergreen” means every visitor gets their own countdown clock that starts with their first … Read more

Ditch Leadpages & Save $49/mo: Build Captivating Landing Pages WITHOUT Breaking the Bank

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Landing pages are essential to digital marketers.  Leadpages.com was the landing page solution endorsed by Igor Kheifets, in his E-Farming Program. They worked pretty well but cost me $49 per month on the Standard Plan. (See their pricing here: https://www.leadpages.com/pricing)  The Pro plan costs $99 per month. But If you can pay yearly, the price … Read more

Free alternative to ClickMagick…go from paying $69/month to $0!

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Click tracking is critical to online marketing, especially if you’re doing Pay-Per-Click (PPC).  Beware of bots, and other sources of fake clicks that will run up your costs and drive down your sales. ClickMagick was the solution to this recommended to me by Igor Kheifets, in his E-Farming Program.  Click.org had also been recommended but … Read more

The #1 secret of successful marketers was invented in 1898!

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A man walks into a majestic office building with Independence Hall just 100 yards away. Independence Hall is where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were debated and signed just over a century earlier. The man is about to create another document that’s as important to marketing as the Constitution and Declaration of Independence … Read more