Real Estate Investing Made Easy

If you have been looking for a long term investment option, owning real estate has been a tried and true investment option. It is the one investment most Americans make and if you own property long enough, you are almost guaranteed to make money. In a down economy and housing market like we are currently experiencing, there are tons of great deals available that can allow you to make a huge profit.

If you want to get into real estate investing, you really should get some advice from an expert before you start. One of the best experts you can find is Dean Graziosi. Dean has been making money in real estate for over 22 years and has published multiple best-selling books. There is a good chance you have seen one of his infomercials because he has been on the air for a long time. Over the years, he has helped thousands of people get started in real estate investing and he is ready to start helping thousands more.

With the launch of Rock Bottom Blueprint, Dean is taking real estate investment training to a new level. He has gathered together some of his most successful students and they are going to mentor new students. Dean will produce video based training then allow his super successful students to mentor his new students. This approach will provide the top level of expert training as well as personalized mentorship. This unprecedented level of support will ensure that all new students have the greatest chance of success.

Dean is opening up his new program on August 2 and is sharing some free training videos leading up to that date. One of the things that stuck with me from the first video is a simple statement Dean made: “the only secure future is the one you create for yourself”. Whether it is in real estate or some other venture, this is absolutely true so do something today to change your financial future.

Content Sharing Sites

There are two main types of content sharing sites that you can use to build your business. The first type of content sharing site we are going to discuss is Article Directories. The biggest and most effective article sharing site is Ezine Articles. All you do is write an article about any topic you want and submit it to Ezine Articles and other article directories. For the body of the article, you are sharing information only. You don’t promote or link to your money site in the body of the article. At the end of the article, you create an Author Bio. In this section you tell a little about yourself and link back to your money site. The best way to use article directories is to write an article about how to use the product you are promoting then link back to your money site where people can buy the product you were talking about. The key is to make sure you provide helpful information before making your recommendation on what to buy. This way you are presenting yourself as a helpful expert instead of a pushy salesman.

In addition to article directories, there are other useful content sharing sites you can put your content on. Two of the most popular content sharing sites are Hubpages and Squidoo. They allow you to make web pages with your content. You can put in many different sections like pictures, videos, and surveys. Just like with article directories, you want to make sure you are providing good information before making the recommendation to visit your money site and buy your stuff. These sites have been used by a lot of spammers over the last couple years and are getting more strict on their rules, but if you are providing good information and not being overly pushy, you can still use them to connect with potential customers and get them to visit your money site.

If you are looking for a complete training package on content sharing sites and other social media elements, be sure to check out Don Crowther’s Social Profit Formula 2 which opens for new students on July 7.

 

Blogging for Fun and Profit

Now let’s talk about blogging for a minute. There are a couple different ways you can blog. You can install a blog on your own domain. Google loves blogs and they are so easy to manage. I don’t know of any serious online marketer that isn’t using a blog because of how easy they are to use and how well they rank. The second way of blogging is to use blog sites that are not on your own domain and this is where you can really use the power of blogs to build your business.

By using blog sites that you don’t own, you can set up a network of sites that point back to your money site. In addition to providing valuable links that improve your search engine rankings, these blogs can rank very well by themselves. Three of the most effective blogs are Wordpress.com, Blogger.com, and TypePad.com. Wordpress.com, Blogger.com, and a bunch of other sites are free. TypePad.com is a paid service, but it frequently ranks highly in Google so you may want to spend a little money to have a TypePad.com blog. The one thing you have to remember when using these sites is to follow their terms of service. Since you don’t own the site, you have to follow their rules or you may get your account closed. As long as you provide good content and don’t get too aggressive with your marketing efforts, you should be ok.

As with all social media, the key to effective blogging is to be consistent and provide valuable content for your readers. It is also important to make sure you get your content on as many sites as possible. There is a site called Posterous that helps you automate your content distribution. Posterous.com is a free blog that also connects to other blog sites like Wordpress, Blogger, and TypePad. Whenever you put a post on Posterous, it automatically posts on the other site at the same time. This allows you to get 5 or more posts and links for each article you write. Posterous is free to use and can really multiply the effectiveness of your blogging.

If you want to get serious about blogging, there are a lot of resources available. One way to learn more about blogging is to sign up for Don Crowther’s Social Profit Formula 2 which opens for new students on July 7.

Automated Video Marketing

Even though YouTube is the largest video sharing site out there, there are a lot of other places where people watch videos so you shouldn’t ignore them. There is a site called Traffic Geyser that can help you automatically submit your videos to all of the video sharing sites, not just YouTube. All you do is upload the video to Traffic Geyser and put in the title you want and description and your video will automatically be sent to all the video sharing sites on a schedule you set up. For example, you can put the video in and have it submitted once every 12 hours to a different site. This way, you are putting out new content every 12 hours for a week or two instead of sending all out at once. If you want to try out Traffic Geyer, there is a special $1 trail that you can get by going to moneytreemarketing.com/geyser. I have that link on the Fast Start Guide so you can go there whenever you are ready.

There is one more way you can improve your video marketing. There is a service called Tube Toolbox that will help you get friends and subscribers to your YouTube channel. You can then send messages to your friends asking them to watch your new videos, click the like button, and leave comments. These items are crucial to your video rankings so having a bunch of friends that can help you is great. Subscribers are also good because they get updated every time you post a new video and may watch, like, and comment on them automatically. You can learn more about Tube Toolbox at tubetoolbox.com or download it directly at downloadthetoolbox.com. To get the most out of it, you will have to sign up for the paid version, but it only costs $10 a month and can help you get thousands of fans and subscribers in your first month and help you get views and rankings quickly.

If you want to learn more about video marketing and social media marketing as a whole, be sure to check out Don Crowther’s latest class and the fantastic Social Profit Formula 2 bonus offers out there.

 

Introduction to YouTube Marketing

If you have ever watched a video on the internet, and even if you have not, you probably know about YouTube. YouTube is an absolute monster on the internet. I have seen some statistics on the number of users and videos watched and those numbers are in the hundreds of millions and billions so they really are too big to comprehend. Here are a few concepts for you to consider. Video is proven to be the single best way to communicate with people and people spend a lot of time watching online videos. YouTube is also one of the largest search engines. That means people are using YouTube to search for things the same way they use Google. And if that isn’t enough to get you started on creating videos, Google owns YouTube and YouTube videos consistently show up on Google rankings almost immediately without any other promotion. Simply put, YouTube is one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, ways to market your business.

The key to using YouTube effectively is to just do it. You don’t need a bunch of fancy equipment or software. In fact, many professional marketers believe simple “real-life” videos are more effective than fancy professional videos. You can get an inexpensive, high quality video camera for about $150. You can use this portable camera to make videos anywhere. If you want to sit in front of your computer and record something, you can use a web came that may already be built into your laptop or you can get an inexpensive one to plug into your USB port. If you don’t want to be on camera, you can make slide show videos using software like Camtasia Studio which only costs a couple hundred dollars or you can use the free version called Jing. You can even upgrade to the “professional” version of Jing for $15 a year which gives you the ability to mix your web cam with a slide show presentation. The bottom line is that you can get started making videos for little or no money. If you want to get “fancy”, you can get a camera and professional editing software for less than $500. No matter which option you choose, the key is to get started.

There are complete video marketing courses out there as well as some books. There is a complete video marketing module in Social Profit Formula so if you become a member, you will get all the information you need.