By now you should know how effective article marketing is for your online business. However, there’s another way in which you can use your articles that a lot of people overlook or never think of.

There are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of ezines (electronic magazines) available on the internet. In fact, if you have an email list of subscribers, then essentially you own an ezine. And I’m guessing you provide your subscribers with useful ezine articles on a regular basis.

Keeping this in mind, have you ever found it difficult to keep creating ezine articles to send to your list? A lot of successful ezines have been around for years and have tens of thousands of subscribers. That’s a long time to try to keep creating ezine articles to keep the subscribers interested.

So, what does an ezine owner do in this case? It’s very simple. They allow other people to submit ezine articles to them which will be sent to their subscribers. Can you see the possibilities here?

This opens the doorway for you to get your message out there to thousands of people that might have never known about you otherwise. This is absolutely huge!

Here’s how it works…

You first find ezines that are related to what you do or what you provide. If you own a website or online business, then find ezines related to that. Next thing you’ll want to do is contact the ezine owner and ask if you could write articles for their ezine on a weekly basis.

If they agree, you’ve just set up a very good proposition for yourself. Now all you have to do is create an article every week for that ezine. It shouldn’t be very difficult as you should already be familiar with the niche.

Now, the most important part is to then create an “about the author” section at the end of your articles. This only has to be one or two sentences about yourself, what you do and what you provide. Of course, you’ll want to leave a link to your website so that the readers can check it out.

This results in getting interested people to visit your website. The goal is to get them to subscribe to your ezine (newsletter), make a purchase, fill out a form, click a link, etc. You want them to take action!

Ezine articles can be an effective way to promote your website and should be part of your overall marketing strategy. Now, a problem with this is that it can take a lot of time to search for and find related ezines.

I recommend you use the Directory of Ezines to find ezines to write articles for. Not all ezines will allow article submissions, but the Directory of Ezines has an awesome search interface that will allow you to search for only ezines that do. There are many other search parameters as well, including categories, specific keywords, ezines that allow solo ads and more.

There are many perks to becoming a member of the Directory of Ezines, especially if you become a lifetime member, which is what I am. At least check it out and see if it’s right for you.

No matter how you find potential ezines to partner with, just remember, this is free advertising for your website that has a lot of positive potential, so don’t ignore it. Ezine articles can have a huge impact on your online business.

I’ve been wanting to be a guest blogger for quite some time now but just haven’t gotten around to it. While I was browsing the CYN forums I had responded to a question that someone was asking about how to build up a list of subscribers.

That response prompted another member to ask if I would be interested in doing a guest post for their blog. I’ve been putting off, so since I was asked about it, I decided to finally take action. I wrote up the article yesterday, and after realizing how long it was turning out to be, decided to chop it up into three parts.

If you’d like to check out part one of my article on how to build up your newsletter list, then head on over to Michael Burke’s Project Little Fish blog and read my article titled: Ways To Build Your Email Mailing List – Using a Lead Capture Form.

Michael has a good thing going on, and I’m excited to be a part of it. So head on over and show Michael some love, and be sure to leave a comment or two.

You’ll notice that there will be two more parts to the article that you don’t want to miss. You’ll have to stay tuned to Michael’s blog in order to catch them.

Guest posting on other blogs is a great way to get yourself noticed and build up your online brand. I highly recommend you go out and find other blogs in your niche that have built up a large readership. Most bloggers allow others to post articles to their blog, or you can contact them directly and ask.

This is just the beginning of my guest blog posting quest. I’ll keep you informed of any and all new guest posts in the future, but make sure you’re subscribed to my RSS feed so you don’t miss out.

Oh… I almost forgot. For any of you interested in being a guest post on this blog, just contact me, and I’d be happy to have your article on here. Just make sure it’s relevant to my blog.

I’ve decided to start doing a roundup of all of last month’s posts. This is in case you happened to miss one along the way for whatever reason, and it never hurts to refresh your memory with an idea.

I’ll start from the beginning of the month and move to the most recent. So here goes…

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List of 31 High Quality Article Directores to Submit Your Articles To

Here’s my personal list of article directories I use. There’s certainly more out there, so don’t feel that this is an all-inclusive list.

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GetResponse – My Preferred Email Autoresponder Service

An online marketer knows the importance of using an autoresponder. It’s necessary if you’re going to use email marketing to bring in more sales, and you should be. Learn more about GetResponse and why I chose them.

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Free Directory Submission – Obtain High PR Backlinks

A huge source of high PR web directories that you can submit your site to for free. Get more backlinks, higher search engine rankings and more sales.

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That concludes the month of June posts. Feel free to browse older posts by clicking on a particular month in the Archives section on the left sidebar.

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If you own a website then I’m sure you know the importance of obtaining backlinks from high PR sites. If you’re not aware of this, then listen up. It’s important to get as much free organic traffic from the search engines as possible. One indirect way to do this is through free directory submission.

There are literally thousands of web directories available for you to submit your site to. Some are obviously better than others, and you’ll want to focus on the high PR directories. Getting backlinks from high PR directories will not only increase your PR (Page Rank), but also increase your search engine rankings.

This means more traffic to your site. I’m always searching for ways to get more traffic from the search engines. It’s the lifeblood of any website or internet based business. As I was searching I came across a site with a huge list of high PR web directories to submit my site to. Some I have heard of and already have my site listed there, and others I haven’t.

I’ve been going through this list the last couple of days and making use of the free directory submission. Some directories require a payment, and others require a reciprocal link. I’ll settle for a reciprocal if I have to, but I opt not to when possible. I also don’t pay to be listed. There’s plenty of free directories to go around.

You can view this list by going to High PR Directory List. Now the point here is not to get traffic from the directories, although you might get some. The point here is to build backlinks to your site from high PR sites. When it comes to traffic and ranking well in the search engines, especially Google, it’s all about the backlinks. The more the better.

So do your website a favor and make good use of free directory submissions. Once approved, you’ll have built more high PR backlinks to your site and should see your site slowly moving up in the search engines. Remember to use your keywords in the Title of your submissions.

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Email marketing is an integral part of online businesses today. I honestly don’t know what I would do without an autoresponder that takes care of marketing to my list. As an online business owner, building a list of prospects can be a very profitable endeavor.

One of my very first posts ever written on this blog covered the topic of having a list of subscribers. Is the Money Really in the List? takes a look at how you should treat your list.

This post is going to cover my preferred email autoresponder of choice, and the service I use to build my list of subscribers.

I use and recommend GetResponse. I have been using GetResponse ever since I started my online business and marketing on the internet. They provide a very reliable and affordable email autoresponer service that allows you to put your email marketing on autopilot while building your list at the same time.

Here’s GetResponse in a nutshell:

• Unlimited email marketing campaigns, autoresponders, follow-ups, lists and broadcasts.
  
• 150+ professionally designed HTML templates.
  
• Powerful, cost-effective newsletter hosting.
  
• Unparalleled email deliverability.
  
• Click-through, sales and revenue tracking.
  
• Top-notch support and training.

Here are some benefits that you’ll receive when you sign up for GetResponse:

• Add a simple web-form to your website in 2 minutes to build your list, boost your traffic, get more customers.
• Launch your email marketing with GetResponse’s advanced newsletter hosting features and top email deliverability.
• Track your email marketing clicks, visitors, open-rates, undeliverables, sales and sign-ups!
• Retain your traffic by automatic mailings to your visitors whenever you update your blog.
• You will benefit from unlimited email marketing and autoresponder features, follow ups, mailing lists, and broadcasts.

If you look towards the top of my blog, I have a simple form on the right-hand side for entering your name and email address. This form is powered by GetResponse. If you would fill out the form and hit the “Sign Up” button, you would receive an automated email to confirm your desire to sign up. This is what’s known as double-optin, and keeps you Can-Spam complient. You would then be sent emails every so many days, which I already have setup on autopilot. BTW, filling out that form would be a smart move.

Email marketing and making use of autoresponder services such as GetResponse allows you take a hands-off approach when it comes to marketing to your list. Of course, you’ll be able to send out broadcasts when you need to make special announcements to your list that you want them to know about.

What makes GetResponse ideal for email marketing is the fact that they provide all the features and options I need to run my campaigns as effeciently as possible. And, they’re coming out with a version 6, due to come out July 6. This will be an all-new GetResponse that will have all the same features I know and love about them, plus some awesome new additions.

New features for GetResponse 6.0:

• Great-Looking Email Campaigns. Create eye-popping messages with GetResponse easy-to-use tools and wizards! Choose from over 300 Designer HTML Templates to create visually stunning campaigns for every audience and industry.
• Video Email Marketing. Give a face and a voice to your emails with interactive, high-impact audio-video! You can store and manage up to 100 MB for easy access and reuse. Just select and link your multimedia content to emails, newsletters, blogs and Twitter and you’ll make a “real” impression! This new addition I’m really looking forward to!
• Email Analytics. Capture, track and report on your digital email and domain information so you can constantly improve your messages and methods. Identify which emails are opened the most and which subjects, messages and links generate the most sign ups and sales, so every campaign is better than the last!
• Online Surveys. Use the GetResponse Survey feature to stay on top of trends and tastes, create accurate profiles, improve your products, and stay ahead of the competition! I’ve been wanting to use surveys for quite some time now, so this new feature will be very useful for me.

I’m really looking forward to the new additions coming out, and this just makes me like and want to recommend GetResponse even more. Seriously, if you’re looking for an affordable and reliable autoresponder service, I highly recommend GetResponse.

Check out the GetResponse site to learn more and sign up!

What is your preferred autoresponder service of choice and why? Leave your thoughts and comments below…

All of us come across Ads that say: Work From Home, Make Money Online, Get paid for surveys, Get paid to read emails, Get paid to click, Business opportunities etc… Oh my gosh! Is it really so easy to earn money!

Please stop buying those ebooks and make money stuff. Let me tell you that all that you need to know NOW for FREE! Most of us online money seekers have lost hundreds or thousands of dollars searching for the holy-grail OR the single secret to riches!

How many have succeeded ? Very few. OK, now let’s get to the point. What makes money ? Yes, the correct answer is sales. But how do we make sales online ? Yes, using a website that sells valuable products or services. OK, the website is READY. Now what? We need traffic. Lots of it… i.e. Targeted prospects who will give at least a minute of their valuable time to read what we have offered on our website.

Now here is the catch! How to get targeted traffic ? Please don’t buy it using the guaranteed visitors/hits option. Lots of crooks make money selling guaranteed hits to dreamers like us who feel it will produce results. Sorry to say, but that 100,000 hits for $50 doesn’t work. If it was that easy, then at least half of the world would have been RICH. But that has not happened yet because it’s tough to make money till we know how to make it. One more thing to remember, a source of traffic that works for a website does not mean same traffic will work for another website. Otherwise I would have listed all traffic resources here right for you to start using and make instant profit.

These are the only things you need to Make Money Online :

1. Your own email list/ezine. Well, this is like a cash cow. You can milk it whenever you want. Just don’t over do it otherwise the cow will run away! Send emails to the members about your products/services every 3 or 7 days.

You will get sales if the emails build trust and showcase you as an expert & friend. One dollar per month per member is what you can earn on an average. So have a list of 10,000 and you will earn about 10,000 dollars per month. The more members, the more money! Join & promote email list building programs.

2. Join & promote Traffic/click-thru exchange programs.

3. Use network marketing to leverage your income. Also earn residual profits. Residual income is the one that keeps coming for a sale/activity made just once. Leveraged income is earning from other people’s efforts. The day is too short and working lot of time does not make sense. Spare more time towards your loved ones. Help your downline in the MLM earn money. They will work and you will earn. It’s as simple as that. It is better to get paid 1% of 100 people’s efforts then we doing the 100% work.

Got it? OK. Then join and promote a reliable & product driven MLM today. If you have already joined it, then promote it like crazy. But DO NOT spam! Spam is illegal and offensive. Use PPC to get instant traffic. Targeted traffic is like watering a plant. The only exception is that the plant gets drowned if we put 10,000 liters of water but an internet business doesn’t get drowned with that much of targeted traffic. An Internet business prospers. More traffic = more money. Just ensure that the visitors are really interested in what you offer.

4. Do not simply post to FFAs. Do it only after you have your OWN FFA page online. When people will post Ads to your FFA page, they will get an email from you about the confirmation. This is an opportunity for you to get the word out about your products/services.

5. Stay in touch with successful people who have made money online. Regularly communicate with your sponsors/upline in MLM programs that you join.Take their help to learn more about internet marketing.

6. Use autoresponders and lead capture pages to create a profit making funnel which accepts leads & creates downline members who act as leaders and NOT as followers.

Work From Home. Spend more time with your family. Work really hard for at least the first 2 years to live your dreams for the rest of your life. Wish you all the best!

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There are five simple tasks that you need to do daily to keep your site on top. Here they are:

1. You need to start off by managing your links. This involves making sure that none of your current links are dead, and you should also check if there are any sites linking to you that you don’t know about. If your site consists of a large number of links you should make sure that they aren’t getting out of control and get rid of anything that is no longer relevant. Also make sure that your links are sufficiently labeled to reflect the page that they link to.

2. Re-order your links, putting the best ones first. And putting them into categories if you have a high number of links. If you have a links page with 25+ links it is a good idea to turn it into a directory of some sort. This can even help you in getting more links to your site in exchange for back links on the directory that you have created. Also check the sites that you link to and make sure that any back links that are due to you are still there as you don’t have much reason to keep a link if you aren’t getting the back link that you deserve (if the back link was, indeed, negotiated when you placed the link onto your site).

3. Process link request emails. Whenever you receive requests for a link exchange, respond quickly. Not every mail you receive will be a good one, and you should make sure to check any site that wants you to link to it. If you are declining a link request let the web master know why. Perhaps you have an incite that they do not have. They may be able to fix a few things and then become excellent link partners in the future. It is common courtesy to inform the web master as to whether or not you are willing to exchange links within two or three days of receiving a request. Web masters will be even more impressed if you send them a personalized message regarding your approval or disapproval of the link exchange.

4. Check link exchange forums. This is a similar aspect to the above except that in this case it is more difficult to keep track of all of the people who can potentially request links from your site. There is a lot of spam on these sorts of things as well as many really terrible and useless sites. If you encounter such a site or forum member, inform them of your problem with what they are doing and report them to a moderator/administrator if they do not correct their behavior in a suitable manor. It is important that these kinds of forums be kept clean or a search engine may consider it a link farm more than an exchange service.

5. Finally, you should check each feature of your website, to make sure it’s still working properly. The dynamic content that you will probably include at some point must be delivered properly. Any messages that are generated on the fly must not be generated at missopportune times. The difference between a quality dynamic site and a subpar dynamic site is that in a quality dynamic site all content is delivered at the right time and everything seems static and planned out.

Take your time with your website and make sure that you do everything you can for it each day. Keep adding anything new that you find, because updating regularly will keep search engines coming back to spider more often. Updates are crucial and if you can follow the patterns here of insuring quality and precision, you will probably be able to come up with other ways that you can insure your visitors’ satisfaction and your increased traffic, link count, and search engine listings.

Never agree to link to someone’s site without asking for a link in exchange, unless they offer to pay you – even then, you should think twice. All your incoming and outgoing links need to be related to your site’s content for you to be ranked high in the search engines.

Basic Link Checks:

Some sites use robots.txt to stop search engines from indexing their links pages, in the mistaken belief that outbound links will count against them. To check, just retype their URL with robots.txt on the end (for example, http://www.website.com/robots.txt). If you see a page that says ‘Disallow’ and has the URL of their links page, then they’re not letting spiders index that page. Don’t exchange links with that site.

You should also check to see if the website is being ‘cloaked’, and report it to the search engines if it is. You don’t want to get involved with these people – better to have them banned and out of the way.

Does the site offering you a link have PageRank? Even if they do, you should look at how it drops between the front page and the links page. Be aware that new pages take a while to get ranked, so PR doesn’t necessarily mean a site that will never have any PageRank.

Take a look at how many links are on the page already. There shouldn’t be more than 20 links – if the site breaks this rule, don’t even consider it. Plenty of webmasters collect links, thinking they’re helping their rankings, but it just has the effect of making them look like link farms. Many of them don’t even involve linking to the big spam industries, like casinos and adult content. There’s no point in having a link from a site that takes links from just anyone.

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I know I’m well overdue for a post, but I promise I’ll make up for it. In my last post I discussed some of my personal strategies for making money on eBay and some important resources. Today, I want to provide you some other avenues for selling your stuff online.

TripleClicks is very new but starting to get noticed as the fun and easy place to sell your stuff online. TripleClicks is SFI’s new online store and provides a quick, simple and easy way to sell your unwanted stuff for cash! Use TripleClicks as your online garage sale to turn the clutter in your closets, attic, and garage into cash!

As you may know, I’m a big fan of SFI and how they’re always looking out for their affiliates and making changes that benefit all of us involved. Their new TripleClicks store gets my highest recommendation.

There’s a lot more to TripleClicks than just selling your stuff online, but if you’re looking for an eBay alternative, you can’t go wrong. What’s better is that when you sign up today you’ll get a free complimentary listing, just for trying them out.

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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!

The saying has been around since the age of the internet. You know, “the money is in the list.” Every “guru” under the sun speaks those words. If you have a list then you can make thousands by a click of the mouse. Yeah, that might be true, for the GURUS!

They preach this stuff right and left. But let’s be honest here. The money is in the pockets of the people in your list. That’s obvious, right? Here’s the kicker… what if you have an absolute crappy offer you’re sending your list? Well, the money is still in the list, but that’s all the further it’s gonna get.

If you think you can just drum up any old offer, zip it out to your list and watch the money role in, you’re dead wrong. Now there are ways to make a crappy offer look good. You know what I’m talking about. Movie previews?? Yeah, I’ve been a sucker for good-looking previews, but the movie downright sucked!

You don’t want your subscribers thinking the same thing about your offer after they pay you, if they even get that far. You’ll never see them again. Your subscriber only has one concern when it comes to you offering them something. What’s in it for them? How will they benefit by purchasing what it is you’re offering?

You must know your target market, or in this case, your subscribers. How? Well, you could send a survey to see what they’re interested in. Why did they sign up to your list in the first place?

Knowing your subscribers will allow you to know what kind of promotions you can send them. Sometimes it’s just hit and miss. It’s not an exact science by any means. This will allow you to target them better, providing a benefit for them and helping them with a problem. Solving a problem they have is the key here.

Alright… you know your subscribers, or have a pretty good idea of what offers they may be able to benefit from, so now it’s time to find the solution. What product or service will they be able to benefit from the most? Answer that, and you have a winner.

So this goes back to my original question. Is the money really in the list? I’ll let you be the judge of that. Of course, you have to have a list first!

My thoughts… the money is in the promotion. The benefit or solution causes them to spend their money to make their lives easier. Hence, money in your pocket. A thank you for helping them.

A crappy offer sent out only with your best interest in mind? The answer is simple there… no money!

You must keep your subscribers’ best interest in mind. They can tell when you’re only looking out for numero uno. Something to keep in mind.

If you want to be treated like a person and not just a dollar figure then sign up for my free newsletter where I will show you how to make money online.