Vol 11 issue 2
In this issue:
5 Easy Steps to Free and Profitable Article Marketing
Why So Many People Fail In Affiliate Marketing
What is Search Engine Optimization
Can You Earn a Full Time Income From Your Computer?
Article Marketing Tips 101: The Importance of Good Keyword Selection
Getting the Best Merchant Services deal?
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Author: Jason Pearson
For starters, go to your favorite search engine to look for the following tools: 1) a free Clickbank account, 2) a free Blogger account, 3) a free keyword research tool and 4) a free text editor.
Follow these next steps to establish a good foundation and earn easy income:
1. Do keyword research. Once you have your free tool, do a
search for low competition keywords. These will have less than 5,000 competing pages at Google (if entered between quotation
marks) and more than 300 searches a month. Aim to find 5-10 solid keywords surrounding the same topic. The goal is to find keywords that earn a first page ranking with Yahoo, Google and Msn.
If youre having trouble deciding which market to target, begin checking common phrases such as: tips, how to, purchase, help, cure...etc.
2. Promote a digital product. Use Clickbank.com to find a
product that is related to your topic. Youll want it to pay at least $15-20. Once you’ve generated your affiliate link be
sure to write it down. 3. Use article writing. Create an
informative article with the focus on each of your keywords that is about 400 words in length. Then, include your keyword in the title as well as the first and the last paragraph. Also, be sure to include it throughout the article. You may also want to use a couple other keywords that are relevant to your topic. The goal here is to get a good rank with the search engines.
Consider the bio box to be of highest importance, which contains information about you as well as a link to your blog. If you include your keyword in your bio box it will serve as an anchor text link to your blog as well.
4. Set up a blog. Sometimes you may find that the article
directories no longer allow affiliate links in the bio box.
Therefore, ultimately your blog will be the place people end up.
When setting up your blog, the focus is to keep it simple while acting as a pre-sell page for your product so that people are directed to click your Clickbank affiliate link to find out more. It’s a good idea to create a blog for each product that you promote, while giving it a name that pertains to your keyword.
5. Submit your articles. Dont settle for an article directory
that has a PR of less than 5. These ones are favored by Google, which is good for first page rankings as well as large amounts of traffic. Start by posting an article a day to each directory without repeating the article among directories.
Ezinearticles.com and Goarticles.com are good choices to use.
Just make sure that the articles are not lacking in quality.
Article marketing is all about numbers. More articles will equal more money! Keep in mind that not every product will be profitable. So, try out a new product each week while submitting 5-10 articles each time.
These five simple steps are tried and true in the strategies of affiliate marketing. In just a short amount of time you will soon experience residual income benefits that are likely to last.
About the author:
Jason Pearson is an online marketing expert who wants to share his secrets with the world. To find out more...
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Author: Steve Sharpe More and More people are lured into affiliate marketing and you might be one
of them. Indeed, affiliate marketing is one of the most effective means of
generating a full-time income through the Internet. Its a fair deal between the
merchandiser and his affiliates as both benefit from each sale realised. Like in
other kinds of business, a great deal of the profits in affiliate marketing
depend on the affiliates advertising, promoting and selling strategies.
Everyday, as the affiliate marketing industry expands, competition heightens as
well so an affiliate marketer must be creative enough to employ unique and
effective ways to convince potential buyers to purchase the products and
services he is offering. Compared to traditional advertising practices, affiliate programs are more
effective, risk-free and cost-efficient. But why do many people still fail in
affiliate marketing? There are a lot of reasons and a lot of areas in the
program to look into. The most critical aspect in the affiliate program is advertising. Many
affiliate marketers fail in this aspect because they don't work hard enough.
Although it pays to be lucky, you cannot merely rely on it. Affiliate marketing
isn’t as simple as directing customers to the business site. If you want
to earn big, of course, you have to invest time and a lot of hard work in
promoting the products. As mentioned earlier, the competition is very high and
customers nowadays are very wise, too. After all, who doesnt want to get the
best purchase"that is, to pay less and get more in terms of quantity and
quality. Lack of preparation is also a reason why one fails in affiliate marketing,
whether he is a merchandiser or an affiliate. Part of the preparation is
research. On the part of the merchant, he has to be highly selective in choosing
the right affiliate websites for his affiliate program. In order to be sure he
has the best choices, he must have exhausted his means in looking for highly
interested affiliates whose sites are a sure fit to his products and services.
The affiliates site visitors must match his targeted customers. On the other
hand, the affiliate marketer must likewise research on the good-paying
merchandisers before he signs up for an affiliate program. He must ensure that
the merchants products and services match his interests so he can give his full
attention and dedication to the program. He can get valuable information by
joining affiliate forums, comparing different affiliate programs and reading
articles on affiliate marketing where he can get tips from experienced affiliate
marketers on how to choose the best merchants and products with high conversion
rate. The website is a very important tool in the whole affiliate program. As an
affiliate marketer, you should plan how your site is going to be, from domain
name to the design, the lay-out, the content, and ads. Some users are particular
about what they see at first glance and thus if they find your site ugly, they
wont read through the content even if your site has great content. On the other
hand, there are those who want information more than anything else. Affiliate
marketers with rich-contentWhy So Many People Fail In Affiliate Marketing
Websites with high quality content with relevant keywords and more importantly, right information about the product and not empty hyped-up advertisements"allow you to earn big in affiliate marketing even when youre asleep. If you can't sustain the interest of your site visitors, you wont be able to lead them to the merchants site. No click-through means no sale and thus, no income on your part.
Selecting a top level domain name is also crucial to the success of the affiliate program. Lots of affiliate sites dont appear in the search engine results because they are deemed by affiliate managers as personal sites. Major search engines and directories would think of your site as transient ones and thus, they won’t list it in the directory. Before you decide on the domain name, know first what you are going to promote. Many fail because their sites are not appropriately named, so even when they feature the exact products the customer is looking for, the customer might think the site is not relevant and thus, wont enter the site.
Above all, an affiliate marketer must be willing to learn more.
Certainly, there are still a lot of things to learn and so an affiliate marketer must continue to educate himself so he can improve his marketing strategies. Many fail because they dont grow in the business and they are merely concerned about earning big quickly. If you want long-term and highly satisfactory results, take time to learn the ins and outs of the business.
Continue to improve your knowledge especially with the basics in affiliate marketing ranging from advertising to programming, web page development, and search engine optimization techniques.
Likewise, study the needs and wants of your site users and how different merchandisers compete with each other.
Keep on trying; dont get disappointed if your first attempts don't pay off. Thousands are attracted by the possibility of generating skyrocketing incomes through affiliate marketing and so they sign up in any affiliate program without carefully understanding every aspect of the business. When they dont get instant results, they quit and sign up for another program and repeat the process of just copying links and referring them to others. When you sign up for an affiliate program, don’t expect to get rich in an instant. Work on your advertising strategies and be patient. Youll never know how much you can get if you dont persevere.
About the author:
To get your free ebook 'Article Marketing Avalanche', please visit http://www.articleland.co.uk. Steve Sharpe is the CEO & Editor in Chief of http://www.informationbooth.net and http://www.articleland.co.uk. He has been in internet marketing for a number of years and can be reached for further information at his websites.
Author: Brandon Sheley
Search Engine Optimization, SEO, is when a web site owner creates the content on his or her web pages to be more search engine friendly. By doing this the web site receive higher search engine rankings when people search for terms related to the site's content. So what's so important about search engine optimization. Well, if you've worked hard to create a Web site you'll want lots of people to visit it.
If you optimize your web pages for the search engines, a robot will search and index your site more effectively giving it a higher ranking in various search engines. The better you are at search optimization the higher placement you'll get. The goal is to get on the first page of results and ultimately the number one spot! The higher the ranking the more traffic you'll get to your site through this method. More traffic means more revenue for you.
When creating your Web site, you'll want to use the right search engine optimization techniques. This will have a major impact on the success of your Web site. You can hire a company with SEO expertise to do it for you or you can study SEO and apply several techniques yourself. You can find out what works best for your site.
While you'll receive more general traffic by using SEO, you'll also get more traffic from your targeted audience. If your site covers a specific topic, you'll want to reach the appropriate audience for that topic. As an example, if you're selling model cars, you'll want to attract visitors interested in that hobby, not just those that are interested in cars in general. Having search engine optimization that attracts those interested in model cars will increase your sales. Attracting your key audience to visit your site can actually be more important that drawing large amounts of general traffic. Those targeted visitors are more likely to be repeat visitors and to pass along your web site address to others with the same interest.
There are two kinds of SEO methods. These are "white hat" and "black hat." The first, white hat, is the appropriate methods that fall in line with the search engine's guidelines. This the honest approach to SEO. The content on the page is unique and visitor oriented, not just created for the search engines. On the other hand, black hat SEO are unethical methods including cloaking, which is having a web page optimized that leads visitors to another page with different content. This is somewhat a "bait and switch" technique. Using black hat methods are risky because if a search engine finds you've been using these methods, your site's rank could be lowered or the site could be taken out of the database completely. It may not be worth the risk to you to use black hat methods for your web site.
Search Engine Optimization is an important part of creating your Web site. This is a free way to generate a high number of visitors for your site. And you have the option to pay someone to help you optimize your site if you choose. To get a high number of targeted visitors to your site, SEO is the must.
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Author: Dave Rope If you are using article marketing to generate traffic for your site, it's
important to use the right <b>keyword selection</b> to get the most
out of it. It's also crucial that the article be structured with search engine
optimization in mind. To find the right <b>keyword selection</b> to use when writing
your articles, you should use a keyword tool. There are three major keyword tool that I recommend: 1. Google Keyword Tool: Google offers a free keyword tool and this can be a
great place to start. The one drawback about using Google's free tool is that it
doesn't give exact numbers. You'll get search volumes and competition for a
particular keyword as a ratio based on the other keywords in that category. 2. Wordtracker: Wordtracker is a great keyword tool because not only does it
quickly generate keyword lists, but it also gives you the amount of searches
performed for each term and the amount of competition you will have. They use
the "KEI" index which stand for Keyword Effectiveness Index so you can
easily know which keywords are worth it and which aren't. You can actually try
it for free by using the link at the end of this article. 3. Keyword Elite: Keyword elite is not only a valuable keyword finding tool,
it's also a versatile tool for finding hidden niches and google adsense
campaigns. When you use keyword elite to find keywords it gives you much more
information that the other keyword tools. You will know how many people search
for the keyword, how many results are found on the web, how many ad campaigns
exist for google, miva (yahoo) and enhance (msn), and how much advertisers are
paying for each keyword with google adwords. Not only that, but you also get to
see exactly what each ads look like which is great if you are running PPC
campaigns. In order to properly optimize your articles for search engines, be sure to
include the selected keyword numerous times in the text. Using special text such
as bold, underline and italics on the keyword also makes it stand out. Be
careful not to overdo it because if you do, your article may be discounted by
the search engines as spam. If you keep the keyword density at or below 3%, you
will be fine. Using the appropriate <i>keyword selection</i> will ensure that
your article marketing efforts are not wasted on highly competitive keywords. It
will also give a chance for your articles to rank high on the search engines
which will result in more natural traffic to your site. About the author: To get more great tips about article marketing and to try wordtracker for
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Author: Jim Osterman
Are you getting the best possible deal for your credit card processing services? Are you sure?
There's no doubt that your ability to accept payments online drives additional customers and sales to your e-business site, but is your merchant services provider getting into your pocket with hidden charges, or charging you for things you don't want or need?
If for any reason you're not happy with your credit card services provider, don't be shy about making a change. But before you do, spend some time in research to make sure you're truly getting everything your business needs at the best possible price.
The first thing most people think about is price, so let's start there. You want to find a provider that will give you the most for your monthly fees, especially if you're just starting out.
And you also want to find a company that is going to package the most services into their standard offering.
And take a hard look at their fee schedule. You're going to see terms like account verification, chargeback and other miscellaneous items. These may look rather small right now but over time they will add up and have a dramatic affect on your bottom line.
Always make sure you understand exactly what services are included. And beware of those one-time set-up fees or application fees. These can costs hundreds of dollars for services that other companies offer for free.
The next area of interest should be with customer service. There can be a big difference between what sort of service after the sale a company says it offers versus what they really do. Is their helpline staffed 24/7, or does it close at end of business? Is their support staff inside the company, or is it outsourced?
And also consider there are a lot of companies that may have customer service people that are there 24/7 and always answer the phone, but there is also a per-call charge for such service.
Or a charge every minute you're on the line. If you're not careful this is another area where you can see your profits evaporate.
Probably the most reliable way to make sure you're going to select the right company is to ask for references and not just buy into the testimonials most companies offer up. Stop and think. Of course a company is going to put glowing customer reviews on its Web site, so there's not a lot of useful information there unless you can call those people and ask your specific questions. Keep in mind their experience may not be your experience and this is a case where it truly is all about you.
Another good source of information is your peers in the business community. They will be happy to recommend one of their trusted vendor-partners, and likewise they will raise the red flag if a card processing company they have done business with has caused problems.
All of this may sound like it can be time-consuming, but if you look at it as an investment it's not so daunting. Especially if you consider it as an investment in you and your business. And who deserves it more?
About the author:
Jim Osterman is a Web content writer at www.cardaccept.com.
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