Marketer Matt

It’s funny to me how mainstream affiliate marketing is becoming while network marketing is still so often despised. It is really very ironic, especially when you consider that there are now many two and three tier affiliate programs. So here’s my question… Why in the world haven’t more internet marketers gone into the network marketing arena?!? Seriously though, think about this for a second. Affiliate marketers are already doing the same thing as network marketers, only they are almost exclusively focused on online marketing whereas most network marketers are still stuck in traditional word-of-mouth advertising. Affiliate marketers therefore actually have a  [ Read More ]

Over the last year or so I have set up quite a few websites using WordPress. It’s easy to use, easy to set up, and has such a huge open source community that I’ve found that I can solve almost any problem using free themes and free plugins. In the rare cases that I need something more in a website than I can hack together on my own in WP, I buy a custom theme for $100 bucks or less. As successful as I have been with this method, I do not have quite enough control as I would like.  [ Read More ]

I’ve been realizing that my work atmosphere sucks. I used to think it was a sweet think to be able to work from home, but what I have found is that when you work from home, you never leave the office. This can make it hard to compartmentalize my day because I eat, sleep, poop, market, and brainstorm billion dollar ideas all from the same place. So what’s the solution? Well, eventually I’ll probably get an office, but for now, I just need to organize my stuff… as should be evident by these photos   As you can see, it’s  [ Read More ]

Sometimes when you stumble across an idea, you just know that you’ve struck gold. I think “skinny coffee” is one of these ideas. A fairly new company called Boresha International has created the only fat burning coffee on the market. Yes, you heard that right, FAT BURNING COFFEE. Sounds too good to be true right? Years of research and 11 FDA approved claims say that this coffee the real McCoy. Everyone knows coffee is a HUGE industry. Even if you don’t drink coffee, you can’t help but notice there is a Starbucks or other coffee shop on practically every street  [ Read More ]

In my last post I wrote about how I was changing up some of the things that I’ve been doing. In addition to going into full-time internet marketing, I’ve also picked up two fairly large internet projects. One of them is called Advid Nation for which I will be doing a hefty amount of internet marketing. The company, started last year (2010) by a good friend of mine named Jeremy Jones, is a video based social media website like YouTube, but which pays users for their content. I’m excited about the idea, because I think it has a lot of  [ Read More ]

I watched some videos today from a friend of mine that were talking about how the economy is collapsing all around us. Apparently, the US dollar backs most of the world’s currencies and oil must be purchased in US dollars rather than any other currency. Apparently, this is the only thing that is keeping the dollar from becoming worthless as the Fed pumps more and more dollars into the system. Supposedly they are planning to pour up to 11 trillion additional dollars into the economy, thinking that that will save it… which it won’t. So what does that have to  [ Read More ]

How Do I Advertise My Business Online? This is a very common question for local business owners these days. The statistics are everywhere about how many people do local searches online and how the number has been skyrocketing over the last few years. Any business owners that are unconvinced that the internet is here to stay needs only to look at some of these statistics to see the trends. But of course looking at the statistics only gives us a reason to market but doesn’t help us much with the “how.” So with that, here are some of the steps  [ Read More ]

I tend to now like the idea of college at all. Paying upwards of $50k-$250k to learn… what? Do you know how many people graduate and can’t get jobs these days? As a career move or as an investment, I wouldn’t recommend that anyone go to traditional college at all unless they had to because they pursuing becoming a doctor, lawyer, CPA, or some other fields that require that someone get a degree. The investment in both years and money is darn near ridiculous on almost every level. That being said however, sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised to find that there  [ Read More ]

A lot can happen in 5 months. It was 5 months ago that I started my company Scepter Marketing. Since then we’ve been helping clients, some paid, some underpaid, doing whatever we can do to sharpen our skills and get things rolling. It feels like right now I’m on the precipice looking over into the promised land, and I’m feeling up the challenge. The business model has switched around several times from when it was first birthed in 2009, but we’ve settled on a path that looks promising to all. It’s coming to that time where I really have to  [ Read More ]

So I went to see the Social Network after hearing raving reviews from my friends about how perfect of a movie it was. And you know what? It actually was pretty sweet. It was inspiring and motivating to watch the story of guy close to my age who built a multi-billion dollar business in just a few short years! And, having similar ambitions myself, I enjoyed the movie. The movie also highlighted some interesting issues such as intellectual property rights.. In the movie, (this is a spoiler for those who haven’t seen it yet!) Zuckerberg was hired by a couple  [ Read More ]