How many times have you referred a friend to a great product which they eventually also told another friend about? If you are like me this probably happens pretty often.  Word of mouth marketing has taken over the internet in the form of Affiliate Marketing.  The very basic concept of it consists of spreading the word about something and then getting paid for it (with several additional layers involved).

Find out if your favorite internet marketing sites pay affiliates; some that I know do pay are Project Pay Day and Traffic Swarm.  Once you establish a site that you think you could see yourself becoming an affiliate for, some essential tips are:

1) Examine your site stats daily

2) Never stop creating new content

3) Dominate the social media world

4) Build, maintain, and strengthen relationships

If you would like to turn your positive experiences into cash while putting in a little additional work, then we at IMRC would strongly suggest trying to master these few short & simple affiliate tips.

Posted September 27th 2010 to Uncategorized • Comments (1)

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I recently read an article that compared outbound marketing  to finding a needle in a haystack.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to waste time or money locating this aforementioned needle!  That is why it is imperative that internet marketers today shift to an inbound approach.

Inbound Marketing focuses on using and taking advantage of resources that are already available at your fingertips.  It is more efficient, more cost effective, and just down right easier than its counterpart (i.e. outbound marketing).  Utilize your existing website as a “hub”- a  place where people who already share a common interest can gather, inform, and influence each other.  Instead of targeting the masses (which includes people who are likely strongly opposed to your cause), target the people who are naturally attracted to you and your hub.

Use inbound marketing to create a group of people who will work for free.  Once you make them happy they will use their word of mouth (arguably the most powerful influence) as a free means of advertising for you.

Posted September 02nd 2010 to Inbound Marketing,Internet Marketing • Comments (2)