Archive for June, 2009
Money Making Blogging Tips You Must Have
Money Making Blogging Tips You Must Have
If you are new to writing a blog let me first explain the types of blogs available on the Internet. In general there are only two types of blogs commercial and non commercial blogs.
Commercials blogs are like Trump University blog where it professional writers post regularly with tons of advertisements or products and services of their own mostly created by companies not individuals. The most common type of blogs are the non commercial blogs where people like me and you normally write on.
In non commercial blogs it can further break down into 2 different types of blogs. The first one is blogging for leisure which means you only blog for the purpose like a personnel online diary. The second type of blog would be business blogs. Business blogs are like blogs like mine where I write this blog and update it regularly to make a living out of it.
If you are wondering can people take blogging as a profession yes you can. And I have search on the internet there are many others just like us making money from blogging. The reason before I go into some tips to blog right you need to understand the main role of your blog and what type of blog do you have. Different blogs have different functions to them.
Some people use blogs as a tool to get attention to their main page some people use blogs just to talk about their personnel lifestyle and there will be some who are serious lan and structure their post when they write in their blogs which create dollars.
Like in any business you need to first map out what you want out of your blog before you even start posting your first post. This is very important especially at the start point of your blog when it is very new. You need to give the best impression as you can within the 1st 10 seconds of your visitors to allow them to stay longer.
A great tool that I use that is in build in almost all web hosting package is the Awstats in your cpanel.
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The longer you can keep a reader on your site you know that your site is of some use for them. During your process when you blog it is always good to search around for ways to get traffic and publish your blog URL.
Ways get traffic to your blog:
Offline Marketing Give out namecards at events
Forum Marketing
PPC Marketing
Article Marketing
SEO Marketing
and so much more
From my experience the best types of traffic you want to get is exchange links from other people who are in the same trade of business as you. Example my niche is about blogging so what I would do is a Google search blogging and search for the top blogs on the Internet.
When searching a potential link exchange or Joint venture with the bloggers you would want to find two types of blogger. Let say your blog has about 500 hits a day you can find a blog whose traffic is about the same as yours and you write an email to him to ask for a link exchange. Most likely he will be happy to help as all you need to do is post an article about his website.
The other method would be you can find those popular bloggers who know nuts about traffic and you know they have a lot so what you do you ask them for an exclusive interview with them. Remember this rule in Joint Venture always think in the way “What is it in for him not for you”. When you write your email make sure when the person reads it it has to benefit him all the time! The reason why because people don’t care how much you care unless you show them how much you care for them trust me this works.
Once you have managed to build a relationship via email you would want to try to get other ways to communicate like Skype MSN or Yahoo. To tell you the truth many websites in fact get tons and tons of traffic FAST not from using Internet Marketing methods but from Viral Marketing or Joint Ventures!
Some great examples would be
Do a press release cost US80 one time and get published on newspaper to and create a story that is so unique it will viral itself. Have you wonder how those Gurus always get interview out of no where it because of press release.
Joint venture with someone very famous or has tons of traffic if he or she likes you and your website is on the main page of his site. Expect to see a growth of traffic to your website the next day!
Another great tip would be buy your way to get traffic. You can go to my review me site here and what ReviewMe does is you can pay me a fix amount and I will do a review about your blog. If you really understood what I am trying to say this is the cheapest and most effective way of getting traffic if you want to pay for it.
Why I say this is because imagine the owner of the website itself has already build so much creditability for his own readers on this website. Would an article post review drive more traffic to your website or a banner advertisement? Think about that for a moment. I personally have tried it and on top of the traffic I get I also get tons of emails for joint ventures because the blog I advertise in was about Internet Marketing too. Even until today although it cost US250 there is still traffic coming in until today because the website has a PR 5 which people searching for some phrases actually still goes to that review page.
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Mobile Video Marketing
Mobile Video Marketing
I was listening to a conference call the other day and the subject of Video Marketing came up a few times during the discussions.
Now most people when they start out in Internet marketing have very low budgets very little money for paid advertising and limited equipment. After all that ones of the main reason we all start a home based business….to get more money coming in…Right ?
So when it come to video marketing you instantly think you need the following equipment :
* Studio to make the video
* Lighting
* Editing equipment
and of course A Video Camera
etc etc
Well you’ll be pleased to know that most people pretty much already have the above….and more.
Let me explain:
* Studio to make the video Well if you have a roof over your head…..well done you have a studio
* Lighting As above….just turn on the lights ….Well done again
* Editing equipment If you have MS Vista you will have “MS Movie Maker” FREE….If not do a Google search and you will find it for FREE
Of yes the last one…..Video Camera……Well you have options here
1 You have a digital Video Camera
2 You have a Web Cam
3 You have Cell Phone with a camera/video already on
3 Borrow one of the above
You see when you want to make a movie its not that difficult after all. Video marketing is and will be the greatest method of getting a number of messages out for your product.
I highly suggest you start to use this method of marketing on a daily / weekly bases.
I hope this has been useful
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Miva Merchant Web Design A More Affordable Ecommerce Method
Miva Merchant Web Design A More Affordable Ecommerce Method
For todays business owner wanting to either have a new ecommerce website built or needing to take their brochure website and turn it into a money generating tool finding the right web designer can be difficult. There are so many companies and designers out there its hard to say what one is right for your specific needs. The next problem is finding a designer or company that can perform the necessary work your business needs to complete your website for an affordable price. Thats where the option of third party shopping cart solutions come in.
There are many programmers than can build an ecommerce website that works specifically for your exact needs and wants. If you are looking for a highly complex and very specific shopping cart system then having a programmer that specializes in that field is where you are going to want to look. If your ecommerce shopping cart needs are more basic there are very affordable options available that you can utilize and have your website online and running in no time at all. The best part is it will be for a very affordable price.
One of the systems that comes highly recommended among the ecommerce world is the Miva Merchant third party shopping cart system. This third party shopping cart system is very affordable to use. Although Miva Merchant comes ready to use with some really great features it is easily upgraded with specific types of modules that experienced Miva Merchant programmers have developed over time. Utilizing the additional modules for a nominal fee per module is a great way to enhance the great shopping cart system that Miva Merchant already provides.
In addition to using the Miva Merchant third party shopping cart system finding the right web designer to make it look professional is one of the last pieces to the puzzle. Having an ecommerce website that functions properly is just not enough. Your ecommerce website needs to be laid out and designed in an organized and professional fashion as to encourage your shoppers to purchase and then upsell them as well. Finding the right ecommerce web designer to do this for you is essential in your websites success.
Finally advertising your ecommerce website is your last step. We all know that having a website well designed or not does not give sales. You have to bring people and customers to your website to find the merchandise or products and services you sell to get that sale. There are many methods to do this. Advertising on tv radio and venues such as this are one way. There are also two different ways online that can bring traffic to your website. The first is pay per click advertising. This is a method of advertising that is immediate. You decide what keywords you would like to bid on for search engine placement and pay a certain determined amount by the pay per click company. The second way of driving targeted traffic to your ecommerce website is by naturally getting your website listed in the search engines. This is called search engine optimization and needs to be completed by a seo professional that knows what they are doing. There are many seo companies out there that will tell you they can get you listed but many are frauds.
Do your research when deciding to open your ecommerce website. Find the right third party shopping cart system that will work best for you and your business needs. Then find the right web design company to design your website. Once you have that completed drive targeted valuable traffic to your website to increase your sales and revenue. Bringing the online community to your website is a great way to increase your sales and provide more income for your business. Finding the right combination of software and people to get the job done is what will make your online ecommerce business successful.
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