Finding Target Market

You have a niche.
You have a product.
But you don't have the traffic, at least not as much as you would like to have.

So what is the process of finding target market audiences that match your selected niche?

Many would tell you to do PPC. But that's expensive. I wonder if it is there way of discouraging you so that they would have a bigger field to reach. Some people are unfortunately selfish like that. Believe me, there is room enough for everyone to improve their finances on the Internet.

And then there are those who would say that you have to be busy with…

* SEO
* Article marketing
* Social networking
* Classified advertising

And the list goes on.

I don't disagree with this group, but many present it in such an overwhelming way that people drown beneath all the information.

Of course there are those who talk about this or that "black hat" method as the answer. I suppose you could follow them, just keep in mind that sooner or later you will be caught and banned leaving a trail of dust in the place of all your hard work.

That's not my style.

So how do you reach the niche you are looking to connect with?

Two words come to mind and they are "bum marketing."

In short, "bum marketing entails having Google tell you what needs to be expanded upon according to the number of competitors you do or do not have in a given area. It also hones down your article so that it reaches a specific audience. Here's an example.

For the moment let's presume you are interested in an article about E-mail newsletters.

Would you be more interested in reading an article titled?
"Email newsletter"
or…
"How to write Email newsletters"

With the 2nd option you know exactly what to expect in the article. The strange thing is there are so many people who do not follow this simple "bum marketing" strategy to succeed with their article marketing. You can even apply "bum marketing" to classified advertising and the ad practically writes itself.

So what is the process of finding target market audiences? You can choose the expensive option of "bum marketing" or the underhand strategies of "black hats" if you wish. For me, I'll use ""bum marketing" and it's various strategies to continue dominating the 1st pages of Google on the long tail keywords that my niche target finds important.

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Exactly How To Create A Resource Box That Works

Do you believe in the power of article writing?

I do!

Even without a good resource box you receive backlinks from highly ranked websites which drive your search engine rankings ever upward.

However, the best part of article marketing is the resource box, so why miss out on the benefits of good resource boxes? Especially if you paid hard earned money to purchase an automated article submission software package.

I can't think of one good reason. Therefore, this article will tell you exactly how to create a resource box that works.

*** THE NAME ***
I can't tell you how important it is for you to use your name (even pen name) in your resource box.

Some article directories even provide your author name at the top if one is given. The power of name recognition should indeed be self-evident.

Without giving your name many of the best article directories on the web like EzineArticles.com won't even publish your article since they cannot prove the authentic nature of the material.

That's why I invariably start my resource boxes out by providing my name. I learned the hard way so that you don't have to.

*** THE LURE ***
Presumably, if you are writing an article while including an author box you have something to promote be it a website, blog or whatever. This is where you do exactly that.

Many people will tell you to hyperlink the actual keywords you are targeting. This works fine for some article directories but not all take such code in their resource boxes.

That's why I prefer to provide the lure and get to the hyperlink in my next step. Let's say I wrote an article about "Automated Article Submission Software".

First, I don't settle with writing only one article but I write two that are similar but totally different styles.

Then, right after the name I add something like...
===> Read more about "Automated Article Submission Software @

*** THE LINK ***
If your reader has read through your material and now is reading your resource box you know you have caught their attention. Since they have read one article by you it is quite plausible to expect them to read another one that is of similar scope.

So after the above step I simply put the URL for where to find the other article. The trick is to name the file the same as the title while including the keyword preferably long tail keyword) in both areas. That way when you add the link to the file you are hyperlinking the keywords that you are targeting as well as your domain name which should be another niched keyword for the website you are building.

In my case the domain name contains "Search Engine Optimization" - Definite words I want to niche for and the title of this article would be ""Automated Article Submission Software" which is highly niched for this specific article within that domain. The result is a 2 for the price of 1 keyword link strategy.

*** THE CLOSE ***
I mentioned earlier that I write two different articles and then link them together. That is indeed exactly what I do. What I didn't say above is that I post one article to my blog and the other to my website before linking them. Then instead of linking to the root of my blog or website I go to the exact page that these items are on and link those specific pages together.

Search Engines love lower level links much more than root level links.

Readers love not having to search for what they want to find.

You'll love the results of pleasing both the search engines and your readers at the same time.

*** SUMMARY ***
Writing a resource box is relatively easy as long as you keep the above steps in mind. I've heard about other things a person can provide like...

* Your physical contact information
* A free report
* Your email autoresponder link
* And the like

But given that many directories only allow for 2 maybe 3 links. Why not keep it simple clear and concise while allowing your readers to explore your web creatives themselves?

That's why, no matter if I'm using an automated article submission software or not I keep it simple when approaching my own dilemmas of how to create a resource box.

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New Google Sites Free Website building Tool

I love Google.

Yup, perhaps you don't find as much appreciation for Blogger as I do. From the tools I've used with Google they are always crystal clear and easy to use. Okay, perhaps AdWords is the exception, but as the rule goes Google is easy to use.

Now they are releasing a free website building tool. Introducing the new Google Sites for quick and easy website development.

Google Sites is replacing the older Google Pages website building option.

Why is Google going through all the trouble of introducing a brand new tool for building websites?

After all, Google Pages allowed people to…
* Create new pages
* Add URL's
* Format your document in HTML
* I even added videos to my Google Pages but not without a great deal of trouble

Google Sites on the other hand allows people to…
* Create rich web pages easily
* Collect all related information into one place
* Control who can view & edit the site
* Plus most everything that was available from Google Pages

Here's what software developer Scott Griepentrog from StG.net had to say about Google sites.

"Google Sites is the best thing to hit the web since Google Apps. For a long time I'd been wanting a way to have a more private area, where others could still contribute without having to give them full administrative privileges to my domain - and Sites fits the bill and then some. I've used it to support many varied activities including private notes and conversations with clients, keeping track of my home schooled children's assignments and homework, letting them create their own web pages, collaborating with others on content for books and engineering designs, and even sharing pictures of our new dog with my family. It's easier and faster than a wiki, I can control who can see or contribute to a given site, and it's just downright fun to use! Thank you Google!"

I don't know about you, but as far as I'm concerned, given a review like Scotts. I'm going to be checking into the brand new Google sites free website building tool.

Why You Must Set Priorities To Succeed

* You have a goal
* You have a dream
* You have a vision

But how in the world will you ever find the time?

I learned the hard way that you must set priorities to succeed.

I've long wanted to break into the world of writing.

I remember purchasing a course from Writer's Digest (TWICE!!!!), but it never amounted to much. The failure certainly wasn't in their material for it looked really good. However, my ability to set it as a priority stank!

Add that to the number of websites I have built over the years that haven't gone where I wanted them too and you come up with a frustrating experience.

By the way, the problem with the websites was not design or time. I could spend numerous hours on design of the different projects without a problem. Finding time to market what I had built was a horse of a different color. I simply didn't believe in myself, perhaps I didn't even want to believe in myself. I do not know.

Over the years, one thing became perfectly clear.

No matter how…

* many promises I made (to myself and others such as spouses)
* many E-books I read (trust me, ClickBank knows my credit card number)
* websites I built

My aspirations would never amount to much unless I

(1) Made the time
(2) Believed in myself

Today, I am managing several different successful websites. I chose to change. Was it easy? Absolutely not. Was it worth it? For me, that question would be answered to the affirmative.

The question now becomes, what are your formidable hurdles that seem unattainable?

* Kids?
* Attitude?
* Purpose?

Whatever they are, you really can do it. But you will need to put aside the reasons why not before you find success in the reasons why. You must set priorities to succeed.

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Free Google Pagerank Checker Tool

I started research for this article wondering why I would want a free Google pagerank checker tool when I can get the same information from the Google bar. The first few page ranking tools I reviewed didn't sway my opinion much.

Then I found a nice utility that changed my mind.

*** Strike One ***
It didn't change my mind because of its ability to look up single URL ratings. I can do that by just going to the website and using the utility that Google already has in place.

*** Strike Two ***
There are many nice things about this part, such as a variety of different options to choose from.

However, if I have a very low PR I certainly wouldn't want to advertise that fact.

Further, one can never be completely sure with what they are installing when they install someone else's widgets. In most cases this is not an issue, but it certainly is something to keep in mind when putting someone else's code on your website.

*** Home Run ***
While I'm not to interested in a single page look up tool and installing their code on my website doesn't make a great deal of sense; this third option more than made up for what the other two were lacking.

Simply put, this utility allows you to check 25 different URL's at exactly the same time.

I tried it with 3 of the sites I manage and the answer was both accurate and fast in coming. While working on my laptop I have learned to be patient, but their was no reason to wait for the results with page ranking tool.

Plus, if I can get such quick results with 25 URL's, I can certainly trust that a single URL will return results very quickly too.

*** Score Wrap ***
* Single lookup tool doesn't impress me much.
* Installing foreign code on my website doesn't interest me much.
* Being able to find the rating of 25 different websites instantly. Now your talking.

What's that?

Where is the free Google pagerank checker tool located at?

Glad you asked. You can find it at 4weblog.com. Check out how their "fake pagerank checker" works while visiting.

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Start Generating Traffic To Your Blog

People love highly niche related blogs.
Search engines love blogs focused on a target market.
Even your website loves the blog it is connected to.

So you really only have one choice.

Build a blog!

You can have a blog up and going within a couple hours tops. I know, because I do it frequently.

However, just building a blog is not enough. You also need to start generating traffic to your blog else all you really have is an electronic paperweight.

*** Be Creative ***
One of the best ways to get that traffic you are looking for is by writing articles. I've tried this process with and without the bum marketing concept included. I've learned the hard way that it's much easier to compete against 1500 different entries than it is 23 million. Further, while I would indeed use an article submitting software, I would also logon to all the key article directories that I want to use and setup profiles where that option is made available.

*** Hug A Blogger ***
I got this idea from Ankesh Kothari's blogclout blog, and I recommend you follow it.

First, find other blogs related to your niche audience using Technorati and get involved with them. Don't market to these other blogs, but rather provide valuable responses to their posts.

Second, go the extra mile by sending them a snail mail thank you postcard. Postcards don't cost a great deal and the potential joint venture opportunities that may open up as a result far exceeds any expenses you may have had to dole out.

You can use DomainTools to find out the physical address of a domain name owner. And a great postcard processing service for you to use would be Sendoutcards. If you received a pleasant postcard in the mail related to your blog or website, how interested would you be in finding out more about the person who sent it? Once you discovered that they were legit what's the chances that you would want to do business with them?

This one really isn't rocket science.

*** Develop Guest Appearances ***
Let's say you have found a blog that fits perfectly with your niche audience. You like the style of writing used by the other blog owner. Why not offer that blogger to be an author on your blog? Perhaps they will return the offer. Either way, you have a guest speaker that livens up your blog.

I know, you prefer to hear your own voice on your blog. After all, it's your blog right.

One word, interactive.

Besides, if the other writer has a large following theirs a good chance that they may tell their readers about your blog and that can't be anything but good.

These are 3 ways to start generating traffic to your website. Other ways do exist. But these will definitely get you headed down the right road.

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Easy Article Marketing Strategy

I love Bum Marketing. It really makes so much sense. You deliver to the search engines exactly what they are looking for and nothing else. The long-term affects this has on your website rankings is unquestionable.

BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

There is a little known secret that can be applied to Bum Marketing that will supercharge your efforts.

*** SETUP ***
First, you need to have a basic website and blog setup.

If you are in need of a domain host I would use

As for blog tools, two of the most popular are…

* Blogger.com (my favorite)
* WordPress.com

It really doesn't matter which blog software you use as long as you build yourself a blog that you can post articles to.

*** POSTING ***
Using Bum Marketing write two articles, post one to your website and one to your blog.

The articles need to be related to each other for best results. It's not likely that an article for a Vegetarian will work well with an article talking about the best ways to cook a steak.

*** LINKING ***
Now that the two articles are written and posted hyperlink both of them together in a way that one references the other. The chances of someone being interested in reading another writing on the same niche topic after taking the time to read the first one are quite good. What's more, search engines will definitely notice that people are moving between the two resources and reward you handsomely as a result.

NOTE: Be sure to link to the actual article page on your blog rather than just the main page of your blog.

*** CONCLUSION ***
You will indeed reap the benefits if you add this easy article marketing strategy to other article writing tactics like bum marketing.

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3 Steps To Internet Marketing Techniques That Work

You've built your website.

You have an awesome product with a compelling sales message.

There's only one thing you lack. Yup, you guessed it. Traffic! Lot's and lot's of traffic.

And without traffic you are finished before you ever begin. That's why you need to use Internet marketing techniques that work when promoting your website.

You have probably heard the old adage…

"Fail to plan and plan to fail"

Never is that truer than on the Internet. But when you consider all the possible options available…

* Writing articles
* Blogging
* SEO
* Social Networking
* Forums
* Social Bookmarking
* And the list goes on and on and on

The whole idea of building an Internet business can become as overwhelming as attempting to leap a tall building in a single bound (and we're not talking Lego's). The only way I know of not burying yourself under mounds of work is to create a plan of attack.

(1) Determine how long you have to work on Internet marketing in a given day. Be realistic, if your schedule will only allow for 30 minutes then set it for 30 minutes every day like clockwork. Of course, the more you invest into your business the more you can expect from it in the long run.

(2) Decide what method you will focus on (right now, my focus is mainly on writing articles, though I realize there will come a day when I need to get more involved with Social Networking).

(3) Spend a little time each day improving upon what you have created even if it's only 15 minutes. Search engines love websites that are never really finished. No matter what niche you are in there is always something more you can do to improve upon what you have created. Therefore, add something of interest to your audience whatever that might be.

In closing, if you…

* determine to stick to your schedule.
* decide on your own personal course to success (I recommend considering article writing).
* develop your website into a place that your niche audience loves

then you will be will on your way to success with this 3 steps to Internet marketing techniques that work process. You can realize your dreams, but it will indeed take work to do so.

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Safety Concerns About MySpace Growth Continues

MySpace
YourSpace
HisSpace
HerSpace

Whose space is it anyway?

No matter what you think of MySpace, MySpace growth continues. Some reports I've heard say it's double the size of Google, while others say that sites like FaceBook are even bigger than MySpace.

Whatever the case, many are concerned about how safe MySpace is or is not, and they should be. However, making such blatant statements as…

"Thanks to MySpace, our family is feuding amongst each other."

… is really over the top in my opinion.

Sure, MySpace can be a haven for bad things happening to good or naïve people. But so can the grocery store, public school, outdoor park or even a telephone. The issue is not about MySpace or the Internet, but rather a morally bankrupt society that has lost direction and focus on the right way to do things.

Comments to this same article identify the problem with MySpace as being primarily one of poor parental guidance.

"It's a parent's job to monitor what his or her kid(s) do online."

"If you think its wrong don't let your daughter do it."

In a way I would agree with these statements, but the issue really is much deeper than parents controlling what their children do and do not do. For example, why has the sexual predator deemed it okay to pursue their unhealthy desires in the first place? What have we as a society and culture neglected to acknowledge that could lead a person to deeming this as an okay approach to take?

Is it our lack of "real" discipline for those who are caught breaking the law?

Has are largely hands off policy communicated the message that consequences do not follow actions be they good or bad?

While it may indeed be the parent's responsibility to lovingly nurture their children, removing ourselves from the equation while pointing at them is far from the honest truth. One thing seems certain. MySpace growth continues to exceed some people's expectations while the whole concept of Web 2.0 technologies really is just getting under way. Therefore, it seems clear to me that the choice we are left with is one of regaining the moral ground we have lost or continue to watch our society degenerate from the inside out just as some predicted would happen in the not to distant past.

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My 3 Favorite Affiliate Marketing Programs

If you've been interested in Internet Marketing for any time at all the term "affiliate marketing" should not be unfamiliar to you. According to Wikipedia it is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate's marketing efforts.

Today, I would like to tell you what my own personal 3 favorite affiliate marketing programs are and why.

#1: USFreeAds

USFreeAds is my newest favorite affiliate program.

With their system a person just has to have a need to place an ad. That goes far beyond Internet Marketing by encompassing partically everyone in the world. However, with their system you can still target your information to specific geographical locations. If you're looking for the best classified ad system look no further thank USFreeAds. However, since this article is about affiliate marketing I'll leave investigating the actual tool up to you.

USFreeAds has a 40% commission 2 tiered residual affiliate marketing program. Let's break that down…

"40% commission"
You receive 40% of all sales from people you refer that use any of the paid services of USFreeAds.

"2 Tiered"
You receive 5% of all sales volume for every referal that signs up and begins using either USFreeAds gold or premium services.

"Residual"
Other programs allow you to earn once and then your done. With USFreeAds you earn each and every month someone renews their account or requests one of the paid services that USFreeAds has.

"Affiliate Marketing Program"
Considering that the premium membership is only $10 per month, the service of USFreeAds really make sense. Yes 40% of $10 is not a large payout, but considering the number of people who would potentially want to use these classified advertising services this is an opportunity you really don't want to miss. Afterall 40% of $10 times 250 active participants does equal $1000. Also, I think you will agree that the system practically sales itself.

#2: Aweber

If you have a website and you want repeat visitors then you need to give people a reason to return. One of the best ways to do that is to promote yourself within your own E-mail newsletter. My opinion is that the #1 best service for automating this entire process is Aweber. Be sure to check out their free test drive option when investigating this program further.

AWeber offers a 20% commission 2 tier residual income opportunity.

For explanations of what "2 tier" & "residual" mean please refer to the information under USFreeAds.

"20% commission"
This works just the same as USFreeAds 40% commission while decreasing your actual earnings to only 20%. While that's less money, Aweber pays you more per account so it really does balance out in the end.

#3: GoDaddy

I've unsuccessfully used quite a number of service providers to build my website empires. It wasn't until I found that I actually came home to what for me was the best service provider on the Internet bar none. GoDaddy really is a one stop shop for all your Internet activities. However, what you may not have known is that they have an affiliate program that you really do wan to check out.

Earn up to $105 per hosting sale and 20% commission on GoDaddy's other great products.

While you miss the residual earnings as well as the tiered structure options, products sales themselves while putting money automatically into your bank account.

So there you have it. My own personal 3 favorite affiliate marketing programs. There are others but these are my top picks.

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Creating Google Sitemaps

The hardest part of building a website is not…

* The programming code
* The navigation menu
* Or even deciding what the website will be about

Nope. The hardest part of building a website is generating high quality niched traffic to your web pages. That's exactly where creating Google sitemaps come in so handy.

What is a site map you ask?

Here are 3 people's conceptions of what a site map is.

* "A page which contains an organized listing of links to all pages within the website"
===> www.legalinternetmarketing.com/seo-glossary.html

* "An alternate method, and quickly becoming the preferred method, of letting the Search Engine Spiders know about all the pages in your site"
===> www.rushwebsolutions.com/index.cfm

* "A hierarchical list of web pages that belong to a site."
===> www.yoursearchadvisor.com/glossary.php

Simply put, if you are interested in search engines finding every part of your website (and who isn't?); then you need to have a sitmap as part of your internet marketing strategy.

But how to you build a Google sitemap?

First, access…
===> www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dashboard
Enter your URL in the sites box and allow some time for Google to get you setup.

When you see the hyperlinked word "add" under the "sitemap" category select it.

Tell Google what type of sitemap you are looking for and complete their small form.

Download the CSV file so that you can upload it onto your site after you have entered in all the URL's. Yup, you heard me right. You are going to enter in every single URL of your website. Not a big deal if your website only has 10 or so pages, but what if it's like mine and has 100's of pages or undergoes extensive growth? That's quite a project, and that's why I use the automated services offered from www.HitTail.com.

Once you've uploaded your site with all it's URL's in place your done creating your Google sitemaps. Now the rest is up to the search engines and it can take them sometime to stop by and pay you a visit, but when they do they will have clear instructions on exactly where every single page of your website is.

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3 Reasons To Advertise On USFreeAds

Online classified advertisements can be very affective ways of reaching an audience who is actively interested in exactly what you have to offer. If you do a Google search on the term "online classified advertisements" you will have over 4 million results returned. However, for me picking the needle out of that haystack is easy when you find out about why to advertise on USFreeAds.

USFreeAds offers 3 levels of membership

* Free
* Gold
* Premium

When I got started with USFreeAds I signed up for their "free" membership to start with so I could kick the tires and check things out. I'd recommend the same for you and you will quickly discover why I moved to a premium account at my first opportunity.

Not only do they…

* Provide an easy to understand interface for posting your ad
* A graphical interface that allows up to 12 pictures to be placed
* URL's that lead people to your website or, get this, even directly to your affiliate offers

But USFreeAds also pays you up to 40% per referral that goes beyond the free account status. And that's not just once, but over and over again as long as your referral remains a paid member with USFreeAds. I call that sweet!

With a free account you are very limited and can only have 2 ads running at any given time. I tried posting a business related ad and received an E-mail that I would not be able to do this until I upgraded to a paid member. Considering that you can become a gold level paid member for only $10 per year I say it's worth it.

After all, the gold membership provides you with…

* The ability to run 25 ads at any one time
* Ad renewal each month as desired
* Ability to place commercial and affiliate ads

But why settle for that when a premium account that only costs $9.99 per month offers you all of the above gold account options plus…

* Unlimited ad placement opportunities (not just 25 ads like the gold account)
* Automated ad renewal on a monthly basis
* Ad up to 12 pictures instead of just 1 with the gold account
* Generate a product catalog for your viewers
* Priority placement over free and gold members
* Thumbnail images displayed in your search results
* And much much much more

If you need exposure for what you are working with how could it not make sense to make money while using what I believe is the best online classified advertisement system available? Bottom line, advertise on USFreeAds. It just makes sense.

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Aweber Review

Internet Marketing success is in the list!

And it is.

Therefore, shouldn’t you use the best listing building service on the Internet? I think so, and that’s why I use Aweber. Here’s why my research brought the Aweber review to the top of my own personal list of autoresponder services.

While there are areas where I believe Aweber could improve, I’ve not found a list building service that surpasses what the Aweber system provides.

In a nutshell these are the services that they offer to any Internet Marketer that chooses to utilize their services.

* E-mail newsletter services
* Instant autoresponder generator
* Blog broadcasting options

Simply put, Aweber supercharges your list building opportunities though perhaps not any better than any other service on the market. In my opinion (AKA SEOGuy) the best part of Aweber is their customer support. I’ve dealt with other autoresponder services that I will never work with again which are supposed to be leading edge products. Sure, their product was good and the price wasn’t bad; the reason I will remain loyal to Aweber is because their customer support is better than any one else’s.

Aweber support includes…

* Online chat
* E-mail support
* Telephone troubleshooting
* And a plethora of self-help articles that are very well written.

Plus, if you ever need to speak to a manager they are readily available. Believe it or not, my own experience with other similar services did not find the same success.

Considering the potential value of a newsletter their service is really not that expensive. However, with their free test drive trail you don’t even need to worry about the cost. The Aweber test drive puts you in the driver seat of holding your own Aweber review before ever putting a dime out to the automation services they provide with excellence.

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Where To Submit Your Article

Article marketing.

If your not doing it, you are missing out on some of the best Internet marketing opportunities available on the web.

Oh sure you can…
* SEO your website
* Use social networking & bookmarking
* Place free ads
But don’t miss the opportunities that only article marketing provides.

With that said let’s look at where to submit your article for optimum results.

Don’t miss the words about why you need to use more than just an article submitter for your article marketing at the end of this article.

With that said, let’s begin.

First, I’ve been using a brand new service of late. It’s different than anything I’ve seen before and in my opinion quite effective.

* HowHub.com: With HowHub you use their simple interface to build a one of a kind “how-to” article that others can reference. You really need to check their services out considering that they are also the creators of ArticleDashboard.com which is one of the leading article directories to submit to.

With that said lets turn to…

MY OWN PERSONAL TOP 5 FAVORITE PLACES WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE

Here’s the list:

* Article99.com
* SearchWarp.com
* Articles411.com
* EzineArticles.com
* GoArticles.com

NOTE: Be sure to read the closing comments to find out how to easily find 5 more top recommended article directories.

If you’re serious about marketing your articles to the Internet you don’t want to miss posting to the above article directories. There are good article directories and there are great article directories. The one’s listed above are the great article directories. Now let’s look at 10 more good article directories to post your writings at.

* WorkOnInternet.com
(No logon requried, hence no profile section)

* TheWhir.com
(No logon requried, hence no profile section)

* ArticlesHaven.com
(No logon requried, hence no profile section)

* Amazines.com

* AticleBiz.com
(No logon requried, hence no profile section)

* Free-Articles-Zone.com

* E-Calc.net

* ArticleBin.com

* ArticleHub.com
(No logon requried, hence no profile section)

* Ezine-Writer.com.au

If you would like 15 more places where to submit your article collections read The Best Article Directory List Strategy.

I know, I know. You’re probably thinking something like “with all the work I just gave you how could you possibly think of 15 more article directories?”

And you’re right, though if I were in your shoes I would use the tool called Article Submitter for more than one reason. But I would not start using an automated service without first logging into the above accounts and setting up profiles for your readers to review. Especially since you can provide backlinks within your profile and one can never have enough backlinks from high quality websites.

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5 Autoresponder Marketing Tips

All autoresponder email campaigns are created equal, right?

WRONG!

But do the differences only apply to your textual content? Hardly. Here are 6 Aweber autoresponder marketing tips to help your newsletter far exceed those of your competitors.

(1) Place a headshot graphic next to your E-mail signature. It’s really a small change, but it makes a huge difference in personalizing your audience writings to your newsletter audience.

(2) Create social networking groups on sites like FaceBook & MySpace and let your group directly sign up for your newsletter. If they were interested in joining your group, there is a great chance they will be interested in joining your newsletter too.

(3) Personalize your newsletters. This is a highly affective largely overlooked option available from professional autoresponder services. What’s better is that it provides continuity between E-mails.

Here is an example…

“On Tuesday, I’ll show you the three things you can do to supercharge your writings with Bum Marketing”

Aweber.com makes this easy to implement.

(4) Interact with your readers by encouraging feedback, creating polls and providing surveys. People like giving opinions on material they know about. There is a great chance that more than a couple people will be interested in providing their opinions if they are given the opportunity to do so.

(5) Get real! Most people don’t want to read thesis type writings. Talking in a conversational manner to your readers will get you much further than flowery language that is difficult to understand.

Most people would say a professional newsletter is the heart of an Internet business. Considering that it is the force that keeps people coming back to your website I would quite agree. That’s why I choose to use Aweber and recommend their services to anyone serious about building a business on the Internet.

Yahoo Answers Search Results Tips & Tricks

Google, the tool you love to hate.

* Not because it is not valuable.
* Not because it is not helpful.
* Not because it is not resourceful.

No, only because it reminds you of your childhood. Remember the days of ole when you used to ask people how to spell “antidisestablishmentarianism” or such only to hear the classic response “look it up.” How were you supposed to “look it up” if you didn’t know how to spell it? What they weren’t telling you is that they were both clueless and embarrassed. Both their problems were solved by putting the burden back on your plate like a double portion of broccoli.

Today, it is no different with Google.

All you have to do is type in the right search phrase. But what if you can’t figure out what the correct word combination should be? Enter stage right “yahoo answers search results”.

Did you know Yahoo solved this problem by creating YahooAnswers.com? All you have to do is post a question that others consider relevant, sit back and wait for your answers to come pouring in.

It really is sweet.

But Yahoo Answers has a couple of problems too.

(1) Along with high quality relevant answers you are forced to wade through other E-mails you receive in response to your question.
(2) Trying to find out if someone else has already asked your exact question can be a tad cumbersome.

Perhaps that is why Yahoo created Yquestions.com.

This is a database tied to the results of Yahoo Answers that you can query in any of a number of ways including but not limited to…

* Open questions
* Resolved questions
* Undecided questions

I personally like using the “open questions” option as it lets me know what people are asking and consequently what I can respond to. Given the high PR rating of Yahoo, I try to post a new answer at least once a day. However, your particular needs are likely different from mine and as a result you will choose different options from the Yquestions.com tool.

You can also sort your results by…

* date
* relevancy
* age of item

It really is quite a useful tool. So next time Google stumps you rush over to YahooAnswers.com search results for useful targeted helpful responses from people directly interested in your niche topic. You’ll be glad you did.

10 Top Internet Marketing Web 2.0 Forums And Blog Resources

When I started this article I was looking for a bulletin board type forum where people dialog about posted comments. And while that certainly is my understanding of what a forum is why couldn’t web 2.0 forums include social networks? Sure, the two do have minor differences but as it relates to posting and responding to posts they remain the same.

With that said, here are the top 10 web 2.0 forums.

* USFreeAds - Free classifieds. Place your classified ads here - Huge traffic, active buyers and tens of thousands of fresh daily visitors ensure your items sell fast.

* TechCrunch - Startup and Technology News.

* DIGG - Is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users.

* StumbleUpon - Discovers web sites based on your interests, learns what you like and brings you more.

* Del.icio.us - Social bookmarking for the masses.

* ReddIt - Is a source for what's new and popular online. Reddit learns what you like as you vote on existing links or submit your own!

* BlinkList - Real people with shared interests list the websites they care about. Rate sites you like or save them for later.

* BuddyMarks - The Online Bookmark Manager. The Web's best online personal, group and social bookmarks manager.

* NetVouz - is a social bookmark manager where you can store your favorite links online and access them from any computer. You organize your bookmarks in folders and tag each bookmark with keywords and can then browse them by folder or tag, or search for them.

* TagTooga - Discover the Best of the Web, Add your Site, and Organize your Bookmarks with TagTooga - a Web 2.0 Social Bookmarking / Wiki.

The SEOGuy wishes you great success with your Internet marketing efforts. Each of these web 2.0 forums and blog resources have the potential of making a dramatic difference in your Internet Marketing.

Autoresponder Marketing Strategies Exposed

You’ve built your website.
You’ve created niche focused content.
You even have a good number of one-time visitors.

But how do you get your visitors to return again and again and again?

One of the best ways is by implementing autoresponder marketing strategies.

Before you rush away from this article to build your own E-mail marketing list there are some things you need to remember. If you are accused of spamming it doesn’t take long before your ISP bans your account, which leaves you without any Internet access at all. It’s awfully hard to build an Internet business without access to the Internet.

That’s why I recommend paying for an autoresponder service, why my strongest personal recommendation being for Aweber as they require a double opt-in from your subscribers.

What is a “double opt-in?” Simply put your reader signs up for your newsletter and then is required to verify their desire to participate by confirming an E-mail message they receive. Sure, you will lose some in the process, but those who remain will want your newsletter. The only thing you need to remember is to stay tightly focused on your niche audience as that is the only way they will come to see your newsletter as a valuable work that they want to read.

Here are several more ideas to enhance your autoresponder marketing strategies as you build your list.

(1) Create additional materials like E-Books & E-Courses that you can setup to be automatically delivered upon request from your list.
(2) Tell your readers about new articles that you have written or that you believe they would view as valuable to the specific niche they are in.
(3) Send your messages out on different days to determine which days you get the best readership results from your readers.

Running a successful list really isn’t rocket science. Probably the best advice available in the area of autoresponder marketing strategies would be DON’T GIVE UP! Building a business takes time, but that time can be dramatically reduced online as long as you consistently stick with your plan. I believe that the #1 reason people fail is not because they couldn’t do it, but rather because they chose to throw in the towel and not do it.

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3 Google Adsense Secrets Revealed

You want money from Google Adsense, right?

I at least presume that to be correct or you wouldn’t likely be reading this article. After all, that’s why I wrote this particular article on 3 Google Adsense Secretes Revealed.

Here is a snapshot of what we will cover in this article.
* Optimization essentials
* Savvy ad placement
* Using features wisely

Let’s get started!

Optimization Essentials: Use Google Adsense channels.

I can’t really say it any clearer than that. Google Adsense walks you through the process of setting up channels while you are creating the code. In my own early days I just skipped by this step as I was far to busy gearing up to make money.

The result? Whenever I received income generating clicks I never knew exactly where they were coming from. As a result I never knew exactly where I should be spending more time creating more resources. It’s like being in a dark unfamiliar bathroom trying to find the toilet. Oh, you might find it, you hope.

With that said let’s talk about…

Savvy Ad Placement: “Z” line exposed

Most web readers view a page in the same way that they read a book. It’s called scanning. Draw an imaginary Z on your computer screen. Make sure it’s imaginary! That’s exactly where you want your adverts to be.

* Across the top
* Down horizontally
* Across the bottom

Further, the more adverts you have “above the fold” of your page the better the chances of you receiving the Google Adsense clicks you are looking for.

And the final tip from this Google Adsense secrets revealed is…

Using Features Wisely: Section Targeting

If you have a particular section of your web page that you would like to emphasize within your Google Advertisement and know just enough HTML to be dangerous, then this technique may be of interest to you. You simply place a small piece of code that tells Google where the critical part of your page is into your web page. This can be very advantageous if you have specific content that you want a particular ad unit to reflect.

Well, there you have it. I hope these 3 Google Adsense secrets revealed help you generate the income earning opportunities from Google that you are looking for.

How I Make Money Online Writing For Howhub.Com

What is the #1 goal of most Internet Marketers?

Money.

That’s right. Money.

The problem is that there are more online money making gimmicks online than there are stars in the sky. However, every once in awhile someone comes along and creates a genuine Internet income generating opportunity. Such is the case with HowHub.com where you can know how to make money online writing.

The owners of Article Dashboard created HowHub.

Why is this important to you?

Article Dashboard is one of the leading article directory databases for people to submit writings to on the entire Internet.

Other article directories include…
* Article99.com
* ArticleBoy.com
* EzineArticles.com
* GoArticles.com
* SearchWarp.com
And that’s just the start.

The point here is not to explain the virtues of article directories. Though, if you are a serious Internet Marketer you really do need to have this talent under your belt. However, where one success is found you will often find more. So the fact that the creators of Article Dashboard are at the top of their industry bodes well for working with HowHub.com.

One of the most promising aspects of HowHub is Google Adsense. Instead of taking these funds for themselves HowHub allows its participants to generate 100% income from their own ads on their articles. The only stipulation is that you need to be responsible for referring 10 subscribers to their services.

Signing up with HowHub.com is a breeze. So instead of wondering how to make money online writing you now know one sure way to accomplish your goal.

How I Use Long Tail Keyword Marketing For Highly Targeted Website Traffic

Who doesn’t want website traffic? Or more precisely who doesn’t want massive amounts of highly targeted website traffic? Seems to me that if you raise your hand to either of these questions your reason for being on the web has nothing to do with success.

Here are 4 ways to receive your visitors.
* Long tail keyword marketing
* Submissions to article directories
* Running a blog & website in tandem
* Using social networking & social blogging

In and of themselves any of the above suggestions can produce high volumes of targeted visitors to your website. Given that being the case, and it is, what do you think would happen if you merged all four areas together as a marketing system for your website? This is exactly what people discover when they visit SEO-And-Beyond.com.

That being said, lets talk about generating proper long tail keywords to build your website upon by breaking down how I discovered what keyword phrase I would use for today.

First, I chose a topic.
* Keywords

Then I went to Google and entered the following with brackets.
* “Keywords”
Which produced the following results on the right and side of the blue bar residing near the top of the page.
* 1 - 10 of about 715,000,000

Two important points are worth mentioning here.
1. The resulting number can and will fluctuate on a frequent or even daily basis.
2. While I would be the first to accept 715,000,000 people to my website, my ability to gain a large piece of this pie is remote due to the nature of supply and demand.

So, like a good fisherman I keep searching for a fishing hole where fist are biting which no one else knows about. Along the way I find.

Keyword Marketing (230,000) – Better than my first try, but I’m looking for a volume of only 1000 – 5000. I’ll tell you why in a moment.

Long Tail Keyword (33,200) – Even better, but still not great.

Long Tail Keyword Marketing (2,060) – This is a great spot to be in. It is certainly relevant to my topic, people are actively searching for this phrase & it makes a wonderful title in it’s own right. It doesn’t get much sweeter than that.

Therefore, I can now create an article that will appear to this niche audience, post it to multiple article directories as well as my website & blog, and let my social network and bookmarking friends know about it. My chances of gaining a sizeable piece of the pie is far greater with 2,060 competitors than it would ever be with 715,000,000.

But what if you are at a loss for keywords. One of many answers to that would be HitTail.com’s free service. I use it as regularly as I use a concept called bum marketing. With those two tools there is really no reason a serious Internet Marketer couldn’t generate massive amounts of highly targeted website traffic using long tail keyword marketing.

7 Interesting Facts About Ebay

Ebay! If you haven’t heard the word in your life, then you might want to check your pulse. Here are 8 interesting facts about Ebay – one of the “virtual world’s” leading giants.

1. Ebay maintains four copies of most of its databases.
Talk about redundancy. It’s nice to know they’ve got our back when we use Ebay. Good reason for us to do the same for ourselves. My 7 gig hard drive is nearly full. What would happen if it suddenly stopped working? Without a backup I would be sunk.

2. On an average, EBay.com experiences down-time related issues for about 50 seconds each day.
Considering it’s size, that’s certainly not bad news.

3. There are nearly 1 billion page views of Ebay per day.
If only my site could reflect that volume. Can you say Adsense Cha Ching!

4. Ebay users exchange nearly $1,700 worth of goods every second.
I’m not sure how this “recession” we are in affects those numbers. It would seem that the totals might be down, but I’ve heard that the online economy is still booming unlike many parts of the “real world” today.

5. Today, Ebay boasts around 600 million listings, as well as, 204 million registered users.
Given that those who join Ebay become members, this fact demonstrates how powerful a membership related website can really be.

6. The “real world” acts as a load-balancing engine for the “virtual world” of Ebay. When Europe is the most active the US is asleep; and vice versa.

7. Europe is the 2nd largest regional user of Ebay.
Can you guess who the largest user of Ebay would be?

8. 10 terabytes of new storage are added to Ebay every week to cover new transactions that are being made.
And to think that in yesteryear a highly technical guru stated that there would never be a need for more than 12 personal computers across the entire US.
So next time you are enjoying a dinner party, remember to bring up these facts about Ebay. They are certain to lead to some interesting discussions.

When Will I Get Recognized By Search Engines?

That’s the question every Internet Marketer wants to know.

And right next to it is, when will the search engines starting sending me mega amounts of traffic.

But there is a way to quite wondering when you will be recognized by the search engines. No, I’m not talking about some type of sneaky pull the rabbit out of the bag black hat tactic that you really shouldn’t ever try. And I’m certainly not talking about spending oodles and oodles of moola to make this process work for you. You are about to learn exactly how to cease worrying about search engine recognition.

The cool thing is that this isn’t a hard process to follow either. Fact is, there is only one step to the entire process. Want to know what it is?

Are you sure?

Okay, ready?

Here it is. Stop!

That’s right. Just stop it. You’ve got more important things to think about anyway. Like what you are going to do today to drive massive traffic to your website.

· How many articles are you going to write and submit to the article directories?
· What else can you do to search engine optimize your website?
· Which of your social networking directories are you going to update today?
· How many pages are you going to save on your social bookmarkings this week?
· What are you going to do to improve your websites associated blog?
· Which PR4 and above websites are you going to swap links with?

Focus on these questions in an organized, consistent & persistent manner and it won’t be long before you are nicely ranked on the search engines. The Internet is indeed a place where you can gain massive exposure and success in a short amount of time. Which is exactly why you need to stop wondering when you will be recognized by search engines and start building your future today.

Stellar Online Customer Relationship Marketing

This is part two of a two-part topic. Part one was titled “Online Customer Relationship Marketing Gone Awry”. While I’m not normally a negative individual, it is my hope that others’ can avoid horror stories of their own by true first hand encounters that I experience. To that end, I’d like to tell you of a completely other type of experience I have had with an auto-responder company.

This company is Aweber. After my experience in the other article I immediately contacted Aweber and asked to speak with a manager.

I gave no explanation.
I gave no information.
I was immediately transferred.

When I got to the manager I explained that there was actually nothing wrong, but I was testing their support to make sure it lined up with my expectations. It did, and I signed up with their Aweber on the spot.

The interesting part of this is that there was a day when I would not have used Aweber if you paid me. I had a falling out with their billing department and made the determination that this was not a company I wanted to do business with in the future.

You see, how a company handles online customer relationship marketing makes all the difference in the world. It doesn’t matter if you are trying to sale ice-cubes to Eskimo’s; if you show that you truly care through your support you stand a great chance of being successful. Apparently this auto-responder company both understands and practices that concept very well.

Not only do they offer superb customer service and technical support over the phone but they also make themselves available during business hours for online queries. While it may take a bit longer than desired to connect with a person online, it’s never unreasonable.

That fact, plus the improvements Aweber has made to their software package since the early days has made me a loyal customer. So if you ever think that online customer relationship marketing doesn’t matter. Think again. It really does.

Online Customer Relationship Marketing Gone Awry

Online customer relationship marketing is just as critical as it is for brick and mortar type businesses. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that everyone agrees. Here is my own personal experience with an auto-responder company that I once used. Unfortunately, it is not as positive as I would prefer; but since it is my own experiences the company name will remain intact.

Personally, I think the software side of their package is the best on the market. However, recently while working with one of their technicians my website was taken completely out of service.

I called Get Response with panic in my voice and explained the situation. What was the Get Response response?

“Sorry”

“Sorry?”, I replied. My website is out of commission. I need something more than “sorry.”

Nothing further was coming so I requested to speak with a manager. My Get Response response now? Perhaps not verbatim, but…

“We don’t allow that here”

I responded, “You don’t allow upset customers to speak to your managers?”

They replied with, “that’s correct”.

I calmly, though upset, requested my technician to put me on hold and go make sure that their manager was willing to risk losing a client account by not coming on the line. They did exactly that, only to confirm the response upon their return. As a result of their poor online customer service processes I immediately cancelled my account and contacted a different company for handling my auto-responder needs.

I do hope that Get Response has changed their policy on this process. You see, in my opinion it doesn’t matter how good of a software product you have put together if your online customer relationship marketing doesn’t match or better yet far exceed your applications abilities.

Internet Marketing Secret Revealed

Internet marketing today does not need to cost a lot of money. Fact is, create you can create a free blog and drive a boatload of free traffic to it through a simple internet marketing secret revealed. The secret? Bum marketing.

That’s right.

Bum marketing.

I originally wasn’t going to focus this article on bum marketing as I just finished a similar article recently. Instead I was going to talk about how most everyone misses the boat on hyperlinks when SEO’ing there web page. Unfortunately, or fortunately for you, the title of this article really lends itself better to a further talk about bum marketing. Therefore, let’s talk about how to bum market successfully.

First, you need to choose a longtail keyword. For me that means running a quick search using Keyword Elite, which is probably, the best tool on the market for this process.

Among other options my query on Internet marketing returned
“Internet Marketing Secrets”

With this longtail keyword in hand I ran a search in Google making sure to keep the quotes around my keyword phrase. Thoese results which are found on the right in the blue bar at the top of Google were…
"Results 1 - 10 of about 111,000"

Since optimum is 1000 – 5000 views for best success on this process we need to keep looking. Here are some of the options I tried.

"Internet Marketing Secret"
Results 1 - 10 of about 211,000

"Internet Marketing Revealed"
Results 1 - 10 of about 843

"Internet Marketing Secrets Revealed"
Results 1 - 10 of about 8,520

And then…

"Internet Marketing Secret Revealed"
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,360

Finally I found a keyword combination that was in the 1000 – 5000 word limit. There are less people going for this target, which means it will be easier to reach my audience.

Further, I looked to the right of the Google page to see if anyone was actually bidding on this keyword phrase. Since I did find bidders, I knew there was a good chance that this would be a hot keyword combination.

So I went about writing my article focusing on the longtail keyword of “Internet Marketing Secret Revealed”. Making sure that the phrase was mentioned at the beginning, end and at least once in the middle of my article.

Next, I create the title. Actually, the title had already created itself in this case. However, I could have titled this “1 Simple Internet Marketing Secret Revealed”. The trick is to keep the longtail keyword phrase intact within the title. It’s even better the title is only the keyword combination itself, but that is not always possible.

Finally, I submit the article to a variety of article directories, post it to my website and blog, send it out to my social networks and bookmarks & whatever else I can do let people know about the article.

Now, if I add any type of affiliate link to the page people visit on my site. In this case it would be Keyword Elite since I talked about it in the article I stand a good chance of making affiliate sales. Further, since I have little competition I get to the top of Google without much effort on this specific longtail keyword combination.

Therefore, my article on “Internet Marketing Secret Revealed” builds my website while fattening my wallet simultaneously. I tell you this process in hopes that you will both use it and succeed in your own Internet Marketing efforts.

Use Blogger Blogs To Grow Your Newsletter Subscriber List

Do you have a website?
Do you have a blog?
If you have a website you need to have a blog too.

Why?

Simple, you can share link love between the two sites and as one increases in popularity the other one will do the same.

However, no matter if you have a website, blog, or forum one fact remains consistent. Without readers you ain’t got much! It’s even better if your web creative has a large volume of return readers. So, how do you get those return readers?

Simple. Highly targeted niche newsletters.

If you’ve been around the web for any time at all you already know the value of a newsletter. If not, just visit my forum on SEO-And-Beyond.com and I’ll be glad to answer any particular question you might have about Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web 2.0 or what have you.

The purpose of this writing is to give you a simple secret of how to gain those readers from your blogger blog. I read an article recently that advised people how to build a blog subscribe page that people could go to and complete a newsletter sign-up. Good idea, but it requires too much work from your reader.

This article picks up where you already have your blogger blog, know how to get the code for your newsletter signup form, & are ready for more subscribers.

Go to the Layout section of your blogger blog.

Right above the section that references your “blog post” information you are going to add a gadget. Okay, you’ll probably have to add it on the side panel and drag it over to the top of the blog post section.

The gadget you want to add is the one titled HTML/JavaScript. Don’t worry, you don’t need any knowledge of code with this technique.

Go to your newsletter server (I recommend Aweber) and get the code needed to have people sign up for your newsletter. Copy/Paste that piece of code into your HTML/JavaSccript box. Save your work, and your done.

That’s it. Now every time anyone visits your blogger blog they will find your request to sign up for your newsletter. It doesn’t matter what page they are on as it will come up on each and every page like clockwork. With this technique your visitor only has to enter there name and e-mail to be successfully signed up for your newsletter.

The Extreme Disadvantage Of Article Directory Submitters

Successful Internet Marketing can be kin to writing a never-ending grocery list.

* 25 social bookmarking submissions
* Submit 7 articles using article directory submitters
* 10 social networking updates
* Send newsletter, update blog & website
* Write 3 new articles
* And the list goes on

Not to mention all the responsibilities that our offline life demands.

Given such daunting tasks one would think that when someone creates a tool to help speed up the process that it should be nothing but beneficial. Unfortunately, such is not the case with article directory submitters.

Don’t get me wrong.

I’m not saying article directory submitters don’t have their place. What I am however recommending is that you use them as a tool rather than a crutch.

This truth really hit home to me today when I logged onto one of my article directories to correct an article error so that it would go live on the directory. You know those profile sections that you find on many social bookmarking and social networking websites? Would you believe they are on article directories as well? Well, they are.

The one that I happened upon even included a place for me to put my profile link for many of my social networks including MySpace & FaceBook. If that wasn’t enough, given the right information it will even update Twitter automatically. That’s like an extra kick in my Internet Marketing endeavors without any additional work. Nice!

The moral of this story is simply, go ahead and use article directory submitters. Just take the time to logon to the article directories in person and setup your profile information. I’d actually logon every couple of months and check things out. After all, many article directories have stats that will let you know which articles are succeeding verse those that aren’t.

How To Be A Bum

Internet Marketing. There are so many ways to do it that the ways to do it successfully often get lost in the confusion. I recently tried PPC and found $100 gone before I could blink. Without PPC getting to a top spot on Google can take some effort unless you implement bum-marketing tactics.

When I first heard the term “bum-marketing” I dismissed it as yet another black hat process that would be sure to get you banned from Google. I was so sure of myself that I didn’t even give must time to study of the process. Well, at least not until today when I read a very clear description of the process.

Unfortunately for me I am now kicking myself in the backside because I did not listen earlier. Please don’t do the same, and instead learn from the ignorance of my mistakes.

Simply put, bum marketing is gaining a top spot on the search engines without having to pay for it.

How do you do that?

I’m glad you asked.

First you find a long-tail keyword that pulls in only 1000 – 5000 results on Google.

Thus, instead of…
"apple pie" (6,490,000)

You choose the longtail keyword of…
"grandma ople's apple pie" (4,940)

You can find the totals for any keyword phrase in blue on the upper right side of Google. Be sure to use brackets around your longtail keyword or your results will be skewed at best.

Now that you have your long-tail keyword write an article around that exact keyword and nothing else. For optimum results use only one long-tail keyword per article. Also, be sure to use the keyword phrase at the start and end of your article for even better results.

Next, create your title. This part can be easy since your long-tail keyword makes for a good title all by itself, or you can tweak it a bit if you like.

So, your title could simply read…
"grandma ople's apple pie"

Or, you could create a title that reads…
"don’t eat grandma ople's apple pie"
"grandma ople's apple pie receipt”

Whatever you decide, I’m sure you get the idea. Now it’s time to let people know that your article exists. You can use article directories, social networks, social bookmarks, forums, & blogs among other strategies to get the word out. If you want the top spots of Google lightening fast then 3 places not to miss posting to include…

* EzineArticles.com
* USFreeAds.com
* GoArticles.com