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Marketing yourself on the internet is very crucial to anyone that wishes to reach online success. The days of marketing a particular program or opportunity are over. People want to know about the person promoting them more so than the opportunity or program themselves. If people can get to know you and trust you, they will trust your recommendations and advice.
This is the same concept as online branding which I blogged about before. The internet makes it a little challenging to be transparent, but at the same time there are numerous methods in which you can utilize to become known and seen as an expert in your field.
Here are 5 tips to help you market yourself on the internet:
1. Create Online Profiles – Profiles are an excellent way to get your name out there. They’re also a great way to get backlinks to your site as well. Take advantage of creating profiles on Google, Yahoo and MSN.
2. Post Videos – If you have a simple web cam or digital camera with video capability, it’s very easy to create short videos and post them on YouTube. You can also get free screen capture software like CamStudio to create tutorials. Take advantage of videos to create a web presence and loyal following.
3. Article Marketing - Writing articles either for your own blog or submitting them to article directories is a great way to get yourself known. Create informational and valuable articles that people will want to read and share with others.
4. Forums – Forums are not only an excellent source of information, but they can also be used to create credibility within your niche. The more people you can help, the more people will trust you and your recommendations.
Bonus Tip:
5. Blogging – Just as I’m doing here, you should be blogging about your experiences and sharing the knowledge you have about your particular interest. This will help build up a following of interested readers and build relationships with them.
Do you have any branding tips you’d like to share? Let us know in the comments below…
Last month went by very quickly. Luckily for you I was able to get quite a few blog posts written. I hope you enjoyed them all and learned a thing or two. In case you missed any, you can check out last month’s blog posts in this blog post roundup.
If you liked my last post on Free Keyword Research, then you’re going to like this post even more. I created another video to show you a very cool way to determine whether the keywords you’re using are keywords that people are searching for with the intent to buy something.
Sounds awesome, right? I know that if you could rank your website for a keyword phrase that people search for to find stuff to buy, that you’d make more money. That’s the whole purpose of this amazing free tool.
After reading the title you’re probably thinking there’s no way that keyword research can be easy, let alone free. I think that too many people make keyword research a lot harder than it has to be. And, while paid tools are great when researching keywords, I think that for the majority of people they’re not needed.
What IS needed though is knowing how to do some basic keyword research when you’re looking to rank your articles, blog posts, and web pages on the first page of Google.
Keyword research is essential, and it’s a lot easier than you might think. I put together a video explaining how you can use a free tool to find “golden nuggets” that are going to provide the traffic you need. Follow that up with a little research on your competition, and you’ll be well on your way to getting a top 10 listing.
Once you find the keywords you want to use, remember to include those keywords when building backlinks to that article, blog post or web page. That’s how you’re going to build up your rankings in the search engines.
And, speaking of backlinks, the two methods of backlink building I recommend to get the fastest results is using Angela and Paul’s backlink building services. They are worth every penny and can produce massive results.
I hope with this little tip you’ll be able to bring in more traffic and sales for your online business.
Do you suffer from information overload? When i was first learning internet marketing, I was presented with so much information that I couldn’t make any sense of it. I felt even more dumb about the concept than before. You could say I suffered from information overload syndrome.
This occurrence happens quite frequently among people. There are ways to avoid this from happening to you so you don’t feel lost and confused. If you’re looking to start your own home based business and learn how to market and advertise, there’s a lot of information to sift through. Even in the corporate business world, this is a huge problem.
Dealing with a lot of information all at once can be a nightmare. It can literally make your head spin, and you’re left wondering where to even start. Here’s what I did to combat my information overload problem and how you can do the same.
Tips to prevent information overload:
Take a deep breath and relax
Take a break (as long as you need) and let your mind sort through the information you just read. Go back later to anything that still doesn’t make sense.
Evaluate where you are right now, and where you want to be
Set small goals for yourself, utilizing only the pertinent information to reach those goals
Tackle only one project at a time (this tip is a lifesaver!)
These tips are geared more towards entrepreneurs looking to work from home who are faced with heaps of information right from the start. Of course, these tips can be applied to any individual, but they should be tailored specifically to your needs.
The other option is to not do anything about your information overload problem, in which case you could end up like the people in this video…
I’m a big fan of article marketing, and anyone who knows me will agree. I wouldn’t have created a whole article marketing proof video if I wasn’t 100% positive that it helps build your business for the long term. In fact, here’s my video below…
So what’s this whole Free Traffic System all about? Free Traffic System is the new age of article marketing: it has its advantages and does not have any disadvantages.
The advantages of both article marketing and Free Traffic System are obvious – Google and other search engines welcome and will always welcome the creation of new, useful, non-duplicate content and that is why search engines look favorably upon the backlinks generated this way.
Due to this “benevolent attitude” from search engines towards links built via article marketing, thousands of people have been successfully using article marketing for years to improve their positions in search engines for their targeted keywords.
BUT, unfortunately article marketing has some serious disadvantages – let’s have a look at them:
- when others republish your article they can delete your backlinks from the article
This is a huge problem! And my previous post was exactly about this topic. The owner of GetCashOnline.org decided to use one of my articles on his blog and remove MY links from MY article and insert his own self-serving links. I hate thieves!
After you have submitted your article to one of the major article directories – you lose control over your articles. Today, lots of people are using different automatic tools to “harvest” these directories for content and republish the articles on their sites. Now, probably 95% of the people that republish these articles are honest and will keep your links, but there’s always the other 5%.
The problem is that more and more people are starting to steal your content from article directories and automatically DELETE your backlinks from the resource box. OR, they steal just a tiny portion of your content (1st paragraph of your article, for example) and give a backlink to the article directory. This is great for the article directory, but not for you! This happens quite a lot to me, and I have to be honest… it PISSES me off!
With Free Traffic System you are guaranteed that pages where your content is republished will remain with YOUR backlinks. Those blogs who break this rule and touch your links (modify them/make them invisible/delete them) will be deleted from the Free Traffic System and lose access to quality content.
- duplicate content problems
You see, when one and the same article is republished, Google quickly “understands” this is duplicate content and “sees” that a big portion of your backlinks are built from duplicate content pages. This is not dangerous and Google will not punish you for doing that, but it is rumored that Google seriously lowers the SEO value of backlinks built from duplicate content pages, or just ignores them all together.
The other problem with this is that your duplicate articles will be competing against each other, and most likely Google and other search engines will just choose only one of your articles to show up in search results.
With Free Traffic System you have all the tools necessary to make each of your articles be non-duplicate, even if the article is republished on 20, 40, 100 or even more blogs. With the help of simple procedures – that will take you only an extra 5 minutes per article – you will create dozens or even hundreds of READABLE and CONCISE versions of article titles and bodies that won’t be considered duplicate. It is all in your hands: if you decide to spend 5 minutes and use the diversification tools provided by Free Traffic System, then each of the articles republished will be unique for Google and other search engines. And this will instantly increase the value of your backlinks.
Look at the comparison table to see Free Traffic System compared vs traditional article marketing.
Free Traffic System vs Article Marketing
Feature
Free Traffic System
Traditional Article Marketing
Quick distribution of content
Yes
Yes
Tools to avoid duplicate content problem
Yes
(if you take an effort to diversify it with FTS tools)
No
Control over backlinks
Yes
(those who touch your backlinsk get out of FTS)
No
Diversification of anchor texts of your backlinks
Yes
No
Control over relevancy of sites that republish your articles
Yes
No
Now I understand there are some tools available that do the same thing for your articles, like Unique Article Wizard. I also believe Submit Your Article will let you spin different versions of your article as well.
BUT… these are quite expensive, ranging from $30 – $70 per month!
Explore these advantages of building one way links with the new level of article marketing for FREE with the Free Traffic System.
I found this cool little slide-show video presentation that provides over 90 tested marketing tactics you can implement for any business you have. Some are “outside the box” ideas, which always grabs my attention.
These are all real-life examples and have been proven to work. If you want to take your work from home business to the next level, who better to learn from than guerrilla marketers who’ve been there, done that?
I hope you all enjoy this video. It’s best viewed at full screen…
Many work from home business owners will try to create as much revenue from their website as possible. That’s just plain common sense. Like myself, they put a lot of time and effort into building their site or blog and would like to be rewarded in some way.
Creating income streams for your business is essential. Some of the ways you can do this is by offering affiliate products on your site, providing a free newsletter and building your list, and also by placing ads on your site.
The types of ads you place can be varied. The important thing to remember is if you’re going to place ads on your site you want them to be relevant to the content.
Google Adsense has this down to a science. You place a piece of code on your site which generates advertiser’s ads. When someone clicks on one of those ads, you get paid. The cost varies and will depend on the bid price of the advertiser.
Adsense revenue is an easy way to generate some extra income for your work from home business. Just don’t expect to get rich from it.
You may notice that I have Adsense ads on this blog. Take a look at them and see how they’re formatted. You can customize the appearance of the ads to blend into your site. This you want to do, and you’ll learn why in just a second.
Once you get your ads up you’ll want to do some testing so that you get a good conversion rate. Over at InfectedByBugs.com, Shannon provides some really great tips on how to do this. Check out his Adsense Tips and learn 5 ways to increase your Adsense revenue.
Another factor that determines your Adsense revenue is your ad position. Here’s a video that provides some more great tips on how to boost your Adsense revenue including the best location for your ads… Enjoy!
By now you should have a good understanding of what Google Adsense is and also how to increase your Adsense revenue. When working from home, it’s important to test every aspect of your business. Conversions are key, so it makes perfect sense to always be testing and keeping an eye out on your ads so that you generate the most Adsense revenue as you possibly can.
Keep in mind, though, that you must be getting traffic to your site in order to see any kind of results. To learn how to do this check out my posts on building your work from home business:
I want to wish my readers and friends a very Merry Christmas this holiday season. May it be filled with lots of memories of family and friends.
Every holiday season I look forward to getting together with family members. We have a tradition and usually stick to it year after year. Another thing I look forward to is, of course, the food. I love to eat, and every holiday is a great time to just let go and endulge ourselves. Anyone else feel the same way?
I used to look forward to presents, but as I’ve grown older they don’t seem to matter as much. I would prefer to give than to recieve now. My Christmas lists keep getting shorter and shorter each year, and when I think about it, I don’t really “need” anything. My wants are small, and as long as I’m with the people I care about, what more do I need?
No matter what I’ve gone through, or will go through in the future, I feel blessed with what I have.
I hope you feel blessed as well this holiday season.
To get things geared up for Christmas I wanted to provide some holiday cheer to all of my readers. Last year Office Max’s ElfYourself was a big hit. This year they’ve stepped it up a notch. I thought it would be nice to share with everyone just exactly what ElfYourself is and how much fun you really can have. So take just 5 minutes out of your time to view this funny and Christmas filled video…
I hope you enjoyed the video and got a kick out of it. I know I sure did dancing with those elves. Getting out of those tights was another issue.
I also wanted to mention that this is a perfect time to sign up for my newsletter as I have just added the first ever Christmas Gifts Package. I have compiled a list of products that are available as an all-in-one download, but only for my subscribers.
Not yet a subscriber? Just sign up on the right and you’ll be sent the download link to your Christmas gifts and other great bonuses.
Again, have a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season!
Marketing yourself on the internet is very crucial to anyone that wishes to reach online success. The days of marketing a particular program or opportunity are over. People want to know about the person promoting them more so than the opportunity or program themselves. If people can get to know you and trust you, they will trust your recommendations and advice.
Last month went by very quickly. Luckily for you I was able to get quite a few blog posts written. I hope you enjoyed them all and learned a thing or two. In case you missed any, you can check out last month’s blog posts in this blog post roundup.
