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Advertisements are the backbone of any business. It plays a major role in determining the success of the venture. A few years back internet marketing involved a series of banners and text ads displayed on websites. Today the story is different. Sites referred to as adsense sites display advertisements.

Informative websites which are also search engine friendly contain web pages with ads focusing on a particular keyword. They target a particular section of the market. Their aim is to get people to click on them. In order to build these adsense sites, you have to first find your niche.

Locating the right keywords is an art by itself and this is the second step in placing your ads. For example, if you are marketing a body lotion, an obvious keyword like body lotion may be common. You may then need to identify relevant and rich keywords related to your product.

Place ads in the proper locations:

Adsense sites can be made more interesting with addition of graphics, sitemap and links. By putting up Adsense ad codes at the top of the webpage increases chances of people clicking you’re your ads. With proper and relevant keywords and tags, there is more possibility of search engines picking up and leading to your webpage and ads.

There are softwares available with the help of which you can effectively build hundreds of Adsense sites using reprinted articles. You can just pick up reprinted articles from various sites with the help of these softwares to create your own webpage using your templates. Alternately, you could write your own articles or even hire ghost writers to write for you at affordable rates. It is extremely important to instruct your writers to write articles for you which are keyword rich to ensure maximum traffic to your site. Keyword rich articles are in fact the key to optimum search engine rankings. A good keyword rich article is sure to navigate a lot of traffic to your site thereby increasing your business and profits.

Another thing you must remember is to keep updating your adsense sites. This ensures people are not bored with your site and they keep coming back to view the updates. Constantly posting something interesting and new is the key here. You can successfully hold the interest of your clients making sure your business is lucrative all the time.

Adsense sites are not just money making sites. They require your complete attention in order to ensure you keep up with the competition. You can effectively keep your adsense business flowing with constant updates and dynamic management of the site. Treat these sites as your main source of income even if they are not to ensure maximum profitability from them.

Before you come out with your adsense sites, make sure you are knowledgeable on the subject. Learn how to generate business through keyword rich content. You must know how to effectively host the sites, index them and link them to your other sites, etc. Attention is the most important factor here. Spend some time on your site and see your business grow.

A few days back I went for a motorcycle ride on beautiful roads and scenery and we ate at good restaurants and had great conversations. When I got back there was notification of sales in my email!

My business, this little ol' blog of mine, had visitors while I was gone and they saw fit to buy something. Some others joined my list! PayPal took their money and sent them to my download page and they got what they bought while I was having the time of my life out riding a motorcycle around Oregon.

That's an example of what I am heading into. I want sites that draw their own traffic to content that is matched to draw the right traffic. Then I want the sales process to be completely automated. This isn't some pipe dream. These sites are all over the world!

But, at first, I didn't really know what they were and I for sure didn't know how to make one. It took me a while but once I got the idea of what I wanted firmly planted in my head, I took steps to get there.

Automatic websites that spin out income. Low overhead. Low maintenance.

That is my dream! That is what I want. Maybe anybody would. But I am willing to do the work it takes to get that set up! And it's considerable. You gotta want it.

In this business (Internet Marketing) there are two types of people I have met. There are the ones who hear the dream and would like to have it but they don’t do the work necessary to get it, so they don't get there. I think some of them are ruined by the scammers in this business who say it’s going to be easy.

Then there are the other types. The ones who get it (the dream) and want it and are willing to put out the effort it takes to get it. They are my customers and advisors.

Here is what I found were the basic obstacles everybody faces when at first they consider the alchemy of making money online.

One – You have to be able to make a simple web page with an HTML editor.

Two - You have to be able to get a Domain Name and Hosting so that you can put your simple web pages up on the web for all to see.

Three - You have to be able to install an autoresponder and collect names and nurture your list. (learn email marketing)

Four – You have to learn how to drive targeted traffic to your web pages (sales pages) – including article marketing.

Five - You need to put up a blog and populate it with the content you need so that Google will bring you organic (free) targeted traffic. ie if you want acne sufferers you populate your blog with acne articles and videos.

Six – You need to be able to get paid (collect money) automatically and not have things go haywire on you. You need to be able to rig a simple download page, or how will you automatically deliver the info you just got paid for.

Seven – You need to become conversant with the language of this business and some of the small technical things that scare off the uncommitted. Things like FTP and Hyperlinks and anchor text.

When you get the physical infrastructure obstacles out of your unlearned way and actually WORKING for you THEN you can start marketing (selling) in ernest.

First you get your marketing machine (infrastructure) in place and working. Doing this builds the base you need for operation. Remember our goal! To build a business that operates automatically and then to GROW that!

Then you give it the content it needs to attract the type of people you need and just get down to the basics of marketing.

Stuff like writing sales copy. Stuff like coming up with products to sell to the type of traffic you have coming. Writing email sequences. Learning different methods of gaining traffic. Getting better at all this all the time. Growing the business. Once it’s growing and looking good…duplicate it. Or not.

I say "or not" because some people would be interested in having a good income from one website and it is definitely the right idea for some folks.

I recommend staying with one site until you have it all fleshed out and producing some income and building a list or you are not done with it yet when it comes to set up.

There is maintenance. You have to re tweak copy. You have to drive traffic. You need to pay attention to your list and email marketing.

After you have one site up and running you can decide whether or not to go to another. It'll be an easy decision. You'll know what it is and what you want, unlike the first time.

Starting your own home business can be a great way to bring in some extra income or accommodate a big life change like a new baby. But if you've never started a home business before, then you might feel a little overwhelmed by all the things that you need to do and all the choices that you have to make. It can be intimidating to start a new business if you don't have a lot of business experience, but if you want to start a home business based online, Yahoo Web Hosting has everything you need to get your Website up and running within a matter of hours. Since your Website is going to be probably the single most important part of your new business, it's important that you choose a good hosting company and that you create a site that will reflect well on your business. Yahoo Web Hosting can give you both of things.

Yahoo Web Hosting offers much more than just traditional web hosting. Yahoo Web Hosting is a one stop business shop. Once you sign up for Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting, you can get a domain name for your business free, and you will also get DNS management and domain locking for free. Domain locking means that no one will able to steal your domain name or forward your domain name to another site. Once you have your Yahoo Domain selected, you can set up a Website by yourself, and you have a web property you can take anywhere. In addition, you can choose from more than thirty different pre-made templates that have different styles, colors and layouts.

Choose the one that you like the best, or use one of the templates as a pattern and create your own site design using your own colors, logo and photos. An easy Yahoo Web Page creation tool will walk you through the process. Even if you don't know anything about HTML or Website creation you won't have any trouble using the Yahoo Web hosting website creator. Are you going to be selling items online? Yahoo Web hosting has a very user-friendly shopping cart and ecommerce storefront that you can add to your Website. It's built to work automatically with Yahoo Web hosting pages so it's simple to put it into your new Web page. It is called the Yahoo Merchant platform or building a Yahoo Store.

If you have questions along the way or if you make a mistake and can't figure out how to undo it, you can always reach Yahoo's award winning customer service reps. Yahoo offers 24 hour a day customer service so help is always just a phone call or an instant message away no matter when you're working on your business. Yahoo customer service reps can help you with the technical aspects of building a Website, creating a marketing plan, understanding your site statistics, or help you with a billing question.

Once your site is built, it's time to create your business email. With Yahoo Hosting you can create up to 1000 custom email addresses free. Yahoo business mail offers state of the virus protection so you don't need to worry about email safety and you access your Yahoo business mail online or use a program like Outlook. For one low monthly fee you can get all the tools that you need to start your new online business and great customer service too. Yahoo Web Hosting is a great choice for anyone just starting out with an online business.

It’s easy to make money blogging. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a 9-to-5 worker or a full-time housewife. It doesn’t even matter whether you’re still in school or a dropout. As long as you have decent writing skills and access to the Internet, there’s no end to the cash-making possibilities.

In this article, I will show you how to make money from blogging. If you’re ready to earn extra cash and gain relevant knowledge about the online world, read on!

Make Money Blogging Tip # 1: Attract Advertisers.

The first thing you have to do is create a blog solely for income generation. Make it separate from your personal online journal.

Once you have created a blog, you’ll need to determine a general subject to focus on. Be mindful of the topics that are popular (i.e. gadgets, blogging) and those that you have the ability to write about.

You can actually make money blogging about cats and dogs if you have sufficient knowledge about them. Make your content unique and interesting to gain a lot of devoted visitors. These visitors help build traffic, which is what advertisers are looking for. Interested advertisers can then contact you and negotiate a deal.

Make Money Blogging Tip # 2: Write About Certain Products.

A great way to earn cash through blogging is by writing about new products launched in your market. If your blog is all about pets, you can also ask a cat food company to sponsor your blog. If the company believes your blog to be truly influential, perhaps an x-deal arrangement can be agreed upon, or the company might also pay you for your articles.

Make Money Blogging Tip # 3: Turn Your Blog into an Online Store.

There’s no reason why you can’t pull an eBay and put up an online store. For example, if your next door neighbor is having a garage sale, you can offer to take pictures of some of his or her goods, and then post it on your blog for your friends and visitors to see.

This is a pretty simple way of earning through blogs. However, if you possess a keen business sense, I’m sure you’ll be able to expand this example into something bigger and more lucrative.

These are just some of the tried and tested ways to make money blogging. The success rate depends on the creativity and perseverance of the blogger, so don’t be limited by what has been done. Do your best to push the limit and have fun.

OK. So you have your affiliate marketing sites up and going and they are doing well. You've done your SEO work, so you have that base covered. Also, your sites are also highly informative with all of their well written text that explains your products or services completely. This means that people who love to read have plenty to keep themselves busy.

Hey! What About Those People!?

There is one glaring problem that you may have overlooked though in all your enthusiasm to make everything on your websites a pleasure to read. That is that believe it or not, some people don't like to read and also some people just have trouble reading.

Give Em a Video To Watch!

They may be dyslexic, have vision problems or simply aren't the best of readers. So what are you going to do about them? Just say goodbye? Thats good money walking that is going to inevitably end up in the pockets of your competitors. The irony is however, that by adding video to you site you can market to them as well.

That Have Money To Spend Too

OK. You might say. Illiterate or semi literate people tend to be the poorest in any given demographic group. Oh really!? Have you checked your facts lately. As it turns out illiteracy is one of the most misunderstood issues that are out there and it crosses all economic and social barriers.

The Bottom Line

By adding video to a site you can not only make it interesting and more pleasurable for all visitors but also make it more easy to stay and learn from by people who aren't in the top category of readers. Face the facts! By nature of the medium, webmasters tend to be prolific readers, so they are the least able to comprehend and understand these issues. However for business reasons it is imperative that they do.

Online internet marketing isn't really a new thing these days since it first began during the early years of the Internet. However, it is becoming more popular than ever as more advertisers are seeking to bring their products to the web in hopes of making money from the so many consumers online looking for a good product, service, or business opportunity.

People still look for these quality products and services using the most popular method, searching using the search engines. Once you make a search query, you'll find hundreds to millions of search results with many of them containing links to articles that try to route you to the right path. Advertisers make articles with certain keywords so that their pages show up in the first results. While that is an effective way in adding visibility to the product or service website, the articles themselves can be pretty boring to read. If they are poorly written, the entire article will just be ignored and your site won't get traffic.

However, you can fix this problem by converting your articles into exciting videos. Social media marketing is so big these days so it is important to keep up with the competition and go on the same level as other companies that have found success in advertising through the use of videos.

You don't need to be a professional though in getting this done. In fact, there are three ways to convert your articles into videos and it's not very hard to do.

Let a Service Do it For You

There are some good services that can easily convert your article into a video like the one at http://www.articlevideorobot.com. You will need some money to spare, but the packages aren't that expensive and are worth it if you want to create a good marketing campaign fast. Basically, the service can turn your articles to videos in less than three minutes and immediately let you distribute them from there.

Create Your Own Video

This method is obviously longer than letting a service do it for you, but making a video yourself can be fun for some people and it's a great experience in trying to make a good presentation. Since you are the creator, the possibilities are virtually endless and you have more of an advantage if you have some good commercial video editing software. Still Windows Movie Maker is a great choice for beginners and it is enough to convert articles into videos.

Make a Screen Presentation

Screen capture software is perfect for articles that are designed to teach people. Onscreen presentations are far easier to understand than written ones and will definitely drive more interest to any of your linked sites. There are several commercial screen capture software available, but starters can try CamStudio 2.0, which is completely free and and can convert your articles to videos quite painlessly. Then just sync it with your narration and you should be ready to go.

You don't have to delete your article after you have your video since none of the words on the video can be indexed. Therefore, it is best to have the article for indexing and the video to really help guide people.

To conclude, I think that if you do not want to spend too much of your time or money on converting your articles to videos then going for a dedicated service which can do it for you is the best option.

The advantage of converting your articles to videos is enormous considering its reach and efficacy and this is something worth looking into if you're serious about your online business.

http://www.articlevideorobot.com/ converts your articles to videos to bring more traffic to your online business in three simple steps. It's really fun, fast and effective and backed by people having hands on experience with online marketing

The first impression that a visitor to your website will have is your URL or Uniform Resource Locator. For this reason, it is very important that you choose something suitable to your company. You also want the visitor to remember the name of your site and how to get to it. Let’s explore some ways to help decide the URL for your website.

The most important part of a URL is that it reflects your business. Nobody goes to “AfricanSwallows.com” when they’re looking for a used car. There are exceptions to this rule but it is very difficult to attract visitors to your website when the name does not have any correlation to the product or service you are offering. Let’s say you start a web design company Charlotte called “Charlotte Web Design”. Obviously, your first choice will be “CharlotteWebDesignandDevelopment.com”. If this is unavailable, you should seek something similar that is not too long but is still straightforward.

Length and notability are also very important things to consider when looking at a URL. You want your URL to be as short as possible while still maintaining the idea of your company. URLs such as “Google.com”, or “MSN.com” are very easy to remember, not only because they are wildly famous, but also because they are very succinct. When you are brainstorming your URL, make sure it is terse and to the point, this helps the visitor remember the name of your website and dwindles the chance of them misspelling it.

Lastly, consider which extension you want. It is most likely that you want to use a .com address. While there are many out there (.biz, .net, .org,), .com is the most common and the easiest to remember. When you are searching for your URL, .com will be the best choice in almost 100% of cases.

Choosing a good URL can really benefit you in the long run, especially if your business ends up being very well known. A good choice now can lead to many return customers and can add to the overall notoriety of your name. Remember, make it reflect your business, keep it short, and go for “.com”. When in doubt, contact a good company Codank and let our experience in web development and SEO take your URL to its highest potential.

With the Internet being such a visual medium, it’s easy to understand why there is such a premium put on eye-catching, graphic design. Companies want their Web sites to be visually appealing. They want to make a great initial impression and draw visitors into the site.

When you think about it, it’s not all that different than dressing up for a first date. You take a little time to think about what you’re going to wear, and a little extra time to get ready. You want everything to be just right. You want to make an impression right off the bat. But of course, sooner or later, maybe over dinner, perhaps, or a drink, you’re going to get beyond the appearances and have a real conversation. And this is where you really begin to find out about the other person, and they begin to find out about you.

The problem with a lot of Web sites is that we’re left at the “appearances” stage. We try to navigate through the site, just like we might ask pertinent questions on a first date, but often come up empty. It’s a common problem. Companies become so focused on the design elements of their site that they neglect the actual content. Eventually, even the most mesmerized visitor is going to want to actually read about the company to learn more about it.

For a Web site to be successful, a business should spend as much effort on making sure their content is effective as they spend on making sure their design is. Web sites, like any piece of visual marketing (e.g. brochures, postcards, etc.) have two components that are equal in value – design and content; consequently, both should be considered equally.

For content to be effective, one needs to keep two major concerns in mind. First, the audience. Who is going to actually be reading the verbiage on the site? Who will be the typical visitor? Are these first-time visitors finding you on a search, basically out of the blue, who know absolutely nothing about your company? Or are they people already familiar with you who might be navigating to the site because of some promotion you’re advertising elsewhere? Are they current customers, potential customers, vendors, distributors, or all of the above? Giving a little thought to who will be reading your material will allow you to better focus the content. One needs to empathize with the reader, try to see things through his or her eyes to best determine what information needs to be there and, just as important, what information doesn’t need to be there.

The second concern is what you want the visitor to do. With any piece of writing, one needs to have a goal in mind. What is the purpose of the content? Is it to effect a sale? To get the visitor to navigate to a “contact” page where they can submit a form? To get them to want to pick up the phone and call you? Or maybe it’s merely to give them an introduction to your company, or educate them on your products or services. Whatever the reason, every single word needs to be written with that goal in mind. How are you going to get your visitor to respond the way you want them to? That’s the question.

With these considerations in mind, it’s time to actually put the words together that your Web visitors will be reading. This is a task not fit to be left to chance. Even companies that seem to understand the importance of the content of the site will often skimp when it comes to the actual writing of it, sometimes having an employee, unskilled in the art of wordsmithing, cobble together the verbiage. And, often, it shows. Grammatical mistakes, misspellings, awkward phrasing, sentences that go nowhere – these can all routinely be found on Web sites that are otherwise very professionally done.

If you don’t have a decent writer on staff, seriously consider hiring a freelance copywriter. These are people who are skilled in getting your message across. It’s what they do, and it’s worth the extra money. Your site might look beautiful. But don’t stop there. After all, if you’re going to spend the effort to make that first great impression, make sure you spend a little effort to make certain the second and third impressions are great as well.

t’s been said too often that Google Adwords is only a money pit. Unfortunately for a lot of people it is…Here’s the good news: if you apply the 10 techniques in this article, you can easily increase your ROI 10 fold!

First of all, here are some basics:

Research your keywords! If possible, while building your site, target keywords that are relatively cheap with high search volume. Here are some tools to help: Good Keywords, Word Tracker, Google Sandbox, Overture Keyword Tool.

Also, make sure your keywords are used in 3-5% of your website’s content. The more relevant your site, the higher quality ad score Google gives you. And you guessed it: The better your score, the better your placement, click through ratio, and less cost! Many ads in the top 5 spots have a higher CTR and pay less per click than their less informed competitors!

And now for your easy short cuts to rake in loads of cash with Google Adwords:

1. Add “buy” and “purchase” to your keywords. This will help weed out the non-buyers. You want the people who have their credit card out and are ready to buy your product!

2. Achieve maximum traffic. I love this one: Set your daily spending limit to 5-10 times what Google recommends. This will ensure that your ads are running all the time. And you never actually end up spending that amount!

3. Exploit your ad groups: Create highly targeted ad groups with a small amount of relevant keywords in each one: Break up your keywords into small groups and make a separate ad group for each group of keywords.

4. Pack your ads with your keywords. Create ad variations for each ad group. Get creative and use different wording and structure while inserting as many keywords as possible. Note: try to only use the keywords that are in the ad group that you are writing for.

5. Eye Catcher! My favorite ninja technique of all: Google allows you to put copyright, and registered trademark symbols in your ads! ( © , ™, ® ) Simply copy these symbols and put one of them at the end of your headline. Make sure to put a space in between the last word and the symbol. This will make your ad stand out Big Time!

6. Relevant title. Make sure your landing page’s title is your best keyword(s). Put your best phrase or sentence with your best keywords in your title tags.

7. Eliminate non-buyers. In the last line of your ad put a price on your product or call to action. For example some good pricing ideas are: Get Started Now For $37 or We Teach You How For $19. Call to action examples: Register For Free Today Only or Sign Up Now And Get A Free Bonus. Doing this “qualifies” the person clicking on your ad. When they go to your landing page, there are no surprises. They know what they will have to pay, or they know they must sign up…or whatever.

8. Split Test your ads. Very important: When you start a new campaign with some ad variations you want to split test them. Make sure that "automatically optimize serving for my ads" is unchecked. It makes the best ads show more and for a split test you want an even distribution of impressions. *And don’t allow Google to optimize your ads until the split test is done.

9. Use Google's traffic estimator to get an idea of how much you should spend for clicks. Enter the max cost per click that Google suggests. The idea is to get your ads running all the time with a high quality score.

10. Super Ninja Technique: All of the guru’s say to turn off the content network. And for most part this is true. But what if you could only place your ad for, let’s say a weight loss product only on websites in the content network that are geared towards weight loss? Hmm…Now you can have highly targeted prospects clicking on your ads! Just go to start a new campaign and instead of starting with keywords, start with placements. You can select the websites in the content network in bulk by specific demographics…age, content, keywords, countries, etc. This is powerful and almost never used!

Have you seen all the hyped up products claiming that you can get thousands of people to your website with the click of your mouse? There seems to be a new product popping up everyday.

Although there are many ways of getting traffic to your website, there are a few old-fashioned methods that stand out and always work for me.

I'm going to share with you one of those tried and true methods, and that is called forum marketing. This still remains one of the best ways to drive highly targeted traffic to your website. There are many businesses earning six figures annually that have been built on participating in forums.

Before joining a forum there are several things you need to know in order to make it a profitable and enjoyable experience.

The first thing you should do is make sure that the forum is active. In order to find out whether the forum is active or not, go to Google and search for "your keyword," +forum. So let's say you're advertising a tatoo removal product. You would go to Google and type in the words, "Tattoo removal forums," "Tattoo Forums," etc.

Once a list of forums show up on the search engine, go to several forums and see how many members that each forum has, when was the last post, and how many different topics are listed on that forum.

If the forum is active, then you would see that the last post would be either the current date or the day before. Anything prior to that, I usually don't bother. I like to deal with forums with a large number of members and ones where there are daily posts.

Despite the fact that you can earn a six-figure income with your niche websites using forums, you must follow certain rules in order to be successful. you must read the forum's rules and regulations before you start making any posts. Most forums don't allow you to directly advertise and they all have their own rules. That's why it's extremely important that you read those rules before posting on any forum.

Spamming a forum is an absolute no, no. Don't send people directly to your affiliate programs or flat out encourage people to click on your signature link. Please don't put your link directly in your post. Keep it in the signature.

If the administrator of the forum sees that you're spamming the forum by posting your links all over the place you will be banned from that forum. Another rule I follow is, once you sign up with a forum make sure you read the posts and contribute at least 5-10 thorough, very informative post. Then I would take a break, rinse and repeat every other day. Remember, don't just post comments in one day and disappear.

You can also get banned from a forum for "yelling" at other forum participants, or not respecting other people's opinions. You must learn how to conduct yourself in a forum by not "firing off at the mouth." What I mean by that is you must be careful of not being offensive or even using offensive language towards another participant. Be as straightforward as you can without being abusive or rude, even if you disagree on a comment made.

So How Do I Really Make Money From Forums?

You make money from forums by using your signature link effectively. When you post in a forum you must make sure that your signature, which is a little advertisement about your business has a benefit attached to it.

Since this is usually the only place on a forum where you're allowed to advertise your business, affiliate products, and services, you must make sure that you show the readers, "what's in it for them." Without that benefit for the readers, you are just wasting valuable space in your signature line because you would hardly get any clicks to your offer, website, or blog.

Here's a forum signature example that would get a high click through rate: [url=http://www.MiniMealWeightLoss.com]"Discover The Amazing Diet Secrets Of A Desperate Housewife" - Free Video Report![/url] It would actually look like this: "Discover The Amazing Diet Secrets Of A Desperate Housewife" - Free Video Report!

When some forum participants create a signature link, they just add their name with a link to their website. For example: [url=http://www.YourWebsite.com/]Mary Jones[/url] The above would actually look like this: Mary Jones. Again, it's best to post a benefit instead of just posting your name with a link to your website, blog, or affiliate offer.

One of my favorite questions and answers suggestion board/ forums is www.answers.yahoo.com. This is a place where people go to ask questions on any topic.

For instance, I put in a search on answers.yahoo.com for Xbox 360 repair "open-ended questions" and there were many open-ended questions that were begging for answers. So I went ahead and answered at least 10 questions regarding xbox 360 repair without adding any links to my resource box. Then on the 11th question that I answered, I made sure my masked affiliate link was posted in the resource box.

Although $58 is not a lot of money, I made $58 that day on that one post. So let's consider, for instance, if you have at least five post from five different niche products and five different forums earning at least $58 a day, that's $290 daily and at least $8,000 monthly. This is how quickly the money can add up. And the good thing about this is, these leads to your websites are highly targeted to what you're offering. You can't beat that.

So go ahead and join as many forums as you can, forums that pertain to your niche products. Besides making a ton load of cash, you can also make some new friends while you're at it.

You have owned a small company for awhile now. Business is good, and your office is humming along. You work hard and are rewarded for it. Your hours are long, and you have not minded at all since you love what you do. However, lately you have been thinking that it would be nice to take a vacation. You know that to simply close down for two weeks would result in the loss of much needed revenue, with the side effect of ending the high you are currently riding.

Fortunately, it is now easier than ever to take your office on the road. Laptop computer prices have dropped significantly in recent months, and offer an experience identical in every way to that of a desktop. However, for those who do not wish to invest in a laptop, as well as those with employees who need to stay connected, less costly alternatives exist.

Both Pocket PCs and Pocket PC cell phones offer a variety of software applications. Many of your favorite desktop programs are available in mobile versions. These programs offer virtually the same experience as their desktop equivalents, though sometimes with less functionality. A variety of third party software applications, designed specifically for mobile devices, are also available.

One key difference between the two devices is that the cell phone option offers wireless internet over the cellular network, while the Pocket PC requires a Wi-Fi card and a hotspot. However, Wi-Fi hotspots are often free or low-cost, while data charges on the cellular network tend to be costly.

Other differences are the size of the display and the style of input device. Generally the screen is larger on a Pocket PC, and these devices are more likely to utilize a traditional keyboard rather than a touch screen. However, both devices utilize the same software applications.

Data transfer from your desktop computer to a Pocket PC or Pocket PC phone is simple. A data cable or a cradle may be used. Either way, your documents can be quickly and easily transferred from computer to handheld device and back. The mobile versions of your favorite applications are designed for seamless transition.

Mobile versions of many websites are also available, and new ones are constantly added. Both the layout and the bandwidth usage of these sites are designed specifically for the needs of the mobile user.

Bluetooth is a fairly new wireless technology that allows mobile devices to communicate with each other, as well as with computers, without the need to be physically connected. The technology is not yet fully implemented; however it is expected to become the new standard. Therefore, when shopping for new devices, be sure to check that they are Bluetooth-enabled. Other Bluetooth compatible devices include mobile printers and even GPS tracking systems.

A cell phone, laptop computer, and/or Pocket PC ensure maximum portability for your home office. In the modern world, it is simply not necessary to stay at home in order to run a home-based business. You can travel wherever and whenever you like, secure in the knowledge that you can still fully operate your company while you are away.

Building blogs quickly is an essential skill to have if you are creating a virtual internet empire. The quicker you build a money making blog the quicker you can start earning money from that blog from adsense, affiliate products, or flipping the blog. I’m going to share with you some resources you can use to build your blogs quickly.

Resource 1

DomainTools.com is an essential tool to have in your niche blog building arsenal. DomainTools has too many tools to name in this article, but one essential tool is the “Domain Search” tool. The domain search tool will check to see if a domain name that you would like to use is available on any of the popular top level domains. DomainTools.com shares valuable information that you can use to your advantage. It will let you know if the domain name has been previously registered, allow you to look up the current owner’s information if it is public, and it will even make suggestions for other domain names you can consider using if the name you want is not available.

Resource 2

The next resource that you need is a reliable domain name registrar. GoDaddy.com is one of the best registrars around. Not to mention they have great advertising. GoDaddy.com is not the best web host. I’ll tell you whose the best in the next resource tip.

Resource 3

If you want reliable, up-to-date, and flexible hosting then HostGator.com is the domain host for you. I’ve used HostGator.com for two years now and I’ve never had a major problem of any kind with them. If you do have a problem simply get on the phone anytime day or night and give their customer service a call. Their customer service is excellent. HostGator uses the latest versions of PHP, cPanel, and WordPress. Installation of WordPress takes a few clicks of your mouse button.

Resource 4

Once you have WordPress installed you will need to customize the look and feel for your specific needs. The best way to do this is to use find a custom blog theme. You can hire a designer to create one specifically for you. You can find them at SitePoint.com, Forums.DigitalPoint.com, and the WarriorForum.com. Use Google.com to search for premium themes or free themes.

Resource 5

Once you find a theme that you would like to use you will want to use it for more than one blog or simply change a blog’s appearance over time. The easiest way to do this is to change the header.

My favorite FREE resource to do this is XHeader. You can go to XHeader.com and pick up this tool for free. XHeader allows you to create professional looking headers in minutes without having to use expensive graphic design software.

Resource 6

If you consider writing content for your blogs to be a chore rather than fun you will want to outsource the task of writing your blog content. Shelancers.com provides an excellent resource for hiring free lance writers. You can hire writers to create forum posts, blog posts, articles, and even sales page copywriting.

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You’re creating these blogs to make money if you are creating a blog strictly for adsense income then you know where to get the information to implement adsense. However, you may want to market affiliate products on some of your blogs. Finding the best affiliate products at ClickBank.com can be a time consuming chore.

The resource you’ll want to use to speed up your research is CBEngine.com. CBEngine.com will allow you to search for ClickBank products based on a wide variety of search criteria that is much more comprehensive than ClickBank.com offers.

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Finally you will need a good keyword research tool. Google’s free keyword tool is one that I use quite often. But most of the time I need to do more in-depth research than Google’s tool provides. I then turn to Market Samurai. Market Samurai is an awesome niche research tool that gives you an incredible amount of information on a group of keywords. Check it out at MarketSamurai.com

t's reasonably easy, for firms that are endorsing products or services, are searching for places on the cyberspace to advertise. These firms are devoted in marketing in sites, where larger viewer will spot their advertisement. If you establish a blog and your blog is very alluring, it will drive a gigantic traffic. Once, firms selling products and services find, that your blog drives massive traffic; they will consider your blog as a productive location to advertise. They will appeal you to display their advertisements on your blog and they will reimburse you for your publicity area. So that's how you produce passive income ideas from your blog. Sounds trouble-free? The catch is: It takes a lot of time and efforts. If you want passive income opportunities through a blog, you need having a striking traffic to your blog. If you wish, a huge number of viewers should visit your blog; you should have something appealing and worth a good read on your blog.

In addition, you must patiently put in innovative content to your blog that is interesting for the readers, so that viewers keep re-visiting your blog to read more often. Moreover, marketing your blog is also a critical part for people to know, about the existence of your blog. Gaining online reputation is not as effortless as it appears. Mentioned below are some methods by which you can effortlessly add on some extra income ideas to your blog. Read through.

Put Up For Sale: If you lead a very interesting an appealing blog with a great fan following, you can start selling products and services on your blog to earn residual income through that.

Write and E-Book: Yet another profitable option is converting your blog into an E-book if your blog witnesses a heavy traffic.

Publicize Products: If your blog witnesses' good traffic with various people reading everything you writes, you can consider promoting and publicizing few products or services, while the firms developing the products can pay you for promoting their products or services.

Connect To Programs: Affiliate programs are a prime resource of residual income business for lots of bloggers. The good thing about affiliate programs is that you have the prospect to generate money even if your blog has diminutive viewers.

Explore Paid Writing Services: There are rising quantity of paid writing options which are vacant online. Trustworthy and well-renowned bloggers can earn residual income, by only writing for others. In this way, your blog essentially becomes a portfolio or resume for your work.

There are several famous blogs in the cyber space today, but most of them do not take the benefit of the many prospects available for monetization. Per se, if one follows the lucrative ways to monetize the blog, he/she can make a good income, sitting in the comfort of his/her house.

logging is simple; blogging is cool in today's era. It can help lead you to passive income opportunities in many ways. So what really is a blog? A blog is a regular, sequential publication of private or public thoughts and web links in the World Wide Web. It is similar to what an e-diary could be, where you can record your views, outlook and remarks on practically anything, under the sun that is of interest to you. Although blogging had been popular, much before, the term blog was established; it has got fame, as an effectual means of corresponding, over the Internet only newly. The preface of automated websites has also been helpful in blogging victory. A blog is theoretically analogous to a website and is available to everyone in the cyber space.

There are incalculable bloggers in the world at the present time, blogging away to splendor. Yet, blogging can be more than a mere gibber in the cyber world. It can be a superb tool, for earning residual income business. Let's explore how.

How to Transform Your Blog into Money Spinning Tool -Putting advertorials, on your blog is certainly an effortless technique for passive income opportunities. Nevertheless, advertisements are not an assured profitable idea. The first reason being, they are commonly contingent on the activities of your blog's readers. Secondly, producing passive income through, advertising on your blog is implausible, unless your blog witnesses a massive traffic on a daily basis. By mounting your residual income opportunities, you'll have improved chances of prolifically monetizing your blog. Listed below are few gainful methods for extra income ideas, through your blogs.

Putting Products or Services for Sale: Several bloggers gain profits, by putting products or services on sale, through their blogs.

Appeal for Donations: It won't harm if you to appeal your readers to contribute financially to your blog.

Put Your Guest Posting Services For Sale: Lots of bloggers write as guest editors, for other blogs, at no cost as a method to support their own blogs. Likewise, you can also offer your guest posting services for a charge.

Be An Author Of An E-Book: If your blog has ardent followers, then they must have fondness for what you write. Draw benefit of this, by creating an E-book and presenting it for trade on your blog.

Book Writing Service: If you've launched yourself as an expert in your blog's niche and drawn a fervent following, you could think about writing a book .You can either get it published by a publishing house, publish it yourself.

Become A Blogging Expert: Lot of blogs and blog network web spaces, search for enthusiastic and skillful writers to build up their blogs. This kind of blogging jobs lead to moneymaking passive income ideas. Try to find blogging jobs to augment your blogging profits.

Find Writing Jobs Too: Blogging can aid you in developing your writing abilities, which can help you get, other freelancing jobs on the World Wide Web. Conversion into freelance writing from blogging is not a bad thing, considering its monetary perks.

In a few words, if your pilot blog isn't the rage you expected it to be, look for fresh ways to draw and sustain readers. Or just reschedule and start on a fresh blog with a different recess.

Just as so many other things in life, there's no instant tonic for getting traffic and earning residual income through your blog. It involves loads of research, vigilant plan, networking, tolerance, and time. If you follow these simple guidelines, you will positively witness an increase. Hopefully that boost in traffic will lead you to lucrative blogging profits.

If you want to know about residual income opportunities, there are more than a few websites which direct you. It's the whole lot you need to know to get going, with blogging for profit.

How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog - When you blog for producing funds, you need to generate a lot of innovative and fresh content, employ commercial programs and most of all, you need traffic for your blog. Ironically, in our offline lives we despise it, but online we look forward to it. Mentioned below are some methods to boost traffic to your blog. With some, time and stamina, you will steadily start to boost your readership.

Comment On Other Blogs -Blogs are all over - there's definitely no dearth of them. Enlist, those that you like, track their themes on a daily basis, and if you discover something that ignites your attention - remark. The more appealing your remarks are, the more probable your friends will pursue you to your blog.

Enlist With Blogging Networks -It's significant that increase your blog's visibility. You can begin the route by presenting to various search engines, but that's just the start.

Enroll Yourself With Numerous Forums. - Research on forums that are associated to your forte and register. Aim to be a dynamic entity in the forum. Peers will assemble if you're fascinating. When you enlist with a forum, ensure to make an interesting profile, parallel to the blogging services. And just as imperative - create a mark that is a straight link to your blog. Your mark is displayed in each post that you make - assisting you in getting visibility.

Social Network Sites Can Also Be Of Help. -Bookmarking, social networking and article submission are all in vogue today - do not ignore it. There are many websites will let you tag, bookmark, and put forward articles that you feel are appealing. What's more fascinating than your own work? Everyone should be aware about it, so go spread the word loud.

Web sites, contrasting to other advertising tools, have to be promoted. When you pen down a radio ad, you pay a radio station to run the advertisement. When you make a brochure, you give it away. But when you bring out a Web portal, you must endorse it to drive in business. Be inventive. Always keep in mind to incorporate your Web site information in everything you do and your hard work will pay off in added hits.

As you may be aware the internet is a vast place. As most people would say the internet is bad because there are a lot of scams. However I am here to tell that those who got scammed ended up that way because of the lacked to do the proper research, and most likely invested little or no time into finding out just exactly what they were getting themselves into. The internet is one of the best sources to find information, conduct research on almost anything, and making a steady income. However the attribute about the internet I would like to focus on most is the many different ways that you can make money online, and do for almost next to nothing.

First off let me announce it one last time for all those who haven’t heard this yet. All the get rich quick schemes are scams there is no way to start a business or promote a product and become rich over night or in the first week. Even though some have managed to pull it off in just a month the percentage of that happening to you is not as high as you may think. If you’re going to get into something online that will make you a steady income or even a residual income every month you’re going to have to put in hours of hard work just like everyone else, minus the few who figured out how to do it over night.

Now there are many ways that you can do this online money making thing. One very effective way to do this is to first build a site there are literally hundreds of ways to do this. Plus many computers nowadays come equipped with site building software and if that doesn’t work you can always just Google (site building software) and choose the one that stands out most to, but still do your research to see which one is legit and most effective. After you build your site you then become a member of a site host like GoDaddy.com, startlogic.com or homestead.com and what happens when you sign up is you get all the perks of being a member but more importantly you get your site live on the internet. This is actually the best way because having your own site means that you’re in control all the time. Now all you need is a product and that’s not hard you can find that at click bank or even just by Goggling you can find products to promote or just make up your own.

Now here are the multiple ways that you can make money just by having a site even before you decide on a product. Maybe you don’t even want a product and that’s fine because you can still make money online without a product.

Starts Your Own Search Engine – Not from scratch, Google provides a great API for you to build your own custom search engine. Build one around a certain topic, provide a better design or give out random prizes. When people search from your site and click on the ads, you get credit.

Blog for Ad Revenue – Start a blog on a topic you love, build up a reader base and make money from ads on your site.

Make Stuff to Sell Online – If you can quilt, sew, work with wood or are descent at any other task, you can make it and sell it online.

Take Surveys – A few sites will pay you to complete surveys. Not always in cash, but sometimes you can get free samples or points to buy products with

Starts an Affiliate Website – Don’t want to deal with the headaches of selling your own products? Refer visitors to someone else’s products and earn a commission.

Start an Online Store – Order products wholesale or drop shipped and create your own storefront.

Buy an online cash generating system – You buy the product then you go through the setup process. Be sure to follow exactly what the product tells you etc…. Then you start making money.

The list goes on and on there is also one more way that is very effective you can make money. Buy trusted products online that will help you make money in a short amount of time considering you put in the right amount of time and work needed to yield those results. After you buy this product it teaches you how to make money. Two of those products that I am familiar with are Google Shadow and commission Blueprint. These products have proven to work and have given people the desired results time and time again. So if you want to dive into this vast sea of opportunity then hurry everyone’s waiting.

Is there such a thing as a FREE lunch? Well no there isn’t but what should you be looking for in a home business and should you be looking for something that’s FREE? There are a lot of scams on the net, so it understandable that people will look for free home business opportunities. With a free opportunity you could end up wasting a lot of your time, it’s like the old saying “you get what you pay for”

Most home business opportunities will ask for an investment in a pack. The pack will normally be a selection of products. Should you be concerned about this, well no not if you have followed these 3 simple steps you will be OK. Also think of the investment as something for your future. It is not a burden or a waste of money.

The first this to do is Google the company name with the word scam. People will always tell others about a company that’s a scam if they have been unfortunate. Be warned you may find people who just have sour grapes about the company. You will get this in anything in life. Also if nothing comes up or very little information there is a good bet it’s a scam.

The second thing to do is Google the persons name from the company. If they are a scammer they may not use their real name. If they are genuine they will have lots of pages about themselves and the training and systems they use. This is a very good indicator to use.

The third and final thing is find out what the investment is. It should be something that is useful to you. It will be a box of products for you to try, along with sales literature and manuals. If you are asked for money up front and you getting nothing in return or something that is of little use I think it’s safe to say this could be a scam.

You may hear claims of becoming financially free overnight, or becoming a millionaire by the end of the week. Use common sense with this one and run a mile. A legitimate home business will make you a lot of money if and only if you put the work in. You will only get out what you put in.

Whatever you decide to do you will get full support and training from the people in your company. You will make some great new friends and have a great time doing your new business.

You heard me right, There is no Google Adsense Magic Package! I know there are so many success stories of Google Adsense Publishers making waves online. The stories are quite interesting and tempting. Savvy online marketers are using such story to sell software and courses which they claim can reproduce such success stories overnight. Newbie Online Entrepreneurs are dreaming of becoming millionaires via Google AdSense publishing. They have heard the success story, they want their own share of the pie, but they want it now, not later.

Scammers are taking advantage of the ignorance of such newbies. This is one of the reigning SCAM in Africa. Too many African Entrepreneurs who are desirous of making money online are being swindled. The scammers offer digital products and services which they claim will bring the dream of the newbie entrepreneur into reality overnight. Who will not like to become a millionaire overnight? Unfortunately, it is all SCAM! Too many wannabe online entrepreneurs have parted with their hard-earned cash for such "GET RICH QUICK PACKAGES". Several months after buying such packages (which they expected to be a CASH COW that will keep generating income even when the owner is sleeping) they are yet to receive the first cheque from Google. They have been unable to generate $100 which is the minimal pay-out!

Now, many are asking "Is it really possible to earn 6digit income per annum from Google AdSense Publishing?" The answer is YES! But not via GET RICH OVERNIGHT MAGIC PACKAGES! Those instant solution packages are SCAM. If they work, nobody will sell them. Instead, the inventor will keep it as a secret. Ask around and see if you will get at least one person that have used such instant package and become a millionaire overnight.

So, what is the right thing to do? First we ask the successful Google Adsense Publisher how they got their success. We do not need to re-invent the wheel. We can learn from their experience thereby avoiding the mistakes they made. That will shorten the time period required to achieve success. One of such Successful AdSense Publisher that I will recommend is Lisa Irby. She produced a little ebook which spelt out the basic factors responsible for her success in Google AdSense Publishing (it is a good read for any beginner). Since the ebook is free and she gave permission for it to be re-distributed, I will be willing to send it to you via email upon request.

After reading that ebook, I will suggest you start a blog or website and open an account with Google as an AdSense Publisher. The earlier you start your own hands-on learning process, the better. You need skills and the earlier you start gathering experience the sooner your success story will come. There are many things to learn. There are great tools (some are free, some require payment) that will enhance your work and simplify difficult tasks. However, you still have a great role to play. None of those tools will take up your responsibility and make you a millionaire while you sleep. Wake up to reality. Nothing good comes cheap. If you are not ready to work, then forget about Google AdSense Income. It is not for lazy people.

Even though there is no Google AdSense Magic Package, you too can earn good income from Google AdSense publishing if you are willing to work consistently for success. Internet rewards patience. Wishing you success in your online ventures. Cheers

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"Advancements in computer technology and the internet have changed the way America works, learns and communicates. The internet has become an integral part of America’s economic, political and social life."
~ Bill Clinton

Are you someone who’s always on the move? Do you love “blogging” when you’re on the move? Are you looking for a unique work-at-home opportunity - even if your “home” is on wheels? If you’ve answered “yes” to these questions “professional blogging” is the perfect work-at-home option for you.

To be an “on-the-move” professional-blogger, all you really need is the ability to write well, a dash of creativity, a laptop and a wireless internet connection. The best part about being a professional blogger is that few jobs are as fun! Imagine working at home, doing what you love to do, writing about the things you love. (Never mind if home is occasionally/constantly on wheels)

Make use of the unique work-at-home opportunities available online. The internet is a great resource for writers of every genre! The best part about being a professional-blogger-on-the-move is that work won’t feel like work at all. In fact, if you enjoy writing, blogging may actually serve to ease you on all those long trips.

Blogging is not something that’s done just for fun anymore, its phenomenal popularity has actually spawned an entire industry called the blogging-industry - this is linked to the marketing potential of the internet of course. Fairly recent developments like the “Blooker prize” only testify to the huge popularity of the blog-culture.

When someone says “blog” most people think of someone who’s using blogging as a way to relieve themselves of life’s many frustrations - by revealing them to the world via a blog post. This is not always the case; blogs today are used for a variety of purposes – particularly for advertising. The fact that the internet has become almost indispensable in most households around the world today, has made it an invaluable marketing tool. Practically every business advertises online, this is where blog posts can help.

Writers/bloggers get some of the best deals when it comes to work-at-home options. This is because most work-at-home jobs for writers operate on extremely low start-up-costs - or on no start-up cost at all (as in the case of most professional-bloggers). Flexibility is also great when it comes to time – an aspect of a professional-blogger’s job that makes it ideal for people who are constantly on the move.

For more information on blogs and blogging, try visiting the following sites:

http://www.problogger.net
http://www.blogger.com

So, you want to make some extra money in your spare time, but you don’t want to work at a fast food joint slinging burgers. You want to make extra money online.

With today’s technology, it’s easier than ever to make money from home because there are so many ways through the Internet. Like anything, some are better than others and even the best ways have some disadvantages.

Here is a small list of some of the ways people are making money online:

---Paid surveys. When most people hear that they can get paid filling out surveys, they are perhaps a bit skeptical. Yes, you can make money filling out surveys, but many people who are doing this are having more fun than making money. Some of the best surveys take up to an hour to fill out and pay perhaps $10.

If you’ve got nothing better to do, it’s something you can do while watching TV at night or if you have some free time at lunch. Many survey sites are free to sign up with and are one hundred percent legitimate.

One downside of filling out surveys is that you must meet the exact demographic the company is looking for else you’ll get bumped out of the survey and not make a dime. Some survey sites operate much like multi-level marketing programs, in which you recommend others to the site then receive a commission when your recruit successfully fills out a survey.

---Gifting programs. These have been controversial in the past, and will likely continue to be, but many people swear by them. Gifting is basically a pyramid scheme in which you send people money and then they find people to send you money. In general, how much money the gifter sends in and how many people they recruit, determines where they are placed on the money-making organizational chart. These gift clubs can become popular because, at least initially, the participants do receive significant amounts of money.

Be forewarned, though. Some states consider such activity illegal and the Better Business Bureau has issued warnings about some of these programs.

---Blogging for cash and other freelance work. The web is filled with many paid writing jobs, including blogging. For the most part, you can write about any subject you feel comfortable writing about and will get paid between $1 and $5 per blog depending on the site. It may not seem like a lot, but most blogs are short, require little or no research and can be written in about ten minutes. The faster you write, the more money you can make. Certainly, you won’t get rich, but you could earn a few extra dollars a week to pay for that dinner out.

---E-bay, Craigslist, etc. A whole community of people exists who sell items on eBay and Craigslist. Some people spend weekends at yard sales, then Monday listing everything they bought online. Best selling items? Designer items such as, handbags and clothing, baby items in good condition, furniture and musical instruments. Using these sites, particularly Craigslist, comes with some inherent risk, so it’s a good idea to use extreme caution when dealing directly with people you do not know.

Chances are you won’t get rich with any of these, but you will make some extra cash and just might have some fun doing it.

Now I'm sure you're thinking that you can't make money for free from pay per click. To a point, you are right.

However, when you're first starting off with this marketing technique, it's possible to get free credits from many of these search engines. Just do a search in your favorite search engine for "free pay per click" or some other similar phrase. You'll find plenty of smaller search engines out there to get you started.

Also, check with both Yahoo and MSN. Yahoo frequently offers a free promotion, and from time to time so does MSN. The point is to find as many of these free offers as possible so that you may test and track your offers. Also, it is less expensive to advertise in many of the smaller pay per click search engines and sometimes these sites are just as effective as Google. (You may also want to check Ebay. It's possible to find sites that are offering free coupons for Google Adwords, etc.)

Once you've found the sites you want to market on, here are the steps you need to take to start making money as soon as today:

1. Read the guidelines for the site you are marketing on.

I know. You want to jump in and start making money. The problem with that is you need to understand what you are doing first. Although you will start off marketing for free, once you have several successful campaigns running, you will have to pay for those clicks.

That's why you want to learn everything you can about marketing on these sites. They want you to succeed, and so they will offer you plenty of resources to help. In fact, Google has an extensive training center that now offers video. Do your homework. It will save you money and make you more money.

2. Do your keyword research.

Keyword research is one of the most essential elements of your campaign. You want to make sure you target the right keywords. Long tail keywords, i.e. keywords with four or more words work best because they are more targeted.

There are tons of free keyword tools out there to help you get this right. Check the site you are marketing on to see if they have a tool to help you.

3. Find the products you want to sell.

Clickbank is a good place to start because you can make good commissions selling products from their website. There is also a large selection of products available. Just make sure you look for products that don't have too high a gravity (one of the ways Clickbank measures sales). Otherwise, you may end up trying to sell a product that is too popular.

Check other affiliate program directories like Linkshare, Commission Junction, Share a Sale, Clix Galore, and others to help you find lucrative affiliate programs on your topic. You may also consider doing a search in the search engines if you can't find what you are looking for.

4. Write your ads.

By now you should be ready to write your ads. If you have read the guidelines and terms and conditions for where you are submitting, then you know how long your ad may be and what to include in it.

Remember, your headline is important here. This is how you will get others to click on your ad. Also, make sure you include your most important keyword in your ad. Some sites like Google Adwords allow you to add variables to your ads so the keyword will change based on what the reader is looking for.

5. Test and track your ads.

To find out which ads work, i.e. which ones are getting the clicks and sales, you will need to test and track.

Most of these sites will tell you how many clicks the ad got. The next step is to log into your affiliate stats for the product you are promoting and see how many sales you have made. If you're building a list, you will need to see how many subscribers you have.

There are many ways to test and track your ads. Scripts you install on your website, as well as link cloakers are two. No matter what tools you choose to use, just make sure you use tools that will help you effectively track your campaigns.

If you want to succeed in your online business, there are some very basic tips that will apply to any type of online venture. A home based business required a lot of self discipline, but it also requires a good direction to focus your efforts. These should help you get started.

1. Take care of your potential customers - Any communication you receive from a potential customer should be answered promptly and courteously. That first communication from a customer is almost like an audition. They may have a question, but they are also testing you to see if they would like to do business with you, not your company, but you. They want to know who is behind the web page.

2. Be persistent - Be determined to make your business a success. You will likely encounter set-backs, but keep working to overcome them. If you chip away at the walls that appear in front of you, you will eventually tear them down.

3. Don't expect instant success - It will take time and effort to make your online business a success. Work hard and take the necessary action to make your business work. In the end, your hard work will pay off.

4. Create a budget for your business - It is very rare that you will make your business a success without spending some money along the way. Set up your plan for how much you will spend in any given area, so you do not overspend without realizing it. Don't be afraid to rethink your budget allocations if you see that they need to be changed.

5. Promote aggressively - The only way you will make money in your business is if people are aware that it exists. You have to spend a majority of your time and energy marketing and advertising your business. Do your research and try out different ideas, then put more effort towards the ideas that work. Your goal is to make sure as many people know about you as possible.

6. Never stop learning - Every day is a chance to learn how to do thing more efficiently. Keep your eyes open for news ideas and strategies to implement. Look for tools and techniques that will help you.

7. Communicate - If you have business partners and employees, communicate with them often. Talk to them about decisions and the direction of the company. Also, talk to them about any idea they may have and look objectively at their suggestions. They may see something you have overlooked.

8. Believe in your success - If you believe that you can do this, you will inherently work harder. You will set high goals and standards for yourself. You will not give up easily.

Remember, by following these steps, you will greatly increase your chances for success. You can do this. Grow your business!

One of the first questions people ask me about social networking is how to find more friends. After all, a big part of social networking (when you're doing it for business that is) is to find more prospects. And if you don't get some friends and followers, you're not going to accomplish that. (Not to mention the fact that the whole point of social networking is being social, and without friends or followers that will be tough to do.)

So how do you find friends and followers? Below are 3 general tips that will work on all social networking platforms. (In other articles I'll talk about strategies on specific sites.)

1. Find people yourself. Yes this is as simple as it sounds. Go out and friend or follow people. Chances are they'll eventually follow or accept your friend request, and then you'll start building your list.

The downside is it's time consuming for you. It takes more time than you might expect to search and check out profiles. (And you don't want to do this willy nilly. You do want to make sure the people you're friending or following are in your target market or you're wasting your time and energy.)

Plus some sites, such as Facebook, have limits on how many people you can friend in one day, which makes the process take even longer.

So yes, this is a good strategy to get the momentum going, but I wouldn't rely on it as a long-term strategy.

A much better way is to get your target market to come to you. How do you do that? Well...

2. Be visible. In other words, whatever social networking site you're focusing on, log on and do stuff on it. Post updates, post comments, ask questions, tweet, etc. If people see you around, then they'll start coming to you.

You can also use many of the automated tools to cross-feed the different social networking platforms into each other. So, for example, you can feed Twitter into Facebook, your blog into Facebook and Twitter, and Twitter and Facebook into your blog. All that cross-pollination means you don't have to recreate the wheel -- you can choose where you're posting for maximum effect.

3. Be a friend. What does it mean to be a friend? Well, friends help each other out, right? So, make sure you spend some of your time helping out your social networking friends. Maybe you promote one of your friends' products or services or free teleclass. Maybe you give a testimonial. Maybe you answer a question or give some free advice with no strings attached. Maybe you provide really great content. Think about how you can help someone else and do it.

So, do these tips sound familiar? They should. They also work in the offline world. If you want friends in the real world, what do you do? You go out and meet people. You're not going to make very many friends if you spend all your nights holed up in your house on your couch watching Law and Order reruns.

You make yourself visible in your community so people will see you and introduce themselves to you. And the more you do for other people, the more that goodwill will come back to you.

This is really important to keep in mind. Social networking is just like networking in the real world. Yes, it looks different online. Yes the tools you use is different. Yes the etiquette is different. But if you come from a place of truly trying to be a good social networking pal, then everything else will fall into place. If you come to social networking looking for a shortcut to building real relationships, then you're probably going to be disappointed with the results.

Affiliates are banking so much on Google Adsense these days. If you are lucky enough to break the secrets to Google adsense, you could earn a lot of money with every click. This program became quite phenomenal because you can really make money with Adsense. Its presence on the net has created a big boost in pay per click advertising. Thus, creating more opportunities for online marketers and aspiring online marketers to earn money on the internet. You can use Google adsense code in order to break into this world of pay per click advertising. These codes are what you need in order to post Google advertisements on your website.

You can generate this Google Adsense code from your publisher account. There are many people who expect overnight success by simply putting up a blog with Google adsense code in it. This notion does not actually work. You can’t be successful in just a snap. There are secrets to Google Adsense that only experienced affiliates were able to break. And most of this information is out for public consumption already. You may learn from the experts and try to emulate their methods in achieving success. There are proven strategies in succeeding in adsense and this you have to unlock through research.

Get more information online and through books related to this subject. There are certain aspects in adsense that you ought to know in order to profit from this program. Otherwise, you will just be beating around the bush without getting positive results for all your efforts. Keywords are highly important in this program. You need to know how to come up with keyword-rich content for better page rankings in Google. One alternative for you is to set up a blog which will not cost you a single dime. You will succeed in Adsense if you are able to produce original and quality content blogs.

Take note that Google favors sites with very good content. With this in mind, you have to update your blogs regularly for it to get better page rankings and eventually get more exposure online. Most internet users are discriminating when it comes to choosing the sites they visit. If your web page is appealing and filled with information, they might just bookmark your site or visit your site again. These come backing visitors are your prospective customers. The traffic that you will generate will eventually boost your ppc program. Keep on looking for ways to generate heavier traffic to your web page.

If you plan to set up your own Google adsense website, you have to ensure that your web site is highly optimized. An appealing website can be an added factor to entice more visitors to your site, too. Furthermore, you need to know that it is important that you get quality one way links to your web site in order for Google to recognize its presence online. The more links pointing at your site, the more you project the importance of your site online. Your website's popularity will have a great impact in your quest to rake in profit from this ppc program.

Keep up with the competition and you might just hit the target soon.

The use of social networking sites to connect people has become so widespread today. But other than those who just want to communicate with friends, old and new, social media is also currently being taken advantage by business oriented people as a way to reach their target clients and improve their businesses.

People involved in small business have found a powerful marketing tool in these social networking sites.

Among the top social media used by business people today are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. By using these sites, you are able to expose your business to more people, at both a local and international level.

Facebook

Facebook has become highly popular in recent years attracting millions of users from across the globe. This popularity has, in fact, led the site’s management to offer marketing platforms that encourage people to share their business endeavors and build communities as well.

To use Facebook to your advantage, make sure to create an interesting personal profile page. Include photos and business information that will attract visitors and encourage them to read through your profile.

Update your information regularly so that existing and potential clients know what you’re up to. Discuss recent happenings regarding your business and interact with readers who post comments on your page.

Be friendly at all times and don’t forget to create a “fans” page and invite clients to join.

Twitter

In just a few years, Twitter has attracted a steady following that is increasing rapidly as the “buzz” around Twitter spreads. This is the power of social networking sites – they are viral.

One advantage of Twitter over the others is that it lifts the lid on the activities and conversations of other people. What we are seeing today is news being reported on Twitter before the media even has a chance to tell us.

For business people who want to maximize the vast communication potential of this social networking site, it is best to be consistent when tweeting (telling people what you are doing).

This means not only providing information to your followers about what you are up to with your business, but also adding value. You need to share tools, tips and strategies and make your updates interesting and engaging.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is an ideal site for entrepreneurs because it gives you the opportunity to grow your business using less of your own money. How? LinkedIn is used by many professionals to search for potential employees and also as a means to expand their business contacts.

Providing a detailed profile (business information and photos) is the best way to expand your network of contacts through LinkedIn.
You can include a link to your website or blog for those people looking to access more information about you and your business.

Interaction is key and you can do this by answering questions that provide valuable and interesting information.

YouTube

YouTube is a phenomenal success in terms of video sharing on the internet. This social networking site has become the Number 2 search engine, behind Google.

If you have not tried live video streaming as a marketing tool for your business yet, it is time to jump in front of the camera. Videos are very powerful tools in drawing online traffic.

Create a short but clear video featuring yourself talking about your business and how you started out. Tell them about your journey, provide them with success stories and share your passion about your business.

Create several short videos (perhaps video seminars you conduct, presentations you make, or other business projects) and upload them on YouTube. Make sure that you post your videos in the category relevant to your business to draw the right target audience.

In using social media to market and improve your business, building trust with your audience is essential. You can only do this by being honest and providing consistently interesting, useful and valuable information. What matters most is that you share your experiences and knowledge. Doing so can influence people’s lives and encourage them to take action.

By Wendy Moore
Copyright 2009 Savvy Web Women Pty Ltd

Online businesses are of various different types. One such online business opportunity is making money using parked domain names. With this form of online business, you can make a considerable amount of money and may not have to look for another job for your living. Domain parking is a very efficient business that requires very little from you and in turn produces some great results.

How Can You Gain From Parked Domains

With parked domains, you can gain money in quite a few ways. First of all, you can try and hook on to various marketing programs like the pay-per-click program. Here you link with one or more companies and their websites and are responsible to generate traffic for their sites using your parked domain. Every time a surfer clicks on a link and goes to the website of the companies you are working with, the company pays you some money.

Affiliate Marketing is a great example of such a method to earn money. Try to get hold of businesses that deal with products and services that correspond to the name of your website. Set up a deal with them to advertise their products and provide links on your website to direct visitors to their websites.

If you can use interesting and attractive content on your domain to get the visitors interested in the products of the business you are advertising for, they will visit their website, and in turn enable you to make money.

For example, if your domain name is www.fightcold.com, you can tie up with companies dealing with woolen garments and winter wear and divert traffic to their website. As the visitors click on the link provided on your domain name and get diverted to their website, you get paid by the company for the leads you generate.

This can be a great way to earn good money. You are not concerned about the products and administration of the companies you are working with, but just the number of visitors you are getting to click on the links to their site.

Hence, by successfully utilizing your parked domain, you can earn good money while you are waiting for your domain name to attain a good price for you to sell it with a considerable profit. This is how you can make money with parked domains.

My traffic-building strategy isn’t based on tricks or techniques that will go out of style. It’s mainly about providing genuine value and letting word of mouth do the rest. Sadly, this makes me something of a contrarian today, since I happen to disagree with much of what I’ve seen written about traffic-building elsewhere. I do virtually no marketing for this site at all. My visitors do it for me, not because I trick them into doing it but simply because they want to.

Here are 10 of my best suggestions for building a high traffic web site:

1. Create valuable content.

Is your content worthy of being read by millions of people? Remember that the purpose of content is to provide value to others. Do you provide genuine value, and is it the best you’re capable of providing?

When I sit down to write, I sometimes imagine myself standing on an outdoor concert stage before an audience of a million people. Then I ask myself, “What shall I say to this audience of fellow human beings?” If a million people each spend five minutes on this site, that’s nearly 10 person-years total. I do my best to make my writing worthy of this differential. I don’t always succeed, but this is the mindset that helps me create strong content.

Think about the effect you want your writing to have on people. Since I write about personal growth, I want my writing to change people for the better. I want to expand people’s thinking, to raise their consciousness, and to help them eliminate fear from their lives. If my writing doesn’t change people’s thinking, actions, or awareness, then my value isn’t being transferred well enough.

When you focus on providing real value instead of churning out disposable content, your readers will notice. And they’ll refer others to your site — in droves. I typically see at least 10 new links to my site appearing each day (mostly via trackbacks but also via vanity feeds). I’m not going out and requesting those links — other bloggers just provide them, usually because they’re commenting on something I’ve written. Many fellow bloggers have also honored StevePavlina.com with a general recommendation for the entire site, not just links to my individual blog posts. It’s wonderful to see that kind of feedback.

Strong content is universally valued. It’s hard work to create it, but in the long run it generates lots of long-term referral traffic. I’d rather write one article I’m really proud of than 25 smaller posts. It’s been my experience that the best articles I write will outperform all the forgettable little posts I’ve made. Quality is more important than quantity. Quantity without quality, however, is easier, which is one reason so many people use that strategy. Ultimately, however, the Internet already contains more quantity than any one of us can absorb in our lifetimes, but there will always be a place for good quality content that stands out from the crowd.

If you have nothing of genuine value to offer to a large audience, then you have no need of a high-traffic web site. And if there’s no need for it, you probably won’t get it. Each time you write, focus on creating the best content you can. You’ll get better as you go along, but always do your best. I’ve written some 2000–word articles and then deleted them without posting them because I didn’t feel they were good enough.

2. Create original content.

Virtually everything on this site is my own original content. I rarely post blog entries that merely link to what others are writing. It takes more effort to produce original content, but it’s my preferred long-term strategy. I have no interest in creating a personal development portal to other sites. I want this site to be a final destination, not a middleman.

Consequently, when people arrive here, they often stick around for a while. Chances are good that if you like one of my articles, you may enjoy others. This site now has hundreds of them to choose from. You can visit the articles section to read my (longer) feature articles or the blog archives to see an easy-to-navigate list of all my blog entries since the site launched.

Yes, there’s a lot to read on this site, more than most people can read in a day, but there’s also a lot of value (see rule #1). Some people have told me they’ve read for many hours straight, and they leave as different people. I think anyone who reads this site for several hours straight is going to experience a shift in awareness. When you read a lot of dense, original content from a single person, it’s going to have an impact on you. And this content is written with the intention to help you grow.

Although I’m not big on competing with others, it’s hard to compete with an original content site. Anyone can start their own personal development web site, but the flavor of this site is unique simply because no one else has had the exact same experiences as me.

While I think sites that mainly post content from others have the potential to build traffic faster in the beginning, I think original content sites have an easier time keeping their traffic, which makes for a more solid, long-term foundation. Not everyone is going to like my work, but for those that do, there’s no substitute.

3. Create timeless content.

While I do occasionally write about time-bound events, the majority of my content is intended to be timeless. I’m aware that anything I write today may still be read by people even after I’m dead. People still quote Aristotle today because his ideas have timeless value, even though he’s been dead for about 2300 years. I think about how my work might influence future generations in addition to my own. What advice shall I pass on to my great grandchildren?

I tend to ignore fads and current events in my writing. Wars, natural disasters, and corrupt politicians have been with us for thousands of years. There are plenty of others who are compelled to write about those things, so I’ll leave that coverage to them.

Will the content you’re creating today still be providing real value in the year 2010? 2100? 4000?

Writing for future generations helps me cut through the fluff and stay focused on the core of my message, which is to help people grow. As long as there are people (even if our bodies are no longer strictly biological), there will be the opportunity for growth, so there’s a chance that at least some of what I’m creating today will still have relevance. And if I can write something that will be relevant to future generations, then it will certainly be relevant and meaningful today.

In terms of traffic building, timeless content connects with people at a deeper level than time-bound content. The latter is meant to be forgotten, while the former is meant to be remembered. We forget yesterday’s news, but we remember those things that have meaning to us. So I strive to write about meanings instead of happenings.

Even though we’re conditioned to believe that news and current events are important, in the grand scheme of things, most of what’s covered by the media is trivial and irrelevant. Very little of today’s news will even be remembered next week, let alone a hundred years from now. Certainly some events are important, but at least 99% of what the media covers is irrelevant fluff when viewed against the backdrop of human history.

Ignore the fluff, and focus on building something with the potential to endure. Write for your children and grandchildren.

4. Write for human beings first, computers second.

A lot has been written about the optimal strategies for strong search engine rankings in terms of posting frequency and post length. But I largely ignore that advice because I write for human beings, not computers.

I write when I have something meaningful to say, and I write as much as it takes to say it. On average I post about five times per week, but I have no set quota. I also write much longer entries than most bloggers. No one has ever accused me of being too brief. My typical blog entry is about 1500–2000 words, and some (like this one) are much longer. Many successful bloggers would recommend I write shorter entries (250–750 words) and post more frequently (20x per week), since that creates more search engine seeds for the same amount of writing. And while I agree with them that such a strategy would generate more search engine traffic, I’m not going to take their advice. To do so would interfere too much with my strategy of delivering genuine value and creating timeless content. I have no interest in cranking out small chunks of disposable content just to please a computer. Anyone can print out an article to read later if they don’t have time to read it now and if the subject is of genuine interest to them. Part of the reason I write longer articles is that even though fewer people will take the time to read them, for those that do the articles are usually much more impactful.

Because of these decisions, my search engine traffic is fairly low compared to other bloggers. Google is my #1 referrer, but it accounts for less than 1.5% of my total traffic. My traffic is extremely decentralized. The vast majority of it comes from links on thousands of other web sites and from direct requests. Ultimately, my traffic grows because people tell other people about this site, either online or offline. I’ve also done very well with social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, digg.com, and reddit.com because they’re based on personal recommendations. I’ve probably had about a dozen articles hit the del.icio.us popular list within the past year, definitely more than my fair share.

I prefer this traffic-building strategy because it leaves me less vulnerable to shifts in technology. I figure that Google ultimately wants to make it easy for its visitors to find valuable content, so my current strategy should be in alignment with Google’s long-term strategy. My feeling is that Google would be well-served by sending more of its traffic here. But that alignment simply arises from my focus on providing value first and foremost.

5. Know why you want a high-traffic site.

I write because my purpose in life is to help people become more conscious and aware — to grow as human beings. I don’t have a separate job or career other than this. Because my work is driven by this purpose, I have a compelling reason to build a high-traffic web site, one that aligns with my deepest personal values. More web traffic means I can have a bigger impact by reaching more people. And over the course of the next few decades, this influence has the potential to create a positive change that might alter the future direction of human civilization. Most significantly, I want to help humanity move past fear and for us to stop relating to each other through the mechanisms of fear. If I fail, I fail. But I’m not giving up no matter how tough it gets.

Those are big stakes, and it might sound like I’m exaggerating, but this is the level at which I think about my work today. Everything else I do, including building a high traffic web site, is simply a means to that end. Today I’m just planting seeds, and most of them haven’t even sprouted yet. A high traffic web site is just one of the sprouts that came about as a result of pursuing the purpose that drives me. But it is not an end in itself.

What will you do if you succeed in building a high-traffic web site? If you someday find yourself in the privileged position of being able to influence millions of people, what will you say to them? Will you honor and respect this position by using it as a channel to serve the highest good of all, or will you throw that opportunity away to pursue your own fleeting fame and fortune while feeding your audience disposable drivel?

Although I launched this web site in October 2004, I’ve been writing articles since 1999, and feedback has allowed me to understand how small slices of my writing have affected certain people in the long run. After reading something I’ve written, people have quit their jobs, started their own businesses, changed religions, and ended relationships. While some people might find this level of impact ego-gratifying, for me it intensifies my feeling of personal responsibility for my writing. I’ve seen that I’m able to have an impact on people, so I damned well better make it a good one.

This “why” is what drives me. It’s what compels me to go to my computer and write something at 3am and not stop until 10am. I get inspired often. The #1 reason I want more traffic is that it will allow me to help more people. That’s where I direct my ambition for this site, and consequently I’m extremely motivated, which certainly plays a key role in taking action.

6. Let your audience see the real you.

My life and my writing are intricately intertwined, such that it’s impossible to separate the two. When someone reads this web site, they’ll eventually come to know a great deal about me as a person. Usually this creates a skewed and inaccurate impression of who I am today because I change a lot over time — I’m not the same person I was last year — but it’s close enough. Getting to know me makes it easier for people to understand the context of what I write, which means that more value can be transferred in less time.

I’ve told many personal stories on this site, including my most painful and difficult experiences. I don’t do this to be gratuitous but rather because those stories help make a point — that no matter where you find yourself today, you always have the opportunity to grow in some small way, and no matter how small those changes are, they’re going to add up over time to create massive lifelong growth. That’s a lesson we all need to remember.

When I find ways to turn some of my darkest experiences into lessons that might help others in similar situations, it actually transforms those painful memories into joyful ones. They take on new meaning for me, and I can see that there was a positive reason I had to endure such experiences, one that ultimately serves the highest good of all. Oddly, I now find that it was my darkest times that help create the most light for others.

With respect to privacy, I don’t really care much for it. I do respect other people’s right to privacy, so when people tell me personal stories via email, I don’t turn around and re-post them to my blog. But I’m OK with being rather un-private myself. The need for privacy comes from the desire to protect the ego, which is a fear-driven desire, and fear is something I just don’t need in my life. My attitude is that it’s perfectly OK to fail or to be rejected publicly. Trying to appear perfect is nothing but a house of cards that will eventually collapse.

I think allowing people to know the real me makes it possible to build a relationship with my audience that’s based on intimacy and friendship. I dislike seeing people putting me on too much of a pedestal and using labels like “guru” or “overachiever.” Such labels create distance which makes communication harder. They emphasize our differences instead of our similarities. Communication between equals — between friends — is more effective.

More genuine communication means better connections with your audience, which means more repeat traffic and more referral traffic. This isn’t a manipulative game though, and excessive or overly dramatic self-disclosure for the purpose of linkbaiting will only backfire. Your reasons for storytelling must be to benefit your audience. The traffic benefits are a positive side effect.

7. Write what is true for you, and learn to live with the consequences.

If the stuff I’ve written on this site means I’ll never be able to run for a political office, I can live with that. I’m willing to write what is true for me, even if it goes against my social conditioning. Being honest is more important to me than being popular. But the irony is that because bold honesty is so rare among civilized humans, in the long run this may be the best traffic-building strategy of all.

People often warn me not to write things that might alienate a portion of my visitors. But somehow I keep doing the opposite and seeing traffic go up, not down. I don’t treat any subjects as taboo or sacred if they’re relevant to personal growth, and that includes diet and religion. It’s no secret that I’m a vegan ex-Catholic. Do I alienate people when I say that torturing and killing defenseless animals for food is wrong? Perhaps. But truth is truth. I happen to think it’s a bad idea to feed cows cement dust and bovine growth hormone, to pack live chickens into warehouses where the ammonia from their feces is strong enough to burn their skin off, and to feed 70% of our grain to livestock while tens of thousands of people die of hunger each day. I also think it’s a bad idea to pay people to perform these actions on my behalf. It really doesn’t matter to me that 999 people out of 1000 disagree with me. Your disagreement with me doesn’t change what went into producing your burger. It’s still a diseased, tortured, chemical-injected cow, one that was doomed to a very sad life because of a decision you made. And you’re still responsible for your role in that cow’s suffering whether you like it or not.

That last paragraph is a good example of the kind of stuff I write that makes people want to put me in a cage, inject me with hormones, and feed me cement dust. It wouldn’t surprise me terribly if that ends up being my fate.

I write what is true for me, regardless of public opinion. Sometimes I’m in the majority; sometimes I’m not. I’m fully aware that some of my opinions are unpopular, and I’m absolutely fine with that. What I’m not fine with is putting truth to a vote.

I take the time to form my own opinions instead of simply regurgitating what I was taught as a child. And I’m also well aware that there are people spending billions of dollars to make you think that a burger is not a very sad, diseased, tortured, chemical-injected cow. But I’m going to keep writing to help you remain aware of things like that, even though you may hate me for it. That defensiveness eventually leads to doubt, which leads to change and growth, so it’s perfectly fine. I’m good at dealing with defensiveness.

I don’t worry too much about hurting people’s feelings. Hurt feelings are a step in the right direction for many people. If I’m able to offend you so easily, to me that means you already recognize some truth in what I’ve written, but you aren’t ready to face it consciously yet. If you read something from me that provokes an emotional reaction, then a seed has already been planted. In other words, it’s already too late for you.

My goal isn’t to convince anyone of anything in particular. I’m not an animal rights activist, and I don’t have a religion to promote. My goal is to awaken people to living more consciously. This requires raising people’s awareness across all facets of their lives, so they can make the big decisions for themselves. It requires breaking social conditioning and replacing it with conscious awareness and intention. That’s a big job, but someone has to do it. And if I don’t do it, then I have to admit I’m just part of the problem like all the other hibernating bears.

A lot has been written about the importance of transparency in blogging, and truth is the best transparency of all. Truth creates trust, and trust builds traffic. No games, no gimmicks… just plain old brutal honesty. Even the people that say they hate you will still come back, and eventually those people will become your most ardent supporters. Even if they don’t agree with you, they’ll learn they can trust you and that your intentions are honorable, and trust is more important than agreement.

8. Treat your visitors like real human beings.

Even though I’m sitting at my computer writing this, seemingly alone, I know you’re a real human being reading it on the other end. My apologies to sentient androids who may be reading this years after it’s been written. You aren’t just a number in my web stats. Despite the technology involved and the time-space differential between my writing and your reading, there’s still a human-to-human connection between us that transcends time and space. And that connection matters to me. I feel its presence whenever I do my best writing.

While I imagine being on a stage in front of a million people when deciding which topic to write about, once I actually get going, I imagine having a one-on-one conversation with a friend. This means revealing some of myself and being honest, as the last two points already addressed, but it also means genuinely caring about you as a person. And that’s perhaps one of the best kept secrets of my success as a blogger. I actually care about helping you grow. I want you to become more conscious and aware. I want you to experience less fear in your life. And my concern for your well-being isn’t conditional upon you liking me.

I happen to think we have a lot more similarities than differences. Based on what I know about myself, I imagine you’d like your life to be better tomorrow than it was yesterday. I imagine you’d like to be happier, more fulfilled, and more at peace with yourself. I also imagine you’re living below your potential and could use some help overcoming fear and solving certain problems to enable you to tap more of that potential. And finally, I imagine you wouldn’t believe me if I said you can have it all for only $19.95 (as well you shouldn’t).

The reason I work so hard to create original content and then give it away for free is because I want to help as many people as possible. I genuinely care what happens to this beautiful planet and to the people who live here. It’s possible I actually value your life even more than you do. This is the kind of motivation that never wanes. I sometimes lose sight of it when I get caught up in the details, but the connection is always there, waiting for me to tap into it whenever I want. This provides me with a wellspring of creative ideas and an inexhaustible passion for contribution.

I don’t need to play stupid marketing and sales games with you. There’s nothing for you to buy here. Even if I add some products in the future, I’m not going to try to manipulate you into buying something you don’t need with a slew of false promises. I might make more money in the short-term by doing that, but it would sever our genuine connection, create a wall between us, and reduce the level of impact I’m able to have. Ultimately, that approach would lead to failure for me, at least in terms of how I define success. I can’t help you grow if I violate your trust.

I cannot force anyone to grow who doesn’t want to. But there are a lot of people on this planet who are now ready to let go of low-awareness living and start pushing themselves to the next level of human existence. And they need help to get there because it’s a difficult journey, and there are strong forces working against it.

Real human beings helping real human beings is ultimately what traffic growth is all about. That’s precisely what a link or a referral is. If you align yourself with the intention of genuinely helping people because you care, you’ll soon find yourself with an abundance of traffic.

9. Keep money in its proper place.

Money is important. Obviously I have bills to pay. Money pays for my computer, my high-speed internet connection, my house, and my food. I just returned yesterday from a vacation that money paid for. My wife and I had a great time partly because we didn’t have to worry about money at all on the trip. We did everything we wanted to do without being hampered by a lack of funds. And this web site paid for it.

It’s important that I generate some money from my work, but it’s not necessary that I extract every possible dollar. In fact, relative to its traffic levels, I’m seriously under-monetizing this site. But money is only a means to an end, not an end in itself. Making a positive contribution to the world is a lot more important to me than money. Money can be useful in achieving this objective, but human relationships are far more important. The funny thing is that the less I rely on money, the more of it I seem to have.

I’m already making more money than I need to pay my bills, and my income from this site keeps going up each month. If I simply keep doing what I’m doing, I’ll probably end up becoming fairly wealthy. But money is an extremely weak motivator for me. Very little of what I do today has a profit motive behind it except to the extent that money will fuel more important goals. That tends to confuse certain people because some of my decisions align with earning money, but many don’t. While I do consider myself an entrepreneur (at least it’s less isolating than “guru”), I only see money as a tool for enhancing and expanding my contribution.

While many entrepreneurs pursue money for the purpose of becoming wealthy, I chose a different route. I sought to earn money for the purpose of increasing my freedom. I don’t want to get myself stuck in a pattern of working for money, so I’m constantly turning down opportunities to make money that would restrict my freedom. For example, I don’t do any consulting or coaching. Consequently, my calendar contains very few fixed appointments. This doesn’t mean I’m idle. It just means I spend my time doing what I freely choose to do instead of what others would have me do. I require this level of flexibility to do my best work.

By paying close attention to how I earn money and not just how much I earn, I keep money in its proper place. This allows me to stay focused on my purpose without getting wrapped up in less important concerns like building a brand, closing sales, or doing phony marketing.

I dislike it when other people use one-dimensional sales and marketing tactics on me, so I avoid using these techniques on this site. I’ve sort of unplugged myself from the current capitalistic system and set up a side system of my own that I find much more congruent with conscious living. I would love for other people to have the same level of freedom I enjoy each day. I’m sure I’ll continue to improve my approach over time, but it’s working wonderfully so far. Imagine having a business with no products, no inventory, no sales, and no customers, but still generating an abundant positive cashflow.

Since the income generation is largely on autopilot, I can focus my time and energy on creating content instead of on doing marketing or trying to sell something. And being able to devote so much time to content creation without worrying how I’ll pay my bills makes it a lot easier to build high traffic.

Some business models make it very challenging to build traffic. You have to spend a lot of time and energy just on lead generation, and then maybe you try to monetize those leads by selling a product or service. It’s always an uphill struggle.

I give all my best content away for free. Word of mouth does the rest. So my traffic building strategy is more like flowing downstream. It hasn’t been a struggle for me at all. And once you have sufficient traffic, it isn’t that hard to monetize it without becoming an ogre.

We’ve all heard the expression, “Build a better mousetrap, and they’ll come.” And we’ve also heard marketing and sales people say that this is just plain wrong — you have to market and sell that mousetrap effectively too. I say they’re all wrong. My approach is the equivalent of, “Build a better mousetrap and give it away for free, and they’ll come — and they’ll bring friends too.”

10. If you forget the first nine suggestions, just focus on genuinely helping people, and the rest will take care of itself.

One thing that turns me off about typical self-help marketing is that authors and speakers often position themselves as if they’re the opposite of their audience. I’m successful and you’re not. I’m rich and you’re not. I’m fit and you’re not. You need me because something is lacking in your life, I have exactly what you lack, and if you pay me (and make me even richer and you poorer), I’ll show you how you can have it too. And if it doesn’t work for you, it just means you’re even more of an idiot than the people who provided my testimonials.

I’m sure you’ve heard this sort of nonsense many times before.

All of this I’ve-arrived-and-you-haven’t stuff is stupid. It suggests that life is about destinations and that once you’ve arrived, you’re done growing and can just relax and sip fruity drinks for the rest of your life. But there’s more to life than border crossings. If you go from single to married or from non-millionaire to millionaire, that’s fine and dandy. Crossing the border into parenthood was a big one for me. But that’s only one day of my life, and to be honest, I didn’t have much control over it except for a decision made nine-months earlier (and it seemed like a pretty attractive idea at the time). What about all those other days though?

Growing as a human being is something I work on daily. I’m deeply passionate about my own growth, so naturally I want to share this part of the journey with others. If I start marketing myself with the “I’m successful and you’re not approach,” I hope someone will come put me out of my misery, since that would mean I’m done growing and ready to die. I don’t expect to ever be done growing as long as I exist as a human being. There are always new distinctions to be made and new experiences to enjoy. And yes… plenty of mistakes to be made as well.

One of the great benefits of focusing on helping others is that it gets fear out of the way. Without fear you become free to just be yourself. You’re able to take intelligent risks and remain detached from any specific outcome because the journey is more important to you than the specific stops along the way. Personally it’s not the destinations that excite me but rather the unfolding process of discovery. I love the anticipation of wondering what lies around each new bend.

If we are to help each other, we need to be partners in the pursuit of growth, not opponents. So it makes no sense to put up fake walls between us. The ego needs walls to protect it, but if we can get past the fear-based needs of the ego, we’ll make a lot more progress.

There are plenty of things I could do with this site that would make me more money or grow traffic faster in the short-term, but I won’t do them because they’ll just put more distance between us. I’ll be on my side, you’ll be on your side, and we’ll each be slightly afraid of the other. I’ll be worried that maybe you won’t buy what I’m selling, and you’ll be worried about getting ripped off or taken advantage of. We’ll just be drinking yet another round of fear, which is exactly the opposite of what we need to grow.

One of my biggest challenges in life right now is figuring out how to help enough people switch their primary polarization from fear to love. Our emotions are an energy source for us (they drive our actions), and most of the world is still driven by fear energy. Watching TV news is a good example; we can actually feel energized by watching others suffer. Hurting animals is another example; we eat their fear for breakfast. But there’s another fuel for human consciousness, and perhaps the best way to describe it is unconditional love. This isn’t the squishy emotion of romantic love — it’s a sense of connection to everything that exists and a desire to serve the highest good of all. Unconditional love, when it becomes one’s primary fuel, cultivates fearlessness. In this state you still have the biological fight-or-flight response, but you aren’t driven by emotional worries like fear of failure or fear of rejection. You feel perfectly safe regardless of external circumstances. And when you have this feeling of unconditional safety, you’re truly free to be yourself, to embrace new experiences, and to grow at a very fast pace.

Personal growth is not a zero-sum game. If you grow as a human being, it doesn’t harm me. In fact, ultimately if all of us grow as individuals, it’s going to make this whole planet better for everyone. When enough people switch their primary polarization from fear to unconditional love, this planet will become a true paradise. That’s a good thing for all of us, one that’s more important than all the money in the world.

Perhaps you have a less ambitious goal for building web traffic than raising human consciousness and working towards world peace. That doesn’t matter. You can still make helping others your primary focus, and if you do that, you’ll find it relatively easy to build a high-traffic web site. If you align yourself with serving the highest good of all, you’ll receive plenty of help along the way, and best of all, you’ll deserve it.

Do your best to help your visitors out of genuine concern for their well-being, and they’ll help you build your traffic and even generate a nice income from it. It’s as simple as that.