Blogs are so popular these days. Why? Simply because the Blog is the one place where writers are willing to share their knowledge and views on whatever subjects they think readers would be interested in. So blogging has become a hobby for many writers. You will see the style used by writers – personal and informal. You can also find that you are invited to leave your comments before leaving the blog. Other readers have the option to reply to such comments and to engage in further discussions. What’s more, the blog actually creates this sense of community; people connect with others on the same topics of interest.
All too often, writers tend to get off to a good start in blogging for dollars in internet marketing. However, more often than not, they tend to overlook what they have learnt at the beginning when they do achieve some success. It is always good to bear in mind the fundamentals of blogging – basics that will increase your blogging dollars even more.
How then and to what extent can blogs help you get massive income in your internet marketing business?
You can actually observe that blogs have already developed into becoming a very useful business tool for marketers both online and offline alike. Intuitively it should help if you can attach a suitable blog to your website; you will be able to get the following general results:
1 Traffic to your website will increase
2 Customers will come back to your website for more information
3 A larger range of audience will be reached
4 Your credibility is being created
5 Customer relationship will be fostered and improved
6 Your sales will increase and you will reap profits
What’s more in store for you as far as blogging is concerned? You will be happy to know that:
1 There are numerous blogging sources that you will get effective blogging services. Examples- WordPress.com, Blogger.com, Typepad.com
2 With your blog, you are able to make money using services such as AdSense and BlogAds
3 Presently there are really many different blogging resources and tools that you can use to help you in blogging. Examples – RSS feeds, blog directories, blog search engines
As far as your internet marketing business is concerned, what real results you can expect from creating a blog and adding it to your website, you may ask. Well, when blogging for dollars, you can expect to reap the following benefits from having a blog:
1 A larger scope of audience
If your blog provides the relevant information and is in itself interesting, you will notice that you can reach more customers inside your target audience. Your blog will benefit too if you add more fresh content into it.
2 Better relationships with your audience
The blog certainly provides great opportunities to build customer relationship. In giving tips and updates, and if you post good advice constantly, your blog will secure good rapport with your customers
3 Enlarge your community of targeted customers
Through your blog, you’ll be able to keep your conversations with your customers ongoing. You can post new updates or you can also allow visitors to leave a comment.
4 Achieve better search engine rankings
Your blog must stand out in the sea of millions of others on the web. How, you may ask? Aim to be at the top of free search engines such as Google and Yahoo. You’ll have to do better with your keyword relevancy, get more incoming links with quality, and add more fresh content to your blog.
5 Connectedness with your customers
Through your blog, you’ll be able to show your personal touch (although digitally) to your customers, in your communications with them. You’ll stand to gain in creating trust that will lead to repeat customers.
You can start using your creativity, combine it with what blogging technology is currently offering, and real soon enough, you will find yourself communicating with the whole world. Blogs are powerful indeed! Happy Blogging for Dollars!
If you do some surfing around the web, you will probably find that a majority of people advocate WordPress than Blogger.
Do you know why?
WordPress has an almost rabid following because it is built for ‘Web 2.0′. It comes with the inherent ability for users to utilize third party plugins, as well as tiny add-on programs called widgets. These add-ons enhance the functionality of the blog and make it better looking. If you do a search on Google for WordPress widgets, you may come back with a few days worth of data.
So if WordPress has so many cool plugins and widgets, then why do I recommend Blogger. The answer is not complicated. I am looking for traffic from the search engines and in particular visitors from Google. Since Google owns Blogger, I think we would be simple minded not to make an educated guess that they give Blogspot.com blogs more search engine oomph. To me that is what it is all about.
Also, it is so simple to produce blogs using Blogger. Even a person with no prior blogging knowledge can have a blog set up within 10 minutes. It is also extremely straightforward to add Google AdSense to Blogger blogs, while it can be a challenge on WordPress blogs. Once you have gotten your AdSense publisher ID, you just click a link to add an AdSense block to your blog and you can start earning income.
So the selection is clear-cut, if you want a more aesthetically pleasing blog, then go with WordPress. If you want a blog that you can throw up easily and quickly, get boat loads of traffic and make some quick adsense money, then go with Blogger.
There are now some excellent software tools available, that let you set up and administrate multiple Blogger blogs from one central location. This makes it much simpler to monetize your efforts with Blogger.
Top Rated Tricks of Adsense to Boost Your Commission
Google AdSense is fast becoming the preferred way for people to earn an income online. Forget eBay and multiple affiliate programs. Whether you are a work-at-home mom trying to make a little extra cash or an Internet entrepreneur with hundreds of monetized websites, AdSense is truly the easiest way to earn money. Simply sign up for a free account, grab your ad code and paste it in your site. But here’s the amazing thing – no matter how much money adsense is making for you right now, a few simple tweaks can increase that amount considerably. And I should know, after learning about these tricks, I more than doubled my AdSense commissions! The self-proclaimed AdSense gurus and experts are sharing this insider knowledge, for a fee. You can learn all these secrets from them, as long as you buy their e-book, sign up for their seminar or purchase their newsletter. But I’m going to share all their AdSense tricks for free. Here they are: 1) Color code your ads to match your web site palette *exactly*. Don’t use frames around your ads. Instead, in the adsense code generation interface, make sure you choose the same color as your page background for the ad frame and the ad background. When choosing the ad heading colors, match them to the *exact* color of your page headings. Use the exact same ad background shade as your page background. Use the exact same ad text font and color as the text on your pages. You can see an example of this color-matching on my Search Engine Advice Blog notice the 4 link ad unit at the top and the skyscraper text ad unit on the left hand side under the heading Ads by Google as you scroll down the page? The link and text colors are identical to the color palette used throughout the rest of the page. Near enough is NOT good enough. If you can’t quite get the color matching right, use Google’s built in color palette together with the RGB to HEX or vice versa color converter on this page – http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style. That handy little tool was a life saver for me. This is probably the one single tweak that made the most difference to my commission levels. 2) Try not to use the traditional horizontal banner style or leader board image ads because people are blind to them. 3) Use Google’s own AdSense optimization tips at html and visual heat map to assist you in deciding where on your page to place your AdSense ad code. 4) Research competitive keywords using a keyword research tool such as Keyword Discovery at list of the most popular keywords from various sources and use them in your web site pages where relevant. This article is a good source of frequently searched keywords. Targeting popular keywords should trigger adsense ads on your pages that utilize those keywords. The more popular the keyword or phrase, the higher AdWords advertisers are generally willing to pay per click for it so the higher your commission on those clicks. 5) Incorporate the AdSense code into your page so that the ads look like a regular part of your site. You can see an example on this Internet Dating Stories site where link ads are incorporated within the regular left hand navigation of the site under the heading “Feature Links”. 6) Use Google’s new 4 and 5 link ad units wherever possible. They seem to have a much higher Click Through Rate (CTR) than regular ad styles. You can view all the AdSense ad formats. 7) Place arrows or images next to your ads to draw attention to them. You can see two different versions of on this search engine article library page at the top (where a pointing hand directs your eye to the ad) and the bottom where 3 images draw your attention to each of the three AdSense ads. Use the full allowance of multiple AdSense ads on each of your pages – 3 regular AdSense ads, plus 1 link unit. Use careful placement of these ads so they blend into your site and don’t distract from your content. Clever use of this allowance can be seen on this page about bad Internet dating stories where you see:
- 1 horizontal 4 link ad unit towards the top of the page under the first paragraph. - 1 vertical skyscraper text ad unit about halfway down the left hand side under “Sponsor Links”. - 1 vertical skyscraper image ad unit down the left hand side under “Sponsor Links”. - 1 horizontal text banner unit at the bottom of the page with images above each ad to draw attention to them. You can also include 1 AdSense referral button in addition to the 3 other units. 9) Tailor your page content to a particular niche or focus. Page content that is tailored towards a specific theme is more likely to trigger AdWords ads that closely match the content and are therefore more likely to interest your visitors and inspire them to click. Don’t create pages merely for the sake of placing AdSense ads. Visitors (and search engines) can see through this ruse in an instant. 10) Use custom Ad Channels for each of your ad placements, for example, “Top 5 Link Unit Blue Palette” or “Left Side Navigation Image Skyscraper” etc. Tweak, track and measure the success of each of these custom channels so you know what gives you the highest CTR. Some ad formats and colors will work better than others, but you won’t know which until you test, test and test some more!
PPC Advertising Is A Shortcut To Your Business Success
Engaging in pay-per-click (PPC) advertising has its own benefits and drawbacks. But what exactly is PPC advertising and what it can do to your business?
Business nowadays is doing different kinds of austerity measures when it comes to advertising their products and services. This is because of high rates of placing ads on print and on television. But there is a fast growing approach that businessmen can utilize to bring their services closer to the people and that is through Internet Marketing.
One tool that is causing internet marketing popularity is PPC advertising. This is a technique used in search engine marketing that requires one to pay a fee every time someone clicks an ad on your website. Usually this placement is done through a bidding process. If you are a top bidder for your keywords/phrases, you are sure to be on the number one spot on all search engines. Just be sure of the effectiveness of your ad copy to get the most number of clicks you need for your business.
Here are the benefits of PPC advertising are:
1. You need not be a genius in computer and technology to be able to run this ad campaign. 2. Immediate results are seen after a few days. 3. No need to make a website conform to the SEO rules. 4. Nothing to lose even if you do not top the pages of different search engines. You can still always choose PPC advertising. 5. You can make use any search engine available. 6. You can type in any keyword you like.
Cons of PPC advertising includes:
1. Fixed payments every month to the search engine you choose. 2. Pay for each click received by your website. At times, visitors are just competitors or people playing pranks on search engines. This hassle wastes money you put in to this advertising. 3. Inability to pay for the fees next month would mean removal of your website on the paid listings. 4. This advertising can only be used temporarily because it is difficult to handle in the long run. 5. Pay-per-click pricing can be costly for long periods of time, therefore, this should be stopped after an ad campaign.
But how exactly PPC advertising can increase traffic, leads and sales?
PRE-QUALIFIED TRAFFIC. All visitors of your website are already considered as a qualified consumer or buyer of your product. PPC advertising leads your customers to you for a lesser cost.
INSTANT EXPOSURE, IMMEDIATE PROFITS. PPC search engines enable you to get your desired results fast. They will have your website live within just a few hours which means immediate increase in sale.
CONSISTENT TOP LISTINGS. This is to get your website on top of the sponsored search results for free. You just have to choose the keywords related to your site and business and place them within your web pages. After this, you are done.
PPC advertising enables advertisers to control their advertising campaigns. Advertisers have effectively targeted their audience and set their own price per click. PPC advertising networks provide the platform to identify the desired audience by geographic setting, topic and industry. These networks have a list of websites of the publishers where the ads will be placed.
Tools are provided by the networks to check how the pay per click limit is working for a certain advertiser. If its still competitive, would it be even listed among the paid search lists or does it generate sales? Of course, if the advertiser made the highest bid, the better chances the ad will be seen in the search engine. These networks too provide protection for the advertisers against click fraud. This advertising set-up allows advertisers to set a daily budget for his ads, thus, less spending for unnecessary clicks. Advertiser will never go over his budget.
In PPC advertising, what are important are the keywords and phrases. You have to select at least ten “very specific” keywords that would give you the best traffic in the search. Then, write the ad creatively but straightforward. Tell the truth about your product or service and do not lie. Good thing if your product or service will not disappoint those that are relying on your ad’s promise – but what if it did otherwise? Important too is the clarity of the ad. Do not use very vague languages. Include important details like the price.
You should also remember to budget your bids. Do not go overbidding because you will only lose your money and do not go so low that your ads will never get the chance to show up. Check your profit against your spending. If you see no progress then most likely you have to drop your ad campaign.
More and more advertisers have been using PPC advertising and it will continue to grow faster than any online advertising techniques. From revenues of $2.6 billion in 2004 to $5.5 billion in 2009, cost per click will dramatically go up as well from $0.29 to $0.36.
PPC advertising is new in online marketing and it is going to continue in the years to come. For advertisers, this means increase revenues with fewer advertising expenses, savings, more sales, good return of investment (ROI) and effective ad campaigns in the days to come.
Gragg Advertising, Inc. a full service direct response marketing agency, established in 1992.
Web Pro News covers these three topics on a regular basis, so most of you know how social media is evolving and perhaps you have read that social media is expected to replace SEO in the next few years.
The so-called “experts” are saying that social media users who post links are going to replace SEO. I have news for them, it ain’t happening!
Google has website crawlers that pull keywords from all websites in the world to index in their search results. Keywords from each page are then placed into categorized buckets held in their data centers. The keywords in the buckets are then used to present search results when a Google search engine user enters a search query. At this point, the indexing process is not about any single website. It is about content, and as we all know, content is king.
What does social media have that SEO doesn’t?
Twitter was founded by former Google employees and intended to be a search engine for the people and by the people around the world. Notice I said the word “search engine”. What does SEO stand for? Search Engine Optimization. Twitter serves its purpose quite nicely, but it doesn’t do what Google does. It doesn’t present content in the same way that Google search results do. Twitter is a content aggregator. It serves content so Google can index it. Twitter doesn’t index all website content. It will index a back link, and whatever else a user inserts into their 140 character limit. Twitter is fantastic at breaking news and offers real time search results. Ultimately, Twitter is a great addition to Google search results.
Facebook offers the same kind of result as Twitter. Facebook can show you search results that come directly from its website but not other websites. Yes, you can find snippets of website content in its results but its main purpose is to keep you on their website, engaged in their content, and it does a pretty darn good job at that. In fact, it does better than anyone else, including Google.
Google AdWords is about bidding on keywords. In order to get your Google Ads to appear for the paid keywords you select, you must have keywords inserted into your website copy. Google AdWords is the reason why Google has the best search engine in the world. Keywords are important to Google revenue and just as important to business owners. Have you ever wondered why Google offers analytics for free? Google wants to help businesses become more efficient by offering them an effective solution for analyzing website traffic to determine what paid keywords (AdWords) are converting to leads. If a Google adwords campaign is not maximizing return on investment, then Google isn’t going to be maximizing their return on investment in the long run. Google’s maximum ROI is dependent on a customer because if they go out of business due to poor performance, then Google loses cash flow.
SEO is about optimizing web pages where you send paid/non paid traffic. Companies are constantly writing new web pages that specifically feature their targeted keyword phrases.
Before any company decides to put up a website, they have to narrow their business model down to five specific keyword phrases that best define them. Once they have those top five keyword phrases, they must create a keyword tree for each phrase. Each keyword phrase could end up breaking down to 100 keywords. Choosing the most profitable five keywords can either make a company a ton of money, or put them in the red.
What would our web be like if we didn’t have Google AdWords?
If we don’t have Google AdWords, then we don’t have an efficient search engine; because, if you aren’t bidding on keywords then what are you bidding on? Banner ad positioning on Facebook and Twitter? That’s like not having a library’s catalog to search for a book and replacing it by having only the best sellers in the library. Whoever pays the most money to get top banner ad position will be the one advertising the library.
Most marketers aren’t spending money to send traffic to their Facebook. The larger majority send paid traffic to their website. Think about it, why would I want to pay to send traffic to my Facebook profile where there are several chances for the visitor to leave my profile and not convert into a lead? Facebook is an easily distracted environment. Your website is engaging and focuses on one thing: your niche. No random IM requests, no Farmville to take care of, no “which celebrity do I resemble?” quizzes. Having a website with keyword rich, optimized content is required if you want to maximize your return on investment.
SEO specialists serve content to search engines with top converting keywords so you receive links to the associated content in search results.
Search Engine Optimization is about everything. If you want your message to get to targeted visitors, it doesn’t matter what site you use: Google, Twitter or Facebook. You have to choose the right keywords in order to effectively bring targeted visitors to your content.
Aside from how Facebook, Twitter and Google display content, Google AdWords is the number one reason why SEO is immortal. Social media is a dominant force but so is Google AdWords. They both offer a service that is uniquely different from one another.
Now, I want you to completely forget about everything I just said. Think about all of these websites: Google, Facebook and Twitter. They all have one thing in common: they all need SEO. They all need someone to research keywords to use in writing website copy and acquiring back links from related websites. And then go back to FarmVille.
Having read this article by now you should have a greater understanding of not only SEO, social media and Google AdWords, but the reason why keywords are so important. Keywords are what makeup all three of these areas of marketing and they are all dependent on each other in order to make our internet better. We couldn’t have Twitter if we didn’t have Google, and we couldn’t have Facebook if we didn’t have Google. Google is Facebook’s number one competitor and with competition comes innovation, which in turn makes our web experience better. Innovation is about having one good idea and that idea is a keyword. SEO is all about keywords.
Making money online used to be easier. With fewer websites, it was easier for people to find you. This is not true any longer. Still, some people do well online. What are the secrets of online money makers?
The secrets of online money makers are mostly common sense. If you want to make money online, do something you love. Then realize that this is going to take time and effort.
Many people are looking for quick riches or easy wealth. The secret of online money makers is that they are prepared to work hard. They choose something they love so that they stay motivated. Online money makers learn everything they can about promoting their particular form of making money. They don’t expect immediate wealth. They work on their business daily and continue to learn as they grow.
Promotion is a critical secret of online money makers. Promotion helps customers find them. Sometimes the rules of search engines change, and online money makers keep up with these changes. It’s what they do for a living.
Good customer service is another essential secret of online money makers. You want customers who will come back and customers who will tell others about you. It’s no longer just word of mouth when a business serves somebody well. Now that customer might tell some friends in an email, who will tell other friends, and work can get around pretty fast. They can also post their reviews at various websites, which can gain you more customers.
The secrets of online money makers are not any different than making money any other way. It’s about doing what you love, working hard, learning to promote, and serving the customer well. If you can do that, you can make money online.
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Google Adsense Question?
My friend is telling me that he clicks on his own ads using his iphone Via Edge. I tell him how? He told me that is uses a weird IP address that always changes or something like that. Can someone please confirm this to see if its true. He said it has a different IP address than his computer. BTW he uses the Edge when he does this.
Surely he will ban himself from adsense… He may enjoy for time being but he doesnt know his ISP will be registered by the adsense people…. Continuos clicking for same ISP will ban him… I know he uses a Dynamic Ip so the Ip get changing and its common with all the major broadbands plan like BSNL, airtel etc… But the thing to be noted is ISP… ISP remain same whereas IP changes…
Let me wish him a luck…
with regards
sagar
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