A Great Idea For A Blog Is Not Enough
Because there are so many blogs and web sites about blogs on the internet, it can be tough to distinguish your blog from all of the others. Whether you are starting up a new site aimed at bloggers or whether you are looking to make your existing blog more distinctive, the key to building and maintaining a site that will capture the interest and attention of the blogging community is finding your niche.
If you can fill a unique need that no other web site does, you’ll be able to build a lasting readership among web surfers. Once you have discovered a niche, there’s still work to do, but finding your place in the blogosphere is the place to begin.
Every great blog starts with a great idea, and you can’t build a successful site that will last without one. There are many great sites aimed at today’s bloggers, and competition for the attention of this growing demographic is fierce. To make your blog stand out from the pack, you will need to offer something that no other site is currently offering, or you will need to do the same thing that an already popular site does but in a more impressive or valuable way.
One way to discover an ideal model for your blog is to look at the sites that have successfully captured a blogging audience already to determine if you can appropriate some of their strategies to help realize your vision. Of course, you will also need to add a unique flair to your project in order to stand apart from your competition.
Many people agree that the web sites that do the best in today’s market are the sites that have the most personality. The fiercely individual surfers who are bloggers are a demographic that responds especially strongly to personality, so consider how you can give your site a unique and attractive feeling by lending your own voice and sensibility to your site’s design and content.
Once you have a great idea for your site, have pinpointed a special niche that you are well equipped to fill, and have infused the site with personality, the next step is figuring out how to get the word out to bloggers. In the long run, a great idea just isn’t enough to propel your blog to success. You will need to draft a smart and realistic marketing plan in order to draw readers to your site. Once you hook a blogger, good content will keep them coming back, but it is vital to get that first glance or your site won’t have a chance to shine.
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Tags: make money blogging, bloggers, blogging, blogosphere
Insider Secrets 2008
The #1 best-selling course has helped hundreds of thousands of e-business owners successfully market their products on the Internet has launched it’s 2008 version.
Insider Secrets 2008 will lead you step by step through the essentials of starting and growing a profitable online business — to our most advanced Internet marketing strategies. The is the ultimate driver’s manual for online success.
IMC has gone back to the drawing board and rebuilt the ENTIRE course from the ground up, in order to be 100% certain it does the BEST possible job of teaching ANYONE — from the rawest beginner to the most advanced marketer — everything they need to know to make MORE money online in 2008.
This brand-new Course is a staggering 900 pages of high quality proven content and now includes a ton of new video training!
Here’s the 2008 Course Outline:
Step #1. Find Your Niche Market
Step #2. Set Up Your Business To Sell The Right Solution
Step #3. Write Compelling Salescopy That Turns Visitors Into Buyers
Step #4. Design A Website That Compels Visitors To Take Action
Step #5. Use An Opt-In Form To Collect Leads And Build Customer Relationships
Step #6. Drive Visitors To Your Website And Start Making Sales
Step #7. Use Pay-Per-Click Advertising To Get Traffic Fast
Step #8. Attract Free Traffic By Optimizing For The Major Search Engines
Step #9. Use Email Marketing To Build Customer Relationships And Make More Sales
Step #10. Harness The Power Of Affiliate Programs For More Traffic And Sales
Step #11. Test, Track, And Optimize Your Marketing For Maximum Results
Step #12. Add New Revenue Streams To Grow Your Profits
The course also contains 6 videos:
DISC 1: Video - Find a Profitable Niche Market
DISC 2: Video - Write Salescopy that Compels Visitors to Take Action
DISC 3: Create a Winning Pay-Per-Click Ad Campaign
DISC 4: Video - Optimize Your Website for Top Search Engine Results
DISC 5: Rolodex and Swipe Files
DISC 6: 7 Case Studies and 3 Website Reviews/Makeovers
Bonus Book…
Use New Media And “Web 2.0″ To Make Your Online Business Social
Insider Secrets was the third course I purchased when I first came online, but it was by far better than the other two. It is still the best course available for the new online entrepeneur. Get your copy today!
Tags: make money online, Internet Marketing Center, Derek Gehl, IMC
Click2Sell: New Alternative to ClickBank
Click2Sell is a new online marketplace similar to Clickbank, but has a much better Marketplace and Affiliate Network.
Click2Sell permits the sale of physical products as well as digital products and subscriptions. The vendors are never charged a set-up fee. Managers can track affiliate activities and communicate with their affiliates.
Below are Click2Sell’s features and benefits:
General features:
- You can sell downloadable, material and subscription products.
- Merchants have wide variety of payments options (can even accept direct credit card payments from their customers and receive all payments instantly). Supports Paypal, Authorize.net, Worldpay and Google Checkout payment gateways. (Moneybookers is to be integrated soon).
- Merchants receive funds to their Paypal, Authorize, Worldpay and Google Checkout merchant accounts instantly.
- Merchants and affiliates are able to communicate with each other.
- Everything (merchant and affiliate activities) can be done in the same account which is free to create, no upgrade costs.
Affiliate information:
- Up to 95% sales commissions
- Accounts are completely free.
- Multi-currency supported - Receive commissions in the currency of your choice, regardless of currency in which product is sold.
- 6 month cookies - If a returning visitor (which was first referred by you) buys a product within 6 months - you get a Commission.
- Merchant rating system: if a merchant fails to pay commissions within given timeframe, his/her rating is lowered. If there are still unpaid commissions he/she is banned from the system and is put on hall of shame so affiliates know which merchants are reliable. Click2Sell system ensures that all affiliates are paid.
- Opportunity to earn 30% from referred member’s fees paid to Click2Sell as long as they remain active.
- Affiliates receive their commissions via Paypal or Moneybookers account.
Merchant information:
- No set-up fee (Clickbank charges $49.95).
- There is no product or sales-page approval period.
- Merchants may set any price for their products.
- Fees range from $1 to $3 US per sales transaction. Clickbank charges $1 US plus 7.5% of the purchase price.
- Convenient affiliate payment system - takes only a few clicks.
- Mass payment to affiliates function is available. Everything is done (with a few clicks) from the same merchant area (no need to login to Paypal and Upload txt files).
- Merchants have complete affiliate tracking and control.
- Merchants can set a custom commission rate for a specific affiliate.
- Merchants may ban unwanted affiliates, approve affiliates automatically or manually, and can offer promotional tools for affiliates.
- A merchant may choose the countries that he or she wants to sell to.
- Set automatic product price increase or decrease.
- Customize pre-made affiliate page, checkout page.
- Encrypted product Download pages.
- For added security, download links expire after 72 hours.
- Merchants have 100% control over refunds of their products.
Statistics:
- Select either a General or Daily reports of your sales.
- See how many views, unique visitors and sales your sales-page got (by direct links or affiliate links).
- You can create different tracking channels to test various advertising options.
Detailed transaction reports. - Track each product’s performance in the Marketplace.
Track percentage of sales made by affiliates. - Statistics of keywords (a user will know exactly what keywords are used in search engines by sales-page visitors).
- Statistics of referrers (what websites are bringing the most targeted visitors to your sales-page).
- Statistics about search engines (how many visitors and buyers are brought by each Search Engine for every certain Keyword)
Support features:
- Help desk
- User guides
- Forum
- FAQ
When you visit Click2Sell intially, don’t be disappointed about the fact that some products have no conversions rates yet. This is a new system and it will take a little while before they are in full swing.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love Clickbank, but I think they got some competition on their hands.
Two thumbs up for the Click2Sell Marketplace.
Sign up for a free Click2Sell account today.
Tags: click2sell, clickbank, affiliate, marketing
Review Of Derek Gehl’s Search Marketing Labs
“Attract Stampedes of FREE Traffic From Google
When You
Hire An SEO Expert… For Just $2.95!”
Review Of Derek Gehl’s “Search Marketing Labs”:
Attracting crowds of qualified buyers with a top ranking in Google, Yahoo, and MSN just got a whole lot easier… and cheaper.
The term “search engine optimization” used to be synonymous with difficult and expensive. Not any more.
Because thanks to Derek Gehl’s latest release, you do NOT need to be intimidated by terms like “keyword density” and “optimization” anymore. And you certainly don’t need to outsource your search engine traffic campaigns to third-party experts for exorbitant fees of $3,000-$10,000!
Instead, you can finally “do it yourself” and enjoy substantial increases in your traffic and sales with the expert guidance of your very own, private SEO consultant…
… Who will help blast your website to a top listing in Google, Yahoo, and MSN!
All for the ridiculously low investment of just $2.95.
There’s absolutely no guesswork.
First, Derek gives you a series of online videos that walk you through the baby step basics of getting your website search engine ready.
Then, using the same clear, no-BS teaching style, you’ll be shown how to apply the very same advanced SEO strategies that Derek and his team have used to secure a Top 5 ranking in Google for 3 years running…
… And beat out over 294 Million competitors including many multi-million dollar corporations!
And then, just in case you need some extra hand-holding, you’ll have unlimited access to Derek’s very own in-house SEO expert in a secret discussion forum, where you can ask unlimited questions about your specific search engine campaign!
This alone is EASILY a $1500-$3000 value — but Derek’s giving you unlimited access to his private SEO expert for the next 30 days for just $2.95.
Get all the details HERE.
When Derek first launched his “Search Marketing Lab” approximately one year ago, I didn’t pay much attention.
My mistake.
Because today, he’s got testimonials lined up around the block — all regular people who started with ZERO or mediocre traffic, who attract 5,000 to 40,000+ visitors every month using these secrets.
The majority of SEO books, courses, and seminars you’ll find out there are a waste of money, not worth the paper they’re printed on, because they’re not kept up-to-date.
But since “Search Marketing Lab” gives you the same SEO strategies that Derek’s currently using on his own site (www.marketingtips.com), which is reported to attract over 1.8 Million visitors every month, you can be sure you’ll be the first to know when there’s a major search engine change…
… And the first to PROFIT from Derek’s hard won SEO research, newest optimization techniques, and late-breaking developments.
I recommend very few SEO resources to my clients. But this tops my list.
And the $2.95 Trial that Derek is giving away right now is a steal. To get yours before he shuts it down…
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Boost Your Conversion Rates On Your Website
How would you like to get a 100% conversion rates on your website traffic? There is nothing to buy…no squeeze page that is designed to sell you anything later either.
This is an event that you should know about.
First there was Pay Per Click advertising which pays you on the small percentage of website visitors that actually click on an advertisement.
Now there is “Pay Per Play” advertising that will pay you on 100% of your website traffic… No one has to click on anything for you to get paid!
Pay Per Play caters to an audience that is larger than radio, television and print media combined!
Check out the article in the Wall Street Journal about this phenomenal opportunity. Billions of dollars are being spent by big brand advertisers and they are ready to pay you.
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Free Camtasia Studio 3 Download
I heard from Michael Badger that Techsmith is making Camtasia Studio 3.1.2 free to download.
You can use Camtasia to record, edit and share your videos. This was my first shot at using Camtasia, but it’s pretty easy to use.
You can upgrade to Camtasia Studio 5 only if you want to for $149, but this version should get the job done.
To Get the free version:
Download Camtasia Studio 3 (Executable file).
To get the software key, click the link to register
Install and once you have the program open, enter the software key and you’ll have a full working version.
Tags: Camtasia Studio
Benefits Of Having A Sitemap
Sitemap generators can be downloaded from various sources on the Internet. Sitemaps have two fundamental purposes. It help surfers navigate a site effectively. At the same time, a sitemap encourages search engine spiders. Google offers one of the most popular sitemap generators online.
The sitemap generator google has makes it possible for a website to get listed and get updated by google’s search engine. Setting up a sitemap helps speed up the addition of the web pages of a site to the google listing. It also makes it easier for a site to get noticed by online surfers. In addition, any changes made to a website that has a sitemap has the potential to be picked up by google immediately. It also helps keep online information fresh and up-to-date for users.
Visibility is a major concern online. A website that is completely indexed has better chances of getting top search engine placement in page results. Many of the popular browsers used by searchers and that support java recognize sitemaps. These include Firefox and Internet explorer.
An online consumer that searches for specific content on the web can immediately be directed to any one of the web pages of a particular site. It’s easier for a search engine to provide accurate results from web pages they are familiar with.
A sitemap is highly recommended for websites that often do repeated modification of their web pages. It can be used for websites of any size, regardless of the number of web pages a site may contain.
Although using a sitemap is not a guarantee of increased site rankings, it does however provide the website a better opportunity of getting listed in the search engines.
Most of the sitemap programs available on the web make use of extensible markup language or XML. Similar to hypertext markup language or HTML, XML is used widely in blogs and syndicated feeds on the Internet. Each line of a XML code for a sitemap has a specific purpose.
The location or <.loc> identifies the name of the web page of a website. The line <.lastmod> indicates when the web page was last modified. T he format for <.lastmod> can either be dd.mm.yyyy, dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm, dd/mm/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm.
<.changefreq> advises the search engine of a specific time frame when the web page is regularly updated. This can either be done on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis. For web pages that are not updated, the value ‘never’ is used. <.priority> indicates the level of priority that a search engine should give a particular web page of a website. These levels range from 0.0 for least priority to 1.0 for high priority.
Creating a dynamic sitemap is useful for websites containing various web pages. Google’s search engine makes it easy for users to adapt their google sitemap with the help of a python script.
The python script generates a sitemap using sitemap protocol. This creates a sitemap from either access logs, URL lists or from web server directories.
As one of more popular search engines offering a sitemap generator for websites on the Internet, google offers a few tips for its users. Using the google sitemap url encoder/decoder is helpful for submitting sitemaps to google. For websites that have numerous web pages, creating a sitemap can be a tremendous task. For this situation it is best to click on the column title in order to make it easier for a URL list to get sorted.
The google sitemap generator allows users to save their settings. Users can use these saved settings as a guideline for succeeding sitemap updates. The sitemap generator also recognizes the use of robots.txt files.
Using a sitemap is a positive move in getting top ranking on the Internet’s top search engines as well as high visibility among online users.
Ebook Review-Automated Cash Formula
I had the opportunity to look at Dave Gale’s Automated Cash Formula System. I was very surprised to find out that it wasn’t promising you the world, but and honest way to generate a genuine income in a way that I’ve never seen.
You can benefit from this system over and over again. This is a great system especially for anyone just starting out on the net.
So many people online are technically challenged and I feel that’s why lots of people never get started. The unique thing about this system is that, you don’t need a website, you don’t need to have any technical knowledge, you will not be marketing as an affiliate and you won’t actually be selling anything.
I can promise, you haven’t seen anything like this before, and with a little effort you can set everything up in a few hours.
There’s no hype involved…only a step-by-step plan to get anyone up and running quickly. He also includes screenshots to show you exactly what to do.
I kept looking for something to be wrong with the system. But honestly, I can’t say enough good things about it. So I highly recommend the Automated Cash Formula System. You won’t be disappointed.
Must Have Features For Your Web Site
Don’t just focus on the home page, keywords and titles
The first step to sales when customers visit your site to see the products they were looking for. Of course, search engine optimization and better rankings can’t keep your customer on your site or make them buy. The customer having visited your site, now ensure that he gets interested in your products or services and stays around.
Motivate him to buy the product by providing clear and unambiguous information. Thus if you happen to sell more than one product or service, provide all necessary information about this, may be by keeping the information at a different page. By providing suitable and easily visible links, the customer can navigate to these pages and get the details.
Understanding Your Target Market
If you design a website you think will attract clients, but you don’t really know who your customers are and what they want to buy, it is unlikely you make much money. Website business is an extension or replacement for a standard storefront. You can send email to your existing clients and ask them to complete a survey or even while they are browsing on your website. Ask them about their choices.
Why do they like your products? Do you discount prices or offer coupons? Are your prices consistently lower than others? Is your shipping price cheaper? Do you respond faster to client questions? Are your product descriptions better? Your return policies and guarantees better than your competitor’s? To know your customer you can check credit card records or ask your customer to complete a simple contact form with name, address, age, gender, etc. when they purchase a product.
Does your website give enough contact information?
When you sell from a website, your customer can buy your products 24 hrs a day and also your customers may be from other states that are thousands of miles away. Always provide contact information, preferably on every page of your website, complete with mailing address, telephone number and an email address that reaches you.
People may need to contact you about sales, general information or technical problems on your site. Also have your email forwarded to another email address if you do not check your website mailbox often. When customers want to buy online provide enough options like credit card, PayPal or other online payment services.
Michael Badger’s Profit Sharing Model
I just came across a new marketing campaign that Michael Badger has put together, and I have to say it is one of the most innovative campaigns I have seen in a very long time. I have a feeling that this thing is going to take off and turn into a huge viral explosion - one that we will all remember for a long time!
What works about it is that there is a very compelling hook - he is offering to GIVE you a free monthly income with no buying, selling or recruiting. At first I thought that it was just another hyped up website, but after I read only a few lines of the copy on the main page, I realized that this one might actually be different.
Michael very quickly gets into the nuts and bolts of exactly how he is going to accomplish the task of giving so many people a monthly income. It is basically a profit sharing model. He is going to be launching a new membership site offering small business owners and marketers a service in a few months. It is from that service that he will allocate funds to be divided among a pool of people. All you have to do to be part of the pool is sign up now to receive his newsletter and announcements about the upcoming service.
And that’s it - you just sign up and you will receive part of his profits.
It’s a pretty cool idea really. In essence what he has done is taken the portion of his budget that would have gone into advertising and put it into getting the word out about his service in a big way.
It’s an interesting campaign that you may as well sign up for - it’s free after all. Or, just take a look at the innovative marketing idea Michael has put together.
Go Sign Up Now because this is going to be huge!
Tags: Michael Badger, profit sharing, marketing, advertising
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