Damn do I miss a fast server like this one and I am going to see what it can do. Look for new features as I add them now that I’m on a server that can handle them.

And I will be back soon with some new posts. For now, I’ll be getting these plugins and my marketplace in order.

This is going to be a short and sweet post. I finally wrote a XSL stylesheet that transforms all the data from the Clickbank XML datafeed file into CSV. CSV is format more easily editable and importable for the not so tech inclined person. XSL stylesheets are generally used to turn XML into HTML pages. So here are the steps.

1. Download the Clickbank Datafeed
2. Extract it with Winzip, Winrar or 7zip. It comes in an .zip archive format.
3. This will give you two files a DTD file and an XML file.
4. Download this

   XSL file

   to tranform the Clickbank XML. (right click and save as, it will open in your browser)

5. Download XMLpad for free to do the actual work

The end result is that you will have all the Clickbank products in a CSV file that you can import into databases or open in spreadsheet software.

How To Create Content Series – Part I

I have fought with content for a long time online. It is hard to come up with content. And writing it is a weird thing. When you are in the groove, you can do a lot. However, one day you stop, and then it is hard to get things started again.

I have tried many tools to help me jumpstart the process but tools aren’ writing. And here are times when writing just does not work. So what other options do you have for content at these times?

One type of content you can use is free reprint articles. The only problem with this plan is that everybody and his brother knows about using freely available articles. Which meansthat the same article that you post to your site or blog could be posted on hundreds of other sites across the internet and search engines don’t like duplicate content.

If you were a company expected to provide perfect results for millions of searchs a day, would you? Think of it. Why be bombarded with he same article for pages and pages of results? Instead Google and others use an algorithm to determine which of those articles will continue to be in the search engine results and which will just never make it.

So whatever time you saved using a free reprint article is mainly wasted because your chance of getting your article indexed is lowered. So essentially, we are back at square one again, writing your own articles, at least using a free route to content.

The thing about duplicate content is that is taken as a whole. It’s a percentage. I am not going to give you an exact number but if your article is above a certain percentage different than other similar articles online, then Google let’s you in and counts your content as unique. The exact percentage is unknown, but I have heard anything from 40% to 60%. And that gives you another, let’s call it a loophole.

But written content is only one type of content. There are videos, images, audio and various subtypes like PDF’s, slide shows, etc.

I hope to make this article first in a series of articles on content because links are great and have written a lot about them, but for the most part, once you learn the concept of link building and social media optimization, you pretty much get it all. However, you have to have something on your site when they get there.

And I am assuming that most of you are an army of one, which makes content hard to come by. Well, let’s explore that aspect of affiliate marketing, shall we. And by the way, I am not quite sure how many parts there will be in this series. That part I’m playing by ear.

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If you are a Google Adwords user and despite creating good ads, you can’t get a good conversion rate and have a very low Quality Score for your Keywords then you should start thinking of improving your Landing pages where all your traffic goes after clicking your ad. The success and failure of your Google Adwords campaign depends completely on the success and failure of your landing pages. Having high quality landing Pages won’t only improve your conversion rate by providing good experience to visitors, but it would also improve your Adwords Quality Score, which would significantly reduce the overall cost of your budget and increasing the overall ROI of your campaign. In this article, we would be discussing few tips, which would help you to create a great landing page for your Google Adwords campaign.

Make them relevant: Google want to show relevant content to their users. Hence, your landing pages should be relevant to your ad copy. It should contain similar title and keywords you had used in your ads. E.g.if you are using keyword “Nike shoes” in your ad copy then your landing page should also contain Keyword “Nike shoes” in title and content of your landing pages.

Offer unique content: Google doesn’t like duplicate content and it applies the same principle to your landing pages. Your landing page should contain relevant and original content about your product. Most of the time advertisers and affiliates copy the product description directly from the company landing pages which could affect their quality score negatively. Google Adwords will not show multiple ads with identical landing pages at same time so you have to fight for traffic with the vendor if you are bidding on the same keywords the vendor is bidding on.

Reduce loading time: High loading time of your landing page can also affect your Google Adwords Quality Score. Google compares the loading time of your page with The average loading time of websites hosted in your Geographical area. If your website has high loading time as in comparison to average loading time then it would affect your Google Adwords Quality Score in a negative way. You can reduce the loading time of your landing page by removing flash, popup, JavaScript and other elements. You can also use image compressors to reduce the overall page size.

Genuine website: Your landing page should not be an only page of the website created with only purpose of sending traffic to another website. Your website should be genuine with pages containing information about your company, business and other relevant information for your customers. Landing pages which only contain sales pitch or filled with ads always have a low quality score.

Transparency: Your landing page should be transparent enough and contain information about your business policies, terms and conditions etc. If you are asking for some personal information from your visitor your landing page should contain a link to your disclaimer policy about how you can use this information.

You can save lots of money in Your Google Adwords campaigns just by implementing these general tips on your landing pages. High quality landing pages won’t only help you to improve your Quality Score in Google Adwords campaign, but it would also improve the overall experience of the visitors and your conversion rate.

Gagandeep Singh is working as a freelance writer who loves to write on landing page design and optimization, web 2.0, affiliate marketing, SEO and technology.

Do You Want To Earn Big Money From Twitter? Then This Is The Most Important Letter You’ll Ever Read:

If you’ve never heard of Twitter until now then you’ve been missing out on the newest craze in social networking. A website so powerful that it can take a literal unknown and turn them into an instant celebrity in their chosen field.

! Now, if you’re currently using Twitter for your marketing and promotion then the following information will change your entire approach forever.

Imagine for a second having access to a list of 20,000+ targeted followers with the click of a button whenever you want!

These accounts are less than 2 months old, and in that time the author of this miraculous Twitter software has gathered over 64,000 followers.

What would you do with a big list of Twitter followers?

• Get the word out fast about your product or service.
• Build a professional presence in your niche. With Twitter Friend Follower you can speed up this process a hundred fold!
• Interact with your followers on a massive scale and build long lasting business relationships.
• Become an affiliate marketer and inform your followers of product offers whenever you want.

Affiliate Marketing with Twitter can be lucrative. It’s what this site is about:

NOTE: Above is a screenshot of Twitter Friend Follower’s author’s Clickbank account used solely for promoting products on Twitter.

Well, if you’ve spent any time on Twitter then you know that without followers your message will fall on deaf ears. It would tak a long, long time to build a list of followers like this without the help of software

My team and I spend many months developing ‘Twitter Friend Follower 2009′ to be so powerful that it automates the entire process of following and unfollowing friends and lots more.

Here is a list of Twitter Friend Followers features:

• Compile unlimited lists of over 20,000+ targeted twitter users in less then 30 minutes!
• Bulk Unfollow all users not following back with the click of a button!
• Search any tweet (post) by keyword to find targeted followers!
• Send private messages in bulk with the click of a button! (Twitter limit is 100 per hour)
• Store all your login details for as many Twitter accounts as you want. Then you can sign in with the click of a button.
• Interested in a particular Twitter user’s followers? With the click of a button you can steal any users hard-won list of followers.
• You can unfollow users with 3 options. Unfollow non-mutuals, Unfollow all users, and unfollow non-mutuals and protect your customized safelist (any big name users you follow that don’t follow back).
• With TFF 2009 you can set limits to the amount of users you follow at any given time. The defaults were selected based on personal research, but you can modify them if you wish.

That’s why, if anything, you really NEED to at least download the FREE trial of ‘Twitter Friend Follower 2009′.

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This is a guest post by Dalirin from BlogSND.com.

Everyone will run their search engine optimization (SEO) campaign a little different yet in many ways they’ll be similar. When you are considering starting your own SEO campaign there are many things you’ll want to consider.

SEO seems to be a never ending process, so be prepared to spend some time on it regularly. It will take a lot of time to run a successful SEO campaign but it is something possible to do. When you’ve decided you are ready to run a SEO campaign there are several things you’ll want to consider doing including some of the following:

• Develop a goals to reach
• Develop a plan on how you’ll reach those goals
• Make any necessary adjustments to reach your goals
• Start your campaign
• Run statistics regularly and track them
• Complete an analysis of results

When you do the above things you’ll have the ability to develop a SEO campaign that will meet your needs and avoid any ruts in the road along the way. It can be quite difficult dealing with a pause in the middle of your campaign as it will slow things down. You can avoid this from transpiring by having a specific plan of action and stick to it, just ensure you give yourself a few days of leeway time just in case unexpected events do occur. 

With a SEO campaign you are going to have a few ups and downs along the way as you determine what is working and what is not. There are a few things you’ll be trying out when you are doing your first campaign and guaranteed on the next one you’ll make a few changes to the campaign you’ve utilized. Once you determine a method that works great you’ll guaranteed re-use it for many more campaigns and it will become a true assist to your SEO marketing methods. Just make sure that you keep abreast and make the necessary changes to any new tactics that are implemented by search engines (especially Google).

Every business and person will have their own ideas and methods when it comes to running a SEO campaign, but with those six steps you can really start your way to having a successful SEO campaign. It will take some time to learn proper methods to do things, but it will happen in due time. SEO takes time and patience so prepare yourself for a lengthy road. Your site won’t have good SERPs over night. It could actually take a few months before you see amazing results. Depending on your keyword, it can take longer time to get a good SERPs.  But when you achieve your goal  of getting to the front page,  you would be rewarded dearly.

Dalirin blogs at a make money blog. He loves writing articles about how to make money online

• Article Directories
• Guest Posts
• Content Sites
• Your Own Blogs

The Results from 4 Manually Written Articles

• 4 Unique High Quality Articles
• 40 Better Quality Articles
• 520 Good Quality Articles

Doesn’t It Make Crap Content?

• No all is done manually with a little help from a spreadsheet
• There is a diminishing level of quality starting with 4 manually written articles
• Just put the best quality results on the best quality, higher profile sites and tweak them necessary

Oh, I will just send you there already so you can learn how to turn one article into hundreds.

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I really ran into a stand still with this blog, my other blog and a few guest posting opportunities I had. It seems there is more money to be made than from a marketing blog. It is something I always knew. So that’s where I’ve been lately. Making money in other niches. And hopefully bringing back more information to write here. My way of giving back. Affiliate marketing has done a lot for me and I had no idea what it was when I started.

When it comes down to it, affiliate marketing is really not much different than just marketing. The affiliate part is just a technicality. But here is some news I picked up.

Authority Loophole

I hate to bad talk any product, but this is a dofollow blog finder with the ability to find blogs that have the top commenter plugin. I was inundated with emails saying buy,buy,buy and thought I would weigh in on this. There is really nothing special about the software. It does it’s job, as does Fast Blog Finder, which has more features.

Things Jim Kukral Wished He Knew Years Ago

This is a great post on not waiting for things to happen to you. Instead, you need to make them happen. Then again, a marketing veteran can tell you these things and it takes a while to sink in to the point you believe it. But read the post and pick up a PDF copy of Feedfront magazine while you’re there.

IM Remarkable

I will let Andy Beard tell you about this one, because to tell you the truth, I have downloaded the free PDF and have yet to read it, but it seems interesting: Conversion Rate Optimization for Freebies.

Always with the shiny objects.

You read an article about building a niche blog and you start. It takes work. But you are moving forward. You have yet to make a sale, but your traffic is picking up. You are getting into it.

Then you happen upon an ebook about bum marketing. Well, you are started on the right direction. Let’s just try this instead and put the other one on hold. But of course, this is also a lot of work.

But that other ebook that just came out last week is looking good. Maybe, if you plan to buy that when your next paycheck comes in, something will change for the better.

Ever see the picture of a spider building a web on caffeine. Yeah, that’s about the result.

There is time to try new things, but the reason is to add to your current skills, not run away from work. There is not very many magic bullets left on the internet and when you find them, they will not be around long.

So, focus for a while, already. And don’t take anyone’s word for anything until you have tried it yourself and given it your best shot.