Joseph Then's Internet Marketing Blog

New Directories

2008-01-30T22:44:00.000-08:00

I have purchased 2 web directories and will be updating the site with good content. Check out out now:
http://www.nkclicks.com
http://www.seewebdirect.com

Post your website too!

I'm a member of Stompernet

2007-06-24T02:40:00.000-07:00

In case you don't know, I've been a member of Stompernet for the past 2 months.

Seriously, people are asking, "Is it worth paying nearly $800 per month for such program?"

I would say: YES!

Why? Few reasons:
- There is this home study materials which contains tons of real good information on SEO Optimization.
- The forum is always active, posts answered by the real experts, usually within 24 hours!
- New materials uploaded almost on weekly basis

Stompernet is not only about SEO, it's also learning things like Conversion, PPC, Affiliate Marketing, etc.

It's a worthwhile membership. Check it out!

Kids Birthday Party Planning

2007-06-21T07:42:00.000-07:00

A new website from me on Parent's Guide on Birthday Party Planning

Check it out. If you are a parent and wants to know how to organize a party for your kids, this is a MUST-have book for you.

The salespage will be updated very soon too.

It's new in the market and as far as I know, no one else offers this product!

It's been a LONG TIME!

2007-06-20T09:41:00.001-07:00

Yes, it's been a long time since I update this website.

Yes, I've been busy recently.

Yes, I should have update this site.

So, watch out for this space!

Online Advertising Secrets Exposed

2007-04-16T17:01:00.000-07:00

Online Advertising Secrets Exposed
Online advertising can be a very cost-effective solution to promote your business or product. There are many different types and although many can give you good exposure for your money, some can lose you money very quickly if you do not know how to do it properly. Online advertising is not the same as offline advertising. It is in many ways a much more direct medium than TV or magazines.

An Introduction to Web 2.0

2007-04-14T17:00:00.000-07:00

An Introduction to Web 2.0
Web 2.0 sometimes known as the Semantic Web is an evolution of the World Wide Web in which information is machine processable (rather than being only human oriented), thus permitting browsers or other software agents to find, share and combine information more easily.

Internet and Bicycles
Bicycle shops are sprawled through out cities and neighborhoods of America. In fact most of us remember being taken to a bike shop when we were of age to get our first bicycle.

Email Scams

2007-04-13T17:01:00.000-07:00

Email Scams
Your email inbox can be a hazardous place. Most of us deal with the annoyance of spam emails trying to coax us into buying everything from viagra to stocks, but among those annoying yet relatively harmless emails there may be a message or two from a sender with much more diabolical intentions. You may have heard of the IRS email scam or the UK Lottery scam. These fraudsters attempt to obtain your personal and financial information for a number of purposes including credit fraud and even identity theft.

Niche Marketing Game Plan - This Does Not Include Pay Per Click Arbitrage!
Niche marketing is very much talked about online today, especially as many internet marketers have made a fortune monetizing niche marketing web sites with pay per click ads. Many internet marketers have made a fortune selling these pay per click web sites for you to use. But let me ask you this question about niche marketing. If the pay per click advertisers are willing to pay $4 per click or some other ridiculously obscene number to drive traffic to their niche marketing web site, then don't you.....

How to Make Money and Get Paid for Filling Out Online Surveys and Joining Online Focus Groups
Do you need extra income? Learn how to make extra cash from online surveys and focus groups in a few easy steps.

What is Web 2.0?

2007-04-11T17:00:00.000-07:00

What is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is the latest Internet buzzword; but what does it mean? Some say it's merely a buzzword while others say its the future of tech.

The Web 2.0 Effect: The Characteristics of a Web 2.0 Website
The term web2.0 was originally presented by O'Reilly Media (A well known media company publishing books and websites on various computer technology topics). It's a term that refers to a new generation of websites (social networking websites, wiki-based websites etc). These websites take advantage of web application technologies and give web users the ability to collaborate and share their experiences, views, opinions and interests while they surf the web.

5 Ways to Rake In Cash Selling Books Online
Selling books is fun, and many people earn a living doing it online. I have had some success with all of the online bookselling methods described here.

Myspace Friends- Know How to Market to Them: Part-1

2007-04-10T17:01:00.000-07:00

Myspace Friends- Know How to Market to Them: Part-1
Social networking websites began to reconnect old friends. After that the trend turned to keep connected with existing friends. This has brought a revolution in the traffic on social networking websites such as myspace. How to make use of myspace friends to market them? Let us talk about it.

The BIG 3 of Internet Marketing

2007-03-31T18:02:00.000-07:00

The BIG 3 of Internet Marketing
Everybody and their dog has online business now. Online businesses can not just put up a website and people will come and they will make money. The old - build it and they will come theory doesn't work as easily on the web.

The Beginning of Wisdom in Internet Marketing
The beginning of wisdom in internet marketing is to know that whatever else you do is useless unless you have high quality visitors who come to see what you offer. And that for you to get high quality visitors you must offer high value.

Technology Refugees - Tearing Down The Tech Curtain
People my age are facing another wall, not from Communism, but technology. I thought I would be dramatic, and call it the "Tech Curtain".

Yahoo! Answers - Get Answers, Ask Questions, Find Information

2007-03-28T18:00:00.000-07:00

Yahoo! Answers - Get Answers, Ask Questions, Find Information
How to find answers to your questions using the collective power of the internet: use Yahoo! Answers. Article explains how Yahoo! Answers works, what types of questions you can ask, what types of problems it can help solve, and why you should want to answers questions yourself. Includes example questions answered at Yahoo! Answers.

The Mystery Surrounding Internet Marketing! Is There One? Or Do They Want You To Think There Is?
So what is the big mystery, the big secret behind making those millions? NEVER GIVE UP! It may not be what you want to hear, we all want something to drop in our laps and make us a fortune, but the reality is with internet marketing you need to build on solid foundations as with any other business. The biggest hurdle you face is separating the good material from the hype!

The Effect of Internet Transition

2007-03-26T18:02:00.000-07:00

The Effect of Internet Transition
Are you comfortable with, or frightened of, the ever-growing Internet? However you feel about it depends mainly on where you are in the change process.

How YOU Can Make Money Online In 7 Days Or Less
If you, like many others, want to make money online, then you have probably already realised that you either need to have a HUGE mailing list or have your own product.

10 Surefire Ways To Quickly Boost Your Online Income With Little Effort!
You know people are making a great income online, month after month, year after year. So why not you? You know it's possible and you've probably tried the affiliate stuff, maybe created your own ebook, or sold stuff on an auction site. But your income is probably a slow trickle, if at all...

Do Squeeze Pages Work?

2007-03-25T18:02:00.000-07:00

Do Squeeze Pages Work?
Squeeze pages are an Internet marketing technique that allows website owners to build their email lists by capturing email addresses in exchange for giving website visitors access to their content. Are they effective? I've been testing this concept for the past year. Find out what I discovered.

The FOCUS Marketing Method
Entrepreneurs and small business owners know they need to market their business to make more money and attract more customers, but they often don't know how to go about it. That's why the FOCUS Marketing Method is such a powerful tool. It gives you specific techniques to make your marketing efforts pay off. Learn more about it here.

Making Web Content Interesting
Writing for the web is often seen as a dull, mechanical process that results in little more than forgettable search engine spider food. It doesn't have to be that way.

Online Business Survival: 3 Ways to Boost Your Internet Startup Profits

2007-03-19T18:01:00.000-07:00

Online Business Survival: 3 Ways to Boost Your Internet Startup Profits
What do you need to know for your Internet startup survival? Find out 3 strategies to a more profitable online business.

Get Paid At Home With Your Computer - 2 Proven Ways To Get Paid At Home

2007-03-16T18:01:00.000-07:00

Get Paid At Home With Your Computer - 2 Proven Ways To Get Paid At Home
Why work for some corporate prick when you can work for yourself at home? About 2 years ago I was fed up with people on power trips that thought the world revolved around them. That is why I started researching ways to get paid at home.

Two Easy Ways to Make Money on the Internet

2007-02-25T16:00:00.000-08:00

Two Easy Ways to Make Money on the Internet
Here are two easy ways to make more money on the internet. Please read the article to find out more.

How to Make Money Online
With the birth of the World Wide Web, it gave boundless convenience to people all over the world. Now, people can virtually do everything online!

Google Adsense Program Part 1
The way Google's Adsense program works is that Google places its ads on your page relevant to your context, someone interested in that ad clicks on it and you get paid.

The Future Of Consumer Media Websites Like Youtube

2007-02-24T16:02:00.000-08:00

The Future Of Consumer Media Websites Like Youtube
Just like any new fad, it will eventually step out of the green light and just become something commonly used on the Internet. However, Youtube is not just another community website or fad, it has a service which it delivers quite well - Entertainment! Many websites create buzz and get thousands of customers but after a while they leave to find something newer, hipper, or they just loose interest

Affiliate Revenue - It's Better If She's The One After You
If you are a guy, can you imagine how easy things will be if the lady you've been eyeing all this while actually comes after you. She makes the move and- That's just what you have to position your affiliate business for if you want to make massive profits.

Affiliate Marketing Without A Website Or Opt-In List - How To Succeed

2007-02-16T16:00:00.000-08:00

Affiliate Marketing Without A Website Or Opt-In List - How To Succeed
When you spend hours, days, months reading about affiliate marketing the one thing that always hits you is how people insist that to succeed you must have a successful traffic generating website or profitable opt-in list. Read this article to see how it is possible to succeed online starting completely from scratch!

Flowers And Arrangements-Incredible Variety Available Online
There is a wide range of flowers and arrangements available online for you to choose from. There are seasonal flowers and arrangements for occasions like Christmas, Easter, Halloween, New Year, Valentines Day and then there are occasional packages to suit your everyday needs, a little something just to say hi to someone or let them know how much you love them.

Affiliate Revenue - The Importance Of Diversification
A lot of things happen to businesses. Some go out of business because of some tragedies beyond their controls; others because of poor business practices. A lot of things can go wrong with a business and if it does, your affiliate revenue will suffer if you've put all your affiliate efforts in just one basket.

Don't ask too much personal information

2007-02-15T16:00:00.000-08:00

When you ask someone to sign up to receive a freebie, don't ask for really personal information. This is a fast way to lose a potential prospect. For example, if you ask them for information they want to keep personal, they might not want sign up. Another example, if you ask for too much inform- ation, they may not have the time or patience to fill it all out.

Affiliate Revenue - The Importance Of Diversification

2007-02-13T16:01:00.000-08:00

Affiliate Revenue - The Importance Of Diversification
A lot of things happen to businesses. Some go out of business because of some tragedies beyond their controls; others because of poor business practices. A lot of things can go wrong with a business and if it does, your affiliate revenue will suffer if you've put all your affiliate efforts in just one basket.

Online Advertising-The Way It Is Done
Like any real business process, virtual marketing needs online advertising to make people know about your online presence. Online advertising is done through search engine advertising, banner advertising, rich media advertising; e-mail advertising targeting Web User's preference and necessity. This article explains different legitimate and illegitimate online advertisement steps and encourages people where and how to proceed.

How To Turn Investments Into Residual Income
There are many ways for a person to build residual income. Passive residual income is the type of residual income earned from investments. These investments keep turning a profit and allow a person to do very little work and invest very little time to turn a profit. Making a passive income is easy once a person understands the great ways to turn an investment into residual income. More in this article.

Search Engine Ranking-How To Improve Your Site's Placement

2007-02-12T16:00:00.000-08:00

Search Engine Ranking-How To Improve Your Site's Placement
To be profitable a website needs three things: traffic, more traffic and still more traffic. There are four simple things you can do to get your website good search engine placement.

Different Types of Websites
Do you know what are the most common types of websites that exist on the Internet? A portal as the name implies, is a website that aims to provide everything and be your point of entry to the Internet. Personally this is not my favourite type of website because I don't believe one can be all things to all men successfully, but if you think you can take on Yahoo and...

Eliminate jargons

2007-02-03T16:01:00.000-08:00

You should eliminate the hard-to-understand jargon on your ad copy. Unless your product calls for technical words, you want your ad to be read without people pulling out a dictionary. If you need to use a word your target audience might not under- stand, define it or use an example to help them understand it.

Business Opportunities On The Internet

2007-02-02T16:00:00.000-08:00

Business Opportunities On The Internet
Unemployment and underemployment are growing problems even in developed countries like the United States. One of the major causes of unemployment is the increasing population. With many individuals in the labor force, the number of available jobs is quickly decreasing.

Add special offers

2007-01-31T16:01:00.000-08:00

You could add special offers in your ad copy. It's usually easier to sell the offer than the product. You could use discounts, free bonuses, volume sales, etc. For example, you could say, "You'll get 5 bonuses when you order by Aug 24, 2002!" Another example, "Buy one, get the second one half price off."

Adwords and Clickbank

2006-12-12T16:00:00.000-08:00

Adwords and Clickbank
Nowadays no webmaster would argue against the value of Google's Adwords program for drawing traffic quickly. What many people don't know is that to profit off of Adwords you don't even need a website. Since Adwords allows you to link directly to affiliate sites you can harness the power of Clickbank publishers to promote and gain revenue for their sales.

The Fundamental Formula For Internet Success
After all, if we can remember all that made us buy from/through one site and not the other, we should be able to make our sites fulfill those conditions that made us buy. The process online usually goes this way . . .

Distinguishing The Real Experts From Wannabes
With everyone and their dog touting their expertise as internet marketing experts, how do you separate the wheat from the chaff?

Improve your Search Engine Ranking

2006-12-10T16:02:00.000-08:00

Improve your Search Engine Ranking
If you are an internet marketing novice, you are probably facing the seemingly impossible and somewhat daunting task of trying to get your site listed on the first page of the search engines. You pro...

Social Networking
Why and how social networking is becoming so popular world wide

Try to add proof of results

2006-12-09T16:01:00.000-08:00

You could add proof of results in your ad copy. You should include testimonials, endorsements and factual statistics to prove your product's claims. You should only publish statements that are believable and have specific results. For example, here is a good line from a testimonial, "I increased my sales by 678%!"

Three Big Website Traffic Disasters and How to Avoid Them

2006-12-07T16:00:00.000-08:00

Three Big Website Traffic Disasters and How to Avoid Them
Three Big Website Traffic Disasters and How to Avoid Them In this article I'm showing you some of the biggest disasters you can avoid when trying to attract targeted traffic. Traffic Disaster #1 Rel...

Writing Articles - Why Is It Important
It stands to reason that if your website is being picked up by all of the major search engines, then your website has a good chance of being noticed. Yes, it does - about a 1 in 1 billion chance of being noticed because you do not have relevant content pointing back to your website or program.

PayPal - Friend or Foe?
You often see people comment on "problems" involved with using PayPal. MOST of the time these so-called "problems" could have been avoided by reading the Terms Of Service.

Making Money With Adsense

2006-12-06T16:01:00.000-08:00

Making Money With Adsense
There are many ways to make money online. If you have your own website, Adsense is one of the best.

Test different prices in your sales

2006-12-04T16:02:00.000-08:00

You could raise or lower the price in your ad copy. A higher price could increase the perceived value of your product and a lower price could lessen your product's value. Either way, you need to test which price will pull the most orders. Another idea would be to use an odd number like $19.46 instead of $19.99, $19.95 or $19.97. It makes it look like there is a specific reason you priced it like that.

What You Need to Know About Selling Your eBook on eBay

2006-12-03T16:02:00.000-08:00

What You Need to Know About Selling Your eBook on eBay
Many eBay sellers and eBook authors believe that the hard work is done once the eBook has been written. They think distribution of the eBook would be easy, but it really is not. It is, in fact, possibly the hardest part of being an eBay eBook author and publisher. There are many things to consider when selling your eBook and this article outlines the major ones to ensure you get the most out of your info product creation.

List Building-5 Ways You Can Build Trust With Your List

2006-12-01T16:03:00.000-08:00

List Building-5 Ways You Can Build Trust With Your List
If you have a list or are thinking about starting a list to market to you must consider how to best market to them. Building trust with your list with make them take action when you have product that you are selling or recommending. You can find out 5 key ways to build and maintain trust with your list.

How to Get the Highest Rate of Return from Your Pay Per Click Search Engine Advertising

2006-11-30T16:02:00.000-08:00

How to Get the Highest Rate of Return from Your Pay Per Click Search Engine Advertising
Pay per click marketing is one of the fastest ways to get your site listed in search engines like yahoo, google and msn. Companies can find experience and immediate jump in sales and revenue by using ppc advertising. The difference between creating a pay per click advertising campaign that works and doesn't work is technique, skill and careful planning. After years of working in internet marketing, MKLG Enterprises, a pay per click management firm offers insight into creating high performing ppc advertising campaigns to increase sales, leads and brand awareness for companies.

Google Sandbox Debunked By Google
If you're reading about this then chances are you know about the supposed Google Sandbox that exists out there. For those of you who don't the Google Sandbox is supposedly a period of time from a domain's creation that that domain cannot rank in the search engine results page for highly competitive keywords.

Change the size of your text

2006-11-28T16:02:00.000-08:00

You could change the size of your text in your ad copy. You want to make your text large enough so it's not hard to read. You also want your headline and major points to be larger so they will stand out. You could also use more space in between important parts of your ad copy to make them stand out.

Auto Pilot Traffic Machine

2006-11-27T19:27:00.000-08:00

Just in case, here's a new product from Ewen Chia and Johan Mok:
http://www.autopilottrafficmachine.com/?hop=nkthen

I'm sure it's a good product. Go and check it out today!

Use bullets or indent to bring out the benefits

2006-11-27T16:00:00.000-08:00

You could bullet or indent your benefits in your ad copy. Most people won't read the whole ad copy, so make your product's benefits stand out and you won't lose the sales from all the skimmers. You can also indent other things like your guarantee, postscripts, testimonials, closing, etc.

I want to make SGD$100k (USD$65k) in 3 months

2006-11-23T20:23:00.000-08:00

Dare to dream?

Yeah, you bet that I dare to dream

It's not an impossible dream. Yes, I want to make $65,000 in 3 months so that I can move to a dream home.

Check out what I have to say and what others have to say at this link:
http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=118410
A lot of encouragement from my friends!

What is the Secret to Effective SEO

2006-11-08T16:04:00.000-08:00

What is the Secret to Effective SEO
What is the secret to SEO? I'm going to tell you right now.

How to Choose Anti-Spam Filter?
The damage spam brings you is huge: loss of time, bandwidth and money, risk to delete a legitimate message together with junk emails. So, an anti-spam filter is not a whim but a necessity for almost all PC users who actively use email.

Involve the readers in the salesletter

2006-10-21T17:00:00.000-07:00

You could ask your readers questions throughout the ad copy. They will answer the questions in their own heads as they read your ad copy. The questions you ask should persuade the readers into buying. People have been taught to automatically answer questions in school, from their parents, from friends and from authoritative figures.

The Incredible Power of FREE in Internet and Affiliate Marketing!

2006-10-09T17:00:00.000-07:00

The Incredible Power of FREE in Internet and Affiliate Marketing!
Free Membership, Free Submission, Free eBooks, Free Websites, Free Downloads, Free Classifieds, Free to Join, yes anything Free has an incredible pulling power in both Internet and Affiliate Marketing. It is simply amazing how this four letter word FREE can capture the imagination of not only the newbies but also the most seasoned and experienced Internet Marketers and Affiliate Marketers.

Defining Pay Per Click Advertising And Its Use
Ok. You've created a great website. Now what to do? You won't attract visitors to your site, no matter how good your site looks if no one knows it exists.

Work at Home Online Surveys - Is it for You?

2006-10-01T20:01:00.000-07:00

Making money taking online surveys - Is it viable? Will it work for you? You've all probably seen the offers on the web and wondered about them.

The answer to the above two questions is yes. With a little judicious screening and common sense, you can make extra income or even a full time career out of online surveys.

1. What are online surveys? Online surveys are simply companies using you to get feedback on the products they sell - they pay you for your opinions.

2. What do I need to participate? You need a computer. Some companies send you out as a "stealth shopper" to test the food and service at restaurants, or the products and service at clothing stores, shoe stores etc. (The choices are as various as the types of retail stores.) In these cases of course, it would help to have access to transportation also. Some companies pay you to watch their movie trailers. Some pay you to take telephone surveys. A T.V., VCR, and telephone are necessary in these cases. Some online survey companies offer data entry too. All these offers are lumped together under the "online survey" categories by many of these companies. Most companies require you to be at least eighteen years old, also.

3. How much money can I make? Companies can pay 5 to 75 dollars per survey. Online focus groups can pay 50 to 150 dollars an hour. (You can be paid to try new products - and then keep the products afterwards.) You can be paid 4 to 25 dollars an hour to watch movie trailers, 10 to 40 per hour to shop and eat. For driving a new car you can make 3,200 dollars a month, and for taking a telephone survey, 120 dollars an hour can be earned. You can be paid to travel and paid to set appointments also. Each company varies a bit in its pay scale.

4. How many companies are scams? As with any industry, there is fraud in online survey work. As I stated in previous articles, do a little homework and use a little common sense. The Clickbank.com scores are helpful research tools. Pay particular attention to the $/sale (Dollars earned per sale) statistic. It tells you what an affiliate should earn per sale from the online survey product being offered. But it will also tell a savvy potential customer how many of the units of the program were returned by customers. To figure this, determine the cost of the program, next determine the affiliate commission rate by looking at the %/sale (commission) stat. If the online survey program sold for 100 dollars, (None are ever that expensive, though.) and the commission rate is 75%, but the $/Sale stat is 30 dollars, too many programs are being returned by unsatisfied customers. Also the Grav (Gravity) stat shows how popular an item the product is on Clickbank. Look for things like money-back guarantees, that all reputable companies should offer. Expect exaggeration and hyperbole in some of the ad copy. No, you won't make a million dollars a minute in online home survey work, but a good living can be made if you approach the work systematically, and with determination. You will get out of it what you put into it.

5. What's the downside? Working at home for oneself is not for everybody. You have to be a self-starter. You have to know how to focus on the task without prompting, and you can't allow yourself to be easily distracted by at-home concerns.

6. What are the benefits? Aside from the money, work at home online surveys allow you to set your own hours, decide how little or how much you want to earn, and be in complete control of your work environment. You don't need special training or expertise, and the company gives you any rules or guidelines you'll need for the work.

Online work at home surveys are becoming a billion dollar industry with hundreds of thousands of students, moms, retirees, and just plain rat-race drop outs earning good income from these survey companies. Is it for everyone? Probably not. But if you are in the above category, it may well be worth a look.

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How To Get Your Website To The Top Of Google And All Major Search Engines Fast

2006-09-25T22:30:00.000-07:00

You have probably just built a new website, submitted it to search engines and are now waiting wondering where all the visitors are that are going to put hundreds of dollars into your bank account. A few weeks pass by and you are still left wondering where all your website traffic is. Your website is open for business but no-one seems to know about it.

If this situation sounds familiar to you then you have probably thought about giving up and thowing the whole thing away. This is NOT what you should do and this is not how your website is going to rank high in the search engines.

There is one critical first step that you must follow when creating any website. This crucial first step involves picking the best keywords for your on page optimization and the only way you can decide which keywords will get you the highest rankings for your website is by doing some research.

Your first point of call must be at one or all of the following online keyword research tools:

http://www.goodkeywords.com
http://www.digitalpoint.com
http://www.overture.com
http://www.wordtracker.com

All of these tools are free (there is a free trial for Wordtracker); however, where Wordtracker differes from the other websites mentioned above is it shows you how competitive your keywords are compared to other websites. The higher the KEI analysis number the less competitive the keyword phrase is and the easier it should be to get a high ranking with that chosen keyword.

In Goodkeywords you type in your chosen niche topic. For argument sake we will use the example camping. Goodkeywords will bring up the top 100 keywords related to campming that were searched in the last month. On the right the number of times that keyword has been displayed appears for the last 30 days. It is absolutely critical that you do NOT start on page optimization of your home page for keywords at the very top of the list. Before you think I'm crazy there is a very good reason for this and that is if a certain keyword high on the list is searched that many hundreds of thousands of times you will have an almost impossible time to get noticed between all the other hundreds or millions of competitive websites that are also targeting that same keyword. For this reason alone do not start off optimizing your website for the keyword camping.

Let me go back a minute to show how competite the word camping is. If I go to Google and enter camping I find that there are 230 million other websites targeting the same phrase. It is always best to start of targeting keywords that have the least competitive keywords as possible. Once you start getting traffic from search engines with your main keywords you may then start targeting more competitive phrases.

Using the online tools I've mentioned above it's easy to find a few less competitive phrases that can be a good base for our on page website optimization related to camping.

It is also important to repeat the same research process by going to Google and seeing how competitve your chosen keywords are. I will start with the keyword and take a few minutes to analyse the number 1 website for that keyword on Google.

It is also critical to analyze what the page rank is of the number 1 website for your chosen keyword. Page rank is used by Google in ranking websites and generally the more links that you have pointing back to your website by other websites the higher your Google page rank will be. Download the Google toolbar for free to find out what your page rank is and the page rank of other websites at http://toolbar.google.com

Now we need to do a little spying on the website that has number one for that keyword. We do that by looking at the HTML code or source code of their website. Go to that website url and click on View and then Source. That website's HTML code will appear in a notepad file. That file contains what the web page will look like when "read" by search engine robots. This trick will show you exactly what on page optimization is being used to rank so highly in the search engines.

Search engine optimization involve both on page and off page optimization. In this article I am focusing on on page optimization. I will deal with off page optimization in more detail at another time.

Now when we view the source code we want to look at the header tags for a start. Do you see h1 at the very top of the source code. If not then that's a bonus. If you do then it is important to make a note of what words they are using for their heading 1.

The next thing you need to look at is title. What is the title that they are using. This should appear immediately below the head tag. It is also important to make a note of the keywords that they are using in the title. The less words you actually have in your title the better. It is also critical that your main keyword or keyword phrase is in your title too.

Now take a moment to check out the keywords that they are using in the meta tags and make a note of them. Use the same keywords they use, check out the keywords that they have used in their description. Make a note of their description. A good guide for you is to repeat your main keyword or keyword phrase two or three times in the description but obviously in a way that makes sense.

Look at their webpage to find out if they have bolded, underlined or italicised their main keywords. If they have then you know that you need to do the same thing to achieve high rankings for your chosen keyword. If you have trouble looking for these codes in the notepad file simply look at the webpage itself.

One more thing to look out for in their source code is wehther they have optimized their images for the chosen keyword. For example, some website images will simply have bigebook.jpg as the name of their image but have not used alternative text. An example of an alternative text would be home made dog treat ecover.

Just following a few of these very simple SEO techinques and strategies will greatly increase your rankings in the search engines. To ensure you get the highest possible search engine rankings that you can it's absolutely critical that you spend a little time finding out search engine optimization secrets of the professionals. Fortunately affordable small business seo techniques and help is readily available if you know where to look.
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Viral Marketing Strategies That Will Not Fail To Let The Word Out

2006-09-22T17:00:00.000-07:00

Viral Marketing Strategies That Will Not Fail To Let The Word Out
Viral marketing provides astonishing results to almost any online business, products or services. It is a vast source of "one-way" links, sales leads and targeted traffic. Yet, still several m...

5 Easy Ways To Give Back To A Great Ezine

2006-09-21T17:03:00.000-07:00

5 Easy Ways To Give Back To A Great Ezine
All of us are subscribed to ezines that we enjoy and look forward to reading. But how many of us show our appreciation for these ezines. Listed below are 5 ways you can show your appreciation and thanks to the people who publish great ezines.

Getting In Any Directory The Right Way
This article will show you how to get approved in any directory if you respect some simple rules. I'm writing this article as a directory webmaster and describing how I manage and sort the links that are submitted into mine.

Super Affiliate Cloning Program by Ewen Chia

2006-09-19T23:01:00.000-07:00

Have you joined Super Affiliate Cloning Program by Ewen Chia? Some say that it is not needed as there are many good materials that will make you into a Super Affiliate.

I thought so too. But after the 2nd lesson I must that this is better than I expected.

No Money to Advertise Your Online Business? : Free and Low-Cost Marketing Methods

2006-09-17T22:54:00.000-07:00

opyright © Liane Bate

I started thinking about owning an online business several years ago, but the sticking point for me was always time and money. These days, it is recommended that you start a business, as it is one of the best ways to grow a residual income and achieve financial freedom. Sounds easy enough, and fun too! But what about advertising costs when you don't have a lot of money to start with? There is truth in the statement that in order to make money you have to have money. I didn't start my business until financially I felt I could sustain a little debt because of my fulltime career, and when there was no fear of another layoff, at least not in the foreseeable future. However, there are many free and low-cost ways to advertise your online business effectively. Just because a method of advertising is free or cheap does not mean it won't work, and just because you spend a lot on advertising doesn't mean it will work. This article will discuss what you should consider when planning your advertising budget.

As mentioned above, there are many free and cheap ways to advertise that are also effective ways to market your business. The best idea that you must consider now-a-days is writing and distributing quality articles that are original, and packed with juicy information that will help your website visitors know more about your business, products, and services. You can write your own articles about your products and services for free, and you can even sign up with an article distribution service that will distribute your articles for free to publishers around the internet. You can pay a small fee to get an even wider distribution, or you can pay a lot to get top-notch distribution. Once your articles are distributed around the net with links to your website in the author box at the end, you will have visitors in no time. It is simply the best means of marketing your business today. If you don't like writing, or don't feel you can, then hire an article-writing service to do it for you for a small monthly fee. This will be the best investment you could make in your marketing efforts.

Similar to article marketing is writing a blog. This is also totally free, and a great way to get quality content on your site, and repeat visitors who are interested in reading what you have to say. A blog is like a journal of your daily business activities, your opinions, thoughts, ideas, reports, reviews, or even other people's articles that relate to your business. You can also make comments for free on other people's blogs that will have a link pointing back to your site. Like article-writing, blogging is huge, and you cannot market your online business without it.

Forum posting is another free and effective way to get your links seen by internet surfers. There are thousands of discussion forums out there on topics related to your business. The point of forums is not to advertise your business, but to help other people out there whenever you can with any issue they have that you know something about. The more assistance you can offer on a regular basis, the more your name will stand out as an authority on the topic, and the more likely people will click on your website link to find out more about you and what you're doing. It's a great way to make sales without even selling a product or service. You are only selling yourself.

Another free and effective method of advertising is distributing your links to the search engines and directories. The more links you have on other sites that point back to your site, the higher your link popularity will be, the higher Google and other search engines will rate your site. The more links you have out there, the more likely people will find and click on your links. You can submit your links directly to the directories, or you can seek out high quality sites to exchange links with by contacting the webmaster directly. You can also pay for a link machine service that will find other sites you can link to.

Free classified ads are another way you can advertise. Post a short blurb describing your business and why they should click on your link, and you've suddenly got a swarm of traffic to your site, and some potential buyers. You could also consider sending out a free press release to advertise your business, or even just let the people around you know about your business whenever you get the chance.

The thing to remember is that once you start having success with these methods, you really want to start tracking where your sales are coming from to make the most of your advertising dollars. You can put a lot of money into something and get no successful results, so you want to be careful where you spend your dollars, and ensure it's something that works. Once you discover what is working for you, then you can put more money into what works to get even better results. A good way to track your advertising efforts is to try one advertising method at a time and see how effective it is, or purchase some ad-tracking software. Just remember that it doesn't have to cost a fortune to be successful in business. With some careful planning, you can do well spending very little, or spending a lot in one great place!

About the Author:
Liane Bate owns a Plugin Profit Site web business, is a member of Success University, and the IAHBE. Visit: http://www.HonestMoneyMaking.com and http://www.HonestMoneyMaking.com/blog

Use sub-headlines to grab attention

2006-09-16T17:00:00.000-07:00

You could add some sub-headlines in your ad copy. Sub-headlines act just like headlines; they grab the reader' s attention. They'll keep the readers interested as they continue to read your ad. They are almost like transitions or copy connectors; the sub-headlines will interest and carry the reader to the next part.

Singapore/Malaysia Mastermind Meeting

2006-09-15T19:34:00.000-07:00

Yup, today is the Singapore/Malaysia Mastermind Meeting

Let see what will been shared and discussed later.

I'll be sharing the following:
1) Current trend of Adsense (and Adsense ain't DEAD!)
2) Quick Affiliate Marketing Startup - No, no, not from Ewen Chia's coaching. This is my method)
3) Product Creation Technique - We'll do a hands-on practice where you will be able to find a niche market for yourself, on the spot!
4) How to do tracking without tracking software!
5) How to find your own niche in IM!

OK, that's all!

Registering Your Domain Name

2006-09-15T17:03:00.000-07:00

Registering Your Domain Name
Registering a domain name for your business is one of the most important things you could do. It helps brand your image, and adds a level of trust and integrity to your site.

Mia Learns The Importance Of Using Proper "Key Word Strategy " To Increase Traffic To Her Website
Now that Mia Marketeer has learned (in the previous article) that having a great looking web site and a viable product are not enough to drive visitors to her web site, she is ready to begin the process of search engine optimization (SE0). Mia is out the gate and starting her ascent up the golden ladder (ok, rankings) by learning some "key" strategies for using "key words (a part of a spider's healthy diet).

How to Acquire Free Web Placement And Promotion
You have finished making your site and now you mostly maintain it. You have introduced the main pages of your site and presented your products and services to your visitors. You have done propositions and promos that will catch your target audience's eyes. You have achieved the dos and don'ts of good site layout. But why isn't your website a major factor for your company when it comes to selling those products and services?

Fortune 500 IM for the Everyone, Step-By-Step!

2006-09-14T19:00:00.000-07:00

For anyone with a desire to learn exactly what it takes to make a Content Authority Site, just like the Fortune 500’s publish, in a step-by-step fashion, the RPM Summit is the place to go October 6-8, 2006 at the Atrium Suites in Las Vegas, Nevada. This 3-day intensive training session is being presented by Content Desk's "Content Publishers Alliance."

“RPM stands for Research, Publishing, and Marketing,” said Jack Humphrey, co-founder of Content Desk along with Mark Braunstein and Peter Lenkefi. “It comprises a methodology that is how true Authority sites are created by the largest companies.”

RPM Summit attendees will learn what’s going on now, very cutting edge information: RSS feeds, social networking, authority sites, niche research, keyword research, visitor optimization, content syndication, content management systems, site plug-ins, audio and video tactics and strategy, publicity secrets and more.

Expert speakers include: Jerry West, Dave Lakhani, Mitch Axelrod, Mike Filsaime, Colin McDougall, Willie Crawford, Anik Singal, Rick Butts, Keith Baxter, Sean Wu, Jack Humphrey and Mark Braunstein.

“We all go (to events) to help define our own systems and processes,” said Mark Braunstein, Co-Founder of Content Publishers Alliance.

Braunstein explained that most seminars today have no specific, actionable agenda.

For example, on day one, a mix of speakers can include multiple business models, each focusing on different ways to use different tools to make money online with Google™ Adsense sites plus a combination of other speakers’ topics. Day two and three may be similar, with even more Adsense speakers and their own tools in the mix. The event results are generally similar:

(1) Attendees look at the listings and try to figure out what the heck is going on and how it will improve their success.
(2) Attendees try to figure out where each speaker fits into a “process” that they can integrate and apply to his or her own business.
(3) There is no continuity or cohesiveness in the event agenda itself.
(4) There is no relationship after the event is over. Each person heads home to figure out how to process the glut of information and try to put some of it to work.

But the RPM Summit is different.

“The RPM Summit breaks down the three main disciplines that are required for online success: research, publishing and marketing,” explained Braunstein. “It’s a structured event, in order. People need a step-by-step process in order to learn and master.”

Success Example

Mark Braunstein shared a success story from a student of Content Desk’s "Content Publishers Alliance" coaching program, Melissa Trippel, creator of http://craftyplaces.com . Melissa’s site is only about two months old and it has moved up in rank and popularity. She’s even received calls from it, like one from a major crafting association asking her for articles for their site and for a site link.

“She’s really moving up – and quickly!” said Braunstein.

Continuity Portion

RPM Summit attendees will learn how to build long-term sustainable income with publishing and marketing tactics few others are talking about on the web. Plus they will receive long term content and direct sales site network building and marketing plans including:

• Lifetime membership to the RPM Summit members only site!
• Videos from the conference included and streaming right from members site.
• Lively forum for networking with and learning from fellow RPM Summit-eers and the experts.
• Fun events at the Summit.
• Exclusive "Chat with the Experts" videos that will be filmed Sunday night at the Expert Appreciation Dinner. See how much info they can pump out of their experts after wining and dining them!

In short, RPM Summit attendees will enjoy a relationship with this event

“People will walk away with a better plan of action, and not a sense of “Where does this person fit into the process I’m trying to put together?” said Mark Braunstein. “We found speakers who fit our agenda. They will inform and some will mention products or services they have that work well with our process, not in spite of it.”

Free 21-Page Authority Site Guide

For more information about Content Authority Sites, readers are invited to
download Jack Humphrey’s 21-page report. The report discusses how to build sites that capitalize on the changes in web search traffic and content site profits, plus the state of internet marketing and content site publishing. It is available online at: http://www.contentdeskinfo.com .

Why pay for advertising that does not yield sales?

2006-09-13T04:55:00.000-07:00

Before you part with your cold hard cash, consider various ways to increase and maximize your conversions. The term conversion simply represents the number of website visitors that take the action that the web publisher desires. In most cases, conversion refers to an individual browsing a website and purchasing the product(s) or service(s) being sold. The idea is that a browser has been converted into a buyer.

What if you could increase the number of people that visit your site to customers who purchase or take action on your site by 1 percent. What would a 1 percent increase in conversion mean to your bottom line? Even on low ticket items, a 1 percent increase in conversions can be potentially staggering when considered over time.

How do you increase conversions?
Obviously the copy is critical in converting a 'browser' into a 'buyer' and while a webpage should be optimized for search engine spiders, search engine optimization should not be at the expense of web surfers. Webmasters must balance search engine optimization with sensible copy that calls the website visitor to the appropriate action.

What about advertising?
Keyword advertising can be very effective. In order to increase the conversion of keyword advertising, create continuity between your keyword and your landing page. Use the same words in the ad as in the landing page. Keep in mind that landing pages do not have to be part of a websites normal navigation. Webmasters can customize landing pages to cater to a specific audience, advertisement, or search term.

Ultimately, the goal is all about ROI or return on investment--publishers aim to make more than they spend. For every dollar you spend in advertising, you want to make a profit of $ 2.00 or better. That means in many cases you will need to monitor any changes in sales and web traffic, and determine what specific actions are resulting in the sales increases.

When evaluating advertising campaigns, consider whether the results will be long term or short term. Long term results from a short term expense could involve a website design. Short term results are generally things like ezine advertisements that result in sharp sales spikes that don't generally last.

Consider whether the expense is a one time cost or ongoing. Equally important, determine whether you can reliably track and measure the results of the advertising campaign. Can the results be reproduced by spending more money?

Targeted advertising will convert at a higher rate than non-targeted advertising. It is critical that advertising be targeted, so that you can maximize your conversion and increase your ROI.

On the other hand, if you have a low conversion rate, spending money on advertising is not likely going to produce significant results or a high ROI--so before you part with any hard earned cash take a look at your conversion rate.

Why pay for terms that are not converting?
Monitoring is critical to any advertising campaign. As a webmaster, you have a whole host of tools that allow you to track the actions that your visitors take. Use these tools to analyze and test theories that relate to conversions. When determining areas of low conversion, evaluate weblogs. Look at the abandon rate by viewing single access web pages. Use cookies to track the actions that browsers on a website take, do they return and purchase at a later date? Another option is to track customer actions using javascript that is embedded in the website's webpages.

Pay particular attention to what keywords result in traffic, and what keywords result in actual sales. Anyone can purchase traffic with the keyword phrase "free money" but how many of those who click are going to take the desired action on your webpage? Keyword terms that are closely related to the product or service being sold are going to have a higher conversion. It is important to filter phrases or keywords, that do not convert or result in unrelated traffic (due to synonym use).

What about the landing page?
When designing the landing page think about the action you want and emphasize it; remove all other distractions from the webpage. The landing page should be designed in such a way that the website is driven to the action you wish for them to take.

Unique URLs or special landing pages can be instrumental in tracking a advertising campaigns success. They are also helpful when you conduct split-testing sending users to different web pages, and then tracking the actions that result.

What common problems result in poor conversions?
Poor web site design can result in a low website conversion. Websites should explain the product or service is that you are selling in simple terms. The website navigation should be intuitive, and it should not be difficult to locate what visitors are looking for. Avoid vintage web graphics that are of low quality, or fonts that are unreadable. Avoid color schemes or font size that alienate web visitors, colors should be used to highlight important points. Webmasters should avoid small font sizes or fonts that are not easily readable.

While some items are easy to measure, others become a little more nebulous, it is difficult to know whether enhanced graphics will increase sales, but they should be considered when evaluating a poor conversion rate.

About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for NotePage http://www.notepage.net a wireless text messaging software company.

Remembering 9-11

2006-09-11T10:41:00.000-07:00

Today is September 11. Though I'm not there, I remember the victims of the incident.

Yes, USA unite as one...

And, if you receive any emails from any marketers that says "Remember September 11" and add a sales pitch at the end of the email, please remove yourself from his list. It leaves a very poor taste and shows bad business ethics.

Social Bookmarking And Why Its Fast Becoming...

2006-09-10T19:13:00.000-07:00

First, Blogs were the BIG new thing as a traffic source, and still are, but guess what... now it's Social Bookmarking.

Social Bookmarking if you aren't quit sure is simply a service where the web user can surf the web and bookmark there favorite websites, articles, pictures, etc., to their account through the Social Bookmarking service they signed up with.

The advantage to doing this from the web users point of view is they can locate all their favorites from one easy to navigate location.

How they locate their saved bookmarks is quite simple. All they do is 'Tag' them using keywords associated to whatever it is they are bookmarking. So when it comes time to wanting to access that information all they have to do is type in the 'Tag' associated to their query.

Okay, that's the basic run down of what Social Bookmarking is and its primary use. Now lets move on to the juicy stuff... Traffic Generation.

What I didn't tell you in the above explanation is that if the web user chooses they can make their bookmarks *public*.

Now, what do I mean by *public*? It means that the Social Bookmarking community and the web will have access to whomevers bookmarked information, whether its articles, pictures, websites, reviews , etc... etc.

Are you starting to see the connection?

Let me explain further from an marketers perspective.

Let's say I opened up an account at an Social Bookmarking service and it is ready for me to start bookmarking whatever it is I want to bookmark.

Well, guess what I'm going to start bookmarking?

You guessed it, my websites and all their webpages. I'm also going to 'Tag' these webpages using keywords I think other web users within my Social Bookmarking community and the web would search for so they will find them. And since I've made my account a *public* account anybody will be able to find my bookmarks giving my websites webpages "FREE Targeted Traffic".

Your pages as I mentioned earlier can be Product Reviews, Articles, Sales Letters, or VRE(Virtual Real Estate) with Adsense.

Your totally in control as to what you want to bookmark.

Just don't 'SPAM' them with junk. People use these services to locate information, so simply give them what they want and in return you get "FREE Targeted Traffic" which in turn could make you some sales without costing you a dime.

I have to say that's pretty Cool!!

With search engines becoming so full of junk and 'SPAM' people are starting to resort to other means of locating the targeted information their looking for. Thats where Social Bookmarking communities come into play and where you can benefit, if you follow the rules.

More and more Social Bookmarking services are popping up because of there ability to easily locate targeted information by simply using 'Tags' making it easier for the web user to find the information their looking for.

I truly hope you see how POWERFUL - Social Bookmarking - can be as another means of targeted traffic generation and urge you to look into it further for your own sake to see if it's something you might want to consider as another source of traffic generation for your websites.

Cory Threlfall is the Editor and Publisher of a Online Business and Marketing publication called... The Internet Wonders eZine. Go NOW to get your FREE Subscription ==> http://www.internetwondersezine.com He also recommends you get this *Special Report* that's all about Social Bookmarking while its still FREE. It's available at ==> http://www.internetwondersezine.com/social-bookmarking.html

How To Earn $1000 Online Fast!

2006-09-08T23:22:00.000-07:00

How To Earn $1000 Online Fast!
Copyright 2006 by Willie Crawford

Almost every day, I get at least one email or phone call from a subscriber or potential client who is in a financial bind. Often they need $1000 or more for rent or car payments within the next few days. They're looking for me to give them a quick-fix solution, so that they can then focus on building a solid online business.

I “shudder when I hear someone say that they need to do something "now" because I've seen so many people in similar situations make very bad decisions. Often when they implemented poorly conceived plans it ended up costing them much more in the long run.

Here are the top suggestions that I offer to Internet marketers who find themselves in the above described situation:

1) Write an ebook and offer resale rights to it. Currently Internet marketers love resale rights to ebooks. If you can put together a complete package that includes a website that's even better.

Writing an ebook is no harder than writing a high school research paper and then converting it to PDF format. If you are really stuck, you could get a ghost writer to do it for you, but that means you need capital upfront.

Creating a website is no harder than visiting any of hundreds of template sites (which offer many free templates) and choosing a suitable template. Then you edit the template in your favorite html editor.

If you do offer the website with the ebook package then you also need to come up with the copy. The absolute easiest way to do this (for me) is to pretend I'm explaining, to someone sitting across from me, what problem(s) the ebook solves and why they need it. Then you go back and add things such as a guarantee, bonuses, and perhaps testimonials. To get the testimonials, offer free copies of the ebook to online associates in exchange for feedback. If the feedback they give you is negative, then that tells you where you need to fix the ebook.

This won't give you the best copy in the world but will give you something that can be reworked several times. After you're out of that bind, if you want to become a really good copywriter, then you get a top copywriting course, such as the one I own (Yanik Silver's Ultimate At Home Copywriting Course): http://www.ultimateonlinecopymanual.com

After the ebook package is created, you can offer it to your list if you have one. If not, you can offer it prominently on your website. Make the offer irresistible. You can also offer it through online forums, and community-type sites, where they allow you to advertise. In a real pinch, you can offer it through Ebay auctions, but realize that Ebay buyers are generally looking for a bargain.

2) Create, or have created, a piece of software and offer resale rights to it. Practically everything said about marketing the ebook package applies to a software package. You can go to numerous sites such as Elance.com and RentACoder.com and place a description of the software you want created. "Techies" registered at these sites then bid on your job. You review their bids, their references and portfolios, and then choose one to do the job.

There are techniques and intricacies to hiring out work through these sites. I won't explain them here because there are countless articles on the topic that you can find through the search engines. Read several of these articles, and you should be equipped with the do's and don'ts of hiring out work through "lance-type" sites.

3) Offer your services. If you've been online for any amount of time, and been seriously learning the skills required, then you should have marketable talents. Many online marketers do the tasks that they do best and outsource the rest. If you make it known that you are available to do some of these chores, you should be able find jobs.

One problem that I've noticed in this area is that someone will offer to pass along work to another person (as a favor to get them out of a bind), and the person gaining the work will quote outrageous fees. Don't do that! The person offering the work will just go find someone who charges reasonable fees.

The are numerous Elance-type sites where you can go to list your availability and/or to see what jobs may be listed. You can also post your availability on certain discussion forums and community-type sites.

4) Sell an affiliate product using article marketing. This is one of my favorite selling techniques, and one that I teach often to "serious content marketers" such as members of Content Desk where I sometimes help conduct webinars. It’s at, appropriately enough : http://MassiveCashFromArticles.com

My system, which should be easy for you to adopt, is to first identify a product that’s really needed and wanted by your marketplace. It should already be selling well. Identify the problems that this product solves. Then you write an article about the PROBLEMS. Emphasize why these are really serious problems that your reader really wants to solve. Then you show why the affiliate product that you are marketing is the perfect solution. This is a proven formula!

After you've written the article, you can distribute it to article directories and publishers using article submission software. You can also use article submission services which may be a little more expensive (but can also be more convenient). The software that I use, submits to over 700 sites, and comes as part of my membership in Content Desk.

You can also submit your article directly to the publishers of your favorite ezines. Use a personal approach with each one. Explain that you are a longtime subscriber, and why you feel that this article is perfect for their ezine. Explain how their readers would benefit from the article and therefore be further endeared to the ezine. By explaining the "what's in it for them and their readers" you increase the chances of them using your article dramatically.

5) Run a sale from your site of specially selected product(s). If you have a steady flow of repeat visitors, this can solve your cash flow problem very quickly. What's critical here is that you make absolutely certain that the product is fresh, in-demand, and properly priced.

After identifying a product that you plan to sell, do a search on Ebay to confirm it's not being sold dirt-cheap over there. Then do a search on your favorite search engine for the product, and visit a few sites selling the product to see what they're selling it for. Unless it's your own product, or brand new, you should be able to find it in the search engines. If you see a lot of sites giving the product away, that a sign that you should seek another product (one that's not being devalued).

Find, or have created, a good product, place it on its own page on your site (with NOTHING else), and then direct traffic to that page. Then use standard copywriting techniques to sell the product. Prove to them that your price is better than they can find it elsewhere. Prove to them that the product will solve their problems. The easiest way to do this is with testimonials. Ask them for the order, and make it as easy as possible to place the order.

Any of the above five techniques will enable you to generate some quick revenue in a pinch. I've used 1, 2 and 4 numerous times with fantastic results, although I wasn't in a pinch. The reason that I don't use number 3 is that I don't like trading time for money, which is what you're doing when you offer a service. Your earnings are limited by the amount of time that you can offer. I rarely use number 5 but when I have used it, it's worked well too.

The final thing you have to do after deciding to use any of the above techniques is to DO it. Make a plan and then take massive action. Don't over-analyze. That's what stops too many people from extricating themselves from that crisis!

Willie Crawford has been teaching Internet marketing for over 9 years. Take advantage of his uncanny insights and unusual candor by subscribing to his free, information-packed newsletter. Also visit his top-rated blog. Do both at: http://WillieCrawford.com/blog/

Niche Product Revisit

2006-09-08T04:23:00.000-07:00

It's time to revisit Easy Niche Product

I have some new stuff there and if you are still interested, you can join in now!

Write Unique Articles

2006-09-08T04:19:00.000-07:00

Presenting my new software:

Write Unique Articles - Article Nugget

Yup, here's your chance to write unique articles with my new software.

Check it out today!

http://www.ArticleNugget.com

Home Improvement Online

2006-09-05T19:10:00.000-07:00

Another great website full of information about Home Improvement.

Check it out. Everyone who owns a home will find this website useful:

Home Improvement Online

LASIK & Eye Care

2006-09-05T18:59:00.000-07:00

New website from me. Information on LASIK operation and Eye Care.

Check it out.

LASIK & Eye Care

Test your salesletter with the length

2006-08-20T17:04:00.000-07:00

You could decrease or increase the length of your ad copy. There is no rule on how long your ad copy should be unless space is a consideration. The ad should be long enough to sell your product. You'll just need to test each one to be sure. Test every section of your ad copy too, to increase its pulling power.

Your Mailing List - How to Quickly Build Up Your Subscriber Base For Free

2006-08-06T19:43:00.000-07:00

Your Mailing List - How to Quickly Build Up Your Subscriber Base For Free
Creating your own opt in mailing list is definitely one of the most crucial steps to making money on the internet. If you look at any internet millionaire, at some point or other they have all had a mailing list which they have used to propel themselves and their business to unlimited heights.

Free Search Engine Marketing: Four Steps To Save You Money
Search engine marketing (SEM) helps you to get more business from your Web site. However SEM usually involves Pay Per Click advertising, which is expensive in competitive areas. What if you didn't need to rely on expensive PPC advertising campaigns for excellent search engine marketing results?

Join an online business community

2006-08-02T17:02:00.000-07:00

Join online business associations. Most will give you a membership graphic to put on your web site which will give your business extra credibility. When you are a member of these associations, you can create profitable business relationships, find joint venture partners, trade strategies and leads, etc.

What To Know When Selecting A Web Host For Your Internet Home Business

2006-08-01T17:02:00.000-07:00

What To Know When Selecting A Web Host For Your Internet Home Business
Tips to help you find the best web host to suit your internet home business sufficiently.

The Multiple Benefits Of Getting Into Affiliate Marketing
With little risk involved and numerous benefits you will receive from affiliate marketing, there is no reason not to join an affiliate business immediately. Here are some of the many benefits you will find with affiliate marketing.

End your salesletter with a testimonial

2006-07-30T17:00:00.000-07:00

You could end your ad copy with a testimonial. Use one or two of your customers' testimonials that are believable and include specific results. For example, "P.S. Read this testimonial: I was able to change my oil 7 minutes faster without all the mess! I would highly recommend this product to anyone! (their name) (their title or occupation)."

SEO on a Shoe String Budget - 10 Cheap Ways to Improve your Rankings

2006-07-27T17:02:00.000-07:00

SEO on a Shoe String Budget - 10 Cheap Ways to Improve your Rankings
Having your site top-ranked for a hot keyword can effectively improve your traffic and therefore your profits as well. All you need to do is to optimise your content and create many links of different quality. But if you don't have any money to start off, it wont be plain easy.

How to buy and use your Silverware Chest

2006-07-26T17:01:00.000-07:00

How to buy and use your Silverware Chest
tThe formal meal served with fine silverware is a tradition that embodies the finest civilization has to offer. It is the combination of refinement and conviviality, and luckily we live in an age wher...

Tips on the Do's and The Don'ts Of Google Adsense Marketing
Google Adsense: Google ad sense are ads that are shown on your site. They can be small text ads or images. Google gets paid by their advertisers and in turn pays you each time someone clicks on the ad. Google adsense is a great way to make money from your website traffic. It is possible to make a sizable income from these little ads but many do not realize the potential of these little gems.

Traffic Broker That Delivers
There are so many traffic brokers on the market these days that it is pretty impossible to find out which ones are fake scammers and which ones are real people that are being sent to your web site. Read my review on Quality Traffic Supply, a new traffic broker that sends it's traffic from expired domains.

Email Marketing Services-Marketing Solution Of The Future

2006-07-24T17:04:00.000-07:00

Email Marketing Services-Marketing Solution Of The Future
Email marketing services are one of the best ways to reach potentially millions of potential customers without having to spend millions. The option to do this is being taking up by lots of companies, keeping their customers informed about new offers that are available to them.

How To Easily Choose The Right Web Hosting For Your Business?
With the proliferation of business web hosting companies available to choose from it can be a confusing process to sort through them all but if you just take it a step at a time and first identify the web hosting needs for your business it will be easier.

How To Make Sure That Your Websites Are Fully Crawlable By The Search Engines
Making sure that your websites are fully crawlable is a key component for any search strategy, especially if you want your sites to rank well for multiple related keyword phrases or different products

End your salesletter with a guarantee

2006-07-23T17:04:00.000-07:00

You could end your ad copy with a powerful guarantee. Give them a lifetime or triple-your-money -back guarantee. It's also good if you write your guarantee so it sounds personal and has some specific information. For example, you could say, "I personally guarantee you'll be able to end writer's block 99.9% of the time or your money back."

Are You One Of The 90% Affected By Spyware Or Adware?

2006-07-22T17:38:00.000-07:00

Are You One Of The 90% Affected By Spyware Or Adware?
According to CNN, over 90% of computers are infected with some type of uninvited software that may be harming your computer even as you read this sentence. Discover the top 5 tips to rid your computer of malicious software forever.

EMail Marketing Tips for Small Businesses
To market your business by email, you legally have to have the recipient's permission (the Can-Spam law). You need to do a mailing that asks people to sign up to receive your emails. They also have to give you their email addresses.

Affiliate Marketing 101
Affiliate programs are the best way for you to sell someone else's products or service and get paid for it. Selling through an affiliate program is a great way to sell on the Internet without getting knee-deep in product.

Making Video Game Sites

2006-07-21T17:01:00.000-07:00

Making Video Game Sites
The 1 Guide on how to make a Video Game Website. Detailing all aspects such as design, content, and advertising.

End your salesletter with a deadline

2006-07-20T17:00:00.000-07:00

You could end your ad copy with a deadline. Tell them it's a limited time offer and they need to order by a specific date. For example, you could say, "Order before Sept. 7, 2002, and you'll get the whole package for only $19.67!" Another example, "I don't know how long I can offer the free bonuses, so order now!"

End your salesletter with a short review

2006-07-18T17:00:00.000-07:00

You could end your ad copy with a short review of your whole ad. Repeat all the major benefits and features they will receive. For example, you could say, "Like mentioned earlier, you'll get the e-book "How To Increase Your Sales", you'll get the report "5 Ways To Double Your Sales Instantly" and you'll get a "FREE 30-Minute Consultation With Yours Truly!"

End your salesletter with a positive direct question

2006-07-17T17:01:00.000-07:00

You could end your ad copy with a question that they will always say yes to. Then they will be used to saying yes when you ask them to order. For example, you could say, "You want to be able to afford the best things life has to offer, don't you?" Another example, "You want to meet the woman/ man of your dreams, don't you?"

Making Your Money With Blogs

2006-07-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

Making Your Money With Blogs
When you think of the term blog, does it represent money, income to you? Do you believe that you could make money with this new craze? Well let it be known that, yes, people really are gener...

Tell them what will NOT happen if they don't buy

2006-07-14T17:02:00.000-07:00

You could end your ad copy by telling people what will happen if they don't buy your product. Use a problem which they won't be able to solve without it. For example, you could say, "Imagine staying in debt, filing for bankruptcy and losing your credit." Another example, "See yourself 5 years from now still without the love of your life. How will you feel?"

Algorithm Cheating

2006-07-12T17:02:00.000-07:00

Algorithm Cheating
How do you value the content of your web page? Netizens could have infinite number of approaches to that idea. There would be data in the best book on rhetoric, to phrase and rephrase your articles, in a manner that the web browsers would find simple, humble and informative for his queries. An article thus produced, contented in a manner suiting the web, finds a few advertisements to its credit and hangs around with Google ad sense.

The Best And Worst Months For Earning Money On Adsense
Do you have the google adsense code on some of your websites? Do you wonder why some months seem to make you a lot more money than others? Are you looking into ways of increasing your adsense earnings? In this article, I write about the type of events which can have a negative affect on your ability to earn money on adsense and what type of month for example you are likely to do better in.

Tell them what will happen if they buy

2006-07-11T17:01:00.000-07:00

You could end your ad copy by telling people what will happen if they buy your product. Use your most powerful benefit as the example. For example, you could say, "Just think, you could be writing order-pulling ads in 5 minutes!" Another example, "Picture what your friends will say if you could increase bowling score by 50 points!"

Use H1 and H2

2006-07-09T17:01:00.000-07:00

Use headlines and sub-headlines that are aimed directly at your audience. If you're selling things to lawyers use a headline like, "Attention All Lawyers!" You could also use the products your target audience normally buy to get their attention. For example, "Warning! Don't buy another coffee cup till you read this!"

Make Money on the Internet Using Affiliate Marketing

2006-07-08T17:01:00.000-07:00

Make Money on the Internet Using Affiliate Marketing
Make money off your website through using affiliate marketing. It's free and generates much more money than selling traditional advertising space.

HTML Web Design For Friendly and Effective Websites
At last we are seeing a navigation away from the dynamic or 'fancy' type of website that has been inundating the Internet through virtually anyone who had the funds to pay the sometimes ridiculous fees demanded to have a website designed and created. I'm speaking mainly, of course, about Flash, that wonderful web design program that makes it possible to have a website do virtually ANYTHING - except rank in the Search Engines.

People like FREE things

2006-07-06T17:01:00.000-07:00

Submit the free things you offer to online freebie directories. They usually get a lot of traffic because people like to get things for free. Of course include your ad in the freebie. Sometimes freebie directories allow you to mention your business with your free listing too.

Make your visitors like you

2006-07-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

Persuade your visitors to like you. People buy from people they like. You could tell them a joke, give them a compliment, give them a freebie, etc. For example, you could say, "I see you are one of those rare entrepreneurs who have a killer instinct for success."

How You Can Reach A Page Rank Of Four Or Five Easily

2006-07-03T17:01:00.000-07:00

How You Can Reach A Page Rank Of Four Or Five Easily
If you want a high page rank for your website, you need to do this.

Top 5 Ways to Get Inbound Links
As any optimizer knows, seo is all about links: as many and of the best quality you can possibly get! After the Big Daddy update quantity doesn't mean as much as before, quality has taken over - in this article I'll show you what to do to get those prized links.

Secure Hosting Services Are A Necessity For Any eCommerce Website
If you're doing business on the internet and collecting any kind of information from customers, security should be one of your top concerns. Find out why security is so important and what you need to look for when choosing secure web hosting.

Remember to always add new product line

2006-07-02T17:00:00.000-07:00

Expand your target audience by adding a new product line or packaging your main products with other ones. You could also add-on extra services. For example, if you are selling marketing e-books to businesses, you could also start selling e-book software to online publishers.

Joint Venture is important

2006-06-30T17:00:00.000-07:00

Joint venture your web business with other offline businesses. Look for businesses that have the same target audience and create a win/win deal with them. For example, you could joint venture with a computer store. You could publish their ad on your web site and they could have your web site loaded up on all their computer displays.

E-Business: Success of Failure?

2006-06-29T17:02:00.000-07:00

E-Business: Success of Failure?
Technology has been able to change our lives incrementally and sometimes drastically

Marketing - The Affiliate Marketers Survival Kit
The Affiliate Marketers Survival Kit contains a balanced collection of tools. Low ticket items, mid-range ticket items and high ticket items. Typically these high ticket items will be in excess of $950. A noteworthy part of the survival kit is ongoing.....

Ecommerce Hosting Solutions
The ecommerce hosting solutions you select determine the impact of your website and the possible response from costumers. As a matter of fact, the site you choose make or break the ecommerce business you about to embark upon. Your customers are your prime targets so it is relatively significant to partner with ecommerce hosting service providers that are reliable and ethically business oriented.

How to increase your opt-in list

2006-06-28T20:12:00.000-07:00

Increase your opt-in e-mail list quickly by giving away a product at no cost. Just require people to subscribe to your e-zine in exchange. There are thousands of e-zines offering freebies for sign ups. Your freebie needs to be original, timely and possess high perceived value.

The Internet Retailer Conference

2006-06-27T17:02:00.000-07:00

The Internet Retailer Conference
One man's take on the 2006 Internet Retailing Conference in Chicago.

Web Site Promotion Services
Promotion is among the four major divisions of marketing. It includes advertising, personal selling, sales promotion and publicity, which all aim to increase sales, create brand equity and corporate image, compete with other products, or introduce a new product.

Autresponder - A way for your customers to keep in contact

2006-06-26T17:01:00.000-07:00

Give your visitors the option of viewing your web site in an autoresponder message or by printing it out. They might not have the time right then to look it over. Nowadays people are low on time. They are working longer hours and there are more single parents. Don't let time get in the way of them not buying your product.

Make your website less confusing

2006-06-26T15:06:00.000-07:00

Design your web site to be less confusing. Don't use a lot of graphics, links or anything that takes away from your sales message. People will get frustrated and want to leave your web site if they get confused. People want an enjoyable and relaxing experience when they visit your web site. If they don't get that, they may never come back.

Top Ten Web Design Mistakes

2006-06-25T04:43:00.000-07:00

Top Ten Web Design Mistakes
This is our top 10 list of things you shouldn't do on your website (2006 version):

The Online Business Lottery
I can't tell you the title of this article or your email server would likely block you from seeing it. Don't worry, though, it's not dirty or profane. Just visit the site to get the uncensored version.

Viral Marketing

2006-06-24T17:01:00.000-07:00

Add viral marketing into your promotional plans. Allow your visitors to give away your free things, just include your ad somewhere on all the freebies. By giving away one freebie with your ad on it, it could be passed on to thousands, if not millions, of people and web sites.

Bring out the common likes and dislikes

2006-06-23T17:02:00.000-07:00

Express the same views as your target audience. Bring up common likes and dislikes in your ad. This will create instant rapport with your audience. For example, you could say, "You, like me, know it's very important to find a good bargain." Another example, "Both of us know that money doesn't grow on trees."

People want pleasure

2006-06-22T00:37:00.000-07:00

People want to gain pleasure. They may want to satisfy their appetite or sexual desires. This will make them feel more fulfilled. Tell your prospects how much pleasure your product or service will give them. For example, you could say, "Our product will fulfill your cravings for rich, delicious chocolate."

Of Web Shops And Clicking

2006-06-21T17:01:00.000-07:00

Of Web Shops And Clicking
The advantages and disadvantages of internet merchants and online payment processors must be clear to maximize its potential and customer service.

The Rich Jerk- Is This Another Get Rich Quick Scam?
The Rich Jerk Ebook is by far the most talked about Ebook on the internet today and is extremely popular. If you are interested in making a lot of money on the internet, then I highly recommend you learn some of the rich jerk's strategies.

How To Share/Transfer Large Files Via The Internet!
Through FTP service you can transfer large files irrespective of the content (text, image, audio, video, multimedia, etc). Further, you can restrict cyber predators from accessing the files, which are stored in the server. Since files are transferred through individual FTP account, therefore only the authorized FTP account holder of a particular FTP site can transfer files in the server by providing the right user name and password.

Value Of News Articles In Your Blog As Link Bait

2006-06-20T17:00:00.000-07:00

Value Of News Articles In Your Blog As Link Bait
You can post a non-news article piece at your blog that readers will greatly appreciate and find very valuable. They will simply appreciate it and that will be the end of it. Very few will even bother to leave a thank you comment note. But when you post a news article based on a subject of public interest, everything changes at your blog.

Write and submit articles to get traffic

2006-06-19T00:26:00.000-07:00

Write and submit articles to e-zine publishers or webmasters. If you want it to be published, it should read like an article and not like an ad. You could also offer the publisher extra incentives like giving them a freebie, affiliate commissions, compliments, original content, etc.

About ordering

2006-06-18T17:01:00.000-07:00

Allow your customers to get part of your total offer right after they order. If you have to ship the item, make one of your bonuses available online. For example, if you are selling a printed book, you could have an online version available for them to read right after they order.

Unleash The Power Of Targeted Internet Marketing

2006-06-17T17:02:00.000-07:00

Unleash The Power Of Targeted Internet Marketing
In today's complex web world, finding the right target audience for your e-marketing campaign is extremely difficult, but necessary. In such fierce competition, you just cannot afford to lay your eyes off any marketing medium.

5 Ways to Improve Your Blog
It's easy to get caught up in your blog and lose focus on your core business goals. Here are 5 simple ways to make your blogging life easier and more successful.

A Look at Adwords And Premium Advertising On Google
If you do a search at Google, you'll notice that not only do you get a list of all the sites that return your keyword, you also get a list of other relevant ads on the right of the page and at the top...

Mobile Devices Heating Up SEM Game

2006-06-16T19:49:00.000-07:00

Mobile Devices Heating Up SEM Game
Find out how web-enabled mobile devices are going to change the way companies do business.

A Simple Guide To Website Optimisation

2006-06-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

A Simple Guide To Website Optimisation
Every day thousands of new websites appear online BUT how many will make it to the searches ? To ensure that your website will receive the traffic it deserves and a place on the many search engines it needs optimising.

So You Want To Find A Web Host?
One of the biggest decisions facing anyone who is looking for quality web hosting is whether they should sign up with a free host, or just spring for a paid hosting plan.

Four new websites from me

2006-06-15T08:02:00.000-07:00

Here are four new websites from me. Check it out!

Pearl Diamond Earrings
Gourmet Coffee Machines
Popcorn Machines Supplies
Chocolate Fountain Machine