There are a lot of different places to get backlinks and a lot of different types of links that can help you with your site’s search engine optimization strategy (seo). SEO is very important in terms of getting the right type of traffic (the type that is willing to buy whatever you’re selling!). Learning about SEO and instituting a strategy that includes constantly getting more quality backlinks will definitely help you grow your online income.

Article Directories

Article directories can be fantastic for providing backlinks to your website. Not only can you put anywhere from 1 to 6 backlinks in your articles or resource box (depending upon the site you submit to) but you can look forward to article syndication where others may publish your article on their website and this, because they include your by-line and links, will help you get even more backlinks pointing to your site.

Link Directories

You can submit to link directories (there are dozens of them) to get your website more backlinks and more potential exposure. Some are free to submit to and some offer premium listings.

Link Trading

Trading links with someone else that has a high quality website in a relevant niche can be good both from an SEO perspective for you both as well as from the perspective of getting “foot” traffic by people visiting that site clicking on your link.

Social Marketing

There are a lot of different social media websites that offer you the opportunity for backlinks. You can bookmark websites and articles as well as do updates with links and take advantage of adding your link to signatures and profiles.

Blogging

Blogs, blogroll, and blog commenting are all ways the blogosphere can help you. Create blogs of your own and link to your website within them and add your sites to the blogroll. You can also comment on other blogs that are high quality and with decent ranking and traffic to get the benefit of backlinks (and potential clickers).

Web 2.0 Pages & Community Sites

Pages like HubPages, Squidoo Lenses, and other online pages that allow you to create mini sites can be great for you as well. You can add backlinks to other sites of yours and increase your site’s popularity. Forums can be a great way to do this as well if you’re an avid poster that can put a link in your signature line.

As you can see, there are a lot of different ways to benefit your online money making site with back links. By working regularly at adding links online that point to your website you could see your traffic stats begin to soar. Learning all you can about ways to optimize your website so that you can get more traffic is a good way to continually improve your income-earning potential.

 by Matthew Bredel

So anyway…

I was going to say that in the midst of all the crap floating around in my emails I came across a gimmick that I hadn’t seen before or at least I couldn’t remember seeing it before. I have long since forgotten who sent it to me but that doesn’t matter anyhow. The jist of it was a way to get up to one million visitors to your website WITHOUT spending a dime… Yea Sure! Since I am a confessed get rich junkie I just had to follow the link to see what this scam was all about. I buy tons of crap on the net simply because I can’t resist finding out what the latest twist is, not because I actually think any of the crapola will actually make me rich.

So what was the twist?

Well, the webpage loaded and I was pleasantly surprised to see a well designed and professional looking site - not the usual garish looking one page sales letter we are all familiar with. A second surprise was the fact that it had a Google page rank of 4 - for the uninitiated this means a couple of things; the site has been around a while and it has a lot of backlinks which means that it is not a fly by night. Good stuff to know but I still smelled a scam and quickly zipped to the bottom of the page, without reading anything, in order to see how much money this “Free” program was going to cost me. Surprise number 3 - NADA, ZIP, no mention of cash at all - holy cow could this be real?

Being a cynic I have got things for free before and got what I paid for - more used up storage space on the hard drive and zero dineros in the bank account. A genuine freebie is always worth a read though, for the entertainment value if nothing else, so I read the ‘Free Viral Traffic’ spiel. I can’t say I did a handstand when I finished but it was an interesting twist on the whole viral/MLM/Pyramid scheme and unlike the usual forms of these projects this one really was free so even if it didn’t work at least it would not cost a cent.

So what is it?

Basically it’s the old pyramid scheme but instead of you sending money up the chain you have to view 6 websites for about 30 seconds a piece. After viewing each site you are given a code and when you have the six codes you use them to join up and get your own page that allows you to put your ad or website in the first position. The idea is simple enough, over time your ad will get viewed by as much as a million people before dropping off the list. So what? Well most people view the sites and just get the code and move on to the next one - but a small percentage of people will see a site that does interest them and check the site out as well as get the code. If just one percent of the people check out your site you are looking at 10,000 visitors to your site. 10,000 potential buyers for free is nothing to sneeze at. I, of course just had to try this and quite frankly, thought I’d be lucky to get a hundred visitors. That was a month ago… so the results are in.

What happened?

To my amazement the site I used went from about 50 hits a day to an average of about 600 - no sh*t. Now being a complete loser I wasn’t selling anything on the site, just giving away free ebooks (to build up a mailing list that I can use one day when I figure out someway to take peoples’ money) but I did convert a lot of those visitors (10 - 15 a day)and now I have a fairly good size list. I have re-enrolled on the site with one of my sites that does sell something and after one week I have made 6 sales (yea, I know - I’m not getting rich) but what the heck, I made a little money from something that hasn’t cost me one thin dime and I have a decent email list to boot.

So how do you get others to join?

This is always the problem when it comes to these schemes but since there is no money changing hands it is a lot easier finding people to join up. When you join the program you are given a whole bunch of promo tools and ideas. My method simply involved sending a letter to a small list of people I already had. (less than 50)I’m not sure how the folks in my group went about promoting the program but they must have found a way and quickly as it didn’t take long for my hits to increase (about a week after I sent out the letter). If you have a website write a little blurb or you’re welcome to steal this blurb and post it on your site with a link to your Viral Traffic page.

If you’re interested you can join at the link below and it is free so you have nothing to lose.

Note: When I joined I really expected nothing as far as traffic increase - I joined simply because the Viral site is a Google page rank 4 and I wanted the backlink. This is a nice bonus because you will get the backlink as soon as you put your site on the Viral Traffic page.

Later folks and Good Luck,

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About the Author

Grizzly’s blog is full of tips and techniques that beginners can use online to make money. Best part is - he gives away all the info for free. Check it out here. Make Money For Beginners

A great article can generate thousands of page views in a relatively short time from a single article directory. This is the goal you should shoot for. Many people mistakenly believe that article marketing success is achieved through the number of directories you submit to. They think that the more directories you submit your articles to, the more traffic you will generate. This is not true. Article marketing success is measured by the number of page views your article generates.

The single most important part of your article is the title. Most people spend a half hour or more writing the body of the article and then, in a hurry to get done, they take just a minute or two and slap a poorly thought out title on it and begin submitting it.

This is just the opposite of what should be done. A much better strategy for article marketing success is to spend twenty minutes writing the article and spend half an hour on coming up with a great title.

When creating a title, consider the subject of your article and the audience that it will attract. Then ask yourself, ‘What is the number one factor that people interested in your subject want to achieve?’ Then slant your title in that area to play on your audience’s number one goal in that area.

Many people develop a title and then write the article. I prefer to write the article first and then come up with a great title. Using this method, I sometimes have to re-write portions of the article to represent what I have promised in the title/ But the re-write is almost always worth the extra effort. Your title must reflect what is discussed in your article, otherwise you will alienate readers.

To generate thousands of page views with your articles, spend some time on the title. It is well worth the extra time and effort.

by Jo Mark

Video marketing unlike its article marketing counterpart is easier to connect with viewers. A lot of people prefer to watch video over reading paragraph after paragraph of literature. Times are changing and video is becoming increasingly popular. Don’t agree? Type anything on Google and see videos showing up on its first page. Try YouTube and be surprise about the amount of information you will find. With video distributing sites like tube mogul and Traffic geyster, you can send your video to many sites thus increase your visibility and traffic.

The best part is that you can combine these two powerful marketing strategies and put your online business on steroids. This could be done by converting your articles into talking articles. If you can copy paste and click, you can use this software. It will also post your video to over 17 video sites. Check to see what I’m talking about.

M Gibba is an online product reviewer: Learn more about creating a talking article by visiting http://hubpages.com/hub/Secrets-of-article-marketing Take your article marketing. to a whole new level by making your article talk

About 75 percent of consumers check online prices and store locations before they make a purchase. They read reviews and informational articles to get a better understanding of the products they shop for. You need to create a complete article marketing campaign that puts your articles in front of your target demographic.

The old saying “Information is Power” is truer now more than ever. The more information you can give about a product or service, the more likely you are to attract new customers. Businesses thrive on sales. Get your information in front of the people who need to see it and increase your website’s conversion rate.

Hire a Ghostwriter for Articles

Ghostwriters are talented writers who specialize in one thing: creating the highest quality articles possible. They understand the importance of thorough research and sticking to the niche. Ghostwriters make it their business to know what search engines look for and proper keyword placement. They will create the best informational articles possible for your complete article marketing campaign.

Entrepreneurs and webmasters often hire a professional ghostwriter for articles. They may even hire more than one ghostwriter to get a broader variety of articles. They choose the articles they feel best represent their business and submit them to article directories for publication.

Choose to market using articles and you will see a noticeable increase in traffic to your website within 2 weeks. Article directories will publish each informational article and include a resource box that links to your business website. No additional sales information is contained within the article body itself.

The Article Distribution Process

A complete article marketing campaign includes distribution to several article publishers. Don’t sell yourself or your product short by submitting your article to one or two publishers. Deep and wide publication to thousands of article directories is the ultimate goal.

Several article submission companies guarantee your article will be published to tens of thousands of websites. Sites that offer something so amazing are not without their price. Your marketing budget will determine the number of paid article submission companies you will hire.

Free article submission sites are also in abundance. Some paid sites offer a free version of their paid service; always keep an eye out for that if your budget is small. Keep in mind that it is your article and you have the right to publish it on any article directory. The options are virtually limitless!

The Grand Finale of Article Marketing

No article marketing campaign is complete without distribution. You could hire a ghostwriter to write the most informative article ever written, but it does no good if no one ever sees it. Make sure your article, website and business get the attention they deserve. Choose article distribution services that will help you achieve the most coverage for your website.

In short, article distribution helps direct consumers to the right website. Over the years, consumers have educated themselves on how to make intelligent purchases. They look for information from a variety of venues before heading out to buy something. Market using articles and create a complete article marketing campaign to direct more traffic to your website. You won’t regret it.

Author Michele Wallace and the ghostwriting team at Twixal are dedicated to helping you achieve success with your article marketing campaign. Their competitive prices and expertise will go a long way in ensuring the success of your complete marketing campaign. Let your knowledge be known; no one has to know we typed it!

Getting people who matter to see your website is a difficult undertaking if he tries to consider the fact that there are rivals everywhere waiting to pin him down. The immensity of the internet as well as the affiliate marketing world has given birth to the fierce competition between affiliate marketers, each of whom has his own great product to offer. With all the websites piling on top of each other, how would one be able to stand out? The seven best ways to drive laser targeted traffic to your own website would help those who are bent on sticking it out with this business wherever it is bound to take them.

The first step in driving traffic to your website is by relying on search engines and what they can do for the affiliate marketer concerned. Because they are popular for driving free targeted traffic, they should not be ignored by all means. Having top search engine rankings is vital in building popularity links, and the use of the right keywords is important in attaining this goal. Once a website is on top of the list, it is easily accessible to anyone who wants to see it for himself.

The second step in driving traffic to your website is by contacting other webmasters for a possible link exchange partnership. Locating websites that are related to your own website is the primary task. Once there, he should be able to establish communication by personalizing everything as much as possible. It is then possible to make reciprocal link exchanges between webmasters whichever way the affiliate marketer prefers.

The third step is through writing your own articles. This is an effective way in promoting a website, because good content that are appreciated by readers will lead them to visit the writer’s very own website out of sheer interest.

The fourth step is through joint venture marketing. This is one of the most effective ways of promoting a product or a service. Having a partner through ad swap or link exchange is beneficial to both parties as it allows them to reach a wide customer base in a short amount of time.

The fifth step is through joining affiliate programs. Having affiliates to do the work means allowing them to bring tons of traffic to a website. Skyrocketing sales would be realized as a result, and both the affiliate and the website owner will benefit from the situation.

The sixth step is by having a list of subscribers that one can refer to every so often, because they are those which would prove to be valuable assets for the marketer concerned. The use of autoresponders and personalized newsletters is one way of keeping track of them all, and holding on to them by letting them know about new products and services is an essential task that should be done by the affiliate marketer concerned.

The seventh step is by knowing your market through and through. It is important for traffic to be targeted to those who might have a special interest in the theme or topic of your website. This way, a solid customer base is going to be created. Once a potential customer shows an interest in a particular website by paying it a visit, one must not waste time in trying to show him that his effort is worth it.

Traffic generating strategies are important in trying to make your affiliate marketing career inch forward. It is always advantageous to plan your moves in any business that he might undertake. This is particularly so in affiliate marketing. If one knows how to get people to see what he has to offer, then he is on the right track.

2.  You must also have a website where more of your articles can be found. It should be linked to your business web site. The best thing to do is to convert your article site into a landing page designed to capture email address and generate subscription and membership to your service or programs. These people are your immediate circle of clients. You can send regular newsletters to them or occasional special offer emails that will enjoin them to patronize your products and services.

3.  Maximize the use of free article directories and invest also in paid submissions to distribution sites. Your linked articles can be posted to numerous sites throughout the web and you can expect to have web traffic to come to your site.

4.  Regularly write and contribute articles to online news organizations that accept articles. These media outfits have regular readers and they can surely read your articles. They could also be your targeted market.

5.  Don’t discount the use of social networking sites to your article marketing. You must join numerous bulletin boards within these sites and contribute your thoughts there. Promote your site and your products and offer free articles which can be reprinted in their own sites.

Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, ‘Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide‘

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Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published eBooks

Wouldn’t you love to have a way to know beyond a shadow of a doubt the market you’re choosing is the right one for you to profit from? If so, keeping reading.

Principle #1 for choosing a profitable market is to find markets where people are already selling products profitably. You don’t want to be a brand new pioneer in a new marketplace. Let someone else prove the market is profitable for you before you enter it.

Here are 5 ideas generators for markets (all based on making sure someone else is selling into the marketplace first)

Idea Generator #1: Paypal Shops https://www.paypal.com/shops

You can search through the different categories of shops. When you visit different companies accepting Paypal, they’ll even share the number of Paypal transactions that shop has had. You don’t have to guess where the money is at or where it is flowing. Look for products or services that are selling with with a lot of transactions.

Idea Generator #2: Lulu http://www.lulu.com/browse/stats.php?fType=topSellers

Lulu is a site for self-publishers essentially that allow book authors and information product developers to upload their material and they will print out a book on demand. They keep statistics about what titles are selling in what categories. You can get a sense of what’s selling there for small publishers.

Idea Generator #3: Shopping http://shopping.com/top_searches

Shopping.com has a Consumer Demand Index showing the hottest searches for what people are actually looking at buying. Consider this. People who search on Google are often looking for free information. You can translate some of those searchers into buyers. The research we’re doing is showing what people are actually buying!

Idea Generator #4: eBay http://pulse.ebay.com/

Choose any category in eBay and find out the most popular searches and the biggest eBay stores. What are customers looking for to buy online? eBay (the biggest online shopping destination) shares their stats with you!

Idea Generator #5: Magazines http://www.magazines.com

If a magazine can be supported and has been in business for a while, that means that people are paying for the magazines and advertisers are making money. The magazines are supported by advertisers. If there aren’t enough advertisers in a marketplace to support a magazine, I’d be very nervous about entering that market.

You’re notice the whole principle behind all these ideas generator is that we’re following the money trail. If others are making money in the marketplace, then it’s passed step one of the marketing process. If there aren’t proven winners already, I’ll pass on the market. And I recommend you do the same. Terry Dean Reveals Practical Methods Of Finding Markets That Virtually Guarantee You An Income From Day One - Proven Step-By-Step System of Choosing a Niche from an Expert In 17 Unique Markets: http://www.chooseyourmarket.com

By Terry Dean

What is affiliate business? Wiki has got an exhaustive article about affiliate marketing explaining almost everything. “Almost everything” means that the essence of this business is clear, but no any choices suggested for a beginner or experienced online marketer. I will try to mention a few key points which may influence the decision and determination to run or continue this type of online business.

For those who never heard this term the explanation can be the following. Affiliate business model is when customer of a shop brings other customers and gets paid for the people he brought or the part of profit those people made to the shop. Of course, you do not need to be a customer of the shop yourself to advertise the shop itself and their goods, so then you are called a “partner”. Shop’s staff are bound by their contracts to some of legal issues, such as loyalty to the shop brand or prohibition to work for a competitor. “Partner” does not have such limitations, so he can advertise all competing shops and get “salary” from all of them. These are main principles of affiliate business. The main questions may be asked:

1. What shops and goods should I advertise?

2. How and where can advertise them?

3. How much and when I am getting paid?

Choosing the right niche

One of the main issues in affiliate marketing is choosing the right niches of goods and services to work with. All the markets have got competition. Some of them has got very harsh one as there are so many people and companies working in particular niche, that beginners should think very well, if it is worth starting at all. Affiliate business can be done everywhere where you sell goods or services online. You can sell dippers, jewelry, books, cleaning services, dating services, banking services, software, gaming, website hosting and hundreds of others. If you starting today, please keep in mind, that someone has started few years ago and has better expertise in the particular markets, but not necessarily about the advertised product or service. If you have been working with some products yourself and know them very well, it is the best way to continue working with them online. For example, if you were fixing cars for 10 years, or it is your hobby and you know everything about every part of the engine, it is normal that you can succeed in selling parts online, tuning services, maybe even used car selling can be an option.

Choose as narrow niche as possible in the beginning. Learn everything about the products. Investigate competitors (one of the way is simple, just enter the most general name of the product - for example “wooden toys” - in Google and you will see how many pages write about that) and possible partners. Check what people know about the products (to determine what they still do not know and needs to be explained). Learn about marketing of the selected products from the competitors. Try to offer something better than they do.

The main mistake in this business is advertising everything. Some people who work with sales usually say “I can sell everything”. When you know the psychology of the customer and speak with a person directly, this can be true. Online business cannot grant such opportunities as there is more anonymity - customer does not see the seller’s shops, warehouses, packages, salespeople; seller does not see the customers face, clothing, body language, mood etc. Therefore advertising anything usually ends with failure. Usually, but not necessarily always. Choosing the niche is an essential issue in the beginning, when starting from zero. Once you are advanced in internet marketing, you can easily work with few groups of goods and services as you already know the main principles how to advertise the product.

Choosing the right ways of advertisement

Hosting services (by the way Host1Plus has also a very nice affiliate program to start with) cannot be advertised in the same place as online poker or health and fitness goods because of different audiences, interests and the age groups. The banner advertising online poker in online book store will not be as effective as in gaming community website. Website hosting service links will not be probably clicked in the youth community of mobile accessories such as Java games and ringtones. Also you cannot send a newsletter advertising US instant loan services to people living in UK or Australia.

However they can be advertised in the same ways which are available to everyone:

• Website or blog, explaining everything about particular goods, writing news and interesting facts, glossary, reviews and comments about best options in the market etc.
• Email marketing - sending out newsletters about the latest promos
• Advertisement buying in Google or similar sites
• SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tricks
• Web 2.0 - working with potential customers in social networks - Facebook, Twitter or interest and location based ones

Mentioned ways are not enough, as everyone does that already. The unique approach to any market can earn much more money than you can ear using regular methods. One of the unique ways is tool creation. For example if you advertise financial services, you can create some helpful tools and attract lots of people using them and signing-up through your links and banners. Another way of earning is subscription based services to a “secret” information or tool. Every market has its own unique features which are used as main sales power; therefore the attention must be paid to them and corresponding ways of advertising.
Earning and getting paid

You probably expect the list of most profitable markets to start with. Unfortunately, there is no such list and cannot be because of the payment nature of affiliate business. Of course, majority of money is concentrated in porn, gambling, financial services and drug businesses because of the huge competition. But that does not necessarily mean that you can earn more advertising online poker rather than website hosting services.

Affiliate business is built on a simple principle - you are getting paid ONLY when your customer makes a purchase and uses the good or service. Very little affiliates work with so called CPM (Click per mille - impression) - paying for showing banners for the preset amount of times, for example 100,000 - as it does not define the conversion of advertisement. Majority of affiliates (some source says 80%) work with CPS (cost per sale) module which is known as share revenue - the merchant shares the profit or revenue with the affiliate for bringing the customer. If the services are continuing ones, the affiliate gets money from all the customers spent money lifetime. For example, affiliate has brought 100 customers to website hosting service. These customers buy additional hosting plans and packages, increases their bandwidths for additional prices, buy additional dedicated servers and pay monthly fees. Affiliate gets the percent from their money paid to hosting service and will continue once they will be paying more. The same situation is with online poker. If you bring a player in online poker room, you get the share of the rake he leaves for the online room. In both cases the money flows are lifetime if the customer does not leave the merchant service.

Another method of compensation is CPA (cost per action/acquisition) - one time single payment for a guaranteed customer, who buys the service and starts using it. For example, affiliate brought 100 customers to hosting service. All of them signed the contracts, paid money and started using their services. Affiliate received a fixed fee per each of them, let’s say $50, so in total he earned $50×100=$5000. That’s a one time payment, so affiliate does not care if one customer earned more or less than $50 to hosting company. Poker market has the same issue with real depositing player in poker room who add the money to virtual cashier and fulfill the required play requirements (collecting points, playing certain amount of raked hands etc.)

The question is which of these compensation methods can bring you more money. Share revenue will be collecting small money for each service and will pay back in long term. CPA money is quite quick, but guaranteed. Also you never know when one of your customers will spend lots of money and you will get the percentage from his payments. That’s the main reason why no one can tell exactly which market is more profitable.

Like in all kinds of businesses there are trusted companies and fraudsters. Affiliate business is not an exception, therefore before starting one should check if company is credible or not. It can be done in various communities where people share their advice and can tell if the company keeps the promise to pay money or not. If company is serious and working quite long in the market, it will not probably cheat as reputation can be lost immediately. Another issue is the unlawful methods of advertising, such as phishing, spamming, click fraud which are not tolerated by the majority of companies, therefore you should read their terms of services before starting any “sophisticated” advertisement.

Affiliate business is a hard one. It cannot be done from air, so everyone needs some investment. Affiliate business requires knowledge, so people who learn fast are the most successful. Affiliate business requires creativity and some basic knowledge of technologies, so knowing everything about one kind of goods or services is not enough. The main way to advertise is writing good quality texts. You can be the best marketer, but if you will write with mistakes and bad style, it can be very difficult to succeed. There are so many additional factors which can influence the success that some companies earn money even from teaching the beginner affiliates

Personal advice. There are so many markets where competition is huge, but only among English speaking companies. If you see that you cannot win such battles, try to transfer them to other countries with other languages and internet usage habits. In the country I live there is only 1 company selling books online which offer the affiliate partnership option. Imagine what you can do in such countries with your knowledge and determination to earn money online as affiliate no matter if you just beginning, or already advanced.

by HOST1PLUS WEBMASTER

My First Tip would be to “GOOGLE” the name of the opportunity into the search bar. Visit forums and ask for feedback. Read Testimonials and Reviews to see what other’s are saying. Even visit chat rooms and social networking sites to gain yet even more feedback.

Second Tip: Visit alexa and quantcast to enter the url of your chosen opportunity into these 2 sites. All the relevant information will then be displayed such as the online ranking, top search terms used, the related urls, the demographics and much more. If however the search reults display “No data” or “Not enough data”, it’s obvious the opportunity is either fairly new, unpopular or even a SCAM.

Third Tip: Use the Google KeyWord Tool. Again enter the url of your opportunity into the tool to display all the associated keywords used to search for the opportunity. Just like above, if there’s hardly any keywords displayed or not enough data, I would say pick another home business.

Fourth Tip: Are there any well known companies connected with the opportunity? Does the website display info such as: We are seen on Google,YAHOO etc… etc…? If so, email these companies for positive feedback and extra piece of mind.

Last Tip: Search for websites such as forbes which list the top business opportunities. Even take your efforts offline and read through business magazines for added feedback.

There are plenty of ways to research the online marketing world and all are really simple too. It’s just a case of putting your mind to it. Research and Preperation are two important factors to consider when setting up any online and offline business, so remember to always do your “Home Work”.

by NEIL CLUES