SEO

If you are reading this article it is likely that you have already made a few tries at online marketing and are trying to make it work better and generate more traffic to your website. After all the most important aspect of a site is the number of visitors it receives. You could have the worlds’ most interesting site but if no one knows about it you will never make a dime.

To make money online you need people to know that you exist, the more people the better.

There are literally thousand of reports and EBooks out there that will claim to show you the way to online millions. The truth is that anyone is capable of learning how to generate traffic without spending money on get rich quick schemes.

Here are some of your options 
- email campaigns 
- link exchanges 
- blogs (although fewer and fewer let you post your link in your signature) 
- pay per click ads 
- free classifieds 
- and many many more

But an amazing 70% of the traffic is driven through search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and MSN.

How to make search engines work for you

For starters you have to do your keyword research. There are many free tools available to help you with this process. You cannot sell something that no one is looking for! Once you find your keywords you need to place them strategically throughout your site. Place your keywords in your meta tags, your page title and your page text. Doing so will greatly improve your page ranks in the major search engines. But be aware that your keywords must be related to your content, otherwise you can be penalized or ‘Google Slapped” as it is more commonly known.

The next thing to concentrate on is your incoming links. This is the real deal breaker for a new site. Just because you have good keywords is not enough, the search engines must be able to see that other sites are linking to you. This proves that you have something of value to offer and will have a huge impact on your page rank.

I am sure if you are reading this you are trying to make some money online, whether by selling your own product or affiliate marketing you need to get your name out there. Here are 6 ways to help you.

1 – Interviews 
Podcasts, Webcasts and RSS feeds are hot commodities so try and jump onto the bandwagon. Check out search engines and online directories related to your niche and see if there is someone you can interview and then post to your site. If you are already established, see if anyone wants to interview you!

2 – Networks 
Social networks are very much a current trend. Set up a profile and build trust and rapport with others and then carefully work your website or affiliate link into conversations. You do have to be careful that you do not breach the terms of service for these types of sites, but if you are offering something of quality you should do quite well.

3 – Blogs 
Find some high ranking blogs related to your niche and offer them a freebie. If they like your content you will get huge exposure! Be careful not to ask them to post your link or your work, the quality of your site and freebie must speak for themselves.

4 – Press Releases 
Press releases get huge exposure and will generate traffic as long as you actually have something worthwhile to say. Make sure that you include a link to your site!

5 – Look at Your Competition 
Pick the top 4 or 5 competitors within your chosen niche and take a close look. They are ranked higher for a reason and your job is to find it. Brainstorm about how you can match their level of quality and learn how to do it all better.

6 – Surveys 
Ask your visitors something simple like “would you recommend this site to a friend?” with a scale of 1 to 10. If you are getting rating below 6 ask how you can improve your site and customer interface.

The objective of our weblog is to analyse earn money quick programs, and make sure that you understand what delivers and what does not. So there are manyof great programs out there, but just because we say it’s worth it, doesn’t mean you should jump and buy into every course.

In fact, I think you should do the exact opposite.

If you don’t know how to make money with surveys, or make money advertising, I greatly advize you purchase one of these programs that guides you in getting started. But only get ONE. You should then review the advice repeatedly, stay focused, and don’t look to move on to anything new until you are profitting with that technique.

When you are investing in earn money quick products, it is incredibly easy to fall into the trap of investing in one product after another, after another. The entire market is designed to do that. That’s why when you sign up for a program, they introduce you to five others before you even read the one you signed up for.

The guys making these programs want to help you, but not too much. In order to make as much money as they can, they need to keep you somewhat in the dark, always looking for the next program. Have you ever realized how every new product release is for a “revolutionary” idea that will “change the world as we know it!”

DON’T BUY IT!

Find who is getting good money on the internet, and more importantly, a person that can be trusted, and do what they recommend. And then wait until you are getting actual results before you spend another dime with them. Not their results, but results in YOUR wallet. If they are unable to show you results with the product you invested in, why should you spend more for their coaching program, or their “super” program, that has the “best way ever” of making money online.

Everyone likes to be popular. In a way, the web is just like one big popularity contest. It wasn’t fair in high school, and it might not seem so fair now. You can have the best-designed, most informative site online, but if no one links to you, you’re going to have a harder time getting a high search engine ranking. Ranking high with search engines relies on two things: content and link popularity.

Of course, if you have the most informative site online, your job is half done. One of the keys to bringing in new links is having a well-designed site. If you go after link exchanges and your site looks like it belongs in the last decade, you’re going to be hard-pressed to find any takers. People don’t have all the room in the world to add links on their site. You need to provide a site that is worth linking to. On the flipside, you should find link partners with quality sites of their own.

Link popularity is not just about quantity, but quality. Certainly, it is a good idea to have a great number of links coming in, but search engine spiders also take into account the quality of those links: i.e. how many sites link to the site that links to you. Spiders hold a premium on sites that link to you without a corresponding reciprocal link. When search engine spiders surf your site, they’re looking for the type of content that you have on your site and the number of links going both in and out.

An easy way to start building link popularity is to add your site to a number of directories. These directories may or may not require a reciprocal link. The higher the quality of the directory, the more the directory listing will be worth. Really, you should spend a good amount of time adding your site to as many directories as possible. Look for other immediate avenues for link building as well—post in forums, on blogs, or create a blog of your own. All of these will be indexed by search engines, which will help increase your ranking.

One of the major advantages of having a blog is you have one more place to add a link to your site. In addition, you have one more place where you can trade links—contact other bloggers in a similar field and trade links. You should not only be looking to increase link popularity for the host site, but for blogs and other sub-sites as well.

It is absolutely imperative that your site is useful. The more content you provide, the more you can get a foothold in your industry. When you write new content, promote it: Digg.com the article and add the article to directories and other sources. Websites can then potentially place the article on their sites, linking to the site where the article originated. A link doesn’t necessarily have to be permanent—a temporary link to an article can help search engine ranking as well.

What this all means is that link popularity is an evolving process. You should always be corresponding with site owners looking for a link trade. And you should be frequently providing new content to ensure that your site is worth the link.

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There is a mantra in e-commerce that content is king. Content isn’t just a way to inform visitors coming by the site, it’s a way to draw in those ever-present mechanical insects, search engine spiders. The key to knowing if you’re making nice with search engine spiders is if you have a good page rank: Google page rank is the holy grail of search engine ranking.

Page rank and content go hand in hand. There is a misconception that the number of links coming in to a site is the main thing that determines page rank. While links are obviously important, content is vital as well. In fact, they are intrinsically connected. If you have quality content on your site, more sites will link to you as a respected authority on a given topic. If those sites have a good page rank, it can only help elevate the page ranking of your site.

First though, you need to create articles that are worth reading. A poorly written article with legions of typos and inaccurate information isn’t going to fool web surfers or search engine spiders. Poorly written content full of keyword-jamming and other outdated SEO techniques are going to be virtually ignored. In the age of Web 2.0, web content needs to have a purpose. Only web content that is useful and informative will help a website move forward in the rankings.

This is easier said than done, however. Many small, medium, or large business owners are not professional writers. Furthermore they just don’t have the time to write quality, custom content. Merely cutting and pasting someone else’s content is not the best solution. New and updated content is important to keep a site relevant and fresh, it might amount to hundreds of new articles. Site owners just don’t have the time, patience, or even the skill.

The hardest part about getting a good page rank may be writing the content itself. As a result, outsourcing custom content is common. It is as integral to setting up a website as web design. There are a number of content writing solutions available. Make sure to find a content writing company with a qualified and talented stable of writers who have the ability to write on a variety of subjects.

Quality content will keep people on the site. It has been shown that the longer a web surfer stays on the site, the more likely it is that he or she will make a purchase or become a repeat visitor. Customers and clients trust a company with a site that is well written and informative. As the vast majority of web surfers use search engines to find products or services, it is necessary to have both quality content and a good page rank.

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Are you frustrated with your ad campaigns?  Does your advertising cost you more than it makes?  There is one overriding reason that most ads fail.  The simple truth is that no one cares how much you like your product; no one cares about you or how much money you make; no one cares about your kids or your dog; no one cares about your company or the fact that it is debt free.  Every persons’ favorite subject is their self.

Any time a person is searching on the internet they are focused on their own wants and needs.  People don’t search online to find out about what you need or want or like.  They are only interested in how you can help them get what they need, want or like.

Successful ads focus on the customer not on you!  Get out of your own head and try to get inside your customers head.  People care about themselves and solutions to their problems.  The only time your story is relevant to them is when it relates to their own personal experience and because of that it is empowering to them.

If you want to make more sales and more money, your ads must focus on benefits, not features.  It is an old and true cliché, features tell-benefits sell.  People buy benefits, not features.

Your ad campaigns, your landing pages, your auto-responder messages and every contact with your audience, must focus on what people want and need.  When people see and feel that you are focused on their wants and needs rather than your own, they will want to do business with you.  If you offer unbiased and helpful information without trying to sell your product, people will see you as an authority, they will feel that you want to help them and they will want to expand their relationship with you.  This is the heart of effective relationship marketing and it is exactly what you want to be doing.

Whenever you help others get what they want and need they will be eager to help you get what you want and need.  Give with out expectation and you will receive more abundantly than you could ever wish for.  This is an absolute fact of business, the more value you provide to others the more successful you will become.

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Growing faq

Is it easy to grow my own tobacco ?
Yes, but the tobacco plants require only a little more care and attention than some other plants. Follow the very clear instructions provided with every pack of free tobacco seeds  and your success is guaranteed. After your first crop of tobacco, the second will benefit from your experiences and the seeds will have acclimatised to your local soil.

How do I grow these plants ?
Tobacco seeds initially require temperatures of 70-80°F, so start growing them in a propogator. Alternatively, you can place a covered seed tray in a warm cupboard for 7 to 10 days. Once at the seedling stage, a recommended 55°F is required to bring them on. You may wish to transplant the seedlings into small pots and keep them indoors for this stage. For 10-12 weeks after this period, they are grown outside (in frost free conditions) as normal.

What type of soil do I need ?
Most soils will suit your plants, with the exception of heavy clay which needs breaking up with peat. Tobacco even thrives on poor sandy soil where other plants often fail. Plenty of water must be available as tobacco plants are a thirsty crop. You will find that your second year’s crop will adjust to your soil and conditions and often produce better tobacco.

What equipment do I need ?
As mentioned, you will require a propagator, unless you have outdoor temperatures of 22°C to 27°C. You will also need land to plant out – your garden will do just fine. Ideally you could use a greenhouse for a simple, effective and inexpensive way to cure your tobacco. If you do not have a greenhouse, you can build a curing chamber with a floor area of 1m², which cures 40lb tobacco in as little as 4 weeks.

Do climate and weather conditions matter ?
The British climate is ideal for tobacco growth and hotter climates present no problem. However, much colder environments do run a risk of some crop failure, so please bear this in mind! If you take care with your first crop, then your second and successive crops should acclimatise to your local climate. In high wind areas the plants should be staked out, and in very wet areas plant on raised ridges to allow for drainage.

To get 250 FREE Tobacco seeds go to www.tobaccoplants.info

To get 250 FREE Tobacco seeds go to www.tobaccoplants.info

Growing faq

Is it easy to grow my own tobacco ?
Yes, but the tobacco plants require only a little more care and attention than some other plants. Follow the very clear instructions provided with every pack of free tobacco seeds  and your success is guaranteed. After your first crop of tobacco, the second will benefit from your experiences and the seeds will have acclimatised to your local soil.

How do I grow these plants ?
Tobacco seeds initially require temperatures of 70-80°F, so start growing them in a propogator. Alternatively, you can place a covered seed tray in a warm cupboard for 7 to 10 days. Once at the seedling stage, a recommended 55°F is required to bring them on. You may wish to transplant the seedlings into small pots and keep them indoors for this stage. For 10-12 weeks after this period, they are grown outside (in frost free conditions) as normal.

What type of soil do I need ?
Most soils will suit your plants, with the exception of heavy clay which needs breaking up with peat. Tobacco even thrives on poor sandy soil where other plants often fail. Plenty of water must be available as tobacco plants are a thirsty crop. You will find that your second year’s crop will adjust to your soil and conditions and often produce better tobacco.

What equipment do I need ?
As mentioned, you will require a propagator, unless you have outdoor temperatures of 22°C to 27°C. You will also need land to plant out – your garden will do just fine. Ideally you could use a greenhouse for a simple, effective and inexpensive way to cure your tobacco. If you do not have a greenhouse, you can build a curing chamber with a floor area of 1m², which cures 40lb tobacco in as little as 4 weeks.

Do climate and weather conditions matter ?
The British climate is ideal for tobacco growth and hotter climates present no problem. However, much colder environments do run a risk of some crop failure, so please bear this in mind! If you take care with your first crop, then your second and successive crops should acclimatise to your local climate. In high wind areas the plants should be staked out, and in very wet areas plant on raised ridges to allow for drainage.

To get 250 FREE Tobacco seeds go to www.tobaccoplants.info

To get your FREE £500 Argos gift card go to www.argosgiftcard.info Argos has generated a massive volume of customer reviews after running an email campaign in January to encourage customers to provide feedback on the products they had recently purchased.

The retailer uses Bazaarvoice’s ratings and reviews service, and the service provider recorded more than 70,000 reviews by Argos customers within a 24-hour period. More than 90,000 reviews were posted in total as a result of the campaign. 63,232 reviews were received between 11am and midnight on one day.

Argos multichannel programme and operations manager David Tarbuck said that the retailer had contacted more than 2 million customers via the campaign.

He was unable to give figures for the potential increase in sales the retailer would expect to generate from the additional customer comments, but said: “Each review adds to the value other customers get from real product opinions. Since we introduced rating and reviews on the site we have seen volume and coverage of reviews increase substantially. The better the coverage of reviews, the greater the positive impact of the review information.”

Tarbuck added that the number of reviews looked at by customers had risen since the extra content had been posted and the majority of reviews were very positive.

He said that the feedback generated would also be used to inform decisions within the business. “Any reviews relating to product description errors are immediately investigated and when necessary, corrected. Where appropriate, review data is used to inform our quality control teams if customers have difficulties or issues with a product,” he said.

“The content also helps to proactively inform the buying teams on which products customers really like, which ensures that we keep in step with their expectations and continue to deliver a great product mix.”

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You would like your website to be at the top of the search engines result page, that way, you can get some free targeted traffic, and save money on advertising.  However, this has been more difficult than you would like it to be.

Google’s pay per click advertising is an excellent alternative, except, It can be costly, depending on your keywords.

There is however, an even better, and affordable option: E-zine Advertising,  that is, advertising in on-line magazines.

Let’s do a comparison: suppose you ran an ad in an e-zine with a readership of 20,000 and that ad cost you $30.00.and only 5% of the readers click on your ad which is 1000 clicks  (I’m assuming you have written a compelling ad. If not, no form of advertising will help!)  In terms of cost per click it would amount to 0.03 cents per click.

Now, compare that to a pay per click ad in google or yahoo,  where you would have to bid the highest for the keywords that will trigger your ad to display before the searcher/potential customer. Lets say you bid on a keyword like “exercise equipment.” To get a realistic display you would have to bid at least 10 cents or more per click.  If 1000 people clicked on your ad like they did in the e-zine ad. you would pay $100.00 or more for a pay per click ad in google or yahoo. 

Which would you rather pay $30.00 for a e-zine ad or $100.00 or more for a pay per click ad, for the same amount of clicks?  

Another thing to consider is this, when you disable your google ad, the flow of traffic from that source stops. But, when it comes to e-zine ads, many e-zine  publishers archive their past issues. If someone request an issue from a few weeks ago, and  your ad is in that issue, that will be additional exposure for your website without you paying extra money for it. This is not be done with ppc advertising.  Couple this with the use of an auto responder and you’ll save even more money in the long run.
 
To make it quick and easy for webmasters to find on-line magazines to advertise in, “The Directory of Ezines” has a database of e-zines with a wide range of topics, so they can find the right one to advertise in for their particular product or service.  If you had to gather this
information on your own, it would take you a very long time.

With stiff competition in S.E.O. and PPC advertising. It’s good to know that e-zine advertising provides an affordable, targeted and effective alternative for website owners, and affiliate marketers to reach more customers and earn more money.

Author: Paul Ranger
Copyright: 2006

You would like your website to be at the top of the search engines result page, that way, you can get some free targeted traffic, and save money on advertising.  However, this has been more difficult than you would like it to be.

Google’s pay per click advertising is an excellent alternative, except, It can be costly, depending on your keywords.

There is however, an even better, and affordable option: E-zine Advertising,  that is, advertising in on-line magazines.

Let’s do a comparison: suppose you ran an ad in an e-zine with a readership of 20,000 and that ad cost you $30.00.and only 5% of the readers click on your ad which is 1000 clicks  (I’m assuming you have written a compelling ad. If not, no form of advertising will help!)  In terms of cost per click it would amount to 0.03 cents per click.

Now, compare that to a pay per click ad in google or yahoo,  where you would have to bid the highest for the keywords that will trigger your ad to display before the searcher/potential customer. Lets say you bid on a keyword like “exercise equipment.” To get a realistic display you would have to bid at least 10 cents or more per click.  If 1000 people clicked on your ad like they did in the e-zine ad. you would pay $100.00 or more for a pay per click ad in google or yahoo. 

Which would you rather pay $30.00 for a e-zine ad or $100.00 or more for a pay per click ad, for the same amount of clicks?  

Another thing to consider is this, when you disable your google ad, the flow of traffic from that source stops. But, when it comes to e-zine ads, many e-zine  publishers archive their past issues. If someone request an issue from a few weeks ago, and  your ad is in that issue, that will be additional exposure for your website without you paying extra money for it. This is not be done with ppc advertising.  Couple this with the use of an auto responder and you’ll save even more money in the long run.
 
To make it quick and easy for webmasters to find on-line magazines to advertise in, “The Directory of Ezines” has a database of e-zines with a wide range of topics, so they can find the right one to advertise in for their particular product or service.  If you had to gather this
information on your own, it would take you a very long time.

With stiff competition in S.E.O. and PPC advertising. It’s good to know that e-zine advertising provides an affordable, targeted and effective alternative for website owners, and affiliate marketers to reach more customers and earn more money.

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