Every single website and its owner have the opportunity to make some great money by displaying Google Adsense ads on it. Although many webmasters are making a nice income with these ads, many aren't.
Many people say that all you have to do is put up a website and you'll be making over 0 a day with Google Adsense. It does sound simple and it is, but you will need to optimize your site so that you do generate more and more clicks on the ads that are sitting on your site.
The first thing that you need to do is to Place the Google Adsense ads in the right spot of the page. This will determine how much money you will make each day. It is very important that you place the ad at the top of the page (above the fold) on your website in order to get the most clicks. What this really means is that you will want to place the Adsense code that Google gives you high enough on the page so that your visitors do not have to scroll down to see the Google ads.
If you choose to have the ads right at the top above everything else then do that. By placing the Google Adsense ads at the top of your website above the fold, there is a greater chance that people will click on the ad, which will help your site generate a higher click through rate also known as CTR. The reason for this is because the majority of your visitors will not scroll down the page and look at it.
A lot of the time, people look over the top part of the page without worrying about scrolling down. The way you blend the ads with the rest of your page can determine if the ad is visually appealing or not. It is very crucial to make the Google Adsense ads look like your site and not another ad. You can do this by making the font and color of the ad's text similar to the rest of the page. I also recommend that you blend the background of the ad with the background of your page. It should basically have the same color.
Google gives you the option to go into your account and customize your ads in different fonts and colors. This will help you blend the ads to your site. Make sure that you don't use the banner ads on your site because this will decrease your click through rate.
People who visit your website usually try to avoid any banner and picture ads that they see. If you want to increase your click through rate, you will want to add text ads. Google gives you that option so use it.
Here are some other small tips to increase your Adsense income:
1. Google has confirmed that using the 336x280 rectangle ad block size does have the highest click through rate. Using this ad size will increase your click through rate and the income that you generate.
2. Using a blue underline for the links can also improve your click through rate. This allows the ads to actually stand out and look clickable.
If you follow the advice given above, you can improve your CTR and make more money with Google Adsense.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
10 High-Impact Viral Marketing Strategies
Viral Marketing is allowing people to give away and use your free product or service in order to multiply your marketing quickly over the internet. The idea behind viral marketing is that you include your ad with the freebie people give away or use. Below are ten high impact viral marketing strategies:
1. Allow people to reprint your articles on their web site, in their e-zine, newsletter, magazine or ebooks. Include your resource box and the option for article reprints at the bottom of each article.
2. Allow people to use any of your freebies as free bonuses for products or services they sell. Include your ad on all your freebies.
3. Allow people to use your online discussion board for their own web site. Some people don't have one. Just include your banner ad at the top of the board.
4. Allow people to sign up for a free web site on your server. Since you are giving away the space, require them to include your banner ad at the top of the site.
5. Allow people to add their link to your free web site directory. Just require that they return a link back to your web site, advertising your directory.
6. Allow people to provide your free online service to their web site, visitors, or e-zine subscribers. They could be free e-mail, e-mail consulting, search engine submissions, etc.
7. Allow people to give away your free software. Just include your business advertisement inside the software program.
8. Allow people to give away your free web design graphics, fonts, templates, etc. Just include your ad on them or require people to link directly to your web site.
9. Allow people to place an advertisement in your free ebook if, in exchange, they give away the ebook to their web visitors or e-zine subscribers.
10. Allow people to give away your free ebook to their visitors. Then, their visitors will also give it away. This will just continue to spread your ad all over the internet.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
3 Basic Marketing Dope
Sometimes the simplest data is the best. Marketing is not complex if you know the basics – that’s true with anything by the way. Here are some tools that are brilliantly simple and with them you really won’t have to sweat the small stuff.
Hot Dope #1) The more that your potential customers see your name in front of them, the more likely they are to call your number (and not someone else’s) when they need the services you offer.
Many marketing efforts go unrewarded, not because they were off target but simply because they weren’t given enough of an opportunity to work.
Showing your TV commercial one time, running an ad in the newspaper once, or doing one mailing of postcards may not be enough to grab and keep the audience’s attention.
Get your name out there, do it on a regular basis and people will remember you when they need someone in your line of business. Actually, this particular “Hot Dope” cannot be stressed enough – and failure to adhere to it is the #1 reason new businesses fail.
You should also know that taking the time to really see which pieces will generate the response you want will pay off. Don’t just totally give up when a response is low – persistence is vital.
Hot dope # 2) Measure your Return On Investment (ROI) in terms of actual MONEY not response rate. An advertising vehicle is working when the MONEY that it brings in has more value than the MONEY and time that is spent on the marketing.
Don’t fall into the trap of becoming discouraged by a small number of callers responding to a large number of pieces. If you spend several hundred dollars to be in the view of a few thousand possible leads, it may only take a few customers responding for you to make enough of a profit for this type of marketing to be valuable. The usefulness of any vehicle can only be determined after the amount of income generated by the promotion has been calculated. If you spend 1/5 of what you generate or generate 5 times what you spend, your campaign was successful.
Hot dope #3) It is much easier to "sell" a prospect once you get them to call or come in to your store. In 2-Step Marketing, step 1 is to get them interested; step 2 is having them speak to a representative to get all the details – and get “closed” by that representative.
Your design must be eye catching and informative, but don’t try to close the sale by explaining all of the details in one piece of advertising. The details of a business transaction often take many more words to explain than the main concept of what is being sold. For example, if your company offers great prices depending on the quantity purchased, there is no need to list the prices for every quantity that you sell. Simply give examples of two or three different quantities and state somewhere in the advertisement that other discounts are available for other quantities. This will prompt them to call to get the rest of the details once you have gotten their interest.
Marketing can be as simple as 1-2-3 when you know the basics. By no means have I given you all the basics here, but by learning and implementing these 3 marketing fundamentals, you are already on your way to marketing success!
Hot Dope #1) The more that your potential customers see your name in front of them, the more likely they are to call your number (and not someone else’s) when they need the services you offer.
Many marketing efforts go unrewarded, not because they were off target but simply because they weren’t given enough of an opportunity to work.
Showing your TV commercial one time, running an ad in the newspaper once, or doing one mailing of postcards may not be enough to grab and keep the audience’s attention.
Get your name out there, do it on a regular basis and people will remember you when they need someone in your line of business. Actually, this particular “Hot Dope” cannot be stressed enough – and failure to adhere to it is the #1 reason new businesses fail.
You should also know that taking the time to really see which pieces will generate the response you want will pay off. Don’t just totally give up when a response is low – persistence is vital.
Hot dope # 2) Measure your Return On Investment (ROI) in terms of actual MONEY not response rate. An advertising vehicle is working when the MONEY that it brings in has more value than the MONEY and time that is spent on the marketing.
Don’t fall into the trap of becoming discouraged by a small number of callers responding to a large number of pieces. If you spend several hundred dollars to be in the view of a few thousand possible leads, it may only take a few customers responding for you to make enough of a profit for this type of marketing to be valuable. The usefulness of any vehicle can only be determined after the amount of income generated by the promotion has been calculated. If you spend 1/5 of what you generate or generate 5 times what you spend, your campaign was successful.
Hot dope #3) It is much easier to "sell" a prospect once you get them to call or come in to your store. In 2-Step Marketing, step 1 is to get them interested; step 2 is having them speak to a representative to get all the details – and get “closed” by that representative.
Your design must be eye catching and informative, but don’t try to close the sale by explaining all of the details in one piece of advertising. The details of a business transaction often take many more words to explain than the main concept of what is being sold. For example, if your company offers great prices depending on the quantity purchased, there is no need to list the prices for every quantity that you sell. Simply give examples of two or three different quantities and state somewhere in the advertisement that other discounts are available for other quantities. This will prompt them to call to get the rest of the details once you have gotten their interest.
Marketing can be as simple as 1-2-3 when you know the basics. By no means have I given you all the basics here, but by learning and implementing these 3 marketing fundamentals, you are already on your way to marketing success!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
8 Linking Strategies That Work
When it comes to linking strategies for your website you need to concentrate on one word. Backlinks! A backlink is defined as having your website address on another website. This creates a link pointing your visitor or a search engine back to your website. If you were in a game and were keeping score every backlink gives you a +1. An outoging link is the link of another website on yours pointing back to theirs. You would score this a -1.
If you were playing a game to win you would want the most pluses you could get. So it is with linking strategies. Here are some basic ways to get backlinks to yourwebsite.
1. You can buy a text link. Websites that get high amounts of traffic and are ranked high with the top search engines will let you pay them to put your website link on their site.
2. Forum marketing is a way to get a backlink. If the forum let's you create a signature file you can hyperlink you website to a keyword phrase pointing back to your website. You can also list your website in your online profile and get a backlink that way,
3. Writing and submitting articles is a quick way to get alot of backlinks. Create a bio box at the end of each article with a link for yourwebsite . Then submit your article to as many directories as possible. Or even better yet use a software of article marketer to submit your articles for you. These articles can be picked up by other directories, webmasters, or online newsletters and spread all over the internet giving yourwebsite a viral marketing benefit.
4. Place classified ads with popular directories like USFreeAds or AdlandPro. Upgrade to paid member and you can place unlimited ads with links pointing back to your website.
5. Blog and ping. In each blog post include a sort resource box with your website address. If you archive you posts this gives you backlinks for years to come.
6. Trade links with quality websites. We are not talking about reciprocal linking to directories with thousands of worthless links. A better strategy is to trade a link with awebsite that closely mirrors your site without being in direct competition to it. Also look to place their link on one of your pages that has the same page rank as the link they are giving you.
7. Post comments on other peoples blogs. Take the time to read the post before you make a comment. Don't write something worthless like " I like your blog." Make your comments informative and relate to the blog post you just read. Then include yourwebsite address along with your name.
8. Internal linking can bring valuable backlinks to your home page. This would be when you put your website address in a hyperlinked keyword phrase and point it back to your home page. This is a great way to build keyword relavancy along with building up your backlinks.
These are a few linking strategies that work. There are many others. Just keep it simple and remember this simple formula.
If you were playing a game to win you would want the most pluses you could get. So it is with linking strategies. Here are some basic ways to get backlinks to yourwebsite.
1. You can buy a text link. Websites that get high amounts of traffic and are ranked high with the top search engines will let you pay them to put your website link on their site.
2. Forum marketing is a way to get a backlink. If the forum let's you create a signature file you can hyperlink you website to a keyword phrase pointing back to your website. You can also list your website in your online profile and get a backlink that way,
3. Writing and submitting articles is a quick way to get alot of backlinks. Create a bio box at the end of each article with a link for yourwebsite . Then submit your article to as many directories as possible. Or even better yet use a software of article marketer to submit your articles for you. These articles can be picked up by other directories, webmasters, or online newsletters and spread all over the internet giving yourwebsite a viral marketing benefit.
4. Place classified ads with popular directories like USFreeAds or AdlandPro. Upgrade to paid member and you can place unlimited ads with links pointing back to your website.
5. Blog and ping. In each blog post include a sort resource box with your website address. If you archive you posts this gives you backlinks for years to come.
6. Trade links with quality websites. We are not talking about reciprocal linking to directories with thousands of worthless links. A better strategy is to trade a link with awebsite that closely mirrors your site without being in direct competition to it. Also look to place their link on one of your pages that has the same page rank as the link they are giving you.
7. Post comments on other peoples blogs. Take the time to read the post before you make a comment. Don't write something worthless like " I like your blog." Make your comments informative and relate to the blog post you just read. Then include yourwebsite address along with your name.
8. Internal linking can bring valuable backlinks to your home page. This would be when you put your website address in a hyperlinked keyword phrase and point it back to your home page. This is a great way to build keyword relavancy along with building up your backlinks.
These are a few linking strategies that work. There are many others. Just keep it simple and remember this simple formula.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
5 Ways to Find Blog Readers and Build Community
A blogger’s heaven is to have a constant stream of traffic and readers who come back for more, right? We’ve all heard of Digg, Reddit, MySpace, and all these Web 2.0 social networking sites to market and bring traffic to our blog, but somehow we’ve forgotten the old school ways of marketing a website. At least I have forgotten…until recently when I started reflecting back to when I first started my online business years ago…
It’s back to the basics, my friends, and I’m here to tell you some old school ways to get more traffic to your blog:
1. Yahoo! Groups - you can find just about any kind of group over at Yahoo! Groups. Are you a blogger who blogs about gardening? How about an artist in L.A. looking for other artists in the area? There’s a group for you to share your expertise and of course, the link to your blog ;)
2. Google Groups - pretty similar to Yahoo! Groups in that you can find a wide variety of groups related to your blog topic
3. Ryze.com - This is a business networking forum where you can build your own profile page and join various business groups. You can also do searches for people within a specific geographical location or industry
4. Your local community - Who says you have to stay online to find readers for your blog? Why not venture out into your local community and find groups who would love to have the information that you provide? If you blog about fitness, drop by a gym and ask if you could leave your business cards at the front desk. Oh, and speaking of business cards…
5. Pass out business cards to people you meet and who show an interest in your blog. For many of you, your blog is your business, so business cards are a must!
When all is said and done, it’s about establishing relationships with people and making meaningful connections. What better way to do that than to connect with them throughold school ways - via groups - and establishing yourself as an authority by sharing your thoughts and experiences within these groups.
People will remember you and your blog because you helped them!
It’s back to the basics, my friends, and I’m here to tell you some old school ways to get more traffic to your blog:
1. Yahoo! Groups - you can find just about any kind of group over at Yahoo! Groups. Are you a blogger who blogs about gardening? How about an artist in L.A. looking for other artists in the area? There’s a group for you to share your expertise and of course, the link to your blog ;)
2. Google Groups - pretty similar to Yahoo! Groups in that you can find a wide variety of groups related to your blog topic
3. Ryze.com - This is a business networking forum where you can build your own profile page and join various business groups. You can also do searches for people within a specific geographical location or industry
4. Your local community - Who says you have to stay online to find readers for your blog? Why not venture out into your local community and find groups who would love to have the information that you provide? If you blog about fitness, drop by a gym and ask if you could leave your business cards at the front desk. Oh, and speaking of business cards…
5. Pass out business cards to people you meet and who show an interest in your blog. For many of you, your blog is your business, so business cards are a must!
When all is said and done, it’s about establishing relationships with people and making meaningful connections. What better way to do that than to connect with them throughold school ways - via groups - and establishing yourself as an authority by sharing your thoughts and experiences within these groups.
People will remember you and your blog because you helped them!
Affiliate Marketing: Making Money Online
Affiliate is a system of revenue sharing between one site (affiliate merchant) which features an ad or content designed to drive traffic to another site (advertiser). The affiliate will receive a fee (compensation or commission) based on the amount of traffic generated. Amazon.com is said to be the most visible pioneer in affiliate marketing. The affiliate merchants are the advertisers/ merchants and the affiliates are the publishers/salespeople.
There are so many benefits of affiliate marketing: automating much of the advertising process (accepting and approving applications, generating unique sales links, tracking and reporting of results) and payment only for desired results (sales, registrations, clicks).
Paying only for performance shifts much of the advertising risk from the merchants to the affiliates, although merchants still assume some risk of fraud from partner sites.
Many leading online companies have been successful because of affiliate programs. It is not unusual to see industries where the major players have affiliate programs -- often structured in a similar manner and making similar competitive changes over time.
Successful affiliate programs require a lot of maintenance and work. The number of affiliate programs just a few years back was much smaller than it is today. Having an affiliate program that is successful is not as easy anymore. The days when programs could generate considerable revenue for the merchant even if they were poorly managed are over. Today’s managers need to be very much involved in the program or face early termination of their program.
The benefits for the affiliate are:
• No need to own, ship, refunds etc, products or services.
• Affiliates will be provided with marketing tools and will benefit from services that would otherwise cost too much to afford.
• Affiliates will be able to learn a lot and use what they learn to further advance their career in the company.
Working from home and making money online is the best job in the world anyone would try to be into. Joining affiliate programs is building a partnership so you better make sure you make the most of what they can offer you.
If you want to earn cash online or offline, you need to know many things: how to promote products or services, how to organize advertising campaigns, where to look for the perfect customers and how to attract them to your shop. When you join anaffiliate program, you can learn all of these things. It will be to your advantage because you can work from home in your own time, you can ask questions anytime and they will offer you tons of guides and tutorials.
Nowadays, if you want many resources in your hands, you would need thousands of dollars for courses which may or may not help you at all but not withaffiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing will help you learn everything and make money online at the same time. Don’t you want to be paid to learn something that will be useful to you all your life? Affiliate marketing will make it possible for you.
There are so many benefits of affiliate marketing: automating much of the advertising process (accepting and approving applications, generating unique sales links, tracking and reporting of results) and payment only for desired results (sales, registrations, clicks).
Paying only for performance shifts much of the advertising risk from the merchants to the affiliates, although merchants still assume some risk of fraud from partner sites.
Many leading online companies have been successful because of affiliate programs. It is not unusual to see industries where the major players have affiliate programs -- often structured in a similar manner and making similar competitive changes over time.
Successful affiliate programs require a lot of maintenance and work. The number of affiliate programs just a few years back was much smaller than it is today. Having an affiliate program that is successful is not as easy anymore. The days when programs could generate considerable revenue for the merchant even if they were poorly managed are over. Today’s managers need to be very much involved in the program or face early termination of their program.
The benefits for the affiliate are:
• No need to own, ship, refunds etc, products or services.
• Affiliates will be provided with marketing tools and will benefit from services that would otherwise cost too much to afford.
• Affiliates will be able to learn a lot and use what they learn to further advance their career in the company.
Working from home and making money online is the best job in the world anyone would try to be into. Joining affiliate programs is building a partnership so you better make sure you make the most of what they can offer you.
If you want to earn cash online or offline, you need to know many things: how to promote products or services, how to organize advertising campaigns, where to look for the perfect customers and how to attract them to your shop. When you join anaffiliate program, you can learn all of these things. It will be to your advantage because you can work from home in your own time, you can ask questions anytime and they will offer you tons of guides and tutorials.
Nowadays, if you want many resources in your hands, you would need thousands of dollars for courses which may or may not help you at all but not withaffiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing will help you learn everything and make money online at the same time. Don’t you want to be paid to learn something that will be useful to you all your life? Affiliate marketing will make it possible for you.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Marketing Power of RSS
RSS content syndication is relatively new legitimate practice in the world of search engine optimization (SEO). Marketing professionals specializing in SEO techniques are beginning to recognize the value of RSS content syndication however, and it seems that the more popular this technique becomes the more effective the results.
The value of RSS content syndication lies in the links contained within the content. This is because the big search engines like Google and Yahoo! pay a whole lot more attention to incoming links to a website than they did in the past. We'll get to content a little later, because it still counts, but it is so important to understand why syndicating content to RSS feeds across the web may make you more money and cost you LESS!
RSS feeds are appearing on websites across the internet in order to keep people up to date with the latest news or information on a particular topic quickly. And we all know that users expect quality content, but even more so they expect that content to appear immediately! And, they want to see the content. They do not want to look for the content. They do not want to link to the content. They want the content to jump off of the screen and into their brains in 10 seconds or less!
Perhaps this is why Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, came about in the first place. It's great news for web site owners too, however. Taking advantage of the huge variety and sheer number of RSS feeds that accept submissions from other websites provides a very cheap and simple way to develop more web site traffic and higher income.
Did I mention cheap? A minimal amount of time invested will allow you to not only provide a way for your loyal visitors to stay aware of your newest updates, but also to expand the awareness of the world about your services or products. I did mention cheap, right? Well, RSS content and article syndication allows you to spend some time preparing content in the standard XML RSS format and then to make it available to many free RSS feeds across the world.
If you have ever spent a large amount of money on an online marketing program - you already know the drawbacks of traditional internet marketing.
Mass emails are no longer effective due to the increasing power of spam filters. Directory listing services are finding that their clients are removing their links due to retribution by the major search engine algorithms. And, Pay Per Click... well it's just really expensive if you intend to see real results.
With RSS syndication, you are never going to face any of these issues. If you can write an html file for your website, you can syndicate your own RSS content. The basic process is quite simple to master, and as you become more familiar your skills will expand quickly as well.
What's even better news for web site owners? The major search engines are not only approving of RSS syndication, they are providing RSS feeds open for submission in a huge array of topic areas like sports, entertainment, world news, travel, health and technology. There is a topic for every web site owner willing to put in a little effort! And people use their sites already, so what a better place to syndicate your content?
When you place content in an RSS feed, a link appears to your web site. This is noticed by the major search engines, and helps to increase your link popularity among the search engines. Link popularity will potentially move your site up in the search engine results pages (SERPS).
Combine these two facts, and you will see that no matter how you look at it, RSS syndication will get you more traffic.
It doesn't really matter whether your additional visitors found you through an RSS feed, or if your visibility and increased link popularity allowed them to find you through a major search engine! Think about that, and you are sure to see the true benefit of RSS content.
There's that word again... "Content." RSS content is different from what you might normally expect in an SEO campaign. The reason that most web sites containing RSS feeds put them there in the first place is to provide extra information for their visitors.
Think about it, if you publish a web site geared towards IT professionals you might be providing content that is of a fairly specific nature. You may be giving information, tutorials or even advertising for a certain software package. Although this information is important to a large majority of the visitors who click on your link, some visitors may be more interested in a different area of the IT field.
Providing an RSS feed that displays the latest in the world of IT news may be a great answer. If the information found in your RSS feed is quality and relative to your visitors' interests, they will bookmark your site. Then they will COME BACK!
But what does that mean to you as the RSS syndicated content provider? It means that you will need to produce quality content - because it's your content that keeps the users coming back to the original site. As long as your content is quality, and you remain a part of that RSS feed, you will see increased new and return visitors.
And generating traffic is the largest goal of an SEO campaign, so why wouldn't you want to syndicate quality content for RSS feeds? This simple and inexpensive method of marketing your website is gaining popularity, and becoming visible now as a content provider will only mean greater returns in the future.
The value of RSS content syndication lies in the links contained within the content. This is because the big search engines like Google and Yahoo! pay a whole lot more attention to incoming links to a website than they did in the past. We'll get to content a little later, because it still counts, but it is so important to understand why syndicating content to RSS feeds across the web may make you more money and cost you LESS!
RSS feeds are appearing on websites across the internet in order to keep people up to date with the latest news or information on a particular topic quickly. And we all know that users expect quality content, but even more so they expect that content to appear immediately! And, they want to see the content. They do not want to look for the content. They do not want to link to the content. They want the content to jump off of the screen and into their brains in 10 seconds or less!
Perhaps this is why Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, came about in the first place. It's great news for web site owners too, however. Taking advantage of the huge variety and sheer number of RSS feeds that accept submissions from other websites provides a very cheap and simple way to develop more web site traffic and higher income.
Did I mention cheap? A minimal amount of time invested will allow you to not only provide a way for your loyal visitors to stay aware of your newest updates, but also to expand the awareness of the world about your services or products. I did mention cheap, right? Well, RSS content and article syndication allows you to spend some time preparing content in the standard XML RSS format and then to make it available to many free RSS feeds across the world.
If you have ever spent a large amount of money on an online marketing program - you already know the drawbacks of traditional internet marketing.
Mass emails are no longer effective due to the increasing power of spam filters. Directory listing services are finding that their clients are removing their links due to retribution by the major search engine algorithms. And, Pay Per Click... well it's just really expensive if you intend to see real results.
With RSS syndication, you are never going to face any of these issues. If you can write an html file for your website, you can syndicate your own RSS content. The basic process is quite simple to master, and as you become more familiar your skills will expand quickly as well.
What's even better news for web site owners? The major search engines are not only approving of RSS syndication, they are providing RSS feeds open for submission in a huge array of topic areas like sports, entertainment, world news, travel, health and technology. There is a topic for every web site owner willing to put in a little effort! And people use their sites already, so what a better place to syndicate your content?
When you place content in an RSS feed, a link appears to your web site. This is noticed by the major search engines, and helps to increase your link popularity among the search engines. Link popularity will potentially move your site up in the search engine results pages (SERPS).
Combine these two facts, and you will see that no matter how you look at it, RSS syndication will get you more traffic.
It doesn't really matter whether your additional visitors found you through an RSS feed, or if your visibility and increased link popularity allowed them to find you through a major search engine! Think about that, and you are sure to see the true benefit of RSS content.
There's that word again... "Content." RSS content is different from what you might normally expect in an SEO campaign. The reason that most web sites containing RSS feeds put them there in the first place is to provide extra information for their visitors.
Think about it, if you publish a web site geared towards IT professionals you might be providing content that is of a fairly specific nature. You may be giving information, tutorials or even advertising for a certain software package. Although this information is important to a large majority of the visitors who click on your link, some visitors may be more interested in a different area of the IT field.
Providing an RSS feed that displays the latest in the world of IT news may be a great answer. If the information found in your RSS feed is quality and relative to your visitors' interests, they will bookmark your site. Then they will COME BACK!
But what does that mean to you as the RSS syndicated content provider? It means that you will need to produce quality content - because it's your content that keeps the users coming back to the original site. As long as your content is quality, and you remain a part of that RSS feed, you will see increased new and return visitors.
And generating traffic is the largest goal of an SEO campaign, so why wouldn't you want to syndicate quality content for RSS feeds? This simple and inexpensive method of marketing your website is gaining popularity, and becoming visible now as a content provider will only mean greater returns in the future.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
How to Get Rich Online
If you don't come from a wealthy family or marry a wealthy spouse then you must learn ways to make money online to get rich online. This program consists of four elements of making money online:
1. Get Rich Online Goal
Before you set your goal, you must be clear why you desire to make money online. The 'why' is much more important than the 'how.' When you have strong 'why', trust your powerful brain to find proven methods for making money online.
2. Get Rich Online Planning
You must have a written plan of what you are going to do in making money online.
3. Get Rich Online Coach
You cannot do it alone. You must find the right coach to show you the right ways to make money online. It surely shortens your learning curve. Why do you want to re-invent the wheel when proven methods for making money online are available?
4. Get Rich Online Strategies
You need to search programs that will bring you success in making money online. Then select the program based on your passion, experience and personality.
One of the effective ways to make money online is by selecting the high valued and under-priced program that is needed by the mass of people.
Making money online to get rich online should be your priority. If you are not interested in securing your financial future, who is? You are the only one who is responsible for the outcome. By taking control of the right ways to make money online, you will have peace of mind and can look forward to a secure future.
1. Get Rich Online Goal
Before you set your goal, you must be clear why you desire to make money online. The 'why' is much more important than the 'how.' When you have strong 'why', trust your powerful brain to find proven methods for making money online.
2. Get Rich Online Planning
You must have a written plan of what you are going to do in making money online.
3. Get Rich Online Coach
You cannot do it alone. You must find the right coach to show you the right ways to make money online. It surely shortens your learning curve. Why do you want to re-invent the wheel when proven methods for making money online are available?
4. Get Rich Online Strategies
You need to search programs that will bring you success in making money online. Then select the program based on your passion, experience and personality.
One of the effective ways to make money online is by selecting the high valued and under-priced program that is needed by the mass of people.
Making money online to get rich online should be your priority. If you are not interested in securing your financial future, who is? You are the only one who is responsible for the outcome. By taking control of the right ways to make money online, you will have peace of mind and can look forward to a secure future.
Monday, October 12, 2009
10 Online Business Ideas That Anyone Can Make Money With
Are you looking for an online business idea that will help you make money from home? There are so many ideas that you can use to achieve this goal. To help you get started you need to know 10 online business ideas.
These 10 ideas are being used by people all over the world to make money online. Here are the 10 ideas you can choose from to help you start making money.
1. Affiliate programs - You can start your own business online by signing up for free affiliate programs and then promoting them. This is a popular idea because you get everything needed after you sign up to start making money right away.
2. Auction sites or eBay - Start selling products you have in your garage, products you get from garage sales or flea markets or products of any type. You can set up an auction to sell any type of product you want to. Plus, you can also set up your own store for free or cheap.
3. Blogging - This is an idea that is growing every day. It is easy to get started and you can promote any product from your blog that you wish to.
4. Offer your services - For anyone that knows how to write or knows how to build blogs or websites, you can easily set up your own business. There are many people online that are willing to pay you to do their writing for them.
5. Create your own product - This is a little harder to do, but it is one of the best ways to make money online. For anyone that doesn't know how to do this, you can either learn or hire someone to create your product for you.
6. Niche marketing - Find a niche that is popular and then set up your niche blog to help you make money with it.
7. Network marketing - There are many network marketing business opportunities online that you can use to start making money with.
8. Online paid surveys - There are many sites that will pay you to take their survey. Find these sites and you can start making good money with them.
9. Set up your own online store - There are many sites that you can use to set up an online store. All you need to do is to find the products to sell and then setting up a store is easy.
10. Online business opportunities - There are many business opportunities that you can use to start your own business easily. All you have to do is find an opportunity that you like and believe in, then just sign up and get started.
These are the best 10 online business ideas that anyone can use to make money. The key to making money with any of these ideas is to be sure you choose the idea that you would like to do the most.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Let's Start Making Money On eBay
You have your business set up, your name chosen; you're signed up and registered. Now what do you need to be making money on Ebay?
When you first start out on Ebay you need to decide on a product that you would like to sell. It is suggested that you start by choosing one type of product. This will allow you to become an expert with them so you can advertise and sell them effectively. You will want to expand your product line as you become more effective in online marketing. You can try different selling and advertising methods until you find what works the best for your particular product or products.
You will want to limit the number of items you place on auctions. The goal for is to sell your items at the highest possible price. If you are selling several of the same things at the same time, it will be much harder to get a high price for them.
Finding quality and unique items to sell on Ebay can be difficult as ebay gets more popular. Some sources are Estate attorneys who get requests from families to help dispose of the deceased items. Taking an ad out in your local paper and offer to take on consignment to sell could be a very good source of items and products. You will want to charge a small upfront fee and or a percentage of the sale. By pursuing this avenue to gain products and items be sure and check your state and local laws to be sure you do not need to have a auctioneers license.
You may also find items from other Ebay sellers who have bought items in bulk or by the lot. They may have items they choose not to sell. If you make other sellers aware you may buy excess items of a certain product, you may have another source of changing items or products.
A couple of important points to remember as you're attempting to make money on Ebay. Make sure you sell only legitimate items. If you are selling illegal or counterfeit items, and the real manufacturer or another Ebay seller or buyer reported you Ebay would cancel all your auctions. Do not allow friends, relatives, or even be tempted yourself to bid against other bidders on your auctions in an attempt to drive up the price. This practice is known as shilling and is illegal. Not only will Ebays fraud department shut you down. In some states the attorney general will bring criminal charges against you with the help of Ebay.
To help to earn on Ebay you may want to promote your auctions. You can do this with a personal web page just to promote you Ebay sales. You can also run a online store with links going back to your auctions. This will give you a more professional appearance on the Internet and helps your customers a better idea of who you are. Finally a very good way to assist in your quest on Ebay is build a mailing list. Send out email to your subscribers on a regular basis and promote your current auctions.
Currently there are approximately 430,000 people who are making money on Ebay. This is because it is a efficient and low cost way to reach 45 million people. You can see there are many ways to for making money on Ebay. It is not a get rich overnight excursion. Do not be fooled into buying guides that claim instant success. Many of these are just bought e-books or some are actually copy write protected articles reproduced without authors consent. Do you homework, expect to have some expenses, make a plan and follow it then you to will be raking in cash from Ebay.
When you first start out on Ebay you need to decide on a product that you would like to sell. It is suggested that you start by choosing one type of product. This will allow you to become an expert with them so you can advertise and sell them effectively. You will want to expand your product line as you become more effective in online marketing. You can try different selling and advertising methods until you find what works the best for your particular product or products.
You will want to limit the number of items you place on auctions. The goal for is to sell your items at the highest possible price. If you are selling several of the same things at the same time, it will be much harder to get a high price for them.
Finding quality and unique items to sell on Ebay can be difficult as ebay gets more popular. Some sources are Estate attorneys who get requests from families to help dispose of the deceased items. Taking an ad out in your local paper and offer to take on consignment to sell could be a very good source of items and products. You will want to charge a small upfront fee and or a percentage of the sale. By pursuing this avenue to gain products and items be sure and check your state and local laws to be sure you do not need to have a auctioneers license.
You may also find items from other Ebay sellers who have bought items in bulk or by the lot. They may have items they choose not to sell. If you make other sellers aware you may buy excess items of a certain product, you may have another source of changing items or products.
A couple of important points to remember as you're attempting to make money on Ebay. Make sure you sell only legitimate items. If you are selling illegal or counterfeit items, and the real manufacturer or another Ebay seller or buyer reported you Ebay would cancel all your auctions. Do not allow friends, relatives, or even be tempted yourself to bid against other bidders on your auctions in an attempt to drive up the price. This practice is known as shilling and is illegal. Not only will Ebays fraud department shut you down. In some states the attorney general will bring criminal charges against you with the help of Ebay.
To help to earn on Ebay you may want to promote your auctions. You can do this with a personal web page just to promote you Ebay sales. You can also run a online store with links going back to your auctions. This will give you a more professional appearance on the Internet and helps your customers a better idea of who you are. Finally a very good way to assist in your quest on Ebay is build a mailing list. Send out email to your subscribers on a regular basis and promote your current auctions.
Currently there are approximately 430,000 people who are making money on Ebay. This is because it is a efficient and low cost way to reach 45 million people. You can see there are many ways to for making money on Ebay. It is not a get rich overnight excursion. Do not be fooled into buying guides that claim instant success. Many of these are just bought e-books or some are actually copy write protected articles reproduced without authors consent. Do you homework, expect to have some expenses, make a plan and follow it then you to will be raking in cash from Ebay.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Learn How to Successfully Promote Your Blog
So, You've created your blog and now it's time to market it for success.
How do you do this? How do you go about getting your blog out there to be seen and known by others? How do you draw readers and keep them coming back for more?
There are many ways to get your blog out there and known by others, this can be challenging for some and just quite easy for others, if you have ever had a successful blog before then you know what it takes.
You're not going to get anywhere by just setting up a blog and hoping that people will find it and read it, you're not going to gain any links, nor a higher search engine ranking by just having a blog.
This is all part of blog marketing, anyone can do it, even you.
Successful blog marketing tip number one.
When you first create a blog, of course it is unheard of, no one knows anything about the blog unless you give them the link and show it to them, However, for a new blog that has never been seen, there are many ways to get it out there and known.
You just need to know how. The first thing that you can do is to allow RSS feeds be taken from your blog. Allow other websites and blogs to publish your same exact blog.
When you do this, they're giving you a link back to your blog, and also telling their readers all about your blog. You will get more traffic than ever with this tool. RSS feeds are wonderful for promoting and getting your blog out there.
Blog marketing tip number two.
Update your blog frequently, we can't put enough emphasis on this tip. If you tell your readers that you're going to update your blog daily, then do it.
If you tell them that you will be writing in your blog weekly, don't let them down. Your readers are what makes your blog successful. You may not realize this in the beginning, and you will have few readers in the beginning as well, but you'll eventually build a readership base and have people checking out your blog regularly.
Maybe you don't plan on telling your readers how often you will update your blog, that is ok too. However, think about this, if you were reading a blog on a weekly basis, and you expected to see the blog that you like to read updated at least once a week, you would be very disappointed to find out that it wasn't.
Sure, things happen that might prevent you from updating, and that is expected, and excused, but week after week can hurt you and cause you to lose readers.
Tip number three.
While you're working on your readership base, and trying to gain readers, you are going to find that commenting on blogs that are relevant to yours will surely help.
Find a blog that is on the same topic to yours, or close to it and leave comments, you can also make a track back with your blog postings to comment on your own blog.
Doing so will probably give someone else the urge to track back to your blog, which will be good for it as well.
Commenting on blogs that get many comments will make yours be seen by those interested in that market. You'll gain traffic and readers that way, and it is easy as well as free.
The fourth blog marketing tip.
Learn and apply SEO to your blogs, SEO is search engine optimization.
You're going to find that if you want your blog to go anywhere, you need SEO, and you need to know how to use it to the advantage of your blog.
So don't forget to make sure the search engines can find your blog.
How do you do this? How do you go about getting your blog out there to be seen and known by others? How do you draw readers and keep them coming back for more?
There are many ways to get your blog out there and known by others, this can be challenging for some and just quite easy for others, if you have ever had a successful blog before then you know what it takes.
You're not going to get anywhere by just setting up a blog and hoping that people will find it and read it, you're not going to gain any links, nor a higher search engine ranking by just having a blog.
This is all part of blog marketing, anyone can do it, even you.
Successful blog marketing tip number one.
When you first create a blog, of course it is unheard of, no one knows anything about the blog unless you give them the link and show it to them, However, for a new blog that has never been seen, there are many ways to get it out there and known.
You just need to know how. The first thing that you can do is to allow RSS feeds be taken from your blog. Allow other websites and blogs to publish your same exact blog.
When you do this, they're giving you a link back to your blog, and also telling their readers all about your blog. You will get more traffic than ever with this tool. RSS feeds are wonderful for promoting and getting your blog out there.
Blog marketing tip number two.
Update your blog frequently, we can't put enough emphasis on this tip. If you tell your readers that you're going to update your blog daily, then do it.
If you tell them that you will be writing in your blog weekly, don't let them down. Your readers are what makes your blog successful. You may not realize this in the beginning, and you will have few readers in the beginning as well, but you'll eventually build a readership base and have people checking out your blog regularly.
Maybe you don't plan on telling your readers how often you will update your blog, that is ok too. However, think about this, if you were reading a blog on a weekly basis, and you expected to see the blog that you like to read updated at least once a week, you would be very disappointed to find out that it wasn't.
Sure, things happen that might prevent you from updating, and that is expected, and excused, but week after week can hurt you and cause you to lose readers.
Tip number three.
While you're working on your readership base, and trying to gain readers, you are going to find that commenting on blogs that are relevant to yours will surely help.
Find a blog that is on the same topic to yours, or close to it and leave comments, you can also make a track back with your blog postings to comment on your own blog.
Doing so will probably give someone else the urge to track back to your blog, which will be good for it as well.
Commenting on blogs that get many comments will make yours be seen by those interested in that market. You'll gain traffic and readers that way, and it is easy as well as free.
The fourth blog marketing tip.
Learn and apply SEO to your blogs, SEO is search engine optimization.
You're going to find that if you want your blog to go anywhere, you need SEO, and you need to know how to use it to the advantage of your blog.
So don't forget to make sure the search engines can find your blog.
Monday, October 5, 2009
How to Use Blog Marketing to Your Advantage
The world is buzzing with the news of blogging being the new marketing tool.
But, if you've yet to start one of your own, perhaps you figure that you are the last person on earth that doesn't have one, now you may think that this is true, you are going to be shocked that not everyone has a blog, and most of those that do, have them for internet blog marketing purposes
Internet blog marketing is all the rage just as much as blogs are, when you talk about internet blog marketing, you mean you're using the internet to market things through the medium of your blog.
This is perhaps the easiest definition.
Marketing, whatever it is you're marketing on the internet is not as easy as it was just a few years ago...
Why, well everyone is into marketing online because of the ease and as a result of the pay per click programs that everyone wants a part of, guaranteeing you get traffic. And that means that the competition today is fierce.
In order to market things online effectively and as a result become successful at it, you need to choose a market.
You can't just use one single blog to market a number of things unless they are all relevant. If you tried, you'd get no where fast and at the same time alienate your entire following
Even choosing your market can be hard to do, some people will tell you to opt for low competition markets to begin with, but ones that have many searches.
However, other people will tell you to choose something that you know and love, and that you are passionate about, as that will be easier to promote and your sincerity will come through in your marketing allowing you to be known as an expert about it.
Doing this will gain trust in the internet world, and many people will know you for your market and your views on it. This in return will make you successful and allow you to build a good following of readers, you can later market to.
If this is going to be your chosen angle then you must truly know what you are talking about, or you will be found out.
It's been known for people to choose a topic to become an expert on, learning all that they can about it before they begin to promote it. Even if they never knew much about it to begin with.
Internet blog marketing is easier for some than others and becomes easier the sooner you get started for the simple reason the internet changes every day and things are not all ways the same, the faster you learn the best marketing techniques and tools, the easier it will be for you once they change and start to become more complicated.
Not only does the interent change frequently, so do the search engines, as an example, Google changes its own criteria about four times a year.
You'll find that when it does go through a change and update everything, your page ranks will be different, so will your search rankings.
Where you may have been in the number two spot on Google search for 3 months, after they go through a change you just might find yourself on page three.
Internet blog marketing is all about knowing and becoming familiar with the internet.
The more you know about it the better your blogs will be.
If you're new to internet blog marketing it won't take long to get the hang of creating a great blog that attracts many readers and as a result if you want it to a successful business!
But, if you've yet to start one of your own, perhaps you figure that you are the last person on earth that doesn't have one, now you may think that this is true, you are going to be shocked that not everyone has a blog, and most of those that do, have them for internet blog marketing purposes
Internet blog marketing is all the rage just as much as blogs are, when you talk about internet blog marketing, you mean you're using the internet to market things through the medium of your blog.
This is perhaps the easiest definition.
Marketing, whatever it is you're marketing on the internet is not as easy as it was just a few years ago...
Why, well everyone is into marketing online because of the ease and as a result of the pay per click programs that everyone wants a part of, guaranteeing you get traffic. And that means that the competition today is fierce.
In order to market things online effectively and as a result become successful at it, you need to choose a market.
You can't just use one single blog to market a number of things unless they are all relevant. If you tried, you'd get no where fast and at the same time alienate your entire following
Even choosing your market can be hard to do, some people will tell you to opt for low competition markets to begin with, but ones that have many searches.
However, other people will tell you to choose something that you know and love, and that you are passionate about, as that will be easier to promote and your sincerity will come through in your marketing allowing you to be known as an expert about it.
Doing this will gain trust in the internet world, and many people will know you for your market and your views on it. This in return will make you successful and allow you to build a good following of readers, you can later market to.
If this is going to be your chosen angle then you must truly know what you are talking about, or you will be found out.
It's been known for people to choose a topic to become an expert on, learning all that they can about it before they begin to promote it. Even if they never knew much about it to begin with.
Internet blog marketing is easier for some than others and becomes easier the sooner you get started for the simple reason the internet changes every day and things are not all ways the same, the faster you learn the best marketing techniques and tools, the easier it will be for you once they change and start to become more complicated.
Not only does the interent change frequently, so do the search engines, as an example, Google changes its own criteria about four times a year.
You'll find that when it does go through a change and update everything, your page ranks will be different, so will your search rankings.
Where you may have been in the number two spot on Google search for 3 months, after they go through a change you just might find yourself on page three.
Internet blog marketing is all about knowing and becoming familiar with the internet.
The more you know about it the better your blogs will be.
If you're new to internet blog marketing it won't take long to get the hang of creating a great blog that attracts many readers and as a result if you want it to a successful business!
Friday, October 2, 2009
5 Ways to Start Your Own Internet Home Business
Starting an internet home business is the goal of many. Since the internet is growing, more and more people are finding jobs online by using skills they already have. If you have a marketing, writing, administrative, or customer service background, you will be able to start your own home business easily. If you don't posses any of these skills, don't worry, you will be able to learn quickly. Follow these five steps when starting your own home business.
1. Start a business around work experience, hobbies, or college experiences that you enjoyed. This will make your business more personal which will motivate you to succeed. By starting an internet home business using skills you already have, you will be able to begin making money faster. While you may have to learn how to build a web site or send mass email alerts, these are computer skills that can be learned very easily.
2. Build a web site that contains unique content and graphics. Update your website often to showcase new products or services. Your web site should not be overcrowded with text and images. Leave enough white space so that the pages will not appear unprofessional.
Your web site should also contain an easy order form, FAQ page, and archives for past content from your site. If you are planning on writing a newsletter, you should allow customers to sign up so that they can receive it.
3. In order to build a steady customer base, you will have to advertise your web site. This can be done by creating a blog, writing articles for databases, swapping links with other internet home business owners, and using SEO keywords in the content on your web site. If you can think of other ways to advertise, then go for it. You can be as creative as you want when it comes to advertising on the internet.
4. Track your web traffic to see where the most traffic is coming from. This will allow you to adjust your marketing to specific places on the internet. This will give you more free time to write your newsletter, add new products to your web site, and update your content. Tracking programs are available through most web domains and web hosting companies. Your business will benefit from knowing where customers are coming from.
5. Take time to answer customer questions and suggestions. This will create trust and will give your plenty of free advertising. Treating customers with respect will prompt them to tell others about your web site. Use autoresponder programs when sending out large amounts of email. This will make contacting customers about new products easier.
By following these five steps you will be able to start a successful home business and you will be able to make money online. You will be able to refer to these steps and use them over and over when trying new marketing campaigns and when making upgrades to your web site. Your home business will continue to grow as more people are made aware that your web site exists.
1. Start a business around work experience, hobbies, or college experiences that you enjoyed. This will make your business more personal which will motivate you to succeed. By starting an internet home business using skills you already have, you will be able to begin making money faster. While you may have to learn how to build a web site or send mass email alerts, these are computer skills that can be learned very easily.
2. Build a web site that contains unique content and graphics. Update your website often to showcase new products or services. Your web site should not be overcrowded with text and images. Leave enough white space so that the pages will not appear unprofessional.
Your web site should also contain an easy order form, FAQ page, and archives for past content from your site. If you are planning on writing a newsletter, you should allow customers to sign up so that they can receive it.
3. In order to build a steady customer base, you will have to advertise your web site. This can be done by creating a blog, writing articles for databases, swapping links with other internet home business owners, and using SEO keywords in the content on your web site. If you can think of other ways to advertise, then go for it. You can be as creative as you want when it comes to advertising on the internet.
4. Track your web traffic to see where the most traffic is coming from. This will allow you to adjust your marketing to specific places on the internet. This will give you more free time to write your newsletter, add new products to your web site, and update your content. Tracking programs are available through most web domains and web hosting companies. Your business will benefit from knowing where customers are coming from.
5. Take time to answer customer questions and suggestions. This will create trust and will give your plenty of free advertising. Treating customers with respect will prompt them to tell others about your web site. Use autoresponder programs when sending out large amounts of email. This will make contacting customers about new products easier.
By following these five steps you will be able to start a successful home business and you will be able to make money online. You will be able to refer to these steps and use them over and over when trying new marketing campaigns and when making upgrades to your web site. Your home business will continue to grow as more people are made aware that your web site exists.
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