Plug-in Profit Site Training

Plug-In Profit Site Training

2012-01-19T15:20:00.003Z

Hello and welcome to this Plug-In Profit Site training blog! My name is Suzanne Morrison and I started this blog a number of years ago now for the purpose of helping and training Plug-In Profit Site (PIPS) members.

On this site you'll find lots of training tips and articles to help you promote your site. You'll also find a number of reviews of individual programs within the Plug-In Profit Site. Please bear in mind when you read these that there have been a number of changes to PIPS over the years, so many of the programs that I reviewed are no longer a part of the Plug-In Profit Site anymore.

If you are thinking of joining the Plug-In Profit site, you may want to read my Plug-In Profit Site Review to help you decide whether or not it is the right business opportunity for you.

If you are already a member you may be interested in registering for my free Plug-In Profit Site training by email. When you register you will also receive a free EBook called "30 Ways to Get Free Traffic in 30 Minutes or Less". Just as the name suggests, this will teach you how to get lots of free targeted traffic to your website.

Here are a few of the most popular posts from this website (all these links open in a new window)

Three Things to Consider Before Getting Started - be sure your expectations are realistic.
Getting Started with Your Plug-In Profit Site - an easy step by step guide to getting started.
Stuck with PIPS and Don't know Where to Start? - Read this if you are just getting started and don't have a clue where to begin!
Avoiding Information Overload - that feeling of being overwhelmed is very common!
GetResponse FAQ - how to use that pesky autoresponder of yours.
Can You Run a Plug-In Profit Site on a Budget?

I hope these tips help you to make a success of your Plug-In Profit site.

If you need some additional help with promoting and making money from your site, you may also want to consider coaching at the Affiliate Power Group. It's more affordable than you may think, with a 10 day trial for just $1.

Traffic Wave Added to the Plug-In Profit Site

2011-01-14T14:48:00.006Z

NOTE - Traffic Wave has now been removed from PIPS.

On January 13th Stone made the decision to remove Lawn Chair Millionaire from the Plug-In Profit Site and replace it with Traffic Wave.

Traffic Wave is a fully functional autoresponder, so it is a product that pretty much every online business needs and this should make it easier to sell and refer others too. The company was founded in 2000 and is Better Business Bureau (BBB) accredited

I think this is a good decision as Traffic Wave is much more affordable than LCM, provides a good solid product (unlike LCM) and they provide a nice 100% commission on the initial sale. This means that although it costs $17.95 per month, you only need to refer one other person to break even for that month.

When you join Traffic Wave you have two options. The first is a 30 day trial, which is great for the undecided, especially since you don't even need to add your credit card details. The second option, which I took, was the $17.95 per month option. This gives you the immediate ability to earn commissions.

Remember to login to your Plug-In Profit Site affiliate area and add your Traffic Wave ID so that you get full credit for any referrals you make!

If you want an autoresponder without the monthly fee, you may want to consider GetResponse - they have a free account for up to 100 subscribers and bigger accounts for a reasonable monthly fee

GDI Bonus Offer

2010-12-21T16:22:00.003Z

Global Domains International (GDI) has been part of the Plug-In Profit site for a while now. Benefits of GDI include:

- A .ws domain name
- Web Hosting
- Site Builder and WordPress
- Low cost business opportunity ($10 per month)

If you are looking for additional ways to promote GDI, or if you have been thinking of joining GDI, but are unsure what to do with your .ws domain name and hosting account, you may be interested in my GDI bonus offer.

This provides you with over $200 of bonuses just for registering for a free trial with GDI and also allows you to duplicate this page and all the bonuses on your .ws website.

If you sign up for GDI through this page and would like me to install the bonus page on your .ws website, just contact me!

Get Traffic to Your Site with Sweeva

2010-06-28T17:33:00.006+01:00

Over the last few days I've been using a unique traffic exchange called Sweeva. Sweeva is free to join and works in a completely different way to most traffic exchanges.

Here are the main differences:

1) Everyone views your site at the same time - you use credits to bid for a particular time of day and when that time arrives, if you have bid enough credits, everyone who is logged on to Sweeva at that time can view your site and nobody elses.

2) Get Live Feedback on your Website - People can vote Yes, No or Unsure when they view your website and they can leave comments. A lot of people seem to leave completely useless comments, but the Yes and No voting will give you an idea of how well your page is received.

3) Unique Features - you can accumulate points and credits and unlock features by particpating. Participating means viewing other peoples' pages, leaving comments, tweeting, promoting your splash page, referring other people, using the toolbar and more. The benefit in this is that everyone has to participate to get value, which means more people to view your pages.

I've only been using Sweeva for a few days, so it is too early to write a full review, but it seems more responsive than most traffic exchanges and it's also fun to unlock features and climb the different levels :-) You can also watch people commenting on and rating your site live!

Sweeva, like other traffic exchange style sites works best when you advertise a short splash page or lead capture page rather than a long sales page or your home page.

Upgrading in Sweeva will give you credits every month, double credits for viewing sites and various other benefits, but you can also join Sweeva for Free.

New and Improved Lead Capture Page

2010-06-24T15:31:00.002+01:00

I've just released a new and improved Lead Capture Page Service. I'm also offering a 30% discount on this service until Thursday 1st July. Click here for the discount page.

This service is for anyone who has a home business or internet marketing related website (like the Plug-In Profit Site) and wants to get more subscribers to their Getresponse list.

This service includes:

- 6 new high quality EBooks with Giveaway rights
- A splash page integrated with your Getresponse account
- Lots of conversion boosting features
-A thankyou page
- A download page
- Upload of everything to your website

I'll also send you some instructions on where you can advertise this page for free to receive more signups.

Review of GDI (Global Domains International)

2010-05-07T12:33:00.004+01:00

GDI - Global Domains International, also known as Website.ws has been a Plug-In Profit site program for over a year now, so I thought it was about time that I reviewed it!

Read my review of GDI below to find out: what is GDI, how much does it cost?, is GDI a scam? what do you get for your money? how much commission can you make? and what are the advantages and disadvantages?

What is GDI?
GDI is a business opportunity and a domain registration/hosting service.

What do you receive as a GDI member?
You receive a domain name with the .ws extension and a hosting account for that domain name. You also have access to a basic website builder. The hosting account provides up to 100Mb of disk space and 10Gb of traffic.

How much does it cost?
GDI offers a 1 week free trial and after 1 week the cost is $10 per month.

What does the Compensation Plan Offer?
The basic residual compensation is $1 per month per person that you sign up to GDI. This is only a 10% residual commission so it doesn't seem like, much, but you also get $1 for every person that everyone in your downline signs up. This makes it more powerful as it is easier to build up a good residual commission. I don't do much promotion for GDI and it is not my main business opportunity, but my residual commission is usually around the $150-200 per month mark

The big money is in the GDI bonuses. If you sign up 5 people in one week you receive a $100 bonus. If you sign up 10 people, this becomes a $200 bonus. This continues and you get $100 for every 5 people that you signup within 1 week.

How do I get paid?
GDI can either pay you by US $ check or by Paypal.

The bonuses can only be paid by Paypal.

How do you promote GDI?
You can promote GDI in all the usual ways, e.g. on your website, using classifieds, pay per click advertising, writing reviews, distributing articles etc. In addition to this you can also use their videos and DVDs, their tell a friend system or purchase leads from them.

If you are a member of the Plug-In Profit site, you can promote this opportunity passively by promoting the Plug-In Profit Site sales page.

What is their customer support like?
GDI has a customer support email address and an online FAQ. To request support you must login to your account and click on the "Request Support" button. I've used their support service a few times over the last few years and always received a satisfactory response within 1-2 business days.

What are the disadvantages / cons of GDI?
One annoying thing is that you have to jump through a few hoops before you can get paid bonuses. You need to sign and fax or mail in various affiliate agreements, purchase 10 DVDs (which you can use for promotion), provide a photo and testimonial and setup a .ws email address in Paypal. This is all very annoying, but you only have to do it once and this is only for bonus payments, not regular commissions.

GDI is an MLM (multi level marketing program). This basically means that you can earn commissions on multiple levels (e.g. sales that your affiliates make as well as your own sales). Some people are against MLM programs, so this is why I mention it here.

The website builder is pretty limited and there is also a limit of 10 pages. If you want to build a decent website you would be better downloading a free website builder program such as NVU.

What are the advantages / pros of GDI?
The main advantages of GDI in my opinion are:

Low entry cost and monthly cost
Easy to cover your monthly fee (10 signups)
Free trial and videos makes this opportunity easy to sell
Good bonus compensation plan
Above average retention rate
Basic website, domain name and hosting included, which is easy for newbies to setup.

I hope you found this review of GDI useful. If you need to know more, you can sign up for GDI for a free 1 week trial and try it out for yourself.

You may also want to take a look at my GDI Bonus Offer.

New version of my Plug-In Profit Site SEO Guide

2010-05-05T15:42:00.004+01:00

I've just published a new and updated version of my Search Engine Optimization for the Plug-In Profit Site.

This EBook is free and explains in a step by step manner how to optimize your site and get lots of traffic from Google and other search engines.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PIPS SEO GUIDE

Changes in this version include instructions for making a backup and uploading your files to Hostgator + general updates to SEO advice and resources.

Please let me know what you think!

30 Day Trial of the PIPS Power Group for $1

2010-05-04T18:14:00.003+01:00

Just a quick post to say that we are currently running a Warrior Special Offer which will allow you to try the PIPS Power Group for a full 30 days for just $1.

This will give you access to the Affiliate Power Group site which includes Plug-In Profit training and a Plug-in Profit coaching forum + access to our general affiliate marketing training and coaching including our 12 week traffic plan, our video learning center, over 150 downloads including PLR and MRR EBooks + batches of PLR articles, 70% discount on our niche websites, directory submission software and much more.

You can read about the PIPS Power Group here.

BUT, if you wish to take advantage of the 30 day trial you should use this link:

Affiliate Power Group Warrior Special Offer

The cost of membership after the initial 30 days is either $39.95 per month or $109.95 per 3 months. If you decide that it is not for you, you can cancel at any time (including before the end of your trial) by submitting a ticket at our helpdesk.

Alternatives to Blogger FTP

2010-04-23T11:37:00.004+01:00

If you use Blogger and you currently publish your blog to your own website (e.g yourwebsite.com/blog) using FTP, then you probably already know that Blogger are planning to stop supporting this method from May 1st 2010. A lot of people have been asking me what they can do about this, so in this post I intend to outline the different options available to you.

My first piece of advice is Don't Panic! Your blog is not going to disappear on May 1st. It will always be there on your website and people can still visit it and read your blog posts. On May 1st you will no longer be able to make new posts to your blog or edit your blog.

If you want to continue to blog then you have a few different options available to you. Here they are, along with the advantages and disadvantages of them.

OPTION 1 - Move your blog to blogspot hosting

This option will involve moving your blog so that it is hosted on Blogger's free blog hosting Platform, known as blogspot. Instead of publishing to yourwebsite.com/blog you would publish to yourblogname.blogspot.com.

The advantage of this is that it is easy to do. Simply login to blogger and follow the instructions, by clicking on the "Start migration" now link at the top of your dashboard. You will backup your blog, then choose your blogspot URL to publish to, then redirect the old blog to the new one. It is easy to do and you won't lose any traffic as it will be redirected to the new location.

The disadvantage of this is that you are no longer publishing to your own domain. Publishing to your own domain is more professional, it adds regular content to your site and you are in complete control.

OPTION 2 - Move your Blog to a Sub Domain

If your blog is currently on yourwebsite.com/blog, moving it to a sub domain means that your blog will publish to blog.yourwebsite.com instead.

As an example of this, I had a blog on my Wedding in Edinburgh website. The blog was originally at the address http://www.WeddingInEdinburgh.com/wedding-planning and after I did the migration the blog moved to http://wedding-planning.WeddingInEdinburgh.com . If you visit the old blog URL you will see a notice that says the blog has moved. The page will then automatically redirect to the new page within 30 seconds.

The main advantage of this method is that you are still publishing your blog to your own website, which looks more professional.

The disadvantage of this method is that it is a little more complicated to setup than the previous option. You will need to login to your cpanel and create a sub domain, then create a CNAME record that maps to ghs.google.com. You can however get your web host to do these things for you. Just raise a support ticket and ask them to create a sub domain and a CNAME record for that sub domain.

OPTION 3 - Switch to a WordPress Blog

WordPress is a much more flexible blogging Platform with more features and thousands of free themes (templates) and plugins available. It is free to use and allows you to publish to your own website.

This option would involve leaving your blogger blog alone (people can still visit it and read it, but you can't publish new posts to it) and then creating a brand new WordPress blog.

If you host on Hostgator, WordPress is very easy to install and you can install it by logging into your cpanel, clicking on Fantastico and following the instructions. I recommend creating a new directory on your site to install the blog into.

If you don't want to do this yourself, we offer a free WordPress blog installation for members of the PIPS Power Group. You can join the PPG for $1 for a 10 day trial and we provide the free blog install for you if you stay beyond the trial period.

The advantage of this method is that you are able to continue to blog on your own domain and have the power of WordPress.

The disadvantage is that some technical skills are required to install a WordPress blog and get it up and running.

If you currently host on Host4Profit unfortunately there is no automatic way to install WordPress. I would recommend moving your website to Hostgator as described in my Hostgator replaces Host4Profit blog post.

CONCLUSION:

I recommend that you choose one of the above options as soon as possible. I recommend either option 2 or option 3. I have a few blogs and I'm using option 2 for some of them and option 3 for others. I may consider providing a service for option 2 on my Plug-In Profit Update Services website, if there is a demand for this. If you are interested in this please post a comment below or email me.

You may find this video helpful - it explains how to do options 1 & 2.

New Host Transfer Service

2010-04-20T16:13:00.004+01:00

So many people have asked me to help them move from Host4Profit to Hostgator that I have created a new Host Transfer Service.

If you are paying $24.95 per month for Host4Profit hosting at the moment you can save at least $15 per month by moving to Hostgator.

Hostgator also allows you to host unlimited domains at no additional hosting cost, so if you ever decide that you want a second website, you don't need to pay more for hosting.

You can read more of the background about the move from Hostgator to Host4profit here.

Find out more about my Host Transfer Service here and feel free to contact me or post a comment if you have a question.

Plug-In Profit Update Services - Spring Sale

2010-04-19T18:09:00.004+01:00

From now until Monday 26th April I'm running a PIPS Update Services Spring Sale

You can get 25% discount on a variety of my services:

SEO Update Service (with SEO EBook)
Clickbank Content Update Service
Lead Capture Page
Home Page Personalization
Program Addition/Removal
Fly-In

All these services are for Plug-In Profit Site owners, but I can do the SEO update or the Lead Capture Page on any type of website, so if you have another website please feel free to order these two from this page for your other site if you wish.

PIPS Power Book - Download the Latest Version

2010-02-15T23:38:00.005Z

I've just released a brand new version of the PIPS Power Book.

This EBook explains how you can be successful with the Plug-In Profit site without spending any money on advertising.

Sign up for my free Plug-In Profit Site Training by email and you can download this book from my bonus page.

You'll also find out how you can brand this book with your PIPS affiliate ID and your PIPS Power Group affiliate ID and earn commissions by giving this book away for free.

Try the PIPS Power Group for just $1!

2010-02-05T10:28:00.003Z

For the first time ever we are offering a trial of the PIPS Power Group for just a $1 for the first 10 days.

=> Try the PPG for just $1

So if you have been meaning to try out the PIPS Power Group, but have been unsure, this is your chance to take a peak inside and see whether or not it is right for you. If you decide it is not for you, just cancel before the end of your trial and you won't be charged another penny.

For the $1 trial you will have full access to EVERYTHING. This means that you can use our step by step PIPS Power Plan. which explains how to make money from your Plug-In Profit Site without spending money. You also get access to our private members forum where you can get personal help from any of the 5 experienced mentors, 4 of which are PIPS members. We can critique your site, answer your technical questions, help you understand where you are going wrong and advise you how to improve your site and your income.

We have recently merged the PIPS Power Group (PPG) with the Affiliate Power Group (APG), so not only do you get access to all the PPG training and bonuses, you also get access to all the APG benefits. This includes a 12 week traffic plan, private forums, discount niche websites, free directory submission software and a library of thousands of dollars worth of PLR and MRR EBooks and articles for you to use.

=> Try the PPG for just $1

Here's screenshot of what you will see once you are inside:

If you have any questions feel free to post a comment below!

Plug-In Profit Site Review

2010-01-16T20:51:00.004Z

It's been a while since I wrote a review of the Plug-In Profit Site. If you are thinking of signing up for a Plug-In Profit site you may have a few questions. Here is an up to date review of PIPS in FAQ form to help you decide.

Q. So What exactly is the Plug-In Profit Site then?

A. The Plug-In Profit site is the creation of Stone Evans and is a fully functioning website promoting 6 different affiliate programs/business opportunities. It also includes an ezine. Visitors to the website can sign up to the ezine and will receive follow up messages and articles every few days for 400 days.

Q. Which Affiliate Programs are promoted by the Plug-In Profit site?

The Plug-In Profit Site includes Empowerism, Strong Future International (SFI), Hostgator, My World Plus and Global Domains International (GDI).

Q. Do I have to sign up for all of the affiliate programs on the signup page?

No. You can join a subset of them as you wish. If you do this, your site will still contain links to these affiliate programs but you can remove them if you have no plans to sign up to these in the future. You must hoever, get your hosting from Hostgator.

Q. How much does it cost?

There is an initial cost and a monthly cost.

The initial minimum cost is around $10 (per year) for your domain name and less than $10 for your first month of hosting.

The monthly minimum cost is under $10 per month for your Hosting.

There are also some optional costs - if you decide to join Empowerism the cost is $29.95 initially then $19.95 per month. As mentioned before this is optional and you do not have to subscribe to this from the beginning. You can change your mind in the future at any time. You can also optionally join My World Plus for $69.96 and then $19.95 per month and/or GDI for a 7 day free trial and then $10 per month.

Q. Am I tied in to some sort of contract? What if I want to cancel?

There is no contract. if you decide that it's not for you you can cancel immediately and you won't be charged the following month. Some of the programs within the Plug-In profit site also have a refund option e.g. Host4Profit.

Q. Can I modify my Plug-In Profit site?

A. Yes, you can modify your site as long as you have a basic understanding of HTML or are able to use a website editor. It's 100% yours to change as you wish. Remove any links or banners you don't like, add new ones, create extra pages, change the color or get a complete redesign. If you don't want to make changes yourself you can get someone to make changes for you at Website Update Services or PIP Site Help

Q. How much money will I make?

This varies from person to person and depends on how much effort you are willing to put into it. If you do nothing to promote your site it will not be likely to make money. Personally I was in profit after 4-5 months and after 2 years my online income was sufficient for me to start working part time. In May 2007 I quit my day job.

Q. Is there any sort of training?

A. Yes - the Plug-In Profit site has a guide written by Stone Evans called 30 days to Success. This is a day by day guide to what you need to do to promote your website. There is also an excellent online members forum where you can get your questions answered and interact with other members. There is a fantastic full time support director, Patricia, who can answer your questions via the support help desk. I also provide personal training for everyone in my downline. This consists of email training and help via email, MSN messenger or Skype.

If you want to be mentored there is also the option of joining the PIPS Power Group.

Q. Is the Plug-In Profit site for everyone?

A. No, it isn't for everyone. Here are a few reasons why you may not want to have a Plug-In Profit site:

a) If you cannot afford at least $10 per month (for your hosting)
b) If you cannot spare a few hours each week to promote your site
c) If you do not have a credit card or access to PayPal.
d) If you need instant gratification i.e. profit within a few weeks rather than a few months
e) If you have something against Multi-level Marketing (MLM) programs

Q. Is the Plug-In Profit Site a pyramid scheme?

A. No. A pyramid scheme typically is a program which as no products. People pay to join, but receive nothing in return and only the people at the top of the "Pyramid" benefit. All the affiliate programs within the Plug-In Profit site are carefully screened and tried out before they are added and they all have products. For example SFI has vitamins, magazines, cleaning products and hosting. Empowerism has a monthly magazine, web templates, SEO tools and marketing training, My World Plus has a discount card and Hostgator provide web hosting.

Q. Do I need any prior knowledge to be Successful?

A. No. Prior knowledge is not necessary. As long as you have some basic computer skills you can learn what you need to know as you go along. When I started back in May 2004 I knew nothing at all about website marketing. I basically just learned as I went along. Now, this is what I do full time, from home.

Do I need to spend money on Advertising?

A. No. There are lots of effective free methods that you can use to promote your website e.g. article marketing, directory submission, forum marketing and more.

Q. How exactly do I make money from the Plug-In Profit Site?

A. You can make money in numerous ways from the Plug-In Profit Site:

(1) If someone signs up for hosting with Hostgator your will receive $50 commission.

(2) If someone signs up for My World Plus you will receive a $25 instant commission and monthly commissions and bonuses.

(3) If someone joins GDI you earn $1 per month + bonuses of $100 for every 5 accounts that you sign up in a week

(4) If someone buys an SFI product e.g. magazine, cleaning product, pet care product etc you will receive a commission.

(5) If someone joins SFI and buys something for themself you will receive a commission.

(6) If someone takes out a subscription to Empowerism you will receive an instant commission of $20 and a monthly commission of $7.

(7) Finally if someone signs up for their own Plug-In profit site from your site you will receive monthly commissions from some or all of the above.

Q. I am already involved in some other business opportunities. Can I add these to my website?

A. Yes - you can add any opportunities you wish to your website. Examples include Google Adsense, Clickbank, Commission Junction and more.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. You can also look at my latest Plug-In Profit Site Special Offer Here.

Hostgator Replaces Host4Profit in the Plug-In Profit Site

2009-12-29T14:13:00.005Z

If you have been a member of the Plug-In Profit Site for a while you may feel a certain sense of deja-vu when reading this.

Stone just made the announcement last week that Hostgator will now be the host of choice for the Plug-In Profit site. Unlike the last time he did this, Host4Profit will no longer remain an option.

I think this is a good move as Hostgator hosting is much more affordable, allows you to host as many domains as you like for less than $10, it has the more widely used cpanel rather than webepanel AND it pays $50 commission per hosting account.

If you have not done so already, the most important thing for you to do now is:

1) Register for the Hostgator affiliate program (this is free)
2) Login to your Plug-In Profit Site affiliate account, click the account link on the top left and enter your Hostgator affiliate ID in the box.

The next thing you may want to do is consider whether or not you would like to stay with Host4profit as a web host OR move to Hostgator.

If you are on a tight budget and you have never referred any Host4Profit clients then you may want to move to Hostgator. The benefits of this are:

It costs less than $10 a month (compared to $24.95 for Host4Profit)
You can host unlimited domains on your account (this costs $5 per month per domain with Host4Profit)
They are doing FREE transfers at the moment - this means that they will transfer your website + any scripts and databases that you have installed for you.

If you would like to do this here are some simple instructions:

STEP ONE: Sign Up for a Hostgator Account. I recommend choosing the Baby Plan. When you sign up look out for a coupon code - often they give new customers a 20% discount. The code at the time of writing is SNOWMAN. Do not pick a new domain name when you sign up - use the domain name of your current website.

STEP TWO: Once your account has been setup raise a support ticket with Hostgator and let them know that you want to transfer your website from another host. They will let you know what information you need to do this.

STEP THREE: Contact Host4Profit and ask them for access to your domain name settings. They will give you a login to eNom.com.

STEP FOUR: Login to eNom.com using the username and password that Host4Profit have given you. Click on the Domain Name Servers setup (DNS) and enter the two Hostgator name servers. You will have an email from Hostgator with your name servers in them

STEP FIVE: Once all of the above steps are complete, go to your website and check that everything is all working correctly. Once you are happy that it is all in working order, contact Host4Profit and ask them to cancel your hosting account.

WARNING: If you have at least 2 hosting customers with Host4Profit ($20 commission per month or more) then it is not worth your while moving to Hostgator, as Host4Profit will reduce your commissions from $10 a month per customer to $2.50 per month per customer.

The five steps above are pretty straightforward, but if you are unsure about them and need some extra help or have questions feel free to contact me and I will do my best to help you out.

Free Traffic EBook Worth $97

2009-12-20T22:33:00.005Z

I've just published a brand new website traffic EBook in conjunction with fellow online business owners Ken Troyer, Jeff Schuman, Cynthia Minnaar and Jeff Casmer.

In this book we reveal 30 different ways to get traffic to your website, with step by step instructions.

If you are on a low budget, or you are pushed for time, the great news is - every single method outlined in this EBook is 100% free AND on average each method takes 30 minutes or less.

So if you are looking to kickstart your business in 2010, why not download our free EBook?

You will receive a copy if you register for my PIPS Training by Email - just enter your name and email address in the boxes.

Let me know what you think of the EBook.

My World Plus replaces Lawn Chair Millionaire in PIPS

2009-11-20T08:44:00.004Z

I have some exciting news today - Stone has decided to replace Lawn Chair Millionaire with My World Plus in the Plug-In Profit Site.

I am excited about this because I have been a member of My World Plus since the end of August and I love it. It is also a much better program than Lawn Chair Millionaire - superior product, cheaper monthly fee and better commission structure.

If you are already a member of MyWorldPlus, you should login to your PIPS Affiliate Center asap and enter your MWP ID. You can do this by clicking the "Account" link on the top left and then enter your ID and saving.

If you are not a member of MyWorldPlus why not take a free tour? If you decide to join through my link just contact me and I will add MWP to your website free of charge.

If you are not sure, you may want to read my Review of MyWorldPlus to decide whether it is right for you.

As always, the decision to join this program is entirely yours and you can promote whatever programs you wish on your home page.

If you have any questions about My World Plus please feel free to post a comment and I will do my best to answer your questions :-)

Get a Discount When Ordering Multiple PIPS Update Services

2009-11-19T11:37:00.004Z

If you would like to change your website but are not sure how, you may be interested in ordering one of my Plug-In Profit Site Website Update Services.

My services include:

1) SEO Update Service - Optimizes your home page for the search engines to help you get a top ranking for your keywords

2) Content Update Services - Adds lots of additional pages promoting Clickbank Products (50-75% commission for you per sale and Clickbank is free to join)

3) Lead Capture Page Service - get a page to help you build your list. The page offers 6 free EBooks in return for your visitor's email adress

4) Home Page Personalization Service - make your home page different from other Plug-In Profit Sites. Add your own opening paragraph and replace Stone's article and photo with your own.

5) Fly-In Service - an eye catching unblockable fly-in to encourage your visitors to sign up for your newsletter

6) Program Addition/Removal - remove programs that you are not participating in or add new programs to your website.

7) Links/Banners/Text Service - add additional banners or links to your website.

I am currently offering a 20-25% discount if you order two or more services at the same time. I can do two updates together much quicker than two separate updates, so I would like to pass the saving on to you.

If you are interested visit my Combo Page to order OR if you do not see a combo that suits you, just contact me and I will give you a custom quote and payment link with the discount.

Build Your List Using Free Giveaway Events

2009-10-26T18:16:00.008Z

Today I am going to talk about a fantastic way to build your list - Free Giveaway Events.

Free Giveaway events work like this:

Stage One - A free giveaway event launches and if you are a list owner you can sign up as a "JV Partner" and offer a free report, free Ebook or another free gift in return for an optin. It costs nothing to do this and if you don't have anything to give away, don't worry - I have a solution for that!

Stage Two - The giveaway event opens and everyone invites people to register for free and download gifts. If someone wants to download your gift they need to register for your list first.

The last giveaway event I participated in resulted in over 200 new subscribers for me over the course of a week. Not too bad for something that took me less than an hour to set up!

If this sounds like a good idea to you here are some step by step instructions to help you do exactly the same:

1) First you need to register for a current giveaway event. Join one of the latest JV giveaway events here. There is no cost to join. You will be offered an upgrade, which will result in more subscribers for you, but this is optional. If your budget is low, choose the free option.

2) Next you need to find something to giveaway. If you want you can use Dotcomology, but it is better to find something more original to give away. I recommend opening a free account at Sure Fire Wealth as they provide hundreds of free downloads. Alternatively you can use my lead capture page service and I will build you a lead capture capture page and download page with 6 great EBooks.

3) Once you have found something to giveaway, upload it to your website. You can do this by going to your cpanel and using the "File Manager". Upload your file, which will probably be either a .PDF file or a .zip file. The download link to your item will be http://www.yoursite.com/yourfile.pdf (where yoursite.com is your domain name and yourfile.pdf is the name of your giveaway file that you just uploaded.

4) By following the above steps you should find that you get some signups to your newsletter if you offer a decent gift. If you want to increase your subscribers even more you can also consider promoting the giveaway using the affiliate link that they give you and/or upgrading to get more exposure for your offer.

Hopefully all of the above won't take you any longer than an hour and the result will be new subscribers to your list who could potentially go on to sign up for something or purchase something from your website!

So why not signup for the latest giveaway event now... I'd also love to know how you get on with this.

Using Traffic Exchanges to Promote Your Website

2009-10-21T17:01:00.005+01:00

Have you considered using traffic exchanges to advertise your website, the Plug-In Profit Site opportunity or to build your list? Traffic exchanges are a free and easy way to promote your site and it doesn't take much time to get started.

You can get good results using traffic exchanges, but most people go about it the WRONG way.

If you are advertising a long sales page, your home page or an expensive product in the traffic exchanges it is unlikely that you will get good results. The reason for this is that most traffic exchange users are surfing to earn credits, not to buy. They don't have time to read long pages.

To use traffic exchanges effectively you need to:

1) Make sure your offer grabs the attention of the surfer. It should be short, snappy and interesting

2) Capture the visitor's email address. Ideally entice people to sign up to your list, perhaps in exchange for a free report or EBook.

3) Track your results. If you are not getting a response do something different e.g. advertise a different page instead. Don't just keep on advertising the same page aimlessly!

4) Surf at least 5 traffic exchanges at the same time using tabbed browsing. This will earn you credits 5 times faster!

5) Build your downline. All traffic exchanges will give you benefits such as additional credits when you refer someone, which means that you won’t have to spend as much time surfing.

Ok, so now that's out of the way, here is a PLAN OF ACTION for you to build a big downline from the traffic exchanges AND get some signups to your list :-) This plan will take around 1-2 hours to follow through initially and then 20-30 minutes per day. There is nothing to buy.

ACTION STEP 1:

If you don’t know what a traffic exchange is take a quick read of my short Introduction to Traffic Exchanges.

ACTION STEP 2:

Join Traffic Hoopla. This is a downline builder for traffic exchanges and it is FREE to join. This will show you the current top traffic exchanges.

ACTION STEP 3:

Login to your Traffic Hoopla account and click on "1st Join". This will show you the current TOP 5 traffic exchanges. Join each of these (they are all free) and put your referral ID in the spaces provided by Traffic Hoopla. You may want to consider joining the "2nd Join" as well, but leave that for another day - you don't want to overwhelm yourself!

ACTION STEP 4:

The next step is a little bit more time consuming and will probably take you about 1-2 hours. You need to learn a little bit about each of the 5 traffic exchanges that you have joined. By this I mean learn how to add your site, how to surf and how many credits you will get for surfing and referring.

You will need to enter a website URL to promote for each traffic exchange and you will normally have to surf around 10-20 pages to activate your account.

For the website, you need to choose something that is going to work well in a traffic exchanges. The choice is yours but here are some suggestions.

1) Promote a lead capture page. I currently promote this lead capture page and this one and I receive regular optins to my lists. If you don't have a lead capture page you may want to consider my lead capture page service OR use one of the standard PIPS optin pages. The address for the PIPS page is http://www.pluginprofitsite.com/main-4231/pop1.html (replace 4231 with your own PIPS ID and use anything from pop1.html up to pop11.html)

2) Promote Traffic Hoopla. This will help you to build your downline in the traffic exchanges. Traffic Hoopla have a few different splash pages for use in the traffic exchanges. To find the splash pages login to Traffic Hoopla and click the link on the home page that says “you may also use these pages”

3) Promote a free business opportunity. My favorite free business opportunity is Cash Crate. You can see the Cash Crate splash page that I use here and I can create one like this for you free of charge. Another program you could promote is SFI.

ACTION STEP 5:

On a daily basis, open 6 tabs inside a browser and spend about 20-30 minutes surfing all 5 of these traffic exchanges at one time. Move between each of the tabs, clicking the next button to view the next page. This will earn you credits and as you earn credits your own websites will be shown.

Repeat step 5 as often as possible. Your credits will grow and you will get more exposure. At the same time your downline should grow and you will be able to surf less as you will earn credits from your downline.

Traffic exchanges were one of the first advertising methods that I used when I started internet marketing back in 2004. As a result I have hundreds of people in my downlines for these exchanges and I never need to surf myself. If you work on this you can easily find yourself in the same situation!

If you have a question feel free to post it in the comments below!

7 Ways to Reduce Your Plug-In Profit Site Expenses

2009-10-12T13:49:00.005+01:00

If you want to reduce your Plug-In Profit Site expenses, you need to remember that:

You are in control of your budget and how much you spend
Most expenses are OPTIONAL for the Plug-In Profit Site apart from your hosting and your domain name.
There are plenty of very effective FREE ways to promote your website so you do not need to pay for expensive advertising

With that in mind here are some ways that you can reduce your Plug-In Profit Site expenses:

1) If there are certain programs that you are not making money from, consider temporarily dropping these programs to save on your monthly fees. You can easily sign up for these in the future when you are getting regularl Plug-In Profit Site signups.

2) If you are trying a form of paid advertising, try it for the minimum amount of time possible. E.g. if the advertising has a monthly, quarterly or yearly option, choose the monthly one. Check your results after one month and if it doesn't work, drop it! Don't blindly sign up for something for a year if you have never tried it before. Many people have made this mistake with the PIPS co-op - signed up for a whole year, discovered after a month that it is not an effective way to get signups and been unable to get a refund.

3) Set a monthly advertising budget and stick to it. Whether you have a zero advertising budget or a $100 budget, make sure you stick to it. Decide what you can afford on a monthly basis and only increase that if your situation changes (e.g. when you start making a profit or you have more money available to invest in your business).

4) Remember business expenses are tax deductable. This will vary from country to country, but usually anything that you spend on your business is tax deductable. Speak to your accountant to find our more about this.

5) Become an expert in Free Advertising Methods. There are so many effective free methods of advertising. Article Marketing, Blogging, SEO, Free Classifieds, Press releases, forum marketing, directory submission, social marketing and more. Become an expert in one or two of these free methods. Learn as much as possible about them, take action and make them work for you.

6) Consider changing to a less expensive web host. Host4Profit is expensive at $25 per month. If you have been with Host4Profit for at least 3 months, you can change hosts and still promote the Host4Profit affiliate program. My #1 recommended host is Hostgator - they charge less than $10 a month for hosting for unlimited disk space, bandwidth and domain names. Sign up with Hostgator and if you are a new customer they will also transfer your site over for free. At the time of writing they also have a 20% off coupon code "AUTUMN"

7) Consider mentoring. A mentor who has been there and done it before you can be very effective at making your business successful and helping you to save money. Mentoring does cost money, but it can save you time and help you get into profit a lot more quickly. The PIPS Power Group specialize in helping members to suceed with the Plug-In Profit Site.

Do you have any tips for reducing your Plug-In Profit Site expenses? If so, why not post them below.

Or read more about running your Plug-In Profit Site on a budget.

PIPS Power Group Summer Contest Winners

2009-08-26T23:34:00.002+01:00

The PIPS Power Group Summer Content just came to an end last week and we have now announced the winners over in the PPG forum.

1st Place: Lyle Holmes
2nd Place: Michelle Jayes
3rd Place: John McRae
4th Place: Truby Johnson
5th Place: Damodar Kakule
6th Place: Mal Tindle
7th Place: Charles Chege

I just want to say a big congratulations to all of these hard working Plug-In Profit Site owners and PPG members.

More than 30 members took part in the competition and the majority of them managed to increase the traffic to their websites and help their businesses. It was hard for us to judge the competition because so many people did well.

If you like the idea of entering a competition while improving your business at the same time you may want to consider joining the PIPS Power Group. We have plans for more competitions in the future.

Use IMReportCard to get some backlinks and earn cash

2009-08-24T11:54:00.004+01:00

I recently came across a nice website called IM Report Card which is dedicated to providing honest reviews of internet marketing products and services.

IM Report Card is free to join and you will find it useful in a few different ways:

1) If you are thinking of purchasing a product or a service you can read unbiased reviews and comments.

2) You can leave your own comments and get paid for doing so! They are currently paying 50 cents or more per comment that you leave. You will also receive 10c for rating a product and bonus credits for referring other people.

3) You can create an online profile and get backlinks to your website. Every time you leave a comment a "signature" is left at the end of the comment with a link to your profile and the text and links of your choice.

So if you have positive or negative experience of any internet marketing products or services why not leave your comments and get paid for it!

If you search for "Stone Evans" you will find a review of Stone and the Plug-In Profit Site so this would be a good place to start. You can also recommend a product or service that is not already listed and receive 75 cents for your suggestion.

The only downside is that certain countries are not accepted. For example if you are in India you cannot join because they have received a very high amount of spammy comments from people in India.

You can join IM Report Card for Free here.

Make Some Extra Cash with TipDrop

2009-08-12T16:10:00.004+01:00

TipDrop is a new social networking site with a difference!

It is free to join and once you have signed up their are various benefits for you, including:

1) You can add your Google Adsense ID and receive a share of Adsense revenue from the site.

2) You can add a profile with up to 8 links. This allows you to get free backlinks for up to 8 of your websites and blogs.

Once you have signed up to TipDrop you can get more exposure by adding a Tip sheet or adding tips to existing tip sheets. There are tips on a whole variety of different topics including internet marketing and home business, weight loss, travel, health, home and garden, dining out and more.

Like Twitter, you can also follow people on TipDrop. If you'd like to follow me, just signup at TipDrop then login and visit my TipDrop page - http://tipdrop.com/SuzanneMorrison and click the "follow" link under my profile.

Tips are limited to 255 characters, so it shouldn't take you long to sign up and add a few tips of your own.

My Blog Gets a Makeover with a Premium Blogger Template

2009-07-27T22:37:00.007+01:00

You may notice that my blog has had a makeover. It is looking a bit sexier... A bit more professional... Not quite as boring. I've just installed a premium blogger template and it has made a huge difference.

I was having a bit of a dilemma as I set this blog up back in 2005, before I knew anything about WordPress. I much prefer WordPress to Blogger - more flexibity, so many great themes and plugins and it is so search engine friendly.

Whenever I set up a new blog these days I always use WordPress, without a doubt. However, I decided to keep this blog as a blogger blog because I get a decent amount of daily traffic to the individual blog posts and I didn't want to risk losing that (changing to WordPress would have changed all the URLs aka permalinks).

If you haven't been on my PIPS blog before you can click here to see a screenshot of what it looked like before I changed it.

I had a hunt on the internet for something similar to WordPress Revolution themes - something a bit wider and more professional looking. I came across eBlog Templates who have a section selling premium blogger templates and found a WordPress Church theme that had been converted to Blogger.

$20 and about two hours later I had everything setup! I've not perfected everything yet, but I think it is a great improvement on the previous look. The template was easy to setup, no techie stuff required and they had step by step videos explaining how to do it.

So if you are looking for a premium blogger template I'd highly recommend eBlog Templates. The only downside is that you can't use them if you are FTP publishing to your website (since the FTP publishing doesn't support Blogger Layouts).