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Useful Sites For Traffic Building

2011-07-05T10:54:00.000-07:00

When it comes to making money online driving targeted traffic is the key. Just depending on the search engines for traffic isn’t the best idea as it can take time and a lot of effort to rank high for a competitive keyword. But there are many sites out there that you can use to drive traffic and here I will mention a useful set of sites that can help you get more traffic.

Note: I have mentioned the number of visitors each site receives per month. These stats were obtained from trafficestimate.com.

1 1) Blogged.com

Its a blog community that allows its users to share their blogs. Blogged also provides the latest major news events, giving the chance for its users to make comments about them and also share these stories on other sites (facebook, twitter etc).

Estimated Monthly Visits - 1,446,400

Google Page Rank - 6

What you can do

i) Follow other users with similar interests (But unlike in Twitter the updates of the users that you are following will not be shown in the homepage).

ii) Submit your blog. So other users can follow your blog, rate your blog and also write reviews about your blog. (Getting more users to follow your blog is a great way to drive traffic, and if they find your content useful they might share your blog by linking to it).

iii) Rate other users blogs and write reviews about them. This is a great way to get noticed.

iv) Follow blogs that you are interested in. (You can follow a blog, then send a message and ask the owner of that blog to follow your blog, it’s a good way to get more followers for your blog).

v) Blogged also has its own Blog directory, you can use this to find blogs related to your niche.

2 2) Outbrain.com

There are 2 ways to use this site you can either become a publisher or a marketer.

Estimated Monthly Visits - 28,639,000

Google Page Rank - 6

What You Can Do - Its kind of similar to Amazon.com but instead of recommending products to your viewers Outbrain will recommend content/links to articles that’s related to the content on your blog/website and just like in Amazon.com you can make money from Outbrain.

Here's how it works, lets say you become a publisher then you will have to add the outbrain blog widget to your blog. There are 2 types of widgets to choose from "Text Widget" and the "Thumbnail Widget". This is what the "Text Widget" looks like

This is what the "Thumbnail Widget" looks like

You can either add the "Text Widget" or the "Thumbnail Widget" to your blog. And this widget will automatically display links to articles that’s related to the content on your blog. And when a visitor to your blog/site clicks on one of these article links displayed by the Outbrain widget then you get paid. The amount you get paid per click will depend on several factors. You can get a revenue estimation for your blog/site once you contact them. The links to articles displayed in the widget automatically gets updated often.

But if you become a marketer in Outbrain then you can pay Outbrain to distribute your content/blogposts across 1000’s of blogs (blogs that use the Outbrain Widget) that’s already in Outbrains network. Currently over 50,000 sites and blogs have the Outbrain widget installed. So if you become a Marketer at Outbrain you can get your articles/blogposts to be displayed in 1000's of blogs related to your niche. It can be a great way to drive targeted traffic but it is not free since you have to pay for each click you get. This system is similar to Google Adwords but instead of driving traffic through the search engines Outbrain allows you to drive traffic through blogs/sites that's related to your niche so you have a high chance of making a sale since the traffic you receive through blogs in Outbrain's network is targeted.

3) 3) Friendfeed.com

Its a service that makes it easy to share things in real time with your friends online. Friendfeed also allows you to pull in items from other sites such as Facebook, Blogger, flickr, Picasa Web Albums, Google Talk, Delicious, Youtube, Digg and 64 other sites. So if you make an update like a status update in facebook/twitter or add a picture in Flickr or bookmark an item in Digg it will immediately get updated in your freindfeed account. But you can choose which sites (facebook, twitter, youtube etc) you want to connect with friendfeed so when ever you make an update in any of those sites it will show up in friendfeed. So Friendfeed is a place for anyone to see all the updates you make in 72 different sites in real time, this allows them to see all of the updates you make in many different sites at one place.

Estimated Monthly Visits - 19,477,000

Google Page Rank – 8

What You Can Do - You can connect your accounts in other sites (like twitter, youtube, facebook digg, flickr etc) with Friendfeed, so whenever you make an update in any of these sites it will automatically show up in your friendfeed profile, its one place to show all your updates. You can connect your accounts in 72 different sites (Facebook, Digg, Youtube etc) with your Friendfeed account. And if your contacts/friends on Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, Hotmail are also using Friendfeed then you can add them as your friends and get them to subscribe to you in Friendfeed. You can create a group for your blog/site and share new updates in the group, you can comment on other users posts/updates and like them, send direct message to your subscribers, join new groups, add friends, post in other groups. Friendfeed is a great site that can be a great source of traffic to your site.

4 4) Sphinn.com

This is a great site dedicated for online marketers to share the latest internet marketing related stories and have discussions related to internet marketing. More than promoting your content I would say it’s one of the best sites to learn great things related to internet marketing.

Estimated Monthly Visits - 2,171,600

Google Page Rank – 6

What You Can Do – Submit interesting links related to internet marketing (they can be either your blog/site or other sites) and the top contributors get recognized on the leader board, you can also make comments and start new discussions. You can get a lot of clicks to your profile by being an active member in Sphinn and some of them can turn into clicks to your blogs/site or other links that you have added in your Sphinn profile.

5 5) Addthis.com

Now this is by far one of the best sites that can flood traffic to your site/blog. Here’s how it works, first you need to add the Addthis widget to your blog/site. After you have done this if any visitor finds your content interesting and he wants to share one of your blogposts/webpages in another site then he can just click on the Addthis widget and share it in another site he wants like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Tumblr, Blogger etc (currently the Addthis widget allows readers to share any page in 341 different sites). With just a few clicks Addthis makes it possible for your readers to share your content in sites they like and there are 341 sites to choose from. Addthis is a perfect example of "Viral Marketing".

Estimated Monthly Visits - 68,108,000

Google Page Rank – 10

What You Can Do – Sign up at Addthis and add the Addthis Widget on your site/blog. Monitor how many times your site was shared and in which sites it was shared (Addthis provides very useful analytics that shows its users how often and where their content has been shared). Many popular news sites have used the Addthis widget to make it easier for their viewers to share their stories on Facebook, Twitter etc with just a few clicks. The below video shows how Addthis will make it very easy for your visitors to share your content on other sites.

6) 6) Twitter.com

The power of twitter should never be underestimated. Twitter is capable of driving targeted traffic to a blog/site if its used properly. But one question I asked myself was “Does More Twitter Followers Mean More Traffic ?” . And I found a great article about this topic. I would recommend you to click on the below link and just have a look as it shares some useful info.

Does More Twitter Followers Equal More Traffic?

Estimated Monthly Visits – 732,947,000

Google Page Rank – 9

What You Can Do – Tweet regularly (if you are looking to get followers then this is the most important) and of course the tweets should be catchy and interesting (if people like what you tweet then they will follow you even if you don’t follow them back, so give your target audience what they like to hear). Use #hashtags properly.

7 7) RateItAll.com

This is a consumer review website. The users can write positive/negative reviews on just about anything (Movies, Food, Websites, Blogs, Electronic Products etc). It can be a great place for you to get your blog/site noticed by readers interested in your content and positive reviews by other RateItAll members can be great.

Estimated Monthly Visits - 906,300

Google Page Rank – 5

What You Can Do – Submit your blog/site, review other products and services, create lists (A list is where you rate similar products/services/websites according to your own rating), add friends, follow profiles of users. Just like in all other sites it’s important to be an active member if you want to get noticed by other users. If your blog/site is not complete I wouldn’t recommend you to submit it since even a single negative review will not be very good for your site/blog. And there is a feature called “Promote Plus” on RateItAll, it can be a very useful feature to promote your site. Watch the below video to learn about “Promote Plus” on RateItAll.

8 8) ViralNetworks.com

Viral Networks is a social network dedicated to internet marketers. Its a great place to meet other internet marketers, share your knowledge, promote blogs/sites, advertise and of course learn from other internet marketers

Estimated Monthly Visits - 736,600

Google Page Rank – 3

What You Can Do - Add friends, join the discussions in the Viral Networks forum, upload videos/pictures, comment on other user profiles, contribute to the Viral Networks Wiki, write articles, blogs, send messages, send broadcast mail. Each task you do like replying to forums, uploading videos, contributing to the wiki etc will get you credits and you can also get paid for the credits you have earned. Not only will you get paid but the users with the most credits get noticed on the leader board that shows 25 users with the most number of credits so it can also be a great way to drive traffic which is the main objective. You can also build a downline by referring other people to Viral Networks and earn 10% of all their credits. But certainly spamming is not recommended as profiles can get deleted for misuse.

9 9) Linkedin.com

Linkedin is the worlds largest Professional Network with over 100 million members. Linkedin can play an important role in your social media marketing campaign.

Estimated Monthly Visits - 447,096,000

Google Page Rank – 9

What You Can Do – Linkedin can be used in many ways to promote your online business. You can add new contacts, join groups (you can also create a group for your blog/site like in Facebook), status updates, message people in your network, provide recommendations for users in your network, answer questions by other users (this is a great way to get noticed by other members), follow major companies (to receive their latest updates).

One of the best features of Linkedin is the ability to search status updates of other members. For example if you type “Internet Marketing” it will display all status updates that contain that term, even the status updates of the members that are not in your network. Using this feature you can find Linkedin users that are also discussing similar topics as you and add them to your network. Just watch the below video to learn about this useful feature.

10) Listwire.com

Listwire is a 100% free autoresponder service. It’s a service that allows you to capture your visitors email so you can start building an email list/subscribers to your blog or website, it’s a great way to build a relationship with people who want to read your content. Email marketing allows you to provide your readers with valuable content and offer new products/promotions to your subscribers as well. But there are several factors such as bounce rate, open rate, opt-outs, clicks that show how successful your email marketing campaign is. Click on the below link to read more about Listwire as well as how you can be successful in email marketing.

Free Email Capture Software List Wire – Click Here

What You Can Do – Sign up for free at Listwire, add the squeeze page to your blog/site, write your follow up messages, broadcast messages and the verification message. Listwire also provides a free user manual that shows how you can get started with your email marketing campaign using Listwire. Click on the below link to get your free Listwire user manual.

ListWire User Manual Download

A point that should be kept in mind is that the success of an email marketing campaign is in your hands. It all depends on the way you title your emails, what kind of content/products you offer, how often you contact your subscribers etc. I would certainly recommend you to read the below post where I have discussed some important points on list building.

What Affiliate Marketers Should Know About List Building – Click Here

What Affiliate Marketers Should Know About List Building

2011-06-14T04:39:00.000-07:00

List Building is an important part of an online business. Whether your are a blogger or a webmaster building an email list is a great way to increase traffic as well as sales. All that is required for List Building is a squeeze page and an autoresponder. With ListWire you can get a free squeeze page and an autoresponder to start list building immediately. Click on the below link and read my other post on ListWire to learn more about it.

Free Autoresponder + Squeeze Page

There are 4 important figures that every internet marketer needs to monitor while list building, you need to constantly monitor these stats for a successful list building campaign and edit your messages if required.

1) Bounce Rate (This is different to the Bounce Rate of a website) - This is the percentage (%) or the number of emails that did not get delivered to the subscribers in your list.

2) Opt-Outs -This is the number of subscribers that unsubscribed from your mailing list, so if there are many opt outs then you need to rethink about what you're sending. Spamming subscribers or providing them with content/products they are not interested in are main reasons for losing subscribers. If you are losing subscribers then edit the required messages/newsletters and provide them with interesting content/products so they look forward to reading your emails.

3) Opened Rate - This is the number of times each email was opened/viewed by the subscribers in your list. This is calculated as follows

Bounces = Undelivered emails

One factor for a low open rate is a bad message subject, so try to be creative and write a catchy subject for each message since the "Message Subject" is what they first see when you send a message. Another reason for a low open rate is constantly sending messages that your readers are not interested in or spamming. If you do this continuously they will delete your messages without even opening them and possibly unsubscribe from your mailing list. So try to give your readers what they like to hear from you and send messages at reasonable intervals instead of flooding the mail box at once with too many emails.

The open rates in email marketing campaigns can be different for each niche. Click on the below link to read a great article that's all about email marketing open rates.

All About Email Open Rates

4) Clicks - This is the number of times each link in your message was clicked. They can be affiliate links, links to social media sites, links to other sites etc. ListWire shows how many times each link in each message was clicked, this way you will know if your messages are effective and if your subscribers are actually clicking on the links in your mails. One of the obvious reasons for a low click through rate is sending a message your readers are not interested in, so if you have a high open rate and a low click through rate then you might want to edit the message. The anchor text also has an effect on the number of clicks you receive to your links.

ListWire provides all the important information (Open rates, Clicks, Opt-Outs and more info) about your list building campaign, so you can see exactly where you are going wrong and correct them to make sure you don't lose subscribers.

I would certainly recommend you to watch the below video as it discusses some important aspects on list building.

Another important factor of list building is the design of the squeeze page. The design and the look of the squeeze page can make a big difference. The squeeze page design can vary according to your niche. You can goto Google images and search the term "Squeeze Page" or "Squeeze Page Design" and that will show up squeeze pages in different niches. That will just give a basic idea on how important it is to have a well designed squeeze page. Below are 2 well designed squeeze pages (click on them to zoom)

These 2 squeeze pages are built for the same purpose as any other squeeze page but the designs are totally different. The aim of a squeeze page is to capture your visitors email and you can do it in different ways. Both of these squeeze pages are offering free stuff, that's great way to get a readers attention. So a squeeze page shouldn't just be a box asking for name and email, it has to be a lot more than that. The squeeze page should also tell the visitor exactly what they are going to get by subscribing and a little more about your services / products etc.

Quick Tips On Creating A Squeeze Page

1) Free Offer - A free offer will greatly increase your chances of getting a visitors email. If the visitor is interested in your niche then most likely they will be glad to get anything free related to that. Also encourage the visitor by talking about the benefits of the free report/service etc that you are offering.

2) Good Design - Make the squeeze page look professional, as I mentioned earlier the design plays a key role in capturing a visitors email. The design should match your niche / the target audience. If you don't know how to create one then you can get a squeeze page template, there are a lot of sites that offer squeeze page templates like www.squeezepages.com.

3) Personalize - Also personalize the squeeze page by adding a good picture of you as well as an image of your signature. I have seen several sites using this method. Building a customers confidence is an important part of any business and personalizing the squeeze page is a great way of boosting the visitors confidence in your website. You can create your signature image using mylivesignature.com

4) Short & Effective Message - Its certainly not recommended to turn the squeeze page into a very long sales pitch. So what ever you write in the squeeze page make it short but effective enough to make the reader subscribe. Use Google images to view other squeeze pages, this will give you a good idea on how you can pursue your reader to subscribe without writing too much.

5) Use A Talking Character - A talking character is simply a speaking avatar. A talking character will make it easier for you to give your reader more info about your offer/product instead of writing a long page. It will certainly increase your chances of getting more subscribers as its an effective way to influence the visitor to susbcribe. Features like this can help you keep an edge over your competitors. All you need to do is type in what you want the talking character to say once your squeeze page gets loaded. Two sites that offer these services are avaguide.net and sitepal.com. But I'm sure there are many other sites that offer these services.

6) Zero External Links - The purpose of a squeeze page is to capture your visitors email address and adding any external links can divert the visitors attention. So its recommended not to add any other links on the squeeze page.

7) Privacy Statement - Privacy is a major concern for subscribers, and it is important to mention at the bottom of the squeeze page or below the subscribe button that you will not share the information (email, name etc) with anyone. This will certainly increase your subscriber rates as they will know the information will not be shared so they will not have to worry about receiving spam mail.

So its important to spend a considerable amount of time to design a great squeeze page that fits your "niche" very well, as that squeeze page alone can play a big role in your success online.

7 Important Internet Marketing Tools

2011-03-01T10:35:00.000-08:00

If you want to become a successful Internet marketer then you must be aware of the tools that are freely available. Proper use of these free tools can help you to skyrocket the amount of traffic to your website and become a successful Internet marketer.

Google Webmaster tools

This is a tool that has to be used by every blogger and Webmaster. The Google Webmaster Tools provide a lot of valuable information about your site/blog. In other words it shows exactly how Google sees your website/blog. It provides information such as

1) Links to your site.

2) Keywords that your site is ranked and the position in the search engine results page.

3) Any errors that Google detected while crawling your site and a lot more valuable information about your site.

And if your site gets banned by Google then you can make use of the Google Webmaster tools to submit your site for reconsideration so that it can appear again in the search engine results page. I have already written a post on the Google Webmaster Tools giving in-depth details about the Google Webmaster tools. You can read that post by clicking on the below link

Google Webmaster Tools Article – Click Here

You can visit the Google Webmaster tools by clicking on the below link

Google Webmaster Tools – Click Here

Below is a great video on the “Google Webmaster Tools” I would certainly recommend you to watch it and also search on youtube for more videos about the “Google Webmaster Tools”

Google Ad Preview Tool

This tool is especially useful if you are using PPC (Pay Per Click). This tool allows you to see the position of your website/blog according to the geographic location. For example your website might be placed in the first page of the Google search engine results page for the users in the United States but for users from other countries like Britain, Germany etc your website might not appear in the first page of Google. And using the Google Ad Preview Tool you can find out in which countries you are ranked high in Google. But as mentioned earlier it is mainly used by PPC (Pay Per Click) advertisers.

You can click on the below link to visit the Google ad preview tool.

Google Adpreview Tool – Click Here

Yahoo Back Link Check

This is another great tool that is very useful for all affiliate marketers. This tool will provide information about incoming links to your website. Of course one of the key factors to ranking high is to have lots of back links so if you want to keep track of your back links then the Yahoo Back Link Check is great. It will show you the total number of incoming links to your website/blog and also show which sites are linking to you. It's very simple to use this, all you have to do is go to yahoo.com and in the search box type the following

linkdomain: yoursite.com

Just replace the yoursite.com part with your domain name. And it will show you how many sites are linking to you and also provide you with the URLs of those sites. This is also useful when you are trying build incoming links. Just take your competitors domain name and using this tool find out from where they are getting the links and you can use some of those sites to build incoming links to you.

Google Adwords Tool

This is again a great tool for PPC (Pay Per Click) advertisers. But even if you are not using PPC you can find out the number of times any keyword or phrase is searched by Google users and this tool also shows the competition for that particular keyword. This is very useful when you are thinking of ranking for a certain keyword, you can use this as a research tool before optimizing your site/blog for a keyword. Click on the below link to visit the Google Adwords Tool

Visit Google Adwords Tool

Keyword Density Checkers

Keyword density is an important part of SEO. A lot of SEO experts recommend to maintain a keyword density of 2% - 4%. A too high keyword density can be regarded as keyword spamming by the search engines while a too low keyword density will not be very effective if you want to rank high. So its better to know your keyword density and maintain it at a proper level.

Here are some sites that will automatically calculate the keyword density of your blogpost/webpage

SEO Chat Keyword Density Tool

SEO Book Keyword Density Check

Live Keyword Analysis

Different keyword density checkers can give you slightly different results. But if you want to manually calculate it you can use the Keyword Density Calculating Formula. Read more about this by clicking on the below link

Keyword Density Formula

Related Keywords Finder

Whenever you are optimizing your site for a certain keyword you must use related keywords as well. As this will increase your chances of getting ranked high. One tool that is useful in doing this is the Related Keywords Finder by Google. Click the below link to visit the Related Keywords Finder

Related keywords Finder – Click Here

For example if you are targeting the phrase “Make Money Fast” then you can type it in and the Related Keywords Finder will get a set of related phrases/keywords that you might want to think about adding to your site/blog that can help you rank higher.

Some more simple tools that will find you related keywords are

Go Rank SEO

Keyword Finder

Digital Point Tool Solutions

Finally the Digital Point Tools must be mentioned. Digital Point has provided 18 different tools (Keyword Suggestion Tool, Keyword Ranking Monitor, Diff Comparison, Back Link Tracking Tool, Google AdSense Sandbox and much more) that helps internet marketers in many different ways.

So its certainly recommended to check out some of their tools. Click on the below link to see the tools for your self.

Digital Point Tools For Internet Marketers

And if you aren’t a part of the Digital Point Forum then its certainly recommended to join in and learn from internet marketers, SEO experts, web designers and programmers from around the world.

Digital Point Forum

Internet Marketing Definitions

2011-01-28T11:25:00.000-08:00

Autoresponder – A program that automatically sends emails to the email addresses that have subscribed for a particular newsletter. Autoresponders can be used in both blogs and websites. Using an Autoresponder is a great way to get visitors to return to your website/blog, which will eventually help you to increase your sales. Read more about a free autoresponder @ Free Autoresponder

Keyword Density – Keyword Density is the total percentage a certain keyword or phrase has appeared on a webpage. A good keyword density should be between 3% - 4%. Too high keyword density will be regarded as spam by the search engines and a too low keyword density will not be effective.

It’s an important factor to maintain a proper keyword density to rank high in the search engine. Keyword density can also be calculated manually. But it’s easier to use a site that automatically calculates your keyword density. Here’s a site that I usually use for keyword density calculation.

SEO Chat Keyword Density

Deep Link Ratio – It’s the percentage of links (both links from other sites and internal links) that point to all other pages of your website EXCEPT your homepage. A deep l40% - 60% can be called a good

Deep Link – Any link (internal or external) that points to any page on your website EXCEPT your homepage is called a deep link. Deep linking is a much quicker way of ranking high on the search engines instead of just building incoming links to your homepage which looks unnatural to the search engines.

Social Media Marketing – Social media marketing is the use of social networks (Facebook, Twitter etc), forums, wikis and other social sites for marketing. It’s a red hot method of driving traffic that’s overlooked by some. Watch the below video to fully understand the power of Social Media Marketing.

Viral Marketing – It’s a marketing technique that influence or induce visitors to pass a certain marketing message to other users and websites. The Feedjit Widget that is used by many bloggers to show a visitor details can be called a great viral marketing tool created by Feedjit. WidGadget is a site that lets you create your own widgets so you too can use viral marketing to effectively promote your content.

KEI (Keyword Effectivness Index) – Keyword Effectiveness Index is a way of measuring how effective a certain keyword or phrase is going to be for your website. The formula for calculating KEI is

KEI = (Number of Monthly Keyword Searches) ^ 2 / (Competing Pages)

Suppose you are targeting a keyword that is searched 1000 times per month on Google, and Google shows up 200,000 results when a user enters that particular term.

Then the KEI = 1000 * 1000 / 200,000 = 5

In some of the other websites you might find different formulas used to calculate KEI that gives different results but the above formula is a commonly used method to calculate KEI by SEO experts. It’s always safer to target keywords/phrases that have a fairly high KEI since it will be easier to get to the first page of the search engine with a keyword/phrase that has a high KEI.

CTR (Click Through Rate) – Percentage of visitors who click through to a merchants website. CTR is specially important when you are doing a Google Adwords Campaign. 2% - 4% CTR (Click Through Rate) is a good rate for a Google Adwords Campaign.

Cloaking – Cloaking is showing one set of content to the search engine spiders for indexing while showing another set of content to the users. It’s an SEO technique that has to be avoided since it can get your site banned by Google. 10 Actions That Will Ban Your Website In Google.

Contextual Links – If the anchor text that links from one page of your site to another page on your site is made up of a keyword or phrase that you want that particular page to rank for then its called a “Contextual Link”.

Example – Say you have 2 web pages on your site “A” and “B” and the keyword you want the page “B” to rank for in the search engines is “making money online”. Then if you are linking from A to B the anchor text should be “making money online”. This is an example of a contextual link. Contextual Linking is a great SEO technique to rapidly increase your search engine ranking.

CPA (Cost Per Action) – CPA is a method of advertising when you only pay for each sale or each lead etc, which is different to CPC (Cost Per Click) when you pay for every time a visitor clicks on your ad or banner regardless of a purchase by the customer.

CPC (Cost Per Click) – CPC is the amount you pay every time a user clicks on your ad. CPC differs depending on the website. And if you are using Google Adwords the CPC depends on the keyword you target. Making Money With Google Adwords

CPM (Cost Per 1000 Impressions) – This is the amount you pay for every 1000 impressions for your ad regardless of a purchase or a click by the customer. CPM can be a cost effective alternative for CPC.

EPC (Average Earnings Per 100 Clicks) – This is the value of the commissions by an affiliate for every 100 clicks. It’s a method of calculating the effectiveness of an affiliate by Commission Junction.

Bounce Rate - The bounce rate in email marketing refers to the number or the percentage (%) of emails that did not get delivered to the subscribers in the subscriber list. But bounce rate of a website has a different meaning. Bounce Rate of a website is the percentage of visitors that enter the site and leave the site without viewing another page. Read more about it @ Bounce Rate

Opt-Outs - Opt-Outs is a term used in list building. This is the number of subscribers that unsubscribed from your list.

Opened Rate - Opened rate is also a term used in list building. Opened rate is the number of times each email you have sent to your subscribers was viewed/opened by your subscribers.

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Deep Linking To Boost Search Engine Rankings

2010-11-02T05:06:00.000-07:00

Driving lots of targeted traffic is the key to successfully making money online. Internet marketers use various SEO techniques to improve search engine rankings. One of the most effective search engine optimization techniques to boost your rank is Deep Linking. Deep linking can be simply defined as “Any backlink that points to any page on your website EXCEPT your homepage is called a deep link”. Just building incoming links to your homepage will look unnatural to the search engines and building backlinks to other pages of your website (Deep Linking) will have a much better effect and will quickly boost your rankings on the search engines. Watch the below video to get a simple idea on Deep Linking.

Deep links give a good impression to the search engines and shows that you have targeted content throughout your site since there are backlinks to internal pages of your site as well. By building a good number of backlinks to the internal pages of a website it will raise the relevance of the website. This will also increase the page rank of the internal pages, therefore increase the search engine placement of the internal pages as well.

Whenever building links whether they are links from other sites or within your own site build “Contextual Links”. Visit theInternet Marketing Definitions post to get a full detailed definition for “Contextual Links”.

Deep linking increases the overall value of your site, making your site stand out from your competitors.
Creating valuable content is the best way to automatically get backlinks to internal pages of your site. But you too can build deep links on your own by creating blogs, submitting articles or press releases and then linking them to internal pages of your site rather than your homepage.This will not only drive more traffic but also improve search engine rankings. You can find a list of free article submission sites by clicking on the below link

Free Article Submission Sites

Always maintain a healthy number of outgoing links (links that point to other sites) from each page on your site. Some webmasters suggest to limit the number of outbound links from the homepage of a site to just 10. Even though this is not a rule it is important to keep in mind the more "dofollow" links you have on a page the more your site will bleed vital ranking potential. Below link is a discussion on the Digital Point Forum regarding the number of outbound links on homepage, click the below link to get an idea on the views of different webmasters on the topic of outbound links.

How Many Outbound Links From Home Page Are Safer ?

Finally “What is Deep Link Ratio ?” Click the below link to find out more.

Deep Link Ratio

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Deep Link Ratio For Effective SEO Of Your Site

2010-11-01T02:15:00.000-07:00

If you haven’t read the post “Deep Linking To Boost Search Engine Rankings”, then it is recommended to go back to our homepage and read that post fully. Deep linking ratio can simply be explained as the percentage (%) of incoming links that point to all pages of your site/blog except your homepage. So what’s the easiest way to find the deep link ratio of your site ? The easiest way to do it is by using the Yahoo BackLink Tool.

Here’s how to find the Deep Link Ratio of a site. In this example we will calculate the Deep Link Ratio of a popular tattoo site called tattoojohnny.com.

1) First find the total number of back links to this site (links pointing at the home page and links pointing at internal pages). So just goto yahoo.com and in the web search box type the following

linkdomain: tattoojohnny.com

It showed 52,119 results for me. Now this is the total number of links (both internal links and links from other sites) to all pages of this website.

2) Now we must find the number of links from internal pages, in other words we should find out the number of links within this domain that point to other pages that are also within this domain (internal links). So again we go back to yahoo.com and in the web search box type the following

site:tattoojohnny.com

It showed 459 results for me. Now this is the number of internal links. It means there are 459 links within tattoojohnny.com that link to different pages of tattoojonnhy.com.

3) Now we subtract these two figures.

52,119 – 459 = 51,660

So 51,660 is the total number of external links or links pointing at this site from other sites (This number includes the links that point at the homepage as well as internal pages of this site).

4) Now we should find the number of links pointing at the home page of tattoojohnny.com. And in this step we should find the number of links pointing at both “www.” version and the non “www.” version.

So again in the yahoo.com web search box just type

link:http://www.tattoojohnny.com/

This gave me 43,766 results. Which means there are 43,766 links pointing at http://www.tattoojohnny.com/.

Now we should find the number of links pointing at the non “www.” version of tattoojohnny.com. So in the yahoo web search box just type

link:http://tattoojohnny.com/

This gave me 947 results. Which means there are 947 links pointing at http://tattoojohnny.com/

5) Now to the final calculation. We got 51,660 as the number of links from other sites (Number Of External Links) to tattoojohnny.com. So we subtract this number from the number of links that point at the home page (both at the www. version and the non www. version) of tattoojohnny.com to get the number of Deep Links to this site.

find out how many external links point at the internal pages of this site.

51,660 – 43,766 – 947 = 6947

Now 6947 is the number external links or the number of deep links to tattoojohnny.com.

So finally its time to calculate the deep link ratio of tattoojohnny.com

Deep Link Ratio = (6947 / 51,660) * 100 = 13.4 %

So finally we have found the deep link ratio of tattoojohnny.com as 13.4%.

A deep link ratio of 30% - 60% can be called a good deep link ratio. But there doesn’t appear to be a downside of a too high deep link ratio. But then again the deep link ratio depends on the website. Some sites with great content in internal pages can have a very high deep link ratio.

Ex – http://www.digitalpoint.com/ has a deep link ratio of 94%. This is mainly due to the forum at digitalpoint.com. The digital point forum has lots of great content because of this so many blogs and sites have linked to their forum (and all these links to the forum count as deep links to sky rocket the deep link ratio).

Deep link ratio is one important factor that affects the rank of a site in the search engines. The key to increasing your deep link ratio is to create good content that people will link to. But even without a very high deep link ratio a site can still rank high, since there are several other factors that affect a sites rank such as keywords, age of the site, the quality of the back links (as SEO experts always say the quality of back links is more important than quantity) and more.

Easy and Effective Ways To Drive Traffic To Your Blog

2010-10-15T12:07:00.000-07:00

The number one secret to make money fast online is to driving tons of traffic which is a problem so many people who are trying to make money online are facing. Here’s a list of techniques to drive traffic that can be recommended to anyone wanting to make money fast.

1) Forum Signatures – This is one of the easiest ones to do. Just find a forum that you are interested in and leave forum signatures after posting a reply to an existing post or when you are starting a new post. But do not use it as a spam technique and build 1000’s of links fast since you will get banned from the forum. Visit Big Board Forums to find 1000’s of forums.

2) Directory Submissions – An obvious method to do great link building but some people do not use it thinking it’s a waste of time but it certainly isn’t. If the site/blog is submitted to the proper web directories. Here’s a list of some great FREE web directories that can certainly improve your rankings. Most of them have a page rank of over 5.

New Zealand Search Engine & Web Directory

Top 100 free directory list

3) Submit to Technorati – Create an account for free at Technorati and submit your site/blog to Technorati. After you have claimed your blog and Technorati add some keyword tags to your blog or site using the Keotag Tag Generator. Just type the keywords with each one separated by a comma, then paste code in the blog. These tags helps Technorati crawl your blog. So its important to make use of this. Read more about this at Technorati Blog Claim.

4) Bookmarking - Bookmark your site/blog in all major bookmark sites. Even though the bookmark sites like Delicious use nofollow attribute its still recommended way of link building that is used by man webmasters. Some of the most popular bookmark sites are

5) Reply to other blogs – Post meaningful replies to other blogposts but do not leave links as it can get deleted. Don’t use it as a spam technique either and post 100’s of short meaningless replies but write a proper reply then it will increase the chances of a visitor to that blogpost clicking on your profile and having a look at your blog post too.

6) Facebook Fan Page – Create a Facebook, a fan page related to what you are promoting and to the content of your blog and provide a link to your blog. This is a great way to drive quality traffic to any blog or site. I currently own a Facebook fanpage related to tattoos and has got a little over 6000 members in 5 months. So I constantly receive a certain amount of traffic from that to my site Tattoo World.

7) Connect Twitter & Facebook Fan Page – After you make your Facebook fan page connect it with your Twitter account. So every time you make an update on your Fan Page your Twitter followers will also know about that since your status will automatically get updated with a link to your new update at Facebook. It’s an automatic way to increase the no of followers at Twitter. Twitter is a must if you want to drive traffic. Some people get over 1000 visitors just from Twitter everyday. Click the below link to learn more about

How to Connect Facebook Fan Page With Twitter

8) Squidoo and Hupages – Create a lens at Squidoo and Hubpages. Creating a lens is a must if you want to drive traffic, creating a lens is the first step to take to earn money from home. Always focus on the keywords you are targeting and maintain a keyword density of around 1% - 3%, also include your targeted keyword in the Squidoo URL. Click Keyword Density to read more about it. Here are some popular keyword density checkers

SEO Keyword Density Checker

Keyword Density Check

9) Youtube Videos – Create some youtube videos. If it becomes a hit you can get tons of traffic. There are some meaningless youtube videos out there that has got massive amounts of traffic like over 1 million within a few months. Create the video and leave your site or blog link in the description.

10) Valuable Content – Without a doubt the best way to drive traffic to any blog or site is to add valuable content to it. Then people will automatically link to your blog/site and it will also increase your rank. As so many webmasters say content is king, but one thing you have to avoid is duplicate content, adding duplicate content is one reason for your site/blog to get banned by Google. Read my post about Actions That Will Ban Your Website In Google to learn more.

11) Google Adsense – Again another obvious one. If your site is brand new but you want to drive tons of targeted traffic immediately then Google Adsense is the answer. But you need to have a good budget for that. Google Adsense is an ideal way to make money fast. Read my post Make Money Fast With Google Adsense to learn more about it.

12) Update Content – Update your content often around 2 times a week since Google loves content that gets updated often.

13) Blog Stat Counter – If you have a blog then add a Blog stat counter. Since it shows you how many visitors you are getting everyday, its important to know whether the hits per day is increasing to your blog. It’s a good indication on how successful you are at driving traffic. Blogpatrol is a great free hit counter.

14) Flickr Album – If your blog/site has a lot of pictures, if its about a topic like tattoos, fashion, nature or any other subject where people search for pictures then Flickr can be used. Create an album related to your topic, fill it with some interesting pictures and in the description section leave a link to your blog/site. And name each picture carefully adding the targeted keywords (also as tags for each image). 1000’s of people use Google Images as well as Flickr Image search to search for pictures and if your image can rank high for a certain term then you can drive a lot of traffic thorough that as well. Join Flickr groups or create your own Flickr group and invite people with similar interest. I currently have a Flcikr Album related to tattoos and I have linked every picture to my site, that brings a certain amount fo traffic to my site. Heres a sample Flickr Group

Sewing Tattoo

15) Twitter Hash Tags – Using hash tags in your twitter status allows people who are also tweeting about similar topics to find you easily. What The Trend is a site that shows the most common hash tags that people are tweeting about. Adding a hash tag is very simple “#affiliate” just type the # before the word you want to tag.Of course its not all that simple to explain has tags. Another tool you can use to find people with similar interests is the Twitter Search.

I would certainly recommend you to use Twitter Search and What The Trend , for example if you are promoting weight loss products you can use these tools to find people who are tweeting related to that, then follow them and they will follow you back in return if they find your tweets are useful. Twitter is a great way to drive quality targeted traffic. Watch the following video to learn more about Hash Tags in detail.

16) Wiki Answers – Post good meaningful replies to the questions at wikianswers, and in the “Sources and related links” section leave a link to your site/blog. But do not use it as a spam technique and leave 100’s of links to your site/blog or post a link that is totally unrelated to the question. Doing this will get your IP addressed banned and you will not be able to reply to questions again. This is a great method to build incoming (since wikianswers does not use the “nofollow” attribute for these links) and also to drive traffic. Here’s an example of a reply to a question that also has a link.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_get_a_tattoo_license

Just see the “Sources and related Links” section, there is a link to a site called tattoojoy.com. Wiki Answers is a great way to build links.

17) Link Exchange – Incoming links is without a doubt a great way to boost your search engine rankings. But how do you do it ? Visit forums like Digital Point and Warrior Forum there are 100’s of internet marketers wanting to exchange links with you. So join these forums and build incoming links to your site/blog. Always check their Google Page Rank before exchanging links. And ask them to link a keyword to your site instead of linking to a picture. Example – If your targeted keyword is “make money quick” then as them to link to that instead o linking to a picture. And always record the websites that you have exchange links with and monitor them often to see the link still exists (there are some webmasters and bloggers who will just remove your link after a few months thinking you’ve forgotten about the link exchange).

18) Document Sharing - Document Sharing is another effective way of driving some quick traffic. There are several free sites that allow you to do document sharing like edocr.com, docshare.com, scribd.com and more.

The Importance Of A Link Wheel To Driving Traffic

2010-10-10T01:02:00.000-07:00

There’s no question that the success to an online business is driving quality targeted traffic. And lack of traffic is the reason why so many people trying to make money from home give up. Therefore its important to learn easy and effective ways to drive quality traffic to your website or blog. One of the most effective ways is to build a link wheel. Building a link wheel can boost your search engine rankings really fast. The above picture explains it all.

I will explain the first few steps of building a link wheel. First create a blog in blogger.com then provide a link from that blog to your site. Then write an article in Ezine Articles and link that particular article to your blog that you created in blogger.com and also provide a link back to your site. Now create a hub or an article at Hub Pages , then link that article from hubpages to the article you created at Ezine Articles and also to your site. Now create a Squidoo lens about your topic, provide a link from your squidoo lens to your site as well as to the article you made at Hubpages.

This way just keep building your link wheel. Also remember that you should only create one way links, not two way links. For example link from your blogger to your ezine article but then do not link from the ezine article to your blog since then it will become a two way link which will not be very effective. The important thing to remember is that the quality of your back links is a lot more important than quantity. Therefore write good content and try to build incoming links from sites that have high page rank. I would recommend you to watch the video below to learn exactly what a link wheel is.

Heres a list of sites that you can use to build a link wheel

Hubpages
Ezine Articles
Blogger
Word press
Squidoo
Go Articles
Article Base

Read my post on Free Article Submit Sites there you can find a big list of sites that you can use to submit articles for FREE to build your link wheel.Read my other posts on the Home Page for more tips.

Where Else You Can Find Us

2010-09-17T00:27:00.000-07:00

Here are some other sites where you can find the Make Money Fast Blog. You too can use these sites to drive traffic and a build a fan base.

1) FriendFeed.com @ friendfeed.com/make-money-fast-blog

2) Twitter.com @ twitter.com/affiliate1986

3) Viralnetworks.com @ ViralnetworksProfile

4) Facebook.com @ Make Money Online Blog

5) Linkedin.com @ Linkedin Profile

6) Spicypage.com @ Make Money Fast Blog

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100% Free Email Capture Software To Double Your Online Sales

2010-09-16T10:41:00.000-07:00

List building is a very important part of an online business. Capturing the visitors name and email and sending them regular newsletters or offering them new products is the easiest way to get them to return to your site, and it’s a guaranteed method to increase your sales.

Capturing email addresses of your readers and starting a list building campaign is easy if you use a program like Listwire. All you need is a Squeeze Page (the pop up box that you see in some sites/blogs that asks for your name and email) and an Autoresponder (A program that automatically sends emails to the addresses in its list at a given time) to capture your visitors email address.

Heres are 2 examples of a Squeeze Page

Listwire is a 100%FREE Autoresponder that also allows you to create a Squeeze page in just a few minutes to begin building an email list. And you require absolute no knowledge on HTML to create a squeeze page.

Some of the options of Listwire are

1) A search option that allows you to search for people who have signed up or subscribed to your mailing list. You can search by date (Allows you to check if they have signed up during a certain period), by their name, by their email address.

2) Create unlimited number of follow up messages. You can set a time period or interval for each follow up message so they will be sent after that interval. Ex – A follow up message with an interval of 4 will be sent 4 days after the user subscribes (follow ups are sent automatically after you create them). In that way you can set different intervals to your follow up messages.

3) Create unlimited broadcast messages. If there is a message that you want to send at once to all the people who subscribed to you. Then you can create a broadcast message and send it to all at once.

4) You can add, delete or blacklist subscribers from your list.

5) Provides statistics such as the number of times each message was opened, the number of times the links in your messages were clicked and more.

List Wire Autoresponder also comes with a FREE user manual.

Click the below banner to begin building your email list for FREE.

Google Ban - 10 Actions That Will Ban Your Website In Google

2010-09-15T04:19:00.000-07:00

Getting banned by Google can be a huge blow to anyone trying to make money online, as it will prevent your site/blog from appearing in Google for any keyword. So if you have faced this problem then click the below link to learn more on what you can do

HTML clipboard Google Requesting Reconsideration

· Buying Text Links – Buying text links is one reason to get your site banned by Google. Google started banning sites for the use of text links back in 2007 and Google banned a text link selling site that had a page rank of 7. Click the below link to read more about it.

Text Link Ad Penalizing

· Linking To Banned Site – Linking to sites that’s already banned by Google is another way to get your site banned by Google. So avoid linking to any sites that are banned by Google (that includes linking to text link ad sites). Some webmasters say it’s risky even to link to gambling sites, adult sites and link farms but I am not certain about those but it’s advisable to avoid them too just to be safe.

· Duplicate Content – This is such an obvious one, don’t think I even have to mention it. Just don’t copy other peoples stuff, you will get banned. Here’s a list of some sites that help you to find out if you have duplicate content (they allow you to compare one of your URL’s with another URL from a different site.)

Copyscape

Duplicate Content Checker

· Keyword Stuffing – Its important to use the keyword that you are targeting but don’t over do it. Overusing the same keyword again and again can be considered as spam and get your site banned, some affiliates think stuffing keywords will get them to the number 1 spot in Google and they can earn money from home straight away. Many SEO experts have said that a good keyword density is around 1% - 3%. But make sure the keyword density of your targeted keyword does not exceed 3%. . Here are some good tools to check your keyword density.

Keyword Density Checker

Keyword Density SEO

· Using Hidden Keywords – Another trick people use is stuff keywords but they use the same color for the background as well as for the fonts. So the visitor won’t see it but it will be there in the source code. Thinking it will increase their rank due to a high keyword density. But Google is very intelligent and it’s a dreadful mistake to get your site banned. A black hat trick that has to be avoided if you want to make money from home.

· Cloaking – Cloaking is another black hat technique that has to be avoided if you don’t want to get banned by Google. Cloaking means presenting certain content to the Search Engine Spider for indexing the site and showing something different to the user. A lot of people think it can fool the search engine but it only fools the visitor and of course the webmaster himself. So do not enter any words or terms into the meta tags section that does not match the content of your site thinking it’s going to increase rank but doing it will only get your site banned by Google.

HTML clipboard What is Cloaking ?

It’s very important to avoid these silly mistakes if you want to make money fast. Making money from home is not rocket science but its a matter of not running down the wrong road.

Social Network Specially Made For Internet Marketers

2010-08-31T02:05:00.000-07:00

Many affiliates use social netowkrs to drive traffic to their sites. Currently the most popular social networks used to drive traffic are Twitter and Facebook. Creating a Fan Page on Facebook for your site/blog or getting many people to follow you on Twitter are great ways to drive traffic. Here I will discuss an AMAZING Social Network that’s specially made for online marketers, a social network all affiliates MUST join no matter what your niche is.

Viral Networks is social network that is specially made for affiliates or online marketers and at the moment there are a little over 35,000 affiliates registered. It’s a great place to meet other affiliates to exchange ideas and upgrade your affiliate marketing skills. Viral Networks has some great features to help you, here I will list out some of them. Just click on each link to view them if you need to.

Viral Networks Forum – It’s very similar to the Digital Point Forum (another forum used by many internet marketers). A great place to ask questions and exchange new ideas with other affiliates.

Wiki – All definitions used in the online marketing industry can be found here.

Blogs – Viral Networks members share their online marketing knowledge through blogs and also use these blogs to drive traffic. You too can simply create a blog to promote any of your products. It’s a great way to drive targeted traffic.

Groups – You can join like minded online marketers in groups, depending on your goal.

Videos – Create useful videos and share them with other affiliates. Another great way to build a great reputation for your website or blog to drive more and more traffic.

Affilaite Program – Viral Networks also consist of an affiliate program that you can use to make some extra cash while driving traffic to your site.

I would recommend all affiliates to join Viral Networks. It’s guaranteed to drive quality traffic to your sites/blogs.

And it’s TOTALLY FREE.

What is Google Webmaster Tools ? and How It Helps You Boost Your Rank in Google

2010-08-20T11:03:00.000-07:00

Knowledge is the key to successfully making money fast online. The Google Webmaster Tools is one tool that any affiliate marketer or anyone trying to make money online should use. Its totally free, just go to google.com and type “Google Webmaster Tools” then click the link and sign in with your email

The Google Webmaster Tools can provide so much of valuable information about your blog or website that can help you to sky rocket your rankings in Google. It’s a great tool for search engine optimization.

Here’s some information that the Google Webmaster Tools provide

1) The number of impressions your website or blog has received for certain keywords. And the position of your site for those keywords in the Google results page. This is a very important piece of information since it allows you to see for what keywords your site/blog is ranked and if your position for those keywords are improving or if its going down in the Google results page.

2) The number of clicks your website or blog has received in Google for these keywords.

3) Shows other websites that are linking to your website. In this list some of the sites that link to you might not be shown since it only shows URL’s that are already in Google’s index.

4) Shows the internal links of your sites (the pages of your site that link to the homepage or any other pages of your site). The internal link structure of a website is very important, the rank of a website/blog in a search engine is affected by both internal and external links (links to you from other sites).

5) Shows if Google has detected any Malware on your site.

6) Google Webmaster Tools is also a great way to debug your website as it shows Crawl Errors (problems Google has encountered while crawling your website). Therefore it is important to fix them if there are any errors.

7) It also provides the Crawl stats (shows how many times Google has crawled your website in the last 90 days, also the kilobytes downloaded per day and the time spent downloading a page.)

8) Google Webmaster Tools shows if it has detected any duplicate content in your site, also shows if there are problematic title tags or meta descriptions. If there are any duplicate content issues its important to fix it immediately as the website can get penalized by Google for having Duplicate content. Read my other post on Google Ban - 10 Actions That Will Ban Your Website In Google to learn how to avoid getting penalized by Google.

Before getting started with Google Webmaster Tools you have to create a XML Sitemap for Google. The main reason for creating a XML Sitemap is that it makes it a lot easier for Google to crawl your site, sometimes if you don’t have a sitemap all pages of your website will not get crawled by Google (one reason for it is using bad coding methods). So by creating a sitemap it becomes a lot easier for Google to crawl your site, therefore you can be certain that Google has crawled your site properly.

The website that I used to create sitemaps for free for my website and blog is

XML-Sitemaps.com

However it will create XML Sitemaps for free only if your website has less than 500 pages or your blog has less than 500 posts. If it is more than that then you will have to pay $20 and register in that site to create sitemaps for websites/blogs with more than 500 pages.

After you have created the XML sitemap for your website or blog then you have to submit it in Google Webmaster Tools. Watch the below video, so you will know exactly how to submit it to Google.

And when ever you make major updates to the content of your website or blog its important to create another sitemap and resubmit it to Google. I usually update the sitemap for this blog every time I add a new post. Some webmasters use the robot.txt file to automatically recreate it every time your site is updated but I recommend to manually do this since it’s less complicated.

If your website has got banned or penalized by Google then you can use the Google Webmaster Tools to submit your website for reconsideration. There are some websites out there that shows whether your website has been banned by Google or not, I am not sure about the accuracy of these results but its worth noting them down.

Self SEO

IWEbTool

Watch the below video to learn quickly how to use the Google Webmaster Tools

Importance Of Alexa Rank To Make Money Online

2010-08-09T07:18:00.000-07:00

If your goal is to make money fast through the net then one tool that you can not forget is the Alexa toolbar. There’s no question about the importance of incoming links to a site/blog when you are trying to increase the rank of your site/blog in Google. The first thing a lot of webmasters check when linking a site are the Google Page rank and alexa rank.

So having a high Alexa rank will certainly help you if you are trying to get some incoming links and to successfully begin making money online. And there are some reports saying Google also relies on the Alexa rank when indexing a site or a blog but I am certainly not sure how accurate it is. Anyway increase your Alexa rank is not difficult and it certainly is worth the effort since it can certainly help you to reach your goal to earn money quick. Here are some ways of increasing the Alexa rank.

1) Alexa rank is calculated according to the number of visitors who visit a particular site with the Alexa toolbar installed on their browser. Easiest thing to do is to install the Alexa toolbar on your browser and set your blog or website as the homepage. Then every time someone opens your browser it will count as one hit. A very simple method to increase rank very quick. Download Alexa Toolbar

2) Install the Alexa Rank Widget, and when a visitor to your site clicks on the widget it will also count as a hit.

3) Make use of a service like Up My Rank, it’s a site specially made for anyone interested in increasing the Alexa rank of their website or blog.

4) If there is a network of computers at your work place, change the homepage in all browsers to your site/blog and install the Alexa toolbar.

5) This toolbar is used a lot by website owners, so if you can get these webmasters to visit your site it’ll simply boost your rank in Alexa. One way to easily get webmasters to a site is to write content that they are interested in. This will simply make many users with the Alexa toolbar installed return to your site very often. So adding content related to SEO or online marketing or link exchange (people in search of link exchange always check the Alexa rank) is great.

6) Just add a link allowing your visitors to download the Alexa toolbar and tell them how this toolbar can help them. This will certainly make a visitor to your site or blog install the Alexa toolbar in their browser. So when ever they return it to your site it will be a major boost to your rank. Then again to tell them how this toolbar can help them, you have to use it first. Other than just displaying the Alexa rank of a website there are many other ways in which this toolbar can help you. Download Alexa Toolbar

7) Like I said earlier the Alexa toolbar is used by many webmasters as well as affiliate marketers. So if you can drive traffic from sites that are being visited often by them is another great way to boost your alexa rank. Buying links and banners from sites that webmasters and affiliates often visit is another way to get visitors to your site with the Alexa toolbar alredy installed.

8) Request friends or family members to use the Alexa toolbar and to change their homepage to your site. A simple thing that can make a big difference to your ranking.

9) Take part in forums such as Warrior Forum and Digital Point Forum and leave forum signatures when you reply to a post, a lot of webmasters use these forums. It can boost you’re Alexa rank as well as drive quality traffic to your site. Read my other post on Easy And Effective Ways To Drive Traffic to learn more about driving traffic.

10) There are reports that the Alexa toolbar is mostly used by Asian web surfers. And it can be true since there are many websites based in Asia that’s currently in the Alexa top 500. So taking part in forums or social networks or any other blogs or sites with a high no of Asian web surfers is a great way to increase your rank.

11) Use bookmark sites like Diigo, Digg or Stumble upon since many webmasters and affiliates use social bookmarking sites so it can be a great way to drive traffic from visitors to your site with this Toolbar installed.

As mentioned its so important to have a high Alexa rank if you really want to be succesful and make money fast. These are simple things that can help you get closer to your dream to earn money online.

Computer Screen Recording Software - Free Download

2010-08-09T03:42:00.000-07:00

If you can create video tutorials then youtube is an awesome source of traffic. After uploading your video tutorial to youtube, you can leave a link to your site in the description of the video. And you can ask your viewers at the end of each video to click on the link and subscribe to your blog/site or to visit the link for more tips/tutorials etc.

Many webmasters create video tutorials for youtube to get tons of traffic with some of the videos getting over 100,000 views. You can create video tutorials on almost anything,
For example: Tutorials on Photoshop, Dreamweaver, How To Use Certain Webtsites, Programming (HTML, PHP etc) and much more. All you need to create videos is

1) Knowledge
2) A Software to record your computer screen.

The Total Screen Recorder is an easy program to use, that lets you record your screen so you too can upload your own tutorials to youtube to get immediate traffic.

You can create videos in different formats such as WMV, AVI, FLV (but youtube accepts any video format). The frames per second can be set to as high as 30 for really high quality videos. The Total Screen Recorder also allows you to set the size of the screen that you are going to record. You can either record the entire screen or you can select a certain area of the computer screen to record.

To download the Total Screen Recorder for free "Left" Click on the following link which will take you to another page that provides the download link

Total Screen Recorder - Download

Note: If the videos you have created are quite big like over 80 MB then it can take a long time to upload the videos. But you can reduce the uploading time by converting the video to .mov format or to another smaller format using the Prism Video Converter. This software supports almost all video formats.

To download the Prism Video Converter for free "Left" Click on the following link which will take you to another page that provides the download link.

Prism Video Converter - Download

A Software like "Windows Media Player" can be used to edit any videos if required which is another free software.

Get To Page #1 In Google Straight Away !

2010-08-08T10:11:00.000-07:00

To make money online there’s nothing better than driving targeted traffic to a website or blog. And the best way to drive targeted traffic is through the most popular search engine which is Google. Now we’re about to introduce a software that gets your site or blog to Page #1 in Google for ANY KEYWORD with a Simple Push of a button.

But you must be warned that this software can be used for both good and evil, therefore the creators of this software Instant Social Anarchy do not take responsibility for what the users do with the software. A few great feautes of Instant Social Anarchy are

It allows to create over 10,000 social media accounts at the push of a button.

Instant Social Anarchy software automatically creates 1000’s of backlinks to your site/blog.

Creates link pools, spin posts, titles, messages and profiles and many more things that immediately brings 1000's of buyers into your website through Google.

Your Just A Click Away From Getting To The First Page Of Google !

Create A Professional Website In Under A Week With Joomla

2010-08-06T05:56:00.000-07:00

Today more and more people start online businesses to make money online by promoting various products. There are various ways of promoting products. Running your website or a blog is a great way to make money online. But a lot of people stick to blogs instead since they have no knowledge on programming or using programs like Frontpage or Dreamweaver to make a website. But using Joomla anyone can make a website in less than a week. Joomla is one of the best content management systems that has been used to make so many great website. Using Joomla anyone can create website with forums, photo galleries, articles, user created blogs and just about anything that a website can offer. Here are some great websites made using Joomla.

Computer User

Stupid Horse Tricks

NexGen Wars

Your Southern Ford Dealers

These are just a few examples but many people are using Joomla to quickly create professional websites. All you have to do is get a Joomla template, then edit it the way you want and you are ready to go but you also need a hosting account to host the website. But when selecting a template it is recommended to buy a Joomla template from a website like Shape 5 or Joomla Jet. Since most of the free templates available are not compatible on all browsers, so its important to use a template that is compatible on all browsers.

Hostmonster is a great web hosting company where I am currently hosting 3 websites. Therefore all you need to make a Joomla website is a Joomla template, a hosting account and you are ready to go. I would recommend you to watch the following video to learn more about Joomla and please search on youtube there are so many tutorials on how to get started with Joomla.

Read my other posts on the Make Money Fast blog for more tips

20 FREE Joomla Extension Downloads

2010-07-27T05:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some very useful Joomla extensions that can be downloaded for free. If you have problems with any of these extensions please drop in a mail to heshansomaratne@yahoo.com as I have used all of these extensions on one of my sites so I can help you out.

1)    Alexa Rank Display – A module to display the Alexa Rank of your website. DOWNLOAD

2)    All Videos – All Videos Extension allows you to embed online streaming videos inside your content items as well as your own video or audio content that resides either on your server or some remote server. DOWNLOAD

3)    Bookmark Site – Shows Bookmark icons to help your visitors quickly bookmkar your site. DOWNLOAD

(Component)

4)    Classified Ads Component – A great classified ad component that allows your visitors to ad classified ads from the front end (also allows adding pics). Also allows the admin to add/edit ads from the back end. DOWNLOAD 1 (Component)
                    DOWNLOAD 2 (Ads)

                    DOWNLOAD 3 (Menu)
                    DOWNLOAD 4 (Search)

5) Content Editor JCE – This is one of the best content editors. Much better than the default Joomla Content editor. DOWNLOAD

6) Fireboard Forum – A great extension to start your own forum on Joomla. Search on youtube to learn how to install this great Joomla Forum Extension. DOWNLOAD

7) Phoca Gallery – This is a very useful extension if you want to have your own picture gallery in your site. Users can also add pictures and create their own albums from the front end. Pictures can be zoomed as well. DOWNLOAD

8) Insert Component Into Article Extension – This great extension allows you to insert a component into an Article. Very useful if you want to move a certain component into the homepage of your site. DOWNLOAD

9) Insert Script To Article – Allows you to insert a Javascript into an article. DOWNLOAD

10) Invite Friends To Site Extension – An extension that allows your visitors to invite their friends to view your site by typing in their email address . DOWNLOAD

11) JComments – Allows visitors to post comments into your articles. Comments can be approved automatically or manually. DOWNLOAD

12) Joomla Hitcounter – Shows how many visitors you got into your site. Quick way of monitoring the traffic. DOWNLOAD

13) Light Box (Slim Box) – Read more about this @ http://tinyurl.com/4mjlx68 DOWNLOAD

14) Modules Anywhere Plugin – This plugin allows you to position your modules anywhere you want. DOWNLOAD

15) Smart Blog – A great blog component that allows your visitors to maintain their own blog in your site, great way of building content. DOWNLOAD

16) Sobi2 – Best FREE classified ad component for Joomla Users. There are many more plugins of Sobi2 as well read and download all of them from the following link

www.sigsiu.net/sobi2.html

17) Social Bookmarking Module – Easy module that makes it conviniet for your visitors to bookmark your site by displaying the icons of all the popular bookmarking sites. DOWNLOAD

18) Tabs Extension – An extension that allows you to display different articles in several different tabs, very useful if you want to display a lot of content on the homepage without make the site very large. DOWNLOAD

19) URL Encrypt – Allows you to encrypt your URL to protect it from hackers.

Ex – instead of having the backend URL to YOURSITENAME.com/administrator

you can change it to

YOURSITENAME.com/administrator/?ANYTEXTYOUWANT

Then no one will know the URL to access the backend of your site. Also notifies you when ever someone tries to access the backend of your site. DOWNLOAD

The Best Affiliate Program To Make Money Fast

2010-07-20T08:03:00.000-07:00

Today there are so many affiliate programs out there, networks like CJ, Clickbank, Link Share, Zanox etc are being used by many affiliates to make money fast. But there is a problem with all of these programs, which is that none of them actually train their affiliates or show them how to sell the products.

So if you are looking for an affiliate program that has a great set of products and show you exactly how to promote them using videos and also by answering your questions when ever you get stuck somewhere then Second Tier affiliate program is for you. The Second Tier is NOT ONLY a great affiliate network but it’s also an affiliate training center.

There are several advantages of working as an affiliate for Second Tier. The main advantage the affiliates have over the others is that they get brilliant Second Tier video training by Brent Coppieters (Affiliate Manager of Second Tier). Every Monday Brent does a video that anyone can watch through www.UStream.com where he discusses affiliate marketing tips and answers questions by affiliates.

The Second Tier gives its highest priority to the affiliates unlike other affiliate networks that take days just to reply to an email by an affiliate. So I would certainly recommend all affiliates to join Second Tier. And again like all other affiliate network it’s totally free to join. Second Tier also provides great set of tools for each product like banners, email ads (to be used in email marketing campaigns), text link ads etc and also shows you how to use them.

With out a doubt Second Tier is the best place to get TOTALLY FREE affiliate training to promote some great products.

Become A World Class Blogger

2010-07-05T05:51:00.000-07:00

Creating a blog is a must if you want to make money fast online, so here we will quickly discuss how to become a successful blogger in point form so you easily achieve your goal to make money online,

When writing a blog point out the gains and the losses for the user very clearly. Which would pursue them to buy the product. Just get to the point straight away.

Don’t persuade or push the user into buying it but slowly tell them how they can benefit. Make it a story instead of a sales letter, since people enjoy reading a real story than reading a sales letter trying to pursue them to buy something. Mention how well it has worked for you.

25% of the online communities read blogs, so if you can provide some interesting topics for your readers you can be certain to making a sale.

Give your reader something exciting to read, and go easy on the advertising. The main idea should be to provide something interesting and keep the readers attention.

Always mention your blog in newsletters and emails, it’s a great way to drive FREE traffic to your blog. Also make use of an email subscription service to allow your visitors to subscribe to your blog. It helps to keep visitors coming back to your blog.

Try to make your blog look good, choose a good background color, add some cool photos, adding music is always an option. Think of your blog as a website. The easy option would be to make use of a blog template. You can find some here

http://freetemplates.blogspot.com/

Even the make money fast blog was created using a template.

The hardest part of course is getting visitors to your blog. Try to exchange links with other web masters and blog owners. Use traffic exchanges, submit press releases and view the discussions in online money making forums (this is a brilliant source of information).

Charity and donations capture peoples eye, and you can always talk about that in your blog that will give a good impression about your blog. And if you are using Squidoo its even easier, there is a built in option that allows the Squidoo lens owner to donate money to various charities around the world.

Focus on the keywords, select your primary keyword even before writing the blog. I would advice you to use the Google Adwords Tool.

Keep updating your blog, Google loves blogs/sites that get updated often.

Bookmark your blog with sites like Delicious, Diigo, Digg, Reddit, Stubmbleupon. And if possible request your friends to bookmark your blog, since they all count as incoming links to your blog.

Always keep a section with your contact details, there are some good blogs out there with no contact details and you just might miss out on a chance to exchange some links without this.

Make use of the Google Follow Me Widget that will allow your visitors to know when your blog is updated and when many people are following your blog it gives a good impression to a brand new visitor since it shows that your blog is already popular in the blogging community.
Its important to make your blog look professional and not like a make money scam so avoid using too many flashy banners and stuff !

These just a few good points to keep in mind for any blogger. I will be sharing more quick ways to make money online, so watch out for that. Click the below link to learn how to make money from your blog.

How To Make Money Blogging

Increase Your Rank and Make Money Fast With Traffic Exchanges

2010-06-13T09:54:00.000-07:00

Traffic exchanges are an ideal way to make money quick by driving tons of traffic immediately, quite similar to make money surfing programs. So if clicked on this to get another tip on how to make money fast then you made the right decision. In traffic exchanges you can either by credit or surf their sites for credits. If you have 100,000 credits it will be shown to 100,000 visitors. Normal rates are around a $1 or less for 100 credits.

One site I would certainly recommend is Traffic Swarm.

A site that I am currently using to drive 1000's of visitors to my sites. Without a doubt using traffic exchanges is another way to make money fast since you get traffic immediately and never have to wait for it. Even though the traffic is not targetted you can expect to earn money online through traffic exchanges if you drive large amounts of traffic.

Some of the other traffic exchange sites are

www.startxchange.com

www.primerealadstate.com

www.trafficg.com

www.whatisatrafficexchange.com

www.easyhits4u.com

www.hitsboosterpro.com

www.hitsafari.com

www.traffictaxis.com

www.ilovehits.com
www.soaring4traffic.com
www.traffic-splash.com

Watch the following video to learn more about traffic exchanges

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Real Proof Of The Rich Janitor Money Making System

2010-06-02T08:16:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the accounts of The Rich Janitor Money Making System users. CLICK ON EACH IMAGE TO ZOOM THEM. Real proof of people who have succesfully achieved thier goal of making money from home. Click the below link to read a full review about the Rich Janitor system

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The Dark Side Of Dot Com Secrets

2010-05-29T03:19:00.000-07:00

Traffic is the key to succeeding in internet marketing. Here we will explain an amazing search engine loophole that has helped an online marketer make over $7,231 in under 24 hours. It’s a perfect strategy for anyone to begin making money fast.

The Dark Side Of Dot Com Secrets shows you traffic driving techniques that are currently being used ONLY by the super affiliates. It’s a system that will show you all the short cuts to help you become a super affiliate to make a 6 figure income every single month.

Its guaranteed to make you more money every week than what most people make in a year. The best part about the Dark Side Of Dot Com Secrets is that it shows you how to drive traffic without spending a cent ! Yes this system has got nothing to do with the same old PPC (Pay Per Click) Campaigns, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Mailing Lists, Banners or Social Media Marketing. Its an ALL NEW WAY of driving tons and tons of quality, targeted traffic to your website.

The Dark Side Of Dot Com Secrets is a system that has literally helped its users print money, helping one online marketer to draw over $7,231 in the first 20 hours. And these same methods explained in this system have been used by another affiliate to draw almost $6.5 Millions in one year. The best part about the Dark Side Of Dot Com Secrets is that it consist of a set of videos that you can easily watch and learn at your own pace, and you won’t have to worry about reading 100’s of pages.

The Dark Side Of Dot Com Secrets exposes loopholes in search engines and other popular websites to drive unbelievable amounts of traffic. Positive Testimonials about this system by famous people like Howard Stephen Berg (Current Guinness World Record Holder As The Worlds Fastest Reader) and Sheila Spangler is proof showing that it REALLY WORKS.

The Dark Side Of Dot Com Secrets consist of 8 modules including 2 FREE bonus modules.

1) Black Hat Blueprint – 3 Simple tricks most affiliates don’t even know that INSTANTLY drives traffic to any website/blog. Takes less than 30 minutes !

2) Your Fake ID – How to setup your computer in such a way so nobody including your competitors will know how your are getting amazing results.

3) Backlink Blitz – How to get 1000’s of backlinks to your site/blog including INVISIBLE BQACKLINKS. Because more back links means more money.

4) Keyword Sniper – How to setup websites that generate their own content and drive traffic automatically ! In brief it’s a fully automated website. A site that makes money on its own that requires absolutely no work.

5) Facebook Freak Out – Creating your own massive email list on Facebook of Over 100,000 buyers in under 30 days.

6) Traffic Trickery – Special set of traffic tricks that’s not used by many affiliates.

7) Who The Blank ? – How to hide your traffic secrets from other competitors and how to spy on your competitors.

8) History Snatcher – How to track exactly where your visitors are going after they leave your site/blog and track your visitors to double your profits.

9) Youtube Sniper – Bonus Module 1

10) Craiglist CPA Secrets – Bonus Module 2

Please click the below link to watch the full video.

Email Capture For A Higher Conversion Rate

2010-05-22T11:34:00.000-07:00

One problem webmasters face is that some of the visitors visit their sites just once and then they do not return to the site. The normal conversion rate for a website is 2%-3%, which means if a website gets 100 unique visitors per day then 2-3 visitors will turn into buyers. But getting these visitors to return to the website is a great way to increase a websites conversion rate, they may not buy anything the first time but they might buy a product the 2^nd or the 3^rd time they return to the site. How do you get them to comeback ?

Email marketing is a great way to get visitors to return to your website, a method that has helped many affiliates make money online. Many online marketing experts have stated that email marketing is second only to search marketing when it comes to making sales. According to a survey by JupiterResearch.com showed that user triggered email marketing campaigns had a conversion rate of 2.3%, 27% of the emails sent to the users were opened and 9.3% of the visitors visited the website by clicking on the link in the mail. Sending emails to users who are interested in the content/products of your website or to users who have subscribed to your website can certainly have a much better conversion rate.

Therefore it is important to capture your users email address, since there is a possibility to turn them into buyers even if they do not buy any product the first time they visit your site. There are various email capture programs out there, one popular FREE program is Listwire. Click the below link to learn how you can get started with your Email capture program for FREE.

FREE Autoresponder - Email Capture Program

One point to remember is to send mails to people who are interested in the products or content of your website, just sending mails to random email addresses is not very successful. According to emarketer.com 46% of the internet users have said that commercial emails that they receive are not targeted to their needs. So if you send emails randomly to users who haven’t registered in your site or subscribed then most probably they will get deleted without even being opened. Therefore its important to send emails only to users who have registered or subscribed to your site.

Creating a forum related to the content of your website and then allowing users to post questions or reply to existing posts is another great way to capture your visitors email. So when ever a new visitor registers in your site to post something in the forum you can automatically get their email address. I currently own a website made using Joomla which also consist of a forum, and I have already got email addresses of around 500 visitors already and still increasing. So having a forum or a registration form to allow your visitors to register in your site is another great way to capture their email. Joomla is a very easy way for any beginner to create professional websites with forums, registration forums etc.

All "Make Money Fast" Tips Given To You By The Rich Janitor

2010-05-15T05:33:00.000-07:00

One thing everyone who’s interested in make money from home should keep in mind is that just buying the product is not going to help you. You have to make use of all the points or tips given to you by Mike Dougherty The Rich Janitor to be successful and to reach your goal which is to make AT LEAST $1000 PER DAY.

Mike Dougherty aka The Rich Janitor will literally take your hand and explain everything from A-Z.

1) Quickest way to cash in on fast track cash. .. meaning you could begin making money from home within hours.

2) Easy 4 step technique that will protect what you make. Mike shows exactly how to keep the profit thieves from taking your money away.

3) Absolutely brilliant multimedia traffic strategies that any IDIOT can use.Traffic is the biggest problem almost everyone trying to make money online face, Mike shows exactly how to overcome this problem.

4) Mike’s own self made tips on how to use other website owners sites or bloggers blogs to get unimaginable amounts of traffic. Also including driving traffic from the top social networks.

5) A website that can give anyone 75% of every product sale within minutes. The best thing is that they sell like there’s a drought of these products.

These are just a few of the amazing tips discussed by The Rich Janitor. But you can be guaranteed to reach your goal of making $1000 per day if you put into use the tips given by Mike Dougherty.

The best part of this “How To Make Money – The Rich Janitors Way” guide is that it comes with a RISK FREE MONEY BACK GAURENTEE. Mike Dougherty guarantees that the user will be AMAZED by the results of his system within the first 60 DAYS of use, if not the MONEY WILL BE FULLY REFUNDED IMMEDIATELY.

How To Chose A Good Domain To Drive More Traffic

2010-05-11T10:09:00.000-07:00

A lot of new affiliates do not know the importance of a good domain name. Selecting a good domain name is the first step to any online business that has to be done after some careful planning and keyword research. Even if you own a blog, buying a domain name that includes your keywords will certainly help you to increase search engine rankings. Therefore spending a few dollars for a new domain name certainly is worth it.
If you want to make money fast online then ranking high in a search engine is amazing. A good domain name will not only attract the search engine but it will also draw more visitors to your site. Here are a few points you might want to remember when selecting a domain name

1) Domain name shouldn’t be too long – This is an obvious one. A long domain name can be hard to remember for your visitors, always chose a domain name that’s easy to remember and a one that makes sense. Ex – laptopshop.co.uk, pcworld.com, wheretobuylaptop.com are some great domain names for sites selling laptops, since they are not too long and easy to remember. Using a “-“ sign to separate words is also a good idea to use in a domain.

Example : www.free-press-release.com

2) No Misspellings – Of course a good domain name shouldn’t have any spelling mistakes in it. When some affiliates are unable to find a domain name that includes their targeted keyword they deliberately buy a domain name that is close to their targeted keyword but is misspelled. Doing this is not a good idea in the long run as it will make it harder for your customers to type it in. Example : www.tattoo.com and www.tatoo.com are not the same. The second one is misspelled and it can certainly confuse many customers.

3) What is your targeted audience – If you are targeting a certain country like the United Kingdom or Frace then it is better to buy a .uk or .fr instead of a .com. Since when customers search on Google if they are from the country that you are targeting they will most likely click the domain that ends with .uk (United Kingdom) or .fr (France) or .nl (Netherlands) etc instead of .com. So for sites that target certain countries buy a domain name that instantly shows the customers where the company or website is based.

4) Always Include your keyword – This is the most important one of all. If you are buying a domain name then do some keyword research using the Google Adwords tool or any other keyword research tool and see how you can include your targeted keyword in the domain name.

5) Service or product – If you are providing a special kind of service or product that is not very common then select a domain name that makes you stand out. An attractive domain name which is unique and draws customers.

Also remember when ever a customer types in a certain word or phrase in Google and when Google displays the results that particular keyword or phrase the customer typed will be highlighted wherever it is mentioned. So including your keyword or phrase properly in the domain name is very important as it will also be highlighted which will increase the chances of a visitor clicking on your link. There for choosing a proper domain name is also a very important part of making money online.

Read my other posts on the Home Page for more tips.

Make Money Fast With Google Adsense

2010-04-17T10:18:00.000-07:00

Here we are going to discuss another make money fast trick that is used by many experts but you too can do it. But the best part about it is that it will help you make money immediately. In under 24 hours.

So what exactly is Google Adsense ?

Now go to Google.com and type a term like “Make Money Fast” or “Make Money Online” or any other term you want. As shown in the picture below you can see some ads on the right hand side, as well as some ads marked with in yellow color.

These are called sponsored links or paid links. Every time some one clicks on one of these links, the advertise will pay Google money (depends on what he bids for). But the best thing is that you can get to the 1^st page of Google for any keyword with these.

Here's a guide that will certainly help you to learn A-Z of Adsense

http://www.2createawebsite.com/books/UntoldAdSenseFacts.pdf

Write click and click "Save As" to download the file.

Important tips for anyone using Google Adwords

1) Avoid Broad Matching of Keywords - This is a big mistake for two reasons. First is it will cost you a lot of money when bidding for a very broad keyword like “make money” or “affiliate marketing”. And the competition is so high for it so most probably you will end up getting a low rank which in turn will reduce your

CTR (Click Through Rate) and increase the amount you have to pay. The aim of using Google adsense is to get a high rank and begin to make money fast, but it certainly won’t happen if your ads appear in a low position. So it is advisable to avoid broad matching keywords. Always make use of the Google Adwords Keyword Tool to do your research.

2) Include your targeted keyword in the title - This is very obvious, if you are bidding for the phrase "how to make money fast" use that in the title, and if possible use it in the ad as well, so when a user searches for this particular term it will get highlighted. Therefore it increases your chances of getting a click, increasing your

CTR (Click Through Rate) in turn reducing the amount you have to pay to get to higher rank in the SERP (Search Engine Results Page) for your targeted keyword.

3) Avoid the unwanted keywords - If you do not want your ad to appear for a certain keyword then make use of global negatives. One word that you might want to avoid is "free", of course the purpose of using Google Adwords is to get to the top of the page and make money fast, even if your site is brand new. So you can avoid the visitors who are looking for free stuff, just like that you can avoid displaying your ad to keywords you do not like.

4) Avoid the Google Adwords Content Network -From my personal experience in Google Adwords all I can say is that the content network is not a very successful method. Of course you can make money by showing your ads in the content network but if you are a beginner it can be a little confusing since you might have any idea on which sites the ads are showing up. Even though you may get 1000's of clicks from the content network, the quality of traffic that you get from the content network is not even close to the quality of traffic that you get directly from the search. So I would recommend you to avoid the content network if you have small budget and is a beginner.

5) Watch Your CTR (Click Through Rate) - This one is for beginners. The CTR (Click Through Rate) not only affects the position where your ads will show up but it will also affect the amount you pay. A good CTR is 2%-5%. A low CTR will increase the amount you have to pay to get a higher position, and a higher CTR will reduce the amount you have to pay to get a higher spot. So always maintain a proper CTR (Click Through Rate), if the CTR is going down then it is advisable to edit your ad title and contents.

6) Include Keyword In URL – If your keyword is “make money fast”, then just make your display url www.yourdomain.com/makemoneyfast . As I said earlier where ever the keyword is used in your ad (title, contents, display URL), it will get highlighted which will pursue the surfer to click on your ad.

7) Avoid Superlative Terms – Using words like “Best in the World”, “Best Ever’ or “Greatest” or ALL CAPITAL WORDs will just end up with you ad getting banned.So just avoid using all capitals and superlative terms.

8) Proper Keyword Research – Of course this is not something I have to mention. Use the incorrect keywords, you will end up losing lots of money and end up giving up on adwords. Of course you can make use of the Google Adwords Tool, but if you are not sure about the ROI (Return On Investment) of your keywords then I can recommend Keyword Spy. A great keyword research tool that allows anyone to select the best keywords for a successful Google Adwords Campaign.

9) Don’t Fight With other Bidders – All the bidders want to be number one. But just increasing the amount you are paying just to get to the number one spot is not advisable. Be patient and just settle for number 2, and if your ad has a more attractive title, description and a URL then automatically your CTR will increase which in turn will reduce the amount you have to bid to get to the No 1 spot. Some advertisers with big budgets use bidding software that automatically adjusts the bidding amount to maintain a certain position this is certainly not a good idea if you don’t have a really big budget.

10) Restrict Your Ads To The Relevant Countries – Usually my Google Ads only show up in USA and Canada since I feel that it’s more profitable and I don’t have the biggest budget! But if you are not worried about your budget you can also target Western European countries and Australia. But I would recommend anyone to avoid African and South Asian countries since the ROI (Return On Investment) can be very low for those areas depending on what you are selling. So before you advertise just do some research to see if there is a demand for your product in a certain area.

If your site is brand new but you want to make money quick then Google Adsense is the answer, but carefully plan your campaign or else you will end up losing money and never wanting to use Adsense again.

Best Affiliate Networks To Make Money Fast

2010-04-01T07:01:00.000-07:00

Selecting an affiliate network that will help you to achieve your goal of making money fast is the first step any affiliate should take. So here are some networks you can use.

1) Second Tier – Second Tier is an affiliate network started by Russell Brunson. In my opinion I would call it the best affiliate network. It doesn’t just provide products to promote but Second Tier also trains its affiliates. So if you want to develop your online marketing skills to double your profits then Second Tier can be recommended. Second Tier has a great range of products and all products at Second Tier are Digital. I would certainly recommend you to join Second Tier if you are not registered yet.

Click Here - Second Tier

2) Google Adsense - One of the easiest ones to use is Google Adsense, many affiliates with blogs/sites make money online by running ads. The ads are contextual and it matches the content on the results page. The advertiser will not pay anything unless the user clicks on the ad. The disadvantage is that the amount you make is usually less than $0.20 per click. But if you are getting large amounts of traffic to a blog/site like over 2000 visitors per day then using Google Adsense certainly is a great idea as you will get many clicks. If you don’t want to waste time just want to make money fast using your blog or lens then the best is to make use of Google Adsense and if you are not getting much traffic to your blog you can make use of a traffic exchange, to drive some immediate traffic.

Click Here - Google Adsense

3) Link Share - Link Share is a very old affiliate network. A big company worth over $400. It also has a very good real time reporting system. You can find a lot of fortune 500 companies here. Link Share pays on a monthly basis.

Click Here – Link Share

4) Affiliate Window - This is an affiliate network based in the UK. There are some big UK based companies like John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Toys r us, Virgin, Boots, Vodafone registered with Affiliate Window. So it certainly is a great idea to register with them if you an affiliate already working for companies like Commission Junction.

Click Here – Affiliate Window

5) Commission Junction - Of course this is without a doubt one of the biggest. A lot of top American companies are registered with CJ. You can be guaranteed to find the types of products that you want to promote at CJ. Very good customer support service. Produces good reports on each product you promote, so you know whether it’s worth promoting it. But one disadvantage is that some merchant’s won’t allow you to promote their products if they are not satisfied with your website.

Click Here – CJ

6) Site Sell – Site Sell by Ken Evoy is another popular affiliate program. If you have a website aimed at webmasters then Site Sell is a great network for you. Ken Evoy was the first to introduce the concept of pre-selling to affiliates.

Click Here – Site Sell

7) Marketing Tips – If you are promoting products related to making money online then Marketing Tips is a great affiliate network. It has a range of products related to making money online with great conversion rates.

Click Here – Marketing Tips

8) Clickbank - Another affiliate network almost all affiliate marketer knows. And Clickbank is one of the easiest to use as well. Just register select the product you want to promote and you are ready to make money fast. Now Clickbank also provides reports to users to help them see how their products are performing. The main advantages of Clickbank are very high commissions and you can be certain to get paid on time. But just one disadvantage is that there are so many products that’s very hard to promote and only a few of them have a good referred % and a gravity (I usually select products around 150 – 200 gravity and a referred % of over 90%). Top affiliate network to guaranteed to help you make money fast. Clickbank can be called the ideal network for affiliates of all levels for anyone to earn money from home.

Click Here – Clickbank

9) Zanox - Zanox is a German affiliate network, most of the vendor sites are in German. It’s one of the biggest networks in Europe. Zanox sends reports very often to your email which is a plus point of the network and its totally free. There are some big companies like Emirates, Austrian Airlines, Stylebop and more. Zanox has brilliant customer support service.

Click Here – Zanox

10) Amazon - Amazon has low commissions compared with Clickbank but you can make sales since it is such a well known name among customers. Amazon has good reporting system and very easy ways to embed the products in your blog. If you use Squidoo it’s even easier to promote Amazon products as it has a built in Amazon Module. You also have an option in Squidoo to either donate the money you make through the Amazon Affiliate program to a charity or to keep it for your self. The Amazon aStore allows you to create your own store. Amazon pays monthly. The minimum payout is $100 but for direct deposit it’s $10 (only applies for

USA

Click Here – Amazon Affiliate

11) Share A Sale - ShareASale is another popular affiliate network that provides up to date real time stats. Currently it has a little over 1700 merchants registered so finding your niche can be easy. ShareASale usually pays monthly.

Click Here – ShareASale

All of the above affiliate networks are great for anyone wanting to make money from home.

The most important facts when choosing an affiliate program

There should be a demand for the products the merchant is offering. Use Google adwords tool to see the demand for the product.
The commissions must be reasonable, I usually select products that has a commission of at least $10 per sale.
Their customer support should be good (very important one, don’t work for a company that doesn’t respond to their affiliates).
The network should produce real time reports on how many clicks you get and how many of them are converting into sales to let the affiliate know if it’s worth promoting it.
The merchants/vendor’s website must be appealing to the customer. Think of your self as the customer and ask your self “Would I pay for this product/products ?”. Put your self in the customers shoes and review the website before you promote it, and if you feel it’s a site that will keep customers not drive them away then promote that product it will boost your conversion ratio.

When it comes to earning money online its very important to select a proper affiliate network, just keep the above points in mind when selecting an affiliate network and subscribe to this blog for more free online marketing tips.

Free Article Submit Sites

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To make money fast a trick almost everyone uses is article submit. Free article submissions are used to build incoming links as well as traffic to the site. Here's a list of the best free article submit sites.

Articles Base

Article Biz

Kalajack Articles Directory

Mpiperu Article Directory

Mpiperu Articles Directory

Sooper Articles

xBangkok Articles Directory

Article Circulation

Article Click

Article Compilation Directory

Go Articles

Best Money Making Guides In The Market

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Today there are 100's or even more guides that teach how to make money fast on the net. But only few of them actually provide proper information that anyone can use to make money. While lot of them do not provide proper information on making money there are some top guides that can certainly help anyone of any level to successfully earn money quick.

The Rich Janitor System

This is one of the hottest online money making guides available today, you can be certain to make money fast with the Rich Janitor System. The Rich Janitor is a system created by Mike Dougherty. This system can be recommended for anyone to make money from home and even to the experts to boost profits of their current online business. Besides the brilliant tips that even an absolute beginner can use to earn money quick ,the Rich Janitor System also consist of an article system to create 100’s of articles, and after creating these articles with just a click of a button it automatically submits to 100’s of web directories.

This powerful article creating and submission system is without a doubt one of the strongest features of this system. For a beginner it might sound a little complicated but Mike Dougherty has explained the A-Z of using this system. So beginners there’s absolutely no need to worry about getting stuck while using the Rich janitor system. Mike Dougherty has provided all the tips and techniques that has helped him to build a very successful online business to make over $1000 per day online.The Rich Janitor system can be called the gateway for anyone to make money from home.

Mike has also given the option to the user of choosing from over 24 different profitable markets along with good instructions. This system can be called an absolute bargain as it is priced at a mere $77. The best part about this system is that it comes with a 100% money back guarantee. If the user is not satisfied after 60 days of using the Rich Janitor system then the money is fully refunded. Therefore the Rich Janitor system allows anyone to start their own online business to make over $1000 per day with absolutely no risk. The Rich Janitor system also comes with 2 FREE bonus guides, For The Love Of Cash and Machine Gun Marketing. Click the below link to see it for your self.

The Rich Janitor – Click Here

Fast Profit Pages

“Making money online isn’t rocket science, it is a matter of NOT running down the wrong road!”

This is what Tom Bell the creator of the Fast Profit Pages system had to say about making money fast online. A lot of people with no experience in online marketing think making money online is like rocket science, but the truth is that it’s actually easier than your office or your part time job. And the people who are already running their own online businesses know it. Tom Bell the creator of this system literally takes the users hand and guides them to build their own successful online business to help them make a permanent income from home.

The formula of making money online is very simple, all you need is 3 things.

1) A Blog/Site

2) Products to sell

3) Visitors or Traffic

It’s sounds simple but its important to have an attractive and a well designed webpage or a blog or a lens, to select a saleable product and last but not least to drive the right kind of visitors.

The Fast Profit Pages by Tom Bell offers 3 things needed to successfully make money online. Very well designed 20 websites, a set of very good saleable products and easy straight forward methods to drive visitors to your website. Actually Tom has done almost all the work you need to begin making money online.

Tom Bell the creator guarantees that with the Fast Profit Pages even an absolute beginner can get started with his own online business in under 5 minutes to make money fast with no hassle. He is backing is words by providing a full 100% money back guarantee for his system that is priced at just $97. Therefore if the user is not satisfied with the Fast Profit Pages after 60 days the money will be fully refunded, so the user has nothing to lose as it fully protects the user. Click the below link to visit

Fast Profit Pages - Click Here

These 2 products can certainly be recommended to anyone interested in making money fast.

Text Link Ad Ban By Google

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If you want make money fast online then one search engine you have to focus on is obviously Google. All online marketers try to increase their rank on Google and at the same time it’s important NOT to use any dirty tricks that will ban your website in Google.

Using text link ads is one trick that affiliates think will help them to make money fast but instead Google WILL ban their websites for using text link ads. So if you really want to make money fast online and keep making money then I certainly advise you to avoid text link ads. Text link ads can drive traffic to you but buying text link ads can cost the page rank of your site and it can also lower your rank on the Search Engine Results page. Google first penalized a several sites back in 2007 that was selling Text link ads, but so its better to play it safe and avoid text link ads. Click the below links to read more about the text link ads ban by Google.

HTML clipboard Selling Text Link Ads and Google Penalization

Also read my other post on other things that you can do to get your website/blog banned by Google. It’s advisable to avoid making those mistakes. Click the below Link

Google Ban - 10 Actions That Will Ban Your Website In Google

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