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You know, sometimes when you have a product like Promo Code Software, you really create a nice buzz of loyal followers.
I may have to leave the internet marketing scene soon for higher office.
Check out the local media attention I recently received:
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I’ve noticed a lot of traffic to my blog coming from Google of people looking for GoDaddy coupon codes. I guess Google thinks my blog is about publishing coupon codes. It’s not, but as long as you made it here for that purpose, I may as well give you what you are looking for.
Now, many companies are constantly changing coupon codes so it would be difficult to keep up on the most current one at all times. So, when I found this video on YouTube, I figured I’d post it right here on my blog. Interestingly enough, this video shows you a technique to get a discount at GoDaddy without using a coupon code.
If you would like to offer Promo Codes on YOUR Website please visit:
Now, here’s your video:
GoDaddy Promo Code Not Required
There you go.
Of course, if you really want an actual coupon code for Go Daddy, you can always visit Retail Me Not. I find them there all the time and most of the time they work.
As long as you are looking for coupon codes for your OWN domain, you may as well check out how PROMO Codes can help you promote your business or site WITHOUT giving a discount. You’ll learn that promo codes and coupon codes are actually two entirely different things.
Visit: PROMOCODESOFTWARE.COM
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If you want a potential Joint Venture prospect to say “yes” to promoting YOUR product or service, you’ve gotta make it hard for them to say “no”.
That may sound like a no brainer, but as you probably know, it’s easier said than done.
Making it hard to say “no” does NOT include offering a high or even 100% commission. If you contacted me about sending a promotion about a new line of perfume to my contacts, I’d politely turn you down…even if you offered 100% commissions. Your offer of 100% commissions doesn’t make it hard for me to say no. You see, the commission rate doesn’t mean squat if the product doesn’t make sense.
Now what if you came to me and offered 100% commissions on your newest “marketing product”…hmmm, that’s my niche. My entire customer and prospect list is full of marketers and small business owners.
I can’t tell you how many emails I get that look like this:
“Hey Jason, I noticed your Promo Code Software membership and I think it’s a great idea. Very interesting. Listen, I have a product that would suit your list quite nicely. It will save them a lot of time doing xxxxx. Plus it will help them xxxxxxxxxxx. I think it would be a very nice fit with your members. If you are interested please let me know. I’ll hook you up with xxxxxx per sale. Probably the easiest money you’ll make. Just send out an email”
My answer?
“No Thanks.”
Why?
Because I’m busy. I already have a slew of my own promotions coming up. I have recommendations to make based on my own experience. I don’t have time to look at and study YOUR program. I can’t even finish everything I have planned for today.
Yes, I admit, all I have to do is send out an email to my list. How hard is that? Why on earth don’t I have time to do that for easy 100% commissions on YOUR product? Even if the promotion flops….what do I have to lose anyway? Doesn’t cost me anything to send out an email and it will only take about 2 minutes. How on earth could I be too busy for that?
What am I, some sort of jerk?
No. In fact, I’d LOVE to help.
So allow me to explain WHY I’ll say “no thanks” to something like that:
Nice attempt. I applaud you for it. Thanks for thinking of me but…….
Now I’ve got to contact you. I’ve got to look at your sales page. I’ve got to sign up for your affiliate program. I’ve gotta figure out how to angle your product to make sense to my subscribers, etc, etc.
Look, I get 400 emails a day (that I look at). Your proposal, no matter how fitting it may be, no matter how beneficial it really may be….it represents a lot of work on my end. It distracts me from my own activities for the day and it’s not like I have a loss of products to market…including my own.
You have NOT made it easy for me to say yes just because you are offering 100% commissions and a product that would probably fit with my list. You have failed in making it hard for me to say no.
Even if you have sparked my interest, it’s way to easy for me to put in on the back burner.
As you can see, it’s not about the commissions.
It’s a combination of two things.
First, does the product make sense? You need to make it crystal clear to your Joint Venture prospect WHY your product or service would make sense to their contact list. If you don’t want your proposal sent directly to the trash can, you need to articulate the specific benefits of your product in the space of just one paragraph, two at the most. Be short and punchy when explaining what your product is, how it can benefit the customer, and how it can compliment your JV’s value (to their list) by offering & recommending it.
Next…
Now that your potential JV knows what your product is about (in a nut shell) and how it could benefit their list of subscribers, you are still only half way there to even getting their attention…let alone a favorable response.
A sure fire way to get others to promote for you is to prove that it will benefit their list and then to make it brain dead easy for them to promote.
Set up a promo code for your Joint venture partner using Promo Code Software. That promo code should be placed on your blog or even directly on your sales page. Using the software, you can easily have the promo code redirect to ANY page you want. Make a special offer page customized specifically to your potential Joint Ventures list. Mention your JV’s name or company. Make the case for why YOUR product is right for them.
After you have this special page set up…
Contact your potential JV partner and tell him/her that you have set up a special campaign especially for their list and that you have a promotion code that they can give to their contacts for that “special deal” or for the bonus, or what every your deal is for them.
More often than not, your prospect (JV prospect) will be impressed with the work you’ve done and will recognize that a promo code is a unique and intriguing thing to send to their list. It’s different and creates a certain sense of curiosity. People want to see what the promo code is all about.
Once you create a “template” page for the special offer, it’s really easy to just make simple changes in the text to reflect different JV partners in the offer. Usually it would be a headline like…
“Special offer for xxxxxx Members”
You just change the xxxxxx to suit who’s list you are promoting to.
The JV partner that you are looking to recruit will never know that it was a snap to put the process together because you used Promo Code Software. 
Joint Ventures are easy if you prepare and set up campaigns for your prospect. Remember YOUR prospect is the potential JV partner. Make it relevant, make it easy, and show the potential profitability LAST.
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Sometimes life just gets in the way.
This isn’t a normal post here on the Promo Code Software Blog. I know that there are many other people in a bad financial spot. But when you find out about someone truly fighting to hang on and really trying to do something about it…you really gotta appreciate it.
To raise some much needed cash QUICKLY, Lynn is having a blockbuster sale on mini-site graphics.
Please understand: The link below is NOT an affiliate link of any kind. In fact, Lynn doesn’t even know I’m making this post. Rest assured, all the money will go to her to help her in her tough situation.
She’s in a pretty bad situation, but she isn’t give up yet. She’s a fighter!
Apparently, Lynn’s been fighting to keep her house for months. She took advantage of a legal loophole and beat the deadline literally by just a few HOURS.
Her final deadline is closing in now and the only option she has left to keep her home is to finish raising the money to pay the bank.
Unfortunately, due to a legal technicality, bankruptcy is not an option for her. This really is a last ditch effort to save her home.
Help Lynn by getting her awesome mini-site templates and a true firesale price!!
I’ve got to thank Case Stevens. If it weren’t for his blog post:
http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com/2008/07/free-rewrite-software/
I wouldn’t have know about this whole situation. Thanks Case!!
Thanks everybody.
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Lately, I’ve been talking a lot about Twitter and how you can harness it’s popularity to help you with your business. Well, I’ve found some videos that really spell it out. In fact, here are 3 videos that I found particularly helpful in explaining what Twitter is and why you should use it as a business owner:
Twitter Tips by Liana Evans of SearchMarketingGurus.com
How To Get Free Targeted Traffic Using Twitter
Expanding Your Twitter Universe
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Twitter is an excellent way to attract attention to your marketing sites. A great way to get even more attention in your Twitter posts is to announce a promotion code that ultimately leads to your offers or name squeeze pages.
Today, were going to talk about two methods to increase your Twitter Post’s marketing power.
Using Promo Codes with Twitter
If you’re a returning reader, you already know that I hammer on the theme that promo codes are NOT just used to offer discounts. Utilize promo codes properly and you can use them to drive interested traffic to just about any site on the web.
If you’re using promo codes in your Twitter posts, it can create a curiosity factor that gets your Twitter readers to take action on your post.
For example, say you want people go to your newly create “best widget” site. Instead of making a Twitter post announcing your launch like this:
Typical Twitter post:
“Hey, I just opened my new site about “best widgets”. Check it out here, yoursite.com “
Better Twitter post:
“Use Promo Code: 4gt56 at yoursite.com to get insider info about “best widgets”
When your Twitter visitor goes to yoursite.com, they are now looking for the promo code form to enter the code so they can get that insider information you promised.
See the psychology here?
People are so bombarded with “click here” links to the point that you really need to get a little more creative in getting people to “click here”.
Twitter is an excellent way to drive traffic back to your site BUT it’s easy to get drowned out in Twitter just like any other medium that you may market in. It’s up to you to come up with some creative ideas to help you stick out from the crowd. Remember, the whole idea is to get people to “click here”.
Adding the curiosity factor by marketing a promo code instead of a “click here” link is just one way to get that extra attention you need in a very noisy market place.
Automating your Twitter posts
If you have a lot of followers on Twitter, I think it’s fair to say that all of them probably don’t go directly to your profile to see all of your posts. More than likely, you posts are only being viewed when they show up on your followers board.
This means a lot of your Twitter posts are going unseen.
The way to make sure your posts are getting the eyeball time by the most amount of your followers is to make several posts throught the day.
You can use Twitter Autoposter to pre-load, schedule and send your posts in the future. This way you can load up a week, a month, or even a years worth of marketing posts ahead of time.
Of course, you need to be careful with how you “market” in Twitter. Get the reputation as a SPAMMER or send too many annoying blatent ads and you will lose followers faster than a Greyhound chasing a rabbit.
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It’s a common misconception about promo codes. Most people think that they are simple “coupon” codes used for giving a discount on products or services.
But you know what? There really is a big difference…and it can mean a world of difference to your bottom line as a marketer.
Confused?
Simply put, coupon codes are typically used during checkout after a buying decision has already been made. As a business owner, you may advertise a code that visitors can enter, say…CD130, for example, that gives your customers a 50% discount on what ever it is that you are offering. When your prospect decides to make a purchase…they enter the code CD130 somewhere during the purchase process to receive their discount.
Promo Codes, on the other hand, are designed to direct your visitors to any message or website you wish BEFORE your prospect makes a buying decision. They’re meant to drive web traffic to your sites and special offers during the initial stages of your marketing efforts. By using a promo code to drive traffic to a special offer page, you are getting another shot at peaking your visitors interest and educating them about your offer. It’s not just about price.
Here’s a perfect example of ME using a promo code to generate interest in my own product. If you enter promo code:
showme
Into this promo code form below:
I’ll give you a free report called “Promo Code Marketing Tactics” so you can learn more about how to use promotion codes with your marketing campaigns.
So, go ahead. Enter promo code showme into the form above…won’t cost you a dime.
See what’s happening here?
Am I offering a discount here?
No, but I am offering something of value and I’m giving you a way to pick it up at no charge. If you are interested in learning about promotion code tactics and how it can help you in your marketing campaigns, you’ll probably use the code.
I’m driving traffic (you) to my blog…not directly to my “landing page”. I mean, let’s get really transparent here. Let’s hold nothing back.
It’s obvious. I’m a marketer. I have something to sell. It happens to be my Promo Code Software membership.
Now, I’m not really sure how you landed on my blog. But I do know this: you got here through some sort of “marketing” effort. Whether it was through a Google search, and affiliate promotion, an article I may have written, etc. Fact is, you ARE here and you ARE reading about the differences between a promo code and a coupon code.
If I were to offer you a “discount” on my Promo Code Software membership on this blog post, how effective do you really think it would be?
Probably not very effective at all if I were to guess. See, you probably need some more ideas or reasons that you would even want a membership. Sure, knowing that you have a “coupon code” for a discount is nice…
But…
However, what I’m doing is offering you a promo code to use to get that information…so you can start to make an informed decision on whether or not you would even want a membership.
I could send you directly to the sales page and have you enter the same promo code. Or, I could direct you to the top of the blog and have you enter the same promo code for the free report. In fact, any promo code I generate works in all my forms on ALL my websites. It same form even works on sites with different domains and different hosting accounts.
So, really, the pitch here (disguised as a lesson) is that you should be using promo codes to DRIVE traffic to your main sites and blogs. TRY THAT using a discount “coupon code”!!
You can offer promo codes in your offline marketing too. Learn more in “Promo Code Marketing Tactics”, just enter the correct promo code and it’s yours.
Get a lot more tips just like this and more.
Till next time…
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What’s the BEST way to use a promo code?
How can promotion codes actually increase subscribers, visitors and sales?
What’s the difference between a promo code and a coupon code?
Well, to help answer these questions, I have a video for you and a free report. Just enter promo code: showme in the promo code form at the top of the blog.
Better yet…just enter it here:
Let me know what you think of the video. Thumbs up? Thumbs down?
Promo Code Marketing Tactics will give you over 20 ideas on how to use promotion codes in your marketing campaigns…without giving a discount.
It’s really the basis of which this blog is centered around.
Again, I’d love the feedback. Let me know what you think of the report AND the video. Enter promo code showme above in this post or at the top of the blog to watch the video.
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Well, needless to say, I’m falling in love with Twitter.
It really is an excellent way to make new contacts both professionally AND personally.
Taking a look at the blogsphere…here are a few great tips from others who have blogged about it.
Twitter Tips and Tricks - Twitter is, simply put, a simple way of staying connected. It is a service for co-workers, friends and family to stay connected and communicate by exchanging quick frequent messages. Twitter is a message board that you can update from …
How to Use Twitter - Tips for Bloggers - Homework - take the list of objectives that you’ve come up with and put them somewhere that you’ll see them regularly. Each time you twitter ask yourself - ‘is this Tweet getting me closer to these objectives?’ …
Twitter - My Twitter tips:. If you tweet about a broad variety of topics you’ll get followers of varied interests. Ask questions - crowdsource your followers - they love to help! (today I asked if I should get a kayak or canoe; on another day it …
Be sure to join Twitter & add me to your contacts!
http://twitter.com/jasonanderson
See you there!
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When ever someone asks me about what marketing tools I use, obviously I tell them about Promo Code Software (PCS)
Why wouldn’t I ? I created it for online and traditional off line marketers. The more people use it, the more popular it will become. The more people use it, the more they will understand that PCS is actually a platform that you can run and track online & off line marketing campaigns from…not just offer discount online coupons. So, yeah, of course I’ll toot my own horn.
In order to make things hum though, there are a couple of other tools I use which actually make me more money than my OWN product. Without these tools, I’d literally be broke and out of business.
First and foremost…
It’s my sequential email auto responder. Without an automatic email follow-up system, I’d never even attempt a web based business. I won’t go into great detail about sequential auto responders because I feel that the majority of readers who make it to this blog fully understand what an auto responder is and why it is important to have one. I will, however, talk a little bit about what service I use…and why.
I try to keep things simple. I use Aweber to handle my email marketing. I could choose to host my own email marketing script on my own server to save some money on user fees…but I don’t. I certainly have the “techncal” know-how…and, frankly, that’s exactly why I choose NOT to run
Here’s why:
I want my marketing messages to actually get delivered and Aweber does a great job at maintaining relationships with the various ISP’s to ensure that MY email makes it through the various filters. If I hosted my own email delivery system, I’d have to make sure that I was an expert on deliverability. Since I’m not, I choose to leave that up to the pros at Aweber to make sure that I’m not BLACK LISTED from false SPAM complaints or various other things that can flag my domain and slowly diminish the effectiveness of my email marketing campaigns.
I see a lot of posts on popular marketing forums that I visit discussing the benefits of hosting your own email program. The main point is cost. If you own your own script, you don’t have monthly or annual fees. The other point I see a lot is that some of the marketers say they don’t see ANY difference in their email deliverability. That second point may be true. At the moment, they may not see a decline. At the moment they may not be blacklisted. They may NEVER be blacklisted…but will they ever know? Will they know if they do get some emails blocked? How will they get un-blocked if they do. Well, that’s what they will have to deal with when and if it ever happens.
For me, my marketing messages are way to valuable to have to worry about deliverability. For me, it’s more piece of mind. Plus, the provider I use is constantly improving its services. They are now implementing some very cool tracking features that will allow me to know WHO opens their email messages…and WHAT links they clicked on. This is high quality information. It’s not just about sending out email messages to your subscribers, it’s about what your subscribers do with your messages.
Tracking, deliverablilty, and piece of mind are the reasons I don’t host my own email marketing system. I want to be in the “marketing” business, not the “email maintenance” business. That’s why I use a professional auto responder service. It’s just not worth the time or the headache to try to maintain my own.
Here’s what I use to manage my sales, affiliate program, and digital delivery.
Rapid-Action-Profit (RAP) is what I use for my all-in-one sales and reseller management solution. It other words, this script handles all my sales, runs my affiliate program, and adds my customers to my Aweber auto-responder…100% automatically.
I particularly like the affiliate management feature of this script.
RAP allows me to instantly pay my affiliates.
This means I NEVER have to figure out who to pay, how much to pay them, when to pay them, or anything like that. PLUS, I’m a big believer in “Fast Pay Makes Fast Friends”. Know what I mean?
I’ve been an affiliate for tons of products. Sometimes you have to wait up to 60 days or more before you get paid for affiliate sales that you make today. Preferably, as an affiliate, I like to get paid a little sooner than that. So, from an affiliate point of view…I really like the instant pay feature. From and administrative point of view…I really like not having to worry about paying my affiliates. It really is the best of both worlds.
Also, with RAP, you have SECURE delivery of your digital products. Your download link is protected in several ways. You don’t need to worry about people sharing your download link all over the internet.
Secure digital deliver…
Automated affiliate program with auto pay…
Aweber auto responder integration…
It all adds up to a powerful marketing system that I really enjoy.
Here’s the link to the sales page. I highly recommend that you check it out:
http://www.rapid-action-profit.com
What Others Are Saying About Marketing Tools
Taking a look around the net, I found some other interesting articles that you may be interested and related to marketing tools for your businss. Have a look:
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Five ways to start Marketing your Online business today - Content is one of the best marketing tools if not the best marketing tool available to a business owner. Articles can be written and published on your website which in turn will drive traffic to your website as people search for … Your Best Marketing Tools ~ And They’re Free! - I look at all the money I have spent on marketing… custom business cards, stationery to match, custom post cards (that usually end up in file 13), signs on my car and I’ve discovered something about how I get my business. … Building an Opt-In List, Building Relationships - Now, one of the best marketing tools that you can use in your online business is building a list. An opt-in list is the best, most effective and smartest option that you can make to make it big. It is one thing to stay in business and … An Action Step Is Worth A Thousand Words - The best marketing tools in the world are worthless without a plan for how to use them. I can’t follow up on these leads because I don’t have a good sales letter. The quest for the perfect sales letter seems to prevent far too many of … Best Internet Advertising Tools - Internet marketing has its own set of the best marketing tools. If you are not new to the world of Internet advertising, many of these marketing tools are quite familiar to you-search engine optimization special software, … 30 Ways To Promote Your Website On A Shoestring Budget Part 2 - If you sell products (as opposed to services) in your business, one of the best marketing tools you can use is eBay. eBay is a community where individuals and businesses can buy and sell a vast range of new and used items at fair market … |
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