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  • Free Article Content as Money-Making Resource

    Some webmasters (website owners and/or publishers) set out to make money by using articles from free content directories in the hope of attracting visitors to their website and product pages.

    Among webmasters who employ this tactic are those who have just begun working as affiliates for various companies and, as such, have little to no cash resources to purchase articles, although they need to build small niche websites to attract visitors and begin earning money.

    Although this can sometimes be the only option for those who are operating on an almost non-existent budget, it is not the most suitable way to effectively build your website or revenue.

    There are a few reasons why this is potentially detrimental to your business building efforts, and under these circumstances detrimental translates to predicament. Here are a number of problems that can result from using articles from free content directories.

    Predicament #1 – Search Engines

    Search engines will look down (frown) upon your site if it is found to have exactly the same (duplicated) content found on other sites; and the more sites that share your content, the less it will help you achieve good position on SERP (Search Engine Results Page) rankings.

    Good search engine rankings are essential in getting visitors to your site so that they have a chance to click on your affiliate links. If you cannot even attract visitors then will never make money; so working on the search engine optimization of your site so that you will eventually be high enough in the SERPs to get customers, should be priority one.

    Predicament #2 – Getting visitors to click

    Although getting your site high on search engine result pages and acquiring site visitors is hard work, unfortunately this is only half of the battle. You must also be able to convince those visitors to click on your affiliate links, and if your visitors see the same content they have seen on a number of other sites, they will be less likely to click on your links. This is because most people want to buy things that are recommended by people they consider trustworthy or whom they believe to be experts on the subject they’re writing about.

    If your content is just duplicated from other sites, you will be exposed as someone who does not really know what they are talking about and therefore will not look favorably on your product recommendations. This will reduce the number of website visitors who are willing to click through.

    Predicament #3 – Author Bylines

    Most free content is only given to you if you agree to place the authors byline under the article (you can get into trouble if you try to use it without following the stipulated rules) and this poses a problem because in the sense that most author bylines include links.

    Therefore when a reader gets done reading a really intriguing article, there is a strong possibility that they will click on the author’s byline link rather than your affiliate links.

    This is the entire reason why these authors offer free content to begin with, so that they can get their names and links out there to the public. Using this type of content may mean shooting yourself in the foot and losing any profits anticipated from your website visitors.

    Once you put these three problems together, you are looking at a serious decline in revenue simply because you used free website content from article directories. Although it may be the only option for some you should buy your own original content if you have the money to so.

    If, on the other hand, you don’t have the money, you may be better off writing your own content about a subject you are familiar with and then hiring professional services once you have made enough of a profit to work with.

  • Making Money with Article Writing Specialists

    Finding the right freelance writer to produce your revenue generating articles can take a bit of time; however, if you find one that can easily take on another regular client and the two of you work well together, then that one difficult search will have turned into a lot of profitable articles.

    When you start your search, you may want to begin with a very small group of articles, just in case you happen too hook up with a writer that you are less than thrilled with. It is important to keep in mind that there are several different types of writing and each writer might be highly skilled in one area, yet lack in another.

    For example, there is creative/fiction writing, biographical writing, news writing, general informational article writing, critical writing, copy-writing, poem/verse writing, technical writing, medical writing, essay/report writing, and sports writing.

    One thing you must keep in mind is the reality that because a writer may be highly skilled in one area, s/he might not be skillful in other areas despite the fact that many freelance writers spread themselves out into others areas anyway. So, it is critical that any writer you choose be cap[able of producing the type of content that you need.

    To find a freelance writer, you can look at various freelancing websites that will allow you to post the specification of your project and your budget. From there, writers will make bids on your project and provide you with writing samples so that you can get an idea of their skill level.

    However it is important that you choose a writer who gives you a sample of the type of article that you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for a copy-writer, do not hire someone who only sent you a sports writing sample. S/he may be an outstanding sports writer, but copy-writing is about selling (a product, service, or yourself) to your website visitors.

    In conclusion, the more you are willing to pay per article, the more bids you will get from quality writers who know how to entertain and inform your website visitors so that they keep coming back for more. Writers know that you will eventually make a ton of money off each article or content piece.

    So although $30 or more for a 500 word article may seem like a lot, when you think about the service they are providing you, and the time and effort that they put into your piece, you will realize that it really is not a lot for that one article. If you pay for quality, you will be amazed at how much you will eventually make off of your articles.

  • Making Money with Articles as an Affiliate

    If you can do one of two things relating to article marketing, you can become an affiliate and earn money on the Web. The two things are writing good to great articles and possessing the promotion and marketing skills to publicize articles that others write. Many successful affiliates will tell you that becoming an affiliate for several companies may be a great way for you to generate a good income right from your own home.

    You can be like many affiliates who receive part of the revenue from sales that are the result of Internet users who visit a merchant’s product/service page via “click throughsa” from your website on which the merchant’s links are strategically placed on various pages.

    Since you will be promoting a product or service, your most helpful tools are going to be a powerful and effective sales pitch as well as compelling website content intended to pique your readers’ interest in the products/services you’re promoting; because ultimately your objective is to convince them that they cannot live without the product/service in the hopes of keeping them coming back to your website time and time again for more recommendations in addition to your useful content.

    All these steps combined are geared to get them clicking on your links once again. Although many affiliate companies only give you money off of the first sale you make from each customer, you have the option of promoting a good range of companies so that you can still make a profit off of your returning customers.

    If you cannot write this kind of content on your own, there are many ways to pick up free or paid-for content to place on your affiliate website, keeping in mind – of course – that there are many reasons why paying for such articles would be to your advantage.

    First, you will be able to tell the writer exactly what you want, the kind of product you are trying to sell, and what direction they can go in to keep your readers interested and informed. On the other hand, when you search for free content, you are limited to what is already out there.

    Secondly, you will own the copyright to this content. That means that no one else can reuse it without your consent; but if you opt for free content, you will be sharing that content with an unknown number of other affiliate websites, plus the original author will be able to place their byline at the bottom of each article which could result in them stealing your traffic.

    There are many products that have nice affiliate commission rates for those who know how to pre-sale their product and deliver click through customers that are ready to buy. As long as you choose to promote a product or service that can be very useful to a wide variety of people, then pre-selling your chosen company may not be that difficult at all. The key in this situation may likely be getting those customers to your website so that they have a chance to see your recommendations and click on your affiliate links.

     

  • Money from Content Articles and Banner Ads

    What banner ads can do for you

    When you are trying to make money off the articles on your website, it is important to effectively promote your website so that you will attract customers and they can see just what a good, quality site you have. There are several ways to market and promote your website, one of them being with banner ads.

    Banner ads can help bring visitors from other sites to your own. Although monthly fees can be expensive to advertise on high traffic sites, it may be cheaper and/or faster in the long run to start seeing significant revenue from your website advertising efforts, rather than waiting for SEO techniques to bring your site to the top of search engine results pages (SERPs).

    Aside from paying to advertise on website owned by someone else, there are also free banner exchanges you can choose from, so we will look at the pros and cons of each banner advertising method below.

    Free banner exchanges

    Free banner exchanges are the result of various website owners (webmasters like you and other site owners) exchange each others banners in a way that allows their banner(s) to go on your site and your banner(s) to go one theirs; and although this option is free, there are two main problems with it.

    First, if you want your banner on a significant number of sites, it will mean cluttering your own site up with banners from all these other website owners. This could even work to defeat your purpose if you run an affiliate website because, instead of clicking on your affiliate links, your visitors may be clicking on your banner exchange links.

    Secondly, you have to be really careful about the types of sites that you exchange banners with, since some sites like to gather a as many banners as they can so that they can create a banner a directory or portal site and not really have any relevant or useful content. These “banner farms” or “link farms” will do nothing positive for your site and, in the meantime, you will be bringing them potential traffic.

    Paid banner ads

    As we saw above, paid banner ads cost money, but they will eventually pay off if you choose the right ones. You need to ensure that the site produces the amount of traffic that their owners say they do, and that they have your ad placed in a strategically conducive location which works to invite visitors to click without being too pushy.

    You’ll also want to choose a site that does not house too many other banners on the same page as yours or that there are no competitor links on the same page. All in all, banner ads can end up being profitable for you site if you go about it the right way; so if you do decide to check out banner advertisement as a marketing strategy, be sure to keep the above tips in mind.

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  • Your Articles in Article Directories: Income

    Article directories are websites that house free articles. These articles are usually put there by whoever owns the copyright to them, and each serves its writer in a promotional capacity in the sense that it includes a byline which appears under the article so that visitors who eventually read it will know who wrote it (or at least who owns it) and will be able to get in contact with him/her or visit the owner’s website for further information.

    Article directories are a great place to put your articles so that they will – potentially – make you money if they receive enough exposure and readership. By using this method, visitors to the directory who are interested in your product or service will see your article, acknowledge you as an expert on the subject and will probably visit your website.

    Even if you don’t have a lot of confidence in ytour ability to write, or have little or no knowledge of the product/service you are promoting (for example, running an affiliate website), you can always hire a writer to do the work for you. It is important to point out here, however, that getting quality articles written could be expensive at first, but they will pay for themselves in little time – either through affiliate sales or selling your own services – and the income from then on will be all profit.

    Let’s take a real life example. Imagine that you are an accountant working from home and you write an article on an accounting topic and place it on various article directories. Those who are looking for the subject you wrote about will read your article, see that you have the knowledge and skill necessary to do a job for them.

    In this scenario there is really nothing to prevent them from visiting your website or contacting you by email to learn more about your product or service. Your article will have gained you a new client who may use your services regularly, but will definitely give you a nice profit at least once.

    Furthermore, since you have posted it on a free article directory, others who have affiliate websites about accounting will most likely use your article for their website; and since they must attach your byline to it, this will bring you even more exposure for every website that re-posts your article thereby providing even more benefits to you from the traffic that they get to their website.

    There are numerous article directories out there for you to utilize. Among them is iSnare, eZines and Go Articles. That having been said, your bet best might be to put a copy of each of your articles on every one the free article directories for maximum exposure. It will eventually help to bring more traffic and customers to your website, which will lead to new orders and even more profit.

     

  • Small Companies Can Pursue Big Business

    Like the movie

    In the movie “You’ve Got Mail”, if you put the love angle aside for a moment you’ll remember a sub-plot in which heroine Annie Reed (played by Meg Ryan) was forced out of business when big-time bookstore owner Sam Baldwin (played by Tom Hanks) moved into town.

    You may recall that Annie owned a quaint little bookstore which she inherited from her mother, and although the prices of her books are a little more costly, she makes up for it with excellent service which included packing the books in a specialized bag and knowing all her customers by name.

    Sam, on the other hand, moved into town to build a branch for a big chain-bookstore which offered discounted prices out of a huge building which housed the company’s operations, which made Annie’s little bookshop on one corner of the town’s street seem inconsequential.

    As the movie went, Annie was forced out of business because her customers went to Sam’s monstrous bookshop, and although they did not get the kind of customized service offered by the small “mom and pop” store she operated they paid less and presumably benefitted from having a larger selection of books.

    Thinking back to the movie, we’re told that Annie was forced out of business because she can no longer realize a profit due to her prices being too steep as compared to her competitor’s big business discounted rates; and therefore her only edge is to provide personal service and employ a very small staff (about 2 or 3 employees).

    The movie aside, however, this situation no longer holds true in the modern-day business environment, as more and more small businesses are blazing the trail and giving big businesses a dose of their own medicine.

    Competition

     

    As a small organization you may consider incorporating these tools, resources and features in your daily operations as an edge in competing against the big business sharks. That having been said, here are a few tips on how you can hold your own against a big business:

    1. Small businesses have big competition – This means that you need to know how to survive out there. No matter what nature of business you own or manage, it is better to learn about the competition so that you will be able to survive.

    2. Keep your business alive – When it seems as if your cash flow is on a downward spiral, keep a tight rein on your budget. Do not spend on unnecessary business purchases, and always balance your books. If you are one who is prone to buying on impulse, or if you are the type who listens to those that sweet-talk you into purchasing “necessary” items, control yourself. Get a second and third opinion if possible, as these impulsive buys may lead to the end of your small organization.

    3. Do not be afraid to seek professional help – The fall of most small businesses start with decisions on problems which are not carefully analyzed. Although you may think that you already have a contingency plan, make sure you have foreseen the results of a particular business decision; but in the long run, it is better to seek professional help than to embark on a plan that could lead to the downfall of your business.

    4. Keep your books straight – The better option is for you to hire an outside accountant who is a professional to figure the returns of your investment and handle other financial aspects of your business.

    5. Take advantage of every free business counseling whenever available – This not only helps to broaden your knowledge, but it will also give you an idea of how other businesses are managed by small-scale owners.

    6. Know exactly where your business is headed – In your day-to-day operation, make sure you know where you want your company to be five or ten years down the road, and be always aware of the trends in your industry. Practice good money management and learn how to recognize potential problems before they arise.

    7. Learn how to market your small organization – Marketing is not about trying to sell your products and services to everyone, but rather, it is about knowing who to market your products to. In marketing, it is good to remember these fast facts:

    • Know about your customers.
    • Communicate with your customers.
    • Build a good and personalized relationship with your customers.
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    This will be a great edge for you to have against the bigger companies. They might offer discounted prices but it is harder for them to keep track of customers on as personal a level as you can.

    As a small organization, you need to routinely review the markets that you need to pursue so that you can better reach out to your customers. Remember, small organizations are big businesses these days so do not be afraid to work hard for the company that you have – no matter it’s size; because ultimately, if you work hard, make wise business decisions, learn how to market your small business and personalize your customer interaction, your small-scale business is sure to rise to the top.

  • Getting Job-Related Referrals from Warm Contacts

    Relying on warm contacts

    Some job applicants may find it difficult to use networking in their pursuit of a good job because they cannot rely on their warm contacts to provide the information needed. It is almost a certainty that the average job applicant would, at some point during the job search, have to ask his/her list of warm contacts for referrals to at least two people they know who will be able to provide job-related information.

    However, there are times that a warm contact – particularly if s/he doesn’t know the applicant well – may not readily provide the information requested; and some warm contacts might feel reluctant about vouching for the applicant to their other contacts.

    Based on this set of facts – if you are the applicant – it could possibly be difficult to effectively use your network in your pursuit of acceptable employment. Therefore we’ve put together a few tips we hope will be helpful in simplifying your networking and referral-getting efforts.

    Nurture your warm contacts

    Before you even have a need to all on your warm contacts or before you even ask for help, make sure to keep in touch with each member of your warm contacts list. You can easily do this by sending notes or greeting cards from time to time; you can make a phone call to chat a little with them them; you could also invite them to lunch, show interest or help in their business; or do anything to cultivate your relationship with them.

    By nurturing the relationship, you will find it much easier to reach out to them when you need their help, because they will remember you and therefore will more readily provide information about their other contacts that are able to assist you.

    Be polite and listen

    Since you might not have close personal relationships with some of your valuable warm contacts, it may inappropriate – depending on the individual – to just give them a call and ask them for information about your field of interest. Sometimes, sending a note in advance, or asking to meet them for lunch is a better way to ask for their help.

    Most of the time, even if your warm contact knows little about the field in which you are attempting to find a job, they might still offer you advice. However, it is during these interactions that you must be polite and show interest in what they are saying; because, who knows? the information they’re sharing might possibly be valuable to you in the future.

     

    There are times when your warm contacts may be giving you tips on which approach will work best when you talk to the persons you are being referred to; and your warm contacts may also imply what qualities and qualifications the person is looking for, so it is important to listen attentively, thereby showing interest in what they have to say.

    Ask for at least two referrals

    Before you ask for referrals, make sure your warm contact had said everything s/he has to say about your field of interest. Even if s/he knows little about that field, it is impolite if you interrupt while s/he is speaking simply to ask an inane question like, if s/he knows anyone who will be able to help you.

    If s/he wasn’t able to refer you to at least one contact, thoughtfully ask why s/he couldn’t do so. You might get answers that include indirect comments or suggestions. The contact may also indicate a lack of confidence in your work strategy, and if so, you may have to make follow up calls/meetings with them to prove that you are indeed credible and have the ability to match his/her requirements.

    However, there are also times when a warm contact can’t refer you to his/her own contacts because s/he simply doesn’t know anybody who might have the information or interest in the product. In this case, ask that s/he keep you in mind and continue looking for opportunities that you might be interested in. Of course you could also leave copies of your resume with all your warm contacts.

    Ask only for two referrals

    The rule of thumb is that two referrals are enough from each warm contact since a job applicant should have a second option in case the first one didn’t work out. On the other hand, asking for more than two referrals could be seen as impolite because it could be too time consuming for your warm contact.

    Also, such a request might make your warm contact feel that you are relying too heavily on him/her for your job search. So unless they volunteer the information, don’t ask for more than 2 referrals.

    Contact referrals as soon as possible

    When your warm contacts provide you with referrals, they might also call these people to personally provide more information about you. Contrarily, when you contact the people to whom you were referred, your referrals may call your warm contacts to verify the information or to ask for more information about you.

    Either way, you have to contact your referrals early enough so that these they can still remember their conversation with your warm contact, or your warm contact can still remember you have talked to them. At times, after your referrals were contacted by your warm contacts, they anticipate your call and even prepare questionnaires and exams for you to take.

    Do not waste this opportunity by delaying follow-up on referrals. We hope that keeping these tips in mind will help you during the occasions that you have to ask your warm contacts for good referrals.