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Recent content by Alan at SE

  1. Alan at SE

    Has Anyone joined the Secret Entourage Academy?

    Thanks for the feedback. Our forum is no where as popular as Fastlane and that's because our site started off as a blog first. Our private Facebook group is much more active though. All the content is exclusive and updated weekly. We do not take other content from elsewhere. Nothing from the...
  2. Alan at SE

    Has Anyone joined the Secret Entourage Academy?

    I'm one of the co founders and will be glad to answer any questions you have.
  3. Alan at SE

    Helping small businesses build a brand and online presence. Waste of time?

    It's not the most fun job but it certainly helps with your money management skills, time management skills, people communication skills, and process skills. But I do know tons of guys making low to mid five figures a month doing this. The problem is that it gets to a point where scalability...
  4. Alan at SE

    I want to make my app look GOOD, any useful resources?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Some of my very most lucrative apps were the ugliest. WHat's your budget for a design? Some of the graphic designers I've worked with have cost less than $500 and that includes over 1000 assets.
  5. Alan at SE

    DicksByMail.com-How a guy went from 12 orders a week to 2000 orders a day in 14 days

    EXECUTION NOTABLE! 
    I forsee a lot of these to pop up left and right. But funny idea none the less. Who's going to make the "boss revenge" version now? :)
  6. Alan at SE

    Doing SEO? 1 or more keywords per page?

    MARKETING 
    Go for one MAIN keyword per page (based on volume and competition) but also include slight variations of it. Vary your anchor text accordingly as well and combined it should bring in substantial traffic if done right.
  7. Alan at SE

    Trip Advisors Email Marketing Strategy

    MARKETING 
    Awesome read! Love case studies!
  8. Alan at SE

    High Value PPC/SEO Services

    EXECUTION 
    My thought is that you have a fairly decent sized email list, why not try to make your personal site a six figure business? No 'clients' to deal with and potentially more freedom. As for your new idea, its been really common lately to generate local leads and sell them. Some guys in our academy...
  9. Alan at SE

    Do You Have An Affiliate Program For Your Product (Advice Needed)

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    With SE we chose to manage our own affiliate program for quality control. It's all done through Wordpress Plugin Affiliate Royale. THe downside is yes that you have to find your own affiliates but we have partnered with some larger affiliates and that has been great in driving volume.
  10. Alan at SE

    First eBook Sale Yesterday

    PUBLISHING 
    Nice congrats! eBook publishing was pretty hectic up front but has been a great passive income generator for us.
  11. Alan at SE

    Instagram Ad Marketplace

    HOT! SOCIAL MEDIA 
    The way we do this is by finding relevant pages and usually they list their contact details. If not, send the owner a direct message. Usually they will have a price sheet but it always advisable to negotiate. If there was a marketplace, then yes it would be definitely helpful but the problem...
  12. Alan at SE

    A utility-based product, how to verify marketability

    My friend is in a similar boat but instead of PPC, he had already created a full fledged website around his niche where he has become a semi authority. He's now able to identify the top products/types needed and is still able to monetize as an affiliate. He put up an opt-in on his top traffic...
  13. Alan at SE

    Instagram Ad Marketplace

    HOT! SOCIAL MEDIA 
    From our experience we always go direct to Instagram page owners and never had to resort to a middleman. A lot of IG pages are owned by kids who have no idea the value of money or the potential that exists. We've paid anywhere from $10 per shoutout ad to upwards of $250. It's been well worth it...
  14. Alan at SE

    Welcome Noah Kagan from AppSumo/SumoMe

    AMA 
    Awesome to see Noah here. Big fan of his. Look forward to learning and connecting!
  15. Alan at SE

    Facebook Ad Cliff Notes - What Are They

    MARKETING 
    What are your thoughts on scraping and targeting by UID custom audience? It's a little grey hat but I've done this personally and have had great success in laser targeting my offer/ad/demo. It's becoming a bit intensive to scrape and constantly refill audiences so I've been relying on it less...
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