Graphic Ads - Do They Help or Hurt Your Online Marketing?
By Tiffany | May 11, 2008
Some marketers have said that graphics are out. Aside from having an ecover on your minisite, they feel that consumers’ eyes glaze over when they see an animated graphic banner ad.
But does that mean they’re completely ineffective?
Not necessarily.
If I go to a site that has nothing but banner ads and a small amount of text, they’re right - I might not pay any attention because I know it’s all slapped up there for commercial reasons.
But if I go to a site that has something of value to provide me content-wise, and I happen to see 1-2 banner ads that are relevant to the topic, I take notice. Like the Hub Pages banner at the top of this blog.
Why is it there? Because I feel Hub Pages is on the rise as a valuable web 2.0 resource so I give it a prominent placement where people will see it.
I use animated graphic banner ads in my affiliate programs. They work on Squidoo lenses and it turns an otherwise static page into something that has movement. I don’t like flashy sites that are all movement, but stumbling on one banner ad that changes is a pleasant experience for me, assuming it doesn’t flash bright lights at me.
There’s a right and wrong way to use animated banner ads in your online marketing. You just have to find what works best for your niche.
Tiff 
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What Does Your Home Office Life Look Like?
By Tiffany | May 10, 2008
How many of you actually get in the car and drive somewhere to do your Internet marketing business? I wake up every day, plop my butt down on my couch, and sip my coffee.
To be honest, this has become a sticker in my marriage for a few reasons, so I’m working on changing that. First, it’s too easy to stick my long hair that my husband loves up in a blob on top of my head. I figure, “Hey! I’m not going anywhere, so why style it?”
Same goes for make-up. My poor Mr. Wonderful would love to see me fixed up more than just on Saturday nights. So I’m making an effort – to clean up myself and pretend I’m going to a corporate gig. I won’t be wearing hose and heels though – a home worker can only give up her perks so much. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sorry, The Ghostwriting WSO Has Closed!
By Tiffany | May 10, 2008
To everyone who’s emailing me asking about where the WSO went for my ghostwriting or product owner’s toolkit - it expired! I bumped it once to rerun it but it eventually fell off of page 6 on the Warrior Forum.
While you can’t hire me right now for more work, you can always see if anything meets your needs at my PLR Mini Mart. If not, stay tuned to my list and you’ll know when I launch my next ghostwriting WSO.
Thanks for all the interest! I’m going to finish up the orders I have now and then I’ll focus on my own eBooks coming out and I may launch another one in the next few months.
Tiff 
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Recession Slump Marketing for Online and Offline Businesses
By Tiffany | May 9, 2008
John Lawlor has created a tactic called Slump Marketing, where you harness the power of various online tools and sites to keep your business afloat.
As an online marketer, you may think your business is exempt from recession issues, but it’s no different - consumers are going to pick and choose how and where they spend ANY extra money they have after necessities.
We should all be considering how to recession proof our business. Lawlor does a great job of explaining it.
tiff
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Article Marketing Help
By Tiffany | May 8, 2008
If you’re a lover of free marketing tactics, as I am, then you’re probably using articles to help drive targeted traffic to your domain - whether they’re on EzineArticles or Squidoo or wherever.
But article marketing isn’t being used by everyone. Why? A LOT of people don’t feel comfortable writing. I know - I’m the one they come to asking me to ghostwrite for them.
It’s either too time consuming or they can’t eek out a well-organized, effective article. From time to time someone on my list will email me asking for tips on how to write.
That’s been hard for me to convey because it took years in Journalism courses in college for me to master. But someone else created a guide to writing a 7 minute article (personally I think it’ll take a non-pro 10 minutes, but that’s still a great pace).
http://www.tiffanydow.com/7minutes.html
I don’t know the guy - Jason Fladlien - but I did get his product just to see if it can “help me help you” (in the words of Jerry Maguire). I really liked what I read. Read the rest of this entry »
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Forum Marketing Makes Me a Lot of Money
By Tiffany | May 6, 2008
You probably belong to one or more forums. Some might be Internet Marketing forums like Warrior Forum, and others might be niche-specific. If you’re just posting and taking away information, you’re not using the forum to the max.
I didn’t even realize that I was participating in forum marketing at first. I had plugged in my URL into my sig file (a sig file is your signature that appears below your post where you can include a link back to your domain, depending on the rules of the forum).
Then I started checking my stats. Traffic was pouring in from my forum participation! Whether I was asking a relevant question or responding to something I felt I could help with, people were seeing my links and clicking through, then converting into sales.
If you want to make the most of your forum participation, make sure you do the following:
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I’m Starting a Hub Series About Online Graphics
By Tiffany | May 5, 2008
So I’m no graphics girl by trade, but I have a friend who IS. And I’ve asked her to help me with a step-by-step tutorial for those of us who would like to create our own online graphics but don’t know how.
Here’s part 1 of the online graphics tutorial.
Here’s part 2 of the series titled, “How to Make an eCover.”
More to come!
Tiff
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Who’s Waiting for Hansen’s Firepow Blogging Software?
By Tiffany | May 4, 2008
My mentor mentioned this in passing and I started digging around and MAN - I can’t wait to get my hands on Firepow. It’s Andrew Hansen’s blogging software that is way more than just the typical blogging tool people use.
Read the rest of this entry »
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The Power of a Podcast
By Tiffany | May 3, 2008
I just created a Hub about the Power of branding your business with a podcast.
Check it out!
Tiff
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Should I Launch a PLR Membership Site?
By Tiffany | April 29, 2008
For two years now, my mentor Craig Desorcy of WeHelpNewbies.com has tried to talk me into running a membership PLR site where I offer one eBook each month to a limited number of people, such as 100, for about $1 a page, or $49 for 50 pages.
Then today my business partner Lewis Smile of SquidooCool.com urges me to do the same thing. I know it’s a good idea, but I want to know from my own list of subscribers if it’s something you would be interested in if I go for it.
I’m not sure how I would do the niches. Have the members vote the month before? What if every time the majority voted dating for instance – what would the dog training or acne niche marketers do?
Read the rest of this entry »
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Putting Myself on a Schedule
By Tiffany | April 24, 2008
I’m half man I think.
You know how men are able to put nose to the grindstone and work continually, obliviously to time and whatever’s going on around them? I used to not be that way. I had a house to run - kids to raise, meals to prepare. The usual mom tasks.
Lately, I’ve been spinning my wheels - and while I was working from 6 AM to 11 PM, a 17 Hour Day YIKES, I wasn’t getting as much done than if I’d kept my hours reined in and given each project a laser focus for a shorter period of time.
Read the rest of this entry »
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David Dutton Bought My eBook
By Tiffany | April 20, 2008
Get your copy of Social Networking On Squidoo by clicking HERE
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We Created Our Own Lens Link Directory!
By Tiffany | April 20, 2008
When Lewis Smile and I wanted to find a way to help promote our customers lenses, we (okay he) came up with the idea to create our own lens link directory, but not just any link directory – one that’s exclusive and hard to get into, helping Google see that we only provide links to quality pages.
We know that the lenses we create are top notch – not only in design and aesthetics, but in regards to relevant, well-written content. It would never have dawned on me to do this (thank God I’m partnered with someone who has a tech-savvy mind).
I would have just thought it enough to continue with social bookmarking and the other pinging and things our service provides. But it’s not enough, not when you find even more ways to provide something amazing.
So Lewis created www.Every-Expert.com - a lens directory exclusive to our Build My Lens customers as an extra perk. They don’t have to pay extra for it – we just do it upon completion of the lens.
It gives our customers extra backlinks to their lenses, from what we hope will eventually grow into an authority site.
Instead of going through and adding all of our past customers lenses all at once (since there are hundreds), Lewis is adding 6-7 a day, so that Google sees natural growth instead of one big chunk that sets off alarms that it might be a spam site.
The primary tags link all of the lenses together by category. So Google associates high quality lenses both on Squidoo and off. So go to www.Every-Expert.com and click on one of the categories on the right side.
You’ll see the primary tags of the lenses in that category at the top of the page and then some recently added lenses with their images on the bottom half of the page.
If you click on one of the tags, you’ll see the Primary Tag Page in that category. So the lenses are not only linked together on the tag page for that word or phrase, but they’re also linked together on our lens directory.
Whenever he adds another lens, the directory automatically pings the search engines to alert them that a new lens was added.
Oh, and Lewis and I don’t have ANY of our lenses on here either – this is strictly a perk for our customers – it’s not self-serving. So if you want in, you’ll need to order a custom built lens or niche VIP 4-pack from BuildMyLens.com and we’ll get you through the velvet gates.
Tiff
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Another Day Another Hub
By Tiffany | April 18, 2008
I can’t believe I have 48 Hubs to make for customers. I finished the first one, at http://hubpages.com/hub/Fitness-After-50
and I just now completed the second one at http://hubpages.com/hub/Skin-Care-After-50
See what I did here?
Good images
Quality content
Links that adhere to the rules (no more than 2 per domain)
I linked to his Squidoo lenses, his own domain, and a free newsletter he gives away to subscribers - as well as his other Hub.
I’m making lots of good Hubs in my own account. I’m targeting the high converting clicks in certain niches because I’ve discovered that the AdSense is much better on Hub Pages than it is on my own blogs!
tiff
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Another Day Another Hub
By Tiffany | April 18, 2008
I can’t believe I have 48 Hubs to make for customers. I finished the first one, at http://hubpages.com/hub/Fitness-After-50
and I just now completed the second one at http://hubpages.com/hub/Skin-Care-After-50
See what I did here?
Good images
Quality content
Links that adhere to the rules (no more than 2 per domain)
I linked to his Squidoo lenses, his own domain, and a free newsletter he gives away to subscribers - as well as his other Hub.
I’m making lots of good Hubs in my own account. I’m targeting the high converting clicks in certain niches because I’ve discovered that the AdSense is much better on Hub Pages than it is on my own blogs!
tiff
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Common Sense Video Marketing Tips
By Tiffany | April 17, 2008
I’m no expert video creator by any means. But there are a few things I know to help set my video apart from the really bad amateur creations I see from time to time.
I had to laugh when Willie Crawford mentioned he was on a conference call and they all heard someone fush the toilet. Willie’s using the recording for a product creation, most likely, and now he’ll either have to edit that out and chop some of the conversation or keep it in. Same can happen with video production.
Stop off here and see what tips I have to help you create a better video:
http://hubpages.com/hub/viralvideotips
Enjoy!
tiff
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Free Images for Your Site of Squidoo Lenses!
By Tiffany | April 5, 2008
Everyone always asks me where I get the images for my lenses. Sometimes I use my Clipart CD but other times I buy from istockphoto. However, I like public domain content – images included.
I found a site that lets you use their images for free!
(Don’t worry – it’s not photos from a morgue).
So for instance - go there and type in “dogs” (without quotes). You’ll see page after age of results of cute dogs you can use on your lenses – free!
A Morgue File is a journalism term. The site has this definition for you:
“A place to keep post production materials for use of reference, an inactive job file. This morgue file contains free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use.
The term morgue file is popular in the newspaper business to describe the file that holds past issues flats. Although the term has been used by illustrators, comic book artist, designers and teachers as well. The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for use in all creative pursuits. This is the world wide web’s morguefile.”
This is a great resource. They have images for almost any niche – and you just use it FREE! Now the person who created the photo still technically owns it – you can’t go selling the photo as something you took yourself, but they’ve agreed anyone can use it for both personal use and in marketing materials!
Hope you enjoy the resource!
Tiff
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I’m Loving Viral PDF!
By Tiffany | March 16, 2008
Watch This:
Tiff
PS - Here’s the PLR Pack of 57 Internet Marketing Pages I am using these Viral PDFs with:
http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=228874
And here’s the page with the freebies if you want to use them:
http://www.tiffanydow.com/gifts/WSOFreebies.html
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Flipping Lenses Becoming an Addiction for Me
By Tiffany | February 7, 2008
Okay, so I launched www.FlipThatLens.com about my experiences with flipping (creating and then selling) lenses on Squidoo. Aside from my customers seeing success (look on YouTube at my lens flipping customer for a comment from one who sold his for $200) but I’ve become a bona fide addict.
I’ve started flipping a lens a day. Just to see if I can. Now I had a bit of a glitch one day when a BuildMyLens.com customer asked to buy it as part of the VIP 4-pack he bought months ago but hadn’t used. But then we discussed his plans and decided it’d be best to hold off on making Kauai this particular client’s focus, since he has more pressing needs, so the lens at http://www.squidoo.com/theislandofkauai is back up for sale. I know there are many of you in the travel niche, and this is a beautiful lens!
I initially created it because they ran a piece in our local paper about how Mauai is becoming more commercialized (like Oahu) and Kauai is now seen as the “untouched” tropical paradise. They also mentioned that while the rest of America is in a real estate crisis, Kauai is seeing home sales rise from an average of $350,000 to more than $500,000. So this could be good for the real estate OR travel niche.
Want to buy it? Email me at tiffanyandlewis@ gmail.com. The lens is $125.
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I Hate It When the Warrior Forum Is Down!
By Tiffany | February 4, 2008
I’m a Warrior Forum-a-holic. And especially whenever I have a WSO running, it sucks to find that every time I click the link to the Warrior Forum, it doesn’t appear for me!
If you’re waiting for it to be back up, too, why not waste some time shopping on one of my sites? LOL!
Turning lemons into lemonade, right?
Here are some good places to start:
Someone let me know when the Warrior Forum is back up, will ya?
Tiff
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Is Your Conscience Trying to Tell You Something?
By Tiffany | February 1, 2008
Richard Taverner once described conscience as, “a thousand witnesses.”
This is what it feels like each time I create a product. Every time I build a lens. Each time someone emails me and I have the option to ignore and delete or respond with care.
You ought to have this same feeling throughout your Internet marketing pursuits. Every step you take in your business should be done with consideration for your reputation.
Thinking about throwing together a half-assed eBook just to rake in some quick WSO money? Think again. Pretend you have an audience of 1,000 prospects standing behind you watching you work and then you’ll have second thoughts about how much TLC you give your product creation.
I hear from so many people on my list who are shocked that I responded, since so many people don’t take the time to care. I don’t see what’s so hard about it. These people have taken the time to sign up to your list to hear what you have to say, so you are obligated to hear them out when they need you to.
From today on out, let your conscience be your guide and you’ll build a better business for it!
Tiff
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Sick of Sales Copy?
By Tiffany | January 23, 2008
So I was procrastinating in the Warrior Forum just now and saw a thread about this website here:
http://www.clickhereyouidiot.com
I had seen some sites like this before, but this was REALLY funny to me and it sealed my recent thoughts about sales copy.
As you may (or may not) know, I align with web 2.0, or peer-to-peer tactics on the ‘net. Then you see me with these same sort of sales letters promoting my Squidoo eBook or other products and it just flies so hard in the face of all I believe in.
I DO believe these letters convert. They do. It’s a fact. But aren’t we moving toward a “kinder, gentler” sales letter where the author doesn’t assume we need a sledgehammer to drill the information into our heads?
I can read without highlights, red bold font, or superlatives.
Just the facts, M’aam!
It’s kind of like how many marketers are gravitating to video-only sales copy now because they feel static words won’t get the job done.
So from now on, in the future, you’re going to see me playing with some off-the-beaten-path formulas for sales copy to see how you really have to approach a visitor to convert them into a buyer.
I think we all can relate to the above site in some degree, even if we sometimes buy from these sites because the person behind it is someone we respect.
What do you think?
Sounds off about sales copy here.
Have a great “rest of the” week!
Tiff
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Flipping My Lens for $600 and Up
By Tiffany | January 20, 2008
Well I decided to part with a lens I’ve sat on for 3 months that’s earned me $493. I hate to get rid of it, but I also own some other toddler toy lens URLs, so I can create a new one with no problem.
My sale is here: http://socialmarketing101.com/blog/uncategorized/top-toddler-toys-lens-for-sale-already-earned-493-in-3-months.php in case you want to see it.
I REALLY need an auction site or some way to hold private bids. I have a silent bidder who doesn’t want his niche known, so he’s the first bidder. But how do you convey that to new bidders? Hmm. Hard to say! There need to be more selling outlets online.
Tiff
http://www.flipthatlens.com
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Fat-Headed Internet Marketing
By Tiffany | January 17, 2008
So this week I went to go see a dietician. Ever since I had 3 kids – well, my butt’s grown as large as my daily task list and it isn’t pretty. One thing she said to me when we were getting to the root of my eating habit mayhem was that I have to “legalize” food.
Of course, it all makes sense diet-wise. But then I started taking her concept and applying it to my business. For a long time, I’ve had certain things off-limits in my mind. Sometimes it’s things I feel are too technical – stuff I don’t want to mess with.
Other times I think, “I can’t do that – I’ll leave it to the big boys.” But that’s a really defeatist attitude in the IM industry. I’m restricting myself by roping off certain success avenues I could travel down if I only steered myself in that direction.
For instance, I’ve been invited to countless seminars to be a speaker all over the world – Singapore, Australia, the U.S., etc. But I always say, “No,” without hesitation. I felt like I wasn’t big enough (figuratively, not literally) to be on a stage with people I considered big name IM gurus.
I won’t admit to you how long it took me to say Okay to a telephone interview. Now, I do them without any sense of hesitation. I feel confident and I don’t even have “cheat sheet” notes with me when I do them as a safety net.
I had deemed 2008 the Year of Tiffany when 2007 was coming to a close, and I vow to make that happen. But it means I have to step out of my comfort zone. Kind of like I’m doing with food.
Letting myself think a piece of cake is okay is awkward and I fall back into bad habits of sticking it into my “bad food” column. But if I’m ever going to conquer my habits, I have to work on changing the way I think.
Same thing with my business. I have to start thinking I’m good enough and smart enough to share stages, join big launches, and go head to head with major product players if I want to reach the level of success I’ve set for myself this year.
Do you do the same thing? What holds you back professionally?
Let me know your thoughts here.
Have a great day!
Tiff
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Tons of Great Feedback on Flip That Lens
By Tiffany | January 8, 2008
Well so far, everyone (142 people in 2 days) who’s read Flip That Lens has had nothing but good things to say about it. Some even like it better than the original Squidoo eBook!
That makes me feel good. It makes me realize that sometimes a shorter, less comprehensive lesson is what’s needed in this industry. Some people can’t afford a $47 eBook. But they might be able to afford a $17 fee for a targeted lesson. And it’s easier for them to digest a bite-sized tutorial than a massive, all you can know buffet of information.
I like the trend. I think I’ll do more of it and it’s my intention with IM Crash Course - the new site I’ll be launching in the near future. It’ll have lots of smaller products that teach Internet Marketing and each one will be affordable - so that you can can come back for more once there’s room in your noggin.
Okay, off to get my 2007 corporate taxes ready. Blech! Thank God for CPAs is all I have to say - I don’t know where I’d be without her.
Tiff
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Finding a Niche That Knows No Boundaries
By Tiffany | January 3, 2008
There are different types of niches, as you all know.
There are seasonal niches for the holidays, gender-specific niches, niches that are broad and niches that are narrow.
Ideally, you want your niche to encompass two character traits.
1st, it needs to be an evergreen niche. That means it won’t go out of style. Not today, not romorrow, not ever. Long-term profitability is a key to helping you sustain a consistent income online.
2nd, it needs to cater to a broad demographic. That means men, women, from teens to seniors and everyone in between.
Here’s an example: Golf. Stress is another.
Golf is a sport you can pick up when you’re 3 and play till the day you die. Men and women alike can play it and the selling opportunities along the way are ginormous, as my own teenage golfing son likes to say. You can play the sport year round, too - and it’s something they have in many countries around the world.
Stress is another evergreen niche that knows no demographic boundaries. Usually, it starts as a teen (although some ‘tweens even feel stress). Men and women both share in their dedication to stress (willingly or not), and they’re always seeking solutions for it. It won’t go away not so long as the world keeps turning.
Now, combine those niches with your niche. What’s your niche? Are they Baby Boomers looking to make money online? Then they’re stressed. Add some stress solutions JUST for them. Contribute to their health and wellness by encouraging them to play a sport like golf or engage in other hobbies so they don’t turn into a work at home hermit (like myself, HA)!
Start thinking of how you can weave in a constant niche like the ones above into your own online pursuits. There’s a way - you just have to find it!
tiff
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Category 5 Success Storm
By Tiffany | January 1, 2008
I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. Never have since I kept disappointing myself with failure after failure. I just vow now. Voa to live a better life, make more money, have more time with my family. I succeeded with this plan this past year so why not repeat it?
Only this year, I’m gearing up for feats so amazing it’ll shock everyone - including me! I am getting outside of my comfort zone. Narrowing my options so I can focus on them more. I spent the past month mapping out a plan for myself. I spent time organizing my personal debt ($16k plus the mortgage). I spent time figuring out what renovations I want to make to my childhood home (electricity rehaul, roof, plumbing, then expansion to a double story, pool, etc).
I know if I sit in my comfort zone, I won’t achieve the category 5 success storn that I want in all areas of my life. I’ll be honest with you - I’m a bit of a hermit. Used to not be this way - I was more a social butterfly. But after gaining weight after 3 kids and working from home, it got easier and easier to just stay inside. That all changes this year.
I’m like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. That’s what I am!
In all ways, though - not just with my looks. With my money, with my relationships. It’s a whole new year - full of promise and inspiration. I hope you embrace this clean slate, too and make the most of it. Here in the South, on New Year’s Day, we eat Black Eyed Peas and Collard Greens for good luck and money, respectively. I forgot to get mine, but I’m headed out later to see if I can find some. It’s just a superstition, but it’s fun - and I want my life to have some fun in it from now on.
Have a great ‘08, ladies and gents!
I know I will
Tiff
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Take Yourself Off the For Sale Rack
By Tiffany | December 30, 2007
Some of you may have heard this story - back when I was ghostwriting full time, I had this guru who you all know who always asked, “What will you charge me for this?” I had worked with him for years, so my pay had increased from about $15 to $20 over that time and he could barely stomach $20 per page - even though he bragged about making millions.
So whenever he’d have a new project, that question would always arise. It made me nervous. I wondered, “Should I be charging less for this?” Obviously he was more experienced in this market than I was and I didn’t want to risk losing my clients. Sometimes I caved and charged a few dollars less because I didn’t know any better.
Then one day he sends me a transcript to work from - from one of his many seminars. In it, there’s a section where he names me and starts laughing about how he convinces this ghostwriter to whittle down her prices. You know how the gurus always teach you to do that on freelance sites? That old, “This is an easy job for someone who knows what they’re doing” tip?
I was pissed.
So pissed that from that day on, I charged him full price for everything and then quit working with him altogether. I couldn’t trust him and didn’t like the fact that he’d named me at a seminar and shamed me, in effect! “Look how stupid Tiffany Dow is - she can be conned!”
I’m a nice girl, really. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt from the beginning. But once you cross me, I can turn into Cruella De Ville - a real witch!
I guess I should be thankful to him. He made me take myself off the For Sale rack, as Suze Orman puts it in her new book Women and Money. I raised my rates from $20 to $35 in ONE day and got booked far more than what I could handle. It helped me discover that I shouldn’t underprice my online products.
My Guide2eBooks.com book IS worth the $47 I charge. Forget it’s a book - it’s an education. It’s like hiring a mentor for yourself for a one-time $47 fee. You can’t beat that price. The Squidoo eBook at socialmarketing101.com? Hell, just this month I made over $300 on one lens - so take that $47 education and stick it in your Christmas stocking!
I love this newfound power that I’ve had ever since I had the spotlight shined on my low self worth. I hope you gain it, too. You may not have a guru to humiliate you, but read Suze’s book Women and Money (even if you’re a man) and get the education you need to succeed to your fullest extent - that’s the key phrase right there!
Tiff
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Merry Christmas from My Clan to Yours!
By Tiffany | December 24, 2007
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas this year!
Tiff
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The World Is Your R&D Department
By Tiffany | December 19, 2007
This is a phrase I found thumbing through a book at Barnes and Noble this week. Really had an impact on me. I believe wholeheartedly in this statement, because I live it. It’s how I create products, it’s how I find blog post ideas, and how I communicate with my customers.
R&D, for those who don’t know, is research and development. For those of you sitting there scratching your head wondering where ideas come from, they come from the world around you! One of the BEST resources I’ve found, for instance is Woman’s Weekly magazine. They’re a national weekly publication and inside those pages, you find information on herbs, beauty, stress, relationships, money, and more!
Another great resource? My 15-year old son. Whatever he’s into is going to be profitable online - because he’s a spender! Halo 3? He himself sold 3 Squidoo lenses and raked in $100 per lens on the topic.
The news. Bird flu. Baby Boomers. Debt. It’s all in the news.
The ‘net. Social marketing. Forums. eBay. Squidoo. TrendHunter. ClickBank.
You have to start looking around, whipping out your notebook and jotting down quick ideas for later use. Watch your keyword stats - see how people are searching, and then use those in your web content, your blog posts, and products!
You have a vast number of resources around you - get organized with a Word doc and an Excel spredsheet and get busy!
tiff
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