Blog Tips Of The Day

New eBook: How to Master Facebook Marketing in 10 Days

2011-11-29T03:28:00.000-08:00

Wondering how to quickly build a faithful following on Facebook?
Whether it’s Facebook’s complexity or simplicity that has you stymied, if you put in just a little effort— for 10 days—you can boost your Facebook interactions by 10, 20, even 30 percent or more.

In HubSpot’s new eBook “How to Master Facebook Marketing in 10 Days” you'll learn how to:

Evaluate successful Facebook pages
Understand Facebook best practices
Speak Facebook-ese
Create custom Welcome Pages
Create a content calendar
Understand EdgeRank and the art of engagement
Put on a show
Create a contest
Run a targeted ad campaign
Use Facebook’s analytics package ‘Insights’

Start garnering fans and customers who will spend real money as a result of your social marketing magic. Download the new eBook “How to Master Facebook Marketing in 10 Days” now!

How to use Wordpress to design to a website.

2011-08-30T02:11:00.000-07:00

Learn to design a website using the popular blogging program, Wordpress. Follow along with veteran web designer, Matt Hackney, as he creates a racing website from scratch that is simple enough for anyone to do.

For more videos, check out our website: http://www.hardmagic.com/web-design

How to make money from home?

2011-05-05T06:17:00.000-07:00

Work at home

If you are looking for a profitable job at home or if you desire getting money online; yes, after all, you found it!

Obtain financial freedom

No pc knowledges necessary. You may be absolutely new to handle our system - you don't need ANY skill. This is really easy.

You can stay at room and work at your free time. Even if you don't have computer you may do this job in Internet cafe or on Internet mobile phone.

How it works?

We create a web-store for you with ready to operate e-commerce products. Your job is very simple; you have to submit material regarding your internet-store to the Web sites.
We will provide you with pretty easy step-by-step instruction how to do this. The typical instruction asks you to open a online site and fill in a form with information regarding your web-store and software.

You will be paid from US $20.00 to US 180.00 for every sale which is comes via your internet-store.

There is no restriction for your revenue. No matter where you live your commissions are 100% guaranteed.

I Can Haz Andy Samberg? - Video - Wired

2011-04-18T04:40:00.000-07:00

I Can Haz Andy Samberg? - Video - Wired

Great Hot Product

2011-04-17T04:23:00.000-07:00

I am promoting this cool new product in the marketing industry.
If you are interested in checking it out. click here to find out more

Best regards,
Johnny Soo

How I Created A Long-term Traffic Generation Plan…

2011-03-31T03:56:00.000-07:00

As you know, I’ve always been somewhat of a traffic generation
“enthusiast” like many of you that read this blog.

We’re all in the same boat when it comes to running an online business
– you need traffic if you want to make any money. After all, you can’t
generate any subscribers, sales, or affiliate commissions if you don’t
first have visitors hitting your website.

Of course, this also means that I, much like you, have gone through
tons of traffic courses over the years. We’re talking eBooks, reports,
membership sites, several thousand dollar home study courses, blogs,
articles, etc.

I’ve struggled with at least half of the information I get, both paid
and free, being of horrendous quality, being untested, or just flat
out being ineffective.

Luckily, this week I came across a new course called The Complete
Guide To Traffic which was put together by Paul Smithson over at
Intellimon.

Let me just get right to the point and say that this thing is flat out
awesome! Without beating around the bush, I’ll just share what the 6
biggest “turn-ons” were for me when it came to The Complete Guide To
Traffic...

1) 30 Highly Detailed Traffic Modules – These modules go through 30
highly effective traffic generation strategies that allow you to
generate long-term, reliable traffic to your websites, blogs,
affiliate URLs, or any other link you can think of!

2) Over 50 Hours Of High Grade, Professional Tuition – The videos
included are unlike ANY video product I’ve ever seen. These videos are
extremely high quality, well planned, and the production quality is
certainly setting a new standard in the traffic training market. These
videos are truly a treat to watch.

3) All Encompassing & Totally Complete – There is no extra course,
advanced version up sell, “part 2,” or anything like that. This course
comes with every traffic method you’ve ever heard of covered in great
detail, and some you probably haven’t heard of!

4) Well Planned Out, Progressive, and Ethical – Each module covers a
separate traffic strategy. That’s 30 easy to implement traffic
strategies. Each one is presented in a way that builds on the previous
module and which also prepares you for the next so that when you get
through each of the modules, you will be an undeniable traffic
generating master. These traffic ideas are ethical and will show you
how to generate traffic for the long-term – Not just fly-by-night
traffic disasters that could get you banned by Google.

5) Finally, A Professional Learning Platform! – The training platform
that The Complete Guide To Traffic is presented in is not only
visually appealing, it’s highly stable. In a world when many people
are slapping their courses up on static web pages or behind confusing
membership software, this system makes watching the training a breeze.
Forget wasting time fighting with “getting to” the content. Not to
mention, the folks over at Intellimon have set strict limits on how
many users they’ll take to ensure a smooth and breezy user experience.

6) Bonuses To Die For – There are three incredible bonuses which are in
themselves, complete traffic generating courses. The value which
is added by the bonuses is unlike any other bonus package I’ve seen
and is something you’ll actually use.

The final call…

There are a lot of positive aspects to The Complete Guide To Traffic
but it all comes down to this…

The Complete Guide To Traffic isn’t “one piece of the puzzle” or one
of “many steps” to getting traffic. It’s the *only* traffic generation
course that you will EVER need. As you go through the course, you’ll
not only notice immediate traffic coming in, you’ll also have a
long-term plan for getting traffic indefinitely. This is because of
the huge amount of traffic tactics you’ll be learning (and
implementing) as you go through the system.

If you want the kind of traffic that builds long-term, lifelong
businesses, you need to click here and get The Complete Guide To
Traffic now…

http://www.completeguidetotraffic.com/index_r.html?p=ayxwrl

I hope to see you inside the training area!

Johnny Soo

Remove Or Delete Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Backup Files

2011-03-06T04:17:00.000-08:00

Remove Or Delete Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Backup Files

Atomicblogging 3.0

2010-12-16T01:30:00.000-08:00

Atomicblogging 3.0

If you have not started blogging, now is the time to get started. Already thousands of people around the world are now adapting to blogging as a platform to run their business online.

I got to know Alvin from his famous Atomic Blogging 3.0 System. If you do not know Alvin, you should at least check out his famous blog at www.GatherSuccess.com where he earns his living online from just blogging online actively!

If you do read his blog, you will realized one thing that set Alvin away from the rest is that he practices what he preaches as he does make real good money just from blogging from his blog.

Alvin just recently launched a Atomic Blogging 3.0 system and I did took a look at the system myself and what I can say I am deeply impressed by the amount of details Alvin goes through in his guide.

Atomic Blogging 3.0 teaches you step-by-step how you can create a profitable blog in no time. There's even video tutorials provided to ensure you got everything to set yourself to create your blog fast!

Click Here To Check Out The System

Creating A Static Home Page - Blogger 2.0

2010-12-15T04:40:00.000-08:00

http://www.RecognizedExpert.com/blogger/ has the other 117 Blogger training videos.

This will show you how to create a static home page for your Blogger blog.

Creating a site with HammerKit

2010-12-15T03:00:00.000-08:00

The Beginner’s Guide to BuddyPress (Open Source Social Networking)

2010-12-15T02:40:00.000-08:00

BuddyPress is plugin that adds social network like abilities to the acclaimed CMS WordPress. Adding features like a better profile for your blogs writers which combined turn it into a fully fledged social networking site. Most of the possibly for this great plugin aren’t even existent yet! As more and more sites start to use BuddyPress its true power, and that of WordPress is astonishing.

The top 5 coolest most recently ecommerce wordpress themes

2010-12-15T02:28:00.000-08:00

If you want to use WordPress as a products catalogue or an ecommerce website, you can choose one the themes we have selected in this article. We have chosen the most recently template with attractive and cool graphics design. All themes are WP 3.0+ compliant and compatible with the most famous plugins for selling products [...]
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Design Inspirations from the History of Business Cards

2010-12-15T01:53:00.000-08:00

Few people realize that the business card has its roots all the way back to the 16th Century in Europe (and the 15th Century in China).
In Renaissance Europe, the servants of aristocrats would present “visiting cards” to the servants of other aristocrats, the first step in any formal social interaction between the wealthy and powerful.

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Proper Considerations for Internet Marketing

2010-10-27T04:13:00.000-07:00

Sunday, October 24 2010 @ 04:04 AM Central Daylight Time

Internet marketing is one of the best ways to improve the market of your business. Nowadays, many businesses are going along with the boom of the dotcom industry and are taking their ventures online. But there are more to marketing online than just creating a website. If you want to know just how to survive in this tough and competitive marketing arena, here are a few basic considerations you might want to keep in mind.

Techniques

There are two major techniques involved in internet marketing: PPC and SEO. PPC or Pay-Per-Click is probably the fastest and easiest way to get your business out there and get the attention of your target market. It is also the most expensive. Although PPC is easier to set up, you also have to think of the more affordable alternative: SEO.

One of the best things about internet marketing is SEO. This helps your website in getting top ranks in the SERPs or Search Engine Results Pages. You definitely need this since the search engine is the pit stop for every consumer finding whatever they need online. While SEO definitely takes time, it is easier to maintain and definitely more cost-effective for the starting online marketer.

Ethics

When it comes to marketing online, there are two types of SEO practices: black hat and white hat. As the name suggests, black hat SEO are practices that involve underground and unethical techniques, like spamming, keyword stuffing and others. For the sake of your businesses’ reputation, you must steer clear from this type of practice.

White hat, on the other hand, are the techniques you will need to survive in the online arena. These are acceptable practices that are most widely-used by online marketers. You don’t have to worry about getting on the bad side of the search engine protocols since white hat practices are common and are accepted by the entire online community.

Professionals

If you are just starting out, it helps to hire the services of a professional internet marketing company. However, you must take time in choosing the best team of professionals who can handle your demands and who can deliver the quality of services you are looking for. Furthermore, you must stay away from those who practice unethical techniques. Fortunately, you can definitely find that one company you need through diligence in research and by interviewing several candidates.

Mark Michael Ferrer
Internet Marketing

Make Money Blogging – Here’s What It Takes

2010-05-23T06:39:00.000-07:00

Posted by brian in Make Money Blogging ARTICLES on May 22nd, 2010 | no responses

For anybody looking to make money blogging it is important to realize there is more to operating a successful blog than just graphics and plug-ins. Knowing how to set up a blog is a plus but the ability for your blog to thrive is entirely up to the quality and consistency of your input. If you are blogging to make money here are three things only YOU can add to make your blogging experience enjoyable and successful.

Passion
The topic or theme you choose to blog about should be something you have a genuine interest in since it will make your efforts a lot easier. Having passion for what you blog about will also make the quality of your post that much better since you will be more knowledgeable.
A successful blog is able to attract and retain visitors based upon consistent quality posting and your passion will help to supply both these ingredients.

Patience
Blogs in particular need a good amount of time to ‘establish’ themselves since it takes a while to build reader loyalty. If you are blogging to make money it may take even longer to start and see an income. The reason is simply that it ‘reader loyalty’ asks nothing more than for them to read your content whereas asking readers to part with their hard earned money is entirely different.

Perseverance
There may be times that even those ‘blessed’ with an abundance of patience get frustrated when they do not see any results. This is where your ‘inner strength’ will need to kick in and instead of getting frustrated or giving up you will need to continue with your efforts. Having perseverance like this will be one of your most valuable assets and will ultimately be what separates you from the other bloggers.
For anybody wanting to make money blogging it is important to realize you must be willing to invest your time and patience. Just knowing how to set up a blog does not guarantee you will earn an income. When blogging to make money the ability to attract and maintain a steady flow of traffic will be entirely up to what YOU add to the site. The 3 attributes we discussed here today can only be supplied by you and will be needed in order to make yours a successful blog.

TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of North Carolina.
To learn more about how to make money blogging and to also receive a free instructional manual that teaches valuable niche research techniques simply visit:http://blogbrawn.com/

Social Media Business Plan for Small Business

2010-04-15T02:30:00.000-07:00

Every day I can guarantee that you will be impacted in some way by social media, there will be experts telling you, you need a profile on social networks like Facebook, and that Twitter is the best thing since sliced bread was invented.

So you create a profile and you start to tell everyone and anyone who will listen about your latest product or service, but is that really the way to approach social media, doing the same thing you do every day on more traditional mediums?

Taking this approach to your social media strategy will do nothing more than waste your precious time, time that could be spent prospecting for new business opportunities and working with your clients face to face.

I know some younger business owners who think that social media and the Internet will replace face to face contact, the reality is it won't.

However the very same principles you use face to face, apply to social media,
the only difference being the method of delivery.

I know of some major companies who have launched their social strategy
with profiles on this site and that network, yet their sites are full of their
staff members or franchises congratulating themselves on such forward progress.

But where is the consumer?, where is the engagement factor?,

where is the interaction with the people that count the most, your customers.

This should be the reason you create your social media strategy in the first place.
To create the local expert, the trusted advisor role, create and engage
your community and to provide information and advice for the long term.

One question to ask yourself is, why do people interact within social network sites
in the first place?
Is it to get your latest product or service? No, No, No, they are there to connect,
to engage and interact with other like minded people, to share experiences,
to share activities and create a sense of community and to stay in touch with
family and friends.

You as a business person need to understand this motivation and work with it
to really maximise the return on your investment of time in
creating a social media strategy for you and your business.

So what is the best way to approach a social media strategy?

First you'll need to work out why you want to have a presence on social networks,
is it because everyone else is doing it? Is it because your competitor down the road
is doing it so you should as well right? Well wrong actually. Do it because it gives you
another advertising medium to capture the attention of prospective customers,
do it because it is a huge billboard of opportunity to take your message to the masses,
do it for you and the exposure it can bring you and your brand, do it because
you are an expert in your field and do it because people are looking for an expert to advise,
coach and motivate them.

Start by doing a business and digital media strategy and look at ways in which you'll start
to build an audience. Do you start a blog first? Do you jump on Facebook and MySpace or
do you start using Twitter and on what network sites do you create a profile.

How do you declare your brand identity? Remember, you should be focused on
how you and your team help other people, being the business to call when requiring
a service or product and raising the profile of you and your business on the web.

The first step, is create accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube.
Check in and see where you fit in to the community, upload or add all of your contacts
into Facebook and start a routine of regularly adding "friends" to your page.

The goal is to get your personal contacts engaged and to start to follow and engaging
with other local businesses. Also, build a schedule so that you can allocate time
each week to this, otherwise you will find yourself becoming overwhelmed with
trying to keep up with all the conversations that happen.

As you become more familiar with the sites you learn that Linkedin or Twitter
may not be for you, that's fine, at least you are now more informed than you
where when you started.

You are learning, next you can start to build your blog, your blog web site
is your central hub with all roads leading to it, and everything you do should be
designed to get people to your blog and interacting with you on your territory.

It's great to have a Facebook page but even better when you have both working for you;
you are in a win win situation.

Remember, with your blog comes responsibility, you'll need to add content to it regularly
and this takes time, so you should allocate at least 2+ hours a week.

Use the same strategy for all the social network sites you use. Allocate time each week
in your plan to update your sites and remember it's about engaging your community
not only about promoting your latest product.

About the Author: Mike Andrew - I have been working with small business owners
over the past 9 years in areas of online marketing and social media strategy.
I currently conduct on line training seminars on Internet Marketing,social media integration
and SEO and the impact of that technology on small business marketing.
Mike Andrew has an online consultancy available to assist your business in
maximising your on line exposure through the use of new technology.
Website: http://www.mikeandrewconsulting.com.

Putting Together a Great Sales Proposal

2010-04-15T02:15:00.000-07:00

Creating a great sales proposals can be the difference between your company's success or failure. Here are a few tips to get you started.
Starting Out.

For the most part, sales presentations are intended to accomplish three things:

1. To Educate.
For all intents and purposes, what you are doing is telling your prospect why he needs you and your services. Here you need to not only look at the past or the present, but let your potential client know why your products or services will be vital to them achieving future goals.
You want to appear to have the ability to see the whole picture, to demonstrate need on their part, and solutions on yours.

2. To Sell.
And not just your product or service. You want to ensure that you convince your audience
that your company is the only one that is going to be able to properly provide solutions.

You don't want to lead your prospects to anyone's door but yours.

3. To Justify.
Make it clear how your proposal is going to make their investment worthwhile, and when they should start to see results. Charts and graphs are very useful ways to help convey this, and the more colorful and easily understood, the better.

Sections.
Your sales proposal should contain the following sections:

1. Theme and Introduction.
In order to ensure that your proposal get read, make sure that your theme is clear and your headline is not too "salesy." You can simply state the reason for your proposal, and how your company is going to help your prospect achieve his or her goals.

2. Current Situation.
This is where you demonstrate a clear understanding of your client's need, or in other words, you identify the problem your services intend to solve. You must convey authority in this section without appearing to be pushy or looking like an arrogant know-it-all.

3. Objectives.
In this section, you want to allow your client to see how you will be helping his or her business. Don't make a lot or promises, just keep it simple, use examples, and make sure it's clear that your business is the only solution.

4. Approach.
Here is where you lay out the details of how you are going to deliver your services.
This can be a little tricky, as you want to be clear enough to be understood,
but you want to make sure that you aren't give away any proprietary secrets
or give them any recommendations on how they would be able to get the job done
themselves or elsewhere. This is a good place to include timelines and deliverables.

5. Benefits.
Present an exhaustive list of all the improvements your client will see as a result of listing your services. Use plain, clear, non-hyperbolic language, but be sure not to leave any possible benefits out (increased sales, improve productivity, etc.)

6. Costs.
A clear and honest estimate of what your project will cost your client. Make sure that you put this section after the Approach and Benefits, so it makes sense to your client. You may not always be able to exactly determine costs, but you can detail the stages of the process so there will be no surprises.

7. Closing Statement.
Hit the high points again and remind your client exactly why your company is the best one for the job.

Appearance.

You want to make sure that your sales proposal stands out, so bind it as attractively as you can.
There are many options available, such as plastic comb, spiral coil, or even thermal hardcover
binding if you really want to impress.

About the Author: Jeff McRitchie - If you are interested in more information about
how the right Binding Machine, can help you create a great sales proposal you might want
to visit MyBinding.com. They offer a great price and Free Shipping on orders over $75.00.
Plus, they carry a full line of Binding Accessories, of all styles, types and capabilities.

Email Deliverability Tips

2009-11-17T03:36:00.000-08:00

Posted by Tom Kulzer (AWeber CEO)
Ensuring requested opt-in email is delivered to subscriber inboxes is an increasingly difficult battle in the age of spam filtering. Open and click thru response rates can be dramatically affected by as much as 20-30% due to incorrect spam filter classification.

Permission

Confirming that the people who ask for your information have actually requested to be on your list is the number one step in the battle for deliverability. You should be using a process called confirmed opt-in or verified opt-in to send a unique link to the attempted subscriber when they request information. Before adding the person to your list they must click that unique link verifying that they are indeed the same person that owns the email address and requested to subscribe.

Subscriber Addresses

When requesting website visitors to opt-in ask for their “real” or “primary” email address instead of a free email address like Yahoo or Hotmail. Free emails tend to be throw away accounts and typically have a shorter lifetime than a primary ISP address.

List Maintenance

Always promptly remove undeliverable addresses that bounce when sending email to them. An address that bounces with a permanent error 2-3 times in a 30 day period should be removed from the list. ISP’s track what percentage of your newsletters bounce and will block them if you attempt to continually deliver messages to closed subscriber mailboxes.

Message Format

Usage of HTML messages to allow for text formatting, multiple columns, images, and brand recognition is growing in popularity and is widely supported by most email client software. Most spam is also HTML formatted and thus differentiating between requested email and spam HTML messages can be difficult. A 2004 study by AWeber .com shows that plain text messages are undeliverable 1.15% of the time and HTML only messages were undeliverable 2.3%. If sending HTML it is important to always send a plain text alternative message, also called text/HTML multi-part mime format.

Content

Many ISP’s filter based on the content that appears within the message text.

Website URL:

Research potential newsletter advertisers before allowing them to place ads in your newsletter issues. If they have used their website URL to send spam, just having their URL appear in your newsletter could cause the entire message to be filtered.

Words/phrases:
Choose your language carefully when crafting messages. Avoid hot button topics often found in spam such as medication, mortgages, making money, and pornography. If you do need to use words that might be filtered, don’t attempt to obfuscate words with extra characters or odd spelling, you’ll just make your messages appear more spam like.

Images:
Avoid creating messages that are entirely images. Use images sparingly, if at all. Commonly used open rate tracking technology uses images to calculate opens. You may choose to disable open rate tracking to avoid being filtered based on image content.

Attachments:
With viruses running rampant and spreading thru the usage of malicious email attachments many users are wary of attached documents. It’s often better to link to files via a website URL to reduce recipient fear of attachments and reduce the overall message size.

CAN-SPAM Compliance

The January 2004 Federal CAN-SPAM law introduced a number of rules regarding the delivery of email. It’s important you have your legal counsel review your practices and ensure you are in compliance. The two most important rules include having a valid postal mail address listed in all commercial messages and a working unsubscribe link that is promptly honored to remove the subscriber from future messages.

Reputation

Reputation services are often used by large ISP’s as a way to vet email senders regarding their email practices and policies. Businesses listed with these services are then given less stringent filtering or no filtering at all. Several reputation services are:

http://www.isipp.com/iadb.php
http://www.bondedsender.com
http://www.habeas.com

Relationships & Whitelisting

Contact with major ISP’s and email providers is essential in letting them know about your requested subscriber email. Many large providers such as AOL and Yahoo have specific whitelisting programs and postmaster website areas to ensure your email is delivered as long as you meet their policies and procedures in handling your opt-in list.
Email deliverability is about ensuring requested opt-in email is delivered to the intended recipient. While no single tip will enable you to get 100% of your email delivered each one utilized as a group can go a long way to reaching that goal.

Notices!

As far as I am concerned, the one marketing tool which has made me the most money is the follow up autoresponder system. If you are not collecting the email addresses of those who visit your site and following up with them regularly you are losing money big time. It amazes me that anyone would even put up a site without one.

Their system is extremely efficient and easy to use. Even though I have my own autoresponder service I put my important newsletters with Aweber's Email Marketing Tips

If you do not have an autoresponder system get one. If you are serious about getting the best get one at Aweber Aweber's Email Marketing Tips

Keep in mind that I am a former competitor recommending them. Keep following up!

Can You Succeed With Google Adwords By Playing By The Rules?

2009-11-17T01:55:00.000-08:00

Lately I have been scouring the webmaster and internet marketing forums and blogs getting information on Google Adwords. I have spent thousands of dollars on Adwords campaigns and I have been doing so for years. Over the last few months many (not all) of my campaigns have been getting “slapped.” The Google slap is when your campaigns stop running all of a sudden and you have no idea why. You invariably get a notice that your keywords have a quality score of 1 (the worst) no matter how relevant your keywords really are.

There are scores of posts on different forums and blogs everyone with their own theory as to why this happens. Seemingly well meaning advertisers suddenly find their ads are no longer running or even that their domain has been banned from Adwords. The natural instinct is to wonder “what did they do wrong? They must have tried to cheat the system somehow. I will play by the rules so I will be ok.”

However, the facts do not bear this out. The webmasters come from too many different fields, too many different variables in their campaigns. Some have high clickthrough rates, some have low clickthrough rates, some have many keywords others have a few targeted keywords. Old established sites or new sites. All are having problems. I believe most webmasters are really trying to play by the rules but many are still getting slapped.

The real problem is that Google Adwords refuses to communicate with it’s advertisers. If you ask why your campaign is banned you just get canned responses. They will never simply tell you what the problem is so that you can correct it. Their reason for being so cryptic is that they say they are protecting their system so that it cannot be cheated. Google is so powerful now that they can get away with treating even high paying advertisers poorly.
However, I would not bet on a company long term which treats it’s paying customers contemptuously. Google makes money one way, by Google Adwords and Adsense. People who are spending money on advertising will simply start looking for alternatives if they cannot get results consistently with Google.
And when webmasters finally come to the conclusion that even if they rack their brains and budgets trying to play by the rules that they still will be potentially banned they might start actually looking for ways to “beat” the system or completely give up using Adwords. It is really a shame because obviously Google Adwords is an incredibly powerful advertising system. Probably the best internet advertising system every invented. As usual your thoughts and comments are always appreciated. ~ Matthew Meyer.

A Beginner's Guide To Article Marketing

2009-11-04T04:52:00.000-08:00

Article marketing is the act of writing an article and submitting it to article directories, ezines, and other online directories and publishers.
By including links back to your own websites or blogs you can generate direct surf through traffic while also building back links to your website that will help to improve search engine rankings for your specific keywords.

Writing the most appealing articles, submitting them to search engine friendly directories, and repeating the process on a regular basis can be the recipe for search engine success.

What Is Article Marketing?

All websites have a thirst for high quality, topical content that will be relevant to their readers but not all website owners and promoters are willing or able to create this content as part of their marketing routine.

By creating content articles that others can use for their websites you are rewarded with the opportunity to include one or two links back to your own website. As well as receiving a link from the article directory itself, which are often authoritative websites crawled regularly by search engine spiders, you also gain some benefit when other websites publish your article and links on their own site.

Why Do It?

Article marketing offers an effective and inexpensive way of building quality inbound links to a website. You know that the links generated are from contextually relevant pages because you have written the content that is used.

Furthermore, by using the most beneficial and SEO friendly directories you can dictate the keywords that are used in the anchor text; a critical component of a strong SEO link.

As well as the SEO benefits, you may also find your article published in ezines and newsletters that have a strong, dedicated, and loyal following driving direct traffic to your site.

Choosing Directories

There are literally hundreds of article directories online and choosing the right ones should be considered an integral part of article marketing success.

Directories should be SEO friendly so do not use nofollow tags in links or in robot files. They should allow you to use HTML code for your links and they should keep the number of links and advertisements on a page down to a minimum. They should also be crawled by search engines and be considered a strong SEO site in order to offer any real benefit.

Alternatively, they should generate a large number of visitors directly through the links in your articles.

Writing Articles

The most popular articles are well written and provide genuinely useful information.
Good directories will not accept those that are little more than blatant self promotion
and very few will accept articles with more than 2 or possibly 3 links to your website.

Ensure that your writing is not only appealing to other website owners
but also to their own readership base because this will encourage more
website owners to use your articles.

Including Links

Links to your site are typically added to the "Resource" or "About The Author" paragraph. Some directories will allow links in the body of the article and these too offer very good benefit especially in driving traffic directly to your pages.

Always try to use those directories that enable you to construct your own HTML link including anchor text because this will give you SEO benefit as well as potential surf through traffic. Always ensure that the link is relevant to the page you've written as well as to the page you direct readers too.

Submitting To Article Directories

Having written a useful piece on a relevant topic and having chosen SEO friendly directories you will need to submit the articles for consideration. Most directories use a number of anti-spam measures to ensure that they offer only very good quality articles to publishers. Manual submission of articles is, therefore, advised. While automated software does exist, you will still find that you need to complete a number of aspects of the submission yourself.

Using Article Submission Services

Manual article submission services do exist and can prove a beneficial method of building links and generating traffic especially if you do not have the time or resources to write and submit a large number of articles.

Try to see a good portfolio of articles that have been written by the service
and always ensure they offer a manual and ethical submission service.

About the Author: Matt Jackson - WebWiseWords offers a variety of SEO copywriting services
including a full article marketing package that includes the writing of compelling articles
and their submission to SEO friendly article directories.

How To Create Hot Information Products

2009-11-02T05:10:00.000-08:00

Author: lalissa

As what most artistic people say, when creativity touches a man’s consciousness, nothing – absolutely nothing – can make him or her stop thinking of it until it comes out in a great output. Much like in business, a person who has thought of great products will never stop until it reaches its target niche.

How To Create Hot Information Products is the best guide in promoting the great product that has been whirling in your mind for some time now. This guide will dish out important piece of information regarding promotion, advertisement, and other secrets to creating information products truly hot and in demand.

Click on http://fireballbooks.com/How-To-Create-Hot-Information-Products/ to get started with something to flame up the niche!

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What Are The Top 10 Ways Of Making Money Online?

2009-11-02T02:45:00.000-08:00

Author: Nelson Tan

Not strategies or techniques, but business models in a more general sense. To give you an idea:

1. Affiliate type website.
2. Content website with Adsense.
3. Affiliate type + Adsense.
4. Your own product – membership site.
5. Your own product – ebook.
6. JV deals.
7. Your own product – software.
8. Directory type site.
9. Online newsletter.
10. Promote affiliate products using AdWords.
Bonus. Sell on Ebay + your own site.

The VERY top way is to create your OWN business and market it well. Find out what YOU are GOOD at, see if there is a niche, and start your business in that niche. Run it like a professional business with profit/loss evaluation, business plan, goals, etc. You can make a lot of money doing this, but most people won’t take the time and effort to make it happen. Question is: Will you be the one to do it?

Nelson Tan is the webmaster behind Internet Mastery Center. Download $347 worth of FREE Internet Marketing gifts at http://www.internetmasterycenter.com

The Right Way to Mass-Submit your Article

2009-10-29T05:23:00.000-07:00

Submitting articles to article directories is often a tedious process that involves author registration, proper formatting, and familiarity with the editorial guidelines set by each publisher. There are now hundreds of article directories that cater to both the general and niche markets. Because of the desire of authors to get their articles published on as many places as possible and the sheer number of article directories on the web, some authors have turned to automated submission software and third-party submission services to hasten the submission process.

The use of third-party submission agents presents an ethical problem. While some article directories don’t care how articles are submitted to them, as long as the articles meet their editorial guidelines, many rely on authors as a major source of traffic to their sites. They want you, the author, to browse their sites, read their submission guidelines, and become a regular visitor to their sites in return for distributing your article.

Any article directory that cares about the quality of articles they publish will spend some time to review each submitted article before publishing it. As an article publisher myself, I can attest to the work involved in reviewing, reformatting, and correcting minor errors of every article submitted to me. Since I get hundreds of submissions every day, I am forced to reject any articles that appear as if they’ve been submitted by a third party or through an automated submission process.

It’s not exactly rocket science to distinguish between an article submitted by hand and one submitted through an automated process. The software-submitted article may be improperly formatted, suggesting that the submitter never bothered to read the submission guidelines before submitting their article. It may be missing a required field, or it may be submitted to the wrong category. Different article sites stipulate different guidelines and requirements for what they accept. It’s not possible for an automated submitter to take into account all of these differences to allow you to submit to several hundred directories with a few clicks of the mouse button.

Many article publishers do not even allow manual submissions by third-party submission services. A common telltale sign that an article has been submitted through a third-party service is when a single author account is used to submit multiple articles with different resource boxes. Submissions from multiple author accounts from a single IP address are another indication of third-party submission.

Any software program that promises to “do 99% of the work for you” does nothing more than spamming your article all over the web. Some of these spam machines even post a link along with your article back to the submission software. This is a sure-fire way to get your article rejected and even get you banned from some directories.

Ideally, authors should submit their articles by hand. Meanwhile, there is an understandable need for a way to quickly submit to a great number of sites. An acceptable compromise between laborious manual submission and a completely automated process is a semi-manual tool that allows you to browse article sites as well as quickly submit articles to them. Article Submitter is an inexpensive semi-manual submitter that stores your article, personal information, and resource box as you visit each article site. When you’re ready to submit your article, the software auto-fills the submission forms for you, eliminating the need for tedious copying and pasting. The whole process is very much like manual submission, only a lot faster.

Oudam Em is the webmaster of www.DownloadEbooksNow.com. Visit his site to instantly download article submission software to quickly submit your article to hundreds of article directories.

Beyond SEO - 3 ways to boost web visibility

2009-10-29T03:36:00.000-07:00

Do you want your potential customers to find your business on the web? It's not a trick question. 'Having a great website' and 'having a web presence that prospects will find' are not necessarily the same thing. Web visibility is more competitive than ever, and it's spectacularly easy to be invisible on the web.

Let's say you've had your website optimised, the process having started with sound keyword research. But what then? It's time to go beyond SEO. Here are some ideas that won't break the budget.

Put your business on Google Maps.
It's free, you can include your web address, description, opening hours, photos and more. A must for retailers, vets, hairdressers, taxi firms, visitor attractions, accountants, dentists ... you get the picture.
Consider some limited paid search activity. Look at the ebb and flow of your business, then take the opportunity offered by significant dates and events for some timely advertising. You can set limits for your campaign, so it stays within whatever budget you choose. Remember, avoid the obvious search terms as they are likely to be highly competitive and too broad. Instead, focus on super-targeted niche keywords and phrases. The majority of people search for 2 or 3 word terms. The goal of paid search is a high ratio of clicks to conversions, not a high number of clicks.
Create a business blog for free at Wordpress, Typepad or Blogger. Connect your blog to your business, but don't make it all corporate and anonymous. You need at least one named person in the business to contribute to the blog, and yes, it takes time to nurture. But the payback is that blogs are indexed quickly on Google, and good blog posts will get referenced by other blogs which also helps with search engine ranking, so even once-a-week blogging will help the visibility of your business. Treat it as a conversation with your customers and prospects - that's the way marketing is going (see my recent comments on this subject), but your competitors may not have realised it yet.

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Online Reviews

2009-10-28T05:20:00.000-07:00

HTML Kit
Web: www.htmlkit.com
Price: Free
System: Linux or Windows

If you prefer to workin code than with a WYSIWYG editor, the HTML Kit remains fast, free and almost infinitely expandable via its ever-growing collection of plug-in. Change the interface to suit your needs, track multiple versions of the same file, save code snippets for re-use and run it on Windows or Linux.

Webplus x4
Web: www.serif.com
Price: $99.99
System: Microsoft Windows® 7, Vista, or XP (32bit)

Serif's web-publishing tool has evolved from a basic, template-driven page editor into something more interesting with support for ecommerce features, sources-code editing, RSS feed creation, file management and HTML email publishing - although it's still beginner-friendly and easy to use.

NVU
Web: www.nvu.com
Price: Free
System: Windows, OS X, Linux

Based on Mozilla Composer product, NVU promised to bring the power of open-source development to WYSIWYG Web editors. However, it hasn't been updated since 2005 and while it's still a decent HTML creator, it lacks the beginner friendliness of packaged programs.

Why You Need To Learn Internet Copywriting

2009-10-27T07:30:00.000-07:00

Internet copywriting can be intimidating, especially for business owners who do not consider
themselves to be “writers”. However, learning copywriting and applying it to your business website can and will increase your profit-earning potential.

We have all heard the old adage, “It’s not what you say, but how you say it.” An effectively written message can be instrumental in helping your business succeed. Why? In order for people to get to know your product, understand your service, and come to trust what you are telling them, you must communicate in a way that is clear, concise and sets your business apart.

The key to success is to apply your knowledge to the art of website copywriting. A well-
written website will generate revenue by attracting new customers with an exciting and enticing
message, maintaining current customers with a trustworthy and believable tone, and setting
your business apart from the competition.

That is why it is critical to learn the skill of copywriting as a business owner. Do not be scared
or intimidated by learning copywriting. In fact, you are oftentimes your own worst critic. As a
business owner, you have the knowledge necessary to best communicate what it is you are
trying to sell and why it is important for people to buy it. Whether you offer a product, a
service or both, no one knows your business better than you do.

So how do you learn the important skill of copywriting? Take part in copywriting education
such as online courses, seminars and tutorials. Taking advantage of copywriting programs is a
great way to hone in on not only how to write internet copy, but how to use website copywriting
to improve your business.

Copywriting programs such as Copywriting
Sweetie take you through the copywriting process, step by step, helping you to craft your
message and best share it with the online world. From setting your message and business apart
from the competition, to web page builder software and copywriting critique lessons, this is a
great way to learn, master and apply the art of effective and successful profit-producing
copywriting.

Once you begin learning copywriting and apply it to your online business, you will also see just
how important it truly is. From writing an effective welcome message on your home page, to
enticing your visitors to opt-in and keeping them coming back for more, your Internet
copywriting skills will quickly prove to be an integral part of your online business.

While learning copywriting can be a challenge for many business owners, it is becoming an
increasingly important skill to obtain. It is absolutely critical to communicate effectively and
efficiently and those who do it best are those who succeed. Once you have mastered the skill of
Internet copywriting, you will be a better business owner for it and your business will be more
successful because of it. Don’t be intimidated. Internet copywriting can be easy if you take the
time to learn the tricks of the trade and remember this one simple rule… You know your
business, so write what you know!

For more help with Internet copywriting that will convert visitors into buyers, check out Copywriting Sweetie.
This complete training manual and software will show you how to transform your under-performing copy
to get more satisfied repeat buyers.

Why is Local Search Important for your Business

2009-10-22T04:54:00.000-07:00

As the web gets bigger and bigger it is becoming more of a battle to ensure your website gets listed higher up in the search engines. Local businesses can sometimes get lost or struggle to get listed at all for relevant keywords or phrases.

As you will already know it is important for your website to appear as high up in the search engine results as possible. This is a technique known as Search Engine Optimisation or SEO for short and this process can take anything from a few months or even longer depending on the competitiveness of the keyword or phrase you want your website to get listed for.

Google has recently made some changes to its algorithms so that when you search for something Google will display local results on the page allowing you to find local businesses relevant to your search query.

Internet users will be looking for local businesses when searching on the Web

Internet users are becoming more savvy and will learn to broaden their search phrase e.g. locksmith services becomes locksmith services London. This will allow the search engines to deliver content that is more specific and relevant to the user.

Research has shown that around 70% of household users perform some kind of search for a local product or service on a daily basis.

Do you know if your website is being found for Google Local results?

Most internet users will want to deal with a company based in their local area first before dealing with a company based further away. Why not perform a search on Google for a keyword or phrase relevant to your business along with your geographical area and find out if your website is being listed or not. Your listing should appear next to the location map (on the right hand side) being displayed underneath the Local business results on the page.

There are currently two search engines Google and Yahoo! who offer local result listings as part of their service.

How to get your business listed in Google Local listings?

To create your business listing in Google Local you will need to register an account first. When you first login into your Google Local Business Center account you will be asked to enter your username and password.

Once you are logged into your Google Local Business Center account you will be asked to enter your business details such as company name, address, telephone number, website URL address, opening hours, payment options and a brief description about your business along with the categories you would like your website to appear under.

You will need to verify your business listing before it goes live. To do this you will need to enter your pin number and this can be retrieved either by phone, SMS or postcard. After verification you should start seeing your business listings on Google within one day.

Your business listing may not always appear on the first page because of your proximity to your location. However some useful tips to get your listing to appear higher up or on the first page is to make sure your title contains keyword phrases and also ask your customers to leave a review about your business.

How to get your business listed in Yahoo! Local?

Unfortunately Yahoo! Local listings is not a free service and prices may vary depending on your area and the keyword phrase you want your website to be listed for. Why not visit the Compass SEO website to request a quotation on how much it would cost for your website to be listed in Yahoo! Local.

You may think to yourself why should I pay to get my website listed in Yahoo! Local when it is free to get listed with Google?

There is one advantage with Yahoo! Local. All BT users have Yahoo! installed as their default web browser on their PC or laptop and this will help you to introduce your business to an entirely new market who may not use the Google search engine to find what they're looking for online.

About the Author: Paul Flaherty is an SEO consultant working for a search engine marketing company based in Manchester called Compass Internet Services. We specialise in SEO,PPC and website design services.

Expand Your Business With Blogging

2009-10-20T02:58:00.000-07:00

Statistically speaking, you're likely reading this outside of normal business hours. Am I right, or am I right?
Why? Because if you have a life (okay... admittedly many people don't) the majority of your time is spent away from the office and outside of normal business hours. Usually, when the sun goes down you are already out the door. Frazier has left the building.

But the sun never sets on the internet. It operates 24/7/365 for online and offline businesses both. There are no doors to unlock and no lights to turn on. The doors are always open and the lights are always on. No brick; no mortar; no time clocks.

There are so many important online tools for both marketing (presenting your company and product to the market) and sales (trading that product/service for revenue)... if you're not using them you're soon to be extinct.

Even the US government figured that out. Filed any corporate taxes lately? Most companies now do it online (it is called EFTPS, if you're at all curious).

Low-to-No Cost

Many of the online resources available for your business are usable with no cost and can offer great results. Calculate the ROI on that: small investment (mostly in your time) and great results. Infinite ROI? No, not quite. But as a business owner if you use these available tools correctly it will make a difference in your business.

Put another way, if you are not using online tools for your business, the wolves are at the door and your house is made of sticks. Not brick and mortar; sticks.

Blogging is increasingly being used to effectively to present businesses and products to the market. Websites like Blogger and Wordpress make it possible to share value - your knowledge and experience - through blog posts.

Helpful blog posts on relevant content establish you as a leader and creates a relationship that your consumers don't normally get from just visiting your website. Just today in a phone conversation a client said, "I was so glad to see you are a real person!" The personal touch works.

Need a great example? Go look at 3PAR's company blog called "StorageRap" (www.storagerap.com). No, I'm not associated with 3PAR in any way. But Marc Farley is awesome at what he does for the data storage industry. Take special note of the value that he delivers. Yes, it comes with a heavy dose of opinion, and more than a bit of controversy, but that is the whole point of blogging! Ever read a boring blog post... more than part-way? I rest my case.

If you are venturing into a company blog, ensure it has a clear objective. Brainstorm with colleagues on ideas of what to write and how to represent the company. Then just to it.

Don't be stingy. And don't be a twit.

Contribute to the communication in meaningful ways. A terrific way to increase your network is to be active and to comment on others' posts. Respect the poster; comment on the post. Remember that a single post could be read by thousands, some of whom may take great interest in you and the products you represent.

Don't Abuse the Blog

If you use your blog correctly, clients and consumers will appreciate your information and insight. But consistency is key. Deliver value to your business community by remaining active in blogging and in social networking forums. Don't hold back. Give more, and you will receive more.

About the Author: Brian Moore is a business coach and mentor that assists serious entrepreneurs in building a profitable online business with multiple incomes streams. Brian and his team have assisted hundreds of people in generating profits that exceed $250K or more in their first year. For more information and to contact Brian, visit: http://www.meetbrianmoore.com.

Are you a poet?

2009-10-20T02:24:00.000-07:00

Are you an aspiring poet? Are you a published poet? Are you just someone that likes to indulge your creative side and write poetry? Do you like to read poetry?

We've put together a meeting place for poets, and for people that enjoy reading poetry. Where they can share they're original works with other people, and get constructive feedback.

No fees, no advertisments, just a forum for poets and poetry readers to engage.

Find out about it here: http://www.designlevels.com/poetry/

9 Tips For Effective Website Content

2009-10-19T04:05:00.000-07:00

Web readers may be a difficult bunch, they may take a while to digest information and they may need convincing of every single point you deliver but they are essential. They can become long term, loyal customers, as long as you give them what they want.
Writing for the Internet is a different skill to writing for paper print or paper publications. Website readers digest smaller amounts of information in less time when compared to reading from paper.

This means that website content needs to be very well organised, concise, well formatted, and appealing. Throw in the proper use of search engine keywords, a powerful Call To Action (CTA), your Unique Selling Proposition (USP), and the natural scepticism of web users and it's easy to see why many website owners use professional content writers.

1 - Use An Inverted Pyramid Style Of Writing
The inverted pyramid style of writing means getting your point across early in the text. Web readers are an impatient bunch and they need to know that the page they're reading is relevant. Include a summary or conclusion of the page's main points at the beginning of the text and then elaborate on this as you progress.

2 - Make It Concise
As well as being impatient, web readers aren't able to digest and process information as well on a computer screen as they are on paper. There are masses of studies and numerous sets of data giving statistics on this, but the general point is that basic pages need to be between a third and a half of the length they would be on paper. Try to aim for 300-500 words for web pages, with longer pages for technical articles, newsletters, and other web based publications.

3 - Use Headers And Sub-Headers
Headers and sub-headers not only enable you, as the writer, to properly structure the page; they also enable the reader to scan through and find the information that is most pertinent to them. Don't try anything too clever with your headers and do ensure that they are relevant and informational.

4 - Use Bullets And Lists
Bullets and lists are another method of enabling readers to quickly navigate around a page and grab the most important information. Many readers will simply scroll down a page and if no information jumps out at them then they won't read anything. Prevent these readers from clicking away from your website by offering bite sized chunks of information.

5 - Use Simple Language
Another area where statistics and figures differ is in the comprehension level of website readers. No matter which figures you listen to, though, one point is clear - we simply can't process information as well when reading from a computer. Use simple language, avoid jargon that isn't necessary or clearly defined, and engage your readers using language that everybody can understand.

6 - Use Short Paragraphs And Shorter Sentences
A paragraph should contain text relating to a single, simple idea. When you reach the conclusion of that idea, you should also reach the end of that paragraph. Paragraphs should contain no more than 70-80 words where possible. If a paragraph requires fewer words then make it shorter. The same goes for sentences.

7 - Make It Easy To Scan
Shorter paragraphs, more concise pages, and good headers make a page easy to scan. So too do bullets and lists. Add formatting such as bold and italicised text, quotes, and even hyperlinked text to make the page easier to scan. Remember to use a degree of caution, however, because a page that consists of different formatting techniques will be very difficult to read and understand. Many readers will simply close your page and move on.

8 - Write Objectively
We've already discussed how Internet users are impatient and find it difficult to digest information; they're also a highly sceptical bunch that will take convincing of virtually anything you have to say. Use objective language and avoid the use of too much marketing fluff. Avoid exaggerated claims such telling readers that yours is the best product in the world and instead show them why - convince them to come to that conclusion on their own and you will enjoy better results for your effort.

9 - One Idea Per Paragraph, One Subject Per Page
A single paragraph should contain a single idea and a single page should cover one topic. If a page is becoming too wordy because it includes information on other subjects, then break it down and hyperlink to those other pages. For longer pages remember the bookmark function and use it wisely to help readers navigate their way around your site and take in all of the information that you have to offer.

Giving Visitors What They Want

Web readers may be a difficult bunch, they may take a while to digest information and they may need convincing of every single point you deliver but they are essential. They can become long term, loyal customers, as long as you give them what they want and that's why we love them so much. If you don't have the time or the resource to write your own compelling and effective website content then consider using professional copywriters.

About the Author: Matt Jackson - WebWiseWords offers a full range of copywriting services. They can provide affordable and high quality SEO copywriting services so that you can enjoy the benefits of compelling website content without breaking the bank.