Holidays, no matter how obscure or strange, can be excellent marketing tools as well as a springboard for ideas. Get creative. Go social. Blog to your heart’s content. And don’t forget to use #hashtags. Here are 131 January inspirations and ideas on how to make money online. #makemoneyonline.

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What better excuse to send an email to your list than to remind them that today is National Peanut Butter Day, and if they tell you why they like creamy better than chunky or vice a versa, they get a 21% discount off your product?

National Backward Day might be a time to offer your products at backward prices ($79 instead of $97, for example.). Or perhaps even for free as a marketing special.

National Hangover Day? Send them your own personal hangover cure. If you don’t have one, make it up with humor.

If you have red hair, then on National Kiss a Ginger Day you might wear a t-shirt or carry a sign that tells people it’s Kiss a Ginger Day and make a video of yourself in a public place trying to get air kisses or handing out Hershey Kisses.

Boundless Ideas Create Money Making Opportunities

The ideas are boundless and many of these offer excellent chances to inject humor into your online marketing strategies. The more creative you are, the more money making ideas you can generate. The more ideas you generate, the more money making opportunities you will discover.

The more serious causes are even easier; simply give your readers a tiny education or story about the cause and let them know you’re donating a certain percentage of all sales made that day.

In the list of holidays I’m also including hashtags to help you with your social media marketing as well, so that you can pick up some new subscribers from your holiday campaigns.

January Awareness Causes

• National Blood Donor Month – Encourages Americans to donate blood after a shortage of donations during the holiday season.

• National Braille Literacy Month – Raises awareness of the importance of braille to the blind and visually impaired community.

• National Hobby Month – Inspires people to pick up a new hobby or get back into an old one!

• National Hot Tea Month – Celebrates a nice cup of tea to warm you up from the inside out!

• National Mentoring Month – Promotes the growth of mentoring in all forms.

• National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month – Raises awareness about the modern-day issues of slavery and human trafficking.

• National Slow Cooking Month – Encourages making delicious food while saving time by using slow cookers.

• National Sunday Supper Month – Aims to bring back the tradition of families eating supper together on Sunday nights!

 January Holidays and Dates

So let your creative juices flow and unleash those marketing ideas. Here is a long list of January dates that you can surely come up with crazy, fun, goofy, or even serious ideas, if that is your inclination. The point is, there is no shortage of topics to boost your marketing and sales. How do you make money online?

1      Global Family Day        #globalfamilyday

1      National Bloody Mary Day     #nationalbloodymaryday

1      National Hangover Day #nationalhangoverday

1      New Years Day    #newyearsday

1      Polar Bear Plunge Day  #polarplunge

1      St. Basil’s Day     #saintbasilsday

1      World Day of Peace      #worlddayofpeace

2      National Buffet Day      #nationalbuffetday

2      National Cream Puff Day       #nationalcreampuffday

2      National Personal Trainer Awareness Day #personaltrainerawarenessday

2      National Science Fiction Day  #sciencefictionday

How to Make Money Online #Creativemarketingstrategies

2      National Thank God It’s Monday Day       #thankgoditsmondayday

2      World Introvert Day     #worldintrovertday

3      Festival of Sleep Day    #festivalofsleepday

3      National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day   #chocolatecoveredcherryday

3      National Drinking Straw Day  #drinkingstrawday

3      National Fruitcake Toss Day   #fruitcaketossday

3      JRR Tolkien Day  #JRRTolkienDay

4      National Spaghetti Day #nationalspaghettiday

4      National Trivia Day      #nationaltriviaday

5      National Bird Day #nationalbirdday

5      National Keto Day        #nationalketoday

5      National Screenwriters Day   #nationalscreenwritersday

5      National Whipped Cream Day #whippedcreamday

How to Make Money Online #uniquecontent

6      National Bean Day       #nationalbeanday

6      National Cuddle Up Day #nationalcuddleupday

6      National Shortbread Day       #nationalshortbreadday

6      National Technology Day       #technologyday

7      National Bobblehead Day      #nationalbobbleheadday

7      National Tempura Day  #nationaltempuraday

7      Old Rock Day      #oldrockday

This is the perfect little old guy to promote on old rock day! #wishwithme

8      National Argyle Day     #nationalargyleday

8      National Bubble Bath Day      #bubblebathday

8      National English Toffee Day   #englishtoffeday

8      National JoyGerm Day  #nationaljoygermday

8      National Sunday Supper Day #sundaysupper

8      National Winter Skin Relief Day      #winterskinreliefday

9      National Apricot Day    #apricotday

9      National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (LEAD)   #lead

9      National Static Electricity Day #staticelectricityday

9      Word Nerd Day   #wordnerdday

10     National Bittersweet Chocolate Day #bittersweetchocolateday

10     National Cut Your Energy Costs Day        #cutyourenergycostsday

10     National Houseplant Appreciation Day     #houseplantappreciationday

10     National Oysters Rockefeller Day    #nationaloystersrockefellerday

10     National Save The Eagles Day        #savetheeaglesday

10     Shop for Travel Day     #shopfortravelday

11     National Hot Toddy Day #hottoddyday

11     National Human Trafficking Awareness Day      #humantraffickingawarenessday

11     National Milk Day #nationalmilkday

11     National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day        #stepinapuddleandsplashyourfriendday

12     International Kiss A Ginger Day      #kissagingerday

12     National Curried Chicken Day #curriedchickenday

12     National Marzipan Day  #nationalmarzipanday

12     National Pharmacist Day       #nationalpharmacistday

13     Korean American Day   #koreanamericanday

13     Make Your Dreams Come True Day #makeyourdreamscometrueday

Dreams, desires and wants are top pillars of marketing.

13     National Clean Off Your Desk Day   #cleanoffyourdeskday

13     National Peach Melba Day     #koreanamericanday

13     National Rubber Ducky Day   #nationalrubberduckyday

13     National Sticker Day     #nationalstickerday

14     National Dress Up Your Pet Day      #dressupyourpetday

The world loves pets! Online marketing to pet owners is one of THE fastest growing money making opportunities online. Just ask WhiskersWorld! They love pets!

14     National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day       #hotpastramisandwichday

14     National Vision Board Day     #visionboardday

14     Organize Your Home Day      #organizeyourhomeday

15     National Bagel Day      #nationalbagelday

15     National Hat Day #nationalhatday

Nothing says marketing better than a hat or cap

15     National Strawberry Ice Cream Day #strawberryicecreamday

16     Blue Monday       #bluemonday

16     National Fig Newton Day       #nationalfignewtonday

16     National Nothing Day   #nothingday

16     National Religious Freedom Day     #religiousfreedomday

“Content is fire; social media is gasoline.”

-Jay Baer

16     National Without a Scalpel Day      #withoutascalpelday

16     Appreciate a Dragon Day      #AppreciateADragonDay

17     Benjamin Franklin Day  #benfranklinday

17     Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day    #ditchnewyearsresolutionsday

17     Kid Inventors’ Day       #kidinventorsday

17     National Bootlegger’s Day     #bootleggersday or #templetonrye

17     National Hot Buttered Rum Day      #hotbutteredrumday

18     National Peking Duck Day     #nationalpekingduckday

18     National Thesaurus Day #nationalthesaurusday

18     National Winnie The Pooh Day       #winniethepoohday

19     Get to Know Your Customers Day   #gettoknowyourcustomersday

19     National Popcorn Day   #nationalpopcornday.

19     Tin Can Day        #tincanday

19     World Quark Day #worldquarkday

20     National Buttercrunch Day     #nationalbuttercrunchday

20     National Cheese Lover’s Day  #cheeseloversday

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20     National Disc Jockey Day      #nationaldiscjockeyday

21     National Granola Bar Day      #nationalgranolabarday

21     National Hugging Day   #nationalhuggingday

21     Squirrel Appreciation Day      #squirrelappreciationday

22     Celebration of Life Day #celebrationoflifeday

22     Hot Sauce Day    #hotsauceday

22     National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day       #answeryourcatsquestionsday

22     National Blonde Brownie Day #blondebrownieday

23     Community Manager Appreciation Day    #communitymanagerappreciationday

23     National Handwriting Day      #nationalhandwritingday

23     National Pie Day  #nationalpieday

24     Beer Can Appreciation Day    #beercanappreciationday

Now if Beer Can Appreciation Day isn’t a money maker, then I don’t know what would be!

24     National Compliment Day      #nationalcomplimentday

The world needs a lot more complements! I will just leave that one there.

24     National Peanut Butter Day   #nationalpeanutbutterday

25     Library Shelfie Day      #libraryshelfieday

25     National Irish Coffee Day      #nationalirishcoffeeday

25     National Opposite Day  #nationaloppositeday

Opposite day is probably the lowest hanging fruit on the list.

26     National Green Juice Day      #nationalgreenjuiceday

26     National Peanut Brittle Day    #peanutbrittleday

26     National Spouses Day   #nationalspousesday

27     International Holocaust Remembrance Day      #holocaustremembranceday

27     National Big Wig Day    #nationalbigwigday

27     National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day   #bubblewrapday

27     National Chocolate Cake Day #chocolatecakeday

A great benefit with online content and the unique use of various forms of media like memes, gifs and videos, is that you have the potential of something going viral, or just lasting for a super long time. The longevity of some content is incredible.

28     Data Privacy Day #dataprivacyday

28     International Lego Day #legoday

28     National Blueberry Pancake Day     #blueberrypancakeday

28     National Daisy Day      #daisyday

28     National Have Fun At Work Day      #funatworkday

28     National Kazoo Day      #nationalkazooday

Kazoos are just annoying. Sometimes being annoying can help you stand out in the crowd. Just don’t over do it.

28     National Seed Swap Day       #nationalseedswapday

29     National Corn Chip Day #nationalcornchipday

29     National Puzzle Day     #nationalpuzzleday

30     National Croissant Day #nationalcroissantday

31     National Backward Day #nationalbackwardday

31     National Hot Chocolate Day   #nationalhotchocolateday

31     National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day #inspireyourheartwithartday

31     Plan for Vacation Day   #planforvacation

There is no end to dates for content creativity

I didn’t even scratch the surface. The only thing that is holding you back is that you were not aware of what a great opportunity this is. Now you know. Dates are a great way to market your products and make money online. Or to support a cause or a community event. Oh yeh, and some more good news. The dates just keep coming, along with celebrations, recognitions, and holidays. I will be back in February!

Until then, be creative, and tune up your marketing strategy to include some additional creatives.

Dave,

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Whether you’re trying to get more people to interact with your written content, such as your blog, or you want more people to leave comments on your videos, such as on YouTube, here’s a trick to improve SEO rankings.

Why do you want people to interact with your content? Because it will often give you a better standing in SEO. For example, part of YouTube’s algorithm is to look at how many comments your video gets. The more comments you have, the higher your video might rank in search.

And when you get your readers and viewers to interact with your content by leaving their own comment, you also increase their perceived ‘ownership’ of that content. They are more likely to share it on social media as well as view more of your content in the future.

Now then, how do you get comments?

The usual way is to simply ask, and that does work. “If you’ve enjoyed this video, please like and leave a comment.” Or… “Which do you prefer, chunky or smooth peanut butter? Please leave your comment below and let us know.”

Now here’s how you can take this simple technique of asking and double or even triple the number of responses you get as well as increasing the quality of those responses dramatically:

Make it into a contest.

At the end of your video or article, let them know that the BEST comment will get a free valuable gift.

Yes, this freebie might be one of your products, but it doesn’t have to be.

I was watching a YouTube video of a gal talking about a certain kind of jewelry. She was wearing one of these necklaces throughout the video, and at the end she said she would send this necklace to the person who posted the best comment.

What a great strategy!

This necklace is something every viewer has been looking at and admiring for the entire video, and now they’re told they can OWN it?

And it gets even better, because at the very beginning of the video she said, “Stay tuned to find out how YOU can receive THIS necklace in the mail.”

This no doubt increased the average viewing time her video received because people were sticking around to find out how to get the necklace.

And the reward was very specifically targeted to the exact audience who would want the reward, since the video was about this specific type of jewelry.

The cost to her? I doubt it was more than $10. And yet there was a true element of scarcity because in this case the necklace was vintage (approximately 50 years old) and not something people could buy at their local store.

What I love about this is that the prize would be physically mailed to the recipient. Because it was lightweight the postage wouldn’t cost much regardless of what country it would be sent to.

And scrolling through her comments it was obvious that people really were going for the gold in trying to have the most interesting, wittiest or most helpful comment of everyone there.

She uses this technique with many of her videos, which gives her an immediate bump in views from her regular audience as well as a ton of comments. Views in the first 24 hours are especially important on YouTube to help with getting your video seen by more people.

Growing Comments

She states in the description below the video that she will choose the winner in 30 days. But since she does not show the date the video went live, she continues to get more and more comments even when her videos have been up for months. She also uses this reward system to encourage viewers to become subscribers so they know when she posts a new video, too.

Depending on your niche, you might have to get creative to make this work for you. If you have electronic products, then the key is to offer something of high value, like a course you sell for at least a couple hundred dollars.

If you teach dog training, maybe you could give away adorable handmade dog sweaters. Let your own dog be the model. If you have a book, then that could be your prize.

Try this on your next couple of videos and watch the magic happen in the comments section.

To your success!

Dave

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If a person visits your website and leaves, chances are that he or she will not come back, especially if they have no compelling reason to do so. After all, we all behave rather impulsively on the Internet, so much so that we can easily forget where we were or where we had been a few pages ago. To make money online, you need business strategies that focus on capturing visitors to your list.

Did you know that squirrels can only find about 26 percent of the nuts that they have stashed away? Yep, that is according to a study done at the University of Richmond.

And boi’ do they werk’ for those nuts! Have you ever watched how diligent these little critters are when they are searching for that nut they stashed away last week? Or was it 3 days ago? Apparently, they don’t remember so well either.

Maybe it be sumpin’ to do with how hard they hide em’ all in the first place?

Not sure if this is the smartest or easiest way to accomplish things. But they are dedicated little buggers!

Sometimes I feel a little like a squirrel. (Probably more often than I should admit!) In fact, sometimes after hours upon hours of work, I will be searching, (to no avail) to find that website that I had previously visited. I have to go back and search my browser history to locate it. (My bookmarks are so full that even they are hard to navigate). And these poor squirrels don’t have any form of history cheats that they can use. You wouldn’t think it would be that hard. Guess maybe I’m just getting old and forgetful. Or maybe I have too many tendencies like squirrels. Anyway, enough of the squirrel tales.

Think about all the pages you surf through. Unless there is something specific that you want to remember and bookmark, you will likely not go back to the page unless there is a compelling reason to do so. This is just the nature of the internet.

We can’t expect visitors to our site to return either.

Some may say that creating unique content will keep visitors coming back. Yes, I agree. This may be true to some extent, however you can’t rely solely on unique content. Unique content is a core foundation for any site, and really goes without saying in my opinion. Unique content should be a given. But alone, it is not the entire solution. The ultimate, long-term solution lies in converting your visitors into subscribers to your mailing list or “opting-in” on their first, and possibly only visit. Once on your list, the contact becomes an asset to your business.

Converting Site Visitors to Make Money Online

The bottom line is that your visitor may not come back to your website again. If 1,000 visitors visit your website, leave, and never come back again, you can imagine the amount of potential revenue that was a missed opportunity. This is even more severe if you are paying for advertising! 

As your visitor comes to your site, or before they leave, you want to convert him or her onto your list as a subscriber via a simple opt-in form. You do this by asking for your visitor’s name and email address through your opt-in form.

Various Business Strategies to convert

Securing an opt-in can be accomplished in several different ways. One of the most familiar ways is the old standard, “sign up for our newsletter” option or “subscribe” to receive updates on courses, products or services.

Or some use pop-ups, so when the reader is leaving, (or performs a particular action) a message pops up to provide their contact information. Bots are a big trend now. And they help with a plethora of things beyond securing contact information. (This one is on my recommended list – Learn how here).

One of the most common ways to get opt-ins is by providing something for free, such as a report, pdf form, ebook, or access to a library as examples. The key here is that this must be valuable to the reader.

Freebie Caution

But here is a word of caution about giving freebies. Make sure it has value. Focus on a quality product. If you’re giving away a crappy offering, it will have negative consequences. Even though you may have got an opt-in to your list in exchange for the crappy freebie, the reader won’t be pleased. Therefore, they will likely unsubscribe, and worse yet, will forever associate you and your site with that crappy freebie. They will be left with a negative perception that is nearly impossible to overcome. Make sure to provided quality, valuable content.

Here is one of my Best Online Business, Affiliate Marketing Tips

This is an insider secret about how I validate the value of my giveaways with my audience.

Give away something that you normally sell.

When a reader sees what you are offering for free is regularly prices at $X, then it validates to them that the product does indeed have value.

The Insider Secret Strategy

Don’t just tell them the value. Show them…

…or better yet, let them discover on their own when they sleuth the product and find your regular sales page.

You see, you had designed and provided a is completely separate dedicated “sales page” I refer to this as the “back door sales offer“. Not only does this provide promotions flexibility, but it also helps validate the value to the reader when they compare to your regular product page, with the “standard” price.

My subscribers and regular readers of my blog know exactly what I’m talking about. I use this tactic on a routine basis.

Setting up an alternate “free version” page is an ingenious way to highlight the value of the product at it’s regular price. It also gives you great flexibility in promotion strategies AND helps grow your list when they sign up for your free offering! 

Giving Away Value

This is a favorite strategy to grow my lists. I will gladly forgo the $27 subscription fee to get a new opt-in of a member of the correct target audience for my products and business.

As my regular readers know, I have multiple, interconnected funnels that run on autopilot, with low priced, mid-range priced and high-ticket priced sales.  When you take the “bigger picture” into consideration, the $27 free offering to add an interested, targeted new member to my list is a no brainer.

Because here’s the deal

Once you have your visitor sign up to your mailing list, you now have an ongoing opportunity to nurture and grow this relationship, build “ know, like and trusts” and ultimately increase sales down the road.

So for the reader, if they have an offer to get a product for free, that is normally priced at $27, it feels more compelling, and validates that the product’s value is $27, and they are getting it free.

My insider secret value tip of the week!  

Use it to build your online business, and make money online! Follow my blog for more affiliate marketing and online business ideas, strategies and tips. I hope you find it helpful and valuable for implementing into your business strategies.

So In a nutshell, (SQUIRREL!!!)

….don’t get distracted. It all comes down to this: Convert as many visitors into subscribers as possible to grow your list with valuable assets that will capture the revenues that you rightfully deserve – this is the smart and easy way.

To your success!

Dave Seth

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Once upon a time…

…there was a young online marketer who was about to lose everything.

He had the best products, the prettiest website and plenty of research telling customers why his products worked wonders.

But no one would buy.

He tried everything he could think of – ads, social media, email marketing, joint ventures, affiliate marketing – but still when he checked his email, there were no notifications of sales.

Out of money with a stack of bills on his desk and creditors calling, he knew it was time to do the one thing he never wanted to do again…

Find a job.

Embarrassed by his failure and dreading a job search, he put off looking for work for one more day and went to see his Grandma Elsie, because she always had a way of making him feel better.

Sitting at her kitchen table, he found himself telling her everything. He told her how he came to create his products, why he loved his products and how he knew that his products could transform the lives of thousands of people if only someone would listen to him.

He told her his story with feeling and passion, and she listened closely to every word he said.

When he was done, his Grandmother took his hand and told him the following,

“If you will tell people your story, just like you told me, they won’t be able to stop themselves from buying your products.”

Not believing her, he went home to start his job search that night. But as he sat at his desk thinking, he decided he didn’t have anything to lose. So, he turned on his video camera, adjusted the lights and told the story of how he came to create his line of products.

When he was done, he dried his eyes, posted the video to social media and got ready for bed.

But he didn’t sleep well at all.

You see, he had sales notifications hooked to his cell phone, so that each time one came in, his phone would ring.

The first ring came about 10 minutes after he posted the video, while he was brushing his teeth.

The second one came in a minute later.

And then it happened. The sales started pouring in so fast, his phone didn’t stop ringing for nearly 3 days.

He never did look for the job.

Instead, he became a master storyteller, and ever since then just about every product he promotes sells like crazy because of his stories.

You might say he’s got the Midas touch, all because of a little piece of advice his Grandmother gave him.

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Storytelling… for online business??

You’ve heard that you should use stories in your marketing strategies.

But how the heck does that work?

You’re not a storyteller, you’re an entrepreneur, right?

It’s not your job to tell stories.

Or is it?

If you’ve visited entrepreneur.com then you know it has a ton of content. You’ll find how-to guides, news and a whole lot more marketing strategies.

But consider this: Out of all that content, the stories are the most popular.

Here are the 3 most-read pieces of content on Entrepreneur:

‘We Thought We Were Doing The Right Thing’: Jasper’s Restaurant in Maryland Continued to Serve Food With Dead Customer In Bathroom https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/woman-dies-in-a-restaurant-bathroom-guests-continue-dining/437340

The First-Ever Tweet in NFT Format Sold for $2.9 Million in March 2021. The Most Recent Bid Is $132. https://www.entrepreneur.com/news-and-trends/once-worth-29-million-nft-of-first-ever-tweet-is-now-132/437349

The Second-Richest Man in the World Sold His Private Jet, Thanks to Twitter Users https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/twitter-forces-second-richest-man-in-the-world-to-sell-his/437369

And you’ll see the same trend on nearly every website you visit.

People LOVE stories.

And if you can find ways to incorporate stories into your own marketing strategies, you’ll go far.

Why Use Stories in Your Marketing Strategies?

Because storytelling for your online business is a powerful marketing tool. Just look at a few of the benefits…

Engaging customers – if you want to reach customers on a deeply personal level, you’ve got to use stories

Engaging employees – stories help employees to connect with the business and feel they are a part of something important.

Creating memories – the longer a prospect remembers your business, the more likely they are to buy. Stories resonate on a deep level with people, creating stronger memories than just about any other type of message.

Triggering emotions and feelings – people might justify a purchase with facts but it’s the emotion that sells the product. No emotion means no sale.

Develop customer loyalty – when customers emotionally connect with a business, they become loyal to that business. Apple customers are a great example of this.

Competitive advantage – storytelling allows a business to stand apart from competitors by connecting with the audience on a deeper level. Stories leave lasting impressions while facts do not.

Persuasiveness – stories are a great way to overcome objections and persuade customers to buy.

How Story Telling Increased the Value of an eBay Item by 6395%

Is this the best way to make money online? You’ve heard the advice:

Use stories to sell.

“Storytelling is the easiest form of selling.”

“People buy when you use stories.”

But what does that mean exactly?

Are you supposed to invent some fairy tales to sell your stuff? Or maybe create this epic rags to riches story of how your product saved your life and made you rich, handsome and irresistible to women?

Today we’re going to cover why you might want to use stories to sell stuff, why storytelling works and how to create these stories yourself even if you think you can’t write a good story to save your life.

Stories will always sell better than facts. People love stories, they remember stories, and stories have the ability to influence customers on a deeper subconscious level than just about anything else.

In 2006 New York Times Magazine journalist Rob Walker wanted to discover if story telling really is the most powerful tool of all.

He began his project by collecting 200 thrift store items with an average cost of about $1.00 apiece. He took special care to ensure that nothing he purchased was particularly valuable.

He chose things like a plastic banana, an old wooden mallet, a plastic motel room key and so forth. Nothing with any real value.

Then he called 200 professional authors and asked them to join his “Significant Object Study” by writing a story about one of the objects.

How to make money online

He then auctioned off the items on eBay using the stories he had received from the authors.

You can guess what happened next. One of the items was a small plastic bust of a horse’s head. He’s paid $0.99 for it, and he sold it – with a great story in the description – for $62.95.

In total he spent $197 on the items and sold them for almost $8,000. That’s a markup of more than 6,300%. These stories transformed otherwise worthless objects into things of highly perceived value. Wow, talk about a great story about how to make money online!

Stories play on our emotions, and when we feel these emotions we become less objective. We can even become easily duped into buying and doing things we might not otherwise do, which is how con men have thrived through the centuries.

These items were essentially junk. They cost $197 and he sold them for $8,000. Wow, what a great way to make money!

If you would like to see sample objects and the stories that sold them, along with the prices they reaped, you can go to this site:

Hopefully you are already selling awesome products or services that people want and need.

Ask yourself: How many more of your products and services could you sell if you created brilliant stories to go with them?

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Two Types of Marketing Stories – Mastering Them Both

When it comes to online marketing, there are two main types of stories and how to make money online.

Type I

There are stories that are directly related to your online business and your business strategies.

These are the stories of how your company came to be, how each product was developed, the customers whose lives have been transformed, the objections that are overcome and more.

Every one of these stories is something that will be unique to your brand.

It takes some skill to create these stories. In fact, after you read that issue, you’ll know exactly how to craft these stories using templates and the key ingredients necessary to make the stories super effective for your business strategies and opportunities in selling your products, affiliate marketing, and growing your online business.

Type II

I want to direct your attention to the second type of story that some affiliate marketers use to great effect, and it’s essentially any interesting story that can be tied to the product.

No doubt you’ve seen these affiliate marketing strategies via email and in social media.

Someone tells the story about how they took a trip and everything went wrong. Then they segue into a promotion by saying, “But when you become the next XYZ member, you’ll never have to worry about anything going wrong again.”

Or they tell the story about how their dog got lost for three days before finding her way home, and then segue into how the customer will never be lost with the ABC product.

With this method you can essentially use any interesting story to capture the prospect’s attention before tying it into your product or service.

The affiliate marketing that I really get a kick out of are those goofy stories and photos for health problem cures using strange methods to get the reader’s curiosity. Just another example of using stories.

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What I like about the story telling method is you don’t need to become great at storytelling as long as you can find a way to tie a story to the call to action you want the audience to take. Or in the example of the affiliate marketing strategies above, the more creative and crazy you are, the better in some instances.

In other words, this second method is just about as easy as finding a story that you want to use, rewriting it into your own words and then using it. Or is your of the creative type, take an idea and turn it into whatever fits your online business.

You could do something similar with most any story that strikes your fancy. Just be sure to rewrite it into your own words, first.

Here it is:

An old tired-looking dog wanders into a guy’s yard. He examines the dog’s collar and feels his well-fed belly and knows the dog has a home.

The dog follows him into the house, goes down the hall, jumps on the couch, gets comfortable and falls asleep. The man thinks its rather odd, but lets him sleep. After about an hour the dog wakes up, walks to the door and the guy lets him out. The dog wags his tale and leaves.

The next day the dog comes back and scratches at the door. The guy opens the door, the dog comes in, goes down the hall, jumps on the couch, gets comfortable and falls asleep again. The man lets him sleep. After about an hour the dog wakes up, walks to the door and the guy lets him out. The dog wags his tale and leaves.

This goes on for days. The guy grows really curious, so he pins a note on the dog’s collar: “Your dog has been taking a nap at my house every day.”

The next day the dog arrives with another note pinned to his collar: “He lives in a home with four children — he’s trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?’

Possible segues…

1: If you’re feeling as tired as this old dog, I might have the solution… (Could be vitamins, exercise, meditation, etc.)

2: Have you got small children that sometimes drive you a little crazy? Here’s how to make your complicated life a whole lot easier… (Child rearing product)

3: Do you want to get away from it all? We’ve got just the vacation / spa / weekend getaway for you.

4: Notes on a dog’s collar are one way to communicate. Here’s another with (insert benefits)…

As you can see, with just a little creativity you can bend a story to fit many different products and services.

Where Can You Find Stories Like This?

They are everywhere.

First, look at your own life. You already have a thousand stories of your own that you can put to use, based on things that you’ve done, places you’ve gone and interactions you’ve had with other people.

Next, use sites like Quora, Bored Panda and Reddit to find stories. Adapt them as necessary and don’t plagiarize. And while you are pursuing stories, you can always pick up affiliate marketing tips and online business strategies

When you talk to people, listen to their stories.

Stories are all around you and you’ll find there are far more within your reach than you will ever need. Keep a log of stories you read and hear, and choose the ones the ones that work best for you.

Here, I’ll share one of my favorite webpages with you:

It’s 99 super short stories that will knock your socks off. I’ll place the first story here, and then you can visit this site to find the other 98.

Short Stories for Online Business Ideas

99 Tiny Stories to Make You Think, Smile and Cry

Today, it’s been ten years since my abusive ex-fiancé sold my favorite guitar. He sold it on the day I left him. When I went to claim my belongings, he was proud that he had sold it to a pawn shop. Luckily, I managed to track down the guy who bought it from the pawn shop. He was really sweet, and gave it back to me for free, on the condition that I accompany him on his front porch for an hour to play guitar with him. He grabbed a second guitar and we ended up sitting there on his porch for the rest of the afternoon playing music, talking, and smiling. He’s been my husband for nine years now.

Holy smokes, great story.

Stories are everywhere. Take some time this month to find some great stories and to adapt them to your own marketing on email and social media.

And then next month, you’re going to discover how to create your own stories specifically tailored for your customers about your business.

Once you’ve mastered these two types of stories for your business – general stories that can be segued into your business and stories tailored to your own business – there will be no stopping you.

You will have a much easier time getting followers on social media.

You will build your audience and email list faster.

You will get more listeners on your podcast.

You will make more sales.

Your customers will be more loyal to you.

And you’ll be making MORE money while doing LESS selling.

There simply is no downside to mastering the use of stories for your online business. Add it to your list of ways to make money, and include in your business strategies.

So get busy finding stories that work for you.

All the best,

Dave

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This is from Steven Pressfield’s book, Do The Work

Stay Stupid

The three dumbest guys I can think of: Charles Lindbergh, Steve Jobs, Winston Churchill. Why? Because any smart person who understood how impossibly arduous were the tasks they had set themselves would have pulled the plug before he even began.

We can always revise and revisit once we’ve acted. But we can accomplish nothing until we act.

Don’t think. Act.

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Internet. Business. Profit. To fully integrate all these words into a successful merging you are missing a key word. Traffic. Any quality article you find about making your site or company successful will always include the importance of generating traffic.

We all have an understanding that at the core of it all, traffic is the most essential thing to a successful internet-based business company. Aside from ensuring that you know your niche, audience, and competition well, and that you have a great product to promote, it would be time to get to the nitty gritty of things…, generating traffic.

If you already have a site and you think that you’re not getting the traffic that you need, then it is time to assess and adjust. Traffic is the lifeblood of any internet business. Without it, you die. No matter how good of a product or program you have to market, you must have traffic.  

Is traffic or a product like the chicken or the egg? What came first, the chicken or the egg?

It’s an age-old debate. Without one, you can’t have the other.

So, is a product and traffic debate similar? Or perhaps I should have said traffic or product, but that might have been leading. I’m not going to go down this chicken trail, but suffice to say, traffic is extremely important. Traffic is king!

Some would argue that if you have traffic, with the age of affiliate marketing, you can always adjust your product to meet your traffic, or audience’s needs, wants and desires. Although there is some truth to this, one must also acknowledge that there is a huge difference in traffic.

For example, just because you have a lot of traffic, that does not equate to a lot of sales. Traffic varies vastly. Some are gawkers and tire kickers. Some are not interested in what you have, and some are just plain old not buyers at all. You want buyers. You need buyers!

This is just another way to say that it is important that you develop your own traffic. Much like it doesn’t really work to buy a list, it doesn’t work to not have your own traffic, or very similar to your homegrown traffic. If you develop your own traffic, (list) then you have the target that you have grown.

Since you have grown it from scratch, your traffic is, or was attracted by your content. So what are the best ways to grow traffic?

To help you out in generating more traffic for your site, here are seven proven methods to increase your traffic.

1) Create and provide newsletters and blogs.

The more you can get your name out and build your brand, the better. In essence, this really becomes a numbers or statistics issue. Or to put as a sports metaphor, the more shots on goal you take, the better chance you have of scoring.

Utilize sites like Guestblogit.com where you can ask for articles to be written for you. They can link back to your website as well. Or you be a guest blogger for other websites. Submit to other sites, there are a lot out there. It’s a good idea to find sites that correlate well with your niche.

Search for “guest blog” + “your niche” or search for “submit guest blog + niche” to find suitable sites.

2) Use of proper keywords or keyword phrases for your site content

Search engines look for certain keywords that they would show in their results page. In doing so, having the right keyword and keyword phrase is a high requirement in ranking in high in search engine results. You could write your own content, or you could hire someone to do it for you.

3) Write Articles that can lead traffic to your site

Submit articles to sites that share the same interest, and subject matter as your niche. There are plenty of sites to post articles to, such as Ezine, Goarticle,com, or Articlesbase,com. It’s also a good idea to search for sites that are more specific to your niche.

If you sell car parts, write press releases and articles about cars and car parts. Attach your sites description and services at the end of the article as well as the link. The bio box is a great way to get your name, brand and offerings out there.

4) Join forums and forms of online communities

Capture a market and show your expertise and credibility. When you create a good foundation for your site and start to grow your brand, you will continue to build trust. Build and grow the “know, like and trust” factors.

Although this takes time, it does continually build slowly and exponentially. As their trust grows and they are comfortable and like your content, people will begin to share your content and traffic will increase.

5) Test various paid advertising methods

Google’s Adwords provide a great advertising method that is generally accepted.  Although this is a great way to improve your traffic, you need to be cautions and learn the best methods and use of Adwords. The cost can add up quickly and you must be efficient and effective in your advertising strategies. While some shy away from spending money to increase traffic, Adwords is one of many paid methods that can work very well.

Sole ads can be very cost effective as well. Here again, you must research and test to see what works best for your specific swipe. You should use your own swipe instead of allowing the seller to set up. The sellers will use whatever is most efficient for them to get clicks, and not necessarily what might work for your specific needs.

Here’s a few more Solo tips: Try multiple sellers to test them out. I prefer using sellers on Udimi. This platform has statistics, customer ranking and feedback which is helpful.

Start with smaller purchases to test out different buyers. Sellers typically will provide 10% or even up to 20% over delivery. This adds up nicely when you place smaller orders while your testing.

Perform A/B testing with your own swipe. And tracking is a must to measure and compare. You will find that some runs will perform very poorly even though the seller has good statistics. While other runs may perform very well. I typically try 2 or 3 separate orders with those sellers that I want to test.

Soon you will find several sellers whose traffic performs the best for you. Solo ads are one of my passions, so I will do a full blog soon to provide more insight and details.

6) Exchange or Trade Links with other sellers or sites

Exchanging links with other sites or affiliate marketers are a win/win for both if you find a good quality seller or site to participate. When one site features another sites link, they could provide one another with the traffic one site generates. The efforts are doubly beneficial because it would seem like both of you are working to generate more traffic. The more links traded with more sites the more traffic you can generate.

Once you actually have a decent number of leads in your own list, you can then start ad swapping those leads with other marketers. This way instead of paying for the traffic, you get it for free, (in exchange for mailing out the other partner’s free offer.)

Just take your time in searching for a potential partner with quality products that are in your niche or compatible to your niche products. You don’t want competing products, but you do need to have similar so that it makes sense to market to each other’s list.  

7) Capitalize on the use of Viral Marketing

Viral marketing allows you to spread the word about your company and product with low or even no costs. This is a marketing method that can be quite sneaky; you can attach your company’s name, product, or link to a certain media such as a funny video, entertaining game, an interesting article or a gossip or buzz.

With this method, people are engrossed with the creativity and entertainment of the medium so that they pass it on to others, and so on to get many shares.  Mems and gifs are great examples and have higher probabilities of going viral then more traditional media.

Here is an example that I use in my advertising that has done well for me.

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Bazinga! Did you see what I did just there? I snuck in an advertisement as part of my article. Way maybe not subtle at all, since I told you that was what I was doing. But you get the point.

If you can gain any traction with people sharing your content, your traffic can grow exponentially. These are the big kind of moves that everyone hopes for.

I hope you find value in this information and tips. Traffic really is the lifeblood of your business. As a thank you for reading, I am providing a backdoor pass to my traffic generation membership.  (A $27 value)

To your success!

Dave Seth

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The ideal world of affiliate marketing avoids many of the normal business issues by being hands off. There is no product, no shipping, or many other issues or activities associated with your standard business model. As a result, affiliate marketing is one of the go-to online business models people are rushing to as an internet business. One of the biggest problems is that sales are slow. Here are some things that you can do to boost affiliate sales.

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It’s true that you can earn affiliate income without having a full-fledged business. Start small, and grow respective to the amount of time, work, and dollars you can invest.  Affiliate marketing makes a great side hustle. And with higher prices at the pump and store, and tighter budgets, it is becoming harder to makes ends meet. Affiliate marketing offers a great way to supplement your income and develop reoccurring passive streams of income.

This is exactly how I started, and I can share a ton of hurdles and issues that come up when you’re just starting out. (But that is another blog post for another day). But certainly, affiliate marketing is a great starting place for any online business and a way to make some extra income.

So, let’s assume you have already begun with affiliate marketing. You have got started, but now you’re ready to see the revenues kick in. Where’s the sales? When do sales kick in, so you start generating commissions? As time goes by, you become more concerned, wondering if sales will ever ramp up.

What is it that you need to do to get sales rolling and start gaining commissions?

Here are some powerful tips to boost your affiliate program commissions overnight… Well, my quippy title stated, “overnight plus 6 months”. While it is true that any improvements you make will begin to have positive impacts right away, (overnight), you still need to allow time for your work to have a full, sustainable impact to your business.

The reality is that this is a business even without all those things I mentioned earlier. Any worthwhile business takes time, and I find that especially true with affiliate marketing.  So yes, start immediately today, and you will see a boost to your commissions. Some can be overnight. But be realistic, don’t be impatient and shoot for the long-term.   

Set your sights on longer-term goals, and your business will be the better off for it. Think of it like making a snowman in the perfect wet snow conditions. Start off with a handful of snow, and begin rolling, and it grows, and grows and grows.

 The snowball grows so big that it begins to take on it’s on life. The strategic actions you take with affiliate marketing work in a similar way. These actions compound upon themselves, and everything grows and grows. Your content and programs grow. Your traffic, leads and lists grow. And your SALES COMMISSIONS will then grow relative to these respective inputs and actions.

So, let’s get started with some strategies that will boost affiliate sales and commissions.

1. First and foremost, determine the best programs and products that best fit your business and audience.

Obviously, you want to strategize and create a foundation with programs and products that enables you to achieve the best success and greatest profits.

There are several factors to consider in selecting the best program. Here is my Affiliate Program Checklist that I use to assess individual program criteria. The best program is one that meets your specific needs and works well with your business and audience. Choose programs that have products that fit with your target audience, and more specifically, will help them in addressing their problems or providing them solutions. This is the most important component in selling.

Remember, it is vitally important to know your audience and meet their needs, not the other way around where you are trying to push a program or product on to your audience. This is key to being successful in affiliate marketing.  

I talked about this in a previous blog post discussing some of the mistakes that affiliate marketers make, and it is critical to understand that you are not pushing products, but providing solutions to problems, or helping your prospect to grow, learn, or do things faster, easier, better, or whatever the case may be. Help them be successful. When you master how to do this, you will be successful.

There are literally thousands of affiliate programs and products available. This gives you the opportunity to be very selective.  Perform due diligence and select the best program fit to avoid wasting time, and resources. Be strategic about this. Have your plan to follow… and follow your plan.

A solid strategic plan created to meet your goals and needs serves as your foundation and guiding map to keep you on track. I provide a free 12-Day Challenge and Training that leads you through this process. Without a solid plan, you tend to get distracted, veer off course, or jump to the next shiny object that comes into view.

Check out my 12-Day Challenge and Training HERE. The training is free and provides free resources to help you stay on the right track and maneuver uncharted waters to achieve results. No more bunny trails. No more shiny objects. And plans and tool to navigate stormy seas.

You must continually assess how you are marketing the programs. There are so many ways to market a program or product that this is often overwhelming for affiliate marketers, especially for those who are just starting out and struggling to finding their stride.  

Try different marketing strategies to see what might fit your business and audience best. Consider something unique to you such as writing a report or review or creating a short eBook. There is a ton of competition out there and there will be many other affiliates promoting the same program. Try to set yourself apart to stand out from the crowd.

Writing quality reports or reviews about the products you are promoting will allow you to distinguish yourself from other affiliates.  Reports are a great way to provide valuable information for free. Add in specific details and benefits about the product. What set’s it apart from its competition? Why should your audience buy it? Know your products or services so that you can promote them well.

Tip: As a huge bonus, any creative content you produce provides a great opportunity to include your own business information, such as your blog, your website , learning or other valuable resources. And icing on the cake is to add an additional page of related “recommendations” of more products or offerings so you can cross sell related products or services easily in your content. The goal, and art, is to tie this all together to flow naturally and seamlessly. And always strive for valuable content.

2. List building is a must. Traffic is king! Build your list to boost affiliate sales.

Collect email addresses from those who download your free reports and resources.  Also, create a list of your recommendations or resources, or a resource library to leverage. This can be made public, or you may make this “private” and require subscribing to or signing-in to grow your list. This is a great list building method.

You need to continue to nurture and work with your list and grow your relationship and their knowledge of you over time. Build your personal brand. You need to nurture their “know, like and trust” of you.  The more they know, like and trust you, the more success you will have with your promotions.

It is always important to gather contact information of a prospect whenever possible before sending them to the vendor’s website. Keep in mind that you are providing free advertisement for the product owners. You get paid only when you make a sale. If you send prospects directly to the vendors, without collecting their contact information, they will be lost to you forever.

When you gather their contact information, then you have them on your list to nurture and send messages to them to grow their knowledge of you. Although growing and nurturing your list does take time, it is a time-tested, proven superior means of affiliate marketing.

With affiliate marketing, it really isn’t very realistic to think you can just post a link to a cold audience and you will have great success. This is an ongoing process, and due diligence, patience and time is necessary. The time it typically takes to make affiliate sales is more accurately measured in months, not days.

This is not to say you can’t have some immediate results. Some types of programs are more adapted to quick returns or more immediate actions. For example, CPA, (cost per action) or PPC, (Pay Per Click), programs pay you for generating leads to products or services for others. Think of providing leads to a credit card company or insurance offer as an example.

CPA and PPC have an advantage for potential quicker results; however, you need to market differently and in the right way. You either need to have an audience that is already looking for or needing the service without warming up, or you need to use paid advertising that can be more specifically targeted. This is just another example of how your marketing must fit with your product or service and the target audience.

Another way to gain traffic is to publish an online newsletter, Ezine or blog. These forums help develop your brand and build relationship and following. (See my Personal Brand blog here). It is always best to recommend a product to someone who knows, likes, and trusts you vs. cold traffic to a stranger. This is the primary purpose behind publishing your own newsletter or blog. It allows you to develop a relationship based on trust with your subscribers.  

Your readers will get to know you over the course of time, and this will take an ongoing process of continual posting of information and resources. And this needs to be something that they find of value. One example of a blog that I hoped would provide value was a list of 50+ Entrepreneur newsletters for startups, including online marketing, SEO, etc. See that blog HERE.

These forums are a delicate balance between providing useful, valuable information and resources, while incorporating some offers that can contribute to your sales. And you should always market good quality products that you truly recommend.

Tip: You will want to share your blogs, articles, and website content with other sites and social media. Take your time to find audiences that fit your niche and content. A great way to find the best fit is just spend some time on google. Search the following with your niche.

• Search “social bookmarking site + your niche”
• Search “submit content + your niche”
• Search “submit article + your niche”
• Search “article directory + your niche”

3. Use what you promote.

Yes, I highly recommend purchasing and using the product, service, platform or program that you will be promoting. This serves 2 purposes. First, it gives you direct firsthand experience and knowledge. Second, your knowledge and experience will serve as the foundation for unique, quality promotions and you will have additional credibility.

This experience will allow you to provide a much higher value to your audience by being knowledgeable and credible.

We have all experienced it. You can clearly tell when someone is recommending a product just to make a sale. Quite often, the information they provide is not even accurate, and they come across as a salesperson who will say anything to make a sale. Don’t be a salesperson.

Make sure all your information is accurate and be factual. And of course, make sure this is something that you do truly recommend that is of value.

I almost always purchase before I recommend or market. This is especially true with my high-ticket offerings. Now I know not everyone can afford several thousand dollars to own a high-ticket program. But if you have purchased and used the program with success, then you are in a much better position to market it.  For example, this high-ticket program is not only something that I purchased and know inside and out, but it is also one of my largest income generators! Therefore, I am very comfortable, confident and excited to promote it.

I also purchased the Product Licensing Formula before I began promoting it. This was beneficial to my business as well as to my ability to promote the product. I needed quality products for my business and this was the fastest, most efficient way to get quality products.

But just as important as getting new products to grow my business, was the experience for marketing the program. Instead of relying on the owner’s sales information, I wanted to fully understand and have firsthand experience with it.

Does it really work, and how well? How good are the products, (i.e., quality, value, etc.)? How successful do these products fit and how much have they helped my business grow?

Because I now have this firsthand experience, I am head and shoulders above other affiliate marketers. I am totally comfortable and confident that I am promoting a quality product. So, I gained in two ways. One: I have new high-quality products that greatly contribute to my business and revenues, and Two: I am knowledgeable, experienced, and well-versed as a spokesperson who knows what I am talking about and confident in my promotions.

Tip. If you cannot purchase to try out yourself, another  helpful strategy is to get on their email list as a perspective buyer. That way you will receive all their emails and experience how they market their product.

This gives you valuable insights to the selling points, benefits, and strategies that they are using. You can then utilize this content to create your own marketing strategies and content along with the resources that they provide to you as an affiliate seller.

I sincerely hope these strategies and tips help you in your journey to growing your sales. Most sales start with lists, and knowing, liking, and trusting.

Affiliate marketing is as much of an art as it is a science. There is no right or wrong way; just find your way. And your way is whatever works for you and how you may find success.

Try these strategies and tips and see the difference they can make to your commissions in a short period of time…. and, in a little longer-term period of time as well.

Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint.

To your success!

Dave Seth

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Last Updated January 10, 2023

While it may come naturally to some, finding the perfect holiday gifts can be daunting…

Add in inflation and supply chain issues, and the task becomes even more stressful and uncertain.

So if you are behind the eight-ball right now… Or you’re looking for an extra gift idea to get someone…

I’d like to share some investment and online business related ideas that provide far more value than a necktie for dad, kitchen apron for mom, or action figure for the kids that’ll be broken in a week….

Gift Idea No.1: An I-Bond

I-Bonds are officially known as Series I Savings Bonds. And like their better-known counterparts – Series EE Savings Bonds – their value doesn’t fluctuate.

So, unless the U.S. government defaults, you cannot lose any of your principal by owning I-Bonds.

Of course, these bonds do pay interest, which is comprised of two components: a baseline interest rate and an inflation adjustment.

And while the baseline rate is 0.0%, the latest inflation adjustment brought the bond’s composite rate to 6.89%.

That’s the second-highest rate ever after topping 9% earlier this year. That’s still much better than alternatives like money markets or CDs.

On top of that, I-Bonds are exempt from state and local taxes… And if the proceeds are used for qualified education expenses, profits can be exempt from federal taxation as well.

That makes I-bonds great gifts – especially for kids.

You can purchase up to $10,000 of electronic I-Bonds per social security number every calendar year in whatever denomination you prefer – right down to the cent (with a $25 minimum). Just visit www.treasurydirect.gov.

Of course, you can also give what I consider an even better investment…

Gift Idea No.2: A Share (or More) of a Solid Dividend-Paying Stock

Although stock trading these days is all done electronically, you can still gift stock shares for someone – and without having to set up a separate brokerage account.

It’s not as hard as it might seem… Websites like GiveAshare can allow you to choose from hundreds of publicly-traded companies. They’ll set up an account, and even mail out a physical certificate.

For my first wedding anniversary – the paper anniversary – I gifted my wife a share of her favorite company, Starbucks. Besides having a certificate, she gets to vote during shareholder meetings. Plus, thanks to the reinvested dividends, her share has become about 1.05 shares, in the early signs of the compounding process. And she’s up about 20%.

The only downside with gifting a physical share is having to pay some sizeable fees compared to buying stock in a brokerage account.

You can also gift someone shares of stock you already own.

Under current IRS rules, you can gift up to $15,000 per person annually – and without having to declare the gift or pay any gift tax.

What’s more, gifting shares lets you avoid paying any capital gains tax that might otherwise be owed.

Instead, the future liability is passed onto the recipient… And if they’re in a lower tax bracket, that could end up being a win-win situation.

The same tax rules can apply to other gifted investments as well, which brings me to…

Gift Idea No.3:
Crypto

It’s no secret that we’re big fans of crypto here at Palm Beach Research Group. And many of our readers have seen firsthand how life-changing a small initial investment in crypto can be.

This year, cryptos are having a 75% off sale…

And while that’s rough for existing owners, it looks like a great long-term entry point. That’s especially true for kids who don’t need to cash out right away.

I’ve gifted small amounts of bitcoin over the years to friends and family who have been interested, but generally on the fence when it comes to crypto. That small gift could become the key part of paying for college or making a down payment on a home in the years to come.

If you want to get someone else started on their digital asset journey, it’s relatively easy to give them a small of amount of bitcoin, Ethereum, or some other altcoin.

And what if you want to physically wrap something up instead of just emailing the details?

Well, there’s good news… You can give crypto through a gift card or a physical coin that contains a set amount of crypto.

Alternatively, you could buy someone a hardware wallet like a Ledger. You could even load some crypto on it ahead of time or show the recipient how to buy crypto on their own after they unwrap the present.

These are great learning opportunities for your kids!

Gift Idea No.4: Invest in On-line Learning Subscription

So now let’s shift slightly from the investment side of things to on-line business. For anyone with an on-line business, learning is vital. It is critically important to stay on top of what is going on, what is new and what the experts are doing.

And yet, you are so busy with your own business that you do not have time to read all the news and go down those bunny trails. You got work to do right?! And sometimes it is hard to find the right subscriptions, newsletters or blogs that provide up-to-date news, information or the content that you need.

This is a special offer that I recommend for the quality and content. They are offering a great holiday price and also providing a 2 for 1 subscription. So when you subscribe for yourself, you also get a 2nd subscription that you can provide to a friend or family member as a gift. The content is internet marketing news, interviews, commentary, tips and tricks, etc. And they do interview an industry expert each month which is extremely insightful and those 1-hour long podcast interviews are included. You can check out the subscription details here on teachable.

Gift Idea No.5: Invest in On-line Learning Courses

In staying with the learning theme, on-line courses offer a great opportunity and resource. There is so much to know when it comes to on-line businesses. We all have to where many hats, and it is hard to know everything. We all need resources that can get us directly to the specific information we need to get the job done and ultimately grow our business.

Here are a couple of courses I recommend that cover a lot of information, and are offered at a deep discount right now so are a great value.

First is a course for Advanced Affiliate Marketing SEO and Social Media. You can learn effect SEO and Social Media internet marketing strategies to help get the growth and traffic you need for your business. This is a very extensive course with 16.5 hours of lecture time and ranked 4.6 stars with 1,618 reviews. There is a discount code for 75% off which provides great value at only $17.25. Use discount code ’75POFF_2AP’ at checkout to get your 75% discount on teachable.

A second course to consider is for Personal Branding. This is another good course that you can learn how to grow your personal brand and become and influencer in your niche. This course also is ranked as 4.6 stars and is very extensive. You can get it for 80% discount with this holiday special discount code ’80OFFHOLIDAY’. Use the code at checkout on teachable.

Both courses are good learning opportunities at deep discounts. And they do have a good 30-day money back guarantee. We all must push ourselves to keep learning and growing if we are to not only survive, but thrive. Pick these course up now while they have these special holiday offers!

Gift Idea No.6: Invest in Valuable Business Opportunities

So if you have a family member who has an online business or is an aspiring online entrepreneur, providing them a “no cost” business opportunity may be an exciting gift for them, which provides new “no cost” opportunities. This final gift recommendation may sound a bit strange, however hear me out.

I purchased and thoroughly utilized this course for my own business. I found if very insightful, useful and worthwhile – certainly worth the money. Richard Legg has done some incredible things in marketing, and his course has a ton of information that any business can utilize. I have implemented many of the strategies provided in this course, and have found success in multiple ways. And yes, they are all “no cost” strategies, whereas you are not required to any additional products or platforms.

What brought me to put this on a gift list was the fact that it too has a great holiday special savings making even more attractive. You can get it here for only $19, which makes it a very affordable gift. And don’t let the price fool you. It is every bit worth it. I highly recommend this course at it’s previously discounted price of $97, but at $19 it is a no brainer! Again, a low cost gift, for a fraction of it’s regular price. And I personally guarantee that any business owner will find value in this course.

Closing Thoughts

I hope that some of these quick, last minute ideas may help fill those final gifts that you’re looking for. Above all, don’t stress. I want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season. Enjoy your time together and reflect on the things we have to be thankful for. You will be hearing from me again before the new year!

Best wishes to all!

Dave

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Here’s to all with visions, aspirations and ideas to strive for the very best. Fight through the issues, challenges and struggles that you face on a daily basis. The harder the work, the sweeter the success!

To your success!

Dave,

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