Have you ever thought about working an eCommerce business? Would you like to make money from your own home? The impact of young consumers in the on line business community is visible in the way they share product recommendations over the internet. The way eCommerce is changing, growing and improving every day is remarkable. What is eCommerce? eCommerce stands for electronic commerce which is used to describe doing business over the internet; the means of buying and selling goods on the Internet using web pages. That is something most anyone could do if they put there mind into it.
Electronics has gained considerable attention with in home business opportunities over the last few years. And, there is no doubt that developments in wireless technology will have a great influence on the way in home business expands in the future. The field of digital electronics is exciting, fast moving, and constantly changing each and every day; even dashboard DVD players seem quaint and may even become obsolete when you consider how fast electronics research and development is moving in our world today.
I decided to start my on line business because I wanted to be at home with my family. It is important to me to be with my children, but my working is a necessity. I knew I had to do something that would allow me to both stay at home and still have the money coming in to raise my children. That’s when I decided to try an online business of my own. I must admit the hours it took to start this business was stressful but in the end it has been well worth the time. Because I have succeeded I know now that if a person will put a little time and effort into this kind of business the rewards will be great
Saturday, February 28, 2009
• Social Media Sites to Build Traffic
The latest buzz in the internet world is on social media sites. Many times when you post on these types of sites you can gain top positions in the search engines in, sometimes minutes! The search engines view content on these sites as current cutting edge information that is highly relevant to the viewing public. How long this will last is anyone's guess, but for now it definitely pays to get your information out there to generate as much traffic as possible.
Of the online communities, I like to use eBay. Now you may be thinking ebay? Well, yes! There is a way to submit your articles through ebay Blogs. All you have to do is go to ebay.com, click on the "Community" tab at the top and then scroll down to ebay Blogs under the "General" section. Register with them and start submitting. The other good thing with ebay is you can also display any products you are selling and link to your store if you have one set up.
I also like to use MySpace. MySpace allows me to have a blog. I set up a blog on MySpace and I put my articles there. Now, each of these articles are driving traffic back to my squeeze page so I can capture those people's information and also try to sell to them. Once they become a sale, then what I'll do is take them offline. We'll pick up the phone and we'll call them.
I'm also using the online communities, such as Squidoo, Scribed, Digg, Propeller, Socialmarker and Amazon. As crazy as this may sound, Amazon also allows you to set up a blog through Amazon Connect.
As for Squidoo.com, I can build content that is monetizable, add my links and set up affiliate marketing "lenses". One other cool thing is Squidoo sites can be bought and sold. (For more detailed information on Squidoo visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidoo )
Scribed.com allows you to publish any type of article you want. It is great for republishing old content such as back issues of your email broadcasts and newsletters.
Digg.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg) is good for time limited things that you want to announce to the world.
Propeller.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller.com )is also a good site to submit your content as well as other people's content.
Socialmarker.com allows you to set up bookmarks on several sites, bookmark special pages, major blog posts, videos, squidoo pages and links to your site.
As you can see, social media is very viral and has a lot of web power to take your website to the top in its niche. If you're not using social media to grow your business you're leaving a ton of money on the table. Take a look at these social media sites I mention and begin to network your business to the virtual sphere. It's well worth the effort!
Of the online communities, I like to use eBay. Now you may be thinking ebay? Well, yes! There is a way to submit your articles through ebay Blogs. All you have to do is go to ebay.com, click on the "Community" tab at the top and then scroll down to ebay Blogs under the "General" section. Register with them and start submitting. The other good thing with ebay is you can also display any products you are selling and link to your store if you have one set up.
I also like to use MySpace. MySpace allows me to have a blog. I set up a blog on MySpace and I put my articles there. Now, each of these articles are driving traffic back to my squeeze page so I can capture those people's information and also try to sell to them. Once they become a sale, then what I'll do is take them offline. We'll pick up the phone and we'll call them.
I'm also using the online communities, such as Squidoo, Scribed, Digg, Propeller, Socialmarker and Amazon. As crazy as this may sound, Amazon also allows you to set up a blog through Amazon Connect.
As for Squidoo.com, I can build content that is monetizable, add my links and set up affiliate marketing "lenses". One other cool thing is Squidoo sites can be bought and sold. (For more detailed information on Squidoo visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidoo )
Scribed.com allows you to publish any type of article you want. It is great for republishing old content such as back issues of your email broadcasts and newsletters.
Digg.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg) is good for time limited things that you want to announce to the world.
Propeller.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller.com )is also a good site to submit your content as well as other people's content.
Socialmarker.com allows you to set up bookmarks on several sites, bookmark special pages, major blog posts, videos, squidoo pages and links to your site.
As you can see, social media is very viral and has a lot of web power to take your website to the top in its niche. If you're not using social media to grow your business you're leaving a ton of money on the table. Take a look at these social media sites I mention and begin to network your business to the virtual sphere. It's well worth the effort!
• Track Your Affiliate Sales & Traffic
In this article I'm going to explain how to track your ClickBank sales AND traffic. Don't worry if you don't promote any ClickBank products, the techniques outlined below can be used with any affiliate network that has a "Tracking ID" facility. Everything is also 100% free, I'm not trying to promote any tracking systems here!
Ok, let's get started. If you're not familiar with ClickBank's tracking ID system then you can read more about it here:
http://www.clickbank.com/hoplink_faq.html#hoplink_question_3
The problem is you can only track sales, not clicks. Let's take a look at an example to demonstrate the problem, and the solution. Let's say you have a webpage at this address:
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html
On that page you're promoting a ClickBank affiliate URL:
http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=code1
You can see that "yourid" is your ClickBank affiliate ID, "publisherid" is the ID of the merchant you're promoting and "code1" is the tracking ID for this particular link. If 100 people click on that link and 3 of them buy the product, that's a conversion ratio of 3%. A conversion ratio is the percentage of people you send to an affiliate URL who then go on to buy the product. In this case, the figure of 3% means that 3 out of every 100 visitors, on average, became customers.
3% isn't bad, but hang on a minute - ClickBank only tells you there were 3 sales for the tracking ID "code1". You don't know there were 100 clicks on the link, and without this figure you can't calculate the conversion ratio. What if 500 people had clicked on the link? The conversion ratio would be just 0.6% (i.e. 0.6% of the 500 visitors became customers). Ideally you should only promote websites that have a relatively high conversion ratio. If you're promoting two different ClickBank products for example, and one has a conversion ratio of 1% and the other 4%, you'd be better off focusing your attention on the second one and ditching the first. You'll only know this if you can calculate the conversion ratio. Luckily, this problem is easily solved with the use of a simple click-tracker PHP script. The script simply counts the number of times someone clicks on a link.
Don't worry if you've never used PHP before, there's nothing complicated about it. As long as you can upload files to your webspace you'll have no problem following these easy steps. It goes without saying that you also need PHP running on your server.
Go to PHPSuccessTools (see the resource box at the end of this article for the URL), click "mailing list" in the navigation bar at the top and subscribe, then check your email for the password. This will give you full access to all the scripts that are available. Click on "Free Scripts" in the navigation bar and then click on "Tagged Click Tracker". Then fill out the form as follows:
"Password"
You should always choose a random combination of letters and numbers for your passwords, but to keep things simple for this example enter "showstats" as the password.
"Destination URL"
This is your ClickBank affiliate URL with a tracking ID appended to the end. It should look like this:http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=[TAG]
Make sure you replace "yourid" with your ClickBank ID and "publisherid" with the ClickBank ID of the merchant you're promoting.
"Optional Expiration"
Leave this box as it is, we don't want the link to expire.
"Name"
Enter "go" for this.
You can leave all the other boxes as they are, unless you understand what they do. Now hit "Submit". Follow the instructions on the next page, where you'll be asked to save several files onto your computer and then upload them to your webspace and change the permissions. Upload them to the same folder as your index.html page (as this is the page we're going to edit in a few moments). If you've never changed file permissions before then don't worry, there's a simple guide at PHPSuccessTools (just click on "Guides" in the navigation bar at the top).
In this example we're assuming that you're linking to a ClickBank affiliate URL on your index page, so instead of linking directly to ClickBank, change the link on your "index.html" page to this:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code1
Let's recap what we've done. We replaced the ClickBank affiliate link on your "index.html" page with a link that goes to the click-tracker script (called go.php). The click-tracker script, in turn, counts how many clicks the link gets and redirects the surfer to the actual ClickBank affiliate link.
Now we understand what's changed, lets see how it works. Note the tracking ID (code1) at the end of the click-tracker link:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code1
When somebody clicks on that link, the click-tracker looks at the destination URL (which you entered when the click-tracker was created) and replaces [TAG] with the tracking ID. So in actual fact, the destination URL becomes:
http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=code1
Now all you have to do is view the statistics for this click-tracker and you'll be able to see how many clicks your link got. The stats are available at this URL:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?showstats
Now let's say that 100 people click on your new click-tracker link and 3 of them buy the product. By looking at your ClickBank stats you'll see that the tracking ID "code1" has produced 3 sales. If you look at your click-tracker stats you'll see that "code1" also generated 100 clicks. Use the two figures together and you can calculate the conversion ratio of 3%. In other words, 3% of the people you sent to the merchant actually bought the product.
The conversion ratio is important to know. There's no point sending traffic to a merchant that converts at 1%, when you could send that same traffic to a different merchant that converts at 3%. Assuming the commissions earned per sale are the same, you're better off with the second merchant. You'll only know this by testing different merchants and calculating the conversion ratio of each.
In fact there's no need to even calculate the conversion ratio manually - the click-tracker does it for you! Simply view the stats for the click-tracker and enter a "sales" figure for each tracking ID. The click-tracker then automatically generates the conversion ratio for each one.
To finish off this article, let's just quickly see how you'd track sales with more than one tracking ID. If you only have one link to your ClickBank affiliate URL then you won't need to do this, but what if you have two links to ClickBank, one on "index.html" and the other on your blog? Simply use the following URL on your blog where your ClickBank affiliate URL normally goes:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code2
Now when you view your click-tracker stats, just look for "code2" to see how many clicks this particular link received. Similarly, your ClickBank stats will show "code2" as the tracking ID for any sales that came from this link.
You are free to choose any tracking ID you want (you don't have to use "code1" and "code2"). Just make sure your IDs only contain alphanumeric characters (no spaces or symbols) and are 50 characters or less in length.
As I mentioned at the start of this article, you can use the above techniques with any affiliate network that has a tracking ID facility. When creating your click-tracker(s), simply enter your affiliate URL as the "Destination URL" and place [TAG] wherever the tracking ID should go.
If you're feeling adventurous, I recommend you make use of the hit-tracker script, also freely available at PHPSuccessTools. Place a separate hit-tracker on each page in your website that contains affiliate links and you'll be able to calculate the click-through ratio as well as the conversion ratio of those links.
Neil Cahill is a PHP programmer and part of the team at http://www.phpsuccesstools.com/. You are free to reproduce this article providing no changes are made to the body text.
Ok, let's get started. If you're not familiar with ClickBank's tracking ID system then you can read more about it here:
http://www.clickbank.com/hoplink_faq.html#hoplink_question_3
The problem is you can only track sales, not clicks. Let's take a look at an example to demonstrate the problem, and the solution. Let's say you have a webpage at this address:
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html
On that page you're promoting a ClickBank affiliate URL:
http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=code1
You can see that "yourid" is your ClickBank affiliate ID, "publisherid" is the ID of the merchant you're promoting and "code1" is the tracking ID for this particular link. If 100 people click on that link and 3 of them buy the product, that's a conversion ratio of 3%. A conversion ratio is the percentage of people you send to an affiliate URL who then go on to buy the product. In this case, the figure of 3% means that 3 out of every 100 visitors, on average, became customers.
3% isn't bad, but hang on a minute - ClickBank only tells you there were 3 sales for the tracking ID "code1". You don't know there were 100 clicks on the link, and without this figure you can't calculate the conversion ratio. What if 500 people had clicked on the link? The conversion ratio would be just 0.6% (i.e. 0.6% of the 500 visitors became customers). Ideally you should only promote websites that have a relatively high conversion ratio. If you're promoting two different ClickBank products for example, and one has a conversion ratio of 1% and the other 4%, you'd be better off focusing your attention on the second one and ditching the first. You'll only know this if you can calculate the conversion ratio. Luckily, this problem is easily solved with the use of a simple click-tracker PHP script. The script simply counts the number of times someone clicks on a link.
Don't worry if you've never used PHP before, there's nothing complicated about it. As long as you can upload files to your webspace you'll have no problem following these easy steps. It goes without saying that you also need PHP running on your server.
Go to PHPSuccessTools (see the resource box at the end of this article for the URL), click "mailing list" in the navigation bar at the top and subscribe, then check your email for the password. This will give you full access to all the scripts that are available. Click on "Free Scripts" in the navigation bar and then click on "Tagged Click Tracker". Then fill out the form as follows:
"Password"
You should always choose a random combination of letters and numbers for your passwords, but to keep things simple for this example enter "showstats" as the password.
"Destination URL"
This is your ClickBank affiliate URL with a tracking ID appended to the end. It should look like this:http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=[TAG]
Make sure you replace "yourid" with your ClickBank ID and "publisherid" with the ClickBank ID of the merchant you're promoting.
"Optional Expiration"
Leave this box as it is, we don't want the link to expire.
"Name"
Enter "go" for this.
You can leave all the other boxes as they are, unless you understand what they do. Now hit "Submit". Follow the instructions on the next page, where you'll be asked to save several files onto your computer and then upload them to your webspace and change the permissions. Upload them to the same folder as your index.html page (as this is the page we're going to edit in a few moments). If you've never changed file permissions before then don't worry, there's a simple guide at PHPSuccessTools (just click on "Guides" in the navigation bar at the top).
In this example we're assuming that you're linking to a ClickBank affiliate URL on your index page, so instead of linking directly to ClickBank, change the link on your "index.html" page to this:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code1
Let's recap what we've done. We replaced the ClickBank affiliate link on your "index.html" page with a link that goes to the click-tracker script (called go.php). The click-tracker script, in turn, counts how many clicks the link gets and redirects the surfer to the actual ClickBank affiliate link.
Now we understand what's changed, lets see how it works. Note the tracking ID (code1) at the end of the click-tracker link:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code1
When somebody clicks on that link, the click-tracker looks at the destination URL (which you entered when the click-tracker was created) and replaces [TAG] with the tracking ID. So in actual fact, the destination URL becomes:
http://yourid.publisherid.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=code1
Now all you have to do is view the statistics for this click-tracker and you'll be able to see how many clicks your link got. The stats are available at this URL:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?showstats
Now let's say that 100 people click on your new click-tracker link and 3 of them buy the product. By looking at your ClickBank stats you'll see that the tracking ID "code1" has produced 3 sales. If you look at your click-tracker stats you'll see that "code1" also generated 100 clicks. Use the two figures together and you can calculate the conversion ratio of 3%. In other words, 3% of the people you sent to the merchant actually bought the product.
The conversion ratio is important to know. There's no point sending traffic to a merchant that converts at 1%, when you could send that same traffic to a different merchant that converts at 3%. Assuming the commissions earned per sale are the same, you're better off with the second merchant. You'll only know this by testing different merchants and calculating the conversion ratio of each.
In fact there's no need to even calculate the conversion ratio manually - the click-tracker does it for you! Simply view the stats for the click-tracker and enter a "sales" figure for each tracking ID. The click-tracker then automatically generates the conversion ratio for each one.
To finish off this article, let's just quickly see how you'd track sales with more than one tracking ID. If you only have one link to your ClickBank affiliate URL then you won't need to do this, but what if you have two links to ClickBank, one on "index.html" and the other on your blog? Simply use the following URL on your blog where your ClickBank affiliate URL normally goes:
http://www.yourdomain.com/go.php?code2
Now when you view your click-tracker stats, just look for "code2" to see how many clicks this particular link received. Similarly, your ClickBank stats will show "code2" as the tracking ID for any sales that came from this link.
You are free to choose any tracking ID you want (you don't have to use "code1" and "code2"). Just make sure your IDs only contain alphanumeric characters (no spaces or symbols) and are 50 characters or less in length.
As I mentioned at the start of this article, you can use the above techniques with any affiliate network that has a tracking ID facility. When creating your click-tracker(s), simply enter your affiliate URL as the "Destination URL" and place [TAG] wherever the tracking ID should go.
If you're feeling adventurous, I recommend you make use of the hit-tracker script, also freely available at PHPSuccessTools. Place a separate hit-tracker on each page in your website that contains affiliate links and you'll be able to calculate the click-through ratio as well as the conversion ratio of those links.
Neil Cahill is a PHP programmer and part of the team at http://www.phpsuccesstools.com/. You are free to reproduce this article providing no changes are made to the body text.
• earning with affiliate internet marketing
It is all about planning. Many people getting into affiliate marketing are thinking about making a fast buck. It is hard to fault them. Since the formation of CDNow almost thirteen years ago, affiliate marketing has exploded into a billion dollar per year industry. There are also the benefits including little to no overhead, residual income, getting paid for the work of your downline and not having to deal with any customer service problems.
But it is still a business and many people do not understand that a business requires planning. No matter how great the product or service, if you do not have any guidelines mapped out beforehand then you will probably wind up like ninety five percent of affiliate (and internet) marketers who do not make any money online.
Affiliate internet marketing is a lot of work, time, patience, mistakes, uncertainty and constant learning. The key is to create a plan and work it.
Where does it start?
1. Your Office.
Whether working out of your garage, kitchen or bathroom (hey sometimes you do what you got to do), make sure your office is comfortable with proper lighting, ventilation and as little distraction as possible. It is hard to get any work done with the phone ringing every 15 minutes. If you have to, let the answering machine pick up. Set aside blocks of time where you concentrate on nothing but your affiliate marketing
2. Learn and Keep Learning.
Study the affiliate marketers who are making money. Visit affiliate marketing forums. While your overall goal is to become successful, you may from time to time have to change your strategies. Forums are a great place to get tips and ideas that you can adapt to your business. Also, many affiliate programs now offer conference rooms. This allows you to live chat with the product creators, as well as other affiliate marketers participating in the program.
Some conferences are just cheerleading sessions. They get you fired up to sell the product but do not give you any concrete ways to sell it. However, many merchants do provide solid support, answer any and all questions in real time and recommend affiliate marketing strategies to help you. If your merchant is scheduling conferences on a regular basis, take advantage of it.
3. Research Your Target Market.
It is not enough just to know what is going on with your product or service. What are the new trends? Watch television. Read newspapers and magazines. Find out where the hot markets are popping up and how it affects your business. Do not just read affiliate news. Get as much information as possible on what is happening around the world and then apply it to your affiliate business.
4. Your own website.
This is the command center for your affiliate marketing campaign. Yes you can promote different programs without one but this makes it more difficult and less profitable for you. Having your own website means you can capture the visitor information before you send them to the merchant. If they do not like the particular product you are selling at this time, you can always contact them about other offers or promotions later. The beauty is once you get their name and e-mail, you can contact them for as long as they remain on your opt in list. This is called backend and you can believe it is how many of the top affiliate marketers make their money. The money is in the list and the only way to do that is get your own website where people can sign up.
5. Do not kid yourself.
We all want to be millionaires by the time the sun goes down or at least by early the next morning but that is not reality. Affiliate marketing is hard work so set a goal that you can achieve. How much realistic profit can you generate in a month? Start small. If you earned five hundred dollars last month, shoot for seventy hundred fifty next month. They may seem like baby steps but they can stop you from getting any false expectations which lead to discouragement and finally giving up all together. It may take awhile before you actually see any money so hang in there.
According to the AffStat 2007 report over eighty percent of affiliate programs offer revenue sharing. If you plan and treat your affiliate internet marketing like a business, then there is no reason why you cannot share in the profits.Daryl Campbell is an affiliate marketer and online business owner. It is easy to get lost in the jungle of internet marketing. So what do you do? Get yourself an Internet Marketing Guide. Free tips, tools, resources, coaching, video and up to the minute news and information to help you get out of the jungle. Get started now at Internet Marketing Guide
But it is still a business and many people do not understand that a business requires planning. No matter how great the product or service, if you do not have any guidelines mapped out beforehand then you will probably wind up like ninety five percent of affiliate (and internet) marketers who do not make any money online.
Affiliate internet marketing is a lot of work, time, patience, mistakes, uncertainty and constant learning. The key is to create a plan and work it.
Where does it start?
1. Your Office.
Whether working out of your garage, kitchen or bathroom (hey sometimes you do what you got to do), make sure your office is comfortable with proper lighting, ventilation and as little distraction as possible. It is hard to get any work done with the phone ringing every 15 minutes. If you have to, let the answering machine pick up. Set aside blocks of time where you concentrate on nothing but your affiliate marketing
2. Learn and Keep Learning.
Study the affiliate marketers who are making money. Visit affiliate marketing forums. While your overall goal is to become successful, you may from time to time have to change your strategies. Forums are a great place to get tips and ideas that you can adapt to your business. Also, many affiliate programs now offer conference rooms. This allows you to live chat with the product creators, as well as other affiliate marketers participating in the program.
Some conferences are just cheerleading sessions. They get you fired up to sell the product but do not give you any concrete ways to sell it. However, many merchants do provide solid support, answer any and all questions in real time and recommend affiliate marketing strategies to help you. If your merchant is scheduling conferences on a regular basis, take advantage of it.
3. Research Your Target Market.
It is not enough just to know what is going on with your product or service. What are the new trends? Watch television. Read newspapers and magazines. Find out where the hot markets are popping up and how it affects your business. Do not just read affiliate news. Get as much information as possible on what is happening around the world and then apply it to your affiliate business.
4. Your own website.
This is the command center for your affiliate marketing campaign. Yes you can promote different programs without one but this makes it more difficult and less profitable for you. Having your own website means you can capture the visitor information before you send them to the merchant. If they do not like the particular product you are selling at this time, you can always contact them about other offers or promotions later. The beauty is once you get their name and e-mail, you can contact them for as long as they remain on your opt in list. This is called backend and you can believe it is how many of the top affiliate marketers make their money. The money is in the list and the only way to do that is get your own website where people can sign up.
5. Do not kid yourself.
We all want to be millionaires by the time the sun goes down or at least by early the next morning but that is not reality. Affiliate marketing is hard work so set a goal that you can achieve. How much realistic profit can you generate in a month? Start small. If you earned five hundred dollars last month, shoot for seventy hundred fifty next month. They may seem like baby steps but they can stop you from getting any false expectations which lead to discouragement and finally giving up all together. It may take awhile before you actually see any money so hang in there.
According to the AffStat 2007 report over eighty percent of affiliate programs offer revenue sharing. If you plan and treat your affiliate internet marketing like a business, then there is no reason why you cannot share in the profits.Daryl Campbell is an affiliate marketer and online business owner. It is easy to get lost in the jungle of internet marketing. So what do you do? Get yourself an Internet Marketing Guide. Free tips, tools, resources, coaching, video and up to the minute news and information to help you get out of the jungle. Get started now at Internet Marketing Guide
• work and spend time with family
Americans are really in a panic these days. A panic that is caused by a failing economy, a rise in the cost of gas, and unwonted violence in our shopping malls. All of these things are real.
But should we let these things keep us from enjoying life. My answer is NO!. What we must do is slow down and think for a minute. Decide what is important to our family and to us. What makes us safe and happy. Then we must seek ways to obtain those elements of life. We as Lets end our panic by looking around all that we are being told, and find a way to enjoy life as we know it.
We, as a people, first want to feel safe in our daily lives. We want to be able to go to work, to play, and yes, to shop and know that we are safe. We want to give our family the things that they need and want. And we want to do these things without panicking. How do we do this?
First of all, we need to think about an additional income. If we get another job, that will create another problem, because we won't have time to spend with our family. I've got just the thing for you. Become an affiliate in a proven program, where you can continue to work where you are(if you want to) and make brand new money everyday. How does that sound? Making money and spending quality time with your family? It's a reality. I am going to introduce you to a program that will make this possible.
The next thing is having the things that you and your family need and want, but getting them at prices that will help you end the panic. Also, with the store that I am going to suggest, you will save and be safe at the same time. This store has over 1.37 million products in 400 categories, and the shopping is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year from the comfort of your own home. Now, you know what that means. NO GAS! You just went shopping and didn't have to give the oil companies a penny to get there. You are ending the panic.
Lets recap. We determined that we need to make more money to beat the failing economy But remember, this is an economy that always comes back. So, if we hedge against it now, what position will we be in when it comes back up. Think about it. Next, let think about getting our family what they want and need. We know that our ladies and children want those things that make them happy. So do we. (I am speaking as a male). We've become accustomed to having.
Just that; having. Sometimes it has nothing to do with need. However, we're not going to worry about that.. All we are concerned about is to continue to have. So, let's find a way to have and still save money. Let's not panic. We can do it. Shop where we can get 30%, 40%. 50%, or even 60% off of the things that make all of us happy. The wife, the children; and we can get something, too.
All of these things can be found at The Affiliate Zone. A one stop shop for everything that you want. Money making opportunity, shopping from home, a store full of everything you and the family could want, plus, discounts and sales everyday. And all of this from the safety of your own home.
If you want to End the Panic, go to http://www.mywebcashstore.com/roquemore8349, or
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But should we let these things keep us from enjoying life. My answer is NO!. What we must do is slow down and think for a minute. Decide what is important to our family and to us. What makes us safe and happy. Then we must seek ways to obtain those elements of life. We as Lets end our panic by looking around all that we are being told, and find a way to enjoy life as we know it.
We, as a people, first want to feel safe in our daily lives. We want to be able to go to work, to play, and yes, to shop and know that we are safe. We want to give our family the things that they need and want. And we want to do these things without panicking. How do we do this?
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• Affiliate Marketing, Rule Number One?
If you hang around any traffic exchange long enough, you see it. No matter what product or service is being offered, the vast majority of affiliate marketers are promoting the exact same website provided by whatever merchant they are affiliate advertising. By doing this they are violating the most important rule of affiliate internet marketing:
Not having their own website.
Using the same page as everyone else is the equivalent of betting on the roulette wheel in Vegas. You are hoping that visitors will select your affiliate site from among the other copycats. Depending on how many affiliates are in your particular program the odds will increase against you.
That is not the only problem. By sending people straight to the main affiliate page without capturing their name and contact information, it is a good bet that you will never see them again. That can be a major blow to your affiliate business, especially if you have other products and services to promote which may have been of interest to your visitors.
Yes there are affiliates who have achieved success almost instantly just by sending visitors to the main sales page. This does not apply to the overwhelming majority. Affiliate business like any business requires patience, hard work and various other factors to numerous to mention. But one of the most important ingredients to online success is to get your own website. So how do you go about creating your affiliate internet marketing website?
1. Decide Beforehand the Affiliate Marketing Program You Want to Promote
Pretty basic right? You would be surprised at how many affiliates do not research their product and target market. Many do not even ask themselves are they really interested in the product or service. Beware of choosing an affiliate program just because it offers a big commission. If you cannot work up any enthusiasm about the product then your visitors will probably feel the same way.
2. Name that Host
Pick an appropriate domain name and title for your website. Do some keyword research using Overture. Now the tendency is to pick the keywords with the highest search results. Avoid this, particularly if you are just launching your affiliate site. High search volume means more competition.
For instance according to the latest Overture results, online dating is searched for 322,178 times per month. But the keyword web dating has only 6,135 searches per month. That means a lot less competition while still having the potential to draw steady web traffic to your affiliate site that can make you a nice profit.
As for your webhost, the requirements should be space (depending on how many affiliate sites you want), customer support, very little downtime and the extension; com, org, net or ws. Get a dotcom if possible. Since it is the most prominent, search engines tend to give dotcom more weight although some marketers are reporting equally good results using dotorg.
3. The Content Easy Site
This is what your affiliate site is all about. Not just a sales page but a content rich site that is easy to navigate. As you learn more about building affiliate sites you can add flash and other media but even then your number one priority will remain site content.
There is plenty of free software that will help you build web pages so you do not have to be an expert. Just start out with a basic design that has clearly readable text and an image of the product or service you are offering. The important thing is to fill your website or blog with tips, articles and news about your niche or related topics. Write as much of your own content as possible (however there is plenty of free information online you can use) and update your site on a regular basis. Turn your affiliate web pages into an authority site.
Make sure when you do build your affiliate site, you have a way to capture your visitors name and contact information. Offer a free ebook or instructional video to entice people. Also give them a promise that you will not spam them or sell their contact information to a third party. Build trust so people will be open to any future offers you may present to them.
No one can guarantee that just by creating your own affiliate site you will be successful. But you can go along way in separating yourself from the pack and exploding your affiliate business by getting your own website now.
Daryl Campbell is an online business owner and affiliate marketer. Get more free information including tips, articles, step by step video coaching and up to the minute news to help you grow your internet business the right way. Check it out now at Internet Marketing Guide
Not having their own website.
Using the same page as everyone else is the equivalent of betting on the roulette wheel in Vegas. You are hoping that visitors will select your affiliate site from among the other copycats. Depending on how many affiliates are in your particular program the odds will increase against you.
That is not the only problem. By sending people straight to the main affiliate page without capturing their name and contact information, it is a good bet that you will never see them again. That can be a major blow to your affiliate business, especially if you have other products and services to promote which may have been of interest to your visitors.
Yes there are affiliates who have achieved success almost instantly just by sending visitors to the main sales page. This does not apply to the overwhelming majority. Affiliate business like any business requires patience, hard work and various other factors to numerous to mention. But one of the most important ingredients to online success is to get your own website. So how do you go about creating your affiliate internet marketing website?
1. Decide Beforehand the Affiliate Marketing Program You Want to Promote
Pretty basic right? You would be surprised at how many affiliates do not research their product and target market. Many do not even ask themselves are they really interested in the product or service. Beware of choosing an affiliate program just because it offers a big commission. If you cannot work up any enthusiasm about the product then your visitors will probably feel the same way.
2. Name that Host
Pick an appropriate domain name and title for your website. Do some keyword research using Overture. Now the tendency is to pick the keywords with the highest search results. Avoid this, particularly if you are just launching your affiliate site. High search volume means more competition.
For instance according to the latest Overture results, online dating is searched for 322,178 times per month. But the keyword web dating has only 6,135 searches per month. That means a lot less competition while still having the potential to draw steady web traffic to your affiliate site that can make you a nice profit.
As for your webhost, the requirements should be space (depending on how many affiliate sites you want), customer support, very little downtime and the extension; com, org, net or ws. Get a dotcom if possible. Since it is the most prominent, search engines tend to give dotcom more weight although some marketers are reporting equally good results using dotorg.
3. The Content Easy Site
This is what your affiliate site is all about. Not just a sales page but a content rich site that is easy to navigate. As you learn more about building affiliate sites you can add flash and other media but even then your number one priority will remain site content.
There is plenty of free software that will help you build web pages so you do not have to be an expert. Just start out with a basic design that has clearly readable text and an image of the product or service you are offering. The important thing is to fill your website or blog with tips, articles and news about your niche or related topics. Write as much of your own content as possible (however there is plenty of free information online you can use) and update your site on a regular basis. Turn your affiliate web pages into an authority site.
Make sure when you do build your affiliate site, you have a way to capture your visitors name and contact information. Offer a free ebook or instructional video to entice people. Also give them a promise that you will not spam them or sell their contact information to a third party. Build trust so people will be open to any future offers you may present to them.
No one can guarantee that just by creating your own affiliate site you will be successful. But you can go along way in separating yourself from the pack and exploding your affiliate business by getting your own website now.
Daryl Campbell is an online business owner and affiliate marketer. Get more free information including tips, articles, step by step video coaching and up to the minute news to help you grow your internet business the right way. Check it out now at Internet Marketing Guide
• Blog ‘s Recipe: Create a Conversation
As The Blog Squadtm, we hear this complaint from entrepreneurs who start blogging: "Why isn't my blog working for my business?" As part of our "blog crisis prevention" program, we have reviewed hundreds of business blogs and can spot common errors immediately.
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates
4. A list of categories
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments
6. Links to useful websites, products and services
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the authorIngredient
8: Create a Conversation
Many blog authors deliver information as if through a megaphone, it's all going out and nothing coming in. They forget blogging has the capacity to involve readers;it's about having a conversation. They forget to ask readers to comment and participate in a conversation.
Blog authors who keep the reader in mind are taking full advantage of their blog's power. I've seen blog authors who always end their posts by asking readers for their input. But most forget this and leave the post without any attention at all to their readers.
This is a big mistake. It may seem like not many people are reading your posts because it's estimated that only about 1% of readers will comment and actively participate. That is why it is so important to drive traffic to your blog and build up the numbers of readers. Until you get to that tipping point, you might not get many comments. Just keep asking readers to comment anyway.
The other big mistake we often see on blogs is putting up hurdles to leaving comments. If your blogging software requires people to register and get a password, well, a lot of people can't be bothered. It's one more step, then they forget their password, and the urge to comment goes away quickly.
A common concern is about comment spam. You can set up your blog to moderate comments, but know that when you do, you are putting up a barrier. In the early stages of your blog, you probably won't get spam so don't moderate if you can help it.
Only use the moderation feature if you start getting a lot of inappropriate comments and spam. However, spam can be quickly eliminated because the software can alert you a comment has been posted. You can quickly and easily delete it.
Alternatively you can put up a "captcha" requirement which cuts down on the automated bots that leave spam. This is not a bad solution, but only use it if you are getting several spam comment a day.
You want to encourage conversation. You don't want to do anything that will discourage readers from leaving a comment.
When someone takes the time to leave a comment, reward them. You'll get an email notification when someone leaves a comment. I always send a personal email to thank them for participating. If their comment is significant, I'll tell them I'll post a response to it over on the comments section of the blog.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at www.savvyebiztips.com . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to www.buildabetterblog.com . Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at www.blogsquad.biz
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates
4. A list of categories
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments
6. Links to useful websites, products and services
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the authorIngredient
8: Create a Conversation
Many blog authors deliver information as if through a megaphone, it's all going out and nothing coming in. They forget blogging has the capacity to involve readers;it's about having a conversation. They forget to ask readers to comment and participate in a conversation.
Blog authors who keep the reader in mind are taking full advantage of their blog's power. I've seen blog authors who always end their posts by asking readers for their input. But most forget this and leave the post without any attention at all to their readers.
This is a big mistake. It may seem like not many people are reading your posts because it's estimated that only about 1% of readers will comment and actively participate. That is why it is so important to drive traffic to your blog and build up the numbers of readers. Until you get to that tipping point, you might not get many comments. Just keep asking readers to comment anyway.
The other big mistake we often see on blogs is putting up hurdles to leaving comments. If your blogging software requires people to register and get a password, well, a lot of people can't be bothered. It's one more step, then they forget their password, and the urge to comment goes away quickly.
A common concern is about comment spam. You can set up your blog to moderate comments, but know that when you do, you are putting up a barrier. In the early stages of your blog, you probably won't get spam so don't moderate if you can help it.
Only use the moderation feature if you start getting a lot of inappropriate comments and spam. However, spam can be quickly eliminated because the software can alert you a comment has been posted. You can quickly and easily delete it.
Alternatively you can put up a "captcha" requirement which cuts down on the automated bots that leave spam. This is not a bad solution, but only use it if you are getting several spam comment a day.
You want to encourage conversation. You don't want to do anything that will discourage readers from leaving a comment.
When someone takes the time to leave a comment, reward them. You'll get an email notification when someone leaves a comment. I always send a personal email to thank them for participating. If their comment is significant, I'll tell them I'll post a response to it over on the comments section of the blog.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at www.savvyebiztips.com . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to www.buildabetterblog.com . Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at www.blogsquad.biz
• Blog ‘s Recipe: Frequent posts
As The Blog Squadtm, we hear this complaint from entrepreneurs who start blogging: "Why isn't my blog working for my business?" As part of our "blog crisis prevention" program, we have reviewed hundreds of business blogs and can spot common errors immediately.
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name .
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement .
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates .
4. A list of categories .
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments .
6. Links to useful websites, products and services .
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose .
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the author .
Ingredient 7: Post Frequently and Stay On Purpose
The best way to drive traffic to your blog is to post frequently, at least 2-3 times a week. The more you post, the more traffic you attract. We've experimented with this and found when we post everyday, the number of visitors goes up dramatically.
Where do you find enough stuff to write about? You may need to read other blogs to find sources and ideas for blog posts. Be sure to use blog search directories like www.Technorati.com, and www.blogsearch.google.com to find relevant blogs in your field. If you are posting 2-3 days a week, use the other days to search for good content on other blogs.
Sign up for Google Alerts ( http://www.google.com/alerts ) to get daily emails with blog posts related to targeted keywords. Not only will you know what's going on in your niche, you'll get tons of ideas for blog posts.
When you find good stuff on someone else's blog, make sure you refer to it in your own blog posts, and leave comments on those blogs. This helps you get known in the Blogosphere, establishes your reputation as an expert and builds your credibility. It's also a good way to build traffic to your blog.
While it's important to share information and educate your readers, always write with the readers' best interests in mind. Make your blog posts benefit oriented. Besides relaying information, add your perspective and tell readers why this is important to them. Then ask for their opinions.
Be careful of the "ho-hum" factor. Too much bland information can get boring, unless you add some feeling to it. Connect with the passion you have for your business and communicate your emotions. Remember the old maxim, people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Don't be afraid to disagree with others. A good conversation requires different perspectives. Of course, always be respectful. Once you leave a comment on another blog, be sure to blog about it on your own blog.
Be clear about what you want your blog to do for your business: clarity will help guide you in selecting topics and linking strategies. Yet many new bloggers skip this step and just start writing. You will have an advantage over your competitors' blogs if you know why you are writing on your blog, and what you want readers to do. Do you want to educate them, do you want to build credibility and trust and a relationship with them?
Be sure to stay on target. Telling personal stories is a great way to build relationships with readers, but only if there is a point to it, something that the reader can take away. Beware of sharing personal details of your life, your kids, or your pets that may only be of interest to you.
On the other hand, revealing some details about yourself will allow readers to see you as an authentic human being, rather than as an automaton only interested in making a sale.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to http://www.buildabetterblog.com/ . Denise Wakeman ' Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name .
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement .
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates .
4. A list of categories .
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments .
6. Links to useful websites, products and services .
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose .
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the author .
Ingredient 7: Post Frequently and Stay On Purpose
The best way to drive traffic to your blog is to post frequently, at least 2-3 times a week. The more you post, the more traffic you attract. We've experimented with this and found when we post everyday, the number of visitors goes up dramatically.
Where do you find enough stuff to write about? You may need to read other blogs to find sources and ideas for blog posts. Be sure to use blog search directories like www.Technorati.com, and www.blogsearch.google.com to find relevant blogs in your field. If you are posting 2-3 days a week, use the other days to search for good content on other blogs.
Sign up for Google Alerts ( http://www.google.com/alerts ) to get daily emails with blog posts related to targeted keywords. Not only will you know what's going on in your niche, you'll get tons of ideas for blog posts.
When you find good stuff on someone else's blog, make sure you refer to it in your own blog posts, and leave comments on those blogs. This helps you get known in the Blogosphere, establishes your reputation as an expert and builds your credibility. It's also a good way to build traffic to your blog.
While it's important to share information and educate your readers, always write with the readers' best interests in mind. Make your blog posts benefit oriented. Besides relaying information, add your perspective and tell readers why this is important to them. Then ask for their opinions.
Be careful of the "ho-hum" factor. Too much bland information can get boring, unless you add some feeling to it. Connect with the passion you have for your business and communicate your emotions. Remember the old maxim, people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Don't be afraid to disagree with others. A good conversation requires different perspectives. Of course, always be respectful. Once you leave a comment on another blog, be sure to blog about it on your own blog.
Be clear about what you want your blog to do for your business: clarity will help guide you in selecting topics and linking strategies. Yet many new bloggers skip this step and just start writing. You will have an advantage over your competitors' blogs if you know why you are writing on your blog, and what you want readers to do. Do you want to educate them, do you want to build credibility and trust and a relationship with them?
Be sure to stay on target. Telling personal stories is a great way to build relationships with readers, but only if there is a point to it, something that the reader can take away. Beware of sharing personal details of your life, your kids, or your pets that may only be of interest to you.
On the other hand, revealing some details about yourself will allow readers to see you as an authentic human being, rather than as an automaton only interested in making a sale.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to http://www.buildabetterblog.com/ . Denise Wakeman ' Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
• Blog ‘s Recipe: Links
As The Blog Squadtm, we hear this complaint from entrepreneurs who start blogging: "Why isn't my blog working for my business?" As part of our "blog crisis prevention" program, we have reviewed hundreds of business blogs and can spot common errors immediately.
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates
4. A list of categories
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments
6. Links to useful websites, products and services
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the author
Ingredient 6: Link to useful websites, products and services
Linking is the currency of the blogosphere. Besides being common courtesy to link to your sources of information, you can also link to your own posts, websites, and your products and services.
Weave them into your posts so they contribute to the context of your writing. Too much blatant marketing of your own products and services doesn't make for good reading, and can turn readers off.
Dave Taylor likens blog posting to conversation at a cocktail party: you wouldn't monopolize the conversation just talking about yourself and expect people will stand around for a long time listening.
Every time you post, review your article for names, books, and places. All of these can be linked to a site on the Web. Even ideas and concepts can be linked to a page in Wikipedia. Failing to link to outside sources is poor etiquette in the blogosphere.
Professionals new to blogging often ask if linking to outside resources will send readers away from the blog. This is a major concern on websites, but links are expected on blogs. If you want to establish yourself as a resourceful expert in your field you need to show people you know what's going on at other blogs and websites.
The more you can participate in the Blogosphere, by writing about and linking to other blogs, the better known you will become. When you link to others, they will know about it through trackbacks, and will be curious about you. They will visit your blog and may link to it, sending their readers to you.
Don't forget to add links to your products and services in the sidebar of your blog. Make sure people know how they can get more information about you and what you offer. You're writing a business blog, so make it easy for people to do business with you.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at www.savvyebiztips.com . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to www.buildabetterblog.com . Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at www.blogsquad.biz
Blogs that work well for attracting new clients have these key elements:
1. A great blog name
2. A tag line or blog purpose statement
3. An easy way to get automatic blog updates
4. A list of categories
5. A list of recent posts and recent comments
6. Links to useful websites, products and services
7. Frequent posts with links relevant to the blog's purpose
8. An easy way for readers to have a conversation with the author
Ingredient 6: Link to useful websites, products and services
Linking is the currency of the blogosphere. Besides being common courtesy to link to your sources of information, you can also link to your own posts, websites, and your products and services.
Weave them into your posts so they contribute to the context of your writing. Too much blatant marketing of your own products and services doesn't make for good reading, and can turn readers off.
Dave Taylor likens blog posting to conversation at a cocktail party: you wouldn't monopolize the conversation just talking about yourself and expect people will stand around for a long time listening.
Every time you post, review your article for names, books, and places. All of these can be linked to a site on the Web. Even ideas and concepts can be linked to a page in Wikipedia. Failing to link to outside sources is poor etiquette in the blogosphere.
Professionals new to blogging often ask if linking to outside resources will send readers away from the blog. This is a major concern on websites, but links are expected on blogs. If you want to establish yourself as a resourceful expert in your field you need to show people you know what's going on at other blogs and websites.
The more you can participate in the Blogosphere, by writing about and linking to other blogs, the better known you will become. When you link to others, they will know about it through trackbacks, and will be curious about you. They will visit your blog and may link to it, sending their readers to you.
Don't forget to add links to your products and services in the sidebar of your blog. Make sure people know how they can get more information about you and what you offer. You're writing a business blog, so make it easy for people to do business with you.
For more leading edge Internet Marketing tips subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at www.savvyebiztips.com . To learn about using social media tools like blogs, go to www.buildabetterblog.com . Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at www.blogsquad.biz
• Advanced Blogging Success: Action
Simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog: Content, Outreach, Design and Action.
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
A is for Action
Normally "call to action" is associated with a sales letter designed to get readers to click and buy. When blogging for business, however, consider including a call to action in most posts. The "action" is different and more subtle, however, than asking readers to click to buy something.(Definitely ask your readers to "click here and buy or register." Of course! If you're in business, then you're not using your blog just for your ego, after all! But there are other calls to action in blog posts that must precede that.)
The primary action to be concerned with in your blog is building relationships and trust with your readers. Every thing you write should keep the readers' needs in mind. Here are tips for building trust and engaging your readers.
"What Do Women Want?"
Just like the movie title, you should continually ask "What do readers want?" Here are a few ways to engage your readers and find out what they want:
� Ask readers questions and ask them to leave comments
� Run a poll or a survey
� Run a contest
� Ask them to submit their tips, ideas, and suggestions
� Write a top ten list of best blogs in your field, then ask readers to contribute additional suggestions.This will let you know what your readers are reading and give you an idea of what they appreciate.
o (This is a great way to build links because people on your top ten list will post on their blog about being included in your list!)
The more you can create opportunities to interact with your readers, the more likely they will become loyal readers, fans, and clients.
This is relationship marketing, and everything you do on your blog should be designed to build relationships with readers, by keeping them top of mind.
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
A is for Action
Normally "call to action" is associated with a sales letter designed to get readers to click and buy. When blogging for business, however, consider including a call to action in most posts. The "action" is different and more subtle, however, than asking readers to click to buy something.(Definitely ask your readers to "click here and buy or register." Of course! If you're in business, then you're not using your blog just for your ego, after all! But there are other calls to action in blog posts that must precede that.)
The primary action to be concerned with in your blog is building relationships and trust with your readers. Every thing you write should keep the readers' needs in mind. Here are tips for building trust and engaging your readers.
"What Do Women Want?"
Just like the movie title, you should continually ask "What do readers want?" Here are a few ways to engage your readers and find out what they want:
� Ask readers questions and ask them to leave comments
� Run a poll or a survey
� Run a contest
� Ask them to submit their tips, ideas, and suggestions
� Write a top ten list of best blogs in your field, then ask readers to contribute additional suggestions.This will let you know what your readers are reading and give you an idea of what they appreciate.
o (This is a great way to build links because people on your top ten list will post on their blog about being included in your list!)
The more you can create opportunities to interact with your readers, the more likely they will become loyal readers, fans, and clients.
This is relationship marketing, and everything you do on your blog should be designed to build relationships with readers, by keeping them top of mind.
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
• Advanced Blogging Success: Design
Simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog: Content, Outreach, Design and Action.
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
D Is for Design
When readers arrive on your blog for the first time, is it easy to understand what it's about? Is it easy to read? And is it easy to find information they're looking for? Or, do they get distracted by too many widgets, ads, and opportunities so they flee?
How do you improve the visibility and the usability of your business blog?
First, make your blog content readable by using a lot of white space.
White spacing is created by:
* Short sentences
* Short paragraphs
* Only one space after a period ending a sentence
Next, organize your blog posts to make them easily scannable. Many people read blogs in a hurry, so help them out:
* Use sub-titles and sub-headings
* Use bulleted lists and number lists
* Use the extended post feature so a blog post is only 2-3 paragraphs long, and then they can click to continue reading
Design for Trust
Build trust with your readers by using the following elements:
o Photo : a professional photo is preferable to a family shot
o Bio on the "About" page
* Use the first person personal pronoun "I"
* Write in a conversational way, avoid using a formal 3rd person impersonal business bio
oTestimonials
* Put on a separate, stand alone page
* Or put in a side-bar or Typelist
Make it easy for readers to subscribe. Put the subscription form up at the top left side so it is on of the first things people see.
o Use an email subscription form through Feedblitz.com or Feedburner.com
o RSS feeds: can extend the reach through Feedburner.com
Include a list of related posts on each post so people can read further when they like a topic.
o You must find other posts that are similar and link to them
o Use the post's permalinks when you link to previous posts
Make it easy to find content on your blog. Here are some important tips to help organize your blog posts:
o Categories : make sure this is enabled and that you assign every post to a category (makes it easy for readers to find specific content)
o Try to limit the number of categories to 10-12 as anything more becomes confusing.
o A page with links to top posts, then create a sidebar list
o Descriptive headlines with keywords : helps people to find specific topics and content useful to them
o Use descriptive words in your links, not "click here"
Add-Ons, Plug-Ins & Widgets
Blogging software offers many features to enhance your blog, however, you don't want to have too many because you'll confuse your readers. Too many choices, and too many distractions, will make readers leave.
Before you add features, ask yourself: "What is the purpose and how does it help me achieve my goals for this blog?" Here are several features you'll want to consider:
o Blogroll or a list of your favorite blogs
o Archives
o Widgets - search boxes, blog services, social sites,
o Ads? Be cautious and strategic ; does it add to the value of your blog? Affiliate links and ads may make more sense and be more on-topic for your business
o Books : be sure to use your Amazon or other affiliate link
Branding and Your Blog
If your blog isn't hosted on your own website, register a domain name and use domain mapping for branding your blog. It isn't important if it is on your website or hosted by a third party provider, as long as you link back and forth from your blog and website and you keep branding consistency.
Branding elements you need to consider are:
� Your logo �You can get a customized banner created to include your logo, picture, blog name and tagline
� Tagline � describes
1) who the blog is for,
2) what are benefits of reading the blog and
3) who is the blog author
� Topic definition - can expand on about page or a separate page
� Colors - most people will want to use the same colors as their website for consistency
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
D Is for Design
When readers arrive on your blog for the first time, is it easy to understand what it's about? Is it easy to read? And is it easy to find information they're looking for? Or, do they get distracted by too many widgets, ads, and opportunities so they flee?
How do you improve the visibility and the usability of your business blog?
First, make your blog content readable by using a lot of white space.
White spacing is created by:
* Short sentences
* Short paragraphs
* Only one space after a period ending a sentence
Next, organize your blog posts to make them easily scannable. Many people read blogs in a hurry, so help them out:
* Use sub-titles and sub-headings
* Use bulleted lists and number lists
* Use the extended post feature so a blog post is only 2-3 paragraphs long, and then they can click to continue reading
Design for Trust
Build trust with your readers by using the following elements:
o Photo : a professional photo is preferable to a family shot
o Bio on the "About" page
* Use the first person personal pronoun "I"
* Write in a conversational way, avoid using a formal 3rd person impersonal business bio
oTestimonials
* Put on a separate, stand alone page
* Or put in a side-bar or Typelist
Make it easy for readers to subscribe. Put the subscription form up at the top left side so it is on of the first things people see.
o Use an email subscription form through Feedblitz.com or Feedburner.com
o RSS feeds: can extend the reach through Feedburner.com
Include a list of related posts on each post so people can read further when they like a topic.
o You must find other posts that are similar and link to them
o Use the post's permalinks when you link to previous posts
Make it easy to find content on your blog. Here are some important tips to help organize your blog posts:
o Categories : make sure this is enabled and that you assign every post to a category (makes it easy for readers to find specific content)
o Try to limit the number of categories to 10-12 as anything more becomes confusing.
o A page with links to top posts, then create a sidebar list
o Descriptive headlines with keywords : helps people to find specific topics and content useful to them
o Use descriptive words in your links, not "click here"
Add-Ons, Plug-Ins & Widgets
Blogging software offers many features to enhance your blog, however, you don't want to have too many because you'll confuse your readers. Too many choices, and too many distractions, will make readers leave.
Before you add features, ask yourself: "What is the purpose and how does it help me achieve my goals for this blog?" Here are several features you'll want to consider:
o Blogroll or a list of your favorite blogs
o Archives
o Widgets - search boxes, blog services, social sites,
o Ads? Be cautious and strategic ; does it add to the value of your blog? Affiliate links and ads may make more sense and be more on-topic for your business
o Books : be sure to use your Amazon or other affiliate link
Branding and Your Blog
If your blog isn't hosted on your own website, register a domain name and use domain mapping for branding your blog. It isn't important if it is on your website or hosted by a third party provider, as long as you link back and forth from your blog and website and you keep branding consistency.
Branding elements you need to consider are:
� Your logo �You can get a customized banner created to include your logo, picture, blog name and tagline
� Tagline � describes
1) who the blog is for,
2) what are benefits of reading the blog and
3) who is the blog author
� Topic definition - can expand on about page or a separate page
� Colors - most people will want to use the same colors as their website for consistency
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz
• Advanced Blogging Success: Outreach
Simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog: Content, Outreach, Design and Action.
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
O Is for Outreach
Reaching out to other bloggers in your field is essential if you want to build readership for your own blog. This is a sorely neglected area for many business bloggers, especially those new to blogging.
Most business professionals who start a new blog are overly focused on what they have to say to their potential pool of global readers. They are thinking about broadcasting their messages. While this is important, those new to blogging will quickly realize that their audience is too small.
While blogs work as search engine magnets, and your blog posts will get indexed for all those juicy keywords, you can't just blog and wait for readers to show up. You must stimulate traffic by visiting other blogs where readers are already reading.
Once you find other blogs you like, start commenting on their posts. When you leave helpful and meaningful comments that blog author may visit your blog or even write about you. Other readers and commenters may also come to you.
Effective Comments
Sometimes you just want to say "Right on!" and thank the blogger. Other times, you may point out a flaw in his logic, or a missing piece, or outright disagree. Here are some guidelines:
� Don't market overtly by saying 'visit my blog' or 'check me out' or tell readers they can download your free report
� Include relevant links to other resources, to add to the conversation. When it's your own, however, be careful. It's probably more astute to say something like. "this site offers additional resources on this topic, as does my own.
� Don't spam, of course, by leaving irrelevant comments or self-serving references.
� Always be polite, especially when disagreeing. Respect alternative points of view, even when they appear to be idiotic and stupid. You may have read something wrong, and then you will appear to be the idiot.
� Be real, leave your real email address and name.
� Add something new to the conversation, something the author doesn't know, or forgot, or remind him/her of historical information, etc. or a book, something valuable.
� Be careful when using humor
� there are always people who misinterpret
� On the other hand, controversy stimulates the conversation and gets you attention. Don't be afraid to state a strong opinion and stir things up; be prepared to back it up.
How to Find Bloggers You Like
1. Technorati.com: set up a Watchlist: http://www.technorati.com/watchlist
2. Google: http://blogsearch.google.com/
3. Set up Google Alerts for your keywords: http://www.google.com/alerts
4. The Blog Catalog: http://www.blogcatalog.com/
5. Stumble Upon: http://www.stumbleupon.com/
6. Sphere.com: http://www.sphere.com/
7. Blogs by women, http://blogsbywomen.org/
8. IceRocket: http://www.icerocket.com/
9. Globe of Blogs: http://www.globeofblogs.com/
10. BritBlog: http://www.britblog.com/directory?
The Blog Squad always recommends that business bloggers develop a daily blogging habit: post 2-3 days a week on your own blog, and the other days, spend time reaching out and commenting on other blogs in your field.
Your readership will grow and you'll start getting known in the Blogosphere.
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
O Is for Outreach
Reaching out to other bloggers in your field is essential if you want to build readership for your own blog. This is a sorely neglected area for many business bloggers, especially those new to blogging.
Most business professionals who start a new blog are overly focused on what they have to say to their potential pool of global readers. They are thinking about broadcasting their messages. While this is important, those new to blogging will quickly realize that their audience is too small.
While blogs work as search engine magnets, and your blog posts will get indexed for all those juicy keywords, you can't just blog and wait for readers to show up. You must stimulate traffic by visiting other blogs where readers are already reading.
Once you find other blogs you like, start commenting on their posts. When you leave helpful and meaningful comments that blog author may visit your blog or even write about you. Other readers and commenters may also come to you.
Effective Comments
Sometimes you just want to say "Right on!" and thank the blogger. Other times, you may point out a flaw in his logic, or a missing piece, or outright disagree. Here are some guidelines:
� Don't market overtly by saying 'visit my blog' or 'check me out' or tell readers they can download your free report
� Include relevant links to other resources, to add to the conversation. When it's your own, however, be careful. It's probably more astute to say something like. "this site offers additional resources on this topic, as does my own.
� Don't spam, of course, by leaving irrelevant comments or self-serving references.
� Always be polite, especially when disagreeing. Respect alternative points of view, even when they appear to be idiotic and stupid. You may have read something wrong, and then you will appear to be the idiot.
� Be real, leave your real email address and name.
� Add something new to the conversation, something the author doesn't know, or forgot, or remind him/her of historical information, etc. or a book, something valuable.
� Be careful when using humor
� there are always people who misinterpret
� On the other hand, controversy stimulates the conversation and gets you attention. Don't be afraid to state a strong opinion and stir things up; be prepared to back it up.
How to Find Bloggers You Like
1. Technorati.com: set up a Watchlist: http://www.technorati.com/watchlist
2. Google: http://blogsearch.google.com/
3. Set up Google Alerts for your keywords: http://www.google.com/alerts
4. The Blog Catalog: http://www.blogcatalog.com/
5. Stumble Upon: http://www.stumbleupon.com/
6. Sphere.com: http://www.sphere.com/
7. Blogs by women, http://blogsbywomen.org/
8. IceRocket: http://www.icerocket.com/
9. Globe of Blogs: http://www.globeofblogs.com/
10. BritBlog: http://www.britblog.com/directory?
The Blog Squad always recommends that business bloggers develop a daily blogging habit: post 2-3 days a week on your own blog, and the other days, spend time reaching out and commenting on other blogs in your field.
Your readership will grow and you'll start getting known in the Blogosphere.
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
• Advanced Blogging Success: Content
Simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog: Content, Outreach, Design and Action.
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
C Is for Content:
By far the best way to get traffic and results from business blogging is through the quality of your posts (blog content). There are three important keys for writing effective blog posts.
1. Post 2-3 times a week or more on your blog
2. Write quality posts, short and to the point, linking to sources
3. Stay relevant to the purpose of your blog, always writing with the needs and wants of your readers in mind
Your writing should be about building trust and credibility in the mind of your reader. In many ways, blog writing is different from writing articles, special reports, web pages and white papers. It is more like a conversation than a one-way knowledge transmission. All readers look for what's in it for them.
Here are some tips for connecting with readers on your business blog:10 Ways to Connect with Readers
Here are 10 ways to connect with readers in your blog posts:
1. It's not enough to relay information to your readers. When you find something of interest, don't simply copy and paste. Include your own perspective and opinion. Then ask readers for theirs. They aren't going to share their opinions until you do first. For you to build trust you must share yourself openly.
2. Don't be afraid to be radical in your views. When you write tentatively using words such as maybe, in a way, perhaps, could be, might be! you are being wishy-washy. Be firm and be direct. Stand up for principles and values. And then ask your readers to agree or disagree, respectfully, of course.
3. Use emotional words and phrases, and think about triggering hot buttons. There are universal drives and human motivators. Some of these are
a. the desire to be first
b. the desire to know it all
c. the desire for control
d. the desire to love and be loved
e. the desire to enjoy and have fun
f. the desire for family values or feelings of moral righteousness
g. the drive for prestige
h. the drive for self-achievement
i. the drive for power and influence
j. the drive to help others
Find out what drives your readers. Keep in mind, that your audience is probably mixed and write to appeal to a variety of drivers.
Another way to look at this is to ask, "What are readers seeking?"
- Opportunity
- Security (safety in numbers)
- Freedom
- Approval
- Recognition ! fame
- Revenge/something to prove
- Lost youth
- Ego
-Driven!!.Empire builders
- Money
-Driven!!Profit
-motivated
- Values
-Driven!!Worry about
what others think
4. Clients can't want what they can't imagine or picture on an emotional level. You must tell them how they will feel, when they use your services or products. Use imagery and associations. How is this product/service/concept going to reach out and touch your client? How is it going to improve your client's life?
5. A good way to connect is through writing a case study. This is important because when you write about a typical client and the problem you solved, readers can identify with similar problems. You are implying that as you helped this person, you can help them.
6. Share a mistake you've made. Show readers how you goofed up, and then write about how you handled it, and what lessons you learned. Be vulnerable. Sure, people respect winners and high-achievers. They also identify with making mistakes and respect your honesty and ability to show humility.
7. Generously share your knowledge. Even if you give away entire chapters of your book, or give them details on what it is that will solve a problem for them, they will still want to buy your book or hire you to do something for them. Giving away information and knowledge is a smart way to build trust and credibility. If you're going to give something away, make sure you collect contact information and give the reader a darn good reason why they should give it to you.
8. Build that trust by sharing details of your life. The more specific you are about details in your life, the more readers will see you as an authentic human being, going through life just like them. But don't go overboard. Nobody really cares what you had for dinner, unless there's a point to it. Always keep the reader in mind and teach them something with a story relating to them and their needs/wants/desires.
9. Use well-known names and authors if you can as long as it is appropriate to your blog post. You can use celebrity names in titles and in posts as their names are good search engine fodder. But only do this if there is a reason to use their name and it makes sense to your readers.
10. Tie-in your content to what you do for a living. When you write something like, "During a consultation with a client, he asked if?" or, "When I speak at large conferences, I am often asked about?" you are embedding a message of how you work, and how people can hire you.
This is subtle and important. If you aren't continually tying in your stories with what you do for a living, you aren't giving readers the message that you are a working professional. They won't see the opportunities to work with you, or the benefits that your clients receive from you.
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
C Is for Content:
By far the best way to get traffic and results from business blogging is through the quality of your posts (blog content). There are three important keys for writing effective blog posts.
1. Post 2-3 times a week or more on your blog
2. Write quality posts, short and to the point, linking to sources
3. Stay relevant to the purpose of your blog, always writing with the needs and wants of your readers in mind
Your writing should be about building trust and credibility in the mind of your reader. In many ways, blog writing is different from writing articles, special reports, web pages and white papers. It is more like a conversation than a one-way knowledge transmission. All readers look for what's in it for them.
Here are some tips for connecting with readers on your business blog:10 Ways to Connect with Readers
Here are 10 ways to connect with readers in your blog posts:
1. It's not enough to relay information to your readers. When you find something of interest, don't simply copy and paste. Include your own perspective and opinion. Then ask readers for theirs. They aren't going to share their opinions until you do first. For you to build trust you must share yourself openly.
2. Don't be afraid to be radical in your views. When you write tentatively using words such as maybe, in a way, perhaps, could be, might be! you are being wishy-washy. Be firm and be direct. Stand up for principles and values. And then ask your readers to agree or disagree, respectfully, of course.
3. Use emotional words and phrases, and think about triggering hot buttons. There are universal drives and human motivators. Some of these are
a. the desire to be first
b. the desire to know it all
c. the desire for control
d. the desire to love and be loved
e. the desire to enjoy and have fun
f. the desire for family values or feelings of moral righteousness
g. the drive for prestige
h. the drive for self-achievement
i. the drive for power and influence
j. the drive to help others
Find out what drives your readers. Keep in mind, that your audience is probably mixed and write to appeal to a variety of drivers.
Another way to look at this is to ask, "What are readers seeking?"
- Opportunity
- Security (safety in numbers)
- Freedom
- Approval
- Recognition ! fame
- Revenge/something to prove
- Lost youth
- Ego
-Driven!!.Empire builders
- Money
-Driven!!Profit
-motivated
- Values
-Driven!!Worry about
what others think
4. Clients can't want what they can't imagine or picture on an emotional level. You must tell them how they will feel, when they use your services or products. Use imagery and associations. How is this product/service/concept going to reach out and touch your client? How is it going to improve your client's life?
5. A good way to connect is through writing a case study. This is important because when you write about a typical client and the problem you solved, readers can identify with similar problems. You are implying that as you helped this person, you can help them.
6. Share a mistake you've made. Show readers how you goofed up, and then write about how you handled it, and what lessons you learned. Be vulnerable. Sure, people respect winners and high-achievers. They also identify with making mistakes and respect your honesty and ability to show humility.
7. Generously share your knowledge. Even if you give away entire chapters of your book, or give them details on what it is that will solve a problem for them, they will still want to buy your book or hire you to do something for them. Giving away information and knowledge is a smart way to build trust and credibility. If you're going to give something away, make sure you collect contact information and give the reader a darn good reason why they should give it to you.
8. Build that trust by sharing details of your life. The more specific you are about details in your life, the more readers will see you as an authentic human being, going through life just like them. But don't go overboard. Nobody really cares what you had for dinner, unless there's a point to it. Always keep the reader in mind and teach them something with a story relating to them and their needs/wants/desires.
9. Use well-known names and authors if you can as long as it is appropriate to your blog post. You can use celebrity names in titles and in posts as their names are good search engine fodder. But only do this if there is a reason to use their name and it makes sense to your readers.
10. Tie-in your content to what you do for a living. When you write something like, "During a consultation with a client, he asked if?" or, "When I speak at large conferences, I am often asked about?" you are embedding a message of how you work, and how people can hire you.
This is subtle and important. If you aren't continually tying in your stories with what you do for a living, you aren't giving readers the message that you are a working professional. They won't see the opportunities to work with you, or the benefits that your clients receive from you.
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
• 4 Keys to Advanced Blogging Success
We know that keeping a business blog going requires time and energy. We also hear from some of our clients who complain that they don't get enough traffic or comments, and they wonder if blogging is worth it.
A blog will get you found more easily on the Web. Period. When you write about your topic using the same key phrases that clients are using to find solutions to problems, chances are your blog will come up in searches.
But simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog.
We have developed a system for advanced business blogging. You can use the CODA system to keep your blog on track:
1. C is for Content: post regularly, frequently, and stay relevant to what your readers want and expect.
2. O is for Outreach: find other blogs in your field and develop relationships with the authors through commenting on their blogs and linking to them in your posts. This is key to building up your readership.
3. D is for Design: pay attention to your blog's design, branding, usability, ease of reading and navigation. Include stand alone pages for your key editorial content.
4. A is for Action: use your blog for business by getting your readers involved and engaged. Build trust. Write persuasively. Link to your products and services. Get results.
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
A blog will get you found more easily on the Web. Period. When you write about your topic using the same key phrases that clients are using to find solutions to problems, chances are your blog will come up in searches.
But simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog.
We have developed a system for advanced business blogging. You can use the CODA system to keep your blog on track:
1. C is for Content: post regularly, frequently, and stay relevant to what your readers want and expect.
2. O is for Outreach: find other blogs in your field and develop relationships with the authors through commenting on their blogs and linking to them in your posts. This is key to building up your readership.
3. D is for Design: pay attention to your blog's design, branding, usability, ease of reading and navigation. Include stand alone pages for your key editorial content.
4. A is for Action: use your blog for business by getting your readers involved and engaged. Build trust. Write persuasively. Link to your products and services. Get results.
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.
Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
4 Keys to Advanced Blogging Success- A Is for Action
Simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog: Content, Outreach, Design and Action.The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments.A is for ActionNormally "call to action" is associated with a sales letter designed to get readers to click and buy. When blogging for business, however, consider including a call to action in most posts. The "action" is different and more subtle, however, than asking readers to click to buy something.(Definitely ask your readers to "click here and buy or register." Of course! If you're in business, then you're not using your blog just for your ego, after all! But there are other calls to action in blog posts that must precede that.)The primary action to be concerned with in your blog is building relationships and trust with your readers. Every thing you write should keep the readers' needs in mind. Here are tips for building trust and engaging your readers."What Do Women Want?"Just like the movie title, you should continually ask "What do readers want?" Here are a few ways to engage your readers and find out what they want:
� Ask readers questions and ask them to leave comments
� Run a poll or a survey
� Run a contest
� Ask them to submit their tips, ideas, and suggestions
� Write a top ten list of best blogs in your field, then ask readers to contribute additional suggestions.
This will let you know what your readers are reading and give you an idea of what they appreciate. o (This is a great way to build links because people on your top ten list will post on their blog about being included in your list!)The more you can create opportunities to interact with your readers, the more likely they will become loyal readers, fans, and clients.This is relationship marketing, and everything you do on your blog should be designed to build relationships with readers, by keeping them top of mind.Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
� Ask readers questions and ask them to leave comments
� Run a poll or a survey
� Run a contest
� Ask them to submit their tips, ideas, and suggestions
� Write a top ten list of best blogs in your field, then ask readers to contribute additional suggestions.
This will let you know what your readers are reading and give you an idea of what they appreciate. o (This is a great way to build links because people on your top ten list will post on their blog about being included in your list!)The more you can create opportunities to interact with your readers, the more likely they will become loyal readers, fans, and clients.This is relationship marketing, and everything you do on your blog should be designed to build relationships with readers, by keeping them top of mind.Learn how to get your business found on the Web. Subscribe to The Blog Squad's ezine Savvy eBiz Tips at http://www.savvyebiztips.com/ and get your free white paper on how to overcome The Great Internet Marketing Challenge. Denise Wakeman & Patsi Krakoff are The Blog Squad and can be found online at http://www.blogsquad.biz/
• Free Tips For Beginning Bloggers!
Many beginning bloggers earn small cash at home, but many are unaware that you can earn major cash from blogging. Bloggers earn $1,000 a month by blogging part-time even without a web site! To earn more money from blogging, you need proven software tools and a few free tips for beginning bloggers from bloggers who already found out what works and what doesn't. Let's start by busting a few key myths about blogging.Myth Number One: "Making cash in your spare time is easy."Busted! Don't even go there. Do you honestly know anybody who has spare time? Get real! True, there are hundreds of thousands of professional bloggers making full-time incomes blogging part-time, but almost all of them carved time out of burdened schedules with a chainsaw when they first started.Myth Number Two: "Nothing beats blogging from the comfort of your home." Busted! Most homes are hives of activity. Unfinished projects want attention and compete for your "spare" time. Laundry, dishes, cooking, cleaning. Even grout wants attention. Temptation lurks all around your home. The remote calls from the sofa. That book you bought begs to be read. An innocent cup of tea can become your worst enemy. And when you are all blogged out, which can and does happen, anything beats blogging from the comfort of your home!Myth Number Three: "It's easy. You can use the same stuff on six diverse sites."Busted! Nothing that pays well is easy. Most of us had to crack the books in high school to get a passing grade. bloggers who got straight A's without hard work were few and far between. We talked about them like they were circus freaks. "Geeks" were originally side show freaks who bit the heads off live chickens. And you can't reuse the same stuff over and over because diverse sites have diverse rules and diverse audiences.Which is not to say don't expect to earn cash, even really good quantities of cash, blogging. Expect to invest time learning the ropes. Expect to prime the pump, but not with money because one of the beautiful things about blogging is it costs almost nothing to get started. So prime the pump first, then expect to earn cash!Making quantities of cash from blogging is the most overlooked at-home oppportunity on the internet today.The majority of bloggers blog daily just for fun without getting paid. They just pick one site and go for it. So why not get paid? It's not rocket science. If you can talk on the phone without boring your friends, you can earn money by blogging. But don't try to reinvent the wheel. Check this out:Here are five top sites that pay competitive cash for bloggers to blog:PayPerPost.com; Blogvertise.com; Blogtoprofit.com; Creamaid.com; and Blogitive.com.PayPerPost.com is the best place to start. Follow directions and you won't need another blog site to earn serious cash blogging! PayPerPost.com lets you write on anything, and allows you to post information on related software software tools. By getting an affiliate URL from manufacturers (free to sign up) you will earn commissions for every sale that comes from your blog!Successful blogs, cash making blogs, have proper titles. Improper titles conflict with content which damages your profitability . Choose a title that is catchy but properly defines the content of your blog. Duh, right? But it's an expensive mistake many earn!Research software software tools aimed at bloggers. They provide a snapshot of what bloggers need. Check out hot keyword software at http;//tinyurl.com/5bc4au. Read the pitch pages at: http://tinyurl.com/5dacq6 and study their smart blogging software software tools for ideas. Find out what the smart affiliate handbook offers professional bloggers @: http;//tinyurl.com/55caog. Another tip to earn cash with your blog is: provide relevant. accurate information. You can't have misinformation in your blog if you want to earn cash. Readers want accessible data. Misspelling, poor grammar and punctuation is harder to read and harder to find. Quantity helps earn cash with blogs. Blog often. You must be consistent with your blogging to earn serious cash. Blog at least three times a day, or more. Set goals and set limits! To earn cash from blogging keep your writing rich in content and to the point. Do not babble. You loose your readers' interest. Quality content is key to making cash from blogging. To generate cash you have to keep them coming back! Always set aside 5% of your blogging income to invest in state of the art software tools to add to your blogging tool-box. There are many software software tools that are easy to learn and that are not very expensive. Bidding for second hand software on e-bay is one way, but to get a look at some hard-core easy to use professional software that can increase your blogging income without costing too much, check out the well-reviewed and highly recommended software software tools.
• Blogging , New Internet Marketing Tool
Did you know that one of the easiest home based businesses to start is Blogging? This type of business is one of the most growth potential in the Internet. Blogging is a concept that started in late 90s. It used to be a way to comment an existing webpage, an opportunity for visitors and readers to react or voice out one's opinion on the said page. What started as a single-sentence commentary has evolved into pages of personal take on just about anything and everything under the sun. As it continues to move forward, online advertising has tapped into the blog's potential.
Here are 5 reasons why Blogging:
1) Is simple - The simplest way to get your piece on the net is through blogging. No skills are necessary; an average adult can read and type, or at least click a mouse. It's like having a virtual piece of paper and you just write your ideas, experiences, new products, and hope that the truth behind your articles comes out and entice your reader to also try your product. If you have a PC and an Internet connection (who doesn't?) then you can blog and advertise.
2) Is authentic - In this day and age where advertising saturate our lives, we question the credibility of promoters claims. However, in blogs, real people share their real-life experiences, unscathed by paid advertising. Reading blogs about first-hand product use is like talking to people about their first-hand experience. You definitely want to buy a tried and tested product.
3) Is free - Because blogging is yet to be proven as a mainstream online advertising media, most sites see it as something to augment current marketing tools and thus offer it for free. Any opportunity for free webtime is definitely a bonus especially to businesses that are starting up. Needless to say, paid blog pages can generate more income for your seriously growing business.
4) Builds credibility - As you get more and more into writing your experiences on a particular product or industry, your readers come to realize that they can depend on your posts for their own information needs. As such, you become an expert on it; as a consequence, more readers visit your site and more bloggers link to your blogs. As companies and professional organizations notice the growth of your readership base, they may soon get in touch with you for advertising on your blog page, or make you an affiliate, which pays for every referral generated from your blog site.
5) Builds your market - Unless you are a Hollywood star, chances are, only your Mom reads your posts. Mom has a lot of friends, so she lets her friends know how interesting your blog site is. But you need not depend on Mom to increase your readership base.
Build your market through blogging by:
*Using your e-mail - Today, blogging is overcoming the e-mail's popularity in quickly and effectively reaching and expanding a market. In this age of speed and quick access, logging in and downloading e-mail is simply taking longer than clicking into a blog site. Let them explore your site by using a short e-mail message as teaser to your blog site. If your e-mail is on an entirely different subject, use your e-mail signature to give a link to the site.
*Using subscription - An easy way to get your readers e-mail is to give them an opportunity to subscribe to your blogsite. Keep some exclusive information for your subscribers to entice readers to subscribe and give their e-mail address. Just be responsible in using their e-mail address, as the last thing you want is a comment on your blog that you are a spammer.
*Understanding your readers - Conduct a simple survey for your readers to understand their profile and advertising preferences. Ask consumers to give you feedback on a post, an ad link, or a trial that you shared. In this way, it is like interviewing your readers without the commitment and intrusion of a face-to-face interview.
*Joining a blog network - A network of blogs maybe a collection of blog sites that share the same industry, interest, readership base, payment mode, etc. Consumers find credibility and convenience in clicking one link to several real bloggers about a single subject. Clearly, more bloggers are better than one.
*Using RSS - RSS is the fastest growing technology on the Internet today. As such, having RSS feeds to your blog is definitely another means of generating awareness for your readership base. Having a variety of feeds can add interest to your blog site.
Give your business a boost by effectively using blogging as an Internet marketing tool. One of the most effective methods of getting targeted traffic to a site.
Start now and the opportunities are endless!To learn more kindly visit: www.simplyrichsg.com/rr
Here are 5 reasons why Blogging:
1) Is simple - The simplest way to get your piece on the net is through blogging. No skills are necessary; an average adult can read and type, or at least click a mouse. It's like having a virtual piece of paper and you just write your ideas, experiences, new products, and hope that the truth behind your articles comes out and entice your reader to also try your product. If you have a PC and an Internet connection (who doesn't?) then you can blog and advertise.
2) Is authentic - In this day and age where advertising saturate our lives, we question the credibility of promoters claims. However, in blogs, real people share their real-life experiences, unscathed by paid advertising. Reading blogs about first-hand product use is like talking to people about their first-hand experience. You definitely want to buy a tried and tested product.
3) Is free - Because blogging is yet to be proven as a mainstream online advertising media, most sites see it as something to augment current marketing tools and thus offer it for free. Any opportunity for free webtime is definitely a bonus especially to businesses that are starting up. Needless to say, paid blog pages can generate more income for your seriously growing business.
4) Builds credibility - As you get more and more into writing your experiences on a particular product or industry, your readers come to realize that they can depend on your posts for their own information needs. As such, you become an expert on it; as a consequence, more readers visit your site and more bloggers link to your blogs. As companies and professional organizations notice the growth of your readership base, they may soon get in touch with you for advertising on your blog page, or make you an affiliate, which pays for every referral generated from your blog site.
5) Builds your market - Unless you are a Hollywood star, chances are, only your Mom reads your posts. Mom has a lot of friends, so she lets her friends know how interesting your blog site is. But you need not depend on Mom to increase your readership base.
Build your market through blogging by:
*Using your e-mail - Today, blogging is overcoming the e-mail's popularity in quickly and effectively reaching and expanding a market. In this age of speed and quick access, logging in and downloading e-mail is simply taking longer than clicking into a blog site. Let them explore your site by using a short e-mail message as teaser to your blog site. If your e-mail is on an entirely different subject, use your e-mail signature to give a link to the site.
*Using subscription - An easy way to get your readers e-mail is to give them an opportunity to subscribe to your blogsite. Keep some exclusive information for your subscribers to entice readers to subscribe and give their e-mail address. Just be responsible in using their e-mail address, as the last thing you want is a comment on your blog that you are a spammer.
*Understanding your readers - Conduct a simple survey for your readers to understand their profile and advertising preferences. Ask consumers to give you feedback on a post, an ad link, or a trial that you shared. In this way, it is like interviewing your readers without the commitment and intrusion of a face-to-face interview.
*Joining a blog network - A network of blogs maybe a collection of blog sites that share the same industry, interest, readership base, payment mode, etc. Consumers find credibility and convenience in clicking one link to several real bloggers about a single subject. Clearly, more bloggers are better than one.
*Using RSS - RSS is the fastest growing technology on the Internet today. As such, having RSS feeds to your blog is definitely another means of generating awareness for your readership base. Having a variety of feeds can add interest to your blog site.
Give your business a boost by effectively using blogging as an Internet marketing tool. One of the most effective methods of getting targeted traffic to a site.
Start now and the opportunities are endless!To learn more kindly visit: www.simplyrichsg.com/rr
• Wise advice on e-commerce solutions
Nowadays, when the Internet is continuously developing, in order to keep up with the competition, it's absolutely necessary to adopt e-commerce solutions. The web is a gigantic market with international opening and, ignoring it, not only could it make you lose any competitive advantage you may have, but could lead you to failure. E-commerce solutions are not sophisticated tools used only by a small number of people. They are common sense for most businessmen.
There are a lot of methods of defining e-commerce solutions. They can represent ways to allow institutions to sell their products over the Internet or to enable financial transactions using the personal computer. E-commerce solutions can be software tools that make business over the web easier. They can represent companies which host web sites or which offer support to other young companies.
Choosing the most appropriate e-commerce solutions can be a difficult task taking into consideration the large number of options. You have to understand the market, the role played by you on that specific market at certain time, the aim of your company, the competition and a lot of other factors. All these can determine you to pick one or more e-commerce solutions which will transform your business into a profitable and well known one.
One of the most simple e-commerce solutions that your company could embrace is allowing customers to purchase your products and buy online just by visiting your website. Developing an online store can be very profitable if you pay attention to the needs of your customers and to other details. First of all, you would have to offer a multitude of possibilities of payment. Without e-commerce solutions for this problem, the number of clients who are willing to buy from your online store will diminish. Credit card payment, which is so popular nowadays, must not be an issue, and other options must be at hand as well.
Web sites designed according to e-commerce solutions may receive payments in 2 ways: accept money via the Internet through the merchant account or accept credit cards and use a third party , the credit card processor. The Internet merchant account is provided by a bank that gives you the possibility to accept credit cards as well. So, to process credit card transactions over the Internet, the business owner has to have a merchant account. The same merchant account is necessary in other ,card not present, sales as mail, phone or fax.
Web transactions and credit card processing require more than just a merchant account. The website which addresses clients has to have a shopping cart, products for sale, hosting and the specific account for that, e-mail, a business checking account, an Internet payment gateway and certified software. How does it work? Clients visit the site and use the options offered by e-commerce solutions. They select a product, add it to the shopping cart and record their personal and financial details via a secure form. The payment gateway service sends the submitted info to the financial networks and, if the transaction is possible, the customer's account is debited and the merchant account is credited. Later, the money can be transferred from the merchant account into the business checking account. Everything is simple thanks to the e-commerce solutions. Another concern of the e-commerce solutions is the security. Many persons are afraid to purchase products online because of the increased Internet fraud. The customers must feel safe in order to give you their money without traditional contact. You can make this possible by an almost perfect security system known among the targeted clients.
The e-commerce solutions which enable the customers to perform payment over the Internet using their credit cards are benefic for e-commerce businesses. This is explained by the simplicity of online transactions and by the fact that more and more people own credit cards nowadays. You must take into consideration the type of credit cards your e-commerce solutions accepts through your account, and it's advisable to accept the major brands like Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. Of course, these transactions need to be protected because the customers; personal data has to remain private. Nowadays, that can be done by an improved solution called Secure Socket Layer that fully protects e-based transactions. Thus, the fear of the credit card information being intercepted strongly diminishes.
With feared competition, online stores are forced to look for other payment options that can satisfy the potential customers who do not have a credit card. Online payment transactions can be done through debit cards, digital cash or online checks.
No matter the e-commerce solutions your company chooses to face competition with, to attract new customers or just to maintain a constant level of sales, a lot of thinking should be done. It is not wise to neglect options which could offer amazing opportunities. Informing yourself about e-commerce solutions and opening a merchant account to allow safer and quicker financial transaction, you can make the difference between failure and success in your online business. Please visit this site to find out more.
There are a lot of methods of defining e-commerce solutions. They can represent ways to allow institutions to sell their products over the Internet or to enable financial transactions using the personal computer. E-commerce solutions can be software tools that make business over the web easier. They can represent companies which host web sites or which offer support to other young companies.
Choosing the most appropriate e-commerce solutions can be a difficult task taking into consideration the large number of options. You have to understand the market, the role played by you on that specific market at certain time, the aim of your company, the competition and a lot of other factors. All these can determine you to pick one or more e-commerce solutions which will transform your business into a profitable and well known one.
One of the most simple e-commerce solutions that your company could embrace is allowing customers to purchase your products and buy online just by visiting your website. Developing an online store can be very profitable if you pay attention to the needs of your customers and to other details. First of all, you would have to offer a multitude of possibilities of payment. Without e-commerce solutions for this problem, the number of clients who are willing to buy from your online store will diminish. Credit card payment, which is so popular nowadays, must not be an issue, and other options must be at hand as well.
Web sites designed according to e-commerce solutions may receive payments in 2 ways: accept money via the Internet through the merchant account or accept credit cards and use a third party , the credit card processor. The Internet merchant account is provided by a bank that gives you the possibility to accept credit cards as well. So, to process credit card transactions over the Internet, the business owner has to have a merchant account. The same merchant account is necessary in other ,card not present, sales as mail, phone or fax.
Web transactions and credit card processing require more than just a merchant account. The website which addresses clients has to have a shopping cart, products for sale, hosting and the specific account for that, e-mail, a business checking account, an Internet payment gateway and certified software. How does it work? Clients visit the site and use the options offered by e-commerce solutions. They select a product, add it to the shopping cart and record their personal and financial details via a secure form. The payment gateway service sends the submitted info to the financial networks and, if the transaction is possible, the customer's account is debited and the merchant account is credited. Later, the money can be transferred from the merchant account into the business checking account. Everything is simple thanks to the e-commerce solutions. Another concern of the e-commerce solutions is the security. Many persons are afraid to purchase products online because of the increased Internet fraud. The customers must feel safe in order to give you their money without traditional contact. You can make this possible by an almost perfect security system known among the targeted clients.
The e-commerce solutions which enable the customers to perform payment over the Internet using their credit cards are benefic for e-commerce businesses. This is explained by the simplicity of online transactions and by the fact that more and more people own credit cards nowadays. You must take into consideration the type of credit cards your e-commerce solutions accepts through your account, and it's advisable to accept the major brands like Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. Of course, these transactions need to be protected because the customers; personal data has to remain private. Nowadays, that can be done by an improved solution called Secure Socket Layer that fully protects e-based transactions. Thus, the fear of the credit card information being intercepted strongly diminishes.
With feared competition, online stores are forced to look for other payment options that can satisfy the potential customers who do not have a credit card. Online payment transactions can be done through debit cards, digital cash or online checks.
No matter the e-commerce solutions your company chooses to face competition with, to attract new customers or just to maintain a constant level of sales, a lot of thinking should be done. It is not wise to neglect options which could offer amazing opportunities. Informing yourself about e-commerce solutions and opening a merchant account to allow safer and quicker financial transaction, you can make the difference between failure and success in your online business. Please visit this site to find out more.
• all About Online Marketing?
By Rachna
Did you ever want to go to the way with which you are unknown? But what if it leads to the diamond mine. I'm sure than you don't want to leave it at any cost. Well you will enjoy it even if you are tired. We are human and we all have a lust of money and that�s kept on increasing. Well I'm telling you all this story to make your mind ready to learn a new thing better say a new business. What you want to possess is a firm determination to have a keen study about this business.
Have you ever heard about online marketing or internet marketing or home based business? Or anything likes that. Don't worry if you don't. I'm here to let you know all about this to make your living a happy living. Let's start our ride with knowing about online business.
What is Online Business?Online business means building your business empire through internet. You might owns a business and want it to flourish. Then Internet is a way to do it. It hardly matters you deal with any kind of product. Internet is a place where you get thousands of people who are interested in your product. What you need is these three things. The recipe of your online success is your customers who are ready to buy from you, a product which you want to sell, and determination to learn new ideas.
Let's understand it in our general life. You all might be involved in some kind of business or you are doing a badly paid job. In every case there is a company who owes a product and wants it to sell to the general masses with the help of retailers. The same goes with the internet marketing. Some Internet Marketers owes some real great products for general masses. It might be related to anything like health, e-books, software, etc. As we know that one man can't announce it's product to every single individual on the net who aspire to have it. He needs thousands of men to do this piece of work. In our general life we say them as salesman but in online business they are known as affiliates. AffiliatesAffiliates are the online people who promise to sells others marketer�s products at some fixed rate of commission. For example: - An individual writes an e-book (it means electronic books that can be downloaded and can be read out) about Internet Marketing and wants it to sell on the net. But he doesn't have that much time to announce his product to every single soul. Now comes the role of affiliates. He will like to do one thing that can save his time. He will offer the affiliates to sell his book at some commission rate that is fixed for each sale. Then comes the next term i.e. traffic.
TrafficDon't take it as a heavy traffic in your city. It's a traffic which you want and the city traffic is one which you don't want. In online business traffic means the number of people visiting your site. The more traffic means more sales and that means more money in your wallet. Traffic can also be defined in terms of Conversion Rate, the number of visitors who turns into your customers. And you want only customers who give you money to make your dreams a reality.
So this is the beginning of your new life and takes it as a challenge if you want to be your own boss. I think that now you can't turn off your computer without knowing a little more about it. So just go and find it out.
----------------------------------------------------Copyright 2006 RachnaRachna is the author of this article. If you want to know more about online marketing, please visit here:- http://moneyinn.blogspot.com/ You can find out some great tricks that can pour real money in your wallet.
Did you ever want to go to the way with which you are unknown? But what if it leads to the diamond mine. I'm sure than you don't want to leave it at any cost. Well you will enjoy it even if you are tired. We are human and we all have a lust of money and that�s kept on increasing. Well I'm telling you all this story to make your mind ready to learn a new thing better say a new business. What you want to possess is a firm determination to have a keen study about this business.
Have you ever heard about online marketing or internet marketing or home based business? Or anything likes that. Don't worry if you don't. I'm here to let you know all about this to make your living a happy living. Let's start our ride with knowing about online business.
What is Online Business?Online business means building your business empire through internet. You might owns a business and want it to flourish. Then Internet is a way to do it. It hardly matters you deal with any kind of product. Internet is a place where you get thousands of people who are interested in your product. What you need is these three things. The recipe of your online success is your customers who are ready to buy from you, a product which you want to sell, and determination to learn new ideas.
Let's understand it in our general life. You all might be involved in some kind of business or you are doing a badly paid job. In every case there is a company who owes a product and wants it to sell to the general masses with the help of retailers. The same goes with the internet marketing. Some Internet Marketers owes some real great products for general masses. It might be related to anything like health, e-books, software, etc. As we know that one man can't announce it's product to every single individual on the net who aspire to have it. He needs thousands of men to do this piece of work. In our general life we say them as salesman but in online business they are known as affiliates. AffiliatesAffiliates are the online people who promise to sells others marketer�s products at some fixed rate of commission. For example: - An individual writes an e-book (it means electronic books that can be downloaded and can be read out) about Internet Marketing and wants it to sell on the net. But he doesn't have that much time to announce his product to every single soul. Now comes the role of affiliates. He will like to do one thing that can save his time. He will offer the affiliates to sell his book at some commission rate that is fixed for each sale. Then comes the next term i.e. traffic.
TrafficDon't take it as a heavy traffic in your city. It's a traffic which you want and the city traffic is one which you don't want. In online business traffic means the number of people visiting your site. The more traffic means more sales and that means more money in your wallet. Traffic can also be defined in terms of Conversion Rate, the number of visitors who turns into your customers. And you want only customers who give you money to make your dreams a reality.
So this is the beginning of your new life and takes it as a challenge if you want to be your own boss. I think that now you can't turn off your computer without knowing a little more about it. So just go and find it out.
----------------------------------------------------Copyright 2006 RachnaRachna is the author of this article. If you want to know more about online marketing, please visit here:- http://moneyinn.blogspot.com/ You can find out some great tricks that can pour real money in your wallet.
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