Blog Tactics And Tips

How Many back links do you have?

2010-10-05T01:26:00.002+08:00

So how do you tell how many back links a site has? A good question. First thing you want to do is go to Yahoo.com rather than Google or MSN and search for the term “linkdomain:” and then the web site you want to inquire about using the Yahoo search box. This will take you to Yahoo’s Site Explorer site. For example linkdomain:http://blogtacticsandtips.blogspot.com/

When you do this for your site you will see two boxes at the top of the page. One will show the number of pages on your website, and the second will show the total number of inbound links to your site. These are your back links.

Now if you want to see what you need to do to outrank that pesky competitor of yours, it wouldn’t hurt to enter their domain name the same way and see how many pages they have on their site and particularly how many back links they have.

You might want to pay attention to who their back links are from, because there is a good chance you may be able to get back links from some of the same places.

Play around with with this and get your self high powered backlink.

links could rank higher.

Tips To Increase Alexa Rank

2010-09-30T19:55:00.002+08:00

Alexa rank is important for a blog. Not only that Alexa Rank can help you to determine the popularity of a blog. Alexa rank is also a requirement to help you to earn some money on the internet.

Here are some tips to increase the alexa rank. Hopefully you will find it useful.

Install Alexa rank widget - Other than to show alexa ranking on your blog, by installing Alexa rank widget on your blog it will help Alexa.com to collect traffic data from your blog easier.
Install Alexa toolbar - Alexa ranking is calculated based on the number of visitors who install Alexa toolbar in their browser. Therefore, install Alexa toolbar in the browser is the most effective way to increase the alexa rank.
Frequently open your blog - Besides traffic, Alexa rank is also affected by the number of page views on blogs. Therefore, frequently to open your blog. Thus the number of page views of your blog will increase. To get better results, install the Alexa toolbar on your browser.
Claims your blog in the Alexa - By claiming your blog in Alexa it will be easier for Alexa to track and collect traffic data from your blog in order to speed up alexa rank update on your blog. To claim your blog on Alexa is easy enough. Follow these steps:

Visit http://www.alexa.com
If you have not sign up with Alexa please do so by click on Register. Once your account is established, log into your account Alexa.
Click the Services menu and then on the new page click the Claim your site
Enter your blog address. For example, http://blogtacticsandtips.blogspot.com/ then click Claim your site.
After that you'll be given two methods to claim your site. In order to more easier use the 2nd method. Copy the meta tag code provided and paste it into your blog. Place just below the tag and save your template. If you have never installed Google and Yahoo sitemap on your blog then put it underneath.
When you are finish, go back to Alexa.com and click on Verify my meta tags button Messages "Thanks,your blog has been verified" will be display as soon as you have do all the steps successfully.

Last but not least, Increase your blog traffic. As we know that Alexa rank is determined by the amount of traffic. The higher the blog traffic the better your alexa ranking will be. Therefore, do as many as SEO technique you know to increase traffic to your blog and don't forget to promote your blog.

Good luck!

How To Add 'Like' Button To Your Blog Post

2010-09-23T15:47:00.004+08:00

As you might have seen in most of blogs or website out there, facebook has introduce 'like button to put on your page. have you put it on your page?

In case you don't know how to do it, I will share a video on how to put 'like' button on your page.

You can get 'like' button code by clicking HERE

Good luck!

Blog Commenting Tips

2010-02-12T16:20:00.002+08:00

Hello all. Just a few tips to share today which is about blog commenting. Don't forget, blog commenting is another way on how to increase your web traffic. Couple of other tips to consider when commenting on other blogs are as follows:

Target the more popular blogs. This goes without saying. There is not much point in busting your butt coming up with a great comment if the blog you are leaving it on does not get any traffic. Take a look at Technorati's Top 100 Blogs to see what the hugely popular blogs in your niche are, or if your niche is a little more specialised, their blog directory will be useful to you.

Be the first to comment if you can! If your comment begins directly after where the post ends then you have a much better chance of the reader clicking to visit your own blog! The sad reality is blog readers seldom read comments beyond the first 10, so if your comment is near the bottom of a popular blog post, then you are unlikely to see any traffic benefit.

Try and comment on blogs with a Top Commentators List. Some of the more popular blogs reward their consistent commentators with a place in the a top commentators list, usually found on the blog's homepage. Being in a list such as this can drive a lot of additional traffic to your blog and is a great thank-you by the owner to reward your commitment to their blog!

Everytime you pots your comment, don't forget to link your web url on it. That way will help your url get index.

Good luck

5 Simple Website Tricks to Boost Response

2010-01-18T15:17:00.002+08:00

If you've got a website but it's not making you any money, here are a few things you can do to improve it.

1. Target your website to ONE specific audience.

Nothing will kill response more than trying to target a very broad audience or audience(s).

People are looking for very specific information and solutions so don't be afraid to go tighter with your niche.

If you have a website about "low fat recipes", then don't have ads or articles about "twitter marketing" and vise versa.

Also, targeting your site or pages for very specific keywords such as "low fat kids recipes" will be much easier and better for your business than trying to get people just looking for "low fat recipes".

Sure the audience for "low fat kids recipes" might not be as big but those who do you attract will be a much better target to take you up on an offer.

2. Collect Leads With An Optin Form

Not collecting leads is a big mistake!

The best way is to use a squeeze page..just a simple page with a blurb about your free offer and an opt in form...Nothing else!

Even if you have a blog or online store, you can use the sidebar or a pop up ad to place an optin form in.

Make sure your optin form is highly visible!

The best place to have it is in the top fold of your page (the portion of your page that appears when it first loads).

Or you can use a cool tool like a slide up ad or floating ad so it stays on screen as the visitor moves up and down.

3. Use a nice color scheme.

Nothing scares away visitors faster than a page that looks like it was put together by a 3 year old.

Black on white is the always the best combination.

Sure, some nice headers graphics and images of your product will help but don't over do it with unnecessary images. It might be cool to you but it is doing more bad than good.

Also, having all the colors of the rainbow on your page will kill your site's professionalism.

Keep banner ads and out going links to a minimum. Having too many will confuse your visitor (especially if they are unrelated to your main website topic).

4. Have "call to actions" throughout each page.

On a sales letter it's obvious...as is on a squeeze page...you need to have a strong call to action to get them to buy or opt in.

But why just settle for one way down the bottom?

Have "call to actions" at the top, in the middle and at the bottom...insert your order link or opt in form there too.

If you write a blog, insert links in the post with your text "click here to learn more" for example.

Or a cool idea is to ask for comments or "give permission" to subscribe to your RSS feed or to Re-tweet your post on twitter.

Many people know they can, but when you say they have permission, they are more likely to do it.

5. Be A Real Person & An Authority Figure!

Yes, many people will still take action (buy or optin) at your site because they don't know you.

For a first time visitor, you need to establish trust with them and show them you're an authority.

How to do this?

1. Use a picture of you.

2. Use real testimonials with pictures of those people.

3. Show proof that what you are selling works.

screen shots, or other images to prove it)

4. Have contact info. Email, phone number, skype name.

5. Reveal some useful info/expertise.

Trackback and How It Can Improve Your Blog Traffic

2009-09-03T04:06:00.002+08:00

What is trackback and how can it help you to improve your blog traffic?

Trackback is one of traffic technique. It is a technique when you leaving a comments on someone blog or website and put you blog/site link on your comment. However it is time consuming unless you have a lot of time to search every blog/site related to your blog topic, reading it and then comments on it.

Simply said, trackback is one kind of blog conversation that links two or more relevant blog entries together. One blogger writes an article that references or is relevant to another blog's article and fills out the trackback section. When the blogger publishes the article the blog leaves a trackback on the other blog's article, which usually appears in the comments area as a truncated summary with a link.

I will show you how to send a trackback, the way I understand it.

Each blogging software system handles trackbacks differently. Bloggers can also choose to switch trackbacks off or require every trackback be approved before going live, so don't be surprised when you send a trackback and it doesn't show up, it may have nothing to do with you.

Some blogs will trackback automatically, or attempt to, especially if they are the same format. For example a WordPress blog trackbacking a WordPress blog. In that case as long as you include a link to the other blog's post your blog will attempt a trackback (sometimes called a "pingback").

Usually you have to manually enter a trackback URI into the blog entry you are creating. You can find the trackback URI at the end of most blog posts (take a look at your blog posts for the term "Trackback URI" or similar).

By the way -

URL = Uniform Resource Locator, a fancy name for 'Link'

URI = Uniform Resource Identifier, another fancy name for 'Link'

How To Improve Your Traffic by Trackbacking?

If you trackback someone else's blog post you are leaving a link that points back to your blog. Someone who reads the blog article may click through from the link and visit your blog. In some cases, if they are not using the "nofollow" tag, you get some PageRank juice which will help your search engine rankings.

Trackbacks are good because they bring traffic to your blog when you trackback other blogs. Being the "victim" of a trackback is also good because
it means another blogger has read your blog and deemed something you wrote worthy of including in their blog. There is a good chance if they trackbacked you that they also made a direct link to your blog too.

This helps your social proofing because it provides evidence that other people are reading and responding to your blog articles. However the real power of trackbacking is an awareness building tool to get the attention of other bloggers.

When you first start blogging not many people will know your blog exists. By trackbacking other bloggers you demonstrate interest in their content which is a surefire way to make them interested in you and your blog.

It's very likely that the blogger you trackbacked will follow the link and see what your blog is all about. If you have been following my advice and have written some pillar articles your new visitor will like what they see, very likely subscribe to your blog and if you are lucky may even trackback you or mention your blog in a future entry on their blog.

If nothing else, by trackbacking a blogger you will forever occupy some of their mind-space, which in the future may open up all kinds of doors and opportunities for traffic.

There's a lot of other way to improve your blog traffic. If you love to read other people post, then trackback is suitable for you.

The Importance of Referrer Logs

2009-08-30T01:23:00.002+08:00

Referrer logging is used to allow web servers and websites to identify where people are visiting them either for promotional or security purposes. You can find out which search engine they used to find your site and whether your customer has come from a ‘linked site’. It is basically the URL of the previous webpage from which your link was followed.

By default, most hosting accounts don’t include referrer logs but may be subscribed for an extra monthly fee. If your web host does not provide a graphic report of your log files, you can still view the referrer logs for your website by logging into the host server using free or low-cost FTP software, like these:

FTP Explorer: http://www.ftpx.com/
LogMeIn: http://secure.logmein.com/dmcq/103/support.asp
SmartFTP: http://www.smartftp.com/
FTP Voyager: http://www.ftpvoyager.com/

The log file is available on your web server which can be download into your computer later. You can use a log analysis tool, like those mentioned below, to create a graphic report from your log files so that the files are easier to understand.

Abacre Advanced Log Analyzer :http://www.abacre.com/ala/
Referrer Soft : http://www.softplatz.com/software/referrer/
Log Analyzer : http://www.loganalyzer.net

You can view the files using Word, Word Perfect, txt or WordPad files even if you don’t have the right tool. This information is very crucial to your business and marketing plans and is not advisable to neglect it.

In addition to identifying the search engine or linked site from where your visitor arrived, referrer logs can also tell you what keywords or keyword phrases your client used for searching.

As referrer information can sometimes violate privacy, some browsers allow the user to disable the sending of referrer information. Proxy and Firewall software can also filter out referrer information, to avoid leaking the location of private websites. This can result in other problems, as some servers block parts of their site to browsers that don't send the right referrer information, in an attempt to prevent deep linking or unauthorized use of bandwidth. Some proxy software gives the top-level address of the target site itself as the referrer, which prevents these problems and still not divulging the user's last visited site.

Since the referrer can easily be spoofed or faked, however, it is of limited use in this regard except on a casual basis.

Keyword Density

2009-08-29T02:10:00.002+08:00

Keyword density is an indicator of the number of times the selected keyword appears in the web page. But mind you, keywords shouldn’t be over used, but should be just sufficient enough to appear at important places.

If you repeat your keywords with every other word on every line, then your site will probably be rejected as an artificial site or spam site. Keyword density is always expressed as a percentage of the total word content on a given web page.

Suppose you have 100 words on your webpage (not including HMTL code used for writing the web page), and you use a certain keyword for five times in the content. The keyword density on that page is got by simply dividing the total number of keywords, by the total number of words that appear on your web page. So here it is 5 divided by 100 = .05. Because keyword density is a percentage of the total word count on the page, multiply the above by 100, that is 0.05 x 100 = 5%.

The accepted standard for a keyword density is between 3% and 5%, to get recognized by the search engines and you should never exceed it.

Remember, that this rule applies to every page on your site. It also applies to not just to one keyword but also a set of keywords that relates to a different product or service. The keyword density should always be between 3% and 5%.

Simple steps to check the density:

Copy and paste the content from an individual web page into a word-processing software program like Word or Word Perfect.
Go to the ‘Edit’ menu and click ‘Select All’. Now go to the ‘Tools’ menu and select ‘Word Count’. Write down the total number of words in the page.
Now select the ‘Find’ function on the ‘Edit’ menu. Go to the ‘Replace’ tab and type in the keyword you want to find. ‘Replace’ that word with the same word, so you don’t change the text.
When you complete the replace function, the system will provide a count of the words you replaced. That gives the number of times you have used the keyword in that page.
Using the total word count for the page and the total number of keywords you can now calculate the keyword density.

Try it and Good luck!

How Do Search Engines Work - Web Crawlers

2009-08-28T00:51:00.002+08:00

It is the search engines that finally bring your website to the notice of the prospective customers. Hence it is better to know how these search engines actually work and how they present information to the customer initiating a search.

There are basically two types of search engines. The first is by robots called crawlers or spiders.

Search Engines use spiders to index websites. When you submit your website pages to a search engine by completing their required submission page, the search engine spider will index your entire site. A ‘spider’ is an automated program that is run by the search engine system. Spider visits a web site, read the content on the actual site, the site's Meta tags and also follow the links that the site connects. The spider then returns all that information back to a central depository, where the data is indexed. It will visit each link you have on your website and index those sites as well. Some spiders will only index a certain number of pages on your site, so don’t create a site with 500 pages!

The spider will periodically return to the sites to check for any information that has changed. The frequency with which this happens is determined by the moderators of the search engine.

A spider is almost like a book where it contains the table of contents, the actual content and the links and references for all the websites it finds during its search, and it may index up to a million pages a day.

Example: Excite, Lycos, AltaVista and Google.

When you ask a search engine to locate information, it is actually searching through the index which it has created and not actually searching the Web. Different search engines produce different rankings because not every search engine uses the same algorithm to search through the indices.

One of the things that a search engine algorithm scans for is the frequency and location of keywords on a web page, but it can also detect artificial keyword stuffing or spamdexing. Then the algorithms analyze the way that pages link to other pages in the Web. By checking how pages link to each other, an engine can both determine what a page is about, if the keywords of the linked pages are similar to the keywords on the original page.

Consider all the things that matters as discuss above if you want to increase your page ranking. Work closely with the crawler. Good luck.

The Importance of Search Engines For Your Blog

2009-08-27T01:46:00.002+08:00

It is the search engines that finally bring your website to the notice of the prospective customers. When a topic is typed for search, nearly instantly, the search engine will sift through the millions of pages it has indexed about and present you with ones that match your topic. The searched matches are also ranked, so that the most relevant ones come first.

Remember that a prospective customer will probably only look at the first 2-3 listings in the search results. So it does matter where your website appears in the search engine ranking.

Further, they all use one of the top 6-7 search engines and these search engines attract more visitors to websites than anything else. So finally it all depends on which search engines the customers use and how they rank your site.

It is the Keywords that play an important role than any expensive online or offline advertising of your website.

It is found by surveys that a when customers want to find a website for information or to buy a product or service, they find their site in one of the following ways:-

The first option is they find their site through a search engine.
Secondly they find their site by clicking on a link from another website or page that relates to the topic in which they are interested.
Occasionally, they find a site by hearing about it from a friend or reading in an article.

Thus it’s obvious the the most popular way to find a site, by search engine, represents more than 90% of online users. In other words, only 10% of the people looking for a website will use methods other than search engines.

All search engines employ a ranking algorithm and one of the main rules in a ranking algorithm is to check the location and frequency of keywords on a web page. Don’t forget that algorithms also give weightage to link population (number of web pages linking to your site). When performed by a qualified, experienced search engine optimization consultant, your site for high search engine rankings really does work, unless you have a lot of money and can afford to pay the expert.

With better knowledge of search engines and how they work, you can also do it on your own.

Tips to Get Repeat Web Traffic

2009-08-19T13:49:00.002+08:00

Here is few tips on how to get repeat web traffic to your site/blog

Update the pages on your website frequently. Stagnant sites are dropped by some search engines. You can even put a date counter on the page to show when it was last updated.
Offer additional value on your website. For affiliates and partners you can place links to their sites and products and ask them to do the same for you. You can also advertise their books or videos, if these products relate to your industry and are not in competition with your own product.
You can allow customers to ‘opt in’ to get discounts and special offers. Place a link on your site to invite customers to ‘opt in’ to get a monthly newsletter or valuable coupons.
Add a link to your primary page with a script ‘Book Mark or Add this site to your Favorites’.
Add a link ‘Recommend this site to a Friend’ so that the visitor can email your website link, with a prewritten title, “Thought you might be interested in this”, just by clicking on it.
Brand your website so that visitors always know they are on your site. Use consistent colors, logos and slogans and always provide a ‘Contact Us’ link on each page.
Create a ‘Our Policies’ page that clearly defines your philosophy and principles in dealing with your customers. Also post your privacy policy as well so that clients know they are secure when they visit your site.
Create a FAQ page which addresses most of the doubts and clarifications about your product or your company that are likely to be asked. This helps to resolve most of the customers doubts in their first visit to your site.
Ensure that each page on your website has appropriate titles and keywords so that your customer can find their way back to your site if they lose the book mark.
Never spam a client, who has opted for newsletters, with unsolicited emails. Later if they decide they want to ‘opt out’ of the mailings, be sure you honor their request and take them off the mailing list. They may still come back if they like your products. But they will certainly not come back if you continue to flood their email box with mails they no longer wish to receive.

The Summary Tips to Increase Ranking and Website Traffic

2009-05-27T11:38:00.002+08:00

It is worth cataloguing the basic principles to be enforced to increase website traffic and search engine rankings.

Create a site with valuable content, products or services.
Place primary and secondary keywords within the first 25 words in your page content and spread them evenly throughout the document.
Research and use the right keywords/phrases to attract your target customers.
Use your keywords in the right fields and references within your web page. Like Title, META tags, Headers, etc.
Keep your site design simple so that your customers can navigate easily between web pages, find what they want and buy products and services.
Submit your web pages i.e. every web page and not just the home page, to the most popular search engines and directory services. Hire someone to do so, if required. Be sure this is a manual submission. Do not engage an automated submission service.
Keep track of changes in search engine algorithms and processes and accordingly modify your web pages so your search engine ranking remains high. Use online tools and utilities to keep track of how your website is doing.
Monitor your competitors and the top ranked websites to see what they are doing right in the way of design, navigation, content, keywords, etc.
Use reports and logs from your web hosting company to see where your traffic is coming from. Analyze your visitor location and their incoming sources whether search engines or links from other sites and the keywords they used to find you.
Make your customer visit easy and give them plenty of ways to remember you in the form of newsletters, free reports, reduction coupons etc.
Demonstrate your industry and product or service expertise by writing and submitting articles for your website or for article banks so you are perceived as an expert in your field.
When selling products online, use simple payment and shipment methods to make your customer’s experience fast and easy.
When not sure, hire professionals. Though it may seem costly, but it is a lot less expensive than spending your money on a website which no one visits.
Don’t look at your website as a static brochure. Treat it as a dynamic, ever changing sales tool and location, just like your real store to which your customers with the same seriousness.

That's all I got for today. I will try to update soon. Stay with me.

Traffic Tactics : Use Keywords In Page Titles

2009-05-26T16:40:00.001+08:00

It is recommended to use keywords in page titles itself. This title tag is different from a Meta tag, but it's worth considering it in relation to them. Whatever text one places in the title tag (between the portions) will appear in the title bar of browsers when they view the web page. Some browsers also append whatever you put in the title tag by adding their own name, as for example Microsoft's Internet Explorer or OPERA.

The actual text you use in the title tag is one of the most important factors in how a search engine may decide to rank your web page. In addition, all major web crawlers will use the text of your title tag as the text they use for the title of your page in your listings.

If you have designed your website as a series of websites or linked pages and not just a single Home Page, you must bear in mind that each page of your website must be search engine optimized. The title of each page i.e. the keywords you use on that page and the phrases you use in the content will draw traffic to your site.

The unique combination of these words and phrases and content will draw customers using different search engine terms and techniques, so be sure you capture all the keywords and phrases you need for each product, service or information page.

The most common mistake made by small business owners when they first design their website is to place their business name or firm name in every title of every page. Actually most of your prospective customers do not bother to know the name of your firm until after they have looked at your site and decided it is worth book marking.

So, while you want your business name in the title of the home page, it is probably a waste of valuable keywords and space to put it in the title line of every page on your site. Why not consider putting keywords in the title so that your page will display closer to the top of the search engine listing.

Dedicating first three positions for keywords in title avoiding the stop words like ‘and’, ‘at’ and the like is crucial in search engine optimization.

The 2 Types of Traffic Exchanges

2009-05-25T11:07:00.002+08:00

Hi, I post about using a traffic exchanges to boost your traffic few weeks ago. How you try one? There are generally 2 types of traffic exchanges out there.

The first and most common type simply lets you earn hits directly from your downline. Many big-name sites like I Love Hits, Traffic Splash, Dragon Surf, Major League Hits are like this. When you get a referral who starts surfing in these, you'll earn a percentage of his points for yourself.

These are good and very important in the long run, as they'll ultimately provide you with the most "free" traffic once you get moving, but they're hard to earn significant amounts of traffic on (especially as a free member) in the short run. Don't ignore them completely, since you'll want to start building a downline on them ASAP, but don't drive yourself nuts trying to get significant amounts of credits on all of them from day 1. I'd recommend rotating these sites and trying to surf 100 pages on one or two every day (by rotate them, I mean pick one or two every day and surf 100 on those; the next day take another one or two).

The other type of exchange, which is much more powerful for complete newbies are co-op or syndicate based systems. To the best of my knowledge, all of Logitech's surf exchanges (TS25, TrafficPods, TrafficEra, etc) are syndicate based. What this means is that you don't need a downline to get leverage.

In a site like this, you can automatically get into a co-op or syndicate of other surfers, work together to build massive amounts of traffic credits, and then get a hefty share yourself. You can easily get several thousand hits per week in bonuses alone within 2 weeks with these sites.

Usually, there's a hefty quota of surfing you'll need to maintain to qualify to stay inside the co-op (usually ~1000 sites surfed per week for free members; paid members will usually get their quota waived, but won't see significant bonuses without surfing at least 100-300 sites per week). You'll probably have to surf even more the first week to "qualify" for a syndicate position (unless you're a paid member, in which case you automatically qualify from day 1), but the rewards are well worth it.

In conclusion, you will need to choose which system work for you in deciding on which traffic exchange to pick. If you hate the downline building task, then you might want to pick the second option.

Have Fun!

Sure Fire Tips For Building Trust With Your Readers

2009-05-22T14:38:00.001+08:00

To make sure that your readers keep coming back to your blog, you need to build trust within your blog. When your readers trust you, they might also see you as a mentor and a resource to every questions they had. Building trust is going to build a long term sustainable blog.

Here are some useful tips for building trust when you post your content:-

send only relevant information that will help your readers see you as an expert in your field
create an online persona that sets you apart as a live person and not just some plastic corporate face. provide anecdotes, tell people what's going on in your life from time to time, and give them other ways to come to know "you" and not just your blog.
Do not constantly throw sales pitches. Some of your post should simply be interesting and timely.
Create free offers that are relevant to your post and give them away with no string attached.
Always be truthful
No hype allowed
Never recommend someone else product or service unless you have used it yourself and find it to be all that the manufacturer or service provider claims that it is
Respect your reader's time. Keep your post messages short yet punchy.

Don't expect to build trust overnight. It's a time consuming process that will pay off well once it begins to happen. If you think you don't have time, think again. The fact is, the exact amount of time that it takes to build trust is going to pass whether you take the steps to do it or not. The only difference is going to be how profitable your business is at the end of time. It's all up to you.

How To Choose the Right Blog Topic

2009-05-21T16:28:00.002+08:00

By far the most common question I am asked from someone new to blogging is "What topic should I write about?" This is the first big decision and the first point where everything can go wrong. If you choose the wrong topic then you begin walking down the wrong path and it might be months before you even realize it and change direction.

Here's some common mistakes people make when choosing a topic to write a blog about:

Don't pick a subject just because you see others make money writing about it
Avoid writing about something you are passionate about, but very few other people are
Don't base a blog on a topic you know little about or have minimal practical experience in
Be careful not to write about too diverse a range of subjects, your blog must have a focus

WHAT IF YOU HAVE NO IDEAS AT ALL?

For people who have no idea what to blog about you should write down a list of their hobbies, passions, experiences, education and skills in all areas of life and then take that list and derive blog topics.

In almost all cases it's easier to start a blog from something you have an interest in, focus in that direction rather than get too caught up in the potential to make money. I honestly believe that if you have traffic you can make money, and it's traffic that is hard to generate. The money comes easily enough once the traffic is in place, so it's better to seek topics you have the most potential to build an audience from.

For people who struggle to choose between a range of ideas I suggest picking one and devoting a serious amount of time to it. You have to really "throw it against the wall and see if it sticks" before you really know whether a blog topic will work.

Sometimes no amount of research, self reflection, internal or external analysis will give you an answer. Only the MARKET can give you a definite result. You have to set a blog up and just start writing and see what happens. You can always make adjustments as you go along.

It's crucial to pick just ONE idea and not attempt to start a blog about every topic you have an interest in. If you spend your energy and time across three blogs you will end up with three average blogs. If you pour 100% of your effort into just one blog, you give it the best chance of success.

At the end of a three month trial period of focusing on just one blog you at least have a conclusive outcome, whether successful or not. There is no ambiguity about whether you worked hard enough and you can honestly say you gave it your best shot. You can continue with the blog if it appears to be gaining traction or move on to a different topic if it didn't.

At the end of three months of consistent blogging you also have an ASSET. Even if your blog doesn't have much traffic, it does have three months of content in it, so worse comes to worst, you can sell your blog and recoup a few hundred dollars and then take your experience with you into your next blog project.

There is no such thing as failure if you actually put something out there and learn from the experience and sometimes the only way to really know whether a topic has potential is to test it on a real live blog.

Sometimes you can't make concrete decisions until you actually test your topic ideas. I suggest you narrow down your topic list and then start writing. If you have no trouble producing one new post a day, then do it for three months and see whether people like your work.

No one can tell you what to blog about, it's up to you to decide. Just don't stay suspended in limbo due to decision-paralysis. Nothing will feel 100% right until you actually start doing it.

HOW TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO LEAVE COMMENTS

2009-05-20T13:03:00.002+08:00

The focus of this post is something all bloggers love - comments. Unfortunately most blogs, especially new blogs, receive very few real comments from real people (everyone gets spam comments though). Why is it some blogs have a ton of comments while other blogs never receive any? In this post today I will talk about how you can convince people to leave comment replies to your blog posts.

Let me set something straight right now.

If your blog has no traffic you will not receive any comments. It makes sense of course, but some people don't see the connection between these two elements. If no one is reading your blog then no one will leave comments either. Simply posting great articles to your blog is not enough - you have to *market* your blog to bring people to it.

For now, understand if you don't receive any comments to your blog it's probably not that your content is bad or people don't like you, it's because you simply don't have enough traffic. If on the other hand you do have some traffic, yet no one replies to your posts, there are ways to stimulate comments.

Try these tips to begin with :-

Write articles that reference or focus on other bloggers. You will get their attention that way and there's a good chance they will come to your blog and leave a comment as a result.
Ask your readers a question at the end of your article.
Write about topics that stimulate conversation, such as current events (think politics, news, entertainment).
Be controversial with your writing. Have a strong opinion and others with strong opinions will reply to argue or agree with you.
Be patient. Sometimes you just have to wait until the first person leaves a comment which opens the floodgates.

WHAT IS SOCIAL PROOF?

Social Proof is when humans take action or make a decision based on seeing other humans doing it first. It's sort of like an implied recommendation - if other people do it, it must be good. It's like when you see a bunch of people all looking up at something in the sky at the same time. You can't help but turn your head skywards and see what all the fuss is about.

When first time visitors to your blog see other people making lots of comments they are more likely to decide there is something valuable at your blog and bookmark or subscribe to it and may even make a comment. This is good for blog traffic. This is social proof in action.

I was very conscious of always taking part in comment conversations at my blog and consequently my readership was growing in leaps and bounds. I stopped and I noticed I hit a wall and my blog didn't grow quite as well as it was. I know a blogger who has a rule - she responds to every single comment made to her blog. Consequently she has developed a fantastic community around her blog and her traffic has skyrocketed in a short period of time.

Remember, comments on your blog are very important, take the time to respond to them.

Traffic Tactic : Reciprocal Links

2009-05-19T16:32:00.000+08:00

Reciprocal Links are where two sites link to each other usually for the purpose of boosting others ranking. Google has caught on to this and doesn't values these kinds of links as much as simple one-way link.

While Reciprocal Links aren't as valuable, they are easy to get and can be used in moderation to increase your rank in the search engines, especially when you're first starting out.

A good place to find other people interested in Reciprocal Links is: http://www.linkmarket.com

Just make sure that the people you partner with have PR greater than 0 and are related to your site's topic. Also visit the site and make sure it's something you want to link to.

Generating Traffic By Utilizing Other People's Blogs!

2009-05-16T16:10:00.001+08:00

Once upon a time, there was one question that almost blogger newbie asked. The question are "How can I start generating traffic to my landing page without having a spend much money due to a tight budget?" I have an easy solution for you and here it is. What's the best part about it? It's FREE.

Follow these steps:

Do some research and find 5 or more blogs that generate a lot of traffic.
Visit those blogs once a day to see if there are any new posts.
Read the new posts that are available, learn from them and then you will notice at the bottom of the post a place to put your full name, Email address (which is not viewable to the public eye and is not marketed to any 3rd party), a box to put your landing page URL in, and a box to put your comment in.
Fill in all fields and then use your full name as your signature and under your signature, supply your full URL. For example, you would enter, http://www.YourDomain.com.

When viewers go to Blog sites, they just don't view the posts, they view other people comments, thus also viewing your comment that leads right back to your landing page. What a great business strategy, right?

Utilize this method and watch your conversions grow more and more everyday.

Blog Traffic: Instant Traffic Using HubPage

2009-05-15T12:01:00.002+08:00

HubPages is another way you can use to to generate traffic to your blog without any cost. With Hub Pages, you can create an account in just a few minutes and start creating “hubs”that focus on your niche market. By answering questions, providing reviews and participating within the Hubpage community, you can generate traffic, create a buzz and build a list, all at the same time.Besides, you can also earn money from Adsense advertisements that are featured throughout your HubPages.

HubPages.com is also an authority site with search engines like Google so you will be able to rank for specific keywords and generate traffic from multiple sources.Here are a few tips to help you create your first Hub:

Use ORIGINAL content only! Do not post PLR or any recycled content on your hubpages. You want to focus on offering original, high quality material throughout the Hubpage community.
Add modules to your hubpages for additional revenue. You can add in Amazon and eBay modules as well as Adsense advertisements.
Add links with your keywords within your hub page content, leading to your websites, blogs and landing pages. Add at least two text capsules.
Do NOT post affiliate links within your hubpages, instead focus only on building YOUR network (most affiliate links will be removed by HubPages admin, anyway).
Add fans to your hub and be active within the community and its sub groups.
Encourage RSS subscriptions to build a following and expand your outreach.

Go create your hubpage today and stop paying for traffic. Instead you can do it fun way with hubpage beside learning new things and build your credibility online.

Blog Tactic : Outsource For Traffic

2009-05-14T14:21:00.001+08:00

Today I would like to talk about another traffic method that you can use to draw traffic to your blog. You can do this by outsourcing professional team to do the work for you. Well of course this will cost you some money but, hey, you don't have to do the hard work anymore. Now you can grow your traffic by outsourcing tedious SEO and online promotion tasks by professional teams and burst out of the sandbox!

There's a lot of outsourcing provider to drive traffic to your blog you can choose from such as outsourcetraffic and outsourcemytraffic. There is a lot more, it is time for you to do the browse!

Traffic outsource will help you distributes articles promoting your site, leaves comments on blogs leading back to your site, builds inbound links to your site, creates and builds content on web 2.0 sites like squidoo and hubpages etc.. all of which result in targeted visitors to your website and increased search engines rankings for your most relevant keywords. They will also do the link building and blogging task for you.

Link Building: They will promote your website by listing your website with the top leading search engines like Yahoo, Google and several other high page ranked web directories and web sites. Search Engine Optimization of your websites through our web promotion techniques, your business is likely to get a major boost.

Blogging: Their people's has a dedicated team of professionally experienced writers through its own high page ranked blog network that positions to boost your websites, blogs or any service’s ranking in search engines through proper blog visibility.

One key point to remember if you use outsourcing service is that you should left the job done by them for a certain period, says a month, to evaluate their effectiveness. If it successfully help your ranking, then you have made the right choice, but if it does not help you as much as you hope for, then maybe you should withdraw from it since you've paid for their service.

The choice is yours! Do it yourself or let the pro do it for you? Outsource for traffic is just another option, but if you believe that you can do it for yourself, then it is not for you.

How To Make Your Daily Tasks Easier

2009-05-13T15:09:00.000+08:00

As an Internet marketer, you're always looking for a simple and quick way to get a number 1 position in Google. Well, Google rank depends a lot on backlinking. And building hundreds of backlinks is a hard task!

However, there is a program that lets you build up to 60 links back to your site and keywords each time you post an article into their system: Free Traffic System. It's 30 times more backlinks than with an article published at EzineArticles.com! Free Traffic System is free to join and if you are not a good writer, you can simply ask for automatic article posting to your WordPress blog; which is a great way to get fresh content without having to post by yourself and lets you get a certain amount of backlinks as well.

http://prosperity66.com/fts

In addition, by next week, Free Traffic System will launch a Pro membership that will push your article marketing venture to the next level! But it's still time to join Free Traffic System for f'ree as they will keep this option available. Submitting articles in Free Traffic System is easy: since the month of January, many members that joined after me have already submitted up to 400 and 500 articles to the system. Do the math... --> 400/500 x 60 ONE way links to their main keywords and links!

You can't do that manually!

http://prosperity66.com/fts

All you have to do is write an article, add a piece of code in order to make the article that will be published to 30 different blogs unique, add your author resource box with your two main links and keywords and that's it!

Don't like to write? Here's the solution:

http://prosperity66.com/articlewriter

The Easy Article Writer will browse the Web and research articles based on the keywords you will enter into the software. The Easy Article Writer will gather those articles and you will just have to select the sentences that you would like to see in your own article. Once it's done, rewrite the article a little bit in order to make it unique and of your own, and post it to the Free Traffic System. Easy as 1.2.3.

Wash, rinse, repeat and you'll quickly get hundreds and even thousands of ONE way links back to your sites or affiliate link!

http://prosperity66.com/articlewriter

Don't believe in those so-called gurus that would make you think you can earn money doing nothing... Internet marketing requires work and dedication. But those two tips I just shared with you will make your task a lot easier! By joining Free Traffic System now, you will enter the contest to win one of the 10 lifetime access to the Pro version they give away! And if you haven't downloaded it yet, here is the link to the weekly gift:

http://freedownloads.prosperitybargains.com/8mini-reports.zip

Fews Other Point Traffic Generation Cheatsheet For Unstoppable Traffic!

2009-05-12T11:10:00.001+08:00

I have post so many traffic tips to generate unstoppable traffic before. However there's more. Here are just few additional tips. Don't waste your energy trying all of the tricks. Just invest your time on one or two and see how it's work then only you move to another. Here are 5 points on traffic generation:-

1. List Builders

List builders typically work like this: you sign up for the exchange, and you’re allowed to promote to thousands of other members with an email promotion, but in exchange, you agree to receive emails from other members as well. Examples of such networks include List Joe, The List Auction, Viral URL and the new Viral Ads Unleashed system. I have personally used List Joe and The List Auction to add hundreds of new subscribers to my account every month just by sending out an email every 3 days. It is definitely worth a go. Here are some of the top list builders online:

2. Video Marketing

Video marketing is a highly scalable strategy for getting traffic. The hard part is getting the video created. Once that is done, promotion can be easy using automated tools like Tube Mogul and Hey Spread. These tools (or websites) submit your videos automatically to more than a dozen of the most popular video sharing websites online. Imagine if you create a short 3 to 5 minute video every week and submit it to more than a dozen of video sharing sites weekly. That should be enough to give you fresh inflows of subscribers.

3. Craigslist

The popularity of Craigslist.org has been growing immensely in the past year or so. In fact, in 2008, Craigslist’s popularity grew by 87%. This is probably because more people are going online to either search for bargains or to look for jobs or business opportunities. This means that Craigslist has never been a more fertile ground for marketers to tap into. I have not been taking advantage of it as much as I would like, but it is certainly something to put on your to-do list.
http://www.craigslist.com

4. Ad Brite

Ad Brite is a banner ad exchange website where publishers and advertisers work out ad deals. I have personally advertised my sites on dozens of sites in the network and have reaped hundreds of fresh leads. The competition is also far less than it is on AdWords.
http://www.adbrite.com

Here is a tip: Direct response, all-text banner ads seem to get the highest click-through rates.

5. Get Subscribers
If you’re looking to buy leads, then look no further than Get Subscribers. I have spent hundreds of dollars with them and have gotten a lot back in return. My list grows by the dozen daily and these people are highly responsive. Because the system is backed by one of the top autoresponder companies online, you can be sure of the quality of the leads, because they are real. I highly recommend checking them out…

http://www.getsubscribers.com

Remember to test and traffic the different sources of traffic so you can discover which are the most effective tactics for your business.

The Press Release And Your Traffic

2009-05-11T11:56:00.001+08:00

One rarely known way to get backlinks and traffic rushing over to your site is the humble press release.

You may think: Isn't the press release only for corporate or marketing and PR firms out there? Actually the differences are the channel of delivery. For the corporate releases, usually journalists or PR executives are involved.

The Internet businesses on the other hand, uses press releases to shepherd traffic to their sites. When the press release is put online, it is picked up by ezines, and blogs and linked back to your site.

These backlinks are super important because of one purpose: They increase the ranking of the website in the search engines. Let me give you an example. Lets say you send a release on a new product - Train stubborn retrievers. You send your release out to a distribution site, where you place emphasis on keywords such as ' dog' 'train dogs' etc. Now when the site distributes your release, people who key in 'dog' or 'train dogs' will see your release appear in the top few search engine links.

From your release, they will go to your site, and hopefully, make a purchase.

So you see, the press release is important. But please use it sparingly, and only for important stuff such as new product launches and new websites and not trivial matters.

Blogging For Traffic Tips:- Make Sure You Post Regularly But Not Overly So

2009-05-10T12:08:00.000+08:00

You have to blog regularly to keep search engines interested, ping sites interested and even more importantly, people interested. If you don't post regularly, all of the above will still coming back as frequently and will lose interest in your site.

You should post at least once a week, at the very least. Two to three times would be better. But make sure you don't post every day all day. This makes your site to search engines look like a spam blog.

Also make sure you split your post times up. Some weeks post on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, other weeks post on the other days.

Blogging For Traffic Tips:- Internally Link All The Pages Of Your Blog Together

2009-05-09T11:21:00.000+08:00

One the best ways to get your blog indexed quicker in search engines and give your blog pages more links to them is to link from your own blog. Every page on your blog should link to other posts and pages on your blog.

Basically, every post will be linked to some where on your site. You should also create a sitemap. Something like....

http://www.blogtactics.net/sitemap.html

This helps the big search engines like Google and MSN find all the links on your site easily for them to index quicker.

Blogging For Traffic Tips:- Submit Your Blog To The Two Major Search Engines

2009-05-08T21:32:00.001+08:00

The two major search engines you need to submit your blog to are of course Google.com and MSN.com. All the other search engines are a waste of time. So are those websites that state they will submit your website or blog to thousands of search engines for free or a one time fee.

They are useless. Just submit your blog to Google.com and MSN.com .

It is ver easy. Just click at the link above and key in your website or blog url.

How To Create A Loyal Readership With Your Blog

2009-05-07T16:34:00.001+08:00

One of the main differences between a blog and a static website is the way people are able to interact with your content. With a static site it's just people reading words on a page. When you have a blog they can explore and even comment back! You want to get that sort of interactive spirit going so you can create a loyal readership with your blog.

That doesn't mean it's easy! There are literally millions of blogs out there all vying for the attention of your audience. It can be even harder to grab people's attention when you're just getting started. The bad news is that it's going to take some work and dedication to build up a loyal readership. The good news is that it's very possible, and even fun, to put these things into place. Follow these rules and you'll have the kind of repeat visitors and fans that really make blogging worth your while.

Rule #1: Write Great Content

Let's face it; if your content stinks there is no way people are going to come back and read again! They'll just click away, never to return. If you write great content, however, you're sure to get some fans. Not everyone considers themselves to be a good writer. That's OK! No one expects you to have perfect grammar and spelling. It's far more important that you write interesting content that stands out from the crowd. Give your real thoughts and opinions on things that matter to the audience.

When you write great content, not only will you have people who want to visit your blog all the time. They will also link to you! You know that more linking means higher rankings in Google. That's definitely a great thing that will expand your readership base to levels you couldn't even imagine when you got started.

Rule #2: Leave the Comments Open

It's amazing -- but there are bloggers out there who close their comments! While it can be a lot of work to try and get rid of those spam comments, you're also missing out on a big part of what being a blogger is all about. You need to let the audience write back and speak their mind too. People don't just want a website they can read anymore, they want one they can add their "2 cents" to. So, leave your comments open and listen to them. It doesn't matter if people always agree with you or not (they won't!), you'll get a much larger and interested following.

Rule #3: Guest Blog

The chances are good that there are some blogs out there that are very well-liked by the people in your niche. These blogs probably get a lot of traffic and a lot of respect. It's time to get your name and website out there in front of this audience! All you need to do is write to the owner and say that you'd like to write some guest posts. They will probably be more than happy to take a break from their own posting and to give you a link back to your blog. This will not only give you link juice for the search engines, you'll also win some of their loyal readers who are interested in what you have to say.

Learning how to create a loyal readership with your blog is incredibly important if you want your blog to thrive. It's all about the people, and making sure they are aware of your blog and love your content.

Secrets Of Pulling In Tons Of Hasle Free Traffic And Profits From Classified Ads

2009-05-06T13:24:00.002+08:00

Classified ads are one of the best ways to advertise your website or business online. The best thing is they are free to use. Some sites allow you upgrade your account and get more options, but generally classified advertising can be used with a greay deal of profitability even with a free account.

Here's how to write profit-pulling classified ads:-

Have a compelling headline. This is the first thing targeted visitors will see. It will decide whether your advertisement get seen or not. So Spend a lot of time writing quality headline. Use benefit driven words in your headline such as "secret", "discount" and "limited time only:. These words proven to get the click throughs.
Provide quality photographs and pictures in your copy. If you sign up for US Free Ad's premium service, you are allowed to add pictures to your ad. Good pictures make your ad more appealing and attractive.
Use bullet points in your ads. Internet surfers tend to skim over content on websites, so bullet points help the reader to read your copy easily. If you post long paragraphs on your ad, people won't bother to read it and will click away.
Use a "call-to-action". This tells a visitor to take an action that you want him to take, such as to click through your website, to buy product, or to sign up for your newsletter.

Writing a classified ad is really easy once you get a grasp of it. Once you have a profitable copy, you only need to spend a few minutes each day reposting it to the classified adds sites.

Here is some list of classified ads site for you:-

Express Your Opinion On Your Blog Post

2009-05-05T12:02:00.002+08:00

There are many factors that set great bloggers apart from the rest but one that continually cropping up over the last few years of interacting with successful bloggers is that they often have and are not afraid to express strong opinions. While other bloggers in their niche ‘report’ news it is those who express opinions about the news and current events in their industry that tend to be the blogs that get linked to by others, that generate more comments and that people look to as thought leaders in a niche.

This might seem easier for some niches/topics than others but I think it probably applies to most of us.

If your blog is about politics - share your own personal thoughts on what a politician is saying
If your blog is about Iphone - don’t just report that a new Iphone has come out - tell your readers what you think of its features and who you think it’ll be useful for
If your blog is about Madonna - don’t just show us her latest haircut and outfit - tell us what you think about it.
If your blog is about food - don’t just share a recipe - tell your readers what you love about it and what occasion you’d eat it at.

Your post need not be a highly emotional one that rants and raves about your topic - to express your opinion all you need to do is add your own thoughts and feelings about the topic you’re covering.

Why Opinions Matter

You probably won’t find it suitable to share opinions on every post (although on some blogs this may be appropriate) - but when you regularly add your opinion on your blog you’ll find that it can have a significant impact.

When you share an opinion it often draws out others to share theirs (in comments or on other blogs). Often opinion posts draw out interaction and productive conversations.

When you share an opinion you help your readers to translate news and to understand information and how it applies to them. This makes your content more useful.When you share an opinion you show your readers that you’re going beyond just reporting news but are yourself engaging with and interested in the topic you’re writing about. This is infectious and will draw your readers in too.

Expressing opinions on your blog is like adding seasoning to food. Without it your blog could end up being quite bland and blend into the crowd. However when you add it you will find that it helps to give your blog unique flavor.

Getting Backlinks: Why Do You Need One Way Links To Your Blog?

2009-05-04T14:54:00.001+08:00

There are basically two aspects to SEO, "on page" & "off page" optimization.

"On Page" SEO is easy because it's totally under your control. It's simply a case of making sure you have optimized your web pages correctly.

There is a bit more to it than that, like keyword research, keyword density & frequency, which html tags to use, making sure your site/pages are W3 Compliant, using relative/absolute internal linking structures to feed the pagerank where it's most effective, using titles and descriptions that encourage people to click through from the SERP's etc.

But essentially, once you know how to do all that, it's not difficult to get it right for all your pages/sites. It's also less important in the long run than getting sufficient links to your site/pages from other sites. Getting links to your site is fundamental to getting visitors, and without visitors all the time, effort and money invested in getting your site up and running, and looking "nice", is irrelevant.

No Visitors = No Point!

So links are essential to the health of your site, and indeed your business, but all links are not equal in value to your site. Reciprocal links will help, but they are far less effective than one way backlinks, i.e. links from another site where you don't have to link back to them. These "One Way" backlinks will give your site a far greater boost in the search engine results and bring you more traffic, providing of course that you have chosen good (relevant) keywords for your links.

There are many ways of getting these powerful one way backlinks, but most you will have no control over the anchor text used (i.e. keywords) in the link, which means their "power" in unfocused and therefore of less use to you in achieving the targeted keyword results you are looking for.

For example, submitting your site to website directories can be a very effective way of picking up some high quality one way links from high PR sites, but you will seldom be able to choose the keywords/anchor text used for the link, often ending up with the site name as the link.

This is not a waste of time, as the Pagerank passed to your site will, with the correct internal linking structure, be passed on to your sites internal pages, helping them to rank better for their targeted keywords.

Social Bookmarking is del.icio.us

2009-05-02T11:57:00.001+08:00

Delicious is a social bookmarking system that is very popular with bloggers and websites alike. The site has an interesting approach to content building. Rather than publish interesting content and getting worried when there's no fresh content, publishers are looking at users of the site to build, classify and qualify content. There's value in collaboration.

With social bookmarking, you can qualify content. At delicious, each bookmark of a particular web page is perceived as trust worthy. So the more bookmarks a web page gets, the more credible is its standing.

Apart from bookmarking the web page, users can also tag the web page. Tags are the keywords that relate to the content on the page. By tagging, you can associate the keywords with the content. If there are many people using the same tags to bookmark a page then that page will be seen as an authority page in its category.

The most bookmarks your web page receives from various delicious users, the more prominent will be the listing of your web page on the site. Delicious users are allowed to book mark and tag several pages in a website. You can tag the content with more than one term. As the number of tags by users grows, you find it easier to access similar topics.

It is easy to use delicious. Start off by creating an account for which you will need to give an email and contact information. You will receive a password and log in name. The next step is to verify your email. Once you do this, you are done and your delicious account is fully active.

You can now login to your delicious account so that you can get starting with bookmarking and tagging content. You can enter the URL of a web page that appealed to you. You will need to describe and tag the bookmarked page with a descriptive page title and description that matches its contents.

A major reason to use Delicious is to share useful information. As a delicious user, you can store your favorite websites or online resources and make this available to other users online. A lot of people browse through delicious to find valuable information they are looking for.

On this social bookmarking website, you can use RSS feeds to syndicate user bookmarks or to collect information that has the same tags. Users can also syndicate bookmarks created by other users who use RSS feeds. The great thing here is there is a wealth of user generated content.

There are other social bookmarking sites like Digg, Reddit, sphinn, furl and so on. The point is, used in the right manner these sites can be huge traffic generators that are low cost or no cost.

5 Ways To Cash In With Your Blog

2009-05-01T12:37:00.000+08:00

Blogging is all the rage these days for many different reasons. For one thing, it's a lot of fun to be able to express your opinions about something or share information with people all over the world. You also have to remember that the people who visit your blog are often ready and willing to spend money! Use these 5 ways to cash in with your blog to add some padding to your wallet.

Cash Tip #1: Put Your Ads Where People Can See Them

Bloggers often make the mistake of slipping a tiny affiliate link in somewhere on the blog. These will rarely get found and clicked on! Now, you don't want to beannoying with your ads, but if you have found something that is relevant there is no reason not to display it proudly so your visitors see it and click on it. It's hardto make money if no one knows you are selling something.

Cash Tip #2: Build a List

Focus on building a list of people who are interested in your niche topic. That way you can tell them when you create new blog posts and let them know about specialoffers you think would be of interest.

Cash Tip #3: Sell Advertising

Once you get to a relatively high level of traffic it's a great idea to sell advertising spots. Companies are ready and willing to spend money on this form of advertisement and you can often make more with these direct deals than you can by going through an affiliate organization that takes a cut.

Cash Tip #4: Create a Product

After you've had your blog running for a while you'll hopefully have developed a loyal following. People see you as an expert in your niche and they want to hear more of what you have to say. A great way to cash in on this is to create your own ebook, videos, audio, or a combination. This is easier to do than you think, and you can have a great, passive income once the product creation phase is over.

Cash Tip #5: Split Test

You might have heard about split testing as a great way to figure out the best format for sales letters, but did you know that you could split test ads on your blogs? There are plugins and software packages out there that can present one ad to one group and another ad to another group. That way you can cash in even better by knowing exactly what it is that your target audience responds to best.

There you have it! These are five tips you can put to use today to start seeing a return in profits on your blog tomorrow. There is nothing better than knowing that people out there are not only reading your content, but adding to your income as well.

Monetize Your Blog Instant Methods

2009-04-29T14:48:00.002+08:00

I know you’re eager to know how to make money from your blog. So I shall not withhold the info from you any further,

Here are 5 money making methods you must know:

Text-link-ads.com – paid link marketplace where you get 50% commission for every text-link sold.
Sponsoredreviews.com – paid sponsored post in your blog.
Google Adsense – Pay-per-click advertising campaign offered by Google
Clickbank.com – start selling other people’s products and earn a commission for every product sold
Own Your Product - I highly recommend this even though it may take slightly longer for you to develop your own product. You can start off with a $7 report of about 30 pages and sell it off at "Warrior Forum Special Offers" forum. Just remember to read the forums rules first.

10 Free SEO Tools

2009-04-28T16:34:00.002+08:00

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing your website with the goal of increasing your search engine ranking and ultimately your traffic and sales. It involves researching your keywords to find good phrases for your website, placing these keyword phrases strategically on your website and then improving your ranking by increasing the number of backlinks to your website.

Here is 10 free SEO tools you can use to increase your search engine ranking:-

Tool #1 – Google Adwords Keyword Tool

Where? https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
What? This tool allows you to research keywords. It tells you the approximate average number of searches per month for a keyword phrase and also suggests similar alternative keyword phrases.
Why? You need to make sure that your keyword phrase is actually being searched on before you optimize your website. Optimizing your site for a keyword that nobody searches will mean that you get very little or no visitors from the search engines.
How? Enter your keyword phrase in the box, choose your language and country (or “all countries and territories” if your website is not country specific) and submit. Choose “Exact” from the drop down menu.

Tool #2 -Wordtracker Free Keyword Suggestion Tool

Where? http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com
What? This is another keyword research tool. Enter some keywords and you will receive a list of up to 100 related keywords and an estimate of the number of daily searches for each keyword phrase.
Why? No keyword research tool is 100% accurate, so if you are serious about keyword research it is worthwhile checking your keywords in two keyword research tools. The Google Adwords keyword tool and the Wordtracker keyword tool are the best free keyword tools that I know of.
How? Enter your keyword phrase (e.g. dog training is the chosen keyword phrase in the above screenshot) and press the “Hit Me” button. You will then receive a list of related keyword phrases along with the estimated number of searches per day for each phrase.

Tool #3 - Sitemap Generation Tool

Where? http://www.xml-sitemaps.com
What? This tool will generate a sitemap for you in either XML or HTML format. A sitemap contains links to all the pages on your website.

Why? A sitemap helps to ensure that the search engines find all the different pages on your website. It can also be helpful for your visitors.

How? Just enter your URL and hit the start button. Your sitemap will be created and you can upload it to your website.

Tool #4 - Social Marker Bookmarking Tool

Where? http://www.socialmarker.com
What? This tool allows you to bookmark your website in multiple bookmarking websites with one click of a button.

Why? Many people search for pages on the web using bookmarking websites rather than search engines. The more people that bookmark a web page, the higher that web page will appear on the bookmarking website. Some social bookmarking websites will also give you abacklink which will help to improve your search engine rank.

How? First you will need to register individually with all the social bookmarking sites listed on the Social Marker site. This will probably take you around 1-2 hours, but you only need to do this one time. Every time you create a new page on your website, write a blog post, or find a page on the web that you find interesting you can bookmark that page in all of the bookmarking websites by visiting Social Marker.
A similar alternative free bookmarking website is http://www.onlywire.com – this is quicker to use but contains around 20 bookmarking websites compared to Social Marker’s 48 bookmarking sites.

Tool #5 - Link Popularity Checker Tool

Where? http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop
What? This tool allows you to check how many backlinks your website has. It will show you how many backlinks your site has in the Google and Yahoo search engines.

Why? The number of backlinks is one of the biggest influences on the ranking of a website in the search engines. The more backlinks you have to your website, the better your chances are of ranking well for a phrase.

How? Enter the URL of your website and optionally the URLs of up to three of your competitors. Click on the “Generate Report” button and you will see the number of backlinks in Yahoo & Google for your site and a number of other sites including any competitors that you have added.

Tool #6 - Keyword Rank Checker Tool

Where? http://www.seocentro.com/tools/search-engines/keyword-position.html
What? This tool allows you to find out where your site is ranked in Google for a particular keyword phrase.

Why? Most of the traffic goes to the sites listed on the first page of Google, so your aim should be to get your site into the top 10. This tool allows you to check your progress more quickly than you could do manually.

How? Enter the URL of your website and the keywords that you are trying to rank for and optionally your competitor’s URL. The tool will return the position of your website in the Google search results and compare it to your competitor’s URL.

Tool #7 –Website Grader

Where? http://website.grader.com
What? Once you have optimized your website and started to promote it, this tool is an excellent way to get a free critique of your site. It provides information about the effectiveness of your on-page SEO, off-page SEO, blogging and social marketing. It also gives you suggestions on how to improve in each of these areas.

Why? It lets you measure your progress and find potential areas for improvement.

How? Enter the URL of your website, add competing websites (optional) and enter your email address. It will take a few minutes to process all the data, and once it has finished you will be taken to a report with a website grade (mark out of 100) and a wealth of information about how your website ranks and ways to improve it. You will also be emailed a link to your report.

Tool #8 - Google Webmaster Tools

Where? http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools
What? This tool allows you to find the top Google search queries for your website, see errors found by Googlebot, find issues with your website content (e.g. missing tags), submit a sitemap, find out how many backlinks you have, remove content from the Google index and generate a robots.txt file.

Why? Submitting a sitemap will help to ensure that Google crawls your entire website. The diagnostics will alert you to any errors or broken links on your website and the top search query information can help you to refine your website optimization.

How? Create an account and then add your websites to the account. You will then need to verify that you are the owner of each of the websites that you added. You can do this by following the instructions to upload a text file to your website or by adding a meta tag to your home page.

Tool #9 – Statcounter

Where? http://www.statcounter.com
What? Statcounter allows you to see how many visitors and hits you have received to your website, the keywords that your visitors searched on, the pages that they visited, the browsers they use, the countries and towns they live in, the pages that they entered and exited your site on and how long they stayed on your site.

Why? It is useful to see the keywords that your visitors use to find your site and the search engines that they came from as this can help you to refine your optimization. It is also valuable to understand more about your visitors, the countries they come from, the browsers and computers that they use and what pages they visited while on your website.

How? Register with statcounter and follow the instructions to generate a small piece of javascript code. Place this code on all the pages of your website so that statcounter can track all your visitors. You can then login to statcounter at any time to view your statistics.

Tool #10 - Google Analytics

Where? http://www.google.com/analytics
What? This is an alternative to StatCounter, as it provides similar information about your website visitors. However, it presents the information in a different way, so you may find it useful to use both StatCounter and Google Analytics.

Why? As well as finding out where your visitors come from, how they found your website, how many pages they visited and how long they spent on your website, you can also view the data in a variety of different formats.

How? Register with Google Analytics and generate a snippet of javascript code. Follow the instructions to Install this code on all the pages of your website and then login to Google Analytics to view your site statistics.

Fire Up Your Blog with PLR Content:

2009-04-27T11:11:00.003+08:00

If you’re already a blogger, you can appreciate that it takes a decent amount of work to keep your blog active with a bunch of fresh ideas and content. But it is doable and that’s where PLR (Private Label Rights) content come in and give you a hand.

What is PLR Content?

If you’re not familiar with the term, PLR stands for "Private Label Rights" and it’s essentially content that you are free to use, edit modify and brand with your website name. It is ghostwritten content, so you don’t have to accredit the writing to a particular offer – giving you the full opportunity to use this content for your blog. And best of all, it’s an inexpensive way to get plenty of fresh content for your blog.

You can find PLR on a variety of topics right here.

Now let’s get back to the benefits and uses of PLR on your blog…

6 Attractive Benefits of Blogging with PLR having ready-made PLR content to help you in your blogging efforts has quite a few attractive benefits. Here are just a few:

If you don’t have time to write all your content, PLR solves that problem for you.
If you don’t like to write, PLR saves you the effort.
If you don’t fancy yourself a good writer, quality PLR is written by professional writers.
PLR provides you with plenty of ready-to-go ideas…no need for brainstorming topics.
PLR sellers have already done the research – you don’t need to do it.
PLR can help you increase your traffic – By having regular, fresh content on your blog you encourage repeat visitors, word-of-mouth and more.

How to Use PLR Content with Your Blogging
How you use your PLR content is completely up to you, but to get the creative ideas going, here are some tried and true ideas for using PLR in conjunction with your blogging efforts.

Simply post the PLR articles on your blog for extra regular content.
Schedule a bunch of articles to publish on your blog at regular intervals, so you have a continuous stream of fresh content.
If you have a separate articles section on your website, publish the PLR content there. That’s fodder for an easy new blog post. Simply make a new post with your commentary and opinions on the article and link to it.
Email your mailing list with an excerpt from a PLR article and invite them to your blog to read the whole article.
Use PLR content to display ads on your blog. Whether it’s content-targeted ads like Google Adsense or other types of advertising, PLR content gives you plenty of opportunities to show your ads.
Include affiliate links. Add links to products that are relevant to the content being discussed.
Bundle some articles into a special report that your visitors can simply download. Create a new blog post to tell your readers about it – your readers will appreciate the new gift.
You can also bundle articles into a report that you can offer as an "ethical bribe" for completing the mailing list opt-in form on your blog. When they subscribe for your list, they get to download the report.
Got an audio blog? Put the PLR content into an audio recording and stream it or allow your readers to download the mp3.
Many PLR sellers offer product reviews with PLR rights. Post the product reviews and allow comments to generate a valuable discussion about the product.
Don’t feel comfortable posting PLR content as your own? Create a "ghost guest blogger" profile on your blog and post that content through a pen name on your blog.
Add a new income stream to your blogging by creating an information product. You can bundle up a series of related articles into an ebook and even record the content to include an audio component to your product as well.

Making PLR Content More Appealing to Your Readers

Your blog is unique and so are your readers. Publishing quality PLR articles to your blog or using the other creative ideas above can certainly appeal to your audience – but if you want to take it a step further, there are things you can do to make the PLR you publish more appealing to your audience.

Add examples. Make the PLR content your own by adding examples unique to your niche or your own experience. For example, if you’re publishing an article on how to quick smoking, add your own story and experiences to create a more interesting piece.
Link to other info. If you have resources where the reader can get more information or to solve a problem, tell them about it.
Add your own perspective. You don’t have to agree with everything in a PLR content – add your own editorial commentary and perspectives.

How To Write A Blog Post

2009-04-26T16:07:00.004+08:00

There are many ways that you can create a blog post and there’s no one fixed structure you must follow. Below are some guidelines for you:

a. Common ranting

Ranting can be a very good way to start blogging. We just type whatever we want to say or whatever that has happened in our lives. Treat it like a casual conversation, without using any conscious effort to phrase it in a formal tone. Ranting can be a good start to get you into the momentum of typing. It’s just like sharing something about yourself when meeting up with you good friend (the blog) and saying whatever that comes into your mind.A tip for you: Just set your mind free and share whatever you like within your comfort level.

b. Intro-Body-Conclusion (IBC)

If we want to create a blog that will capture loyal readers, we need to focus on what’s in it for them. After all, the readers are reading your blog because of its enticing content. They are reading it because they want to find answers to their problems. So we must create a proper structure for our blog post that is easy and pleasant for our readers to read so that they will return.

A common structure to start with is having a short introduction paragraph to catch hold of the readers’ eyes and make it attractive enough for the readers to click on the tag.

It can be a summary of what the post is about and what the readers can learn by reading the rest of the blog post. Then, create a BODY which contains the gist of the story. You can share with your readers what happened, how did it happened, why did it happened and who were involved. Write about 200 words for the body and be straight to the point. End off with an insightful CONCLUSION with about 30 to 50 words to share from your point of view, what the readers can learn and how they can apply back to their own lives.

Here’s a tip for you: To make it really easy for anyone to read, you can always use the numbered list format.For example,Here are the 3 tips you should know before buying a iPhone.

Know your budget
Buy from a reliable retailer
Take good care of your iPhone

And go on to elaborate each point in greater details.

c. Intro-Experience-Point-Conclusion (IEPC)

For this blog post structure, it’s similar to the structure of a diary entry. You first share a short paragraph of roughly what happened. Then, after the MORE tag, you can share about your experience by following the 5 “W”s- Who, where, why, what and when.End off with a conclusion you want to leave an impression on your readers. Remember to keep it short and straight-to-the-point.

d. Blog Readers Love to Read About Tips and Secrets

This is a common structure which I am used to writing and it works for me everytime. It’s a method I like to use to develop relatively long posts with lots of good value information for my readers. This is also good for “link-baiting”. What’s that? You might ask.Well, let’s put it this way. Assume some lady reads my blog post and finds it interesting. She’s so impressed by the content that she wants to share these tips with her friends. As the post is too long for them to copy, they will take the easy way to either email her friends the whole link or do a linkback from her blog. Either way, I’ll get free traffic to my wedding blog. That’s call “link baiting”.

For a start, it’s not necessary to come up with such a big post. You can start off with articles with 3 to 9 tips.

Free Traffic Tactic : Make Comments On Other Peoples Blogs

2009-04-25T12:47:00.002+08:00

If you leave relevant comments on other peoples blogs you will get traffic back to your website. To do this of course you have to actually find people's blogs to leave comments on. The easiest way to find other blogs is to go technorati.com and search for other peoples blogs related to yours.

Go to www.technorati.com and do a search for blogs you'd like to find
On the next page, after you entered your search term, click on 'blogs' in the center of the page to reveal the blogs related to the keywords you entered.

Another great place to locate blogs is bloggerforum.com. All you need to do is go to the forum and search for threads with the same keywords you used to locate blogs at technorati.com. Once you have located relevant threads, you'll then need to search the signature file of the posts for blog links.

You want to find other blogs that are in the same market as yours and leave the owners of those blogs comments. In order to find related blogs at bloggerforum.com all you need to so is search the forum for threads related in some way to your blog and then search the signature files of the posters.

What kind of comments should you leave?

The best kind of comments are those that add a little additional information to the blog post you are leaving a comment on and entices the reader to follow your link back to your blog. Suppose your blog is about video games and found some other video game related blogs. The owner of one of these blogs had just left an update about the soon to be released and much anticipated Mercernaries 2 video game.

In order to get some traffic to your blog you would leave a comment like this:

“Yeah, I've also heard that the developers of Mercenaries 2 were bombarded with requests for a multiplayer mode after the release of the first Mercenaries was released. Supposedly, Mercenaries 2 will not only feature a multiplayer mode but the developers say it will be better than the one found in Halo 2! I've heard there are also going to be a couple more really sweet new features being added. I made a couple of updates to my blog about these if you're interested.”

Notice how this comment both adds information and then entices the reader to look at your blog. Anyone who was a video game enthusiast themself would almost DEFINITELY look at the person’s blog to see what additional information they had. What video game enthusiast wouldn't?

When you leave comments on other blogs, NEVER leave blatant advertisements for your blog or comments that attack the integrity of the blog owner. Leaving either types of these comments is not only in poor taste but it will likely be deleted by the owner. Even if your comment isn't deleted by the owner it won't likely produce much traffic as it will be viewed by the people reading it as spam and everyone hates spammers.

Choosing a Blog Topic - Play With The Time

2009-04-23T16:20:00.002+08:00

Choosing a blog topic could be hard for some active blogger. This is because they want people to visit their blog more frequently. Esspecially when if their blog is for some short of Internet Marketing purpose. Put a topic with the popular keywords might drive traffic to your page. But you also can play with the time for your topic/title. Two time base topic is you could choose from are:-

Topic that become popular for specific time/suddenly
Timeless Topic

Write Posts That Are Very Topical For The Times

One of the best ways to get a sudden burst of traffic is to write about something that is hot right now or in the news. This is a great way to get a sudden burst of really interested traffic. This is because some people get into internet to find out more about the news they saw in tv or magazines, or even newspaper.

You can find out whats hot now by watching the news or use online services like Google Trends, Yahoo Buzz or Ebay Pulse. These sites give you lists of searches that are very popular online right now.

Some of the hot topics right now are :

Obama
Global Warming - 60 earhth hour
Economic downturn

Do a research on that topic and if you could, add some additional information to make it more interesting. Put your comment into it, make it very professional and wise might drive your vistor to add your page to their favorite.

Create Content That Is Timeless

If you want your blog to be around for a while and you want readers to come in 5 years time and still find your content relevant to them, you need to make sure the content is timeless, whether they read it in 3 months, 3 years or 30 years.

This not only means you don't have to keep updating your content every 6 months which will save you time, it also helps with other people who you may allow to use your content on their websites.

Some topics however, will always be timeless. Find those, write on them. It could be a technical topic which point to some technical people for example write a topic about renewable energy, farming, or a Do it Yourself. Another category might be a topic that won't be expired for a long time such as fashion. People will keep coming back because the content is timeless.

WHAT REALLY MAKES A BLOG SHINE

2009-04-22T14:13:00.001+08:00

In the billions and billions of words posted by the millions of blogs worldwide,what makes one particular blog stand out from the teeming mass? What puts the blog writer into a special class, makes readers return day after day and brings accolades from the media? It’s connection. Successful bloggers are those who connect with their readers, whether 10 or 10,000 people, by entertaining or enlightening them. Many people like to draw boundaries between bloggers and other writers (journalists, novelists, marketers) but their goals are similar: grab people by the collar and don't let go. But what makes these and other noteworthy blogs shine? Here are some of their main attributes, the things that set them apart from all those millions of other blogs.

A UNIQUE AND PERSONAL VOICE

The best bloggers talk in their own voice, celebrate their unique identity and tell the stories that are real to them. Weblogs come from the idea of an online journal, a personal journal, so it's important to remember that journaling is not like academic writing, not like impersonal writing for a wire service.

KEEP IT CURRENT

The biggest problem with the vast majority of blogs is that they are stale. Because most people are not paid to blog, it takes a while to integrate blogging into their daily routine. Many people start to blog, try it out, and then never have the time to update it. To be successful, bloggers must keep writing posts on a regular basis and stay up on the topics that interest them, including current affairs. That doesn't mean they have to post 12 times every day, but a few weeks off can kill a blog's audience.

CONNECT WITH AND EMPOWER READERS

One of the distinguishing features of blogs is interactivity. There are many ways to engage your readers, involve them in the conversation and utilize their feedback. You could run an online poll, or give them your e-mail address, or just enable comments under each posting.

TELL TRUTH TO POWER

While many blogs include commentary, some also include original old-fashioned reporting. There's no right way to do it, but having either original reporting or an original angle on a story helps set your blog apart. The key is that these bloggers and so many others have spoken truth to power, and had the courage to stand up as a collective blogosphere to authorities that would rather hide the truth.

Search Engine Optimization For Blogs

2009-04-21T13:58:00.002+08:00

Search Engine Optimization is something that makes many blogger’s heads spin. As most of us know, SEO is one of the best way to get a high page rank in search engine which is good for your traffics draw.

I'm going to share with you 2 SEO techniques that you can use which is On Site SEO TEchniques and Off Site SEO TEchniques.

Off site SEO techniques are factors from outside the site itself (from other sites) that impact the blog’s ranking in search engines. Many of these factors are outside the blogger’s control - however they are useful to know. The most obvious and probably most powerful offsite factor are Inbound Links.

It is generally agreed that the links that point to a website are one of the most powerful way of climbing Search Engines results pages. To put it most simply, every link to your site is seen by the search engines as being a vote of confidence in your site.

The best inbound links have three main qualities to them:

They are from higher ranked sites than your own
They are relevant to the topic you are writing about
They link to you using relevant keywords to your page

Below is few tips on how you can generate quality inbound link :

Quality Content - There are all kinds of link generating systems out there but in my opinion the best way to get links to your blog is to write quality content that people will want to read. You can solicit links with others or sign up for different link building programs or even buy text links on other sites but the cheapest and probably safest approach is to build inbound links in a natural organic way as others link to your quality content.

Notify Relevant Bloggers of your content - Whilst I don’t advocate spamming other bloggers and asking for links - I would recommend that if you write a quality post on a topic that you know will interest another blogger that it might be worth shooting them a short and polite email letting them know of your post. Don’t be offended if they don’t link up, but you might just find that they do and that in addition to the direct traffic that the link generates that it helps build your own page rank in the search engines

Directories - Another way to generating inbound links is to submit your links to directories. I know of webmasters who swear by the benefits of such a strategy - the first thing that they do when starting a new site is to do the rounds of directories - submitting links to key pages with appropriate keywords in the links. There are loads of directories out there - many of which offer a free submission.

Inter-link your Blogs - Increasingly bloggers are starting or joining blog networks to enjoy the benefits of multiple sites and writers working together. One of the advantages of networks of sites is that they usually link to one another. In doing so you have complete control over how your sites are linked to from multiple domains. It is worth noting that you should be careful with this approach - if all your sites are hosted on the one server many think that Search Engines will work out what you’re doing and the impact will be lessened.

Buy Links - Many professional web masters have a budget to purchase links from other highly ranked and and relevant sites. I’d encourage anyone wanting to buy links to think very carefully about this. Google have been cracking down on sites that use this practice. They can’t catch everyone but some have been caught and seem to have been penalized for doing it.

Swap Links - Similarly many bloggers swap links with other bloggers. Sometimes this happens pretty naturally (you see someone linking to you so you link back) but in many cases the links are strategic ones and formally arranged between site owners. Whilst there is some benefit in such link swapping I would again advise caution here as many SEO experts believe that the search engines have methods for tracking such strategies and devaluing the links. Some try to get around this by doing indirect or triangulated links. There are also a variety of systems around that say they’ll take care of such interlinking for you.

On Site SEO Techniques is things you do on your blog that help build a higher ranking. As with all SEO techniques there are many of these and a lot of speculation around all of them so let me touch on as many as I can:

Keyword Rich Content - identify a few keywords for your article that you’re hoping will get indexed highly by Google. Don’t pick too many but consider the questions:
-- How do I want people to find this post in Search Engines?
-- What will they type into Google if they want information on the topic you’re writing?
-- How would I find information on this topic in the Search Engines?
-- What results come up when I do plug these keywords into Google?
-- What other keywords are other sites using?
Themed sites - One of the growing theories of SEO is that you are more likely to rank well if you have a substantial amount of pages on a similar theme. ie a niche topic blog will probably rank higher than a general one that covers many topics. Build a blog with over 200 pages of content on the same theme and you’ll increase your chances of ranking well as SEs will see you as an authority on the topic. The take home advice here is to keep to some kind of a topic/niche/theme for your blog. It is also probably another argument for categories and tagging posts that relate together strongly.
Site Design - Search Engines like well laid out, well coded and easily to navigate sites. Make sure your pages validate (I need to work more on this) and that they are viewable on all major browsers. Search Engines don’t tend to like too much Flash, Frames or Java Script in your site - keep it simple and clean and their robots will index your site a lot faster and more accurately. Also try to keep your blog free from dead links (a challenge for those of us with older blogs with big archives).
Interlink your Site - The way Search Engines index your blog is to send little robot crawlers to your site to track what you’ve written and follow the links. Make it easier for them to get around your blog by using internal linking wisely. Most SEO experts recommend that you provide some sort of Site Map that means every page on your blog is just a link or two away from every other one. One way to do this for bloggers is to make sure that your category pages are in your sidebars. Also make sure every page links back to your main page and any other important pages on your site. If you’re writing on a topic you’ve previously written about consider linking to what you’ve written before or use a ‘other relevant posts’ feature at the base of your article.
Update regularly - The more you update your blog the more often Search Engines will send their crawlers to your site to index it. This will mean your new articles could appear in the index within days or even hours rather than weeks. This is a natural benefit of blogging - make the most of it!
Outbound Links - There is debate over how SEs treat outbound links from your blog. Linking to sites outside your own blog does mean you end up sending traffic away from your blog so you need to count the cost of such a strategy. Note that you should always try to link to reputable and relevant sites to your own page. Also keep in mind that too many outbound could have detrimental impact upon your blog. Like in most things in SEO - moderation is the key.
Choose your domain name wisely - there are numerous factors to keep in mind when selecting a domain name. For one you might like to include your keyword in it if possible. Secondly you should do a little research to see if someone else has previously used the domain. This could have both positive and negative impact. If it was a quality site with inbound links you might reap some benefits but if it was a banned spam site you could still be banned from Google for a long time. One service you might want to use to check expired domains is Way Back Machine at Archive.org.
Register your Domain for a Lengthy Period - a recent patent by Google indicates that it now looks at the length of your domain’s registration in ranking it. It does this because many spam sites have short registrations and a longer one indicates that you’re building a site with substance and are in it for the long haul.
One topic per post - the more tightly focused the theme of a page the better when Search Engines come to rank it. Sometimes you might find yourself writing long posts that end up covering a number of different topics. They might relate loosely but if search engine ranking is what you’re after it could be better to break up your post into smaller more focused pieces.
Write optimal length posts - there is some thought going around the Search Engine Optimization community that pages that are too short can get passed over for high rankings. I try to keep posts at least 250 words. Of course there are some posts on my blogs that are shorter, but if I’m writing a post that I want to rank well I try to give it some meatiness in terms of length. On the other hand don’t make it too long either - because in doing so you make it difficult to keep your keyword density up and could end up with a less tightly focused page. Research also shows that longer articles can have a pretty steep drop off rate in readers after the text gets below the ‘fold’ or to the end of the first screen of article .
Avoid Duplicate content - Google warns publishers in its guidelines about having the same content on multiple pages. This goes for both multiple pages that you own but also pages that others own. This is because a tactic of spammers is often to reproduce content on many pages and/or to steel content from other sites. There is some debate over what duplicate content does and doesn’t include (for instance many bloggers use ‘free articles’ as content on their blogs - these articles often appear on hundreds and even thousands of other sites around the web and to me could be seen as duplicate content) - my advice is to be very careful about how many places your content appears. I do republish occasional posts (or parts of them) but try not to do this too much and attempt to add elements that are unique on each occasion that the posts are republished).
Ping - services like Pingomatic (there are numerous others too) will ping a variety of websites for you to notify them that you’ve updated. In doing so you’ll also be letting search engines know that you’ve updated which will trigger their robots to come visit your blog.
Submit your RSS to MyYahoo - submitting your RSS feed to MyYahoo seems to help with getting indexed on Yahoo.
Quantities of Content - The bigger sites tend to rank better than smaller sites - whilst it is possible to rank highly with a small site - it’s probably not the norm.. Search Engines will see your site as more comprehensive the more content you have. You also better your odds of being found in Search Engines if you have more pages. By no means am I saying just to put up random junk content - be careful about this - rather work at building a comprehensive and large site over time.
Submit to Search Engines - You can do all the best onsite SEO strategies in the world and still get no where because the Search Engines have not found you to start with. Each search engine has a way of letting it know about your site - submit your URL to be included in the index. Please note that this takes time and perhaps a quicker and more effective way is to get linked to by a site already indexed by the search engine.

SEO may take time, be patient and most importantly, keep updating your blog as regular as possible and in the mean time try to do more research which will then help you to learn more about SEO tips while other information will come to you. Remember that Internet is the best way where you can learn about everything.

How To Market Your Blog

2009-04-21T00:03:00.002+08:00

Blogging is the internet trend of today. There are millions of blogs showing up on the internet every day. With all of these blogs and competition the biggest problem is how to promote or market your blog.

It doesn't matter why for which you have started a blog, it can be successful only if you know how to promote it: meaning, you have to get readers. There are quite a few ways to do so, it depends on on what your blog is about.

First of all, you need to search on the web and browse at what the rival is about. Blogging is something you learn and improve as you attain more experience; actually we could probably say there are hardly any boundaries related to the possibility to get traffic to your products over the internet. The best help you can get traffic is from domains similar to yours, by the use of friendly links.

As soon as you have gotten your post up and going do not pause to have links to your blog posted on other sites, which you may have to do the same in exchange to help others. Which is not a bad thing. Nevertheless, it is good to mention here that you must pay close attention to the blogs quality to make sure that you do not promote a blog that you don't believe in. Then, you should most likely know that there are many types of blog directories where you can submit your pages so that you make it more easily accessible. Keep in mind such sites require a detailed description of your blog, and it is here that you need to show your writing talent.

Just in case you have to describe the blog as clearly as possible, try to focus on the overall matter and topic of the blog. The title you include here will be part of a category that you must select very carefully, so that it shows your intent completely. This introductory part should be short and to the point, though you'll have to include some descriptive details and the right keywords. If you are able to fill in all these insertions the right way, then you can expect to attract readers to the blog.

When you are just starting in the blogging world, you have to get the word out that you are available with great subjects, pictures, unique articles, products, videos and whatever else specific to your topic. One of the best way to spread the news about your blog is to write a press release and submit them to free directories; research shows that many bloggers chose this promotional way as it is the best way in terms of gaining friendly links and good positions in search engine rankings.

Posting original content and also submitting them to article directories is another great way of getting free back links. Forum postings is also to be used in parallel with press release listings and article marketing, results should start to show almost immediately.

Blog for whatever intention, without promotion is a waste of time because of course you create a blog for someone to read. It is vital to market your blog, otherwise it is inactive, just like your diary that you keep for your self.

Monetization Strategies For a Niche Blog

2009-04-18T13:45:00.002+08:00

Terminology

A niche blog is a blog that is updated less frequently and on a more tightly focused topic than a flagship blog. Most of the visitors find the site via a search engine and will leave once they have found the answer to what they want, or if they believe a link from the niche blog will lead them to the answer. Every blog is in a niche, but for the sake of simplicity “niche blog” has become the correct phrase to use for smaller blogs. Niche blogs are often developed into flagship blogs by the author if they have been going well.

Types Of Advertising To Use When Monetizing A Niche Blog

With a niche blog the majority of traffic comes from search engines and there are far fewer repeat visitors. Search engine users are looking for an answer to their query. They are not interested in subscribing (although some inevitably will if the content interests them). They see the blog as a whole and have never been exposed to the ads before, which means a different strategy to the flagship blogs should be used.

Depending on your plans for the niche blog you may wish to monetize to different extremes. For example if you don’t plan on growing the niche blog into a blog with a loyal readership then by all means monetize it as much as possible. However, if you plan on building a flagship blog out of the niche blog, it may be an idea to use some space for an RSS/email/newsletter subscription widget and not be so harsh on each visitor in terms of advertising, because it can stunt loyal readership growth.

If you have a niche blog where the readers are web-savvy it is much harder to monetize. My advice is to only start a blog with a web-savvy readership if you are going to grow it into a flagship blog.

Therefore, traffic to a niche blog is likely to be predominantly un-web-savvy search engine traffic. Using PPC is a good method to monetize this type of blog. With this type traffic you are more likely to receive a high CTR and earn more money. The most commonly used PPC network is Google AdSense but experimentation is key to successful monetization so it is worth trying out other networks.

Affiliate links on niche blogs are a great way of adding an extra income stream. On a niche blog affiliate links can be effective if placed in the sidebar of the blog and not just the content. Remember to use anchor texts (text visible to humans and spiders in the link) that encourage the right people to click and take action. Less is earned from affiliate links in the content of niche blogs because author cannot easily utilize the power of personal recommendation, but they are a good way to diversify income streams.

Product based niche blogs can take advantage of large affiliate programs such as Amazon and eBay where there are a wide variety of products to promote. The affiliate links can be displayed in a widget with these programs.

Sponsored posts on small niche blogs are a problem because a lot of what the advertiser is paying for is the bloggers time to write the post rather than the exposure, which isn’t cost-effective on smaller blogs.

Monetization Strategies For a Flagship Blog

2009-04-17T11:54:00.003+08:00

Terminology

Monetization is the set up of income streams on a blog.

A flagship blog is high maintenance, high traffic blog that has its own brand. It has a broader topic than a niche blog and significant percentage of its visitors are repeat visitors. They visit the site to read the content, rather than searching for an answer to a very specific question. A flagship blog receives search engine traffic as well, but because it is regularly and consistently updated it builds a loyal following usually much larger than the search engine traffic.

Types Of Advertising To Use When Monetizing A Flagship Blog

A flagship blog has both loyal readers and 1-time visitors. This means as long as the advertising matches the topic of the blog, no matter what type of advertising is used there will always be a reasonable ROI for the advertisers and bloggers.

For example using AdSense only on a flagship blog with a loyal web-savvy readership (worst case scenario for a flagship blog) will still make SOME money, but using privately sold banner ads on a small niche blog will make 0.

Flagship blog monetization scenarios
Traffic to the flagship blog is usually predominantly returning traffic and so the strengths of the blog are in its content and in its brand. It’s also important to remember that loyal readers often Subscribe via RSS or email and only see the content, so the content is extra important.

To take advantage that the traffic is focused on the content in a flagship blog, the most effective way to advertise is by monetizing the content itself.

Monetizing the content can be done by:

Selling sponsored content. Using sponsored content brokers such as PayPerPost (see full list ad networks later) can help you find advertisers, or advertisers to find you. If your flagship blog is still young and isn’t yet receiving offers for private advertising they are especially useful. It is very important to strike a balance between making money and damaging your readership by writing off-topic sponsored posts.

Promoting affiliate offers and including affiliate links in posts. Many different Websites have an Affiliate program, where bloggers can sign up and earn a commission on a pay-per-sale or sometimes a pay-per-lead basis. You can write an entire post designed to sell the product and also drop in affiliate links where relevant in other posts. Another technique is to create Pre-sell pages, which we will look into later.

PPC In-Content links require bloggers to insert a code snippet into their blogs. A popular example of network that provides this is Kontera . They turn certain keywords on your blog into temporary links to advertisers Websites. You earn for each click through. I have found these systems can slow down a blogs loading time but are worth experimenting with. These also do not appear to RSS or email subscribers, but can provide a good supplemental income stream. (Adbrite is a contextual alternative)

To take advantage of the strong brand of a flagship blog, using privately sold 125 x 125 banner ads is effective, because it is beneficial for the advertiser to be associated with your strong brand. Being privately sold (sold by you), you get to keep 100% of the revenue and can cut out the middleman. Because flagship blogs have higher traffic it is worth the advertisers time to order privately like this. If your flagship blog is still young affiliate banners can fill the spots if they are not yet sold. To be privately sold an advertising page needs to be set up. Remember to be honest on your advertising page, but show of the traffic you have and include details about where your readership is from, what they are interested in and why your blog is a great place to advertise. Including testimonials from the most well known names you that advertised on your blog adds to the chance of success with privately sold advertising.

If the traffic to the flagship blog is predominantly returning, web-savvy traffic then it is a waste to use PPC advertising as the main income stream because there are only a few search engine visitors and the readers know the ads are ads and they are focused on the content. 125 x 125 banners (or any size banner) are still effective with web-savvy readers because the brand of the advertiser is still be strengthened even if there is a lower clickthrough rate. Banner blindness is an issue that lowers the CTR on banners, especially on flagship blogs where the loyal readers are over-exposed to a banner, but for the sake of branding banner ads are still commonly sold for a fixed monthly fee.

If the traffic to the flagship blog is predominantly returning, un-web-savvy traffic (they can’t tell what’s an ad and what isn’t) then extra monetization channels can be implemented. It is here that PPC ad networks come into play. PPC works best where visitors are from the search engines, or are loyal but “un-web-savvy”. If your blog matches these criteria then PPC networks like Google AdSense are a good option. Remember to blend the AdSense ads so they match your content to help get more clicks.

Blogging for Profit Begins With a Long Term Plan

2008-07-09T16:44:00.004+08:00

Many people dream of blogging for profit, and this goal is not far beyond the reach of someone with average intelligence, a willingness to work hard, and a basic grasp of blogging technology. However, very few people manage to reap the profits they want from their blog. Most people who attempt to make money with their blogs do not succeed for two reasons. Often,bloggers have unrealistic expectations of how fast their readership will grow and how much money they will make, and when these expectations are not met the disappointment can crush the desire to continue blogging. The other trap that many bloggers fall into has to do with lack of planning. If you want to turn a profit as a blogger, the key to success is to make a realistic plan and stick with it.

To succeed at blogging for profit, the main thing that you will need is a large readership. The higher your traffic, the more advertisers will agree to pay you.However, cultivating the regular visitors that you will need in order to make a profit isn't easy. As more and more blogs appear each day, having a great idea or a wonderful writing style is no longer enough to get attention. You need to be able to market your blog effectively.

Too many bloggers spend all of their time writing posts and almost no time marketing their project. To be certain, updating as often as you can is a great way to keep your blog high on blogrolls and high in blogsearch engines like technorati, and once your readers know that you update frequently they will return to yoursite on a regular basis. However, it does not matter how often you update if nobody is reading your page, so dont skimp on the time that you spend drawing visitors to your site. To make your dreams of blogging for profit areality, try decreasing your number of posts and using some of that time to draw new visitors by setting uplink exchanges with other bloggers, making contacts in the blog community, and following other established modes of winning traffic.

Of course, even if you are a marketing genius or have a really great idea for a blog, success is not going tohappen overnight. Building the kind of readership that blogging for profit requires takes time, and in all likelihood it will be at least several months before you are able to turn much of a profit. Try to stay committed to your blogging project during this initial rough period.To stay motivated, set goals for how often you will update and how many readers you want to attract, and then reward yourself for sticking with your plan.

5 Reasons Why Blogging is the New Internet Marketing Tool

2008-07-08T01:25:00.002+08:00

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 you should use blogging as an Internet marketing tool.

Blogging 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 then you can blog and advertise.
Blogging 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.
Blogging 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.
Blogging 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.
Blogging 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. Look into the following ways to build your market through blogging:

By using your e-mail
By using subscription.
By understanding your readers.
By joining a blog network
By using RSS

Give your business a boost by effectively using blogging as an Internet marketing tool.

Three Traffic Tactics that won't Cost You a Cent

2008-06-18T23:43:00.002+08:00

Are you constantly banging your head in frustration on not receiving all the internet traffic you would like to get to your web site? Are you tormented from information overload listening to all the latest free website traffic tactics and not being able to understand any of it? Are you dejected of people trying day and night to harassing you to max out your credit card and get loans for Google clicks, and in the process loose your credit score? Are you stupefied by the way your website just dropped out of the Google search results? Or are you just too broke and all you have to rely on is getting some free website traffic tactics?

You can employ website traffic tactics without spending dime. However, knowing how is the real deal. Here's the score:

Link it - Of all the effective website traffic tactics that can get you best results, linking to and from other websites is the one of the most widely-used method. Just make sure that the Internet business you are exchanging links with is relatively if not utterly related to your own business. And of course, don't overkill as this might ban you from search engines.
Meet Meta Tags - Another way of to acquire your desired traffic for your website is through having your Meta tags contain usually used keywords that target your business. Meta tags help search engines in describing your web page. If you're quite adept with the HTML aspect of your web pages, manipulating your meta tags would be a breeze.
Keyword-rich AND sensible content - Writing or acquiring articles that provide solid information regarding your business is one of the best ways. Making use of free keyword suggestion tools such as Overture will help you on which keyword or phrases to work on to better lead more traffic to your website. Making these write-ups very readable and genuinely informative will make you many repeat visitors to subsequently become repeat clients.

Profit Blogging Bootcamp

2008-06-04T16:10:00.002+08:00

If you're Malaysian or you are in Malaysia right now, grab this chance to join a free coaching/ class by Melvin Ng and Steven Wong. This Bootcamp is about making profit from blogging. Maybe most of you is quite experience with this topic but yet, remember, no harm to come. Its free!!

Three date is still available for you to book while others is fully book and overdue.Who is Melvin Ng and Steven Wong? And why are they giving this Bootcamp for free? You can get your answer here.

I already book my seats. See you guys there. Once again, for more info, go here.

Build Your Mailing List

2008-05-16T11:03:00.002+08:00

To build a profitable blog, you also need to emphasize on the importance of capturing your visitors' contact information and building your own mailing list. A mailing list allows you to:

"Recycle" your traffic by allowing you to email your subscribers with updates and bring them back to your blog over and over again.
Earn money by selling ad space within your newsletter. The more (quality) subscribers you have, the more you can charge for ad space. :-)
Start making sales overnight by sending out special offers exclusive to your list. A word of caution here though.NEVER promote something just to make a "quick buck" because the long-term damage it can do to your reputation can far outweigh any short-term cash gain. A good rule of thumb is that if you haven't purchased or wouldn't use a product yourself - then DON'T promote it to your subscribers!
Do joint ventures with other online entrepreneurs who are looking to promote their new product.
Build an asset with real cash value

The key to building a list quickly is giving your visitors or prospects an incentive to join your list. After all, few people will willingly give up their contact information unless you give them a good reason to do so.

Capturing your blog visitors contact information is actually fairly simple, if you know what you're doing. All you really need to do is offer your visitors something they would want that can be digitally delivered, like an information product. You know precisely what your blog visitors are interested in because they are looking at your blog and are therefore interested in the kind of information you have to offer.

All you then need to do is find or create an information product that one of your visitors would also be interested in. For example, suppose you have a blog that chronicles your travels across the world and divulges all kinds of travel secrets like how to save money in different places or how to avoid scams overseas, etc. You would then need to find a travel related information product to use as a list building incentive.

To find such a product you could either search the Internet for a travel related information product with resell rights (which is tedious) or compile one yourself (which is both tedious and time consuming). ....Or you can just go to eBay.com.

On EBay you can find an information product with resell rights on just about any topic you can imagine in less than 2 minutes and without spending more than about 2 bucks. Offering such an information product to you visitors in exchange for their contact information will build your list at lightening speed!

Remember that the faster you build your email list and the bigger it becomes, the more money you will ultimately make.

Promote Your Blog

2008-05-07T16:22:00.000+08:00

Promoting a blog is much easier and faster than promoting a website, because blogs are so interactive. For instance, people can come to your blog, subscribe to it, leave comments on it, and go to their own blogs and write about something that you wrote about, quote you and leave a trackback. This works the opposite way as well.

To promote a blog, there are very specific things you do:

You ping your blog after each post. You can do this at a site such as http://pingomatic.com/ which will send the ping to multiple blog directories at one time.

You use social bookmarks each time you make a post, tagging the post with your keywords. You can quickly and easily send out multiple bookmarks at one time by using a free service such as http://www.onlywire.com/.

You burn your feed at a free site such as http://www.feedster.com/ . This lists your feed in their directory, so that people may subscribe before they’ve ever even visited your blog.

You visit relevant blogs that belong to others, and leave relevant comments (not comment spam) with a link back to your own blog.

You quote other people’s blogs – just portions, not the entire post – and link to it using your trackback feature. Your link to that post will automatically appear on their trackback list for that post, if they have enabled trackbacks.

You use the same promotional techniques that you use for a static website, along with the five techniques listed above.

Free and User Friendly Software for Keyword Research

2008-05-06T14:04:00.000+08:00

While there are many tools at your disposal to evaluate these searches, the one that we are going to recommend that you use is called “Good Keywords.”

Good Keywords is a FREE (yes, you read that right, a FREE) research tool that measures everything from keyword popularity to an individual website’s popularity and beyond.
You can download the software at http://www.goodkeywords.com/

Using Good Keywords simply saves a lot of time and effort. Of course you could decide not to use Good Keywords!

You will have to visit a number of search engines and services, type in your main keywords, extract the output files, Save them, then repeat the same thing for each of your secondary keywords. It will take you a few hours.

If you want to study a slightly different combination? Ok... back to your browser, start all over again and with Good Keywords? At about 500Kb in size, it will take you less than 5 minutes to download, install and get started! You owe it to yourself to download and use it!You will find it an indispensable tool...

So why is Good Keywords Good?

Good Keywords makes use of various tools provided by search engines like the Overture Search Suggestion Tool, Search Engines Like Yahoo, Google, MSN, Ask and other services like Alexa. Please note that you can manually do most of the tasks performed by Good Keywords. However using Good Keywords makes it all very simple, fast and straight forward.
You can also use Good Keywords as a meta tag creation tool. Keep adding the keywords you need into the Keyword Pad available within the software. Once you are done, a simple click will get you the required keyword meta tag... ready to be pasted into your HTML file. (Note: This is a legacy option. Most search engines no longer bother about the meta keyword tag)
Good Keywords is Freeware! No registrations, No advertisements, No crippled features, No payments and No DLLs!
Good Keywords is just about 500KB to download and will not take even 5 minutes to download and install!

To get this software click here or just go to http://www.goodkeywords.com/

Make Money From Blogging

2008-05-05T23:15:00.000+08:00

Guess most of bloggers today want to earn money from their bloggers. Again, for newbies, this is fews tips how you can make money from your Blog.

Google Adsense

Google Adsense is the most popular way of making money online as you can earn from day one, but typically this methods requres you to write great content and get a lot of traffic before you can earn a 4-figure monthly income.

Banner Ads

Similar to Google Adsense, it takes a lot of time before you can see massive results. However, if your blog is already getting a lot of traffic, you can also sell banner ads and use Google Adsense at the same time.

Affiliate Marketing

Make money when someone buys a product or service through your special link. Requires much less traffic, but you'll need to understand how to pre-sell effectively. You can create only a handful of new post a month and focus your efforts on getting traffic to the pages with your affiliate link.

Sell Digital Porduct

Requires very little traffic, but you'll also need to be more complete marketer and understand the art of product creation, copywrithing and joint-venture promotions.

Article Writing To get More Traffic

2008-05-03T23:48:00.000+08:00

By now you should know that artciles area perfect way to get f'ree traffic.Now let's talk about writing articles so you can get them out there on the web and doing the work for you! Before you start to write though, even if you're not a brilliant writer or even hate to write,you can still produce good articles.

They don't have to be long, 400 - 500 words is all most article directories require. Ifyou think 400-500 words is a lot, then if you can write an email a little longer than this one, you're in business!

So how should your article flow?

The very basics are..

Article Title
Introduction
Article Body - 3 or 4 paragraphs
Conclusion
Resource box

Take some time when writing your articles titles.They're of similar importance to email subject lines but they can and must be more precise.They have to spark interest in the reader and be answering their questions or offer the precise information they are searching for.

You want to spark interest in your reader and keep them interested to have them read it all the way through to the end, finally to your resource box, where you can put your links to your web siteand they can click to learn more.

Your resource box is the one that needs to be persuading enough to get the reader to click onyour links so take time writing your resource box.Take a look at other writers' articles andresource box for some ideas!

Good luck writing those articles :)

Form A Knowledge Base For Quality Blog Content

2008-05-03T15:23:00.000+08:00

You do not have to be a total expert on a particular subject in order to build a blog around it. The trick is discovering what kind of information people crave and then forming a small knowledge base on the subject.

Forming a knowledge base will familiarize you with the subject material and will allow you to understand exactly what it is that your readers want to read about. Your knowledge base will also serve as a foundation or starting point for your blog. Gradually you will learn more and more about your chosen topic by seeking out additional information and adding that information to your blog.

You can also think of your knowledge base as a sort of road map leading you to more and more information. As time goes on your initial knowledge base will blossom into an impressive array of knowledge and you will become a genuine expert on your topic. In other words, when you are starting out you merely want to convince your readers that you are an expert on your topic and before long you will actually become a certified expert on that topic.

Blog a Topic That's Profitable and Enjoyable

2008-05-03T12:13:00.000+08:00

Many blog marketers suggest blogging about a topic that you are passionate about. I tend to have a slightly different view on this. If you actually want to make a lot of money with blogs you need to create blogs centered around profitable topics, that is, topics with a lot of potential traffic. Obviously if you can combine the two - i.e. Find a topic that is both potentially PROFITABLE AND ENJOYABLE then you've got yourself a "match made in heaven!"

Having said all this - we're convinced that anyone can start a blog based on a hot topic they hate and still keepit stocked with fresh, quality content.If your website or blog can produce fresh, quality contentyou will be rewarded with great Search Engine Rankings.

The equation is something like this:

Popular Topic + Quality, Fresh Content = High Search EngineRankings + Happy, Loyal Readers = Lots of Traffic To YourWebsite = $$$ = :-)

This means you need to do 4 things:

Find hot topics or niches with a lot of traffic potential
Constantly add quality, fresh content to your blog
Get lots of free traffic to your blog
Monetize the resulting traffic

That's our tips today. I receive this tips today via my email from Dave and Aaron from http://www.cashpullingblogtactics.com/. Check the website to find out more tips.

Have a good day.

Hye All

2008-05-02T12:09:00.001+08:00

I'm not a professional blogger. But I love to blog. In fact, i have few dummy set of blog. It's just a matter of experiment. But I am here to share with you about blog tactics. Maybe we can learn together and share our experience right!!

Lets Explore,
Cheers