John L. Dilbeck: Promote Your Business

Site Build It! - now you can hire a specialist to build your website for you

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:38:00 GMT

Until now, Site Build It! was for the "Do it yourself" crowd. I'm part of that demographic and I love building websites of all sorts, but that's what I do. There are many thousands of us who want to learn all the skills that are necessary to build a successful, profit-making website around which we can build our business. But, there are many millions who are part of the "Do it for me" crowd. Maybe you are one of them. You already have a business and you want a website that actually brings new customers and clients. You want your site to add to your bottom line, not subtract from it. You know how to run your business and now you want to find someone who can build a website that gets results. You already hire specialists in other areas, including your lawyer and accountant. Maybe it's time for you to hire a specialist who will work closely with you to build a website that promotes your business and attracts new prospects to your business. Where will you find a specialist who knows how to do this and won't charge you more than its worth? SiteSell Services now offers very attractive packages that include hosting using the un-matched Site Build It! system and a specialist who will work closely with you to target your niche market and build a website that will work for you night and day. SiteSell Services is brand new, but it is based on a decade of proven techniques and technology combined to build websites that produce results. From the SiteSell Services page:

Build a professional Web site with SiteSell Services, using a process and tools proven by tens of thousands of people. Each page is aimed at pulling in Web site visitors. More Web site visitors means more new business. Your SBI!-built site will work. Built from the ground up, you reap the benefits of 10 years of SiteSell experience, all packed into a truly professional site.

Don't waste your time and money. You deserve a website that will work for you. Why don't you spend a few minutes and see if SiteSell Services is what you've been looking for? Act on your dream! JD

Have you claimed your business listing at Merchant Circle?

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:24:42 GMT

Do you own or manage a business in Murphy, NC, or anywhere else in the United States? Did you know that you can claim your free listing at MerchantCircle.com? For example, here's the Merchant Circle directory page for Murphy NC 28906. The folks at Merchant Circle have used publicly-available information and have added thousands of businesses to their directory. If you own a business that is already listed, you can claim your listing and start promoting your business there for free. Publish a newsletter, offer special offer coupons, write on your blog, meet other members, and do much more. Even if all you do is add more to the information page about your business, it's worth the time to claim and update your listing there. Merchant Circle is already indexed and regularly visited by all the major search engine spiders, and you can easily lead them to your main website, blog, or newsletter, with an hour or so of work on updating your listing on Merchant Circle. Of course, if you prefer, you can use it more and promote your business on another easy-to-use and effective website. I just added a profile question for members of this community to link to your Merchant Circle page so it will show on your profile page here. If you have any questions, comment on this posting and I'll help you sort it out. When I have time, I'm going to compile all the experiments I've done over the last three years and create a mailing list where I can recommend valuable websites like Merchant Circle to you, and help you steer clear of other sites that offer no real value. I'll announce it when it's ready. What can we do to help you promote your business? Act on your dream! JD

Come visit the brand new Murphy NC 28906 social networking community

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:48:14 GMT

In late December 2007, I created a new social networking site for Murphy NC 28906 on Ning.com. If you live in, visit, or want to know more about Murphy, NC, come join us at the Murphy NC 28906 social networking site. You can customize your profile, write a blog, discuss topics related to Murphy, NC in our forum, meet and get to know fellow residents, upload photos, and much more -- all for free! Anyone living in, visiting, or wanting to know more about Murphy, NC is welcome. Come join us today.

You can extend the reach of your Merchant Circle marketing

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:34:55 GMT

There are several ways you can promote your business on Merchant Circle: the contents of your basic listing, any items you post to your blog, coupons you create, photos you upload, and the bulletins posted on your directory listing page. I just learned about Merchant Circle a few days ago and I've jumped all over using their system. You can see the profile I've created for Dilbeck Marketing on Merchant Circle. I've taken the time to use most of the tools and love their system. (Your business is listed at Merchant Circle, right? If not, you can create a professional looking online listing for your business with our easy to use tools. Free! - MerchantCircle.com.) There are probably other things you can do at Merchant Circle that I haven't discovered in the less-than-a-week that I've been a member of the site. What you may, or may not, already know is that every time you blog, create a coupon, upload a photo, or post a newsletter, these things are added to a newsfeed for you, automatically. At the top-right of your listing, you'll see "Subscribe to blog and coupon feed" followed by an orange chicklet that says "RSS/XML." This is a standard news feed that can be syndicated on many services and can be read by anyone using a news feed aggregator or a news reader. Even without sending emails you are broadcasting to the world - potentially. I'll write a post later to explain more about making use of this. For now, suffice it to say that you can blog in one place and have it automatically republished in multiple places. This makes it very powerful for getting your news out. If you don't know anything about RSS, let me suggest that you read What is RSS?. One place you may want to syndicate your feed is at Squidoo.com. To do this, you'll need to be a member. Are you an expert on something? Build your own Squidoo lens and tell the world. It's free, and you may even earn some money from it. Of course, you're an expert on your business, so join Squidoo and create a lens about it. It's worth the effort to learn how to build free lenses on Squidoo, and it's a perfect place to syndicate your Merchant Circle news feed. For example, I've created a Squidoo lens about Merchant Circle and I've syndicated (re-published) my news feed and Merchant Circle's news feed on that lens. Also, as part of that lens, I've created a list where you can add a link to the Merchant Center listing for your business. I will be syndicating that list on some of my other websites, so you'll get free advertising just by adding your link to the list. If you don't understand, just comment on this topic and I'll see what I can do to help you. Act on your dream! JD

Creating a better link to your Merchant Circle business listing

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:33:38 GMT

So, once you get your listing set up on Merchant Circle, what else can you do to increase the likelihood of being found by a potential customer? (Is your business listed at Merchant Circle? If not, you can create a professional looking online listing for your business with our easy to use tools. Free! - MerchantCircle.com.) First, tell people how to find you here. For example, my listing is located at: http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Dilbeck.Marketing.828-837-2901 I've used the custom URL feature to shorten this link to: http://member.merchantcircle.com/dilbeckmarketing This custom URL is much easier to pass along, put on business cards, and show in your advertising. You can create your own custom URL by logging into your MerchantCircle account and then clicking Listing Configuration in the left column. When you click it, several other options will be displayed below that heading. Click Manage Links and then enter what you want in your Custom URL edit box. You should be careful when you do this if you plan to advertise this URL. Make sure it is something that describes your business and is something you can live with for the next few years. Remember, if you change this at any time, all advertising you previously did using your former custom URL will be wasted. This is something you want to think about before implementing. Don't do something hastily that you'll regret later. Also, while you are there, you can enter up to four links to other websites and blogs. Just enter the name and URL of the link and Save. If you have less than four saved links, it will automatically create a new empty listing. Add as many as you want - up to four - and save each time. In a couple of minutes, you'll have additional backlinks to your websites and blogs from a highly-ranked and high-traffic site. After you enter what you want in your custom URL box and/or link boxes, don't forget to save it. Act on your dream! JD

Is your business listed on Merchant Circle?

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:32:29 GMT

First, if you're not listing your business on MerchantCircle, why not? Create a professional looking online listing for your business with our easy to use tools. Free! - MerchantCircle.com Truly, even if you are not a highly skilled web designer or webmaster, you can use the tools provided by MerchantCircle to promote your business and the products and services you offer. It won't take days, weeks, or months, either! You can get started in a few hours and can continue promoting your business as long as you want through posting to your blog, creating coupons, and publishing newsletters. This is the kind of business promotion that every owner or manager of a small business should jump onto. It's free, effective, and easy to use. What's the downside? Act on your dream! JD

What is your dream?

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:19:07 GMT

For several years, I've been telling a close group of friends that I have a dream I want to manifest in the coming years. I've been playing it rather close to my chest, because I wanted to have some time to really imagine how I'll feel when it comes true, with the help of many other people who choose to share at least a part of my dream. I won't talk about it here, much, because I set up a new space for it on Apsense. If you want, you can read about it at What's your dream? If you are interested in learning more about this or if you want to share your own dream, you are invited to join Apsense (it's free) and come join my Act On Your Dream! group. I look forward to sharing our dreams and finding ways we can help each other make them come true. Act on your dream! JD

Vote for your favorite traffic exchanges

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:21:54 GMT

I've had a Squidoo lens about Traffic Exchanges for quite some time and never really did anything with it. A few days ago, I decided to add a module so you can vote for your favorite manual traffic exchanges. I encourage you to rank the page by clicking on one of the stars at the top of the page. Your comments are always welcome. Act on your dream! JD

Ray White introduces Soaring For Traffic

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:15:20 GMT

(This article is part of my Marketing Tools and Techniques: Traffic Exchanges series.) Normally, I won't be promoting the latest and (supposedly) greatest thing, so don't be afraid that I'll bombard you with untested programs that may be here today and gone tomorrow. I prefaced this recommendation because Soaring For Traffic is a new traffic exchange, but I believe it will be around for a long time and I think it will rise to be one of the best. I've known Ray for a few months and I have seen for myself that he knows quite a bit about Internet marketing and is always working to learn more and to share what he learns with others. I first met him on the Affiliate Funnel forum, where he answered some of my questions about ad tracking on traffic exchanges. I did some searching and found that he is the owner of Private Success Team, where he is busily helping others learn how to market on the Internet more successfully. I recently learned that he has been working for about a year to introduce Soaring For Traffic, his free traffic exchange and downline builder. Lately, I've become more discerning when it comes to traffic exchanges and I'm reaching the point where I probably won't join too many more. Over the last year, I've joined and used about 75 traffic exchanges with varying amounts of success. Now, I'm a member in about 60 and actively use about 20 of them. I am an upgraded member in about a dozen exchanges, and I just upgraded my account with Soaring For Traffic. Although Soaring For Traffic is free, you will get more traffic with less time and effort by upgrading to one of the two upgrade levels. I chose the highest upgrade and I'm looking forward to using this exchange a lot in the coming months. I added about 170 sites to this exchange in one fell swoop by using my Page Swirl rotator and spent another hour or two advertising it on some of my marketing pages, including my LinkScout marketing site. After I'd finished setting everything up, it was time to surf the new exchange and see how I liked it. I found a couple of small errors when setting up to use the exchange, but surfing the sites of other members was easy and the site responded quickly, even on my very slow dial-up connection. The downline builder part of the site contains five money making affiliate programs and I'm a member of three of them. I didn't count the number of traffic exchanges in the downline builder, but almost all of my favorites were there and I saw only a handful of sites I'd never tried before. I know that Ray will be a helpful and responsive owner, and that is a big part of being an upgraded member of an exchange. Even though Soaring For Traffic is new, it already has over 1,500 members and is growing quickly. Regarding the problems I encountered, one was just an incorrect height and width attribute in the HTML code for a 100x300 sidebar button link. That was easily corrected, and I'll let Ray know about it as soon as I publish this. The other was a bit more of a problem, but probably has an easy solution. The site offers a way to personalize one of the splash pages that can be used on other traffic exchanges. It features your name, photo, a banner, and a testimonial. I filled in the form and submitted it, only to be told that the banner URL was incorrect. No problem; the exchange is new. However, the real problem, for me, was that the error page did not preserve the entries on the form that were correct. As a result, a very complimentary testimonial was lost. Ray, if you read this, I said some nice things about you that nobody will read because the form lost my heartfelt compliments. With only a couple of minor negatives (which I'm sure Ray will fix quickly) and lots of positives, I heartily recommend Soaring For Traffic to you. (Update: Ray corrected the problems I mentioned, and I'm a very happy Soaring For Traffic member.) If you want to be a free member, this exchange is better than most. If you plan to upgrade, the prices are right and the One-Time-Offer page offers good discount pricing for an annual or lifetime membership. If that doesn't fit your budget, the second One-Time-Offer (OTO) page offers a 33% discount on the highest upgrade level, making it a good buy. Normally, the highest level, Soaring Eagle, costs $14.95 per month, and I think that is over-priced for a 1:1 surf ratio and anything less than 1,000 credits per month. However, the second OTO page offers the Soaring Eagle level for $9.99, and I think that is the proper price for what is offered. I don't know if either of these discount pages will be available should you join, nor what they may offer at that time. These things are always subject to change. If you don't take advantage of either OTO page, you'll pay more, perhaps a lot more, in the long run. Soaring For Traffic will be one of the dozen or so traffic exchanges I'll use on a regular basis. You can join Soaring For Traffic for free and see for yourself how well it works for you. You'll get a lot more for your time and effort if you upgrade. Act on your dream! JD

Site Build It! Two-for-one sale ends January 3, 2006 at midnight.

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:01:06 GMT

This is my final reminder of the Site Build It! Buy-one-get-one-free special sale. SBI is a bargain at any time. Until midnight on January 3, 2006, it is an extra-special bargain. If you're not ready to buy your SBI site, you may be interested in reading the book that started it all. Make Your Site Sell! is an ebook with over 1000 pages of outstanding information. It is by far the best $30 I first invested in my online marketing business. After buying MYSS, studying it, and putting what I learned into action, I finally started earning money through affiliate marketing. So far, the only better investment has been Site Build It!. I use the SBI method, tools, and resources every day as I expand my network of websites, blogs, forums, and lenses, even on sites hosted elsewhere. You're probably not interested in building a network of sites. I don't blame you a bit. If my brain were wired differently and I could concentrate on just one topic, I'd probably be much better off, but it's not the way I am. If you have a particular subject in which you are interested, SBI offers a step-by-step method to identify your niche, build your site, and eventually monetize it. It will save you time, energy, and money, and you will have a better site with a better chance of earning a decent income with it. You may not be able to replace a full-time job, but perhaps you can earn a few hundred dollars per month with it. I highly recommend Site Build It! and I'll be developing more SBI sites later this year. Don't miss this special sale. Share the purchase with a friend. You keep one site and sell the other to your friend. Each of you can get your own site for half-price until tomorrow night. Or, buy one and give one away. Or, keep both for yourself. You don't have to activate the second site for several months. If you do this now, where can you be a year from now?

NOC Tip of the Week

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:14:58 GMT

NOC affiliates, you can now let your prospective merchants know that their offers will be featured in the NOC newsletter, which is mailed out to over 150,000 prospective customers/promoters.

NOC Regional Notices

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:10:27 GMT

NOC Regional Notices are coming in January! All affiliates in a 100-mile radius of new merchants will now get a special notice of the new merchant, the merchant's offers, and more. These notices will make it much easier for affiliates to promote the special offers as they are published. The merchants gain local promotion of their special offers in a timely manner. Note: Applies only to the U.S. at this time. We will roll out additional parts of the world as programming is completed.

What is NOC?

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:51:43 GMT

All consumers want to save money. All businesses want more customers. NOC matches consumers with businesses, and in the process, creates a win for the consumer, a win for the business, and a win for you, the SFI affiliate. The consumer saves money, the business acquires a new customer or sale, and you earn commissions for making it happen...with the opportunity to earn both on the front-end and residually! More reasons why NOC is hot: 1. You can now earn lucrative commissions by simply referring people to money-saving coupons. 2. Each week, the SFI product line is expanded with fresh, new products through NOC. And if there's a product or service you're interested in that we don't have, you now have the ability to add it. 3. You can now gain and maintain Executive Affiliate (EA) status by giving away coupons and/or using them yourself. 4. NOC works everywhere! No matter where you live in the world, NOC is available to you. 5. NOC is an awesome fundraiser program. Know any schools, churches, or other organizations that need to raise money? You can now refer them to one of the coolest and easiest fundraisers ever...and make great money doing it! To get the WHOLE scoop on NOC, go to: http://www.niceoffers.com/launch.jsp Merchants and businesses: Register your business for free and start advertising your special offer coupons on our network of sites. Shoppers and consumers: Find free printable coupons that you can redeem to save money. Some offers are available online and others are offline at a business only. Some are available for both. If you regularly shop at a business and know the owner or manager, won't you please tell them to go to http://ShowYourCoupon.com and register their business? If you would like to sign up businesses in your area and promote the NOC advertising model to them, and promote their free coupons to your friends and neighbores, you can sign up free and start today. Earn a commission on every coupon that is redeemed by a company you register.

I want to help you promote your business and get more customers in 2006.

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:29:48 GMT

If you own a business, you already know that all businesses need new customers. Two months ago, a new online service was introduced with the purpose of making it easy for merchants and business owners to offer special discount offers to attract new customers (or reward existing customers). Not only is it easy to do, but it costs absolutely nothing to register your business and create your special offers. You, as a business owner or manager, can decide what kind of offer you want to make. You can offer a percentage discount on the next purchase. Offer a special price or a freebie. Buy one, get one free. Buy one, get another at half price. Buy lunch and get a free beverage. $500 off at closing when you buy a new home. Whatever kind of offer that works for both you and your customers or clients. You know all about these kinds of offers. So do your customers and potential customers. And your competition. What's the catch? There isn't one. You can advertise for free and set all the conditions of the offer. All we ask is that you pay a bounty for each coupon that is redeemed by a paying customer. And, to top it off, you decide how much you're willing to pay for that customer to redeem the coupon. It's entirely up to you. You advertise free and pay only for results. How much are you willing to pay to acquire a new customer? How much are you willing to pay to get new business from your existing customers? What is the lifetime value of a new customer for your business? How much are you paying to acquire a customer now? Are you willing to try something new where you control the offer and the amount you're willing to pay, and to pay only when someone actually purchases from you? You don't have to pay for advertising and hope it works. You don't have to pay when someone clicks your advertising link. You pay only when someone actually redeems your coupon and makes a purchase from you. Guaranteed results. When you create an offer, won't you think about making your expiration date at least a year from now? That way, more people will get a chance to try your offer, you'll have less administrative efforts in renewing the offer, our affiliates (thousands of them) will have an easier time promoting your offer, and we'll all save time and effort in promoting your business. Of course, if an expiration date a year from now doesn't suit you or your offer, you're free to set the offer and the expiration date to exactly what you want. That's one of the beauties of this new service. We're working hard to promote you. I'm asking you to give us a try. If it doesn't result in new business for you, it won't cost you a penny - just a few minutes of your time. I'm also asking you to make an offer that is exclusive to our service. How many people promote your coupon when you advertise in your newspaper? We are ready to actively promote your offer. Since you're saving money by not paying for advertising that doesn't work, we'd like to ask you to make a offer that is better than your usual offer. You'll benefit and so will your new customers. I want to promote your business. If you go to http://ShowYourCoupon.com you can see our service in action. To register your business and start creating your special offers, go to http://merchant-info.showyourcoupon.com and sign up for free. I'll syndicate your coupon at http://SyndicateYourAd.com and to other websites, weblogs, and other venues -- all at no extra cost to you. Try us, please. You have nothing to lose, and the potential of attracting new paying customers at a cost you set. Remember, no customers, no cost. Register your business for free and make your offer to new prospective customers. I want your business and I'm willing to work to help you promote your business and make more sales. Your coupon will be actively promoted at SyndicateYourAd.com and many other sites that are fed from that weblog. Sign up today. (This service does not accept offers for business opportunities. We are happy, however, to help you promote your products and services.) Thank you, and I look forward to promoting your business. I hope you have a wonderful 2006. John L. Dilbeck
Dilbeck Marketing
Murphy, NC

Tips, Advice, Training, and Answers for Nice Offers affiliates

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:08:23 GMT

You will find tips, advice, training, and answers to your questions about the NOC program at the NOC and UBC forums on the SFI discussion board. NOC Forum UBC Forum If you are not an affiliate and would like to participate in the NOC coupon system, I invite you to sign up as a free affiliate. To learn more about all the details about NOC, visit the NOC Launch Announcement.