A Simple PHP Trick To Increase Conversions!

By no means am I a programmer, but I do pick things up along the way and keep the useful knowledge here and there.. here's a way to pass on name and email variables with PHP so that you can start displaying your visitor's name and other information on the page so it seems personal, in turn increasing your conversions!

1. Rename your old HTML file to PHP - Don't be scared of PHP, it's just HTML that allows you to add server code.

2. Add the follow lines to the very top of your page in the code view;



3. Go to the section where you want to add your visitor's name on your page and in the code view add this;



4. Save and upload your page to your site and test it. Here's one a did earlier..

http://aarondankersblog.com/test/?name=Fred%20Flinstone

Replace Fred Flinstone with any name and you'll see that the page dynamically updates itself. Tip: The %20 is there to represent a space.

5. You're probably thinking how you get your visitor's name displayed on the page? Well, assuming you've already got an email list, you'll be familiar with using personlized tags such as {!firstname} and [[firstname]] depending on the program your using.

Knowing this you can now replace the name with your personalization tag so it would look like this if you're using Aweber;

http://aarondankersblog.com/test/?name={!firstname}

Now that you know this, you can start applying it to all your sales pages. Every time your autoresponder sends your visitor to your sales page, you can do so whilst passing on their information to the site, which will look very impressive for the reader.

Note though, has a much more powerful effect in non-internet marketing niches, such as lose weight, build muscle, gardening, parenting, home security, traveling etc.. because they won't be as aware to the tricks that we marketers get up to :)

What else can you do with this trick?

Well just of the top of my head..

- Display Name and Email addresses in tell-a-friend forms to make it easy for your visitor to refer friends to their website!
- Generate personalized Email promos and affiliate links for your affiliates!

and much more..

Hope you like this little trick!

Regards,
Aaron.

P.S. More little secrets like this will be released in the No Money System! So stay tuned!

Time vs. Money vs. Energy

It's a dilema.. time versus money versus energy..

The more you attempt to save and do things yourself, the more of your own energy and time your using. Likewise, the more you invest or outsource, the less time and energy of your own you need.

Which is most important to you in whatever you're doing, it could be in business life, or in your personal life?

The more you attempt to do things for yourself and entirely by yourself, the more days will pass you by along with you feeling drained and burnt out. You won't be turning a profit yet because you're too busy working.

When you get others to work for you, your time becomes more productive, you get more done and your energy levels will be high. The only time spent will be the time managing and checking on other's work. You still won't be turning a profit yet, in fact you're already in the minus, but you're already in a better position for launch i.e. promoting your product.

If you're still going solo, the launching phase of your product will come much later and when that time does come around, you're already fustrated and tired and most likely would want to take a long break before hacking away at it again...

Allow me to present the time - money - energy diagram...



The questions you should be asking yourself when you attempt any online / offline venture are;

How much is my time worth? - If you make $10 an hour, then a job that can be outsourced for $5 an hour is worth your time. Therefore it is worth going ahead. Alternatively if the outsourced work is worth $20 an hour but requires a specialized skill, then you have to consider the time required if you were to attempt it yourself. Even then, will it be up to the standard that you want it to be? Why try something that you can only get a B grade at best on when someone else can do it for you at A+ grade in less time?

How certain am I that I can make my investment back? - Outsourcing work or paying for a tool or software that will speed up the process, or just make things easier should never considered a risk. If you know your market well enough and know what sells and what they're after all you need is the finished product. If you're working blindly then you're guessing.

Having a mailing list in the internet marketing niche for example means you've already got potential customers at the ready. If you had a product for them that will solve one of many of their problems, how much do you think you could make? Also consider how many times you will be able to sell the product? Is it going to be a one-off or continuous with the aid of an autoresponder?

When you have this figured out you can then judge the worth of your investments.

How much energy will it save me? - You alone can only do so much. I'm willing to wager my car and house that the richest people on earth did not get to where they are now by doing everything by themselves. They all shared the same trait - to leverage off the work of others.
How long do you think you can go it alone before you tire yourself out, lose self-esteem or call it quits? When you stand back and have a look, you realize that there's still a long way to go..

When you have all the daunting tasks taken care of by others, you're in a better position to progress. You're ready to start spending valuable time promoting and networking with people because that's where it matter's most! Why do you think so many marketers spend so much time (and money) building their lists?

Thanks for taking the time to read this post!

Aaron.

P.S. If this has affected you in anyway, I invite you to check out PlatinumResellRights to see how you can leverage off my work and turn it into a profit for yourself. The first 30 days are free.

My Work Space

Have you ever wondered how people that 'work at home' work at home?

Here's how I'm working.. what a mess!



Complete with 'his' and 'her' PC.. guess which belongs to who?



Here's my desk later on in the evening. I've just bought a CD printer so I can start creating physical products on eBay - "multiple streams of income" as they say!

My landlord came in the other day to fix the bathroom.. he looks into the lounge and says to me, "what are you doing".. I explain everything to him, I tell him I sell digital products.. I tell him I create websites, I tell him about front-end and back-end products.. but he just gives me a blank look.. oh well I guess some people just don't want to 'accept' the changing world :)




And here's a random one of my cat. Does he resemble anything to you?


Have a great day!

Regards,
Aaron.

P.S. If didn't know already, I've created a new membership site, Platinum Resell Rights. You can try it out for a month here or read more about it on the previous post. It's the only membership I plan on releasing so I will be able to focus my efforts into one area.