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Friday, October 31, 2008

SearchWarp: Making Easy Money From Article Directories Like SearchWarp

Writing articles.

If you've been attempting Internet Marketing on the web for any time at all you have heard the rumor about the tremendous value from article directories.

I'm here to set the record straight.

Everything you've heard about the benefits of article marketing is true. Yes, video marketing is even truer; but we will save that information for another article.

What you may not have heard as much about is that making easy money from article directories is very plausible.

For example, SearchWarp pays you via Google Adsense for referrals that you send their way. The higher your rating in their system the greater your potential profits.

However, I personally do not believe they do a good job of explaining how the process works. In reality it is very easy even though the directions available are not so much so. Given that I would like to explain to you how their program works.

First you need to create an account and profile. No big secret there. Once you are satisfied with your new profile you save it and your good to go.

Here's where things started getting a bit confusing for me.

Next you write an article about making money with their article directory.

Then post that article to their directory. I have found it easy to use an article submitter for this process, however unlike any other directory I have ever worked with, you then need to logon to their article directory and select the submit button to fully complete the submission process.

While I don't much care for this extra step the financial possibilities for additional income are huge making it more than worth the trouble.

Once the article is posted you then navigate to that very same article that teaches people how to make easy cash from article directories like SearchWarp. Copy the URL for this exact article and begin promoting it from wherever seems logical to you. The result is that while you are building a following for your own website offerings, you are also making easy money from Google AdSense in the process.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Popular Types Of Internet Marketing For Website Traffic Creation

Internet Marketing.

While those words may seem more than a little elusive, not doing it will bring traffic creation to an absolute standstill.

Therefore, I would like to cover several types of Internet Marketing that will supercharge the success you receive on the net.

*** Article Marketing ***
I love to write! Therefore, this is one of my own personal favorite strategies when it comes to generating traffic from the Internet.

My favorite type of article marketing is called bum marketing because it helps you get for free what other people are paying top dollar for. The disadvantage of this process is found in the fact that it is a very slow way of gaining web success. However, considering the benefits of what free marketing can offer it's worth the time it takes to work.

Five free sites I would not miss being involved with as it relates to article marketing are…

* HowHub.com (A brand new unique way of writing for the web that pays you)
* SearchWarp.com (There is an option where you can receive pay for your submissions)
* Squidoo.com (Best social networking site for bum marketing articles)
* EzineArticles.com (Article directory industry leader)
* ArticleBiz.com (Good for Social Bookmarking)

*** Video Marketing ***
This works exactly the same way as article marketing with the exception that you are working with videos instead of articles. There are numerous video directories to target your videos too. An essential one not to miss would be YouTube.com. Video directories may actually be more important than article directories as they normally offer a much higher Google Page Rank than what article directories do.

*** Social Networking & Bookmarking ***
Social Networking is an excellent way of spreading one's word on the web. The problem is that there are more social type-sites than you can count on the web today. In my opinion keeping track of this information is paramount to having an Internet nervous break down. That was before someone told me about MyPage.com. MyPage provides you with the ability to control all your social networking activities from a single podium. Using this tool Web 2.0 strategies make sense.

*** Conclusion ***
Using the above free types of Internet marketing strategies for your web business traffic creation simply makes sense. However, remember the basics of search engine optimization (SEO) will further enhance any and all efforts that you might try from the above information. With that said, go forth and conquer. The web is your domain!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Using Blogger Blogs For Killer Minisites Can Boost Online Sales

Killer Minisites.

What are they and how will using Blogger Blogs help their creations.

According to Wikipedia a minisite is…

"A minisite is a website on which companies offer information on one particular product or product group. Typically, a minisite is enhanced by various multimedia contents, such as an animated, narrated introduction, and accompanied by a visual scheme, which complements the product well."

I would add that the purpose of a successful minisite is to boost online sales.

Often times a minisite can consist of only one or two pages, however when using a blog platform for the minisite it can actually become quite a large site after only a short amount of time.

Since blogs allow you to add one article at a time you can easily piece meal things into a dynamic approach that is easy to maintain. If you take an aggressive approach of writing a new article every day in only 30 days you have 30 pages. Just make sure to set a realistic writing schedule that you can maintain in the long run.

Following this 60 day plan Google raised my page rank value on their system from 0 to 3 on a 0 – 10 scale.

Simply put search engines love properly managed blogs.

Why?

Many reasons really. Blogs are…

* Interactive by making comments and responses to posts that are made.
* Fresh, with new content and articles being posted frequently.
* Easy to publicize when implementing technology like FeedBurner which leads to backlinks from high PR websites.

If that were all that blogs offered it would be more than enough. Fortunately, that's just the start.

On my Blogger Blogs I also include…

* A targeted search engine compliments of Google Adsense, which is another fine product from Google.
* The ability to know when new posts are made via Email or RSS feed compliments of FeedBurner.
* A "read more" link, which helps people know what has been posted recently in a glance rather than weeding through countless pages of undesirable content.
* Video, audio and text content that appeals to every kind of reader rather than just those who happen to be speed-readers.
* And that's really just the start.

Using Blogger blogs for creation of killer minisites is quite an easy undertaking. Done right they can boost online sales much better than a traditional website is able to do. With that said, use Blogger blogs for your Internet Marketing ventures and watch the success come pouring in.

Monday, October 27, 2008

3 Feed Burning Rss Questions Answered By FeedBurner Rss

RSS.

If you are like me you have heard this acronym before.

Perhaps you even know that it stands for "Really Simple Syndication".

But the question remains…

Who cares?

The answer is…

YOU!

Let's examine 3 RSS questions to find out exactly why you should be using RSS in your own online campaigns.

1:] How do I setup an RSS chicklet on my blog?
2:] Can I use Email with RSS?
3:] What do PING & RSS have in common?

NOTE: While there are other RSS services on the web, we will be positioning this discussion around the usage of FeedBurner RSS services. In general the concepts unfolded here will apply to other feed burning services as well.

*** How Do I Setup An RSS Chicklet On My Blog ***

After logging on to your FeedBurner account you will pleasantly find that the bulk of the work is suddenly behind you.

On the top of your screen you will find these following tabs

* Analyze
* Optimize
* Publicize
* Monetize
* Troubleshootize

We will be working within the "PUBLICIZE" window to answer this and the other 2 questions.

Once in the "PUBLICIZE" screen you will find a list of options on the left side.

Find and select the "CHICKLET CHOOSER".

Choose the "CHICKLET" you would like to use.

Scroll to the bottom drop down box and select the blog platform you are working with. If your preferred platform is not listed then copy paste the code where you would like it to reside on your blog.

When using the drop down blog selection options, if you have more than one blog be sure to select the right one else have the wrong RSS feed installed on the wrong blog.

Now, each time you submit a new article to your blog it will automatically send out a notification to anyone and everyone that has chosen to be part of your RSS service.

But wait. There's more….

*** Can I Use Email With RSS? ***

Not everyone is used to using and/or familiar with the process of RSS yet. So providing a second option for people that don't use RSS is a really good idea.

That's why when setting up your RSS service you also want to setup an "EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION" option.

Simply follow the same path as what you did to install the "CHICKLET" with the alteration of choosing "EMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS" from the "SERVICES" list instead.

*** What Do PING & RSS Have In Common? ***d

The result?

You now have both an RSS feed and an Email Subscription option setup for your readers to join. With those items in place, every time you update your blog your readers will know about it. Provide them with information that they want and you will find a steady flow of visitors coming back to your blog on a regular basis.

However, a problem still exists in that people need to know that these services exist on your blog before they can join them.

That's where the concept of PINGing comes into the picture.

From the same "SERVICES" list that you used to setup your feed and Email subscription options, choose "PINGSHOT"

Select the services you would like to PING.

Be sure to add the 5 additional services. Why not? It's free and the more publicity the better, no?

Select "SAVE" and you're done.

Now when you submit a new post to your blog it will be automatically posted to all these services mentioned on this list.

Talk about instant publicity.

*** Conclusion ***

Using the FeedBurner RSS utility for feed burning is free and easy. To answer even more RSS questions spend time checking out the different options on FeedBurner. Why not? While there is certainly reason to pay for some advertising services like PPC on the web, getting all the low cost to know cost publicity you can is certainly an excellent idea.