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Dewane Mutunga : 4 Ways To Monetize Your Opt In List

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:45:35 +0000

Marquita, you make a very good point. I think that our own personality has to somewhat dictate our marketing methods. Pat Flynn of the Smart Passive Income Blog never directly sells anything in his emails. Other expert bloggers do market via email marketing. It comes down to your own personal decision. And when you were true to your own values, it paid off in terms of the numbers of subscribers. Like Pat Flynn, you will probably do most of your business on your site, while keeping engagement going through your list. My recent post Here are Four Online Business Success Strategies For 2012

Dewane Mutunga : Opt In List Building Tips

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:33:56 +0000

Dewane, this is an interesting topic. I have heard both sides of the debate. There are those who do not promote anything in their newsletters. Then there are those who aggressively promote, stating that this weeds out customers who are not interested in purchasing. It's probably important for each of us to be clear on the approach we will take. We can 'train' our customers at times to expect either a) to be sold to or b) to receive everything for free. I want to tailor my approach more to Problogger's version of providing 80% free content, but then 20% of the time presenting affiliate products or running promotions, but in an ethical way, providing only tools that I myself use and/or trust. My recent post Success Factors For Surfing Slumps

Dewane Mutunga : How To Build A List Of Engaged Subscribers

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 03:41:58 +0000

Dewane, this is great information. Darren Rowse from Problogger posted this article that contains some very valuable strategies. If taken together with yours, I'm sure my list will be much more engaged by the end of next year! Here's the link from Problogger: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2011/10/27/8-w... My recent post Success Factors For Surfing Slumps

Dewane Mutunga : 3 Simple Ways To Build A Profitable Opt In List

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:25:38 +0000

Dr. Erica and Dewane, both of you shared some great insights. I remember speaking with you, Dr. Erica, and finding out that, after meeting offline with a number of supportive and successful women, you have asked them if they would like to be on your list. I imagine they are going to be highly receptive to any information you send them in your newsletter. So I'm keeping that strategy in mind, both online and offline. Get to know people, build relationships for life, and when the trust is there, offer to add them to your list. My recent post These 7 Lies Will Sabotage Your Success

Dewane Mutunga : 5 Things Killing Your Sales and Keeping Customers Away

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:21:16 +0000

Dewane, I liked your point that you have to appear professional with the offer that you put out there. The challenge can be when our budget does not match the resources we need. Having said that, I believe that it's worth the price to put together a sales landing/squeeze page that is professional and specific, as you said: it makes things a lot easier for the customer and for us. My recent post Warning: Worrying May Be Good For Your Career!

Dumb Little Man : How to Kill Your Painful Habit of Wishful Thinking

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:06:00 +0000

The most profound truths are the simplest ones. Being human, I fall prey to the If Only syndrome from time to time: a lot of times it's when I'm tired, or burned out. There is a term from addiction/recovery circles: Accept life on life's terms. When I can live in and be grateful for Now, I will find that If Only goes away. Thanks for the great insights.

Dewane Mutunga : How To Use Social Media To Get Loyal Traffic

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:52:17 +0000

Dewane, it's great to see you back in business here on the blog. I've always looked forward to your posts, because marketing is where I need to be. You mentioned over-delivering value to your email list. That's where I want to focus in this coming year. I use AWeber, but have been somewhat intimidated with the ins and outs of tweaking. Looks like another item to put on my goals list for 2012. My recent post Disregard This Advice To Remain Mediocre!

Dewane Mutunga : How To Create Relevant Content

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:32:48 +0000

Dewane, I recently listened to the Duct Tape Marketing podcast regarding this very topic. It's very true that it's important to create content that converts your readers from reading to action on behalf of your business. One of the recommendations that podcast had was to work on a case study with one of your satisfied customers or readers, then publish the case study for your readers. I have a question for you: do you have some suggestions for tools we can use to survey our readers or find out what our readers need? My recent post Sarah Palin, Mike Tyson, and True Friendship

Dewane Mutunga : Creating Resource Pages: Why Optimizing Content is Important

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:27:04 +0000

I first heard Dereck talk about this very subject on Pat Flynn's Smart Passive Income podcast. I'm grateful to you for breaking down this concept even further. Looks like I have some work to do in order to optimize my sites. I'll put this on my high value list of activities for 2012 :) Two sites that do this very well are Copyblogger and Celestinechua.com

Dewane Mutunga : A Simple Guide To Increasing Your Online Income

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:11:34 +0000

Hi, Dewane. One of my online mentors (through digital media only) is Leo Babauta from Zen Habits. I've always admired how he built a massive audience through his high quality writing. He then produced high quality products priced at different amounts, some as low as 3.99, and is apparently doing pretty well for himself. It's going to take me a bit longer than him, but by focusing on the Power of Less (suggestions from his book), I hope to get there in the right amount of time :)

Dewane Mutunga : 6 Blogs Every Marketer Should Read

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:51:22 +0000

These are all great, and they're on my RSS feed. I would also add that the Internet Business Mastery site and podcast is gold. And there is a new blog out by Barrie Davenport, A List Blog Marketing, http://alistblogmarketing.com/. I'm loving that blog right now.

Dumb Little Man : 21 Simple Ways to Live an Exceptional Life

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:14:06 +0000

Henri, having lost a good friend recently to cancer, I am realizing how important it is to meditate and to enjoy life. Each moment is a gift: it's easy to get so caught up in planning and achievement that we forget the joys of the journey.

Dumb Little Man : The Power of Tweaking

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:13:43 +0000

Love the tweaking concept. The biggest challenge is figuring out what to tweak, how to measure. Once that has been figured out, it's possible to move forward with improving. 1% a day is all it takes. Put that together for 365 days, and that's a lot of improvement over the course of a year!

Personal Success Factors : SMART Goal Setting: What Everyone Ought To Know About It

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:04:49 +0000

Christine, thanks for sharing your input. I can't claim the calendar in the browser idea as my own: I give full credit to Sterling and Jay from Internet Business Mastery. But it is a great reminder as to how we can practically keep our goals and sub-tasks front and center :) Thank you for your encouraging remarks :) My recent post 11 Aspergers Autism Sites That Will Make You Jump for Joy

Personal Success Factors : SMART Goal Setting: What Everyone Ought To Know About It

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:03:39 +0000

Linnea, thanks for the encouraging feedback. If you have a chance to listen to some of the goal setting material from Sterling and Jay at Internet Business Mastery I'm sure you'll be inspired by some of the things they do to reach their business goals. :) My recent post 11 Aspergers Autism Sites That Will Make You Jump for Joy

Personal Success Factors : SMART Goal Setting: What Everyone Ought To Know About It

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:37:20 +0000

Excellent, Richard! I'm glad that you'll be able to use this information with your group! Great to find out that you are familiar with both my Uncle Dean and Uncle Paul. Uncle Dean teaches at Gordon Seminary, and Uncle Paul teaches in the English Lit department at Gordon College :) My recent post Do You Underestimate Your Child’s Potential

Personal Success Factors : SMART Goal Setting: What Everyone Ought To Know About It

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:15:25 +0000

So true, Stevie! I've wondered a bit off course, but I'm still headed toward my destination. Thanks to you and others, I have good company and I fine tune my second quarter goals :) My recent post Do You Underestimate Your Child’s Potential

Personal Success Factors : SMART Goal Setting: What Everyone Ought To Know About It

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 14:04:37 +0000

Jans, I like what you said about reflection and review. I do think that Dreaming Big is the first step. That's the big WHAT. But then you have to clarify your values and your timeline in order to set goals that are realistic and in sync with both the values and the timeline. My recent post Do You Underestimate Your Child’s Potential

Personal Success Factors : Here's A Secret for Personal Success

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:04:35 +0000

Kevin, it's nice to hear that you already are savoring life. Any tips that I left out? My recent post Do You Underestimate Your Child’s Potential

Personal Success Factors : Here's A Secret for Personal Success

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:03:36 +0000

Allegra, I love the idea about sharing your gratitude items with others through writing and by phone! I'm going to work on incorporating that into my own life. Thanks for sharing! My recent post Do You Underestimate Your Child’s Potential