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262 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
How did a resume / job search platform pivot to be a exclusive members only community for developers and designers?
Jared Brown and I talk about his journey building Talentopoly.com, and his long term goal of creating a sustainable and easy to manage online business.
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Mentioned in this episode
Code Monkeys At Work - Jarred's development brand
Brian Hoff - rockstar designer
Dribbble - show and tell for creative.
behance - creative network
Carbonmade - creative portfolios
influa...
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321 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
1994 Power Macintosh
Apple Cube Commercial 2000
Powermac vs. Intel
Then Apple went in Intel.
PowerBook - early 90's
Corporate Mac
The greatest commercial ever aired
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329 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
It's important to know how much you can spend in online advertising (Google AdWords, Facebook Ads) and still come out net positive. To do this you'll need to calculate the EPC (earnings per click) for a given offer.
Story Time: Let's say you're promoting an ebook called "Billy Bob's guide to Goat Milking" as an affiliate.
Bob claims that his ebook gets a 6 to 9% conversion rate.
Bob's book pays out $44 for each sale an affiliate brings in.
We first have to be realistic on the conversion rate...
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371 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Here are 10 of my favorite business books I read in 2010.
Flash Foresight by Daniel Burrus and John Mann
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
Multipliers by Greg McKeown and Liz Wiseman
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
The Referral Engine by John Jantsch
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
The Risk Takers by Don Martin and Renee Martin
Buy the B...
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373 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Let me ask you this, how much more money would you be able to make if you had 1,000 sales and online marketing people working for you? And what if they required no benefits, no salary, no expense account and no training? And, what if you only had to pay them every time they actually made a sale? Wouldn't that be awesome?
My friends, this is exactly why you need to consider starting an affiliate program for your products, services or online store. Affiliate programs make it possible for hundre...
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380 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Make money online with a targeted Marketplace [wordpress]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/marketplace-forms.png&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
In my never ending quest to generate cash from this blog, I decided to build a marketplace where individuals and companies could actively promote their goods and services for a small fee. So far the results are looking very promising. In addition to allowing people to place ads in the marketplace, I also will give away free ads to help promote friends, or in exchange for discounted or free products. I also include a free spot in the marketplace for all of the 8IFY Podcast sponsors.
Here are t...
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381 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
I logged in to my AdWords account the other morning only to find a big red box that yelled "Your Google AdWords account has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of AdWords or Landing Page and Site policies in this or a related account". Ain't that a bitch?!
The other night I setup two AdWord campaigns to test promoting a couple products I found on ClickBank. I know, I know I should have known better — but I couldn't help myself.
I picked 300 Top Secret Recipes and a Dating eBoo...
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386 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Make money online by finding a niche, creating an email list and building a landing page. [members only]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/google-keyword-tool-dragon.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
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405 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
The following is an excerpt from my eBook Whore It Up that you can get for free by signing up for the 8iFY Newsletter (look right).
"I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle
in my ear to wake me up and get going,
rather than retreat." - Sylvester Stallone
"Through my illness I learned rejection.
I was written off.
That was the moment I thought,
Okay, game on.
No prisoners.
Everybody's going down." - Lance Armstrong
Rejection is part of the game of life, it happens at work, in l...
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406 days ago
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Produced by Caleb
In the last post, we looked at using Hubspot to analyze our website's pages, inbound links, and keyword opportunities. In this post, we'll see how Hubspot provides us with a wealth of information about people once they've gotten to our site.
Prospecting
In my opinion, this is one of the most valuable pieces of Hubspot. Prospecting involves seeing who is coming to your site, how they got there, and what they did when they were there. Hubspot achieves this with a javascript tracking code tha...
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408 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Each time I launch a new AdWords campaign, it seems a complete crapshoot whether it's accepted or not. If you've had similar problems, this blog post is for you. Here are 20 things Google thinks are EVIL and will disapprove on AdWords (maybe):
How to Spam AdWords.
Imagine that, Google doesn't want you to share your secrets on how to spam adwords.
Anti-Abortion / Abortion Ads.
I suppose they couldn't pick a side.
Academic Aids.
Like pre-written term papers and essays, cheat sheets for...
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411 days ago
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Produced by Caleb
First part of a series covering how to understand your websites impact, by guest blogger Caleb Tennis of Data Cave.
As part of our marketing plans for 2011 at Data Cave, we wanted to develop a better understanding of our online presence and its impact in the market. Like many businesses, we have a website with details about our business - and we also have a blog with haphazard posts about various topics in our industry. Aside from google analytics, we didn't have much insight into how ...
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416 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Oh hell no, I'm not going there am I? You betcha!
I've spent most of my career obsessing about usability and building user friendly websites and apps - and I am going to break one of my biggest no-no's in order to achieve better results. The EVIL POPUP!
There's no doubt that you've seen my popup for the 8ify Newsletter offering a free copy of "Whore IT Up!" - and while I too despise these types of tactics, the truth is - they work. Now my popup isn't as evil as some, it will never be s...
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421 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Getting insanely targeted traffic [with Facebook Ads].](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/facebook-targeting1.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
You know that little site called Facebook? Yea, that one. Well you might not know that it's not just for hooking up with old high school sweethearts, or stalking your spouse. Nope, Facebook is also an incredible marketplace that can help you make a boat load of money, ok maybe a small boat, but at least SOME money.
Facebook launched its Google Adwords competitor on November 6, 2007. Facebook CEO explained it as
“Facebook Ads represent a completely new way of advertising online,” Zuckerbe...
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