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Build one way links from .edu sites, courtesy of Google
Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, Howto, Search Engine Optimization, Seo, Twiitter, social media, webiste visitors on July 24th, 2009
Further to the last post where I explained how Yahoo! can help you find both .edu and .gov sites that will link to you, try this one with Google. Run a standard search using variations of this string as your search parameters (make sure the spacing is correct):-
site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”you must be logged in” -”comment posting closed” -”comment closed” “<your keyword term>”
Do this and Google returns all of the .edu university and college blogs to which you can submit your comments to generate a link. It is probably a good idea to ping his/her blog after your comment is added to the post to make certain it gets picked up too.
Of course, you must ensure that the links are followable before posting a helpful and thoughtful comment. Install either the Google toolbar or the excellent (and free) Search Status Firefox add-on to simplify this latter task.
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Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, Howto, blogging on July 6th, 2009
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What happens in an economic depression – part 2
Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, getting started on February 24th, 2009
In the first part of ‘what happens in an economic depression’, I tried to suggest that in these extremely difficult times, many people are going to start trying to earn a living from the internet, primarily because there is less work and therefore less money flying around.
Hence, the first question that people who are thinking of earning a living online are going to ask is, ‘how do I do so?’. The simple answer is, by blogging.
Traditionally, if you want to generate an income from a blog, you would do so in one of two different ways.
Either you would feature paid advertising on your site (generally using Google AdSense) or by promoting someone else’s products as an affiliate.
However, I would suggest that neither of these solutions is going to be effective or profitable in the future, for several reasons.
Firstly, there is less money available to the businesses who were previously spending lots of money with Google, and it therefore stands to reason that there are going to be less companies advertising with the ‘big G’ in the future. Furthermore, one of the big bugbears of anyone who has ever used AdSense is that Google has steadfastly refused to tell you how much you will get paid for featuring their advertising on the site, or indeed, what percentage of the money they are paid ends up in your bank account.
Am I wrong in thinking that the percentage is likely to come down when Google see less and less people advertising? And when that happens, will you be any the wiser?
I believe that the answer to these questions is ‘yes’ and ‘no’, in this order.
Thus, if you are going to feature advertising on your blog as a way of making money, you really need to look at other advertising companies apart from Google, companies who offer paid advertising that is an awful lot more transparent than AdSense.
But, why depend on advertising in the first place? After all, by doing so, you are relying on other people (Google et al) to place advertising materials on your website, and then you are relying on your visitors to click on those ads. Granted, that is the very basis of PPC advertising, but it is a fact that the average net user is becoming increasingly ‘ad blind’. AdSense is almost everywhere nowadays, even featuring on the websites of the quality broadsheet newspapers so the average net user is nowadays bombarded with online advertising. Thus, they are becoming increasingly adept at ignoring it.
Then, you have the affiliate product option.
In this situation, you find a product or service created by an individual or company which you promote in exchange for a commission. The problem here is that the product or service you are promoting does not belong to you and you did not create it, so you have no guarantee of the quality of the product unless you buy it yourself.
As 99.9% of affiliate marketers don’t do so (if you bought every product you are thinking of promoting, you would probably spend more money than you generate from sales), there could plenty of refund requests, and again, you are relying on other people for the success of your business.
Add this to the fact that you only ever going to earn a percentage of the overall customer spend as your commission, and you again have to ask is this the best way of earning money online?
As far as I can see, neither of these traditional solutions is going to be the answer for how to make money through your own blog site in the future.
So, is there a better option?
The answer is, of course there is.
More on this next time…
The Incredible Effectiveness of Social Marketing
Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, People, blogging, social media on February 18th, 2009
Social marketing has evolved into a VERY influential type medium whose effects are felt both on and off the internet today. From our recent presidential election, to the public opinion of the Californ…
Journalism faces an uphill battle
Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, People, blogging, social media on February 18th, 2009
audiences once attached to traditional media outlets. There is a lot of attention these days being paid to social media outlets, such as Facebook, Twitter and various internet blogs. But again, the audience for most individual sites (Barack Obama aside)
Let a Blog Enhance Your Work or Business Productivity!
Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, People, blogging, social media on February 18th, 2009
Within the blogosphere, there is a new trend called microblogging. These microblogs will help you grow and maintain your business or enhance your productivity.
Microblogs are a new form of social m…
Web 3.0: Death of the Website
Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, People, blogging, social media on February 18th, 2009
Hard to believe it was just a decade ago when we had to rely on phone books, newspapers and advice from friends to figure almost anything out. Today, the Internet is our bank, encyclopedia, store, adv…
What happens in an economic depression – Pt 1
Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, getting started on February 17th, 2009
Like me, I am guessing that most folks who are reading this are too young to remember the last great economic depression back at the end of the 1920’s which lasted pretty much throughout the 30s. But, it’s interesting that so many people are now searching online for information about what happens in an economic depression and how to survive a depression, although not perhaps that surprising.
There is little doubt that the world in general is in a financial mess, with big business shedding staff like there is no tomorrow (I suspect that for any companies, there won’t be!) and people all over who are really struggling.Whether what we are going through is truly a depression is open to debate, although if you accept the definition of the Great Depression as being an ‘economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries’ from dictionary.com, it is hard to argue against it.
But, here’s the thing that I see.
As long as you have a computer and a net connection, there is no need to struggle. Indeed, rather than seeing this as bad times, I am certain that for many people out there, this is the point in their lives where they set off on a journey to true financial freedom.
What happens in an economic depression is that the go-getters get going.Rather than complaining about their lot, they start doing something to alter their position and situation, and unlike the 20s and 30s, your computer is all that you need in order to start doing something today.
Bloggers in particular are in a position to take the bull by the horns and really make a killing in these hard times. The thing is, even if times are as hard as they have ever been, it doesn’t take a great deal of money to get yourself set up your own internet business, and it is pretty much something that anyone can do.
So, rather than being a downer, I believe that for many people, what is happening in the world right now could represent a fantastic opportunity to do what they have always wanted to do. I guess that for most people, stepping away from the security of a job and a steady, guaranteed income is hard, but if your hand is forced and you need to look elsewhere to secure your future, starting your own online business is definitely one very good way of going about it.
But, having said all of this, I also believe that to make money in the future, bloggers are going to have to change their approach and tactics, because I am not sure that what has been working during the ‘good times’ is going to be quite so effective when money is a lot tighter. Nevertheless, that does not mean that you cannot start an online business, nor does it mean it cannot be successful either. And it still costs a lot less to get started online than it does in the real world.
Maybe you know all this already, and have been seriously thinking about starting your own online business for some time. If so, then all I can say is, stay tuned for the next installment…or even better, subscribe to my RSS feed, so I can send you the information as soon as it is available!
What happens in an economic depression and how do you survive a depression?
You finally launch yourself towards financial freedom, that’s what and how! More very soon….
Write better articles….
Posted by admin in Articles, Business Making Money Online, writing on February 18th, 2008
I’ve seen many articles that tell you how the writer thinks that you should create great articles, and, do you know something? I often disagree with what I read!
Not because I believe that I am smarter than the original writer, or that I know everything. It’s just that most of these articles seem to leave something out. And, more importantly, I often think that they get a lot of it the wrong way around too!
Not sure what I am talking about?
Then, please read on to discover my ‘way round’ of doing things.
1). Find your article’s Keywords
Use whatever keyword software works best for you to find a good keywords, that is, keywords that have high value and low competition.
2). Select your Point Of View
If you choose to write the article First Person, you can write about your own experiences using the Product, or at the least, your desire to solve the problem that the Product “promises” to solve.
This establishes you as an “expert” in your reader’s mind, because you have direct experience with the Product and you succeeded in solving the problem, yourself.
Or you can choose to write the article Second Person, for instance, telling your reader about a danger to avoid (with other, competing products).
This establishes Trust with your readers, because you’ve warned them away from something bad.
Or you can choose to write the article Third Person, for instance, giving valuable information about your reader’s problem and it’s solution (via the Product).
This also establishes a level of Trust, because you have provided assistance to your reader.
In all cases, you want to address the problem that caused your reader to search in the first place, then help them solve it.
3). Bullet-point your Value items
Pretend that you yourself, need to solve this problem. What kind of information would you be looking for?
Put yourself in your reader’s shoes and give them the information they want. Make a bullet-point list of the important items that your article should discuss, to provide your reader with the answers s/he wants.
If you’ve come up with your list of keywords for the article, by using the question-word method discussed above, then coming up with these value items is even easier. Simply answer the questions in the keyword phrases.
Either way, go back over your list and insert the single keywords and keyword phrases you’ve chosen.
Tip: Almost any information you need for an article, is right in front of you – on the Internet. Search Google for your keyword phrases, and you will find other sources of information from which you can obtain your list of important items.
4). Order & Expand your bullets
Re-order the important item bullets you’ve listed, into a sequence that flows naturally from one bullet to the next.
Then expand each bullet into one or more paragraphs, that fully discuss the important idea in that bullet. You will find this to be a simple way to produce a “draft” version of your article.
Try to use short sentences and paragraphs, as this will improve the “readability” of your article.
Next, verify your keywords. Make sure your primary and secondary keyword phrases are included (repeatedly, but no more than 5%); and try to sprinkle in additional repetitions of the common single keywords you chose earlier.
Finally, read over the entire article and edit for accuracy and clarity. (Also at this stage, watch out for too many repetitions of any particular combination of keywords.)
To increase clarity, you can add sub-headers for each major topic in the article. Also, if you have any lists, you can number them or simply use bullet points.
5). Get them to Take the Next Step
You need to end your article with a “call to action”, which tells your reader what they should do next.
For instance, in the case of feeder pages, you want them to click the link to your money page, where they can read your Pre-sell. So for example, you could end with:
“To learn more, including how to solve [their problem] quickly and easily, click here to read our Complete Product Review.”
6). Add the Title
Sometimes you know what the title is immediately, even before you start to write the article. Other times, the primary keyword phrase provides an excellent article title itself.
But often, you need to wait until after the article is written, so you can have a clearer idea of what the article is about.
In any case, your title has to capture the reader’s attention immediately, or else he won’t bother to read the article at all. Usually, this means that your title should state the central problem that brought your reader to you in the first place – and the promise of its solution.
Regardless, be sure to include your primary keyphrase, to help your article rank in the search engines.
For our example, a possible title could be:
["Exciting baby nursery themes ideas - a checklist for a safe and enjoyable journey into parenthood."]
New Years Giveaway – Take a look now!
Posted by admin in Business Making Money Online, Sales, getting started, reports, webiste visitors on January 6th, 2008
The number of seasonal “Giveaway” events was certainly up over the recent festive season, wasn’t it?
How many of them did you sign up for? Those that you did join, did you find much that you liked?
I must say that in the majority of cases, I was not overly impressed.
A lot of the products being given away were not particularly difficult to get hold of and I thought that a lot of the events themselves, especially the newer ones, were more ‘glitter and tinsel’ than substance.
One that I HAVE found worth looking at, however, is the excellent “New Years Giveaway” that is running from now until the end of January, and I would seriously recommend that you should take a look sooner rather than later.
There’s three hundred or so free gifts on offer and unlike most of the ‘festive season specials’ that I looked at, many of them are actually worth downloading. There are e-books, software programs, video and web authoring tools for everyone from the newest newbie to the most experienced, and (the thing that I most like),a lot of them are new to me too!
Now, you know and I know that the idea of these events is to allow the contributor to add your name to their mailing list, so I would recommend that you create a new gmail or yahoo email account for your sign-ups and that you only download that you can actually use. Downloading something that you ‘might’ use in the future is just cluttering up your disk space, trust me, because you will never use it!
Anyway, whatever your own experience of the recent glut of ‘givies’, you must take a peek at the New Years Giveaway now, if you have not already done so.