First I spend a lot of money and try to find every short cut possible, then I do it right and start making money. Sound like anyone you know?
In my last article, I suggested that you can change the world by writing articles that make a difference to you. Also in that article, I said that if you want to write more articles, then you should read more articles. It seems like there are two ways to do everything on the Internet: the fast, easy, massive powerful way, and the right way. Now, if at this point you are thinking why are those three sentences all in one paragraph, and does this maniac think he is going to be able to pull these three different things together. The answer is *Yes,* and in less than 10,000 words too…lol. Let’s get started.
When I first started online, I was fortunate enough to be taught to start with a content website. After learning about search engine optimization (SEO), keyword content, authority sites, and back links, I knew I needed to submit articles to article directories so I could built back links to my site, helping me give my site more credibility and increasing my rankings in the search engines.
I was taught that I was not to expect the articles to bring traffic to my site, but that it was the links I wanted for better search engine rankings. (I no longer believe that last statement.) I was also taught that it was better to pick specific directories that were actually related in theme and content to the theme and content of my website.
So, what did I do, I came across and ad that said I could have my article submitted to over 500 directories in less than a day. In case you have not noticed, I am the kind of guy that thinks if two aspirin are good, then ten must be better. I also want to say, that in my training they did teach that SEO was not a fast process, but that if done correctly, it was a lucrative one. Anyway, I thought I was going to jump right on the fast track and get two or three of my articles posted in over 500 directories, and this would bring hundreds of people to my site, and that the search engines would want to put my site to the top of the page, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars.
Well, like I said, there is the fast, easy, massive powerful way, and then there is the right way. Guess what, I did not get much traffic, maybe 3 or 4 visitors, and I did not get my article posted on hundreds of directories. Did I mention that deep down inside of me a little voice was saying, if everyone did this, there would be millions of worthless articles stored on hard drives that would serve no purpose except to create back links? Then the little voice said, if millions of people did it, it would be valueless to the search engines or anyone else. Let’s contrast that to what I am doing now.
Now I am trying to write 30 articles. I have 21 active articles on ezinearticles.com. I have had about 300 people read these articles and about 10 of them have been published elsewhere by I don’t know who. I have personally read about 50 to 60 articles in this directory myself. I really like this article directory. I have confidence that my articles bring value to my readers and to the directory, because I write about things that I think are honestly interesting and important.
When I finish writing 30 articles, I plan on making keyword content videos out of some of them and posting those videos on YouTube with back links to my site. I have my profile filled out on ezinearticles.com and my picture posted. I did a search to see if I could find any of my old articles, and I found one in a directory that I never heard of and it has been viewed 5 times and although it did have my resource box, all it had in the profile was my first and last name. I surprised that I haven’t had a hundred people call me off of that one article aren’t you? (Sarcasm)
Once I get these 30 articles written, I may do some research and pick a few more directories and post some of them with those. I will read articles and do a little research before I pick those new directories. Now, ask yourself one simple question. If everybody did it the way I did it the first time, who would benefit?
Now, ask yourself another question, if everyone started with one directory completely filled out their profiles, read several articles from different authors before carefully writing articles of their own giving their unique perspective and then actively participated and contributed to another directory a few months later, who would benefit? Like I said, there is the fast, easy, massive powerful way, and then there is the right way. By the way, if you look closely, you might be able to see how you can change the world with one of these methods.
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ow you can change the world with one of these methods.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Do you want to write articles that completely change your world? Then read this!
I hear it again and again; the quality of your articles doesn’t matter, just change a few words and get it out there. The truth is out, that is all wrong. If you want to write content that will have an impact and keep paying dividends, then read this!
Want to write more and better articles? The answer is simple, read more articles. I really like the way ezinearticles.com keeps a couple of lists of articles below each of the articles that you write or read. It is an easy way to see how your article stands up, learn new information, get fresh ideas, and get fresh perspectives.
I have to admit, that I have a little bit of a hard times with some of the rewrites of rewrites that people post online, and I am a strong believer that the value you add to the articles and content of the Internet will bring you a higher return on investment for the work that you do.
It is not always easily measured by click through and re-publish statistics that you get on your articles. What I mean by that is some of the articles that I feel I have really poured my heart and soul into are not always the most read or used by other sites. There is the part of article marketing that can’t be measured by numbers.
That may sound a little strange, so let me try to explain. First let me say, I am far from an article marketing expert. With some work that I have done with a couple of websites and the other articles I have put together and submitted to article directories, I have written less than 100 articles. So, what do I mean by success cannot always be measured by number?
For me there is a little faith involved here. I believe that If I write articles that matter to me, and that I think are important, that somewhere or somehow those articles will attract a person that I am looking for, and maybe they will go and read more articles and because of the connection they felt with me learning about me through what I wrote in an article, they end up brining me one of my next opportunities or maybe they become my next big business partner: and all this will be a result of the quality that I put into my work now, even when I wasn’t getting immediate satisfaction.
So my advice, even without me having big success that might have more impact to influence you, is to pay your due to the universe, and be true to yourself. No effort goes unrecognized by the universe, and will probably draw someone into your life that will make all the difference. I learned several years ago, and have seen again and again, most major success can be tied to a small handful of relationships that you probably could not have ever for seen the full value that comes as a result.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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Want to write more and better articles? The answer is simple, read more articles. I really like the way ezinearticles.com keeps a couple of lists of articles below each of the articles that you write or read. It is an easy way to see how your article stands up, learn new information, get fresh ideas, and get fresh perspectives.
I have to admit, that I have a little bit of a hard times with some of the rewrites of rewrites that people post online, and I am a strong believer that the value you add to the articles and content of the Internet will bring you a higher return on investment for the work that you do.
It is not always easily measured by click through and re-publish statistics that you get on your articles. What I mean by that is some of the articles that I feel I have really poured my heart and soul into are not always the most read or used by other sites. There is the part of article marketing that can’t be measured by numbers.
That may sound a little strange, so let me try to explain. First let me say, I am far from an article marketing expert. With some work that I have done with a couple of websites and the other articles I have put together and submitted to article directories, I have written less than 100 articles. So, what do I mean by success cannot always be measured by number?
For me there is a little faith involved here. I believe that If I write articles that matter to me, and that I think are important, that somewhere or somehow those articles will attract a person that I am looking for, and maybe they will go and read more articles and because of the connection they felt with me learning about me through what I wrote in an article, they end up brining me one of my next opportunities or maybe they become my next big business partner: and all this will be a result of the quality that I put into my work now, even when I wasn’t getting immediate satisfaction.
So my advice, even without me having big success that might have more impact to influence you, is to pay your due to the universe, and be true to yourself. No effort goes unrecognized by the universe, and will probably draw someone into your life that will make all the difference. I learned several years ago, and have seen again and again, most major success can be tied to a small handful of relationships that you probably could not have ever for seen the full value that comes as a result.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Plug in Profits? Stone Evens? Could this be what you are looking for? My Review
Have you heard of Stone Evens and the Plug in Profit site and marketing system? Either you are so new to the Internet that you just have not had a chance to see that much yet, or you were like I was for the first couple of years coming across his ads, and just ignoring them. For those of you who have not taken a look yet, here is a quick review.
The first question is what is it that Stone Evens is offering with this program? Well, this list is no small offering. Let’s review:
400 days of pre-written profit-pulling follow-ups (pre-written ezine) WOW!
Instant, reliable delivery
Unlimited message length
Unlimited message changes
Password-protected online control panel
Powerful personalization features
Smart tracking features
Database access
Powerful mailing list management features
Automatically clean your mailing list
Built-in anti-spam filters
Bullet-proof email delivery mechanism
Security, reliability and peace of mind
Toll-free 1-800 telephone and email support
List-builder service
This list is in the words of the Plug in Profit ad itself. Notice a common theme? That’s right; the money is in the list. If you look a little closer, you will see that what it really says is the money is in the follow up.
I have to say, of the hundreds of programs that I have looked at, I continually see one common flaw. That is that you have to become an expert at so many things to have any success that most people don’t have a chance, much less know where to start. I hear it time and time again, “I lack focus!” This is what I was saying before I was giving a clear direction, and this is what people email me and post on my blog again and again. “They know what all the pieces are now, but they just don’t know where to start.”
So how does Stone Evens solve that issue for his potential students? He gives them all the tools they need to collect, develop and follow up aggressively with the best list building and follow up tools on the market. How’s that for a great place to start with a direct focus?
Now all you have to do is follow his 30 day course on how to drive traffic to the site that he give you and also lets you customize, and to his proven sale letter, telling his story and what he had put together for everyone you can find that is willing to read.
I don’t know about you, but I think Stone Evens has a winner here in his Plug in Profit system.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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The first question is what is it that Stone Evens is offering with this program? Well, this list is no small offering. Let’s review:
400 days of pre-written profit-pulling follow-ups (pre-written ezine) WOW!
Instant, reliable delivery
Unlimited message length
Unlimited message changes
Password-protected online control panel
Powerful personalization features
Smart tracking features
Database access
Powerful mailing list management features
Automatically clean your mailing list
Built-in anti-spam filters
Bullet-proof email delivery mechanism
Security, reliability and peace of mind
Toll-free 1-800 telephone and email support
List-builder service
This list is in the words of the Plug in Profit ad itself. Notice a common theme? That’s right; the money is in the list. If you look a little closer, you will see that what it really says is the money is in the follow up.
I have to say, of the hundreds of programs that I have looked at, I continually see one common flaw. That is that you have to become an expert at so many things to have any success that most people don’t have a chance, much less know where to start. I hear it time and time again, “I lack focus!” This is what I was saying before I was giving a clear direction, and this is what people email me and post on my blog again and again. “They know what all the pieces are now, but they just don’t know where to start.”
So how does Stone Evens solve that issue for his potential students? He gives them all the tools they need to collect, develop and follow up aggressively with the best list building and follow up tools on the market. How’s that for a great place to start with a direct focus?
Now all you have to do is follow his 30 day course on how to drive traffic to the site that he give you and also lets you customize, and to his proven sale letter, telling his story and what he had put together for everyone you can find that is willing to read.
I don’t know about you, but I think Stone Evens has a winner here in his Plug in Profit system.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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Unlimited Inspiration to Write Ezine Articles! It’s so easy you’ll say, “Why Didn’t I Think of That?”
Ever feel like you have a lack of inspiration for writing articles? Yes, I am sure you have heard that you can just do keyword searches in your favorite article directory and do some minor rewrites of some of the existing articles that are already posted. Yes you can bring your influence to them and make them better.
How would you like to only write about what you think is hot, and be able to share your unbiased opinion? Sound too good to be true? Well, it may not be as hard as you think. When I first hear that the best way to build relationships of trust and be able to show your potential clients that you have something of real value to them was to give them information for free, my second thought was, if everyone is doing this, I don’t want to squander a free education.
What do mean by that? Let me explain. There are some very sharp and bright people out there marketing on the Internet, and then there is everyone else. So if they are giving away gold nuggets to get you to buy the golden goose then why not take all the gold nuggets you can get. What I mean by that is, I sign up for everything. That’s right everything. I probably get 500 + messages every day.
Are you with me yet, or are you more confused than ever? The bottom line is after signing up for everything for well over a year, I know just about everything that is going on and who all the major players are, and what’s good an unique, and what is the same old dribble everyone else is pushing.
Not only that, but every email and offer I get is a lesson in marketing. Some are lessons in what to do, and some are lessons in what not to do. Have you heard of a SWIP file? I organize all my mail into folders as they come in. If I find that someone is worth following, I create a directory just for them, and then I create a rule in Outlook that all messages from them go to that directory. The truth is after all of this time, I usually group people together depending on a verity of different reasons.
I have turned my Outlook into a massive SWIP file. This gives me the ability to find things that are timely and relevant and quickly be able to write an article about it. The most recent evolution of this system has been with RSS. I subscribe to someone’s blog or website RSS if I think they are hot, and I get kept up to date and up to the minute on anything new they add or do on one of their sites.
What? Armand Moran is having a free webinar, I am all over it, and you will have an article on it the next day.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
How would you like to only write about what you think is hot, and be able to share your unbiased opinion? Sound too good to be true? Well, it may not be as hard as you think. When I first hear that the best way to build relationships of trust and be able to show your potential clients that you have something of real value to them was to give them information for free, my second thought was, if everyone is doing this, I don’t want to squander a free education.
What do mean by that? Let me explain. There are some very sharp and bright people out there marketing on the Internet, and then there is everyone else. So if they are giving away gold nuggets to get you to buy the golden goose then why not take all the gold nuggets you can get. What I mean by that is, I sign up for everything. That’s right everything. I probably get 500 + messages every day.
Are you with me yet, or are you more confused than ever? The bottom line is after signing up for everything for well over a year, I know just about everything that is going on and who all the major players are, and what’s good an unique, and what is the same old dribble everyone else is pushing.
Not only that, but every email and offer I get is a lesson in marketing. Some are lessons in what to do, and some are lessons in what not to do. Have you heard of a SWIP file? I organize all my mail into folders as they come in. If I find that someone is worth following, I create a directory just for them, and then I create a rule in Outlook that all messages from them go to that directory. The truth is after all of this time, I usually group people together depending on a verity of different reasons.
I have turned my Outlook into a massive SWIP file. This gives me the ability to find things that are timely and relevant and quickly be able to write an article about it. The most recent evolution of this system has been with RSS. I subscribe to someone’s blog or website RSS if I think they are hot, and I get kept up to date and up to the minute on anything new they add or do on one of their sites.
What? Armand Moran is having a free webinar, I am all over it, and you will have an article on it the next day.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Aggressive Internet Marketing Guru Secrets for Maximizing Articles on Internet Marketing
Relatively new Internet marketer is busted for theft from the secret play book of one of the Internet's most aggressive Internet marketers. You won't believe what he found and is now reveled for all. Were you wondering how you were going to develop your own autoresponder series for your ezine?
What if I could sneak into the basement office of one of the top Internet promoters alive today? This promoter is constantly trying his skills by applying his techniques on different industries. He just started from nothing and made $250,000 profit in 4 months in real estate. So here you are my friends, a page straight from the playbook of a real winner. You better make copies or print this before I get caught and I am forced to take it down.
First you write the article, as always with carefully chosen keywords. Then you submit it to your carefully chosen article directories. Then you post those articles on your blog keeping their content fresh. Then you post the articles to the blogs on your favorite social network sites. Did you know you had a blog on your MySpace site?
Then you post the articles to your main website. You are always looking to add depth to the content on this site. (Age and volume do carry weight with the search engines.) Then you use these articles to inform and teach your ezine subscribers by sending the content out in emails.
I know that press releases are an excellent way to get fast recognition and results on the web. I still have to figure this one out and try it for myself. Please share any insights that you might have.
Now here is the part, that I have recently started, doing myself, and am very excited about the ease with which it makes recording and publishing videos. You use the content from your articles as scripts for your videos. Each video is then taking advantage of the Web 2.0 and monopolizing on your keyword research letting your videos add another layer to your targeted promotion. (YouTube, Google Video, and many more.)
Now this is one that I have not gotten into at all yet, but I think it would be foolish not to use this natural step. Rip the audio off of the video and submit it as podcasts.
Finally, turn all of the above into a new “Squidoo lens”. Don’t know what that is? It’s time to find out.
Like I said, I expect to hear from someone’s lawyers soon, so you better print it, copy it or do whatever you can to make sure you have your copy of this, because I don’t expect to get away with this long.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
What if I could sneak into the basement office of one of the top Internet promoters alive today? This promoter is constantly trying his skills by applying his techniques on different industries. He just started from nothing and made $250,000 profit in 4 months in real estate. So here you are my friends, a page straight from the playbook of a real winner. You better make copies or print this before I get caught and I am forced to take it down.
First you write the article, as always with carefully chosen keywords. Then you submit it to your carefully chosen article directories. Then you post those articles on your blog keeping their content fresh. Then you post the articles to the blogs on your favorite social network sites. Did you know you had a blog on your MySpace site?
Then you post the articles to your main website. You are always looking to add depth to the content on this site. (Age and volume do carry weight with the search engines.) Then you use these articles to inform and teach your ezine subscribers by sending the content out in emails.
I know that press releases are an excellent way to get fast recognition and results on the web. I still have to figure this one out and try it for myself. Please share any insights that you might have.
Now here is the part, that I have recently started, doing myself, and am very excited about the ease with which it makes recording and publishing videos. You use the content from your articles as scripts for your videos. Each video is then taking advantage of the Web 2.0 and monopolizing on your keyword research letting your videos add another layer to your targeted promotion. (YouTube, Google Video, and many more.)
Now this is one that I have not gotten into at all yet, but I think it would be foolish not to use this natural step. Rip the audio off of the video and submit it as podcasts.
Finally, turn all of the above into a new “Squidoo lens”. Don’t know what that is? It’s time to find out.
Like I said, I expect to hear from someone’s lawyers soon, so you better print it, copy it or do whatever you can to make sure you have your copy of this, because I don’t expect to get away with this long.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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Article Marketing With Article Directories on Steroids
You've read all the articles on article marketing. You've read all the articles on article directories. You even read a couple of good books on Search Engine Optimization. Well, hang on to your britches, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Stop the insanity! You are not going to believe this one. This is so new and so hot; I can almost guarantee that you have not heard this one anywhere else. I am not even sure I can make a whole article about this, but I am sure that this is a must know before you post another article.
First I want to give you fair warning, you have to have a blog to take full advantage of this technique. If you don’t have one, no problem, you can go to blogger.com right now and get one for free and be up and running in less than 10 minutes. You may want to take a little longer though and get the profile filled out properly and add a picture of yourself. I got mine taken professionally with publishing rights at JC Pennies for less than $30.
Ok, so after you submit and the articles are accepted by your favorite article directory, I use ezinearticles.com, you test the links and make sure that they are all working properly. I am looking suspiciously to the left and then to the right… Then you take those links and you submit them to the search engines. Again, looking left, and then right. That’s right; you submit them to the search engines. If you don’t know how to do this don’t worry, here are the links.
http://www.google.com/addurl/?hl=en&continue=addurl
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/dir/suggest/suggest-01.html
http://beta.search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx
Now, you may think this seems a little strange, but I have it form someone that is so far inside, there are doubts whether or not this person has actually been born yet.
Here is the final step and this is where the blog comes in. You create back links from your blog to the URL’s for the articles. Go ahead, take a minute and catch your breath. It was a shock to me too. You may want to ask someone in your family to get you a glass of water. Let me just repeat that so you don’t think it was mistyped. You setup back links from your blog to your posted articles at your favorite directories.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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Stop the insanity! You are not going to believe this one. This is so new and so hot; I can almost guarantee that you have not heard this one anywhere else. I am not even sure I can make a whole article about this, but I am sure that this is a must know before you post another article.
First I want to give you fair warning, you have to have a blog to take full advantage of this technique. If you don’t have one, no problem, you can go to blogger.com right now and get one for free and be up and running in less than 10 minutes. You may want to take a little longer though and get the profile filled out properly and add a picture of yourself. I got mine taken professionally with publishing rights at JC Pennies for less than $30.
Ok, so after you submit and the articles are accepted by your favorite article directory, I use ezinearticles.com, you test the links and make sure that they are all working properly. I am looking suspiciously to the left and then to the right… Then you take those links and you submit them to the search engines. Again, looking left, and then right. That’s right; you submit them to the search engines. If you don’t know how to do this don’t worry, here are the links.
http://www.google.com/addurl/?hl=en&continue=addurl
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/dir/suggest/suggest-01.html
http://beta.search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx
Now, you may think this seems a little strange, but I have it form someone that is so far inside, there are doubts whether or not this person has actually been born yet.
Here is the final step and this is where the blog comes in. You create back links from your blog to the URL’s for the articles. Go ahead, take a minute and catch your breath. It was a shock to me too. You may want to ask someone in your family to get you a glass of water. Let me just repeat that so you don’t think it was mistyped. You setup back links from your blog to your posted articles at your favorite directories.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
This is the Biggest Misconception of Home Business
In general, I feel like there is a lot of good information about what kinds of things a person needs to do to drive traffic to his or her site. I think that there is plenty of emphasis on the importance of capturing names and building a list. I think that more and more the word is getting out about “Squidoo,” social networking, audio and video all as ways to build credibility, and to help people get the chance to get to know the real you better. Let’s not forget article writing with rich keyword content. The list of ways that can be worked in combination is quite lengthy.
Actually, now that I have listed a few, and think about the fact that most people are in the early stages of learning about all these things, I think it is probably more accurate to say that most people know about one or maybe two of these things. But this article is not about that, this article is about the well kept secret of how much of each of these things it takes to start to really have an impact and start to see some results.
I think that the common misconception of most people is that if I buy this course and do the 5 things that it tells me, “Bang!” I will start to have success with my home based Internet marketing business online. So they get the free web site setup with a domain name they came up with, they register it with the search engines under the 10 keywords that the author of their course, suggests, maybe they setup a MySpace account, and they figure out how to setup a link back to their new website, and finally, they pay the $100 to get 10,000 guaranteed visitors to their site.
As skeptical as I was this is among the first steps that I took, maybe adding getting some pay per click ads out. And then I just thought I would sit back and see what happened. I think the first day, I made $90.00. I thought wow, this might be it. I think that I had one more sale in the next 4 to 5 weeks before I shut down the site and decided to try something else.
Ok so what is the secret you might ask? Volume! Volume? That’s right volume! If I would have setup a budget for my pay per click and did my own research on keywords, and found some bargain or niche keywords that I could have tracked and ran for a good while, If I would have found 5 sites that can drive guaranteed visitors to my site instead of one, If I would have not only opened up a My Space but 15 to 30 other social network accounts, and build real profiles, and posted articles, and regularly reached out to others on these sites to build my friends list, and finally wrote 30 to 50 articles and posted them on a carefully selected Article Directory or two, then I would have started to see some results.
I think the best kept dirty little secret with regards to home based Internet marketing online is that you have to do all of the techniques in volumes enough to actually have an impact on the Internet. It all goes back to what I have said in the past, and that is that business is competition. So, if, for example, you are not writing more and better articles and selecting better keywords than the vast majority of marketers out there, you are not going to win your share of the business.
I am going to write in a lot more detail about each one of the above techniques, and share with you what seems most effective and, what doesn’t seem to work. But first, I have to get 30 to 50 articles written for Ezinearticles.com, with the best 30 key words that I can find so that I can start to really get my share and so I can tell you definitively how effective this will be for you. Ad a zero or two to the amount of times you thought you were going to try something, and then I think you will have a good start, but only a start.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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Actually, now that I have listed a few, and think about the fact that most people are in the early stages of learning about all these things, I think it is probably more accurate to say that most people know about one or maybe two of these things. But this article is not about that, this article is about the well kept secret of how much of each of these things it takes to start to really have an impact and start to see some results.
I think that the common misconception of most people is that if I buy this course and do the 5 things that it tells me, “Bang!” I will start to have success with my home based Internet marketing business online. So they get the free web site setup with a domain name they came up with, they register it with the search engines under the 10 keywords that the author of their course, suggests, maybe they setup a MySpace account, and they figure out how to setup a link back to their new website, and finally, they pay the $100 to get 10,000 guaranteed visitors to their site.
As skeptical as I was this is among the first steps that I took, maybe adding getting some pay per click ads out. And then I just thought I would sit back and see what happened. I think the first day, I made $90.00. I thought wow, this might be it. I think that I had one more sale in the next 4 to 5 weeks before I shut down the site and decided to try something else.
Ok so what is the secret you might ask? Volume! Volume? That’s right volume! If I would have setup a budget for my pay per click and did my own research on keywords, and found some bargain or niche keywords that I could have tracked and ran for a good while, If I would have found 5 sites that can drive guaranteed visitors to my site instead of one, If I would have not only opened up a My Space but 15 to 30 other social network accounts, and build real profiles, and posted articles, and regularly reached out to others on these sites to build my friends list, and finally wrote 30 to 50 articles and posted them on a carefully selected Article Directory or two, then I would have started to see some results.
I think the best kept dirty little secret with regards to home based Internet marketing online is that you have to do all of the techniques in volumes enough to actually have an impact on the Internet. It all goes back to what I have said in the past, and that is that business is competition. So, if, for example, you are not writing more and better articles and selecting better keywords than the vast majority of marketers out there, you are not going to win your share of the business.
I am going to write in a lot more detail about each one of the above techniques, and share with you what seems most effective and, what doesn’t seem to work. But first, I have to get 30 to 50 articles written for Ezinearticles.com, with the best 30 key words that I can find so that I can start to really get my share and so I can tell you definitively how effective this will be for you. Ad a zero or two to the amount of times you thought you were going to try something, and then I think you will have a good start, but only a start.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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Get Your Free Internet Marketing E-Book Now!
http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Affiliate Internet Marketing: Are All Copy-Writers Shameless?
Why do I have the feeling that I am going to live to regret writing and publishing this article? Two things, I have to admit, one is that as far as affiliate Internet marketing goes, I have lost my objectivity. What I mean by that, is a year or so ago, I would not have even ready some of the hype that I have now read most of from start to finish. “How to Make $99,871.00 per Week, Working 2.8 Minutes per Day.” “This System Never Fails, Only the People Who Buy it Do.” I don’t think that is an exact quote. I think this is what they call aggressive internet marketing.
Like I said, are these Copy-Writers shameless. I read an eBook about a year ago by a famous real estate investment author that chronicles every step he made to accomplishes what he says is making $100,000 in 24 hours online or something like that. After sending out several emails saying things like, “You have to be here Wednesday night, when we reveal our special once in a life time supper extreme mega mania secret offer that you will only hear about if you are sitting at your computer ready to read the email prior to the 15 min self destruct sequence which timer begins upon pressing the send button on my computer.”
Did I mention that he had all the people send in their social security numbers prior to sending out any offers with a financial summary of available cash and estimated non collateral dept availability? He wanted to make sure the offers did not leave any money in the wrong hands…lol
The main point I had against this particular book was that he tells you what his total sales were, but he seems to forget, that he was going to have to pay for all of the seminars and other bonuses that he threw in but had still not even arranged. Last I heard, it still coast a lot of money to get a space, book speakers, and all the things that are required to put on a seminar.
I guess I can’t be too cynical about all of this; it really is no different than the rags of gossip being sold at the checkout line at the super market. The reason they are there, is because lots and lots of people buy them. I guess the difference is that what they write in the gossip columns is at least plausible, unlike the ads for affiliate Internet marketing.
What about this one, does anyone really think they are only going to sell 57 of these at this price? If so, does any of those people really believe that the 57 crossed out with the number 19 next to it is really how many sold since they read the first page? I was pretty sure it had to be true, until one time my computer suddenly shut down in the middle of the process, and when I finally got to my friends computer the next day and pulled up the offer so I could still try and get it, the ad still said only 57 and the second page still said 19???
The reason that I say I am probably going to regret writing this is, before I had my Son, I was one of those people that said, “When I have children, I am never going to…” I can say with full discloser, that everything I said to finish that sentence, I have not only done that with my own son, but probably a lot worse. Yes, after I gave him his first McDonalds French Fries, he refused to ever eat a green vegetable again. What is in those things?
My point is, I am sure it won’t be long before, I will have an offer for my list that is exclusive and limited in number or some other artificial circumstance to create a sense of urgency. But for now, I am still on the side of the parent who says, “I would never let my kid… when I have them.”
About the Author Dan Iverson:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
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http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
Like I said, are these Copy-Writers shameless. I read an eBook about a year ago by a famous real estate investment author that chronicles every step he made to accomplishes what he says is making $100,000 in 24 hours online or something like that. After sending out several emails saying things like, “You have to be here Wednesday night, when we reveal our special once in a life time supper extreme mega mania secret offer that you will only hear about if you are sitting at your computer ready to read the email prior to the 15 min self destruct sequence which timer begins upon pressing the send button on my computer.”
Did I mention that he had all the people send in their social security numbers prior to sending out any offers with a financial summary of available cash and estimated non collateral dept availability? He wanted to make sure the offers did not leave any money in the wrong hands…lol
The main point I had against this particular book was that he tells you what his total sales were, but he seems to forget, that he was going to have to pay for all of the seminars and other bonuses that he threw in but had still not even arranged. Last I heard, it still coast a lot of money to get a space, book speakers, and all the things that are required to put on a seminar.
I guess I can’t be too cynical about all of this; it really is no different than the rags of gossip being sold at the checkout line at the super market. The reason they are there, is because lots and lots of people buy them. I guess the difference is that what they write in the gossip columns is at least plausible, unlike the ads for affiliate Internet marketing.
What about this one, does anyone really think they are only going to sell 57 of these at this price? If so, does any of those people really believe that the 57 crossed out with the number 19 next to it is really how many sold since they read the first page? I was pretty sure it had to be true, until one time my computer suddenly shut down in the middle of the process, and when I finally got to my friends computer the next day and pulled up the offer so I could still try and get it, the ad still said only 57 and the second page still said 19???
The reason that I say I am probably going to regret writing this is, before I had my Son, I was one of those people that said, “When I have children, I am never going to…” I can say with full discloser, that everything I said to finish that sentence, I have not only done that with my own son, but probably a lot worse. Yes, after I gave him his first McDonalds French Fries, he refused to ever eat a green vegetable again. What is in those things?
My point is, I am sure it won’t be long before, I will have an offer for my list that is exclusive and limited in number or some other artificial circumstance to create a sense of urgency. But for now, I am still on the side of the parent who says, “I would never let my kid… when I have them.”
About the Author Dan Iverson:
--------------------------------------------------------------
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
--------------------------------------------------------------
Get Your Free Internet Marketing E-Book Now!
http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
Are you following your guide to internet marketing?
Do you even have a guide to internet marketing? For me, one of my main guides is Matt Bacak’s monthly news letter, which I receive via mail, a hard copy, every month. Matt is a local millionaire in the Atlanta metro area whose promotion techniques are well proven, and always being refined. He told me once that the reason he shares so much, is because it keeps raising the bar and then he is forced to get better. So with this great advisor, and this great guide, what seems to be the problem?
Here is my problem. I think I have a pretty strong handle on what I need to be doing to successfully promote my business and my website. Lately I have been putting a lot of emphasis on article marketing. The strategy is one where you research keywords that are being searched for between 1000 to 10,000 times per month. But the number of sites that provide results for those keywords is lower.
An example is the key word phrase, “guide to internet marketing.” If you look it up on Wordtracker, you will see that it was searched for 1397 times. Then, if you do a search on Google, you will see that there are only 1163 sites that have content for that keyword phrase. They key is to go to ezine directories, and article directory with a PR (Page Rank) of 5 or higher and write and publish articles that include that keyword phrase in the title and body of the text. If you like, you can always see if your favorite ezine is publishing articles too.
I have been told that because of the high popularity of video and web 2.0 sites, that if you use this technique and use the keywords in the description of your video, this will also be a great way to get recognized by the search engines and drive more traffic to your site. Following this advice, I was able to exert a little discipline this weekend and signed up for and posted my profile in 40 social networks.
Again, you might ask, “What is the problem?” The problem can be summed up in one word, “Perfection.” That’s right, “Perfection.” Why is that a problem? Simple, it keeps me from finishing anything. Let’s take these social networks for example. All I have to do is create video, and post it on all of these sites with the keywords that I have a chance of getting the most attention from in the description, and Walla, lots of traffic. I even have a very nice Sony HD video camera. “I don’t see the problem.” You say. Well, I can’t seem to get the lighting right, and I don’t like the way I look around when I am trying to think of what to say. I am not sure if what I am saying is complete enough for anyone to understand.
See, “Perfection.” I can’t get anything done. So what is the cure? The cure is publish, publish, publish. It will get better. The bottom line is that you have to put something out there. Even if it is the dumbest thing that anyone has ever seen, read, or heard, now you have something to improve upon. And, improve upon it you will. So, here is my commitment, by this time tomorrow, I am going to have some video posted on all of these new sites that I have signed up for. Remember, no matter how bad it is, once you get it out there, you can work on making it better. There is only one place to go from the bottom.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
--------------------------------------------------------------
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
--------------------------------------------------------------
Get Your Free Internet Marketing E-Book Now!
http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
Here is my problem. I think I have a pretty strong handle on what I need to be doing to successfully promote my business and my website. Lately I have been putting a lot of emphasis on article marketing. The strategy is one where you research keywords that are being searched for between 1000 to 10,000 times per month. But the number of sites that provide results for those keywords is lower.
An example is the key word phrase, “guide to internet marketing.” If you look it up on Wordtracker, you will see that it was searched for 1397 times. Then, if you do a search on Google, you will see that there are only 1163 sites that have content for that keyword phrase. They key is to go to ezine directories, and article directory with a PR (Page Rank) of 5 or higher and write and publish articles that include that keyword phrase in the title and body of the text. If you like, you can always see if your favorite ezine is publishing articles too.
I have been told that because of the high popularity of video and web 2.0 sites, that if you use this technique and use the keywords in the description of your video, this will also be a great way to get recognized by the search engines and drive more traffic to your site. Following this advice, I was able to exert a little discipline this weekend and signed up for and posted my profile in 40 social networks.
Again, you might ask, “What is the problem?” The problem can be summed up in one word, “Perfection.” That’s right, “Perfection.” Why is that a problem? Simple, it keeps me from finishing anything. Let’s take these social networks for example. All I have to do is create video, and post it on all of these sites with the keywords that I have a chance of getting the most attention from in the description, and Walla, lots of traffic. I even have a very nice Sony HD video camera. “I don’t see the problem.” You say. Well, I can’t seem to get the lighting right, and I don’t like the way I look around when I am trying to think of what to say. I am not sure if what I am saying is complete enough for anyone to understand.
See, “Perfection.” I can’t get anything done. So what is the cure? The cure is publish, publish, publish. It will get better. The bottom line is that you have to put something out there. Even if it is the dumbest thing that anyone has ever seen, read, or heard, now you have something to improve upon. And, improve upon it you will. So, here is my commitment, by this time tomorrow, I am going to have some video posted on all of these new sites that I have signed up for. Remember, no matter how bad it is, once you get it out there, you can work on making it better. There is only one place to go from the bottom.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
--------------------------------------------------------------
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
--------------------------------------------------------------
Get Your Free Internet Marketing E-Book Now!
http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
Fraud or a Home Internet Based Business Opportunity: Article Review
For some of us the cost on our education to learn how to make money online will be much more than others. Learn how you can keep from over paying for your online education.
With so many people looking for home Internet based business opportunities it seems the Internet has become pretty fertile ground for fraud and get rich quick scams.
I recently read an article that noted 4 main areas that you can watch out for to help you identify the fakes. I also read recently that the price of education to learn how to make money on the Internet is very high. I think that this is true if you don’t do two things, one stick with and complete the program that you choose, and two thinking you might be the one who gets lucky and gets rich quick. One reason I am writing this article is to help you keep the costs of your education down. Most people have to pay for a couple of get rich quick opportunities before they learn that you only reap what you so.
So here are the four things that the article that I read pointed out, and I think these are all true, with one exception, which I will point out.
* A large sum of money to start.
* Claims of large returns of money for little effort.
* Talks a lot about the opportunity, but seems to never get around to what the product is.
* When you actually try to contact someone, you find little or no information available.
I think there are probably as many good home Internet based opportunities online as there are bad, so finding one where there is good contact information should not be that hard. One of the reasons that I put my phone number in with my contact information is because I really would like to talk with someone who is considering doing business with me. I will probably ask tougher question than they might expect if they don’t have a lot of questions of their own.
My goals have nothing to do with selling units, or signing people up, I want to know that I helped you with something that helped you either start to make money, or made it easier for you to make more. At the end of the day, I don’t want to say I sold thousands; I want to say that the few that I helped did really well.
I believe if you have to put too much money into something upfront, you should ask yourself, “Who benefits from that?” No matter what you have to invest in the buying of or buying into an opportunity, there are a lot of things you have to spend money on very wisely before you’ll be enable to have a successful business. Take it from me, the man who has build started several businesses, made great progress setting up new accounts and making sales, only to have to quit, because I simply ran out of money and needed to eat and pay my rent.
That is one of the things I like about the Plug in Profit program, Stone Evens has already put a lot of money into developing some great tools to help you be successful, but there is still a lot of work to do.
One last thing, I seem to have run into a string of things lately that have no contact info. I have found this very frustrating. Some of the things have not worked at all, and some, I just need some questions answered. This is very bad, and doesn’t do anybody any good. This should be one of the biggest benchmarks that everything you look at should have to meet. No direct contacts…RUN and save yourself the tuition.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
--------------------------------------------------------------
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
--------------------------------------------------------------
Get Your Free Internet Marketing E-Book Now!
http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
With so many people looking for home Internet based business opportunities it seems the Internet has become pretty fertile ground for fraud and get rich quick scams.
I recently read an article that noted 4 main areas that you can watch out for to help you identify the fakes. I also read recently that the price of education to learn how to make money on the Internet is very high. I think that this is true if you don’t do two things, one stick with and complete the program that you choose, and two thinking you might be the one who gets lucky and gets rich quick. One reason I am writing this article is to help you keep the costs of your education down. Most people have to pay for a couple of get rich quick opportunities before they learn that you only reap what you so.
So here are the four things that the article that I read pointed out, and I think these are all true, with one exception, which I will point out.
* A large sum of money to start.
* Claims of large returns of money for little effort.
* Talks a lot about the opportunity, but seems to never get around to what the product is.
* When you actually try to contact someone, you find little or no information available.
I think there are probably as many good home Internet based opportunities online as there are bad, so finding one where there is good contact information should not be that hard. One of the reasons that I put my phone number in with my contact information is because I really would like to talk with someone who is considering doing business with me. I will probably ask tougher question than they might expect if they don’t have a lot of questions of their own.
My goals have nothing to do with selling units, or signing people up, I want to know that I helped you with something that helped you either start to make money, or made it easier for you to make more. At the end of the day, I don’t want to say I sold thousands; I want to say that the few that I helped did really well.
I believe if you have to put too much money into something upfront, you should ask yourself, “Who benefits from that?” No matter what you have to invest in the buying of or buying into an opportunity, there are a lot of things you have to spend money on very wisely before you’ll be enable to have a successful business. Take it from me, the man who has build started several businesses, made great progress setting up new accounts and making sales, only to have to quit, because I simply ran out of money and needed to eat and pay my rent.
That is one of the things I like about the Plug in Profit program, Stone Evens has already put a lot of money into developing some great tools to help you be successful, but there is still a lot of work to do.
One last thing, I seem to have run into a string of things lately that have no contact info. I have found this very frustrating. Some of the things have not worked at all, and some, I just need some questions answered. This is very bad, and doesn’t do anybody any good. This should be one of the biggest benchmarks that everything you look at should have to meet. No direct contacts…RUN and save yourself the tuition.
About the Author Dan Iverson:
--------------------------------------------------------------
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.BigFirstStep.biz
--------------------------------------------------------------
Get Your Free Internet Marketing E-Book Now!
http://www.tenthousandclicksfree.com
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