To address that, we launched our “$100k Results” Live Training & Coaching offer in March. It’s purpose is to provide the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of successful internet marketing – particularly in this new “2.0″ world.

The next session is on Tuesday, May 15th, and we’d like you to join us.

No cost. No obligation. No pitching.

Just two hours of the most effective, up-to-the-minute strategies & tactics available anywhere, for any price.

You can sign up here before it fills up:  http://bit.ly/Jm0PtY

It’s a high-value ‘xtra’ that we’d like to offer you, and an opportunity to see why almost every member says it’s “far and  away the best thing I’ve ever done for my business!”

To say that it’s been well-received would be a striking understatement – it has literally transformed members and their entire outlook on internet marketing!

Real remarks from paying members (we added the underlining):

“Last week’s training session alone was worth the entire year’s membership cost – you guy’s are outstanding!”

“The live training is terrific, and crazily under-priced. But getting that plus all the PDF’s, downloads, mobile templates etc. – that’s completely unparalleled value. Thank you!”

“I just wanted to let you know that I am really loving ‘$100K Results!’…“

“Unlike every other forum or memberships that I’ve joined and got bored with after a few weeks, I find ‘$100K Results!’ to be everything that I need or want as far as online business goes, and wouldn’t even consider looking else where.”

“The most friendly, helpful, motivating group I’ve ever joined!”

If you’ll join us on the 15th, we promise it will be worth your while. You’ll walk away with excellent, actionable info, and I’m willing to bet you’ll feel it was the best ‘webinar’ you’ve ever attended. Here is the session info:

“Tools & Tactics for Mobile Marketing”.

This live session will focus on mobile marketing.

The world of mobile is very different from the ‘traditional’ online marketing most of us are familiar with. Failure to fully understand the differences – and how to adapt your tactics & strategies – would mean missing out on the incredibly vast, untapped opportunities that are now available, and those that are emerging.

This session, you’ll learn how to begin effectively leveraging this incredibly lucrative segment of the online world via mobile search, SMS, mobile websites, etc.

“$100k Results!” Category: “2.0″
This session is in the “2.0″ category.  The “2.0″ live training sessions will focus on the newer and emerging areas of the internet – mobile marketing, social web strategies (social media, social networking, etc.), local & offline marketing, etc. You’ll learn what is going on now and what’s developing in these emerging areas, the right way to successfully leverage them in your ‘traditional’ marketing efforts, how to discover or find opportunities in these areas, and specific ’2.0′ business models.

And while it’s pure content with zero selling – this is one of the weekly live training sessions that members have already paid for – you’ll also have access to the only discount that’s ever been offered.

I strongly suggest you sign up right away, and get there 10-15 mins early on the 15th, as I can guarantee you there will be far more people wanting to attend than there are available slots.

Sign up at the following URL: http://bit.ly/Jm0PtY

Welcome to this end-of-April, beginning-of-May $100k Blueprint
making-money-online newsletter!

We have some fantastic freebies for you, plus we’re also going to talk
about Penguin and Panda – the recent Google changes – and some remedies &
alternative ideas.

We’d also like to invite you to visit (or re-visit) “$100k
Resources”, our blog packed with the best free Internet
Marketing resources on the entire web! We’ve been putting a lot

of effort into making it even better, and added more excellent
resources – with significantly more coming this week! You’ll
find almost everything you’d ever need for Internet Marketing
there, plus a lot you might never have considered – or found.
You can find it at: http://100kResources.com.

Google Goes Nuclear

NOTE: We did a 90-minute live Q&A last week for the “$100k
Results!” membership, going over the recent Google blowout –
exactly what it is, what it means, what can be done, etc.

Because it is such a critical issue, and has effected so many of
you, we are providing you a link to the replay. Keep in mind the
first 5-10 mins include some “Results!” updates, etc.

You can access the replay here:
(you can view this video if you are a member of our private forum,
or our “$100k Results!” Live Training & Coaching membership)

Have to say, it’s been a pretty tumultuous month, quarter, and
new year! Between the ‘Blog Network Massacre of 2012‘, and the
‘Penguin’ blowout last Tuesday, there’s been a LOT of people
seeing their websites teeter and fall.

To recap, over the past few weeks, Google has taken out some of
the blog syndication networks, run Panda 3.5, and then the
Penguin algo update. Just prior to these seismic hits, Google
implemented the “above the fold” update, penalizing many
sites and significantly impacting income on many more,
effectively eliminating a whole range of sites and styles. And
this is about the same time they de-indexed many sites
inadvertently by mistakenly flagging them as parked domains!).

The results have been immediate and wide-spread. What we’re
seeing is Google getting much more aggressive in their efforts to
‘clean up’ their search results, while eliminating or penalizing
sites that are deemed to be ‘manipulating’ their ranking.

Without passing judgement, it’s fair to say this is something
Google has been attempting all along. It’s the speed and voracity
that have taken many by surprise.

Still, the ‘writing has been on the wall’, and it has had a huge
immediate impact, and very profound implications.

Simply put, the days of ‘quick & easy’ ranking are gone, but
beyond that, the days of seeing any significant search traffic
without a serious, well-thought-out and well-executed effort are
reaching an end as well.

What does that mean to us, and what do we do about it? We’ve
nearly completed our “Ranking 2.0” guide, which will show you
precisely how to gain (or re-gain) rankings & traffic.  Look
for an email announcement from us in 2-3 weeks.

But this also brings us to our next issue…

Non-Google IM

At the least, we should be rapidly working towards less reliance
on Google for traffic. There are two ways we can do this – and
you should be working towards both:

Alternative traffic.

Alternative business models.

For the first, alternative traffic, we’ve been working in this
area for quite some time. And we’re getting ready to re-release
“Traffic $100k Blueprint”, our course on traffic generation.
It’s been re-written to include significantly more traffic
sources, and more traffic strategies.

You can expect advance notice of it’s re-launch within 2-3 weeks
as well.

Which brings us to alternative business models. And we have a lot
to say – and offer – about this.

One ‘trendy’ business model is website flipping. It seems to
cycle every few months as the ‘hot’ business model, then fades
away, seemingly from over-saturation. But the recent events have
radically re-shaped that business.

All of a sudden, literally, websites that were worth thousands
and tens of thousands of dollars, are now effectively worthless.
So many sites that were generating revenue through rankings and
search traffic sank literally overnight. And many website buyers
saw their investments similarly go up in smoke.

For those not entirely risk-averse, this also presents some huge
opportunities. Look for many “distressed” sales on Flippa –
and the opportunity to pick up still-valuable sites for pennies
on the dollar.

And through all that, we have a website flipping business model
that is completely immune to these issues, one where you can
easily earn hundreds or thousands of dollars per week.

As with every strategy and business model we talk about, this is
something we’ve actually done. In fact, we did a 2-hour Live
Training session on it last week (for our new “$100k
Results!” Live Training & Coaching offer), and are getting
feedback saying it was the best training yet, and actually worth
the entire year’s membership!

We had actually been putting together a for-sale product
detailing this strategy, which will be available in about 2
weeks. However…

… in our never-ending quest to provide more and more value to
you, we decided to put together a “mini-course” report. It
will be available from today on our main private forum.

Alternative Business Model #2

One often over-looked or short-changed business model is product
development, as in content, as in ebooks. It is one of the most
profitable, “change-proof” business models, and always has
been.

The main ‘problem’ has been, most people don’t know how to put
together a strong info-product, and don’t have access to anything
that will help them.

That all changes, right now!

I recently came across an absolutely terrific info-product
creation product, that consists of fantastic training, and a
brilliant, fool-proof software system for actually producing
professional, polished ebooks effortlessly.

I was so impressed with it, I bought it myself.

While going through it, I became even more impressed.

So I bought the rights to give it to you.

For free.

Including the rights allowing you to sell it, over & over, and
keep 100%.

Oh, and it comes with about 40 complete, pre-made info-products.
I mean complete: ebook, editable source files (graphics &
content), plus a professionally produced sales page!

You can see the sales page for the product, “Speedy Profit
Creator”, here:

http://bit.ly/IFaoF6

You can download a zip of it here:

(available if you are a member of our private forum,
or our “$100k Results!” Live Training & Coaching membership)

“$100k Results!” Live Training Offer

If you’ve read our emails over the past few months, you know we
launched a Live Training & Coaching offer, “$100k
Results!”, which includes two live training sessions per week,
additional exclusive IM content, and full access to our private
forum – including a new “Results!”-only area that is now
packed with excellent materials, xtra’s, and threads.

We’d like to offer you “amnesty” – a one-time opportunity to
jump onboard at the original pre-launch pricing that was offered
exclusively to customers, and for a very limited time. If you’re
interested, you can see the sales page at http://100kresults.com/
- but don’t buy there!

Here are links for the original, only discount:

Monthly membership, at $24.95/mo. ? http://bit.ly/JLLlOW

Pre-paid, 6-months membership for only $124.95/mo. ?
http://bit.ly/IEiijH

Pre-paid, 12-months membership for only $199.95/mo. ?
http://bit.ly/ITO3nW

Separately – if you haven’t been on our ‘regular’ private forum
lately, you might want to spend some time there. There is new
content and valuable freebies, plus some of the very best IM
advice & discussions you’ll see anywhere!

Sincerely,

Michael & Adam

And the fact is, improving conversions is the fastest way to make more money.

For most internet marketers, conversions take place on their website. While many “off-page” factors contribute (or detract) from our conversion rate, such as how well qualified the visitors that we’re courting are, it’s usually the website that clinches the deal. In other words, whether or not a visitor converts will be determined by how ‘well’ the page they’re on ‘works’.

In this first of a 3-part series, we’re going to look at how we can improve conversions at the page (website) level.

I’m going to begin with a bold statement: No matter what business model you’re using – Adsense, affiliate marketing, etc. – or how targeted your traffic is, you can improve your conversions by at least 50%.

I’ll make another bold claim: much of that improvement will come without ever touching price, or the product/opt-in/etc.  itself.

What we’re talking about in Part 1 is improving and optimizing your page, and most of the tips will work for any business model, any product, and virtually any ‘website conversion’ scenario.

Think Backwards

Let’s start off with the premise that every visitor is a potential conversion. As such, your ‘theoretical maximum’ conversion rate is 100%, where every person who gets to that page buys, clicks an ad, or opts in.

What then keeps so many from converting? This is part of the ‘backwards’ consideration that will highlight our improvement tips.

Lousy Content

If someone shows up at our site, begins reading the content, and it’s garbage, what do you think the chances of conversion will be? Pretty low, as most will simply bail – hit the back-button.

And so one of the first, most important tips is, improve your content. If you’re selling something, post articles that help your visitors care about. For instance, if you have a review-style page, create articles that help your visitor make a better or more confident decision: info on features that’s actually informative, comparisons that provide real perspective, personal experience with the product or service (if you have any), suggestions or ideas to make better use of the product, etc.

You can also do “who this is good for” or “what this is good for” articles or posts, taking advantage of the opportunity to mention additional/alternative products. This works particularly well for Amazon ‘review’ sites.

If you’re shooting for an ad click rather than a sale, segment your content into smaller, shorter, self-contained articles or topics. In other words, don’t make your reader have to read looooong pieces since they’ll not have the chance to read the ads. You can also provide summaries or highlights of the what the main posts or articles say, or list the take-aways succinctly. CNN and other news sites do this very well – it allows your visitor to get the main points at a glance, which ‘frees’ them to read and click on the ads.

You can further leverage the whole content thing – and significantly improve cross-selling or cross-promotion – by having a list of your ‘best of’ content after every article.

Missed Opportunity

Many people don’t need to read through an entire article before they’d be ‘convertible’. Having contextual text links within the body of your content will lead to more sales, period. That concept can be extended to Adsense by ‘breaking up’ a post with mid-page ads, particularly ‘blended’ ads that have no border (border color same as background color).

Affiliate and opt-in sites can also ‘reclaim lost opportunities’ by having any/all images clickable with your affiliate link or linking to an opt-in page.

Along similar lines of ‘missed opportunities’, don’t mix your monetization. If you’re trying to make an affiliate sale, don’t risk losing one to an Adsense click, and vice-versa. You should be optimizing for a single, specific conversion, and having multiple conversion points means you won’t be able to optimize for any of them 100%.

I’m Not Sure…

Most of us won’t know specifically why some visitors don’t convert. Since it’s really tough to address the reason if you don’t know what it is, you should be continually testing. Test your layout by moving things around. Try two mid-article breaks instead of one. Test different formats.

Google makes this kind of testing relatively easy – and free – with their Website Optimizer. It walks you through split-testing, so you can do “A/B” tests with any element, and continually boost your conversions.

In fact, you almost can’t help but improve your performance this way. And the bottom line is, testing is often the only way to learn what keeps the ‘rest’ of your traffic from doing what you want them to – and nobody gets fewer conversions by testing.

In Part II (not the next post, but the next in this series), we’ll go over ‘profiling’, tracking, and using your analytics data to further boost your conversion percentages.

BMR is not the only private link network to have sites deindexed; we’ve seen an increase of instances in recent months.

But given it’s positioning within the industry, and the near-complete wholesale de-indexing of it’s network, their demise will be used to mark the ‘beginning of the end’ for these publicly marketed private syndication networks.

In actuality, it was Google’s Caffeine update that spelled doom for these networks, and the subsequent release of the Panda update that sealed their fate.

The bane of Google’s search index and database is rank manipulation – trying to influence ranking by manipulating the link graph and ranking signals. Private blog networks are one of the most visible and pervasive ‘rank manipulation’ methods in widespread use. Should it surprise anyone that Google is aggressively pursuing them?

Just days ago on Twitter, in a response to SEO expert and self-proclaimed “White Hat Black Belt” Dan Thies, Webspam-meister Matt Cutts said as much. Referring to a post about Google’s partial de-indexing of content syndication network ALN, Cutts said “Good to see that it’s on peoples’ radar that they’re on our radar.”

I’ve been saying for quite some time, it isn’t terribly hard for Google to discern these networks. With the benefits of billions of backlink profiles to analyze, matching even partial footprint patterns to ‘uncover’ these networks isn’t difficult. And as a domain registrar, Google can match registration information and contact details to new TLD domain naming patterns and frequency, etc.

And all that aside, what stops Google from visiting the same forums and reading the same advertisements that internet marketers do, and subscribing themselves? Create enough accounts and publish enough identifiable posts, and you literally map out the network.

It’s an unfortunate reality, but many IM’ers are now faced with an almost-instant disappearance of their rankings, and with it their revenues. There will be many for whom BMR is essentially their entire backlink profile; with most or all incoming links de-valued to zero due to de-indexing, most if not all rankings disappear. And that doesn’t even take into account possible penalties levied against the sites that used BMR themselves.

Build My Rank isn’t the only content syndication network with these problems. SEOLinkmonster, with it’s pedigree from high-IM-profile owners Brad & Matt Callen and Dori Friend, saw a chunk of it’s brand-spanking-new, ‘doing-everything-right’ link network deindexed just weeks in to a high-visibility mega-launch.

For those internet marketers using networks other than BuildMyRank, there must be a sense of impending doom. But let’s be honest: if making money online was as ‘simple’ as building a site and paying for a backlink network subscription, there would be a lot more ‘successes’ and far fewer ‘failures’ than there are.

Fortunately, ranking and IM success aren’t dependent on blog networks. In fact, our recently-launched Live Training & Coaching membership, “$100k Results!“, focuses on just that: achieving results, and success, with better and more sustainable “Internet Marketing 2.0″ tactics and strategies (our next Live Training session is scheduled for tonight, and has already been re-worked to address the BMR closing and provide alternative linking strategies).

In fact, this just may be a windfall for us: though a couple of weeks away, our soon-to-be-released “Ranking Blueprint” address that directly: how to rank effectively in this new, post-Panda “2.0″ world – all about Panda, how ranking really works, how to correctly optimize pages & sites, and how to do effective, sustainable backlinking.

Look for some tips, tactics, and strategies here in my next post!

Our answer to that is our newly-launched Live Training & Coaching membership: “$100k Results!”

We’re in the business of teaching Internet Marketing. We develop courses based on our own in-house IM business. But putting the particulars down on ‘paper’ isn’t easy: effectively conveying the skills, methods, tactic, and strategies necessary for success is a challenge.

Through many years of direct consulting, we’ve come to realize that the very best, most effective way to teach this is by “show & tell” – actually showing someone what to do, and how to do it. Of those who fail to reach their goals, the reasons cited vary widely. But they do have something in common: nearly everyone we talk to will say “if only someone would show me exactly what to do”, or “I just need someone to show me exactly how to do it”.

That’s the basis of our new offer, “$100k Results!” membership. We’ve taken virtually every step and aspect of internet marketing, and turned it into ‘show & tell’.

The membership revolves around weekly Live Training, where we actually walk through each and every step in the process, with a specific focus on understanding the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of each step.

Along with the Live Training, there are weekly Live Mastermind groups, so that the live training can be discussed, individual questions addressed, etc.  We supplement this with weekly ‘Cheat Sheets’, a listing of the tips, shortcuts, new resources, etc. taken from our in-house efforts.

All of this centers in our private forum, where a separate membership area holds the materials, session replays, etc. Members also have full access to the rest of the forum, which has some of the best internet marketing information available, and a truly wonderful community:

From the sales page:

With a 2500 member forum, and years teaching & training internet marketers, we know what obstacles IM’ers face, and what you need to succeed and make real money online.

With “$100k Results!”, we’re going to give it to you – live training, going over each step of every IM business model – Adsense, Affiliate Marketing, eCommerce, Mobile, Social – so you can watch over our shoulder while we show you EXACTLY what to do & how to do it: niche research, keyword research, competitive analysis, site building & optimization, content development & outsourcing, rank building, traffic building, website flipping – and a whole lot more. We’ll also cover specific ‘Blueprints’ for how you can make money in Mobile, Social, and much, much more.

Plus, we’re going to lead live ‘Mastermind’ groups where you’ll learn specific tactics & strategies, be able to ask specific questions, get answers to YOUR stumbling blocks, and have legitimate experts look at YOUR efforts and tell you how to make them successful.

Below are some details about the live training sessions, Mastermind Groups, and other features, followed by some
promises we can make to you about membership:

Live Training Session Descriptions

This is the ‘heart’ of ‘$100k Results!’, expert training, by people who actually do what they’re teaching, are successful at it, and know how to teach effectively.

Below are the Live Training categories. Each month you’ll get a schedule with the particulars of the sessions for that month. Each session will be designated by the session type – the bracketed letters – and a description of the specifics for that session.

The session categories are:

[CS] “Core Skills”. These are the basic ‘building blocks’ that are necessary for many, if not most business models – the skills you’ll use over & over. They include niche research, keyword research, analyzing competition, outsourcing, content creation & optimization, backlinking, WordPress installation & configuration, etc.

[MS] “Meta Skills”. Meta skills are the strategic components for success such as traffic generation, or list & list marketing. building, and can often be accomplished numerous ways, using different skills. We’ll focus on actual applications and real-life examples of ‘best practices’ that you can directly apply to your own efforts.

[BM] “Business Models”. These are how we refer to various IM approaches or strategies. They include Adsense, affiliate marketing, eCommerce, product development, website flipping, PPC, services such as offline marketing, etc. In these live training sessions, we’ll go over ‘what’ & ‘how’ of an entire business model: what the necessary steps are, and what it looks like going through the entire process the right way – from finding or identifying opportunities, to qualifying the opportunity, to implementing the business model, all the way to profitability, how to optimize the process, outsource it, scale it, etc. Note: Some ‘Business Model’ sessions may extend over more than one call.

[20] “2.0″. The ’2.0′ live training sessions will focus on the newer and emerging areas of the internet – mobile marketing, social web strategies (social media, social networking, etc.), local & offline marketing, etc. You’ll learn what is going on now and what’s developing in these emerging areas, the right way to successfully leverage them in your ‘traditional’ marketing efforts, how to discover or find opportunities in these areas, and specific ’2.0′ business models.

[QC] “Quick Cash / Emergency Cash!”. Real, quick methods to generate cash, fast! We’ll go over a number of easy-to-follow, easy-to-implement ways you can generate significant cash, right away. Some you can start today and start seeing cash tomorrow; some can generate hundreds, even thousands of dollars in a matter of days or weeks. We’ll go over a variety of methods,

[ST] “Show & Tell / Reviews & Case Studies”. These sessions will focus on specific sites and dissecting them it in order to see what the successful implementation of a particular business model or strategy looks like, detailed explanations on how it’s doing what it’s doing, and learning the ‘why’ of it.

[ME] “Member Suggestions”. We’ll reserve one live training session each month to focus on your suggestions – specifically what you want to go over, particular areas you’re having trouble with or for which you’d like to see how we do it. Each month we’ll poll the membership and create a session based on your feedback.

And of course, all Live Training sessions will be recorded, so you’ll have ongoing access to a growing library of the very best training available, anywhere.

Live Mastermind Groups

We’ll be running live Mastermind groups every week, beginning the week of March 19th (the week after live training begins), with the first session on Thursday, March 22nd. The purpose of these sessions is to answer your questions (about the live training or anything else), brainstorm, trouble-shoot, and discuss strategies, tactics, business models, even your own efforts. You’ll be able to engage in discussions about what you’re learning, ask about your individual efforts, and gain the support and motivation of other Mastermind members.

Weekly ‘Cheat Sheets’

Starting the week of March 12th, you’ll receive weekly ‘Cheat Sheets’. These will include tips and optimization & implementation ‘tricks’ around the Live Training session topic, other money-making opportunities, and additional ‘front-line’ info to help you get better results with your own efforts.

More Benefits

Your membership includes many more benefits, including full access to our outstanding $100k Blueprint private forum (normally $17/month), permanent half-off discounts on all current & future $100k Blueprint products, regular new resources, and more.

We don’t believe there is anything like “$100k Results!” anywhere – or anything else that can assure your success on the level that this will. The closest thing we can think of would be one or two of the very best $1997 coaching courses, and they only last for a few days or weeks!

You can get more info, or sign up at: http://100kResults.com/

Let us help you finally achieve the Internet Marketing success you’ve been looking for, and start making money online!

The first session, which covered Niche Research, Keyword Research, and Competitive Analysis was a Smash Hit! Every one of the available 1000 lines was taken, and the session received rave reviews.

Session #2 focuses on Content: where to find content you can use, how to create it yourself, how to spin it properly, how & where to outsource it, and exactly how to optimize it; we’ll cover the post-Panda ‘New Rules’ of content, and show you how to get excellent content outsourced very inexpensively.

Join Adam and me for this second session by signing up at:

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/684437358

NOTE: Since GoToWebinar assigns a unique ID to every webinar, you’ll need to register for this session even if you attended the first session.

Over the course of this live training series, we’ll be building a real site from scratch, all the way through building traffic & rankings, generating revenues, then flipping the site – going over each step as part of the training.

In this session, we’ll be going over content. Over the remaining sessions, we’ll be going over the site launch – how to set up & optimally configure our blog including plugins, and how to do on-page optimization; ranking – the post-Panda ‘New Rules’ of building backlinks; other traffic – how & where to get non-search free traffic; finally flipping – creating a listing and flipping the site.

While based on the time-tested and proven “$100k Blueprint” methods, we’ll go beyond the context of the courses, insuring you’ll learn how to ‘do content’ right for whatever business models you pursue. And of course, this will all be up-to-the-minute, post-Panda methods and tactics…

We will also spend a few minutes going over the latest recent Google announcements & changes – what you need to know about them, how they effect you, and what you should – or shouldn’t – be doing.

Finally, we’ll give you some details and a ‘sneak peak’ into the pre-launch of our “$100k Results!” Live Training & Coaching membership.

Did we mention, you will also have the opportunity to ask questions during the event…?

There are only a limited number of spots, and the first session filled up quickly, so don’t wait – sign up and secure your place now:

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/684437358

Title:   $100k Blueprint Live Training – Session #1
Date:    Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Time:    9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Michael

Now we’re ready for session #2. Join Adam and me for another extraordinary live training session covering content creation, outsourcing, and optimization.

Over the course of this live training series, we’ll be building a real site from scratch, all the way through building traffic & rankings, generating revenues, then flipping the site – going over each step as part of the training.

In this session, we’ll be going over content – where to find content you can use, how to create it yourself, ways to spin it, how & where to outsource it, and exactly how to optimize it; we’ll cover the post-Panda ‘New Rules’ of content, and show you how to get excellent content outsourced very inexpensively.

Over the remaining sessions, we’ll be going over the site launch – how to set up & optimally configure our blog including plugins, and how to do on-page optimization; ranking – the post-Panda ‘New Rules’ of building backlinks; other traffic – how & where to get non-search free traffic; finally flipping – creating a listing and flipping the site.

While based on the tested and proven “$100k Blueprint” methods, we’ll go beyond the context of the courses, insuring you’ll learn how to ‘do content’ right for whatever business models you pursue.

And of course, this will all be up-to-the-minute, post-Panda methods and tactics…

We will also spend a few minutes going over the recent Google announcements & changes – what you need to know about them, how they effect you, and what you should – or shouldn’t – be doing.

Did we mention, you will also have the opportunity to ask questions during the event…!

There are only a limited number of spots, and the first session filled up quickly, so don’t wait – sign up and secure your place now!

Sign up for Session #2, Thursday, March 8 @ 9:00pm EST: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/684437358

Session #1 Replay

We recorded the first session, and now have the replay available:

Session #1: “Opportunity – Niche & Keyword Research, Competition Analysis”

Replay link: http://100kblueprint.com/webinar-1/

Excellent Free Resource

If you weren’t aware yet, we’ve decided to combine the resource listings from our courses into one larger resource listing, put it online so we can keep them current & updated – and add new resources continually – and make it available to all.

Check out our “$100k Resources” blog at: http://100kResources.com

We’ll be adding new resources & content pretty regularly, and intend to build it into the very best, most comprehensive free internet marketing resources listing on the web.

New Google Updates

On Monday, 2/27, Google confirmed a new Panda run, and announced 40 algorithm changes. You can read the official announcement here: http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/02/search-quality-highlights-40-changes.html

There’s a LOT of things going on in these updates, and we will be doing a post specifically to summarize the new changes & updates.

Among the notable and more significant areas being tweaked are evaluation of backlinks, ‘freshness’, local search results, how Google detects ‘official’ and original pages, it’s index of images, and more local relevance for Youtube results.

Panda, which is a separate, additional set of calculations performed on the search index, was run on 2/27 as well. Panda looks at a wide range of metrics including content quality, backlinks profile, and ‘user experience’ factors such as load time, ‘time on site’, and ‘bounce rate’, and determines a ‘ranking adjustment factor’ that is applied to a site outside of the ‘regular’ ranking algorithm. This means that however your pages are ranking, Panda may push entire sites up or down. And because Panda is run periodically (3-8 weeks between runs), unlike the ‘regular’ search algorithm which ranks pages in real-time, it’s effects will ‘stay’ until the next Panda run. This means if your site is hit, you’ll have to figure out why, adjust accordingly, and wait until the next run for any Panda-related re-adjustments to happen.

Not only is Panda is here to stay, it’s really the ‘beginning’ of broad and profound changes affecting search, social, and nearly every area of the internet. “Reference $100k Blueprint” which will be available to you very shortly, goes into what this all means, what to do in order to stay in front of the curve, and very specifically how to succeed in Internet Marketing going forward.

So much is happening in our industry; we’re experiencing the shift from “Internet Marketing 1.0″ to “Internet Marketing 2.0″. We now have to take into account profound changes in how our sites perform in the search engines, the growning significance and importance of Social Media and Social Networking, and the rapidly-growing prevalence of a mobile internet.

Animoto

If you aren’t creating videos, well – at this point, I don’t even know what to say to you! Video should have already become a crucial part of every internet marketer’s arsenal. But with the massively growing adoption of mobile & social, it’s actually become waaaay more important!

One problem we hear often is, I don’t know how to make videos, I can’t make decent videos, and similar reasons for avoiding it.

Animoto is an amazingly slick service that produces great, stylish videos by itself! You simply upload some images – which could be Powerpoint slides, text images, or anything else – pick from it’s library of background soundtracks, and it automatically creates really slick videos! You can sign up and create 30 second videos for free, while unlimited-length videos are just $5/month, or $30/yr!

You simply have to see it to appreciate it. Check out the demos, see how ridiculously easy it is, and at the very least, sign yourself up for a free account. If you do nothing else, create those free 30-second videos for your sites – they’re increasingly important for getting & staying ranked, and give you a huge ‘multimedia’ and original content benefit. Not to mention, you then have excellent, original content to syndicate.

Animoto: http://www.100kblueprint.com/animoto

Video Tip: Did you know you can upload transcripts of your videos on Youtube? This gives you tremendous SEO benefits when someone is searching on Youtube. You can find plenty of Fiverr gigs to create text file transcripts of videos…

How To Be Successful

We mentioned recently a new membership we’re launching in March: “$100k Success!” This will be a separate, private monthly membership, and what we have put together as the very best way to insure your success. We’ve taken everything we’ve learned from your feedback, the comments on our forum, and everything we know about building a successful internet marketing business – and we know quite a bit about that! – and looked at the ‘missing pieces’.

Based on this feedback and a LOT of experience working with internet marketers, we know that virtually anyone can be successful if we could teach them “the biz”, somehow show them precisely what to do, how to do it, and answer the questions that come along the way. That’s what this membership is all about.

It will include:

• Weekly live training sessions
• Weekly live ‘Mastermind’ groups
• Weekly ‘Success Plans’ – best practices, new opportunities, ‘cheat sheets’, tips, blueprints
• Live ‘case studies’ and site reviews
• Free $100k Blueprint forum access
• Additional free resources
• Permanent discount on all current & future $100k Blueprint products.

We sincerely believe that this membership is as close to a guarantee of success as can be had. If you’re willing to apply yourself, you’ll get the info, training, and support you need here.

Membership will be priced at $49.95 after the launch, but is being offered to you at a discount of just $24.95/month.

This is a pre-launch discount for you, as we’ve done with all our other products. Due to demand – about 100 emails asking to sign up – we’ve put up a preliminary sales page & ‘buy’ button so you can now actually sign up.

If you sign up, you’ll be getting the $24.95 price forever. You’ll get a ‘Welcome’ email next week – before the upcoming training session – with the new membership training (separate from this free training series) beginning the week of March 12th. All of the membership features will become available that week.

Sign up here: http://100kblueprint.com/membership/

Once again, I’d like to thank all of you for your support, and hope to ‘see’ you on the next training session!

Until then…

One thing we’ve seen consistently over the years is that the ones who find quality training are almost always successful.

We see many people who learn the mechanics, but miss something in their implementation. Similarly, we see many who learn a process that isn’t complete, lacks some crucial step, or simply doesn’t emphasize the right steps.

With the benefit of our private forum, we get to see & hear from thousands of marketers. One of the most oft-heard comments from those who haven’t yet had the success they’re after is, “if someone would just tell me what I have to do”, and “if someone could just show me where I’m going wrong”.

Having a successful, experienced marketer actually go through and show you how to do something is the most effective way to learn and understand, and the closest thing to ‘guaranteed’ success you’ll find.

So that’s what we’ve decided to do.

On Thursday, Feb. 23rd, we’ll hold the first in a series of free live training & live ‘case study’ webinars.

You can sign up for it here: http://www.100kblueprint.com/webinar-opt-in/

Join Michael Ullman & Adam Franklin for an extraordinary live training session covering niche research & selection, and keyword research.

Over the course of this live training series, we’ll be building a real site from scratch, all the way through building traffic & rankings, generating revenues, then flipping the site – going over each step as part of the training.

This free, live 10-session training series will cover:

• Choosing a Niche, Finding Opportunities.
• Killer Keyword Research and How To Analyze Competition – the RIGHT way.
• Content Creation – Doing It Yourself (writing & spinning), Outsourcing It, and Finding It (public domain, Creative Commons / Open Source).
• Content Optimization – Optimizing It in a Post-Panda World: Content Length, Format, Keyword Density, ‘Best Practices’ for Keyword Optimization.
• Launching a Site: Quickly Launching a WordPress Blog, the RIGHT Plugins, and the RIGHT Settings.
• On-Page Optimization – EXACTLY How to FULLY Optimize a Site.
• Ranking – SEO & Link-Building: How & Where to Build the RIGHT Links the RIGHT Way, Post-Panda.
• Social Engagement – What, Where, and How to leverage Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, Google +1.
• Alternate Traffic Sources – EXACTLY Where & How to Get OTHER Free Traffic.
• Flipping – Creating a great Listing and Selling the site on Flippa.

In the first session, we will go over exactly how we choose a niche – including the tools & methods we use for niche discovery, market research, and competitive analysis. Then we’ll do the keyword research, going over the tools & methods we use to find our ‘seed’ or ‘umbrella’ terms, and build our ‘keyword phrase group’ – including our criteria for choosing keywords, and actually walking through the competitive analysis.

While based on the “Adsense $100k Blueprint” methods, we’ll go beyond the context of A100k, insuring you’ll learn how to do niche & keyword research quickly and effectively, for whatever business models you pursue.

And of course, this will all be up-to-the-minute, post-Panda methods and tactics…

Did we mention, you will also have the opportunity to ask questions during the event…!

There are only a limited number of spots, and we’re pretty certain they’ll fill up fast, so don’t wait – sign up and secure your place now!

You can sign up for it here: http://www.100kblueprint.com/webinar-opt-in/

Title: $100k Blueprint Live Training – Session #1
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Time: 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information
about joining the Webinar.

 Thanks!

We look forward to your attendance!

Michael & Adam