Internet Marketing and Invisible List Building

Posted on January 1st, 2010 in List Building | 1 Comment »

Copyright (c) 2008 Titus Hoskins

When I first started online marketing I kept hearing the so-called gurus shouting “The Money Is In Your List!” Up until that time the only list that meant anything to me was probably my grocery list. However, as I quickly became familiar with web marketing, list building became one of my key goals.

Mainly because list building is one of the vital elements to your Internet marketing success. It can play an important role in increasing your sales, getting repeat targeted traffic to your sites and a perfect vehicle for branding your product or company. Moreover, your list can be a primary source of business relationships which will help you build your online business since these contacts can be the cornerstones of your online marketing.

While I have fulfilled my main ambition of working full-time on the net, I have not as yet achieved my goal of reaching 100,000 subscribers. When I first started, my goal was getting 1,000 subscribers which I quickly passed, then it was 10,000 which was much harder to reach… getting to 100,000 will take much more time and effort but I believe I will get there eventually.

Maybe that number is a bit foolish, mainly because I learned long ago it is not the size of your list that counts, but how responsive it is. Still, it helps to have a goal set for yourself… and a 100k subscriber list is not an unreachable number especially when you’re talking about the Internet. There are probably more than a few pimply faced teenagers out there who have gotten triple that number of subscribers just by placing some silly videos on YouTube.

Many marketers also make the mistake that list building is all about sales and forget that your list is much more than just for monetary gain. It can be the basis for a whole wealth of ideas and interaction that goes well beyond how many sales you can squeeze out of your list. The really savvy marketers use their lists for market research, product development and treat their lists as a knowledge resource they can tap into, time and time again.

Your list building can also be the foundation of your own vibrant online community. A community that’s interactive and a great source of both ideas and business contacts. Probably the best example of this type of community building would be those communities that spring up through the social networking media sites… and Twitter would be a good example of this type of list building.

Invisible List Building

In studying and using lists over the years, some things have really surprised me. As an affiliate marketer I quickly realized most of my list building was invisible! This happened when I was fairly new at the marketing game, I had trouble with one of my site’s web host and I had to move the whole site to a different server and my site was down for several days… but the strange thing was my online sales from this site still kept coming even though my site was down.

I was totally puzzled (I can be rather slow sometimes!) until I realized or rather learnt the marketing power of cookies. Almost all of the affiliate programs I was promoting on my site were using cookies to mark the traffic or clicks coming from my site as my referrals. If anyone of these referrals made a purchase in the next 30, 60, 90 or more days – I would get credit for the sale.

My site was down, but because I had a whole list of cookied buyers lined up to purchase these affiliate products, my sales still kept coming. I was fairly new at this web stuff then and this was a real eye-opener for me. I started joining those affiliate programs that gave me the longest time-frame with their cookies. Most are around 30 days but there are quite a few that will give 365 days. Some affiliate programs such as Ken Evoy’s Site Build It and Marlon Sanders’ products even give you a life-time cookie.

In affiliate marketing using these “cookies” to build up hundreds of lists of “invisible customers” can be a very effective marketing strategy. You might not see these lists, but they’re quietly working for you in the background, bringing in sales even if your site is down or even when you have stopped a particular campaign.

Of course, the key here again, is how targeted is your marketing. You could have a million cookied customers lined up but if they have no real interest in your product – they won’t turn into buying customers. You must get the potential customer who has shown an interest in your product, onto your invisible cookie list. That’s why ranking high in organic search results for your chosen keywords plays a vital role in how much you earn online, especially if you’re into affiliate marketing. Going the PPC (Pay Per Click) route can also work but the profit margins are much closer.

Nor should you ignore building an actual opt-in list of customers to your autoresponder system in this whole process. Many marketers also try to “cookie” their actual opt-in lists as soon as possible in order to boost their sales. Your invisible cookie lists can work in conjunction with your so-called real lists. Along those same lines, one of my most effective marketing strategies is to use “micro” list building which is building hundreds of small lists of customers for each affiliate product that I promote. In the process of building these lists of potential customers, my first goal is to get these customers “cookied” with my affiliate ID. Then no matter if they buy directly from you or from some other link on the web; you still get credit for the sale.

Another effective marketing technique to use with your lists is to promote a whole group of related brand name products and MAKE SURE you cookie your list with ALL these different products so that no matter which one they eventually choose to purchase, you will still get credit for the sale. This way as a marketer you can come across as a helpful neutral third party pointing out the benefits and disadvantages of each product rather than a pushy salesperson pushing one product at your list. Nobody likes a pushy salesperson, so be a helpful friend instead.

Don’t ignore the effectiveness of these cookies or invisible lists in your online marketing. Used properly they can increase your sales dramatically. You can have hundreds of these invisible cookied lists working for you on the web. When you get down to the actual numbers, a list of 100,000 subscribers can pale in comparison. So next time anyone mentions list building to you, just remember you can always go incognito!

The author is a full-time online marketer who has numerous niche sites. If you want to learn how to make your online marketing much more effective by building your lists try here: list building Or you can try our popular: list building ecourse 2008 Titus Hoskins. This article may be freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.

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Two Key Elements of List Building

Posted on December 29th, 2009 in List Building | No Comments »

One of the most important factors to online success is list building. No matter what goals you’re pursuing with your online activities, building a good healthy contact list is vital for a successful outcome.

List building plays a major role in developing good relationships with your site’s customers, clients and visitors. It can be used to get more traffic, leads and sales for your site or business.

For these reasons contact building should be high on your list of priorities when you’re marketing or promoting on the web. Fortunately, list building is an easy process that any site or webmaster can quickly set-up as long as you understand two simple, yet well-proven principles of list building. For more details go to www.confessions-followup-marketing.com .To be really successful, your list building must incorporate these two key elements. Without these two main ingredients you will probably find building your contact list difficult and slow going. So it is worth your while to fully understand and utilize these two factors in your list building.

Any list should have these two key elements:

1. Value -

Your list should have value. It should offer something valuable to the one subscribing. It should offer important information, quality content, special deals/discounts, and more importantly, it should offer a valuable relationship or connection to an expert in the subject area of the list.

Subscribers join a list for the benefits it will bring them, whether it is valuable content, special deals or a connection to an expert in their area of interest; your list must have value for the subscribers. They must benefit from joining your list.

If you’re building a list, just write down all the benefits someone would receive from joining your site or list.

- receive important information

- get special valuable content

- receive special deals/discounts

- get training videos/workshops

- get timely announcements or news

Make these benefits your main selling points when you’re building your list. Don’t forget there may also be a psychological reason for joining your list – many people like being part of a group or membership site. Its human nature, we all want to be emotionally involved with certain topics or causes, so don’t ignore this aspect when building your list. Everybody likes to feel included – lists can fulfill this emotional need.

Simply give your subscribers something of value and you will build your list quickly and easily.

2. Free

Whatever you offer – make sure it is Free. The quickest way to build any list is to give away free valuable content, information, videos, reports, e-books, discounts, prizes… everybody loves a free gift. Just make them an offer they can’t refuse. For more details go to www.craigs-list-profits.com .Some marketers argue that giving away free items will attract the “wrong kind” of customer or subscriber – people that will never buy anything because they will expect it to be free. But this has more to do with the nature of your gift and the kind of contacts you’re building – giving away free buying guides on how to purchase real estate, fast cars, LCD TVs, laptops… will definitely attract the right “buying customer”. If you’re into selling, you just have to adjust your marketing to incorporate the free element correctly.

Besides, giving away something free is the first step in starting an ongoing relationship with your subscribers. It gets the ball rolling. It is one of the most effective ways to build your list quickly and easily. Just make sure you’re giving away something of value to the person receiving it and they will turn to you, time and time again, to find what they’re looking for on the web.

So the next times you’re building a contact list make these two key elements the center of your activities. Just remember “give them value and make it free” and you should have no problems with list building.

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Six Tips for Using Facebook to Support Your Career

Posted on December 29th, 2009 in Social Media Marketing | No Comments »

With over 100 million users, Facebook is one of the most popular Internet social networking sites in the world. If you’re already on Facebook, you know how much fun it can be to read status updates, find long-lost acquaintances, and send cyber gifts. If you limit yourself to just the fun side of Facebook, you could be missing out on one of the most effective aspects of this powerful networking tool–it’s potential to further your career.

It’s a widely-accepted truth that the more people you know, the greater your chances of finding a job or encountering a professional opportunity. As recently as five years ago, jobseekers hoping to grow their professional networks relied on phone calls, emails, or formal letters to make contacts in their field of choice. The development of social media sites such as Facebook marked the beginning of a new age of communication. While it used to take hours to contact everyone in your address book, your message can be broadcast to an audience of hundreds in a manner of minutes on Facebook.

The immediacy and breadth of this technology make it a highly effective professional resource, when used correctly. Take a look at the following tips to help you begin to harness the professional power of Facebook.

<b>•    Be yourself, tastefully.</b>

Think of your Facebook page as an introduction to both friends and potential employers. Most career experts advise caution when selecting photos to post or deciding how and when to express yourself. Would you offer a job to someone who was always online during office hours or constantly degrading their current boss? Photos of your drunken weekend in Vegas might be best shared with a limited group of friends, so be sure to familiarize yourself with the security settings so you can be in control of who can access your profile. 

<b>•    Update your page regularly.</b>

Try to monitor your Facebook site weekly to ensure that friends haven’t written  inappropriate comments on your wall or posted photos you’d rather not show the world. Firefox offers a Facebook toolbar which can help notify you when there’s something new on your page. Share your interests and talents online, by creating links to your blog or uploading photos. You may be surprised by the opportunities and connections that could be triggered by a simple posting about your current hobby or latest interest.

<b>•    Give and you shall receive.</b>

Just as in the professional world, the old adage of “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” is true on Facebook. Spend time reading and responding to the posts of others in your social network. Answer questions when you can and help connect your contacts to one another when appropriate. Your efforts to help others will be remembered when it’s your turn to reach out for a favor or some important career information.

<b>•    Use Facebook with discipline.</b>

As any Facebook user knows, it’s a slippery slope once you start exploring all the possibilities this site has to offer. It takes discipline to be an active participant without whiling away hours of your time taking quizzes or watching YouTube links posted by your friends. Consider giving yourself a time limit for each session to avoid letting this site take over life. As with the Internet in general, there are plenty of apps on Facebook that are addictively fun and could easily gobble up half your workday. If you hope to use this site as a professional tool, try to minimize the games and silly apps you add to your page.

<b>•    Join groups that are associated with your current (or future) profession.</b>

There’s a group or cause for everything and anything on Facebook. Do some research to find and join the ones associated with your career and interests. Can’t find the group you want? Create your own and spread the word. Once established, the contacts in your group can be a valuable resource for career advice, support, networking, or event organization.

<b>•    Continue to grow your network.</b>

You never know who could help connect you to your next opportunity. The longer your list of friends, the better the chances that someone will be able to help when you’re looking for a physical therapist to shadow or a job in fashion design. If you are unsure about accepting friend invitations from certain acquaintances, consider creating a limited profile for these people to access.

With Web developers constantly creating new technologies, the possibilities for users on Facebook should continue to increase. Explore the site and don’t be afraid to experiment to discover how it can best work for your career.

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Is the Page Rank Based On Inbound Links Accurate?

Posted on December 27th, 2009 in Google | No Comments »


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Some business men are thinking that inbound links mean little to nothing. What is important for them is earnings, page views, and revenue. Everything else is not very important for them. How do you earn more from an online advertising campaign?

Does getting inbound links from a poor page do any good? Is it worth spending time to get it? The search engine optimizers’ answer is yes. The anchor text is really valuable and low page rank doesn’t mean that the source page is poor; the page does not follow an appropriate SEO campaign. A low PR can rank well and a link from it would be valuable too.

But the best solution is to have inbound links for important sites, which places you high on Google’s results list. Maybe it’s wise to think further than page rank. The potential traffic of famous brands, for example, is very important too.

Some well known firms have a very low PR, but the traffic they are generating is worth getting it. There are sites that may even have a PR of 0, but the site content is related to your sites. Go ahead and link to these kinds of sites because relevancy is also very important.

The general idea is that every link is getting a better page rank; Google really loves links strategy. There is no single inbound link that can hurt a site; there are some links banned by Google.

They can make outbound links to you, but search engines understand that a website designer or webmaster can’t control every time this happens. The punishment isn’t applied every time when irregular links appear.

It is wise to verify as often as possible the outbound links source and eliminate the dangerous ones. If linking a bad site becomes a usual activity, search engines will penalize this fact.

Months, maybe even years of hard work from web designers, programmers, webmasters and search engine optimizers will be vanished. Any attempt to reach a high page rank will remain without a result.

There are some addresses where the punished webmasters can ask for forgiveness and have the right place in the results page again. It does not work every time. In principle, there is no penalty given to a site that links to a relevant page; but using the reciprocal links farm will get a website severely punished not only by Google, but also by the other popular search engines.

There are linking directories that you may join to link to other sites with relevant content or with a high page rank. Just be sure to check your backlinks to make sure they are linking back to you because Google does not favor those who have hundreds of links with no backlinks. A great resource to join and start linking your websites is:

o http://www.MyLinkMachine.com

You may also want to consider article submission to directories to insert your links into your articles. If a reader is very interested in your article, chances are that they will click on your link to visit your website. To star submitting your articles to a great directory, go to:

o http://www.MyContentBuilder.com

Article submission can be tedious, which is why you may want to consider an automatic article submitter. It can submit one article to over 30 sites in a half an hour. To watch a video on how to accomplish this, go to:

o http://1trac.com/dt/t/Article_Submitter_Video.php

Karianne Kline is a Graphic Design student currently attaining her Associate?s Degree. She is also learning the other end of the spectrum in Marketing and SEO. You can learn more about what she does by visiting http://www.LazyLinking.com

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Getting Massive Laser Targeted Web Traffic From Google Adwords Easily

Posted on December 22nd, 2009 in traffic | No Comments »

You need traffic to generate wealth in the internet, especially laser targeted web traffic. Everybody knows it; every site wants it and every site needs it. Without traffic, it is for naught.

With web traffic comes a potential customer which basically means sales which in turn means profits. While many sites have collapsed in the past, other smaller sites have still generated good money by concentrating on a certain niche and some sub-niches.

You can imagine why e-commerce site wants to laser target certain groups of people. They drive them to their sites to showcase their sites and products. Precision marketing is essential so that you could count on all the web traffic on your site as potential customers.

Using Money to Make Money

It’s a common business notion that if you want to make money, you have to spend money. Advertising is the most commonly used paid method.

You can make sure that your company and product will be known by people through advertising. With the right type of advertising, you can see the spurt of web traffic growth to your site. With a high volume of web traffic, even if only a small portion or percentage turns out to be buying customers it is still a good average of profit generating income.

Now, the surge in popularity of Google’s Adwords being the most used web traffic advertising method is very evident as you can see so many sites sporting this ad scheme.

To use Google’s Adwords, you pay a certain fee depending on the number of keywords your ad is keyword sensitive to. Each time a person does a search in Google, the keyword or keywords use generate ads in the side of Google which are generated by the keywords they have assigned for their ads.

This method can laser targets the web traffic that your site wants. You can also be assured that the first page of a search result has your site. Using Google Adwords ensures that your target group of people sees your ads. You can drive your laser targeted web traffic to your site which provides for their needs and wants.
Besides Google, you can also be featured in their other search networks. These include sites like, AskJeeves, AOL Search and Netscape. These sites also show Adwords ads that react to searches done by visitors.

You can also use content networks, non-search engine sites that feature Google Adwords. But this is subjected to the niche the site features. Your chosen keywords will determine which content network shall feature your ad. The frequency of your ad shall also be determined by your allowed budget.

Laser Targeting Your Web Traffic

You will need to get an estimate of your web traffic to buying customer ratio so that you can maximize your profits.

Knowing that your web traffic are all potential customers and are interested in your products and company provides you with a more accurate statistics. This will show you how effective your utilizing of Google Adwords is.

You will need to use keywords or keyword phrases that pertain to your company and to your products to drive laser targeted web traffic to your site.

If you need help in choosing keywords, there are many online internet tools available that could help drive laser targeted web traffic to your site.

With your Google Adwords ad, you are ensured that every click to your ad is a potential customer that is precisely looking pr interested in what you have to offer. Make sure that your Google Adwords ad has the right keywords so that you can drive you’re laser targeted traffic to your site.

Using Google Adwords can help boost the laser targeted traffic which proves to be very beneficial as many other companies can attest to. The benefits are high with the cost relatively justifiable.

Brian Lam is an experienced internet marketer. Discover how you can boost your opt-in list by up to 1133% immediately with his proven techniques and get his internet marketing tips at Email Marketing Solutions for free now.

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The Two Key Elements You Must Have for List Building!

Posted on December 20th, 2009 in List Building | No Comments »

One of the most important factors to online success is list building. No matter what goals you’re pursuing with your online activities, building a good healthy contact list is vital for a successful outcome.

List building plays a major role in developing good relationships with your site’s customers, clients and visitors. It can be used to get more traffic, leads and sales for your site or business.

For these reasons contact building should be high on your list of priorities when you’re marketing or promoting on the web. For more results visit us at www.autoresponder-money.com. Fortunately, list building is an easy process that any site or webmaster can quickly set-up as long as you understand two simple, yet well-proven principles of list building.

To be really successful, your list building must incorporate these two key elements. Without these two main ingredients you will probably find building your contact list difficult and slow going. So it is worth your while to fully understand and utilize these two factors in your list building.

Any list should have these two key elements:

1. Value -

Your list should have value. It should offer something valuable to the one subscribing. It should offer important information, quality content, special deals/discounts, and more importantly, it should offer a valuable relationship or connection to an expert in the subject area of the list.

Subscribers join a list for the benefits it will bring them, whether it is valuable content, special deals or a connection to an expert in their area of interest; your list must have value for the subscribers. They must benefit from joining your list.

If you’re building a list, just write down all the benefits someone would receive from joining your site or list.

- Receive important information

- Get special valuable content

- Receive special deals/discounts

- Get training videos/workshops

- Get timely announcements or news

Make these benefits your main selling points when you’re building your list. Don’t forget there may also be a psychological reason for joining your list – many people like being part of a group or membership site. Its human nature, we all want to be emotionally involved with certain topics or causes, so don’t ignore this aspect when building your list. Everybody likes to feel included – lists can fulfill this emotional need.

Simply give your subscribers something of value and you will build your list quickly and easily.

2. Free

Whatever you offer – make sure it is Free. The quickest way to build any list is to give away free valuable content, information, videos, reports, e-books, discounts, prizes… everybody loves a free gift. Just make them an offer they can’t refuse.

Some marketers argue that giving away free items will attract the “wrong kind” of customer or subscriber – people that will never buy anything because they will expect it to be free. But this has more to do with the nature of your gift and the kind of contacts you’re building – giving away free buying guides on how to purchase real estate, fast cars, LCD TVs, laptops… will definitely attract the right “buying customer”. You can also go to www.list-management-secrets.com. If you’re into selling, you just have to adjust your marketing to incorporate the free element correctly.

Besides, giving away something free is the first step in starting an ongoing relationship with your subscribers. It gets the ball rolling. It is one of the most effective ways to build your list quickly and easily. Just make sure you’re giving away something of value to the person receiving it and they will turn to you, time and time again, to find what they’re looking for on the web.

So the next times you’re building a contact list make these two key elements the center of your activities. Just remember “give them value and make it free” and you should have no problems with list building.
 

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Increase Search Engine Traffic With Quality Content!

Posted on December 17th, 2009 in PPC | 1 Comment »

Every web site owner wants to increase search engine traffic. It’s free and the visitor is targeted to your subject matter, product or service. What more could you ask for in search engine traffic? The downside is that you need to understand search engine ranking methods and that is quite a challenge for many.

The amount of opinions and “experts” on ways to increase search engine traffic is overwhelming. And regardless of what anyone might tell you, they’re all guessing. The search engines themselves don’t divulge how their methods work for one simple reason. As soon as anyone figures out the method, there’s a mad rush to implement changes based on the method.

In a perfect world, where there were no scoundrels, this might not be a factor. Everyone would organize their web site information so that a visitor could easily find what they’re are looking for, and life would be good. But we certainly don’t live in a perfect world and scoundrels are everywhere.

So we are at the mercy of the search engines to help us sort through the clutter to find what we want. And that’s the value that the search engines provide, accurate and meaningful search engine results that are related to the search terms or phrases. So it goes back to the quality of content, that’s the only common factor in all 3 major search engines ranking methods.

Each of the big 3 (Google, Yahoo, and MSN) search engines use a little different method and technology to arrive at any given web site’s ranking under specific search terms. As mentioned above, no one knows exactly how each method works. But you can test different strategies and methods to see how they impact your rank.

And therein lies the only true method of determining what the search engines might look for when ranking your web page on specific search terms. I’m sure most of us are aware that most processes can be expressed in mathematical equations. I’m not sure if that’s the best method for search engine ranking but it is the most popular for the search engine ranking process.

And consider the fact that when someone has determined (or thinks they have determined) one of the factors used in search engine rankings they beat it to death. Every discovered aspect in the past few years has been exploited immediately to the point of the search engines abandoning the tactic. As soon as the search engines see that someone can beat the system, they change it.

That’s one of the big reasons you see constant change in ranking methods. Since there is a tremendous amount of revenue at stake for all concerned, i.e. sales of products and services for the web site owners, plus the advertising revenue for the search engines, any advantage is huge.

If you would have tested and tracked all the changes and methods in search engine rankings for the past few years, one constant factor would stand out. This is also one of the most misunderstood and often overlooked single element in search engine ranking for a specific term.

So what’s the one thing that the search engines can’t change about their mathematical algorithms? You got it, CONTENT! The search engines can play with the process, methods, or means to judge web site content. But if web site owners stick to the basic philosophy of providing meaningful content, in relation to the search term, the impact of changes are far less if even felt.

And that is where many web site owners run afoul of getting good search engine rankings. Many jump on the bandwagon with every new revelation in search engine strategies based on the latest changes. It’s the old forest and trees scenario, Internet style. Even if you get a slight advantage from all these “new” tactics, it will be short lived. As soon as the search engines catch on that you are working the system, they will change the system.

So the best way to increase your rankings for a particular search term is to provide meaningful information or content based on that search term. Here a few guidelines I’ve found that help:

-Make sure you focus on the subject matter (don’t try to satisfy too many terms with one web page).
-Get inside the searcher’s head – figure out what they want and give it to them.
-Be specific and provide details – don’t generalize and be descriptive
-If a sales page use benefits and features to fully explain the problem and the solution.
-Update your information often – setup a schedule to update and add more content

There are many sub factors that can have an impact on how well the search engine bots can determine the value of the content. The search engine bots are software programs that go out and “read” your web page and then provide the information to rank your web pages on what it discovered.

You’ll find many “experts” who will give you a hard list of items and how to present this information. And I don’t disagree with suggestions to include the search term in your web page in key areas like title, description, and font designations like H1. That helps the search engine software bots to determine the content.

But I’ve seen web pages with no meta-tags, title, or description but had rock solid content and still had high search engine rankings on a particular search term. So make it easy for the search engines but always remember that the content is the single consistent factor in search engine rankings.

There are a lot of different aspects to consider when trying to improve your search engine ranking, and increase search engine traffic. The keyword and phrase research, interpreting the search term or phrase to provide the best result, reviewing other popular web sites with the same intentions, linking to other like content web sites, and more. How you present the information and content is also an important issue.

But all those factors come after good content. So if you start with providing the best content, you can’t go wrong. After all, this is both an art and a science, not to mention a moving target. If you would like to learn more, please visit on our other article links below.

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How To Increase Your Google Page Rank

Posted on December 17th, 2009 in Google | No Comments »

Increasing your page rank on Google sometimes seems like a daunting task when you first start to promote your website. There are many different techniques used to increase pagerank, but the primary way is to obtain quality one-way links to your website. The more backlinks you have, the more “votes” Google will view your website as having and the chances of increasing your page rank will greatly increase. Below are a couple of tips that will help you obtain the type of backlinks you need to achieve a higher page ranking.

One of the most import things you can do when promoting your website is to submit to directories. Directories are basically categorized listings of websites. When your website is listed in a directory, a backlink to your website is created in the listing. This is a fantastic way to get quality links to your website. The other benefit of being listed in directories is that it has the potential to drive targeted traffic to your own website. There are many ways to get listed in directories which include manual submissions, using software for submissions (semi-automated), and hiring a company to do the submissions for you.

Another good way to obtain backlinks is to join forums. Here you can achieve links to your website by including links to your website in the comments you make and by including a link in your signature. It is a good idea to join forums where the subject matter is on the same wavelength of what your website is about. For example, you would not want to join a forum on dogs if your website is promoting a work at home business. The links would certainly help, but it would make much more sense to join a form and obtain backlinks from a site that is related to your own.

One of the quickest and easiest ways to achieve quality, one-way text links is to purchase the links. Although some people will look at this as being an expensive alternative, it can by far be the easiest and quickest route since the links are placed almost immediately, the links are targeted, and the links are typically placed on a website that has a higher pageranking themselves. The higher the pagerank is on the page that your backlink resides on, the better chance you have at achieving a higher page rank on your own website. One of the most affordable places to buy quality text links online is www.iSellPagerank.com. They offer targeted, one-way links and directory submissions that are specifically geared toward increasing your website’s page rank.

Page rank is very important and can certainly have a major impact on your website. The higher the page rank of your website, the better you are going to rank for specific keywords in all of the major search engines like Google, Yahoo, and MSN which in turn, will drive much more traffic to your website. Persistence, determination, and keeping up with page rank techniques will bring your website out on top!

Terry is the owner of one of the internet’s most popular link building websites – www.iSellPagerank.com. To find out more, please visit www.iSellPagerank.com

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7 Effectives Ways to Increase Your Web Traffic

Posted on December 16th, 2009 in traffic | No Comments »

In today’s world everyday more and more people are choosing to become an affiliate by joining affiliate program because most of the affiliate program are easy and also free to join.  Although this signing up a affiliate program is simple task but i can assure you promoting the affiliate program is another matter. 

 

So, we all know that in the core of it all, Getting web traffic is the most essential thing to a successful internet based business company. Aside from ensuring that you have a great product to sell the affiliate program products,it would be time to get to the nitty gritty of things, generating web traffic.

 

If you already have a site and you want think that you’re not getting the traffic that you’re supposed to be getting, then its time to reconsider this is an essential factor if you are contending in these very competitive business, you should always be a step ahead of your competition, increasing your traffic flow should have been done.

 

Time is an essential, that’s an old age known to everyone. But with generating web traffic, you should always be on your toes and be a day ahead of everyone.you should not think of today and tomorrow as a starting point for making your website traffic laden.

 

To help you out in generating more web traffic for your website, here are 7 effectives Ways To Increase Your web Traffic.

 

1) Invest in good advertising with search engines

 

Google’s Adwords and Yahoo’s Overture provide great advertising schemes that are popular and assures great web traffic increased. Although with this one effective way to increase your web traffic but it would cost you some money. While some people would shy away from spending money to increase web traffic?it is imperative in this case to do so because Adwords and Overture is the one of the top effectives way to increase your traffic.

 

You could see for yourself the success this search engine advertising methods have reaped rewards for so many companies. Lots of website also feature these advertising system and many have signed on to reap benefits from it. Do not be the one who left behind.I assured you if you use it correctly every penny is worth it with using Google and Yahoo’s advertising.

 

2) Exchange or Trade Links with other sites

 

With exchanging links with other sites, both of you will benefit from the efforts both of you do to increase your websites traffic. When one site features another sites link, they could provide one another with the web traffic one site generates another. The efforts are doubly beneficial because it would seem like both of you are working to generate more web traffic at the same time. The more links traded with more sites the more web traffic you could be expected.

 

3) Use Viral Marketing

 

Viral marketing allows you to spread the word about your company and product without any costs or if  there’s ever its just a low costs only. This is a marketing method that can be quite sneaky and also time consuming using this viral Marketing method you can attach your company’s name, product or link to a certain media such as a funny video, entertaining game, an interesting article or a gossip or buzz. With this viral Marketing method, people get infected with the creativity and entertainment of the medium that they will pass it on to many people.

 

4)Do a research in Keyword suggestion tool and use proper keywords or keyword phrases for your sites content

 

Search engines look for certain keywords that they would show in their results page. In doing so, having the right keyword and keyword phrase is a high requirement in ranking in high in search engine results especially in google,yahoo,msn etc this is very essential factor that you must take note. You could write your own content or you could hire someone to do it for you.

 

5) Write Articles that can lead traffic to your site

 

Submit articles to Article directory since most of them are free article directory you can advertise your websites for free.you can write a articles that would contain the same subject that your website deals in. If you sell car parts write press release and articles about cars and car parts.please remember to Attach your sites description and services at the end of the article as well as the link.

 

6) Join forums and form online communities

 

Capture a market and at the same time show your expertise and credibility. When you have found a good foundation for your website, people will trust you and your website and will pass on to many people since they trust you and your web Traffic will certainly increase because they know that you can provide what they need.

 

7) Lastly, Offer newsletters,free gift, built an opt e-mail list.

 

If many people know what you are about and your existence is shared with many others, you will find a loyal traffic that can provide you with more traffic by recommendation. If you arouse the curiosity of your customers they would be pushed to help you with your traffic.I have finish writing this article and i hope you find it to be useful. If you are looking for more Affiliate marketing tips and tricks please do not hesitate to visit my blog at http://freeaffiliateserviceinfo.blogspot.com/

I am a part-time internet Marketer.

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Page Rank – Here are Measurable Numbers

Posted on December 16th, 2009 in Google | 1 Comment »


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In a recent update of how Google assigns authority, many web sites were assigned a reduced rate based on Googles Page Rank system. Google assigns a rating scale of 0 -10 as a form of reputation for a web page. Page rank can be found by the use of the Google toolbar.

Remember that Google ranks individual pages not sites. This is why I always recommend a clean design, which gives every page the same chance. Some database driven web sites don’t allow for this and even some marketing people don’t agree. When you are looking to win in competitive markets you need to apply this.

This change occurred after Google has voiced its dislike of the purchase of paid links for the reason of influencing natural search results. Business models have been based on the buying and selling of links for the purpose of gaining rank.

Many opinions had been made that these two events are connected and they effect the ranking of web sites. This is common opinion in the internet marketing area and provides a distorted view of the world. Only an assessment of a specific site can provide us real, measurable information.

One site that lost a large measure of its PR (Page Rank) from a rating of 10 to 6 is statcounter.com In a keyword count statcounter has over 3129 to keyword ranking listings. One of the number one ranked keywords, is “web stats”.

Based on the Gtrends tool from the keyword research site, Wordtracker.com, this word receives 18750 estimated searches per month in Google. Statcounter has kept it’s top ranking both before and after the update.

This brings us the conclusion that the reduction of page rank change was more of just a reshuffle of authority, rather than a change of how Google ranks web sites. Other sites that sell paid links have had similar results.

Its important to have measurable, real information based on facts rather that the guidance of a vastly out of date tool, like page rank. I make it my goal to educate on numbers rather than opinion of the masses.

Online their are many sites who state they are on SEO, however they is such opinion floating around that you never know where the truth comes- beware the opinion it will drive you crazy. Numbers don’t lie, if its your bank account or in your traffic and sales conversion.

Paul Easton is a self confessed online marketing nut- who helps from an “in the trenches, doing it” point of view. Free Guide: Get a Plan for free web Traffic here: SEO Training

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