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  • Well-Written Articles: Explosive Traffic Boosters!


    To generate traffic

    In today’s highly competitive internet universe, the importance of attracting highly targeted website traffic to a given website cannot be overstated, especially in view of the fact that driving traffic to that website might just be the only means of survival in the cutthroat world of ecommerce.

    That having been said, however, getting a high search engine ranking – which is one of the most effective ways to drive traffic to your website – can be a very difficult, if not unsurmountable task; but fortunately there is a number of website promotion strategies a website owner (webmaster/publisher) can use to drive traffic to his/her website.

    Of the various traffic generation strategies you can utilize – if you are that webmaster/publisher – paid advertising and article marketing might be the least complicated; and while most other effective techniques require payment, there certainly are ways to promote your website and increase your website traffic without spending anything.

    Let’s take a closer look at the easiest free traffic boosting method mentioned above. Writing articles is one of the best website promotion strategies you can use, and this method can be very effective; and even if you’re not completely sold on this strategy you might want to read the following paragraphs for ways in which it can help explode your business.

    Reaching more people

    When you write good articles it would be a shame not to share them with other people, since you can publish those articles to your website, as well as submit them to other sites such as e-zines and online publishers. Keep in mind that by submitting your articles to these sites, you provide exposure not only to your ideas but also to your entire website.

    To get the full effect of any exposure from your well-written articles, simply include a link back to your site or include a short bio or other contact information in the resource box located below the main content area on most of these sites, thereby boosting your exposure and free advertising as well. Submit your articles to popular e-zines and take advantage of their popularity.

    Other site owners who find your article(s) relevant may also link back to your website, enabling you to increase your link popularity, which is one of the most important search engine ranking strategies in the internet world. Remember that most people are looking for information online; and by filling this need with your high quality articles you may reap the benefit of more exposure and higher web traffic.

    Free advertising: Search engine ranking

    Submitting your articles to other websites presents an opportunity to advertise your website without paying exorbitant fees; and although you should avoid marketing language in your articles and make it informative and useful to your readers, you can always include your site’s link in the resource box.

    In addition, by making your article relevant and helpful to your readers, you are building credibility for your website, which could ultimately lead to a visit and, hopefully, a purchase. Good quality content on a website is far better and more effective than a few lines of ad space. You have a very special opportunity to presell your product or service to prospective customers.

    Many successful article writers create a unique web page for marketing articles right on their websites and optimize the articles to make them more search-engine friendly, and you can (should) do the same thing; but you will need to use top-ranked keywords and Meta tags in order to give your website the highest search engine ranking it can have for those keywords.

    As soon as you upload the new webpage to your server, search engines will spider through it, thereby allowing you to get an increased search engine ranking and appear higher on the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). Remember that search engine optimized content is a very effective strategy to gain a high rank in search results.

    Link popularity & SEO

    Instead of looking for other sites that would want to establish reciprocal links with your website, you can simply submit an article to other sites as long as you don’t forget to include a link back to your site in the resource box; and when these websites pick up and publishes your article, you automatically get a link partner.

    However, you should try to get as many link partners as you can, as link popularity is one of the factors used by search engines in determining search engine rankings. Also make sure your article useful, if not compelling and appealing so that more websites will be encouraged to publish it.

    By making your site keyword rich you can greatly improve its search engine ranking; but avoid keyword stuffing (cramming your site with too many keywords), because keyword density is one of the most important factors that search engines use when determining the search engine ranking of websites. However, you should always provide relevant, useful and pertinent information.

    So resist the temptation to overuse keywords in the hopes of getting a high rank as this will definitely turn off most surfers, your readers and the search engine crawlers. Relevance and quality is still the most important things to consider when writing articles and it will be doubly useful to your site if you make your articles search-engine optimized.

    Good reputation & high credibility

    By writing excellent, original and relevant articles you not only give your site exposure, you are also creating a good impression on your prospects, as well as encourage more people to visit your site and do business with you; but it is just as important to establish an impressive reputation through your articles. You can do this by being seen as an expert in the field and you will get more customers eager to do business with you.

    Another way to build your credibility is through references and testimonials which from your articles getting positive feedback when you publish them in e-zines and free article sites. Make sure to record this positive feedback and comments to be used as promotional material on your website or in any of your promotional efforts.

    Your credibility will be greatly enhanced by positive feedback, as it will create a good impression on your prospects, as well as solidify your existing customer base. In this highly competitive environment, excellent credibility and trust may be the only things that can help you attract new customers or make loyal customers out of your existing base.

    The most important thing to remember about article marketing – which is essentially what this post was all about – is that articles which are original, relevant, useful, interesting and well-written are among the most important tools you can utilize to improve exposure to, and explode, your business on the Web.

  • The Pursuit of Affiliate Marketing Success




    The lure of affiliate marketing

    Over the past decade thousands of Internet users have decided to join the community of affiliate marketers, and there is no indication that enthusiasm for pursuing a career in affiliate marketing has waned, even if a significant number of those enthusiasts are getting involved on a part-time basis. There is no debating the degree to which technology is now a dominant force in our lives, both personal and business; and Internet use is the engine that drives that dominance; so becoming an affiliate marketer even in this 21st Century can still be a very wise one.

    That having been said, it is important to make the distinction between a decision to become an affiliate marketer and the commitment of time, money and other resources required to become a successful affiliate marketer, since anyone can decide to be an affiliate marketer; but success demands more, and it begins with learning the basics of affiliate marketing as a business, realizing what sacrifices will need to be made for you to accomplish your goals and then committing to make those sacrifices. It’s the only way to reach your affiliate marketing goals and objectives, which is prerequisite to achieving success.

    Due diligence is job one

    Make a few promises to yourself, the first of which should be to learn as much as possible about any affiliate marketing company or network before you join its program. Doing so is actually very easy, because all it a few hours of research with the help of your favorite search engine. Since search engines are the primary sources of information, you should be able to find most of what you’re looking for about a given company; but to be on the safe side, you should make sure the company has been operating for several years, and that the program being offered is a good and reliable one.

    On the other hand, it is quite possible that you might come across – or be invited to join – a company that has recently started (many new companies aggressively recruit affiliates); and if this is the case, your due diligence becomes the most important ally, since it is of the utmost importance to make sure that the owner is of good character and unquestionable credibility. As stated earlier, becoming an affiliate marketer is not a difficult thing to do, and doesn’t have to be made a complex task; but it is always prudent always use caution.

    Reward is equivalent to input

    Many individuals are under the impression that there is a lot of money to be earned in the affiliate marketing business without the need to invest a penny; and this couldn’t be further from the truth; because even though the majority of affiliate programs are free to join, the affiliate must invest money at some point in time during an affiliate marketing career if s/he expects to be successful. This becomes more evident when an affiliate marketer’s primary tasks are taken into consideration: To promote, market and sell the merchant’s products, with product sales being the main objective.

    In view of such tasks and objective the affiliate’s budget will most likely be expended on the advertising and promotion of websites, salesletters (sales pages), video creation and distribution, podcasts, blogs and other such methods of exposure in order to attract interested persons and convert them into buyers. In most scenarios however, the amount of money spent will be earned back in affiliate commissions paid by the merchants; and although those commissions may not be equivalent – in amounts or time span – to the affiliate’s expenditures, they nevertheless are paid when earned and due.

    Commitment to success

    To achieve success as an affiliate marketer will take time, effort, and a lot of hard work; and as pointed out earlier, the more an affiliate is willing to commit to making these sacrifices to his/her business, the greater the success s/he will achieve; but the most important characteristic an affiliate will need is persistence – or what is sometimes referred to as stick-to-it-ness, because there will be times when circumstance would present what might appear to be such hardships that “quitting” looks to be more attractive option than persisting. If you’re that affiliate, Just don’t quit.

    An affiliate marketing business (entrepreneurship?) can be one of the most rewarding among businesses that need little to no upfront investment to get started; but there are certain other things that will be needed, including a variety of different strategies and methods which range from creating one or more websites to promoting various products and/or services. You’ll also need to advertise, as well as keep in constant contact with any sub-affiliates you may have recruited. You should be ready to commit most of your time during the first few months of your program; and once your network begins to get established, your work load will lighten.

    No shortage of tools and support

    Always remember that even though the system of affiliate marketing may seem overwhelming at first, you should realize that you are surrounded by online support; but keep in mind that many of the individuals who join affilate programs are new to the business, so you’re not alone in your uncertainties. Many organizations and companies have around the clock support forums and customer support for those affiliates who need advice or assistance; and a lot of programs are equipped with e-books, tutorials, articles, and tips that will make your pursuit of affiliate marketing success a little easier.

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  • The Affiliate Marketer’s Quest for Effective SEO

    The questions about SEO

    With today’s sophisticated technology tools and resources, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) software, IT pros and the techniques they employ are light years ahead of where they were only a decade ago; and SEO is immense; so there are no secrets on how to rank high with the major search engines. However, there are still be a few questions relating to SEO and how it can be used to improve a Web business’ bottom line. Let’s first understand how search engines work before we start getting into details about how a business can benefit from SEO.

    Search engines generally specialize in providing their users with the most relevant and up-to-date information, intended to match certain search terms which those users place in search boxes to find specific items, topics, or people they’re interested in. Search engines are some of the most sophisticated pieces of technology which allow users to quickly find relevant websites by searching for a word or a phrase; and the results mean nothing to users if the information they get back does not relate to the search term, or if the results are old.

    Users expect fresh, new, relevant information from their searches, which is why webmasters and website owners update their websites everyday by adding fresh, new content intended to help them get noticed by the search engines. So, if you are going to sell any type of product or service online, you have to optimize your website for the search engines, in order to increase traffic and boost sales.

    The effectiveness of SEO

    Keep in mind that over 90% of a business’ sales and revenue will likely come directly from search engine results; and for that reason, it is absolutely important for a business to optimize its website for search engines in order for it to have the largest number of visitors, amount of interest and eventual sales. With this thought in mind, it is understandable that the most practical description of SEO is the process by which webmasters or online business owners utilize strategic copy to augment their website’s status.

    There is no doubt that the internet has grown at what has been said to be the fastest pace of any entity, era, or industry in history; and competition for the best search engine position has created an enormous market. Thus, a better understanding of the fundamental elements of SEO is vital for the success – and in many cases the very survival – of an online busines; so making use of effective search engine optimization techniques will improve the page rank of your website.

    There are many tricks that can be used to increase page rank; the most effective method being, to provide high quality content on a consistent basis; and while this may seem like a simple concept, there are many websites that fail to provide content that visitors may find interesting. Sites that provide content that is interesting (compelling?), well-written and regularly updated create highly engaged visitors who are more likely to return to the website at regular intervals.




    Developing a viable SEO strategy

    Consider setting your website apart from those boring, lifeless sites by providing the kind of content outlined above, but do it as a routine and according to a set schedule, and you’ll establishing yourself as a credible and reliable source of information while putting your site a step closer to achieving high page rank through search engine optimization.

    Another significant aspect of effective SEO is the inclusion of keywords and phrases within your site’s content; but in order to do this you must also take steps to properly target your (niche?) market by making sure that the keywords and phrases you place on your site are the keywords and phrase that the website is actually optimized for. Said another way, the more keywords you use in your content, the more likely it is that online visitors will find your site when they do some research with those words. If you use these techniques your overall SEO will increase and boost your page rank.

    Try also to develop a linking strategy as a part of your overall SEO strategy, as such a strategy will not only provide free advertising for your site, but it gives the impression that your site is imperative because of its affiliation with links of other interesting sites with topic relevance and similar content. For each link you have pointing back to your site is another chance for your potential customer to find you. The more inbound links you have pointing to your site, the higher you will be ranked in the search engines.

    Website plus content and SEO equals…

    Developing a content stratagem have been proven to be effective in SEO success, because people who get to search the internet are almost always looking for information; so the more information you provide for them, and the more helpful it is, the more likely you are to make the sale. Writing articles is the most effective way to build up content for your site; but when writing articles to post on your site, you must make sure to develop a clear and consistent method of arranging their content.

    You can write articles, arrange them and post them per the above suggestion by simply adding a new page to your site, as this will allow room for extra articles to be added when you write them, and will allow you to build up an archive of articles which will be maintained with the intent of attracting online visitors. Make sure also that your archived articles have been included in a directory that is next to the root web of your site so that the search engines will catalog your online articles.

    Is your site doing SEO?

    Always keep in mind that search engine optimization methods are important in developing your site’s status; and with that thing in mind, make sure that you write high-quality, keyword rich content and link your site to and from a deliberate family of other sites. These things will help improve your site’s popularity and attract increased interest in your online business through a consistent flow of visitors to your site.

  • Landing Pages: Essential to Affiliate Marketing


    Landing pages

    Put a landing page in your marketing toolbox – As an affiliate marketer, you will need to perform certain tasks and you’ll need a set of marketing tools to assist you in the performance of those tasks. However, what you don’t need to be concerned with is the development or creation of the products and/or services (‘products’) you are going to market, because they are all ready to go whenever you are. Consider the following scenario.

    You have already signed up with the Google Adsense program or with other affiliate marketing programs, and you have already prepared the ad you want to post on your affiliate’s site. Your mind is now set on being the next most successful online businessman; but is there something else you might have forgotten to prepare? Maybe nothing! However, have you thought to prepare landing pages? Are they all set for your business?

    Landing pages are simply web pages where visitors are directed to when they click a search engine results page link or an ad on the Web. For affiliate marketers, landing pages are utilized to entice website visitors to spend more time browsing their pages; and for merchants they are used to direct potential customers to particular product pages on their websites. Keep in mind that most product links on an affiliate’s website would lead to unique landing pages created by the merchants.

    Landing pages are, at most times, not really different from other web pages in a particular website, especially if the website referred to is an e-commerce site. Some online business persons would even use the homepage of their websites as the landing page for their ads. Are these business persons making a big mistake? Or should you follow their method in creating landing pages for your ads?

    Well, you can always follow what most online retailers do: direct their potential customers to the homepages of their websites. But if you want to achieve something more from your online business, and if you want to earn a lot of profit, you’d be better off creating a special landing page for your web ads. Why? There are a few reasons why you need to use landing pages for your web ads. And take note that it would be much better if you create a great landing page as oppose to a so-so one.

    Pay-per-click

    It is the only way affiliate marketers get conversions – There are a variety of affiliate marketing programs today, but most of these programs let the merchant pay the affiliate in a pay per click (PPP) basis. Basically, all you have to do is sign up with the program and submit your ad. The program owner would then distribute your ad to various affiliates who would then place your ad on their websites. Whenever your ad is clicked, a visitor would be directed to your landing page and you would have to pay the affiliate for his/her service.

    As a merchant, you earn money through conversions —that result when a visitor is directed to your site and actually buys a product before leaving. Without these conversions, you actually earn nothing from the program. Also, the more visitors your affiliates have directed to your site, the larger would your expense wpould be. And the only way you can recover from these expenses is through conversions.

    Of course you probably won’t get any conversion if you post an ad on your affiliate’s site without an actual landing page for the potential customer to be redirected into. It’s just like advertising a product without actually having a store from which to sell your product. Your advertisement may be enticing enough to encourage people to purchase a product, but without the landing page, how will they know where and how to purchase that product?

    It is therefore important to have landing pages for your ads because it is the only way for you to earn some money in an affiliate program. Without landing pages, all you do is spend money paying your affiliates without actually getting anything in return.

    The home page

    Other web pages may just not be enough – Many affiliates make the mistake of making their website’s homepage as the landing page for their ads. The same is true for those who make use of other pages like a “contact us” page or a product page. Homepages are often designed to serve multiple users and contain a lot of links to other pages or to other websites.

    The same is true for the other two pages mentioned. If you want to be successful in an affiliate program, it is best not to have your landing page to cater to the needs of various people, most of which may not be really interested in your product.

    When choosing a landing page, you must always have the customer directed into that page you intended. Therefore your landing page must be relevant to the keywords and content you placed in your ad. It is also important that the landing page induce your visitor to take action by clicking on one of your product links or at least provide leads for potential customers.

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    Final Word

    You probably entered into an affiliate marketing program with these things in mind: to save on advertising expenses and to gain more profit. But if you get into an affiliate marketing program without actually having a landing page, you’ll end up paying too much without getting anything in return. So if you still don’t have a landing page for your ads, you better start creating one now; and don’t get wrong idea; it isn’t enough for you to have just a landing page…it should be a great landing page. Good luck!

  • Entryway to eCommerce and Affiliate Marketing


    A HBB/WBB lifestyle

    Our lives were changed forever with the creation of this marvelous resource we know as the Internet (the Web), as well as the mass production of computers from the late 80’s and beyond. Today everyone has the potential to be their own boss, whether the individual identifies with a specific group such as stay-at-home moms, manual laborers, multi-level marketers (MLMers) or home-based business (HBB) owners in general.

    Any individual interested in starting a business would need only to do search on Google for business opportunities and such a search will provide more results, in more industries, than s/he could ever imagine. However, even though an individual may think it’s easy to make a living on the Web, such an endeavor actually requires a solid business plan and a lot of hard work.

    Although making enough money to support the average lifestyle is admittedly not easy in a HBB and/or Web-based business (WBB), it is possible to start and build such a business while continuing to work on your your current job, and as such, your potential market – once your business gains adequate exposure on the Web – is a lot bigger than that of the typical offline retail stores.

    A few WBB types

    The first thing you will need to do when starting your own home-based/Web-based business is decide what type of business is right for you, and then do the necessary research to support the viability of your business type. Some possible business choices open to enterprising beginners are:

    • Affiliate Marketing
    • AdSense-Type Programs
    • Ghost Writing (if you’re good with words)
    • Blogging
    • Scrap Booking
    • Selling Information Products (ebooks)
    • MLM (Multi-Level Marketing)
    • Selling on eBay
    • Network Marketing
    • And many more to choose from!

    The methodology

    A sampling of how the top 3 choices work

    Affiliate marketing programs will pay you a commission for promoting and selling products owned and serviced by companies and individuals commonly referred to as merchants. According to this kind of arrangement you, the affiliate, will have very little contact with customers, as role will be to provide sales leads to the merchants with whom you have m ade agreements to promote products/services.

    AdSense-type programs will allow you to place contextual advertisements on any website, blog or video you own or produce. These advertisements are most often in the form of links, banners, buttons and badges produced by Google (originator and regulator of the AdSense program), Yahoo/Bing Network, or other such network. You, as the member and website owner/publisher, will receive compensation (few cents at the most) when someone clicks on a banner or link on your website.

    The third method is ghost writing which allows you to use your talent as a writer (word smith?) to compose articles, blog posts, and various types of literary works, including press releases, resumes, sales letters (copywriting) etc., for others who may not have the time or skill to do it themselves and therefore are willing to pay you for doing it.

    Starting out

    You will probable have to start out as an associate (member) of an already established company such as Freelancer or Fiverr that has the system in place, before branching out on your own. But either way your earnings are virtually guaranteed as long as your work is good and you deliver on time.

    When it all comes down to it, you’ll need to set up a business and web site to derive the most benefit from either eCommerce or affiliate marketing; and as mentioned earlier such an undertaking entails a lot of hard work, long hours and dedication – although in the end it will prove to be well worth the investment in time, energy and the limited money required to get your business up, running and flourishing.

  • Affiliate Marketing Fosters Multiple Streams of Income


    Resource assessment

    Are you familiar with the phrase “multiple streams of income”? Do you know what this phrase means? For many business persons, creating multiple streams of income online or offline is one way to financially secure themselves and their businesses for the future, while simultaneously avoiding (dodging?) the so-called famine effect dreaded by many in the business industry. As a practical and protective step those engaged in the affiliate marketing business should pursue multiple streams of affiliate marketing income since relying on one stream could prove detrimental if it ceases.

    If you were to ask any of the more successful online entrepreneurs about the wisdom of establishing multiple streams of online income, they would tell you it is highly recommended. That is not to say, however, that doing so is easy since such a strategy involves careful planning, goal-setting and commitment, as well as a healthy dose of persistence and hard work. That having been said, the very first step an affiliate marketer must take in creating multiple streams of income is to assess/evaluate his/her resources.

    Use the skills of others

    So if you are an affiliate marketer who wish to establish multiple streams of income and you are at the assessment/evaluation stage, you must first assess yourself and evaluate your resources. Also, you might want to Jot down your own answers to these questions:

    • What are the talents, abilities and strengths you possess?
    • Are you gifted with excellent and creative writing skills?
    • Can you do well at sales?
    • Are you good in communicating with people?
    • Are you born with an artistic skill?
    • Do you possess a unique ability that others do not have?

    Through this exercise you can determine the type of business in which you can excel. Next step would be to look around and write down your assets and physical resources such as computer, color printer, scanner, digital camera, cell phone, CD or DVD burner and any other equipment/tools that can be used in your efforts.

    This list becomes your resources! Consider also to ask your friends and family if they possess any skills or resources that you can have access to. Remember that no man is an island so you should try to use talents, skills, knowledge and resources of everyone you know.

    Research & training

    Those are basically the essential first steps you must take if you want to create multiple income streams; and if you’re already a webmaster or a website owner you definitely have an edge in the sense that you may be able and ready to simply join an affiliate marketing program and generate some extra income out your own website that will go a long way in helping you achieve your overall objective.

    Being involved in affiliate marketing is one of the most desirable ways to create multiple sources of income, because affiliate marketing programs come in various shapes and forms and there are large numbers of affiliate marketing programs that you can research, compare and sign on with a few to start generating income right away. Affiliate marketing lets you to make money by promoting, selling and reselling affiliate products/services (‘products’) as well as by recruiting new affiliates and sub-affiliates.

    What is also good about this business is that you can find a wide array of training materials which can be used to enhance your marketing abilities which in turn helps you to identify genuine products to promote and sell where the end result is generating real income, but also putting you on a solid footing to establish multiple streams of income.

    It’s a business!

    Whether you start out as a part time or full time affiliate marketer, it is important that you approach affiliate marketing as a business to which you are committed (devoted?) and responsible for its management, reputation and profitability. Simply acknowledging that it is an excellent way to create multiple income streams by means of promoting products from web merchants is not enough. You must work hard to make it successful, otherwise you may as well be engaged in affiliate marketing as a game, hobby or other kind of exercise for fun.

    Consider this for a moment: Where else can you get affiliate commissions without investing big bucks to make your own product? And how many other businesses can you go into without worrying about book keeping, customer support and ecommerce? Not many! As an affiliate marketer, all you have to do is promote and resell the products on your website and refer potential customers to merchants’ sites and product pages where, if/when purchases are mde by these customers, you get paid.

    When attempting to create multiple streams of income in affiliate marketing, it is advisable to promote promote products from different merchants so that your visitors will have variety of destinations to choose from. Using multiple merchants from the same site or niche is really the only practical way to create multiple streams of affiliate income. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this business strategy because it is one of the best ways to protect your business and expand your horizons.

    Know your product

    This strategy is almost a guarantee against you experiencing a crisis if ever one of your web merchants closes his/her program. However, you should choose only those affiliate programs that interest you so that you can effectively advertise and promote them. Don’t ever be tempted to sign up for numerous affiliate programs in the hope that one of them will bring income. Select wisely and don’t be engaged in selling products you know nothing about. Go with the stuff that jives with your enthusiasm and your passion will help capture visitors’ attention and guide them to your affiliate link.

    As was mentioned earlier, you work hard to make your multiple streams of income more stable; and you can do this by embracing certain strategies and tactics; but also by developing within yourself, the traits that can help you become successful in any kind of business. Such traits might be described as patience, persistence and thirst for knowledge.

    Just remember the adage about putting “all your eggs in one basket.” Avoid putting all your affiliate marketing eggs (in this case, your hard work, hopes and aspirations) in one basket (one affiliate merchant) because if that one goes down there’s a strong possibility that you’ll go down with it; but if you have several, losing one will not have as devestated an effect on your affiliate marketing business; you will still have a steady flow of income to rely on.