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Who is T3 Leads?
T3 Leads is a Pay Per Lead Affiliate Program provider that functions as the premier destination choice for quality leads and market opportunities for both affiliates and merchants alike. Recently, T3 launched their third generational lead optimization platform. The new system now provides exclusive, high quality leads to satisfy affiliate and merchant performance needs.
For affiliates
T3 Leads provides excellent affiliate marketing solutions which allows you to turn your website traffic into commissions by directing customers to their merchants. You can choose to promote merchants via text or via graphic advertisements. Even better is the fact that there are no hidden sign-up costs, and users are presented with a ready-made, easy-to-use choice of design templates complete with a full support team.
The Benefits
Those who choose to register for an affiliate account will receive the following benefits:
Simple account management- including: quick, private and public feed setup; reliable and accurate proprietary lead tracking system, constant access to accounts; robust analytics and tracking platform
Responsive client service and support- including: dedicated team to help in any capacity; professional account managers with experience in the Lead Generation industry; quick 24/7 customer support available in 3 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Bi-weekly commission payments- Commission payments are made every 15 days and are based on earned revenue. Affiliates who are earning more than $1,000 in weekly sales can easily qualify for weekly payments.
Industry leading referral program-T3 Leads offers users the opportunity to earn at least 3% of the gross revenue generated by affiliates that are referred to them.
Affiliate forum- This allows you to communicate with other affiliates as well as be kept up to speed with what is going on in your industry.
For merchants
With regards to merchant solutions, T3 Leads’ lead generation process helps to ensure that advertising costs remain low while increasing sales conversions (something that is almost unheard of!). Advertisers who work with T3 Leads are provided with a large inventory of lead generation sites as well as a large network of publishers.
As an advertiser, you are only required to pay for the leads that match your marketing criteria. In the meantime, T3 Leads will provide all of the available traffic sources through their vast affiliate network. The result? Quality leads that bring merchants the results that they need in order to fulfill sales needs.
The Benefits
Experts trained in your field of business
Highest quality search traffic in the industry for both SEO and PPC
No hidden start-up fees or long-term, exclusive contracts
Custom qualified lead criteria with multiple lead delivery options
Dedicated Account Managers to provide full, best practice support
In order to learn more about merchant solutions, T3 Leads asks that you fill out their online form (pictured) or contact them at 1.877.77.T3LEADS.
In addition to offering both marketing and affiliate solutions, T3 Leads is also dedicated to delivering high quality, strong performance through their vast network of affiliate owned websites- all of which are targeted to the industry that they represent. Some of the lead programs that T3 Leads deals with include the following:
Payday loans- T3 Leads’ vast network of payday loans are geared towards those who are seeking short-term financial assistance for emergency needs.
Auto loans-Automotive lenders can lower advertising costs by paying a fixed price on leads, no matter how conservative the requirements. Auto loan affiliates can use prebuilt templates in order to assist them in providing visitors with the confidence that they will receive the lowest interest rates without sacrificing customer care.
Auto warranties-T3 Leads works with various reporting systems in order to help identify consumers who have shown interest in purchasing new or used vehicles. Their warranties offer bumper-to-bumper protection and provide premium coverage including: full, component and powertrain plans.
Loan modification-Affiliates are provided with cutting-edge templates, proven to maximize advertising performance and produce top-level payouts. In this regard, T3 Leads has an edge on the competition by providing users with a vast network of National Loan Modification providers while, at the same time, working with expert account managers to fully expand on market opportunities.
Insurance products- In this day and age, insurance is more important than ever. This is why T3 Leads provides numerous Insurance products to choose from to both Affiliates as well as Insurance Providers- all which include competitive payouts and pricing for the following: auto insurance, health insurance, life insurance, annuity insurance, disability insurance, LTC insurance, renters insurance, burial insurance and cancer insurance.
Tax settlement-It is no secret that tax debt is on the rise. With T3 Leads, applicants can avoid additional penalties, interest as well as reduce their tax debt via T3 Leads’ tax settlement option. Through this, advertisers receive exclusive leads delivered to their database instantly. Items covered under this topic include everything from proprietary lead validation systems to live reporting and analytics anytime, anywhere.
Credit cards-T3 Leads offers several credit card types to suit any credit history.
Credit repair- T3 Leads offers a credit repair service in which their agents will work with you to resolve your credit by removing negative blemishes from your credit history while, at the same time, working with you to create a payment plan that will help you get back on your feet. T3 Leads hand-selects publishers who specialize in credit repair to help bring you only those applicants who are qualified.
UK payday loans-T3 Leads is proud to be able to offer payday loan products and services in the UK. Merchants only need to pay for the lead that they accept in real-time.
Home improvement-T3 Leads’ Lead Consultants work with you to better understand your objectives and find a lead program to fit your expanding sales needs.
Led by Chief Informations Officer, Dmitry Fomichev, T3 Leads is pushing forward with a new generation of lead marketing technology. Having provided unparalleled performance to both advertisers and affiliates since its inception back in 2006, their understanding for the needs of advertisers and publishers is what has helped to make T3 Leads one of the top driving forces wherever there is performance marketing. For more information about what T3 Leads can do for you and/or your company, you can find all of their contact information here.
In an article published by Alison Diana of Informationweek.com, the majority of consumers want to interact with businesses via social media outlets. However, less than one-third of companies actually have any type of social media strategy in place. Thus, we have a problem. So, then why aren’t businesses picking up on their consumers’ desire to connect?
This information on the many missed opportunities to use social media in business comes from a recent report put forth by Siemens Enterprise Communications in conjunction with leading research firm, Yankee Group. In the study, results showed that the average customer satisfaction with current business interactions via social media was just 65 percent while one third of businesses do not allow the use of social media at work or aren’t aware of their company’s participation in social networking.
Tsk. Tsk.
Overlooking social networking or merely passing social media off as a “waste of time” or boiling it down to goofing off on Facebook or Twitter is hardly the case. If used properly, social media can draw in tons of traffic to a website or help put a business that would have otherwise been an ‘unknown’ on the map for the first time.
All you have to do to see social media in action with a business is look at the recent ad campaign put forth by Old Spice. Old Spice found a clever and creative way to employ the use of several top social networking site: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube (all user-generated) in order to strengthen their brand. Some may view Twitter as pointless, but when you look at what Old Spice did with their Twitter page, they actually took the time to interact with their followers. It was the perfect example of listening to the consumer and then responding (in real time) to their demand.
Selected highlights from the study
70 percent of consumers want access to company experts and support via social media channels and trust company information provided to them via their social networks.
Nearly 60 percent of customers feel company outreach via social media would improve their loyalty to that company.
Most customers feel that companies should be monitoring social media for customer feedback.
50 percent of respondents use social media daily or several times a day.
Nearly 70 percent of employees feel they need better tools to track and manage social media for business, and would like the ability to initiate a Web conference automatically from a chat discussion at work, inviting people from within their social and work networks.
To read more about the study, click here. In the meantime, consider what sorts of social media practices your business is employing at the moment. What could you be doing better? What sorts of demands do your customers/clients want? Perhaps the most important thing to consider is the power that social media has to leverage your business above the competition. Never underestimate this!
Here are the noteworthy blogs and sites for this week!
Pro PR- Managed by Joseph Thornley, CEO of Thornley Fallis, a full service public relations, communications and marketing agency, this site explores social media as well as public relations. You can also follow Joseph on Twitter.
Profectio- is a site dedicated to connecting Canada’s online communities. It covers advertising, marketing public relations and technology. You can also follow them on Twitter.
Shape + Colour- Managed by Jeremy Elder, an advertising copywriter and social media guy, this site focuses on color and imagery and the role it has on the Internet as well as in other mediums such as advertising, etc. You can follow Jeremy on Twitter.
Paulymath- Written by paul Piotrowski, a self-improvement fanatic, this site centers around helping others achieve financial independence. You can also follow Paul on Twitter.
Praized- Written by sebastien Provencher, this site focuses on web 2.0 and helping others recognize the importance of social media and social networking.
It has long been a fact that small businesses help to create jobs. However, credit is extremely difficult to come by due to the current economic woes being felt by the United States economy. In fact, only about 40 percent of small businesses are seeing their credit needs met.
In the following video, Karen Mills of the Small Business Administration (SBA) provides some feedback and advice for small business owners on how to help their businesses grow, and she also describes the important role that so many small businesses play in contributing to job growth.
**Note: This is a guest post written by one of our readers, Ben Johnson. For more information on how to submit a guest post, please send an email to janelle [dot] vadnais [at] gmail [dot] com or see our guidelines for guest posting.
If you own a business, but don’t own a business logo, then you are not doing justice. This is such a powerful tool that giant corporations spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a high quality and memorable logo design.
Budget Problem, No Problem:
Now, this clearly shows that this design is extremely important, but you may not have thousands of dollars for a logo. Don’t worry…Big businesses have all the extra cash to waste, whereas small business owners can get one at a fraction of the cost without even compromising on quality.
So, having said that, let’s now dig deeper and explore why you must create a logo design for your business.
Give Something to Your Market to Visualize Your Business:
Your logo is not a small piece of design; it is in fact your business identity. It helps you stand-out from the competition. Thus, without a logo, you won’t be able to create a unique business image.
If, in a store, you see many products by several manufacturers that you have never tried before, then it’s the quality of the logo that will enable you to determine the quality of a particular product. Without a logo, there won’t be any visualization and, thus, you won’t get any recognition. In order to grow your business, it is crucial that you give your business an impressive face with an impressive logo design.
Make Your Online Marketing Campaigns Effective:
If you use social networking sites, then your logo can help you a lot. Your logo design in your profile will help you promote your business and win the trust of your market. Let’s say you don’t have a logo right now. If you add friends and grow your network, it won’t help your business in any way, because you won’t be promoting your business. The only way of promoting your business will be through the links that you will post and it may even get you labeled as a spammer in the long run.
Having a logo design will prevent you from spamming as people will see your logo and learn about your business. If your network will trust you, then they will trust your business as well and would love to learn more about it. So, build your credibility by communicating with your network and build your business image with a high quality logo design.
Make Your Offline Marketing Campaigns Effective:
Distributing brochures and giving away complimentary items are some great ways of promoting your business offline. However, you won’t get any recognition if your brochure or products won’t have your logo imprinted on them. Other than recognition, a top-notch logo will also help you win the trust of your market.
When your target market will look at your complimentary products (with your logo) again and again, they will automatically begin to trust you (Hey, after all, they are already using your product in the form of a mug, pen, T-shirt or any other complimentary product).
So, folks, you need a logo design to give your business an identity and make your marketing campaigns effective.
In today’s tough competition, you can get a top quality logo, designed by a professional designer, at a very low price. So, you too can now create your brand identity effectively.
About the author Ben Johnson is Alliance Manager at Logoinn, a custom logo design & website design company. He writes about the effect of design on marketing and brand identity and helps small businesses find design solutions for effective marketing& branding
Here are the noteworthy blogs and sites for this week!
Michel Fortin- Written by a direct response copywriter and marketing consultant for 20 years, this site deals with blogging, copywriting and consulting. You can also follow Michel on Twitter.
Web Traffic ROI- Written and managed by ‘ZK’, an Internet entrepreneur and professional web marketer, this site deals with all aspects of web marketing and more importantly, how you can achieve the biggest return on investment (ROI) for your efforts. You can also find Web Traffic ROI on Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation- This site, written by Mitch Joel, covers topics related to digital marketing, new media, personal branding and social media.
Ad Goodness- Just as the name implies, this site brings you both the best and the worst of ads from around the world. You can also find them on Twitter.
SEO-Writer-Written by David Leonhardt, this site provides tips for better search engine optimization as well as web marketing. You can also follow David on Twitter.
If you are a small business, or if you are thinking of owning a small business, then having a web presence is extremely important. Not only does building a web presence get your brand seen by potential customers, but it also allows you to build up your online credibility as an owner and as someone who is knowledgeable about what it is that they are selling.
At the very minimum, study up on the latest social networking sites. You won’t have to look very far before it becomes abundantly clear which ones you should be using for your business. Figure out how to create a ‘fan page’ on Facebook or how to create and (more importantly) use a Twitter account to get into direct contact with your customers. Check out the following video for more pointers on how to use social media to leverage small businesses.
It seems that it wasn’t enough that Old Spice came up with a few clever commercials, but now closer attention is being paid to those of us who already spend countless hours on YouTube looking up ridiculous cat videos as well as self help videos. Thanks to some clever marketing by Old Spice, countless businesses and entrepreneurs are recognizing the sheer power that social media, social networking and viral marketing can have on an audience.
In a recent (and clever) marketing campaign, Isaiah Mustafa used Twitter to respond in real time to tweets set forth by Old Spice followers on Twitter. The result was a hilarious string of YouTube videos complete with props and sarcasm. But in the bigger scheme of things, a marketing genius was born.
It is only a matter of time before others start following suit with similar campaigns. And at the end of the day, we may just have Old Spice to thank for it. Check out one of the videos below, after the break. You can also read more about the Old Spice marketing campaign and how the videos were made on ReadWriteWeb.
Here are the noteworthy blogs and sites for this week!
IttyBiz-is a place to get tips, advice, motivation, and support for your very small business. This is a great place to stop by if you’re a WFHer or thinking about starting up your own small business.
Dave Fleet- Written by president and head of the digital communications practice at Thornley Fallis Communications, this site covers issues related to communications, public relations, marketing and social media. You can also follow Dave on Twitter.
Get Elastic-This site originally got its name from Elastic Path Software, a leading enterprise ecommerce solutions provider. As the name suggests, this site is all about ecommerce. You can also check them out on YouTube.
Web Analytics World- Run by Manoj Jasra, Sr. Online Strategist, this site deals with web analytics, SEO, PPC, social media and search marketing. You can also follow them on Twitter.
Radian- is an entrepreneurial company with deep business experience who is passionate about social media and the social web. This site covers social media, customer service, sales, public relations, marketing and management issues.
Some of the ways to attract customers to small businesses include the following. Also check out the video below.
Yelp- enables business to register for free, and businesses can ask their customers to post reviews; doubles as brilliant resource for job seekers who are looking to work for a small business.
Facebook- can be a tool to attract customers to small businesses via “Fan Pages”
Twitter- Put up great, engaging content (i.e. trivia, special deals, etc.)
Here are the noteworthy blogs and sites for this week!
