Friday, July 6, 2012
Affiliate Marketing Lesson How To Do Keyword Research For Newbies Training Video
Affiliate Marketing Lesson How To Do Keyword Research For Newbies Training Video
This is a simple 8 plus minute video that I put together where I show you how to use the free Google adwords keyword research tool.
This how to video will be helpful to you if you are not familiar with keyword research at all. [...]
Thursday, July 5, 2012
JPEG v PNG–Image Optimisation for Blogs
I have a really geeky design led post for you guys today. I’m talking image optimisation and the whole JPEG v PNG argument. Both formats have their uses and in this post I’ll go into detail. I will explain the difference between the two image formats in a way that even the non geeky can understand and I’ll also let you know which format is best for which type of image. To finish off I will show you how to {Read More}
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JCulture/~3/I4l8-ZPs4do/jpeg-v-pngimage-optimisation-for-blogs.html
High ranking takes time for new websites
Yes, it’s very much true that rank higher on search engines (Google) is not so easy. It’s took time to rank higher on search engines especially if your website is new. Google wouldn’t allow you until Google fully trust your website. Your primary focus should be build trust not just rank higher on Google. The [...]
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Make Money Online: A Great Way To Do Some Serious Business
*Make money online: A great way to do some serious business on the Internet*
Guest post by: http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/
affiliate marketing is the art of selling products or services of a merchant company on the web. These programs are hailed as the quick fix to earn some fast cash. But, it is not that easy, since it requires [...]
Guest post by: http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/
affiliate marketing is the art of selling products or services of a merchant company on the web. These programs are hailed as the quick fix to earn some fast cash. But, it is not that easy, since it requires [...]
Source: http://jaysonlinereviews.com/money-online-great-business/
High ranking takes time for new websites
Yes, it’s very much true that rank higher on search engines (Google) is not so easy. It’s took time to rank higher on search engines especially if your website is new. Google wouldn’t allow you until Google fully trust your website. Your primary focus should be build trust not just rank higher on Google. The [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsudasaBlog/~3/AZyOTjGhnUw/
JPEG v PNG–Image Optimisation for Blogs
I have a really geeky design led post for you guys today. I’m talking image optimisation and the whole JPEG v PNG argument. Both formats have their uses and in this post I’ll go into detail. I will explain the difference between the two image formats in a way that even the non geeky can understand and I’ll also let you know which format is best for which type of image. To finish off I will show you how to {Read More}
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JCulture/~3/I4l8-ZPs4do/jpeg-v-pngimage-optimisation-for-blogs.html
4 Simple Growth Strategies Any Breakthrough Blog Can Learn From Pinterest
This guest post is by Mike Holmes of the Simple Strategies for Startups blog. You don’t need me to tell you about Pinterest do you? I’m pretty sure you’ve heard all the media outlets singing its praise: the fastest growing site its user base is mostly female its breakthrough rise from obscurity how marketers are [...]
Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
4 Simple Growth Strategies Any Breakthrough Blog Can Learn From Pinterest
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Top 10 List of Top 10 Lists for your Top 10 List Compilation
A lot of amazing technology is being created.
The Only Constant is Change
When you think of all the implications of the above video (and all the things that are going on in machine learning & search), it can be somewhat difficult to think about sustainable strategies.
Want to fund in-depth automotive reviews in part based on your organic rankings? That business model breaks down when the organic SERPs move below the fold.
When platforms are new they start off as being fairly open to win attention & maximize their growth rates. Over time as they push to monetize they shift gears & what was once true becomes misleading. Thus a lot people likely come off as sounding like quack jobs because they keep having to reinvent themselves & reassess their belief systems as the markets change.
Hello Mr. Cynic
If you write things that sound like rants & complaints a lot of people mistake it as thinking you are a crank full of gloom & nonsense. For what it is worth, in many ways I think the future of the web will still be bright, but just relatively less bright than it was in the recent past for smaller players.
During the creation of any new communications network there are amazing opportunities, but over time they get arbitraged away & returns move more toward the typical norm in business as the platform gets locked down.
No Longer An Isolated Channel
The web is becoming more & more like the physical world (and is merging with it). For a long time search & online was largely a meritocracy, where the best person could easily win even if they came from the most humble beginnings.
In the offline world there are many hoops one has to jump through to win and the online market is just becoming more like that & at an accelerating rate due to network effects that allow big companies to saturate channels & tracking leading to asymmetrical advantages.
From Meritocracy to Corporatocracy
In search of years gone by, large & complex organizations that were overly bloated and inefficient routinely had their asses handed to them by smaller & more efficient operations. But then size became a primary signal of relevancy & quality, and that all changed. As Larry Page & Sergey Brin warned, the relevancy algorithms inevitably follow the underlying business model of the search engine.
That is a big part of the disillusionment with Google. For many years they were a leveler which was concerned primarily with quality. That grew the importance of search & differentiated them from everyone else, but then they decided to be "the same" & so many who promoted them felt a bit betrayed.
If a person gives you something and then takes it away you likely view them worse than someone who simply never offered that in the first place. As a species we are biologically aligned with being adverse toward loss.
Vertical AND Horizontal Integration
I was chatting with a friend about the above trend & his responses were:
- "you don't shoot the guy that didn't give you the job; you shoot the guy that gave you the job and then fired you"
- "their public image as being a leveler becomes more grating too, given how much they no longer represent that"
- "the biggest problem we have in search is that search engines don't view themselves as a medium. They want to be the cable operator + television show + in-show advertising + commercials...I'm not aware of another medium where it works that way"
The last of those 3 points is a big deal. Consider how popular music is & that Machinima drives about 2/3 as many video streams as all of VEVO does & yet Google invested directly into it. That gives Google power to rank the content (Google serps), host the content (YouTube), monetize the content (ads), and have an ownership stake in the content. All that is in addition to owning a browser, an operating system (make that two) & building hardware.
If Google's internal stats show someone else is catching up to a channel they invested in, Google can...
- relay this news across to drive editorial quality, content quantity, or even ad placement
- preferentially promote the network they are invested in (free ads, better rankings, more "you might also like" recommendations, more post-view recommendations)
- give a higher revenue share to the network they are invested in (or offer them early access to new betas and exclusives that increase monetization)
- slow the growth of the competing network by using more aggressive ad placement (or lower CPM ads)
- slow upload speeds for competing channels
- etc.
If you are batting for the home team, such advantages are great. But they blow for everyone else in the ecosystem.
Those sorts of issues don't just appear in a few isolated incidents, but appear over and over again.
Social networks should be open, unless they are Google+.
Affiliate links shouldn't count for ranking purposes, unless they are Viglink, which Google invested in. ;)
Affiliate links should be clearly labeled as such. When they are not clearly labeled & go through tracking redirects they are sneaky redirects in Google's remote rater guidelines. On YouTube the affiliate links to Amazon & iTunes are not labeled as such & add an extra layer of tracking redirects to the sequence.
Let Me See Your Backlinks!
Yesterday someone sent me an email about their reinclusion request being denied because someone else scraped their eZineArticles article & syndicated it to another 3rd party site.
They didn't create that link and yet they are somehow supposed to get a spammer (maybe one from another continent!) to remove it. In many cases spammers won't respond to anything other than cash, but if you do offer cash to get the job done then that spammer might keep adding more and more links over time, turning their mark into an easy source of subscription revenues.
What is Wrong With This Picture?
The above scenario is ridiculous.
If you look at *any* site closely enough there will be something wrong with it.
Just by the virtue of existing & ranking you will pick up dozens to hundreds of spammy links you don't even want, due to SERP scraper sites that are trying to rank on longtail keyword queries.
About 5 years ago I had a page get filtered out because it gained about 500 scraper links in a month. No matter what I did that page would not rank until it was rewrote with a fresh page title. When you could change things & have the algorithms re-evaluate them automatically there was at least a decent opportunity to get around such issues.
Now that there is a manual review process holding you responsible for the actions of third party webmasters the market is a bit more grim.
But at least a bunch of link removal services are cropping up to profit from Google's errant logic. ;)
Engineers Ad Networks Love Quality Websites Big Brands
But if you are a low margin small business who has seen declining revenue AND have to jump through further hoops (rather than focusing on running your business) at some point it is easier to give up than to keep on fighting.
After this year's FUD there is zero camaraderie in the industry.
That's How Business Works
Eventually a lot of the displacement trends that are hitting the organic search market will hit the paid search market & Google will make many of the enterprise AdWords management tools obsolete via a combination of various free scripts & data obfuscation.
At that point in time some of the paid search folks will look like the guy to the right, but nobody will care, as those same people reminded us that this is just how business works. :D
Google appears to have a culture that condones shamelessly violating consumer privacy. How else can you explain a company that bypasses Apple's iPhone privacy settings in a reported attempt to strengthen advertising revenues?
It is hard to believe that Dave Packard or Andy Grove would ever tell a group of entrepreneurs that he did "every horrible thing in the book to just get revenues right away," or brag to trade publications that his company used behavioral psychologists to design "compulsion loops" into products to keep customers engaged. But Mark Pincus, the founder of Internet gaming giant Zynga, has done just that.
When corporate leaders pursue wealth in the winner-take-all Internet environment, companies dance on the edge of acceptable behavior. If they don't take it to the limit, a competitor will. That competitor will become the dominant supplier -- one monopoly will replace another. And when you engage in these activities you get a different set of Valley values: the values of customer exploitation.
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Social Media Advertising: Should Bloggers Bother?
This guest post is written by Lior Levin. Social media has proven its worth as a networking tool and a means of raising brand awareness, but the future of sites like Facebook and Twitter depend on convincing brands that that it’s worthwhile to invest in advertising on their sites in addition to interacting with customers. [...]
Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
Social Media Advertising: Should Bloggers Bother?
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Usability Review of Microsoft Social Network So.cl
Earlier today I was conducting a BUR (basic usability review) of So.cl but due to heavy traffic and a plethora of bugs and glitches, the site seems to be closed for fixes and head scratching.
Here are my initial observations:
(1) Can't find Upload Photos.
No photo gallery or albums for your profile? Haven't they been paying attention to Facebook, Pinterest or G+?
(2) Can't find Search for Users.
First thing you want to do on a social network is find people you follow on other sites and see what they're doing on the new one.
(3) Names of users have no identification like who they are, where they work, slogan.
If users had "Rock Musician", "Digital Artist", "CEO, Expandable Mandibles", "Occupy Atlantis", or some title that gave you a reason to check them out, it would facilitate user discovery.
I see no way to build a following, aside from email contact pestering.
(4) Find More button takes you to:
"Follow some interests to catch posts that might pique your curiosity" (music, food, travel, movies, art > Show More: tech, architecture, science, innovation, social, cars, sports, animals, games photoorange, kids, bcwa, seattle djs, start ups, cycling)
Everything is pre-checked, so I have to unclick them, then check what I want.
"Follow some of the most popular people on So.cl to get the latest."
Server overload: not working right now.
(5) UI is broken so I often can't scroll down to the action buttons to click. This is a horrible usability glitch.
(6) Search Interests > Web Design > InterestTopContributors error.
(7) Explore > Tech > only 3 people displayed.
(8) Drop down tool tip message: "Thanks for all the love and feedback on So.cl! We’re going to get to work fixing some issues you found, and open back up shortly!"
(9) Video Parties > Popular Parties > Socl Review
Viewing a usability review (screen shot tutorial) added by Chris Voss.
Not much to it, since So.cl seems really rough and raw, like Diaspora.
"Be careful what you search for, because your searches will be shared" -- oh dear!
Not a G+ Hangout, but "you can invite your friends to watch videos with you". Big deal.
Near top of right sidebar "People watching right now" with my So.cl avatar displayed with a few other people.
(10) To find people to follow, go to a popular geek like Robert Scoble and comb through who they are following.
(11) To indicate you like a person's message, click on the smiley face icon at far left under the message. It's the MS like button.
(12) Under a message, you'll see:
[smiley icon on its side = Like] | Comment | Riff | Tag | Share
(13) You can Edit a Message, but apparently, you can't Edit a comment like you can on G+. Facebook has the same problem.
UPDATE: I tried to Edit a message, but it doesn't seem to work. I did an Add Link again to that message, but no link is displayed.
(14) Jim Lewallen over at So.cl is very swiftly replying to my critiques. I appreciate that. I'm trying to help them fix the site. But there seems to have been zero usability testing done prior to this re-launch. Why would they release a site so full of glitches and error messages?
(15) In the Message text entry box, you cannot add a link apparently. Instead,there is an Add Link entry box. I typed in a remark in the Message area, then added a URL to the Add Link box, clicked Done, and it all disappeared. I was taken back to the Home page.
(16) No tool tip upon hover on actions. What does Riff mean? To find out, I clicked on Riff under one of my own posts. It seems to mean "engage in conversation", but there is already a Comment and Share button. Unfortunately, I can't escape this action, as there is no Cancel button.
Here is a copy and paste of my options:
You are riffing on the post "More photos from..." by Steven Streight
Add a message
Comment
Tag
Add Link
Done
Click on items to add to post.
Enter a query in the search box above to see results.
(17) In the Message box "Write Message", there is your name in a field by itself (but appears you can type in another name -- to message someone?), then below that a message field "Add a message". The default is to message...yourself?
Right below "Add a message" pre-fill text in message box, there is a "Write Message" link that doesn't do anything because you're already doing that.
(18) No place to display links to all your other social networks, blogs, and websites.
I was told to add the URLs to my Bio, but it's not called a Bio, it's called "Create a brief introduction that will tell other So.cl users more about you". But the maximum length is 512 characters. So I just added my http://www.pluperfecter.blogspot.com/
After clicking Save, user dialogue text = "Your message has been saved." My message? It should have said "Your changes were saved."
(19) After a few hours, I returned to So.cl to see how they were doing. I'm worried. It's not going well at all over there. I saw above the Invite Friends button "You have 10 invitations left". I clicked around, trying to find a Video Party worth joining (watching a YouTube video is all it amounts to), failed to find anything, then saw "You have 3 invitations left".
I am discussing these issues with So.cl PM Jim Lewallen, hoping they can fix this site and make it work beautifully.
Source: http://pluperfecter.blogspot.com/2012/05/usability-review-of-microsoft-social.html
How To Create A Online Business And Make Your Very First Affiliate Commission?
How To Create A Online Business And Make Your First Affiliate Commission Using The Affiliate Marketing Business Model?
When you are first starting out online as an affiliate marketer. ( Selling other people’s goods or services in exchange for a commission ) it all can be overwhelming to say the least especially if you are a [...]
When you are first starting out online as an affiliate marketer. ( Selling other people’s goods or services in exchange for a commission ) it all can be overwhelming to say the least especially if you are a [...]
Headsmacking Tip #21: Write Better Headlines Than Anyone Else
Posted by randfish
This tactic is so simple and obvious, it's probably illegal somewhere.
Every day, the web produces millions of pieces of content. Several thousand are almost certainly of interest to folks in your niche - those who might be reading your blog or sharing the content you produce. Creating unique stories requires creativity, research and time that many in the field don't have. But... writing the best piece, or even just a decent piece of content about an interesting topic and giving it a fantastic headline? Well, let's just say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but this one costs just pennies.
Here's how it works:
Step 1: Get Informed
- Follow the right accounts of Twitter for your niche (those that share a lot of good stuff)
- Set up some smart Google Alerts (particularly "news" and "blog" alerts)
- Subsrcibe to Google News' subsections if there's an appropriate one
- Use aggregation services like Reddit's subreddits, PopURLs, Topsy, StumbleUpon, Delicious, Metafilter, Alltop, etc.
E.g. The other day I found a research paper from Cambridge (via Reddit) on how negative thinking adversely impacts problem-solving ability.
Step 2: Choose the Best Pieces Each Day/Week
- Find stories that have high overlap with your audience's interests
- Don't exclude things that aren't "on topic!" Your goal isn't to only talk about your exact niche; it's to provide value to those who might be potential customers (big difference, probably deserving of its own blog post and illustration at some point)
E.g. That research paper had been written up in some small press pieces (as seen via this Google News query), but had yet to receive any major writeups, suggesting it's a perfect target.
Step 3: Rewrite the Headline Phenomenally Well
- Get two solid writers in a room and have them brainstorm 10 ideas and angles for the headline
- Have those two folks hash through and come up with the top three
- Share with a wider group and get feedback about which will earn a click
- OR if you have time, you can A/B test by sending an email to a small group with click tracking on each one and see which performs best (make sure to control for or randomize position in the email, as the first link often gets the click)
E.g. "Stay Away from Negative Thoughts to Improve Problem-Solving Ability" could be transformed into headlines like "Scientific research suggests haters really are harming your productivity," or "Is distraction a better problem-solving technique than deep thought?"
Step 4: Cover the Story from Your Angle
- Relate the story back to your audience, but cover it accurately and be sure to cite your sources (linking out to these folks can have positive benefits all its own from trackbacks, traffic driven, future reciprocity, etc)
- Include a graphic or image if at all possible (but stay far, far away from most stock imagery)
- If possible, gather input from folks in your field via social channels or email; a few well-placed quotes can help the reach get wider and creates incentivized sharers
E.g. If I were writing for the marketing world, I might take an angle focusing on what gets marketers stuck in ruts, provide suggestions for distraction and draw on some of my own experiences (like those frequent ideas in the shower moments).
Many folks will presume this only works for news-focused sites or news-focused content. False! You can relate news and events to nearly anything you desire and make it function with the brand and voice you're trying to craft. E.g. "How the Facebook IPO Will Change Commuting Patterns in the Bay Area," "Will Rising Sea Levels Affect Your Favorite Beach Getaway?" "Dental Implants May Be a Thing of the Past Thanks to Gene Therapy," "The Privatization of Space Flight Will Come at a Cost for Floridian Home Owners." I'm not suggesting any of these are particularly excellent, but hopefully you can imagine how to extend the concept of headline-writing into your field.
p.s. If you're looking for some headline advice, I particularly liked this piece on Why Gawker's Writing Better Headlines Than the Rest of the Web and this section on Copyblogger.
Oh - and don't miss Dan Shure's excellent "Are Your Titles Irresistably Click-Worthy & Viral?"
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SaleHoo Stores update, 3rd July 2012
Hello all,
As part of our development drive on Stores, we've released a few changes!
This round was largely bugfixing:
- Fixed: There was a problem with Paypal where an order could be placed and paid for, but would not show up in the store until after the payment cleared about a week later. Now, when an order is paid for, but not cleared, it will be marked as "Pending", and a note will be automatically added.
- Fixed: There was a problem where Paypal would respond to a Store after a transaction was completed successfully but, when the store attempted to verify the transaction, Paypal responded it was "Invalid", causing the order to not show up.
- Fixed: A problem occurred where email would not send correctly from the store; this bug was fixed several months ago, but accidentally reappeared during some other changes in the last month.
- Fixed: In your store, it was possible to disable 'Subtotal' on the Order page, which meant the store would't calculate order totals.
- Fixed/Changed: All pages/products in your store now have a page title set to '[Page Title] | [Store Name]', except for the homepage which just shows '[Homepage Title]'. (Previously pages would either have the title '[Page Title]' or '[Store Name]')
How to set page titles
Page titles have now been fixed to be more consistent across your Store, so this is a good time to remind you how to set page titles for different pages.
For normal pages, the page title is set at the top of the settings; this is the same title that is used for the page header and in the breadcrumb navigation.
For products, brands and categories, the name of your item will be used as the page title. However, you can override this to be anything you want by changing it under the SEO settings.
Source: http://www.salehoo.com/blog/salehoo-stores-update-3rd-july-2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
22 Buttons Beyond "Like" for Facebook
Facebook's Like button is not enough. We need the ability to express a wide range of reactions. Wouldn't you love to have buttons you could click to warn people about what they're posting, to voice disagreement, or to express emotions other than that namby-pamby Like?
Buttons needed on Facebook include:
(1) Dislike button
(2) Hate button
(3) That's Stupid button
(4) Rogue App button
(5) Get A Life button
(6) Don't Entirely Agree button
(7) Vehemently Disagree button
(8) Link To Supporting Evidence button
(9) Spammy Game Invite button
(10) No More Cat Photos Please button
(11) Boring Photograph button
(12) Mute Your Drunk Postings button
(13) Employer Surveillance Risk button
(14) Stalker Fodder button
(15) Child Endangerment button
(16) TOS Violation button
(17) This Is a Joke, Right? button
(18) Stop With the Relentless Inspirational Quotes button
(19) Not Office Safe button
(20) Way Too Personal button
(21) Not Interested in Why You Hate Your Boyfriend button
(22) Unintelligent Extremist Viewpoint button
Source: http://pluperfecter.blogspot.com/2012/04/22-buttons-beyond-like-for-facebook_28.html
Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P7500, GT-P6200 to get ICS Update in July
Samsung Galaxy Tabs running Honeycomb such as 10.1", 8.9", 7.7" & 7"inch models will be getting the Android ICS update starting from July 2012
Read full article here > Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P7500, GT-P6200 to get ICS Update in July written by Tushar Tajane
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techzoom/kzCz/~3/jsuR9TGhY1A/
Blog Business Model 5: Sell Training and Courses
This is the fifth post in our series on Blog Business Models. When you think of online training as a blogging business model, cookery classes may not be the first topic that springs to mind. But Jules Clancy of The Stone Soup has created a successful cooking class business around her food blog. Hi Jules. [...]
Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
Blog Business Model 5: Sell Training and Courses
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/MdTHFDGIJMs/
Link Building Risks and Value Infographic
Recently SEOs have started to be afraid of Penguins. These ferocious beasts have devoured websites the world over. Is there a cure for this blight? Yes there is- a diverse link profile. When a link builder only focuses on links with the intent of increasing the search ranking of their website they are risking the [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DailySeoTip/~3/64KMRhykOuY/
Infolinks Review In Text Advertising Is It Worth The Trouble?
Infolinks Review In Text Advertising Is It Worth The Trouble?
I tested out infolinks on this blog for about a week just to get an idea if it was worth my time? Infolinks is an in text advertising platform similar to Kontera. What you do is sign up to infolinks on there website where you put [...]
Source: http://jaysonlinereviews.com/infolinks-review-in-text-advertising-is-it-worth-the-trouble/
New Blogger? Create a Viral Post in 5 Simple Steps!
This guest post is by Greg Digneo of Cloud Marketing Labs. Admit it: you think I’m nuts. There’s no way a new blogger can write a viral blog post with five simple steps! Well, as the saying goes: “I said it was simple, but it ain’t easy.” In fact, it will take a lot of work, [...]
Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
New Blogger? Create a Viral Post in 5 Simple Steps!
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/ApkpAKAHmX4/
Affiliate Marketing Training – How To Make My First Commission Check? Answer Too A Struggling Newbie
Affiliate Marketing Training – How To Make My First Commission Check? Answer Too A Struggling Newbie….
This is an email I received today from a struggling affiliate marketer who is just starting out. I realize a lot of beginners are suffering from information overload, and do not know how to get started as an affiliate marketer?
I know [...]
This is an email I received today from a struggling affiliate marketer who is just starting out. I realize a lot of beginners are suffering from information overload, and do not know how to get started as an affiliate marketer?
I know [...]
Source: http://jaysonlinereviews.com/affiliate-marketing-training-commission-check-answer-struggling-newbie/
How To Make Money With Clickbank And Other Top Affiliate Programs For 2012
How To Make Money With Clickbank And Other Top Affiliate Programs For 2012
This blog post is going to be extremely informative so I highly suggest you take the time to read every word in it’s entirety. If your new to affiliate marketing ( selling other people’s products or services online in exchange for a commission [...]
Source: http://jaysonlinereviews.com/money-clickbank-top-affiliate-programs-2012/
From Blog to Profitable Business in Four Steps
This guest post is by Michael Chibuzor of Content Marketing Up. Let’s face it: updating your blog on a daily basis doesn’t necessarily make you smart. It might be helpful, but there is more to blogging than writing. How about doing this online “thing” as if it’s a real business? A brick and mortar business? I strongly [...]
Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
From Blog to Profitable Business in Four Steps
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/lEEUoRZBSws/
From Blog to Profitable Business in Four Steps
This guest post is by Michael Chibuzor of Content Marketing Up. Let’s face it: updating your blog on a daily basis doesn’t necessarily make you smart. It might be helpful, but there is more to blogging than writing. How about doing this online “thing” as if it’s a real business? A brick and mortar business? I strongly [...]
Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
From Blog to Profitable Business in Four Steps
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProbloggerHelpingBloggersEarnMoney/~3/lEEUoRZBSws/
How Can I Work Online? Free Ebook Training
How Can I Work Online? Free Ebook Training Will Show You How To Make Money As An Affiliate Marketer
Introducing a great guide geared towards beginners who always wanted to learn how to work and make money online. The beginners guide to internet marketing and making money online.
This free ebook training guide covers the following training [...]
Source: http://jaysonlinereviews.com/how-can-i-work-online-free-ebook-training/
General Consumer Awareness of SEM & SEO
Which of the following have you heard of?
More people have heard of paid search / AdWords than have SEO / link building. One of the big issues with this question is that since it had numerous check boxes it had a lower response rate (roughly 10% vs an average of closer to 16% to 18%) & took longer for the answers to come in. In the future I can see Google adding quality score styled factors to quizes where pricing is in part based on response rate & they charge premiums for quicker responses. Anyhow, on to the results...
| Vote | All (1501) |
|---|---|
| Pay Per Click | 45.8% (+2.5 / -2.5) |
| AdWords | 32.7% (+2.4 / -2.3) |
| SEO | 21.3% (+2.1 / -2.0) |
| Link Building | 15.9% (+1.9 / -1.8) |
| Ad Retargeting | 14.9% (+1.9 / -1.7) |
Men tend to have slightly greater awareness of SEO than women. That sort of makes sense given that most SEO conferences are heavily dominated by male attendees.
| Vote | Men (755) | Women (543) | Gender unknown (203) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Per Click | 45.2% (+3.6 / -3.5) | 45.7% (+4.2 / -4.1) | 48.3% (+6.8 / -6.8) |
| AdWords | 33.4% (+3.4 / -3.3) | 32.2% (+4.0 / -3.8) | 31.5% (+6.7 / -6.0) |
| SEO | 24.8% (+3.2 / -2.9) | 18.6% (+3.5 / -3.0) | 15.3% (+5.6 / -4.3) |
| Link Building | 18.9% (+2.9 / -2.6) | 12.2% (+3.0 / -2.5) | 14.3% (+5.5 / -4.2) |
| Ad Retargeting | 16.4% (+2.8 / -2.5) | 13.1% (+3.1 / -2.6) | 13.8% (+5.4 / -4.1) |
People in the 25 to 34 age range tend to be more aware of these terms than other age groups.
| Vote | 18-24 year-olds (229) | 25-34 year-olds (316) | 35-44 year-olds (162) | 45-54 year-olds (227) | 55-64 year-olds (182) | 65+ year-olds (99) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Per Click | 30.1% (+6.2 / -5.6) | 50.3% (+5.5 / -5.5) | 48.8% (+7.6 / -7.6) | 44.9% (+6.5 / -6.3) | 51.1% (+7.2 / -7.2) | 51.5% (+9.6 / -9.7) |
| AdWords | 37.1% (+6.4 / -6.0) | 40.5% (+5.5 / -5.3) | 32.7% (+7.6 / -6.8) | 33.0% (+6.4 / -5.8) | 22.0% (+6.6 / -5.4) | 20.2% (+9.0 / -6.7) |
| SEO | 21.4% (+5.8 / -4.8) | 32.6% (+5.4 / -4.9) | 29.6% (+7.4 / -6.5) | 14.1% (+5.1 / -3.9) | 13.2% (+5.7 / -4.2) | 18.2% (+8.7 / -6.4) |
| Link Building | 17.0% (+5.4 / -4.3) | 17.4% (+4.6 / -3.8) | 16.0% (+6.4 / -4.9) | 15.9% (+5.3 / -4.2) | 15.4% (+6.0 / -4.5) | 12.1% (+7.9 / -5.0) |
| Ad Retargeting | 12.2% (+4.9 / -3.6) | 16.1% (+4.5 / -3.6) | 17.3% (+6.6 / -5.0) | 18.9% (+5.6 / -4.6) | 11.0% (+5.4 / -3.8) | 16.2% (+8.5 / -6.0) |
The map is sort of all over the map...there are no easily definable regional patterns.
| Vote | The US Midwest (320) | The US Northeast (415) | The US South (432) | The US West (316) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Per Click | 43.8% (+5.5 / -5.3) | 47.5% (+4.8 / -4.8) | 43.1% (+4.7 / -4.6) | 48.7% (+5.5 / -5.5) |
| AdWords | 33.1% (+5.3 / -4.9) | 30.6% (+4.6 / -4.2) | 33.1% (+4.6 / -4.3) | 34.5% (+5.4 / -5.0) |
| SEO | 18.1% (+4.6 / -3.8) | 24.3% (+4.4 / -3.9) | 19.2% (+4.0 / -3.4) | 22.2% (+4.9 / -4.2) |
| Link Building | 15.3% (+4.4 / -3.5) | 13.5% (+3.6 / -3.0) | 18.5% (+3.9 / -3.4) | 16.1% (+4.5 / -3.6) |
| Ad Retargeting | 13.8% (+4.2 / -3.3) | 14.2% (+3.7 / -3.0) | 17.1% (+3.8 / -3.3) | 13.6% (+4.2 / -3.3) |
People in urban areas tend to be more aware of SEM terms than rural people are. This is not particularly surprising since in smaller towns word of mouth and word around the town goes a long way (I used to live in a town of 1200 people) and in cities there is a lot more options than any one person can try & there is far greater noise/competition in the marketplace, both from a consumer and business perspective.
The "unknown" density category only had 32 total responses, so that is just noise.
| Vote | Urban areas (793) | Rural areas (113) | Suburban areas (563) | Urban Density unknown (32) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Per Click | 45.4% (+3.5 / -3.4) | 38.9% (+9.2 / -8.5) | 47.8% (+4.1 / -4.1) | 43.8% (+16.9 / -15.6) |
| AdWords | 35.6% (+3.4 / -3.3) | 27.4% (+8.9 / -7.4) | 29.3% (+3.9 / -3.6) | 40.6% (+17.1 / -15.1) |
| SEO | 24.7% (+3.1 / -2.9) | 15.9% (+7.8 / -5.6) | 16.9% (+3.3 / -2.9) | 31.2% (+17.3 / -13.3) |
| Link Building | 15.5% (+2.7 / -2.4) | 17.7% (+8.1 / -5.9) | 16.2% (+3.3 / -2.8) | 12.5% (+15.6 / -7.5) |
| Ad Retargeting | 14.6% (+2.6 / -2.3) | 19.5% (+8.3 / -6.2) | 13.3% (+3.1 / -2.6) | 31.2% (+17.3 / -13.3) |
There are not many clear patterns among income (that surprises me as I would have thought there was a strong correlation). However, once again, the data is skewed to exclude most people with higher incomes, as there was only 1 response at > $150,000 / year.
Here is the opening chart, followed by the same chart
| Vote | People earning $0-24K (178) | People earning $25-49K (828) | People earning $50-74K (371) | People earning $75-99K (88) | People earning $100-149K (24) | People earning $150K+ (1) | Income unknown (11) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Per Click | 43.3% (+7.3 / -7.1) | 44.2% (+3.4 / -3.3) | 48.8% (+5.1 / -5.0) | 52.3% (+10.1 / -10.3) | 50.0% (+18.6 / -18.6) | 0.0% (+79.3 / -0.0) | 45.5% (+26.5 / -24.2) |
| AdWords | 34.3% (+7.2 / -6.6) | 31.9% (+3.3 / -3.1) | 35.0% (+5.0 / -4.7) | 28.4% (+10.2 / -8.4) | 20.8% (+19.6 / -11.6) | 100.0% (+0.0 / -79.3) | 45.5% (+26.5 / -24.2) |
| SEO | 21.9% (+6.6 / -5.4) | 20.4% (+2.9 / -2.6) | 23.7% (+4.6 / -4.0) | 13.6% (+8.7 / -5.7) | 29.2% (+20.0 / -14.3) | 0.0% (+79.3 / -0.0) | 36.4% (+28.3 / -21.2) |
| Link Building | 19.1% (+6.4 / -5.1) | 16.3% (+2.7 / -2.4) | 14.6% (+4.0 / -3.2) | 12.5% (+8.5 / -5.4) | 12.5% (+18.5 / -8.2) | 0.0% (+79.3 / -0.0) | 9.1% (+28.6 / -7.5) |
| Ad Retargeting | 13.5% (+5.8 / -4.3) | 14.1% (+2.5 / -2.2) | 17.0% (+4.2 / -3.5) | 12.5% (+8.5 / -5.4) | 20.8% (+19.6 / -11.6) | 0.0% (+79.3 / -0.0) | 27.3% (+29.3 / -17.5) |
Here is the chart again with those last 2 columns lopped off
| Vote | People earning $0-24K (178) | People earning $25-49K (828) | People earning $50-74K (371) | People earning $75-99K (88) | People earning $100-149K (24) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Per Click | 43.3% (+7.3 / -7.1) | 44.2% (+3.4 / -3.3) | 48.8% (+5.1 / -5.0) | 52.3% (+10.1 / -10.3) | 50.0% (+18.6 / -18.6) |
| AdWords | 34.3% (+7.2 / -6.6) | 31.9% (+3.3 / -3.1) | 35.0% (+5.0 / -4.7) | 28.4% (+10.2 / -8.4) | 20.8% (+19.6 / -11.6) |
| SEO | 21.9% (+6.6 / -5.4) | 20.4% (+2.9 / -2.6) | 23.7% (+4.6 / -4.0) | 13.6% (+8.7 / -5.7) | 29.2% (+20.0 / -14.3) |
| Link Building | 19.1% (+6.4 / -5.1) | 16.3% (+2.7 / -2.4) | 14.6% (+4.0 / -3.2) | 12.5% (+8.5 / -5.4) | 12.5% (+18.5 / -8.2) |
| Ad Retargeting | 13.5% (+5.8 / -4.3) | 14.1% (+2.5 / -2.2) | 17.0% (+4.2 / -3.5) | 12.5% (+8.5 / -5.4) | 20.8% (+19.6 / -11.6) |
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Why You Must Attend Blogging Conferences in Your Area
Years ago it would have been nearly impossible to attending blogging and internet marketing conferences in your area. Now it seems like these events are held all over the place. While Florida, New York and California are the hot spots for internet companies, you can still find marketing events all across the country at different [...]
Source: http://www.netchunks.com/why-you-must-attend-blogging-conferences-in-your-area/
Click-jacking and Like-jacking on Facebook
"Apparently my Facebook account was hacked. I did not send out those wall posts that promote ___________. Those posts were sent out in my name, but I was unaware of it. I've changed my password. Sorry about this."
You see such posts quite often. Another person was deceived by a "Like This" or "Share This" con job on Facebook.
Facebook is full of scams, malware, rogue apps, and other dangers. Beware of any wall post that says "Like and Share this", when it's accompanied by an image that's promoting a Free iPad or a Sweepstakes or a Child Burn Victim or a Timeline Remover -- and similar things.
Whenever I see this in my News Feed, I'll post the comment "This is a SCAM. Do NOT click on the link." I don't care if I anger anybody. By spreading these scams, knowingly or unknowingly, they're endangering people, and I'm warning others about it.
Some people are gullible, easy marks for con artists, very poor in critical thinking skills. You probably know people who open every email and every email attachment. They've been warned repeatedly about viruses and scams, but they can't control themselves. They're impulsive. They cling to a delusion that someday, they'll win the lottery or get rich helping a Nigerian princess if they send them thousands of dollars right now.
Dreams, wishful thinking, fantasies, positive affirmation-fueled delusions can be very dangerous. This is how con artists trick people. It's called Social Engineering. They are predators taking advantage of people's hopes, greed, and desire for Get Rich Quick schemes.
Click-jacking and Like-jacking are two common tools of the con artist on Facebook.
They trick a Facebook friend of yours to click on a link. The link does not go to where they think it will. The link goes to a survey, or a registration page, or an Identity Theft phishing page, for example, that pretends to be a Facebook age verification panel. "Are you 18 years old or older?" it asks. If you click "Yes", you go to more trouble in disguise.
The end result is you get a computer virus, your banking information on your computer is accessed, or your Facebook account is hijacked, and "you" start sending messages and wall posts promoting the scam to other friends on Facebook.
Like-jacking is similar. When you click Like on an image, like a poster promoting some charity or sweepstakes or free product, you unknowingly grant permission to a rogue app to hijack your Facebook account, and it starts spamming people in your name. The Like button is hijacked and diverted to a malicious purpose. In other words, Like is NOT Like, but a link to something that enables you to be hacked.
Keep these tips in mind -- and you'll have a safer, more satisfying experience on Facebook.
Read "Facebook Clickjackers" on the excellent Sophos Naked Security blog.
Source: http://pluperfecter.blogspot.com/2012/05/click-jacking-and-like-jacking-on.html
5 SEO Meetups in Summer
There may be no facet of internet marketing whose variables matter more than they do in search engine optimization and those ever-evolving variables requires all SEO practitioners to do everything they can to stay up-to-date at all times. One of the best and most enjoyable ways to stay in the SEO loop is to attend [...]
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meet Sean Donahue the king of internet marketing and seo here.
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If you wish to see your website at the top of Google, it’s not necessary to spend lot of money on SEO services which will cost upwards of a few thousand dollars per month. It is not even necessary [...]
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Increasing your website traffic is an essential strategy that every internet marketer must follow if they want to earn a nice income from their blogs, or websites. Hell it is a necessity. You need traffic to make your internet business a success. [...]
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The title of this blog post says it all. I have a 30 minutes plus video that is very informative for anyone who is looking to get started making money [...]
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Click-jacking and Like-jacking on Facebook
"Apparently my Facebook account was hacked. I did not send out those wall posts that promote ___________. Those posts were sent out in my name, but I was unaware of it. I've changed my password. Sorry about this."
You see such posts quite often. Another person was deceived by a "Like This" or "Share This" con job on Facebook.
Facebook is full of scams, malware, rogue apps, and other dangers. Beware of any wall post that says "Like and Share this", when it's accompanied by an image that's promoting a Free iPad or a Sweepstakes or a Child Burn Victim or a Timeline Remover -- and similar things.
Whenever I see this in my News Feed, I'll post the comment "This is a SCAM. Do NOT click on the link." I don't care if I anger anybody. By spreading these scams, knowingly or unknowingly, they're endangering people, and I'm warning others about it.
Some people are gullible, easy marks for con artists, very poor in critical thinking skills. You probably know people who open every email and every email attachment. They've been warned repeatedly about viruses and scams, but they can't control themselves. They're impulsive. They cling to a delusion that someday, they'll win the lottery or get rich helping a Nigerian princess if they send them thousands of dollars right now.
Dreams, wishful thinking, fantasies, positive affirmation-fueled delusions can be very dangerous. This is how con artists trick people. It's called Social Engineering. They are predators taking advantage of people's hopes, greed, and desire for Get Rich Quick schemes.
Click-jacking and Like-jacking are two common tools of the con artist on Facebook.
They trick a Facebook friend of yours to click on a link. The link does not go to where they think it will. The link goes to a survey, or a registration page, or an Identity Theft phishing page, for example, that pretends to be a Facebook age verification panel. "Are you 18 years old or older?" it asks. If you click "Yes", you go to more trouble in disguise.
The end result is you get a computer virus, your banking information on your computer is accessed, or your Facebook account is hijacked, and "you" start sending messages and wall posts promoting the scam to other friends on Facebook.
Like-jacking is similar. When you click Like on an image, like a poster promoting some charity or sweepstakes or free product, you unknowingly grant permission to a rogue app to hijack your Facebook account, and it starts spamming people in your name. The Like button is hijacked and diverted to a malicious purpose. In other words, Like is NOT Like, but a link to something that enables you to be hacked.
Keep these tips in mind -- and you'll have a safer, more satisfying experience on Facebook.
Read "Facebook Clickjackers" on the excellent Sophos Naked Security blog.
Source: http://pluperfecter.blogspot.com/2012/05/click-jacking-and-like-jacking-on.html
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Twitter for Artists
The first time I tried Twitter was in September of 2007, and I’ll admit…I didn’t get it. I thought it was creepy. Who would care what I’m doing? Bad people, that’s who. I called it “Stalkers R Us” and signed off. Then I came to realise the power of Twitter. I not only happily endorse [...]
Source: http://www.stellarmediamarketing.com/social-media/twitter-for-artists/
5 Tips To Achieve A Perfectly Designed Website
The planning process for a website is absolutely crucial. It is the stage that lays the foundation of your entire website, and decides how it will perform once it is developed. Design is one of the most important elements in website planning. If your design is perfect, your website is bound to achieve phenomenal success. [...]
Source: http://www.netchunks.com/5-tips-to-achieve-a-perfectly-designed-website/
Monday, July 2, 2012
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Why I Only Promote 100% Commission Affiliate Products On Rapbank?
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For those of you reading this blog post who are not familiar with the Rapbank affiliate network, I will give you a real brief overview of Rapbank.
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Sunday, July 1, 2012
Getting Started with Guest Posting - Whiteboard Friday
Posted by Eric Enge
In this week's Whiteboard Friday, I am going to be walking through how to get started guest blogging. There are plenty of articles all over the web that go into the finer details of guest blogging, but let's step back for a second and really talk about how to get started.
From getting into the guest blogging mindset to building up your list of guest blogging opportunities, we'll cover this topic from a top down approach.
Happy Friday everyone! Please leave your own ideas and advice in the comments below too.
Video Transcription
Hi, I'm Eric Enge with Stone Temple Consulting. I'm here at SEOmoz to do a Whiteboard Friday today. We're a 25 person online marketing company that does consulting services for various people through the industry. What I actually want to talk about is how you get started with guest posting. There's a lot that goes into it, and there have been some great articles on SEOmoz that really get into the details of some of the aspects of it. But I want to step back and take you from the top down to help you get started.
The first thing I want you to think about is the mindset. The mindset is really important. There's a lot of stuff out there, guest blogging services that offer you all kinds of "sounds almost too good to be true" type options. The reality is, for the most part, they are too good to be true. Done well and done right, this is hard work, but it can bring really good returns. What I'm going to do today, I'm really going to focus on the high-
end approach to guest posting and how you get posts that are really brand building in nature. So let's dig in a little bit further.The first thing I want you to do is I want you to tap into your team knowledge. Get your key team members together. Get them in a conference room. Get them brainstorming. Where are the places you'd love to be covered in an article? Great place to start, because after all, some of them it might be possible.
Once you have that kind of list in your mind, the next thing to do is to actually go check and see if they take posts. They may or may not have a policy on their site. If they do, that's a great thing to look for and can be very helpful. But sometimes they take guest posts without actually ever having been quite so overt about it. You can basically take this query here, site:targetdomain.com, whatever it is, and then put "guest post" or
"guest contributor" or "guest author." You can try different phases, and see whether or not they've ever taken those kinds of guest contributions in the past. Great place to start. Hopefully that gets you off to a good start.If that's not enough, you can actually go to next step, which is you can try some industry search terms. You can try things like, let's say you're in the Tupperware business. Tupperware and then guest post and you search on that in Google. That can be very helpful in potentially bringing targets up.
These kinds of queries tend to be very noisy. You can actually do the same thing with Twitter by the way. There is a tool that somebody posted up on SEOmoz recently which is good at this. But it does tend to be very noisy. You'll have to sift through a lot of stuff to find targets that you'll want to deal with, but it still is worthwhile to get started if you have to go that way.
The point of all this is you're looking for initial targets. Where the big win really comes in is when you start finding other prominent people in your industry space who are doing guest posts, because then you can follow their trails and see all the things they're doing. That's really the next step here that I want to lead you to.
Once you've found authors, first of all you'll want to assess their prominence, because there are probably going to be a lot of spammy operators out there in your space that are doing guest posts, and you really don't want to follow their trails and see everywhere they've posted because you're going to get in the same kind of trouble that they're eventually going to be in. But you can see where these authors have guest posted by taking the author name in double quotes, and then put "guest post" or "guest author" or "guest contributor," those various flavors. You can then see all the places where these people have posted in the past. Wonderful way to get a long list of targets and really get your campaign off to a powerful start. To me this is really the big payoff that you're looking for in terms of developing a good target list.
Once you have this good target list, the next thing you want to do is you want to evaluate the target quality. You want to start thinking about: Are these sites where we want to be seen? Certainly if one of your prominent competitors or a prominent pundit in the industry writes on that site, that's a very good sign. Do they have a good readership? Is there a lot of social activity that happens from what they do at the site?
Also the types of links allowed. It used to be when people did guest posts, it was all about those free, in context links with rich anchor text. I am telling you that strategy, which may still work for some people, is really a Titanic looking for an iceberg. So you really want to focus on how you find targets which are actually a little more restrictive. It's actually good if they allow outbound links in the body of the article. But if they're allowing you to stuff anchor text links to yourself in the body of the article, that's actually not good for you. The main thing you should expect when you're working with the right kinds of targets for guest posting is you're going to be getting attribution, byline level links, and that actually is the safest place to be in the long term for guest posting. It's the kind of policies that you're going to find on the most valuable sites anyway.
So those are my thoughts on guest posting for today. I've enjoyed doing this Whiteboard Friday for you. Have a good day.
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Facebook Scams: Investigate Before You Click on Like or Share
There are many scams and rogue apps on Facebook. Malware, viruses, phishing exploits, identity thieves, clickjackers, and spammers seek gullible people to trick.
There are even fake scam warnings about exploits that don't exist.
People, listen up. Don't fall for these con artists. Take a moment to Google the keywords of a post.
For example, there is a bogus warning about hackers posting insulting messages as though they were written by you.
Google the keywords: "hackers insults Facebook" and see what you get.
How about the Pink Facebook scam? Google "turn Facebook pink scam".
Remember the baby burn victim scam? Google the keywords "baby burn victim hoax Facebook".
Sometimes you have to add "hoax" or "scam" or "spam" to the keywords, depending on the specific case. That's because there may be some legitimate postings that include the keywords of the hoax or scam posting.
Do a few moments worth of research BEFORE you impulsively click Like or Share or copy and re-post a message. Pulling on your heart-strings often is the prelude to pulling on your purse-strings. Appealing to your noble sentiments is a common ploy of con artists and identity thieves.
Source: http://pluperfecter.blogspot.com/2012/05/facebook-scams-investigate-before-you.html
Why Hotels Need User-Centric Search Engine Optimized Sites
Only last week HKHotels announced a total overhaul of their brand, becoming Library Hotel Collection. In the process, they redesigned all their online properties, to be consistent with their real-life core value: always putting the customer first. A first look at these new websites triggers a wealth of emotions. They were built on a simple [...]
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