Did you know that a huge key to online success is building a list of active targeted subscribers? Remember this, if you are not doing building a list your competitors are doing this every second of every hour of every day of every week and leaving you in the dust.  One of the ways you can start building your list is by giving away free e-books.  Where are you going to find these e-books to give away?  I’m glad you asked.

Jeff Dedrick who has been an entrepreneur and self employed for over 20 years has a great membership site where you can brand e-books with your affiliate links, give them away and profit while building your list.  He also has an array of affiliate tools to ensure you earn money and the best part of all this is the membership is free to join.

Viral E-book Explosion now gives people the opportunity to have some quality e-books in their marketing arsenal to give away and start building their Internet business making it a huge time saver for those who just don’t have the skill or time to write e-books themselves.  You will also find e-books at VEE written by some high-powered and very successful Internet marketers to give to others at no cost to your or the recipient.

Although I highly recommend you learn to write your own e-books or at a minimum write mini-reports because you want to brand yourself and not continue to grow other people’s business but VEE allows you the opportunity to get a much faster start because it gives you the education, the tools to grow your list and a great chance to make some money.  You can also get a first-hand look at what you can do to get your own e-book marketed when you decided to do one yourself.

Now here is a solid tip about giving away these free e-books with your affiliate links in them.  Not only do you give them away to ensure you build your list, but also encourage your subscribers to give them away too, so that it becomes viral.  This is where catching a virus is a good thing and you want people to pass it on as far as it can go to increase your chances of monetizing your Internet business.

Yesterday I listed 5 ways maximum exposure can get you clicks at traffic exchanges, but there was one way I wanted to add but decided to write a stand alone entry for it today.  Banner marketing is definitely not as effective as it was back in the day, but they are still being used and if you can stand out from the crowd it is definitely worth using them especially since you are getting free banner impressions.

Here is the link to yesterday’s post if you missed it:

Traffic Exchange Marketing – Discover 5 Surefire Ways Maximum Exposure Will Lead To Clicks

In my experience I have seen a higher rate of clicks on my banner using a photo on it, but not enough to run out and scream “banner marketing rocks!” and it will not guarantee a massive amount of conversion or anything close to it.

There is one thing thing having a banner with your photo on it does and that is give you consistent exposure.  At the very least if you can have a banner that is unique and not one that hundreds of affiliates are using you can succeed with it if you brand it correctly.  It has to stand out and it must be identifiable to you, your business or message.

Here is a snapshot of the current banner I’m using for my MIB campaign:

It not only has my photo, but it also has my name.  Now, I’m working on having this banner rotate in as many places as possible and I have a lot to go so I’m sure you will eventually run across it often which is what you should be doing with your banners.

Obviously I had mine professionally done (by Jamison Raymond from Black Hat Graphics) and it really isn’t that expensive, but if you want to do it yourself and not spend any money you can try using Instant Banner Creator.  You can at least create one that is different and will stand out.

I love traffic exchanges and I’m always willing to give the new kids on the block a shot.  I belong to hundreds of them and NO I don’t surf them all but if you can impress me with the design, features or just the willingness as an owner to show your determination to have a kick-ass TE I will definitely give it some attention.

Since I’m covering using banners on traffic exchanges today this is a perfect time to put a spotlight on Rob Tijbosch and his TE – Moonlight Fairy Traffic.  He has an awesome feature where you hover over a banner to move on to the next page.  I haven’t seen that in any other TE and personally I think the future for MFT is a great one because of it.  He recently added a chat feature and also has other cool stuff to help you get more exposure.

Hello, my name is Jimmy Adames, Internet Business Building Specialist and online business owner who will be using this blog to help and inform others with simple tactics to growing an Internet business without going to the poor house doing it.

I’m not a guru and I rely on others to help my progress as should you if you want to succeed.

I will recommend products and services I use as well as give you the truth about those that I don’t and why.

I’ll try giving you as much free quality information and products as possible in the hopes that you become a loyal reader and subscriber.

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Jimmy Adames