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May 25, 2020 by James McAllister 1 Comment

Amazon Affiliate Program – Pros, Cons, And FAQ

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The Amazon Affiliate Program (also known as Amazon Associates) is something that every affiliate marketer should have in their arsenal – but it is not without its fault.

Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer, and offers just about any physical good that you’d want to promote. While it’s not the ideal choice in every situation, you would be foolish to ignore the power it can hold for you.

In fact, there are people who build entire companies – pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars per year – solely around promoting products on Amazon.

In this article, I’d like to talk more about the pros and cons of Amazon’s affiliate program in detail, as well as answer some of the most common questions regarding the program.

This way, you can better idea on how you could benefit from signing up, and how to make more from Amazon’s affiliate program once you choose to do so.

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May 15, 2020 by James McAllister Leave a Comment

Q&A: Why Am I Receiving Poor Conversion Rates With Amazon’s Affiliate Program?

If you’ve been sending a lot of traffic to Amazon landing pages, but you’re not earning many commissions, this can be incredibly frustrating. [Read more…]

May 12, 2020 by James McAllister 4 Comments

Maximize Productivity With Todoist – Todoist Review

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You might be wasting dozens of hours each week, without even knowing it.

That’s right – even those that think of themselves as productive waste a considerable amount of time, even if it doesn’t feel like it.

I’ve been there as well. It is so easy to get distracted by something small, and spend far too much time browsing the web, checking social media, or wasting time away on your phone.

The real killer though?

Time spent between tasks. The huge chunks of your precious day spent in transition, figuring out whatever it is you’re meant to do next.

In this article, I want to highlight a free service that helped solve this problem for me. It’s called Todoist, and it will help you get more done each day than you ever imagined possible.

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May 4, 2020 by James McAllister 2 Comments

Link Whisper Review: How I Built 811 New Internal Links With Link Whisper

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Internal linking is a strategy that’s often over-looked by many website owners, yet it’s extremely important.

Not only will proper internal linking help your pages to rank higher on Google, but they’re very important to helping Google crawl your website.

The SEO benefits are huge.

On top of that, internal linking lowers bounce rates, helps to engage your readers, and makes your brand much more memorable to your audience.

Unfortunately, knowing when and where to link to isn’t always easy. As your website grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to actually keep track of what posts you have published on your site.

Chances are, there are hundreds of internal links you could add to your posts right now that are extremely relevant. Each one of these helping to boost your on-page SEO.

One easy to do this is by using the plugin Link Whisper. Link Whisper scans all of your pages, and intelligently provides recommendations for you – making it possible to add hundreds of links in only a couple of hours!

In this article, I’ll go over all of the features and provide my full review of Link Whisper. [Read more…]

April 13, 2020 by James McAllister 14 Comments

7 Blogging Myths That You’d Look Foolish Believing

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When it comes to blogging, there’s unfortunately a lot of misinformation out there.

Usually, this isn’t because of anything malicious, and if you’re a believer of one of the blogging myths I’m about to share with you, it’s not anything to feel bad about. Outdated articles, fake gurus, and half-truths are rampant in the blogging space, due to how quickly the landscape continues to evolve.

As a community of bloggers, let’s set the record straight together.

In this article, I’m going to share some of the most common blogging myths that I still see being circulated, and share actionable tips that will help you achieve better blogging results.

Let’s start with one of the biggest ones!

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April 6, 2020 by James McAllister 10 Comments

How To Grow Your Business During The Next Recession

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During times of uncertainty, it’s common for business owners to begin to panic.

Revenue begins to drop, deals fall through, and the expectations you had for your company in the upcoming months are suddenly put into jeopardy.

It’s a scary time, and many entrepreneurs handle it so poorly, that they suffer permanent damage as a result – if they manage to stay in business at all.

However, it certainly doesn’t have to be this way.

Recessions are an inevitably, but they do not always have to be considered scary news. In fact, more so than anything, recessions can provide business owners with opportunities.

While businesses are falling left and right, you have the capability to grow through the next recession – capitalizing on the poor decisions of your competitors.

However it takes a well thought out, well executed strategy in order to work.

In this article, I’d like to share with you 5 steps you must take if you want to thrive during the next recession, and share some advice on how to begin implementing your strategy today.

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March 30, 2020 by James McAllister 4 Comments

7 Lessons I Learned Recording My First Podcast With A Guest

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I recently tried out something that I’ve been putting off for months.

Something I made countless excuses to avoid, out of my own personal fears and insecurities – recording an hour long podcast episode, on the spot, without much preparation.

It was incredibly eye-opening, and I learned a lot. Seeing as this was a type of content that I had never really created before, I wasn’t entirely sure how things would pan out.

Podcasting is going to continue to rise in the coming years, and as entrepreneurs I think it’s important that we take advantage of audio content. Because of that, I wanted to share the personal lessons I learned – both to help you get off the ground faster, and avoid some of the mistakes I made during this first recording.

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March 16, 2020 by James McAllister Leave a Comment

7 Powerful Reasons To Implement Live Chat On Your Sales Pages

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One of the quickest ways to improve your website’s conversion rate and increase your sales is to implement live chat.

Live chat may be the most effective way to offer customer support – both pre-sale and post-sale, in today’s day and age. It’s far quicker to communicate than email, and allows you to accomplish so much more than just using the phone.

That’s not to say the others should be ignored, but it’s a fact – live chat has insane potential.

In this article, I want to cover some of these benefits in detail – sharing with you why live chat is important for every business, and giving my recommendations on how to set it up today.

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March 2, 2020 by James McAllister 4 Comments

Content-Based Businesses – The Key To True Freedom

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It’s amazing how different two businesses can be, even if they’re within the same market, serving the same customers.

The right business has the power to build your dream life, making you excited to get up and work each day. The wrong business can make you so miserable, you’d do anything to get rid of it – even if it’s making you a lot of money.

You may have been told how you need to have a natural interest in the market you’re working in. What’s often neglected however is whether or not you’ll enjoy the day-to-day tasks involved with running your specific type of business.

After all, the day-to-day work involved with manufacturing and selling saxophone accessories, vs. running a business teaching others to play saxophone online will be drastically different – even though these people will likely serve the same customers.

If you’re planning to start a new business, I want to make the case for building something content-based – something like a blog, YouTube channel, or podcast (better yet, building a complete personal brand involving all of them.) While these business can take longer to build up, the numerous benefits I’m about to list more than make up for it!

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