A lot of people have already discovered the benefits of having a blog. Others, however, are still undecided about it. Blogs are used for different reasons. Some us it as a marketing strategy; to establish themselves as an expert, build trust with potential customers, and then redirect them to a website where the reader can buy their products. Others use it either as an online diary, or as a means of making money. In this post, I will outline the pro's and con's of having a blog.
Pros
* Marketing - As said above, a blog is a very good way to market your product
* Possible income - If you can get enough visitors to your blog, and enough subscriptions to your RSS feed, companies will want to advertise on your blog. Alternatively, you can get paid commission by 'affiliate' selling, where you mention a product sold by someone else, and for anyone who that product, and was directed from your site, you earn commission
* Traffic from search engines - Search engines regularly scan blogs and add them to their search listings. The more pages your blog has, and the more relevant it is to the search term, the higher up your link will appear. This is good because you will get more visitors each day, which means more people to click your link; either to your products, or someone else's.
* Feedback - A blog is a great way to get some feedback about your product. Make sure you enable the comments though, otherwise you won't get any!
* Reputation - As long as you don't have any silly spelling or grammar mistakes, your blog will help build not only your company's reputation, but also it's brand awareness as well.
* Free - Most blogs are free. Others, however, cost money, but these usually have better features and stats analytics.
Cons
* Reputation - Mainly, this is a pro, because most of the time a blog will improve your company's reputation. As said above, however, any mistakes, speaking out of term, or giving incorrect information can seriously tarnish your reputation. It takes years to build a reputation, and seconds to destroy it.
* Time - While blogging is mainly free, you may see it as free marketing. It's not. Ever heard the phrase 'Time is money'? Silly question, of course you have! A blog takes a lot of time to maintain, and if you fail to maintain it, it could harm your reputation.
* Legal - Beware of this one. If you offer advice to your readers, make sure you include a disclaimer. If one of your readers decides to take you up on your advice, and it all goes horribly wrong for them, chances are it will also go horribly wrong for you, as they will either spam your blog with negative comments, or in the worst case scenario, commence legal action against you.
Well, there you have it. The pro's and con's of blogging. I hope you found this post helpful, thanks for reading!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
How to Earn Extra Online Income Fast, Without Spending a Dime
Have you noticed lately how many people are searching for how to earn extra online income fast? Indeed, there are many people who are all making a very good living on the internet, freely. On the other hand, though, there are also countless others that are less fortunate and have yet to make a dime, much less a bundle.
So to get you on a good standing, and helping you make the best decision about how to earn extra online income, here are a few guideposts you can follow:
Know Thyself:
Learning how to earn extra online income fast can be as simple as doing what you love most. In other words what are your interests and hobbies? When you answer to this question, you can usually find the gifts or your special interests, and then connect it into the ideal online income opportunity, that will soon be revealed to you.
There are lots of people with no passion for a niche or in helping people, and so, hoping that they will be able to learn how to earn online income fast, however, in this scenario they miss out this basic guidelines, then paying the huge prize later.
It that regard, It is certainly advisory you learn how to earn extra online income fast from the right source, then next, you willingly put in the investment of time, patience and of course, a little money into what you're doing to foster stability and longevity to your online income.
That is because, if you are body and soul interested to learn how to extra online income, then you have to adequately be prepared and stick to a proven online money making system that will give you the quickest and biggest return on your investments of time and resources.
Nevertheless, not minding the clutters you are constantly bombarded about how to get rich quick on the internet. As a beginner, its humanly impossible you will not net a million dollar in debut online, so stay away from fictitious and bogus claims, and be extremely careful whose advice you take and were you put in your hard earned-money.
Join the Right Online Income Program:
If you want learn how to earn online income fast, and even start earning a perpetual and stable online income, then you will have to join a good and reputable affiliate program that will always make you money much faster than you, trying to develop and promote your own product which can burn a big hole into your pockets and still not guarantee you success. This online business opportunity is known as affiliate marketing business, and in this business, getting many referrals is the key factor to earning continuous commission checks.
Meeting People's Need:
In affiliate marketing business, making huge incomes is all about finding out what people want and giving it to them. And since you have no products to create, ship and deal with angry customers, this can be the best business decision you've ever made. Because all you basically have to do is help promote other people's products, and then collecting your commissions!
In conclusion, nowadays, it can be a huge and tiring challenge finding a genuine online money making resource to learn how to earn extra online income from, as you would inadvertently have to spend money testing and trying what works and what does not, but in affiliate marketing business there's no risk or dime to spend, joining and making money as an affiliate is 100% free and the profit revenue is also scalable.
So to get you on a good standing, and helping you make the best decision about how to earn extra online income, here are a few guideposts you can follow:
Know Thyself:
Learning how to earn extra online income fast can be as simple as doing what you love most. In other words what are your interests and hobbies? When you answer to this question, you can usually find the gifts or your special interests, and then connect it into the ideal online income opportunity, that will soon be revealed to you.
There are lots of people with no passion for a niche or in helping people, and so, hoping that they will be able to learn how to earn online income fast, however, in this scenario they miss out this basic guidelines, then paying the huge prize later.
It that regard, It is certainly advisory you learn how to earn extra online income fast from the right source, then next, you willingly put in the investment of time, patience and of course, a little money into what you're doing to foster stability and longevity to your online income.
That is because, if you are body and soul interested to learn how to extra online income, then you have to adequately be prepared and stick to a proven online money making system that will give you the quickest and biggest return on your investments of time and resources.
Nevertheless, not minding the clutters you are constantly bombarded about how to get rich quick on the internet. As a beginner, its humanly impossible you will not net a million dollar in debut online, so stay away from fictitious and bogus claims, and be extremely careful whose advice you take and were you put in your hard earned-money.
Join the Right Online Income Program:
If you want learn how to earn online income fast, and even start earning a perpetual and stable online income, then you will have to join a good and reputable affiliate program that will always make you money much faster than you, trying to develop and promote your own product which can burn a big hole into your pockets and still not guarantee you success. This online business opportunity is known as affiliate marketing business, and in this business, getting many referrals is the key factor to earning continuous commission checks.
Meeting People's Need:
In affiliate marketing business, making huge incomes is all about finding out what people want and giving it to them. And since you have no products to create, ship and deal with angry customers, this can be the best business decision you've ever made. Because all you basically have to do is help promote other people's products, and then collecting your commissions!
In conclusion, nowadays, it can be a huge and tiring challenge finding a genuine online money making resource to learn how to earn extra online income from, as you would inadvertently have to spend money testing and trying what works and what does not, but in affiliate marketing business there's no risk or dime to spend, joining and making money as an affiliate is 100% free and the profit revenue is also scalable.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Affiliate Marketing and Frustrated Affiliate Marketers
Did you know that a large number of the Internet's most wealthiest marketers started in affiliate marketing? It makes sense doesn't it? Think about it, what other online opportunity allows you to start making money instantly, without ever having to spend the time and money developing a product, or even a website of your own?
Even if you are brand new to online business, have absolutely no idea how to create squeeze pages, you can make money in affiliate marketing in less than a few days.. it's undoubtedly one of the easiest, most profitable industry's to be a part of, if you really want to make a solid income online in the shortest amount of time possible.
And I don't know about you, but "fast and easy" is right up my alley. I don't want to have to play around with HTML or pay a fortune to outsource content creation. I just want a solid system that I can cut my teeth into and create, run and manage all entirely on my own..
No fuss, no hefty start up costs and no difficult learning curve.
And here's the real truth to the matter: Regardless of how many times you've heard that you NEED to spend money to make money, I'm here to tell you that they are100% WRONG..
As someone who has been carving out a full time living online for over a decade, I can tell you one thing above all else. You can make money without ever having to spend a dime.
Back in the late 90's when I got my start, everything cost money. You had to pay for domain names, web hosting, and just the Internet connection would set you back $50 or more a month.
But these days, everything has dramatically changed and you can literally start making money in affiliate marketing on your VERY first day, even without ever creating a website of your own!
Even if you are brand new to online business, have absolutely no idea how to create squeeze pages, you can make money in affiliate marketing in less than a few days.. it's undoubtedly one of the easiest, most profitable industry's to be a part of, if you really want to make a solid income online in the shortest amount of time possible.
And I don't know about you, but "fast and easy" is right up my alley. I don't want to have to play around with HTML or pay a fortune to outsource content creation. I just want a solid system that I can cut my teeth into and create, run and manage all entirely on my own..
No fuss, no hefty start up costs and no difficult learning curve.
And here's the real truth to the matter: Regardless of how many times you've heard that you NEED to spend money to make money, I'm here to tell you that they are100% WRONG..
As someone who has been carving out a full time living online for over a decade, I can tell you one thing above all else. You can make money without ever having to spend a dime.
Back in the late 90's when I got my start, everything cost money. You had to pay for domain names, web hosting, and just the Internet connection would set you back $50 or more a month.
But these days, everything has dramatically changed and you can literally start making money in affiliate marketing on your VERY first day, even without ever creating a website of your own!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
How I Made $10k in Just 4 Weeks Selling $10 Ebooks
I am writing this press release to all the Internet Marketing rookies like me! Well, now that I think about it, you are probably not like me. I am a 57-year-old Internet Marketing grandmother who lives in a small house in upstate New York.
Anyway, just this past December I was financially desperate. I won't tell you my whole sob story, but the bottom line is that I was out of money and still had $1000s of bills to pay each month!
I was a branch manager at our local Citibank and when the mortgage crisis hit I was one of the many innocent victims of the corporate greed that created much of this mess. I lost my job and in just a few short months all of my savings were gone as well. Finding a job in the industry was a lesson in futility so I was forced to re-invent myself.
By chance I started reading Your Portable Empire by Pat O'Bryan and that's when I decided to try Internet Marketing.
Shortly thereafter I started looking around on the internet. I bought a couple of ebooks that taught me what to do. I literally followed the instructions, WORD FOR WORD. One book was about how to write articles and ebooks and the other was about generating traffic to your website.
Here is my encouragement to you! I had never done this before! I was a writer and I had a laptop, but that's about as much as I could bring to the table. On top of it, I had virtually no money! So I had to make things happen on a shoe-string budget!
I ended up spending less than $100, wrote and started selling two eBooks of my own . . . and within just over 4 weeks, I made more than $10,000 with Internet Marketing. What I’ve since learned is that this is even more amazing since the two eBooks I wrote and I sold were both priced at only $10 each.
Here is what I did:
1. I wrote about a subject that interested me.
2. I got an inexpensive web hosting package and made my own blog(very easy).
3. I built a free WordPress blog at wordpress.com
4. I created a Squidoo page and pointed it to both my blogs.
5. I wrote about the subject and created about 10 posts. I kept adding more and more content throughout the process.
6. I wrote my first eBook and priced it at only $8.
7. I wrote a few articles and submitted them to free article directories.
8. I wrote another eBook and priced it at $10.
9. I continued to post to my blogs in addition to answering emails.
10. Within in a few weeks, I was on page 1 of Google(not nearly as hard as I thought)
11. I opened an account with PayPal to handle the transactions (no cost)
12. I stayed focused even though some days weren’t as encouraging as others.
So now that I’ve had this first experience, I am totally convinced that focused work and determination can create an income through Internet Marketing. Truly, I just wrote about a subject close to my heart. I sold to common men and women who were looking for information – not internet information, but information to help them in their lives.
I was honest, respectful and gave excellent customer service to everyone who contacted me. I learned how to put together an email list and now I am working on ways to sell products to my more than 1400 buyers!
There is still a lot I don’t know. I continue to experiment and learn everyday. I’m excited about the future and encourage each of you reading this post to stay focused, spend your money wisely on good quality tools, and BEGIN!
If a grandmother living in the middle of upstate New York and can make $10,000 in just over 4 weeks on her first Internet Marketing offer, then anybody can who is willing to follow the same or similar steps for success! I have no doubt!
Anyway, just this past December I was financially desperate. I won't tell you my whole sob story, but the bottom line is that I was out of money and still had $1000s of bills to pay each month!
I was a branch manager at our local Citibank and when the mortgage crisis hit I was one of the many innocent victims of the corporate greed that created much of this mess. I lost my job and in just a few short months all of my savings were gone as well. Finding a job in the industry was a lesson in futility so I was forced to re-invent myself.
By chance I started reading Your Portable Empire by Pat O'Bryan and that's when I decided to try Internet Marketing.
Shortly thereafter I started looking around on the internet. I bought a couple of ebooks that taught me what to do. I literally followed the instructions, WORD FOR WORD. One book was about how to write articles and ebooks and the other was about generating traffic to your website.
Here is my encouragement to you! I had never done this before! I was a writer and I had a laptop, but that's about as much as I could bring to the table. On top of it, I had virtually no money! So I had to make things happen on a shoe-string budget!
I ended up spending less than $100, wrote and started selling two eBooks of my own . . . and within just over 4 weeks, I made more than $10,000 with Internet Marketing. What I’ve since learned is that this is even more amazing since the two eBooks I wrote and I sold were both priced at only $10 each.
Here is what I did:
1. I wrote about a subject that interested me.
2. I got an inexpensive web hosting package and made my own blog(very easy).
3. I built a free WordPress blog at wordpress.com
4. I created a Squidoo page and pointed it to both my blogs.
5. I wrote about the subject and created about 10 posts. I kept adding more and more content throughout the process.
6. I wrote my first eBook and priced it at only $8.
7. I wrote a few articles and submitted them to free article directories.
8. I wrote another eBook and priced it at $10.
9. I continued to post to my blogs in addition to answering emails.
10. Within in a few weeks, I was on page 1 of Google(not nearly as hard as I thought)
11. I opened an account with PayPal to handle the transactions (no cost)
12. I stayed focused even though some days weren’t as encouraging as others.
So now that I’ve had this first experience, I am totally convinced that focused work and determination can create an income through Internet Marketing. Truly, I just wrote about a subject close to my heart. I sold to common men and women who were looking for information – not internet information, but information to help them in their lives.
I was honest, respectful and gave excellent customer service to everyone who contacted me. I learned how to put together an email list and now I am working on ways to sell products to my more than 1400 buyers!
There is still a lot I don’t know. I continue to experiment and learn everyday. I’m excited about the future and encourage each of you reading this post to stay focused, spend your money wisely on good quality tools, and BEGIN!
If a grandmother living in the middle of upstate New York and can make $10,000 in just over 4 weeks on her first Internet Marketing offer, then anybody can who is willing to follow the same or similar steps for success! I have no doubt!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Easy Ways to Generate Traffic With Banners
Banner ads are a tremendous tool for your online business and will help you make extra money online quickly if you know the basic tenets for how they operate, how people see them, and how you can format them more effectively. But, they can also be a drain on your budget if you are not careful, so let's take a look at what works and what doesn't work when you start creating new banner ads for your site:
What People Want to See
People want to see things that are going to help them, entertain them, or give them something. A banner ad needs to convey at least one of those three things and if you're really good, it will convey two or three of them.
To make extra money online, you need to showcase in your ad something you think your specific audience will need. Some markets use flash type games, others use free offers, and others still just tell the truth and show them what you're selling. Whatever you do though, you need to be sure that what you showcase in your ad is something that your potential customers will be intrigued enough to click on and read more about.
On the flip side, stay away from cheap tricks to get new visitors. When someone is tricked into clicking something, they are much less willing to give you the benefit of the doubt at your site. Instead, you should create leading ads. Promise something free or entertaining and when they arrive, continue to showcase that promise as you lead them toward your product.
This will ensure that you not only generate new traffic to make extra money online, but that you do not waste that new traffic by scaring away or angering all that new traffic you just paid for.
The Goal to Effective Traffic Boosting
If you want to be effective in boosting your traffic, creating a more pleasing banner ad, and ensuring that they not only click on your ads each time through but that they are not disappointed by what they find, you need to integrate both catchy imagery and unifying text. Together, you will find that these two things will create a symbiotic relationship that will entice hundreds of people to check out your site that might otherwise have passed. You'll make extra money, they'll find a good product and everyone will ultimately be very happy.
What People Want to See
People want to see things that are going to help them, entertain them, or give them something. A banner ad needs to convey at least one of those three things and if you're really good, it will convey two or three of them.
To make extra money online, you need to showcase in your ad something you think your specific audience will need. Some markets use flash type games, others use free offers, and others still just tell the truth and show them what you're selling. Whatever you do though, you need to be sure that what you showcase in your ad is something that your potential customers will be intrigued enough to click on and read more about.
On the flip side, stay away from cheap tricks to get new visitors. When someone is tricked into clicking something, they are much less willing to give you the benefit of the doubt at your site. Instead, you should create leading ads. Promise something free or entertaining and when they arrive, continue to showcase that promise as you lead them toward your product.
This will ensure that you not only generate new traffic to make extra money online, but that you do not waste that new traffic by scaring away or angering all that new traffic you just paid for.
The Goal to Effective Traffic Boosting
If you want to be effective in boosting your traffic, creating a more pleasing banner ad, and ensuring that they not only click on your ads each time through but that they are not disappointed by what they find, you need to integrate both catchy imagery and unifying text. Together, you will find that these two things will create a symbiotic relationship that will entice hundreds of people to check out your site that might otherwise have passed. You'll make extra money, they'll find a good product and everyone will ultimately be very happy.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Tips on How to Generate Traffic for Free
Traffic is one of the most essential elements of your success. Traffic can be generated in many ways and below you will find most typical and most reliable methods.
As the title explains – in this post we will talk how to find free traffic. So if you’re starting out and have little or no budget, these methods will be most suitable for you.
Starting a blog– there are many ways to start a blog. The most recommended way is to get a domain name and hosting and install a WordPress blog there. While the blog and hosting would cost you a couple of dollars per month, the traffic generated trough blog will be 100% free. Submit your blog to various directories and feed sites to gain extra exposure and links. Communicate with other bloggers in the field, comment on their posts.
Submitting articles – is one of oldest free marketing methods. The principle is simple – you write an article and submit it to multiple article directories, like ezinearticles.com. At the bottom of each article you can include short author’s biography or little ad taking the article reader to your affiliate offer. Article directories are well visited so people will read your article and will follow the links you provided.
As the title explains – in this post we will talk how to find free traffic. So if you’re starting out and have little or no budget, these methods will be most suitable for you.
Starting a blog– there are many ways to start a blog. The most recommended way is to get a domain name and hosting and install a WordPress blog there. While the blog and hosting would cost you a couple of dollars per month, the traffic generated trough blog will be 100% free. Submit your blog to various directories and feed sites to gain extra exposure and links. Communicate with other bloggers in the field, comment on their posts.
Submitting articles – is one of oldest free marketing methods. The principle is simple – you write an article and submit it to multiple article directories, like ezinearticles.com. At the bottom of each article you can include short author’s biography or little ad taking the article reader to your affiliate offer. Article directories are well visited so people will read your article and will follow the links you provided.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Internet Home Based Business
Who, Why, and When To Start?
Everyone loves internet Home Based Business Opportunity. I love mine and you cannot be an exception I guess! So let us start from the beginning and explore as to Who, Why, When and Where you could start this Business Opportunity using the Internet.
Who?
Anyone with a desire or urge to start a Home Based Business can venture into this field. All you need is a computer and who has not got one or access to one these days? An elementary knowledge of the working of a computer and the Internet is sufficient to get started. Many things can be picked up as you progress. This is what most of the people do.
The beauty of this Internet Home Business is that Age and Sex, Race and Religion are no barriers. It is sans borders. Entrepreneurs living in any part of the world can participate in thousands of Affiliate programs that are either Regional or Global in nature.
There are many programs that are Free to join! In fact there are several Affiliate programs that provide Entrepreneurs with Free Websites and Tools too. You could have your own personal website if you are prepared to spend a few dollars.
Why?
This is a pertinent question indeed! Some of the reasons for starting a Home Based Business are:
1. A desire to earn an Additional income to supplement the monthly income.
2. A desire to run your own home business and not depend on your Boss's pay packet
3. Dissatisfaction with your present Boss or your employment.
4. Being out of work or laid off.
When?
You can start a Home Based Business at any age. It can be at twenty, fifty or even at seventy. What matters most is that you have to be sufficiently motivated and have the urge and desire to do it.
Allocating two hours a day for your cherished dream should not be difficult to start with. In fact about twenty hours a week would be useful and advantageous. I am aware of people who have retired from active work but are keeping themselves gainfully occupied by doing an Internet Home Based Business.
To be successful in life you should have a Plan, more so for your Internet Business Opportunity. Draw up a short term and a long term plan for what you intend to achieve. Initially draw up a Plan for the first three months to start with and try to stick with it, come what may.
While you are at the computer, Pop ups and other advertisements can and will divert your attention from your objective. Do not run after the goose that is going to lay the golden egg for you and waste your valuable time.
Everyone loves internet Home Based Business Opportunity. I love mine and you cannot be an exception I guess! So let us start from the beginning and explore as to Who, Why, When and Where you could start this Business Opportunity using the Internet.
Who?
Anyone with a desire or urge to start a Home Based Business can venture into this field. All you need is a computer and who has not got one or access to one these days? An elementary knowledge of the working of a computer and the Internet is sufficient to get started. Many things can be picked up as you progress. This is what most of the people do.
The beauty of this Internet Home Business is that Age and Sex, Race and Religion are no barriers. It is sans borders. Entrepreneurs living in any part of the world can participate in thousands of Affiliate programs that are either Regional or Global in nature.
There are many programs that are Free to join! In fact there are several Affiliate programs that provide Entrepreneurs with Free Websites and Tools too. You could have your own personal website if you are prepared to spend a few dollars.
Why?
This is a pertinent question indeed! Some of the reasons for starting a Home Based Business are:
1. A desire to earn an Additional income to supplement the monthly income.
2. A desire to run your own home business and not depend on your Boss's pay packet
3. Dissatisfaction with your present Boss or your employment.
4. Being out of work or laid off.
When?
You can start a Home Based Business at any age. It can be at twenty, fifty or even at seventy. What matters most is that you have to be sufficiently motivated and have the urge and desire to do it.
Allocating two hours a day for your cherished dream should not be difficult to start with. In fact about twenty hours a week would be useful and advantageous. I am aware of people who have retired from active work but are keeping themselves gainfully occupied by doing an Internet Home Based Business.
To be successful in life you should have a Plan, more so for your Internet Business Opportunity. Draw up a short term and a long term plan for what you intend to achieve. Initially draw up a Plan for the first three months to start with and try to stick with it, come what may.
While you are at the computer, Pop ups and other advertisements can and will divert your attention from your objective. Do not run after the goose that is going to lay the golden egg for you and waste your valuable time.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Join Xsiteproclub And Develop Your Skill of Money Making Online
Are you planning to start making money on the Internet in year 2009? If your answer is yes, you are going to need to develop your skill and gain the necessary knowledge.
You will need to build a website/blog, know the effective ways to optimize your website/blog and learn the web marketing strategies and techniques so that you can generate revenue from the site.
One good place to build up your skill and knowledge is the new Internet marketing resources site called Xsitepro Club founded by Paul Smithson. As Xsitepro just open, Paul is offering a free 30 day access to the money making resources inside the club. You will find training videos and useful content to start and run a website and an online business.
You may take the 30 days free access offer to grab all of the great content that is going this month. No membership fee you need to pay during the 30 day free trial period. You can keep all the resources of the month even if you cancel within the trial period. To become a member of Xsitepro Club, just go http://www.xsiteproclub.com and click 'Join Now' button at the bottom of the site.
You will need to build a website/blog, know the effective ways to optimize your website/blog and learn the web marketing strategies and techniques so that you can generate revenue from the site.
One good place to build up your skill and knowledge is the new Internet marketing resources site called Xsitepro Club founded by Paul Smithson. As Xsitepro just open, Paul is offering a free 30 day access to the money making resources inside the club. You will find training videos and useful content to start and run a website and an online business.
You may take the 30 days free access offer to grab all of the great content that is going this month. No membership fee you need to pay during the 30 day free trial period. You can keep all the resources of the month even if you cancel within the trial period. To become a member of Xsitepro Club, just go http://www.xsiteproclub.com and click 'Join Now' button at the bottom of the site.
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