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How To Find Unknown Marketing Resources To Explode Sales

Discover hidden marketing resources and use them to skyrocket your sales. Our tips will help maximize your marketing efforts and reach your target audience.

Marketing Resources come at you like a hail storm. Fast, hard and a lot of hits. It’s hard to sort through what may best fit your needs, and wallet.

Finding new marketing resources

New marketing resources are essential for any business that wants to stay ahead of the competition. By discovering underutilized channels and leveraging unconventional strategies, businesses can differentiate themselves from their competitors and connect with their target audience in new and exciting ways.

Finding quality tools that fit your budget is equally challanging. In this article, I will provide insights and tips for finding unknown marketing resources and leveraging them to boost sales and grown your business, without exhausting your bank account.

Costs considerations for marketing resources

How can one not incorproate cost consideration into all of your business decessions? Too often we spend high dollars on products or programs we feel are required for our business. Or subscribe to platforms with monthly fees that drag us down month after month. Either we can not find similar resource alternatives, or we are just unaware of other resources, or lower cost alternatives.

Low cost, or even no cost resources are great, but there is always a challenge in keeping quality. If you can acheive the benefits, functionality or quality that you need at a lower cost, then that is a great benefit to your business.

We often focus so hard on the revenue side, (i.e. making money), that we tend to discredit or overlook the expense side. Whenever you can find low cost, or no cost resources, you are one step further ahead, and on the right track to running a successful business.

Importance to our daily business

These resources are important to meet all our daily business needs. Today I will share many of the tools and resources that I use for my business, as well as other tips and hints that I have found particularly useful.

Key Focus

A key part of my focus, and a part of why these items are valuable, is that most are low cost, while still offering high-quality benefits and features. It turns out there are some pretty great tools that are free to use, so I will be sharing a few of those as well.

Keep in mind that any tool or program with a one-time payment will contineu to save hundreds of dollars every year in subscription costs. So due to the importance of keeping a keen eye on expenses, I will provide some high-quality, low cost.alternatives to help overcome the cost hurdles that we all face.

So without further ado, let’s dig into some marketing resources to grow your business.

Uncovering hidden marketing resources

One of the first steps to finding unknown marketing resources is to identify unconventional marketing strategies. While many businesses used to rely on traditional marketing channels, such as TV commercials and print ads, the world is continually evolving.

And there are numerous new and different channels that can be used to promote products or services. Internet marketing is leading the charge with new and eveloving channels, products and service, For example, businesses can leverage user-generated content, influencer marketing, or video marketing to reach their target audience.

Underutilized marketing resources

In addition to identifying unconventional marketing strategies, it’s also important to look for underutilized marketing resources. A good example of “underutilization” may be the use of social media platforms.

While many businesses use social media to promote their products or services, they may not be taking advantage of all the features that each platform offers. By diving deeper into each platform and exploring new features, businesses can uncover untapped marketing resources. And there are specifc tools that can be very helpful in doing this.

Finally, it’s important to constantly be on the lookout for new marketing channels. By attending conferences, networking with other businesses, and staying up to date on industry news, businesses can discover new marketing resources and stay ahead of the competition.

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the marketing resources!
Why? To Get to The Marketing Resources!

How to identify unconventional marketing strategies

Identifying unconventional marketing strategies can be a daunting task, especially for businesses that are used to relying on traditional marketing channels. However, by taking a step back and thinking outside the box, businesses can uncover new and exciting ways to promote their products or services.

One of the first steps to identifying unconventional marketing strategies is to analyze your target audience. Understanding your target audience’s behaviors, preferences, and interests can help you identify marketing channels that may be outside of the mainstream but still effective.



Examples

If your target audience is highly active on a niche social media platform, such as Reddit or TikTok, you may want to consider leveraging those platforms to reach your audience.

Another way to identify unconventional marketing strategies is to look at what your competitors are not doing. If your competitors are all using the same marketing channels, such as Facebook and Instagram, you may want to consider exploring alternative channels that can help you stand out from the crowd. Just make sure to do your homework to make sure that an outside-of-the-box idea still meets criteria that fits your target audience well.

Social Media Marketing Resources
Instagramers worked together to make this egg the “most liked” post in history.

The main point is there are many opportunities out there, and all you need to do is find something a little different to really cash in. It is always better to be the big fish in the little pond, vs the little fish in the big pond. Find the pond that you can stand out and be the “big fish”.

Emerging trends and technologies

In addition to analyzing your target audience and competitors, it’s also important to consider emerging trends and technologies. For example, virtual and augmented reality are rapidly gaining popularity, and businesses that can find ways to incorporate those technologies into their marketing strategies may be able to capture the attention of their target audience in new and exciting ways.

I would be remise to write an article about technologies and not mention ChatGPT. This technology is changing the world of internet marketing. If you’re not educating yourself and using ChatGPT, then you’re missing out! (I can’t be more clear than that. Period!)

Finally, it’s important to keep an open mind and be willing to experiment with different marketing channels and strategies. By trying new things and testing different channels, businesses can uncover untapped resources and identify which strategies are most effective for their specific needs.

Identifying unconventional marketing strategies requires a combination of research, creativity, and a willingness to take risks.

By analyzing your target audience, competitors, emerging trends, and technologies, and being open to experimentation, you can uncover new and exciting ways to promote products or services and achieve your marketing goals. Find a way to be the “Big Fish”.

Examples of underutilized marketing resources

Underutilized marketing resources often occur when you overlook or underestimate the potential. Or perhaps you avidoed something because it may require more efforts or investment. Or perhaps it may be an area you do not have experience with, and are not comfortable in engaging.

There are alternatives to address and overcome any of these hurdles or concerns. By leveraging these resources, you can gain a competitive advantage and reach new audiences. Here are some examples of underutilized marketing resources:

Influencer marketing on smaller platforms

While influencer marketing is becoming more popular, many businesses focus solely on Instagram or YouTube influencers. However, there are numerous smaller platforms and niche communities where influencers can have a significant impact, such as Discord or Twitch.

User-generated content

User-generated content is a powerful marketing tool that allows businesses to tap into their customers’ creativity and enthusiasm. However, many businesses do not take full advantage of this resource. For example, a fashion brand could encourage customers to share photos of themselves wearing their products on social media and repost the best submissions.

Niche Partnerships

Building partnerships with other businesses in your niche community can be a highly effective way to reach new audiences and build brand awareness. For example, an internet marketer could partner with a blogger who covers the same niche. Or two marketers in compatible niches may partner with promotoin of complementing products.

Podcast advertising

Podcasts are rapidly gaining popularity, and advertising on podcasts can be an effective way to reach engaged and attentive audiences. However, many businesses do not consider this option. For example, a financial services company could advertise on a personal finance podcast. This is the goal of influencers. Grow large enough, and gather a large enough following that brands will want to ink an advertising deal with you. It’s hard to write about podcast and not mention Gary Vaynerchuk, The GaryVee Audio Experience.

SEO for niche keywords

While many businesses invest heavily in SEO, they often focus on broad, highly competitive keywords. However, targeting niche keywords that are specific to your business or industry can be a highly effective way to drive targeted traffic to your website.

Overall, these are just a few examples of underutilized marketing resources. By exploring these and other similar options, you can uncover and expand your marketing reach and achieve your goals in new and innovative ways.

Tips for uncovering unknown marketing channels

Uncovering unknown marketing channels can be challenging, but it can also be highly rewarding. By finding new channels to reach your target audience, you can expand your marketing reach and build brand awareness. Here are 6 tips for uncovering unknown marketing channels:

Start with research

Managing marketing REsources starts with research

The first step in uncovering unknown marketing channels is to do your research. Start by analyzing your target audience and their behaviors, preferences, and interests. Look for channels and platforms that your target audience is using, but that your competitors may not be leveraging.

Experiment with new platforms

Once you have identified potential new marketing channels, begin to test and experiment with them. Try posting on a new social media platform or advertising on a niche website. Start with free resources when possible, If paid is necessary, always start with a small investment and measure the results to see if it’s worth investing more. Be slow and methodical to scale. Just becuase you had some success, with a single test, test again to make sure it wasn’t an anomolay or you just happend to have some luck.

Attend events and conferences

Attending industry events and conferences can be a great way to network with other professionals and learn about new marketing channels and strategies. Take the time to attend sessions and talk to other attendees to gain insights and ideas. Build relationships.

Ask your customers

Your customers can be a valuable source of information about new marketing channels. Ask them how they found you or your product. Ask if there are any platforms or channels they use that you are not currently leveraging.

And as always is the case on the internet, track, track, track. Don’t work with a blindfold on. Know exactly what is working and just as importantly, what is not working. Allocate your time, resources and funds accordingly. If you aren’t tracking, you’re likely less than 30-40% efficient. If you not only want to survive, but thrive, tracking is a requirement!

Collaborate with others

Collaboration with other marketers, businesses or influencers in your industry or niche can be a great way to uncover new marketing channels.

For example, you could partner with an influencer on a new platform to reach their audience.

Or approach successful marketers in your niche to do a joint venture.

Swap email list. Or agree to place each others products on the other’s thank you page.

Again, build relationships, expeciall with others who are successful. Win-win opportunites are good for both parties. It is challanging to find the right fit with someone, but once you do, this can be huge for both.

Collaboration can take on many forms

Keep an eye on emerging trends

Emerging technologies and trends can open up new marketing channels. For example, the rise of voice search and smart speakers has created new opportunities to optimize their content for voice search. SMS opportunites are growing. And of course the opportunities are endless with ChatGPT.

By exploring new platforms, attending events, collaborating with others, and keeping an eye on emerging trends, you can find new and innovative ways to reach your target audience and grow your customer list, or following.

Leveraging unconventional marketing strategies

Once you have identified unconventional marketing strategies, it’s important to create a plan for leveraging them. Creating user-generated content campaigns that encourage customers to share their experiences with the brand on social media is just one example of leveraging external resources.

By leveraging the power of user-generated content, you can increase brand awareness and connect with your target audience in a more authentic way.

In addition to user-generated content, influencer marketing is another unconventional strategy that can be highly effective. By partnering with influencers who have a large following on social media, businesses can tap into new audiences and boost sales.

Or another example is through video marketing. Although video marketing has grown tramendously in recent years, there are still variation as well as niches, where it is still somewhat unconventional.

By creating engaging videos that showcase a product, program or service, you can capture the attention of your target audience and increase brand or recognition awareness.

Strategies for maximizing impact with unconventional marketing

Unconventional marketing strategies can be highly effective, but they require careful planning and execution to maximize their impact. Here are some guidelines and strategies for maximizing impact with unconventional marketing:

Target the right audience

From the redundancy office of redundancy. Yes, sorry to repeat myself from earlier. However knowing your audience is such a core fundamental foundation of your business that I feel it needs to be repeated. Although I will promose not to state it 7 time in this blog alone, you will hear me repeat it again in future blogs.

Unconventional marketing strategies often work best when targeted to a specific audience. Before launching any unconventional marketing campaign, it’s important to define your target audience and understand their behaviors, preferences, and interests, and thus, ensure your new marketing approach is a good fit.

Be authentic

Authenticity is key when it comes to unconventional marketing. Consumers are becoming increasingly savvy and can quickly spot inauthentic or insincere marketing tactics. To be effective, your unconventional marketing strategy needs to be genuine, relevant, and aligned with your brand values. Your new marketing channel or strategy must align not only with your audience, but with who your audience knows you as. You should always remain constant in who you are, and the content that you provide.

Use storytelling

Storytelling can be a powerful way to engage consumers and build emotional connections with your brand. When you incorporate storytelling into your message, it makes your brand more relatable and memorable. This is even more effective if it is a story that your audience can see themselves in, or has had the same or a similar experience. I have discussed story telling in several blogs in the past.

Stories can be captivating. Your audience will be back for an encor

Leverage user-generated content:

User-generated content can be a highly effective way to amplify the impact of your unconventional marketing campaign. Encourage customers to share their experiences with your brand on social media, and repost the best submissions on your own channels to build social proof.

Beyond social media post, user-generated content could include testimonials, Q&A, customer spotlight, interviews, contests or challanges, surveyes, case studies or any cusotmer interaction activites that may best fit your audience that may may relate with.

Unconventional creativity

Unconventional marketing strategies require creativity and outside-the-box thinking. Don’t be afraid to take calculated risks and experiment with new ideas, as long as they are aligned with your brand values and target audience.

Take for example Blendtec’s “Will It Blend?” Series – The blender manufacturer Blendtec gained notoriety for its series of videos featuring their blenders destroying a variety of objects, from smartphones to golf balls, as mentioned earlier. The videos were hosted by the company’s founder, Tom Dickson, and quickly gained a following on YouTube. Here’s the URL link to one of their videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko

Or another crative example was Burger King’s “Whopper Detour” campaign: The fast food chain offered customers a one-cent Whopper if they ordered through the Burger King app, and then directed them to a McDonald’s location to pick it up.

Use data to measure and optimize:

Like any marketing campaign, it’s important to measure the impact of your unconventional marketing strategy and optimize as needed. Use data to track engagement, conversions, and other metrics, and adjust your strategy accordingly.

Unconventional marketing strategies can be highly effective at reaching and engaging consumers in new and innovative ways. Target the right audience, being authentic, leverage storytelling, use-generated content, be creative, and use data to measure and optimize. Implement these strtegies and you can maximize the impact of unconventional marketing.

Be sly, and creative, like Charles the fox.
This is Charles. Charles is sly and very creative. Be like Charles.

Examples of successful unconventional marketing campaigns

There are many examples of successful unconventional marketing campaigns that have been launched in recent years, that have utilized the power of the internet and social media. Here are a few examples of campaigns that have gained significant traction and achieved notable results.

Nathan Apodaca’s TikTok Video

In 2020, Nathan Apodaca, a man from Idaho, posted a video on TikTok of himself skateboarding and drinking Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice while singing along to the song “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac. The video quickly went viral and inspired millions of people to recreate the same video, using the hashtag #DreamsChallenge. Ocean Spray capitalized on the viral moment by gifting Apodaca a new truck and launching a social media campaign that encouraged others to share their own #DreamsChallenge videos.

Old Spice

The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” – This advertisement features actor Isaiah Mustafa in a humorous and over-the-top promotion for the company’s men’s grooming products. The ad has received over 57 million views on YouTube and has been widely parodied and referenced in pop culture.

Chipotle

Halloween Boorito” Campaign – In 2020, Chipotle launched a Halloween-themed campaign that encouraged customers to visit its restaurants in costume on Halloween for a discounted burrito. The campaign featured partnerships with TikTok influencers like Brittany Broski and David Dobrik, who promoted the campaign on their social media channels.

These are only 3 of many campaigns that demonstrate the continued effectiveness of unconventional marketing strategies to engage audiences and build brand awareness. By leveraging social media, creativity, and partnerships with influencers, these brands were able to create campaigns that resonated with consumers and generated significant buzz.

You don’t need to be famous

Jeanne Harris’ “Jolly Cat” Videos: Jeanne Harris is a retired grandmother from Washington state who created a series of videos featuring her cat, Loki, performing various stunts and tricks. The videos quickly went viral, gaining millions of views and even earning Harris a spot on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Here’s the link to one of her videos.

Tips for creating your own unconventional marketing campaigns

Creating your own unconventional marketing campaign can be a challenging but rewarding experience. Here are some tips to help you get started.

The basic foundation

The basic foundation remains the same. Know your audience, embrace creativity, and strike out in something new that will likely ressonate with your audience. You’ll want to stand out and capture people’s attention. Humor can be good, but is sometimes risky. Pets and animals are always popular too. Just be sure anything you create is in good taste.

Leverage social media

Social media is a must for every marketer, blogger and internet business. Platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter are great places to launch unconventional marketing campaigns. These platforms offer a huge audience, easy-to-use tools for creating and sharing content, and the highly sought after potential to go viral.

But you really need to do a thorough assessment of your audience, your brand and the social media platform itself. There are many available.

Opportunites exit in so many different forms and channels, really does depend heavily on your audience dempgraphic and where they spend their time. Consider Reddit, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitch as a base starting place to review.

Partner with influencers

Partnering with influencers can help you reach a wider audience and build credibility for your brand. Collaborating with an influencer when you are not well known or have little to offer can be challenging, but it is not impossible. Look for influencers who align with your brand values and have a following that matches your target audience.

Research the influencer’s background to see if they have a history of collaborating, and who they have collaborated with in the past. Many influencers may be more open to collaborating with upstarts than you may think.

Work to build a relationship first, instead of simply approaching them with a request to collaborate right away. Follow them on social media, engage with their content, and share their posts. Get to know them and once you’ve established a relationship, then you may consider approaching them with a specific collaboration proposal.

Have a plan

Have a well thought out, logical plan to offer something of value. Even if you don’t have a large following, big budget, or a big name, you may be able to offer something of value, such as access to exclusive content, early access to new products, or an opportunity for them to be featured on your website or social media channels.

You can also offer to promote the influencer’s content to your own audience. Another strategy is to request to inteview them. Sometimes they may be open to an interview, especially if they are a podcaster, or someone who prefers speaking.

Stay true to your brand

While unconventional marketing campaigns can be fun and exciting, it’s important to stay true to your brand values and messaging. And as I noted earlier, be aware of following your standards for good taste.

Review any plans or marketing strategies with multiple sets of eyes to make sure you don’t have any content that could be misinterpreteded or ill taken content. Don’t do something just because it’s trendy or popular if it doesn’t align with your brand’s identity.

By following these tips, you can create an unconventional marketing campaign that captures people’s attention, builds brand awareness, and achieves your marketing goals. Remember, the key is to be creative, innovative, and true to your brand.

And consider taking the path not well traveled. It is very difficult do the same things that so many are doing. Yes, some are successful, but when the numbers in the big pond are many, the small pond may allow you to be a bigger fish.

Finding the right marketing tools

Thus far I have primarily focused on marketing strategies. But let’s get to the part you’re probably most interested in, and that is the benefits from utilizing the right marketing tools. Let’s start off with the general types of platforms and tools. There are numerous marketing tools and platforms available, ranging from email marketing platforms and social media scheduling tools, to SEO software, tools and training. And of course, ChatGPT training, prompts, programs and specialty tools like AI Tracer.

Choosing marketing tools

It’s important to consider the specific needs of your business. For example, if you have a large email list, you may want to invest in a robust email marketing platform that allows you maximum features, functionality and creativity to send professional-looking emails to your subscribers. Similarly, if you rely heavily on social media, you may want to invest in various social media advertising tools, or scheduling tool that allows you to plan and schedule your posts in advance

Overview of marketing tools

Marketing tools are essential for businesses to reach their target audience, build brand awareness, and drive sales. Here’s an overview of some of the different types of marketing tools available:

Email marketing

Email marketing is a cost-effective way to communicate with your audience, promote your brand, and drive conversions. Email marketing platforms like GetResponse, Constant Contact, and Aweber offer features like customizable templates, automation, and analytics to help you create and track effective email campaigns.

Search engine optimization (SEO)

SEO is the process of optimizing your website and content to rank higher in search engine results pages (SERPs). SEO tools like Ahrefs, SEMrush, Mangools and CoreSEO offer features like keyword research, site audits, and competitor analysis to help you improve your website’s visibility and traffic.

CoreSEO is a required marketing resource

Social media marketing

Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter offer a powerful way to reach and engage with your audience. Social media marketing tools like Hootsuite, Buffer, and Sprout Social help you manage your social media presence, schedule posts, analyze performance, and run ads.

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising

PPC advertising involves paying for ads that appear in search engine results pages or on social media platforms. PPC tools like Google Ads, Bing Ads, and Facebook Ads Manager allow you to create and manage your ads, set budgets and targeting options, and track performance.

Influencer marketing

Influencer marketing involves partnering with social media influencers to promote your brand or product to their followers. Influencer marketing platforms like AspireIQ, Upfluence, and Influencer.co help you find and connect with influencers, manage campaigns, and track performance.

Build relationships with Influencers

Video marketing

Video marketing involves creating and sharing video content to promote your brand or product. Video marketing tools like Animoto, Wistia and InstantVidz help you create and edit videos, host and distribute them, and analyze performance.

Content marketing

Content marketing involves creating and sharing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience. Content marketing tools like HubSpot, CoSchedule, MediaCloud help you plan, create, and distribute content across multiple channels, measure performance, and optimize your strategy.

By understanding the different types of marketing tools available, you can choose the ones that best fit your business goals, budget, and audience. Combining multiple tools and strategies can help you create a comprehensive marketing plan that drives results and builds long-term success.

How to choose the right tools for your business

Choosing the right marketing tools for your business can be a challenging task, as there are many options available, each with their own unique features and benefits. Here are some tips to help you choose the right tools for your business:

Define your goals

Before you start evaluating different marketing tools, it’s essential to define your business goals and objectives. Are you looking to increase website traffic, generate leads, boost sales, or improve brand awareness? Knowing your goals will help you narrow down your options and choose the tools that align with your business needs.

Consider your budget

Marketing tools can vary in price, from free options to expensive enterprise-level solutions. Determine how much you’re willing to spend on marketing tools and prioritize those that fit within your budget. It’s also worth considering the potential return on investment (ROI) of each tool to help justify the cost.

Evaluate features

Each marketing tool offers different features and capabilities, so it’s essential to evaluate which ones align with your business goals. For example, if you’re looking to improve your website’s SEO, you’ll want a tool that offers keyword research, competitor analysis, and site audits. If you’re interested in social media marketing, you’ll want a tool that offers scheduling, analytics, and ad management.

Check user reviews

Reading user reviews can give you valuable insights into the effectiveness, usability, and reliability of different marketing tools. Look for reviews on trusted platforms like G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot, and pay attention to comments related to customer support, ease of use, and ROI.

Consider integrations

If you’re already using other tools or platforms for your business, it’s worth considering whether the marketing tools you’re evaluating integrate with them. Integration can save time and improve efficiency by streamlining workflows and data sharing.

Think Big Picture

Attempt to see the end game of what kind of platforms, programs and tools you will need when you are fully built out and operating your mature business. Generally we all start very small, and learn as we go. As we learn, we zig and zag to various resources.

In a perfect world, we would start off by buying everything we would want and need on day one. But that is not realistic for a lare majority of us. Knowing your desired end state of resources is helpful to avoid having redundancy, inefficiencies, and higher costs.

Some “all-in-one” type platforms can save you some headache and time. Think Groove and HighLevel. From and email perspecitve, GetResponse has added so many features, that they are approaching an all in one type classification.

By following these steps, you can evaluate and choose the right marketing tools for your business, helping you achieve your goals, and drive long-term success.

Tips for utilizing marketing tools to reach your target audience

Utilizing marketing tools can be a highly effective way to reach your target audience and achieve your business goals. Here are some tips for maximizing the impact of your marketing tools:

Know your target audience

Before you start using marketing tools, it’s essential to have a clear understanding of your target audience. This includes demographic information such as age, gender, location, interests, and purchasing behavior. Knowing this information will help you choose the right tools to reach your audience effectively.

Choose the right tools

There are many different marketing tools available, each with its unique features and capabilities. To reach your target audience effectively, you need to choose the right tools that align with your business goals and target audience. For example, if your target audience spends a lot of time on social media, you might want to use social media management tools to help you post content and track engagement.



Use data to drive decision-making

Many marketing tools offer analytics and reporting features that can help you track the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns. DataBox is a champion in this department. By analyzing this data, you can make data-driven decisions about which marketing tactics are working and which ones need to be improved or eliminated.

Personalize your marketing efforts

Personalization is essential for reaching your target audience effectively. Many marketing tools allow you to create personalized marketing messages that speak directly to your target audience’s interests and needs. By personalizing your marketing efforts, you can improve engagement and drive better results.

Automate where possible

Marketing automation tools, like HighLevel, can help you save time and improve efficiency by automating repetitive tasks like email campaigns, social media posts, and lead nurturing. By automating these tasks, you can free up time to focus on more strategic initiatives, like developing new marketing campaigns and improving your targeting.

Exploding sales with untapped marketing resources

One of the benefits of finding unknown marketing resources is that they can be highly effective in boosting sales. For example, by using influencer marketing to tap into new audiences, businesses can increase brand awareness and drive sales. Similarly, by leveraging underutilized features on social media platforms, businesses can reach new audiences and generate more leads.

To incorporate untapped marketing resources into your marketing strategy, it’s important to first identify which resources are the most effective for your business. By testing different channels and strategies, you can determine which resources are most effective and allocate your marketing budget accordingly.

Case studies of businesses that have successfully used untapped marketing resources

Case studies of businesses that have successfully used untapped marketing resources can provide valuable insights into how you can leverage underutilized channels and tools to improve your own marketing strategy and drive growth and sales. Here are a few examples:

GetResponse

GetResponse is an email marketing and automation platform that offers a range of features for businesses of all sizes. To reach new customers, the company leveraged an untapped marketing resource by partnering with podcasters. GetResponse went outside there normal channels by sponsoring a variety of podcasts, which helped the brand reach new audiences and build awareness. By leveraging the popularity of podcasts, GetResponse was able to effectively target its ideal customers and drive conversions.

Email marketing is a foundational to your marketing resources kit

Groove

Groove is a customer service and help desk software platform that helps businesses manage customer inquiries and support requests. To grow its brand, Groove leveraged content marketing as an untapped marketing resource. The company created a blog that focused on customer service and related topics, which helped attract new customers and build authority in the industry. By creating valuable content that resonated with its target audience, Groove was able to drive leads and conversions. Customer service ressonates with every buseinss.

Time Doctor

Time Doctor Time Doctor is a time tracking and productivity software that used unique marketing resources to differentiate itself from its competitors. They offer a free ebook called “Breaking the Time Barrier” that provided tips on how to increase productivity and manage time effectively. They’ve created a podcast called “Running Remote” that focused on the challenges of managing remote teams and provided insights from experts in the field. And they feature a whole libray of case studies of how various buseinsses have utilized Time Doctor with great success. These resources helped them attract a niche audience interested in productivity and remote work, which differentiats them from other time tracking software companies.

Mangools

Mangools is an SEO software platform that offers a suite of tools for businesses to improve their search engine rankings and drive traffic to their websites. To reach new customers, Mangools leveraged content marketing as an untapped marketing resource. The company created a blog that focused on SEO and related topics, which helped attract new customers and build authority in the industry. By creating valuable content as an expert in the field, this resonated with its target audience, Mangools positioning as an authority and field expert, drove leads, conversions and growth.

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Namecheap

Namecheap is a domain name registration and hosting platform that helps businesses get online quickly and easily. To reach new customers, Namecheap leveraged partnerships as an untapped marketing resource. The company partnered with a variety of influencers and bloggers in the tech and entrepreneurship spaces, which helped the brand reach new audiences and build credibility. By leveraging influencer marketing and partnerships, Namecheap established a built in crediblity with their target audience and was able to effectively growth conversions and improve their position within their niche.

Databox

Databox is a business analytics and reporting platform that helps businesses track key metrics and make data-driven decisions. To reach new customers, the company leveraged content marketing as an untapped marketing resource. Databox created a blog that focused on data and analytics, which helped attract new customers and build authority in the industry. By creating valuable content that took technical data and turned it into content that resonated with its target audience, Databox expanded their audience and grew membership.

Call Loop

Call Loop is a text message marketing platform that helps businesses reach customers through SMS messages. Text “profitnow” to (888) 850-1043. To reach new customers, the company leveraged webinars as an untapped marketing resource. Call Loop created a series of webinars that focused on SMS marketing and related topics, which helped attract new customers and build authority in the industry. These webinars resonated with their target audience and were very successful.

HighLevel

Marketing resources should include all in one platforms

HighLevel is a marketing automation platform that helps businesses manage their online presence and reach customers through a variety of channels. To reach new customers, the company leveraged community building as an untapped marketing resource. HighLevel created a community forum where users could share their experiences and best practices, which helped build a sense of community and foster engagement. By building a community around its product, HighLevel has been able to increase engagement which forms the basis for further growth.

Tips for incorporating untapped marketing resources into your marketing strategy

Incorporating untapped marketing resources into your marketing strategy can help you gain a competitive edge, reach new audiences, and ultimately boost your sales. Here are some tips to help you get started:

Start small

Begin by identifying one or two untapped marketing resources that you think could be a good fit for your business. Focus on building a strong foundation for your marketing strategy before expanding to other resources.

Do your research

Take the time to research different untapped marketing resources and learn how they work. Look for case studies and success stories to see how other businesses have used these resources to their advantage.

Develop a plan

Once you’ve identified the untapped marketing resources you want to use, develop a plan for how you’ll incorporate them into your overall marketing strategy. Be specific about your goals, target audience, and messaging.

Be creative

Untapped marketing resources often require creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. Don’t be afraid to try new things and experiment with different strategies to see what works best for your business.

Be creative and sniff out unique content. If all else fails, fall back to a loveable wet nose!
Be creative and sniff out unique content. If all else fails, fall back to a loveable wet nose!

Measure your results

As with any marketing strategy, it’s important to measure the success of your efforts. Use analytics tools to track your results and adjust your approach as needed.

Marketing Resources For Low Cost

The follow are products and programs that are available for free or a low, one time cost. None of these have a monthly subscription fee, which is a huge money saver.

Tracking program

When selecting a tracking program, look for one that offers robust analytics and reporting capabilities. This will allow you to track the performance of your marketing campaigns and make data-driven decisions about where to allocate your resources. Additionally, always use A/B testing to optimize your campaigns and improve your conversion rates. I use this platform which offers a free option or upgrade to unlimited for a very low, one-time fee. Compare to other similar monthly subscriptions, I save $348 every year.

Dream Big
Dream Big. Follow Your Dreams.

Graphics and design program

A good graphics and design program should be easy to use and offer a wide range of templates, tools, and resources. When choosing a program, look for one that offers customization options and allows you to create professional-looking designs that align with your brand identity. Also, consider using user-generated content and crowdsourcing platforms to get more design ideas and input from your audience. Here is a high-quality graphics program, with a ton of features, content, templates, etc. for a single, one-time low-cost fee. Well worth the investment for less than a burger at McDonalds.

SEO program

Search engine optimization (SEO) is critical for improving your website’s visibility and driving organic traffic. When selecting an SEO program, look for one that offers keyword research tools, on-page optimization, and link building capabilities. Additionally, make sure the program stays up-to-date with the latest algorithm updates from search engines like Google. This is a single, one time fee cost option for a very solid SEO program.

Social media programs

Social Media Marketing programs and platforms are plentiful. In fact, they are so many that it makes it difficult to find quality programs or tools, especially when searching for low costs. The following are all low-cost, quality tools. And by low-cost, I mean less than a pizza. And no monthly fees. Just the one-time payment.

Here is a list of programs for advertising on social media. Each of these are low-cost, quality programs. Instagram Advertising Program, a Facebook Advertising Program, a Facbook Group Advertising Program , both Facebook and Instagram Advertising, and a Pinterest Advertising Program.

Instagram Advertising added to the marketing resources tool kit

AI ChatGPT

It’s all the rage now. ChatGPT is the tsunami taking the internet by storm! It’s capabilites are truly amazing and endless, and will change our lives as we know it in my opinion. And no, I don’t belive I am exaggerating a bit. I’m sure your familar ChatGPT unless you have been living under a rock.

So let’s start with learning. There is a lot of information available on the internet. But, as with any internet content, some is very good and some not so good.

And to be clear, since this is the new rage, there are a lot of sales pitches flying about with varoious programs or tools about AI. But beware, as much of it is nothing more than hype and sales jargin to push offers that may not even have anything to do with AI.

But here is an entire set of ChatGPT courses that cover a substantial amount of quality learning. Likely more learning material than most may be interested in.

AI Trace should be include in every marketing resources tool kit
AI Trace Package is a complete set for serious ChatGPT marketers

An AI Trace program can help you analyze customer behavior and make data-driven decisions about your marketing strategy. When selecting an AI Trace program, look for one that offers real-time insights, automated reporting, and predictive analytics. Additionally, using AI algorithms to help create content and improve your targeting and personalization efforts.

Video creation program

Video content is becoming increasingly important for marketing, so it’s important to have a good video creation program. When selecting a program, look for one that offers a variety of editing tools, templates, and special effects. Additionally, make sure the program is compatible with different video hosting platforms like YouTube and Vimeo. Here is a quality, low-cost video program for a one-time fee. And speaking of creating unique content that sets you apart, here is a cartoon video creation program, also for a low, one-time fee.

Giveaway programs

Giveaways can be an effective way to generate buzz and attract new customers. When running a giveaway program, make sure you have clear rules and guidelines in place, and consider using a third-party platform to manage the process. Additionally, consider partnering with other businesses or influencers in your industry to expand your reach and attract a larger audience. This program provides high-quality giveaways weekly at no cost.

And this is the point where I put a shameless plug in for my own storefront in providing quality giveaways. You will find some very good value freebies here at davesethagency.com

Freemium platform

Freemium Platforms provide a service, tool or training for no cost, with additional useage, upgrades, or products for a fee. The free components help bring attract the audience and secure leads

Here are 5 platforms using the freemium model, with a “backdoor” access. Normally these are paid memberships, but I was able to negotiate and secure a backdoor pass for my readers. Traffic Generation, Membership Marketing Profits,, Affiliate Marketing Profits, Copywriting Profits, and Web Profits. So you’ll have free accss to the first level of each site. You may also note the upgrades that provide you reseller rights of the products, which is the fatest way for you to launch new products as your own.

Traffic generation platform

Traffic platforms should include user-friendly interface and dashboard, advanced targeting options, such as geolocation or language targeting, and ad tracking and conversion optimization tools. This platform also includes valuable traffic education, courses, tutorials and videos about various traffic sources at no cost. There are also some unique, specifc function type tools such as this engagement program to entice your audience to sign up to your lists.

Related to traffic is this leads platform that engages your audience. Grow your email list, website traffic, and social media followers with viral giveaways & contests. No monthly subscription, just a one time fee

A Specific Niche Example

And as you get more indepth with searching in specifc niche’s you may come across more specifc related programs or tools. As an example, this is a program to create QR menus for restaurants. It’s an impressive little program if you have an audience who this may beneift. This is an entire package that makes it east to sell to restaurants. Great little business platform for less than a pizza!

RestaurantQR is a digital menu system for restaurants, bars & cafes.

By using low-cost and no-cost resources in your business and marketing strategies, you can save on expenses and allocate more of your revenues towards growing and advertising, or whatever your needs dictate. Saving on upfront purchase of programs and platfoms, and monthly subscription fees, goes a long ways to helping your business run more efficiently and ultimately increases your profitability.

Additionally, by using untapped marketing resources, you may find some success in channels or platforms that aren’t so croweded or already been beat to death with advertising. Lastely, these low cost resources allow you to venture into new areas and reach new customers who were previously out of reach due to budget constraints.

Tips and tricks for discovering new marketing channels

In today’s competitive market, it is essential to have a diversified marketing strategy to reach a wider audience and stand out from the competition. One of the most effective ways to do this is by discovering and utilizing new marketing channels. These channels can help you reach a new set of customers and increase your brand awareness.

To find new marketing channels, you need to conduct market research and identify your target audience’s interests and behavior. You can also analyze your competitors’ marketing strategies and identify the channels they use to reach their audience. It is essential to stay up-to-date with the latest marketing trends and technologies, including social media platforms, search engines, and emerging digital marketing channels. In this article, we will discuss some tips and tricks for discovering new marketing channels to help you stay ahead of the competition.

Examples of businesses that have successfully discovered new marketing channels

Here are some examples of businesses that have successfully discovered new marketing channels. These businesses have successfully expanded into additional marketing channels that they had previously not utilized, or had utilize only at a lesser extent.

They have all had success by using a combination of different strategies, including partnering with other businesses, leveraging the power of social media and influencer marketing, and using email marketing, SEO, and content marketing to drive traffic to their website.

TrafficBuildr

TrafficBuildr is an online marketing platform that specializes in helping businesses generate more traffic and leads. They have successfully discovered new marketing channels by partnering with other businesses to cross-prmote their products and services. They have also grown their social media marketing and influencer marketing to expand their reach.

$5 Dollar Store

The $5 Dollar Store is an internet marketing resource stores that offers quality tools, programs and platforms for $5. They have successfully discovered new marketing channels by leveraging the power of email and social media marketing. They also use and realy heavily on SEO and content marketing to drive traffic to their website.

Astra

Astra (Brainstorm) has multiple web products such as Ultimate Addons for Elementor, Beaver Builder, ConvertPro, SchemaPro, and others. Besides these products, they contribute in many open source projects. company that helps businesses improve their operations and increase profitability.

Astra has successfully expanded marketing channels by leveraging the power of email marketing and content marketing and partnerships. Their free forever platforms are a great value for partners to promote. They have also used social media marketing and referral marketing to expand their reach.

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GumRoad

GumRoad is an online marketplace for creators to sell their digital products directly to consumers. They have successfully created new marketing channels by partnering with other creators to cross-promote their products. GumRoad also uses influencer marketing and social media marketing to connect with their target audience.

PartnerStack

PartnerStack is a platform to help businesses create and manage their partner programs. They have utilized new arketing channels by leveraging the power of email marketing and content marketing. Additionally Partnerstack has had great success with expansion of their social media marketing and referral marketing to expand their reach.

Canva

Canva is a well known graphic design platform that allows users to create professional-looking designs without any design experience. Canva has had great success with expanded marketing channels by partnering with other businesses to offer Canva as a value-add to their customers.

Canva’s free tools and resources is the primary driver for attracting customers. Other businesses jumped on board to offer free, value-added servces for their cusotmers. They have also used influencer marketing and social media marketing to connect with their target audience. Ultimately they convert a large amount of the traffic using free resoruces into paid subscriptions.

TweetHunter

TweetHunter is a social media marketing tool that helps businesses find and engage with their target audience on Twitter. TweetHunter mamimizes and leverages the power of SEO and content marketing. Of course their mainstay has been social media marketing, with more recent growth into referral marketing.

TrafficG

TrafficG is a traffic exchange platform that allows businesses to exchange traffic with other businesses. They have successfully discovered new marketing channels by leveraging the power of email marketing and content marketing. Additionally, TrafficG has expanded use of social media marketing.

By experimenting with different strategies and exploring opportunities, each of these businesses have been able find new ways to reach new audiences and grow their brand and business. Don’t expend all of your resources and efforts into one channel. Diversify by continually testing new channels.

Tips for incorporating new marketing channels into your marketing strategy

Incorporating new marketing channels into your strategy can be a game-changer for your business. To make the most of these channels, follow these tips:

Define your target audience

Understanding your audience is essential when it comes to identifying new marketing channels. A thorough and complete understanding of your audience is a core foundation component for any online busienss. Take time to research your target audience and learn where they spend their time online. This should be an ongoing process in any online marketing plan.

Test new channel

You will want to try new channels, but will need to test them first. Start with a small budget and track the results to see if it’s worth investing more resources.

Analyze the data

Once you’ve tested a new channel, analyze the data to see how it’s performing. Look at metrics such as engagement rates, click-through rates, and conversions and perform and overall assesment of the channel performance.

Data Box Analytics
Data Box is an incredible tool for monitoring, measuring, tracking, and analyzing.

Optimize your approach

Based on your analysis, optimize your approach in this new channel. Make adjustments to your strategy, content, or targeting to improve your results. It’s a process. Approach it as such and adjust and improve as needed. In some circumstances, you may not find the success you need, so don’t be afraid to pull the plug and realocate resources to a new channel.

Affiliate marketing activites

If you’re an affiliate marketer, incorporating new marketing channel trials is a must. There is not a one-size fits all. Affiliate marketing is particularly persnickity when it comes to what works and what doesn’t, with a lot of annomaloies. So exploring and testing new marketing channels is crucial for success.

For example, John Crestani’s affiliate program training has a strong focus on social media and video marketing. But with any well run program, standard procedure is through A/B testing for performance and engagement. Further, they incorproate exploration of other marketing channels as a standard, ongoing process.

Similarly, The Easiest System Ever, with the “Daily Commission Blueprint“, offers a comprehensive training program for affiliates to explore new channels. So my point is that in order to find success, you must continually explore and test various marketing channels. And within that channel, A/B test your content, images, and titles with various versions for each.

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A/B Testing

It is not uncommon, as a standard, to test 3 images, 3 titles, and 3 script copies for each set of ads. Then the best performing ad goes on to another round of testing, with 2 similar to the “advanced ad”. Thus you have 3x3x3 tested for response again. I have done performed this exact strategy on several platforms to finally optomize on ads that convert well with a spend limit in a range that is afforable. Testing is a must, so you need to embrace it, learn it, and use it to be successful.

Hint:

When it comes to affiliate marketing, testing and analyzing new channels are necessary and will make the difference between success and failure. Once you find success, don’t expect it to work for every product or program, and don’t count on it to last forever.

Continue, on an ongoing basis, to search out new opportunites on other platforms or channels to promote your offers and test different approaches to see what works and what does not.

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Test and Track, Track and Test, davesethagency.com

And always, always track your results so you aren’t trying to operate blindfolded. You must know what works AND even more importantly, what does not. Then you can optimize your strategies, resources and funds to improve overall performance. And yes, that was 2 “always” on purpose, from the Redundancy Department, Department of Redundancy. Tracking is that important!

Staying ahead of the competition with unique marketing resources

In today’s competitive market, it’s essential to stay ahead of the competition to maintain your business’s growth and success. One way to do this is by utilizing unique marketing resources that differentiate your business from the rest. By tapping into new marketing channels and using unconventional marketing strategies, you can reach a wider audience and stand out in your industry.

How to use unique marketing resources to differentiate your business

Using unique marketing resources can help your business stand out from competitors and differentiate your brand. Here are some strategies to make the most of these resources:

Identify your unique selling proposition

Before you can effectively differentiate your business, you need to identify what makes your product or service unique. Consider what sets you apart from competitors, such as your unique features, pricing strategy, or customer service.

Go unique to drive engagement
Or you can just go totally unique like Kirby Jenner!

Research new marketing channels

Look beyond traditional marketing channels and research new opportunities that align with your brand and target audience. Consider emerging social media platforms, influencer partnerships, and niche communities that can help you reach your target audience in a new and unique way.

Create unique content

Develop content that is original, informative, and engaging to capture the attention of your target audience. Utilize visual content like infographics and videos to make a lasting impression. With all the various tools available today, it is eaiser to create your own customized content, to fit your specifc needs with one-of a kind, unique content and branding.

Unique content is a tramendous pull within your marketing resources
Get Unique Content

Leverage customer feedback

Your customers can be a valuable resource in identifying unique marketing opportunities. Monitor customer feedback and identify areas where you can improve your product or service. Use this feedback to create unique marketing campaigns that speak to your customers’ needs and preferences. Take a que from cusotmer’s providing posive feed back, likes, and shares. Not all customers are the same, but if you are getting postive feedback, consider leverage it.

Take calculated risks

Don’t be afraid to take calculated risks when it comes to marketing. Try new strategies and tactics that are aligned with your brand values and goals. Test the waters with a small budget and track the results to see if it’s worth investing more resources.

Smart savings

Invest in programs and platforms available with single fees instead of monthly subscriptions. These single fee opportunites can save hundreds and even thousand of dollars per year, Invest this saving right back into your business to explore different marketing channels. This is a great way to smartly reduce ongoing expenses on valuable programs requreid to operate your business, and leveraging to grow your business. Say goodbye to monthly subscriptions!

Hint:

One very effective way to differentiate your business is by focusing on customer experience. Go above and beyond to provide exceptional service, and create an emotional connection with your customers. This concept is not new, and surely should not be unique. But the unique part of it can be how you approach it.

This can be done through personalized marketing campaigns, offering loyalty programs or special discounts, and of course – providing exceptional customer support.

Giving away valuable freebies or complementary products is always a good option as long as they are of good quality. By focusing on creating a unique customer experience, you can differentiate your business and build a loyal customer base.

Examples of business successful implementation of unique marketing resources

Many businesses have successfully used unique marketing resources to differentiate themselves from their competitors and stand out in their industry. Here are a few examples:

ConversioBot

ConversioBot is a chatbot software that stands out in the crowded chatbot market with their unique approach. They offer free chatbot training that engages users, while helping them learn how to create effective chatbots for their businesses. They utilize a unique onboarding experience for new users that includs a personalized chatbot that walks them through the setup process.

These resources help ConversioBot show users that chat bots aren’t really as complex, or scary as they may have feared. This helps overcome fears and perceptions that ConversioBot is “too techy” or complicated to set-up, implement or use.

By breaking down this barier, it has helpd ConversioBot to attract a larger audience and differentiate themselves as a company that provids both the software and the knowledge needed to create effective chatbots, so easy that basically anyone can do it. This has been a very successful strategy for ConversioBot.

ConversioBot, Bots made easy for newbies!

Sqribble

Sqribble is an ebook creation software that uses unique marketing resources with a broad offering of customizable templates and designs, making it easy for users to create professional-looking ebooks without any design experience.

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They created a free ebook called “Creating Killer eBooks in 5 Simple Steps” that provided tips on how to create effective ebooks, all folowing the concept of easy to do and quick to complete.

“Ease and Simplicity” go a long way with any audience and has helped Sqribble reach incredible subscription rates and growth. And yes, this is an incredibly easy and simple platform that anyone can master and be supper efficient with, pumping out high-quality, customized, branded content!

Sqribble is an incredible tool for creating your own amazing premium content!

Teachable

Teachable is an online course creation platform that leveraged unique marketing resources to differentiate itself from other course creation platforms with the Teacheable University.

The University includes a broad range of resources and tools to help users learn the platform, and create and sell online courses. Additionally, they provide more robust coupon and upsell functionality than others, which helps set them apart. And their blog provides insights and advice, tips and educational insights.

Training, education and learning are all good offerings that provide stickiness through additioanl value.

Aweber

Aweber is an email marketing software that uses a blog that focuses on providing tips and insights on how to create effective email marketing campaigns and they offer a range of customizable templates and designs to help users create professional-looking emails that are highly customizeable and brandable.

Additionally, they provide a lot of free resources such as email marketing guides and webinars to help users learn. Some users would prefer to “watch” a webinar or video, rather than read. Aweber realized this early on has capatallized on this finding of their audience.

Easiest System Ever

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is a checkout software that uses a similar approach to differentiate itself from other checkout software companies. Their blog provids tips and insights on how to create effective checkout pages that convert and they provide customizable templates and designs to help users create professional-looking checkout pages.

They cater to affiliate marketers and users, through the set up of their program on the ThriveCart plarform. Again, this all ties back to making it easier for your audience to see themselves using your content, program or platform.

Closing Thoughts for staying ahead of the competition

And all by utilizing unique marketing resources

In order to stay ahead of the competition, it is important to constantly be on the lookout for new and unique marketing resources that can set your business apart. The world continues to evelove, and you need to evolve with it, or get left behind. Here are some tips for finding and utilizing these resources:

Stay informed

Make it a priority to stay informed about new marketing trends, technologies, and strategies. Attend industry events, read industry publications, and follow relevant blogs and social media accounts.

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Research your competition

Study what your competitors are doing in terms of marketing and advertising, and look for ways to differentiate yourself from them. Identify their strengths and weaknesses, and use that information to your advantage.

Experiment

Don’t be afraid to try new things and take calculated risks with your marketing. Test out different strategies and channels, and be willing to pivot if something isn’t working.

Collaborate

Look for opportunities to collaborate with other businesses or individuals in your industry. Partnering with others can help you reach new audiences and gain exposure.

Leverage technology

Keep up with the latest marketing technologies and tools, and use them to your advantage. Automation, artificial intelligence, and data analytics can all help you optimize your marketing efforts and stay ahead of the curve.

And no article would be complete without the latest earth-shattering technology of ChatGPT. AI is changing everything on the internet, and you must learn and stay up to date.

Don’t be afraid to think outside the box and try unconventional marketing tactics. Sometimes the most effective marketing strategies are the ones that are unexpected and unique. Experiment with different approaches and see what works best for your business.

To your success!

Dave

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How To Master 10 Marketing Rules That Maximize Engagement

Maximize engagement with these 10 marketing rules to entice traffic, build followers, grow your lists and improve sales conversations.

The following 10 rules aren’t all the typical direction that you would expect to see in a list together. Some rules are more basic in nature, but are worth focusing on for key steps. Other rules are a bit less utilized or understood. Pay close attention to detail and find value, or rather force yourself to create value, in everything you do.

Creating value for your readers or customers is the number one, best thing you can do, no matter what your business or internet marketing venture is. I try to provide some solid gold nuggets of value to keep readers engaged and wanting to come back for more.

Value offering #1

My first value offering is complimentary gift package of 24 tools and resources. Here are some great high-quality internet marketing tools and programs being provided for free each and every week. This is a treasure chest of 24 quality “no cost” gifts. Scroll down the page and click the “Weekly Giveaways” gifts package. No joke! These are yours for the taking to use however you like. And the best news is that each week we update them to 24 new complementary gifts.

Weekly Giveaways help maximize engagement
Weekly Giveaways offers high-quality marketing tools

Now let’s get to those 10 Marketing Rules to master.

1: Sell it First, Build it Second

New and old marketers alike waste time and energy building products that no one wants to buy. I’ve done this myself. You think you know what your audience wants, and we have visions of massive sales of the ultimate product.

But the audience never asked for it. They don’t have the same vision as you. They don’t need it like you thought they would.

You can avoid wasted time and rejection by selling your new product before you ever build it.

Let’s say you want to create a course.

The usual route is to spend two solid weeks building the course and getting it ready to put out into the world.

Whoops – no sales.

Instead, you outline not just one, but 5 different courses. You build a sales page for each, you send traffic to each of the 5, and here’s what happens:

  • Course 1: No sales
  • Course 2: 3 Sales
  • Course 3: No Sales
  • Course 4: 1 Sale
  • Course 5: 12 Sales

Now tell me which course you’re going to create?

You can refund the sales for Courses 2 and 4, letting the buyers know you may do this in the future and thanking them profusely. You might also mention Course 5, which will go live in 10 days.

You get busy and you build the course. You use feedback from your first customers to improve it and make it even better. You refine the sales page and begin sending massive traffic to it, making massive sales.

Success!

Had you simply created Course #1, you would have wasted your time.

If you had gone through the list and created each course in turn, you would’ve found some success with Course #2 and perhaps never moved on to Course #5. Or if you had persevered, it would have taken you 5 courses to get to the true blockbuster that makes the sales that pays for your new house.

Sell your thing first and be ready to build it fast if it turns out to be a winner. This applies not just to courses, but also books, SaaS products, subscriptions and any other product you want to make.

Just a word of caution though….

Maximize Engagement through vigilence with customers
Always be vigilant with cusotmer communications and perceptions. Don’t be this guy!

Be careful in how you approach this strategy, and very mindful of your communications with your customers. You don’t want to do anything to harm your reputation.

2: Maximize Engagement by Getting Rid of Conversion Distractions

Your page has a goal – what is it? To get the reader to subscribe? Join a free training? Click a link? Buy a product? Join you on social media?

You’ve got to keep them on your page long enough to accomplish the task you set out for them.

If you want to get their email address, then the only option you give them is to fill out the form. You don’t place your social media icons on the page, or a link to your blog, or a promotion for your product.

Give them one option – the option you choose – and then don’t give them anything else to do but that one option.

Chicken! My regular readers are accustomed to me posting a picture of a surprised squirrel at this point whenever I talk about distractions. I am easily distracted, and usually shout “squirrel”. Well, I thought I would shake it up a bit. And you gotta’ admit, this fine struttin’ chicken is quite distracting as well.

3: Make Each Sentence Count

People get distracted easily.

If you have an ambiguous sentence, a repetitive paragraph, a boring description or anything else that is difficult to slog through, you’ll lose your reader.

The purpose of each sentence is to get them to read the next sentence.

And while you cannot please all the people all the time, neither can you keep the attention of everyone all the time, but you can try.

The secret weapon to keeping people reading is editing.

Massive editing.

If it’s boring, fix it or remove it.

If it’s confusing, rewrite it.

If you need help, get a professional.

One professional editor can make you a lot of money if used correctly.

One more thing… when you first start out, you might be in love with what you’re written.

Get over it.

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your writing is remove a portion of it so that the rest of it can shine.

And sorry, I must apologize, as this is not one of my strengths. Often I am long winded, and way too wordy. Just down right loquacious at times. I will try harder.

4: Use REAL Scarcity to Maxiize Engagement

“THIS SALE ENDS IN 5 MINUTES!”

Yeah. Right.

Scarcity is an awesome selling tool if you don’t abuse it. People are savvy. They know when you’re high pressuring them and they don’t like it.

What you want is real scarcity, such as these examples:

“Bonus: Free one-on-one consulting for the first 22 buyers. I simply don’t have time to handle more than that.”

“Sale ends Sunday night at 9pm. No exceptions. Do not email me Monday morning and ask for the sales price because you won’t get it.”

“Only 5 days left in 2023 to make your tax-deductible donation.”

“Delay and you will miss what might be the best investment opportunity of the decade.”

“If you want to enjoy this benefit 5 days from now, then you’ll have to act immediately.”

Now here is a real scarcity offer….

Value offering #2

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And honestly there is scarcity to this offering. Once we reach server capacity for this offering, we will stop accepting members, and evaluate the cost-benefits of adding additional space. Generally speaking, additional cost require additional fees….. i.e. no longer free.

5: Maximize Engagement by Selling Happy Products, Too

As marketers we’re taught to focus on the customers’ pain and provide a solution to that pain.

But do you know what else sells?

Happiness.

People buy things to fix their problems, but they also buy stuff that makes them happy.

If it makes sense, add some happiness marketing to your products. It’s been working for McDonald’s Happy Meals for decades.

6: Don’t Stop Building

You’ve got one product sold through one channel to one group of customers.

That’s not a business; that’s a start.

Keep going by adding new products, advertising in new places, targeting new customers and more.

Amazon started as an online bookseller. Then they added CD’s and movies. Then they added more and more products as well as more and more services.

You don’t have to be another Amazon, but you do need to keep growing your business if you want long term success.

And speaking of growing, I wanted to point out that our new store agency just recently launched. We used the 80-20 rule….

Well, maybe it is more like the 60-40 rule. The foundation and framing is complete with a few offerings, but it is very basic at this time. Check out Dave Seth Agency at davesethagency.com for our giveaways. We are really excited to finally get to this point, and have a ton of offerings in the works.

But please know, we are still setting up the site so some is under construction or not built out yet. This is another thing we have learned throughout the years. You can wait to have everything perfect. Or even really good. Maybe we jumped the gun at 60-40, but we were anxious to get started.

So please excuse the construction, and components yet to be developed. But we still hope you will visit us none the less. And also please know that we will be adding offerings and giveaways every week going forward, so check back often

7: Fail Often and Broadcast It

Show me someone who hasn’t failed and I’ll show you someone who hasn’t accomplishing anything.

When you fail, go ahead and broadcast it to your audience. “You’re not going to believe the bone-headed thing I just did.” Tell them the story to let them know you are human, you are vulnerable and like everyone else, you are learning. People can relate to problems. Show that you can laugh at yourself, and your audience will become loyal followers.

Then go out and try something else. The more you do, the more successes (and failures) you will have.

And remember, if you take a running leap at your next goal and you fall a little short, that’s not failure – it’s progress.

One of my primary failures was related to buying or subscribing to too many products or programs that I needed for my business. Had I done my homework better, I would have found quality alternatives for a fraction of the costs. For example…

Value Offering #3

I was paying a pretty hefty monthly subscription fee for an SEO program. After all, if your serious about marketing, you’re going to need SEO. You know, key word research, analysis of websites, articles and monitoring your own site right? Plus a whole lot more. This special offering will get you a high-quality SEO program for a single, one-time, small payment. Avoid SEO monthly subscription fees forever. Invest those dollars back into your business and grow that much faster!

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8: Make a Few Enemies

Have you ever noticed how Pepsi takes shots at Coca-Cola with their marketing? They don’t care what Coke thinks, they care about creating a tribe with their customers. Nothing unites people faster than a common enemy, and that enemy doesn’t even have to be another person or product.

It could be a cause such as hunger, poverty, climate change, mistreatment of animals, etc. Choose something to be against. Take a firm stance on something that reflects your customers’ values and your core ideals.

There are just two things you really must remain totally neutral about in your marketing, and that’s politics and religion. Unless you write a religious newsletter or you’re shilling for a political party, stay far away from these topics.

I know of one marketer who routinely insults half the population of the U.S. because she believes a certain ex-president is god and everyone in the other political party are demonic. While this marketer makes a comfortable living, I’m guessing her income would be 2 to 3 times as much if she didn’t alienate such a large number of people.

Value Offering #4

Now I’m not going after Pepsi or Coke for my next value offering. Beverages are not my niche. But what is in the internet marketing niche, and crucial for all business owners to know and understand, is the value of tracking. Tracking is a must in order to measure performance and know what works, and more importantly what doesn’t.

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And the tracking value proposition I have for you is available for free for a limited time. During our launch period, clicktrakr is available free of cost, or for a single, one-time payment of $15, (which is less than bitly’s $29 monthly subscription fee). This paid option is for a comparable “unlimited” option. If you are paying a monthly subscription for any tracking program, or if your “free for a period of time” has run out, check out all the features you get for a single one-time payment of $15. Then kiss monthly subscription payments for tracking goodbye.

9: Shake It Up

If you’ve been in a long term relationship, you know that after awhile things can become stale. There are no more surprises and while you love your partner, you’re more bored than excited by the relationship.

The same thing happens between marketers and their customers.

Try changing things up by using a different spokesperson for your brand. For example, instead of the emails or your blog coming from you this week, what if they came from your assistant, your employee or even your dog?

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Write your next email or blog from an entirely different perspective to recapture your followers’ attention and create excitement with something new. Maybe next week, Jerry will write my blog!

10: Become a Cheerleader to Maximize Engagement

Send out a message every now and then that sells your subscribers on themselves. Tell them why they are awesome, that you believe in them, that they can do this next big thing they are attempting, or even that you love them.

Sending out these little love letters for no reason other than to bolster your subscribers’ outlook on the day and on themselves can go a long way towards relationship building.

And you will love some of the responses you get, such as, “Thanks, I really needed to hear this today!’

Sending out little ‘love letters’ to your subscribers will remind them that you are more than your products or your brand – you’re human.

And providing a free goodie sure doesn’t hurt either!

Value offering #5

This is the last value offering of the day and of this article. davesethagency.com is all about providing high-quality tools and resources to help internet marketers stop the bleeding from monthly expenses. So we will close with a freebie that aids with advertising on Instagram. If your not advertising on Instagram, then you need to. And you can get started here for free. Yep, it will cost you exactly $0.

That’s all for this week. I hope this unique take on mastering these marketing rules will help you to maximize engagement. Be creative and have fun. Sometimes I am concerned that my quirky style and goofy attempts at humor will turn people away. But I guess that is ok. Same in everyday life too right? We are who we are, and must be true to ourselves.

Until next time, I wish you success!

Dave

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What is the best affiliate marketing program for passive income?

One of the best affiliate marketing programs for passive incomes is a high-quality membership sites. Membership subscriptions provide reoccurring revenue streams and are a proven model that continues to dominate the market with service providers, retailers, and online marketing programs.


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updated 5/18/2023

Passive Income Lifestyle: Here is the Secret Sauce

It’s February, are you on the fast track to reach your Passive Income Lifestyle? Or has life already gotten in the way, and derailed your goals and plans?

Don’t worry, you’re not alone… And there’s still time to take a step back, breathe, reorganize, and still achieve your goals. Be it business related, health or wellness. 

Here’s a real world example of how I got behind and had to walk through the steps above. 

I had a meeting last week with a business partner who is collaborating on a project with me.

We outlined a new concept for a passive income product we want to offer, who we wanted to offer it to, and even chose dates for all the course training.

Then we did what you’re supposed to do. We took action on items that we could and got what we saw as the first step out of the way: we wrote the basic sales copy for the product.

And last, we planned out the next steps in the process and parted ways to get busy “making this happen.”

And then a week goes by…

Nothing else has gotten done. Our passive income project was stalled.

Why did it stall?

Simple. Though we made great to-do list of all the items we need to get done, we missed a crucial step.

And it was one that could have derailed the entire project if we hadn’t caught it soon enough (we still have to postpone the training by a week, but that’s fixable).

What step did we miss?

We didn’t put solid deadlines to our actions.

We assumed the action items would get done.

Then the inevitable happened… life and all the other business stuff got in the way… and very little else was accomplished.

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Good intentions don’t get your projects done or ring the cash register.

DEADLINES placed on each action get projects done.

Deadlines can be dates. Of if you want to get more specific, deadlines can be a time of day… or both! (I like deadlines like “by noon Tuesday” or “by close of business Friday” or “2:00 Monday!”)

So one of my favorites is “close of business Friday”. Why? Because a definite deadline gives you a fixed point in time to take a specific action and accomplish a concrete step toward your goal or outcome. And by COB on Friday, everyone clearly knows it has to be completed THIS week!

It might sound elementary, but by gosh, no matter how accomplished and competent you are, if you skip the basics, you won’t get the results you want.

By the way…

My partner and I have a meeting scheduled for Friday at noon to get deadlines set for our to-do list.

I guess it’s better late than never, right?

So the next time you have a project that’s not getting done, do this:

1. Break it down into concrete action steps
2. Put them in order
3. Decide who is doing which step and assign it
4. Put a deadline (day, time, or both) on each action
5. Git ‘er done!

These 5 steps will help you get any project done, on time.

Everything can be broken down to a formula. Success is something anyone can achieve. It’s just about doing the right things in the right order.

Following these steps will help you accomplish your goals and reach success. Do you have actionable goals and deadlines to reach your passive income lifestyle dreams? Any successful online marketing program needs to incorporate Passive Income Streams.

So in my experience and opinion, a passive income stream should be a priority component in any online marketing model.

The Secret Sauce to a Passive Income Lifestyle

Now don’t get me wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong with individual sales. I have many products and programs that are a single sale, or even a funnel of multiple sales. But once the customer buys, then they are done. So sales are great. Nobody can argue when you make sales.

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But the secret sauce to a passive income lifestyle is….

a well-designed program that has reoccurring revenue.

Too often people overlook one of the very most important factors of a Passive Income Stream. Once you have done all the work and set the stream in motion, it is continual. It’s an automated system that keeps on generating income. You just have to maintain it, care for it and feed it.

Now my readers know that my primary focus and passion, (and frankly my primary income sources), are from passive income streams. And my favorite passive income stream is a high-quality membership site!

Here are resources to learn more about membership sites, and how you can get a branded as your own site to market. This is a short-cut, fast start option, that is super easy, and all done for you, (DFY). You will not find a simpler, faster, membership site option to get you started with passive income cash flows.

Once you have cash flow coming in, then you can reinvest and scale.

Oh yes, and remember to set solid deadlines! Take the bull by the horns. Take action now and set deadlines to accomplish your goals. Accomplish your goals, and land squarely on the path of Passive Income Streams to the Lifestyle you desire!

Oh, and before I forget… Here is a super easy program that my partner and I just completed updating with some incredible new features that will save even more time and add more productivity to your passive income business model.

To Your Success!

Dave

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What are the best affiliate marketing programs for passive income?

One of the best affiliate marketing programs for passive incomes are high-quality membership sites. Membership subscriptions provide reoccurring revenue streams and are a proven model that has not only stood the test of time, but is expanding through many service providers, retailers, and online marketing programs.

What is the best affiliate program for passive income memberships?

I recommend Groove as the best All-in-One platform to create a membership site. Groove is the best all-around platform that has everything you need, and more, to create, develop, and operate your very own branded membership site. See all the features they offer for free.

What is the best way to set up a membership site to make passive income?

If you’re looking for a “done for you,” (DFY) membership site, here are 10 membership sites that you can purchase a resellers license. Brand as your own and have your own membership site up and running in 7 days.

Updated 3/23/2023

A Comprehensive Blueprint: How To Make Passive Income Streams

Passive income streams are only limited by the “now.” Once in place, everything is smooth sailing. A comprehensive blueprint: how to make passive income stream

There’s nothing better than passive income. Once you build your income streams, they can go on for months and months. And when done right, these channels can continue to make you money for years to come. Passive income streams are your doorway to the lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of.

Imagine just how much a solid and reliable source of passive income could ultimately change your life. Start out with a couple $1,000 extra on autopilot per month… then grow from there.

You’d finally be able to live the dream lifestyle where you can enjoy time with family and friends while maintaining a viable and consistent source of income.

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Secure the lifestyle you want with Passive Income Streams

Exciting, right? 

So, the next question on your mind is…

How can I start building residual, ongoing, passive income streams?

That’s what this blueprint is all about.

I’ll show you exactly how you can start generating passive income from some of the best hands-free money-making opportunities. 

These passive income streams are based on proven, working strategies that have been responsible for generating thousands of dollars a month.  

Stick with me. I’ll lead you through a lot of different models and options and provide some shortcuts, tips and tricks along the way.

So, without further delay, let’s begin!

Let’s jump right into it by taking a closer look at two of the easiest ways of creating passive income online.

Passive Income Streams #1: Membership Sites

Passive Income from Membership Sites
Memberships are the #1 Passive Income Model

I know what you’re probably thinking…

Membership sites require monthly updates so how can it truly be a source of passive income?

The truth is, there are several different strategies that you do to minimize your workload. 1st, you can create all the content upfront and then drip-feed it to your members so that they are given access to new material every 30 days.  

Sure, you’ll spend some time upfront getting the membership site ready and creating enough content to sustain members for several months, but once you have laid out the groundwork it can run on almost complete autopilot. 

Then you can spend whatever time you wish working on new content for a future update.

Fresh Content Cycle

Membership sites can also be set up where it simply provides access to fresh content on a limited cycle, such as a 6-month membership site that ends with a final update.

For example, a subscriber would join and be able to access content from month 1. Perhaps this is a series of eBooks, or video training. 

Then, that subscriber would then pay for access to the second month’s content. Their member’s area would automatically update to include the next month’s content and so on.

By the end of the membership cycle (month 6, in this example), they would pay one final time to receive access to the remaining training tools. Then once that final month has been billed, no further content is provided and billing ends.

The 2nd strategy is to create an autopilot site.

There are many ways to create membership sites that can run on autopilot, and that require very little work. It’s entirely up to you how much time you spend on your website and whether you decide to create most content upfront and limit its cycle, or develop a continuity website that needs regular updates.  Or create a site that is 90% autopilot. Once it is set up, you just direct traffic to get new leads to sign up.


Overcoming Barriers

Most people don’t have the time or money to set up a membership site. And quite frankly, it takes a ton of work that requires a lot of different skill sets. So although setting up your own membership site is something some can achieve, this is generally the main barrier for entry into this market. And the barriers are just that much larger if you’re just starting out and new to online marketing.

But the good news is there are some great options to help you get around these roadblocks. Here are some options that I personally have had great experience with.

Save yourself time, money and headaches by purchasing pre-made membership sites that are ready to go.  Go with a reseller option.

The membership reseller option

Here, you can access any of these membership sites at no cost. The 1st level of courses are free for you to use and learn. Then there are additional courses offered as well as a reseller option. The reseller option lets you purchase the rights to brand and sell the site as your own. So with very minimal set up, the site will be branded for you. Within days, you are set up with your own membership site to market to your customers.

Then you just direct traffic to your free membership site, (i.e. the top of your funnel). When a new lead signs up, you grow your list by giving away free membership back to the top of your sales funnel.

This is an ingenious business model! It is easy and fast. Have your site set up and running in a matter of days. And now you can rake in passive income 24x7x365 with your own branded membership site. See the membership sites HERE.

A New Membership Site Option


Another great way to launch a membership site, is Groove.

Now when it comes to building a membership site, the “All-in-one” site Groove has got everything you need. A single platform will help avoid having all those other different platforms and headaches. They have everything you need for your membership site, including email, membership CMS, marketing, website, blogging, video, social media management, and much, much more….. all in this single platform. You’ll find great tutorials there as well. Right now they have special offers ranging from a huge free package, all the way up to one single payment for a full lifetime subscription.  Unlimited emails, pages, custom domains, integrations, ecommerce stores, and more. This is really a powerful platform that you must check out. – See all of Groove’s moves here.

Now to be clear, starting a new membership site will take time. This option has plenty of obvious benefits in setting up the ideal business membership model. However it will not be as fast, or easy as simply purchasing a reseller membership site as reviewed above. But Groove is the business platform that you should ultimately shoot for to create a wholistic membership site, website and blog to develop your own business model. 

So here is my recommendation.

Pick up a few of the membership reseller options first, as a “fast start”. This will allow you to begin operating a membership site and collecting revenues in a matter of days. This is the quickest model to go from 0-60 in no time. Then, once you have your feet on the ground and some cash coming in, begin your full business build out on Groove. Groove is an incredible platform and you will have everything you need to establish a full blown passive income monster.

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither is a 7 or 8-figure passive income empire. It takes time and diligence. It will take time to strategize, develop and execute a plan; therefore get some cash flows coming in to help you along the way. Pick up some membership reseller packages first, then begin your full business build out on Groove. Utilizing both of these options will get you up and running fast with the reseller sites. Then reinvest the income to build up an incredible membership model on Groove and develop a passive income empire that will last a lifetime!

Honestly, this recommended plan is your basis to develop your own passive income empire to last a lifetime! The following strategies, tips and tricks can be incorporated as “best fit” to your niche, personal interest and desires and incorporated into your business model.

Passive Income Streams #2: Amazon KDP


One of the easiest ways to generate passive income is by publishing books on Amazon. This is something anyone can do even if you’re not a prolific writer.

In fact, you can easily outsource a combination of low content books as well as Kindle based fiction or nonfiction content and then publish them instantly on Amazon KDP.

Self-publishing is a powerful, yet simple way to start building income on total autopilot. Once you’ve published your books and created an optimized book page that drives in readers, you can virtually set and forget your listings and they’ll continue to generate royalty checks every single month.

If you aren’t familiar with what low content books are, think about journals, planners and organizers. Journals are extremely popular in countless niche markets and very easy to create. In fact, you could have hundreds of low content books published in a matter of days with very little upfront costs involved.

With a little creativity, you can produce multiple books common themes within your niche and then sell bundles. This is a great way to market books.

Create book A and book B. That gives you 2 listings for sale. Now bundle the two books together for a 3rd listing. Often, the book bundle sells better than the individual books.

Book Creation Options

The best proven way to create profitable low content books, that is fast, efficient and effective is Sqribble. This is the next generation of eBook design and creation technology at your fingertips. You can create stunning eBooks that look awesome, with instant content, in just minutes! I have used Sqribble and they have made some new updates that have made it even better. Go here for the 7 day trial. Try it out and if you like it, buy it for a one-time price, which is less than you spend on a meal for your family. You will make the cost back with your first book or lead magnet sell your products. Sqribble is a great program to repurpose your work into different formats. It’s a work smarter, not harder program.

Of course, the other option is to outsource. Regardless what genre you’re interested in, you can quickly find qualified and seasoned writers on marketplaces like UpWork  and Fiver.

Start by providing writers with a smaller task, perhaps a 5k word short book to gauge their quality and reliability. Provide an outline and have them write a chapter. If they pass the test, hire them to write the entire book. 

There are countless tools available to self-published authors to help maximize exposure so that you can build a truly passive income channel, but did you know that your Amazon author central page is one of the most valuable marketing tools of all?

With an optimized Author Central account, you’ll be able to:

• Track your book sales.

• Read and respond to book reviews.

• Allow readers to follow you on Amazon.

• Add an Editorial Reviews section to your books.

Create Your Author Central Account


Before you can create your Author Central account, you’ll need to have at least one published book on Amazon.  Once you do, head on over to authorcentral.amazon.com to learn more and set up your free account.


When it comes to maximizing your income with KDP, you’ll want to publish books frequently so work on creating a team that consists of your writers, an editor, and a cover designer.

If you really want to automate the entire process, you could also hire a virtual assistant who will collect the material from the rest of the team and publish your books via your KDP account.

Otherwise, once you have a team in place, you’ll be able to continuously publish new stories while spending very little time on your business.

The first is always the hardest

The first book is always the hardest, because it is new. But once you have gone through it and learn the ropes, then it is a cookie cutter kind of thing to repeat.

In fact, other than publishing new books and checking your royalty payments, you just need to market your books. Amazon will do a great job of attracting readers and funneling buyers onto your book pages.

If you just want to create books, then your good to go with a bit of marketing and branding. However marketers will create books and use them as part of a grander business model. For example, creating short ebooks make great lead magnets to promote affiliate products or your own products. Or perhaps intertwine with learning courses, or coaching, or whatever your business model is.

Benefits of creating your own product

There are several big benefits in crating your own content. First it is unique and sets you apart from others. Make sure it is of good quality and well done. Second, is flexibility to be strategic. Since your creating your own, you can create whatever works to fit a strategic need. For example, let’s say you sleuth out a weaknesses or void in someone else’s funnel or offering. Perhaps customer reviews pointed out something that you could create. Or perhaps you just have a great idea of how something could be added to an already great product out there and you can join the party and generate sales for yourself by creating and adding to the package.

All of these strategies are great for your own brand creation and standing out from others.

And of course I shouldn’t have to remind you. Once a book is created, it can make passive revenue for years to come. Always focus on “evergreen” content to the best extent possible, so that it doesn’t go out of date or stale.

Passive Income Streams

Affiliate marketing is a fantastic passive income opportunity because there are a ton of opportunities. And the biggest benefit with Affiliate marketing, is that you don’t own the products and have all the other headaches like you do with other online businesses.

Now it does take some time to get established.  Make a plan that includes your goals, desired niche, type of products you will sell, and options for the ways you desire to market. Don’t get overwhelmed. Be patient and systematic about the process. Be realistic and continue with steady, consistent diligence to putting together your program to build your passive income empire.

One of the main ways to market is through your email list. There are several easy ways to get started even if you’re a total beginner.

Here are the 3 simple steps to becoming a successful affiliate marketer.

Step 1: List Building

Step 2: Tribe Growth

Step 3:  Promote Offers

Let’s take a closer look at each passive income streams step.

Step #1: List building to passive income streams

This is a vital component to affiliate marketing because your list will be your primary source of traffic. It’s also a cost-effective method of marketing to a targeted group of buyers. You’ll never make as much money without a list and you’ll struggle to automate your business without this essential tool.

To begin, you’ll need a mailing list provider. Here are two of my preferred providers.

GetResponse  >> http://www.GetResponse.com 

Aweber >> http://www.Aweber.com.

I use both GetResponse and Aweber. Both are very good platforms. I am super impressed with GetResponse and their upgrades and additional features over the years. GetResonse is nearing an All-in-One type of platform.

If your interested in an All-in-One platform, I highly recommend Groove. I will be talking more about Groove’s incredible platform latter.

When it comes to driving traffic to your squeeze page and start building your lists, you can do this in several ways.

Ways to Build Your Traffic for Passive Income Streams:

Social Marketing

This includes Facebook ads, boosted posts, Pinterest paid promotions or Instagram ads. And then there is also TikTok, Twitter and Whatsapp. LinkedIn has recently made changes that are more focused on marketing as well so they are growing their presence in online marketing.

Social marketing can be time consuming and if you haven’t done it before it also carries a bit of a learning curve in order to figure out the best kinds of ads for each community, as well as how to maximize exposure.

One of the leading social media management platforms is Crowdfire.

Not required, but…

This is another one of those applications that are not required, so if your just starting out and pinching pennies until cashflow grows, you can manage some social media manually. BUT your are really only skimming the surface and can’t even come near what you can do with Crowdfire. What a huge time saver, which is efficient, effective and professional.

Exponential benefits

As I noted, we all start of with manual processes to begin with. This saves money, and provides a valuable learn basis for us. However there is absolutely no way you can invest the amount of time to manually perform social media management to the extent of what is possible with and automated, single platform. So when you are able to make the change, the benefits will be exponential.

In my opinion, social media management is a must in today’s world of online marketing. And Crowdfire has served me extremely well.  Whether you use Crowdfire or any other platform, you need to strongly consider automating social media management if you desire to join the 7 and 8-figure top tier marketers. Check it out HERE.

Make Passive Income Streams through  Social Media
Make Passive Income Streams by Leveraging Social Media

And as always, outsourcing is an option. You can easily hire a social media manager on sites like Fiver, or hire a virtual assistant who will take care of a variety of tasks for you including updating websites, and helping you grow your tribe.

Solo Ads

This essentially involves paying someone to mail their list about your offers to drive traffic to your squeeze page.  

You can purchase quality Solo ads on Udimi. They are my primary “go to” for solo ads. Be selective and take your time in finding a seller. Review all their stats and recommendations. Always start small to test and ALWAYS track your ads so you know the results. That includes opt-in and sales. Remember that you are ultimately buying opt-ins and growing your list. Even if you do not get many, or any sales, you now have them on your list. You can then send them offers anytime in the future. This is a numbers game. You must always continue to build your list. It’s difficult to get much traction when using your email list for sales if you don’t have a large list. Once you start getting numbers into the thousands, your sales will follow. Even better, tens of thousands per list!

Another Solo option

I have also used another Solo ad option that is a wholesale solo provider. Find a focus on MMO, which can include a whole host of affiliate marketing, cost per lead, (CPL), cost per action (CPA), and others. You can purchase through wholesale at a lower cost, especially with the larger quantities. I want to reiterate that you always monitor and test the performance of any ad campaigns, (solos or otherwise) with tracking. It is vitally important to measure performance and find what works for you.

Solo ads are unique in that you need to find the right seller list that fits your niche and offering. Work with the seller and discuss your offering and the various lists that they have. They can likely help target you to a “best” opportunity. And just because you don’t make sales with one, doesn’t necessarily mean they are not a good seller. I typically try 2 runs with each seller. Test, track and then, once you find acceptable results, you scale up. I use Improvely due to their excellent tracking and reporting. Plus you’re getting a great value for the price.

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Cost per Action

I touched on CPL and CPA marketing as well. This is another great passive income model. I could dedicate a whole article or book just on this model.  However, like many other models and strategies, the “cost per” model is equally challenging to get a good, meaningful start, in which you are making much progress.

By all means, certainly get out there and try things to see what works. I did the “cost per” as a side, or add-on to my other marketing platforms and activities just to learn and diversify. But I didn’t have a lot of success until I found a system and platform that worked well. I use Effortless CPA. There are a number of affiliate programs for CPA out there. I settled on Effortless CPA due to their extensive program, yet it’s simple to do. They also have a single lifetime payment option avaialbe. Check out Effortless CPA, and do your own research to find what works for you.  If you desire to build a long-term passive income, CPA should be incorporated into any passive income business model.  And be patient, it does take time to build and grow; but certainly, well worth it!

Ad Swaps

Ad swaps are another option that are often a very cost effective, fast way of building a list.  This involves finding a partner to swap ads on each other’s mailing lists. So you provide a swipe of your offer to your partner to send out in their list, and vice versa. Of course you’ll want to utilize specific tracking to measure performance. It is important to take time to find the right partner. Make sure your lists and niche are compatible, so your offers are well received. Ensure you share performance information about your lists, so you have relatively the same performance. It takes time and effort to set up an ad swap, however the benefits are compelling.

One location that you can search for partners is at https://www.safe-swaps.com/.  If possible, use any of your relationships with fellow marketers and inquire of them if they have interest or any contacts. They may be able to introduce you to someone that may be a good fit and partner for your program or offering. And once you find and nurture a good relationship, a good partner can last for years and many ad swaps.

Giveaways

You could reach a wide audience of targeted buyers just by creating a high quality short report on a hot niche market and giving it away through a campaign on http://www.WarriorPlus.com 

Giveaways are an easy way to build a list at very little cost while simultaneously building your brand.  But just remember, and this is important! Make sure you are giving away quality content. Make sure it is something of value! If you give away a crappie freebie, your new lead will likely leave your list, or never trust to purchase anything from you. Either way, don’t harm the relationship.

You could also run a similar offer through the marketplace of affiliates and buyers, at http://www.JVZoo.com 

There are many ways to go about growing your list. Here is a free guide called “101 ways to grow your list without spending a penny on ads”. It’s a good resource with a lot, (101) of ideas. And it’s free.

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Step #2: growing your tribe to make passive income streams 

This begins with providing them with incentive to join your list. As previously discussed, you can grow your list through opt-ins with paid traffic, or by giving away something for free.

When you create some sort of lead magnet—a giveaway to entice people to subscribe to your email list—and a squeeze page with your opt-in box that allows people to enter their name and email address to subscribe to your list.

Jumpstarting your email campaigns

Consider jump starting your email campaigns with Email Dyno. This outstanding software platform puts pizazz into your emails, driving exceptional readership, interaction and overall results, Email Dyno includes timers, dynamic surveys and ratings, personalized images, video overlays, and more. And the best part of it is I have a backdoor offer for 80% off for life HERE. Check it out. This is an outstanding value. The additional touch you create will set you apart from the competition and your results will show.

An incentive offer is basically just a giveaway that entices visitors into subscribing to your list to gain access to more information. 

Giveaways could include anything from short reports, reviews, checklists, or a host of any other forms or content that offers value. Many repurpose PLR content.  This offers advantages of

  • Renaming the product.
  • Repackaging with various content into one bundle or course.
  • Adding your own content.
  • Repurposing the content in video, audio, slide or other formats.

No products? No problem!

Many marketers really struggle with starting off and not having products, or struggle to find high-quality products. A great provider that I have used is Nick James’ “Product Licensing Formula”. Nick does a phenomenal job of providing high quality content in a complete done for you package. He has even gone to the extent of setting up a WordPress plugin that your able to input your personal information into to brand the entire product and sales funnel in a few simple steps. This is a great value, and you can have many high-quality products in just a few hours. Talk about a major shortcut with high-quality products!

Lead pages made easy!

A fantastic resource that handles everything from list building and lead pages to helping you build a profitable funnel that can run on autopilot is Groove. This amazing All-in-One platform is a monster! And you can subscribe for free and get a ton of features and resources.  

There are some great opportunities out there. Continue to do your own due diligence to find what meets your needs and best fits your business niche, model, and strategies.

As long as what your offering is relevant to your target market, and is as unique and high quality as possible, your squeeze page should do its job of converting visitors into active subscribers. 

And finally, it’s time to make money by promoting high-quality products that you believe your subscribers will appreciate.  

Finding the right affiliate program for passive income streams

You can find products on many different marketplaces, but if you’re looking for instant commissions instead of having to wait for payments you’ll want to create accounts at:
http://www.JVZoo.com 
http://www.WarriorPlus.com

Both JVZoo and WarriorPlus provide the opportunity to generate commission payments every time someone purchases through your affiliate link. 

Keep in mind that when just starting out, if you don’t have a track record of sales, some vendors may choose to hold your commission payments for 30-45 days.

Once you start selling and have proven that you’re able to generate sales while keeping refunds down, you’ll find it easier to get approved for promotions and payment of commissions.

Explode Conversions


When it comes to maximizing your income with affiliate marketing, the key is to offer a bonus – something extra – that adds instant value to a purchase. That way, subscribers are more likely to purchase through your link than through a competitor who isn’t offering anything more. 

In affiliate marketing, the strategy of offering bonuses is used all the time.  Affiliates will package up auxiliary components and other tools that are relevant to the products they are promoting, and then present it to potential customers as a way of standing apart from other marketers.

And there is no shortage of bonus content and product ideas you can create for virtually any type of affiliate campaign or niche market.

Fill a void

Simply find a missing link in the product and create a bonus product around fulfilling that need or extending the value of the product in some way.

Your bonus offer also needs to be either exclusive, limited or both. In many cases, your bonus offer will be the driving force behind whether a potential customer chooses to purchase the product through your affiliate link, or someone else’s.

It’s also very important to use strong ‘urgency motivators’ with every bonus offer. If people feel that there’s no rush, chances are they’ll continue looking around for a better offer, so make sure your bonus stands out.

So, how can you set up and manage bonus offers like this? 

Managing Bonuses for Passive Income Streams

You could manually set up download pages and track affiliates, OR you could make it easier and use a product like www.CommissionGorilla.com that simplifies the entire process. 

I used to manage all the bonuses manually. But trust me, it is so time consuming when you have a ton of things to do and no time to get them all done. CommissionGorilla makes it fast, easy and efficient, Not only can you create landing and review pages but you can set up bonus products for just about any type of offer. Plus, they even give you some free bonus packages that you can slap your name on and use immediately.  

Here are a few other trusted affiliate networks worth exploring:

Commission Junction (CJ Affiliate)

>> http://www.CommissionJunction.com 

Otherwise known as “CJ.com”, Commission Junction has been around for many years and is known to pay on time and provide unbeatable support.  They feature hundreds of merchants across the board and regardless of the niche market or subject you are interested in promoting, they are bound to have a few lucrative choices from within their directory.

Share A Sale

>> http://www.ShareASale.com. 

ShareASale handles all payments on behalf of the merchants and offers thousands of products to promote.

Rakuten Marketing 

>> https://www.rakutenmarketing.com/affiliate  

Rakuten Marketing is an ever-growing affiliate marketplace and with it comes a great variety of lucrative and high paying affiliate opportunities.

ClickBank

>> http://www.ClickBank.com 

ClickBank is an internet retailer of top quality lifestyle products allowing manufacturers to sell their products & digital marketers to promote them. They’ve been online for more than 18 years.
Amazon Affiliate Program

>> https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/welcome 

The affiliate program is called “Amazon Associates Program”.  Easy to get started, very intuitive and unlimited products to promote ranging from low-end to very high cost.

Authority Passive Income Streams

Authority Passive Income is basically just positioning yourself as the authority, and marketing accordingly.

There are 2 main steps involved in building an authority niche website:

Create a unique brand. 

This involves everything from a catchy logo or catchphrase, setting up a blog using WordPress, and deciding on your website’s theme and voice.

Don’t rule out using your own name. A lot of people don’t really like that idea, because after all, you aren’t famous right?

Well, maybe not now, but if you do a good job of building your brand, you can become more well known. There are a ton of well-known marketers and influencers out there that have their name in their site URL. “It’s unique and just naturally easier to build upon” says I, (Dave from davesethonline.com/blog)

Create outstanding content. 

Authority blogs are known for high-quality, informative and well-written content that is unique and full of thoughtful, useful information.  There are a ton of places that you can get ideas and information for content creation. I have wrote several articles and blogs about this in the past. As an example of have blogged about incorporating storytelling, HERE. And on other’s blogs, or social media platforms. Or on something as specific as calendar dates. Or even just a blog about killer content to double your subscribers.

Distractions

I won’t be belabor the point. There is so much to write about, that the hardest part is staying on focus and true to your niche, tribe and what they want or need to stay engaged. What is the best way that you can provide value to them? This is one of my downfalls. For those who follow me, this is the point in time where I shout “squirrel”!

Don't let distractions divert you from making your passive income streams
Don’t let distractions divert you from making your passive income streams

I am too easily distracted. If you try to be everything to everybody, then you’re spread so thin that you become washed out and diluted. And your value offering falls.  So have a strategy in place. Follow your business plan and stay on course.

Now if you don’t plan to write the content yourself, then you’ll want to look for seasoned ghostwriters in your specific niche. That ensures they have experience and first-hand knowledge of the topics. And don’t think that you will be getting out of all of the work by outsourcing. In order to preserve quality, you will need to provide very clear direction, with a lot of interaction and review along the way. It will save you time, but benefits will also be offset by the additional costs.

But everyone must find their own balance and what works for them. There are some very good outsource resources avaialbe once you have found and establish a relationship.

Speaking to distractions, let’s get back to the content.

Three Content Rules

You always want to have content that does 3 very important things:

Connect with your readers.  Your content needs to resonate with your audience so they begin to see you as an authority or expert on the topic. This means that your content needs to be well-researched, actionable and comprehensive.

Persuades your readers.  Your writing needs to motivate them into taking action, even if that action simply involves returning to your website again. In order to persuade readers, you need to earn their trust and convince them, through your content, that you are an expert on the topic.

Excites your readers.   Your content should be something your readers want to share with their friends and family. This means that you need to deliver content that is different from other blogs, whether that is by offering a fresh perspective, or simply a unique angle.

Identifying your content’s objective before you start writing is extremely important and will ensure that your material is direct, informative and hits the target. 

Once you know what your objective is, concentrate on conveying your message in a concise, direct manner. Don’t get wordy!  Develop content that people will want to share because it speaks to them, communicates a positive message that supports your brand and demonstrates your knowledge on the topic.  

You also want to make sure your content is fully optimized for the search engines so that you’re able to drive targeted traffic to your site automatically.

One of the easiest ways to do that is to incorporate relevant keywords into your content as well as blog titles.

Mangools is great resource for finding keywords to rank well. They have great tutorials and insights on how to efficiently use their tools for optimal results. They have a ton of tools for SEO, websites, traffic, blogging and articles and more.

Inject traffic into your website.

You can do this several ways, including via automated marketing campaigns like Facebook ads.

While there’s a bit of a learning curve involved in creating effective advertising campaigns, if you truly want to minimize how much time you spend on it, you could outsource all the marketing to PR experts.

Here again, Mangools steps up and makes it easy to research your competition, pinpoint influential blogs, and reveal their traffic sources. You can do this with any website. Check out their free trial period here 

One of the most important decisions you’ll make when building an authority site is deciding on your niche market and the scope of your content. It’s important to narrow down your focus so that you’re able to attract a very specific market and then provide them with the kind of information they’re looking for.

If you attempt to create an authority blog that includes a wide variety of content from several different niche markets, chances are you’ll confuse your visitors and convolute your brand. So, begin by focusing on a single evergreen niche and then expand. 

Check for Profitability

One of the easiest ways to check for profitability of an information-based niche is to check sites like Amazon for things such as:

•        Books on the topic

•        Magazines on the topic

•        DVDs on the topic

•        Book rankings which will indicate popularity

•        Bestsellers lists

You want to see a lot of different books and products in your chosen category, and then analyze rankings to determine whether they are profitable, as well as how easy it would be for you to break into that market.

Ultimately, the best passive income streams niches are evergreen:


•        Unlimited products to promote.

•        High demand and constant growth.

•        A large, existing customer base.

•        Lots of existing websites, products, and forums.

•        And above all else, competition!

It’s always best to focus on a niche that has already proven to be popular and profitable.  Don’t be afraid of competition, it’s a sign that the niche is viable and worth pursuing. Some SEO recommendation suggest that you want to find more of a happy medium for keywords that have a medium level of competition so there is opportunity to rank and compete. The very high competition words and long-tail words are dominated by the well-established 500lb gorillas in the room. Your success rate with those will be minimal.

Building a profitable authority niche site will take time. You’ll want to outsource (or write) enough content to feed your blog for months to come while always optimizing your content for the search engines.

The key to success with authority blogs is to be consistent.

All of this is very time consuming and there are only so many hours in a day. So you may want to consider hiring someone to maintain the website, publish fresh content on a regular basis, respond to comments, update plugins and help keep your site progressing.

Closing Thoughts

I hope that this special report has shown you that creating passive income streams isn’t as difficult as you may have first thought.  Yes, there is a lot of work. But then again, there is a lot of work to become a doctor, or lawyer, or accountant. There is a lot of education time and expense. So why would building a 6, 7 or even 8-figure passive income stream be different. In fact, I would argue that for some, building a large passive income stream is easier.

So let’s keep it all in perspective. Roll up your sleeves and let’s get to work. It’s like an uphill climb on your bike. But soon the slope won’t be so steep. And then, eventually, you can see the top. And once you reach the top, the coasting sets you free.

Regardless of your experience or skill, with passive income streams, you really can enjoy the kind of flexible lifestyle you’ve been dreaming of.

Diligence and Persistence Pays Off for Passive Income Streams

While you’ll have to spend some time upfront building your business and launching your offers, it is well worth it. Don’t try to recreate the wheel. Learn from others. Do your research and purchase tools, programs and systems that make it easy. Work smarter, not harder. I tried to do so many things manually.  Although that was a good learning process, and saved me some bucks, it really held me back for a long time. It takes tools, platforms and the right programs to really give you the boost you need to take off. And rely on others as well.

And with some prudent decisions, and hard work upfront, someday you’ll be able to set it all on autopilot while you spend your time enjoying life.

If you’re interested in finding other ways to build profitable businesses that are designed to generate passive income for years to come, you’ll want to take a look at at these membership sites at davesethonline.com.  

Each of these sites have reseller options, which mean that they are set up to rebrand for you to sell as your very own. The entire funnels including delivery, branding, customer service and all the details, are managed for you.  You can be up and running in just days with your very own membership sites. Then promote your sites for free to build your own passive income stream. This is a proven business model that works extremely well.

Take Action Now

So I feel this needs to be reiterated. With some prudent decisions, and hard work upfront, someday you’ll be able to set it all on autopilot while you spend your time enjoying life.

The time is now. Now that you know how to make passive income streams, take action. Work now and set yourself up for that lifestyle that you have always dreamed of. It is within reach; you just have to grab it!

To your success,

Dave

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updated 2/15/2023