Friday, October 26, 2007
Not Making Money Online - Go To Online Auction.
There are many positives and a few negatives to both of these revenue streams. However, for many entrepreneurs with little or no web development experience auction sites such as Ebay are the perfect venue to get there feet wet selling online. Here are some of the positives of starting a business online using auctions sites:
•Extremely basic computer experience needed. Most people know the basics of surfing the internet, but not much else. Auction sites are the perfect place to list their items for sale. It is extremely user friendly, just name your product with a title, add a picture, description and list the price. There is no computer programming knowledge needed. All of the well known auctions sites are point and click
•Automatic traffic. With an independent website, you must worry about drawing traffic. Auction sites like EBay have millions of visitors ready and willing to buy your items for sale. Whatever you have for sale from the most common mp3 player to some of the rarest items can be found on EBay.
•Easy payment options. Most auction sites allow sellers to use a variety of web based payment services. The most common of course being Pay pal. Lesser known payment services are Western Union and Storm pay. There are millions of buyers and sellers that have web based payment accounts. This allows the seller to receive payments from the buyer fast, secure and efficiently. No more waiting for weeks for a money order to arrive in the mail.
So if you’re thinking of starting an online business and have relatively little experience with computing, your best solution would be to look into selling your items on an auction site.
If you are serious about making money online go automated cash.
Happy Selling!
Monday, September 24, 2007
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Friday, August 10, 2007
37 Niche Market Research Sites You Must Know About - Thirty Day Challenge Forums
37 Niche Market Research Sites You Must Know About - Thirty Day Challenge Forums
ust got this in my email... thought i'd share. Credit to dad but i dont know where he got it... i hope i'm not stepping on anyone's toes
37 Niche Market Research Sites You Must Know About
Below are a list of must have niche market research sites that will give you a slew of ideas on niches you might want enter.
About
http://azlist.about.com/num.htm
http://azlist.about.com
You’ll discover hundreds of regularly updated guides written by experts with a real passion for their subject.
Alexa
http://www.alexa.com/browse
Browse thousands of sub-categories and discover markets you might never have even considered. Micro-niching has never been easier.
Amazon New Releases
http://amazon.com/gp/new-releases
Want to know about up coming products. This site lists the big new product launches before they happen. It will save you hours of research finding out what the latest consumer trends are going to be.
AOL Hot Searches
http://hotsearches.aol.com
As they say themselves: “Check out what’s hot on AOL Search. Find the hottest searches on celebrity news, breaking news and more.”
Associates Directory
http://www.associateprograms.com/directory
I’m a big fan of conducting my market research by finding products first, instead of conducting keyword research. If there are products for sale in a specific niche, that’s a good indicator that money is being spent and therefore the niche might be worth exploring.
Bella Online
http://www.bellaonline.com/misc/sitemap.asp
A women’s site that will give you a good insight into the female niche mindset. Let’s face it, guys and gals are different and have different desires, wants and needs.
Best Online Research Apps/Sites You’ve Never Heard Of
http://oedb.org/library/features/bes...research-sites
Excellent list of resources for the serious researcher.
CB Engine
http://www.cbengine.com
A veritable treasure trove of information for scouting out hidden gems in the Clickbank Marketplace. If you want to sell CB products, this is an essential resource. Grab a PRO membership, it’s worth the measly price tab!
CNet Buzz
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-12578_7-6527356-1.html
Reviews and comments on the latest tech products.
Del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/popular
See in real time just what folk are digging about. One of the most popular social bookmarking sites around.
Depth Reporting
http://depthreporting.googlepages.com/websites.htm
Classed as “the most useful web sites for reporters”. Nuff said dudes and dudettes.
DMOZ
http://dmoz.org
People seem to forget about the humble human-edited open directory project. But in it be fields of diamonds my lovelies that might just push you into actually getting off your butt and doing something with your online business.
Dummies Guides
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dumm...All/index.html
The famous Dummies guides as listed by tiltes.
Ebay Categories
http://listings.ebay.com
http://hub.ebay.com/buy
http://pulse.ebay.com
http://www.mpire.com/ebayPop.ivk
You will die and think you’ve gone to heaven after taking a peak at just what is being sold over at Ebay. Don’t anyone ever tell me that they can’t find a niche to get stuck in.
Ehow
http://www.ehow.com
As the site says “how to do just about everything”.
Ezine Articles
http://www.ezinearticles.com/
Articles on thousands of niches. Hint: Take a look at the bottom of each article to discover a plethora of product ideas.
Furl
http://www.furl.net/furledPopular.jsp
When it comes to niche market research I like riding the coat-tails of others. After all why reinvent the wheel when thousands of other kind folk have gone before you.
Gizmodo
http://www.gizmodo.com
This is a blog dedicated to gadgets, gadgets and more gadgets. You’ll be first in line to know about those “must-have, I’m gonna kill you to get it” sale scrums.
Google Products
http://www.google.com/products
Yup believe it or not some folk are actually making money selling stuff online. And not just downloadable information products! Hard goods sell real well. Heck I should know, I just sold $13,000 worth of one electronic product in less than 72 hours. Remember Rob’s maxim: Find a product, then the market.
Google Hot Trends
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
Daily trend watching to see what people are searching for on this little know about engine.
Google Video
http://video.google.com/videoranking
The Top 100 most viewed videos on Google.
How To Do Things
http://www.howtodothings.com/browse-all-categories
People always want to learn how to do stuff. This site will make you head explode with ideas. Is there a way you could create a paid for product using what’s here?
Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com
If you’re mad about films (movies) and want to sell to this addicted niche, this is one place you must visit.
Intute
http://www.intute.ac.uk
Provides some of the best resources for education and research. All the sites are listed and reviewed by qualified researchers. Serious stuff here.
Magazines
http://www.magazines.com
It costs tens of thousands of pounds/dollars/euros to start a magazine, so you can pretty much deduce that if there’s one in print and it’s popular that there’s a market or sub-niche somewhere hidden in it. You can’t go too far wrong scouting out what’s available on this site.
Metacafe
http://www.metacafe.com/most_popular
Videos hot, and it’s only going to get hotter as broadband proliferates around the world and speeds just keep on increasing. Which is why it’s important you stay abreast of what’s getting attention in the videosphere.
Movie Box Office Charts
http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/boxoffice
Films are big money earners, and with each release comes a plethora of associated products that people suck up. Will you be ready?
Nextmark
http://lists.nextmark.com
You can search more than 60,000 mailing lists, email lists, and telephone lists from hundreds of vendors — virtually every list available!
Popurls
http://www.furl.net/furledPopular.jsp
“Popular URLs to the latest buzz”.
Pricerunner
http://www.pricerunner.com
I won’t say it again… Find the product then the market! Millions of products can be found on this quaint little old site.
Technorati
http://www.technorati.com
Yet another must visit social bookmarking site. Now let’s be clear here, just because someone bookmarks a subject doesn’t necessarily mean there’s money in it. There might or there might not be, which is why I bang on about finding products that sell first, then explore the market.
Top TV Shows
http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...ens-charts.htm
What are all those couch potatoes staring at for hours!
Yahoo Buzz
http://buzz.yahoo.com
Top movers and leaders as searched on Yahoo.
Yahoo Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com
If folk are interested in a hobby, subject or passion you’re going to find a group that hang out here. And if there isn’t one, maybe there aient much of a market. Why be a trailblazer when you can be a coat tail trailer.
Yahoo Shopping
http://shopping.yahoo.com
Another great shopping portal to explore.
Viral Video Chart
http://www.viralvideochart.com
Lists the top viral videos by multiple categories.
WikiHow
http://www.wikihow.com/Categories
Looking for how-to articles and information. This site is similar to Wikipedia but is just for how-to. Content created by the public.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_topics
Well if you don’t know of this site you must have been sitting in a cave. A huge resource. Tip: Use the external links at the bottom of each article to dig deeper into a subject.
YouTube
http://youtube.com/browse?s=mp
Here you’ll find the most viewed videos so you can see what folk are interested in. Ideas anyone?
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Not Making Money Online - Affiliate Marketing Options
As an affiliate, you do actually work for another company or merchant. You sell either products or services depending on your particular skills and talents. Affiliate program are great for those that are creative, self motivated and not afraid of hard work. When you become an affiliate, the corporation takes on the risk. You can sign on to sell products or you can sell services. You can work to increase website traffic to other sites and receive referral payments, or you can create your own sites ad make money through ad revenue. The choice is entirely yours.
IF you are just starting out, you may want to join and affiliate program that has been established. You won’t be competing with other internet giants and you’ll gain some necessary skills and experience. One well known affiliate partnership is the one that exists between Bizrate and Shopzilla.
Both of these two sites exist as separate entities. However they have combines their resources to make an excellent affiliate program. Bizrate functions as a comparison shopping site. If someone wants a certain item they can search for it via Bizrate. The site will tell you where to purchase it and how much it charges. They will give you a complete item description as well. Bizrate also lets the consumers know who is offering particular items for the lowest price and who offers the best value for money. Bizrate gives consumers a chance to check out merchant reviews as well.
Shopzilla functions as an internet shopping site. They sell goods in several different categories and promise low prices with quality service. You can purchase nearly anything you like via the shopzilla site. If you have a credit or debit card the item will be delivered directly to you.
Shopzilla offers people the chance to join there affiliate marketing program. As one of their affiliates you are welcome to place sales content onto their site. You can place products that you might be selling for another affiliate company that you are working for; or you can work to increase the sales and revenue of the content already listed. Each method can result in sales commission and more money for you.
One great advantage of the shopzilla affiliate marketing program is that it works with the bizrate site. Even though shopzilla runs the affiliate program it has the support and backing of another major retail site. Your content can be posted on shopzilla and then reviewed on bizrate. If you’re a good seller and offer a quality product this can be highly advantageous. By becoming a good reliable merchant, you can get the bizrate high rating which will make customer trust you over others.
If you are creative and have sales savvy then perhaps you should consider a career in affiliate marketing. This will allow you to work for yourself with very little risk to you. It is easy to get started and the costs are next to nothing. If you have a computer and internet then you’re all set. By taking advantage of the shopzilla-Bizrate partnership, you can maximize your earning potential. By placing your content on shopzilla and having it rated on bizrate, you can gain a high level of exposure and internet traffic. If you offer a quality product and conduct yourself as a god merchant, there is no reason why these two sites can’t make you a lot of money.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Not Making Money Online - Affiliate Marketing: Staying Away From Scams
When you join an affiliate marketing scheme, you either going to sell a product or a service. With products, you usually have a choice and range to sell. How you decide to do this is largely up to you. You could also sell a service. Web page designs as well as increasing sales and internet traffic are all examples of services offered by affiliate marketing programs.
How many times have you seen as ad on the internet promising huge earnings? Things like “Earn 1000$ a day” or Join our program now and become a millionaire. If your look closely at these ads they are not actually selling anything. Any company that is just selling the opportunity to make money is likely a scam. True, some affiliate marketing companies will have attention grabbing headlines like the ones mentioned above. However, if you go on to read the ad and information, there will likely be a detailed description of what they company sells. They will also have a disclaimer and terms and conditions listed.
These companies that offer, the opportunity to make money are likely pyramid schemes. The only people paying money in are the ones actually joining. There is no income being created, just money being passed from person to person. Not only are these scams and you’ll loose what you invested, they are also illegal and you can face prosecution.
Another thing to watch out for is no free participation. If you have to pay to join then you may have stumbled upon a scam or what is known as a multilevel marketing program. Multi-level marketing programs are completely legal and some people make good livings out of them. However, if you’re not successful you may end up purchasing a bunch of products that you cannot sell.
True affiliate programs are free. That is part of their attraction. There are no costs to you and they should also be risk free. Any Affiliate marketing programs that demands your money is not an affiliate program. You should ask yourself why they are misrepresenting themselves this way if they are legitimate.
Many of us dream of being our own bosses. We would love to be able to take control of our lives and careers. The attraction of answering only to you combined with setting your own working hours and committing what your choose bring loads of people into the affiliate marketing schemes. Affilaite marketing can be an excellent way for a highly motivated, creative person to make an excellent living. There are some wonderful programs out there just waiting to be joined. However, for every great program there is likely one that is fraudulent. Con artists operate in many areas and unfortunate affiliate marketing is not immune.
Before joining, check to see what the company is selling. If they are not selling goods or services then they are likely an illegal pyramid scheme. If they require your own money to get started then they are what are known as a multi level marketing program. Affiliate marketing can be a great opportunity but you need to do your homework.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
NOT MAKING MONEY - MARKETING TRENDS…INTERNET ADVERTISING
I always wondered why they called it jumping on the bandwagon. As a matter of fact, I looked it up and it seems that back in the 19th century, there were bandwagons that were used in the pre circus parades. The members of the circus would ride on top of these colorful bandwagons. As they passed by, spectators would notice and join the procession. The circus promoters would hope that this would encourage the followers to actually become paying spectators of the circus itself. That is how the term jumping on the bandwagon got started.
What does this have to do with marketing trends and Internet advertising? Everything. See, whenever somebody comes up with a new way of "getting the word out" everybody and their grandmother jumps on the bandwagon and uses that method of advertising to promote their product or service. It doesn't matter if the method has been proven or not. Once somebody sees another person using it, the bandwagon jumping begins because nobody wants to be left out of the "in crowd."
So, what are the top marketing trends for Internet advertising today?
Probably the most widely used method of advertising is, and will probably be for a long time, Google Adwords. This is a relatively inexpensive and effective form of marketing that precisely targets the people who you want to reach. That is of course assuming that you set your Adwords campaign up properly. Many have gone broke because of poor keyword selection, poor choice of bid amounts and just plain awfully worded ads. Google Adwords is by no means a sure thing if you don't know what to do with it.
Another form of marketing that seems to have created a buzz these days is Butterfly Marketing. This is really just another form of viral marketing where a friend tells another friend and so on. It's word of mouth with a few twists to it. Many Butterfly Marketing sites have shown incredible success, again if you set them up correctly.
Another big buzz around town is Bum Marketing. This is basically the practice of writing articles after doing careful keyword research on the topic of your choice, and then submitting those articles to article directories. The key is to make sure you have a resource box that contains a way for people to get more information through your website, much like this very article. It's actually very effective.
Of course aside from the "new wave" of marketing trends, there are still the tried and true methods like SEO, E-zine Ads and a host of other things that have worked since I can remember. The thing about trends is that many of them are really just reworked ideas of old methods. The ones that aren't, usually don't last very long because when all is said and done, the most effective forms of marketing have probably already been invented.
So, if you're looking for the "new" thing under the big top, you may not have to look any farther than optimizing your website for the search engines and taking out a few good solo ads in the better E-zines. Of course writing an article every now and then can't hurt.
It certainly hasn't hurt me any.
Not Making Money Online - Try Ebay - Part 1
Make no mistake about it. Selling on Ebay is a real rush. There power trip of being totally in control of everything is far beyond the rush you get from selling an affiliate product where you have no control over the commission structure, website or anything. With Ebay, you make or break it on every level.
However, with that kind of rush comes a great deal of responsibility. There’s nobody to lean on when you’re selling on Ebay. You are your own boss and everything falls on your shoulders. There’s no Clickbank to turn to for refunds. All refunds come out of your pocket and if there are enough customer complaints, you can be shut down in an instant. So you better make sure that you run a tight ship.
So, you want to sell on Ebay. Okay, if that’s the case, you better have a solid game plan. I don’t mean just what products you’re going to sell. I mean how you’re going to advertise, how you’re going to price, where you’re going to get the products from and a lot more. Everything will have to be in place and ready to go before you even place your first Ebay ad. Just one thing not taken care of and the whole operation falls apart.
If you’re really efficient and a quick worker, you can probably get an Ebay campaign going, depending on how complex it is, in about a week. Some take a month or longer to put together. My particular campaign, when I first started, was simple and took me a week. If I knew what I was doing back then, it probably wouldn’t have taken me as long, but everybody starts out somewhere.
One word of caution before you even venture into this territory. You’re going to have to be very careful about regulations. Ebay has a ton of them as does PayPal. They’re not going to care about your email to them that says “I didn’t know.” That’s why Ebay and PayPal have all these terms of service. They expect people to read them, even though they may take a year and a day to do so.
Having said that, it is not the purpose of this tutorial to teach you Ebay and PayPal regulations. That I am leaving in YOUR hands. This tutorial is simply to help you set up a business for the purpose of selling on Ebay.
In our next installment, we’ll get to the actual instruction itself.
See you then.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Not Making Money Online - Internet Promotions - Advantages and Disadvantages
Internet Promotion - Advantages and Disadvantages
By Carla Lendor
The emergence of globalise trade, increase in foreign investment and cross-border transactions have put many small businesses under pressure to find innovative ways to continue to market their products and services. This is especially difficult given that they often operate on tight marketing budgets.
In the quest for cheap marketing alternatives, these small businesses continue to use conventional marketing tools such as newspaper, magazine, radio and television advertisements, unaware of the advantages that Internet Promotion offers. All too often, these entrepreneurs focus on the disadvantages of Internet Promotion and fail to adequately take advantage of the opportunities that it presents. Moreover, their preoccupation with conventional marketing strategies is driven by a misconception that these are cheaper than Internet Promotion.
To most small business entrepreneurs, marketing or promoting their products or services via the Internet can be a daunting task. However, with adequate information small businesses can benefit significantly from Internet Promotion while minimising the disadvantages that it presents. In fact, it may prove to be the marketing strategy that generates the highest return on investment.
The Advantages
Cost Effective and Enduring Marketing Strategies
The Internet has become the information superhighway for the buying public. Most persons prefer the hassle free transactions that Internet shopping can offer. As a result, the Internet has become the most powerful selling tool. Internet Promotion offers cost effective ways for small businesses to enhance their product or service distribution networks. For example, the use of portals can help create new marketing channels and logistics, or provide better or faster product access for customers.
In comparison to other forms of marketing, Internet Promotion presents the advantage of reduced budget and storage costs, when compared with printing brochures, producing television or radio advertisements or managing a call centre. It presents a fast and cost effective option for penetrating new markets.
Market Penetration
With millions of person using the Internet to search for products and services, small businesses can penetrate other markets at a fraction of the cost of traditional marketing methods.
Websites act as virtual storefronts, allowing businesses to stay open 24/7. Internet Promotion gives a business greater visibility, thereby creating more opportunities for increasing its customers at relatively low cost. Never before has it been easier for an upstart business to be able to reach out to literally millions of potential customers and to position themselves for success, without the need for costly infrastructure and overwhelming marketing costs. Thanks to the Internet, new businesses can become popular almost overnight.
Low Cost, Instant Communication
Email makes business communications instant, whether the customer or business affiliate is across the street or across the globe. It makes it easier for customers to maintain contact and readily facilitates repeat purchasing. An effective online strategy can therefore turn a small web business into a virtual cost saver and income-generating machine. The net result is that the small business can gain significant competitive advantage in a given market.
Many online businesses have therefore resorted to the use of ezines, blogs, pop-up ads and other online marketing tools to let customers know about new products or services as well as provide information relevant to their respective industry. The benefits of this strategy are two fold. Marketers can effectively heighten brand awareness for relatively new products on the market whilst strengthening customer relationships, with shorter time frames.
Content is Timeless
Internet Promotion also provides the advantage of being enduring. Whereas participation at a trade fair or conference loses sales impact, once it is over, and an advertisement in a newspaper or business magazine may quickly lose its sales generating value within a day or two or as soon as the next issue is released; Internet Promotion is often timeless. Apart from the dates and sometimes prices, much of your website content remains valid years after.
Real Time Statistics For Measuring Success of Promotion Campaign
One of the most significant advantages of Internet Promotion is that its success is measurable. Marketers can use tools that provide real time statistics, on unique visitors, repeat visitors, click through rates (CTR) on advertisements, thereby allowing them to evaluate the effectiveness of a promotion campaign. This enables marketers to determine what works for their particular market and to make timely changes in their marketing strategies.
Time Saving
Another important advantage of Internet Promotion is that it saves time since it generally does away with counselling on product uses and benefits, service information and sales administration. Visitors can access "frequently asked questions" to help themselves, and can buy online, without the involvement of staff. This saves time and money. So, whether 10 or 10,000 visitors visit the site, the increased cost is marginal whilst the savings can be immense.
But like any business approach, Internet Promotion is not without its risks and weaknesses.
Disadvantages
Difficulty in Attracting Customers
Small business may not have the resources to pay for paid directory inclusion, pay per click inclusions and often have to rely solely on search engine optimisation or word of mouth to drive traffic to their sites. With millions of businesses selling the same product and services, competing with more established businesses can be frustrating and costly venture for small business.
On the other hand, larger companies can offer promotions, pay for directory inclusions, implement pay per click campaigns as well as employ the “who is who” in internet marketing to develop campaigns that generate traffic and leads.
Difficulty in Evaluating Legitimacy of Transaction
Another notable disadvantage of doing promoting businesses online is that it may be difficult for the businesspersons and consumers to thoroughly evaluate the legitimacy of a transaction. Small businesses are particularly vulnerable to thieves using stolen credit cards and stolen information to do online transaction.
With Internet credit card and identity fraud on the rise, small businesses are forced to finance costly security measures to reduce their vulnerability to fraudulent transactions.
Salespersons and Customers are Isolated
Another disadvantage of promotion via the Internet is that the customers and businesspersons are isolated. There is little personal contact between customer and salesperson prior to and after the sales is closed. Thus, the prospect for repeat sales may thus be diminished. Entrepreneurs are therefore compelled to adopt marketing strategies to drive online users back to their site.
From all indications, it appears that the advantages of Internet promotion, far exceed the disadvantages. With adequate knowledge, entrepreneur can benefit significantly from Internet promotion, especially small business owners.
More and more, the growth and outreach of the Internet’s, its ease and accessibility for customers is becoming inevitable. Small business would therefore be well advised to start their web advertising function in order to improve their competitiveness online.
Carla Lendor has been involved in Internet Marketing from 2000. She is a co-publisher of eXplosion!, a newsletter which offers guidance to small online businesses. She is the co-founder of Caricom Single Market Economy, a blog with discusses the challenges faced by Caribbean businesses in the CSME. Visit Patant Consultants International or Caribbean Vacation Resorts for more information.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Not Making Money Online - 99 High Paying Keywords
99 High Paying Keywords: The Secret Is Out!
By Matthew Keegan
Incorporating high paying keywords into your site is critical to maximizing your income. Who has the time to figure it all out? How much are you willing to pay for this type of information? The secret is out: Here are 99 keywords you can use with payouts averaging $2-$100 per click:
1. Structured settlements
2. Mesothelioma
3. Acne
4. Life Insurance
5. Death Insurance
6. Bextra
7. Asbestos
8. Car Insurance
9. Dental Plans
10. Private Jets
11. Debt Consolidation
12. Credit Cards
13. Rewards Cards
14. Equity Loans
15. Equity Line Credit
16. Loans
17. Mortgages
18. Pay Day Loans
19. Cash Advance
20. Bankruptcy
21. Reduce Debt
22. Refinance
23. Jet Charter
24. Vioxx
25. Wrongful death
26. Legal Advice
27. Taxes
28. Investing
29. Bonds
30. Online Trading
31. IRA Rollover
32. Refinance Quotes
33. Adult Education
34. Distance Learning
35. Alcohol Treatment
36. Rehab
37. Drug Rehab
38. Spyware
39. Cell Phone Plans
40. Calling Cards
41. VOIP
42. Weight Loss
43. Canadian Pharmacy
44. Depression
45. Spam Filter
46. Lasik
47. Facelift
48. Teeth Whitening
49. Annuity
50. Anti Virus Protection
51. Adult Diaper
52. Free Credit Report
53. Credit Score
54. Satellite
55. Anti Spam Software
56. Dedicated Hosting
57. Domain Name
58. Need Money
59. Bachelor Degree
60. Master Degree
61. Doctorate Degree
62. Work at Home
63. Quick Book
64. Extra Money
65. Eloan
66. Malpractice Lawyer
67. Lenox China
68. Cancer
69. Payperclick
70. Personal Injury Attorney
71. Lexington Law
72. Video Conferencing
73. Transfer Money
74. Windstar Cruise
75. Casinos Online
76. Term Life
77. Online Banking
78. Borrow Money
79. Low Interest Credit Cards
80. Personal Domain Name
81. Cellular Phone Rental
82. Internet Broker
83. Trans Union
84. Cheap Hosting
85. University Degrees Online
86. Online Marketing
87. Consolidate
88. Helpdesk Software
89. Web Host
90. Homeowner's Insurance
91. Yellow Page Advertising
92. Travel Insurance
93. Register Domain
94. Credit Counseling
95. Email Hosting
96. Business Credit
97. Consumer Credit
98. Blue Cross
99. Laptop Computer
Actual payouts vary depending on whose PPC program you belong to and on the amount that has been bid per click by advertisers. Still, the savvy web administrator will take good care to incorporate some of these key words and reap results higher than they ever expected.
Matt is the web administrator for the Aviation Employment Board at http://www.aviationemploymentboard.com and the Corporate Flight Attendant Community at http://www.corporateflyer.net and http://www.cabinmanagers.com
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Not Making Money Online - Search Engine Friendly Ways to Build Link Popularity
Search Engine Friendly Ways to Build Link Popularity
By Michael Lawrence
Acquiring relevant backlinks to your website is one of the most important parts of any Search Engine Optimization campaign. The search engine's and especially Google value backlinks to your website as an indicator of your website's importance. If a large number of webmaster's have decided to link to your content then you must be an important information hub in your target keyword marketplace.
Link Popularity Checker
www.uptimebot.com – lists link popularity for all major search engines.
If you can manage to get a large number of links from similar or complimentary websites that are ranked high by the search engine's then your website should also start to climb the search engine rankings and increase the traffic to your site. Of course the quality of links, the anchor text of the links, the total number of links, the content of the page your link is on, how many outbound links are on the page, and the ranking of the page your link is on are all extremely important factors to consider when developing a linking strategy for your business.
When adding your links to resource directories where you have control over your link remember to utilize all the tools you have available to you to get the most out of the backlink to your site.
Place your keywords in img “alt” tags (if you have an image with your link), link “title” tag, and in the anchor text for your link. You have to remember that when a search engine visits a site that has a backlink to you that they have no idea what your website is about yet. Of course the search engine spider will make decisions based on it's evaluation of the webpage but you can help them (and yourself) out by applying these simple principles to all backlinks you have control over. If you are submitting to a directory make sure you place your link under a category that has your keywords in the title of the category if possible.
You also have the option of “buying” links to your website, a strategy that has worked and continues to work now, but the search engine's frown on this practice and have a tendency to black hole websites involved in “link farming” techniques. It's ok to purchase advertising or to seek out strategic partnerships for reciprocal linking of course but purchasing links for the sole purposes of boosting your search rankings is against Google's Terms of Service.
Trust me when I say Google can tell with pretty good accuracy who is buying their links and who is not. It really isn't that hard to tell and does not require that much analysis to figure out. You can perform this type of analysis for yourself, and you should do this to see what the competition in your market is doing. If you do purchase links make sure these are not the only links back to your site. The search engine's like to see a “natural” growth to the number and quality of your backlinks. Having a couple of high ranking links and no others is a big red flag. Any site that grows naturally will have a pyramidal distribution of links with the greatest number of links at or near the bottom of the ranking ladder.
So you don't want your site to get black holed but you do want to accelerate the rate at which your website climbs the search engine rankings and hence see the benefits of free targeted traffic to your website. The good news is there are several Search Engine friendly ways to improve your link popularity:
1. Write Articles and have them published
The search engine's love content filled web pages since these pages are providing information not just advertising. Writing articles related to your website topic and having them published on high ranking websites is a great first step to building your link popularity.
You may not have traffic coming to your site yet, but these article sites sure do. If someone likes your article a number of these article publishing sites will allow the user to download the article for use on their site. You are allowed to include a resource box with your article which you would obviously use to place a link to your website. Submit your articles to as many article submission sites as you can, they are hungry for your content.
2. Publish a Blog
This is a similar idea to writing articles except that you will have total editorial control of your Blog content. Feel free to weave in a few product and affiliate links where appropriate in your Blog content (something many article sites frown upon). Submit your blog to Blog and Web directories to help build the link popularity for your blog. Make sure you link your blog to your main website so anyone reading your Blog will be able to find you. You can also have your Blog syndicated via RSS to really explode your exposure. Be sure to add a resource box to the end of each article with a link to your website so that anyone syndicating your article via RSS will be able to find you.
http://www.blogger.com – the internet's most popular blogging service
http://www.geeklog.net – run your own blog on your own website with this free php-mysql package
http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/ - great listing of sites accepting RSS/Atom feeds, or Blog submissions.
3. Submit to Web Directories
There are literally thousands of Web Directories on the internet that will provide you a link to your site either for free, free with a reciprocal link, or for a fee. The most useful listing to have would be in the DMOZ.org directory which is the largest and most respected web directory on the internet. Getting listed can take 6-9 months if at all so you will definitely have to add some other directory targets to your short term plans.
Yahoo! offers an express paid directory listing for $299 USD a year which may be worth the price for your particular website. There are also a number of Quality Free Web Directories that should be on your to do list. Remember to submit to the most relevant category and preferably one with your keywords in the title and link anchor text.
http://www.seocompany.ca/directory/free-web-directories.html - excellent listing of free web directories
http://www.dmoz.org – the holy grail of free directory listings
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/busexpress.html - information on Yahoo Paid inclusion
4. Purchase links or seek out Link Partners
As long as you are continuing to build your links naturally utilizing the techniques above you can supplement your backlink count with a few carefully purchased links on high traffic sites. This can give you a double benefit of helping you boost your link popularity and also provide you a stream of traffic from the website itself if you have targeted your purchase correctly. If your site is about real estate, consider purchasing links in a real estate directory that has a large amount of traffic.
5. Post in relevant Forums
Search engine's love forums because they are moderated by humans and have a lot of ever-changing content on them. These types of sites are indexed regularly and can be a great place to spread the word about your site and gain link popularity. Every time you post your “signature” is attached to your posting which should contain a link to your site if you have set it up correctly.
6. Provide valuable original content or tools on your website
Writing articles or having unique tools that people would find valuable on your website are great ways to build up backlinks without having to expend effort. If you provide a great tool on your site for free other webmasters will link up to your site without you having to solicit them. The internet is an information source for most people, so give them what they want.
7. Seek Out Complimentary Link Partners
If you find resources that compliment the services you offer on your website, consider contacting the owner's of these websites and trading links with them. Do not make these judgments based on the site's page rank but rather focus on how relevant the other site's content is to yours.
http://www.reciprocalmanager.com – excellent program to manage your links directory
Google Tools (type these into the google search form)
Allinurl: ”keywords” – tells you all sites with “keywords” in their site URL
Allintitle: ”keywords” – tells you all sites with “keywords” in the site title tag
Allinanchor: ”keywords” – provides a listing of WebPages that contain “keywords” in the anchor text of links on those pages
Link: www.competitordomain.com – tells you who is linking to competitordomain. These sites may want to link back to your site as well (also works on MSN.com ).
For Yahoo:
Linkdomain: www.competitordomain.com – same as link: for Google, MSN
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About the Author
Mike offers professional SEO services including link building services from his site SEO Web Guide.
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